Yue Fei walked to the iron pot and stirred it in the pot with the iron spoon next to him. He used the spoon to lift some soup out. "Judge Master!" Zhang Xian's face suddenly changed and he shouted in a lost voice. Yue Fei's face was slightly dark and he sighed, "The soldiers serve the country with their hearts. If they are so sincere, they will be able to fly." He raised his hand and drank the soup in the spoon in one sip. He frowned slightly, turned around to face several soldiers with fearful faces, and said coldly: "No matter how hungry, he can only cut off the meat of the barbarians!"

"Yes!" several military soldiers replied subconsciously. When the mind was still blank, the governor had already left. "You are lucky!" Yang Zaixing left this sentence and also turned the tent away. After walking around the life and death, the military soldiers stood in the tent in a daze. Some people's mouths were bitter, and some people's eyes were filled with tears.

After inspecting the military camp, Yue Fei asked the soldiers and generals to return to their tents to rest, but he himself couldn't fall asleep, so he simply wore a cloak and looked up at the situation of the enemy camp. At this time, there were still three hours before the sunrise. The night wind was bleak, the moonlight was cold, and the sky was covered with thin clouds thousands of miles away. Under the thin clouds, the Liao military camp tent seemed boundless, like a stack of ink clouds, pressing on people's hearts and being so depressed that they couldn't breathe.

"If the military food is not enough, you will be defeated without fighting." He looked back at the direction of Ezhou and saw a silence, and the evening breeze brought gusts of insects. "When will reinforcements, reinforcements and food berths arrive?" He remembered that every major event, the Chaoguan Su liked to argue endlessly, and maybe time delayed. Yue Fei secretly regretted that the dangerous move of taking Shuzhou was too urgent. He took a deep breath of the cold Jiang Feng, and suddenly the shadow of Zhao Xingde appeared in his mind. The only reinforcements that Ezhou could send was Baoyi Army.

"If reinforcements cannot arrive in time, they can only retreat." Yue Fei looked unbearable, and then he thought of the Shuzhou elders who would rather starve to death and squeeze out food and feed for military food. "Let's guard for another ten days. In ten days, arrange for Wang Gui to protect the people and go west, and the army will retreat later." He sighed slightly.

Under the night, soldiers of the Zhenguo Army looked at Yue Shuai's back. The back was tall and burly, giving people great confidence.

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In Ezhou, the Yellow Crane Tower was originally built by Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms for observation. The years have passed. The former building has now become one of the famous buildings in the world. It stands tall among the green trees. Passers-by in Ezhou must have traveled here, and literati and scholars have left countless treasures. Cui Hao's "The people who have traveled on the yellow cranes, and the Yellow Crane Tower is gone here" and Li Bai's "Playing the jade flute in the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall in the May of the Jiangcheng" complement each other, adding to the reputation of the Yellow Crane Tower.

In a pavilion at the beginning of the Yellow Crane Tower, the guards were wearing casual clothes and standing in a ring. Zhao was gauze-shaped and looked out from the window. He saw warships and turtle fighting ships connected to the river, guarding merchant ships loaded with food and grass. Although the military discipline of the Baoyi army was a little loose, they did not commit crimes of bullying men and women, stealing and looting. Moreover, most of the soldiers were from Jingxiang, and they usually went in and out of the market and had a lot of contact with the people. In just a short time, they were in the minds of Ezhou people.

In the middle, the Baoyi Army was no different from the navy stationed in our prefecture. After being encouraged by the Li Academy, even the servants in the teahouse knew that if Shuzhou was not protected, the Liao army could move forward against the river, and this flower-like Ezhou was in danger. Therefore, everyone had great hope for the Baoyi Army's aid to Shu. Today, the Huanghu Rock was even more crowded with people watching the navy send troops. Seeing that the Baoyi Army was in full swing, cheers burst out from the crowd.

"Blessed by the Bodhisattva, I hope General Zhao will win the flag and be safe and sound."

Zhao Huan muttered silently in his heart, with a hint of piety in his eyes. After she arrived in Ezhou under the escort of the generals of the Imperial City Division, she lived in seclusion here. She was originally favored by her father, but later she was under house arrest by her brother, but she never made a decision. Some time ago, she fled in a hurry with the guards, and had no time to think about the future. When she heard that Zhao Xingde was in Ezhou, she rushed to Ezhou. But after arriving in Ezhou, she could not meet again and could only live here for the time being. It was very easy to be inside and outside Ezhou. Calmness is not much different from the Liao army before the invasion. In order to attract merchants, the Military Control Commission, except for the key areas such as Huanghu Mountain cannons near the city walls and gates, Huanghu Ji Wharf and other important areas were marked as restricted areas, and the household registration inspections in other places were not strictly carried out. At this time, the Liao army swept across Henan and Hebei, and even the Jianghuai River could not be spared from the ravages. Ezhou, as a small boat in the troubled times, was filled with people who fled from all over the world. Zhou He, Wang Chongyi and others randomly fabricated an identity and were stunned.

After the fall of Bianliang, Chen Yun, the official of the Imperial City Office, was in a state of consecration. Li Ruoxu also advised several Imperial City Office generals to join the country and serve in the Baoyi army. However, Zhou, Wang Chongyi and others just refused. The Imperial City Office was used to fighting in the court and bet before determining who to win the despair. It was not their style of conduct. Besides, guarding Zhao Huan, his highness, was closer to Xiangyang.

Just a few days ago, Zhao Huan wrote a letter to his brother Zhao Qi, asking the guards to take them to Xiangyang to report their safety.

"I don't know which one was ridden by General Zhao. Is it the big ship in the middle?" Wang Chongyi guessed with great enthusiasm. He was particularly interested in sending troops. Among the guards, he was always the first to inquire about the battle situation on the front line.

Zhao Huan's eyes shrank slightly, with a bitterness in his mouth, but his eyes unconsciously landed on the big ship. The ship itself was converted from a large merchant ship, with two short wooden war sheds installed at the bow and stern of the ship, and it is said that two iron barrel cannons were installed in the war sheds. The boards and the hull were densely packed with thick wooden iron ribs, making the entire warship look less clean and tidy, but very strong. Unlike other soldiers on the ships, there were two rows of musket gunmen standing neatly on both sides of the ship, and the ship building was filled with flags, just like the navy ship being read by Colonel Jin Mingchi.

In the tower of the big ship, Chen Dong and Cao Liangshi, the Minister of War, were seeing off Zhao Xingde.

"What a magnificent military appearance!" Cao Liangshi raised a glass of wine, "I wish Brother Yuanzhi the victory of his troops this time!"

Originally, Chen Dong wanted Zhao Xingde to serve as the Minister of War, but Zhao Xingde had already pretended to be the commander of the Baoyi Army. He insisted that he could not hold the position of civil and military officers, so it fell on Cao Liangshi. The six ministers introduced by Chen Dong were almost all the members of the society. In the eyes of officials such as Cao Liangshi, Zhao Xingde was different from other military generals. Before and after Chen Dong won the position of prime minister, all the scholars flew with him like crucian carp in the river. Others were like Wu Zilong and Cao Liangshi. Others also had a group of confidant disciples who wanted to be placed in various departments. However, Zhao Xingde, who was famous, was very humble. In addition to managing the Baoyi Army and the military supplies and weapons of Daye Tieshan, he did not arrange a private person in the court. Although he had not been in the Central Plains for nearly ten years, he was far away from the disputes between the various factions of the management and civil servants, and was quite favorable to everyone. Therefore, if Zhao Xingde had not refused, almost all the civil servants of the Ezhou court would have been dispatched to see off the Baoyi Army.

"Thank you, Brother Cao." Zhao Xingde picked up the wine glass, tasted it briefly, and pondered, "After the Baoyi army marched eastward, Ezhou was empty, and we must beware of the Xiangyang troops going south to cause troubles for my back." He paused and raised his glass and said, "I'll ask Brother Cao for the safety of Ezhou." Cao Liangshi nodded and drank it all with him.

Chen Dong whispered: "The Liao army is invading north and south, and Xiangyang and Ezhou are dependent on each other. The day before yesterday, I sent an envoy to Xiangyang, and there has already promised not to attack Ezhou in the absence of a sneak attack." He shook his head and said, "If Ezhou is attacked, the front line of Shuzhou will not be able to persist. Even if Xiangyang captures Ezhou, he will face the situation of being attacked from both sides and being cut off from food and salary. Cao Di and Liu Yanqing should still think twice before doing it."

Chen Dong's tone was not sure. No matter how he responded, with Ezhou's existing troops, it would be difficult to withstand the attack from both sides of the strong enemy. He could only temporarily use heavy troops to deal with the fierce Liao army in the east. Can Xiangyang really believe it? Zhao Xingde sighed slightly in his heart, hoping that they would not be vicious and ignorant.

Just on another big ship dozens of feet away, Ma Yuan and other officers were looking at the two sides of the strait. The scene of the viewers being blocked and shouting was quite energetic. Ma Yuan looked at the two rows of flags on the battleship in the center of the fleet, slapped the ship's side, and sighed: "Born in a chaotic world, peace and rescue the people, this is the case for a real man!"

Jia Yuanzhen laughed and said, "So you don't go to the Quartermaster Mansion, but you came here instead. Otherwise, the first seat of the horse army would be indispensable among the six ministries." He pretended to be regretful, "Although the six ministries are not as glorious as the army, they have power. As Emperor Gaozu of Han said, Han Peng is just a hawk or dog."

These Tai students were as clear as a mirror when they were in the court. No matter how prominent the Zhenguo Army and Baoyi Army were, the only ones who finally occupied the center of the court were the Prime Minister's Office and the civil servants of the six ministries. Now that everything is in trouble, many scholars are looking at this, they are desperately running for the positions of the Six ministries. Tai students are selected by the court and have great connections with the Neo-Confucian Society. For example, Chen Dong, Cao Liangshi, Wu Zilong and others have vigorously recruited Tai students who escaped from Bianliang as assistant officials. Because the emperor was covered with dust and the imperial examination was temporarily abolished, the civil servants of each ministries are now appointed by Shangguan. Once a good Shangguan cultivates, it is conceivable that the future is rising. However, Ma Yuan, Jia Yuanzhen and others still politely rejected the invitations of teachers, friends and classmates from all sides, and stayed in Baoyi Army wholeheartedly.

"Don't talk about me," Ma Yuan smiled, "You don't have a great place to go, but you are willing to stay here."

"Instead of living a depressed life in the middle of documents, let's live here happily." Liu Wengu sighed, "When you follow Mr. Zhao, you feel that you are not restrained. You can gallop around with the sky and the sea. Unlike other places, it always makes you feel stuffy."
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