After listening to Zhao Dezhao's words, all the soldiers present cheered together, and several people raised their heads and looked at Zhao Dezhao expectantly.

And at this time, Yu Yan also immediately came to Zhao Dezhao's side, and then knelt down, he also just heard that his family almost killed Li Congqing, if it were not for Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei in front of him, Yu Yan estimated that he had parted with his family, at this moment he choked up and said: "Thank you King Wei for saving my family, this great kindness, I Yan will definitely repay, today I Yu Yan swear allegiance to the King of Wei and return to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"General Yu, please get up, you have to thank Little Lady Zhang for this." Zhao Dezhao picked up Yu Yan from the ground.

Yu Yan thanked him again: "Thank you, when the last general returns to Jinling, I will definitely thank Zhang Xiaoniang again." ”

Next, Zhao Dezhao naturally became the master of this army, and then in the big tent of the Chinese army, under Zhao Dezhao's order, their next battle was to break into pieces, bypass the defense of the Tang naval army, and go to the city through the tunnels in the Yuanshan Temple.

When Lin Renzhao heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "This suggestion of King Wei is very good, and now that Xuanwu Lake has been defeated once, he will not plan to attack our army's garrison for the time being." I also happened to send an order to all the departments of the camp tent, today our army will rest in place for a day, pack up and pack lightly tomorrow, and everyone will carry some grain and ordnance with them, and bypass the Xuanwu Lake garrison. ”

"Yes." The generals of the battalions then ordered the soldiers of the battalions to get ready.

……

Under the sun, Jinling City, Jiangning Mansion, the tall city wall has been guarding the stone city, the moat is flooded with waves, flashing a little golden light, it is also how majestic and magnificent, there are a lot of boats parked in the river, their waterline is very shallow, it is estimated that they are some ships transporting grain and grass, this period of time Jinling has to deal with such a big battle situation, and the grain of the people in the city is also transported from the Qinhuai River by boats.

Among them, some of the Shenwei sailors guarding the Jinling City are also constantly coming and going in the river, they are responsible for escorting the grain and grass, and they are also ready for the next battle.

Now that the battle situation in front is so rotten, and the city has been curfew for a long time, the huge Jinling City is gloomy, and the most discussed between those in power and civilian soldiers is war.

The ministers of the Privy Council were anxious, and then they transmitted the battle report to Li Congqing in the Zhaoqing Palace.

Li Congqing was lying on the sickbed, his face flushed with a sickly flush, and Li Yannian on his side kept pinching Li Congqing's calves and slapping his body.

The battle reports came one after another, first of all, last night's Xuanwu Lake military camp sneak attack on Lin Renzhao's military camp position failed, but lost a lot of soldiers, and then quarrying the front line, the Song and Han armies have successively transported military food and ordnance, ready to attack the fortification, and the Tang army has lost a lot in the past few days...... What is even more surprising is that the armies of the Song State and the Wu Yue State on the eastern front side have been surrounding but not fighting, and they don't know what kind of medicine the Song State sells in their bones.

And the Lishui side did not receive any news about the Song army and Wu Yueguo's army to attack, although the Lishui line is temporarily peaceful, but it is difficult to guarantee that the Song army and Wu Yueguo's army will not take the opportunity to occupy here, and then capture the downstream Jurong City.

As soon as Lishui is lost, half of the Qinhuai River's defense line will collapse.

However, as soon as these battle reports came, they were as dense as a ball of thread, which made Li Congqing cough all the time, and Li Yannian on his side kept patting Li Congqing's chest to make him feel a little more comfortable.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, there is still a Divine Guard Water Army, at least this Lin Renzhao will not be able to cross Xuanwu Lake." As soon as Li Yannian said this, Li Congqing felt a little relieved in his heart.

At this time, the eunuch outside the palace suddenly hurriedly ran into the door and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the ordnance supervisor suddenly caught fire, and many ordnance inside were destroyed by the fire. But ......"

Li Congqing asked rhetorically, "But what?" ”

The chamberlain said, "Your Majesty, inexplicably those craftsmen suddenly disappeared. ”

"Missing?" Li Congqing asked again.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Hmph, I thought it was a big deal, but I lost a few craftsmen, and I still have to report to me about this kind of thing, you waste, just let those officials do things." Li Congqing sent the waiter, and then spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm.

"Yes." The chamberlain went down in a panic.

Li Congqing didn't realize that the disappearance of the craftsmen was a disaster for Jinling, and he felt that losing a few craftsmen did not bring much loss to Datang.

……

It was already early in the morning of the second day, and at this time the sky was just getting dark, and the generals of the battalions were already urging the soldiers of the battalions to get up and set off.

After a whole night of preparation last night, the soldiers of Lin Renzhao's army were divided into several small columns, they are now some scattered troops, and they are not wearing military uniforms and armor, they are completely dressed like ordinary people, and it is also to avoid attracting the attention of the enemy.

After cooking, according to the original plan, Lin Renzhao's army had already begun to set off.

The dense forests of spring are now green, not so bare, just enough to hide the traces of the army.

Zhao Dezhao, Shang Haobin, and the other three warrior monks led the way in front, and this was the road they had come.

The roads are bumpy, sometimes steep, sometimes potholed, and often hidden in the woods with the undulations of the mountains.

At this time, the weeds also grew rapidly, and in a few days some roads had already been covered, and the soldiers often had to hold knives and ring knives in their hands to open up a new road.

Behind Zhao Dezhao and Shang Haobin were many soldiers, who followed them cautiously and cautiously as they were told.

Now at this time, the air is a little hot, and a little humid, there is some danger in the mountains, and the miasma in the mountains and forests is also to be prevented by the soldiers, because it is close to the Duanyang Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and the calamus made of wormwood and calamus is hung under the neck of each soldier, and then mixed with a little realgar medicine.

Because of the large number of people, to ensure that each soldier arrives safely at the Yuanshan Temple, and not all of them arrive at their destination at one time, this requires the overall allocation of the commanders, in terms of time and space, it will take several times more time than when Zhao Dezhao and them came.

The road is full of dangers, and everyone is prepared to fight snakes, insects, rats, ants, and enemies.

The day had passed, and it was already dark, but they could only rest in place, and the night was the best time for them to hide their tracks, and in the darkness they had to be wary of only the wild beasts of the mountains, or the traps buried by the hunters.

…… After a long journey, everyone's body was dirty and unresistible, mixed with sweat and mud, and it was the same as if they were fished out of the muddy ground alive.

The soldiers snorted and crawled, some soldiers lost their strength, and the whole line moved forward in an orderly manner, only briefly breaking.

Lin Renzhao has been following behind Zhao Dezhao, these days, he was surprised to find that the prince of the Great Song Dynasty Wei has been very familiar with the soldiers, eating the same and drinking the same, there is no prince on his body at all, several soldiers are so tired that they faint, Zhao Dezhao is also like a doctor, helping them feed water and wipe their sweat, and has been encouraging those soldiers who retreat.

Just now in the vicinity of Shikoutun, there were a few soldiers who were so tired that they wanted to give up and run away, and at this time, Lin Renzhao's way to deal with them was to whip them.

Lin Renzhao recalled that at that time, the whip in his hand was just about to be swung out, but Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, grabbed the whip, and then persuaded: "General Lin, they are also tired, let them rest for a while, and this matter will be handed over to the kid." ”

After speaking, Zhao Dezhao walked to the side of these soldiers.

The soldiers were panicked, they thought that this young man with a higher status than Lin Shuai would definitely blame a few of them, but what happened next made them blame themselves for being lazy.

Under Zhao Dezhao's words, the few of them only did a few moments of work, and then immediately got up from the place and joined the transfer queue again.

Lin Renzhao was also unexpected, he didn't think that King Wei would send these soldiers away without saying a word, he didn't know what method King Wei used, but later Lin Renzhao knew that Zhao Dezhao's words of encouragement to them were like this.

"A soldier who does not want to be a marshal is not a good soldier." Lin Renzhao also smiled bitterly when he heard it, this was the first time he had heard such a remark, but the effect of this sentence had also been achieved.

The soldiers saw that Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, had been in front of the soldiers, busy with their work, and it was the first time for these soldiers to see such a prince who loved the people like a son, and their hearts were also very excited.

In the past few days, these soldiers have also seen a King of Wei who really thinks about them, and at the same time, they also secretly swear in their hearts that they will be loyal to King Wei from now on.

In the forest, a long dragon is active in it, they eat and sleep in the open, always vigilant, and observe everything around them.

From dawn to night, and then from night to dawn, such a day took about three days, fortunately, during this period, it has been mostly sunny, and the sun has been hanging high in the sky, but after a long journey, the soldiers are a little tired, and as Zhao Dezhao expected, the Tang army guards of Xuanwu Lake do not seem to be collectively searching around, in their opinion that Lin Renzhao disdains to make such a thing as a strategic shift.

Lin Renzhao's soldiers had all bypassed the enemy's garrison safely and arrived safely at the Yuanshan Temple.

At this moment, it was already dusk, and the abbot of the Circle Death Temple also came out to greet him.

"I've seen Lord Lin. The small temple has prepared a meal, so please come to the backyard to eat. ”

As soon as Lin Renzhao saw the abbot of the Yuanshan Temple, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "Thank you abbot." ”

The moment the abbot saw Zhao Dezhao, he immediately nodded, and then handed a note to Zhao Dezhao.

Zhao Dezhao took the note, read it, and then said: "Good job, those craftsmen will be arranged in the city for the time being." ”

Then, the anxious Lin Renzhao asked Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei on the side, and said, "Your Highness, please take Lin to the secret road to investigate." ”

Zhao Dezhao understood Lin Renzhao's thoughts, and he said, "General Lin, please come with the kid." ”

Zhao Dezhao took Lin Renzhao to the vicinity of a small square pond near the White Lotus Pavilion, he opened an opening, only to see a cold air coming out of the ground, he pointed to this hole and said: "General Lin, this is the secret passage, from here you can lead to the city." ”

Lin Renzhao looked at the place Zhao Dezhao pointed out, it was this secret passage, which could lead to the city.

However, it was late tonight, and the soldiers were tired, so they would rest for the time being before making plans.