On the 10th day of December in the sixth year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, Huang Wenbing's flying pigeon passed to Jeju Mansion and passed to Sanniang, Sanniang woke up. It's already three poles in the sun, Sanniang sleeps very sweetly, and there is no morning sickness reaction at this time, but it is very inconvenient to hold her stomach. As for other pregnant women's symptoms such as swollen hands and feet, Sanniang did not, just because she practiced the Taoist internal breathing exercises, and the body meridians regulated themselves, so there was no sign of edema.

After reading Huang Wenbing's letters in her static hall, Lu Junyi, Gongsun Sheng, Luan Tingyu and others were on the left, and Lin Chong, Zhu Wu, Jiang Jing and others were on the right. ”

Lu Junyi and the others all stood up to congratulate, and the hall was solemn. Sanniang has not given birth since she was pregnant for 18 months, and she has confirmed that her fetus is a fairy fetus.

Zhu Wu got up at this time and reported: "In addition to the letter of Huang Junshi, there is still news from Northern Liao. After a pause, Zhu Wu frowned and said, "But it's bad news." Left and right sent Zhu Wu to the performance.

Sanniang opened it and took a look, it was really bad news, it turned out that in October of the sixth year of Xuanhe, the Jin army stormed Yanjing in Northern Liao, and the Liao general Guo Yaoshi guarded Yanshan, and was bought by Sticky Han with a strategy, and surrendered without a fight. Several major battles outside Yanjing City, the King of Northern Liao Jin and Yelu Dashi were defeated, in the last battle of the Sangqian River, the elite of Northern Liao lost seven or eight out of ten, the King of Jin was also separated from Yelu Dashi in the chaotic army, Yelu Dashi did not dare to return to Yanjing, so he had to take thousands of elites to flee to the west, but the King of Northern Liao Jin was rescued by Hu Cong, fled back to Yanjing City, and the Jin army besieged the city with heavy troops.

After the king of Jin returned to Yanjing City, although the soldiers and horses were lost, he still called on the young and strong people in the city to resist desperately, so the soldiers and civilians in Yanjing City thanked the kindness of King Jin, and the whole city responded, the young and strong went to the city to resist, the old and weak women and children carried grain and grass equipment, and the Jin army attacked the moon before the moon fell, but the grain and grass in Yanjing City insisted on a month at most.

After Sanniang read the secret report sent back by Zheng Ying from Yanjing City, her brows were also twisted into Sichuan characters, the defeat of Northern Liao was expected, and she didn't care about the life or death of the King of Jin, and she saved his life on the last trip and put Liqing in, Sanniang thought that she didn't owe King Jin or anything. Sanniang is now worried about the safety of Zheng Ying and other Northland sectarians in Yanjing City, Zheng Ying is her indispensable intelligence talent.

Later, after Zhu Wu repeated the news, Yang Tinghe got up and said: "Now that Yanjing City is in danger, there are still Zheng Ying and other brothers in the city and my siblings left in the north, I don't know how they can get out." ”

Zhu Wudao: "Unless my Shandong Road army goes to relieve the siege, it will be difficult for them to get out." Because of this Yanjing resistance, the Jin army has erected the banner of slaughtering the city, swearing that it will slaughter the city after the city is broken, but I am afraid that after the city is broken, no one will be spared. ”

Lin Chong frowned and said: "To relieve the siege, the army and horses of the Shandong Road must pass through the Song Realm, and then go north, out of Jizhou, no less than thousands of miles along the way, I am afraid that the Song Court will not be able to agree to our troops." On the side, Chen Xizhen also responded: "Exactly, since the opening of my Shandong Road, I will recuperate for three years, fight hard and collect money and food, plus this trip The Lord is pregnant with the Son of Destiny, has caused the surrounding Song troops to be on guard, and Song Ting is afraid that this time I will not allow me to wait for a soldier to go out of Shandong Road." ”

Gongsun Sheng also frowned and said: "But Zheng Ying and other Ying brothers in Yanjing City must not be saved, he counts the secret agents and sect members in the Northland, together with some of our merchants and merchants in the Northland, the total number is not less than two or three thousand, is it just like this?" ”

Yang Tinghe slapped his thigh and scolded hatefully: "It's all to blame for the soft bones of Pharmacist Guo, if he hadn't surrendered without a fight, the Jin army would suddenly break through Yanshan and come to the city, and the Zheng Ying brothers would not have had time to get out of the city." ”

Sanniang pondered for a moment and already had a plan in her heart, she leaned back on the soft couch and asked, "Who is this Guo Pharmacist?" "Sanniang naturally knows what Guo Yaoshi has done in history, properly like Lu Bu, he is a slave with three surnames, he was first a Liao general and then voted for the Song army, and finally went back to the Song Dynasty to invest in gold, taking advantage of the benefits of the Three Dynasties, which can be described as an unscrupulous opportunist.

Yang Tinghe said disdainfully: "This person is a native of Tiezhou, Bohai, when Gao Yongchang rebelled, Yeluchun quelled the rebellion for the marshal of the capital, summoned the hungry people of Liaodong in Liaodong, called himself an army, known as the resentment army, and this Guo Yaoshi was one of the generals. But this group of resentful troops not only failed to quell the rebellion, was defeated repeatedly, but also rebelled repeatedly, plundered the prefectures and counties, and harmed the people, and was finally pacified by Yelu Yu. This Guo Yaoshi was only able to escape with his life because of the support of Xiao Gan, the general of the Liao State. Later, he took refuge under Xiao Gan, and mixed up with Yanshan to stay in this position. Back then, Yelu Yu said that this person looked around with eagle eyes, capricious, and would be a disaster in the future. ”

Sanniang snorted, sure enough, he was a capricious villain, and after thinking for a moment with one hand, Sanniang slowly spoke: "It's November weather now, and it is very difficult to send troops to rescue more than 2,000 people in the lonely city of Yanjing, but our army has never given up or abandoned a sibling comrade since Liangshan, and we must rescue them on this trip." ”

Zhu Wu hesitated: "It's just my lord, now the Song army is on guard all around Shandong Road, and if you want to go over, you are only afraid of all difficulties, maybe our army has already started a war with the Song army before it reaches the outside of Yanjing City." ”

Sanniang waved her hand and said, "We don't take the land route, we will go by sea!" As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked, and Zhu Wu frowned and said: "The villain also thought about taking the sea route to save the response before, but now that it is November weather, the sea off Yanjing may freeze, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to land." ”

Now it is the end of the third Xiaoice period, the weather in the north is even colder, there are often ice and freeze things on the coast of the Bohai Sea, sometimes the frozen sea is more than ten miles, the ice is not thick and difficult for pedestrians, and it is dangerous for ships, so Zhu Wufang is worried about this.

Sanniang smiled faintly and said: "Just prepare to take the sea route to rescue, mobilize soldiers, horses, food, grass and equipment, this trip to send troops, soldiers and horses are not much more expensive, the navy takes the sea route of the ice world, they have their own way." Today, I will summon Li Jun back to Jeju Mansion, and when he arrives, you will know how to use the army. ”

The generals and officials responded in disbelief, and prepared separately, Lu Junyi and Lin Chongzi discussed which soldiers and horses to mobilize to go north, Zhu Wuzi went to plan how to save Ying, Gongsun Sheng and Chen Xizhen went to mobilize grain and grass equipment, Yang Tinghe and others also went to prepare and went to Yanjing to save people, he was the most familiar with the road, so he naturally had to go. But everyone wondered how this sea ship could go to the sea off Yanjing in the ice.

A few days later, Li Jun brought Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun to Jeju Mansion, and Sanniang convened the generals to discuss the matter that day.

In the Static Hall, Li Jun put a few ship models on the table in the middle, and Sanniang said with a smile: "Let Admiral Li of the Navy tell the big guy how his navy went to Beihai in winter." ”

Li Jun saluted and said: "Our navy often travels back and forth to Fuso, Goryeo and other countries, and has encountered ice and snow in winter, and has also encountered ice and snow freezing seas, and it is impossible to get to the shore, which has taught our navy to endure a lot of hardships. Fortunately, later the lord wrote a letter to teach our navy to think about how to break the ice, and the lord mentioned a lot of shipbuilding in the letter, so our navy has now built many icebreakers, which were first used in Goryeo last winter, and they are really easy to use. ”

At that moment, Li Jun pointed to the first ship model and said: "This is the first ship to break the ice, which is to explore the ice on the sea in front of the large fleet, only because the ice is thick and thin, and it must be found before the right medicine can be prescribed." The front and rear of this ship are pointed and pointed, there are two ice blades under it, which are made of stainless steel, the whole ship can only take eighteen people, with small triangular soft sails, the front and rear can put down the steering wheel, that is, you can advance or retreat, know that the operation is appropriate, and you can also slide on the ice surface by the ice blade by relying on the wind, which is very smart. ”

After Zhu Wu saw it, he immediately understood the magic of it, this small boat is dexterous, there are two ice blades under the pointed bottom of the boat, just like the pointed bottom of a sled, and he praised at the moment: "This boat is really powerful, if it encounters thin ice, it can chop up ice, but if it encounters thick ice, it will not be trapped, just need the bow to press the ice, relying on the wind can be like a sled, gliding on it, the triangular soft sail can be manipulated in all directions, it is really wonderful." ”

Li Jun said with a smile: "Zhu Junshi's discerning eye, at a glance, you will know the trick, if you encounter this ship can not break the thick ice, we will follow another ship, this is a sharp-bottomed warship, can take more than 80 crew members, it is also a general pointed iron-clad, the bottom is sharp, both sides are placed with spikes of iron-clad to protect both sides, the bow, both sides are artillery and rockets, and equipped with a heavy rod hammer, if it encounters thick ice, it can first remotely fire a cannon or a burning rocket, shatter the ice, and then the bow hammer comes forward to smash the ice, In this way, an ice road can be opened. ”

The generals were amazed, and Li Jun continued: "In addition, there are fireboats that can breathe fire and melt ice, and there are also towing boats that can tow ships trapped in ice and snow. It is because I know that there are more than 100 ships in front of the entire fleet, and they can open up a sea route, unless it is frozen in the cold of 10,000 years, otherwise the temporarily frozen ice in the sea off Yanjing will definitely be able to get by. ”

Sanniang bowed slightly with satisfaction and said: "I asked the navy to develop these ship types in advance, because I consider that if one day in the future, we will go north to the Jin country, if it is winter, we will use soldiers and horses to take the sea route, and we will encounter frozen seas. (To be continued.) )