Chapter 208, the princess arrived.
After many days, the fleet moved from the sea into the Sanggan River and gradually approached Yanjing. Zhao Lihua thought that she was going to meet the rude and fierce husband, and she became more nervous than before. There was a noisy sound of people talking outside, and Zhao Lihua, who was in a bad mood, raised her voice angrily and asked, "Why is it so noisy outside?" ”
The hatch opened immediately, and the palace maid rushed in excitedly, "Princess, come out and take a look, what a beautiful view!" ”
Zhao Lihua was also bored in the cabin, and after listening to the words of the palace maid, she couldn't help but yearn for it. He stood up, and with the help of the maid, he walked out of the cabin and came to the deck. The cool river breeze was blowing in her face, and Zhao Lihua couldn't help but feel relieved. Turning his head to look at the shore, he saw that under the bright sun, the grass was green, the green trees were rising, the green mountains and clouds were flowing in the distance, the fields were singing in the near distance, and the melodious bells came from the official road on the horizon, which turned out to be a caravan coming from afar.
Zhao Lihua was very surprised, she had never seen such a peaceful and beautiful scenery, all this was clearly only seen in books for her, it seemed to be a scene that would only appear in legends! "This, this is Yan Yun?!"
The palace maid next to her nodded, "I heard that this is the territory of the Wu'an Army of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun." Zhao Lihua's eyes widened and muttered, "Yan Yun would actually be like this!" It's so peaceful!? I thought ...... "fleet" was going up and the sight was so peaceful. When passing through the edge of Wuqing County, the county commander led his subordinates to the shore to meet Zhao Lihua and his party, and offered rich food. The fleet stayed here for one night and continued its upward journey.
Two days later, a magnificent city came into view, nestled in an endless field of grain and surrounded by the sparkling waters of the Sanggan River. Although it is still very far away at the moment, you can already feel the extremely lively and busy atmosphere of the wharf, with large and small ships of all shapes parked at the port, and all kinds of goods piled up on the wharf. The palace maid beside Zhao Lihua couldn't help but admire: "It's so prosperous!" It's much stronger than Bianjing! Zhao Lihua couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and couldn't help but feel curious about her husband who had only heard legends and had never met: Isn't he just a puppet, why can he govern the territory so prosperously? !
A clipper with winged flying tiger horsemen sailed down the river, came to the side of the fleet, and made a turn to walk side by side with the fleet. A man who looked like an officer on the boat clenched his fists and said loudly: "Captain Yanyun, the villain, meets Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Zuo Mou stood on the boat and shouted: "You lead the way!" The lieutenant replied and ordered the Clipper to speed up. The Clippers accelerated ahead of the flotilla and led the way in front.
The fleet followed Yan Yunjun's speedboat into the port slowly, and the ships docked at the port one after another. Zhao Lihua saw thousands of uniformed sergeants standing on the dock, all kinds of flags fluttering in the wind as if colorful clouds were surging, under the shadow of the flags, there were many people standing, there were generals in armor, and men in civilian robes, but I don't know who is the legendary Yan King Yang Peng? There doesn't seem to be a man as fierce as the legend suggests!
On the pair of palace lights, double palace fans, Princess Lihua, who was wearing a long red palace dress, led her downstairs to the boat. The surrounding people stepped on their feet and scrambled to look at each other, and when they saw Her Royal Highness the princess under the stars holding the moon, the amazing sighs of emotion came and went. However, there are also humanitarians: "Pretty is beautiful, but compared to Mrs. Yelu and Mrs. Chai, it's about the same!" ”
When Zhao Lihua heard such a discussion, she couldn't help but feel unconvinced.
Zhang Xiang hurriedly led the civil and military forces who stayed in Tianjing New City to come forward to pay a visit. Zhao Lihua couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that the person in the lead was over middle age and had a lovely smile, which was very different from the image she imagined. She originally thought that the legendary Megatron King Yan was a terrifying figure who swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, but she didn't expect it to be such an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in front of her!
Qian Letian said apologetically: "Princess, forgive me, because of the sudden alarm at the border, King Yan went to the border to defend against the enemy!" Zhao Lihua was stunned for a moment, and then frowned, "So you're not King Yan?" Qian Letian smiled and said: "Xia Guan is the governor of King Yan's mansion, and he is here to wait for the princess on the order of King Yan!" King Yan had already explained when he left, no matter what Her Royal Highness the princess needed, Xia Guan would try his best to meet it! ”
Zhao Lihua snorted, "King Yan's shelf is too big!" This princess is married to him, shouldn't she come to greet him personally! "Excuse me, princess! It happened suddenly! The princess once lived with His Majesty in the south because of the Khitans going south, and she must be able to understand that the military situation is no trivial matter! ”
Li He, the waiter of the Sending Relatives Envoy Rite Department, glared and shouted: "Bold! How do you talk to Her Royal Highness? Qian Letian said with a smile: "The lower officials are just speaking according to the truth, why should you be angry!" Li He, a court official who was used to being arrogant in Bianjing, was very angry when he saw that Qian Lotian dared to speak back, and he was even going to be mad. Or Zhao Lihua said: "Forget it!" It is understandable that King Yan can't come to take over in order to defend against the enemy! ”
Qian Letian hugged his fists and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess is wise!" Then he asked: "The carriage is ready, please let Her Royal Highness the princess get on the carriage!" Then he led the princess and her two personal maids to a large and luxurious troika, and invited the princess to board the carriage. The two ladies helped the princess into the carriage, and then got into the carriage as well. Immediately, Qian Letian ordered to return to the city, so a huge team marched towards the city. Both sides of the road were crowded with people who came to see the excitement.
Zhao Lihua sat in the carriage, looking at the crystal clear jade pendant in her hand, her eyes showed a determined expression, and she held the jade pendant tightly.
After that, the team came to the princess's mansion. This princess's mansion, separated from the left-behind mansion by two streets, was originally the residence of a prince of the Liao State, the Liao Kingdom fell, and the prince also died, so this mansion became an ownerless wealth and fell into the hands of Yang Peng. More than a month ago, after Yang Peng received the news of the marriage from the imperial court, he took out this mansion as a mansion to house the princess. Of course, this mansion is also the new house of Yang Peng and the princess.
Qian Letian turned over and dismounted, came to the princess's carriage and hugged his fists and said, "Her Royal Highness the princess, it's here." ”
The curtain opened, and the two palace maids got down from the carriage first, and then the princess came out, and the princess stepped out of the carriage with the support of the palace maid. Stopping at the foot of the steps, looking at the large-scale mansion in front of him, his heart rose infinitely desolate. In her heart, the mansion in front of her is clearly a cage that imprisons her, and she doesn't know when and when she will see Li Lang again from now on! Gather your mood for a moment and walk up the stairs with your feet up.
At this time, in the left-behind mansion, Zhao Jinxi heard the lively sound of blowing and beating outside the two streets, and knew that it must be the legendary Princess Lihua who came, and he felt very uncomfortable. Jiang Li came in from the archway, came straight to Zhao Jinxi, and said with her fists clenched: "Madam summons, I don't know what to order?" Zhao Jinxi asked, "Is that Princess Lihua here?" Jiang Li nodded, "Yes." Just now, Lord Qian led everyone to the dock and took Princess Lihua to the princess's mansion. "Did you see the princess?"
Jiang Li nodded, "I see." "She, how does she look?" Isn't it as beautiful as the legend goes? Jiang Li said: "It is indeed very beautiful, but it is a few points inferior to Mrs.!" Zhao Jin couldn't help but smile. Okay, there's nothing to do, you go about your business. Jiang Li bowed to Zhao Jinxi and left.
At the same time, Yang Peng's other wives are also paying attention to the new Princess Lihua. Yang Tong and Chai Yonghui were worried, feeling that such a princess would definitely have a worse time in the future, and Yelu Hanyu was very annoyed after seeing the huge pomp and circumstance of the princess of the Song Kingdom, and said angrily: "It's so flamboyant!" Hum! You're a princess, aren't I also a princess? ”
Yelu Hanyu's words were quickly reached by the guy who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and Zhao Lihua said coldly: "Fanbang barbarians actually dare to compare with this princess, they don't know how to do it!" This was soon learned by Yelu Hanyu, and he was furious, even if he wanted to break into the princess's mansion to curse! Fortunately, she was persuaded by her maid to stop, otherwise there would definitely be a big storm!
This is just the beginning, and the days to come are still long, so I really don't know what kind of things will happen? Put aside the matter here for the time being, and turn your attention to Yingzhou. After Yang Peng arrived in Yingzhou, he soon received a new military report: in Laizhou, 300,000 Khitan troops had been assembled, and the Liao State Water Division had left Laizhou Water Village and came to Yanyun.
"It is estimated that in three days, Xiao Tianzuo's 50,000 sailors will appear on the sea outside Yingzhou." Wang Haidao. Wen Renshi said: "Our army is only 10,000, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, if there is a head-to-head duel, I am afraid that there is no chance of winning!" "The Yanyun Navy originally had only 5,000 people, but it expanded to 10,000 during this time, and even so, the gap with the Liao Navy was still very huge.
Yang Peng looked at the chart in front of him, his face was thoughtful. Suddenly pointed to two small islands more than ten miles south of Yingzhou, "What kind of place is this?" Wang Rong said: "That's Zimu Island." "Is it big?" "It's huge. However, since there is no fresh water, they are two inhospitable islands. "How far apart are the two islands?" "It's only two or three miles." "Is there a reef?" Wang Rong shook her head, "No." The largest building ships can also be unimpeded. ”
Yang Peng turned around and said to the generals: "I have an idea, if everything goes well, maybe we can give the Liao Navy a lesson that will never be forgotten!" At this time, in Laizhou, Ya Yu Guanyin was also staring at the chart, his brows furrowed. The general next to him smiled and said: "The king doesn't have to worry, our navy is five times outnumbered by the enemy, and I believe that there will be good news in a few days!" ”
Ya Yu Guanyin frowned and shook his head, "I'm afraid it won't be so easy." According to the intelligence, Yang Peng has arrived in Yingzhou, and I'm worried about what tricks he will play! The general laughed: "The princess is too worried, no matter how powerful Yang Peng is, he can't reverse the huge gap in the strength of the navy!" Ya Kannon nodded thoughtfully, feeling that she might really be overly worried.
At the same time, the huge fleet of the Great Liao State was slashing along the coast to the west. Yingzhou Port was suddenly under martial law by Yan Yunjun, and no idle people were allowed to enter. Some merchants who were in a hurry to transport goods gathered outside the dock to negotiate with an officer of Yan Yunjun, and among these people was a young man, who was also a businessman in terms of clothing, but he was not as anxious as other merchants, and he did not go to negotiate with the officer, and a pair of eyes swept towards the dock that was busy. At this time, on the dock, Yan Yunjun was transporting many huge boxes onto several large barges.
The merchants negotiated with the officers for a long time, but the officers did not budge in the slightest. The merchants had no choice but to disperse. The young man quickly returned to an inn in the city, whispered something to the proprietor, and then quickly went to the back.
When night fell, the gate of Yuguan suddenly opened, and the general Zhan Jinguo led two thousand Xuanjia troops to rush out of the gate and disappeared into the thick night.
The fitting cadres of the garrison in Runzhou received an urgent report from the scouts that the Yanyun Xuanjia Army had suddenly left the customs and disappeared, and immediately became vigilant. While ordering the battalions and garrisons to strengthen their guards, he sent messengers to the state to report to Ya Yin Guanyin.
Ya Yu Guanyin received the report of the fit and walked quickly to the map, looking at the map, his brows furrowed. "Is Yan Yunjun playing tricks?" A subordinate said. Ye Yu Guanyin couldn't make a judgment either, but her intuition told her that the Xuanjia Army's sudden exit should not be as simple as playing with Xuanxuan! But what is their purpose? Attack the logistics of our army? They can't stand a chance!
At this moment, an officer hurriedly rushed into the big tent, knelt behind Ye Yu Guanyin, and held a small bamboo pipe in both hands to report: "Princess, there is information from Yingzhou Xizuo!" ”
Yari Kannon immediately turned around. A female guard stepped forward, took the bamboo pipe, and presented it to Ya Yin Guanyin. Ya Yin Guanyin took the bamboo pipe, crushed the clay seal, and poured out a small paper roll. Spread out the paper scroll, only to see that it was written: Recently, Yan Yunjun suddenly blocked the port of Yingzhou, and transported many huge boxes onto several large barges, and the big barges drove to the south sea, I don't know what the purpose is.
Ya Yin Guanyin frowned, "Big barge? Big wooden boxes? What does Yang Peng want to do? He turned to the map and thought. Suddenly turned around and ordered a general: "Notify Xiao Tianzuo immediately, be vigilant, report any situation immediately, don't act without permission!" The general answered the promise and ran down.
The huge fleet of the Great Liao State was still heading west. The largest building ship was like a hill moving on the sea, and it was Xiao Tianzuo's ship. Dressed in dark armor and draped in a dark cloak, Xiao Tianzuo stood on the deck with his sword and looked at the vast distance, and behind him stood his eldest son Chopin and two cronies, one named Feng Lin and the other named Xiao Zuo. Xiao Tianci was full of spirits and full of anticipation for the upcoming war.
"It should be almost to the sea of Yingzhou, right?" Xiao Tianzuo asked. Xiao Zuo glanced at a small island inhabited by countless seabirds in the distance on the left, "This is Bird Island, and it is still more than twenty miles away from the sea surface of Yingzhou. Xiao Tianci smiled and asked, "How do you say that the Yan Yun Army will react when it sees such a huge fleet of ours?" ”
Feng Lin smiled: "I will definitely be scared and unable to move!" A few people burst out laughing. A goshawk flew over the fleet and let out an eagle roar. A few people looked up, and Chopin said, "It's the princess's flying eagle book!" Xiao Tianzuo nodded. The goshawk circled over the fleet for a moment, and then landed straight down towards Xiao Tianzuo's ship. Chopin raised his right arm, and the goshawk landed impartially and steadily on Chopin's right arm. Chopard untied the small bamboo pipe tied to the eagle's feet, released the goshawk, and then handed the small bamboo pipe to his father Xiao Tianci.
Xiao Tianzuo took the bamboo pipe, crushed the sealing mud, poured out the paper roll in it, spread it out and looked at it, and said with a smile: "The princess is too cautious!" I was asked to report any situation we found, and we couldn't act rashly! ”
Xiao Tianzuo pondered: "Maybe the king has discovered something, right?" Xiao Tianzuo waved his hand, "What can happen?" The Yan Yun Army has nothing more than to send reinforcements, but it is useless for us at sea! "Father, do you want to retreat to Runzhou Port first?" Chopin asked. "There's no need for that!" Xiao Tianzuo said. Looking up at the sky, "It's still early today, we can rush to Yingzhou Port before nightfall, let's go and stab him first and give him a dismount!" ”
"But father, the king told us not to act rashly!" Xiao Tianzuo said with a smile: "The princess is too careful, besides, the general will not be affected by the king's life outside!" Pass my order, the whole army hasten forward, and be sure to launch an attack on the port of Yingzhou before nightfall! The three generals promised in unison.
The fleet sped up and sailed towards the port of Yingzhou, arriving at the open sea of the port before evening. The people in the port suddenly saw the Liao warships covering the sea, and they were shocked, and then the scene panicked, and the people threw away what they were doing and fled towards the city; The sound of sirens pierced the sky, and Yan Yunjun hurriedly moved to the port.
The Liao fleet rushed towards the port at full speed, and when it was about a stone's throw away, the Liao fleet stopped, and then saw a rain of fire rising from the Liao fleet, and then fell into the port. In an instant, countless fires rose, and in the blink of an eye, the harbor was in flames, and the cargo ships, passenger ships, and the outbuildings on the docks were all caught in flames. At the same time, the heavy bed crossbows and small stone cannons on the warship were also exerting their power, and huge spears, arrows and stones were roaring towards the Yan Yun army, many Yan Yun soldiers were knocked to the ground, and the Yan Yun army had to withdraw from the port.
The Liao fleet really wreaked havoc for a while before turning the bow of the ship and swaggering away. Under night, the Liao fleet returned to the port of Runzhou at medium and low speeds. Suddenly, the soldier who was standing on the turret and was in charge of the lookout saw many warships on the southern sea, which were heading towards this side at full speed, and was taken aback, and hurriedly picked up a wooden stick and struck the gong.
The sirens quickly spread throughout the fleet, and the officers and men of the navy who had already rested rushed to their positions, and Xiao Tianzuo and his son hurried to the deck to look south. At this time, the bright moon had just risen above the sea, and the sea surface was sparkling like day, and in the distant skyline, countless small black dots were rapidly approaching. Chopard said excitedly: "It must be Yanyun Water Army!" Xiao Tianzuo smiled cruelly: "If you want to intercept us, you are simply here to die!" He turned his head and said to the herald: "Immediately send an order to General Feng and General Xiao, and outflank me on the left and right flanks!" The herald promised and immediately sent an order to General Feng Xiao in flag. Xiao Tianci said to Chopin again: "Order the Chinese fleet to advance head-on!" ”
The huge fleet of the Liao State immediately turned around and pressed towards the Yanyun fleet in three ways, the left, the middle and the right, and the momentum was extremely magnificent. Seeing that the surprise attack was unsuccessful, Yanyun's fleet quickly turned around and retreated to the southwest. "Father, they ran away!" Chopard Road. Xiao Tianzuo sneered: "I can't run!" Command the ships to chase me at full speed! ”
The Liao fleet pursued desperately, while the Yanyun fleet desperately fled in front. "Father, why does the Yanyun fleet only care about fleeing for their lives? Could there be some traps? Chopard asked, a little uneasy. Xiao Tianzuo said mockingly: "On this endless sea, what kind of trap can there be?" "The Liao fleet chased for a night, and two islands that seemed to be twins appeared on the sea in front of them. The Yanyun fleet plunged headlong into the strait between the two islands.
Chopard exclaimed, "They got in!" Xiao Tianzuo sneered: "This is really called driving a dog into a poor alley!" Don't even think about running when you get here! Then he said to the herald: "Order General Xiao's fleet to bypass and go to the front to intercept them for me!" The herald immediately gave the order in the language of the flag.
The fleet led by Xiao Zuo bypassed the big island on the left, while Xiao Tianzuo led the main fleet into the strait, and saw that the Yanyun fleet was in front, and the speed was significantly slower than before. Immediately, I saw the Yanyun fleet in front of me turn around and put on a battle formation. Xiao Tianzuo laughed mockingly: "There is no way to escape, I want to fight hard!" Summoning Feng Lin, attack from the left, and we attack from the right,......"
Chopin was about to give an order, but suddenly saw countless Yan Yunjun on the islands on both sides, he was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Father, there is an ambush!" Xiao Tianzuo hurriedly looked at the island on the right, and sure enough, he saw that the island was crowded, and it was clearly Yan Yunjun. Xiao Tianzuo was not surprised at all, but smiled: "What's the use of being so far away?" ”
As soon as the words fell, a loud thunderous sound suddenly sounded on the island on the right. Xiao Tianzuo was startled, and then saw a black shadow streak across the sky at an extremely fast speed, falling into the middle of the fleet, stirring up a column of water that soared to the sky. Xiao Tianci's eyes widened, "How could it be ......?" ”
At this moment, the fires on the islands on both sides flashed, and then in the earth-shattering loud noise, I saw countless black shadows roaring, and then I saw countless water columns in the fleet rushing to the sky, and many warship walls were destroyed and fell, and the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, who didn't know what was going on, were shocked and overwhelmed. When everything calmed down, the scene was chaotic, dozens of warships were sinking, many people jumped into the water and swam to the nearby warships, and countless wooden components of various sizes floated on the water.
"So, what's that?" Xiao Tianzuo shouted with wide eyes. Chopard shook his head in horror.
There was a loud thunderous sound again, and the stone bullets fired from both sides staggered over the sea, boiling the sea, destroying the warship, and some of the warships that were in a hurry to escape slammed into each other, causing both to roll over and sink. More than 200 artillery pieces on the two islands bombarded desperately, and this sea surface seemed to be turned over, and the Liao warships in it seemed to be thrown into a huge oil pot to suffer!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.