"Your Majesty, the Yellow Sea is a great victory!" Ying Xi sent a report on the war.

"Okay, the crisis will disappear!" Zhao Bing opened the battle report. Dong Yicheng reported that in this battle, more than 400 enemy warships were destroyed, more than 300 were captured, and more than 30,000 enemy ships were annihilated and injured. More than 200 enemy generals below the 10,000 Mahemu were captured. They have led their troops back and will be reached soon.

"Your Majesty, will you let them turn to Jiankang to support this battle?" Ying Xi asked again.

"No need. The people of the People have drawn an edict to inform the Right Prime Minister to lead the civil and military officials in Beijing to welcome the triumphant success of the two armies on my behalf, and hold a prisoner offering ceremony after I return to the capital. I will be rewarded for merit!" Zhao Bing ordered.

"Yes, I will draw an edict immediately!" Chen Shishi put down his bowls and chopsticks and replied.

"How far is we still from Jiankang!" Zhao Bing took a sip of Tang and asked Ying Xi.

"Your Majesty, there are still 150 miles!" Ying Xi replied.

"It's just after noon now, we'll arrive in Zhenyang to rest!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"Your Majesty is exhausted, so you should rest for a night in Dantu. Let's go tomorrow!" Ying Xi thought about it.

"As soon as they arrive, they will have more hope of living!" Zhao Bing shook his head and said.

"Yes, my subordinates and Commander Tan go to prepare and set off immediately after getting off the boat!" Ying Xi did not say anything more and retreated.

"Sanniang, can Concubine Chen still not be able to eat it!" Zhao Bing finished the leftover rice in the bowl in three bites and walked into the inner cabin.

"Oh, Concubine Chen just drank some soup, but she still couldn't eat it!" Seeing the emperor coming, Li Sanniang stood up to salute, looked at Wang Yu lying on the couch and sighed.

"Why don't you come here? You're not going to stay with the Dan disciples and wait for me to return to Beijing!" Zhao Bing walked over and touched Wang Yu's forehead. He was not hot and said with a chuckling.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, but I was a little seasick last night. I was a little seasick. I'll get better after I got ashore!" Hearing the emperor's voice, Wang Yu, who was sleeping, struggled to sit up and said.

"It's not because of the official family. This time I'm pretending to be a good person again!" Li Sanniang glared at the emperor and said angrily.

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault, but...ah!" Zhao Bing nodded with a smirk and sighed, but is it really my fault for it...

The matter has to start a few days ago. After Zhao Bing issued an order to harass the enemy's rear, the army actively took action. However, a team sent by the army guarding Jiankang lost the news after crossing the river. He immediately ordered the troops along the coast to actively search for it. The Bureau of Affairs also sent people to inquire about the news, and must see people alive and die. Soon, the news came back. After the attack on Guabu Town, Jiangbei, the team was pursued by reinforced Yuan troops. They fought and retreated to the riverside. As the enemy increased, they were trapped on Guabu Mountain by the river.

Guabu Town is located in the south of the Yangtze River, belongs to Zhenzhou and is opposite to Jiankang. It is located at the mouth of Chushui River on the riverside. It is also born because it is adjacent to the water. The ancient meaning of "Bu" is connected to the city, which means it is inseparable from commercial development. It was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty and is the location of a famous ferry crossing that runs through north and south of China. Most of the towns in the Huai River are concentrated along the Huai River, along the river and on both sides of the canal. Guabu Town has also risen and flourished due to the opening of artificial canals along the Huai River.

Towns occupy an important position in economic development, commodity exchange and commercial tax collection. Some towns in Lianghuai are even much more important in commodity exchange and commercial tax collection than the prefectures and cities that govern it. It can be seen that their business is full of ease. After entering the Song Dynasty, the commerce of Lianghuai continued to flourish. Even after the transition to the south, the strategic position of the two Huaii was even more important and became a key border defense site, causing agriculture to decline and population to plummet, but commerce in some areas was still in a prosperous state.

At that time, there were a large number of troops stationed in Lianghuai, and the property of Lianghuai was not enough to supply military demand. Therefore, a large number of military supplies needed to be imported from various routes in Jiangnan. There were casualties in the war, and a large number of recruiting troops also needed to be transferred from various routes to Lianghuai. This increased the flow of personnel and goods in Lianghuai, and the cities that provided services also rose and flourished. Secondly, the salt production of Lianghuai is one of the resources of wealth that the government relied on, and the transportation and sales of Huai salt must pass through the canal and the Yangtze River, which further led to the development of commodity trade in the cities along the canal and the Yangtze River.

The prosperity of Guabu Town is of course related to its special military status. It is connected with Qixia Ferry on the south bank of the Yangtze River and is also a strategic location. In ancient times, Tuoba Tao, the Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, led more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry to the south, and set up a palace on Guabu Mountain. The mountain plate was a road, a felt hut was set up, and it threatened Jiankang across the river. He also built a Buddha temple on the mountain. He once worshiped the gods to celebrate the peace and show off his pride in the Southern Dynasty.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, in the third year of Xiande of Emperor Shizong of Zhou, Zhao Kuangyin fought with the Southern Tang soldiers between Guabu, Liuhe, and killed more than 5,000 Tang soldiers. The rest fought for boats to cross the river and drowned a lot. The following year, Zhao Kuangyin defeated Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty with another 100,000 troops in Guabu. In the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong, a famous anti-Jin general, defeated the Jin soldiers in Huangtiandang with 8,000 people. Later, more than 100,000 troops of Jin Wushu were defeated from Guabu.

As a key river defense site, the Meng Yuan naturally would not underestimate it. After setting up the Wanhu Mansion, Qianhu House was set up here to guard it. The assault team sent only two groups and more than twenty people. At first, everyone thought they were in a desperate situation and could not survive under the encirclement of Qianhu House. But at this moment, one of them actually went down from a cliff on the mountain and used the dark night to cross the Yangtze River and sneaked back to the south bank to seek help.

Only then did everyone learn that the team was surrounded and retreated to Guabu Mountain. This mountain was a lonely mountain, a small mountain that was only more than ten feet high, but it was very steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack. They took the lead in occupying favorable terrain, guarding the trails up the mountain, and repelled the enemy's attacks more than ten times. After nearly a hundred casualties, the enemy blocked all the passages down the mountain, trying to trap them to death on the mountain. At present, three of the assault team had been killed and several were injured, but they still had combat effectiveness, but there was no water on the mountain and needed rescue urgently.

After learning about it, Chen Fenglin, the commander of the first army, sent troops across the river to rescue several times, but due to the limited smuggling force, he could not break through the enemy's blockade, and instead suffered casualties. After the Mongolian Yuan side discovered that the Song army crossed the river for rescue, it also strengthened its defense on the river bank, making the rescue even more difficult. Chen Fenglin thought that in the current situation, it was difficult to rescue the trapped small troops with small troops, and it was necessary to send a large army to cross the river and launch a landing battle to succeed.

After receiving Chen Fenglin's urgent report, two voices appeared in the court. Zhao Bing insisted on rescuing the soldiers trapped in Jiangbei at all costs; but several priests thought that it was completely unnecessary to use the army for more than a dozen people, and even pay greater casualties. This may also trigger a war with the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty, and it is erected with the initial strategy of attack-defense, so he did not agree to take rescue actions again.

Zhao Bing was not furious after hearing this. He once said at the beginning of the establishment of the General's Office that he would never leave a brother in robes and would take them home even if he was killed. Therefore, they not only found it difficult for them to stop the rescue, but instead made him determined to go there in person. Everyone was talking about facts and reasoning, and even asked the emperor to persuade him later, but they failed to persuade him.

What I understand the emperor most is the strictness of the emperor. He spoke with several prime ministers that the young emperor rescued more than a dozen people at all costs. It seems that it is not worth the loss, but it can greatly improve morale, enhance cohesion, and then encourage the people. This is a great act. Furthermore, invading Jiangbei can show to the Mongol Yuan that it is not capable of crossing the river, so as to warn them not to engage in border arbitrage, which does not go against the original intention. Moreover, the young emperor has now made up his mind. If he forcibly stops, it will be inconsistent with the monarch and his subjects, and may also cause the monarch and his subjects to be in harmony.

After persuading everyone, Ying Jieyan made three rules with the young emperor: the time lasts for ten days, and he must return to Beijing before the palace examination; with the Yangtze River as the boundary, no matter what happens, he will not wait to cross the river; this battle is quick and fast, and he cannot decide to expand the scale of the battle by himself, which will trigger a full-scale conflict between the two countries. Zhao Bing agreed immediately and vowed not to breach the contract.

In this way, the ministers agreed to the young emperor's departure from the capital, but in order not to affect the upcoming imperial examination, Zhao Bing decided not to affect the upcoming imperial examination, and the Battle of the Yellow Sea was not over yet. He decided to leave the capital secretly and the empress dowager temporarily supervised the country. However, the issuance of an edict must be signed by more than half of the priests and officials before it can be issued. He only brought the guard camp out of the capital, and Ni Liang remained in the capital, guarding the capital and protecting the imperial city.

Zhao Bing settled the magistrates, but failed to pass the hurdles of several wives. Given his past "bad deeds", they thought he would never keep any vows, because before the war he had said that the covenant was a piece of waste paper, and if anyone obeyed, he would be the biggest fool, and he had never seen anyone struck by lightning because of this. So he did not agree to the emperor's journey to Jiankang, but how could a few girls convince the cunning emperor? They could not have persuaded Zhao Bing, and finally came up with a way to send someone to supervise him.

After a long time of discussion, the girls had to ride a boat and ride a horse along the way, and only Chen Shu, Li Sanniang and Wang Yu could not go. However, Chen Shu was in charge of the harem and naturally could not go. Li Sanniang once led the troops to fight and was willing to go. But the girls were worried that they would listen to the emperor's words the most, and then they would become accomplices, so they sent Wang Yu to supervise them together.

So, that night, Zhao Bing led the guard camp out of the city secretly and took the baggage ship of the imperial army to leave Beijing. According to his plan, he took a boat along the canal to Dantu, and then rode a horse to Jiankang. This was the fastest and most time-saving, because the few people separated by Jiangbei were in danger, and they would have more hope of being rescued as soon as possible.

After getting on board, Li Sanniang had been in the army for many years. Although she had been in the palace for a while, she didn't feel any discomfort. Instead, she was a little excited. But Wang Yu couldn't do it. After all, she was good at being among the great families and had never had such experiences. I don't know if it was because of the nervousness or some storms. As soon as the boat arrived at Chongde, she began to feel seasick, unable to get up, unable to eat or drink water.

After arriving at Dantu for one day and two nights, Wang Yu still did not improve. But there were still 150 miles to ride a horse. Zhao Bing estimated that his horse riding skills would not be too high, and it might be that he could control the slowness of the horse. However, long-distance marching was a chore. Zhao Bing learned how to ride a horse. He didn't know how many layers of skin fell on his butt and inside his thighs, and he had a calluse to adapt to the long-distance marching. In this state, it was difficult to keep up with the team.

"Report to Your Majesty, everything is ready, please get off the boat!" Tan Fei entered the cabin and reported.

"Concubine Chen should stay and keep it for a few days and take a boat to return to Beijing!" Zhao Bing frowned when he saw that Wang Yu's condition was really difficult to hold on.

"No, I was ordered to accompany the official family, how could I give up halfway!" Wang Yu stood up after hearing this, struggled to get out of the cabin and get off the boat.

"I will ride a horse to Zhenyang Town today. I'm afraid you can't hold on. If something happens, I will tell you how to explain it!" Zhao Bing supported him and frowned.

"Even if I die on the way, I will walk with the official family!" Wang Yu shook off the emperor's hand and said firmly.

"This..." Zhao Bing didn't expect that the young girl who was even gentle on weekdays would be so stubborn, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

"Your Majesty, I have prepared a car. You can ask the two empresses to accompany you in the car, so that I can also relieve the pain of bumpy roads!" Tan Fei said at this time.

"Oh, have you brought the car onto the boat?" Zhao Bing asked in surprise. Because he was in a hurry to rush, he ordered the boat to carry horses with him, so as not to waste time when he arrived at Dantu to find the horses, but he did not ask him to prepare the car.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates thought that the two empresses were not good for showing up outside, so they took the initiative to load the chariot on board, so that they could follow the team and not waste time." Tan Fei said again.

"Yeah, it's not bad!" Zhao Bing nodded in praise. He thought that the chief guard recommended by Ni Liang was pretty good. He was calm in his work, had eyesight, and was considerate in his consideration, which was more and more in line with his appetite.

When Zhao Bing got off the boat, he saw that it was not a carriage, but four, two of which were used as supplies. Although several cars were built in the style of a chariot, Zhou Yi made some improvements to his own car. In addition to putting a lot of effort into protective power, the interior decoration was also exhausted. It was not luxurious, but also comfortable. It was simply a small hotel on wheels, which could be sat, lie down, transported, and used as a place to rest, which was comparable to modern RVs.

He sent Wang Yu to the car and asked Li Sanniang to follow him. Zhao Bing then felt relieved and took the reins and turned over the horse. The war horses in the guard camp were naturally good horses, and the same black horse echoed their black uniforms. But in order to reduce trouble, Zhao Bing changed into ordinary imperial guard uniforms, and only a pack bag was carried with him, which contained a sleeping bag, felt pad for camping and changing clothes. In the saddle bag were dry food, water bags and spare ammunition, with short-barrel cavalry muskets in the side pocket, and a cavalry knife was hung in front of the saddle.
Chapter completed!