Chapter 20 Brother, are you okay?
The vast fleet began the Yellow River rafting...
Of course, the Yellow River at this time was not modern. After crossing the Sanshan Floating Bridge, it headed northeast to Puyang, and then almost turned northward, running through Daming Prefecture and reaching modern Wuqiang, then turning eastward to Hejian Prefecture and then turning northward. The rest is roughly equivalent to the later canal, and finally turning into modern Haihe River in Tianjin and entering Bohai Sea.
This is the Yellow River during the Xuanhe period.
It was not until a few years later that Du Chong opened the Yellow River embankment of Ligu, Huazhou.
The vast Yellow River finally ended the long period of flowing north, and began the years of snatching the Huai River into the sea. Then, more than 600 years later, she used to break down the copper tiled levee and return to the direction she originally liked.
The world has changed.
But every change is a catastrophe.
Wang Yue rode a boat specially allocated to him by Tong Guan. He enjoyed the scenery along the way together with Liu Qi, Ma Kuo and Wu Song, enjoyed the wine and meat rewarded by officials along the way, and drifted comfortably on the surging Yellow River. He arrived at roughly the modern Wuqiang in just five days. At this time, it also belonged to Wuqiang, but the county was in Modern Jieguan Town, and between Modern Wuqiang County and Jieguan Town, there was a river that was destroyed in history...
"Hutuo River!"
Ma Kuo said, shaking the folding fan.
This person still likes art and a diary.
"What about going forward?"
Wang Yue asked.
Their fleet had already moved into this river and began to go upstream.
"This is a waterway that connects the Hutuo River and the Great River. It is said that it was dug in Cao Wei. Going forward is Raoyang. In Raoyang, it turns into the main stream of the Hutuo River, and then turns to another waterway to enter the Tang River. The rest is along the Tang River and all the way to Gaoyang Pass."
Liu Qi said.
Their destination is Gaoyang Pass.
That is, the hometown of Sun Chengzong in modern Gaoyang, which is the rear base of the entire Hebei defense line. This defense line is based on the three passes, namely the Xiongba and the Xin'an Army, as the right wing fronts, and the Baozhou and Guangxin Ansu armies in the west as the left wing fronts. Once one of the two fronts is broken, the water Great Wall behind, which starts from Wubo, the east side of modern Baoding, and extends eastward to the hundreds of miles of water net swamps that stretch to the Yellow River begins to block the enemy cavalry.
The third line of defense with Gaoyang Pass as the protruding part began to prepare for a bloody battle.
Because this is the last line of defense.
Once it is broken through, it will be a flood of thousands of miles of the entire North China Plain. The enemy cavalry will not be able to stop the bus if they are less than the Sanshan Floating Bridge.
So during the Jingkang period, the Song army burned the unlucky floating bridge.
But the bridge burned but it didn't block it.
"If you don't lose the Youyun, why is this?"
Ma Kuo sighed in regret.
This is the almost fascinating pursuit of Youyun in the Song Dynasty.
But Wang Yue stood there, looking at the ragged poor people on the shore, who was looking at the fleet walking with numb eyes. Behind them were dilapidated thatched houses, and sparse seedlings in the farmland under them...
The prosperous era of the River During the Qingming Festival is already very far away from them.
Kaifeng's prosperity was the result of the Song Dynasty's blood drawn in the entire country. One country raised a city, and even used paper money to plunder wealth. Of course, a local prosperity could be obtained. Later generations only saw the immortal painting, but they could not see the poverty of the entire empire outside this painting.
Even Jiangnan rebelled, let alone other places.
The same is true in the north.
Soon the Xuanhe North Riot was in a great riot.
Zhang Wanxian, Zhang Di, Jia Jin, Gao Tuoshan, Wu Hu, Li Tai, Xu Jin...
From the following year, the sixth year of Xuanhe, countless rebellious people flocked to Hebei and Shandong, and then to the Jingkang Incident, these messy official thieves turned to the anti-Jin.
It is similar to the late Ming Dynasty.
The windy fleet arrived in Raoyang in the evening that day, and the next day, he walked a connecting waterway from the Hutuo River into the Tang River. Thirteen days after they set off from Kaifeng, that is, on the morning of April 23, it was Gaoyang Pass, and then it was the swamp of Wubo in the border. But in fact, you can still move forward. This water transport line will go all the way to the forefront, and then connect to another line, that is, directly along the Yellow River to Cangzhou, and then turn to the water transport line westward of the Nanyi River.
The entire northern front line can basically be connected by water.
After all, the Song Dynasty had been operating this line of defense for more than a hundred years, and everything I could think of was done, including the underground passage between Xiongba.
Unfortunately, no matter how good the defense is, someone will eventually be guarded.
Gaoyangguan Pier.
Flags are flying, drums and music are singing.
"Who is this old man?"
Wang Yue pointed to the shore with a crowded shore. An old man with a smile on his face and watching Tong Guan landing. The man was also wearing a purple robe and a flat-footed, hard-headed head on his head. That is, the unique official hat of the Song Dynasty. He looked like he was more than 60 years old, anyway, he was older than Tong Guan.
"Zong Shidao, the governor of Baojing Army, and the commander of the Xuanfu Department."
Liu Qi said.
"Where is this?"
Wang Yue pointed to an old man who was slightly younger but actually had to be sixty next to Mr. Zong.
At this time, Tong Guan had already landed, and the civil and military officials who came to greet him were all saluting. Their ships had to wait because they were too low. Although they were all here and there, there were even Liu Qi, in fact, there were three miscellaneous fish in this border patrol army, just watch on this big occasion.
"His younger brother Zhong Shizhong."
Ma Kuo said.
The two old men are also loyal ministers of the Zhao family.
"What about this one? By the way, this guy's shameless face has a bit of my style."
Wang Yue pointed to a person who was excited and pulled Tong Guan to kneel down as if he had seen his own father. He was almost kneeling down. This one was also purple, but he was younger and looked like he was in his early fifties. He was also in his fifties and was followed by two young men, probably nephews, so he knelt down to Tong Guan directly. I guess if there weren't too many people, he could call him grandpa. This shameless face really had his own style.
"Liu Yanqing and his son, Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangguo, and Liu Guangshi."
Liu Qi said.
I am a famous general in the Song Dynasty!
"This is not inferior to Liu Yanqing!"
Wang Yue pointed to another person who was pushing forward with great effort.
"Xin Xingzong."
The answer to him was Wu Song.
"It's true that he is worthy of being the loyal dog of the Grand Master!"
Wang Yue sighed.
"You'd better not say anything nonsense. His two younger brothers Xin Qizong and Xin Yongzong are generals of Shengjie Army. You may be bound to listen to them in the future. The Xin brothers are indeed confidants of the Grand Master. In addition to these three, Daozong and his cousin Yanzong are all long-time generals in the army."
Ma Kuo said.
But at this moment, Wang Yue found that Wu Song was looking at the shore with complicated eyes.
He looked along Wu Song's gaze and saw among the people who were greeting Tong Taishi, a general who was probably low in his official position and dared not squeeze into the middle of the bosses, so he had to wait for an opportunity behind him. The latter just turned his head and stared at them all at once, or Wu Song. The two of them were like a pair of dead glasses, one on the boat and the other on the shore. Then the man looked at Tong Guan, sure it was not his turn to flatter him, so he turned around and walked towards him, and soon stopped not far away.
"How did my brother get here? I've been separated for a while in recent years, I'm thinking about it."
He bowed his hands and said to Wu Song with a smile.
"I am a monk, and the general doesn't have to call him the old name."
Wu Song said slowly.
The man looked embarrassed and stood there trying to say something, but he couldn't say it, just stood there helplessly.
Wu Song turned his head and looked at the other side.
Wang Yue looked at this scene with interest, and it was obvious that this was Yang Zhi.
At this moment, he was also wearing official uniforms, but like Liu Qi, it was green, no more than the sixth rank. In fact, Wang Yue also had official uniforms. What's wrong with the ninth rank? He was also an official at the ninth rank. Of course, he was also green at the ninth rank, so it was all green here...
The color of the fish.
"The lower official confesses that Wang Yue, who is this general?"
Wang Yue bowed and said.
"Wu Gonglang, the fourth deputy general of Hebei Road, Yang Zhi."
The latter bowed and replied.
"It turned out to be a Shangguan."
Wang Yue said seriously.
Then Liu Qi and Ma Kuo greeted Yang Zhi one after another.
After all, he is also a seventh-ranked deputy general and the fourth deputy general of Hebei Road.
Ma Kuo has introduced the garrison of various troops in Hebei before. There are 37 generals on Hebei Road. The fourth general's garrison is Guangxin Army, which is Xushui. It is called Suicheng at this time, so it is very close. It is necessary to come to welcome Taishi Tong. However, Ma Kuo also said that the deputy generals of each general are usually Zhicheng or Zhizhai. It is difficult for Yang Zhizhi to make money without Zhicheng or Zhizhai. At most, he will get empty salary. However, he is the deputy general, so he can only share the main general.
Overall, I still did a miserable job.
That one is highly valued by Master Tong, and it is obviously beautified.
At this moment, the big guys in front finally finished flattering Mr. Tong. When Yang Zhi saw it, he quickly left them and ran over. Tong Guan was also looking here and saw him suddenly. However, he still had some impression of him. He waved to him kindly. Yang Zhi ran over excitedly...
Chapter completed!