Chen Duzhu's wrinkled face turned to the side and said to the people around him: "Qin Dongyang, Liu Yi, the Ge family brothers, Zhang Huchen, they have all arrived." ”

Xu Yanda said with great interest: "Well, more than 2,000 sailors and soldiers, 6,000 foot soldiers, and more than 500 cavalry, all gathered. ”

Lin Ding smiled and said: "Since the opening of the Eastern Domain in the Zhongshan Palace, there are garrisons everywhere, and this is the first time that all the soldiers have gathered in one place. ”

"There is still one army of guards and two new troops remaining in Qizhou." Chen Duzhu continued: "This is also preparing for the future war. ”

"I'm really waiting for it." Yang Shizhi praised: "Not only the soldiers, but also the various preparations, which are really eye-opening." ”

Many merchants all nodded, with their years of experience and wisdom in business, coupled with the most careful and demanding eyes to review, with the most delicate methods to inspect, it is really impossible to find the slightest fault in the preparation of the Eastern Domain for war this time.

A large number of war horses, miscellaneous horses, mules, donkeys, are taken care of by the soldiers, the whole port is more than ten miles from east to west, less than 20 miles from north to south, all kinds of livestock have exceeded 10,000 heads, and the number is still increasing.

In addition to livestock and a large amount of food, all kinds of ordnance are also piled up, a large number of chariots and horses, snowy shovels, shovels, and all kinds of equipment for building ladders and bridges, of course, there are also all kinds of medicinal materials, spare cloth, and military boots, as well as tents, all kinds of sundries, in addition to a large number of military medical officers also crossed the sea, ready to form a field military hospital for the battlefield.

Coupled with the preparation and planning of the military and political departments, the placement and preferential treatment of the families of soldiers, once a soldier is killed, all kinds of care are taken care of, and even ordinary people will be blushing, if it is not for the exchange of their lives, the treatment of the families of martyrs is really enviable and quite jealous.

This method of preparing for war is also unheard of and unseen for these businessmen in front of them.

Even Chen Duzhu, who claims to be well-informed, has experienced the great war of killing the Liukou when he traveled in the Central Plains, and has experienced the Xiqiang invasion war when he was in Daibei, he is also full of emotion.

"The boat cruising on the river is not simple." Wei Jiuzhen said suddenly: "Recently, there is not a single ship that has been searched and interrogated by Qizhou and going to sea. Those who came from Fuzhou and Xinghua were even more heavily guarded. It is still the case when going to sea, those who can go to the port of Qizhou are all interrogated many times, and only those who are innocent can come up. ”

"There's more to it than that." Lin Ding smiled and said: "Only ships coming and going in the army, servants, and relevant people from our commercial houses can go to the island and enter the port, otherwise, they are not allowed to trespass." Even if you can go to the island and enter the port, if you want to go out again, you have to explain where you are going, and what you are doing, maybe someone from the Military Intelligence Department will follow you and defend all the way...... When it comes to spy work, there are many records throughout the ages, and now it seems that the things that the ancients recorded about spies have become a shallow joke compared with the current Zhongshan Palace, and it is not worth showing. ”

These words caused everyone to nod their heads in agreement, and indeed it was, and it was.

The personnel of the Military Intelligence Department either set up small boats to patrol the sea, or spying on news in Fuzhou and other places to prevent spies from coming to the island.

Not only to prevent the direction of the Liukou, but also to the direction of Fuzhou, the same prevention, everyone has been in the port of Qizhou for a long time, and the various prevention situations and strengths are all in the eyes, and they can see clearly.

This kind of organization and scheduling can only be done by Zhongshan Wangfu.

The rest of the forces are very different.

At this time, the officers and men of the whole army disembarked, lined up neatly, and began to drive in the direction of the barracks.

It is indeed as the businessmen said, after nearly two months of training, the pace of the new army is about the same as that of the old government army, but when it comes to the real performance on the march, the old army is still better than the new government army.

During the march, all the soldiers were expressionless, and when they looked closer, their faces were quite calm and calm, even a little indifferent.

The same is true of the eyes, indifferent, calm, calm, without too much emotion.

This army is like a wriggling snake, and under the calm surface lies a terrifying poison that can kill people!

This is the real elite, a strong soldier composed of immortal veterans.

Not irritable, not overly excited, and certainly not timid.

There are some mood swings, but in the group, the emotions of the individual quickly dissolve and melt into the group.

The guards who hold the sword, the bows and crossbowmen who hold crossbows or bows, and those who wear heavy armor and shield hands, and the bed crossbowmen who purely control the bed crossbow, these old army soldiers have experienced several fierce battles before they have the current demeanor.

Their gestures were not deliberate, but almost all of them raised their feet at the same time and fell at the same time. Their arms swing with the same melodic amplitude, and from a distance, it almost looks like the most beautiful picture in the world.

When they approached the barracks, the flags were unfurled, and all the people stood still, and then they did not make the slightest movement, and the whole army, as if it were made of muddy iron, exuded an aura like a ferocious beast in the wilderness, which made people tremble.

A group of merchants were all intimidated by the momentum of this army, and they did not dare to reply for a while.

More baggage soldiers followed and disembarked, and the supplies, mules, horses, and quartermasters of each capital were carried off the ship by the baggage soldiers.

The supplies of several large ships were not completely vacated, and most of them brought miscellaneous horses and mules and donkeys off the boats, and these livestock were fine for a short ride, but easy to get sick for a long trip, so they had to be taken care of with a lot of energy, so it was better to take them off the ship and settle them.

A lot of tools, food, medicinal herbs, cloth and other military supplies were left directly on the ship.

Qin Dongyang, Liu Yi, Ge family brothers and others were not led to the temporary palace in the port, but were led to the west side of the wharf, Xu Zixian was there, he was wearing a short robe, the hem of the robe was only to the waist, and the bottom of the pants was wrapped in a row, tightened the corners of the trousers, and did not wear boots, but wore a pair of hemp shoes tied with strings.

"I've seen the king."

"I've seen Your Highness."

"I've seen the king."

The rules of Zhongshan Wangfu are not heavy, and Xu Zixian is not a character who oppresses people with a name, it is the same for outsiders, not to mention his own henchmen. So although they haven't seen each other for a long time, many generals did not deliberately set up a queue and salute the marquis seriously, but saluted one after another, and saluted Xu Zixian in a messy manner.

"Everybody's here, it's good." Xu Zixian's face showed a happy look, then looked at the seaside, and said, "The big ships that we can draw in the near future are generally here?" ”

Of course, Liu Yi came to answer, he took a step forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's almost here, and some of them are Penghu civilian boats, thanks to this."

Wei Yanke's strong support for this Penghu order. ”

Liu Yi spoke, and unconsciously it was quite methodical, Xu Zixian smiled slightly, nodded, and said that he understood.

These subordinates are deliberately sought by Xu Zi from the mountains and grasslands, they can emerge one after another within a few years, but they have made a career out of the recklessness, it can be seen that the current situation and luck are beyond ordinary people, as long as a little appropriation, it is like a pearl that has been wiped, radiating the light that it originally had.

"Look at the river and the sea." Xu Zixian looked at the eyes, the original clear water of the Minjiang River to the mouth of the sea, somehow turned into black gray, looked very turbid, and it competed with the blue water, entangled with each other, and when it reached the downstream estuary, the river was wide and black-gray, and then ahead, the turbidity current suddenly disappeared, leaving only the blue sea.

The generals didn't know what Xu Zixian meant, so they had to look blankly at the place where the river and the sea converged.

"If you manage the general trend well, it will be like the vast sea in front of you, no matter if you are violent, the waves are down, just open your mind and let you do it, then the river will finally melt by the sea, this is the general trend!"

When the generals heard this, some people showed a look of understanding on their faces, but most of them did not know the essentials, after all, the king in front of him had just come down from Qishan, and he sighed at the sea and river in front of him, and this thought was a bit difficult to catch up.

Liu Yi arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, but have you gone to see Li Anyuan?" ”

Xu Zixian nodded and said: "The army is about to leave the port and go ashore, the time is not far away, the baggage battalion and the engineer battalion are ready to set off in the early stage, and a large number of military supplies need to be taken from the water. ”

In fact, there is not much shortage of manpower in the port of Qizhou, at least there are more than Wan Minfu and soldiers of the New Army stationed on the island, and there is also a military garrison ready to accompany Jianzhou, these are all ready-made manpower.

However, the boat travels on the river, tracing the river, not brute force can solve the problem of boat operation and fiber pulling, no experience, only brute force, do not know to adapt to the current environment, not only half the effort, but also very likely to damage the hull.

In this battle, except for a small number of officers and men of the naval division who operated the warships to patrol the sea to prevent being attacked by people from the sea, most of the officers and men of the naval division abandoned their ships and went ashore to participate in this battle.

There are more than 100 ships, warships, fortune ships, spirit ships, regardless of official ships and private ships, all of which are on standby in the port.

The entire Zhongshan Palace, because of this war, is like a tightened bow, ready to go, just waiting for Xu Zixian, the person who wields the bow, to spread his fingers at any time.

It was related to water transportation, Liu Yi had to care, and said again: "Li Anyuan agreed?" ”

"Well, yes." Xu Zixian smiled and said, "Before I asked Li Anyuan to meet, Wei Yi had dealt with him in the name of the Qizhou Defense Envoy, and between the words, I already knew a little about his thoughts. When he saw that the military discipline of the Xiang army was corrupted, and that the salary, weapons, money and food of the forbidden army were insufficient, and his morale was low, his heart was already in me. This meeting over the mountain, it is my intention to hide people's eyes and ears, in fact, according to his meaning, he himself wants to take a boat directly to the port of Qizhou. ”

Xu Zixian also laughed dumbly, shook his head and laughed.

Liu Yi didn't feel it: "Li Anyuan, this guy, actually has the same idea as the prince?" ”