Chapter 243 What is that?
Yiling county
The prefect Xu Qinji was lying in a plush chair in the courtyard and resting. Since his father was admitted to Beijing as a member of the cabinet, he has been ordered to take charge of Yiling County, but Xu Qinji listened to his father’s arrangement to take charge of political affairs.
After the deed karma came to Yiling County at the end of last year, he was well-advised to hand over the soldiers in Yiling County. Since the Xu family had no ambition to fight for heaven in troubled times, it was only natural to send troops after meeting the Lord.
This is Xu Shaocong’s place. Now that he has taken refuge in the Chengdu court, what is he doing with a soldier in his hand? Rebel? When he is old, he thinks that at this time, he will leave a family business and a meritorious service by supporting a new monarch and grandson.
Xu Qinji understands his father’s arrangement very well, and he also knows that several younger brothers in Chengdu have obtained official positions. He knows that this is to win over the Xu family, but in any case, it is a good thing. If the Xu family works steadily, wealth can be preserved.
At this time, Yang Daosheng’s army of Xiao Liangguo and Song Wang outside Yiling City was still stationed. Because of the skyrocketing river, Yang Daosheng had to stop attacking. It is said that Xiao Xian had news that he wanted Dong Jingzhen to replace him, but there has been no movement.
Just as he was thinking about it, the housekeeper’s stereo said, "Sir, General Qi Qi asks for an audience."
"Please!" Xu Qin stood up and told the maid to prepare tea.
A moment later, the karma came in. His eyes swept away and he immediately got a panoramic view of the courtyard. At this time, several trees were planted in the courtyard. At the center of the courtyard, there was an artificial river and a wooden bridge connecting the two banks of the river.
The most luxuriant tree is four stone benches and a stone table. At this time, Xu Qinji is sitting on the stone bench waiting for his arrival.
The deed karma was deeply sinicized at this time. He came to bow and said, "Xu Taishou!"
Xu Qin silence ha ha a smile "general qi we sit down, please! This is just a good tea. I’ll give you a taste! "
As soon as his eyes lit up, he knew that the quality of tea produced by several tea gardens was excellent, but the output was very low. Only important officials and confidants could get the reward. He once won the first prize in the exam and was still reluctant to enjoy it at home.
Xu Qin’s silence was so "extravagant" that the deed karma cleared his mind. He smiled and sat down and said, "Thank you, Taishou!"
Took a sip of his teacup slowly and narrowed his eyes unconsciously.
Xu Qinji smiled slightly. "I wish I could produce more of this good tea."
The karma shook his head and said, "If things are rare and expensive, they can’t show that they are valuable."
Xu Qin smiled silently and exchanged a few pleasantries. After that, he coughed, "Xu Taishou, I came here this time to ask how much food is there in Yiling County now?"
Xu Qinji was a little strange. He asked, "Did General Qi Qi suddenly ask this question?"
Karma wry smile-he Xu Qinji division of labor, one army, one administration, each of which is not related to the grain situation in Yiling County, is not as good as Xu Qinji’s understanding. He coughed lightly and said, "Xiangyang wants grain!"
"Xiangyang?" Xu Qin silence was taken aback. He couldn’t help but sit up straight. "Xiangyang is Wang Honglie guarding the meeting and asking us for food? !”
The deed of karma is low. "To tell you the truth, I just received the news that we have raided Xiangyang and successfully captured Wang Honglie alive. Even Nanyang has fallen into the hands of us, and the whole Nanyang Basin has been controlled by Da Sui."
"ah!" Rao is Xu Qinji, who has always been calm and can’t help but call out that Xiangyang actually fell into the hands of the pursuit? That means that sending troops to Hanzhong has always been a disaster! The karma says that he just got the news, which means that he just got the news.
"shh!" The karma indicated that Xu Qin was quiet. He looked at him silently and said, "I only knew that I had fooled many people. This time I was actually going to attack Jiangling."
"Xiangyang’s demand for food is really to prepare for Nanyang to transfer two thousand Yiling soldiers and horses to Nanyang," said the deed karma.
Xu Qin said after a half-silence, "Since we are attacking Jiangling, we have to transfer troops to Nanyang?"
"I don’t know. I think it should be that Nanyang has just fallen into the army and the people’s hearts have not completely surrendered, or it is to prevent other forces from invading Nanyang." The karma said slowly
"Yiling has always had a lot of food. I can dial ten thousand stones first and transport them to Xiangyang." Xu Qinji recovered from the shock at this moment.
"So it needs to be as soon as possible!" "I’ve got the news that General Hou is coming from Badong County, and soon the satrap will see an incredible scene," he said in a low voice.
"Incredible?" Xu Qin silence froze again.
At this time, a soldier, led by the housekeeper of Xu Fu, came to the two men in a hurry. The soldier said with his fist, "The general’s satrap, General Hou’s warship, has arrived ten miles outside the city, and the horse will arrive soon!"
"Go and pick up General Hou!" The karma of the deed is very familiar to Hou Jun, both of them.
At this time, more than a dozen warships on the Yangtze River, ten miles west of Yiling City, are braving the wind and waves. Hou Junjia is holding a telescope in his hand. Yiling City has been in his sight for more than half an hour, and he can get to Yiling.
He has been staying in Badong County for more than half a year, and every day he takes a group of artisans to do research and experiments, which can suppress him. Therefore, after he receives the handwritten letter from his position, be in heaven immediately ordered his troops and horses, and he would have already prepared the grain and moved the warships to Yiling County quickly.
"speed up!" Hou Jun shouted, and the soldiers heard his voice, accelerated and pedaled, and the speed of the river flew towards Yiling.
Deed karma Xu Qinji was waiting for the two of them to rush out of Yiling dock. Finally, Hou Jun entered the dock before he arrived. Suddenly a tower soldier exclaimed, "Oh, my God, what is that?"
Xu Qinji was taken aback and said, "Is it Yang Daosheng coming again?"
"No, it’s from the west. Their flag is crimson!" Another soldier replied, but his face was still shocking.
He ran a few steps to climb the tower, and then he saw the dazzling golden light in the distance, which made him quickly block his eyes. Xu Qin was older and slower, and when he looked at the west steadily, he was shocked.
It’s just that a dozen warships on the river are coming faster than ordinary warships. These warships are all tall and big, obviously carefully built, and I don’t know how long it took. What shocked everyone most was that the outside of the warships was golden!
It’s not the color, but the reflection of the sun’s light. Even at a distance, it’s still difficult for everyone to open their eyes. The expert tower arbor can barely see when a warship enters the shadows. Xu Qin is silent. Only then can I see clearly that the warship shell is not wood but iron!
The warship was wrapped in iron almost everywhere, just like a monster. It came in the wind, and everyone was shocked. In the eyes, the Sui Jun warship slowed down and the sail slowly slid along the river into the dock.
"Ha ha!" Hou Jun laughed. He was very satisfied with the fact that everyone was shocked. At the beginning, he also looked incredulous. But when the warships were made, it turned out that it was a pity that he could make more than a dozen warships. If there were more, Xiao Liangguo could be destroyed in one fell swoop!
And this dozen warships are the lives of ten thousand barbarian captives for barbarian captives Hou Jun’s drive, which was almost built half a year after working day and night.
The most difficult thing is that at the beginning of the experiment, the iron sheet should be hard enough and as light as possible to prevent the warship from becoming a real "iron ship". He still remembers how excited he was when he succeeded for the first time!
Finally, the warship stopped and put the sampan down. At the first moment, Xu Qinji ran away. He looked at the warship full of iron and said, "How did this happen that it wouldn’t sink!"
Hou Jun hey hey smile when he was so shocked.
The karma left the warship and saw that the deck of the warship was also thick armor and the collision angle was made of pure iron. The hand gently knocked on the crisp sound with a metallic texture.
Hou Jun chattered away.
"Ha ha unexpected! Old Hou, I spent a lot of time thinking about how many laps I lost to build these dozen warships! "
"Look at this is pure iron. Look at this sharp collision angle. It has been tested once. A collision can hit a big hole in a wooden warship! Absolutely sharp! "
"These are all made by General Hou?" For a long time Xu Qin silence said a face of disbelief.
"Of course!" Hou Jun looked proud.
"How did General Hou think?" He knows the old company Hou Jun too well.
"Hey, hey, one night when I was sleeping, a fairy told me that he had drawn a sketch for me, so I did it!" Hou Jun is still triumphant.
Xu Qinji sighed at this moment, "This kind of warship is stronger than the river!"
"Old Hou, I heard that Yang Daosheng survived Yiling Day and I will give him a good look!" Hou Jun laughed and held out his hand to pat the deed on the shoulder. "Now you are not seasick, are you?" !”
I will swim even if I don’t feel dizzy. It’s no problem to swim a hundred feet at a time!
The karma is that Tiele people in the north have never been on a boat. When he first took a boat, he vomited for a few days and lost his appetite. However, he was tough and didn’t give up. After half a year’s efforts, he not only didn’t get seasick, but also swam from the north bank to the south bank with a breath in the Yangtze River.
"Good day, you will come with me and let Yang Daosheng have a look at me!" Hou Jun is full of confidence.
In the heart of the karma, he was so happy that he threw his fist and said, "May General Hou serve!"
Chapter 244 Lure the enemy
There is a place called Mawei Port at the corner of the Yangtze River 50 miles east of Yiling City. This place is just a small village. Because it is suitable for ships to dock, it has become the garrison of Yang Daosheng, the king of Song Dynasty in Xiao Liang State.
Because of the flood in the Yangtze River, Yang Daosheng was able to retreat. He could not come out of the dock. Yang Daosheng had thirty thousand military forces with him. Since he arrived here, he has been tinkering around the edges and didn’t work hard to attack Yiling City.
There are many reasons why he is not enthusiastic about attacking Yiling. One of them is that he thinks that the emperor wants to deal with him. Everyone knows that Xiao Xian is a suspicious man. He always suspects that the minister is self-reliant and always tries to suppress him.
There are many ways to suppress it. For example, one of the reasons why Yang Daosheng failed to attack Yiling last year was that he had to withdraw his troops because of lack of food and grass, and he was humiliated by Xu Shao’s defeat of only 3 thousand military forces.
In the past, a total of 50,000 troops abruptly turned into 32,000 military forces, which made Yang Daosheng feel heartbroken as if he had been dug a piece of meat with a malicious knife. Afterwards, he got news from the prince Xu Xuanche that someone had suggested that they should suppress this group of kings with private soldiers and different surnames.
Because Xiao Xian started his career by relying on a group of arrogant soldiers and experts, his physical ability or his confidant’s lack of military forces suppressed the princes, which made him directly unload the Wang Bing. Once he took a rough approach, he might arouse the rebellion of the kings, so Xiao Liangguo was a real name.
Yang Daosheng is not stupid. Naturally, he won’t believe the prince Xu Xuanche’s words. After all, the kings are also intrigued by the interests, especially Xu Xuanche and Dong Jingzhen, who once went to a good house to make trouble in Xiao Xian. Yang Daosheng felt that Xu Xuanche was trying to sow discord.
Yang Daosheng wants to know clearly that among the kings of Xiao Liang, his power is neither the largest nor the smallest, and he belongs to the kind of less than enough. Even if the emperor is dissatisfied, he will not start work with him.
However, Yang Daosheng miscalculated. After the failure of the first attack on Yiling, Xiao Xian continued to let him lead the troops to attack Yiling, and food was still lacking from time to time. Fortunately, the Yangtze River is wide and there are many lakes in this area. Yang Daosheng asked the soldiers to fish in the rivers and lakes, and then it was still possible to find the people around him for a windfall day.
It is said that it is because of the lack of food in Jiangling that Yang Daosheng can say that there are many rivers in Jiangling area, and the plain climate is sunny. How can there be a lack of food in Jingxiang grain-producing area? Besides, how can there be a shortage of food if the good weather did not fail last year?
It was because of lack of food that Yang Daosheng thought that Xu Xuanche might be right, but he couldn’t figure out how Xiao Xian could deal with him first. There is nothing more arrogant than Dong Jingzhen, who proposed to the princess in front of the kings, and even let out words, which means that if he doesn’t match, he will rob such an arrogant person. Why not deal with him first?
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