"In three days, among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Guangzhou, how can we find this broken city?" Zhang Zhensun paced back and forth at the head of the north city gate with his hands behind his back, and the seven or eight officials around him bowed their heads and were silent, and none of them had good ideas.

Standing at the head of the city and looking to the north, the villages burned down by the Yuan soldiers in the distance are still lifeless, only some homeless old dogs, nostalgic for the old land and leaving to wander around the village. Think about the past dozens of miles, there is an endless stream of cars and horses, inns and restaurants, that kind of prosperous scene is gone, leaving a piece of land blackened by the flames of war.

Wang Daofu arched his hand and said loudly: "Lord Zhang, why don't you invite General Zhao on Hong Kong Island to come over to discuss the matter, the matter of the Jiang family's reduction of the Yuan was discovered by General Zhao, and it is natural that you can participate in the discussion of the arrest of the spies!" ”

"What do you think?" Zhang Zhensun had long wanted Zhao Tianyou to participate in the management of Guangzhou's city defense, but the regular army of the imperial court headed by Ling Zhen did not recognize Zhao Tianyou's status as an unofficial and unemployed, and there was great opposition.

But this time, these generals had no choice, and they lowered their heads and stopped objecting.

Ling Zhen was stunned for a moment and said: "Lord Zhang, the Yuan soldiers are about to come to attack my Guangzhou, why do you care about your background and official position when the war is urgent, I think General Zhao should be invited to participate." ”

"Just listen to Ling Dutong, and immediately send someone to invite General Zhao!" Zhang Zhensun said in his heart, didn't I say this to you, last time you also said that the city defense is extremely important, and it is not appropriate to let unidentified people participate.

Zhang Zhensun, as the only champion of the Lingnan palace examination liberal arts, did not go well in the early stage of his career, and in the early days of his official career, he was controlled by the traitorous minister Jia Nidao, because he refused to go along with the dirt, and was repeatedly put in small shoes. Later, because he returned to the South China Sea to serve his elderly parents, he was impeached and dismissed, until last year, when the Yuan soldiers invaded Guangzhou in a big way and fell, after Duanzong ascended the throne, Chen Yizhong remembered Zhang Zhensun and decided to use this champion from the new.

Zhang Zhensun immediately worshiped the Longtu Pavilion to be systematized, and the Guangdong system was placed as an envoy and a slight press, and the edict and the capital Ling Zhen recruited troops and horses, and sent troops to recover Guangzhou together with Wang Daofu, the squire of the military department. At this time, Chen Yizhong went south, once came to Guangzhou once, was very sure of Zhang Zhensun's ability, and discussed with him how to revive the Song Dynasty, but Chen Yizhong never came back.

Zhao Tianyou's attention to Guangzhou's urban defense can be said to be more concerned than others, this is the last barrier in his plan, and it must not be lost. If he was given enough time, he was confident that he would be able to develop the port of Canton and Hong Kong Island to the scale of Quanzhou, and that he would be able to go all the way north and regain the lost territory.

After getting Zhang Zhensun's approval, Zhao Tianyou led his 1,000 elites into Guangzhou City, mainly responsible for the maintenance and maintenance of new firearms, and recovered the gun positions of all the thunderbolt guns reformed from the city defense crossbow, all of which were controlled by his own subordinates.

Each of the four city gates has a special service company to monitor day and night, and the object of defense is not only ordinary people, but all targets, as long as it is not a city defense sergeant on duty, it is strictly forbidden to go up the city wall and strictly prohibit it from approaching the city gate. Fast-horse scouts were sent in both directions to inquire about the movements of the Yuan soldiers' large army at all times, and began to strictly check the personnel entering the city to prevent the spies who were mixed into the Yuan soldiers.

Two days later, at midnight, Zhao Tianyou personally led a team of cavalry and quietly set off from the north gate and galloped northward, rushing to Biyun Peak near Baiyun Mountain, thirty miles away. This is the first line of defense of the Song army, which used to be a military post station with 5,000 soldiers, and built a wall that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now it is dilapidated, and it was destroyed in the war when Lu Shikui invaded the south last time.

This is also the place where the Yuan soldiers must pass through in the south, there is no dangerous place in the low road of Baiyun Mountain, only the post road under Biyun Peak, there are low peaks on both sides, it is a place where you can ambush.

When Lu Shikui retreated last time, he was afraid that the Song army would repair the city wall again, so he destroyed this place in a mess, and set fire to the ancient trees that covered the mountain of Biyun Peak. After a summer of recuperation, under the infinite power of nature, Biyun Peak is surrounded by green, but it is difficult to hide a scorch mark on the ground.

"General Zhao, only here can you still ambush, but the Yuan soldiers have been fighting fiercely with our army for several days, and the terrain is quite familiar, I'm afraid I can't hide it!" It was Lu Xian, the small leader who fled south when Xiangyang surrendered, a veteran who had fought with the Yuan army for nearly ten years.

Zhao Tianyou fell in love with him at a glance from the crowd, it was the mark left by shuttling between life and death all day long, the unique breath of people who really survived in the sea of corpses and blood, and the smell was much stronger than Zhao Tianyou's body. This kind of veteran is also the support point of grassroots combat strength, and only by relying on their courage to kill the enemy and their rich experience can the balance of victory tilt in favor of their side.

Zhao Tianyou nodded, waved his hand to a platoon commander under him, and more than a hundred people turned over and dismounted, and began to unload the large package carried behind the horse.

"Let's keep walking, Lu Xian, you are behind me, keep a distance of more than a hundred steps."

"Yes, General!"

Lu Xian's subordinates are more than 500 light cavalry, and they are also the only elite cavalry in Guangzhou City, and the treasure in Ling Zhen's hands can be handed over to Zhao Tianyou this time It is also a kind of trust. After Zhao Tianyou participated in the city defense, his subordinates moved large bags and bundles of new firearms to the head of the city, but the Song army opened his eyes. Especially the transformation of the city defense giant crossbow, just under their eyelids, the change is not big but the effect is amazing, that is, there is no thunderbolt cannon, and the range and flexibility of the giant crossbow alone have been greatly improved.

A day later, his distrust of Zhao Tianyou turned into amazement, and then he was extremely admired and envious, envious of the squad leaders and platoon commanders under him, who could touch those round thunderbolts, thunderbolts, and bundles of assault rockets, which were simply not the troops of an era.

Zhao Tianyou's failure to hand over these arms to Zhang Zhensun in the early stage was also considered by many parties, and gunpowder safety and information leakage were the biggest problems. In the absence of absolute control, the Guangzhou City Defense Army, which was composed of defeated troops from all over the country, did not give him enough trust, so he let his people go to the city to directly participate in the battle.

The big black horse under the crotch was a little excited, the first time Zhao Tianyou rode on his body, he was ready to show his hand and the big black horse barked vigorously, snorting and snorting to express his dissatisfaction with the speed. As Zhao Tianyou slammed the horse's belly and gave him a signal to accelerate, the big black horse suddenly burst into joy.

"Damn, why is the general riding this horse so fast, brothers speed up for me, keep up with the general's speed......"

As soon as Lu Xian raised his hand, the leather whip in his hand made a crisp snapping sound, urging the troops under his command to gallop forward. The equipment of this unit is the best of the city defense army, and the saber at the waist has been replaced with the latest product of Hong Kong Island, similar to the Mongolian scimitar, but the back is a little thicker, and the arc is slightly smaller.

Zhao Tianyou rode alone like a black cloud, and five hundred Song cavalry behind him, galloping on horseback, galloped behind him.

On the other side of Baiyun Mountain, the vanguard cavalry of the 3,000 Yuan Soldiers was riding slowly.