Near Jiangning Mansion, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, here is the end point of the Dongning Railway, in the Dinghai Navy's technology has not yet innovated, on the Yangtze River, when building a large railway bridge, the railway on the Yangtze River is not through, can only rely on ferries to pass.

In the past three years, in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, railways have blossomed everywhere, but most of them are built north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River.

The dense network of various rivers in the south of the Yangtze River makes the construction of the railway very difficult, and similarly, there are no dense cities in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is enough to rely on water transportation.

As the terminal station of the railway, coupled with the connection between Jiangning and Bianliang, and even the connection between the entire Jiangnan and Bianliang, all need to come here, so this ferry terminal is quite busy, with a daily throughput of more than tens of thousands of people.

On this day, as usual, busy, on the south bank, countless passengers are waiting for the ferry, because the railway is a fixed point of operation, so if you want to take the train, you will take the ferry here for a period of time, go to the north bank, there will be an accident in the middle, so an hour in advance, it is relatively normal.

In the distance, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, this official road from Jiangning, built with the cement of the Dinghai Navy, quite smooth, because it is a major road connecting the inside and outside, so it is relatively busy, and few people are galloping in it.

Just the passengers who heard the voice, thinking that it was a gentleman who had not seen the world and trampled on the rules, the administrator here, but no matter what background you have, for the safety of the railway and ferry, it is not impossible to go to jail directly.

But when I looked back, I saw a knight with a yellow backpack and a military uniform, frantically urging the horse, and his body was full of dust, obviously coming from a long distance.

Whether it is the clothing or the logo specifications carried on the body, some people who understand a little know that this is a rare thousand-mile rush in the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

Generally speaking, in the system of transmitting information, it is necessary to use more than 600 miles to expedit, generally 400 miles is enough, more than 800 miles, it is an important thing, as for thousands of miles, it is even less, under normal circumstances, it must be a fatal event, otherwise such an expedited will not be used.

War, civil unrest, or something else, some people who understand, a shadow sprouted in their hearts, in the past 4 years, the Northern Song Dynasty can be said to be soaring, recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, and realizing the feats that Taizu Taizong and Zhenzong have not realized.

The Western Xia perished, the Liao State retreated, as long as a little preparation, the Northern Song Dynasty will definitely be able to regain its strength, and even because of the increase in income and various resources, even the poor and those fleeing the famine are less.

The Northern Song Dynasty had other ways to increase the income of the people, and the people were not only farming to maintain their lives, coupled with high-yield fertilizers and farming methods, which were imperceptibly changing the environment of the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

In the past, there were occasional civil unrest, but now they have disappeared, even if there are some careerists who want to take advantage of these opportunities to do something higher, no one follows, one or two, or a group of people, for the Northern Song Dynasty, it can be easily eliminated.

At such a time, there is a war, what is the place, depending on the direction, it is the south, and what is in the south.

Some people who are familiar with officialdom, or simply officials, watched Qianli rush over, thinking silently in their hearts, and the knight who rushed Qianli rushed into the dock, immediately took out a red token, and rushed into the dock management office.

The officials of the management office were taken aback when they saw this, the thousand-mile rush was already considered very urgent, and this token proved that it was a signal of war, and this was a solicitation that only the envoy had the right to issue, and it could not be used easily, which meant that this place was out of control, and even one could fall into danger.

He couldn't ask where it was, all he could do was arrange the boats, and of course the quickest.

On the Yangtze River, ferries are divided into several simple types, for example, ordinary, which can pass 300 people at a time, 150 people, or even about 80 people, these are different in size and speed.

But here, there is also an extremely fast speed, which was purchased from the Dinghai Navy, using a large number of mechanical transmission devices, with the help of this device, the strength of 40 people can be used together, with the surface of the Yangtze River, at most 15 minutes can be passed.

While arranging the ships, a rattling arrow was fired into the sky, and then through the signal flag, some simple arrangements were ordered.

In the opposite station, there was a train that was supposed to start immediately, stopped, made full preparations before departure, waited for this knight, and after crossing the Yangtze River, immediately got on the train.

If it is said that before, the thousand-mile rush was already the fastest in the entire Northern Song Dynasty, but after the train completed construction, the train was the fastest.

Thousands of miles of urgency, the requirements for the knight are very high, or the horse is not replaced, or the horse is replaced, the former is too high for the knight, a thousands of miles of urgency run down, the knight will be abolished, and even there is a problem that the letter can not be sent, the latter, there may be a problem, there are not many trustworthy people, if you change people, in case something goes wrong, then who will bear this responsibility.

The train is different, the speed is faster, on the railway, more horses, itself is more open, saving a lot of unnecessary distance, at the same time, sitting on it, it is also relatively comfortable, under the ultra-high speed and day and night, this speed may not be faster than 1000 miles faster.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the fast ferry crossed the Yangtze River, and the fast horse was immediately snatched out, introduced into the carriage, escorted all the way, and it did not take long to get on the special carriage, and then the train moved forward quickly.

The knight relaxed after the train started and accelerated gradually, but his hands could not help shaking.

His name is Sun Xiuqing, and he is a defense envoy of Guangnan Road, subordinate to the direct jurisdiction of Guangnan Road, and to put it bluntly, he is the defender of Guangzhou.

But just half a month ago, Guangnan Road was suddenly attacked by Yi Zhigao, and the mighty army rushed to Guangnan Road, burning and looting all the way, and Guangnan Road, which was not prepared at all, suffered heavy losses.

On the premise of losing several battles, Guangnan Road began to retreat, mainly defending Guangzhou City, while he and the other two defenders respectively went inland to ask for help through the thousand-mile expedited system.

The soldiers were divided into three routes, one went to Hangzhou, where is the largest city in the entire Jiangnan except Jiangning, and there are also forbidden troops stationed, and he came to Jiangning, and after passing the information through the post station, he immediately went north and went to Bianliang to report directly.

On the other hand, it passes through Jingzhou, where it seems to be closer, but there is no railway, and there is only a railway when you enter Henan Road.

To tell the truth, the south has been peaceful for a long time, and Guangnan Road is a place where birds don't, where the officials go, most of them are similar to distribution, where the hot climate is harsh, and there are some mountain people, but no one thought that Yizhigao would be so powerful, and even mobilized more than 50,000 people, which is far beyond the capacity of Guangnan Road.

In the early days, because of the light enemy, he and a few defense envoys, regimental training envoys, also personally went into battle, if it was equipped, they still had the upper hand, but the other side had too many people, a little bit of the upper hand, was overwhelmed by the opponent's sea of people, it was simply unbearable.

Now, he set off 5 days ago, from Guangzhou to Jiangning, almost 3,000 miles, he walked for a total of 5 days, almost day and night, but he was afraid that he would not run fast enough, because the crisis in Guangnan is too great, and Guangzhou City may not be able to hold for a long time.

Train, once 2 years ago, when he returned to his hometown to visit relatives, he sit, the speed was very fast, from Jiangning to Bianliang, it was only 2 days, calculated, 7 days to arrive in Bianliang, everything should be in time, as long as Hangzhou, Jiangning, Jingzhou are sent troops, at least it can be delayed.

In the shaking of the train, Sun Xiuqing slowly fell asleep, 5 days, although it is not that he did not sleep, but he has not slept steadily, in such a fast-moving train, he is more down-to-earth.

When he woke up, Sun Xiuqing found that in his carriage, there was one more person, looking at the grade, at least a civil official above the 3rd grade, he was taken aback and hurriedly saluted.

"I'm Fubi!" The civil official on the other side said his identity straight to the point, Sun Xiuqing was taken aback, this is the deputy envoy of the privy council, and it is also the existence of the privy council now second only to the privy envoy, and hurriedly saluted.

Fu Bi didn't care about being polite, and asked directly what happened on Guangnan Road and what the situation is now.

Fu Bi happened to go to the vicinity of Jiangning on a business trip, and he also took this car back, and when he stopped at that time, he aroused his suspicions, and later saw that Qianli was coming in a hurry, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he had the responsibility to ask about these military-related things, and he was also puzzled, who dared to provoke.

Sun Xiuqing is also a clear one, didn't say anything, clearly said everything that happened in Guangnan, in fact, there is nothing complicated, Yizhigao used 100,000 troops, and suddenly attacked Guangnan, first in Guangxi, and then with several cities in Guangxi as a springboard, jumped over directly, and when he shook a shot, thinking that he was going to attack Kunlun Pass, he directly entered Guangdong, and it took a few days to cross the defense line and face Guangzhou City.

When Sun Xiuqing was sleeping, Fu Bi had already learned some about the situation, knowing that Sun Xiuqing was from Guangnan, and he also had some inferences about what had happened in his heart, maybe the natives and mountain people had gone down the mountain, whether there was persecution, or something else, but a border leader suddenly made a rebellion, or it was beyond his expectations.

It seems that in the past years, similar things have happened from time to time, for example, Yuan Hao established Western Xia, his foundation started from Yuan Hao's father, and Yi Zhigao's rebellion has been several times, and the strategy of the entire Northern Song Dynasty is not the same, I thought it was a suspicion of skin, but now there are 100,000 troops, so it will be troublesome.

If it is only an army of 100,000, then it is good to say, even Youyun has been recovered, and even the heavy cavalry of the Liao State can be defeated, the Northern Song Dynasty is really not afraid of anyone in the military at present, but Guangnan, which is a barren land from Bianliang, at least 5,000 miles away, Guang is a long journey, and it will be fatal.

The Northern Song Dynasty spent a few years, in the north, popularized the railway, under the huge railway capacity, if it is placed in the north to fight, there is no problem at all, there is no problem in the vertical and horizontal, from Bianliang, you can quickly, with less than 3 days, to reach the northwest, Hebei, and even Youyun, the mobility ability is greatly strengthened, and the logistics ability is also very strong, but in Guangnan.

Although it is said that there are railways from Bianliang to Jiangning and from Jiangning to Hangzhou, even if it is Jiangning or Hangzhou, there is still a distance of nearly 3,000 miles from Guangnan, and it takes 3 days to rush thousands of miles.

As the deputy envoy of the privy council, Fu Bi knows very well that the benefits of longbow and heavy armor troops, it can be said that the main force of any country in the whole world, Liao and Western Xia, is not false at all, but the requirements for logistics are huge, if there is not enough logistics, such a sharp attack, the invincible army will immediately become a soft-footed shrimp, and may not be able to deal with the enemy who is far away 5000 miles.

Fu Bi's brows were furrowed, he couldn't make a decision at this time, but he still comforted Sun Xiuqing, and the Privy Council would make arrangements.

After meeting Sun Xiuqing, Fu Bi issued several orders, although the center was not recalled, but some people who should be notified should be notified, among them, Fu Bi copied a copy and sent it to the liaison office of the Ding Navy, which is responsible for normal contact with the Northern Song Dynasty.

In Fu Bi's view, on the one hand, large-scale military operations, must cost money, in this era, no one is richer than the Dinghai, but also more generous, if such an action, with the support of the Dinghai, will definitely save a lot of central costs, on the other hand, he more or less with the help of the Dinghai Navy, since the land is inconvenient, so how about water transportation.

Guangzhou is still close to the sea, if the army starts from Bianliang, the train goes directly to Jiangning, and then board the ship at the wharf in Jiangning, with the help of the Dinghai naval transport force, it can be transported to Guangzhou, and even the Liaodong Peninsula can be transported up, and the rest, there should not be many problems, water transportation and sea ships may be slower than the railway, but compared to manpower, or horsepower, it should be much faster.

In such a war thousands of miles away, arriving a day earlier increases the possibility of finally turning the tide, let alone the results of the battle.

Of course, this is just a simple idea of Fu Bi, and it has not yet passed through the center, but he doesn't know that this time of his, to a certain extent, has changed the fate of Guangnan, and even the entire south, and to a certain extent, even the development of the Northern Song Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes.