[Tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much, I blushed when I said this. I still can't catch up with the one that I want to make up, and I have to delay it tomorrow, so I ask for your forgiveness. 】

Since the fall of Menzhou and the news of Prince Hong Zhen's martyrdom came, the Thang Long Mansion immediately strengthened its defenses, and the city and the city were heavily guarded, and the officials and people in the city also packed up their belongings and prepared to go south to take refuge when the situation was not good. For a time, the wind was loud, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. Li Changjie was helpless about this, so he could only wait for someone to jump out first, and then make an example of him.

At the head of the city of Thang Long Mansion, a team of patrolmen walked around the city, and Li Changjie stood on the tower of the north gate, peeping into the city. I only found that the soldiers defending the city lacked spirit one by one, and they didn't have much courage to lift their feet and move.

'How can this battle be fought?' ’

A team without self-confidence is useless at all, and a frightened soldier can't even win.

Li Changjie's hands clutched the window tightly, and his face was as gloomy as the sky in the rainy season, which was completely different from the sunny weather these days.

The Song army marched south with the victory, and a group of Xidong barbarians also followed the Song people to the south and attacked the hinterland of the Great Yue Kingdom. Both enemies are notorious, especially the Xidong barbarians, who have continuously crossed the border to slaughter the people for half a year, making the people on both sides of the Fuliang River fear them like tigers and wolves. Immediately afterwards, there were rumors that the Song people were going to punish all the captured men as revenge.

Although this strengthened the determination of many to resist to the end, ordinary people were even more afraid of the Song people. Now all the people in the city have put their hope of resisting the enemy army on the Fu Liang River, and they have no confidence in the Da Yue official army.

Li Changjie also gave great expectations to Fuliangjiang, and the location was originally the most reliable reliance. But when he moved his gaze slightly, in the rainy season, the Fuliang River, which could rise to close to the city wall, was now exposed to the river beach of nearly 100 paces, and under the scorching sun, the pieces cracked into patterns on the back of the turtle. The river is wide, only a mile and a half wide, and the current is as gentle as a lake blown by a breeze.

The line of sight was cast a little farther, two miles away, and it was impossible to see the situation on the north shore clearly, but Li Changjie always felt that there was a faint cry coming into his ears, and it was the voice of the displaced people from the north.

His eyes stared into the depths of the mist, and Li Changjie didn't move for a long time, like a sculpture, frozen above the north gate tower of Thang Long Mansion.

The cronies behind "Taiwei ......" tested Li Changjie's thoughts, "The Song people haven't arrived yet, so let's send a boat to pick up some first." ”

Li Changjie finally moved, he clenched his teeth, and squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: "The board must not cross the river, and those who violate the order will be punished!" After a long time, he whispered again, "They're too late......

There are thousands of miles of whale waves in the east and high mountains and mountains in the west, and the defense line is placed on the border between the north and the south. In the plains on both sides of the Fura River, every town has no walls, and the better ones are wooden fences, and the worst ones are simply bamboo fences. On the other hand, there is a castle on the north bank, which was abandoned 60 years ago, the predecessor of Thang Long Province, which has not been renovated for decades, and has been destroyed in the alternation of the rainy and dry seasons every year.

There is no danger to be feared, when it was determined that the Song army was about to invade the south, Li Changjie planned to set up a defense line on the Fuliang River, and the north was fortified and cleared, and the people from the north of the river were moved to the south of the Yangtze River, so that the Song army and the Xitong barbarian army had nothing to gain. The climate of Dayue is hot and rainy, far better than Guangxi, and it is impossible for the Song people to live on the north bank for a long time, as long as there are soldiers in their hands, after the Song army retreats, they can easily recover the lost land.

But where could Li Changjie have thought that after the order of Jianbi Qingye was conveyed, it did not play a big role at all, but gave the officials in the north an excuse to abandon their posts and flee.

The four words of Jianbi Qingye are easy to write, and they are easy to say, but they are not easy to do.

So far, it has been more than a month, and the number of people who have fled to Jiangnan is only 20% of the number they should have. It's not that the people aren't afraid of the might of the Song people, but that the state and county officials in Jiangbei are too afraid, so they just left them and fled back. Without the communication, organization, and expulsion of officials, how could the uninformed peasant households in the countryside know what the orders of the Imperial Court were? How do you know how to complete the task of clearing the wilderness?

According to Li Changjie's detailed report, most of the state and county officials in the north only announced the edict of clearing the wilderness and retreating across the river at the gate of the city, and then packed up their own bags, and did not see them send people to the countryside to urge. As soon as he heard that Menzhou had fallen, he took his family, servants, and gold and silver with him, and hurriedly abandoned his post and returned south. And those who came back with them were all the fangkou households in the towns, not the farmers who were good at farming, and nearly ninety percent of the hukou were lost in the north.

It was not until this time that Menzhou fell, and the Song army and the barbarian army finally invaded the Jiangbei Plain, and the refugees who fled south suddenly increased, and nearly 100,000 people crowded on the bank of the Baili River in the north of the Fuliang River, begging for a boat to cross the river. But on the river, all the boats, whether ferries or fishing boats, were brought to the south bank, and all but the warships were towed to the shore.

If the Song army wanted to cross the river, it needed ships. As long as they don't leave ships on the north bank, they won't be able to cross the river. If the Song people want to build a warship, it must be slow. It's not impossible to use wooden rafts, but there are also large and small warships on the Fura River, and the small wooden rafts can be crushed as long as the warships press over.

Li Changjie was not sure that he could defeat the Song army on land, and even if he patted his chest and said that he was sure, no one would believe it. The defeat was so miserable before, and the fear of the Song army in the whole country has been carved into the bones. Only by relying on the natural danger of the Fuliang River to block the enemy's approach, can people rest assured. The boats on the river are the most confident in Thang Long. Everyone wanted to save the people on the other side, but if the displaced people from the north mixed in with the vanguard of the Song army and took the opportunity to seize the ships, it would be the most stupid act to offer the hands of the heavens.

If only Li Hong could really delay it for a while, what a waste! Li Changjie hated in his heart.

When he asked Li Hongzhen to go to the north, he didn't have a good mind in mind, but just thought about the six words: 'If you want to go outside, you must first settle down.' If Li Hongzhen was captured by the Song army after the city was broken, Li Changjie would be able to plant him a treason and justifiably remove the remaining hidden dangers in Thang Long Mansion. If he doesn't surrender and runs back after losing the city and land, it will be the same result. If there is a miracle that allows him to hold Menzhou, even if it is only ten days and half a month, it will be a good thing.

I didn't expect him to fight to the death...... should be called death in battle - it only took one hour for the Song army to capture Menzhou, and it was not qualified to be called a death battle. This can only be said that Li Hongzhen is a complete waste and cannot do anything well. But when he dies like this, no crime can be added to his head.

After getting along for decades, Li Hongzhen is incompetent and unaware of his stupidity, Li Changjie is very clear, but he never found out that Li Hongzhen had such a strong temper, and he actually died with the city, so that he had to praise him and the generals who died together, and seal his family. The internal cracks, although they have become bigger, Li Changjie has no way to eliminate the hidden dangers.

Footsteps sounded on the stairs behind him, and an attendant hurriedly went up to the city tower and knelt behind Li Changjie, "Taiwei, the Queen Mother has a decree, please come to the Huanglong Temple quickly." ”

"What's going on again?" Li Changjie turned around slowly, "Why did the Queen Mother go to the Huanglong Temple?" ”

"Back to the Taiwei, the Queen Mother and the Emperor went to ask for rain." The chamberlain said respectfully.

"Is it raining?" Li Changjie raised his head, and the blazing sun in the dry season shone on the river, sparkling.

Thang Long Mansion was originally the seat of the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty. The original name is Luocheng, the name of Shenglong, because now after Li Gongyun, the Taizu of the Li Dynasty, got the country, moved the capital from the old capital Hualu to here, one day saw the Yellow Dragon rising on the river, so it was renamed as Shenglong Mansion, and in the following decades, the Yellow Dragon can also be seen on the Fuliang River every three or five times.

Over the decades, the Yellow Dragon has become a symbol of the Son of Heaven of Dayue, so a temple was erected to worship. The Yellow Dragon Temple in the city, the annual sacrifice has never been less, seeking heirs, seeking wealth, seeking health, and the incense is also extremely prosperous. However, there is no case of asking for rain. It's useless to ask for it in the dry season, and it doesn't need to be asked for in the rainy season.

If only it could rain. Li Changjie thought.

When I arrived at the Huanglong Temple, the street had been blocked by Banzhi, and a strong smell of sandalwood came to my nose, and I could see the car and the shoulder parked in the courtyard outside.

In the main hall of the Huanglong Temple, the Empress Dowager Yilan was dressed in the sacrificial clothes of the Great Ceremony, and was praying silently in front of the shrine, and Li Qiande, the Son of Heaven of the Great Yue Kingdom, was kneeling on the side, also praying for something. Hearing the sound at the door of the palace, the Empress Dowager Yilan turned around. A veil covered the jade face, the wide robe covered the figure, and only the voice was clear: "The captain is here." ”

Li Changjie owed a debt, which was regarded as a salute: "I don't know what the Queen Mother told the minister?" ”

"Taiwei has worked hard and made great achievements, my mother and son and Da Yue Guo all have to rely on Taiwei's proposition, how dare you say your orders." Yi Lan put her arms around her son who stood up, "It's just that I heard that the Song people can drive ghosts and gods, and Menzhou City will be broken as soon as it is attacked, it is by relying on the power of ghosts and gods, I wonder if Taiwei can know the truth of Lu Dao's words?" ”

"Nonsense!" Li Changjie was very polite. Under the accumulation of power, Li Qiande's body trembled slightly, and he moved closer to his mother's side.

Empress Dowager Yilan, who was from a humble background, didn't feel afraid, and asked softly, "I heard that the Tai Lieutenant ordered the execution of several deserters before?" ”

"It was indeed ordered by the old minister to kill." Li Changjie was a little impatient, he did kill the soldiers who came back to report the news, but what is it, "As long as the Song people can't cross the river, and when the rainy season comes, even if they can drive away demons and monsters, they can't help me Dayue." ”