Chapter 491: Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival (21)

Modern Time and Space, Pasatina, California, USA, Jet Propulsion Chamber.

Dr. Harrison, a researcher at NASA, who was almost fifty years old, left the operating platform after working all night. Pushed away the chair and got up and stretched his arms, stretching his waist.

Stretched out his hand and scratched his messy hair like a chicken nest, took off his glasses and put them on the table, and reached out to rub his face full of blue stubble. After a big yawn, he went outside the workshop and lit a cigarette.

It's already sunny outside. The harsh sunlight filtered through the bright glass into the real room, casting a warm breath on Dr. Harrison's body.

Dr. Harrison is a senior researcher at NASA's Voyager 1 program. It is responsible for receiving and reviewing all kinds of messages sent back by Voyager 1 from more than 10 billion miles away.

With the passage of time, Voyager 1, which had been in space for forty years, was almost out of power. There is less and less information that can be transmitted back from the probe. Dr. Harrison's research group doesn't know when it will be disbanded.

"It's really a god-like work." Dr. Harrison, who looked a little sluggish, tilted his head slightly, looked at the clear blue and pure sky, and muttered to himself.

He's not talking about Voyager 1, which has been flying in outer space for forty years. It's the railgun that has been stuck in geosynchronous orbit over the Pacific Ocean!

This kind of technology, which is clearly beyond at least an entire era, is completely priceless for these researchers! It's just a pity that it's not American.

"Good morning, Dr. Harrison." A tall, sunny young white man with a freckle on his face and a sunny smile walked towards him with two large plastic bags in his hands.

"Good morning, Andrew." Harrison threw away the cigarette in his hand and grinned as he greeted the young man opposite. Plastic bag in hand.

Andrew was an outstanding graduate student at Caltech and Harrison's assistant. He's here to replace Harrison on duty.

Taking the plastic bag in Andrew's hand, Harrison didn't even do the washing, and went back to the real room, found a random place, and took out the fast food in the plastic bag and ate it in a big gulp.

The young Andrew was already familiar with the situation. With a youthful smile on his face, he came to the platform and sat down to start his day's work. He knew that Harrison would leave the room and go home to sleep after breakfast.

At this time, the morning shift handover work in the real yàn room has also begun. Researchers who came to work began to arrive in twos and threes to hand over work with their colleagues.

When there are more people, there are more words. There was laughter and laughter in the room. Colleagues joked with each other, and those who worked the night shift were ready to go home to sleep. Those who come to the day shift start the handover. It's no different from the usual days.

Harrison, who was munching on a burger and sipping a carbonated drink, was startled by Andrew's scream, which was almost comparable to that of Pavarotti.

The bread and beef were stuck in the throat. Harrison, whose face was flushed with suffocation, struggled to swallow the hamburger, grabbed the carbonated drink on the side, and poured down most of the bottle.

Harrison, who was slamming his chest, turned to look at Andrew with a flushed face. If this young man, who has always been calm in his daily life, can't give him a reasonable explanation. Then he will definitely add a heavy stroke to Andrew's evaluation report!

Turning around, Harrison froze.

Soon, an explosive piece of news that shook the whole world spread throughout the world.

The Voyager 1 probe, which has been in space for 40 years, has finally successfully flown out of the solar system!

This is definitely something that will go down in the annals of human history!

Just when people all over the world were rejoicing in the good news. In the outer space of the solar system, more than 10 billion miles away from Earth, in a dark and endless void, the lone Voyager 1 probe is sailing alone in interstellar space at a speed of more than 60,000 kilometers per hour.

An invisible wave of light came from the far reaches of outer space and swept over Voyager One in an instant. After a fluctuation, Voyager 1 continued its journey unnoticed, heading towards the distant star α Centauri.

In a dark space on the outskirts of the solar system. A large, cylindrical object suddenly flashed with a burst of azure light.

A circular hole opens on the side of the cylinder. An eye-like thing slowly stretched out, pointing at Voyager 1 in the distance!

After a while, a faint and inexplicable signal was sent out towards the far reaches of outer space. Translated into Earthling, the third spiral arm of the Milky Way is numbered TN3369Z, and the 4.8 absolute magnitude star galaxy has discovered interstellar travel intelligent creations!

This obscure signal has been continuously emitted into the depths of the endless dark cosmic space. In succession.

Target space-time, outside the city of Taiyuan.

A large number of cavalry drawn from the various armies in Taiyuan City were gathering in the open space outside the city.

Fengxiang Army, Shengjie Army, Xuanfeng Army, Jinning Army, etc., the cavalry that can fight in each army are all gathered together. This Song army was dominated by the Fengxiang army and the Shengjie army. Combined with the cavalry drawn from the rest of the armies, the total number is at least four or five thousand!

Among these armies, Gao Yang valued the most Fengxiang Army and Shengjie Army.

The former was the only army in the Song Dynasty with a large-scale regular cavalry force, which had been painstakingly accumulated by the old and small races in the northwest for decades. And the latter is even more exaggerated. The Shengjie Army was originally Tong Guan's personal guard!

The Western Army fought fiercely in the Northwest and Western Xia all the year round, and the military expenditure sent by the Song Dynasty to the Western Army every year was as high as tens of millions of yuan! Among such a large sum of money, one of them was specially taken out by the old minister to form the Fengxiang military.

As a general from a family of generals. Fought on the battlefield for a lifetime. The old man's desire for cavalry is beyond the reach of everyone.

The western army is very close to the horse-producing land of the Hetao, and as long as you are careful, it is not difficult to get a large number of war horses. A large amount of money was invested, and excellent Hequ horses were selected as war horses, and the tall and tall Qinchuan men from the Western Army were selected to train hard. The result was a formidable cavalry force.

This Fengxiang army followed the two prime ministers of the seed family all the way to Fangla, the north to Yanyun, and the Jin State to fight fiercely. In the continuous battle, there was a lot of attrition.

Especially in the battle of killing the bear leader, almost all the troops were wiped out. However, any army will leave a seed!

As a vital unit in the Western Army, the little Xianggong even left half of the Fengxiang Army before going on the expedition! At this moment, almost all the remaining cavalry in the Fengxiang army are here.

In the original history, when Wanyan Zonghan attacked Shaanxi, he was defeated by this army one after another. It was blocked out of Tongguan for several years.

As for the origin of the other victorious army, it is even greater.

As a eunuch who controls military power, as a eunuch who has led troops abroad for decades, as a eunuch who has represented the country abroad, as a eunuch who has been crowned king, and as a eunuch with a long beard!

Tong Guan, how can the pro-army of this eunuch who is destined to leave his name in the history books be bad!

The Shengjie Army has been a strong army since its formation. The sergeants in the army were all carefully selected from the various capable armies of the Song Kingdom. They are also the most powerful, the best trained, and the most paid!

It's just that when Tong Guan escaped from Taiyuan City, he didn't bring the Shengjie army with him. It may be that he was afraid that he would not be forgiven by Song Huizong after taking away the army, so he simply left the Shengjie army in the dead place of Taiyuan City.

The result of this is that the entire Shengjie army has formed a life-and-death enmity with Tong Guan!

During the days when Taiyuan City was besieged, all the Shengjie troops who hated the same enemy were attached to Wang Yu. In more than 200 days of fierce battles, he successfully resisted the attack of Wanyan Zonghan. Its combat effectiveness can be seen. At this moment, Wang Yu, who had no way out, also sent them out.

The cavalry of the Song Kingdom, which totaled nearly 5,000 people, was all led by Chen Ning, the commander of the Shengjie Army, who was the first to speak with a black face and beard, and followed Gao Yang all the way down to rescue Bianliang City.

There are more than 10,000 people and horses, boundless and boundless. With the addition of auxiliaries, the total number of troops has approached 20,000 and marching all the way south. The army stretched for dozens of miles, like a forest of military flags covering the sky and the sun. All the states and counties along the way were frightened.

These are all cavalry. The regular soldiers are all one man and two horses, or even more. Plus a large number of pack horses and a large number of auxiliaries. The immensity of such a formidable cavalry force was enough to cause a great sensory shock to all who saw them.

"When did the Emperor Song Dynasty come out with such a strong army again? Could it be that the Western Army is going to King Qin of Bianliang again? This is the first thought of all those who see this mighty army.

This army can almost be said to be the last capable army that the entire Song Kingdom can find at this moment. They will face 40,000 Jurchen soldiers led by the famous Jurchen general Wanyan Zongwang and an equal number of new annexed troops. And there will be people on his side who will pull their hind legs.

Along the way, after learning that this was the army that went to the rescue of King Qin of Bianliang City, they were all enthusiastic to provide all kinds of support. Chickens and sheep were slaughtered, and wine and wealth were continuously sent into the army.

Song Jun's side is receiving it all. In Chen Ning's words, the straight lady thief, Lao Tzu went to fight to the death, what is the point of eating something from you?!

What was sent to the side of the Chang Shengjun was the complete opposite. Everything that was sent was returned. Not only did they not receive it, but the Chang Shengjun gave it out a lot.

Gao Yang can be seen all the way. Everywhere there are fertile fields and barren roads, and villages and cities are in ruins. The people who survived were reduced to the fields, their clothes were ragged and their faces were covered with vegetables, and many of them were relying on digging wild vegetables for their livelihood.

Seeing such a scene, Gao Yang was very curious how those Song Jun could eat? Are they still not the army of this country anymore? (To be continued......)