On the eighth day of the seventh month, the weather was clear.

Zhao Xingde was very happy to receive a post bag from Luoyang.

He deliberately retreated from the left and right, and opened the pouch uneasily, but when he looked at it, he frowned.

The content of the letter is very simple and very incomprehensible, Zhao Xingde leans on his elbow and thinks hard. The smell of blood wafting from the head of Hanhai City also faded a little, and he saw the row of bare wooden stakes at the head of Hanhai City, and after more than ten days, the public display would be over. The prisoners who had been incorporated into the supplementary camp were practicing under the wooden stakes, and smoke was rising from the makeshift camp, and the figures of the fireheads could be faintly seen.

In all fairness, Zhao Xingde is very reluctant to do cruel things, but there are some things that he can't help but do.

After the screening and trial were completed, except for the most heinous criminals who were assigned to the camp to defend the sea, the other prisoners were organized into forty supplementary battalions.

These captives were first trained by Du Fujiao and the officers of the naval division, and the captives were all sailors who were familiar with the sea manoeuvres, and the content of the drill was mainly various military orders and military laws. When the officers of the detachment are in place, the men are selected from the training camp, at which point the prisoners are again disorganized and regrouped, and the officers who take over are reorganized into new battalions.

While training its own supplementary battalion, the sailor also sent officers to assist the Guangzhou regiment in training and training elite battalions.

Chen Gongju's proposal to train the elite of the state army, there was no resistance from the state school.

This time, the Haikou attacked in a big way, which made the gentry of Guangzhou Mansion feel uneasy and afraid.

Even Zuo Xuezheng and Huang Yuanlong did not disagree, and what they were fighting for was only the position in the New Army.

And Zhao Xingde himself, after making plans and clearly issuing various military orders, had nothing to do.

The intricate arrangements for the reorganization of the Haikou captives were not as troublesome as this letter to his family.

Once Zhou He led his troops to come to the round, it won't be long before he will sail away. In the southwest sea, there is no post post as developed as the Song Kingdom. Some words, some people, but they really can't say it, they can't see it. Even in the face of 100,000 enemy troops, Zhao Xingde was never as anxious as he is now. The most terrifying possibility made him uneasy. "Yes, I'm ashamed." He thought secretly, "Even if there is a one percent possibility, I want to go to you and ask for your forgiveness, but ......"

He muttered, his gaze seeming to penetrate everything in front of him, to see the pale cheeks of infinity beyond.

"Ambition, to save the people, to change the world, to go down in history—these are great things, but today I know that without you, everything is pale and rough. I was wrong...... I thought it was all too simple," he said to himself with a deep remorse on his face, "we were both upset by the parting. When this battle is over, after this battle, I will immediately come to you to make amends, no matter what...... From Basra to Luoyang, if you don't stop fast, you will probably be able to do it for the Chinese New Year next year. Thinking that there was still a long time, Zhao Xingde felt a heartache in his chest.

He looked at the makeshift clearing of the large school yard on the docks and forced himself to turn his attention to the drill.

Some of the new recruits who were trained in the drill wore new uniforms, and some of them still wore clothes like Hanako.

The recruits were all armed with sticks, and the bayonet guns of the fire battalion that were watching from the side glistened in the sunlight.

"Whether it's a recruit or a veteran, many of these people also have families. This voyage, in addition to the sailors of the Great Eclipse, the unpredictable storms on the sea, the unknowable reefs on the bottom of the sea, and countless barbarian earth kings, this test after test, any one of them, is enough to take the lives of countless people. What about their families? Thinking of this, Zhao Xingde shuddered. In the eyes of others, he is an invincible general, but his mentality has always been like walking on thin ice.

"I'll ......, do my best to get them out alive." Zhao Xingde shook his head, putting some bad thoughts out of his mind, and a trace of resoluteness appeared between his eyebrows. "Victory, home, not death, is our end." His eyes were slightly condensed, and he saw a carriage pass through the checkpoint on the dock, approaching the sailor's boat, and a man wearing the official uniform of the Xia State got out of the carriage. Before long, the soldiers came to report, and Li Rui, the envoy of the Xia Kingdom, asked to see him. "Please Li-sama!" Zhao Xingde said busily, a smile appeared on his face.

Classmates and old friends, Dunhuang farewell, after many years, it is also a rare blessing to meet again in Guangnan.

Guangzhou was victorious, Zhao Xingde was safe and sound, the Great Water Division was wiped out, and the envoys of Xia also breathed a sigh of relief.

The deputy envoy Tan Lanxi had nothing to do, but Li Rui had to redraw the chart of the Southwest China Sea for the joint sailors.

Li Rui has been in the Tianji Academy of the Bachelor's Mansion for more than ten years, eating and living in the grottoes under the rooftop. The southwest charts of the Tianji Institute are pieced together with the charts of the Great Food and the Song Kingdom, and there are many errors with the actual situation in the sea area. In the past, the forces of the Xia Kingdom failed to penetrate deep into the ocean, and there were too few base points for observing and repairing the map, but this time Li Rui first interrogated the prisoners of Da Shi and the Southeast Pirates with the officers of the naval division, and first made basic corrections to the errors and omissions of the naval charts.

"With Dragon Pearl Island as the boundary, the sea area to the west is the West China Ocean, and the sea area to the east is the South China Ocean?"

Zhao Xingde looked at the rough southwest sea chart, nodded and said to Li Rui: "Brother Li has a heart." ”

Li Rui smiled slightly. The place name on the southwest sea chart, if it is named Song Guoyang, the Xia State is dissatisfied, if it is called Xia Guoyang, the Song State is dissatisfied. During the Weiyuan period, the Xia Kingdom Tianji Institute set the location of the Dunhuang viewing platform as the zero degree of the meridian, and after the Song State heard the news, it immediately used the color to locate the position of the dragon chair of the Daqing Hall of the Bianliang Imperial Palace at zero degrees of the meridian. It's just that the Song State was not familiar with the western territory, and the maps drawn were all made by modifying the longitude with the maps of the Xia Kingdom, and they were cited as a laughing stock in the Kansai Scholars' Mansion.

If the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, it will not be done. He came and went at his discretion, and named it after the Chinese Ocean, so there was no dispute between the two dynasties. China, as the name suggests, is the central country of the world. All the geographical seas in the world are named after their relative position to China, which is also the basic principle of the Tianji Academy's mapping. Zhao Xingde, who was a native of the Song Dynasty but was an official in the Xia Dynasty, knew it, he raised his head and said with a smile, "In this case, you might as well name the east of Longzhu Island as China Nanyang, and the west of Longzhu Island as China Xiyang." ”

"It's good," Li Rui naturally understood what Zhao Xingde meant, and nodded: "However, it's easy to change your name, and the hard part is later." ”

Li Rui's face was gloomy, and he put himself in Zhao Xingde's shoes and said: "Is it to promote national prestige? Or is it a song of merit? It is not uncommon for maps to open up territory. Can I sit in my real name? Have you thought about it? Although he was immersed in the study of heavenly machines, the foundation he laid when he learned Bianliang Tai was still there. The rules of light and shade of the imperial court yamen, the sophistication of human feelings, and intrigues, even if you don't know, you can guess it. If Zhao Xingde proposes to change the name, and the Combined Fleet cannot maintain control of this sea area, it will be full of words first, and it will only make people laugh for a while.

"Brother Li, don't worry." Zhao Xingde's heart warmed, and he said with a smile, "I have a plan." ”

Regarding the military aircraft, he did not make any unnecessary explanations, and slowly read the southwest sea chart that Li Rui had preliminarily proofread, on which there were a number of red, green, yellow, and black eyes depicting large and small circles. Several dotted lines connect these dots, and it is the route from Guangzhou to Tianzhu, Dashi, and even further to the African countries. The red dot is the stronghold of the South China Sea of the Song Kingdom, the green dot is the stronghold of the Great Food Merchants in the Southwest Sea, the yellow dot is the power of the princes of the Southwest Sea, and the black dot is the power that has been attached to the Xia State, and the most conspicuous one is Longzhu Island. Longzhu Island is thousands of miles away from Yuntun Port, the port of Xia Kingdom, isolated from all forces, choking the most critical strait for the fleet's voyage from the South Sea to the Western Ocean.

"Here," Zhao Xingde pointed to the black dot and asked, "This is the place that Li Yong took." ”

"Exactly." Li Rui nodded.

"It's a big flying corner," Zhao Xingde exclaimed: "This guy really has courage." ”

"Those who come out of the Marquis Mansion like to take risks, although Li Yong's move is ruthless, but he is weak, if there is no backup, he can't stay." Li Rui shook his head and said, "If it weren't for the sailor who would go on an expedition to eat, the Protector Mansion would never have bought this island from Li Yong." He also looked at the black dot and said, "However, Li Yong was temporarily detained by the Turkic princes. Now it is his right-hand man Liu Zhiyuan who is staying on Dragon Ball Island. is also a talent who can write and martial arts. ”

While reviewing the charts, Zhao Xingde casually asked some questions, and Li Rui explained them to him in detail.

When Zhao Xingde looked down at the picture, Li Rui drank tea casually and occasionally looked at the scenery outside the window.

Seeing a row of first-class wooden stakes standing at the head of Hanhai City, Li Rui's brows furrowed slightly, and she looked away, and suddenly landed on the post bag next to the bookcase, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned. The seal of the mouth of this post bag is newly opened, and it is the system issued by the Baoyi Marquis Mansion in Luoyang at first sight. In addition to Li Ruoxue, Zhao Xingde has no other family in Luoyang, and Zhao Xingde's family affairs are not secret, Zhao Xingde married another princess, Li Ruoxue returned to Luoyang in a rage, and the two made a fuss, and they are widely known in Kanto and Kansai.

Li Rui and Zhao Xingde are both old acquaintances, and they are very happy to see that this matter seems to have taken a turn for the better.

"Is this Mrs. Sister-in-law's Feihong biography?"

"The cabin is shabby," Zhao Xingde nodded, "I'm smiling." ”

According to the rules of the South China Sea Naval Division, officers and men can go ashore to play when they are berthed in the port, but they are not allowed to spend the night on the shore. Even if a warship is anchored at its home port for a long time, it can only stay on the warship without taking leave. After this military law was established, the old men of the sailors in various places couldn't help but complain, but Zhao Xingde, Zhou He and other generals did it themselves, so they could implement it. Due to the cramped space on the ship, Zhao Xingde's handling of company affairs was carried out in this cabin. Before Li Rui came to visit, he had just read Luoyang's letter, and he didn't have time to return it, so he put it on the table casually, if it was a spacious mansion on the shore, it would naturally not be seen by the guests.

"It's good that Master Li wants to open it," Li Rui arched his hand, "Congratulations." ”

Zhao Xingde shook his head with a wry smile, and didn't say anything, only sighed slightly.