Chapter 72 four

When the boat was in Xie Village, Wen Tianxiang and his confidant generals Du Hu and Yu Qingyuan planned to escape. Not wanting Jia Yuqing to take credit and inform him, the Yuan army strengthened the defense against Wen Tianxiang and others, and sent Wang Yong, a thousand households, to guard them. In the evening of the next day, Wen Tianxiang set up wine to drink with Wang Qianhu, pretending to be drunk, and tricked Wang Qianhu to leave and let down his vigilance. Wen Tianxiang urgently summoned Du Hu and Yu Qingyuan to discuss countermeasures. "Xie Village is very close to Zhenjiang. Once we cross the river to the north, it will be even more difficult to escape." Wen Tianxiang said to his two confidants, "I have prepared a dagger with me. If I still cannot escape, I will use it to die for the country." He turned his gaze to the sentinels of the Yuan army who were patrolling outside with lights on, "Fortunately, the Yuan army did not take strict precautions against the servants of the chief executives of the Song Dynasty. You must take advantage of this favorable condition and try your best to scout the terrain of Xie Village, find ships, leave."

Du Hu and Yu Qingyuan were ordered to act according to their plans. An hour later, Yu Qingyuan secretly obtained an "official lamp" and a small boat through his old fellow villagers, while Du Hu scouted a shortcut leading to the river. At midnight, when everything was ready, when the crescent moon hid in the black clouds, there was a small commotion in Yuan Ying. "Get up, get up, get up! I just received an order from Prime Minister Boyan, asking the 'Prayer Group' and their entourage to leave immediately and cross the river to the north!" Jia Yuqing and his party hurriedly dressed and set off, and the escort officers came to Wen Tianxiang's residence. "Wen Tianxiang, everyone else has already left, why are you still sleeping with your head covered? Do you think you are still the prime minister of the Song Dynasty - what a big air!"

Wen Tianxiang's snoring became louder, one after another, the escort officer became more and more impatient, and stood outside the door, urging and cursing. Wang Qianhu, who was sleeping next door, was woken up. He went out and shouted, "What's going on?" "Wen Tianxiang refused to leave. The rest of the missionary group had already set out on their way, but he was the only one who couldn't sleep. If the trip is delayed, the lowly position can't afford it." "So that's what happened..." Wang Qianhu yawned, "We both drank a lot of wine last night, and we were both fucking drunk. How about this, how about I take him to catch up with you tomorrow morning?"

Compared with Wang Qianhu, the escort officer's official rank was pitifully low, so he had no choice but to agree: "Then everything depends on Mr. Wang. The humble position will go first." Wang Qianhu pushed open the door, glanced at Wen Tianxiang, who was as drunk as mud, stretched his tired waist, told the soldiers to pay more attention, and went back to the wing to continue his "cage sleep". At the second watch, the night was dark.Wen Tianxiang and his party of twelve escaped the surveillance of Wang Qianhu's soldiers and left the residence smoothly.Walking to the intersection, the horses blocking the street were alarmed, "咴—咴—" the horse neighed, and the guard soldiers got up to check that the horse was still there, and then fell back to sleep.Coming to the riverside in fear, Wen Tianxiang couldn't help but burst into tears as he watched the Yangtze River rolling eastward.He is concerned about the "Three Palaces" of the Song Dynasty, as well as his wife and daughter.

"Quack - quack -" Yu Qingyuan sent a signal to the reeds by the river. "Quack - quack -" Yu Qingyuan blew his whistle several times in a row, but there was still no boat sailing out of the reeds. "There is no ferry, and Tianming Yuan soldiers chase after me, and my life is over!" Wen Tianxiang felt sad, and thought of no life, "Heaven wants to kill me, I have to die to die for my country!" After finishing speaking, Wen Tianxiang jumped into the river .Du Hu was taken aback when he saw this, and hurriedly jumped into the water to rescue Wen Tianxiang.Fortunately, the wind on the riverside is light and the water shallow at this time, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

Yu Qingyuan swam to find a boat.It turned out that the boatman stopped at the wrong place, causing them to wait.Finally, a group of people boarded the boat, and the boat went up against the river, with palace lanterns flickering, passing through the Yuan army's warship.The southeast wind suddenly picked up, and the boat set sail and docked at a small pier near Zhenzhou before dawn. The guards in Zhenzhou didn't know the real and the fake, so they didn't dare to let Wen Tianxiang and his party enter the city.Yu Qingyuan spent a long time talking and talking, before he persuaded the guards to ask the Lord General Miao Zaicheng.Miao Zaicheng, the guard of Zhenzhou in Song Dynasty, always admired Wen Tianxiang's courage and intelligence, so he went out to welcome Wen Tianxiang in person and took Wen Tianxiang into the government office. "Prime Minister Wen," Miao Zaicheng said straight to the point, "a woodcutter chopped down a big tree. Guess what happened? The three characters '天下赵' were formed in the tree! Tell me, does this prove that our Zhao Song Dynasty Is there any help for his mother?"

"This is God's will to help us restore the country!" Wen Tianxiang cheered up, "As long as there are loyal warriors like generals, why worry about the great Song Dynasty!" "Prime Minister Wen, with your reputation and intelligence, you will definitely be able to persuade Huaixi Governor Xia Gui and Huaidong Governor Li Tingzhi to put aside their past differences and fight together." Miao Zaicheng was a little excited as he spoke, walking back and forth in front of Wen Tianxiang , "If this is the case, I have a plan: Xiagui will send troops to the south of the Yangtze River, pretend to attack Jiankang, bluff, and contain the Yuan army; the Huaidong army will go out at the same time, recover Zhenjiang and other places, and then join forces on all sides to encircle the Yuan army. Guazhou, put Ah Shu to death." Miao Zaicheng opened a roll of silk maps, and hit Jiankang hard.

"Once this move is successful, the current situation of the battle can be fundamentally reversed. At that time, I will intercept the fleeing division of the Yuan army from one side, and then cut off the return of the Lin'an Yuan army to the north, and annihilate the main force of the Yuan army on the outskirts of Lin'an!" "This plan is very clever! The revival of the Song Dynasty depends entirely on this!"