Xiangxian is hundreds of miles away from Pei County, and it is not convenient to exchange information. Yang Duanhe went back to look at the reports he had recently received from various places, and found that he was overjoyed to find that the report he had just received today made him overjoyed.

This report was put forward by Cheng Xiao He of Pei County. Because in the past six months, there are often a large number of large barges on the banks of the Surabaya River near Pei County, which have flat bottoms, shallow drafts and great capacity. It was a great vessel for transporting goods and soldiers, but it could only travel through inland rivers, and it was absolutely impossible to go out to sea, because the wind and waves were too strong to capsize.

At first, no one paid attention to the barges. The county government also sent someone to investigate, but the barge had all the formalities, and nothing could be found out at all. However, with the frequent round-trip of the barge, it aroused the vigilance of the county Cheng Xiao He.

After investigation, Xiao He found that whenever night fell, the shore was bustling, with a large number of soldiers dressed in imperial uniforms guarding the vicinity, and carrying bags of things to the barge.

Xiao He also approached with the officials to inquire, but the dignified county was blocked. The other party took out the military voucher and told Xiao He that this was a place to carry supplies for the soldiers of the Southern Expedition, and no one was allowed to approach.

That was the end of the matter. But Xiao He felt that things were very weird. Surabaya was far from the rear and did not have a place to turn over materials, and the imperial court had a closer distance to deliver supplies to the front, such as Changsha County and Jiujiang County. And what's even more unreasonable is that if it is really the imperial court that sets this place as a material transfer station, then there is no need to be sneaky and choose to do things in the middle of the night, but will inform the local government and dispatch conscripts to help.

Xiao He reported this matter to the county order, but the county order was completely inappropriate, just one sentence that the other party had all the formalities, don't bother the military, they, these petty officials, can't afford to offend the generals in the imperial court.

Xiao He also had to give up. However, soon after, the imperial court issued a request to all counties to buy grain to fill the treasury, Pei County, like most parts of the country, purchased grain, far below the standard set by the imperial court, only to find that during the autumn harvest period, the grain has been sold out.

Soon after, the imperial court issued a new order to thoroughly investigate those who rushed to buy the people's grain in various places. Xiao He remembered this again. So he bypassed the county order and reported the matter directly to the county guard.

Chen Sheng naturally didn't know the cause and effect of this matter, but with a clue, it was a good thing.

Fusu immediately mobilized the guards brought from Xianyang and rushed towards Peixian. The soldiers in this guard are basically warriors who have participated in the war of annihilation, and after many selections, five hundred people were selected, and the emperor gave them the name of the Praetorian Guard, which was directly under the command of the emperor.

In order not to startle the snake, Yang Duanhe did not mobilize the army in the county, but he also knew that with two hundred Praetorian Guards, there was no room for other armies to interfere. As a former general, he understands the terrifying combat effectiveness of this team better than Fu Su Mengyi.

Bumps on horseback are not pleasant.

Although Chen Sheng spent most of the year in the carriage, and his driving skills were not bad, the bumps on horseback made him very unbearable.

The main thing is not his riding problem. It's that there are no pedals on the horse at all. Chen Sheng has always known that in this era, the horse pedal has not yet been invented, and he has always wanted to accomplish this feat by himself, but he has no time to exert his talent.

The two knotted straw ropes hung from the saddle and put the feet into it, which was the "horse pedal" of this era. This simple horse pedal is simply difficult to fix people's legs, let alone borrow strength, and it is difficult to play the role of cavalry. So Chen Sheng knew that in this era, the real role of cavalry had not been brought into play at all, so the clumsy chariots had never really been eliminated.

Because of this, in the fight with the Hu people and the Xiongnu, the Central Plains has not been at a disadvantage. That's because the Huns didn't have horses yet. Today's knights rely on their superb riding skills to be able to play the role of fighting on horseback. But Chen Sheng knew that this gadget, which could increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry several times, would be invented sooner or later, rather than sooner or later, rather than letting others invent it, it was better to let himself "create". That's the benefit of the traverser. Chen Sheng thought evilly.

Chen Sheng was very surprised by the resilience of this Qin army. After a day of galloping on horseback, there was no feeling of fatigue, but the horse that stepped down gradually showed tiredness, and its pace began to slow down. Fortunately, each rider brought a replacement horse, and replaced the mount when it was tired, and did not stop half a step along the way.

Not only the Praetorian Guard, but even Gongzi Fusu was awe-inspiring and not tired. Only then did Chen Sheng know that Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms was not accidental. From the noble son to the ordinary soldiers, the Qin people are all brave and warlike, proficient in riding and archery, this country is full of soldiers and horses, and it doesn't make sense to rule the world.

Xiang County is far away from Pei County, and it takes two or three days to ride a horse. However, the speed of the Praetorian Guards was by no means comparable to that of ordinary marches, and the madmen marched day and night, resting only for two hours last night, and only stopped to allow the horses to recover.

Chen Sheng admired this Praetorian Guard very much. Because he found out that these guys were able to sleep soundly on the back of a bumpy horse! No matter how rough the road is, they can rest on their horses, and only one person needs to lead the way!

Such skills can only be honed during a long career of fighting on horseback. Chen Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, the Qin people have such an elite army, in a short time. Who in the world can be beaten?

In this way, under the guard of the Praetorian Guard, in the afternoon of the next day, Chen Sheng followed Meng Yi Fusu to the territory of Pei County.

"Childe, it's Pei County in a hurry." Yang Duanhe pointed to the two words on a stone tablet, and said slowly to Fusu next to him.

Fusu nodded, looked at Meng Yi, and waited for Meng Yi's instructions.

Meng Yi looked at the Praetorian Guards behind him and said, "All the Praetorian Guards change into ordinary clothes, disperse, sneak, and are not allowed to reveal their identities!" By this time tomorrow, we must have arrived at the Peixian County Government and waited for the order! ”