Many days later, the fleet turned from the sea into the Sanggan River and gradually approached Yanjing. Thinking that she was about to see that rude and violent husband, Zhao Lihua became more nervous than before. There was the noise of people talking outside,
Zhao Lihua, who was in a bad mood, asked angrily: "Why is it so noisy outside?"
The cabin door opened immediately, and the personal maid ran in excitedly, "Princess, come out and have a look, it's such a beautiful scenery!"
Zhao Lihua was bored in the cabin. After hearing what the palace maid said, she couldn't help but yearn for it. She stood up, walked out of the cabin with the help of the palace maid, and came to the deck. The cool river breeze blew in front of her, and Zhao Lihua couldn't help but feel a twinge in her heart.
Yi Chang. Turned his head and looked towards the shore. Under the bright sunshine, he saw fragrant grass, green trees, green mountains and flowing clouds in the distance, fields singing nearby, and the melodious sound of bells coming from the official road on the horizon. It turned out that
A caravan is coming from afar.
Zhao Lihua was very surprised. She had never seen such a peaceful and beautiful scenery. For her, she had only seen all this in books. It seemed to be a scene that only appeared in legends! "This, is this Yanyun?
!”
The maid next to her nodded, "I heard that this is the boundary of Yanyun's Sixteenth Prefecture Wu'an Army." Zhao Lihua widened her eyes and murmured: "Yanyun is actually like this! So peaceful!? I thought...
"The fleet sailed up the current, and the scene they saw was so peaceful. When passing by Wuqing County, the county magistrate led his staff to the shore to meet Zhao Lihua and his party, and presented a sumptuous meal to the boat.
The team stayed here for one night and continued up the Shuo River.
Two days later, an extremely majestic city came into view. It was located in the endless grain fields and next to the sparkling Sanggan River. It was breathtaking. Although it was still very far away at the moment, it was already possible.
I felt the extremely lively and busy atmosphere of the pier. There were ships of all sizes parked on the pier, and there were mountains of all kinds of goods piled on the pier. The maid next to Zhao Lihua couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's so prosperous! It's better than Bian."
Beijing is much more powerful!" Zhao Lihua couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She couldn't help but feel curious about her husband whom she had only heard of legends but never met: Isn't he just a common man? Why can he govern the territory?
To be so prosperous?!
A fast boat with a double-winged flying tiger war horse went down the river, came to the side of the fleet, turned around and walked side by side with the fleet. A man who looked like an officer on the boat clasped his fists and shouted loudly: "Little man Yan
Captain Yun Jun pays homage to Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Zuo Mou stood on the boat and shouted: "You lead the way from the front!" The captain responded and ordered the clipper to speed up. The clipper accelerated and sailed in front of the fleet, leading the way.
The fleet slowly entered the port following Yan Yunjun's clipper, and the ships docked at the pier one after another. Zhao Lihua saw thousands of uniformed sergeants standing on the pier, with various flags fluttering in the wind like colorful clouds.
Under the shadow, there are many people standing, including generals in armor and men in civil official robes. But I don’t know who is the legendary King of Yan Yang Peng? It seems that no one is as fierce and terrifying as the legend.
Where are the people!
Pairing palace lanterns and pairs of palace fans led Princess Lihua, who was wearing a bright red palace dress, down to the boat. The people around them stood on their feet and raised their heads to look over. When they saw Her Royal Highness the Princess holding the moon under the stars, they let out amazing sighs.
There was an ups and downs at that moment. But some people said: "It's beautiful, but it's not much compared to Mrs. Yelu and Mrs. Chai!"
When Zhao Lihua heard such discussions, she couldn't help but feel unconvinced.
Zhang Xiang quickly led all the civil and military personnel who were staying in Tianjing New City to come forward to pay homage. Zhao Lihua saw that the man in the lead was already over middle-aged and had a pleasant smile, which was very different from the image he imagined. She couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but she was also very
Disappointed. She originally thought that the legendary and powerful King Yan was a terrifying figure who could swallow up thousands of miles like a tiger, but she didn't expect that he turned out to be such an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in front of her!
Qian Letian said apologetically: "Princess, please forgive me, because there was a sudden alarm at the border, King Yan went to the border to defend against the enemy!" Zhao Lihua was stunned, then frowned, "So you are not King Yan?" Qian Letian
He said with a smile: "Xiaguan is the chief historian of Prince Yan's palace, and he is here to wait for the princess at the command of King Yan! King Yan had already made an explanation when he left. Whatever the princess has, I will try my best to satisfy it!
"
Zhao Lihua snorted, "King Yan is too arrogant! I'm marrying him, shouldn't I come and greet him in person?" "Princess, forgive me! It really happened suddenly! The princess once went south because of the Khitan people in the south.
And living with His Majesty, I must be able to understand that military affairs are no small matter!"
Li He, the Minister of Etiquette who sent the bride off, glared and shouted: "How dare you! How did you talk to Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Qian Letian laughed and said: "I am just telling the truth, why should I be angry!" Li He, a court who is used to being arrogant in Bianjing, said with a smile.
The senior officials were furious when they saw that Qian Letian dared to talk back. He was about to get angry. But Zhao Lihua said: "Forget it! It's understandable that King Yan can't come to pick him up in order to fend off the enemy!"
Qian Letian clasped his fists and said, "Your Royal Highness, you are wise!" Then he said, "The carriage is ready, please get on, Your Royal Highness!" Then he led the princess and her two personal maids to a large and luxurious double carriage.
He asked the princess to get on the carriage. The two maids helped the princess onto the carriage, and then also got on the carriage. Then Qian Letian ordered to return to the city, so the huge team marched towards the city with great fanfare. Both sides of the road were crowded with people watching the excitement.
of people.
Zhao Lihua was sitting in the carriage, looking at the crystal clear jade pendant in her hand, with a firm look in her eyes, and holding the jade pendant tightly.
Soon after, the team arrived in front of the Princess's Mansion. This Princess's Mansion was two streets away from the Liushou Mansion. It was originally the residence of a prince of the Liao Kingdom. When the Liao Kingdom fell, the prince also died unexpectedly, so this mansion became...
The wealth became ownerless and fell into the hands of Yang Peng. After Yang Peng received the news of the marriage from the court more than a month ago, he took out this mansion as a residence for the princess. Of course, this mansion is also Yang Peng's
and the princess’s new house.
Qian Letian got off his horse, came to the princess carriage, clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, we are here."
The curtain opened, and the two maids got off the carriage first, and then the princess came out. The princess stepped out of the carriage with the help of the maids. She stopped at the foot of the steps and looked at the grand mansion in front of her, but she felt infinite sadness in her heart.
Come. In her heart, the mansion in front of her is clearly a prison that imprisons her. From now on, I don’t know what year or month she will be able to see Li Lang again! She collected her mood for the time being and walked up the steps.
At this time, in the Liushou Mansion, Zhao Jinxi heard the lively sounds of playing and playing two streets away, and knew that the legendary Princess Lihua must be here, and felt very uncomfortable. Jiang Li came in through the arched door and went straight to Zhao Jinxi.
He cupped his fists and said, "Madam is calling, what are your orders?" Zhao Jinxi asked, "Is that Princess Lihua here?" Jiang Li nodded, "Yes. Mr. Qian just led everyone to the pier to pick up Princess Lihua.
Princess Mansion." "Did you see the princess?"
Jiang Li nodded, "I saw it." "What does she look like? Is she as beautiful as the legend says?" Jiang Li said: "She is indeed very beautiful, but she is much inferior to Madam!" Zhao Jinxi couldn't help but reveal.
Jiang Li smiled. "Okay, there's nothing to do. You can go and do your work." Jiang Li bowed to Zhao Jinxi and left.
At the same time, Yang Peng's other wives were also paying attention to the new Princess Lihua. Yang Tong and Chai Yonghui were worried, feeling that with the arrival of such a princess, life would be even more difficult in the future, and Yelu
After Han Yu saw the huge ostentation of the Princess of Song Dynasty, she was very angry and said angrily: "She is so arrogant! Humph! You are a princess, am I not a princess too?"
Yelu Hanyu's words soon reached the ears of Zhao Lihua, who was afraid of chaos in the world. Zhao Lihua said coldly: "How dare the barbarians from other countries dare to compare with this princess? It's simply beyond their capabilities!" These words were quickly heard by Zhao Lihua.
When Yelu Hanyu learned about it, she was furious and even wanted to break into the princess's house to curse! Fortunately, she was stopped by her maid, otherwise there would definitely be a big disturbance!
This is just the beginning. The days to come are still long. I really don’t know what kind of things will happen? Let’s put aside the things here for the time being and turn our attention to Yingzhou. After Yang Peng arrived in Yingzhou, he quickly received
New military report: In Laizhou, 300,000 Khitan troops have gathered, and the Liao Navy has left Laizhou Water Village and is coming to Yanyun.
"It is estimated that in three days, Xiao Tianzuo's 50,000 navy troops will appear on the sea outside Yingzhou." Wang Haidao.
I'm afraid there is no chance of winning!" The Yanyun Navy originally only had 5,000 people, but during this period it expanded to 10,000 people. Even so, the gap with the Liao Navy was still huge.
Yang Peng looked at the chart in front of him with a thoughtful look on his face. He suddenly pointed at two small islands more than ten miles south of Yingzhou, "What are these places?" Wang Rong said: "That's Zimu Island." "Big Island."
Not big?" "Very big. But because there is no fresh water, they are two desolate islands." "How far apart are the two islands?" "Only two or three miles." "Are there any reefs?" Wang Rong shook her head.
, "No. The largest building ship can travel unimpeded."
Yang Peng turned around and said to the generals: "I have an idea. If everything goes well, maybe we can teach the Liao navy an unforgettable lesson!" At this time, in Laizhou, Yeli Guanyin was also watching.
Looking at the chart, he frowned. The general next to him smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our navy is five times that of the enemy. I believe there will be good news within a few days!"
Ye Qi Guanyin frowned and shook her head, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy. According to the intelligence, Yang Peng has arrived in Yingzhou. I'm worried about what tricks he will play!" The general laughed and said: "Princess, you are worrying too much. No matter how powerful Yang Peng is,
There is no way to reverse the huge gap in the navy's strength!" Ye Qi Guanyin thought and nodded, feeling that she might really be worrying too much.
At the same time, the huge fleet of the Liao Kingdom was cutting through the waves and heading westward along the coast. The Yingzhou port was suddenly put under martial law by Yanyun's army, and no one was allowed to enter. Some merchants who were eager to transport goods gathered outside the dock to talk with them.
An officer of the Yanyun Army was negotiating. Among these people was a young man who looked like he was a merchant in his clothing. However, he was not as anxious as the other merchants and did not go to negotiate with the officer. A pair of eyes looked at the busy businessman.
Sweeping on the busy dock. At this time, Yan Yunjun was transporting many huge boxes onto several large barges on the dock.
The merchants negotiated with the officer for a long time, but the officer did not give in at all. The merchants had no choice but to disperse. The young man quickly returned to an inn in the city, whispered something to the boss, and then quickly went to the back
went.
As night fell, the gate of Yuguan suddenly opened, and General Zhan Jinguo led two thousand Xuanjia troops out of the gate and disappeared into the thick night.
When the Laihegan garrison in Runzhou received an urgent report from the scouts that Yanyun Xuanjia's army suddenly left the customs and was missing, he immediately became vigilant. While ordering all battalions and garrison troops to be on guard, he sent messengers to Laizhou to Yezhou.
Announcement from Guanyin.
Yeqi Guanyin received the report from Lai Heqian, walked quickly to the map, looked at the map, and frowned tightly. "Is the Yanyun Army playing tricks?" A general said. Yeqi Guanyin could not do anything.
She couldn't make a judgment, but her intuition told her that the Xuanjia Army suddenly came out of seclusion, and it shouldn't be as simple as just pretending to be mysterious! But what is their purpose? To attack our army's logistics? They have no chance!
At this moment, an officer hurried into the tent, knelt down behind Ye Qi Guanyin, held up a small bamboo tube with both hands and reported: "Princess, there is information from Yingzhou Xizuo!"
Ye Qi Guanyin immediately turned around. A female guard came forward, took the bamboo tube, and presented it to Ye Qi Guanyin. Ye Qi Guanyin took the bamboo tube, crushed the mud seal, and poured out a small paper roll.
. Unfolding the paper, I saw what was written on it: Recently, the Yanyun Army suddenly blocked the Yingzhou port and transported many huge boxes onto several large barges. The large barges sailed to the southern sea. I don’t know the purpose.
Ye Qi Guanyin frowned, "Big barge? Big wooden box? What exactly does Yang Peng want to do?" He turned around and looked at the map and began to think. Suddenly he turned around and ordered to a general: "Inform Xiao Tianzuo immediately and raise the level.
Be vigilant, report any situation immediately, and don't act without authorization!" The general agreed and ran down.
The huge fleet of the Liao Kingdom is still heading west. The largest building ship looks like a hill moving on the sea, and it is Xiao Tianzuo's ship. Wearing black armor and a black cloak,
Xiao Tianzuo stood on the deck with his sword pressed and looked at the vast distance. Behind him stood his eldest son Xiao Bang and two close subordinates, one named Feng Lin and the other named Xiao Zuo. Xiao Tianci was high-spirited and full of energy.
expectations for the coming war.
"We should be almost at the sea surface of Yingzhou, right?" Xiao Tianzuo asked. Xiao Zuo glanced at a small island in the distance to the left where countless seabirds live, "This is Bird Island, which is twenty miles away from the sea of Yingzhou.
"Duoli." Xiao Tianci asked with a smile: "How do you think the Yanyun Army will react when they see such a huge fleet like ours?"
Feng Lin laughed and said: "You will be so scared that you can't move!" Several people laughed. A goshawk flew over the fleet and let out a roar. Several people looked up and Chopin said: "It's the princess's flying eagle."
Pass the message!" Xiao Tianzuo nodded. The goshawk hovered over the fleet for a moment, and then fell straight towards Xiao Tianzuo's ship. Chopin raised his right arm, and the goshawk landed on Chopin without any bias.
On his right arm. Chopin untied the small bamboo tube tied to the eagle's foot, released the goshawk, and then handed the small bamboo tube to his father Xiao Tianci.
Xiao Tianzuo took the bamboo tube, crushed the sealing mud, poured out the paper roll, spread it out and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Princess is too cautious! She actually asked me to report anything I found out, and also
Don’t act rashly!”
Xiao Tianzuo thought: "Maybe the king has discovered something?" Xiao Tianzuo waved his hand, "What can happen? The Yanyun Army just sent reinforcements, but they are of no use to us at sea.
!" "Father, do you want to retreat to Runzhou Port first and wait for orders?" Chopin asked. "That's not necessary!" Xiao Tianzuo said. He looked up at the sky and said, "It's still early today. We can arrive at Yingzhou Port before nightfall.
, let’s stab him first and give him a blow!”
"But father, your Majesty asked us not to act rashly!" Xiao Tianzuo said with a smile: "Princess, you are too careful. Besides, I will not accept your life! Give me the order, the whole army speeds up, and must attack Yingzhou before nightfall.
Attack the port!" The three generals agreed in unison.
The fleet speeded up and sailed towards Yingzhou Port, arriving at the outer sea of the port before evening. People in the port suddenly saw Liao warships covering the sea, and they were shocked. Then panic broke out on the scene, and the people abandoned what they were doing.
They ran towards the city and fled; sirens pierced the sky, and Yan Yun's army hurriedly mobilized to the port.
The Liao fleet rushed towards the port at full speed. When it was about a stone's throw away, the Liao fleet stopped. Immediately, a rain of fire rose from the Liao fleet and then fell into the port. In an instant, countless flames rose up.
, in the blink of an eye, the port was ablaze, and cargo ships, passenger ships, and ancillary buildings on the dock were all engulfed in a sea of flames. At the same time, the heavy crossbows and small stone cannons on the warships were also exerting their power, and the huge guns
Arrows and stones roared towards the Yanyun army. Many Yanyun soldiers were knocked to the ground, and the Yanyun army had to withdraw from the port.
The Liao fleet really wreaked havoc for a while before turning around and swaggering away. Under night, the Liao fleet returned to Runzhou port at a medium to low speed. Suddenly, the soldiers standing on the oars in charge of lookout saw the sea in the south.
Many warships appeared on the boat and were heading here at full speed. They were startled and quickly picked up the wooden stick and struck the gong.
The siren quickly spread throughout the fleet, and the sailors who had already rested rushed to their positions. Xiao Tianzuo and his son quickly came to the deck and looked towards the south. At this time, the bright moon had just risen above the sea, and the sea was sparkling.
It was like daylight, and on the distant skyline, countless small black spots were approaching quickly. Chopin said excitedly: "It must be the Yanyun Navy!" Xiao Tianzuo said with a sinister smile: "They want to intercept us, but they are just here.
Die!" Turning to the messenger, he said: "Immediately send an order to General Feng and General Xiao to surround me with my left and right wings!" The herald agreed and immediately sent an order to General Feng Xiao in a flag language. Xiao Tianci then said to Xiao Bang: "Send an order to the Chinese army.
Fleet, charge forward!"
The huge fleet of the Liao Kingdom immediately changed its direction and attacked the Yanyun Fleet in three directions: left, center and right. It was extremely majestic. Seeing that the attack was unsuccessful, the Yanyun Fleet quickly changed its direction and retreated to the southwest. "Father, they ran away!" Chopin!
Xiao Tianzuo said with a sneer: "I can't run away! Send an order to all ships to catch up with me at full speed!"
The Liao fleet was in hot pursuit, while the Yanyun fleet was desperately escaping in front. "Father, why is the Yanyun fleet just running for its life? Is there any trap?" Xiao Bang asked uneasily. Xiao Tianzuo said mockingly.
"What trap can there be on this vast sea?" The Liao fleet chased for a whole night, and two twin islands appeared on the sea in front. The Yanyun fleet dived into the two islands.
the strait between.
Xiao Bang said anxiously: "They got in!" Xiao Tianzuo sneered: "This is really called driving a dog into a back alley! Don't even think about running away when you get here!" Then he said to the herald: "Send the order to General Xiao's fleet.
Go around and come to the front to intercept them!" The herald immediately gave the order in a flag language.
The fleet led by Xiao Zuo bypassed the big island on the left, while Xiao Tianzuo led the main fleet into the strait. He saw the Yanyun fleet in front, and the speed was obviously slower than before. Then he saw only the Yanyun fleet in front.
The Yanyun fleet turned around and formed a battle formation. Xiao Tianzuo laughed mockingly: "There is no way to escape, I want to fight for my life! Send an order to Feng Lin, attack from the left, and we will attack from the right
Attack from the side,..."
Chopin was about to pass the order when he suddenly saw countless Yanyun troops appearing on the islands on both sides. He was startled and hurriedly shouted: "Father, there is an ambush!" Xiao Tianzuo quickly looked towards the island on the right, and sure enough,
Seeing the crowds of people on the island, they were all clearly Yan Yun's army. Xiao Tianzuo was not surprised at all, but smiled and said, "What's the use of being so far apart?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud thunder-like sound suddenly came from the island on the right. Xiao Tianzuo was startled, and then he saw a black shadow crossing the sky at an extremely fast speed and falling into the middle of the fleet.
A pillar of water shot into the sky. Xiao Tianci's eyes widened, "How could...?"
At this moment, the islands on both sides were flashing with fire, followed by an earth-shattering loud noise, and countless black shadows roared towards them. Then they saw countless water pillars in the fleet rising to the sky, and many warships were destroyed by the walls and masts. They had no idea.
The Jin soldiers were horrified and at a loss as to what was going on. After everything calmed down, the scene was in chaos. Dozens of warships were sinking. Many people jumped into the water and swam to the nearby warships. There were large ships floating on the water.
There are countless wooden components, large and small.
"Then, what is that?" Xiao Tianzuo shouted with his eyes widened. Cho Bang shook his head in horror.
A thunderous noise came again, and the stone bullets fired from both sides flew over the sea, boiling the sea, destroying the warships, and some warships hurriedly trying to escape slammed into each other, and both ended up
It rolled over and sank. More than 200 artillery pieces on the two islands were bombarded desperately. The sea seemed to be turned over, and the Liao warships in it seemed to be thrown into a huge oil pan and simmered!
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.