From top to bottom of the General's Mansion, Xiong Rulin, Zhang Guowei, Zhang Huangyan, etc., how could these people be bought by Dolgon?

Even if there is a bad character, as long as he is not stupid, he will not give up the current good situation in Jiangnan, and go to bear the charge of traitor.

What's more, people like Zhang Huangyan and others have all been tested by blood and fire.

Wu Zheng felt that he had no reason to suspect them and investigate them.

So Wu Zheng said to Song An: "If you want to investigate, I won't stop you, you can only investigate secretly, and on the surface, don't be too public." This kind of inventory is too hurtful, if I send someone to check on you, can you feel comfortable? ”

Song An hurriedly said: "But what if there is an omission?" ”

Wu Zheng waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!" ”

……。

The training of the Northern Expeditionary Army can be described as unique in this era.

At this time, the army was generally rarely active at night.

Because soldiers generally can't see things clearly at night, it is very similar to a disease in later generations, called night blindness.

So, there is very little training at night, so to speak, none.

Unless the war is urgent, it is necessary to travel at night, but that will cause soldiers to fall behind and cause a large number of non-combat losses.

But Wu argued that the night training should be carried out at the same time.

In Wu Zheng's view, an army that is not suitable for night battles is a lame man with one leg.

The training of each guard is completed by the exchange of stations.

For example, Jin Huawei, which was adapted from Li Haiwei, and Wu Songwei, who was adapted from Jin Shanwei, exchanged stations for a long distance, and of course, after completing the training, they had to change back.

For another example, Wusong Water Division, Zhoushan Water Division, and Chen Qian Water Master took turns to exchange stations.

During this time, on all official roads, there were rows of soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army marching in a hurry.

And this kind of training has caused an unintended consequence, that is, the people have a greater love for the army and are closer to it.

Because, familiar.

Looking up every day and not looking down, as long as the discipline is strict, the people will naturally not be disgusted.

……。

Wu Zheng still maintained that once every five days, he went to Songjiang Mansion to inspect the progress of the railway project.

Song An has been accompanying him these days, and he has always accompanied Wu Zheng with a cadre of Lin Wei to ensure safety.

In four months, the railway foundation was halfway completed and the rails were laid upwards.

Wu Zheng's eyes seemed to be able to see that after half a year, there could be a steam locomotive "whining" and running on this parallel track.

Then, anywhere in the land of the Eleventh Prefecture, the Northern Expeditionary Army could arrive in a very short time.

In this way, when a major war breaks out again, the problem of insufficient troops on the part of the side can be solved and the situation will be invincible.

Wu Zheng was a little proud of his foresight.

But at this moment, a faint, muffled "rumbling" sound came from the sky behind him.

Wu Zheng turned his head when he heard the sound, looking in the direction from which the voice came, first surprised, and then his color changed.

Because, that is a hundred miles away, in the direction of the military workshop.

Because, the sound is not all at once, but one after another.

Explode!

Explode continuously!

Wu Zheng's face was extremely gloomy, and the sound of the explosion, every sound seemed to cut Wu Zheng's heart.

Song An took his Changlin Wei and quickly separated Wu Zheng from everyone's contact, keeping a certain distance.

He surrounded Wu Zhengtuan, "Young Master, it seems that there has been an explosion in the military workshop over there?" ”

Wu Zheng nodded hatefully, "Shen Tingyang, Qi Daokun...... What are they doing?! You...... Send someone to find out right away! ”

Song An shook his head and said, "Young Master, there is a shortage of people to protect you right now...... When something like this happens, naturally someone will come to report it to the young master. ”

Wu Zheng listened, thought about it, and stopped talking, and looked at the dim red reflected in the sky in a daze.

Now, the loss is big!

……。

It took less than half an hour.

Shen Tingyang rode his horse in a hurry.

shouted from afar, "Lord Wang...... Lord Wang, it's a big deal......! ”

Wu Zheng's face was gloomy, he looked at Shen Tingyang coldly, and asked, "Why did the explosion happen?" ”

Shen Tingyang rolled down from his horse and exclaimed urgently, "It's not an explosion...... It's shelling! ”

Wu Zheng was stunned.

Song An was stunned.

Shelling?

Where did the shelling come from?

Although Songjiang Mansion is said to be on the coast, the military workshop is in the north of Huating, between Huacheng and Jiading, two or three hundred miles away from the sea, in this era, can there be a cannon with a range of two or three hundred miles?

Isn't this a ghost?

Wu Zheng asked sharply, "Who fired the cannon?" From what direction? How many cannon ......? ”

A series of questions made Shen Tingyang not know how to answer.

Licking his wet lips, he recounted from the beginning: "Half an hour ago, suddenly three shells came at the lowly musket shop, but they did not hit the shop, and landed three or four miles away...... Without waiting for the humble duty to react, only half a pillar of incense was used, and the cannonballs poured like rain into the military workshop...... Then the powder shop was hit, triggering a series of explosions...... It was a cannonball flying from the north. ”

Wu Zheng understood that the "rumbling" sound he had just heard should be the martyrdom of the gunpowder workshop, otherwise, it would only be an artillery bombardment, and I am afraid that it would not be transmitted so far.

Wu Zheng immediately thought that this should be an artillery regiment under his command, and this should be an artillery regiment under his command, as Shen Tingyang said before, the first few shells should be test firing, and there must be artillery observers around the military workshop, otherwise, there will not be such a quick salvo.

Thinking of this, Wu Zheng ordered sharply: "Song An, send someone to pass on this king's order, and transfer Wu Songwei to immediately search and block the coast of Wu Song...... Linglu Zhiyu and Wu Yi immediately came to see the ...... of this king. ”

Song An was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "Young Master, right now, Wu Songwei ...... Not in Wusong. ”

Wu Zheng immediately came to his senses, and the guards practiced and exchanged stations.

Considering that the recruits of the military academy needed to adapt, Wu Zheng chose the nearest place, and ordered the military academy and Wu Songwei to exchange stations with each other for training.

In other words, those who are in Wusong at this time should be Fang Guoan's military academy recruits.

It stands to reason that this kind of emergency is not suitable for the transfer of military academy recruits, but at the moment, the situation is urgent, Wu Songwei is in Jinshanwei at this time, and Wu Zheng has no choice but to transfer military academy recruits.

"Then order Fang Guoan to deploy military academy recruits to immediately search and block the coastal area of Wusong...... After ordering Fang Guoan to deploy, come to see this king! ”

……。

However, Wu Zheng never waited for Fang Guoan.

It stands to reason that from Wusong's station, he rode a horse to here, and it took two hours at most, but when it was dusk, he still didn't see Fang Guoan coming, nor did he see the messenger sent by Song An to come and report.

Wu Zheng was a little flustered in his heart.

When people are flustered, they will think wildly.

Wu Zheng said to himself: "Today's incident is a little strange...... It stands to reason that Fang Guoan's 6,000 cadets are stationed in Wusong, which is more than 100 miles away from the military workshop, and before you send out the heralds, he should send someone to the military workshop to check ....... ”