The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 238
Outside Wuchuan City, weeds spread.

Because when Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng led the army to attack Quezhou Island, they had been stationed in Wuchuan.Therefore, Wu Chuan had no garrison at this time.

When Zhao Dongting led his army to Wuchuan, the outside of the city was empty.The coastal county that was supposed to be quite prosperous has become deserted because of the war.

As for the entire West Guangnan Road, except for Leizhou and the western areas, there are not a few counties like this.

Zhao Dongting planned to go step by step, starting from Leizhou, but because the situation of the war was still uncertain, he had not yet sent officials to Wuchuan.

Looking at the desolation outside Wuchuan City, he suddenly felt as if the end of the world had come.

I just don't remember, after the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, how many people were left in the whole country?

Seems to be no more than ten million?
War is a veritable meat grinder.

In the city, there are ruins and ruins everywhere, and there are traces of fire.There are even scattered bones on the street that have not been cleaned up.

Zhao Dongting stepped out of the chariot, smelling the decadent atmosphere in the air, and said to Zhao Dao: "Order the soldiers to bury the bones in the city."

Although Wu Chuan was already an empty city, he could not see such a scene of scattered bones.

Zhao Da immediately took the Feilong soldiers and began to clean up the bones on the street.

Before Zhao and Luo's [-] Qiongzhou troops arrived, Zhao Dongting headed directly to the government office with the Wuding Hall enshrined in a complicated expression.

He didn't know how long it would take to bring an empty city like Wuchuan back to life.

If the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to recover, it was obviously not just about repelling the Yuan army.It is easy to destroy a country, but it is extremely difficult to prosper.

The decisive battle between the Yuan and the Song in the south may not take long, but the time he needs to re-develop the Southern Song is definitely in units of years.

As soon as he arrived at the government office, several fast horses rushed over.

It is a soldier of the Huanglong Forbidden Army, and the leader is a thousand commander of the Huanglong Forbidden Army.

After riding several horses to the outside of the government office, after dismounting and reporting to the guards, he went to the government office to see Zhao Dongting.

They are the soldiers of the Huanglong Forbidden Army who escorted food and grass.

At this time, the 15 soldiers and horses of the Imperial Army of the Southern Song Dynasty were already in place, and the iron barrel defense line arranged by Zhao Dongting had been roughly completed.

He personally sits on the defense line of the town, the Tiankui Army led by Yue Peng is stationed in Wuzhou, the Tiangang Army led by Su Quandang is stationed in Cenxi, and the Tianji Army led by Zhang Hongwei is stationed in Gaozhou.The Tianxian Army led by Dongheli was stationed in Xinyi between Gaozhou and Cenxi.

Liu Hongyi had ordered the food delivery troops to move out a week ago, so naturally they had to go ahead of Zhao Dongting and the others.

After they arrived in Wuchuan, they left more than 2 troops in Wuchuan with food for more than a month, guarded by [-] soldiers, and they have already traveled north.

This is the East Route Army of the grain transportation unit.

The East Route Army is only responsible for food for more than [-] soldiers and horses along Wuzhou, Cenxi, Xinyi, Gaozhou, and Wuchuan.

There is also the West Route Army, which is responsible for the grain of the 11 troops led by Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Jue, using Yulin in Yulin Prefecture as a transfer station, and then transporting it to the cities along the Xunjiang and Yujiang in eleven routes.

After seeing Zhao Dongting, the commander who guarded the grain and grass fell to his knees, reported the situation of the grain and grass to Zhao Dongting, and handed over the grain.

Zhao Dongting Yubi signed the handover order to let the Huanglong imperial army who guarded the food and grass rush back to Leizhou, and then waited for Zhao and Luo's arrival in Wuchuan County.

In the evening of this day, Zhao Da and the others finally cleaned up the bones in the city.

Although the city of Wuchuan is still in ruins, it does not look as miserable as before, like a hell on earth.

Nearly [-] warships docked at the ferry outside Wuchuan County.

Flags hung high on the warships, including military flags with Song characters and military flags with Qiong characters.

It was Zhao and Luo's Qiongzhou Army who arrived.

The [-] Qiongzhou Army were Qiongzhou Yongzi Army and Gangzi Army.Among Qiongzhou's current [-] defenders, they are considered elite, and they are also Zhao and Luo's confidantes.

When Zhao Dongting got the news, he personally led more than a hundred riders to the ferry to welcome Zhao and Luo's army into the city.

Although there was a lot of acting in it, Zhao and Luo were undoubtedly moved.

Of course he knew that Zhao Dongting was putting on a show, but if he wanted to show it, it was the emperor's grace, right?

He is a courtier and Zhao Dongting is the emperor, even if he doesn't act like he values ​​him, he has nothing to say.

At the ferry, Zhao Dongting led Zhao Yuluo's hand into Wuchuan City.

After that, [-] Qiongzhou troops disembarked in mighty force, and the scene was quite shocking.

After arriving at the government office, Zhao Yuluo asked Zhao Dongting, "Your Majesty, I don't know where the Qiongzhou Army is responsible for the defense?"

Before that, Zhao Dongting only ordered him to lead [-] Qiongzhou troops to Wuchuan, but did not give him specific military orders.

Zhao Dongting sat at the head and said: "Master Zhao, please lead [-] Qiongzhou troops to station in the four cities of Wuchuan, Huazhou, Maoming, and Xinyi, and connect each other. Beacon towers are set up [-] miles away from each city, and we are always on guard against the Yuan Dynasty. The army is coming."

He didn't plan to send the Qiongzhou army too deep, because he was still worried that the Yuan army would attack by sea.

Wuchuan, Huazhou, Maoming, and Xinyi are not far from the coast. Let the Qiongzhou army station here. If there is a Yuan army attacking Leizhou, there will be time to rush to help.

When Zhao and Luo heard the words, they were a little suspicious and said, "Didn't Xinyi have a free army stationed someday?"

Zhao Dongting said: "I have to keep the Tianxian army with me at all times. The journey from Cenxi to Wuzhou is very long. If we have to defend the Yuan army, it is impossible for the Tianxian army to stay in Xinyi for a long time."

Only then did Zhao Yuluo nodded lightly, "The minister takes orders."

Zhao Dongting said again: "What's more, if the Yuan army attacked Leizhou from the sea at the beginning of the war, your lord would have to lead the army to help. All the firearms in our army have been distributed to the imperial army, and there are no firearms to send to your lord. You, when the time comes, you can only rely on your lord's resourcefulness."

Zhao Yuluo said: "Before the emperor invented firearms, I still beheaded the Yuan army."

"Okay! So I feel relieved."

Zhao Dongting said yes loudly, a little high-spirited.

Now the most precious thing in the Southern Song Dynasty is the loyal ministers and generals like Zhao Yuluo.

On this night, Zhao and Luo sent two thousand brave soldiers to start building beacon towers on the road between Wuchuan and Huazhou City overnight.

The next day, he left five thousand brave soldiers to guard Wuchuan, and then led the rest of the army to Huazhou City with Zhao Dongting.

The distance from Wu Chuan to Huazhou City is only more than [-] kilometers, and the army will not delay on the road, it is only a two-day journey.

Huazhou City is the main residence of Huazhou, also known as Lingshui County. It used to be a military county in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there were Xiang troops stationed there.But now, of course, Xiang Jun would never be seen again.

Since Zhao Dongting promulgated the King Qin's Order, all Xiang armies who returned their hearts to the Song Dynasty had already gone to Pingnan to defect, and there were hardly many stragglers.

Huazhou is also like an empty city.

Zhao and Luo left some food and grass in Huazhou City, and ordered Ran Anguo, commander of the Yongzi Army under his command, to lead [-] Yongzi troops to guard Huazhou.

Ran Anguo also commanded the [-] Yongzi Army that built a beacon tower between Wuchuan and Huazhou, and also coordinated the military of the Yongzi Army.

Zhao Dongting and he did not stay in Huazhou City for too long. After resting, they continued northward to Maoming.

Another two thousand Gangzi troops built a beacon tower between Huazhou and Maoming County.

Huang Zhijie, commander of the Gangzi Army, commanded five thousand Gangzi troops to guard Maoming.

The war in this era was affected by food and grass, and it was doomed to rely only on the city.It is unrealistic for the army to rush thousands of miles to attack the rear.

Zhao Dongting wanted to build an iron barrel defense line, and he could only rely on the city to deploy the defense line.

After a short rest in Maoming, Zhao Dongting and Zhao Yuluo parted ways here.

Zhao and Luo led the remaining [-] Gangzi troops to Xinyi to take over the defense of the Tianxian Army, while Zhao Dongting went to Gaozhou.

Xinyi is just a small town, there is really no need for the Tianxian army to be stationed there.Zhao Dongting arranged for Dongheli to lead the army there, but only asked him to build city defenses.

So far, the [-] Qiongzhou Army led by Zhao and Luo have been settled down.

Not to mention Zhao Dongting, even Qin Han who is so godlike, it is impossible to plan a strategy in such a large-scale battle.What can be done is to arrange the line of defense as much as possible.

When entering Guangnan West Road, Zhao Dongting only led more than [-] soldiers and horses on a rampage, fighting as he wanted, but now he obviously can't do it.

He needs to start from the overall situation.

Qin Han has always been by his side, and he has no objection to his arrangement for the Qiongzhou Army to be stationed in Maoming, Xinyi and other cities.

Along the way, Qin Han seemed very silent.

Zhao Dongting didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't want to bother to guess.He only needs that the strategist Qin Han mentioned can persuade Dali Duan Zhixing.

If Dali can send troops to help, the chances of victory in this great battle will undoubtedly be higher.

(End of this chapter)