"On the twenty-fifth day of August, the headquarters could not overcome the Shangshan crossing and retreated."

"The Tang army pursued at the end of the ranks, and Zhao Wu led an ambush army of 300 guards, broke the enemy by 200, and the enemy retreated."

"Yes, our army lost 296 sergeants, the Tang army lost more than 400, and the wounded are not counted."

In the Shang study's room, the little eunuch read the Jiangzhou military newspaper, and peeked at Su Lu in a worried tone.

Although Jiangzhou was not defeated this time, it did not win the Tang army, according to the invincible temperament of the prince, I am afraid that I have to clean up Zhao Wu well, in case the prince is angry, he will be angry with himself.

That's bad luck to grandma's house.

Among the officers of the military department sitting on the side, Dong Cheng was the first to get up

"Lord Wang, although the Jiangzhou army failed to overcome the Shangshan Pass, it still blocked the Tang army from entering our Han Kingdom, although it was, but it was not big."

Zhao Pu also got up and said

"I intend to urge Zhao Dudu to continue to march, Keri to break the Gaoyang Department, if there is any difficulty, the military department can send a team of birds to help."

Xiao Cong, the white-headed old general, jumped up

"No, the flying bird is a sharp weapon of our army, and we have to dispatch to deal with the Tang army, how our army can deal with the Taixi people, how to deal with the Interns, it's not appropriate, it's not appropriate."

Zhao Pu argued with reason, "Our army can't win the Tang army, what else do we need to deal with the Taixi people, if we can't defeat the Tang army, we can't keep our own family, and what is the future." ”

"It's serious, Zhao Shilang."

Next to him, Zhou Ping opened his mouth and stopped Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu came to his senses when he heard this, he was a little too much, the court is not without available generals, Li Kun, Wang Si, Hua Xun, just the other three generals of the four generals of Zhongxing, as long as one can be transferred over, Gao Yang can cry and call his mother.

Not to mention the civil and military gods, the undefeated four armies, the imperial court is now focusing on recuperation and recuperation, recovering the damage caused to the country by years of war, it is not that it cannot fight.

"I lost my words, Lord Wang, but after all, the Tang Kingdom is the great enemy of our country, and we can't take it lightly."

Su Lu put away his pen and looked at the ministers in the study.

"Gao Yang is not invincible, if I think, all of you here, just send one forward, you can naturally defeat him Gao Yang, but what's the point of doing this?"

"Everyone knows that in the past few years, in addition to Rouran, there is still a little rebellion, and there is basically no place for us to use soldiers in our country, if the army does not experience training and does not go through the war situation, it will be difficult to be of great use after all."

"I intend to take the Tang State as a whetstone, at the Shangshan Pass, continuously dispatch all the armies, replace training with actual combat, maintain the combat effectiveness of the armies, and if the war resumes in the future, my country will have available soldiers and soldiers who are good at fighting."

"Let the land of Shangshan become the whetstone of our army."

Zhou Ping nodded again and again

"The prince thinks about the long-term, and my generation can't do it. But Lord Wang, this transfer of the guards is a troublesome matter, it can't be completed in ten days and a half months, and it will cost you a lot of money, will there be some gains that outweigh the losses? ”

Su Lu laughed when he heard this, and ordered Lu Zhan to unfold the defense map, pointing to a curved line that had just been drawn on it

"Look here, do you know what this is?"

Xiao Cong was the first to jump

"It's that stone track line, last time I accompanied my old lady back to Jiangzhou Zongmen, I saw this stone track along the way, and it was almost paved to Wangjiang."

As he spoke, the old man raised his foot and complained

"Lord Wang, your stone track is really difficult to walk, I went to Jiangzhou and wore out two pairs of boots."

Su Lu glanced at Xiao Cong, "This stone track is not for people to walk, it is for cars." ”

Xiao Cong waved his hand again and again, "Don't mention the prince, in order to respond to you, the prince, I specially ordered the coachman to take the stone track, isn't it a carriage, I will take the carriage, and before I leave the southern suburbs of the capital, I broke the horse's leg." ”

Su Lu's face darkened, "That's the road for the wooden wheeled car, not for your carriage, the stone rail sleepers are staggered, and you are still a general who has led the army, so you can't see the real purpose of this stone track." ”

"That's it, when the stone track is laid and the first wooden wheel car is launched, I invite you, General Xiao, to take a ride in person."

Zhao Pu asked beside him, "Lord Wang, if you take this stone track, how long will it take to travel from our capital to Jiangzhou?" ”

"About a day and a night."

Sulu replied.

Next to him, Dong Cheng said in surprise, "One day and one night, that is two days, rushing during the day, it only takes two days from the capital to Jiangzhou, this is really too fast." Lord Wang, our Xuanfu and Diaoyin also have to pass the stone track, no, it is best to go to Hanshui City, so that it is also convenient for us to mobilize troops to suppress Tulle. ”

Su Lu squinted his eyes, "It's not two days, it's one day and one night, and the wooden wheel can run at night." ”

Zhou Ping looked puzzled, "But I can't see my five fingers at night, I'm afraid something will happen, right?" ”

Su Lu waved his hand to stop a few people from continuing to ask, "You'll know when it's built, don't talk about this now, the Shangshan battle we discussed, the Shangshan crossing of the Gaoyangtun army of the Tang Kingdom, although Zhao Wu was defeated, the results of the battle are still okay, let him continue to defend Shangshan." ”

The generals had no opinion, but they began to quarrel again about the transfer of troops.

The metropolitan governors of the four major battalions in the capital all asked their own families to go first, after all, the troops in the capital were the least exposed to the war, and the strength of the sergeants of the four major battalions in the capital declined the fastest.

Behind it are the armies of various states, and Xitingtun has the most troops, and it is also the army that has not experienced the most wars, and it has not experienced wars for more than three years.

The military headquarters quarreled with the governors of the four battalions again.

Su Lu patted his head, which was almost big, and ordered the little eunuch standing next to the imperial case.

"Go, let's see if there are any new folds outside the Shang's study, and if there is, bring them in, and while they are arguing, I can deal with more political affairs."

The little eunuch slipped away, and after a while, he came in with a new fold and put it on top of the imperial case.

"Lord Wang, Lord Dani of the Ordnance Mansion is waiting outside, saying that the warship has eyebrows, and the officials of the Warship Division have drawn a size drawing, please take a look."

Su Lu nodded and instructed him to bring Dani in.

Dani came in with a bunch of albums in her arms and saluted Su Lu.

"The minister has seen the prince, this is the atlas sent by the warship division, they have completed the exploration of the shape of the warship, and want to ask the prince to correct the axe."

In the study, all the military officials and generals looked at Dani, and the warships had eyebrows, so didn't it mean that in a few years, the country should have warships to fight against the Intex, instead of relying on the Luojiang Sailors to fight on the small river.

Su Lu took the album and asked while flipping through it

"Can you start work? Now is the right time to start building on the Wangjiang side, and the shipwrights do not have to worry about the water cold, and they can get on and off the ship at any time. ”

Dani shook her head

"Although the people of the Lu family have some skills, the ship is too big, and they are not sure that they will be able to do it, but they are just groping their way forward."

After reading the album, Su Lu took the pen and drew a few symbols casually, and handed them back to Dani.

"The sails and the shape are still okay, maybe the proportions are a little wrong, but it's not a big problem. One thing that needs to be improved, I made a sketch that with this new structure, the ship can be fast. ”

"How's it going to be a battleship?"

Zhou Ping asked next to him, he was the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he had also read the documents of the War Ship Division, and the first thing he thought about was the comparison of combat power.