From the north to the east, the climate is gradually getting warmer, although it has been a whole month, Meng Changan's legs are naturally not good, or because of the sudden warmth, the wound is a little itchy, or maybe it is the magic effect of Mr. Chu's medicine, and the recovery speed is much faster than normal.

After entering the high channel, follow the landing road to the southeast, the folk customs of the high channel make Meng Changan like it very much, the pace of life here is much slower than that of Chang'an City, the climate is moderate, the rain is abundant, so that the high channel becomes the grain production place in the east of Xinjiang, the people in this place live comfortably, because they are comfortable, so they are also kind to others, not like the north where everyone has a bit of anger.

The Dongjiang sword battalion is in Chaoyang City, and the Dongfu arsenal is in Yaoyue City, and the distance between the two places is two hundred miles.

Maybe I'm really afraid of the general of Dongjiang, so put the arsenal of Dongfu a little farther away, so as not to be scolded and angry all day long, that general scolds people It doesn't matter who you are, anyway, no one is bigger than him in Dongjiang.

Fang Jingshan, the deputy director of the Dongfu Arsenal, was scolded and cried by Pei Tingshan when he first arrived, but no one would laugh at him, after all, he was so insulted by Pei Tingshan pointing at his nose, he couldn't be moved, but he was afraid that no one would be able to do it, this was actually quite polite, how many magistrates had been beaten by Pei Tingshan's order? There was once a county order, and Pei Tingshan asked his soldiers to whip him twenty times, and he almost died.

Later, Fang Jingshan was promoted to the seat of the Dongfu Arsenal, and Pei Tingshan was polite to him, but the past was vivid, and the relationship between the two was average.

After Fang Jingshan was the seat, Pei Tingshan sent someone to send a congratulatory gift to show the intention of repair, but Fang Jingshan really didn't want to deal with him more, how many congratulatory gifts were sent, he added an extra gift and sent someone back, since then Pei Tingshan seems to understand that he has a grudge, although the high position of the prince of the country is comparable to the emperor of the soil, but the Dongfu arsenal does not belong directly to him, and he has nothing to do, he has not yet dared to draw the whip of the arsenal.

There was a period of time when the officials of Eastern Xinjiang participated in Fang Jingshan's performance of the snow flakes generally flew to Chang'an City, at most the cabinet could receive twenty or thirty copies a day, all those local officials looked at Pei Tingshan's face to do things, but the people did not participate in the performance, half a year later, because of the meritorious training, His Majesty also added Fang Jingshan's knight, although it is only a first-class uncle, naturally far inferior to the Duke of Guo, but the Duke of the State can not directly come to the door to beat him, His Majesty's attitude is clear, and he never handed it over.

Yaoyue City is in the northwest of Chaoyang City, Meng Changan will inevitably pass by Yaoyue City if he wants to go to Chaoyang City, and he didn't plan to enter the city, but when he was still thirty miles away from Yaoyue City, Fang Jingshan sent people to wait at the post station and directly invited people to the city.

Even many people in Daning still don't understand the specific functions of the Sijiang arsenal, and most people think that the training of the Sijiang arsenal is for the generals of the four frontiers, but in fact, the 20 guards of Daning, the border armies in various places, the elite under the command of the generals of the four frontiers, and even the captains and coaches of the soldiers in various places are all sent out by the Sijiang arsenal.

The strongest of them were naturally jumped away by the generals of the four frontiers, and the vast majority of the remaining soldiers participated in the selection after five years of training, and those who passed were selected and sent to the soldiers and border armies in various places, and those with poor results were arranged to train among the soldiers in various counties and towns.

Daning soldiers, ordinary soldiers will be rotated in five years, basically a guard soldier will be arranged to go home when the soldier is replaced, these people will also be properly resettled after returning to the locality, every five years, veterans lead new soldiers, Daning's soldiers will always be able to maintain the most powerful combat effectiveness.

The children selected from all over the country enter the Sijiang arsenal to participate in training at the age of twelve or thirteen, and the elimination rate is extremely high, and every five years there will be boys of the right age to be sent in for selection, and at least half of them will be eliminated home after about a month.

The scale of the arsenal in eastern Xinjiang ranks third among the arsenals of the four frontiers, the first is northern Xinjiang, the second is western Xinjiang, and the smallest arsenal is southern Xinjiang.

Fang Jingshan is a middle-aged man who looks a little bookish, or because he has been working hard all year round and has not practiced for a long time, his stomach has stood up.

His people breathed a sigh of relief after Meng Chang'an, His Majesty's will, Meng Chang'an stayed in Yaoyue City before Shen Leng arrived in Chaoyang City, he was afraid that he would lose Meng Chang'an, who didn't know how heavy Meng Chang'an's weight was?

"I have wronged General Meng."

The arsenal seat is a positive third grade, half a level higher than Meng Changan, but Meng Changan was made a marquis, and his rank is higher than Fang Jingshan, so he is more polite.

"There's Lord Laus."

Meng Changan returned the salute with a fist.

"The accommodation has been arranged for the general."

Fang Jingshan personally came over to help Meng Changan move forward, Meng Changan was not easy to refuse, the two walked side by side, Fang Jingshan smiled and said: "Your Majesty sent someone to send two wills before and after, it can be seen that Your Majesty cares about the general, Your Majesty said to let the general live in this Yaoyue City for ten days and half a month, if nothing else, General Shen's sailor will also arrive in mid-July, there are people watching there at all times, as long as there is news that General Shen is about to arrive, it will be sent over immediately, and I will arrange for a carriage and horse to send General Meng to Chaoyang City." ”

"Where is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is already in Chaoyang City."

Fang Jingshan said: "I heard that after His Majesty arrived, he went to the East Bay with General Pei, there is a Dinghai Mountain over there, and there is a border city to worship the general platform at the mountain pass, standing on the top of the mountain and looking into the distance, it is said that you can see the Bohai Sea on the other side of the sea, but it is all nonsense, hundreds of miles apart, the sea is changing, how can you see it." ”

Fang Jingshan said: "Your Majesty asked General Meng to come, does General Meng know what is going on?" ”

"I don't know yet."

"I've heard a little bit about it."

Fang Jingshan said as he walked: "The Bohai Kingdom is my Daning's henchmen, if the future against the black warriors, the Bohai Kingdom will inevitably send troops to contain my northern expeditionary army, although the Bohai Kingdom is poor, but those barbarians fight and don't want to die, one by one like madmen, the poorer the place, the more fierce, and those mediocre people of the Bohai Kingdom actually think that the King of Bohai is a god, and the worship is incomparable. ”

Meng Chang'an said in his heart, what does this have to do with me?

"Your Majesty means, probably ......"

Fang Jingshan looked at Meng Chang'an's face: "Maybe Your Majesty will hand over the Baishan Pass to you, the general." ”

Meng Changan's heart shook suddenly.

Baishan Pass is the only entrance for the Bohai State army to attack Daning, the mountain pass is steep, and now the city pass is guarded by Yan Kaisong, one of the eight sword generals under Pei Tingshan, if the Baishan Pass is strong and unbroken, those beast-like poor soldiers of the Bohai State can only rush to the aid from the side of the Heiwu State, but if you do that, you will not be able to contain Daning, face the enemy, who are the soldiers of the Daning border army afraid of?

"General Pei is only afraid that he will feel a little uncomfortable in his heart."

Fang Jingshan glanced at Meng Changan's face again: "If you go to Baishan Pass, the soldiers and horses under Yan Kaisong's command will have to be handed over to the general." ”

"No, it won't."

Meng Changan pondered for a moment: "Before I came, the general just ordered me to garrison Hanhai City, how could I go to Baishan Pass again?" ”

Fang Jingshan shook his head slightly: "I just heard about it, and I'm not sure." ”

Meng Changan suddenly thought, if this is the case, then why the general will give him half of the twelve guns will be explained, the twelve guns will be the most powerful subordinate of the general Tie Liuli, is his arm, Tie Liuli once said, if the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry is a carriage, the twelve guns will be the wheel, it can be seen that it attaches great importance to it.

said that it was to protect his safety, but wouldn't it be too much to divide it into six?

I remembered that before leaving, the general said, "You don't have personal soldiers, so I will give you one hundred and twenty of my personal soldiers."

Meng Chang'an's heart was churning, if His Majesty really ordered him to take over Baishan Pass, Pei Tingshan's heart to kill him would be even heavier, this is that His Majesty has made his attitude clear, Shen Leng has already led an army as the commander of the patrol sea division, responsible for transporting supplies for His Majesty's Northern Expedition, Pei Tingshan dares to move? That was His Majesty's attitude.

If he goes to Baishan Pass, His Majesty will be equivalent to handing over the Northern Expedition army and even His Majesty's own back to Meng Changan, and Pei Tingshan dares to move? This is also the attitude of His Majesty.

With Meng Changan blocking the Bohai people, and Shen Leng in charge of logistics support, His Majesty is at ease.

But what about Pei Tingshan?

Meng Changan's mind kept turning, if Pei Tingshan was bound to be resentful in this way, it was His Majesty who made it clear that he didn't trust him, and the position of the sword soldier became awkward.

Pei Tingshan's temperament, how can he endure it?

Before His Majesty came to Dongjiang, some people were worried that Pei Tingshan might be disobedient, if this is the case, he went to guard Baishan Pass, didn't he force Pei Tingshan to lean on the queen's side? Once Pei Tingshan made any impulsive moves, the crown prince would be justified in Chang'an City.

Meng Changan thought of this, and was in a cold sweat.

"I want to see Your Majesty."

"The general can't see it."

Fang Jingshan said: "Your Majesty is now in the East Bay, at least three hundred miles away from Chaoyang City, I don't know when I will go back, if the general goes to Chaoyang City first and waits, if there is any accident, I can't afford it, Your Majesty's will to me is to keep the general in Yaoyue City until Your Majesty summons you, General Shen arrives, Your Majesty will summon you two, I guess, if Your Majesty has any arrangements, it will be clear at that time." ”

Meng Changan only felt unstable in his heart, if something happened to the eastern Xinjiang, let alone the Northern Expedition, even Daning would become turbulent.

At the same time, the East Bay pays homage to Jiangtai.

Baijiangtai is a border city, the scale is naturally not as big as Chaoyang City, but the location is also important, the emperor stood on the wall of Baijiangtai and overlooked the East China Sea, and looked back at Pei Tingshan who was standing behind him with a big grin, everyone, except Pei Tingshan with a knife, that was the honor that His Majesty gave him at the beginning, but he should be conscious, Your Majesty allowed you to bring a knife, you really bring a knife?

"The Bohai people are over there."

The emperor was silent for a moment: "Baishan Pass is Yan Kaisong now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's him."

Pei Tingshan looked a little meaningful: "The minister single-handedly cultivates and promotes the people, which is very useful." ”

"Do you use it well?"

The Emperor asked suddenly.

"It's natural and easy, otherwise I wouldn't have put him in such an important position."

"Since you can use it easily and easily, you should keep it by your side."

The emperor said in a flat tone: "Transfer back, serve by your side." ”

Pei Tingshan's face turned pale: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" ”

"I've thought about it for a long time, it's better to let Meng Changan go to Baishan Pass, your right-hand men will all return to you, if the northern frontier uses you, you can take these right-hand men you have cultivated to work for me."

Pei Tingshan's hand clenched the handle of the knife violently, and the green tendons on the back of his hand were exposed.

Wei Lan, the commander of the Ouchi guards standing beside the emperor, also clenched the hilt of his sword, his eyes slightly dark.