On the eighth day of the first month of the first month of 1130 AD, the crown prince Zhao Tianci led his 2,500 marching troops from Lin'an Mansion, detoured the Yangtze River, landed in Zhenjiang, and officially joined Han Shizhong, the envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Han Shizhong personally led more than 20 warships of the Ministry of Water to greet him ten miles away. Twenty warships lined up on the river, the battle flags on the ships were waving in the wind, the drums were sounding in unison, and the royal warships on which Zhao Tianci and others were seated were huge in size and richly decorated, and there were ten warships on each side to escort them, and the momentum was also unique for a while.

The two armies met, and Han Shizhong led his wife Liang Hongyu to board the royal warship in a small boat to meet the crown prince Zhao Tianci.

Zhao Tianci was dressed in a red robe, wearing a purple gold topaz crown and a tight-fitting corset, it was really a jade tree blooming in spring, with his solemn face, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Nine Heavens Fairy Child came to the world. He sat on the bow of the ship, and behind him were Lu Qinghou, Lu Fangfei, Li Zongzhi, Fan Xun, Fan Yunqi, Zhao Yiyan and Zhu Shengfei and others, all of whom were heroic and fairy-like.

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu got on the boat, and when they saw this scene at first glance, they couldn't help but be stunned, except for Lu Qinghou and Zhao Yiyan who were a little older behind the prince, the rest of them were all teenagers.

In fact, Liang Hongyu has seen this prince. At that time, when Miao Liu rebelled, he was established as the emperor, and the Empress Dowager Longyou secretly summoned her into the palace and asked her to go to Xiuzhou to summon Han Shizhong to come to King Qin, and she saw the young prince with her own eyes. At that time, Zhao Tianci should have been Zhao Fu, and he was just a yellow-mouthed child who had not been weaned, and he had nothing but crying. Where is it like today, where is he already a majestic young man with a sparkle in his eyes?

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Jiangsu and Zhejiang envoys, Wusheng Army Festival History Han Shizhong and Anguo's wife Liang Hongyu visited His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

At this time, Zhao Tianci's eyes never left Liang Hongyu. The face is still the same as that of the husband with eyebrows, but the corners of his eyes have the color of vicissitudes, with thin crow's feet, and his eyes are immediately avoided when he touches him, and he looks completely unacquainted.

Zhao Tianci couldn't help but feel a burst of loss in his heart, but then he thought about it. He is Zhao Tianci now, not Wan Linggen at that time, even if he is still him, but the Liang Hongyu in front of him is probably not the Liang Hongyu at that time.

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but they didn't hear the prince speak, and they were wondering. They didn't know that the prince was distracted, but Lu Fangfei and the others who were standing behind could see it clearly, and Lu Fangfei gently pushed Zhao Tianci. Only then did the prince come back to his senses, and said with a smile: "General Han, calm down!" ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" Han Shizhong stood up in response, but Liang Hongyu didn't move, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't say to let her get up!

"Sister Ruby...... Oh, Mrs. Anguo, please get up! As soon as Zhao Tianci opened his mouth, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly took it back, and Lu Fangfei behind him frowned.

"The Chincha Expedition is ready. Please go ashore and rest! After Liang Hongyu got up, Han Shizhong said respectfully.

"Good. Just General Han! Zhao Tianci's mind was flustered, and he was not interested in talking to Han Shizhong at all.

Han Shizhong is not a person who is good at words, the prince is reluctant to say more, of course he is happy to relax. At that moment, he ordered the twenty warships to turn their bows and make way for the royal warships to pass first. Then follow behind and drive all the way to the mouth of the Zhenjiang River.

The local people and gentry had already come to watch the ceremony on the shore, and the troops stationed at the port crowded a wide Zhenjiang estuary for a while.

The royal warship docked, and Zhao Tianci and others were at the bow of the ship, accompanied by Han Shizhong and his wife. Waving to the people, officers and soldiers who came to greet them, everyone in the port knelt on the ground and shouted, "The soldiers and people of Zhenjiang greet His Royal Highness the Prince!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose! The voice came like a tsunami, like a rainbow, and it went straight to the sky.

Zhao Tianci didn't like this kind of unnutritious congratulations, but current events were like this, and he could only passively accept them.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, let's get off the boat!" Han Shizhong saw that the crown prince had no intention of going down, so he reminded carefully.

"No hurry!" The prince waved his hand and stood there without moving.

The prince didn't move, and the two of them could only stand there to accompany them. Liang Hongyu peeked at the crown prince Zhao Tianci from time to time, she always had a strange feeling in her heart, the prince in front of her and the person she saw at the beginning were not the same person.

After a while, Han Shizhong finally knew why the prince was "not in a hurry", he was waiting, waiting for the men and horses he brought to go ashore first.

Dozens of warships docked one after another, and groups of soldiers streamed down from under the boats, they lined up in order, marched in unison, and after going ashore, without saying a word, they stood in turn on the field that the people had given up. By the time all the soldiers had disembarked, the vacated field was already full of 2,500 soldiers of all heights.

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Of the 2,500 people in front of him, one-third of them turned out to be child soldiers, but whether they were child soldiers or adult soldiers, they all had solemn expressions, held their heads high, did not squint, maintained exactly the same distance from each other, and their body shapes and postures were exactly the same.

Han Shizhong's face became a little ugly, but Liang Hongyu's eyes were sparkling and thoughtful.

"Let's go down!" The prince spoke, ignoring what the couple were thinking, turning around and leaving.

Everyone rushed down, the prince came to his people and looked, most of them were pale, many people were not used to taking the boat for a long time, and they were a little seasick, but they all held back, they couldn't embarrass the prince, this was their only thought.

After everyone went ashore, the great eunuch Guo Huai'an took out the holy decree from his bosom and began to read:

"The envoy of the Ejiang and Zhejiang systems, the envoy of the Wusheng Army (the former governor of the military of the prince on behalf of the emperor): I am informed. Now there are gold thieves who have invaded my hinterland, and have slain my people, and have taken my goods, and their evil deeds have been made clear, and men and gods are indignant. The imperial decree of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was set up as an envoy, and Han Shizhong, the envoy of the Wusheng army, led the troops and horses of the army to intercept the enemy on the north bank of the Zhenjiang River, and did not allow the enemy to return to the north. The crown prince presented the edict of heaven, supervised the army before the battle, in order to promote my **** brilliant national prestige, save my people from fire and water, and ordered a cadre to do things, but all important military and political affairs must be known and conspire to destroy the enemy. Therefore, it is hereby decreed that it is advisable to know. ”

Guo Huai'an read it from beginning to end, in fact, there were only two sentences: Jin Bing wants to escape, intercept me; The crown prince came, and the military and political affairs were discussed together. This is the first draft drafted by the crown prince, but when he arrived at the Hanlin Academy, which was responsible for drafting the holy decree, after their hand was changed, it became the current appearance, and Zhao Tianci frowned when he heard it.

"Obey the Divine Commandment!" Han Shizhong knelt down to receive the order, Guo Huaian came to the prince, and said in a low voice, "Prince, the old slave will not accompany you in. You can take care of this important military and political affairs as you want, but you can't do it on the battlefield. Niangniang's words came to the old slave, and the old slave said goodbye! ”

Zhao Tianci nodded, "You go back and tell my mother, let her rest assured that I will definitely win the victory and capture the enemy surnamed Jin to return to the court." ”

"Yes, the old slave must bring the words of the prince!" Guo Huai'an bowed deeply, and with the support of a little eunuch, he walked back to the royal warship and set sail back to Lin'an.

The prince came to the prince under the stars and the moon, and after everything was settled, it was already afternoon.

Han Shizhong originally planned to give the crown prince a reception banquet, but it was postponed to the evening because the prince was in a hurry to see the defense map.

The prince's line is not far from Han Shizhong's Chinese army tent, but since the holy decree said that the prince has the right to intervene in military and political affairs, Han Shizhong simply changed his Chinese army tent into the prince's council, which is convenient for the prince to discuss matters, and he does not have to run at both ends.

The prince looked at the "map" in front of him, and his brows were almost wrinkled. Seeing this, Han Shizhong asked, "His Royal Highness the Prince, is there anything wrong?" ”

The crown prince shook his head, "General Han, you should tell me about it, I can't read your map." ”

Han Shizhong was stunned for a moment, Liang Hongyu, who was standing on the side, smiled, and said in his heart that this little prince is really real, he can say whatever he wants. Han Shizhong didn't think he could understand it at all, but the prince said it himself, which surprised him.

Han Shizhong said while pointing on the map, "His Royal Highness the Prince, this is Zhenjiang Port, this is the Yangtze River, about thirty miles up the Yangtze River is Jiankang Mansion, the west of Zhenjiang Port is Huang Tiandang, the front troops of my naval division are stationed in Qinglong Town, and there are central and rear troops stationed in Jiangwan and Haikou respectively, as long as the Jin people's ships step into Huang Tiandang, I can let him have no return!" ”

Han Shizhong said simply, Zhao Tianci was confused, but he didn't want Han Shizhong to bother to popularize coastal defense knowledge for him, so he nodded casually and said, "General Han is good at fighting water battles, how to play you can arrange it, I won't interfere, but you have to explain the reason to me when you make the pre-arrangement." Also, I brought more than 2,000 horses, you can also see, a small half of them are child soldiers, they are all children of the family of the officials of the dynasty, I will bring them over to experience, if there is a small-scale battle with the enemy, you can arrange for them to go, whether it is to watch the battle, to participate in the battle, just feel the battlefield. ”

"Yes!" Han Shizhong hurriedly responded, and said in his heart that you brought a group of sons and sons over, it seems that you need to take more care.

Zhao Tianci yawned and said, "General Han, I'm a little tired, go back to sleep for a while, and then you can send someone to call me at night." ”

After saying that, he didn't say hello, turned around and walked out with his people.

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu glanced at each other, both a little confused. (To be continued.) )