The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 185 to welcome the king
To the north, Tian Tian and Su Jun stood on the deck of the fourth-generation ship, looking at the horizon not far away.

They only held onto the railing with their hands. They set out from Jiaozhou Bay, circled most of Qingzhou, performed final supplies and maintenance in Le'an County, and then drove towards Youzhou full of anxiety and courage.

After two months of sailing, the river channel along this coastline was finally clear.

Even if iron sheets are added to the bottom of the ship along the way, it is inevitable to encounter rocks while driving along the coast of the sea.

Some boats were seriously damaged and had to be towed to pre-arranged docks along the coast for repairs.

So this journey has gone smoothly, and with this experience, I have understood the risks on the waterway. It does not even take half a month to go from Jiaozhou Bay to Bohai Bay. If the wind and water are smooth, the speed can be even faster. It takes one week.

No way, wind and ocean currents still account for a large proportion in this era, and now sailing in winter happens to be against the wind and current. Whether it is the winter monsoon or the cold current along the Yellow Sea, it will have a considerable impact on sailing.

Even if it were not a military operation, but a normal voyage, it would probably be canceled at this time.

Just like this, with such headwinds and currents and even ice along the coast, this journey will be so long and arduous.

However, when they saw the coast of Youzhou, both Tian Tian and Su Jun felt that it was worth it.

As a matter of course, the ship hit the ice on the coast of the Bohai Sea and was indeed unable to move. Tian Tian calmly ordered,

"Send someone to test the strength of the ice. If the ice is strong enough, put down the sled and send someone to set up a camp along the coast. Send the supplies on the ship down first!"

After everyone heard Tian Zhen's order, they immediately took action. At this moment, a soldier pointed to the coast and said:

"General, look at the coast. Is there someone waving something?!"

Tian Zhen was shocked when he heard this. Looking from a distance, he only saw someone jumping hard on the shore.

But he was holding a ball of bright red cloth in his hand, which stood out in the ice and snow.

To be honest, Tian Tian was already breaking out in a cold sweat at this time.

He knew very well that the purpose of his army was to directly penetrate into Youzhou City, or even directly capture Youzhou City.

If Wang Jun was on guard here, then even though he and the others could defeat the opponent, they would not be able to capture Youzhou City, which would be a complete strategic failure.

"It depends on the situation. The other party has no malicious intent, otherwise there would be no need to remind us!" Su Jun said calmly.

When Tian Tian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Invite that person over!"

Soon, Tian Tian sent someone to invite the man waving the red cloth, but more than a dozen people came with him.

Tian Zhen looked at the leader. To be honest, everyone in the leader looked quite young, with bright eyes. Perhaps because of fear, his whole body seemed to be shaking.

However, when Li Nong saw Tian Tian, ​​he couldn't help but open his mouth and said with tears in his eyes:
"Dear, great... Commander? I am not dreaming, wuwuwuwu! You are actually still alive!"

Su Jun was curiously looking at Tian Zhen, whose face was full of black lines. As a person from Qingzhou, he naturally knew that the leader of the rebel army that was rampant in Qingzhou, but he did not expect that it was Tian Zhen beside him.

And Liu Tai must know Tian Huang's identity, otherwise Liu Tai would not entrust such an important matter as the surprise attack on Youzhou to Tian Huang.

However, Su Jun, who knew the secret, couldn't help but sigh in his heart at this moment, Liu Tai was really courageous.

Isn't he afraid of Tian Tian's betrayal? After all, with the appeal of the original commander, he could really shake Liu Tai's foundation.

Tian Tian's face was covered with black lines. To be honest, in order to conceal his identity, he had grown a beard and gained some weight in the past few years, which was somewhat different from his previous appearance.

But he didn't expect that he would still be recognized. The most important thing is that he didn't seem to recognize the young guy in front of him?Who is he? ?

"I, little plum!" Li Nong said to Tian Tian, ​​"It was the cake you gave me, the commander-in-chief, that made me survive!"

"Oh..." Tian Tian recalled some memories and said, "You are right, you have grown so big, not bad!"

As the two parties recognized each other, their relationship became much closer, and Li Nong came back to his senses and said:

"I am currently the commander of a camp under the command of General Zhao An, and I have been ordered to garrison the coast of Youzhou. There are about ten camp commanders like me, all of whom are here to assist our ships in sailing and landing smoothly!"

With that said, he handed his nameplate to Tian Tian to prove his identity.

"Oh?! Zhao An is in Youzhou now?!" Tian Tian took the nameplate with some surprise, looked at it, and handed it back to Li Nong.

"Yes!" Li Nong replied to Tian Tian, ​​"Two months ago, our army set off to Youzhou to accept this mission.

To find out exactly what happened, I'm afraid the commander-in-chief still needs to contact the general.

It can take as short as half a day or as long as one day. I believe General Zhao An can contact him. "

"I understand, please go back to the shore and wait for me. After I have arranged everything, I will go with you to meet Zhao An!" Tian Tian said.

"Follow the order!" Li Nong heard Tian Tian's words and quickly agreed.

At this time, Su Jun heard Tian Chen's words and saw Li Nong getting off the boat, then he said to Tian Chen, "You are really going to see Zhao An. Even if there is a nameplate, they appear too weird. I think we should." Let him bring Zhao An to see us!"

"Do you think this is a trap?! But the nameplate is real." Tian Tian couldn't help but said after hearing Su Jun's words.

"It's not a trap, and this guy doesn't look like he can lie!" Su Jun shook his head and said, "But now that we are preparing to ambush Youzhou, and one of our own people suddenly appears here, we don't feel confident at all. "

"So I went to take a look for myself!" Tian Tian said, "Either the county official calculated the arrival and prepared assistants for us, or Wang Jun set a trap for us.

And I prefer the former, after all, the child's feelings for me are not pretending.

Of course, you must be on guard against others. You are responsible for dispatching the entire fleet. The soldiers are not allowed to disembark before I come back.

If I don't come back at sunset on the third day, then leave, we can't take Youzhou City! "

"I know!" Su Jun nodded and said nothing more.

Soon, Tian Tian made it clear to his soldiers and handed over the right to command the warship to Su Jun. Then he set off with Li Nong and soon arrived at a small village.

The people in these villages greeted Li Nong warmly with smiles on their faces.

"It seems like you are very popular in this village?" Tian Zhen couldn't help but wonder as he looked at the scene in front of him. "That's natural!" Li Nong said proudly, "When we came here, we killed the wealthy people here, burned their debts, and divided their land. The people here naturally supported us, let alone hope Let’s leave!”

"It's still the same old tricks!" When Tian Tian heard Li Nong's words, he understood that it was the old tactics of Liu Tai's army.

Tian Tian looked at the situation in front of him, but he was somewhat confused in his heart.

Because he really does this kind of thing, he knows that if he really does this, it will definitely arouse the instinctive crisis of the surrounding wealthy families, and they will definitely be jointly resisted, and this will soon cause riots or even wars, and then be ghosted. The state knows about it.

But now it seems that it is so peaceful here, and it doesn't look like it is known to Youzhou City.

Therefore, Tian Tian asked: "If this is the case, wouldn't it arouse resistance from the local wealthy families? It shouldn't be so peaceful!"

"Mainly because of the strategy formulated by General Zhao, he said that he would only target those wealthy families who took grain and grass when they burned the granary but did not distribute winter grain to the people. Because these wealthy families have smeared our credibility, they must be punished."

Li Nong said, "As for those who were obedient or those who stood by and watched, we will not deal with them.

We only ask them not to leave the village for at least half a year, otherwise if we catch them, don't blame us for being rude!
And because we took the initiative to allocate fields to local people, the local people were willing to help us keep an eye on these large households.

Especially if these poor people know about it, they will be more active if they can catch the spies who went to report the news and raid the homes of these big families so that they can have land.

In particular, many people who were not allocated fields in the first batch were watching day and night. "

When Tian Zhen heard this, he smiled bitterly. It was obvious that these common people were afraid that these wealthy families would not abide by the rules.

But unfortunately, because Zhao An had set an accurate time and Zhao An's troops were more or less reasonable, these wealthy families still chose to endure it.

After all, there is obviously a dragon crossing the river on the opposite side. These tycoons from the same village cannot resist it at all!

And for the vast majority of people, not to mention that they can still get benefits, even if they just watch the big households near their homes suffer disasters, they still have to do this job well.

After all, everyone lives in the same place, so why do you get rich!
However, Tian Tian's complaints didn't last long. Soon Zhao An rushed to the village, and the two couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when they met.

After all, for Tian Tian, ​​he was really not familiar with Li Nong, but he knew Zhao An after all. Tian Tian believed that Zhao An would not betray Liu Tai under normal circumstances.

For Zhao An, it had been almost two months since Liu Tai gave the order and he and others lurked around here.

If Tian Tian didn't come again, he was afraid that he would have to report to Liu Tai whether to evacuate.

After all, he can control the surrounding countryside in a short period of time, but it is still difficult to completely prevent the people of Youzhou City from knowing the situation here.

In the winter, the officials in Youzhou City don't care much about the outlying villages, but when spring plowing comes, any government organization will pay attention to the surrounding forces, and it will be more difficult to hide it anymore.

"Why are you here? Is it the Duke's arrangement?" Tian Tian looked at Zhao And and said.

"Exactly!" Zhao An nodded, "Qiu Shuo asked us to attack Youzhou in the first place to pave the way for this assistance.

We have drawn a map of the official road from here to Youzhou City to ensure a smooth journey for you!

Is there anything else you need our help with?Please feel free to ask. "

There was no Tianjin at this time, or it could be said that this area was all swamp. In fact, even after the ship docked, this section of the road was not that easy to walk.

But with a map and a guide, even though this section of the road is a bit difficult, it will be more or less trouble-free.

The development of Tianjin is relatively late. Historically, even if the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was opened, Tianjin was not considered an important city.

It was not until Zhu Di moved the capital to Beiping in the Ming Dynasty that Tianjin slowly developed as Beijing became the political center of the country and Tianjin gradually became the economic center of the entire north.

Now there are only scattered villages in this area.

"Okay, okay!" Tian Tian said to Zhao An, "You are here just in time, can you help us carry some siege equipment?

These things loaded many ships, and I was still thinking about how to transport these engineering equipment.

But now with you, we can attack Youzhou City faster!This time the war is fought with speed! "

"That's it!" Zhao An couldn't help but think about it after hearing Tian Tian's words and said, "Did you bring a wheelbarrow and a cart?"

"We still have these things!" Tian Tian nodded, "It's just that we don't have enough manpower. From shipping to land transportation, we suddenly found that if we want to transport everything at once, we can't do it without manpower!"

"I understand!" Zhao An nodded and said to Tian Tian, ​​"You go back and unload the things to the river first. Give me two days. After two days, I will help you solve the transportation problem!"

"Huh?" When Tian Tian heard this, he looked at Zhao An in surprise, but he still nodded to Zhao An and said, "Okay!"

Tian Zhen did not delay, and immediately returned to his ship, and began to unload various boxes of siege weapons from the ship onto the wooden crow, and then pushed the wooden crow across the ice to the camp on the shore.

Unknowingly, the area of ​​​​the camp has been expanded and expanded. These things were not noticed when they were on the ships, but now they are so huge after being taken out.

But it is fortunate because Liu Tai came up with the container system from the beginning and unified the boxes of utensils.

Except for some wooden poles and pillars that require custom-made special boxes, everything else is basically the same size, which at least ensures that every warrior can carry it.

But even so, when all the supplies on these ships were moved to the river bank, a rather large camp was established.

"General Tian, ​​why don't I stay behind and you take the main force to attack Youzhou City first!" Su Jun couldn't help but say.

"Wait patiently, Zhao An is not a person who talks nonsense!" Tian Tian shook his head.

At this time, a scout soon came over to report, "General, people! A lot of people are coming!"

Well, when Tian Tian heard this, he couldn't help but walked out, just in time to see dense crowds of heads appearing on the horizon. Some of these dense crowds of people were holding hemp ropes in their hands, some were pushing carts with both hands, and some were carrying carts. Carrying pole...

Zhao An walked first, and when he saw Tian Tian, ​​he waved vigorously and said,

"General Tian, ​​we are not too late. We have recruited all the people from the nearby villages!"

"No, you came just in time!"

Tian Tian looked at the surging crowd in front of him, and a bit of warmth flowed unconsciously in his heart. He clenched his fists. This time, he would take down Youzhou City no matter what!
(End of this chapter)