Ezhou.

The first Xiongzhou of Jinghu North Road in the Great Song Dynasty.

Many years ago, Kublai Khan, who was still the heir to the Mongolian throne, once personally led a large army to the south, and Jia Nidao fought several fierce battles, and finally retreated calmly because of the turmoil in the rear.

Although it has experienced the test of war, this majestic city still stands majestically in the morning light, although there are Jiangling Mansion, Changde Mansion and De'an Mansion on Jinghu North Road, but in fact, it is this Ezhou city that is heavily garrisoned and guards the back road of Xiangyang. Compared with the relatively hinterland Longxing Mansion, Ezhou City is not only taller, but also the windward flags above the city are also more vivid because of the blood watering.

In the early morning, it was after a rainstorm, so instead of being hot, there was a slight coolness, which made Ye Yingwu wonder if this was the famous stove in his previous life. It's just that he doesn't have the time to think about these geographical and climate issues now, because although he has gotten rid of Weng Yinglong for the time being, who knows how many secret agents of the Imperial City Division are in front of him.

Especially in the area of Ezhou, the number of troops stationed in the cantonment is second only to Xiangyang, Sichuan, Shu, and Huaishang, and the number of secret agents of the Imperial City Division will skyrocket because of this, Ye Yingwu has no confidence at all. What's more, the spies of Mongolia in the north cannot be vegetarians. If Ye Yingwu was blessed by Kublai Khan's battle of Ezhou that year, which led to the vast land and sparsely populated people, then he will have to eat the bitter fruit later, because it is also Kublai Khan, who made this Ezhou city an important place for troops!

In other words, maybe today Ye Yingwu will bypass the city of Ezhou with a hundred battles, and tomorrow he may be exposed to the limelight in broad daylight!

Gritting his teeth, Ye Yingwu looked at Ezhou Xiongcheng in the distance without saying a word.

And Wen Tianxiang knew where he was distressed, just stood silently behind Ye Yingwu, but the eyes that trusted him did not change at all, among so many people, in fact, it was this scholar who seemed to be powerless to accompany Ye Yingwu the most, from the burning of Cixi to the battle of jute, Ye Yingwu led the Tianwu army to kill the Quartet, and this scholar always stood by his side and supported him unreservedly.

This is something that even Ye Yingwu's current left arm and right arm, Su Liu Yi and Lu Xiufu can't do. Of course, Yang Bao, who has always been Ye Yingwu's personal captain and does not seek improvement at all, is really an exception.

Yang Bao and Jiang Tie looked at their envoy Jun and frowned slightly, they had been by Ye Yingwu's side for the longest time, so they naturally knew that when Ye Yingwu frowned, something must be something that was really difficult to solve, so no one dared to make a sound, and even gestured to silence the hundred generals around them, and appeased their respective war horses.

It is not a way to say a word like this, Wen Tianxiang glanced at Yang Bao behind him. Although Yang Bao also understood what Ye Yingwu's reason was, he couldn't let Wen Tianxiang go up to sell stupidity at this time, so he, the captain of the guard, who looked like a big man, could only bite the bullet: "What is on the mind of the envoy?" ”

Ye Yingwu snorted lightly and did not answer.

Yang Bao, who was bored with himself, still had the qualities that he should have as a veteran who couldn't be tempered and beaten hard, just smiled, and took half a step back lightly. Wen Tianxiang suddenly smiled bitterly, he knew that Ye Yingwu could see that Yang Bao just stepped forward to ease the atmosphere, with Yang Bao's ability, he would not be unable to see the situation here, otherwise the responsibility of the commander of the Chinese army of the martial army would not fall on his shoulders this day, this time the five hundred battles were thousands of miles away, and there was no need for him to share such glory with him.

The matter has come to this point, how can you give up halfway.

Ye Yingwu quickly came back to his senses, if he was discouraged first, the entire period of the Hundred Battles would undoubtedly be greatly hit. Laughing at himself, Wen Tianxiang's small movements behind him Ye Yingwu can also be vaguely felt, it seems that he is still a little exaggerated and green, Wen Tianxiang hinted that Yang Bao came up to talk, and it had the meaning of breaking this dull atmosphere.

"Is there a large army stationed ahead?" Ye Yingwu looked at Yang Xu who was standing far away.

Since he stopped, Yang Xu drank water and fed the horses, and he was very busy, as if he did not put Ye Yingwu's sorrow in his eyes, and Fang Cai Wen Tianxiang also ignored her intentionally or unintentionally when he was looking for someone, at this time Ye Yingwu opened his mouth to ask her, which made Yang Su a little surprised, and hurriedly hung the water bladder on the horse's back:

"Envoy Qiqi, there is a large army stationed fifty miles to the left of the front, and I don't know where it belongs. There is no road in front of it, but it is the official road outside the city of Ezhou in front of it, there are many business travelers, and there are one or two sentry posts, which are twenty-six miles and forty-six miles in front respectively. ”

These are all messages sent by the secret agents of the Six Doors and Jinyiwei in Ezhou, otherwise Yang Xu would not have been able to answer it with certainty.

Ye Yingwu just nodded, but the rest of the people were secretly surprised. In order to hide his whereabouts, the scouts of the Hundred Battles were not dispatched, but they didn't expect that Ye Yingwu still obtained crucial news through this newly established channel. Thinking that at that time, Ye Yingwu disregarded the risks and tried his best to form the Six Doors and the Jinyi Guard, Rao is Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but be speechless.

This young man who has just been crowned, but he is so far-sighted and sagacious, he is worthy of being the pillar of talent who was entrusted with important tasks by the ministers of Jiangnan West Road, and he is also worthy of Ye Zhijun, who is happy and convinced by the soldiers of the 20,000 Tianwu Army!

"Is there any other way to the south and north?" Ye Yingwu then asked, to the north is Ezhou City, but to the south there is a great possibility.

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Xu said helplessly: "Jinyiwei and the six gates are understaffed here, and they can only determine the strength of Ezhou City and the main official roads around. ”

"Ezhou Yutu." Ye Yingwu then said, this is expected, if the six doors and the Jinyi Guard have just been established, they can clearly explore the surrounding area, then it is called a fraud.

Yang Xu frowned, and finally took out a cowhide map from his arms, and stuffed the map with body fragrance and warmth into Ye Yingwu's hand. The cowhide at the finger contact point was with body temperature, Ye Yingwu was slightly stunned, and then reluctantly pretended not to notice anything, and directly opened the cowhide map, in addition to the surrounding Xing** and Xiangyang, Ezhou was also heavily marked, this map is more about the distribution of the strength of the six doors and Jinyiwei, which shows that as the key development place of the six doors and Jinyiwei, Ezhou's strength is still very thin.

Time is too short to rush. Ye Yingwu couldn't help but let out a long sigh, but the Mongolian army and the Xiangyang army were already at the level of being ready for a bloody battle at any time, where could they find so much time to wait for the growth of the six doors and the Jinyi Guard.

"Here, the town in the middle of the road should be uninhabited." Wen Tianxiang, Yang Bao and others all came up, Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and knocked heavily on a small road south of Ezhou official road, although this road is a little tortuous, but it is finally the most smooth among other roads, and there is only one village and town on the side of the road, and a black horizontal line has also been drawn on the village and town, which means that although this village and town still exists, it has basically been destroyed in the war or the people in the village have fled south.

There is such a village and town on the road, but it is convenient to stop and rest.

"Put it away." Since it has been decided, there is no hesitation, Ye Yingwu casually put away the map and handed it to Yang Xu, "What is the strength of the six doors and Jinyi Wei on Kuizhou Road, especially in Kuizhou Mansion and Luzhou?" ”

Yang Xu nodded slightly: "The direction of Sichuan and Shu is the main development direction of the Six Gates and Jinyiwei, and because the Emperor Tiangao is far away, the Imperial City Division rarely gets involved, so we don't have so many worries, and it is even better than the situation in Ezhou, and after the decision on the Luzhou matter, General Zhang and General Ma sent a large number of elites along the Luzhou line, please let Junda rest assured." ”

"That'll be fine." Ye Yingwu nodded, although from a strategic geographical point of view, the importance of Kuizhou Road is not as strong as that of Luzhou and Chongqing Mansion, but after all, it is also a strategic place on the road to Sichuan, and it can be regarded as a place that is difficult to involve under the Imperial City Division under Jia Yidao.

There was no big problem to the west, Ye Yingwu subconsciously looked back at the east. It is estimated that Xing** Su Liu Yi is also gearing up with the Tianwu Army, ready to intimidate Ah Shu at any time; To the east, the Song army and the Mongol army along the Lianghuai line were also tense confrontations, if it were not for the fact that Mongolia had shifted its focus to Xiangyang, Jianghuai could not sleep and it would be a bloody battle; Further east, I don't know if Lin'an City is still singing and dancing, and the soldiers in front of it are fighting bloodily.

What reassures Ye Yingwu the most is the easternmost one, the gray-clothed middle-aged man from Dongji Island, will he lead the sailors under Zhang Gui and Wang Da to a dead end, or will he really open up a new situation for Ye Yingwu in the distance, as he said?

This may be a bigger gamble than Luzhou, not only sent a large scale of sailors and two rare generals, but also handed over his back road to others. It is estimated that it is myself at this age that I have the guts.

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Thousands of miles away, above the blue waves.

There are small islands dotted around, the easternmost of which is called "East Pole".

The sea breeze is fierce, the warships are majestic, and a soldier in light armor on the humble dock is facing the south with his head held high!

Although Li Si has been loyal to Ye Yingwu, it does not mean that he regards the Great Song Dynasty court trapped in the south as authentic, so the flag on this Dongji Island does not use the black flag of the Song Dynasty on a red background, although the flag has been replaced with red, but there is a big "leaf" on it, to indicate that the object of this force's allegiance is Ye Yingwu, the commander of the four compartments of the Tianwu Army.

Looking at the flag dancing in the wind, Zhang Gui was naturally smiling, but Wang Da had mixed feelings in his heart. For Zhang Gui, it was Ye Yingwu who promoted his brother to the recklessness and finally entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and he was also transferred from the two Huaishui divisions to the Tianwu Army as the commander of the rear carriage by Ye Yuanjun, who appreciated talents very much, and it was also an absolutely first-class and hot position, so looking at the "Ye" banner on this Dongji Island, Zhang Gui sincerely felt honored for Ye Yingwu.

And Wang Da is different, he joined the Tianwu Army and emerged in the Battle of Jute mainly to serve the Great Song Dynasty, as a loyal person to the Great Song Dynasty, although he also admires Ye Yingwu, but it does not mean that watching these Haikou do not use the banner of the Great Song Dynasty after surrendering their allegiance, but there is no disgust in his heart after using Ye Yingwu's banner.

You must know that this can be regarded as trespassing, and I have not heard of the entire barracks where a general's flag is planted.

But after all, these are trivial matters, if he can take Visheye for the Great Song Dynasty, then he Wang Da can be regarded as having the merit of opening up the territory! In any case, I can't let Zhang Gui next to him, Li Si, who seems to be quite scheming, Bai Nutao, who wants to die in a battle, and Ye Yuanjun, who is quite appreciative of himself thousands of miles away, look down on him!

"I didn't expect that a certain fisherman's son on the river would have the opportunity to stand on this ten thousand waves and expand the territory for the Great Song Dynasty." Zhang Gui couldn't help but sigh, but he didn't know if there was another meaning in his words, and he wanted to remind Wang Da not to forget, you can come this far with someone, and the role of Ye Yuanjun is indispensable!

I don't know if Wang Da heard that Zhang Gui seemed to have something to say, the fierce general looked at the vast sea and clear sky, with a smile on his face, and said with a smile after a while: "Brother Yongfu (Zhang Guizi) Why sigh, I still remember that before the first battle in Macheng, when the envoy gave a lecture to a certain and other brothers, he once said, if you don't eat five tripods, that is, five tripod cooking, what is there to be afraid of!" Look at this piece of sea and sky that you and I are about to conquer, the husband should be like this! ”

Zhang Gui was stunned, then glanced at Wang Da, and the two laughed side by side.

No matter what everyone is thinking in their hearts, the purpose is the same, that is, for the Great Song Dynasty, for Ye Zhijun and for the Tianwu Army to lay down the distant Visheye Island, even if the land of China sinks, there will eventually be a heavenly land to regain this heavenly tilt!

"The two brothers are here, and it's easy to find a certain harm!" A hearty and loud voice came from afar, but it was Bai Futao. This big man, who once claimed to be the king and hegemon on Dongji Island, but finally obeyed Li Siyan, is a real simple man, I am afraid that only this side of the sea can give birth to such a bold and open-minded.

On the way here, several people did not deal with each other, and Wang Da and Zhang Gui naturally explored Bai Nutao's temperament clearly, and even formed a deep friendship between the two sides, so they really didn't worry about Bai Nutao's temptation or any conspiracy and trap.

"I don't know what Brother Bai sent to find someone?" Zhang Gui said with a smile, quite humble and subtle. Originally, Bai Nutao was a few years older than the two of them, and he was a well-known figure near this Dongji Island, so it was polite to be so humble.

Bai Nutao scratched his head a little embarrassed, and laughed: "Be polite, it's too polite, it's not a big deal, it's just that Brother Changxi wants to ask, when the two are ready to leave, and the brothers on the entire Dongji Island are already screaming." ”

Seeing Bai Nutao's somewhat restrained appearance, Zhang Gui and Wang Da both looked at each other and smiled, it was still easy to deal with this kind of person, and there was no scheming, I am afraid that only such a man could make all kinds of people on the entire Dongji Island happy and convinced.

"I have discussed it with General Zhang, and I can do it at any time, but I will listen to the orders of Brother Changxi." Wang Da also replied with a smile, on the dock behind him, several large sea ships from the two Huai Shui Divisions were tall and mighty, which was very eye-catching.

Although the Song Dynasty encouraged commerce and trade, but this kind of huge warship, only the imperial court has the financial resources to build, the Dongji Island Haikou by plundering merchant ships and even fishing boats transformed by the warships are far less powerful than these real sea ships, even before this Li Si The largest sea ship is only a little more than half of this kind of warship, if you add the other medium-sized warships that accompanied the two Huai sailors, Wang Da and Zhang Gui are confident that they can crush the Dongji Island Haikou, even if Bai Nutao fights bravely, after all, two punches are difficult to defeat four hands.

And in history, these sea ships were destroyed by the more small and flexible Mongolian sailors because of Zhang Shijie's improper command and large size that was difficult to move conveniently, and finally did not realize its original intention of sailing out to sea.

Of course, these sea ships now, whether in terms of endurance or firm ability, or armament, are far inferior to Zheng He's fleet, but it does not prevent them from being the king and hegemonic in this era!

However, although these sea ships are powerful, they also have drawbacks, because the two Huaishui divisions and Tianwu soldiers who drive them are basically good helmsmen on the big river or the Han River and Huaishui, and there are really few who have been in and out of the wind and waves of this sea, which is why Ye Yingwu must rely on Li Si, because through the experienced sailors under Li Si, these soldiers can grow up more quickly.

Of course, since he has been loyal to Ye Yingwu, these are all trivial matters.

Looking at the huge sea ship behind Wang Da and Zhang Gui, Bai Nutao couldn't take his eyes off it, until Zhang and Wang laughed, and then he was reluctant to withdraw his gaze. Along the south of the river, I didn't go around on this sea boat, but I couldn't see enough of it, but fortunately, I led such a sea ship to charge into battle with Zhang Gui and Wang Da, which was also enjoyable.

Thinking of this, Bai Nutao was even more looking forward to going south.

"There was already a shortage of food, grass and water on the island, but now that there are so many more people, it is natural that it can't be dragged on like this." Zhang Gui put away his smile and said, "Brother Bai, please tell Brother Chang Xi that within two or three days, the Tianwu Army can go south at any time!" ”

"With the promise of two people, I am relieved!" Bai Nutao nodded hurriedly, eager to fly to the sea ship to fight in all directions!

Seeing that Bai Nutao was reluctant to leave, Zhang Gui and Wang Da looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Although the envoy has sketched a beautiful blueprint for them, it does take a lot of hard work to turn it into reality, which Zhang Gui and Wang Da have also guessed before. Since they were deeply favored by the envoys, and they were for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty and Huaxia to expand their territory, this was a matter of glory to their ancestors, and the two of them had no intention of retreating.

In fact, at this point, there is not even room to retreat!

Ye Yingwu led a hundred battles in the west, Su Liuyi led the Tianwu Army in the center, Wang Da and Zhang Gui led the sailors of the Tianwu Army in the east, and the entire Tianwu Army was like a crazy machine, after calming down for a long time, it once again began to stir up the world!