"There are three damaged roads in the seventeen miles northeast of Ningyuan, and we have sent people to repair them, and the wooden bridge near the Lianshan Post in the thirty-ninth mile of the official road to Jinzhou is damaged, and a large convoy passing through it may cause it to capsize, and our combat engineers have already set out to reinforce it. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Chunniu held the daily bulletin clamped by the splint in his hand, and reported to Zu Dashou and Man Gui in a serious way about the actions of Yusheng in the past few days.

He Yusheng's convoy was already close to the outskirts of Jinzhou, and the vanguard had already seen the Jinzhou city foundation that had been demolished into ruins, and the other way had reached the vicinity of Xiaolingheyi.

In the next year or two, Jinzhou underwent reconstruction, but until Sun Chengzong went to Jinzhou City and the nearby military forts were not rebuilt, in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, these military forts were also destroyed on a large scale, and then slowly built up, until the final battle of Songjin was completely destroyed.

Zhang Chunniu divided the convoy into several groups, and every day the sentinel cavalry reconnoitred and advanced, and in two days the sentinel cavalry had been pushed out more than 100 miles away.

Man Gui glared and said, "Commander Zhang seems to be really good at what he is doing. ”

Zhang Chunniu said resolutely: "I have been doing these things in the past few years, practice makes perfect, even if you are a fool, you can learn something." ”

Zhang Chunniu said: "The most important thing in transporting grain and saving people this time is speed, followed by safety. Before coming down, I wanted to ask the two generals to send more elite cavalry as sentinel cavalry, and spread out in a large area, it is best to ensure a safe distance within a radius of 100 miles, so that even if we find a large number of prisoners, we can be told to retreat calmly. In terms of speed, it is our and Yusheng's business, the preliminary work is to complete the survey and repair of the road situation, dangerous bridges, and road breaks, all of which are the work of our sappers, and there is no need for the two generals to worry about. In terms of security, apart from asking the two generals to send sentry horses, the rest of the work is also our job. ”

Zhang Chunniu with a whole brigade of soldiers and engineers, he is responsible for the work of the front station is not so simple, and the cooperation with Liaozhen is only a part, more is what he said, roads, bridges, safety, these are the most basic things to ensure capacity.

But Zu Dashou and Man Gui were full of consternation.

As generals, what Zhang Chunniu said was never in their consideration.

Because what Zhang Chunniu said has always been presided over by civil officials, and in terms of the efficiency of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, the time to build a small military fort and several sections of roads is calculated in months or years, and the work efficiency of the officials under Sun Chengzong's rule is already very high, but it is still far from the black-faced young man in front of him.

After Zhang Chunniu left, Man Gui said thoughtfully: "This person is a talent, if there is such a Chinese army under my command, the matter of fighting will be much easier." ”

Zu Dashou shook his head with a smile and said, "That's not to grab a job with Wenchen, and the bullet can drown us." ”

Man Gui snorted again and said: "It's useless to just talk about it, it depends on the real ability, how many of their convoys come, when they will arrive, what they say and what they actually do, we have to see again." ”

Zu Dashou nodded yes, but still said: "Let's send more cavalry out and drive away the Jianyu rangers, so as not to make this big black man look flat." ”

Man Gui nodded in agreement.

The two high-ranking generals stayed outside the city for a day, and watched He Yusheng's convoy keep moving forward, and by the evening, more than three hundred carts had already gone for most of them, and it was only two days before they arrived in Ningyuan.

At the gate of the city, they met Yuan Chonghuan, who was inspecting the construction of the city, and the two hurriedly dismounted and saluted.

"Heyusheng's convoy moves so fast?" Yuan Chonghuan was also a little surprised, and his brows furrowed on his dark face.

"Master Inspector has a letter, and he also asked how Ning Yuan's situation is." Yuan Chonghuan said: "Maybe in two days, Master Inspector will come to Ning Yuanshi to see in person." ”

The two military attachés knew that this was Yuan Chonghuan's reminder, so Zu Dashou said about cooperating with the convoy, Yuan Chonghuan said: "I originally planned to send soldiers and horses tomorrow, as well as gather the carts and wheelbarrows we have prepared, and prepare to carry and load grain at the grain depot, so it seems that He Yusheng's movements are really fast." ”

Everyone knew that He Yusheng's convoy had used the two days to load grain and beans, but no one expected them to set off so soon.

From Ningyuan forward, there is a declining appearance everywhere, there are no people, only a small number of garrisons and a few military forts that have just been repaired, to Jinzhou almost into a ghost area, the village is ruined, the military fort is demolished, and the city is only left with the city foundation, which is burned into a white ground. There are wild beasts moving everywhere, even wolves are much better, there are bears and blind people, tigers, not to mention that ordinary people dare not operate in those no-man's lands at will, even the army must be cautious.

In the past six months, Zu Dashou and other Ningyuan garrisons have been sending elite cavalry and Jurchen sentinel cavalry to fight, both sides have killed and injured each other, but Ningyuan garrison rarely beheaded, mainly contact battles, the Ming army did not dare to go too deep, nor did they dare to fight with the Jurchens, they all fought and ran, and now although He Yusheng asked the garrison to send more elite cavalry to guard, he set off directly first without a large force of cavalry, which made Yuan Chonghuan even more surprised.

Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but say: "I don't know if it's because the artist is bold or too reckless!" ”

……

Two days later, Sun Chengzong came from Shanhaiguan, he had been inspecting the area of Qiantun and Gaotaibao, which was not too far from Ningyuan, but two days was very fast for a team with a large number of people, including many civil officials and staff.

Hearing that He Yusheng's convoy had set off with the forward cavalry, Sun Chengzong was surprised, and he decided to go directly to Lianshan Post after pondering for a while.

Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, and Man Gui and others were entouraged, because the matter was in a hurry, and there were still many things that were not ready for the army to be prepared, and they could not set off with them.

Lianshanyi is less than thirty miles away from the Ningyuan Acropolis, more than 3,000 people set off together, it looks like it is also mighty, the team pulls out five or six miles long, the flag is fluttering, Sun Chengzong's supervisor is in the middle, from the Acropolis to Lianshanyi, there are already many people in the reclamation of wasteland, they kneel on the side of the road and dare not raise their heads.

Occasionally, there will be people who raise their heads and look at the superintendent guards with reverence, they know that under the banner is the famous Ge Lao Inspector, that is, after Sun Ge Lao arrived in Liaodong, he restored this large area of lost land and trained a large number of troops, and then they were able to open up wasteland here, if they went to Guannei or Denglai, they were homeless people with no food and clothing, and the worst thing was the Liao people who fell to Dongjiang Town, where I heard that many people had starved to death, and Mao Zongbing's Tang newspaper always complained bitterly, and the army was hungry, Not to mention the people who are suffering in the ice and snow.

For many people, it is a national enemy and a family hatred, but in the Ming Dynasty, they are also bullied and oppressed, and it is not easy to be in a foreign country and be looked down upon, as long as someone shelters them and there is land, these people would rather survive with their own hands than wander around and return to no fixed place.

In the eyes of these Liao people, the tall old man in the middle of the team, wearing a big red official robe, with half of his hair white and gray beard, was the person they respected the most, even if this old man was so majestic that people didn't dare to look up for a second look.

Sun Chengzong's guards also looked at the people in the fields and the passing merchants with vigilant eyes, the outpost had already driven the passers-by far away, and the people in the fields were also reprimanded and not allowed to raise their heads......

Sun Chengzong himself did not pay attention to this, he was concerned with the reclamation of farmland, and the other was the area of the military camps outside the Acropolis.

The Ningyuan garrison has more than 20,000 people, and they are all the more elite parts of Liaozhen, plus the garrison of Juehua Island, the garrison of Ningyuan is nearly 30,000 people...... Man Gui and Zu Dashou are the two fierce generals of Liaozhen, the importance is far above those foreign guest army generals, put these two in Ningyuan, Sun Chengzong's purpose is very obvious, that is, to lead Ningyuan Acropolis and Juehua Island into one, on the other hand by the enemy, the other side rises up to help, Juehua Island is still the main force of the Liaozhen Naval Division, there are warships and a large number of grain ships, if you don't put the elite main force in Ningyuan, Sun Chengzong can't rest assured that those materials are on Juehua Island.

Since receiving Zhang Han's letter, Sun Chengzong felt angry and humiliated, but also had a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart...... The distance is more than 30 miles, and the eyes must not be able to see it, but Sun Chengzong knows that there are 7,000 garrisons and generals Jin Guan, Yao Youxian and others on the garrison, and nearly 10,000 merchants, people's husbands, sailors, etc......

"Humph!" Sun Chengzong still couldn't help but scold: "That kid is ridiculous and hateful, a businessman, he knows what military affairs, and he is not well prepared, Juehua Island has a sea moat, digging ice trenches in winter and having a long wall to defend it, how can it be so easy to fall!" ”

No one dared to observe the expression of the superintendent at close range, only the cronies and family members who had followed the superintendent since childhood, and the chief of the Sun Mansion from Gaoyang was the closest person to Sun Chengzong, at this time he saw that although he was already a senior year, but he rarely lost his temper in his life, the old man stared at the round eyes, his lips pursed slightly, as if he was scolding, Chang Sui's eyes widened, for him, this is really too a novelty thing!

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It was the beginning of the time when starting from Ningyuan, most of the old official roads along the way were repaired, and the road could accommodate four horsemen to ride together, but the cavalry did not do so, there were about more than 300 horsemen far ahead, this is a beam horse, in case of emergencies, and a small number of sentry horses ran farther, it is estimated that they have run to the surrounding fields of Lianshan Station.

It took exactly one hour to arrive at Lianshan Station, that is, the first quarter of noon, and it was exactly eleven o'clock when calculated with the more and more popular clocks and clocks of the Ming Dynasty.