In the past month, Mrs. Xiang has been impressed by his intelligence and promised to help him get information about Fu Youde's whereabouts with the power of Shuixi.

Otherwise, Zhao Cheng would have to fight alone and find it by himself.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xiang is empathetic.

"Madam, I've been bothering you for a while."

Zhao Cheng arched his hand, although he cooperated with Shuixi, he is now a member of Shuixi, and he is still an extremely important part.

But what he wanted to do was still too terrifying, and ordinary people couldn't even think about it, but Mrs. Xiang still took the initiative to help him find out the news.

This is not a small help.

After all, the terrain of Qianzhou is too rugged, and the news is extremely uncirculating.

In such an environment, it was not easy for Zhao Cheng to find the location of the Ming army.

What's more, now Fu Youde is separated from the army.

He opened the way in front, swept through the Qianzhou forces, strengthened the imperial court's control over Qianzhou, and the army marched normally behind.

Although he also took some people with him, but hundreds of people are deep in the mountains, what is the difference between a needle falling to the bottom of the sea?

The area of Qianzhou is not big, and it is not small to say that it is not small, so how easy is it to find someone in the mountains?

No, Zhao Cheng is a good example.

Jin Yiwei has been looking for him for so long, and Chen Xi and Qiu Yun have also been looking for him for so long, but they still don't have any clue.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Cheng had a big fuss in the Yang family in Banzhou more than a month ago, and was just discovered by Jinyiwei's secret agents, it would have been almost impossible for Chen Xi and the others to get news of him.

In the Xia clan hundreds of years later, Skynet is restored and not leaked, but there are still people who have absconded for decades without being discovered.

What's more, it is the thirteenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, and if a person really wants to hide, he can really disappear.

Although Fu Youde and his entourage were destined to be mighty, the mountain roads were rugged and the news was not circulating, so it was difficult to find out after all.

But now with the help of Mrs. Xiang, and the support of Shuixi's intelligence and eyeliner, it is indeed a lot more convenient.

"Hua Guoshi doesn't have to be like this, you are the chief designer of my Shuixi development, and you are a part of Shuixi, and it is also a matter of luxury to help you."

After such a long period of contact, her relationship with Zhao Cheng has become much closer, although there is still a strong exchange of interests in it, but there is also a little friendship.

"However, Hua Guoshi, the slave still wants to persuade you, don't interfere with the plan of the Ming Dynasty, the demise of Mengyuan has become a foregone conclusion, the destruction of the King of Yuanliang and the unification of Yunnan are also the trend of the times, why do you want to mix this troubled water?

Peace of mind in Shuixi, we work together to create a peaceful and prosperous ......"

Although she understood that Zhao Cheng was a bottomless person, she was still unwilling to let Zhao Cheng interfere with the Ming Dynasty's battle against Yunnan.

Mrs. Xiang still doesn't believe that he can contain tens of thousands of troops alone, even if he is unparalleled in wisdom and bravery, but in the face of a huge power gap, his personal strength is limited after all.

She was still quite worried about Hua Guoshi, worried that he would not come back, wouldn't that be the loss of their Shuixi?!

"Madame, don't worry, I won't have direct contact with Fu Youde's army, I just need to contain Fu Youde and the others, or create a contradiction between the Ming army and Banzhou Tusi, so that they can't communicate calmly and hinder the advance of Fu Youde's army."

Zhao Cheng's will is extremely firm, he can indeed do nothing, stay in Shuixi and develop with peace of mind, in two or three years, the power of Shuixi can develop and change, and achieve an order of magnitude leap.

But it was impossible for the imperial court to give Zhao Cheng two or three years of time.

According to the history he knew, it took no more than half a year before and after the Ming Dynasty pacified Yunnan, and once Yunnan was pacified, the next one was the rebellion of Liangguang.

With the current power of Zhao Yong, Zhu Liangzu and others in Liangguang, they are far inferior to King Yuanliang.

The imperial court drew troops, Fu Youde and others pacified Yunnan and turned to kill Liangguang, which was doomed to failure.

The time of defeat is even faster than that of Yunnan!

At that time, Zhu Chongba will devote more energy and troops, Jinyi guards will be all over the world, and Zhao Cheng will not have the opportunity and time to develop with peace of mind.

What's more, Fu Youde will definitely come to Shuixi when he crosses Qianzhou, and he will definitely communicate with Shuixi.

That is, in the past year, the Ming Dynasty will strengthen its control and rule over Qianzhou, and Zhao Cheng wants to develop in Qianzhou with peace of mind, which is even more fantastical!

For the sake of Liangguang, for the sake of Qianzhou, and for Zhao Cheng's own plan, for the plan of annexing the southwest and separating the southwest, he must prevent the Ming army from crossing Qianzhou safely.

If necessary, he would shoot the main generals of this army in order to cause confusion in the army, hinder the army's advance, and prevent the imperial court from gaining further control of Qianzhou.

As for preventing the imperial court from unifying Yunnan, it was only incidental.

It doesn't matter at all.

"Alas~"

Mrs. Xiang sighed, after all, there was no way.

Hua Guoshi is a person with too strong subjective consciousness, and it is generally difficult to change the things he decides.

Mrs. Xiang knows this very well.

I can't persuade him, and I can't stop him, so I can only let him go.

"Will you bring the recruit company with you?" Madame Xiang was silent for a long time, and then asked again.

Recruit Company, this is Zhao Cheng's own team, and it is also the name of his personal life.

In the future, he will train batch after batch of teams through the recruit company to build a modern and powerful army that is invincible and invincible.

And that's just the beginning.

But after this period of training, the effect is very obvious.

The discipline of these 100 people is extremely high, and their organizational and mobilization abilities have been greatly improved.

What's more, the minds of this group of people have been turned upside down.

The level of knowledge, thinking ability, critical thinking ability, etc., have made great progress.

It can be said that the first effect is already emerging.

Even Mrs. Xiang had to sigh that Hua Guoshi's ability to train and command troops is rare in the world.

"Yes, I will take them with me, but the main thing is to take them out to get seeds, and now that it's almost August, the temperature is gradually getting mild, and some grain seeds can be planted."

Zhao Cheng didn't think about taking these 100 people to disturb the situation in Qianzhou, they still don't know how to use firearms, isn't it a burden to bring them?

"Seeds?"

Mrs. Xiang's eyes lit up, these days, Hua Guoshi always mentioned the issue of agriculture, saying that eating a full stomach is the most important thing.

She also wants to see those grains that yield thousands of catties per mu.

By now, she has great trust in Hua Guoshi.

Regarding whether those grains can yield thousands of catties per mu, in fact, Mrs. Xiang has no doubts.

But without seeing it with her own eyes, she would still be worried.

Human nature, normal!

Originally, Mrs. Xiang also urged Zhao Cheng, hoping that he could get back those grain seeds that yielded thousands of catties per mu as soon as possible.

But Zhao Cheng can always delay on the grounds that the season is not suitable and the temperature is not suitable.

She can't help it!

After all, food is such a thing, not only need the earth, but also need to look at the sky.

If the sky doesn't cooperate, she is helpless.

In fact, Zhao Cheng said that these are just excuses.

He had the seeds with him, so he couldn't help but go out and throw them directly into the house where he lived, right?

He knew very well that every move he made in Shuixi was closely watched by people from all sides.

If he did take out the seeds, it would not be explained.

This requires a reason to get out for a while.

It just so happened that I used this as an excuse to pick up seeds, and by the way, I also took some books, tools, etc.

Bidding farewell to Mrs. Xiang, Zhao Cheng returned to his residence and made some more plans and arrangements.

Mrs. Xiang did not leave directly, but went to the office.

If Hua Guoshi wants to leave temporarily, many plans and arrangements will be affected.

In particular, she also needs to repeatedly instruct Hua Guoshi's henchmen to ensure Hua Guoshi's safety.

They are unfortunately injured and can even die.

But Hua Guoshi can't afford to make the slightest mistake.

Otherwise, she would have been heartbroken.

……

Early the next morning, Zhao Cheng washed up early, took the whistle and went to the barracks.

"Xiu Xiu ~ Xiu Xiu ~ "

The whistle sounded, and the soldiers in the camp quickly assembled.

"Count!"

After the team stood up, Zhao Cheng shouted loudly.

“1～”

“2～”

……

“100！”

"Report! After the report is completed, there should be 100 people, but it is 100 people, and the report is complete! ”

"Very good, I'm going to take you out on a mission today, all bring good guys!"

Zhao Cheng shouted again.

The so-called guys are their own equipment and bags, standing quilts, dry food, water and other items, and of course, long knives and the like.

Although it is not yet time for war, the guy who kills is always ready.

Military personnel, especially those on active duty, are not allowed to leave their weapons behind.

……

Mrs. Xiang had been waiting at the city gate for a long time and sent her off in person.

If you can't stop Hua Guoshi, you can only pray that Hua Guoshi will return safely.

Before parting, Zhao Cheng handed over a piece of information he had compiled to Mrs. Xiang.

He didn't know exactly how much time he would be away this time, and there were many things that needed to be planned and explained in advance.

"Madam, don't worry, Shuixi is the place where my dream set sail, and I will definitely come back safe and sound."

Zhao Cheng waved goodbye, finally rode on the war horse, and still chose to sail away.

Mrs. Xiang held the materials and books in her hand and watched Hua Guoshi's team disappear in front of her, before she sighed slowly and turned back.

With the power of one person, containing the Ming army is something she can't imagine no matter what.

For a moment, she even wanted to launch the impulse of the Shuixi army to support Zhao Cheng.

But in the end, sanity is superior.

In the end, she didn't dare to take hundreds of thousands of people from Shuixi to make this big gamble.

I can only pray that Hua Guoshi can return safely!

Zhao Cheng was on the march, and the Ming army stationed in Xuzhou Mansion had also practiced for many days, and part of the army had moved to Yongning.

This force is always ready to wield Usa.

Wusa is the junction of Yunnan, Sichuan and Qianzhou, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

Today's Wusa is partly in the hands of Shuixi, and partly controlled by local tyrants.

In order to take Yunnan, Wusa must be one of the goals of the Ming Dynasty.

If Shuixi can get the full support of Shuixi, then the Yongning army will go straight to Usa, and there will be no problem.

In addition, Fu Youde's army entered Guizhou from Chenzhou and Yuanzhou, and the army has reached the southeast of Guizhou.

This was originally the territory of the Sizhou Tian clan, and it was impossible to let so many troops enter under normal circumstances.

But before Fu Youde set out on the expedition, he had already had in-depth communication with Tian's Tusi.

In the face of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the Tian family, who is powerful in Qianzhou, can only be as well-behaved as a kitten.

Not only can it not be stopped, but it is even served with delicious food and drink.

Fu Youde proposed that the Tian clan provide supplies for the army to reduce the pressure on the imperial court to transport grain and grass over long distances, and the future success will definitely be indispensable to the benefits of the Sizhou Tian clan.

To get the promise of the imperial court, Tian was naturally happy to agree.

But in the face of Fu Youde's supply of 100,000 troops, they were also annoyed.

The logistical supply of an army of 100,000 is not something that ordinary forces can support.

You must know that a normal army of 100,000 people needs about 200,000 manpower for logistics alone, and war horses, grain and grass, etc., are all huge expenses.

300,000 people, a day's food consumption alone, is an astronomical amount, enough to bankrupt ordinary local wealthy families.

And what a huge expense it would have been to support such an army to fight until the end of the pacification war......

As strong as Sizhou Tian's, it is impossible to support them all.

Fu Youde understood that Sizhou Tian couldn't support much.

But there are other forces in Qianzhou, let's crowdfund, and we can barely provide a lot of materials to save a little resource for detachment.

Moreover, Fu Youde knocked on all sides, and the most important thing was to stabilize Qianzhou, so as not to affect the imperial court's support for the front-line army from Bashu, Huguang and other places.

The most important material for the entire army still comes from the imperial court.

Therefore, Fu Youde also has to get through all the forces in order to reach a consensus.

If a consensus cannot be reached, Fu Youde does not mind purging the stubborn forces in Qianzhou before pacifying Yunnan.

Anyway, he's familiar with killing!

For the sake of this consensus, Fu Youde rode his horse and galloped to Banzhou in the northwest.

The Banzhou Yang clan is the largest force in Qianzhou and the richest one.

If Qianju wants to be stable, Banju must be stable.

Moreover, in the case of the logistical supply of the imperial army, the Banzhou Yang family contributed to it, and it was still the largest force except for the imperial court.

When Fu Youde visited the Yang family in Banzhou and discussed the supply of grain and grass, he would go south to Guizhou City and find the water stream and water cave.

These two toasts are naturally not immune.

The imperial court seems to be pacifying Yunnan, but it also has to move on Qianzhou.

Knocking on the four major Tusi of Qianzhou, on the one hand, they were asked to support the war of the imperial court, and on the other hand, they also had to send personnel to stay behind, redistribute the power of Qianzhou, and strengthen the control of the imperial court over Qianzhou.

Once Fu Youde stabilized the four major Tusi and solved the problem of logistics and supply of the army, the army he led would drive straight into the two places of Puding and Pu'an, and once it was successfully occupied, and then sent troops to Qujing, with the Ming army that occupied Wusa, and took Qujing in one fell swoop, then the battle of the King of Liang in Pingyuan was basically half of the success.

Qujing is the gateway to Yunnan, once Qujing is lost, the army can drive straight in, and you can directly capture Kunming.

The importance of Qujing is self-evident.

Before Qujing, the most important military places were Wusa and Pu'an.

These two places are located in Qianzhou, and Qianzhou Tusi is inextricably linked, Fu Youde's trip to Qianzhou is naturally extremely important!