Yang Ning looked outside under his father's cloak. He couldn't figure out whether he was awake or in a dream. He had been immersed in the darkness. The dark world flew past him, and the wind was whistling.

A roar in my ears...

He could only see the turning stars and the squirming shadow of Yanshan under the sky on the left. Gradually, his consciousness began to blur again. His father's strong and warm body made him feel extremely safe and comfortable, and he was confused in his mind.

, He fell asleep again.

When the morning light first appeared, he woke up and poked his head out of his father's cloak, like a squirrel poked his head out of a tree hole, with messy hair and curiosity in his eyes.

He saw a large rippling golden light appearing on the distant horizon, which was the waves of the sea contrasting with a rising sun that had just exposed the sea level.

"Father, are we here?" His tone was filled with surprise and joy.

"We're here!"

Yang Yuanqing slowed down his horse and ran for two days and two nights. They finally arrived at their destination, Luhe Military Port.

This is the second time that Yang Yuanqing has arrived at the military port in half a month. The first time he is just to inspect the warships and warehouses and check the combat readiness. This time, he will ride the wind and waves and sail to the south.

At this time, a personal soldier led a slightly shorter war horse. Yang Ning jumped off his father's horse and with the help of his personal soldier, he turned over his horse.

"Father, aren't you going to the south? Why are you coming to the beach?" Yang Ning asked in confusion.

Yang Yuanqing smiled but did not answer, and a team of cavalry rushed from afar, leading two generals. One was Wang Junkuo and the other was Xie Yingdeng. Xie Yingdeng was injured in the Sui Dynasty and was about to recuperate for two months and has gradually recovered.

Another person is Zhou Guangyao, the commander of the military port. The three of them urged them to step forward and bowed with their fists: "See Your Highness!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked, "Have all the troops arrived?"

"Report to Your Highness, all 40,000 troops have arrived at the military port!"

"Where is the food supply?"

Yang Yuanqing turned around and asked Zhou Guangyao again.\\..\\"Will it be transported onto the ship?"

"Already on board."

"Go and have a look!"

Yang Yuanqing urged the horse to go to the pier, and Yang Ning realized that they were taking a boat to the south. He urged the horse to go forward and whisper to Wang Jungu and Xie Yingdeng, "Two uncles, where do we want?"

When the two saw that the prince actually followed, they looked at each other and were a little surprised. Wang Junguo bowed and smiled and said, "The military secret is top secret, so don't ask me. In short, I won't let the prince down."

The two of them smiled and rode their horses to follow Yang Yuanqing. Yang Ning had no choice but to whip the war horse and follow him.

The sea is still full of large sea boats, like a mountain that stretches for dozens of miles, but compared with the last time, these more than 1,500 sea boats seem to be awakened from hibernation, and the big ships reveal their vitality.

, and boats kept sailing slowly towards the dock.

At this time, the pier was extremely busy. A dozen wooden towers several meters high were erected next to the pier. Dozens of soldiers shouted slogans and turned the winch. The long rope turned, and bags of grain were lifted high and transferred to

Moored in a large ship on the shore.

Also loaded onto the ship were bundles of dismantled heavy siege weapons and various armored tents. They started loading ships ten days ago. After ten days and ten nights of fighting, most of the supplies had been loaded onto the warships.

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On a large open space about hundreds of steps away from the pier, there were more than 2,000 tents stationed, stretching for more than 20 miles, which was spectacular. This was the 40,000 Sui army who secretly arrived at the military port from Hedong.

So far the day before yesterday, all 40,000 troops have arrived at Luhe Military Port.

Everything is done, and only the east wind is needed. Just by the order of coach Yang Yuanqing, the fleet will leave the port and expedition to the south.

"Your Highness, King of Chu!"

Someone shouted not far away, interrupting Yang Yuanqing's thoughts. When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw two men running towards him. He couldn't help but smile. It was Zhang Longhe who was recruiting boatmakers for him.

Brothers Zhang Hu.

The two rushed forward and knelt down together, "See Your Highness the King of Chu!"

"Two Kun Zhongshu are exempted from the gift, please get up!"

Yang Yuanqing knew that the two brothers had extremely high skills in driving ships, and their arrival meant that all the craftsmen at the Ruhekou had arrived. He asked with interest: "How many people have come from the shipbuilding station?"

"Report to Your Highness, more than 3,000 people have come, and they are all good at building ships and driving ships. {."

Yang Yuanqing nodded and turned around and said to everyone: "Go to the coach's tent to talk."

He said to Zhang Long and Zhang Hu again: "Come here too, I have something to ask you."

Yang Yuanqing took everyone to the coach's tent...

The tent is located on the east side of the camp and is specially prepared for Yang Yuanqing. The sand table transported from Taiyuan has been spliced ​​together, with a radius of about three meters, including Guanlong, Hebei, Hedong, Central Plains, Jiangnan, Jingxiang and Bashu, almost all

A picture of the world's sand table,

The sand table had not been fully arranged at this time, and the marching Sima Wei Yunqi was leading more than a dozen military officers to plant the small flags of each garrison on the city.

Wei Yunqi was also an old minister of the Sui Dynasty. He was nearly fifty years old this year and was appointed as the Minister of the Honglu Temple. This time, Yang Yuanqing called him to serve as the marching Sima.

It was a pity that Yang Yuanqing knew that he was a great talent in marching and fighting, and was very good at coordinating relations between all parties, so it was a bit of a pity that he would live in the court.

Wei Yunqi had always wanted to say a few words to Yang Yuanqing, but he had no chance. At this time, he saw Yang Yuanqing standing in front of the sand table and pondered, so he stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, I have a few words for my humble position. I don't know whether it should be said or not.

”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, nodded and smiled, "You said!"

"I think that Your Highness's strategy of concealing the world is indeed very clever, but why does Your Highness have to fight Li Mi personally? After all, there is still a confrontation between the Western Front and the Central Front. Your Highness should be in charge of Luoyang on three sides, and Jiangnan can be the one who can take charge of a general.

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Yang Yuanqing shook his head and sighed, "Don't I know? I asked Qin Qiong to lead a 100,000 army into the pass and ordered Xu Shiji to lead a 50,000 army to Nanyang. If it was just to attack Li Mi, I would let Luo Shixin go, but here

When it comes to stabilizing Jiangnan, I must go in person. If Jiangnan is unstable, it is likely that separatist forces will emerge again, which will affect the overall situation."

Wei Yunqi nodded silently and said, "I think Jiangnan is very important when I listen to your highness."

"Of course, only by stabilizing the south can we rely on the taxes from the south to support the court. Only by benefiting the recovery of people's livelihood in the north can we have troubled the north. Only by relying on the south to transport money, grain and materials can we overcome the difficulties of founding the country.

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Yang Yuanqing is telling the truth. The reason why the economy was quickly restored in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and realized the Zhenguan rule was that the financial resources of the south were driven by the excavation of the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty, and the southern money and grain were continuously transported to the north through water transportation.

The Kaiyuan prosperous period in the middle Tang Dynasty was also due to the clearance of the canal transport, allowing the southern materials to be transported in large quantities in the north, and the materials in Guanzhong and the north were unprecedentedly prosperous.

The two prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the Anshi Rebellion lasted for more than a hundred years, which was actually due to the canal transport of the Grand Canal, and the Song Dynasty built the capital directly on the bank of the canal.

Wei Yunqi understood what Yang Yuanqing pointed out and agreed with Yang Yuanqing's idea of ​​paying attention to the south. He pondered for a moment: "Your Highness. In this way, Bashu is extremely important."

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "The ancients said: Before the world is chaotic, Shu will be chaotic first, and the world has been governed by Shu, and I naturally understand the importance of Bashu. My heart is as clear as a mirror."

Wei Yunqi smiled, "Your Highness understands it, I won't say much if you are humble."

Yang Yuanqing's ideas returned to this voyage. He had already considered the general strategy, but he needed to confirm some details with experienced sailors.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and waved to Zhang Long and Zhang Hu brothers, "Please come here!"

There are officers above the generals in the tent. The brothers Zhang Long and Zhang Hu have a low status. They have been hiding in the corner and dare not say anything. Yang Yuanqing suddenly called them, which scared them and rushed forward to salute, "Please ask your highness."

Give me order!"

"I want to ask you two, how long does it take to sail from here to the estuary of the Yangtze River?"

The two brothers have rich experience in nautical navigation. They have walked this route many times and know it well. Zhang Long immediately bowed and said, "Report to Your Highness, if it is a good wind, you can arrive in ten days. If it is a good wind, you must also

Half a month.”

Speaking of the wind, Wang Junguo next to him said, "I found that it was all south wind these days, and there would be a north by chance, as if the wind was uncertain."

This is also a question that Yang Yuanqing wanted to know. When he was at the dock just now, he found that the flag foot was floating to the north, with obvious southeast wind, which made him a little worried.

Although the Zhang brothers have no room for speaking in military affairs, they are experts in navigation and wind direction, especially Zhang Hu, who has a very thorough understanding of wind direction.

He immediately replied: "Your Highness, and all the generals, we feel the south wind here. This is because the Yanshan Mountains blocked the north wind from going south, but it is the north wind on the sea now. You can go after the third update at night

If you observe again, you will find that it has become a north wind. However, now is the time for the wind direction to exchange. It should not be long before the north wind will become weaker and weaker, and the south wind will have the advantage, which is like this every year."

Zhang Hu's explanation left everyone speechless. No one would run to measure the wind direction at the third update. Yang Yuanqing frowned and said, "How long will the wind direction change?"

Zhang Hu thought for a while and said, "As usual time, there are still about ten days, but the weather is warm early this year, so it's really hard to say. I guess there are still four or five days at most."

‘It’s only four or five days?’

Yang Yuanqing frowned and said, "It's already twenty-two ripples of the first lunar month. For him, time is already very tight. He asked Wei Yunqi again, "How is the army ready now?"

Wei Yunqi understood Yang Yuanqing's meaning and immediately bowed to answer: "Report to Your Highness, you are completely ready."

Yang Yuanqing nodded slowly and said to the generals: "If it is north wind after the third update tonight, then set off tonight!"

...........

That night, the north wind was blowing. From the second update, the wind direction turned into the north wind. A group of soldiers were quickly boarding the ship. Yang Yuanqing, wearing a golden helmet, stood at a high place, holding the handle of the knife in his hand and watching the army boarding.

On the boat, Yang Ning stood beside him and asked with some concern: "Father, will the child also participate in the war?"

Yang Yuanqing caressed his son's head with love, shook his head and smiled, "You don't have to participate in the war, you just go and watch the magnificent battle of Pingnan to see how his father wiped out the south."
Chapter completed!