Chapter 40: Sunset and Tears of Loyal Ministers

It took a while for the smoke to clear. Ge Tiangong was the first to go out to check. It took a while to come back and say, "Teacher, everything is going well. ”

He Xi said; "Okay, thank you very much. Let's take a look. ”

Immediately, He Xi led everyone to the gentle slope.

A series of large craters have been blasted here. Every big pit is scattered. He Xi used an iron rod to insert it deep into the soil, feeling that there was empty soil below, this blasting may not be able to solve all the problems, but it greatly reduced the amount of work, and the rest of the thing is to take these big pits as the center and connect them into a river.

Presumably, there is no need to build locks.

Able to pass directly.

He Xi took out an iron shovel from the hands of the guards beside him, rubbed his hands, and began to work. He Xi leads by example, what else can the people around him do? Men and women, young and old, only those who could breathe went into battle. Fortunately, this tool is convenient, even children can dig soil.

The Liaosong Canal has reached the final stage of rushing to complete the project.

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The sound of explosions here can be heard far, far away. All the way to the north.

Taemur listened carefully to the reports of his subordinates. He groaned for a long time, in the setting sun, looking at the south, for a long time. It was a long time before he spoke in a hoarse voice; "Pass it down, assemble, send troops, go south."

"My lord, why do you bother? Lord Wang Baobao, just left this capital, the last battle, has lost a lot. In the imperial court, many people are eyeing each other. Even His Majesty may not want to see our jokes. The south side is not to be messed with. Just let the court send someone to deal with it. ”

Timur's lips hooked slightly, revealing a wry smile.

3,000 men were lost in the last battle.

If he was young, three thousand people were nothing at all. It's not like he hasn't lost a battle. But now, Dayuan really can't afford to lose. These 3,000 people almost made Tain's heart ache, how many 3,000 people are there in the Yuan court, and how many 3,000 people are there in their family?

What if you just don't fight?

Deyin Timur said: "Reading at a young age, watching Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei, five out of Qishan, nine expeditions to the Central Plains, I feel that among the three kingdoms, Shu is the weakest, the least number of households, and how can it be supported, so Shu is the first to die among the three kingdoms." However, now I know, what is the situation of Zhuge Liang, what is called, sit and wait for death, which is the best to kill? ”

"Now this situation is, waiting for the court to deal with it? What will the imperial court do? It's over, but can it be over? It can be said that this river is one. The Ming sailors can get close to the royal court within 200 miles, and the cavalry is only a day and a night. Unless, the imperial court moved to the north of the country, and the departments of the north of the country. Named Yuanchen, in fact, they are nothing more than mongrels. When the imperial court arrives in Saibei, it will either fight with Warat, or the court will be controlled by Warat, is this what loyal ministers and righteous people are willing to see? ”

"The only thing we can do now is to break the Ming army and rip off this canal."

"Otherwise, the death of the imperial court, within two or three years, will not die inside, but outside. I and King Yi, although there are filthy things, but my family has been loyal and good for generations, and three generations have died for the court, and I am getting old. You can't write a 'yuan' on the tombstone. ”

Speaking of which, Taymur could not help but wet his eyes.

He has felt all his life that he is inferior to his brother Wang Baobao. But at this moment, he felt that even if his eldest brother was still there, what could he do in the face of this situation? Manpower is sometimes poor. For a moment, he even secretly complained about his eldest brother in his heart. It's easy for you to close your eyes, but leave me to clean up the situation.

And how can this situation be cleaned up?

"My lord, even if you go south, what about it? This canal has been repaired, can we fill it? Even if you fill it in, Akito can dig it up. Even if we win today, we will ------ again and again in less than three times," said the subordinate.

Some things don't need to be said too clearly. What is the situation under his own command, how can Timur not know.

Don't say three times, even once, he can't afford to consume it.

At this moment, the Yuan court is most afraid of fighting a war of attrition with the Ming Dynasty. Compared to the more than 300 guards in the Ming Dynasty. Millions of troops. Even if the Yuan court adds the nominally subordinate to the Yuan court grassland departments, it will not exceed one million, and now the Yuan court will not have 200,000 even if it desperately recruits troops.

The strength and weakness are so obvious. The gap between Shu and Wei was much larger than back then.

The war of attrition, regardless of victory or defeat, is a rope that strangles the Yuan court.

It's just that things have come to this point, even if they don't fight. Could it be that the imperial court will not die?

The signs of the Yuan court's demise are not now, but they have been determined when the Yuan court withdrew from the capital without a fight.

Now it's just that the elder brother fought desperately, forced Xu Da back, and continued his life for Dayuan for more than ten years. Now it's time to die.

Tayin Timur knew very well that he did not have the ability of his brother to turn things around in such a crisis. But he was even more unwilling to watch Da Yuan perish. His only thought at the moment is that he can do one point. It is a point to be able to procrastinate.

I really can't do it, I just want Dayuan to die after his death.

The dead are left alone with the living.

Deyin Timur said: "Do your best, and then die." As for success or failure, it's beyond my control. Then he slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of tears slowly fell, and the distant sun took up his last rays and sank below the horizon.

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Changchun Fort.

Changchun Fort is the northernmost point of the entire canal, and it was built on the site where a tributary of the Songhua River joins the Songhua River, and the course of this tributary has been borrowed by the canal today.

The keeper of this day is peace.

Ping An pays attention to one thing every day, and that is how the canal is being repaired. He got the news the other day. The hardest section has already been repaired, and all it takes is to connect all the rivers.

In order to catch up with the construction period, He Xi started the construction, which divided more than 200 miles into 13 construction sections. At the same time, the construction will be started, and the thirteen sections will be connected together at this moment, which can be regarded as the last level of the canal project. Here I have to mention a small episode.

Although He Xi tried his best to cultivate many people who were proficient in arithmetic. But the project was too big and urgent, so there was a problem when it was measuring. At the last moment, it was discovered that the error was very large. The most outrageous is that there are two river channels, and not a single centimeter is matched.

He Xi was furious, and it didn't help.

After all, there are few literate people in the Ming Dynasty, fewer people who read books, and even fewer people who understand the mathematical system that He Xi talked about in reading. I can only barely use it. As a last resort, a small lake was dug in situ as a joint point connecting the two rivers.

He Xi felt very uncomfortable about this matter. even felt that this small lake here was simply laughing at him nakedly.

He secretly said in his heart: "In the future, when there is time, we must rebuild this canal and repair this place." It can't be like this. ”

It's a pity that there are too many things to do in the world. He Xi until his death, did not have time to do this thing, all later, the Northeast is prosperous, this urgent canal is not enough at all, after many discussions, it was decided to rebuild. But as for why He Xihe wants to build a small lake here. It became a mystery. Many experts think about it repeatedly, but they can't guess it.

After all, He Xi had already ascended to the altar at that time, and he didn't expect it at all, he just miscalculated.

Later, after much discussion, it was decided to keep the lake and even expand it, although I don't understand why, but there is nothing wrong with what Lord He Xihe decided. If you don't understand, it doesn't matter. Just keep it, but if you make a mistake, it's a big problem.

And that's not the only problem with this canal.

After the whole line is connected, there is still a big problem.

This problem was discovered even by Changchunbao. They found that the flow of water in this tributary was significantly reduced. The people below immediately came to report to Ping'an. I didn't know what was wrong.

He Xi knew that it was because of the Liao River, and all the water from this tributary flowed into the canal. That is, the water of this river was taken away by the canal to the Liao River.

This is a big problem.