In the early morning, before the mist had dispersed, thousands of people gathered outside the ancient city of Xuzhou and in the large canal wharf. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the food shipped from the direction of Wu Dynasty.
"Don't worry, it should be here soon!"
Seeing Zhang Gaodong, the governor of Xuzhou County, and his subordinate officials, anxious in their hearts, but looking stable as an old minister, Huang Yi put down his tea cup and said with a smile, "You and I have never stopped reporting from the direction of Linyi and Zaozhuang. I If the imperial court doesn't take action, the Song people will have no chance. You can't think that our military ship will sink in this calm waters?"
The Lianghuai River has been said to be "the throat of Zhongzhou and the barrier to the south of the Yangtze River" since ancient times.
It is a granary and a place of hundreds of battles. Whoever gets the two Huaihe Rivers can seize the strategic initiative in East and Central China. Around the two Huaihe Rivers, Wu, Song, Ming and Chu have deployed millions of troops for many years to form a four-way confrontation. scene.
The Zhu Ming royal family came out from the Lianghuai River, invaded Xuzhou in the north, and went to Jiaozhou in the south, monopolizing the entire territory of Yangzhou. In the southern area of Xuzhou, as the landlords of the Lianghuai River, one can imagine the pressure on defense.
Fortunately, the main pressure is still on the northern front. On the western front, there are Funiu Mountain, Tongbai Mountain, and Dabie Mountain as a screen. As long as the area along the Dabie Mountain is controlled, it will be difficult for Chu to succeed even if he wants to take action.
But now it's open over there.
The Chu State did not leave any time for the Ming Dynasty. On the seventh day after the Lianghuai riot, Chu State's Xiajiang Navy departed from its station and went all the way down the river, confronting the troops and upgrading the basic land battle to waterway alliance , the counterpart Ming Dynasty Zhenjiang Navy also went upstream, and there was a strong tendency to repeat a great water battle around Poyang Lake.
"Isn't this because you are anxious?"
Zhang Gaodong picked up a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp. Huang Yi was a martial artist and his junior brother in academic terms.
Different from the official history, the Jiangnan gentry of the Ming Dynasty in another world have been stepped on by the military-qualified Jinshi who were trained by the nobles. They finally emerged as saints of mind and learning. How can they be suppressed? Isn’t that suppressing yourself?
As Wang Yangming's brand became louder and louder, his disciples' official positions also became higher and higher.
The Wu Dynasty sent Huang Yi here, obviously taking these into consideration.
"Your army is preparing to cross the Yellow River, but our ship will not dock. Are the Song people going to cause trouble?" Huang Yi looked disdainful.
It is said that the three families are divided, but the good place is either in the hands of the warriors or in the hands of the Ming people.
The seven counties of Xuzhou are Xiapi, Langye, Donghai, Linhuai, Sishui, Guangling and Pengcheng.
Xiapi, Guangling, Sishui, and Guiming are the three counties.
Langxie, a county belongs to the Wu Dynasty, but Taishan County in Qingzhou also belongs to the Wu Dynasty, which means that it is absolutely correct to say that the northern part of Xuzhou is in the hands of the Wu Dynasty.
The only disputed places are Donghai, Linhuai and Pengcheng.
The East China Sea was beyond the reach of the Song Dynasty. It was just a struggle between the Wu and Ming Dynasties. Now that the two countries have formed an alliance, the canal in the East China Sea section will be stable.
In Linhuai and Pengcheng, the Ming and Song Dynasties fought fiercely, but the overall pattern was still the Song Dynasty attacking and the Ming Dynasty defending.
If the Song people didn't still have a few county towns in their hands, Xuzhou would have nothing to do with them. The Song people still wanted to go to sea, and they really had to take the lead!
"The only way to be safe is to put the bag in the bag. Everything is still uncertain. Who dares to say for sure?" Zhang Gaodong shook his round belly, "To be honest, our two families are really playing a big game. The people of Song Dynasty will probably be dumbfounded!"
Before the war started, Ming and Wu came together, and important resources such as food could be exchanged for each other. Not to mention that the Song people were stupid, Emperor Zhengde who made the suggestion was now a little confused, and felt confused by the cooperation of the Wu Dynasty.
"This can only show that Song people are too unreasonable. As long as he does some human affairs, our two families can sit at the same table to eat?"
As the front line of the Three Kingdoms' struggle, Xuzhou had no major wars but small frictions.
The character of a martial artist, if you dare to hit me hard today, I will definitely kick your butt off tomorrow.
Akito is also tough, so how can there be less friction.
But facing the cowardly and cowardly Song people, neither the Ming people nor the martial people liked them.
It's like two masters fighting each other, fighting hard, each wanting to kill the other, but they both tacitly put down their conspiracy and sneaky calculations for the time being. At this time, there will be a bad guy, some poison here, some poison there. Click here, this is disgusting.
"Why, I can't say, but this time I fight on your side. Not only do I stand, but all our brothers and sisters stand!" Before Zhang Gaodong could finish speaking, he had already rushed to the railing and pointed at the mist in the north, " Isn’t this coming?”
The water mist surged, and the shadow of the sail could be seen in the shadows, as well as the shadow of the dark hole behind.
"I'm coming!"
"The food is coming!"
"There is food, there is finally food!"
Before Huang Yi could get up, roaring cheers came from the pier, followed by a huge black shadow in the distance that broke through the fog and revealed his true body.
Boat!
A grain ship with an extremely deep draft appeared together with the dull sound of the horn, one after another, like a dream, not so real, but it brought a new climax to the dock.
"Why are you still standing there, move now!" Zhang Gaodong slapped the railing and shouted.
When the ship comes, there is food.
The river ships of the Wu Dynasty cannot compare with the sea ships of the Ming Dynasty, but one ship also has a lot of food. Besides, with the first, second, and third ships, is it still far away?
According to the agreement, in this batch, the Wu Dynasty came with 13 ships, each worth 2,000 shi, totaling 26,000 shi of rice.
Twenty-six thousand stones are not enough to suppress the disaster, but it can revive the hearts of the people of Huaihe and Huaihe today!
Because this is the food of the Wu Dynasty, the food of the former enemies, and their emperor can ask the Wu Dynasty to send them food. Is there anything more righteous and majestic than this?
"The first batch of grain has arrived, and it's time for me to return to court!"
The visit has been completed, and Huang Yi now wants to go back.
"No rush, no rush, I know you want to go back in a hurry to celebrate the New Year, everyone wants to, but listen to me and stay for two more days, I will make arrangements later, go directly from Xiapi, you don't have to go around the East China Sea to Qingzhou! "
How could Zhang Gaodong let Huang Yi go now?
Now that Huang Yi is gone, how will the publicity work be done?
When the Wu Dynasty sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, the road was difficult because of the detour. Now that the two families have formed an alliance, and now they have given such a great gift, how could the Ming Dynasty allow Huang Yi to take a detour home and go directly from Xiapi? Enter Taishan County, Qingzhou.
A straight line is the shortest between two points. How to go? It takes a day or two. If it's quick, Huang Yi can save three or four days' journey.
"Mr. Huang, you can't leave. If word spreads that you have left now, wouldn't it slap us in the face?"
"The road to Xiapi is good. There is a Chi Road. You can cross it in two days!"
"The banquet is ready!"
After Zhang Gaodong finished speaking, a Xuzhou official quickly advised him.
Twenty thousand shi of rice was not much money to buy, but now that 20,000 shi was life-saving food, Xuzhou officials were even less likely to let Huang Yi go.
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"Calculate the time, at this point, the food for the Wu Dynasty should have arrived?"
In the Yingwu Hall, the huge sand table directly squeezed 60% of the space in the hall. Emperor Zhengde pointed his hand in the direction of the canal and asked.
"It should be here. According to the verbal agreement between us and Huang Yi, the first batch of 150,000 grains is divided into four batches. How long does it take to wait for the first batch? The main reason is that the ships of the Wu Dynasty have stopped!"
Wu Dynasty has entered winter break, and the canal has also frozen. It will take time to restart, so it has been delayed until now.
"The food has arrived, let's take action. I will drive the Song people out of Surabaya now!"
Zhengde will eat anything but nothing.
It has been almost a month since the riot began, and all preparations have been completed. We are just waiting for the food from Wu Dynasty to arrive. Now that the food has arrived, what are we waiting for?
