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God is very face-saving, the weather is very good, although it has reached autumn twilight, but the wind is light and the clouds are light, and there is the autumn sun shrouding, thanks to the full preparation, orderly scheduling, and strong execution, just as Wang Jun said the night before, in one day, and the whole army is crossed.

After crossing to the north, Liu Zhiyuan deliberately slowed down the speed of his march, and marched steadily towards Yedu at a speed of sixty miles a day.

As for Liu Chengyou, he temporarily broke away from the army and led a cavalry to the west to inspect the Yongji Canal. However, it was the front-line response, and the supply of military supplies was not timely enough, and the waterway transfer made Wang Jingchong report that the river was not smooth, which affected the effect of grain and equipment transfer.

Since the siege of the city, most of the supply of the Han army under the city of Yedu has come from waterway transshipment, although there are also carriages and horses on land, but it is time-consuming, laborious and inefficient, and it is only used as a supplementary means. The canal connects Tokyo and Yedu, and this counterinsurgency campaign, since the stalemate, the Tongji-Yellow River-Yongji canal has played a very huge role, which can be said to be the lifeblood of supply. Hearing that there was a problem here, Liu Zhiyuan was particularly concerned and sent Liu Chengyou to inspect the situation.

Liu Chengyou also wanted to take a look, so he ordered a battalion of horse soldiers to accompany him, and the battalion commanded Yang Ye.

"Yang Ye, your reputation among the Saint Protectors has been getting louder and louder recently!" When he stopped to rest on the way, Liu Chengyou called Yang Ye to his side and said in a mocking tone to Yang Ye, who had not communicated positively for a long time.

Hearing this, Yang Ye's resolute face couldn't help but show a little embarrassment: "Your Highness, don't make fun of the last general." ”

When the forbidden army was reorganized before, the guards guarded the holy horse army, combined all the horse soldiers, and integrated a total of 20,000 horse troops. It is divided into left and right compartments, and is under the command of 20 battalions of the 10th Army. As for Yang Ye, he was transferred to the Left Wing of the Protector and commanded one of the battalions.

Originally, with Yang Ye's qualifications and age, even if he followed Liu Chengyou to make some military exploits in Hebei, he was not qualified to be one of the twenty commanders, but there were people from above.

There are many old people in the army, and at the same time as the reorganization, it is also the time to share the cake. They are not enough, and suddenly a junior like Yang Ye appeared, so naturally there were many dissatisfied. In the army, except for military law and military rules, nothing is truly fair, and it is common for old people to bully newcomers, even if he is a person from His Royal Highness King Zhou.

However, is Yang Ye so easy to bully? The young Yang Ye, even if he has been polished in the army for many years, still has a strong "Ren Xia" spirit on his body, is brave and courageous, refuses to suffer losses, and shows himself tough. came and went, and everyone in the Holy Protector Army knew that Yang Chonggui, that was a thorn, not easy to provoke.

In fact, if it weren't for Liu Chengyou who maintained Yang Ye from time to time, he would have been "beaten by society" long ago, and he didn't know where to go to close himself. Even so, he has been repeatedly squeezed out, and he doesn't eat it openly, but he has suffered a lot of hidden losses, and Liu Chengyou can't protect him in everything.

In comparison, Han Tong is much more sleek in the same division in the Holy Protector Army, he is one of the commanders of the Ten Sacred Protector Army, although his temperament is also fierce, but he is always there, and his qualifications and knowledge are enough for him to gain a firm foothold in the forbidden army.

Yang Ye, after all, is still too young.

Glancing at him, Liu Chengyou said lightly: "The relationship between the army and the army still has to be handled well, but young and vigorous, arrogance is unacceptable!" ”

Hearing Liu Chengyou say this, Yang Ye's face was calm, but there was a faint disdain in his tone: "There are many mediocre talents in the army, and they are ashamed to be with them because of their qualifications!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou frowned slightly, when Yang Wushu was young, was he so crazy, or was he led astray by himself?

Taking a breath, Liu Chengyou said to him in a warning tone: "It's your temperament, you must be restrained, otherwise, if you can protect you for a while, you will eventually suffer a big loss in the future!" ”

After a slight groan, he added, his tone was a little stern: "There may be ills and bad habits in the army, but how can you be negative and rigid for your comrades for a long time. What is a comrade, when he goes to the battlefield, he can entrust his life. You ask yourself, how many people are there in the Holy Protector Army that you can trust with life and death? ”

"Brother under the command of the last general!" Yang Ye's tone was affirmative, but his voice unconsciously lowered, as if he lacked confidence.

Liu Chengyou followed, turned his head to stare at him and asked, "Are you going to be the commander of this battalion for the rest of your life?" ”

Hearing Liu Chengyou say this, Yang Ye was silent, slowly lowered his head, and the carelessness in his expression completely dissipated, and was replaced by a serious thinking expression.

The scene looks a little weird, obviously Liu Chengyou is younger than Yang Ye, but he was taught by him, Yang Ye is very well-behaved, he listens to the training honestly, and he doesn't have the same spirit in the army at all.

After a long period of construction, Liu Chengyou's majestic image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not only Yang Ye, but many people have subconsciously ignored his age. Including Shi Hongzhao, when he was in Tokyo, he never dared to underestimate Liu Chengyou and treat him as a yellow-mouthed child as he did when he was in Jinyang.

Yang Ye pondered for a while, seemed to have an understanding, quickly came back to his senses, and solemnly hugged his fist to Liu Chengyou and said, "Thank you for Your Highness's teachings, you will pay attention in the end!" ”

Looking at his attitude, Liu Chengyou's expression slowly stretched out and returned to flatness.

Liu Chengyou knows that Yang Ye is not a domineering person, in the army, in many situations, Yang Ye is a little aggrieved, but Liu Chengyou still can't help but want to suppress it.

If you want to talk about grievances, His Royal Highness King Zhou has suffered so much anger all the way, and he didn't say much, where did you get so much arrogance from a small battalion commander.

Influenced by "Yang Linggong", although he did not "lick" Yang Ye, his importance to him cannot be faked, and after more than half a year of observation, Liu Chengyou found that Yang Ye does have great potential, even if his ability is not as exaggerated as in the romance, but it is definitely the master's talent.

At the beginning, Murong Yanzhao quietly mentioned it to Liu Chengyou, saying that Yang Ye had the talent of a general, but he was still young and lacked polishing experience. Murong Yanzhao is so optimistic about Yang Ye, so there is no need for Liu Chengyou to doubt his vision.

However, recently, when he heard Yang Ye's situation in the Holy Protector Army, Liu Chengyou muttered in his heart. After his promotion, Yang Ye has been proud of his youth for the past six months, and he has some concerns, will he help the seedlings?

The dignified Yang Linggong, if he is disabled, he will be guilty. Therefore, today Liu Chengyou specially brought it here and said more. As a result, Yang Ye's reaction made Liu Chengyou very satisfied, if he dared to show a little impatience or disapproval, even if his name was Yang Ye, Liu Chengyou would have to re-examine it.

"Your Highness, can the last general ask you one thing?" Yang Ye suddenly said to Liu Chengyou.

Liu Chengyou waved his hand: "You have spoken, can you still not listen?" Go ahead. ”

"Hmm......" Yang Ye groaned, organized the language for a while, and then looked at Liu Chengyou, with exploration in his eyes: "The last general was promoted by His Royal Highness to the army, and he was repeatedly brought back to protect him, and I am really grateful in my heart." Although he thinks he is a little rough, he is not different from ordinary people. I'm really curious, why do you value the last general so much? ”

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou turned his head in surprise, noticing the curiosity in his eyes, it is estimated that Yang Ye has buried this question in his heart for a long time.

How do you answer this question? Liu Chengyou had some slight abnormalities on his face, and he couldn't tell Yang Ye that he grew up listening to the story of the Yang family. It's not as good as answering Zhang Yanwei's side at the beginning, and saying to Yang Ye, I like you......

After pondering for a while, Liu Chengyou asked instead of answering: "Do you think you have the posture of a famous general?" ”

Yang Ye thought about it seriously, and in a trance, the words of the young man who went hunting and attached himself to the young man came to his mind again. With a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, Yang Ye replied to Liu Chengyou: "I will use soldiers as generals in the future, and I will use eagles and dogs to chase pheasants and rabbits!" ”

In this regard, when Liu Chengyou met Yang Ye for the first time in Jinyang, he also inquired about this matter, and at that time, Yang Ye's reply was modest and reserved. Now, he can retell it confidently, and his mind is the same.

"That's enough!" Liu Chengyou said indifferently: "Lone believes in you, and I also believe in my own vision." Hopefully, you won't let Lone lose his eyes! ”

Yang Ye didn't say anything, just took a step back, and gave Liu Chengyou a very solemn salute, bowing ninety degrees.

"Let's go!"

The section of the canal where the problem occurred was in Neihuang County, not far from Desheng City, less than 100 miles away. The light horse arrived.

In the Yongji River section in the northwest of Neihuang County, there are more than a dozen fully loaded military boats floating on the Cao Canal. On each hull, hundreds of thick ropes are locked, and on the shore, there are rows of slender men, shouting loudly in their mouths, pulling hard, and at the same time, the hull is struggling to sail northeast.

The transshipment made Wang Jingchong take hundreds of escort soldiers on land, both as a supervisor and as an escort.

"Temple...... Your Highness. Seeing that Liu Chengyou led people to inspect, Wang Jingchong personally came to greet him, and his expression was very unnatural.

After all, when he was in the court, he was also a "supporter" of Liu Chengyou.

"Gu Fengzhao came to investigate, what's going on with material transfer?" Liu Chengyou only paused in his body, his face was expressionless, and he took out a businesslike attitude.

While Wang Jingchong breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but say worriedly: "This section of the Yongji River Canal has only been dredged for a long time, and the sediment under the canal has been silted. ”

This time, with Yang Wei's recommendation, he was entrusted with the post of waterway transshipment, and Wang Jingchong was happy to go to the post, full of enthusiasm, and wanted to earn meritorious service in the counterinsurgency war. Unexpectedly, such a fork suddenly occurred in the Yellow Channel.

If it affects the front-line war because of this incident, not to mention the credit, whether he can save his life depends on whether Yang Wei is willing to protect him.

But seeing Liu Chengyou's indifferent face, Wang Jingchong hurriedly reported: "Knowing this situation, the lower officials immediately brought people to deal with it, and it was too late to temporarily dredge the river, so a group of slender men were recruited to come and pull ......."

"How long will it take?" Liu Chengyou interrupted him and asked directly.

It was cold in autumn, but Wang Jingchong couldn't help sweating on his forehead, but he didn't dare to guarantee the ticket, so he could only lower his head and say, "The lower officials must do their best!" ”

"Lone doesn't need you to do your best, as long as you transport the military supplies to Yedu as soon as possible!" Liu Chengyou said coldly.

His face twitched, Wang Jingchong took a deep breath, buried his head lower, gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow at the latest, the lower officials will definitely be sent to the front line!" ”

Glancing at Wang Jingchong, Liu Chengyou led people to observe the situation of Yongji Canal.