Fifteen hundred seagoing ships took advantage of the strong northerly wind, and sailed southward in the sea, and the fleet was long, stretching two hundred miles away, and above the great ships, gray clouds flew through the sky, and the turbid and surging waters were covered with foam as far as the eye could see

The raging waves rolled towards the ship with a terrible and calm manner, and rose violently, forming a dark green arch wall that looked like a glittering arch made of steel, and smashed against the wall of the ship with a loud bang.

After nearly 12 days of sailing, the time has reached the third day of the second lunar month, and the fleet departing from Luhe Port has gradually reached the south and is about to arrive at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Yang Yuanqing stood on the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, squinting at the rough waves on the sea, he had gradually become accustomed to the wind and waves on the sea, and began to appreciate the wild beauty of this stormy sea with a calm heart.

"Your Highness!"

Zhang Long walked up with difficulty and persuaded: "Go back to the cabin!" The wind and waves are too strong and will sweep His Highness into the sea. ”

"Is this the wind and the waves?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

"It's ...... No, a few years ago, I experienced a storm on Xiaoliuqiu Island, the sky was like black ink, the huge waves rolled up dozens of stories high, our big ship was like a child's toy, that feeling, it was really like being swallowed by the devil. ”

Zhang Long remembered the experience many years ago, and still has palpitations, "Compared with that time, now it can only be regarded as a small wind and waves." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "I also think it's a little wind and a small wave, Zhang Long, how far is it from the mouth of the Yangtze River now?" ”

Zhang Long thought for a while and said: "In the morning, we passed through Turtle and Snake Island, at this speed, we can reach the mouth of the Yangtze River in the evening, and we can reach Jiangdu tomorrow morning." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, turned around and walked towards the cabin, he went to the bedroom first to see his son, due to seasickness. Yang Ning's body was weak and still falling asleep, Yang Yuanqing immediately walked to the cabin next door, this is the military aircraft room, there is a sand table in the cabin, and the marching Sima Wei Yunqi stood in front of the sand table and was thinking about something intently.

"Isn't Wesa seasick now?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a slight smile.

Wei Yunqi was also dizzy at first, but now he seems to have gradually adapted to it, and he smiled a little embarrassedly: "I feel much better in the past two days. I asked just now. It seems that you can reach the mouth of the Yangtze River at night, and there is basically no wind and waves there. ”

"It's good to get used to it."

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward and asked again, "What is Wei Sima studying?" ”

"Returning to His Royal Highness, I am thinking about Jiangyang Warehouse, I heard that this is Li Mi's general grain warehouse, which has hundreds of thousands of stones of grain in storage. If we can take this granary, we will be able to gain a foothold in Jiangnan. ”

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward and also looked at Jiangyang Cang on the sand table. Wei Yunqi had already planted a red flag on it, and Wei Yunqi pointed to Jiangyangcang and said, "Jiangyangcang is actually a city, with a circumference of about twelve miles. According to the size of the city, the garrison is at most three to four thousand people, and our fleet can anchor at the Jiangyang pier and then enter the city directly from the Cao River. ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and asked: "How far is the Yangtze River Wharf in Jiangyang County from Jiangyang Warehouse?" ”

"It's about five or six miles, but it's actually built close to the Yangtze River."

"Then you don't have to go to the Cao River. The army went ashore directly and attacked Jiangyang Cang at night! Yang Yuanqing made a decision directly......

Jiangdu City has fallen silent, Li Miqin led 150,000 troops to the west to meet the Xiao Du coalition army, and sent the general Chen Zhiluo to lead 20,000 troops to the north of Pengcheng County to defend the Central Plains Sui army south, the defenders of the Jiangdu City are only more than 10,000 people, commanded by Li Mi's confidant Zhang Tongren.

Although the city of Jiangdu was quiet because of the departure of the army, commerce was still prosperous, and after many years of ups and downs in the Sui army, the people of Jiangdu had also seen the warlords fighting each other very lightly, and had long been accustomed to it.

As long as the army does not slaughter the city, then the war basically has nothing to do with the small people, everyone should make money, and when they should get married, they will get married, and there is no sign of closure of major shops and liquor stores, and business is still booming every day.

Although Jiangdu is located in the north and south corners of the Yangtze River, its economic status as the general hub of Caoyun also determines its commercial prosperity, and its geographical location in the north and south determines its strategic importance, which makes Jiangdu have a very high political status in the Great Sui, and Yang Guang even positioned Jiangdu as a companion capital.

Jiangdu City is the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River, the circumference of the city is nearly 60 miles, there were millions of people when it was prosperous, merchants from all over the world and merchants from overseas countries gathered in Jiangdu, although it experienced the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population of Jiangdu also decreased sharply, but after all, Jiangdu did not suffer the destruction of Xìng, so that the population of Jiangdu still has more than 70,000 households, 500,000 people, becoming the third most populous city after Chang'an and Taiyuan.

At night, Bing Yuanzhen left home, at this time he had been completely ignored by Li Mi, Li Mi led the army to the west, did not arrange any affairs for him, or nominally the Ministry of Rites, in fact, in the army, he had no position at all.

But at this time, Bing Yuanzhen did not have any complaints, he rode a donkey, and walked unhurriedly to the military camp located in the south of the city, the military camp is not very large, covering an area of dozens of acres, the barracks are all rammed with soil, a total of more than 50 rows, surrounded by a wall outside, and more than 10,000 soldiers guarding Jiangdu are stationed here.

More than 10,000 troops are divided into three squads, taking turns to patrol and defend the city, the main general is Li Mi's henchman Zhang Tongren, Zhang Tongren is also from the Wagang Army, at best in the Wagang Army can only be regarded as a third-rate corner sè, because of the earliest to follow Li Mi and gradually reused, and now has become the third person in the generals after Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang.

Zhang Tongren has a full face, a fierce appearance, and an extremely short temper, he is illiterate, so it is really a little difficult for him to be in charge of Jiangdu City, and in just two days, he has made him anxious, and several military officers are also ineffective, which makes him upset and scolds all day long.

In the general's office, Zhang Tongren held a leather whip in his hand, and while beating several people who joined the army, he scolded loudly: "Lao Tzu is illiterate so I ask you to do things, look at the good things you do, some brothers have received two stones of rice, and some brothers are starving, how do you do things, do you want to force the brothers to rebel?" ”

Several military officers covered their heads, squatted on the ground, and did not dare to speak after the whipping, just now, it was normal to be a little chaotic, but this Zhang Tongren could not tolerate it, which made the officers extremely indignant, but no one dared to speak.

At this time, a soldier rushed in to report: "Report to the general, Bing Shangshu is asking to see him outside the camp." ”

"Who is it?"

Zhang Tongren was stunned, he immediately reacted, it was Bing Yuanzhen who came, he was immediately overjoyed, and kicked a few people hard, "Get out of here!" ”

He himself hurriedly ran out to greet him, Bing Yuan was really the veteran of Wagang Village, during the period when Zhai Rang was in charge of Wagang, it was under one person, above ten thousand people, and the authority was great, like Zhang Tongren, a small horn sè, he didn't even have the qualifications to pat on the back then.

However, the world has changed over time, Bing Yuanzhen has declined, but Zhang Tongren has become a popular general, and he can play majestic and put on a show in front of Bing Yuanzhen, which is still quite satisfying for Zhang Tongren.

Zhang Tongren ran out of the barracks, and when he saw Bing Yuanzhen leading the little donkey standing next to the camp gate, he couldn't help laughing, "Why didn't Bing Shangshu even ride a horse and became a peddler riding a little donkey?" ”

In the orthodox court of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the status of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was extremely high, and the generals had to salute when they saw the Shangshu, but in Li Mi's place, the civil officials had no status, and an ordinary general was annoyed, and he could also insult the important ministers of the court in the street.

Although Li Mi also wants to establish an orthodox etiquette system, his foundation is the Wagang Army, and the Wagang generals led by Shan Xiongxin almost do not buy the account of 'heavy civil and military light', and more importantly, Li Mi's group of civil ministers, such as Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others are captured and surrendered ministers, and even Li Mi does not trust them, how can they be respected by the generals?

In fact, Li Mi also knew that although he wanted to establish order, the establishment of order would inevitably offend the generals, which was still an unbearable consequence for Li Mi, who relied on the generals very much, and Li Mi had to implement the strategy of the first army, and then consider the balance of civil and military forces after stabilizing the world.

On the other side of Zhang Tongren's ridicule, Bing Yuanzhen was not annoyed, but only arched his hand, "I'm bored at home, I want to come and find something to do, whether General Zhang will contain it." ”

Although Zhang Tongren is in a mess and can't ask for Bing Yuanzhen's arrival, he is not too stupid, will it make Li Mi unhappy to recruit Bing Yuanzhen into the army to do things? However, this thought was only in a flash, after all, he was the veteran of the Wagang Army, and he was not good at not giving face, as long as he reported to Li Miyu in time.

"Huh! Bing Shangshu came to work in the army, I can't ask for it, as long as Bing Shangshu is not too small, I have nothing to say, Shangshu please! ”

Bing Yuanzhen smiled and waved his hand, "General Zhang, please!" ”

Bing Yuanzhen followed Zhang Tongren into the barracks......

In the evening, Bing Yuanzhen left the barracks, rode a donkey to his house in a hurry, crossed a slightly remote street, and stopped in front of an inn with a string of lanterns hanging at the gate, he looked at the inn sign, 'Shunlai Inn', this is it.

Bing Yuanzhen officially decided to accept Yang Yuanqing's amnesty order that night, and once he decided to be loyal to Yang Yuanqing, his mind began to come alive.

After all, Bing Yuanzhen is also the first strategist of the Wagang Army, talented, although he is mean and greedy for money, but he is very scheming, he patiently waits for the opportunity, and only two days after Li Mi leaves Jiangdu does he start to take action, handling all military affairs for Zhang Tongren.

Bing Yuanzhen turned the donkey's head and entered the inn directly, just when Wang Shunyuan walked out of the inn, the two looked at each other, and both laughed at the same time, Wang Shunyuan arched his hand and said: "Rare guest!" Why did Bing Shangshu come to the shop? ”

"Give you something."

Bing Yuanzhen handed a folded paper to Wang Shunyuan, and turned the donkey's head and walked away, Wang Shunyuan turned the paper roll and hurriedly walked to the backyard, he entered the house, closed the door, and slowly spread out the paper roll in front of the table, it turned out to be a map, one foot wide, two feet long, with a line of words written on the map, 'Jiangdu City Defense Map', and there were dense annotations next to it.

Wang Shunyuan was overjoyed, what he needed most now was this thing, with this map of the city defense of the Jiangdu, it would be easy for the Sui army to take the river