"Liu, Liu is in charge."

Liu Huai looked behind him tremblingly, a general wearing a fur and dozens of personal soldiers were standing behind him in the wind and snow.

This is their commander Liu.

The local tyrant was born into a local tyrant and was highly valued by Chen Go, the envoy of Xuanfu in Huaidong.

"Now that the wind and snow are getting worse, how can you tell if there are northern soldiers hiding through the ferry? You can go out of the city to investigate quickly. If there are bandit soldiers, you can fire guns to alert you."

Liu Wei said.

Liu Huai let out a long sigh.

It was obvious that Liu Wei didn't hear what they said, and it was normal to have such a wind and snow.

He immediately waved to Yang Yi and the others, and the latter quickly kicked the sleeping soldiers on the city wall. Their team of soldiers were originally on the charge here. The city wall in Linhuai in Xuyi was actually directly by the river. The city wall was basically the river surface under the city, and even the city wall was the river embankment during floods. Later, from the first mountain, the entire Qi Dashan, Xiangshan and other small hills in Xuyi were all surrounded by the city wall. This is the only way to cross the south of Huai. It can be said to be a crucial throat.

Going south from Sizhou and being cut off by the floating bridge, you can only shake this strong fortress.

The commander here was Fu Xuan, the former general of the imperial guards in Jiangxi. He ruled a total of 30,000 troops, including Liu Wei's troops, to station in Xuyi.

And the Tianchang behind is the headquarters of the Huaidong Xuanfu Department.

There were 40,000 troops there, including 10,000 cavalry.

This cavalry is also the number one ace of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was commanded by Liu Guangshi himself, with the three thousand cavalry of the Liu family as the core, and a large number of Hanzhong people recruited from Lizhou Road.

Horses were also smuggled from Shaanxi.

It is actually a public trade. Although Wang Yue prohibits selling horses to the south, he has never really taken care of it. Since this is the case, the civil servants, gentry and even generals in Shaanxi will of course make a fortune happily. Wang Dawang doesn't care about such trivial matters. He even smuggled arms to the south by himself! As long as the great painter is willing to pay, all the thunder bullets and three-eyed guns of ten thousand people will be sold, and even the drawings of the counterweight trencher were sold by a profiteer under his command to the great painter for a high price of 10,000 yuan.

The capitalist's greed face is outrageous!

As for the three-eyed guns, they were smuggled to the south continuously.

Moreover, under his threat, the gentry in the south also tried their best to make rapid progress in the development of firearms, including rockets, muskets, and grenades. It is said that the bowl guns were also equipped. In short, the military value of the Southern Song Dynasty relied on firearms to greatly increase, which was also the reason why the great painters were very confident. According to their design, the Xuyi defenders defended the dead with a large number of firearms. When the long-term attack of the Changsheng Army was exhausted, Liu Guangshi's cavalry army gave another fatal blow outside and won the decisive battle between the north and the south in one fell swoop.

They are always so optimistic.

Liu Huai was holding a three-eyed gun in his hand and quickly stepped down the city wall with his subordinates. In fact, nothing could be seen outside on such nights. If someone really sneaked across the Huai River, they would not know that they would not be able to hit the city wall. They would have a chance of patrolling the city when they went out of the city. However, they didn't think anyone would come over, because they had already carved a section of ice on the Huai River during the day. Their main defense work these days was to dig ice.

There is no need to chisel too much, just a few feet wide. The entire Huaihe River defense line is chiseling ice, but the chiseled ice layer cannot flow away, and it will definitely freeze again tonight.

But this ice layer is very fragile and cannot walk, and people cannot come by boat.

He took the fifty soldiers of his team, wrapped their sheepskin coats tightly, opened the city gate and walked out. There was a river beach covered with ice and snow outside. Now that he left the city, he didn't have to worry about anything. Liu Huai walked and told Yang Yi and others about his experience in the north. Then his soldiers also came to him and listened to him about the happy days of fighting the local tyrants in the north to divide the fields. Several well-informed people also heard about it...

In fact, there are some people like him in Xuyi City, not to mention that this place is a main commercial channel, and those business travelers who come and go will also say it.

What's the use of banning?

Can those officials still stare at every soldier and every vendor passing by?

What's more, in the other side of Sizhou and other places, the land of those fleeing gentry was also divided by Yang Zaixing, and the fishermen on the Huai River would also spread the news.

I just don't dare to discuss it openly on weekdays.

But at this time, on the ice of the Huai River, there was nothing to worry about.

A group of people were chatting while walking on the frozen Huai River.

I forgot about the cold, and my heart was surging with each chat.

They were not interested in going deeper, just came out to fool them. There was originally a special patrol team, but they just found a place to hide and be lazy. Liu Wei was purely looking for trouble, showing his responsibility, but he might be really responsible. His family is a local tyrant in Xuyi. In Xuyi, there is a lot of land in Tianchang, which is really at stake, so others are hiding from the wind and snow in the city, but he came out to patrol the city walls in the wind and snow, but the problem is that Liu Huai has no land here...

He also has no land in his hometown of Xuanzhou, and the customer has a long land.

Since this is the case, just fool it.

The group walked on the ice near the shore, shaking the lanterns in their hands from time to time, allowing Liu Wei on the city wall to see their location.

Of course, Liu Zheng may not be able to blow snow on the city walls.

"Mama, why should we suffer this? Find a place to hide first."

Seeing that the lights on the city wall in the distance were so hazy that they could not be seen, Liu Huai immediately stopped and said.

“Nothing can hide here.”

Yang Yi looked around and said.

While he was talking, he raised the lantern and shook it. The surroundings were full of wind and snow. The light of the lantern could only shine with his companions.

But at this moment, the lantern he was holding suddenly stopped...

"What is that?"

He said blankly.

Liu Huai hurriedly looked in the direction he pointed.

There seemed to be something strange in the wind and snow, but it seemed like it was just the wind and snow. He gestured to the back. The soldiers raised the lanterns one after another, and then it became clearer. It was confirmed that there was something, and a strange sound could be heard, as the wind came into their ears. They continued to watch there, and in a blink of an eye, countless shadows appeared on the background of the wind and snow. These shadows rushed towards them, at a very fast speed, not even as fast as people walking around.

"Monster, monster."

Wang Chao said tremblingly.

"No, it's people, many people."

Yang Yi exclaimed.

Just as he said this, the shadow finally became clear. It was indeed people, countless people, but their speed was extremely fast, and they rushed straight on the ice like flying.

“There is lights over there!”

A soldier exclaimed.

In the wind and snow far away from them, there were also a few faint lights on.

The people on the other side could see clearly. They were stopping one after another, and they were obviously confused. Look at them and then look at the lights in the distance...

"Damn it, I've made a mistake, get on!"

There was a clear shout from the other side.

A soldier beside Liu Huai was so scared that he hurriedly raised his three-eyed gun. Liu Huai kicked him without hesitation...

"I threw away the guys and squatted down. The one on the opposite side is Changsheng Army? The young Liu Huai has been captured in Jinan before."

Liu Huai threw away the three-eyed gun and squatted down as quickly as possible, and said in the Northern dialect I learned in Jinan.

Almost at the same time, countless figures swarmed in, quickly surrounding them like a torrent. The leader, who was leaning on a wooden stick with both hands, floated directly to Liu Huai. Only then did Liu Huai notice that they were all stepping on wooden boards under their feet, and they were actually sliding.

The man looked down at him.

Liu Huai quickly raised the lantern and looked at him with a smile.

"Have I seen you?"

The man said.

Only then did Liu Huai notice that this face looked familiar...

"Captain Lin?"

He said uncertainly.

"Ha, I just said I've seen you, but I can't remember where I've seen you for a moment!"

The latter said with a smile.

Well, this is the officer in Jinan who is in charge of their ever-winning army.

"Captain Lin, you are looking forward to it."

Liu Huai said excitedly.

"Didn't you get the travel expenses back to your hometown? Why did you run to Xuyi again? I almost missed our big deal. I thought you were the brothers here to pick up the support!"

Captain Lin said.

At this moment, soldiers who were also on skis arrived continuously, as if endless in the wind and snow. Most of these were brought back by Wang Yue from Liaodong. Such weather is not worth mentioning for them who live at minus ten or twenty degrees below zero. Skiing is also a necessary skill. Although the Huaihe River has frozen due to this special cold wave this year, it is still very dangerous to say that cavalry pass through. After all, this place is not the north, and in previous years, it is normal that there is only a little thin ice on the shore occasionally.

This year is a special situation, which is the super cold wave sweeping the north from the winter of 1126 to the spring of 1127 recorded in history.

This cold wave also opened up the cold climate of the twelfth century.

In the following decades, even Lingnan often snowed, and the area around Taihu Lake and Hangzhou was frozen. In 1132, there was even a severe cold of one foot thick along the Yangtze River.

But this place is not in the north after all, and the freezing of the Huai River is just a walkable passage.

But the cavalry really dare not take risks.

So the ski infantry made their debut on the Huai River, and the two snowboards could also pass through the ice surface chiseled by the Xuyi defenders.

So Yang Zaixing organized a whole river crossing to raid Xuyi.

Their original goal was to capture Ximen and defend Ximen. There was a whole army of infantry waiting behind them, all of which were sled soldiers. They could quickly cross the river to reinforce, and even transport supplies with sleds. In order to directly reach the raid point, they arranged lights to respond on the south bank, but they did not expect that Liu Huai, the patrol team, appeared on the shore, and Captain Lin, who mistakenly thought it was the support, went straight to this side.

"It's hard to describe it. Captain Lin, come with me. I'll trick you into opening the city gate. Brothers are looking forward to you coming!"
Chapter completed!