In Hongze Lake, three warships flying with the flag of the Huai Army flew by Yang Fan.
Wu Yong stood on the deck, the wind stained with moisture blowing his clothes, allowing him to enjoy the coolness in midsummer.
He can see it.
There are many water thieves in Hongze Lake. When they see small boats or merchant ships passing by, they quickly surround them and plunder them like vicious dogs.
When these water thieves wanted to set their sights on the big ship where Wu Yong was, they saw the Huai army flag hanging on the sail and retreated quickly as if they had been stung by a wasp.
"The name of our navy is well-known in Hongze Lake!"
Wu Yong smiled when he saw this.
When Li Jun commanded the navy, he often sent his navy into Hongze Lake to exterminate water thieves, using battles as training and using the water thieves in the lake to train troops.
Wherever the Huai army navy went, many water thieves were killed.
Lin Renzhao, who is now stationed in Qinghe Water Village, has also inherited Li Jun's habits.
Qinghe is the place where Hongze Lake, Huaihe River and the canal meet. It is also an important intersection node on both sides of the Huaihe River. Everyone traveling from south to north passes through here.
After defeating Yang Xingmi, Qinghe returned to normal and no more wars occurred.
Many princes south of the Yangtze River more or less sent merchants north along the canal to inquire about information in the name of trade, and there were also real merchants among them.
Qinghe is rapidly becoming prosperous.
The lively and prosperous Qinghe River naturally attracted the attention of many water thieves.
In order to prevent thieves from wreaking havoc, Lin Renzhao chose to strike preemptively. During this period, he dispatched his navy, divided into thousands of naval households, in the upper reaches of the canal, Lianshui in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, and Hongze Lake on the west side.
Continuously launch anti-bandit operations.
A large number of water thieves were wiped out and incorporated, and the reputation of the Huai Army once again spread throughout Hongze Lake.
"Now in our navy, the only ones who can be called generals are Lin Renzhao and Li Jun. If I can find more Liangshan brothers and invite them to join the navy... then I will really have a foundation in the Huai Army. !”
Wu Yong's thoughts floated in his mind.
After defecting to the Huai Army and becoming the head of the Foreign Affairs Department, he enjoyed the feeling of becoming a high-ranking official in the government.
Thinking back to the days in Liangshan.
No wonder Brother Gongming keeps thinking about Zhao'an.
Unfortunately, Liangshan Shuibo is located in Shandong, very far from Jianghuai. It is very difficult to find the Liangshan brothers near Jianghuai.
Moreover, if there were any Liangshan brothers nearby, they would have come to join him long ago after knowing their names, as well as those of Li Jun and Mu Hong...
If I want to see the Liangshan brothers again, I'm afraid I have to wait until the king goes north.
Time flies.
Wu Yong didn't drive on Hongze Lake for too long before he came to Sizhou, which was occupied by Du Fuwei. Looking ahead, he saw that the lake, which was originally unreachable at a glance, gradually moved toward the middle.
Further west, it becomes the main channel of the Huaihe River...
On the edge of the river flowing into Hongze Lake, there is a city. This city is the important place in Sizhou, Hukou!
When the Huai Army warships approached.
Several warships hoisted flags and approached the Huai army warships. When Wu Yong was at Hongze Lake, his news reached the mouth of the lake.
So as soon as Wu Yong arrived, someone took the initiative to greet him.
"Messenger, please follow me!"
What came to greet him was a burly general. He was not wearing armor and was relatively light... After all, in the hot weather, wearing armor was no different from being in a steamer. It was very uncomfortable.
Without going into battle, no one wants to wear armor and sweat all over themselves.
"I'm Wu Yong, do you know the general's surname?"
Wu Yong took the people off the boat, and after entering the city, he observed the situation in the city and talked to the general.
"I don't dare to bear the surname Gao. I am Wang Xiongdan! My adoptive father knew that King Huai sent an envoy, so he asked me to come and greet him!"
Wang Xiong’s birthday!
One of Du Fuwei's adopted sons is also a general who has always been loyal to Du Fuwei. He is as famous in the army as another general Kan Leng.
After hearing the other person's name.
Gu Yao/span The other party's information instantly appeared in Wu Yong's mind.
"It turns out to be General Wang Xiongdan. I have admired the general's name for a long time..."
Wu Yong said.
There are many people in Hukou City, and there are many soldiers maintaining order in the city. There are also many people outside the city fishing for fish and shrimps by the lakes and rivers, barely making a living.
A rough conclusion was drawn after Wu Yong's observation.
Du Fuwei should not be short of food and grass.
At least from the looks of the soldiers, it didn't look like they were short of food and grass, but apart from the soldiers, many of the people inside and outside the city were sallow and thin.
Also, Du Fuwei's soldiers always feel a bit unorganized and lack the well-trained and imposing spirit of the Huai army...
But to say that these soldiers are just a ragtag group of people is not a big deal.
The soldiers are not elites, nor are they a mob, they are very ordinary... There is no shortage of food and grass in the army, but the means of internal political management are only a little better than those of rioters.
Du Fuwei was born in a reckless family and had no ability to govern the people.
He himself definitely wants to sort out internal affairs, but if he wants to do a good job in internal affairs, it cannot be done by simply recruiting some scribes.
"Du Fuwei is far inferior to Yang Xingmi!"
Before Wu Yong arrived at the post house, he couldn't help but have this thought in his mind.
Think about it.
In the Origin World, Du Fuwei not only defeated several powerful enemies on the battlefield, but was also often chased by the enemy in a panic. In terms of military strategy, it can only be said that he was better than ordinary generals.
Needless to say, the political ability is not even qualified.
Being able to join Li Tang before he unified the world shows that his vision is much better than others.
His greatest advantage is that he can gain military morale and make generals like Wang Xiongdan and Kan Leng sincerely loyal...
but.
Since ancient times, the most basic requirements for princes who can achieve something great are vision and convincingness. If they can't even do this, what great achievements can they achieve?
"Sir, please rest in the post house. My foster father will invite you to the house tomorrow!"
Wang Xiongdan said.
It takes a day or two to travel by water from Sihong to Hukou, and Wu Yong really needs to recover his mind so that he can be in a state of complete energy when he meets Du Fuwei.
In this way, his natural abilities can be maximized.
At this time.
There was a sudden noise outside, and Wu Yong immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
I saw a dozen soldiers who seemed to be drunk and were acting crazy on the street.
When seeing these people.
Wu Yong's pupils shrank and he was a little shocked, "This is the official uniform of the Song Army, General Wang, what is going on?"
Wang Xiongdan turned his head and glanced at the dozen soldiers on the street, frowned, and waved his hand, and dozens of soldiers immediately appeared and captured the drunkards on the street.
"These people are Liu Guangshi's people!"
"A month ago, Liu Guangshi came from the south and said he wanted to join his adoptive father. His adoptive father temporarily placed him outside the city... Liu Guangshi's soldiers and horses were just a mob, and his adoptive father thought too highly of him!"
Obviously, Wang Xiongdan had a very bad impression of Liu Guangshi who had defected.
Even in front of the Huai Army envoys, there was no cover.
Of course, the news of Liu Guangshi's defection was not a secret. Wu Yong could know it just by asking. Whether Wang Xiongdan concealed it or not made no sense.
"It turns out to be him!"
Wu Yong was deeply impressed by the name Liu Guangshi, who was of the same era as him, was known as one of the four famous generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, and came from a family of generals in the Western Army.
He was successively named Rong Guogong and Yang Guogong. When he died, he was posthumously awarded the title of Taishi. Later, he was posthumously named king... It can be said that he has reached the ultimate level of a military commander.
However, compared to his reputation and ability, there is a complete difference between heaven and earth...
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