At the beginning of June of the second year of Xianchun.

The scorching sun is baking the earth, if it is not a few feet away is the big river that is rolling and flowing eastward, I am afraid that these people standing on the dock on the shore have already fainted from the heat. Although the wind blew into the wide robe and the big sleeves were very cool, it was not as good as the short-sleeved undershirt of 700 years ago.

Ye Yingwu glanced at the half-fruited strong man who was busy on the dock with some envy, and then turned his gaze back again. Xing** guarding the middle section of the river is the only way to go west to support Ezhou and Sichuan and Shu, and it is also the top priority of Xiangfan and Austrian aid, so no matter how much Jia Rudao suppresses it, the ships that come from the surrounding state capitals to transport money and grain are still constantly moving day by day.

In particular, the money, grain, armor and even Ding Zhuang gathered from the state capitals of Jiangnan West Road, because there are two Huaishui divisions on the river, so they chose to go north along the river and pass through Poyang Lake to enter the river, which is undoubtedly much more suitable than the land route. Moreover, it is extremely fast to concentrate on this wharf and go north to Huangzhou and even to the front line of Xiangfan.

Red flags fluttered in the wind, and another big ship slowly docked.

Yang Bao, who was standing beside Ye Yingwu, said with emotion: "When I first came here a month ago, this wharf was still overgrown and dilapidated, but it was only a month, and it was already about to form a market, and Lord Xie was a little anxious about it. ”

Ye Yingwu smiled lightly, he has always been confident in the rapid development of industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty, and there is the strong support of Xing** and even Jiangnan West Road behind him. For industry and commerce, the Song Dynasty was definitely the least suppressed, which also created the richest dynasty in Chinese history.

And Ye Yingwu, who came from seven hundred years later, would not have any objections to this, and it was too late to even raise his hands to encourage. The budding of capitalism, if it can be brought to this era by me Ye Yingwu as soon as possible, there will be a greater guarantee.

Since things have reached this momentum, Ye Yingwu naturally doesn't mind adding fuel to the fire, and immediately looked at Lu Xiufu who was standing on the other side, Lu Xiufu nodded slightly: "This dock is the lifeblood of Xing**, so you want to build a fortress here?" ”

"Here is backed by Yongxing County, facing the mighty river, there are two Huaishui divisions in front, and there are Tianwu troops in the back, which can advance or retreat, but it is a good place for garrisons." Ye Yingwu said lightly, his eyes swept over the vast river, and countless white sails extended from upstream to downstream, "And every day businessmen gather, ships are vertical and horizontal, and the three religions and nine streams are mixed here, and there is a strong army stationed here, which can not only reassure the hearts of the people, but also prevent unpreparedness." ”

A few waterfowl are flying to their heart's content, their wingtips sweeping across the river and making waves.

Lu Xiufu was not in the mood to look at those, but chewed on the meaning of Ye Yingwu's words. Unpreparedness, if Ah Shu leads a large army to attack, I am afraid that it has already been detected before the Han River, and it cannot be called unprepared in any case, and there is no need to use a large army to prevent the Mongolian traitors who are very unlikely to cause rebellion.

Then there is only one person that Ye Yingwu wants to guard against.

Lu Xiufu subconsciously extended his gaze downstream along the river, and then let out a long sigh. This Huanghuang Yan Song Dynasty, if they can work together, why retreat again and again, first Jingkang has been humiliated for a hundred years, and then it is a corner today. But Na Jia seems to be Dao, and Ye Yingwu, and the princes of Jiangnan West Road, and he Lu Xiufu are not all the way in any case.

"Well, after I go back, I will inform Junshi and put it in the same position as the construction of Yongxing County." Lu Xiufu nodded and said, "I just don't know how the envoy plans to use this hard-won treasure land?" And if it is a garrison, who is up to the task? ”

Ye Yingwu just smiled slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Several warships appeared between the water and the sky, and the red daqi flying in the wind could be clearly seen even from a long distance, and then Bai Fan and Zhang Shijie's general flag came into view. After a while, the whole fleet gradually showed its whole body, two building ships in the center, more than a dozen Meng Chong guarded, hung full of white sails against the current and broke the waves, the ships on the river saw that this was the warship of the two Huai Shui Divisions, and naturally they were busy dodging to both sides.

"The garrison is not only the Tianwu Army." Ye Yingwu didn't answer Lu Xiufu's question, but pretended to be mysterious and said, "And ・・・・・ is not only two Huai Shui Divisions." ”

The Tianwu Army naturally wants to garrison a box, and the two Huai Shui Divisions say that they have to cut out a fleet that is enough to cover the dock and even the river, in addition, Jinyiwei and Liufenmen should also have a stronghold in this dock market, and even gradually infiltrate the forces or countries to which they belong through the contact with these merchants from the north and south.

Lu Xiufu just smiled bitterly and nodded, there is really no difficulty in the two Huai Shui Divisions, because Zhang Shijie can also see the importance of the dock camp here, and he must send elites. And the Six Doors and Jinyiwei are different, these two organizations that have just been formed are really too weak, will it be too obvious to invest directly in them like this.

If it is exposed, the Imperial City Division will definitely not give up, and Ye Yingwu and the others can only be speechless and willing to admit it.

Ye Yingwu just smiled faintly and looked behind him, on the side of the dock, a hillside rose from the ground and went straight to the sky, and the side facing the river seemed to have been cut by force, turning into a steep cliff. The river crashed against the cliffs, splashing high with snow-white waves.

Standing on that cliff, the surrounding scenery must be in full view, even if there is no sailor, you can hold the throat of the entire river. Ye Yingwu took a deep breath, it has been two months since he came to this Xing**, but he has never noticed this cliff. Now I suddenly see it, and I have all kinds of tastes in my heart.

The green mountains are still the same, and the rivers are still the same!

On the opposite side, there are also green hills, guarding the riverside. At that time, I came from the Han River along the river, but I was only impressed by the majesty and uprightness of the green mountains in this area, but I never noticed the faint trend of the tiger standing on the dragon plate. The green hills on both sides of the river reflect each other, locking the entire river to death!

Ye Yingwu's voice trembled a little, and he pointed to the hillside and asked, "What is the name of this mountain, it has such a majestic and extraordinary appearance." ”

Unexpectedly, Ye Yingwu suddenly asked the name of the hillside, Lu Xiufu was also stunned, he was not a general, if it wasn't for Ye Yingwu looking over, he wouldn't have noticed the importance of that hillside, so he took a soft breath at that time.

On the other side, a Xing** official who followed hurriedly stepped forward when he saw this: "Qi Zhi Jun, Tong Judgment, subordinates know that this hillside is half vertical because of the wall, so the people of Yongxing County generally call this mountain 'Half of the Mountain', but this is also a general name, if the Zhijun is interested, it is better to give this mountain a name." ”

And Ye Yingwu, his heart was already blank at this time.

Half the mountain, half the mountain!

No wonder, in 1854, in the fourth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan fought a bloody battle in Banbi Mountain, and the whole army died heroically, and no one survived. I was really confused, and I forgot about this half of the mountain.

And on the other side of the half of the mountain, Ye Yingwu squinted slightly.

Tianjia Town, the gateway to Wuchang!

Six hundred years later, half of the mountain here, opposite Tianjia Town, saw the struggle of the whole country in blood and fire, and finally used countless people to rush forward and charge, breaking the shackles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. And today, he Ye Yingwu is standing here, before Mongolia has set foot on this land, after the Jurchens, the ancestors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, have been torn apart by the Mongolian iron horsemen.

"From this wharf, all the way to Banbi Mountain, it should be the first barrier of Xing**." Ye Yingwu said lightly, "Half of the mountain, half of the mountain, support the backbone of heaven and earth for me!" ”

While the two of them were talking, several large ships of the two Huai Sailors had slowly sailed over, with white sails high and flags hunting. Ye Yingwu and Lu Xiufu glanced at each other, and at the same time subconsciously straightened their bodies. This time, it was not just Zhang Shijie who led the two Huai Water Divisions to return to Xing** Water Village on the south bank of the Great River, but General Ye Yingwu discussed with Zhang Shijie on behalf of the Tianwu Army the direction of these two forces that could not be ignored.

A middle-aged man in his thirties stood proudly on the bow of the boat with a sword, and a group of elite sailors lined up from his left and right sides, either assault rifles or crossbows in their hands, but they all pointed downwards to show no hostility. In fact, with the relationship between Ye Yingwu and Zhang Shijie, let alone hostility, the Tianwu Army and the two Huai Shui Divisions are simply wearing a pair of pants, just like the elite water and land divisions to which Jiangnan West Road belongs. This is also the elite who is really being controlled by Jiang Wanli and others.

The building boat slowly docked, and before the springboard was put down, Zhang Shijie had easily jumped off the warship and greeted Ye Yingwu. Looking at the still high-spirited man standing in front of him, Ye Yingwu felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. It is inevitable that the Southern Song Dynasty will eventually fall to the top, but among them, Zhang Shijie, as an incompetent naval general, is indeed a factor that cannot be ignored in the wrong command and judgment in several naval decisive battles.

But then again, without Zhang Shijie's hard work, this Great Song Dynasty might have been like duckweed in the water, and the Mongolian iron cavalry would have been blown away as soon as the fierce wind from the north pressed the border.

Not noticing Ye Yingwu's complicated gaze, Zhang Shijie grinned and said, "Jia Yufeng's tricky guy has already been won?" ”

Seeing Zhang Shijie, there was no greeting at all, knowing that he did not treat himself as an outsider, Ye Yingwu's heart was also warm. How fortunate I am that when I came to this strange era 700 years ago, I had a group of close friends and relatives who supported me and never gave up.

The middle-aged man in front of him was tired with something that could not be concealed, as the governor of Huangzhou, he was under the pressure of the north these days, and it was not easy to think about it. Ye Yingwu put Zhang Shijie's merits and demerits behind, opened his heart and smiled heartily: "I took it, brother-in-law Lao bothered." ”

"If you go outside, you must first settle inside." Zhang Shijie let out a long sigh.

Although the dream of restoring the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties seems unrealizable, Zhang Shijie firmly believes that if there is no group of people who unswervingly drag their feet, this dream that has been handed down for 300 years since the era of Yizu is not impossible!

However・・・・・・ yet there are too many yet.

A trace of melancholy flashed across Zhang Shijie's face, but he was immediately shocked by the prosperous scene of the wharf in front of him, and couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect that the distance between a river is indeed such a scene, as if there are two worlds." Could it be that this vast river can make people feel at ease? ”

Ye Yingwu knew that he thought of Huangzhou, and what Huangzhou was like Ye Yingwu had also seen. Since the Great War of Ezhou, this land that seems to be conquered at any time has been sparsely populated, but after all, it is the capital of a large state that occupies one side, and the population is still there after all. Zhang Shijie's two Huaishui divisions did not even rely on the help of the Jiangnan West Road, but directly replenished enough troops from Huangzhou and neighboring Qizhou, and even repaired several broken warships.

"This should be an important town in the north." Zhang Shijie looked around, his gaze finally fixed on Banbi Mountain, and couldn't help but sigh softly. As a general who is good at defense, he also saw at a glance the importance of the dock here and the Banbi Mountain in the distance, and he couldn't help but wonder why he hadn't noticed these things the last time he came.

I'm afraid I was already carried away by the victory at that time.

"Yuanlie, what do you need help with?" Seeing that Ye Yingwu was just smiling faintly, Zhang Shijie could see that Ye Yingwu was troubled by something in his heart, so he was not in the mood to accompany him to appreciate this beautiful mountain and river.

Ye Yingwu's body was stunned, and then he smiled bitterly: "People! ”

"People? Can't these ministers rely on Jiangnan West Road to solve it? Zhang Shijie asked with a little surprise, he can understand what Ye Yingwu lacks, but it is this "person" who makes him feel a little embarrassed, he can't move the already pitiful population of Huangzhou to Xing**, in that case, what is the basis for Huangzhou to be stationed.

"I've tried my best, but after all, a little more is a little more." Ye Yingwu looked at Zhang Shijie, or not only him, but also Lu Xiufu's gaze, all of which were on Zhang Shijie. Ye Yingwu's words are already a little obvious, and he is testing Zhang Shijie.

seemed to sense what Ye Yingwu meant, Zhang Shijie gritted his teeth and looked around, the officials who accompanied him had already dispersed far away, leaving only Ye Yingwu's cronie Yang Bao to accompany him, and it was estimated that Ye Yingwu's meaning Yang Bao had already known what Yang Bao meant. In other words, this matter has been discussed within the upper echelons of Xing** and Tianwu Army.

Now Ye Yingwu can already represent the meaning of a group of civil and military officials.

Clenched his fists, his nails dug deep into the flesh, Zhang Shijie often took a breath, and then said: "Then how can Huangzhou be so easy to ・・・・・・ and not say so, Song Rui will not agree if he wants to come." There are also the scholars and people of Huangzhou, how can they be so easy to convince. ”

Looking at Zhang Shijie, Ye Yingwu's tone was still flat: "The township soldiers, the Xiang army and the two Huaishui divisions don't need to transfer a single soldier and a pawn, and the people of Huangzhou will move inward." Did the brother-in-law really think that once the Mongolian sailors broke through the Han River, the brother-in-law would really have the ability to lead a cadre of village soldiers and a box army to repel the Mongolian iron cavalry that was rolling like a tide? ”

Zhang Shijie opened his mouth and stammered, and after a long time, he said sneeringly: "No・・・・・・ isn't there still the Tianwu Army, how can the Tianwu Army sit idly by and watch the ・・・・・・ of Huangzhou?"

Ye Yingwu smiled bitterly and looked at Banbi Mountain not far away: "Although the Tianwu Army is known as the elite, you and I both understand the real situation, the casualties at the foot of Macheng are too heavy, and now the people who are filled in are all local villagers who have been temporarily recruited, and they have no strength to fight at all." At that time, General Mou and Su were able to take advantage of the heavy rain to defeat Ah Shu with the help of heavy rain, but now, the entire Tianwu Army only has 2,000 soldiers, how can they fight again? ”