The Nanling forces, which have initially entered the industrial civilization, can be said to have an overwhelming advantage over other forces that are still in the agricultural civilization when they launch an attack.

In addition, in the past few years, with the help of the caravan to subtly promote the wealth of Nanling, as well as many favorable policies for the people, it has quietly bought the hearts of the people, and the two can win a hundred battles together.

In the face of the strong strength gap, all strategies seem a little pale, and in many cases, even as soon as the Nanling army arrives, the defenders of the city open the city and surrender, and the local people are even more welcome to the magical scene.

The external expansion can be said to be overwhelming, but for the sake of absolute safety, in order to avoid the lone army from falling into the trap, Zhang Tiancheng also slowed down the pace of advancement as much as possible.

It's just that many generals are really eager to make merit, and the speed of advancement is always much faster than expected, and the pressure on logistics and supply is very great, and Zhang Tiancheng also has to stay up late to deal with military reports from all sides.

In fact, even Zhao Tianhao, who was far away in the island country, also arranged the remaining tasks after sweeping away the remnants of the island country, but he took an elite team and crossed the ocean to Dou Jiande's lair.

With less than 3,000 troops, he drove straight into and captured Dou Jiande's old nest Zhuo County, and the frightened Dou Jiande fled to Guanwai with his family overnight, and Kou Zhong's team also successfully captured the land of Liangguang.

The Third Army led by Du Fuwei also had a unit quietly infiltrated the land of Bashu, and the Shu Road was indeed too difficult, so he had to borrow special forces who were particularly good at mountain warfare to sneak in first.

"Lord, Zhong Shuai's telegram of inquiry."

An orderly hurriedly sent a telegram to Zhang Tiancheng.

The content is very simple, that is, to ask whether to continue to attack Hainan by sea, the advantage is to take advantage of the victory to pursue, not to give the enemy a chance to breathe and set up defenses, the disadvantage is that the existing ammunition and crossbow arrow reserves are already insufficient, and the logistics supply may not be able to keep up.

"Let them stay where they are, and don't attack rashly until they are fully replenished."

'Yes! The Signal Corps took the order and departed.

In the blink of an eye, another telegram came, but Du Fuwei had already arrived near Luoyang, and he also encountered the problem of insufficient supplies, asking when the supplies would arrive.

"How many times have you said it, slow down, slow down, why is it still so fast, let him guard the canal passage, and the supplies can be delivered in three days at the latest."

"Yes."

……

Unlike Zhang Tiancheng, who was busy, Kou Zhong seemed quite leisurely, drinking tea in the camp tent and playing with the flintlock pistol in his hand, although the lethality of this thing was very average, it was okay to deal with ordinary people, but it was not easy to use against masters.

However, this thing is a weapon that only generals are equipped with, and it is very beautifully made, and it is also inlaid with gold and jade gems, and it is more used for decoration, which is considered a status symbol.

I didn't know it was Kou Zhong alone in the military tent, and Li Xiuning was also in the military tent, but he was holding a book of elementary physics, and he was fascinated by it.

Of course, Kou Zhong, who was playing with the pistol, also looked at the first love from time to time, although the admiration for this person was no longer as fanatical as it was at the beginning, but the love must still be there.

Although Ling Shao also made a lot of moves, he could directly take down this eldest lady of the Li family, but he really did it, as if he was a little sorry for Song Yuzhi, and of course he was even more sorry for his own brother.

This eldest lady of the Li family is full of thoughts about the interests of Li Valve, and the Li family is extremely ambitious, if she really gets along with this girl, it may be a little difficult for her brother in the future.

Maybe when other kings feel threatened, they directly pick up their knives and even pack up their own brothers, but Ling Shao is by no means such a person, and of course he is not such a person, so he can't pit his own brothers for his own liking.

"The lord of Zhongshuai has replied!" A communications soldier took a telegram and hurried into the commander's tent.

"It seems that Ling Shao is not very busy, so he replied so quickly!" When I opened the telegram and saw that I was stationed in place, I no longer had to worry about whether to pursue while I was victorious.

This sudden reply was sent to Li Xiuning with some surprise.

Originally, because Kou Zhong even sent a letter back to Nanling to ask that Xu Ziling about the situation when he encountered something difficult to decide, he still underestimated this Zhong Dashuai in his heart.

However, what I never expected was that the letter sent by the orderly soldier received a reply from the Nanling headquarters in just tea time, and the two places were thousands of miles apart, even if a pigeon flew over, it would take more than ten hours to do it, so it would be a reply in less than a quarter of an hour?

"The eldest lady must be surprised, right?" Seeing Xiu Ning looking at himself dumbfounded, Kou Zhong also asked a little proudly.

"It's really amazing, isn't it that someone in the army has mastered the means of his mind as the Buddhists say."

"Of course not, it's just a very magical, but universal means of communication."

"Can it be popularized in the military?"

"Yes, it is already popular in several legions...... Do you want to know more about this powerful means of communication? ”

Kou Zhong's words surprised Li Xiuning very much.

“…… What else can I say about this as an outsider? ”

"Naturally, it can be said, maybe it won't be a few months, and the whole world will know about it."

"Aren't you afraid that others will learn this means of communication?"

"This requires a perfect industrial system to be built, and others can't learn it for a while."

"If you may, I'd like to hear about it, can you tell me more about it?"

"Of course...... With lead-acid as the source, with copper casting patterns, thousands of circuits are set into arrays, and the gathering and dispersion of magnetic force can be transmitted for thousands of miles, and the end of the world is like a stone's throw away...... This is what Ling Shao said, and I can't figure out what the principle is, anyway, this telegraph communication is a thousand times more powerful than the take-off pigeon. ”

“…… You also grew up with him, why does he know this, but you don't know anything about it? After hesitating for a long time, the question was finally asked.

"It's nothing, it's like in the classroom, the same students who go to school, some of them have become scholars, some of them have become scumbags, I am a scumbag for the understanding of heaven and earth, I have been studying for almost a year, and I haven't even mastered your elementary physics."

"This, there is a specialization in the art industry, in fact, you are not bad, in just a few years, you have become the commander of the army."

"Thank you for the compliment!"

"I heard that Brother Shimin is also going south to Nanling, and the eldest lady has been with the army for some days, otherwise it would be better to go back to Nanling to meet your brother first?" I thought about it and said something.

"It's because Song Yuzhi came here, that's why you want to break me apart?"

"Of course not, how is it possible."

"Okay, I understand, Yuzhi is a good girl, you treat her well in the future." After speaking, he turned around and left directly, Kou Zhong wanted to catch up with him several times and reach out to pull people, but he finally endured it.