On the same day, the Vertical Arch Hall once again chased down the edict.

First, the Yanling Army was transferred to Dangshan to take over the garrison of the original Dangshan Army.

Second, 20,000 merchant sailors were summoned to rush to Daliang and go to the land of Sanchuan with the Dangshan army. "Note: There are 30,000 merchant soldiers in total."

Third, Su Wang Hongrun was appointed as the commander of the expedition to the land of Sanchuan, and at the same time, the general Sima An was officially appointed as the deputy general.

When these three edicts were issued, the government and the opposition were immediately shocked.

In the Daliang people, the people in the city are naturally extremely supportive, after all, "Su Wang Hongrun" has been vigorously promoted by the imperial court as "the hero who saved the Wei State" and "the genius among the contemporary princes of the royal family", therefore, in the city of Daliang, Zhao Hongrun's fame is in full swing, and almost the vast majority of the people support the young eighth prince, and even some people secretly sigh and regret: why is this such an outstanding eighth prince unwilling to inherit the throne.

In addition, in preparation for the upcoming war, the imperial court slowly released public opinion that deliberately scandalized the people of the Liang people, portrayed them as a harlequin who was fierce and arrogant, and provoked the Wei State for no reason, and guided the Wei people of Daliang to have a negative evaluation of the Wei people, so that the people in Daliang City hoped that His Royal Highness Zhao Hongrun, King Su, could "teach those Yin Rong a hard lesson", "let those Yin Rong know the power of my Great Wei", and "see if they dare to provoke my Great Wei".

But within the imperial court, the officials in the court can't understand the edict of "King Su is the commander", after all, the rumor that came out a few days ago, the one in the vertical arch hall should be inclined to appoint General Sima An as the commander-in-chief, why did the candidate for the commander become King Su after two days?

However, if you don't understand it, you don't understand it, but none of the courtiers raised objections, after all, Zhao Hongrun's last battle was really beautiful, and he defeated the strong with the weak, and his own losses were insignificant. He also collected countless wealth from the Chu State, and even abducted back 50,000 surrendered Chu troops and nearly 400,000 Chu people, which greatly increased the population base of the Wei State.

If it were another prince, I am afraid that some courtiers would have written against this matter.

――Yongwangfu――

"It's strange, why did Hongrun take on such an errand again?"

After hearing about this, Yongwang Hongyu was a little incomprehensible.

After all, according to what he knew, Zhao Hongrun's character. Zhao Hongrun is not going to take care of everything.

What's more, Zhao Hongrun went to the state of Chu last time, and after returning to Daliang in triumph, he complained to Yongwang Hongyu about the hardships of life in the military camp, saying that "the drinking water in the military camp is tight, and it is rare to take a bath once in half a month", and "the food in the army is simply forcing people to death, and it is pickled meat and wild vegetable soup from beginning to end", therefore, Yongwang Hongyu is very puzzled that this eighth prince brother actually took on the drudgery of the expedition.

"Is it because of General Sima An?"

Yongwang Hongyu guessed thoughtfully. After some deep thought, he gradually guessed the hidden meaning behind this matter.

It's no wonder, after all, when he was hunting with the people of Sanchuan a while ago, Zhao Hongrun stayed in the camp of the Qingyang tribe, and the people who accompanied him at that time didn't know about it, and besides, General Sima An couldn't tolerate the "vices" of foreigners in his eyes, and it was not a secret in the court.

Therefore. After pondering for a while, Yongwang Hongyu guessed the reason.

"It seems that my father is cultivating Hongrun. If nothing else, Hongrun will guard the frontier in the future and become the side with heavy troops......"

King Yong muttered to himself.

After all, at present, there are only a few people who can take charge of Wei alone, which can be called stretched, and with the talent shown by Zhao Hongrun in the last war. With a little thought, it is more than enough to defend one side in the future.

"It's just ...... When Hongrun grows up, I don't know who will be replaced...... Hmm, it's probably Suiyang's Nangong."

I have to admit that Yongwang Hongyu is also a far-sighted talent.

――Yushui Camp――

"With King Su as the commander of the 'First Army'? Sima An as a lieutenant general? ”

Inside the barracks. When Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, who was training the new soldiers, learned the news from his nephew, the fifth son of the emperor, "King Qing" Hongxin, he was also a little surprised.

The "advance army" in his mouth refers to the army of the Qian tribe that went out to the land of Sanchuan this time, after all, the main purpose of this army's expedition to Sanchuan is to open the way for the "Western Expeditionary Army" that Zhao Yuanzuo is currently training and assist the latter to break through the obstacles of the people of Sanchuan.

To put it bluntly, the task of the "First Advance Army" is to knock down the Qian people in the land of Sanchuan with their fists, so as not to interfere with the "Western Expeditionary Army" to support the Ji Wei clan in Longxi.

"It's true, Sanbo." Seeing the suspicious look in Zhao Yuanzuo's eyes, King Qing Hongxin hurriedly added: "That is an edict issued by the Vertical Arch Palace, there can be no mistake." ”

"That's weird...... Although King Su is a rare talent in the royal family, when it comes to the use of soldiers, Sima Ana is ......

Recalling that he once had a brother Zongwei who died under Sima An's gun, Zhao Yuanzuo felt a faint pain in his heart.

"Do you want to take the opportunity to hone the eighth prince? However, with Sima An as a whetstone, the fourth prince brother really has high hopes for his eighth son...... But what does that have to do with me?'

Shaking his head slightly, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, quickly put this matter behind him and continued to concentrate on training the new army under his command.

After all, the battlefield of the "First Advance Army" has nothing to do with him and the "Western Expeditionary Army" under his command.

……

A few days later, the news of "King Su is the commander" gradually disappeared in Daliang, and was replaced by a high pre-war atmosphere.

Not only were the officials and people of the entire Daliang privately discussing the upcoming "Sanchuan Campaign", but the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Smelting Bureau, the Military Casting Bureau, and the Yu Manufacturing Bureau, all of which were intensively preparing war materials.

For example, the Armor Casting Bureau.

Now, in the open space facing the door of the Arsenal Bureau, countless weapons and armor are piled up, like hills.

On the other hand, the clerks belonging to the War Casting Bureau were sweating profusely counting the equipment.

"Hey, hey, hey, here's the place where the new equipment of the Dangshan Army is stacked...... What the? Cheng Gaojun's new clothes? I don't know anything like that. ”

"Four thousand nine hundred and ninety-one, four thousand nine hundred and ninety-two...... Drop down, what do you do? Damn, this department (military department) has an order to prepare the new uniforms of the Dangshan Army first. …… Damn it! Where did I count? ”

In an open field full of people. Baskets of counted quantities of equipment, in units of "one set", were loaded onto the hauled carriages, transported to the warehouse of the military headquarters, and waited for the Dangshan Army to arrive at Daliang and hand it over.

And Li Jin, the bureau of the War Casting Bureau. He was also busy and sweating not far away.

"How much is missing?" He shouted at the scribes who counted the numbers.

I saw several scribes who were in charge of coordinating the number of weapons flipped through the account books in their hands, and said profusely: "12,500 swords, full amount." Five thousand spears, full. …… Six thousand armors, five thousand shields, five hundred bows, and three hundred crossbows are missing......"

"Damn it." Li Jin's face was full of anxiety when he heard this, and he looked back left and right and asked, "By the way, what about the iron mold of the smelting shield of the Smelting Bureau?" Haven't arrived yet? ”

Beside him, his nephew Zheng Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said, "It hasn't arrived yet." ”

Li Jin was anxious when he heard it: "Those guys...... Didn't you tell them that there was a hundred thousand people in a hurry here? Ah Jin, you go and urge. ”

Zheng Jin said with a wry smile when he heard this: "Uncle." I urged it yesterday, and the guys from the Smelting Bureau have been very busy recently, and King Su asked them to build a large number of repeaters......"

"Repeater?" Li Jin was stunned when he heard this, and asked puzzledly: "There are crossbows in the armament of the Dangshan Army?" ”

"It's not. …… It is said that it was intended for the merchant navy, and in addition to the repeating crossbows, it seems that there were also repeating crossbow carts, heavy crossbows, and catapults...... After all, it's 20,000 merchant and sailors, and the number of soldiers is more than that of the Dangshan army......"

Hear that. Li Jin was dumbfounded.

The Smelting Bureau gave priority to building war weapons for the merchant and naval forces, which is understandable. Who doesn't know that although the Shang Shui Army was born in the army, it has already turned into the army of King Su's descendants.

"That gang of Chu troops surrendered, their loyalty has not been tested, and the king of Su distributed such sharp weapons, which is really ......"

Li Jin muttered unhappily in his heart.

At this moment, there was a shout outside the door of the department.

"Arrived. The molds from the Metallurgical Bureau arrived. ”

"It's finally here." Li Jin's heart was lifted when he heard this, and he didn't care about Zhao Hongrun's preferential treatment of the merchant army, so he immediately ordered the nearby officials and craftsmen to move those iron molds into the workshop in the department, and then immediately put them into use.

And on the other side. The Metallurgical Bureau is also a busy scene.

Countless handymen carried the large baskets full of bamboo baskets filled with "three-edged arrowheads" from the horse-drawn carriages outside the department, and then carried out the second process in the workshop of the smelting bureau, that is, the three-edged arrowheads were fixed to the shafts of the arrows that had already been sharpened, and then glued to the arrow feathers.

After all, these three-edged arrowheads are all cast in batches in the furnace belonging to the Smelting Bureau outside the city, and the only way to process them into complete arrows is to carry them to the workshop in the Smelting Bureau and process them again.

Not far away, two groups of craftsmen were arguing over the site.

It turned out that one of the craftsmen was debugging the catapult, and after determining that there were no manufacturing problems, they dismantled it again, dismantled it into several parts, and loaded it into a carriage and transported it to a warehouse outside the city, where they waited for the merchant army to arrive at the girder and hand it over.

However, because these craftsmen occupied a large part of the site, another group of craftsmen who were responsible for combining the parts of the scattered construction into a repeater car were affected, so the two groups quarreled because of the venue.

"His Royal Highness King Su has an order, catapults are given priority!"

"Fart! His Royal Highness King Su once said that the people of the Karma tribe rely entirely on crossbows and crossbow carts...... What do you think, let's give priority, right? ”

"You've already taken such a large piece of land......"

"How many of you have it?"

Just as the two groups of craftsmen were arguing, a scribe with an account book between his arms came over and said angrily: "Don't quarrel, you have the strength to quarrel, move the equipment!" …… Today's production volume is not as expected, and none of you want to go home to rest! His Royal Highness King Su gave you three times the subsidy, is it to make you quarrel and be lazy here? ”

"Shh

"Shh

The two groups of craftsmen pursed their lips, scattered birds and beasts one after another, and went to be busy.

As a result, the people in Daliang City were surprised to find that the carriages responsible for transporting war weapons came and went in the city, day and night.

The Ordnance Casting Bureau and the Smelting Bureau, the two largest military manufacturing departments in the Wei State at present, rushed to work day and night for the upcoming "Sanchuan Campaign", and they all did their best.

By 14 July, 12,500 Dangshan troops had finally arrived at Daliang.

Two days later, 20,000 merchant sailors also rushed to the western suburbs outside Daliang City.

On the same day, the Vertical Arch Hall issued an edict again: ordered the Dangshan Army and the Shangshui Army to rest in place for three days, swore an oath at noon on July 17, and waved the army to attack the land of Sanchuan.

This is the "Battle of Weirong Sanchuan". (To be continued.) )