Chapter 444: My Big Knife Is Already Hungry
Xiao Rui came with a sword, loaded a big bull to break, tens of thousands of catties of explosives directly exploded the blocked ice dam, and then the rising river impacted the broken ice cubes, rushing downstream, quite a thousand miles of momentum.
The terrifying sound of the explosion and the air wave made the iron dragoon who was watching from a distance feel deeply terrifying, and it is estimated that he will never forget this picture for the rest of his life.
At this time, in the Caozhou Prefecture Capital, Zhang Ning was ordering his soldiers to gather the soldiers of the various guards, and at the same time recruit the people in the city, and the sudden loud noise also surprised the people of the city.
They felt the slight tremor of the earth and the sound of explosions, and the noisy streets were silent.
Zhang Ning looked in the direction where the voice came from, it was the section of the Jinsha River, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still there, what happened there?
He was worried, and immediately rushed out of the city with people, rushed to the bank of the Yellow River, and was relieved to see that Xiao Rui was safe and sound, but then, this breath suddenly rose again.
What did he see?
The piled up ice dam is gone!
Ice cubes are flowing downstream!
The elevated water level has returned to normal!
This...
He had only been away for more than an hour, and the situation in front of him had completely changed! He looked at Xiao Rui in shock, Xiao Rui was chatting with Zhang Liangyun lightly at this time, but looking at the eyes of the five thousand iron dragoons, they looked at His Highness with admiration and fanaticism.
Could it be that it has something to do with the loud sound of the earth shaking the mountains just now?
Zhang Ning wanted to break his head, but he couldn't come up with the truth.
"Commander Zhang!" At this time, Xiao Rui shouted.
Zhang Ning suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward, and said respectfully: "Your Highness! ”
Xiao Rui pointed to the ice dam that had exploded and said: "Now that the ice dam has been excavated, the ice ridge can go downstream, but the bend of the Jinsha River section is too large, and it won't be long before the ice accumulation will appear ice dam." You must not slack off and immediately organize people to tidy up this river, so as to solve your worries. When will the troubles here be solved, when will the king return to Beijing, and your merits, the king will also truthfully tell His Majesty and reward your merits! ”
"Your Highness, rest assured, you understand! The humble position is guaranteed by the head of the item, and the task must be completed! Zhang Ning immediately issued a military order.
Xiao Rui nodded, local officials should have such an awareness, so that they can govern the jurisdiction well and benefit the people. Like Su Ming's kind of goods, raid the house!
Subsequently, Xiao Rui led 5,000 iron dragons to ride back to Caozhou Prefecture and lived directly in the military camp of the commander of the envoy.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, the entire Caozhou Prefecture was in a hot state, and a large number of people who were idle at home were recruited to go to the Jinsha River section to sort out the river.
The people are simple, and they all know about the disaster of Lingxun, so not only the people of the state capital, but also the people of the nearby prefectures and counties also enthusiastically participated, bringing dry food, picking up hoes, and leading ox carts to join in. Because there are so many people, I can't count them for a while, but a rough calculation must be nearly 30,000 people.
This was very busy Zhang Ning, and he immediately arranged for a thousand soldiers to stop their work, maintain order instead, and lead the people how to excavate the work.
For a time, the Jinsha River was in full swing, and the people were working hard for their homes.
Xiao Rui checked the situation of Lingxun, and sure enough, the ice dam that exploded yesterday showed signs of accumulation, the upstream temperature is high, the glacier melts quickly, the downstream temperature is low, and the melting is slow, coupled with the flow of the river, the ice accumulation will naturally form an ice dam.
Now quickly excavate this curved channel and flatten it so that the ice can move downstream, as long as it doesn't block the lifting level in large quantities, it's not a big problem.
After seeing the situation of the Yellow River, Xiao Rui and Zhang Liang returned to Caozhou Prefecture and directly ordered the investigation of Caozhou assassin Shi Suming and collected evidence of his crimes.
Su Ming, a brainless corrupt official, wanted to investigate him too easily, after Xiao Rui got the evidence of the crime, he directly sent the iron dragoon to prison and raided his home.
The people heard this and cheered, and Zhang Ning, who commanded the envoy, also deeply felt the vigorous and resolute actions of His Royal Highness today.
After another three days, tens of thousands of people excavated the river and built embankments, and finally solved the curvature of the Jinsha River section, and the ice cubes stopped accumulating and continued to move downstream.
Subsequently, Xiao Rui led people to go downstream along the Yellow River, and found that where the river bent and easy to form ice dams, he notified the local assassin or the prefect to send someone to sort it out, and in this way, Xiao Rui came to Jeju along the river.
Jeju, also known as Spring City, is naturally known as "Seventy-two Ming Springs" because of the large number of springs in the territory, and has the reputation of "lotus flowers on all sides and willows on three sides, and a city with mountains and half a city lake".
Compared with the history of the Caozhou thorn, the history of the Jeju thorn is pragmatic, she has long recruited the people to sort out the Yellow River in Jeju, because Jeju is in the lower reaches of Caozhou, once Caozhou bursts the embankment, the downstream Jeju is the most unlucky.
After Xiao Rui entered the city, after listening to the Jeju assassin's report, he nodded with satisfaction and praised him heavily, so he didn't check him.
This also made Jeju Thorn Shiti's heart fall, for fear that the little maniac who copied the house would start copying without saying a word!
After being busy for several days, the Lingxin disaster was finally brought under control, and Xiao Rui was relieved, and then he asked Zhang Liang to write an excerpt to record the experience of coming to Ludong in detail, and sent someone to send it back to Kyoto urgently.
It should be mentioned that after Xiao Rui came to Jeju, the auxiliary soldiers of the Iron Dragoon also arrived.
The so-called auxiliary soldiers are specially used to assist the heavy cavalry, a total of 1,000 people, each of them riding a war horse, and carrying two war horses, one for the heavy cavalry transfer, one for the special load.
Although the heavy cavalry was invincible, it was not fast when it was armoured, and its mobility was limited, so it needed to be assisted by auxiliaries.
When hurrying, the heavy cavalry unloads the heavy armor and is carried by the auxiliaries, which can increase the speed of the journey. Secondly, the auxiliaries were also responsible for food, food, taking care of the horses, acting as scouts, and other auxiliary measures.
The heavy cavalry is invincible, but not omnipotent! It is necessary to rely on the army. When there is no army to back it up, the value of auxiliaries is revealed.
When Emperor Xia formed the Iron Dragoon, he wanted to overcome the weakness of the heavy cavalry and improve mobility and marching speed.
The arrival of the auxiliary soldiers made Xiao Rui's heart active.
Jeju is only eight or nine hundred miles away from Yandu, these days Guangguang is busy governing Lingxun, and does not pay attention to the situation in the north, now the champion Hou has 300,000 troops to defend the northern border, and the follow-up troops are constantly sending him, at this time he should be inseparable from the army of Qi and Yuan!
Therefore, Xiao Rui, who was active in his heart, wanted to go north, and took the iron dragon horse with a horse lance and armor made of meteoric iron, and slaughtered all directions, like a sharp knife that directly tore apart the flesh and skin of the Qi army and the Yuan army.
Zhang Liang, who was on the side, sensed Xiao Rui's thoughts, and immediately asked with a smile: "Your Highness wants to go north?" ”
"Those who know my heart, the ovary! Why don't you take Wu Hook and capture countless states in the enemy country! I also have this blood, but because I am the prince, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and stays in the palace away from the battlefield, so he naturally does not dare to mess around. But now it's different, the horse lance is polished, the light armor is polished, and they can't be hidden. Xiao Rui said sincerely.
After a pause, Xiao Rui asked, "Does the ovary support me?" ”
Zhang Liang said with a smile: "As a courtier of His Royal Highness, in terms of identity, he naturally cannot support His Highness to go to the battlefield, and His Royal Highness also understands the truth that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. But strategically speaking, today's Great Xia is attacked on both sides, Zhao, Qi, and Yuan attacked Great Xia, and Great Xia has also recuperated for more than ten years without soldiers, so the officials and the people are panicked, and they don't know if they can resist the attack of the Three Kingdoms. ”
Xiao Rui nodded approvingly.
When the Yuan army invaded Great Xia through the passage, although the conspiracy was blocked by the champion Hou, the news was transmitted back to Kyoto, and several governors and cabinet scholars of the Yangxin Palace had solemn faces.
Even high-ranking officials are worried, let alone the people!
There is no need to be afraid of fighting alone, one enemy and three will make people think more. Although His Majesty believed in the strength of Great Xia, he couldn't help but let his ministers and people think about it.
Even, with the entanglement of the war, it is difficult to determine the odds of victory, and once the enemy army spreads rumors in Great Xia, it will make the people's mood even more impatient.
Once the morale of the army and the people is unstable, it will be difficult to repair it.
Zhang Liang said again: "Therefore, if you want to solve the worries in the hearts of the people of Great Xia and gather strong determination, the army of Great Xia needs to win a big victory on the battlefield!" Only a great victory can sweep away all suspicion. But the current situation is still a stalemate between the two sides, whether it is the champion Hou, or the Changsheng Hou, or the Zhenyuan Hou of Xiangzhou, it is difficult to achieve overwhelming success. ”
"So, is there any other way?"
"Absolutely! This is what the subordinates just said, from the perspective of strategy and situation, if His Royal Highness can lead the troops into the territory of Qi and kill all directions, such as entering the realm of no one, this good news will be transmitted back to Great Xia, what will the subjects of Great Xia think? ”
Xiao Rui was excited, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
yes, what will the subjects think?
Their handsome Royal Highness the Crown Prince casually led five or six thousand people into the Great Qi Kingdom, attacked several cities in a row, and destroyed the enemy army, what a divine might!
The side also reflects that Qi and the Yuan army are paper tigers, and they are not opponents of Great Xia at all! This move immediately condensed the self-confidence of the subjects of Great Xia and stabilized the morale of the army.
Suddenly, Xiao Rui reacted to something.
He was stunned and said: "We came to Caozhou to govern Lingxun, and His Majesty sent auxiliaries to come, and brought horse lance and armor, did you have long expected that I wanted to go north?" ”
Zhang Liang laughed and nodded.
It is worthy of Zhang Liang, he has already seen His Majesty's thoughts, and he did not say or induce Xiao Ruiming, because he knew that Xiao Rui would definitely do this! This is a high IQ, good at speculation and speculation, and like a god.
Xiao Rui couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised: "The ovary really knows the subtleties and knows things like a god." ”
Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is a god today!" After he learned about Ling Xun, he guessed that His Highness would take the initiative to ask for help, so he had the next series of operations. This means of strategizing, and his subordinates are willing to bow down. ”
With such a father, I really don't dare to have the slightest intention of rebellion.
Zhang Liang said again: "Your Highness, Your Majesty now understands the truth that a gentleman is not involved in danger, but Your Majesty understands even more that a prince must have the momentum to sweep the world. If His Royal Highness lives in the palace for a long time, the world will only know that His Royal Highness is the crown prince and will be the Xia Emperor in the future. But if you go out and fight a bloody way, the world will understand that the Xia Kingdom will have an emperor with the spirit of sweeping the world! This is Your Majesty's respect and trust in Your Highness, so even if there are many dangers ahead, Your Majesty will let you go! ”
Xiao Rui nodded, understanding His Majesty's good intentions.
His goal is to dominate China, if he can't fight a murderous momentum, how can he dominate the world?
"Ofan, let's straighten out our troops and horses now and go! I'm hungry for the broadsword! Xiao Rui was eager to try.
Who knows, Zhang Liang smiled mysteriously and said: "Your Highness, since you have decided to fight Qi Kingdom, let's play a big game, so that Qi Kingdom can feel the fear of fear, so we won't go north!" ”
Xiao Rui was stunned, looking at his strategizing appearance, he immediately understood that as early as when he left Kyoto, he, Jia Xu, and Guo Jia had already begun to lay out!
Well, only yourself is kept in the dark!
It's embarrassing!