Zheng Yunming asked, "Where is Lu Wende?" ”

Of course, it is impossible for Lu Wende to lead troops anymore, as the first general of Jinghu under Jia Rudao, the old troops led by him were coerced by his brother to rebel, and the imperial court also issued a punishment order with the departure of the Governor's Office, and Lu Wende was pushed to the end, and he was convicted in white clothes, waiting for further punishment.

However, one of the first things Zheng Yunming did when he took office was to write a letter to the imperial court, affirming the importance of Lu Wende to the current war situation, and asking the imperial court to suspend the punishment of Lu Wende and let him make meritorious contributions in the camp. After all, Lu Wende was still nominally the highest military attache in Jinghu, and not only had considerable influence on the rest of the troops in Jinghu, but also on the former Xiangyang garrison who had defected to Mongolia. In the past few days, Lu Wende has successively sent his henchmen to deliver wax pill books to the old department in Xiangyang City, and he finally said that most of the military horses left Lu Wenhuan and returned south on his own. Based on this alone, Lu Wende can also make up for the sin of lax military governance.

Not only that, Zheng Yunming hopes that this famous brave general in Huaidong can play a greater role.

On the second day, Lu Wende, who was continuing to write letters to Lu Wenhuan in the room, received Zheng Yunming, who supervised the Sichuan military horses in Jinghu and Huai.

After Zheng Yunming sat down, his eyes fell on the letter on the bookcase that had not yet had time to be completed, although he couldn't see what was written on the letter, he also knew that it was impossible for Lu Wende to write anything else at this time, so he just sighed and said: "When Lu Liu was in charge of Huaidong, he was always famous for his bravery, but unfortunately the military discipline was a little indulgent, and the official discipline was hindered, I thought that he would be a figure like Han Feng and Wei Sheng in the future, but I didn't expect this big change today." ”

Lu Wende gritted his teeth and said: "There is no such number in the Lu Sect to forget the ancestors. The thief who betrayed the king and deceived his father, only asked the prime minister to give Lu a certain soldier and horse, and let Lu personally lead the troops to Xiangyang, capture this thief, and dedicate his heart and liver to the tent! ”

His words were painful, but Zheng Yunming knew very well in his heart that Lu Wenhuan's rebellion was not a day's work, Jia Rudao was in charge of Huaidong and implemented a more radical feudal town policy than himself, so that his subordinates such as Lu Wende, Yu Jue, Nie Bin and others were more or less self-hegemonic, and Lu Wenhuan relied on being a general and noble, and had a brother to maintain it, and he had repeatedly run amok against the law since he was a teenager. This time, Jia Xianggong suddenly turned his face and said that he wanted to check the accounts, no wonder Lu Wenhuan, who has been flying and domineering, will feel unbearable.

But Zheng Yunming has always opposed the policy of the imperial court Zhulian, and opposing Zhulian seems to be the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty, Zong Ze killed his brother and appointed his brother to lead the army was rumored to be a good talk, and today Zheng Yunming will follow his example and reactivate Lu Wende, but these two brothers are far more heavyweight than the generals of the rebel army back then.

Zheng Yunming said bluntly: "Now that Lu Wenhuan has rebelled and eroded the foundation of the country, the general cannot prove his innocence unless he has made great achievements, but fortunately, the opportunity to establish immortal feats is in front of him, and it depends on whether the general has the courage to sacrifice his life." ”

Lu Wende is in such a field today, he can still gain Zheng Yunming's trust, and after his younger brother's rebellion, he still appoints his brother as a senior commander to control the army, which requires a lot of tolerance and trust, Lu Wende asked himself if he let him in Zheng Yunming's position, he would never return the military power to himself so trustingly.

But after all, Lu Wende is the first general in Huaidong, he is outside the bureau at this moment, and he sees the situation very clearly, and he knows that it is not enough to have one person who has the trust of Zheng Xianggong.

"The impact of Lu Wenhuan's rebellion was extremely bad, coupled with the severe punishment of Jia Xianggong by the imperial court, those troops who were transferred from Huaidong to Jinghu were all suspicious, and they were afraid of nothing else." Lu Wende also said directly to Zheng Yunming: "In order to protect the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, Xianggong used Jia Xianggong's old department as cannon fodder, and used the blood of Huaidong's children to pave Zheng Xianggong's immortal feats. ”

He said it boldly, because he knew that Zheng Yunming would never be angry because of these words, maybe Jia Xianggong was bold and aggressive, but Zheng Xianggong's mind was incomparable to Jia Xianggong in any way. Sure enough, I could only hear Zheng Yunming say slowly but solemnly: "Tomorrow I will gather the old Huaisi department in Hanyang, and I will talk to them personally." ”

After squatting for a while, he said: "Especially the Yang Shooting Army, be sure to gather neatly." ”

There was a slight glint in Lu Wende's eyes, and he knew in his heart that this time the opportunity for the Huaidong Army to turn over had really come.

As the Mongol army moved south, Yingzhou, Ezhou, and Jiangling were besieged, and Hanyang became the front line of resistance on the Song side, and most of the troops who retreated to the east of Huangzhou followed Zheng Yunming's main reinforcements back to the vicinity of Hanyang. Among them, there were about 40,000 or 50,000 people in Jia Yidao's old Huaidong department, and many of them were reformed officers and soldiers who escaped from Xiangyang. Early the next morning, when the armies received the order to gather on the Yangtze River, many people were worried in their hearts, although Zheng Xianggong was a righteous man and a gentleman, and would not slaughter the whole army on the spot by the river, and do such a thing that violated benevolence and righteousness, it was normal to kill a few commanders and commanders. As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office, not to mention that Jia Xianggong lost Xiangyang and was dismissed, even if Zheng Xianggong killed a few of Jia Xianggong's henchmen, the old Huaidong department had nothing to say.

The banks of the Yangtze River were crowded with talkers, but when they saw the axe and leopard tail red flag raised high, everyone kept their mouths shut. Zheng Yunming is strict in governing the army, and he has always been praised by the world, but losing his head because of his noisy mouth is the most stupid behavior. ‘

But when he saw a young official in his early thirties on the stage, with a purple-robed royal belt, his aura was extraordinary, and he shouted: "Where is the sun-shooting warp?" Where are the wreckage that smashed the Mongolian warship on the Huai River, which was spread for dozens of miles! ”

Someone in the audience responded loudly and boldly: "None of our fathers and sons in Sheyang are shrugging!" It's a pity that the artillery ships that don't play with the officials, if there is a ship from Sheyang Lake here, it will definitely make the Tartars suffer a big loss! ”

Zheng Yunming laughed, pointed to the river and said, "Look what that is!" ”

The drums of war on the river, the white waves rolling, and hundreds of warships are heading up the river towards Hanyang.

"The courage of the soldiers of Sheyang Lake, can't I Zheng Yunming see it! Could it be that the imperial court will not see it! Is it the people of the world? Zheng Yunming raised his voice and said, "Can you really not see your eyes!" ”

"Outside Shouchun City, you defeated Li Tan's 500 boats with 40 assault boats, in the Yangzhou offensive and defensive battle, it was you who took the lead in one fell swoop and broke the boat division of Chahan, in the defense of Anfeng, you defeated the Mongols with 100 ships and 1,000 ships, and you even sent boat divisions to Henan and Shandong to attack behind enemy lines!"

Zheng Yunming understands that this water armed force that has followed Jia Nidao for many years is by no means what some people in the DPRK and China claimed: "Shooting the sun and water are arrogant and difficult to control, and only an ambitious guy like Jia Nidao will take it for his own use." "The Shooting Sun is a team with combat effectiveness, no matter which chief officer comes to lead this team, as long as it can stimulate their fighting spirit and sense of honor, they can radiate strong combat effectiveness.

"When I was in Lin'an, I heard for a long time that the Yang Gun was a very effective weapon, so I was very envious." Zheng Yunming said: "You can know that when I was training the new army in Lin'an, because I admired the fierceness and invincibility of the Yang Shooting Fleet, I specially ordered the construction of 300 improved new ships and trained the law, and I should attack the Yang Naval Army. I originally thought that as long as this newly established naval force could have seventy percent of the combat effectiveness of the Sheyang Naval Army, I could also boast in front of Jia Gong, but now since you all feel that the big ships in your hands are not easy to handle, I will make the decision and divide half of the three hundred ships brought with the army, no, divide the two hundred ships with you, how about I assign another person to receive the big ships? ”

The crowd erupted in cheers. The fishermen of Sheyang are fierce and aggressive, and it is their specialty to carry out the tactics of driving the gunboat to carry out close collision tactics, and the operation of the bulky gunboat requires the cooperation of many people, the division of labor is clear, and the cooperation is skillful, and it can be practiced in a day, and the heavy gunboat is huge, and it is not easy to operate, and it does make the sailors who are accustomed to killing at close range feel a big headache. Therefore, Zheng Yunming's proposal to let them exchange the big ship for the light ship is actually an extremely pleasant thing for these sailors.

Bai Yijie stood under the stage and couldn't stop secretly happy, although Jia Yidao was confused in many aspects, but he was absolutely sober in letting the Sheyang Navy replace the big ships, the future water battle is definitely an artillery bombardment battle between large warships with stronger armor and more firepower, and the opportunity to rush up to engage in gunwaddle battles like a brisk warship will only decrease day by day, Jia Yidao would rather go against the war routine that the sailors used to shoot the sun, but also build a strong gunboat force, which was originally a good thing. It's a pity that the Xiangyang Incident occurred in Jinghu too short after he ascended to the throne, and his plan to build a henchman gunboat and navy was suddenly wiped out by Zheng Yunming's soft words.

He stood behind Zheng Yunming and whispered: "Xianggong has been going through decades of trouble with a few words, although it is a clever move, but he must always come up with a way to defeat the new warships of the Mongols. ”

Zheng Yunming turned his head, and his face was completely unusual: "When is it, Gongfu still thinks I'm doing a faction?" If the faction wants to do it, it is not at this time, I can understand that I can tell a few of you core people that the tortoiseshell ship must be a sun-shooting ship, this sentence may not be believed by you, but within a few days, it will definitely come true. ”

Bai Yijie naturally did not believe it, the Dongting gunboat rampant on the Yangtze River and Hanshui for ten years, never met an opponent, the Zhejiang Navy formed with the Dongting sailors as the backbone, drove a more huge Haihu gunboat to sail off the coast of Denglai, and destroyed the sea force that the Mongols had worked hard to establish with intensive firepower, Shandong Shizi exclaimed as the "Tianhuo Giant Boat", such a ship must be the direction of future water warfare, and to deal with tortoiseshell ships must be to increase the number of artillery and build a more huge gunboat, How could the fate of the country be entrusted to a group of small boats not much bigger than a sampan and some Huai Sa sailors to be in the hands of them?