In July, Siberia is slowly warming up, Manjingwei is already warm as spring, the ice of the Thanksgiving River has long melted, the snow in the Chengzong Mountains has almost melted, and the whole guard is full of transplanted pines and cypresses, a piece of green.

At this time, the railway happened to reach Manjingwei, and a cart of cement and steel, grain and grass were constantly being transported, and the six legions of the vassal state were already in full swing.

They were mainly building the city walls, the walls of the original guard house had long been renewed, and a higher wall had begun to be built around the guard house, and the entire valley was encompassed, and the farthest had even been built to the bank of the Thanksgiving River.

There are also some people who are building bridges under the command of officials of the Ministry of Works, and the Thanksgiving River is not very wide in this section, less than 500 steps at its widest, and there are many sandbanks in the middle, so it is not very difficult to build bridges.

The thick piers have long been lined up in a straight line, extending to the opposite bank, all kinds of steel beams and steel frames have also been piled up on both banks, and the pathfinder fleet of the North Sea Fleet has also arrived, and everyone is working together to lift the steel frame up, ready to pour concrete.

Different from the scene of the outside in full swing, the original Manjing guard's guard is solemn and solemn, and the current guard has been transformed into a cemetery, and the original building has almost been demolished, leaving only a few rows of military camps around for the soldiers guarding the mausoleum to live.

In the middle of the cemetery, there is a huge bluestone square, a statue several feet high stands in the center of the square, and the soldiers who clean the cemetery look so small in front of him.

This is the statue of Taifu Sun Chengzong, he is dressed in military uniform, standing with a sword, looking at the west, as if telling the invaders: Those who offend my Huaxia will be punished even if they are far away!

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and Yang Zhong, who had arrived in advance, were worshipping under the statue.

Lu Xiangsheng took the lead in lighting a handful of incense, bowed respectfully three times, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and finally carefully inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Waiting for Cao Wenzhao and Yang Zhong to insert incense into the incense burner, he said solemnly: "The construction speed of the emperor's palace and the bridge must be accelerated, Wenzhao, you go to supervise, in addition, a row of batteries should be built on the city wall by the river, this is our big rear, the emperor must also be here to command, security must be done well, Wei Han, you are responsible for this." “

When Cao Wenzhao and Yang Zhong heard this, they hurriedly clenched their fists and responded to the order, and then turned around and quickly arranged.

At this time, the million army has not yet arrived, and the train is mainly used to transport materials, if everyone comes by train, just nearly a million army, forty trains will have to pull back and forth for more than ten days, plus the weight of grain and grass, I am afraid that it will not be able to be pulled in half a month, so Lu Xiangsheng simply ordered all the soldiers to march all the way and come over.

This kind of hard work is hard, but it does not delay time much, if you don't need to carry food, grass and baggage, just people and horses, the marching speed is still very fast, and you can rush over in five or six days.

As for Zhu Cijiong, he naturally had to wait until everything was ready before coming over, he came to command a million-strong army, not to command people to build bridges and build city walls.

Six days later, except for the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard, all the legions arrived on time, and the entire Sunjiazhou New Town was immediately crowded.

Eight days later, the railway bridge over the Thanksgiving River was finally completed, and the legions of the six vassal states and 100,000 Liaodong guards immediately poured across the Thanksgiving River like a tide, and quickly repaired the railway to the west.

Mao Wenlong also led the Dongjiang army to catch up, accompanying the protection, although this time it seems to be a more idle than transporting grain and grass, but he has no opinion at all, but is very excited, because this railway is the lifeline of a million army, grain, grass and baggage almost all rely on it to transport, the enemy is likely to attack with all his strength, and there is not much chance of meritorious service at that time!

With such an important railway line, why did Lu Xiangsheng only send the Dongjiang Army to accompany him to protect it, could a second-class army corps withstand the all-out attack of Tsarist Russia?

Of course this is not the case, but don't forget, the people who build the railway are not civilians, the six legions of the vassal states are all armed, and the 100,000 garrisons in Liaodong are also trained reserves, plus the Dongjiang Army, in fact, it is an army of 800,000, and if Tsarist Russia wants to raid, it is simply seeking death!

At this point, except for the North Sea Fleet, which is not yet in place, everything else is almost ready.

On the same day, the North Sea Fleet sent a clipper to send news that the main force of the fleet had entered the Thanksgiving River valley and would arrive at Sunjiazhou within two days.

When Lu Xiangsheng received the news, he immediately sent a telegram to Zhenzhen Hewei, asking the emperor to come to Sunjiazhou and swear by the flag!

Zhu Cijiong was already a little impatient, because the climate in Siberia was too bad, and it would start snowing in mid-September, and in October it would be icy and snowy, and it would be impossible to march and fight, that is to say, this year, the Ming army only had more than two months to launch an offensive in total, and the time was very tight.

After receiving the telegram from Lu Xiangsheng, Zhu Cijiong immediately led the First Regiment of the Praetorian Guard Army to Sunjiazhou by train.

At this time, the grain, grass and baggage were almost transported, and it was not difficult to squeeze out twenty trains, plus Zhu Cijiong's special train, twenty-one trains, lined up in a long line, and it took less than a day to rush to Sunjiazhou.

Early the next morning, Zhu Cijiong took a group of generals to Sun Chengzong's cemetery early, respectfully stood in front of Sun Chengzong's statue and bowed his head in silence, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to read the memorial text.

In the entire Sunjiazhou, the 900,000 army all stood with their heads bowed and did not make a sound, and only the chanting of the officials of the Ministry of Rites was wafting in the city.

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites read the life deeds of Taifu Sun Chengzong, many generals and even soldiers shed tears of grief, he began to supervise Liaodong during the Apocalypse, during which he did not know how many troops he had trained and commanded, it can be said that half of the soldiers in the army have served under him, decades of conquest, the love of the robe, the grace of teaching, how can you forget.

Sun Chengzong was loyal and patriotic, honest and honest all his life, under his leadership, the army of the Liaodong family was one of the best in terms of combat power and loyalty in the Ming Dynasty of more than two million troops, and his death was indeed a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty.

When the officials of the Ministry of Rites finished reading the memorial text, Zhu Cijiong disregarded his respect as the emperor, respectfully put a pillar of incense on him, and kowtowed three times!

Sun Chengzong is the teacher of the first emperor and the prince of the dynasty, and he can bear these three rings.

After kowtowing, Zhu Cijiong stood up directly and shouted sadly: "Tie Su." “

With that, he directly pulled out the supra from his waist and tied it tightly to his right arm with his left hand and teeth.

Sun Jiazhou's 900,000 soldiers also took out the vegetarian at the same time and quickly tied it to his right arm.

For a time, the black clothes and white plain were neat and uniform, and it was spectacular.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Cijiong raised his right arm, pointed straight to the west, and roared angrily: "Go out and avenge Taifu!" “

"Revenge, revenge, revenge." The whole Sunjiazhou immediately sounded the roar of the mountains and a tsunami, in the roar, the soldiers of the Ming army crossed the Thanksgiving River one after another, all the way to the west, and the largest expedition in the history of the Ming Dynasty began.