What the emperor wants to do is exactly what Liu Yu is thinking about for the time being.

Two or three thousand miles apart, in fact, there is not much tacit understanding between monarchs and ministers, but at this time, they are on the way.

Just like the entry point for the navy to make money is Japan, the entry point of Dashun's educational reform is military reform; And the entry point of military reform is the quasi-ministry.

Liu Yu used the Qingzhou Army to prove how powerful an army after military reform is, and if the emperor wants more Qingzhou Army, he needs a full set of officer training system.

This is the only place where the imperial examination can be loosened.

However, these things, and even the things after the Western Regions, it is impossible for Liu Yu to be arranged to control them.

The matter of the Western Regions must be determined, and he will leave.

Now, he has to do one last thing to stabilize the Western Regions.

At the foot of the Sunduruk Ridge in the Altai Mountains, at the north exit of the pasture road where the ancient herdsmen transferred, the Qingzhou Army, which had replenished supplies and ammunition after repair, was making the final pre-war mobilization.

The guides and some people from the staff department had already set out first, and they had to make plans for the various departments to climb the mountain.

Where to camp, where to guard, where to place commands, where to be narrow and spacious, all need to be planned.

The march is an extreme test of the troops' organizational ability.

The power of nature was far more terrible than the army of the Quasi-Division, and all the twelve-pounder cannons, and the captured twenty-pounder mortars, were all left at the foot of the mountain.

Liu Yu also wanted to throw away the eight-pounder gun, but almost everyone persuaded him not to keep only the light four-pounder gun.

In the previous battle, the artillery had done a great job, and the infantry liked the rumble of their own cannons, which would have made them feel at ease.

"My lord, even if we carry them, we will carry these cannons across the Altai Mountains. If you don't bring the twelve-pounder gun, you won't bring it, so why should you bring the eight-pounder gun. ”

"Yes, sir. The people in the quasi-department can take the cannon across the mountain, why can't we? Even if the soldiers are fast, as long as they climb the mountain, the road behind them will be much simpler. ”

In the persuasion of everyone, Liu Yu still made concessions.

"Okay, but you can't bring the twelve-pounder cannon. It's really too heavy, and it seriously affects the speed of climbing the mountain. ”

"After climbing the mountain, artillerymen and engineers, your first priority is to draw a map."

"Half of the staff is in charge of mapping. Be sure to be accurate. Whether it's a seasonal river, when it snows, when it freezes, and when the frost falls in the month of the herders all have to be asked from the herders. ”

"Maps, be sure to draw them. It's more important than winning a battle. You can do without cannons, large telescopes for surveying and mapping, etc., you must bring them well. ”

The artillery and engineer officers, with their "academic qualifications", studied mathematics for at least three years more than those infantry officers.

Surveying and mapping itself is also their old business.

Liu Yu thought to himself, this is also the last thing he did to pacify the Western Regions for the dynasty, an accurate map, and select the location of the city in the future.

All the officers agreed, and went to gather their troops. After the troops were assembled, Liu Yu came to the front of the battle.

Even before the decisive battle with the quasi-department, Liu Yu did not make any pre-war speeches.

And today, when the decisive battle was over, and the army was about to cross the Altai Mountains, he stood on the twelve-pounder cannon that was about to be left behind, and cheered at the black pressed soldiers.

"Soldiers, I know that most of you didn't know a single word before you joined the army. Face the loess with your back to the sky, and ask you if the clouds in the sky are going to rain? Does this wheat need to be watered? You know for sure. But if I ask you, where is the Western Regions? How big is China? You certainly don't know. ”

"Don't talk about the Western Regions, you Jiaodong people, all day long, call the west called Xilaizi, and the one that broke into the Kanto region in southern Liaoning is called oysters, and the farthest place you ever knew may be Xilaizi and oysters. Some people may say, I don't care where the Western Regions are, I will do whatever the officers tell me to do, as long as the military salary is paid, let alone the Western Regions, even Tianzhu will also go. ”

"Who of you knows what the Western Regions are?"

The soldiers recruited in Jiaodong laughed when they heard the regional names such as "Xilaizi" and "Sea Oyster".

But if you talk about the Western Regions, they are all stupid, but they know that there is a Shanxi in the west and a Henan in the south, and they are all far away.

How far is it? Anyway, it is similar to the distance of myths and legends, and it is impossible to go to Nantianmen, but it is difficult to go to Henan in these years, what is the difference?

As for this Western Regions, what is it?

"What is the Western Regions? Let's put it this way, let's talk about eating, these watermelons, walnuts, grapes, cucumbers...... Originally, there was no Central Plains. You've all nibbled on cucumbers, right? ”

Most of the people have eaten this, and a lot of them are planted in the vegetable fields of the barracks, and anyone can nibble on a few in the summer. If you talk about the Western Regions and the world, they don't understand these things. Speaking of these things that we all know on weekdays, this distant Western Regions suddenly got a lot closer.

What to say since ancient times, they do not understand. But when it comes to these things that can be seen on weekdays, they all laugh.

"The Western Regions is a place. How long has this place been lost? You can't read or write, so you can't read history books, but you've heard of storytelling and singing, right? ”

"When the Yang family sent Qilang and Eight Tigers, Princess Tiejing, Jin Sha, She Lao Taijun, and Empress Dowager Xiao, the Han people in the Western Regions were killed. I don't know how many years have passed since then, but you should know what happened after that, right? ”

Speaking of the storytelling drama, all the soldiers were in good spirits and began to discuss it.

"Bao Qingtian is in the future!"

"Pan Renmei, that big traitor, is also behind."

"Yes, yes, yes, there are also fishing and killing families. Liangshan's one hundred and eight generals are also behind. ”

"Yue Wumu! Yue Wumu's teacher is Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen's teacher Zhou Tong. ”

"So is Luan Tingyu from Zhujiazhuang. After Yue Wumu, it was Jin Ren Dazi who went south. Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu ......"

"Further on...... After that, the Mongolian Dazi went south. "The Biography of the Martyrs", yes, the Biography of the Martyrs, the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Behind is Qi Dashuai, who is afraid of his wife, right? ”

"Fart, Qi Dashuai is behind King Yan sweeping the north. It was Chen Leijin, the prince of the northern kingdom, who was beaten to death by Yan Wangdi; In the school competition, Chen Lei was hacked to death by King Yan again. After Chen Lei was killed by Zhu Di, his daughter-in-law Yan Yueniang and sister Chen Miaotang sent troops south. Zhu Yuanzhang made Li Wenzhong the commander, and Li Yulang and Yan Wang were the pioneers of the northern expedition. Qi Dashuai has to go further. ”

The people below have been arguing about whether Qi Dashuai, who is afraid of his wife, is in front of or behind King Yan's sweeping, and after a while, they finally talked about the history that is only a hundred years ago.

"After that, it's time for the East to enter the customs. Emperor Taizu rebelled, and Wu Sangui, a dog thief, avenged Emperor Chongzhen and led the Qing soldiers into the customs in white clothes and white armor. ”

This recent historical event is already the story of their grandparents.

At this time, think about the more distant Yan Wang Saobei, Yue Wumu, Qilang and Eight Tigers...... For the first time, these uneducated soldiers felt the weight and longevity of history.

It turned out that the cucumbers, watermelons, and grapes they ate, the carrots they spit, and the garlic that they must eat dumplings...... All of these things are from the Western Regions?

Those Western Regions that once felt distant and had nothing to do with them instantly became familiar, even if they had never really seen them.

Thinking about it one by one, has the Western Regions been lost for so many years?

Qilang and Eight Tigers were lost when the Yang family was the general, how many years has it been?

The emperor has changed I don't know how much stubble, it's really been lost for a long, long time.

Although it is not right to learn history by commenting on stories and singing, it is also the only effective at this time.

Seeing that these soldiers had a vague but very close awareness of the Western Regions, Liu Yu pointed to the white snow on the towering mountain in the distance and said, "Over that mountain, it is the Western Regions." Since the era of the Yang family's generals Seven Lang and Eight Tigers, seven hundred years have passed, and once again the army of the Celestial Empire has entered the Western Regions. And you are the first people in 700 years. ”

"Some people may say, it's all about your generals who became famous, what does it have to do with us? I said, it's not easy? ”

"When people win the war, they must erect a monument. If we win the war, we will naturally erect a monument. It's just that the monument we erected, to engrave all your names, won't it be ten thousand people? There are so many sappers in our army that it's not difficult to get a name. ”

"When the Western Regions were mentioned in the future, some people pointed to the inscription and said, "Eh, look, these people re-entered the Western Regions after 700 years."

"When I get back, I'll print another book, and I'll write your names on it. Then make a medal, and when you marry a wife and have a doll, and a doll has a doll, you will take the medal and the book, and ask the grandchildren to find your name. Good no good? ”

The earthy smell of encouragement is as dirty and gray as a freshly dug sweet potato in the field. But this can make these people understand.

In a burst of applause, Liu Yu pointed to the rugged herdsman road and shouted: "Let's go!" Hit Ili and eat watermelon! ”

The drummers in the army played a cheerful beat, and tens of thousands of soldiers who were uneducated and even fought for no reason, singing the most earthy and cheerful military songs, began to climb the towering Altai Mountains under the command of the General Staff.

…… The daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law are gone, don't steal at home. Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan, don't cry, lead bullet is not in the middle of fire.

If the buckshot is fired, who will Your Majesty ask to be a soldier? The gun was just a small hole, and the cannonball smashed through the bowl with a big scar.

Our cannons are the largest, and our bayonets are the longest. The garrison drags military salaries all day long, how can it be like us every month?

As long as Your Majesty can pay the salary, we will not rob it. If the monthly salary rises by two taels, they dare to capture the Nine Heavens......

In the midst of the earthy singing, the soldiers in the column followed the instructions of the staff headquarters, and either advanced in an orderly manner, or stopped to push the artillery, or drove cattle, horses, and camels, or stopped to cook for the people behind.

Liu Yu deliberately chose a pure white war horse, put on the best armor, and said to a painter who had studied Western painting with the army: "Just paint me a Western painting." It's called: Liu Yu crossed the Alps...... Uh, no, it's over the Altai Mountains. ”

"The horses are white, and the heavens are gloomy. The hill should be steeper, and there must be soldiers pushing cannons in the background. It is better to depict the appearance of the war horse raising its front hooves, and I stretching out my finger to point to the mountains in the distance, especially my big one, which must dance with the wind......"

The painter looked at the blue sky and the scorching sun, and said in his heart, okay, I will paint you whatever you want.

"But I don't know if you want to rewrite the reality? Or is it a heavy artistic conception? ”

Liu Yu also looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, and said with a smile: "Do you think this is a cloudy day?" Let's draw an artistic conception. I also know that painting a picture is not a day's work, but just sketching the lines now, and then painting slowly in the future. ”

After speaking, he reined in the war horse, let the war horse raise its front hooves, stretched out his hand and pointed forward. It was easy to wait for a gust of wind, and Liu Yu shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, this is the feeling now, hurry up." ”