The fleet entered Fuliang River.

As expected, unlike the Song Dynasty, there were not many decent dikes on both sides of the river bank, but thick and tall trees grew. The spring water had risen, and many trees grew in the river. However, it had little impact on the Song Dynasty fleet. The river surface of the lower reaches of the Fuliang River was very wide and the spring water was huge, which was enough to allow large Song Dynasty ships to sail to Shenglong City smoothly, or even upstream.

After Zheng Lang left Qinjiang Port with his soldiers, he did not head directly to Fuliang River, but instead moved to Qiongzhou.

This is all caused by plan changes.

To attack Shenglong City, you must not only lead the army and fleet, but also a cavalry. Shenglong City and Hualu City are both in the Honghe Delta, from Shenglong City to Dongjing Port, along the Fuliang River, mostly plains, and are developed and mature.

Therefore, Zheng Lang brought two thousand cavalry over.

There was only one place in Guangdong and Guangxi. Guo Kui's subordinates retreated to Zhennan Pass after self-determination, and slowly transported two thousand cavalry back to Yongzhou through the form of a change of defense. Then they secretly boarded the ships from Yongzhou. Anyway, when the war came, all kinds of materials came along the water, and the ships were not easy to detect. Then they moved to Guangzhou, and they made a big circle from Guangzhou and boarded the sea boat. Forced to be helpless, Jiaozhi's intelligence work was developed, and if you were not careful, the entire plan would fail.

In Qiongzhou, there were also some militias temporarily recruited from Guangzhou, as logistics militiamen and porters, who went to Shenglong City.

Many supplies, including weapons, siege equipment, and even various drugs, mosquito coils, mosquito nets, why did Jiaozhi not expect that the Song Dynasty would counterattack Shenglong City or launch an attack in March? There is an important reason, the weather.

The weather was already hot, and the war continued until now. It was not that the weather was already hot, but that the weather was officially hot. After entering Fuliang River, mosquitoes were more dense and most likely to be infected with various diseases. Zheng Lang prepared in an extremely meticulous manner in order to control the infection and transmission of the disease. The drugs were not counted, but the anti-mosquito repellent was not counted. Even the military doctors deliberately made masks to prevent infection. It was impossible to eliminate the disease, but the infection rate of soldiers was reduced.

These meticulous preparations require time.

In order not to attract the attention of the people of Jiaozhi, they concentrated their supplies in Qiongzhou and were not interested in Hainan Island. In the danger of Anyuan City, Zheng Lang released the hidden army in advance. However, he could not leave immediately and returned to Qiongzhou. He stayed in Qiongzhou for two days. On the third day, the wind was strong and Zheng Lang did not dare to sail. However, the typhoon season in Beibu Gulf is mostly summer and autumn, and the impact is not great. The fourth day was completed. Following the warm east wind, the fleet quickly entered the Fuliang River.

The people of Jiaozhi never expected that before the ambush was established in Dongjing Port, the Song army had already sailed into the Fuliang River in a mighty manner. They also used various small boats to capture all the fishing boats anchored at Dongjing Port, and let the soldiers land. All the poor hundreds of soldiers in the general's camp were killed. A few soldiers fled and did not chase them. If they didn't move, they would stop and move quickly.

The fleet continued to go upstream.

In this rank, there were more than 40 large ships with only more than 500 stones, and there were only more than 80 medium-sized ships with a size of between 100 stones and 500 stones, and there were more than 100 ships with a size of between 50 stones and 100 stones. There were also nearly 200 small boats of various types.

There were only 20,000 soldiers, and there were more than 6,000 barbarian militias in the middle. Otherwise, there would be even fewer, and it would be enough to deal with the empty Jiaozhi. There were nearly 6,000 civilians, more than 2,000 war horses, and various materials and equipment.

The scale of the navy army that was not as large as the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it used 100,000 naval troops that time. However, it was also the largest navy army since the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, and it crossed the sea. Although this sea was along the coastline, it can be said that it created the history of the Song Dynasty's naval army.

In fact, it is not considered a navy army. Many soldiers began to get seasick after boarding the ship. The main reason was to use the ships to airdrop directly to the core area of ​​Jiaozhi.

Zhou Wen was also a little seasick.

Zheng Lang and Zhang Kang are a little better.

When we arrived in the inland river, the wind and waves were less and the circumference was normal.

Sitting down and starting to discuss the matter, Zhou Heng said, "Zheng Gong, why didn't you take Jiaozhi into our territory?"

It is a very normal idea. In the minds of the ministers of the Song Dynasty, North Vietnam has always been the territory of China since ancient times, closer than Dali and Western Xia. The Song Dynasty said that the unification was unified, but North Vietnam and the sixteen prefectures of Youyun had not been taken back, and no one had the shame to say that the unification was unified. As for Dali, what should it do in that place with high mountains and far waters? It would be better to operate Longyou (referring to the southeast of Qinghai to Gansu Corridor). In the past, he was trapped in the north, so the south had to turn a blind eye. Now that he has the opportunity, it would be a pity not to take it back.

Zheng Lang shook his head: "If you want to manage it, you can't plunder it. Where did this pension come from?"

"To the court..." Another plunder, what can a little Jiaozhi plunder?

Zheng Lang still shook his head and said, "Not only can we not plunder, but if we want to operate, we must adopt various pacification measures. If we separate for too long, the people of Jiaozhi are hateful and may not be convinced. If the court operates, they will not benefit. On the other hand, they will have to station a large number of troops in this hot area every year because of the rebellion and recession. The national strength of our dynasty is the limit. It is not easy to expand the territory. There is a large island in the East China Sea. I don't know how many times the area of ​​our dynasty is. Why haven't I classified it on the territory of the Song Dynasty? In the past, you were worried that a large area of ​​the population would move south, and the capital would be weak, which is not conducive to rule. I already have a headache. If you run Jiaozhi again, it will cost a lot, and you may not be able to achieve success. If you get success, you will have a big chance of losing your tail. Zizhen, aren't you worried?"

Zhou Weng was speechless.

In fact, Zheng Lang hated this ungrateful country and the ungrateful people.

More or less the mark of the past life.

And the facts were difficult to control. Although the Ming Dynasty occupied Jiaozhi, it was far away and the weather was hot, so it finally gave up here. Therefore, Zheng Lang did not want to occupy North Vietnam again. He only occupied the northern highlands, and controlled the most favorable geographical advantage in the hands of the Song Dynasty. He then used some strategies to make Jiaozhi weak, and the south was not harmful, and he was satisfied.

The facts of the military, financial and people's hearts did not allow him to recover North Vietnam immediately.

Now I want to occupy North Vietnam, there are two ways to do it. The first is to support a puppet, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The puppet cannot win the hearts of the people. North Vietnam will not be peaceful. If you win the hearts of the people, you will continue to be ambitious. This is equivalent to the Song Dynasty's life in vain, and instead let the puppet benefit, just like the Tang Dynasty's operation in Nanzhao. The second is to take it over and carry it directly. Within ten years, it must be pacified and must station at least 10,000 troops. Not to mention various wars, just a disease, many soldiers will die here. But there are Meishan barbarians, Kuixia barbarians, Xixia and Khitans in China. Xixia and Khitans will definitely hold the Song Dynasty's back legs. The Song Dynasty is not worth it to devote its energy to Jiaozhi.

The people did not have much favorable feelings for the Song Dynasty. If they said they were favorable, they would always regard the Song Dynasty as Yang Hu, and the governance was not easy.

This will take a wait for the war to report the various disadvantages to the court.

Then he said, "Zi Zhen, I have to explain a few things. After this war, I must ask the court to transfer me to Jinghu South Road. The rewards and gratitude will be handed over to you and Cheng Shimeng. Fortunately, the Jiaozhi army has been trapped on the front line south of Taipingzhai, and not many people have been massacred by the Jiaozhi people. Although the barbarians, most of these barbarians are independent and are not very loyal to our dynasty. They don't have to worry about their fate. This time they will also make them clear about where to go in the future. But they will have to be divided into several areas. Many people and soldiers died in defensive wars, and I guess the number will not be small. Some families are only only sons and have also died in battle. Do not have to pay much attention to the pension. At the same time, they are asked to exempt the court from his taxes for ten or twenty years. Give their family a share.

Vitality. Then Taipingzhai to Zhennanguan area, those who cooperate with our army in combat will reward each other for their merits. If the battle is rewarded with a lot of rewards, a little subsidy will be given to some families who were killed, but it should be treated differently, depending on whether they were loyal to the court in the past. From south of Zhennanguan, it is best if the court does not enter here for the time being, and there are many troubles when entering. The main strategy is to build roads, use major gates and villages as mutual markets, and strengthen communication. Water conservancy is not allowed or immigrants are not allowed. It can be done, but after three or two years, other areas have stabilized, you can slowly replace blocks and use blocks instead of surface land development. Even after three or two years, they must make a hard request before they can immigrate. Immigration must also be concentrated, so that they can have a certain ability to protect themselves before they can resettle immigration."

Zhou Qing silently wrote it down and didn't say anything.

Even if there is, you can't say anything.

After this battle, there were many controversies and many military achievements.

The controversy is that the court has not heard any news in advance. Although Zheng Lang said it was a self-defense counterattack, smart people can still have doubts.

If Zheng Lang had to give him pensions and rewards after he entered, he would have doubled down on the hearts of the people of Guangdong and Guangxi. If Zhou Han, Cheng Shimeng and others had arranged pensions and rewards, it would have been called the court to win over the hearts of the people.

Zheng Lang does not want to rebel, so why should he continue to win over the hearts of the people in Guangdong and Guangxi? Doesn’t Zheng Lang feel that his reputation is too high?

You can only go to Jinghu South Road, which is what a smart person does.

Zheng Lang brought another map and said, "Furthermore, we can provide some secret support to Ailaoman, Niuhuman, and Chameng through commercial trade. After the war, I will release some prisoners of war from these two places back, and even moderately support some standard weapons to make them powerful. But remember that it is a blooming flower, not a single branch to avoid the harm of Nanzhao. The same is true for Yongzhou. In this battle, there were tribes that participated in the invasion of Jiaozhi and tribes that were harmed by Jiaozhi. Taking the opportunity, I will subdivided the prisons of Yongzhou again, divide nearly 100 prefectures and cave counties to weaken them and facilitate management."

The differentiation of the barbarians would cause chaos, which was not conducive to management. The Tang Dynasty supported Nanzhao and the Song Dynasty supported the Nong clan, hoping to learn from Zhuge Liang's practice of supporting Meng Huo and unified management. They were all good at the beginning, but later they all brought sequelae. Although differentiation and treatment were caused, local chaos was generated, because of the differentiation, it would not produce unified and powerful local forces, so Zheng Lang forcibly corrected the wrong practices before.

When Jiaozhi expanded, it was only the Red River Delta region.

Because the Song Dynasty did not pay attention to the south, it gradually advanced northward and westward. Even if it was a village or a village, it would not be spared.

Niu Human is located at the junction of Jiaozhi and Dali (the junction of Shanluo Province in Vietnam, Laizhou Province to Laos). It is the land of the tribes of the local Dai people. Jiaozhi is called Niu Huguo. Since Li Dezheng, he has been sieging Niu Huguo and constantly plundering people, cattle, horses and elephants to bring back Shenglong. However, under the resistance of the Dai people (Thai people), he surrendered in part, but did not surrender all of them.

In the upper reaches of the rivers of Zhujiang and Lanjiang (now the west of Qinghua, Yi'an and Hejing provinces) were tribes of the Lao people (Lao people). Jiaozhi called them the Ailao barbarians. The Song Dynasty looked down on Jiaozhi and called them the barbarians. However, these two areas were even more backward. The Jiaozhi people called them the barbarians, and the barbarians and the barbarians of North Vietnam. Since Li Dezheng, they have also launched a large-scale attack on the Ailao barbarians.

If it were in the beginning, it would not work to keep these two barbarians.

However, after this battle, Jiaozhi was full of blue and the country declined. If the Song Dynasty provided some support, the number of barbarians and Chameng could take the opportunity to recover and grow. Several heroes in the south would rise together, and there would be no threat to Guangdong and Guangxi for at least fifty years.

When there is a threat, Guangdong and Guangxi will also have the strength to resist again.

Either the Northern Song Dynasty would not be good, and the Jurchens would successfully invade. If the country was destroyed, how could the south be discussed?

Zhou Qing wrote it down carefully.

Zheng Lang said again: "After this battle, I will write a memorial, asking the court to help you, Cheng Zhuanghun, Yuan Zhuanghun, and Tian Anfun. You are all rare good officials of the Song Dynasty. For the sake of the court, you have suffered a little and stayed in Guangdong and Guangxi for a few more years. After the stability of Guangdong and Guangxi, the four of you made great achievements. Otherwise, there would be a slight turmoil. The 70 million yuan of money invested by Guangdong and Guangxi might have been wasted."

As the night gradually came, Zhou Hui nodded heavily.

I have been entering Fuliang River for dozens of miles, but I have not encountered decent resistance. This battle will probably be successful.

Although this battle has brought serious trauma to Guangdong and Guangxi, as long as the pension is heavy, it will eliminate this great trouble. Maybe the people will move to the south after the autumn. With the development of Guangdong and Guangxi, it will no longer be the same as before. If you really want to change any bad officials to the south, it will bring heavy consequences.

Zheng Lang praised himself as a good official. Although he was a little embarrassed, he asked himself. He did a good job.

The fleet continued to sail, and suddenly a patrol boat brought a few people up. Seeing Zheng Lang, he leaned down and reported: "The people of Jiaozhi were building secret stakes in the river in front."

This is a good strategy. Jiaozhi used it to defeat the Later Han army.

Zheng Lang moved on many times this time, and hidden stakes were built on many river surfaces of the Zuo River and the You River, making it impossible for Jiaozhi to launch a threatening attack on Yongzhou from the waterway.

"Thank you for your hard work, go and have a rest." Zheng Lang said with a smile.

In this battle, there were too many scouts who died in the secret service camp.

Zheng Lang had long been prepared for this.

Although the Fuliang River is built in a dark pile, it is not suitable for this time. The river water is very deep and the effect is poor. Although the Fuliang River has not yet arrived during the flood season, the depth of the river center downstream of Shenglong City is also amazing. How to lay wooden piles?

Besides, there is not enough time.

If we want to prevent the Song Dynasty fleet from sailing, we will not be able to do it for more than ten days. Moreover, many of our prime years joined the army and went to Yongzhou.

Zheng Lang has some arrangements.

A command was issued, and the small boats quickly left the fleet and headed forward.

While counterattacking the Jiaozhi ships patrolling the river, they searched for these hidden piles. There were no hidden piles in the center of the river, but the Jiaozhi people got their wishes and some areas with shallow river water also had sparse wooden piles.

When encountering wooden piles, two ships anchored in front of wooden piles and took out a tool, an iron tube up to several meters high, but not a whole, one in half, with a device that was almost a large screw, and there was a spiral pattern outside the tube. In fact, it was a screw, but with the current casting process of the Song Dynasty, it would be very troublesome to make.

The water ghost sent the water ghost to dive, tighten the iron tube with screws and passes the hidden pile, and then took another iron tube about thirty centimeters high, with spiral patterns inside and a cross handle on the outside, and then fixed it on the two ships with a long wooden handle.

How much bite force can a stake be created in a hurry?

It spun out in a few moments.

Put the hidden stakes on the ship, and the fleet still sailed forward slowly.

Already prepared.

Where is the example of the failure of the Later Han Dynasty? Zheng Lang used this trick again. Could it be that Zheng Lang is not preventing it? It depends on whether you pierce quickly or I pierce quickly.

Seeing that the stakes lost their effect, Jiaozhi people became anxious.

Seeing that the fleet was approaching Shenglong City, Jiaozhi also used a fire attack strategy. A large number of fishing boats gathered together, filled with flammable materials, burned it up and went downstream.

Zheng Lang ordered preparation again.

A large amount of wood was placed on the boat, and it was tied into a long wooden raft, anchoring it in the middle, stabilizing the wooden raft in the center of the river, and laying one end on the shore. Some soldiers stood on the wooden raft, holding long poles in their hands. When they saw the fire boat coming, they pushed the fire boat to the south of the river. The fire boat continued to go downstream, and the fleet avoided it.

It doesn't matter if you don't avoid it. At this time, the Song army fleet was not connected, and fire attack was not effective.

This move burned nearly a hundred small boats and did not cause any harm to the Song army.

The Jiaozhi people were helpless. A large number of small fishing boats carried people on them, and they wanted to harass the Song army and were unable to go west.

It played some role, but it didn't work much. After a large number of casualties, the Song army arrived at Shenglong City a little late, but it arrived at Shenglong City at the afternoon of the third day. It was actually not far away. However, under the repeated harassment of the Jiaozhi people, the navigation became very slow.

The heroic resistance of the people of Jiaozhi gave the people a little buffering time. At this time, Jiaozhi didn't care. Shenglong City was strong and tall, not Anyuan City. It was not that easy to attack. Since the Song army divided its troops, Guangdong and Guangxi were even more empty and they still hoped for good things.

In more than two days, Jiaozhi asked her to prepare a big gift for the Song Dynasty.
To be continued...