Guo Song did not return directly to Chang'an, but transferred to Huaizhou to inspect the situation in Hanoi.

The Jin army in Huaizhou had increased to 30,000 troops, and 10,000 soldiers had previously been deployed on the border between Huaixiang, and with Tian Yue's withdrawal from Xiangzhou, these 10,000 soldiers were also transferred to the north bank of the Yellow River.

At this time, the Jin army deployed 30,000 troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Guo Song appointed Li Bing, the commander of Taiyuan, as the chief general, and Pei Xin as the deputy general.

Guo Song came to the bank of the Yellow River accompanied by the generals, Guo Song stood on a Guanlan Pavilion built on a high place, the mighty Yellow River was in front of him, and there was a black line faintly in the distance.

"That's Mengjin Pass?" Guo Song asked, pointing to the black line in the distance.

Li Bing nodded, "It is Mengjin Pass, and a hundred miles to the east is Xiaopingjin, both of which can cross the river and go ashore, but Zhu Zhu also cast a heavy defense." ”

"Where are the previous Huaizhou defenders?" Guo Song asked again.

Pei Xin took a step forward and said: "Your Highness, part of the defenders surrendered to Tianyue in Weizhou, and part of the defenders surrendered to us. ”

"No one crossed the river and fled back to the other side?"

"Your Highness doesn't know, the river here just looks calm, but there are a lot of dark vortices in the river, and the suction is extremely great, ordinary hundred-stone boats are sucked into the bottom of the river without paying attention, and the boats are destroyed and people die, they have lost more than 30 ferries, nearly 1,000 people have died, they would rather surrender than dare to cross the river."

Guo Song frowned, "Then what kind of boat can cross the river, have you tried it?" ”

"The other party has tested, the ships of 100 stones to 300 stones encounter the dark whirlpool, and they will undoubtedly sink, although the ships of 500 stones cannot sink for a while, it is difficult to get rid of them, and it is easy to overturn on the river, and the ships above 1,000 stones can barely get rid of the dark whirlpool, but the thrilling situation is full of dangers, and experienced old boatmen are needed to take the helm, this is the confession of the other party, we only have a dozen ships of 100 stones, and they have not yet been tested."

Guo Song immediately said to Li Bing: "Find a few experienced old boatmen, and I'll ask them." ”

After a while, Li Bing found two old boatmen who operated the ferry, both surnamed Qiu, a pair of cousins, and the two knelt down to kowtow to His Royal Highness the King of Jin. ”

"He's the elder brother, and he's been sailing for thirty-five years, and I've been sailing a little shorter, and I've been thirty years."

"You've been ferrying on this stretch of the Yellow River?"

"Almost! Occasionally, he will also run freight, mainly by ferry, and his ancestors have been boatmen for generations. ”

"Do you think it's dangerous to cross the Yellow River?" Guo Song asked lightly.

The Qiu brothers glanced at each other, and the two shook their heads and said: "There are more than 40 people in the village who have run boats in our generation, but there are only five people left who have survived until now, and every time we go out of the boat, we have to say goodbye to our families, and every time we come back, we have to celebrate with our families that we have survived. ”

"There isn't a single place in the entire river that is slightly safer?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, if you only walk along the edge of the Yellow River, the problem is not big, all kinds of dark eddies are mainly distributed in the center of the river, there are large and small, there are many and little, at present, only Mengjin and Xiao Pingjin are safe, the dark vortex in the center of the river is less on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also relatively small, we are very familiar, other places are dark vortices one by one, elusive, we have not had an accident for more than 30 years, it is because we only do ferries, we are very familiar with these two sections of the river, and know how to avoid the dark vortex."

"But now there are no ferries on the river."

"There were still boats last spring, but after the boats were expropriated by Zhu Zhu, there were no boats on the river, and now all the boats are on the other side of the river, and more than a dozen juniors from our village have been requisitioned to drive the boats, we are too old to look down on them."

Guo Song finally understood a little, the reason why Zhu Zhu was not worried about the Jin army crossing the river and heading south was because he knew that he could not cross the Yellow River, but what if he had a big ship?

"What if it's a big ship of 2,000 or 3,000 stones?" Guo Song asked again.

The two boatmen smiled bitterly: "If such a big boat goes to Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, then there must be no problem, the dark vortex of these two sections of the river is relatively small, and it can't affect such a big boat, but the problem is that it is difficult to see such a big boat on the Yellow River." ”

Guo Song thought for a while and asked, "Can we still recruit experienced shipwrights now?" ”

"Of course you can recruit it, in fact, there will be one or two in every village along the Yellow River, and there are five old boatmen in our village, all of whom have more than 20 years of experience.

Guo Song nodded, turned back to Li Bing and said: "Summoning all the experienced boatmen nearby within a month, and giving the same money every day, the ships over there in Taiyuan will arrive next month at the latest, a total of ten big ships of two thousand stones." ”

"After the ships arrive, will we attack Mengjin?"

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said, "Wait for the news of the scouts, and see which section of Xiaopingjin and Mengjin has fewer defenders." ”

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For Zhu Zhu, Huaizhou was just a springboard for attacking Hebei, and on the other hand, it was also the first defensive line to protect Luoyang.

In order to prevent the enemy from crossing the river from Huaizhou to the south, Zhu Zhu hoarded nearly 20,000 troops at the two ferries of Xiaopingjin and Mengjin, and they formed the second line of defense on the periphery of Luoyang.

Mengjin is the most famous ferry port on the Yellow River, it is also the place where the soldiers of the past dynasties must fight, the Mengjin Pass was built in the dangerous place not far from the bank of the Yellow River, after the Mengjin Pass and then go south is Heqing County, behind Heqing County is the famous Beibi Mountain. And Luoyang is at the foot of the south of Beibi Mountain.

Heqing County is a small county with a population of only a few thousand, many of whom are military households, and it is relatively easy to get information about the two places because their husbands or sons are in the army in Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.

There is a Wangwu restaurant on the most lively north street in Heqing County, named after Wangwu Mountain, the proprietor is said to be a Huaizhou person, the restaurant occupies a large area, it can rank in the top three in Heqing County, and the quality of the wine is good, plus the good quality and low price, the business is very hot, a holiday, the soldiers who come from Mengjin Pass to drink and eat are full of restaurants.

It is said that the restaurant has just changed the proprietor, and the shopkeeper has also changed, the new shopkeeper surnamed Jiang is a very rich middle-aged man, always with a smile on his face, more amiable than the previous shopkeeper, the bartender of the restaurant has also changed half, and the five bartenders are brought by the new shopkeeper, everyone can understand, the new shopkeeper shouts that people are not moving, and this business can not be done.

But the chef hasn't changed, the price hasn't changed, the wine hasn't changed, these three points are enough, everyone is here to drink and eat, and not to visit the Qinglou, who will care if the shopkeeper changes or not?

Needless to say, this restaurant has been taken over by the Jin Wei Mansion, the shopkeeper and the five new guys are all from the Jin Wei Mansion, there are three offices under the Jin Wei Mansion, an internal security office, which is basically a female guard, responsible for the close protection of the Jin Wang's family and the family of high-ranking officials, and there is also a guard office under the internal guard army, they are male guards, responsible for peripheral protection, and the entourage of high-ranking officials, the two have different responsibilities.

The second office under the Jin Wei Mansion is the Special Military Bureau, there are 300 people in it, all of them are strong assassins, they are not assassins, but perform various special tasks, such as burning the boats of the Huai River, etc.,

The third department under the Jin Wei Mansion is the Intelligence Bureau, which is also the largest and largest department, with thousands of people, distributed in various important cities in the world, and there are more than 1,000 people in more than 100 Gaosheng inns alone.

They are not good at martial arts, but they seem to be ordinary people, businessmen, shopkeepers, buddies, doctors, etc., many of them are middle-aged people with rich figures, which is less likely to be suspected.

Shopkeeper Jiang and five guys are one of them, Shopkeeper Jiang is transferred from Luoyang and can speak Luoyang official dialect, and the five guys are also from the neighborhood, and their accents are similar.

On this morning, a man hurriedly walked into the restaurant and smiled at the shopkeeper: "The price of carp in the Yellow River has risen, and I have found a new way, is the shopkeeper interested?" ”

This man is also from the Jin Wei Mansion, and his ostensible identity is a fish merchant, providing fresh fish from the Yellow River to various restaurants.

Shopkeeper Jiang understood and said with a smile: "Let's go to the back to talk!" ”

Shopkeeper Jiang took him to the backyard shopkeeper's room, closed the door, and the man took out a piece of information from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Everything the shopkeeper wants is inside." ”

The shopkeeper Jiang opened the paper bag, and there were two drawings inside, one was the Mengjin defense map, and the other was the Xiaopingjin defense map, and the garrison situation on it was clearly marked, and the Jiang shopkeeper was overjoyed, this was what he wanted.

"Is the information reliable?"

"It must be reliable, it was Wang Ling's brother-in-law who stole it from his study and sold it for a hundred taels of silver, this is a copy I copied, and the original was returned."

Wang Ling is the chief general of Mengjin Guan, his family is in Luoyang, but he has a concubine in Heqing County, and the brother-in-law mentioned by the guy is the brother of the concubine, a young man who is idle.

Shopkeeper Jiang looked at it carefully, basically the same as the news he usually heard, but the drawings were more comprehensive, it should be true, he immediately decided: "You can't stay here, go back to Chang'an now, and bring these two drawings back to the Jin Palace." ”

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