On June 21, 1052 AD, the capital supervisor Qiyuan, who was in charge of the guards of Guangzhou City, climbed the city wall of Guangzhou with heavy steps, ostensibly still patrolling the city head garrison as usual, very early heard that there were Dong man from Yongzhou who would invade Guangzhou, this matter was placed five years ago, Shi Qiyuan had already trotted away with his family, at that time there was no city wall in Guangzhou, every time thieves came, Guangzhou City was inevitably plundered, and many people would die.
But now it's different, five years ago Wei Taishou led people to repair the city wall of Guangzhou, and Shi Qiyuan's family was small, as well as the families of many soldiers, all of which were protected by the city wall. Standing on the wide city wall, looking at the Pearl River water rolling east under the city wall, just yesterday, Shi Qiyuan still had some expectations in his heart for the possible Dong Man: It is best not to come, in case he comes, maybe he can still kill the enemy on the city wall and make meritorious contributions.
But everything has been different since yesterday.
It is not that the enemy is different, but that the city of Guangzhou is already different.
In the midst of contemplation, there was a commotion in the corner of the city wall on the east side, and a short "whining" warning sound came from the observation deck high above the city wall: There is an enemy invasion!
Under the city wall is a large open space, usually many people do business there, dense crowds of people along the 60 meters wide jade belt hao to the east and west, the jade belt hao on the boat shuttle back and forth, at this time, a large number of ships are eagerly from the Pearl River through the jade belt hao into the city of Guangzhou, the jade belt hao is about two miles away from the Pearl River, the original are dense residential.
Topographic map of the city wall of Guangzhou and the Pearl River
Shi Qiyuan urgently gathered his sergeants:
"Ma Liu, you immediately go to greet the prefect lord up the castle tower."
Han Si, you take a few people to the water passes on the east and west sides of the Jade Belt Hao to maintain order, and quickly drive the boats into the city.
Zhao San, you go check the fire oil stones again and add another batch.
Wang Er, you sent someone to the city gate, but you were not allowed to open the door without the order of the prefect. ”
At this time, the prefect of Guangzhou, Zhongjian, had hurriedly rushed to the city wall and murmured, "It's still coming, it's really coming." "
Shi Qiyuan didn't have any expression on his face, "Yes, they still came." ”
As the governor of Guangzhou City, Shi Qiyuan did not look down on this civil official who was very strong and introverted.
Half a month ago, someone reported that a force from Yongzhou had been killed all the way, and that many prefectures and counties on Guangnan West Road had been breached, and Zhongjian said that he was not worried enough, that the barbarians were just plundering and would not go to Guangzhou; later, someone reported that Dongman had already arrived at Guangnan East Road and captured Hezhou, and Zhongjian was obviously panicked, but still pretended to be calm, and ordered the messenger not to talk nonsense and disturb the people's hearts.
Since then, there has been more and more bad news, all talking about the cave man is already on the outskirts of Guangzhou. When the news reached Zhongjian's ears, he directly arrested the messengers and put them in shackles to show the public, there were refugees who had fled from other places, and Zhongjian also allowed them to enter the city of Guangzhou, fearing that they would spread rumors.
However, large merchants began to carry goods to the city of Guangzhou, and some Hu merchants carried valuables, and they all pinned their hopes for safety on this towering green brick wall.
Zhongjian promulgated three prohibition policies:
- No foreign population is allowed to enter guangzhou;
- Except for grain, fuel and other daily necessities, no one is allowed to transport commercial goods to Guangzhou City;
- In particular, Hu merchants were not allowed to enter the city of Guangzhou.
When conveying the order, someone asked, why did the adult give the order?
Shi Qiyuan said, "Lord Zhong is sure that Dong Man came for wealth, as long as they have robbed enough outside guangzhou city and see that the walls of Guangzhou are strong, they naturally do not want to bother to attack the city anymore." ”
"Just like that..."
"In this way, our family will be safe, and the brothers can save a life, execute quickly, and not say much." Shi Qiyuan added, "Also, as soon as there is a situation, arrange for all the ships on the Pearl River to be evacuated to the sea immediately, or withdraw to the city of Guangzhou through the Jade Belt Hao, and not leave a boat on the Pearl River." ”
In this way, when the time came today, Dong Man really came, and they took more than two hundred ships captured from Hezhou and Duanzhou, with masts like forests and white sails like clouds, covering the entire river under the city of Guangzhou.
Shi Qiyuan's heart was a little bitter, he couldn't imagine that Dong Man had such a big momentum, this Guangzhou City, I was afraid that it was more fierce and less auspicious. Looking at the soldiers around, they were also worried.
Shi Qiyuan thought of Wang Shining again.
Wang Shining is his best friend in Guangzhou City, the most favorite thing is to sail on the Pearl River, that is, that kind of small boat, one person and one sail, no pier and no rudder, every time there is a strong windy day, others are hiding in the city cave to avoid the wind and rain, Wang Shining is crazy with his soldiers, bare-chested, the crotch pants are only tied with red rope, one by one rushing to the small boats on the Pearl River, and soon, dozens of small sailing boats on the usual water force dock are scattered like petals to the center of the river, or one boat, or two people and one boat. They alternately weave across the river.
Whenever at this time, the soldiers still stationed on the city wall would applaud them, and the people who were still working in the riverside cottages would also look up, and some children would climb to a high place and applaud incessantly; some women, who were usually afraid of seeing strange men with chicken eyes, now looked at those naked and strong men generously.
Wang Shining is always in front of the general, he has a short beard, from the cheek to the neck, is extremely heroic, when sailing on the river, sometimes he will scatter his hair in the river water, facing the strong wind, the long wind is like a cape fluttering, causing the people on the shore to cheer non-stop, I don't know how many women's hearts have been taken away.
Wang Shining steered the sails
Wang Shining trained the only water army in Guangzhou City, Guangzhou built a city along the river, living by the sea, but the construction of the water army is far less important than the infantry, a total of three thousand people, removed the repair and logistics of the ship, only more than 2,000 people can get on the ship, and then remove the rear sailman, as well as the helmsman and other technical work, the real can meet the enemy on the ship, or all land on the shore to fight, there are only fifteen hundred people.
Once, Wang Shining said to Shi Qiyuan, Brother, when the enemy comes to attack, you hold on to the ground, I will help you sweep the water on the surface, and then help you clear the ground; if it is when we attack, you chase on the shore, I will block on the water. We are brothers and invincible.
Shi Qiyuan still remembers that yesterday morning, before Wang Shining went out on the expedition, he shouted to Shi Qiyuan, who was stationed on the city wall, "Xiao Yuan, wait until I come back from Duanzhou to drink." "
Three days ago, the messenger returned from Duanzhou: Dong Man went down the West River from Yongzhou, all the way down the bamboo, Lianke Hengzhou, Guizhou, Gongzhou, Tengzhou, and captured the important town of Wuzhou, until the city of Duanzhou, traveled more than a thousand miles, it took only ten days. Along the way, the state capitals are all looking forward to the wind and fleeing.
Zhongjian asked eagerly, "What about Duanzhou?" ”
The messenger replied: "It only took Dong Man one day to take down the duanfang city, Lord Ding Baochen, and his whereabouts are unknown." ”
"It was abandoned again and fled!" Zhongjian pounded the table.
Zhongjian immediately summoned Wang Kai, the governor of Guangzhou, and ordered him to arrange a strategy for the defense of Guangzhou.
Soon Wang Kai arrived, accompanied by Du Jian Qiyuan, Wang Shining, the inspector of the sea, and Gao Shiyao, the inspector of Guangzhou, and the wen and wu that could be gathered in the city of Guangzhou were in place.
In addition to Zhongjian, Wang Kai had the largest official position, and he reported to Zhongjian: "Dong Man came from afar for wealth, and he will leave when he gets rich." ”
Zhongjian said, "I also expected this to be the case, I have not heard of the situation of Dong Man plundering and killing in various states, but they all wear one state a day, only plundering goods and goods, and not hurting people's lives." ”
Wang Kai said, "That is, knowing the purpose of Dong Man, we only need to lead Dong Man to the West City..."
Zhongjian immediately refused: "The imperial court appointed me to wait for the income of the city, if the cave man has not yet arrived, we will directly hand over the fang to the hands of thieves and let it be destroyed, and the income of the next year will inevitably be greatly reduced, which is inappropriate." ”
Wang Kai wondered: "The cave barbarians have passed through the prefectures and counties, and they have seized a state every day, and now they will inevitably have strong troops and strong horses, and there will be sufficient supplies, and the total number of people and horses in our city will be less than 20,000, which is really difficult to resist." ”
Zhongjian said boldly, "Isn't this Guangzhou city wall worth a million soldiers?" ”
Wang Kai was silent.
Zhongjian continued, "The governor will guard the city with me, and the inspector will be responsible for the stability of the city; you and the water army will immediately set off to retake Duanzhou!" ”
Wang Kai saw that Shangguan had lost his temper, and Nono stepped back.
Outside the Zhizhou Yamen.
Wang Shining caught up with Wang Kai, held his fist in his hand, and said, "Lord Wang, the last general is willing to go out with you and is determined to retake Duanzhou!" It's all up to the Lord. ”
Wang Kai looked at the leader of the water army who was eager to try, and he smiled hesitantly, "Are you afraid of death when I am?" I have promised the imperial court that I should defend my homeland and the country, but now that the enemy is strong, we should avoid his sharp edge. ”
Wang Shining said, "It's all up to the orders of the Lord!" ”
Wang Kai said, "Since this is the case, you will listen to my arrangement." Not much to say in the future. ”
In the city of Guangzhou, the wind and rain are coming.
Nong Zhi gao besieged Guangzhou, Di Qing broke the enemy overnight, I wanted to write about it very early, and since I wrote about the Song Dynasty today, let's talk about the process in the form of a novel.
Now is the time of the storm.