The major armies were scattered in the hometown of the Song State to suppress bandits, and several regular armies supported by the strength of one country naturally had no problem dealing with these rout bandits, and now the chaos in the north has been basically cleared.

Now the Ministry of Defense is focusing 80 percent of its attention on the Jin Kingdom on the north bank of the Yellow River, while the ambitious Western Xia Kingdom and the Zhenla Empire, which is in the midst of civil strife in the south, pose less threat to the Empire.

It was an important thing to build a relatively strong fortress in the Yellow River valley to protect against the iron cavalry of the Jin soldiers, but when it came to the Yellow River, everyone had a headache.

Since ancient times, soldiers have known that the Yangtze River is a natural hazard, so there are many important defense towns along the Yangtze River, but few people build defensive bases near the Yellow River Valley.

First of all, because the Yellow River freezes in winter, no matter how many strong fortresses you build, the enemy, especially the extremely mobile cavalry unit of the Jin State, can completely pass through the gaps in the defense and attack the hinterland of the country.

The second is that the Yellow River is not stable, and the Yellow River is known for its "good silting, good decision, and good migration".

According to the statistics of later generations, in the past few thousand years in China, the Yellow River burst and flooded more than 500 times, and there were as many as 26 major diversions.

Every time the Yellow River is diverted, it is not a few miles, but dozens of miles, hundreds of miles of large-scale diversion, it can be said that every dynasty in China is constantly fighting against this mother river.

Regarding the defense of the northern front, because of the instability of the Yellow River, we can only think of other sides, and now the temporary battalion under my subordinates can only continue to maintain.

After Ruda reported on the general military situation of the empire, Ashur, one of the cabinet ministers, was preparing to go out to play domestic affairs, and Zong Ze, who did not want to be in charge of transportation and water conservancy construction, stood up first.

As a vassal of the Song State, Zong Ze did not have a good time at the beginning, because he had to bear pressure from both the old ministers of the empire and the people of the Song State.

Fortunately, Tyrion and other cabinet ministers were able to do their jobs, stabilize social order, and distribute various materials and food in a timely manner, which appeased the people of Song in time.

After Zong Ze became the Minister of Communications, he was also an important member of the cabinet, but he did not stay in Changsha, the imperial capital, but took his subordinate officials to travel on the front line of construction in the Song Realm for a long time.

The further south the current Chinese Empire is, the better the infrastructure construction is, because during the Zhennan period, Li Nan ordered all prisoners of war and slaves to cultivate the road in order to transport troops and food supplies.

To put it in a good way, there are now cement roads connecting towns and cities in Lingnan, and even narrower cement roads have been built between villages.

Looking north from the Yangtze River, the situation is different, the official road of the Song Kingdom is a solid loess road, usually it is okay, if it rains, it is a muddy swamp, and the traffic is very backward.

Today's Jiangbei region of the empire is in ruins, and the people are still in the problem of food and clothing that needs to be solved urgently, so there are many unique conditions for building roads.

For example, there is no need to worry about the source of workers, and thousands of people who want to work to support their families are vying to earn food, clothing, and money.

For example, you don't have to worry about which field is occupied when building roads, because according to the laws of the empire, the ownership of all land in the empire is owned by the state, and all the people have is the right to use.

With the strong input of the empire, Zong Ze really lived up to Li Nan's trust in him, and soon researched a project plan of 'building a hundred roads together'.

As the name suggests, the main meaning of this plan is to take Tokyo, Yingtianfu, Xuzhou, and Yingchang as the center, radiating to the southeast, northwest, and four directions, with a total of 117 roads starting construction at the same time.

In this way, although it will bring some trouble to transportation in various places for the time being, as long as all roads are built, these cities can be quickly connected with the counties and villages below.

Zong Ze led the people to build roads and bridges everywhere, and many times they would come to the wilderness, and the war between the Song, Jin and the empire stopped for a short time, so there were many bandits and routs among the people, which required the help of the military.

When Zong Ze sent a warning message for help near Xiangzhou, the closest to this place happened to be Spartacus, the commander of the First Legion after being reduced to zero, and the hundreds of personal soldiers he led.

After Spartacus led his troops to arrive as fast as he could, he saw a group of remnants of the Song State who were blocking the construction of the road.

The number of this group of Song soldiers was small, only more than 300 people, and Spartacus, who had fought many battles with them, knew the fighting quality of the Song soldiers very well, and immediately led the army to rush over without care.

I don't know if I don't fight, but after the fight, it really scared Spartacus.

This group of Song soldiers was as weak as he had encountered before, but what surprised him was the main general of the other party.

You must know that Spartacus, the gladiator champion, has fought in the north and south since he came here from the Roman world with Li Nan, and has also encountered countless enemy generals, but there are not many people who can resist him in the battle array.

And now the young general in the Song Army's rout is not only amazingly archery, but also has a spear in his hand, which is also very exquisite, and it is indistinguishable from Spartacus.

Spartacus, who was a little surprised, forced the other party to retreat and stopped to watch, only to see that this young general was in his twenties, with a white face, big ears and a round face, wearing the shabby armor of the Song Army, with pointed boots on his feet, and a pair of iron shovels hanging on the saddle.

At this time, more than 300 Song troops were defeated, and all the stubborn resistance had been wiped out by the imperial soldiers equipped with muskets, and the remaining more than 200 people had all surrendered on their knees, leaving only one enemy general.

Spartacus saw that the soldiers under his command pointed a gun at this young general, and hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, and he also had a heart of love for talent, but unfortunately he was not good at words, so he had to order someone to invite Zong Ze to come, intending to recruit this young general.

As the so-called art industry has a specialization, Spartacus is a good hand at marching and fighting, but if you want to play with language, it is the civil officials trained by the Song State who are better at it.

Zong Ze's mouth is like a river, and he is reasonable

After some recounting, Zong Ze finally said that he moved this young general, and this time he returned to Beijing to participate in the court meeting, and the two also brought him back to Changsha, the imperial capital.

At this moment, at the Jinluan Palace, Zong Ze came out of the class to recommend this rare talent.

After listening to Zong Ze's words, Li Nan, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was also curious, and asked Spartacus, who was standing respectfully in the hall, "This son can actually tie with you?" ”

Spartacus was honest and replied directly: "Your Majesty, it is true! ”

Everyone came out of the gladiatorial training ground, and Li Nan naturally knew Spartacus's skills, and immediately said, "Oh? Then I am really a little interested, so let's announce this young general with strong martial arts. ”

After a while, a green-robed young general came to the front of the hall, looked up at Li Nanhou on the dragon chair, knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said loudly: "Yue Fei, the former commander of the Pingding Army on Hedong Road of the Song Kingdom, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire!" ”

Hearing that the other party reported his name, Li Nan, who has always been very calm, couldn't help but exclaim: "What? Your name is Yue Fei! ”