The army that crusaded against the Linyi Kingdom, under the leadership of the defectors of the Linyi Kingdom, was like a bamboo, and within one day, it was killed to occupy the capital of the Linyi Kingdom.

Everyone in Champa was in danger and fell into endless panic, and King Fan Jian had to stand up to appease the people.

The city was strengthened by several generations of efforts, and the city walls were so tall that the Tang army had no way to take them!

As long as they work together, they will definitely be able to repel the Tang army, keep the city and fight back against the Tang army.

For the low-caste groups, whether Fan Jian can hold the city or repulse the Tang army has nothing to do with them, anyway, who is ruled is not the rule.

Whoever farms is not farming, but the current rulers are King Fan Jian and a group of Kshatriya nobles, who can only obey orders and guard the city.

Han Shizhong ordered the whole army to attack, launched a fierce attack on the city, and failed to conquer the city after three fierce attacks.

At this time, Fan Jian breathed a sigh of relief and proudly sent a letter to Han Shizhong, the content of which was all provocation.

Anyway, the Tang army can't conquer the city, as long as he waits for the arrival of reinforcements from Zhenla and other countries, he can turn defeat into victory and besiege the Tang army, not only to recover the lost territory, but also to take the opportunity to seize the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

It's a pity that the small countries in the southeast don't dare to offend the Tianwei of the Tang Dynasty, no one will send troops to help Lin Yi Kingdom, and it will be okay if they don't cooperate with the Tang Dynasty to attack Lin Yi Kingdom together!

As soon as everyone summed up, they decided to write a report to Li Jing and asked Li Jing to transfer artillery to bombard the city.

Han Shizhong knew that Li Jing's dragon ship had several powerful artillery pieces installed.

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Inside the Governor's Mansion of Guangzhou.

"Sage, Han Shizhong, the chief of the march of Champa Road, sent a report!"

An attendant sent the recital to Li Jing.

Li Jing took it and flipped it open.

"Let me unload all the artillery on the dragon ship and transport it to Han Shizhong's army!"

Li Jing finished reading the report.

"Sage, this artillery is too heavy, and it may not be able to be transported to the front line if it is dismantled."

Ximen Yang Road.

Although the artillery installed on the dragon ship is not as large as the artillery outside the temple on land, the weight is still not small, and there are no wheels installed at the bottom, which is too time-consuming to lift!

"Aren't there a few mountain cannons on my dragon ship, with wheels? Remove the mountain cannon from the ship and drag it to the front line on a war horse!"

Li Jing said.

"The old slave will order someone to do it!"

Ximen Yang responded and immediately sent someone to push the mountain cannon on the dragon boat off the dragon boat!

"Get ready to go!"

Li Jing said.

"Sage, where are you going? The minister also ordered someone to be ready to take over! ”

Feng Qi bowed and asked.

"I came to Lingnan this time to come to the Imperial Driver, so naturally I want to join Han Shizhong and the others!"

Li Jing said the purpose of this trip, since it is a royal driving expedition, it is natural to be present in person, otherwise how can it be called a royal driving expedition!

Feng Qi was stunned!

Roar!

You still know what you're here for, and if you don't know, you think you're here to travel.

Feng Qi would not say this.

"Saint, the front line is too dangerous, the sword has no eyes, I am afraid that it will hurt the saint's body, the minister asks the saint to take the country and the society as the priority, and you must not be in danger!"

Feng Qi immediately blocked in front of Li Jing, and knelt in front of Li Jing as he spoke, begging Li Jing not to go to the front line.

"Isn't it dangerous for my Tang soldiers to fight bloody battles on the front line? As the emperor, how can I ignore my own soldiers, who are fighting bloodily, and it is appropriate for me to hide in the rear? ”

Li Jing's face sank and he scolded loudly.

What is the purpose of this visit to the royal driver?

is to show the power of the Tang Dynasty, seeing that the enemy's capital is about to be breached, how can he not show his face and boost his morale?

When the soldiers saw him, the Son of Heaven, coming, their morale would definitely be high, and it would be easy to take the city!

"But, the saint ......"

"Okay, I understand what you mean, I have made up my mind, Aiqing doesn't need to persuade again, you just need to govern Guangzhou, I don't want the matter of Annan slang to be staged again in Guangzhou!"

Li Jing said.

"I understand! I wish the saint a triumphant return!"

Feng Qi was shocked!

Hurriedly saluting, he knew that it was the emperor who was beating him.

Li Jing set off and headed for Champ.

Halfway through the walk, it suddenly rained heavily, causing the mountain road to be muddy and not easy to walk.

Even the wheels got stuck in mud puddles!

"Quick! Hard!"

"Everyone, work hard, push quickly!"

The general of the forbidden army instructed the soldiers of the forbidden army to push the cart hard, and the soldiers in front of him whipped the horses pulling the cart to pull out the cart that had fallen into the mud pit.

The war horse neighed in pain and exerted all his strength, but he couldn't get out the wheels of the carriage that had fallen into the mud pit!

"Sage, I'm afraid I'm going to delay the trip, and the wheels of the car will fall into the mud pit and can't get out!"

Ximenyang looked anxious, trotted into the makeshift tent, and reported like Li Jing.

Li Jing frowned when he heard this, what is this called, it is so good that it is actually in the rainy season, and this rain may stop when it will stop!

Isn't that a big deal delaying him?

Dirt roads are troublesome, as soon as the rainy season comes, heavy rain, it is easy to appear potholes, causing the wheels to fall into mud puddles, deeper and deeper, and you can't get out!

Now we can only find a place to stay, wait for the rain to stop, and then set off for Champ.

"The nearest county seat from here, how far is it from here?"

Li Jing asked.

"Enlightened Saint, it's six miles from here!"

Yue Yun said.

"Then let's ride to the county seat to settle down temporarily, and when the rain stops, it's not too late to set off!"

Li Jing said.

"Yes!"

Yue Yun responded, prepared a war horse and raincoat for Li Jing, left some people and horses, and continued to find a way to get the wheels out of the mud pit!

Yue Yun led a team of men and horses to escort Li Jing to the nearest county seat to take shelter from the rain temporarily.

When the county magistrate learned that the emperor was coming, he immediately ordered people to pack up the yamen and do a good job of welcoming the emperor.

Soon, Li Jing came to this small county town under the escort of Yue Yun and others.

"Weichen greets His Majesty the Emperor!"

At the gate of the city, the county commander and the yamen officials personally greeted Li Jing.

"Excuse me!"

Li Jing said.

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie!"

Everyone got up thankfully, and the county ordered: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Weichen has cleaned up the yamen, please move the yamen to rest, Weichen ordered someone to boil hot water, His Majesty the Emperor took a hot bath and went to the cold!"

"If you're tired, lead the way!"

Li Jing nodded and smiled, this county order is really intentional, he is indeed soaked, and he just needs to take a hot bath to drive away the cold on his body.

The county order led the way in front, and the group came to the county office, and the county order immediately ordered someone to bring hot water to wait for His Majesty the Emperor to bathe and change clothes!

Li Jing took off his wet clothes, jumped into the hot water bucket, and took a comfortable hot bath.

The comfortable water temperature dispelled the chill on his body, and Li Jing hummed a minor tune comfortably.

The maid specially arranged by the county order stood next to her and wanted to serve the emperor to take a bath, but Li Jing refused!

While taking a bath, Li Jing was also thinking about things!

The roads in the world are all dirt roads, and once it rains, the roads will become difficult to walk, especially in places like Lingnan, which are mainly mountainous, and it is even more difficult.

Li Jing thought about it and decided to build cement roads and roads, so that even if it rains, there is no need to worry about the road being difficult to walk!

On a flat road, there will be no muddy conditions, and there will be no mud puddles that make it impossible for the wheels to get in and out.

After pacifying the country of Linyi, we will conduct experiments in Lingnan first, and build a road to see the effect.

However, cement is needed to build roads, and he doesn't have cement in his hands now, so he needs to collect materials to make some cement before he can build roads.

Fortunately, it is not difficult to find the materials for firing cement, but the difficulty is to build a pot kiln for refining cement, modern technology, it is impossible to make a pot kiln, fortunately in the encyclopedia of life.

Li Jing got up and came out after taking a bath, and the maid immediately stepped forward, wiped Li Jing clean, and helped Li Jing change into new clothes.

When I came to the hall, the county order had already prepared wine and food, and the county government was in a remote place in Lingnan, unlike the county government in a rich place, and there was no delicacies from the mountains and seas.

There are only four or five home-cooked side dishes, as well as a pot of grass soup, which is a medicinal herb with some medical value, and the soup has the effect of dispelling dampness and driving away cold.

"This is a wine and food specially prepared by the minister for His Majesty the Emperor, I don't know if it suits His Majesty's appetite!"

The county magistrate looked flattering, and personally served a bowl of soup for Li Jing, and put it in front of Li Jing, with a very respectful expression!

Li Jing picked up the bowl, took a small sip, it tasted good, drank the soup, then ate two bowls of rice, and ate some food.

After eating, Li Jing didn't let the county commander and others wait, and let them do what they should do.

The county magistrate took Li Jing to the room prepared for Li Jing and dismissed him.

Ximen Yang stayed behind to wait for Li Jing to go to bed.

The rain outside became much lighter, and Li Jing did not rush to sleep, but considered where this first road should be built!

"Sage, it's not early, let's go to bed early!"

Ximen Yang reminded.

"I can't sleep, I want to have a smooth, when it rains, there will be no muddy roads, wouldn't it be more convenient!"

Li Jing walked over to the chair and sat down.

Ximen Yang was very curious, how could his master have such a wonderful idea!

A smooth road will not be affected by the heavy rain outside the temple, even on a rainy day.

How could such a thing happen, how could such a path appear, even if there were, I am afraid that only gods have such ability!

But why did the gods build such a road on earth?

"Such a path, I'm afraid that only immortals have such ability, how can we mortals do it!"

Ximenyang said with a smile, he hoped that Li Jing would be able to recognize the facts.

"Who said only gods can do it? We mortals can do it, and I decided to start from Guangzhou and build a new road, ending with the Protectorate of Annam! This road is called Guang'an Highway!"

Li Jing was full of interest, if it wasn't still raining, he would have wanted to collect materials immediately, build a pot kiln, and fire thousands of catties of cement first!

After his triumphant return, he began to build the first highway in the Tang Dynasty, the Guang'an Highway.