Seeing that Zhuge Qi agreed to stay in Nanzheng and learn sign language with Congshi, Hua An'an was very pleased, so that not only could Zhuge Qi stay, but at the same time, he could also learn the important skill of sign language, so as to avoid any information having to be communicated to Huang Fuming.

After having dinner with Zhuge Qi and Li Qinglian in the backyard, it was already late, but Hua An did not embrace the beauty, but immediately led his soldiers to the vicinity of the West Gate to check how the situation of the temporarily formed blacksmith shop there was, how many blacksmiths were stationed, whether the pig iron raw materials needed for the iron plough were sufficient, whether there was a shortage of daily necessities, and a series of questions.

After all, the issue of spring plowing is very important, and the quality of spring ploughing directly determines the results of the autumn harvest, so it is not a little sloppy.

As soon as they entered the door of the blacksmith shop, Hua An heard the crackling sound of iron and the sound of red-hot iron quenching, indicating that they had begun to work.

Hua An walked into the door lightly, and saw the busy figures of the blacksmiths, and counted them carefully, there were more than 100 people, and it seemed that the blacksmiths of Nanzheng City were invited.

"General, you're here." Pu Tie, who was striking iron, saw Hua'an walk into the blacksmith shop, quickly wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, put down the work in his hand, and walked towards Hua'an.

Hua An looked at Pu Tie, whose face was covered with sweat, and said loudly: "Pu Tie, look at you sweating profusely, you haven't struck iron for many years, isn't it a little rusty." ”

"General, iron-striking is the ancestral skill of my Pu family, even if you are old, you will not be rusty, iron-striking is hard work, and sweating is due." Pu Tie replied loudly.

Hua An nodded and asked, "Pu Tie." Now it is the spring ploughing season, the demand for iron ploughs is very large, the quantity and quality of the iron ploughs you build directly determine whether the spring ploughing can be carried out smoothly, and also determine the results of this year's autumn harvest, so the burden on your body is very heavy! Something is missing, though. After speaking, he looked at Pu Tie.

Pu Tie paused and said loudly: "Don't worry, general, we will do our best to build more high-quality iron plows." According to the current spring ploughing needs. There are too many things missing, charcoal, pig iron, and manpower are all lacking! Skilled blacksmiths, in particular, are most scarce. ”

Hearing this, Hua An thought for a while, and said softly: "Pu Tie." You can rest assured. You just have to concentrate on striking the iron. These things would have been prepared for you at once, and. After the general left, if there was any need, he must ask Master Ma for it, and he must not delay the progress of building the iron plow. ”

"The general can rest assured that as long as the supply of various materials is sufficient, the last general will definitely be able to build the most and best iron ploughs to supply to the people of Liangzhou." Pu Tie said confidently.

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, Ben will go and prepare supplies, you can get busy!" After saying that, he left the blacksmith shop with his own soldiers.

Hua'an was thinking about how to mobilize these materials and manpower while walking, first of all, the manpower problem was relatively easy to solve, and the people of the baggage battalion and Nanzheng City could temporarily recruit a batch, and at the same time, skilled blacksmiths could be recruited from various cities in the entire Liangzhou to enter Nanzheng.

The problem of charcoal is simpler, not far from the city of Nanzheng is the mountain, there are many trees in the mountain, these are the best charcoal raw materials, mobilize the people of Nanzheng to enter the mountains to cut down more, and process it after going back.

The lack of pig iron is more difficult to solve, because the consumption of pig iron is limited, the output is naturally not much, at this time, the sudden demand for a large amount of pig iron, naturally difficult to gather.

But the spring ploughing is in urgent need of iron ploughs, even if there is not enough pig iron, but also to find a way to get as much as possible, Hua'an first thought of buying the pig iron stored by the people and the family at a high price, and then, there are many redundant and dilapidated iron weapons in the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and some of them can also be transported to solve the urgent need.

After thinking of countermeasures, Hua'an sent a number of personal soldiers to convey his orders, and then returned to the Assassin's Mansion to rest.

In the afternoon of the second day, a large amount of charcoal, old iron weapons, intact raw materials of pig iron, and a large amount of manpower were sent to the West Gate of Nanzheng, and handed over to Pu Tie, who was responsible for making iron ploughs.

Hua'an continued to take his own soldiers to inspect the Literature Museum, the Medical Museum, the Congshi Camp and other places to understand the operation of these units and urge all units to work hard.

In the evening, Hua'an had all arranged all kinds of things in Liangzhou, and formulated various emergency plans, and all kinds of ordinary things were also handed over to Ma Dang, and the military relied on Lei Storm and Zhao Wu.

After arranging these, Hua'an decided to lead 3,000 elites to Fucheng early the next morning to join Tie Niu and Li Yi.

At this time, the pro-military camp, the Wudang Fei Army, and the Liangzhou New Army had all made various preparations before the expedition, and the generals of all the armies also went to the Assassin's Mansion to listen to Hua'an's various specific arrangements.

In the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion, Wang San, Zhuge Xiong, Chen Ting, Chen Poyu, Chen Zhanhu and other generals were all assembled and were preparing to receive instructions from Hua'an.

Hua An looked at the generals and said loudly: "Generals, the situation in Yizhou has changed at the moment, Wenshan, Jianwei, and Hanjia have all appeared in the three counties of abnormal soldiers and horses, if the general expected to be good, within a month, Yizhou will usher in a big war, and now the Yizhou Thorn Shi is not enough soldiers and horses, I am afraid that the bullet will not be suppressed, and our army is the closest to Chengdu, how can we sit idly by, so the general decided to personally lead the generals in front of Fucheng to deal with the upcoming turmoil in Yizhou, what are the opinions of the generals, although they are blunt. ”

"The general only gives orders, and he is willing to follow the general to pacify Yizhou." Zhuge Xiong first spoke loudly.

"General, give the order to attack! I'm willing to fight. Chen Poyu and Chen Zhanhu said in unison.

Chen Ting and Wang San also nodded to Hua An, indicating that they had no opinions.

Seeing this, Hua An was very happy, and said loudly: "Since all the generals have no opinions, then the general will give an order, early tomorrow morning, all the troops of your department will be assembled outside the south gate, and all the soldiers will bring enough dry food for five days, and the general will personally lead you and others to Fucheng to meet the upcoming battle." ”

"Obey the command." The generals in the lobby hurriedly clenched their fists and accepted the order.

Hua An stretched out his hand and waved his hand, signaling the generals to immediately return to their respective camps to make final preparations for the expedition.

Because the rebellion in Yizhou may occur at any time, therefore, Hua'an will lead the three thousand elites to Fucheng as quickly as possible, and directly abandon all kinds of baggage needed for the life of the army to prevent slowing down the march, the number of three thousand troops is not much, and the towns along the way can be accommodated, just send scouts to report in advance.

Hua An looked at the topographic map of Shuzhong in front of him and began to formulate a detailed route of march, so that the army under his command could stay with him and go to Fucheng with the highest efficiency.

"Big brother, the situation in Yizhou is unknown, in case our army is one step slower and let the rebels break through Chengdu, then wouldn't we have to storm the fortified city of Chengdu, so that we must have the support of a heavy battalion and various equipment to win, three thousand elites and Tie Niu and Li Yi's men and horses are not good at attacking the city!" Wang San whispered a wake-up call to Hua An.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "You are right, without the baggage battalion to build various types of siege equipment, the main force of our army will not be able to shake a fortified city like Chengdu, okay!" You immediately send an order to the baggage battalion in the city, mobilize 500 baggage soldiers, carry all kinds of important tools and accessories, and go with the army, and in order to speed up the march, equip the 500 soldiers of the baggage battalion with 1,000 war horses, so that the soldiers of the baggage battalion can carry more supplies. ”

"Yes, big brother, I'll arrange it." Wang San answered, turned around and went to give the order.

After Wang San left, Hua An was in the main hall, looking at the topographic map of Shuzhong in his hand and repeatedly imagining it, in order to take into account the various emergencies that may occur in Yizhou and how to deal with them.

It wasn't until the hour had passed that Hua An left the main hall and went to the backyard to rest.

Since he had to leave early the morning of the second day and could not return until several months later, Hua An inevitably had to communicate with Zhuge Qi and Li Qinglian before dragging his tired body and falling asleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, a total of 3,000 soldiers and horses from the pro-military camp, the Wudang Fei Army, and the Liangzhou New Army, assembled outside the south gate of Nanzheng City early, and waited for Hua'an's order.

Subsequently, 500 soldiers of the baggage battalion, with 1,000 horses and all kinds of necessary supplies, also came to the south gate, and gathered behind the 3,000 elites.

Three quarters later, Hua An took a few personal soldiers and galloped to the south gate, and first inspected the team that was about to go on the expedition.

Due to the speed of the march and the limited supplies it carried, Hua'an asked all soldiers to speed up their march and arrive at Fucheng within five days.

Seeing that all the soldiers and horses were ready, Hua An shouted loudly and gave the order to march into Fucheng.

Under Hua'an's order, the 3,000 elite troops and 500 heavy battalion soldiers and horses marched in the direction of Fucheng.

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In the Chengdu Thorn Mansion, Zhou Fu, the Thorn of Yizhou, seemed a little worried, and the abnormal gathering of soldiers and horses in the three counties of Wenshan, Jianwei, and Hanjia had obviously reached Zhou Fu's ears.

These three counties are not far from Chengdu, and if these large numbers of soldiers and horses are to raid Chengdu, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Zhou Fu paced anxiously in the lobby, he was waiting for the latest news from the front, to determine the number of these soldiers and horses, and the generals who would lead the troops.

"My lord, the scouts sent to Jianwei County have returned, and the situation in Jianwei County has been basically figured out." General Yang Qian walked into the lobby and reported.

"Tell me what the situation is in the county." Zhou Fu hurriedly asked.

Yang Qian hugged his fists and said: "My lord, there are 20,000 soldiers and horses assembled for the county, and the scouts under the command of the last general learned that it was Li Shi's old general Deng Ding who was gathering soldiers and horses on a large scale, and this person was only afraid of a surprise attack on Chengdu!" (To be continued......)