Chapter 586: Trekking into Beijing
readx;? Xu Yang and other generals looked at the river full of all kinds of boats rushing back and forth, and the soldiers behind them were getting fewer and fewer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ At the end of the day, more than 10,000 soldiers crossed the other side.
Even so, it would take fifty days for an army of 500,000 to cross the river in full. And for such a long time, Xu Yang can't afford to consume it.
Day after day, the rivers were crossed, and the boats near Henan, Shaanxi, and Jin provinces were all transferred to transport soldiers. As a result, the degree of transporting soldiers has increased by leaps and bounds again, and even 50,000 soldiers can be transported a day.
In the anxious waiting of the generals, ten days had passed unconsciously, and there were few soldiers left around Xu Yang, and some of the generals had already taken a boat to the other side.
"Master, most of the soldiers have already arrived on the other side, and we should also take a boat to enter!" Xu said with a smile.
Xu Yang nodded happily, beckoned the soldiers behind him to board the boat in turn, and then boarded the ship with the generals next to him.
Since Xu Yang was traveling to Longjing for a long distance this time, the army did not carry heavy baggage, but only advanced lightly.
Thus, the last wave of soldiers and generals also boarded the boat, and the boatmen shouted in turn, and slowly sailed off the shore and rowed towards the other side of the river.
Xu Yang stood on the bow of the boat, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw the neatly looked soldiers standing on the opposite bank, with bright smiles on their faces, knowing that once they crossed the river, then they would also enter Jin Province. And when entering Jin Province, whether there is an iron car or not has become unknown.
The boats taken by Xu Yang and the others slowly arrived on the opposite bank, and all the soldiers cheered, and then saw that all the boatmen gathered around Xu Yang, nodding their heads one by one, smiling without saying a word.
When Xu Yang saw the appearance of the boatmen, he knew that he wanted to fulfill his promise to pay for the boat, and said with a smile: "You boatmen don't need to worry. General Ben said that he would pay you for the boat, and he will definitely do what he says. After speaking, he glanced at Awa beside him.
When these boatmen saw that Xu Yang was willing to pay for the boat, they laughed even more, but they didn't expect Xu Yang to be a person who believed in his word, and immediately began to praise Xu Yang's flattery for his young and promising young people and will definitely soar in the future.
Ah Po nodded, untied the Qiankun bag from his arms, asked how much money the ship was, and without hesitation, he took out the silver and silver tickets, counted them, and gave more than 100,000 taels of silver to these boatmen.
Xu Yang has two Qiankun bags in his hands, one of which is a horse-faced ghost and the other is a bull-headed ghost. And because Apo had made countless achievements by Xu Yang's side, Xu Yang returned the Qiankun bag of the horse-faced ghost to the other party, but transferred the treasure in the bag to another Qiankun bag.
These boatmen happily held the silver tickets and silver, and their faces also smiled, which made these boatmen make a lot of money, how could they not smile.
Xu Yang looked at the boatmen and looked at the silver in their hands with a bright smile, but his heart was dripping blood, "These silvers are mine, but now they are transferred to the hands of these boatmen." Now, I'm afraid I'm going to be a poor ghost again, right?"
Xu Yang sighed heavily in his heart, he didn't expect that leading troops to fight would consume so much money and food, and if there was no money, it would be really difficult to lead troops to fight.
Xu Yang pondered: "Fortunately, there is no place to cross the river in the future, otherwise my money will really not be enough!
After the 500,000 soldiers had assembled on the banks of the river, it was now dusk, so they had to rest for the night and set off again the next day.
Just as Xu Yang and other generals were discussing military affairs in the tent, they heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the east, and then saw a cavalry galloping towards their side.
The cavalryman turned over and dismounted, hurriedly walked into the military tent, and said with his fists clenched: "General, I don't know when the railroad tracks from west to east in Jin Province have been destroyed. There are no railroad tracks scattered around the railway. β
When the generals heard that there was no railway in Jin Province, they were stunned, which meant that they were going to walk out of Jin Province.
Xu Yang sighed heavily in his heart, he didn't expect that he was still thinking about how to solve the matter of taking the iron car silver, but now even the railroad tracks no longer exist, "Although it saves money, the fighter plane has to be extendedγγγγγγ β
Next, the army had to march northeast on foot. It took the army five days to walk out of Jin Province and successfully enter Ji Province.
However, before everyone could be happy, suddenly the cavalry came back and reported: "All the railways in Ji Province have been destroyed. β
When everyone heard that even the railways in Hebei Province had been destroyed, they were immediately furious, and they didn't understand who had destroyed the railways of the whole country.
"General Xu, since we came from Gan Province, the railways everywhere we went have been destroyed. It stands to reason that the imperial court will not destroy these railways at all, otherwise it will only cost the people and money. A general said.
"No matter how stupid the officials in the court were, they wouldn't be so stupid as to destroy so many railroad tracks. Another general followed.
"Perhaps, these rails were destroyed by the foreign army, or by the rebels?" said another general.
Everyone didn't understand that more than three years ago, they still came to Gan Province in an iron car, and now when they returned to Longjing from Gan Province, all the iron cars were gone, and the imagination was angry and hateful.
Xu Yang didn't know what had happened, so that the railway transportation line in the whole world no longer existed. But one thing is certain, that is, someone is working against the imperial court and is taking revenge on the imperial court for what it has done.
"Don't be suspicious, everybody. In less than ten days, we will arrive in Longjing. It's not too early, it's time to go!" Xu Yang said, sitting on the unicorn's back.
Everyone nodded, stopped guessing, and continued to walk in the northeast direction.
When everyone walked in Ji Province for three days, and saw that they were about to walk out of Ji Province after another day, they saw a group of goats appear in the mountains, and then they saw an elderly sheep herder driving the sheep to the south.
When Xu Yang ignored it, he thought that the foot under which everyone was walking was the original site of the railway, and this sheep herder seemed to be a local, so he wanted to ask the other party about the disappearance of the railroad tracks, maybe the other party would know the reason for the disappearance of the railroad tracks.
Xu Yang glanced at a general beside him, told the other party what he thought in his heart, and asked the other party to ask the sheep herder.
The general nodded yes, and galloped toward the shepherd.
When the sheep herder was leisurely driving the sheep, he naturally saw the black and oppressive imperial army coming, but when he saw that the soldiers were just passing by here, not robbing houses, he no longer seemed to be panicked.
However, the shepherd was horrified to see a general rushing towards him, and was shocked, and out of instinct, he could only stand there honestly, and bless the other party not to kill him, or to snatch his sheep savagely.
"Uncle, you have to be nervous, I just came to ask a few words, not to embarrass you. The general said with a smile.
When the sheep herder heard that the other party would not embarrass himself, he hurriedly nodded and asked with a smile: "My lord, then what are you doing with the grass people?"
"That's right, I see that all the railroad tracks in Ji Province are gone, I don't know where these rails have gone?" the general asked.
When the sheep herder heard that the other party had come to inquire about the railroad tracks, he was stunned for a while, and after recalling for a while, he replied: "These railways were built by foreign merchants, but they were dismantled by foreigners one by one a year ago. However, the foreigners have not yet transported the railroad tracks, and they have been robbed by those lawbreakers. β
The more the general listened, the more frightened he became, he didn't expect that the railroad track was really dismantled by foreigners, but it was robbed by lawbreakers on the way, and it can be said that the railroad tracks were turning around or fell into the Celestial Empire.
"Thank you, uncle!" said the soldier, clenching his fists. After speaking, he turned the horse's head, and Pegasus whipped back towards Xu Yang and the others.
The shepherd saw that the other party had quickly whipped away, and almost collapsed to the bottom as if he had been amnestied. After sitting on the ground panting for a while, his face gradually regained his blood color, and he drove the sheep south.
The general rode his horse and whipped to Xu Yang's side, and said as he walked: "General Xu, I have made it clear that the old man who was herding sheep just now said that these railways were dismantled by foreign merchants. However, before the foreigners could transport the railroad tracks, they were robbed by criminals again. β
It can be seen that the foreigners had already calculated it, so before attacking Longjing, they dismantled all the railways in the country. Xu Yang sneered.
"It's just that what the foreigners didn't expect is that now the whole country is full of rebel troops, and these railroad tracks have been intercepted by the rebel army!
Xu Yang nodded, seeing that it was getting late, he ordered the army to rest in place.
The next day, after continuing to walk in the northeast direction for half a day, the army successfully stepped into the place of Longjing.
However, as the army continued to walk, it faintly smelled the pungent smell of gunpowder in the air, and was startled.
And everyone only needs to walk for another two days before they can successfully enter Longjing City. And if you want to march urgently, it will take a day and a half to reach Longjing City.
Xu Yang naturally smelled the pungent smell of sulfur in the air, and was secretly surprised in his heart, vaguely feeling that Long Jing was now in an earth-shattering fight, and he also felt that he was a step too late.