Unlike the Central Plains Dynasty of all dynasties, which emphasized the theory of "the unity of heaven and man", and often flaunted the banner of heaven and man's induction, a huge contrast between the Nanyue Army and them was the strong behavior of building roads and bridges.

In the interior, there has been a tradition of officials not building government offices and roads in all dynasties. Occasionally, a few officials organized the squire to repair the bridge and repair the road, and almost all of them could erect monuments, and then when the officials left office, they would take off their boots and give the people umbrellas, and even thousands of Li people would burn incense on their heads, cry for miles, and chant slogans such as "return my father-in-law".

In order to better rule this huge and vast area, and the terrain and people's conditions are extremely complex, the Nanyue Army has extremely high requirements for the efficiency of the administrative system, in order to be able to convey orders quickly and the army can be mobilized freely, the Nanyue Army has road construction paranoia that is almost obsessive-compulsive from top to bottom. There are conditions to erect bridges on rivers, and there are no conditions to erect pontoon bridges to turn moats into thoroughfares. From the geographical topography, the traffic is smooth, the flow of goods is smooth, and from another point of view, it has also put an end to the trend of becoming a separatist because of the isolation and danger of geographical mountains and rivers.

Patches of land are either consciously or forcibly joined into the circle of the great circulation of goods and commodities and culture, and the behavior of separating one side loses the innate conditions economically.

And the various decrees of the Nanyue Army can also be ordered to follow the law. Orders issued from the center of power were sent to each province by fast boat and fast horse, and then issued from each road, all the way to the prefecture, state, county, town, and village, as smoothly as an arm's finger.

However, the official roads that run through the north and south and cross the east and west have also destroyed the idyllic hometown feelings in the minds of countless people. In their hearts, they will always stubbornly demand that no matter how far they have gone or how long they have walked, every grass and tree in their hometown must remain intact as when they left. Can't let them think of their hometown. only to find that his hometown has completely changed. Or the originally tranquil and tranquil county town of Chun'an has become a reservoir of Qiandao Lake. Therefore, in their writings, the whole world, at least the whole of China, should maintain the original appearance of green mountains and green waters for their hometown, and there can be no change for decades, and then they will have enough to eat and drink one day in their leisure. When you want to show your superiority in front of the poor villagers, you should return to the place where the mountains and rivers are still the same, and accuse the government of being incompetent and inactive, and it is still so poor and backward after decades.

(Eh, who is the seemingly unkind author again.) That's right! I will not name a certain Taiwanese female writer who is trying to make everyone angry, so as not to increase the workload of the Taiwan affairs department when the time comes. It is very stubborn to express this demand in her works. If you are interested in her masterpiece, you can look for it. Among them, there are many science fiction, Xiuzhen, and fantasy plots. The most impressive passage is that a **** veteran told her that he once led a battalion of troops after the Huaihai Campaign, so that a **** corps did not move forward for several days and nights. What a Saiyan. Kesai, Transformers are not a problem! It has completely inherited the glorious tradition of the **** 600 gendarmes fighting against the elite divisions of the Japanese army! ）

It was also by relying on good post roads and an administrative system strong enough to completely destroy the Qin State that the Nanyue Army was able to establish this powerful regime in this vast land.

When Li Shouhan and his high-ranking members reached the resolution of marching into the Central Plains, the official office formed the resolution into an official order, and after the seal of the company, the clipper ship sailed from the port of Guangzhou and traveled along the Pearl River in all directions, east, west, north and south.

The envoy to the north, against the strong north wind blowing from the north, finally anchored the ship in Laizhou Bay. After landing, he changed to a fast horse and went to Jinanfu.

"The eldest prince is not in the city. Led the troops to the west! Several of the generals who stayed in Jinan looked at the messenger in embarrassment.

The messenger touched the briefcase sealed with cowhide fire paint on his back. It's also quite difficult. It was a confidential matter, and he would never dare to stay in Jinan Mansion and wait for Li Huayu to return with his troops. If he delays a major event, then he will not have ten heads enough to cut off.

"Change me a horse, find a few guides who are familiar with the road, and take me to the army of the Grand Prince!" The messenger gritted his teeth and made his decision.

Escorted by dozens of personal soldiers, the messenger rode along the official road to Jining and Tai'an, where Li Huayu led his troops.

Jining. There are two places in Tai'an, bordering Puyang in Henan.

Li Huayu and Liao Dongzhi led the two newly formed brigades of the Thirteen Towns, waiting in the wilderness in the midst of the loess.

The wheezing messenger peeked at a red sun hanging in mid-air, above people's heads. "Thankfully! Finally delivered on time! ”

"Young Marshal, what did the Lord Jun Zhi say?" Although Li Huayu's own position is now Denglai's military preparation. However, because of his official position as the acting governor of Li Shouhan, Shandong, Denglai and other places in the affairs of soldiers, horses, money and grain, he can be regarded as a feudal official. Several governors saw that he needed to hand over his notebook and meet him with subordinate etiquette. But an old man like Liao Dongzhi is still used to calling him the eldest young marshal to show closeness.

"Father is ready to march into the Central Plains." Li Huayu handed a few official documents to Liao Dongzhi, who was accompanied by Le Ma on the side. "Ordered us to reorganize our troops and horses, and plan grain, grass and bean fodder. Repair the roads, recruit the people, and prepare for the arrival of the army. ”

At the same time, what was delivered to Li Huayu was also ordered by the official office to refrain from selling wheat, soybeans, and other grains to the surrounding troops and horses from the time the official document arrived, and that all similar grain varieties collected and produced in Shandong must be returned to the warehouse. However, what is also touching and strange is that Shandong can take advantage of its geographical position to sell rice and other grains to trade wheat beans and other materials urgently needed by the Southern Guangdong army.

"Is the lord really going to do a big job?" Liao Dongzhi was also hot in his heart, and from some of the numbers mentioned in the official document, he could deduce that this time the soldiers and horses went north, and the plan was definitely not the Qinwang activity of a small army, but a large-scale operation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

With such a huge army going north, it is not impossible to eliminate the rogues or abolish the establishment of the country and reopen the country. At that time, Li Shouhan was dressed in a yellow robe, and a person like Liao Dongzhi who followed the dragon was inevitably the position of Uncle Hou, and the door row was painted with halberds and hairpins. Who said that the poor boy in the countryside of eastern Guangdong couldn't become a marquis or earl? The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still a fake monk who asked for food! Lao Tzu is a good son of a farmer!

"The young marshal, the lord has ordered. What should we do? Liao Dongzhi asked Li Huayu for instructions in an inquiring tone.

"When the army goes north, it is natural that there are a lot of things to plan. However, for the time being, I don't care about it, and I still have to wait for the things in front of me to be done. lest our friends say that we have neglected him! Li Huayu waved the tip of the horsewhip in his hand, and the delicate horsewhip exploded in his mouth. The war horse under the crotch was a little restless.

In the distance, a puff of dust gradually appeared, and as the distance narrowed, the dust became bigger and bigger, it was the wind and dust that thousands of people and horses were galloping up in the wilderness!

Seeing the loess rising in the distance, although there had already been a ranger and a message to inform the comer's accurate itinerary plan, Li Huayu still kept looking into the distance of the official road, as if in this way, he could see the visitor earlier.

Liao Dongzhi saw this. He smiled and said, "Young Marshal, don't be impatient, the rangers ahead have already explored clearly, and they only need two more quarters of an hour to get here." This road is walked on the feet, step by step. Although Li Huayu smiled bitterly and said: "If someone else comes, I should sit in Jinan Mansion and set up a banquet to wait for it." But this time it was him. Shandong's new policy has today's situation, and he has made great contributions. And this man is more than brave. He is resourceful, and if I have him by my side to help you, why worry about great things. ”

The group of people and horses galloping from afar can already see the flag clearly in the field of vision, and distinguish the outline of the people and horses. The flags that were rolled up by the standard-bearers were also unfurled in turn under the orders of the commander-in-chief, and on the flag that was torn apart by the wind, there was "a dragon". The words "Wang" and other words immediately crashed into the eyes of Li Huayu and others.

The person who came was one of the main generals of the former Dragon and Tiger Battalion, Luo Rucai's nephew, and Wang Long, who was known as a dragon!

Unable to talk more, Li Huayu whipped his finger, and suddenly the horn sounded. The two newly formed brigades that were waiting on the left and right flanks suddenly swept up in the flat ground, and the team that was facing Wang Lung from a distance rushed forward. Passing two or three miles from Wang Lung's marching brigade, the two troops quickly joined forces, digging trenches, constructing fortifications, and building artillery positions at the junction of Shandong and Henan.

From the rearguard officer's report, Wang Long knew that the Nanyue Army had begun to clean up the back road for itself, and he didn't have to worry about the fate of being chased and killed, so he couldn't help but let out a long breath, and the speed of the war horse under his crotch gradually slowed down.

"Slow down the horse, don't be so flustered, as if Lao Tzu ran for his life and didn't care about anything!" Wang Lung called out to his generals and soldiers, and under his orders, this team of thousands of people began to slow down the march, and constantly reorganized the ranks and banners in the process.

This scene also fell into the eyes of Li Huayu and others with the help of telescopes. Thousands of miles away, the team has reached such a point of fatigue, it can be said that it is on the verge of collapse, under Wang Lung's orders, officers at all levels can continue to adjust the team, which shows Wang Lung's ability to control his own troops and the combat effectiveness of this army.

Looking at Wang Lung's recognition of the flag from far and near, Liao Dongzhi was also quite emotional.

"The Liao thief Abatai who harassed Shandong that day and the bandit king Ke merged, and they were cunning and wandering all over the country. Moreover, there are a large number of officials and gentry collaborating with the enemy, if it were not for Wang Lung's strategy of turning the hard ground into soft land, our army would not know how much time and energy it would take to retreat from the enemy. ”

At this time, Ekui, who was accompanying him on the side, asked, "This person is so powerful, why don't I know?" Liao Dongzhi glanced at him and responded unhurriedly: "When Wang Lung made great contributions by the side of the young marshal, you were still in Liaodong, of course you didn't know. But I think you must be able to see Wang Lung at first sight, this person is well-versed in the world and is a person from all over the world. And you are good at training cavalry, and you can be regarded as a perfect match. ”

Ekui said happily when he heard this: "That's good, if Wang Lung really has the ability, we will go to Shenyang in the future to try and see who can copy this Sao Dazi nest in Shenyang first." ”

After listening to E Kui's words, Li Huayu and Liao Dongzhi were secretly speechless, and said in their hearts that you are not a decent Tartar, but now you are killing Tartars. Just when they were secretly sighing, they heard a person say in extremely broken Chinese: "Yes, yes, yes, I have long seen that Dorgon's badger is not pleasing to the eye, and the badger should be honestly slaughtered and eaten by the master, but now he still claims to be the regent, I bah, the eldest prince is not called the king." He's something. ”

It was Tuha, the sentry under Ekui, who spoke, and his face was full of oil, and he was dressed in triple armor, and he sat on a war horse like an iron tower. Although there was no cover in his mouth, it made Liao Dongzhi and the others feel quite reasonable when they heard it.

"Wow! Now that he is born in troubled times, he can be a cat and a dog who can be called kings. Why can't the lord, why can't the young marshal?! ”

"Tuha! You tartar! It's been too much in the morning again! You dare to talk nonsense in front of the young marshal! Look at Lao Tzu and don't pick up a big stick to beat your ass! Seeing that his subordinates were talking wantonly in front of the young marshal, although Ekui was also a person who had some face with Li Huayu, he was also frightened by Tuha's words. Even if you scold.

"It's okay to fight with military sticks, as long as we keep drinking and meat." Tuha didn't care at all, just grinned widely, revealing a smirk of yellow teeth.

"I still want wine and meat! I don't have any horse feed for you! ”

For Tuha, there is no wine. There is no meat, it is much more serious than beating him with dozens of military sticks, and when he was about to open his mouth to plead and convince himself, he saw that Ekui was already looking ahead with a serious face, and Tuha had to close his mouth in recognition.

When the march was still two or three miles away from Li Huayu's main formation, Wang Lung chose a place where the Tibetan wind gathered qi and the leeward and the sun and ordered the troops to stop advancing and dismount to rest. Quartermasters, military medical officers, and others from Shandong, who had already been waiting beside them, rushed to the front with baggage carts, cooking carts, and medicine boxes on their backs to provide medical treatment to this group of people who had come from thousands of miles. Quilt gowns are issued. In addition, the big secretaries who cooked rice set up a cooking cart in this field and began to boil soup and cook.

The field was suddenly fragrant and lively. The doctors also examined the wounds of the wounded and re-dressed them. Wang Lung looked at this scene, and a burst of warmth suddenly welled up in his heart. ordered his subordinates to rest in place, and led dozens of personal soldiers to ride horses to Li Huayu.

"The eldest prince is willing to take a risk and help a certain family at the end of the road, which is gracious. Wang Lung is toothless and unforgettable! ”

Li Huayu saw that Wang Lung only led dozens of pro-soldiers to come, and when he understood what he meant in his heart, he immediately added a whip and led more than a dozen pro-soldiers to meet him casually. When the two horses and horses intersected, Wang Lung jumped off his horse. To bow down is to give a deep bow.

Li Huayu didn't want to accept his worship, so he dismounted sideways, stepped forward, and bowed to Wang Long. Taking this opportunity, Li Huayu could take a closer look at Wang Lung's changes.

It stands to reason that the days when Wang Lung and the eldest prince were separated were not too long, but this time, Li Huayu found that Wang Long actually added some gray hair to his head, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad. When I first saw Wang Lung that day, Wang Lung was full of the vitality of a young man, and his eyes always flashed with a cunning light, but now, his eyes were full of wind and frost. Although he was wearing an iron helmet on his head, gauze and a trace of blood were faintly revealed on the edge of the iron helmet, which could be seen to be the mark left by Wang Lung after a series of battles. The same is true of the dozens of pro-soldiers behind Wang Lung, although they have undergone some hard retouching and have worked hard to make a hundred times more energetic, but how can they hide their tired expressions, cover their arms, legs, and wounds on their bodies?

However, in Wang Long's eyes, although the eldest prince carefully decorated his appearance, his cheeks were slightly thin, and the dark circles under his eyes could not be concealed, and there were a few silver threads flickering under the golden crown. After a short parting, seeing each other is like being separated for decades, and it is conceivable that both of them have experienced hardships and hard work.

After looking at each other for a while, Wang Lung sighed and said: "I haven't seen each other for more than a year, at the beginning, Wang Lung was also under the command of the eldest prince in Shandong, and his reputation was famous, but today he has fallen into despair to vote, it is really ashamed to see the old man." Li Huayu shook his head and said: "The dragon is still a dragon, even if it has broken claws and broken scales, it is still a dragon!" This Qilu land is your Wang Long's Oriental sea, today the dragon returns to the sea, and he will have a career one day. ”

Wang Lung nodded and said, "I brought the remnants to Shandong, one of them sought refuge under the command of the eldest prince, and the other also had this intention. On that day, there were still people who should be killed but not killed, and the unresolved prison should be decided, I should fulfill my long-cherished wish, and return the eldest prince and Liang Guogong a bright future. ”

Li Huayu also nodded and said: "I also have this intention, you and I will work together to achieve a great cause, and we will definitely be able to create a new world." I have thought about everything in the future, I am ready to imitate the original practice, give you a number of the Dragon Battalion, and then select elite soldiers to supplement your people, I believe that in a few months, the Dragon Camp can crisscross Shandong, invincible. ”

"Since it has been entrusted to the eldest prince, naturally everything is subject to the arrangement of the eldest prince. As for what the Dragon Camp is talking about, in my opinion, it is better to organize all the people and horses according to the headquarters of the eldest prince......"

Without waiting for Wang Lung to express his willingness to reorganize his troops according to the military structure of the Nanyue Army, everyone only felt that the ground under their feet was faintly trembling. In the distance, the rangers kept releasing their handcuffs, and it was obvious that a large group of men and horses were coming! (To be continued.) )