Chapter 125: Sand Table

After reading the information from Jiangbei, several people looked at each other. What on earth do the Jin people want to do?

The intelligence is very short, and there are only two things. One is the frequent mobilization of Jin Guo's troops along the river, and the other is that Jin Guo posted the imperial list nationwide to recruit wise and brave people to join the army.

The first thing is that everyone knows that Jin Guo can't afford to fight a large-scale war because of this peace agreement, but the second thing makes everyone confused for a moment.

"Wait a minute!" Finally, Xiao Yan said.

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In the morning, Xiao Yan, together with Jiankang's civil and military officials, stood on the tower of the East Gate and looked at the Shangyuan Gate in the distance. In his analysis in the past few days, Wanyan Zongbi has now run out of food and fodder, leaving only waiting to die.

"Brother Yang, what should Wanyan Zongbi do?" Xiao Yan looked at Yang Zaixing and said.

"The golden dog of Shangyuanmen is already a turtle in the urn and can be caught at any time, but Army Chen has not moved. It just let us surround and not fight. At most, it is to fight the reinforcements in Jiangbei. Recently, Jiangbei has not even had reinforcements. It seems that he has given up and is ready to give up Wanyan Zongbi completely." Yang Zaixing thought for a moment.

"No, Zong Bi is the most important minister of the emperor of the State of Jin, and Zong Bi is very prestigious in the State of Jin. If he is captured or killed in battle, it will have a great impact on the morale of the State of Jin, and he will definitely be saved, but I don't know what the Golden Dog will do." Chen Baosheng listened to Yang Zaixing's words.

Facing the morning sunshine, Xiao Yan looked at the Shangyuan Gate through the mist by the river with a solemn look.

"Fight! Send 5,000 brothers to fight with siege crossbows every day. They fight for an hour or two every day. There is no need to attack, but they must fight every day. Xiao Yan said after thinking for a while.

"In addition, Hou Ying." Xiao Yan shouted Hou Ying, who was standing in the distance, "Use the fast boat to strengthen the inspection of the river. The focus is near Majiadu in Shangyuanmen. Don't pick up the enemy in Jiangbei. When the enemy sends a signal, if there is any abnormal movement in the golden soldiers in Shangyuanmen, immediately notify the sailor and resolutely can't let go of anyone."

"In addition." Xiao Yan saw that Hou Ying received the order and said to Feilong and Fat Fish, "Each of you bring 5,000 heavy infantry. You don't have to participate in the daily shift attack. The two teams are on duty in Dongcheng every day. Once the enemy of Shangyuanmen wants to escape from the north of the river and the river sailors will fight with them, they don't need to ask for orders to attack Shangyuanmen from Dongcheng immediately."

After saying this, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the rest of the people: "At the end of the year, you just need to keep your responsibilities and ensure the safety of the city."

Everyone agreed in unison.

After saying this, Xiao Yan said again, "Brother Yang, Xiaoqi, Junshi, Mr. Xue, Mr. Sun, Lord Lu, Lord Ma, Zhou Zhixian, come here, and the rest of the people are busy."

"There may be something wrong in Dongting." Xiao Yan's words surprised these people, especially Xiaoqi. Dongting is their hometown!

However, Xiaoqi's experience during this period has also been much more stable. Although his face showed anxiety, he couldn't help asking.

Others understood that Dongting Shuizhai was Xiao Yan's hometown, but they didn't understand what Xiao Yan meant for a moment and looked at Xiao Yan in a staring way.

"I just guessed that when I was in Lin'an, I told my master to send someone to Dongting Water Village to give the stored grain and materials to the Xiangyang garrison. However, according to the news from Xiangyang, after the master's army went there, they didn't even see Ding Sheng and even several other village owners, and naturally the grain and materials were not transported away. In Lin'an, I once arranged for Shenfengwei to send a letter to Dongting Shuizhai. This should not have happened, and it has happened for so many days. There is no news from the court. I want to go back with Xiaoqi in a few days. Xiao Yan finished speaking and looked at everyone.

The general leading troops in the Song Dynasty must be criticized by the court when they leave the station. Xiao Yan now says so, making it clear that he wants to go to the cave without permission. At this time, once the officials in the court know what may happen. But since Xiao Yan said it, he must have made up his mind, and it was his hometown. It was reasonable and unreasonable for him not to let him go.

"General, since you want to go, then go. Jiankang and us can't turn the sky upside down." Ma Guangzu has a big belly.

"Well, since the general is not in a hurry to leave, we are all calculating and see if there is a proper solution." Xue Bi said.

"Hmm! That's all I have to do." Xiao Yan nodded and said, "There is one more thing to discuss with everyone. Let's go to the barracks."

Xiao Yan's series of orders in the city tower have not been digested by everyone, and then talked about the current situation in Dongting. This has just been finished, and then he left their own people to go to the barracks. Is there anything big deal?

Xiao Yan didn't say anything, and no one else asked, so he had to follow Xiao Yan to the barracks.

The battalion of the garrison was in the west of the city. It was really tiring on the way down. As soon as he entered the door of the tent, Xiao Yan first called the guards for tea, drank a few cups of gasping, and called everyone to a large table covered with dark green silk covering three feet of square in the middle of the tent and said with a smile, "Guess what this is. Xiaoqi can't guess anything. As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan stopped Xiaoqi.

When everyone saw the unevenness of the silk cloth, they really didn't guess what was underneath for a moment.

"It's not the lunch prepared for us by the general!" Ma Guangzu smiled with a big belly.

"You know how to eat." Zhou Ting said a word and then said, "However, I really want a table of wine and dishes." Then he tilted his head and looked at it a few more times, smelled it with his nose, and said in surprise, "But why is there no smell?"

You guessed a few people for a long time. Xiao Yan only listened on the side and smiled and said nothing.

"Don't play riddles." Ma Guangzu stretched out his hand and lifted the silk off.

"What is this?" At first, no one paid attention.

"Ah! Topographic map. Yang Zaixing is a general, and it is common to look at maps, but he has never seen such a map.

"This is called a sand table." As soon as Xiao Yan saw that the mystery was opened, he stopped playing riddles and said, "It was piled up with sand according to the terrain."

These people can't talk when they hear Xiao Yan's words. They can't wait to plunge their heads in and look carefully.

"At this time, Jiankang."

"This is Tokyo."

"Huaihe River, Yangtze River."

"This is the sea."

After a long time, everyone recovered and thought, "God, how did you get this?"

Xiao Yan knew what they were thinking. "It can't be said that this thing was very common in the past. Maps are everywhere, and some professional knowledge can be made." I thought so, but I didn't say so. "This was given to me by an unknown old man when I went back to Jiankang. He didn't say anything when he asked his name to death."

Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Xiao Yan had no choice but to change the topic, "Guardian, call the king of the navy."

Then he turned his head and said to the crowd, "There will be a good thing to inform you later."