Texas is the northeast gateway of the mountain, when the captives went south in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and the eastern soldiers of the mountain were raised to gather in Dezhou, which was not entirely wrong.

When Yu Guozhen made the construction plan for Shandong's east three years ago, Dezhou was an important hub. The Jinan-Qingdao Railway will be extended here, and then intersect with the canal here, thus forming a pattern of water and land combined transport, and after the stability of the north, the railway to Tianjin Wei and Jingshi will also extend to the north. At the same time, here he will build a railroad bridge across the canal, so that the railway can be extended to the hinterland of the Central Plains.

The technology of building bridges is not a problem, when they were in Qinzhou, the Lei family took a group of apprentices to study the construction structure of various bridges, as long as the strength of steel and cement can keep up, not to mention the shallow water of the canal, the Yellow River, that is, the Yangtze River to build a bridge, is not completely impossible.

Moreover, in Xinxiang in the South China Sea, the engineers of the Lei family have built dozens of steel bridges, some large and some small, and have accumulated considerable experience.

After the outbreak of the war, Texas became a military city.

"The atmosphere of this place is different from that of Jinan Mansion."

Ma Dabao took a breath, picked up the kettle at his waist, drank the water, watched the rail stretch in front of him, and when he noticed that a young worker was a little sloppy, he strode over, pushed the worker away, and then straightened the rail himself, got up and gave the young worker a slap.

"You bastard, you are so careless, where is your mind?"

The worker's face was swollen from the beating, but he honestly didn't dare to say a word. He was really distracted. Therefore, this slap is not wronged.

Maybe it's because he struggled from the threshold of death, or maybe it's because the instructors sent by Yu Guozhen are really effective, and the craftsman "master" like Ma Dabao cherishes his current treatment, so he can't tolerate those young boys who have Ma Daha's behavior. They soon relied on their mentor-apprentice relationship and their ability to do things to establish their prestige in various production departments, of course. and the deterrent power of them who do not hesitate to beat people and fight in order to do things well.

Like Ma Dabao, he once beat three unconvinced boys by himself.

He only withdrew this slap when he heard a majestic singing voice in the distance. Ma Dabao looked back and saw Yu Guozhen taking the lead, and groups of Huaxia troops were coming.

There are more than a thousand people. The mountains are all over the wilderness, there are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary. Ma Dabao looked at the seemingly endless Huaxia Army, and his face couldn't help but show admiration.

"It's just a matter of being fierce, now it's okay, Ma Dabao, some time ago, the committee just issued an announcement, asking for as much respect as possible for ordinary laborers, and you beat apprentices at every turn. Beware of being reported! ”

Fei Shen, the leader of a team next to him, said mockingly to Ma Dabao, Ma Dabao glared at this guy, this guy likes to show off his mouth the most, and he only thinks about climbing up, in Ma Dabao's words. Not a man who concentrates on the work below, but unfortunately he has a good hand. This is inevitable, there are always such and such contradictions within the Chinese system, Ma Dabao, a craftsman who was born in the disaster victims and relied on hard work to emerge in just three years, and Fei Shen, who graduated from Xinxiang Primary School, are a little disdainful of each other. Ma Dabao felt that Fei Shen grew up in a honey pot. I'm afraid that I can't endure hardships and can't work for a long time at the grassroots level, but Fei Shen thinks that Ma Dabao is a dead brain, he can't do anything but die hard, and his methods are simple and rude.

"Besides, I'll smoke with you!" Ma Dabao threatened in a low voice.

"You don't have the guts, this is in front of our officials, do you see it, that's our officials, commander, when I was in the Xinxiang Primary School, he also taught us in person, if you count it according to the old-fashioned relationship, I am his old man's protégé!"

Fei Shen's triumphant appearance made Ma Dabao's face twitch, he really didn't dare to beat this kid in front of Huaxia Jun.

Fei Shen looked at Yu Guozhen with admiration, like him, a teenager who graduated from Xinxiang Primary School, had an almost fanatical admiration for Yu Guozhen.

"Only do you know the commander? I also know that I had competed with the old cow next to the commander at the beginning, and I even won against him. Ma Dabao snorted.

"Old Ma, you just blow, blow, I heard that there are people who are better than Qi Niu, but it will definitely not be you!"

Fei Shen really didn't believe Ma Dabao's words, there were a lot of people who saw it at the scene, but for the railway engineers, the important thing was that one of them was better than Qi Niu, who was known as the first force of the Chinese Army, in terms of strength, as for who this person was, it didn't matter. What's more, Ma Dabao was just the most ordinary railway engineer at that time, and after he blew it up a few times and was ridiculed, he stopped mentioning it, so these workers around him didn't know about it.

Yu Guozhen and his entourage got closer and closer, Fei Shen saluted him excitedly, and among the railway engineering soldiers, many students who graduated from Xinxiang Elementary School like him began to salute.

Almost all of the students who graduated from Xinxiang Elementary School entered the most basic jobs, such as farms and factories, and the number of people who joined the Huaxia Army did not account for the majority. Yu Guozhen only used the students of the primary school to form the backbone of the framework of the Huaxia Army, turning the Huaxia Army into a second school and a melting pot.

Yu Guozhen's eyes looked at this side, Fei Shen was suddenly happy, and held his chest high, Yu Guozhen really saw him, and smiled slightly, but his eyes passed from him, and when he saw Ma Dabao beside him, his smile turned into laughter.

"Old Ma, you're really here!"

Not only did he laugh, but he dismounted, handed the reins to the orderly, and walked briskly.

Ma Dabao grinned and smirked, he didn't expect Yu Guozhen to give him face so much, and greet him in front of so many people. Yu Guozhen stepped forward and held his hand: "I'll go back and look at your file, it's amazing, Lao Ma, you've been a model worker for three years in a row, it's amazing!" ”

Ma Dabao was even more happy, and he said triumphantly: "Old Ma, I am a person who is better than Lao Niu, if I can't even get a model, wouldn't I lose the face of the commander and Lao Niu?" ”

Qi Niu tilted his head beside Yu Guozhen and snorted. But there was no rebuttal. Yu Guozhen patted the old horse's arm: "I'm going to go to Cangzhou for a spin, come on, repair the railway earlier, and I'll go directly to Cangzhou." ”

"Don't worry, commander, just rest assured!"

Yu Guozhen looked at Fei Shen again: "Look at the appearance, you should have graduated from the primary school, right?" ”

"Yes...... Yes, Fei Shen, the sixth student of the elementary school! ”

It started when Yu Guozhen came over to talk to Ma Dabao. Fei Shen opened his mouth wide, only feeling as if he had seen the most incredible thing in the world, and now Yu Guozhen was talking to him. He was even more excited.

Seeing this young face full of vitality, Yu Guozhen was extremely satisfied: "Learn from the old horse, the old horse is amazing." For three years in a row, the model of railway engineer soldiers, this honor is not easy to win! We Huaxia have always been proud of diligence and ashamed of laziness, and a model worker like Lao Ma should be given honor, so that everyone in the world knows that Huaxia will not treat those who really build her badly. Like Donglin Confucian, who only pays lip service, it seems that all the benevolence, righteousness and morality in the world are occupied by them. We don't need this kind of person! When you come out of the elementary school, don't forget our school motto, 'Truth-seeking, truth-seeking, and progressing'! ”

"Yes. It will live up to the expectations of the commander-in-chief! ”

After Yu Guozhen finished explaining, he waved his hand to the two, then got on the horse again and continued to go north.

When Yu Guozhen disappeared from their sight, Ma Dabao laughed twice at Fei Shen, unable to hide his pride. Fei Shen was somewhat depressed.

He knew that he would be in front of Ma Dabao in the future, but he didn't want to raise his head.

On September 8, the 19th year of Chongzhen, Yu Guozhen personally led 20,000 reinforcements, left Dezhou City, and rushed to Cangzhou City. He learned on 5 September that Wu Sangui's unit had suddenly appeared in Cangzhou City, and until then, his intelligence system had not reported the whereabouts of this unit.

At first, Yu Guozhen also suspected that this might be a trap, but soon the intelligence agents elsewhere came with the news that this group of troops was sent from Wuqing, and in order to hide their whereabouts along the way, they even killed all the villages they passed, and the methods were cruel and outrageous.

This also made Yu Guozhen furious, over the years, forced by Yu Guozhen's prestige, when the forces were at war, they did not dare to kill the people anymore, and the kind of tactics that drove the people to fill the city with corpses have been eliminated. But this time, Wu Sangui first used the people to block the artillery in Cangzhou City, and now he simply made a killing and slaughtering move, which made Yu Guozhen feel that it was necessary to emphasize the rules of the Chinese civil war again.

"Wu Sangui's department, there will be no one left, and I have to dispose of all of them to solve the hatred in my heart." On the horse, Yu Guozhen whispered to Niu Dao.

"As the officials wish." Qi Niu's half-closed eyes suddenly opened.

Now he is also over thirty years old, and he is no longer as sharp as when he was young, but when he has a seizure, the sharp feeling still makes people tremble.

The Chinese army marched extremely fast, and on September 10, it had already reached the outside of Cangzhou. At this time, Cangzhou was besieged by tens of thousands of Wu Sangui troops, the number of defenders in the city was not much, and Wu Sangui's troops attacked extremely fiercely, so it was in danger. Yu Guozhen led the army to arrive, and it was just in time, Wu Sangui's troops were forced to withdraw from the siege and gather in the northwest of Cangzhou.

They also seemed to have been prepared for this, so the camp was complete, especially learning from the Huaxia army, a large number of trenches were dug, and the depth of the ditches reached 200 zhang, separating the Huaxia army from the range of field short artillery.

Seeing that the canal was only dredged two years ago, and when they dug it like this, it became full of holes, Yu Guozhen could only shake his head and sigh.

"Commander, it seems that something is wrong, how can Wu Sangui's subordinates be so bold as to dare to hold on here. It stands to reason that when they learn that our reinforcements have arrived, they should immediately retreat north and return to Tianjin Wei for a decisive battle, right? ”

At this moment, Song Xiance, who was beside him, frowned and raised his suspicions.

Yu Guozhen pondered for a while, indeed, although Wu Sangui was not afraid, he was extremely cautious in his march and formation, and it can be seen from Nanpi all the way back to Tianjin Wei. When he didn't have a chance, he would rather shrink than take risks, but this time, why did he, the tens of thousands of elites, stop here?

Just when Yu Guozhen was suspicious, a team of more than 100 refugees, helping the old and the young, appeared in the north of Dezhou. (To be continued)