Chapter 55: The Iron Soldier
The Empress Dowager and Emperor Deyou surrendered unconditionally, and the news spread like a wind all over the north and south of the river, and I don't know how many Song Dynasty subjects stomped their feet and beat their chests and wept bitterly, and they couldn't believe that the great rivers and mountains of the Han people had fallen. How many literati with lofty ideals have put pen to paper from Rong, determined to resist the Yuan in the end, and would rather die than give in, and many anti-Yuan rebels spontaneously arose in various places, although the strength is weak, but their ambitions are clear, even if they die, they will bite off a piece of the flesh of the Yuan soldiers.
Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu, Chen Yi and others who fled from Lin'an gathered in Wenzhou, and then went to Fuzhou to support the enthronement of Zhao Yu, the king of Liyi, for the year of Song Duanzong. During the detention of Wen Tianxiang and others, taking advantage of the lax guards, they escaped from custody with more than a dozen members of their entourage and fled to Zhenzhou overnight.
Mu Chenglin and Du Hu's three warships, carrying 800 soldiers from southern Jiangnan, drifted on the sea for nearly a month before they arrived in Quanzhou. In Wenzhou, he met Chen Yizhong's fleet, and then was stopped by the sailors of the port, because there was no formal troop transfer documents, and was almost forcibly detained. Fortunately, Mu Chenglin was familiar with many people, and after paying a few thousand taels of silver, he had to go ashore to replenish supplies.
Zhao Tianyou was training on the island, and suddenly Meng Hao rushed over to report.
"Sect Leader, there are three sailor warships outside, and the leader is the bald Mr. Mu, who wants to come in and ask to see the Sect Leader!"
Zhao Tianyou put down his longbow and said, "Okay, this Mr. Mu is here to do business again, welcome!" ”
"Boss, there are a lot of sergeants on the ship, it looks like there are thousands of people."
"Haha, don't be afraid, Mu Chenglin is a friend of Lord Wen Tianxiang Wen, and he is here to do business. However, it is necessary to be careful, and it is better to ask the brothers to assemble on the dock and line up to welcome guests from afar, which can be more grand. "Zhao Tiantian = You Although Yu admires Wen Tianxiang's character very much, but he also has to guard against it, after several times of absorption, digestion and integration of pirates, the main force of the fishing village is only five hundred, and it is even more cautious if there is a disadvantage in personnel.
Although facing thousands of sailor soldiers, the Zhai soldiers still had the strength to fight at the dock relying on the advantage of the terrain, so Zhao Tianyou was not too worried, and he took his longbow and came to the dock to greet Mu Chenglin.
After the three warships docked and anchored, and eight hundred Gannan soldiers followed Du Hu ashore, they attracted Zhao Tianyou's attention.
These 800 people are all fierce, their eyes are firm and they act quickly, and they are efficient in executing the orders of their superiors, and they can vaguely see the fierce spirit of the Marine Corps in the past, this is the real combat-effective soldier!
"Mr. Mu, what's going on?"
Mu Chenglin pulled Du Hu over and introduced: "Zhao Jiaotou, this is General Du Hu, who has been following Master Wen since the beginning of Ganzhou, and these iron-blooded sergeants who followed him are all the sons and daughters of Gannan who started the army from the king of Qin. ”
"Hello General Du, where is Lord Wen? Why did the leader come here? ”
Du Hu hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wen went into the tiger's den alone, on behalf of the imperial court to negotiate peace with Boyan, but was arrested and detained by Boyan, and I don't know if I live or die at present!" "Mu Chenglin and his entourage went south to the sea, and the news of Wen Tianxiang's arrest was heard when he stayed in Wenzhou, and he didn't know that Wen Tianxiang had fled to Zhenzhou at present.
Zhao Tianyou gasped, he didn't remember the historical facts of this paragraph clearly, but vaguely remembered that Wen Tianxiang was captured by Zhang Hongfan in Wupoling, and it should be dangerous to be caught by Boyan.
"Don't worry, Master Wen is auspicious, it should be fine, maybe he is out of danger now."
Du Hu suddenly knelt down on one leg at Zhao Tianyou and said, "Master Wen asked me to do things under Zhao Jiaotou, and I had to listen, so I took eight hundred sons to Zhao Jiaotou." ”
Zhao Tianyou stepped forward and hurriedly helped Du Hu and said: "General Du, don't be like this, they are all people who are down-and-out, why do you come to defect, Master Wen also thinks highly of me, I am just an idle village soldier in the countryside, how can I be worthy of the general's trust." ”
"No, when I saw the head of the sect for the first time, I was not convinced, how could such a young junior who didn't even have a beard be able to suppress me like a wolf-like sergeant. At this time, I found that the momentum of the sect leader was not affected at all, and he was faintly much higher than my sergeants, and the sect leader was definitely a person in the army, and there was no need to hide the facts from us. In such a national crisis, every descendant of Yan and Huang will kill blood and fight against the Yuan soldiers as a great cause, and I hope that Zhao Jiaotou will not retreat. ”
After Du Hu got up, his eyes were staring at Zhao Tianyou like torches, and he spoke loudly in front of everyone with his voice raised.
These Gan soldiers who had just come ashore felt a familiar taste from Zhao Tianyou, which was a special mark on his body that had been immersed in his military career for many years, and he couldn't hide it. These real soldiers, their feelings are sensitive and real, unlike the soldiers of the Meng family who can only experience that Zhao Tianyou has something extraordinary when they are training, but they can't tell what the source is.
"Haha, it's really a good vision, yes, Zhao Tianyou has lived in the army for eight years, and he is still unfinished with this village soldier leader. Because there are unspeakable secrets, the past can no longer be asked of me. ”
Du Hu ran to the front of the soldiers with broken steps, and with a wave of his hand, the team brushed forward and tightened, becoming a neat square formation.
"All of them, I've seen General Zhao and Lord Zhao!" Du Hu knelt on one knee again.
"Phew, drink!"
After the eight hundred hot-blooded men behind him shouted loudly, they also gave Zhao Tianyou a salute on one knee.
"Get up, please!"
Zhao Tianyou looked serious and bowed his hand to the soldiers, which was considered a return of courtesy. At this time, he couldn't retreat, although he didn't know what kind of medicine Wen Tianxiang was selling in this gourd, but the soldiers' eyes were sincere and pure, and they were unguarded sincerity to a stranger, even if Zhao Tianyou ordered them to go into battle to kill the enemy immediately, there would be no complaints.
"Look! Rise! A sergeant major commanded, the team moved neatly and uniformly, and the neat and majestic posture after standing, the soldiers around him nodded again and again, ashamed of themselves.
"Please give the order of the general! I'm willing to go into battle and kill the enemy! No win, no return! Ooh! Ooh! "The sound shook the sky, and the momentum was like a rainbow.