Chapter 74: Defection
After a long silence, she nodded slightly.
Zhao Dongting was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly turned his head and said to Ying'er: "Ying'er, go and arrange a room for Miss Lechan." ”
Le Chan said: "Thank you to the emperor, the folk girl and the little sister can live together." ”
Zhao Dongting nodded happily and agreed, "That's fine." ”
Le Chan took Le Wu's hand, "The folk girl and the little sister went to rest first." ”
Zhao Dongting nodded again.
When the sisters left, he was still at ease. Ying'er looked strange from the side, but she didn't know why.
Although Zhao Dongting has been acting maturely recently, like an adult, who would have thought that he would know about the love of men and women at such a young age?
In the past three days, Zhao Dongting didn't even go to the weapons workshop, except for the early dynasty, he stayed in the dormitory to accompany Le Chan, music and dance, and offered his hospitality to Le Chan. But Le Chan and Le Wu only thought that he was guilty in his heart, and even Ying'er and Li Yuanxiu thought so, only thinking that Zhao Dongting was making up for Xiaojin's death.
Yang Shufei has been here and likes Le Chan a lot, but she didn't think about it at all.
How old is Le Chan, and how old is Zhao Dongting?
Although Zhao Dongting wanted to show his love in his heart, he also knew that it was too scary, so he could only endure it. Being able to accompany Le Chan, he is extremely satisfied.
On the night of the fourth day of He Qingyi's delivery, the island finally quieted down, and the soldiers stopped digging traps.
At this time, there were traps all over the island, and all the equipment for guarding the city inside and outside the palace had been arranged.
Dozens of patrolling janissaries shuttled back and forth along the coast, tightly guarded.
The Great War is coming.
As it approached, the dense Song Dynasty soldiers flocked to the palace and waited for their respective defensive positions under the command of the commanders of the various armies.
The Song army originally had a team of five people, a hundred people as a capital, and five hundred people as a battalion, and those Yuan army soldiers were scattered in various teams, and there was a lot more than enough to supplement the battle losses of the last time, but they did not distribute blades in their hands, and they were only responsible for transporting equipment or making archers for those crossbowmen.
The commanders in the army also had no choice, they didn't know where to arrange them, and they were afraid that they would defect if they were given weapons.
General Wan Yanzhang stood at the head of the city at this time, next to Su Liuyi and others, watching the Song army defend everywhere in an orderly manner, and there was some emotion in his eyes.
He had fought with the Song army before, but he had never seen the Song army with such strong morale and strict military discipline.
In fact, this is not all the credit of Zhao Dongting. Although he has accumulated transcendent prestige, he has not yet made his soldiers so warlike.
This has something to do with the general trend of the whole country.
Originally, the Song Dynasty continued to retreat and could perish at any time, and these soldiers naturally got by, but now, the emperor is virtuous, and there is Huanglong Xianrui, the first battle is a great victory, and they are naturally full of enthusiasm when they see the hope of recovering the country.
At the same time, the Xiliu ferry port is also a continuous number of soldiers, and the black pressure is large, filling the entire ferry port.
More than 50,000 people from the six armies of the Leizhou Flying Army, the Dinghai Navy, the Weiwu Army, the Huzhou Army, the Escort Army, and the Enemy Breaking Army gathered here.
Most of these soldiers were regular soldiers who were able to fight.
However, their morale does not appear to be high. In the past few days, when it was learned that they were going to attack the island, there were even quite a few mutinies in the various armies.
In this era, there are still many loyal people.
Liu Hongyi, the commander of the Flying Army, Qi Shucai, the commander of the Leizhou Army and the commander of the mighty army, and other generals of the Leizhou Army wore armor and stood in front of Ge Lijun.
In the distance, Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng led 5,000 soldiers to assemble, but most of those soldiers were old and weak.
The previous war really wiped out the elite they brought on this trip.
Li Heng looked at the crowded Leizhou army, and a few extremely ruthless colors flashed in his eyes.
Ge Lijun stood on a high place, his long sword held high, as if he was mobilizing before the battle, saying something to boost morale.
It's a pity that the sound of the response below is never shocking.
He didn't seem to be bored when he said it, and after a while, he asked Qi Shucai and others to lead the army to board the ship. Tens of thousands of soldiers bustled towards the warship.
Half an hour or so had passed, and the sun peeked out from the horizon and shone on the blades of the officers and men on board, and the cold light shone in the sky.
Ge Lijun sat on the main boat and shouted, "Beat the drum and pull out!"
The drums sounded like thunder, and hundreds of warships waved their flags and marched towards the island.
Ge Jun sat next to his Lao Tzu, his face full of excitement, and asked, "Dad, how are we going to fight?"
In the past, he was just looking for flowers and willows in Leizhou, and he was in trouble everywhere, but he really hadn't seen such a shocking scene.
Ge Lijun still had some expectations for this only son, and when he heard this, he asked, "How do you think we should fight?"
Ge Jun wiped his hair, "In my opinion, our army has such a large number of generals, those soldiers on Zhou Island must be afraid and can't hold out." Attacking and burning the state with fire will surely annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”
The military advisor couldn't help but laugh beside him.
"Idiot!"
Ge Lijun was not polite, and scolded directly: "Zhou Island is full of stones, what do you burn?"
Ge Jun was full of grievances and said: "I didn't know that there were all stones, and the child hadn't been there......"
Ge Lijun shook his head in annoyance, full of helplessness, and only said in his heart, Lao Tzu is so shrewd, how could he give birth to such a stupid thing!
He naturally had already thought of a way to attack the island in his heart, and he had already given instructions to the generals in the army.
In the past few hours, hundreds of naval warships with a length of 30 meters, a width of nearly 10 meters, and a height of nearly 10 meters have already braved the wind and waves to reach the outside of Texas Island.
On the highest peak of the island, billowing smoke has already been ignited.
But at this time, there was not even a ghost to be seen on the shores of the island. Zhao Dongting made up his mind to defend and called all the soldiers on patrol back.
The ralei that were originally buried on the island were also removed, the pull line was removed, and the mine was re-buried instead.
It can be said that the current island is a trap place where two kinds of military science and technology in ancient and modern times are gathered.
Zhao Dongting led a group of Wenchen, Ying'er, Le Chan, Le Wu and others to leave the cliff, watching the Leizhou warship sail quickly.
There was also a small table in front of him, and he was sitting at this table, drinking the fruit brew leisurely. There is also Ying'er next to him from time to time to pluck a mango for him and deliver it to his mouth.
When Zhao Dongting opened his mouth, he inevitably touched Ying'er's plain hand, which made Ying'er's ears red.
But he was a child, and no one thought he was frivolous.
Le Chan only thought it was interesting.
In the past three days, she has occasionally seen Zhao Dongting handling political and military affairs, just like Lu Xiufu and them, she only thinks that his head really doesn't look like a child can have, and his maturity of thinking is simply very comparable. This made her a little curious about Zhao Dongting.
Soon, the warships of the Leizhou Army stopped on the western coast of the island.
In front of them were more than 200 warships that Zhao Dongting and they had obtained from the Yuan army.
Zhao Dongting let it be there, and he was not afraid that Ge Lijun would destroy it. Because Ge Lijun would not give himself and others a chance to escape at all, these warships are estimated to be regarded by him as something in his pocket. Would he be willing to burn his own things?
Picking up the binoculars on the table, Zhao Dongting looked at the Leizhou Army warship.
The main ship of the monarch sat in the center, and the flag was hoisted high on the mast. His disobedience is obvious, and naturally he will no longer use the banner of the Song Army.
Seeing this, Zhao Dongting just sneered in his heart.
Then, I saw the flag-bearers on the watchtower of the main ship waving their colorful flags one after another.
In ancient times, when marching and fighting, the drums marched forward, and the gold stopped, and the flag was the number. When the soldiers were trained, they also had to receive several trainings in the eyes, ears, hands, feet, and heart, among which the eyes were specially trained to recognize the flag.
After the colorful flags were raised, the five armies in Leizhou were drawn one after another, and the warships marched towards all parts of the island.
The military advisor asked Ge Lijun softly beside him: "My lord, do you really want Liu Hongyi to lead the army to attack the island?"
Ge Lijun sneered: "His wife was invited by me to live in my mansion, and he dared to defect?"
"Your Excellency is wise. ”
The military advisor was busy touting, "No wonder he Liu Hongyi has been willing to kill his mutinous soldiers in the past few days." ”
Ge Lijun said: "Loyalty, heh, how can loyalty be important to life and family." ”
As everyone knows, at this time on the main ship of the Flying Army, Liu Hongyi's eyes were red and bloodshot, but he was full of killing intent.
He really didn't expect Ge Lijun to hold his wife, Xiyi and the maid hostage, but this didn't stop him.
Before leaving, his wife told him, "Husband, if I die, the tombstone will also be engraved with the name of the deceased wife of Liu Hongyi, the captain of the Great Song Dynasty." ”