And at this time, somewhere in Leizhou Prefecture.

Several pirate leaders were standing in front of an old man with white hair but extremely energetic eyes.

"Senior, we have plundered two treasure ships from the imperial court in succession. Have we sent both gold and silver here?"

The old man stood with his back to the pirate leaders, without looking back, and waved his hand, "No, no hurry. When the Yuan army comes to attack the island of Chanzhou and the Song army is completely defeated or fled, it is not too late for you to send the treasures over. Now if you send them, it will inevitably be very troublesome if the Song army discovers it."

"Senior wise!"

The pirate leaders repeatedly praised him, and it seemed that they were like students in front of this old man, very well-behaved.

But the old man was not concerned by their compliments and waved his hand again: "If there is nothing wrong, you can go back! Don't come to me if you have nothing to do."

The pirate leaders nodded repeatedly and left the house one after another.

The old man murmured to himself, "My Murong family has been here because of caution. How can you idiots understand this principle..."

...

Time passed a few days later.

Lu Xiufu sent several military ships and nearly a thousand imperial guards to escort the treasure ship, and finally sent the treasure to Leizhou.

In fact, they didn't care too much about the two ships of treasures. Compared with the treasures brought from Lin'an, those are nothing at all.

Except for Li Yuanxiu's arrangement to arrange for two masters to continue staring at the pirates, Zhao Dongting did not send anyone to investigate the matter.

He had never cared about the money, but he also knew how much gold, silver and jewelry there were on the island of Benzhou, so he didn't care much about it. Compared with this, he obviously had to pay much attention to the affairs of those black-clad assassins.

But several groups of people were sent to inquire and even bribe the people who sold news in the world, but they did not get any clues.

The black-clothed assassins seemed to have disappeared out of thin air in Leizhou Prefecture.

This also made Zhao Dongting secretly wonder if it was really done by someone in Ge Lijun's prefecture. He had this ability.

But gradually, Zhao Dongting didn't have much thought to investigate this matter. Because the Yuan army was getting closer and closer to Benzhou Island.

Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng led their troops to the island of Benzhou, and they headed straight for it.

Zhao Dongting had no choice but to put all his body and mind on preparation for war. Every time he saw the silent and no longer laughing and laughing music and dance, he always felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart. Music and dance music and dance, she should have been a happy girl dancing like a butterfly, but now, she can't see her smile anymore.

The last batch of porcelain jars were finally delivered to Benzhou Island, two days earlier than the deadline set by Zhao Dongting.

The atmosphere on the island of Benzhou became unprecedentedly tense. Twenty thousand soldiers practiced day and night, shouting. The craftsmen and infantry in the weapons workshop were busy.

Most of the latest enlisted soldiers were sent to do some logistics work.

Zhao Dongting has been climbing mountains to investigate the terrain these days. He thought it was too tiring to climb mountains and had a sudden idea. He used the colored glass that had been existing in the Song Dynasty to temper the colorless glass and polished out more than ten pairs of telescopes.

He gave these telescopes to the commanders of various military commanders, which made the commanders amazed and were so happy that they could even hold them to sleep.

Zhang Shijie said: "With this weapon, our army will see through the changes in the Yuan thief's hair thousands of miles away."

It is naturally exaggerated to see thousands of miles away, but there is no problem with looking at a few thousand meters. This is unimaginable to them.

As soon as July arrived, Tanzhou in Guangxi took the lead in the war, and Ali Hague led his army to attack the civilian rebels Zhou Long, He Shier and others.

The government and the country were shaking on the island of Benzhou.

This incident made the atmosphere on the island of Touzhou become more tense, as if thick dark clouds were always pressing on the top.

All departments and departments have repeatedly urged and stepped up preparations for war.

In the weapons workshop, more and more landmines are built.

Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng's army are getting closer and closer to Benzhou Island, and new tips arrive almost every day.

Lu Xiufu took a lucky call to Leizhou Prefecture and asked Ge Lijun to send troops to reinforce Guizhou Island, but he came back angrily.

Ge Lijun actually rejected him with the excuse of preventing the Yuan army from being hypocritical.

Everyone knew that Ge Lijun's heart was no longer in the Song Dynasty and no longer had any hope for him.

Zhao Dongting had expected it, but he was not surprised. He just started to arrange the guards and infantry to lay mines on the island of Benzhou.

He personally stayed by his side to direct this matter.

If we talk about marching and fighting, Zhao Dongting was naturally not particularly good at it, but there were people like Su Liuyi, Zhang Shijie, Yue Peng, and many civil and military ministers in the court. We studied it carefully based on the topographic map drawn by Zhao Dongting, and also inferred the possible location of the island landing and attack direction that the Yuan army might have chosen.

What surprised Zhao Dongting was that Su Quandang was really a tactical expert. He always spoke with unique insights, which was amazing.

It seems that he made suggestions on the pirates, not because he had a sudden idea, but because he was really capable.

Even Yue Peng couldn't help but throw shocked eyes at Su Quan while discussing.

Ministers such as Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie were also not stingy and praised him well, which made Su Quandang feel overjoyed.

Su Liuyi was also quite proud. Whenever someone praised Su Quandang, he would gently hold his beard and smile.

By mid-July, Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng's army were not far from Benzhou Island and temporarily stationed in Chaozhou on Guangnan East Road.

It is only about half a month from here to Benzhou Island.

What’s hateful is that Ge Lijun, the governor of Leizhou, still ignored this.

Everyone on the island of Benzhou cursed him.

Zhao Dongting was too lazy to scold him, so he just sent someone to send a secret letter to Wen Tianxiang in Huizhou, but no one knew what was written in the letter.

At the end of July.

Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng led the troops to Leizhou and stationed on the coast of Leizhou to rest and prepare for an attack.

But even so, Ge Lijun still ignored it. There are rumors that he seemed to have met Zhang Hongfan, the commander of the Yuan army, in private.

This made Zhao Dongting feel a little nervous, worried that Ge Lijun would surrender to Yuan Dynasty at this time. In that way, the island of Benzhou would face greater pressure.

But he felt that this possibility was not high.

When Ge Lijun surrendered to Yuan Yuan at this time, he would inevitably be sent to attack Guizhou Island as cannon fodder. Ge Lijun's character should choose to deal with him.

August is approaching, and 30,000 thunders are finally buried.

Lare, thunder, tripping, mother and son thunder, and other various thunders that squeeze Zhao Dongting's brains were densely spread all over the island of Benzhou.

The atmosphere on the island of Benzhou was so solemn that it almost solidified.

On this day, Zhao Dongting personally led more than 20,000 imperial guards to hold a oath-taking ceremony on the cliff of Benzhou Island.

He stood at the highest point of the cliff in his imperial robe, where he jumped down. Below were endless soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

A straight spear refracted the sunlight and looked so sharp.

Ying Er, Le Wu, Yang Shufei and others were all standing beside Zhao Dongting. Nearby were the civil officials of the Southern Song Dynasty court, while military generals were all on the list.

The sea breeze blew, whirling the various dragon-inlaid military flags.

Zhao Dongting looked at it with great concentration for a while, suddenly raised the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Where is my great Song soldiers?"

"exist!"

"exist!"

"exist!"

The extremely loud shouts were centered on Zhao Dongting, and they spread out to the bottom of the mountain one by one, deafening.

Countless spears and halberds were raised high, as if they wanted to pierce the sky. Countless military flags were illuminated and waved, as if they wanted to lift the land.

Before Zhao Dongting's long sword fell, the shouting stopped.

It took him a few minutes before he suddenly put down his sword. The shouts also came to an abrupt end.

But in just a few seconds, Zhao Dongting raised his sword again and shouted: "Where is my Great Song Warrior?"

"exist!"

"exist!"

"exist!"

The shouts rang out again.

"Are the warriors afraid of death?"

"Not afraid!"

"Not afraid!"

"Are the warriors afraid of the thief?"

"The Immortal Yuan Thief, sleep with the sea!"

"The Immortal Yuan Thief, sleep with the sea!"

...

The last shout lasted for nearly two minutes.

The fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty was aroused to the peak.

Zhao Dongting held a sharp sword in his hand, stood by the cliff, looking at the vast sea. At this moment, his heart finally completely integrated into the Song Dynasty.

Looking at the soldiers who were stretching in front of him, he told himself that you are no longer the former Zhao Dongting, but the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.

He completely bid farewell to his previous life and decided to forget all the grudges and hatreds in his previous life.

The oath-taking ceremony ends here.

Immediately afterwards, more than 20,000 imperial guards were deployed separately.

Except for thousands of which were arranged to explode everywhere, the rest were temporarily deployed in the palace on the mountainside.

Zhao Dongting returned to the Political Consultative Hall and made the final battle arrangement with the civil and military officials of the court.
Chapter completed!