The conflict at the exit attracted Ren Pingsheng's attention.

"Chief!"

The black-robed man looked this way, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he waved his hand and shouted in this direction.

"It's Gu Annian, the stationmaster of Hukou Station."

Xiao Wan recognized this person at once and said to Chen Dazhui.

Chen Dazhui beckoned, and the guards over there searched his body, which allowed Gu to come over, she ran over quickly, holding a telegraph in her hand, and gave it to Xiao Wan with both hands, but said to Ren Pingsheng in her mouth: "Governor, there is an urgent report from Le County, about Dongyang County." ”

"Dongyang County?"

Ren Pingsheng took the telegram handed over by Xiao Wan, opened it and quickly scanned it, and said in surprise: "The sea monster is already so bad?"

I remember the telegram I received a few days ago, and it was a small attack. Today, he actually attacked the county seat of Yunmeng County! ”

Ren Pingsheng returned the telegram to Xiaowan.

Xiao Wan took it in her hand, looked at it, frowned and said: "There are thousands of sea monsters, armed with knives and forks, like people in formation, bloodthirsty by nature, not understanding human nature, not understanding human speech, only knowing killing and plundering."

Moreover, after the sea monster landed on the shore this time, it directly fought with the officers and soldiers of the guard, and did not go ashore in small units as before, and immediately retreated into the sea after looting for a while, but besieged Yunmeng County, which seemed to be commanded and premeditated. ”

"It seems that Dongyang County is in danger this time."

In the previous Battle of Yinshan, the strength of Dongyang County was basically emptied, and the officers and soldiers of Dongyang County did not have any decent strength, and only one Fuyang Wei was left to maintain a certain combat effectiveness, but it was also very limited. It is very difficult to resist such a brave and undaunted sea monster.

However, Ren Pingsheng has interests in Dongyang County. Especially in Yunmeng County, with the help of maritime merchant Zheng, Qixing firm has purchased a large number of industries here.

And the most important thing is that now Yuntai Wei maintains more than 50,000 regular soldiers, of which nearly one-third of the grain is transported through Yunmeng County, the Zheng family's shipping terminal.

It can be said that Yunmeng County is a leg of Ren Pingsheng's food supply.

Now that this leg is about to be cut off, Yuntai County is of course anxious, and the telegram was sent directly to the intelligence site in Hukou Town.

"In the future, the guard company will be equipped with a telegraph machine to facilitate receiving important news when going out."

Ren Pingsheng and Chen Dazhui said.

"Good!"

Chen Dazhui nodded and wrote it down, planning to finish this matter after he went back.

"Sincerely, you are ordered by me to immediately inform the news of the war in Dongyang County, Dongyang County is now in turmoil, and the ships from the dock of Hukou Town to Dongyang County have stopped departing.

Anyone who plans to go to Dongyang County should consider carefully. ”

Ren Pingsheng said.

"Yes!"

Wu Jinyan didn't have time to say hello to his father Wu Qiong, so he immediately went down and ordered the news.

At this time, the two off-road vehicles in the rear compartment of the train had already driven down. As for the trucks, they will be driven by drivers to Hukou Town this afternoon.

Out of the station, Ren Pingsheng immediately got on the car and went to the town to stay.

"Which division is closest to Yunlong County?"

Ren Pingsheng rubbed his eyebrows and asked.

"The closest to Yunlong County is the Third Division of Wuyang County, but the fastest to reach Yunlong County is the First Division of Qingcheng Town."

Xiao Wan said.

Ruan Tang took out his mobile phone, and with a slight movement of his fingers, the mobile phone was automatically connected to the large screen on the backrest of the front row of the car, and a fine hand-drawn road network map of railways, cement roads, and official roads appeared: "Xiaowan is right, take a train from Qingcheng Town, arrive at Hukou Town, and then take a boat down the river at Hukou Wharf, and go to Yunmeng County, if it is delivered in batches, it will take two days at most."

If it is Wuyang County, it will pass through Xichuan County, Xichuan County is hilly, the road is not easy to walk, plus the baggage transportation, it will take at least four or five days. ”

"The first division is not good, it cannot be moved lightly, and a brigade can be dispatched over in advance by the first division.

To the north, Fengtai County and Wuyang County garrisoned the second and third divisions respectively, and now the Beiwan group is fighting among themselves, and there is no time to take care of anything else, so they can mobilize the third division to Dongyang County to quell the sea monster rebellion.

The recruits of the 4th Division in Lexian County have completed their training and can be deployed to Wuyang County for stationing. ”

Ren Pingsheng thought about it.

He had a bad relationship with the governor Wang Anguo, who trained the new army and wanted to crusade against him, and he also knew it. Naturally, the first division stationed in Qingshui County could not be easily transferred.

"My biggest concern right now is from the ocean. These sea monsters have already landed, and it may become very unsafe to go to sea. If the sea grain route is broken, we are likely to have a shortage of food before the rotation of improved seeds is completed.

People are iron and rice are steel, and once there is a problem with food, it is a big problem! ”

Ren Pingsheng frowned, extremely worried about this.

This solution is also very simple, first, to start a war and plunder the outside world. The second hardship is that the people are suffering, and the levy of food and wages continues to rise.

However, these two articles are contrary to his ruling philosophy of "the people endow the monarchy with power", run counter to his propaganda all along, and directly shake the foundation of his governance.

This leaves only the third option, which is to include Wuzhou Province.

"If there is really a problem with the grain route at sea, the southward war must be advanced and Wuzhou Province will be taken in one fell swoop. Fengqi County, Fuzhou County, Changguo County, and Qingzhou County in Wuzhou Province are all large grain-producing counties, and they have not experienced any major turmoil in these years. ”

Ren Pingsheng thought silently in his heart.

When it was time for dinner at the town office, Gu Annian of Hukou Station received the second telegram from Lexian.

"The Dongyang County Yamen sent someone to Lexian County to command the envoy Yamen, brought an official document from the county government, and asked the governor to send troops to rescue!"

When Ren Pingsheng heard this, he couldn't help but smile.

I really drowsy and sent a pillow, and this time the teacher is famous.

It's easy to please God, but once the Yuntai Guard army goes, it won't go again!

"Send a telegram to Liu Qiang, and he immediately prepare to rescue Dongyang County to send troops, and the Qingcheng First Division sent a brigade to Yunmeng County to rescue today.

The whole army of the 3rd Division of Wuyang County was dispatched to Yunmeng County, and the 4th Division of Lexian County was transferred to Wuyang.

Get started! ”

Ren Pingsheng gave the order.

At the same time, after lunch, several electric trucks have also arrived in Hukou Town.

The convoy set off again and headed towards Le County.

When passing by the Liusha River, Ruan Tang looked out the window at the wide river surface that seemed to be calm, but in fact had turbulent undercurrents: "It's a pity that this cross-river bridge has not been completed yet, otherwise the train can directly cross the Liusha River and go directly to Lexian." ”

There are two bridges under construction in the Liusha River, one of which is an arch bridge for traffic; A steel truss bridge with train tracks.

The arch bridge has begun construction, but the steel truss girder bridge is still being designed, Ruan Tang is not an expert in this area, and the bridge knowledge can only be regarded as a slight understanding, the design of the bridge contains complex knowledge such as structural mechanics and civil engineering, and she is also learning to improve, the steel truss girder bridge wants to be really completed, and I don't know how long it will take.

While Ren Pingsheng was still on the road, Liu Qiang had already received a telegram from Hukou Town.

In fact, Liu Qiang knew the importance of Dongyang County to the lord today, and after learning that he had come to Dongyang County to be in turmoil, he had already judged that the war was about to start, and began to make rapid adjustments, and the entire command system of Yuntaiwei had entered a state of preparation.

"Send a report to Baihu, immediately send a brigade, take a train, carry baggage, go to Yunmeng County, and set off immediately!"

"Send a report to Zheng Fangxing, start supporting Yunmeng County, and set off immediately."

"Logistics, from Qingcheng Town and Le County to Hukou Town, together with Yunmeng County. At the same time, according to the orders of the governor, the grain and grass consumption of the troops in Dongyang County was all supplied by Dongyang County. ”

Liu Qiang quickly issued the order.

With the issuance of telegrams one after another, the troops of Qingcheng Town and Wuyang County quickly organized, assembled, and took action.

In particular, the first division and one brigade as the vanguard troops, the assembly speed is very fast, it is the old strong brigade of Yuntaiwei, 4,500 troops, composed of three infantry regiments and an artillery battalion, the combat effectiveness is very strong.

In the afternoon, the equipment was already cleaned up, and in the evening, the first batch of soldiers had already packed their bags, loaded their guns and ammunition, and boarded the train to Hukou Town.

"Quick! Fast! Fast! ”

Zhou Ming has been promoted from the chief instructor of recruits to the commander of the 101st Brigade of the First Division, standing on the train platform at this time, watching the young soldiers trotting in line and quickly boarding the train.

After the soldiers sat down, they sorted out their equipment and looked at the train carriages curiously.

It was already dark outside, but the interior of the carriage was brightly lit, illuminating the entire carriage.

Because it opened on the first day, the number of trains was limited, and there were three locomotives in total, one of which was supposed to pull goods. At this time, all of them had been mobilized to transport troops.

"Woo~~~"

In the sound of the whistle, the soldiers waiting on the platform watched the train go away quickly, and the light from the window looked long and mysterious from a distance.

"This time, the target we were ordered to fight was a sea monster! These sea monsters are all strange, these are photos sent back by the brothers who are engaged in intelligence on the front line! ”

In the carriage, the company commanders and instructors took out a stack of photos for the soldiers to quickly pass them on.

"Among these sea monsters, there are three common ones, one is a sea monster with a hard shell, strong defense, and great strength; One is a sea monster that is very fast, with pincers, pinchs, and spines, and some have toxins, which are difficult to deal with; One is the reptilian crocodile sea monster, which is large and has an extremely strong bite force, which is difficult to deal with. ”

The company commanders introduced these sea monsters: "So, when we get to the battlefield, in the face of these sea monsters, we can no longer be overly superstitious about the guns in our hands. Especially those huge sea monsters, we may not be able to kill them with a dozen shots.

Therefore, according to the combat strategy specified by the superiors, this operation adopted a large corps operation, with regiments and battalions as units, and all units closely cooperated with each other, and infantry, cavalry, and artillery closely cooperated!

No one is allowed to act without permission, no one is allowed to leave the ranks, understand no! ”

"Understood!!"

"Good, very energetic!"

When Zhou Ming checked in each carriage, he was very happy to see that there was no fear in the eyes of the young soldiers, only the perseverance when they were about to face the battlefield.

By the time the train arrived at Hukou Town, it was already nine o'clock in the evening, and it was already dark.

Wu Jinyan was waiting here, and when he saw the large army getting out of the car, he quickly found Zhou Ming.

"According to the arrangement of the lord, I have ordered people to prepare two boats of grain and grass, if you can't raise food and grass when you arrive in Dongyang, you can use it for emergencies."

Wu Jinyan accompanied Zhou Ming and guided the troops towards the Hukou Wharf.

"Thank you, Mayor Wu."

Zhou Ming knew that Wu Jinyan was different from the ordinary mayor, he was an old friend of the lord and the son of Wu Qiong, and he was also very polite to him at this time.

"Brigade Commander Zhou is polite, they are all worried about the Lord, this is as it should be."

Wu Jinyan said politely.

Hukou Wharf is very close to Hukou Town Railway Station, and the two have already come to the wharf without talking a few words.

At this time, dozens of large ships had already been prepared in front of the dock.

Zhou Ming commanded the troops and boarded the ship.

Just when Yuntai County mobilized troops to rush to the front line, Dongyang County had already entered a crisis. In addition to a large number of sea monsters besieging Yunmeng County, there are also many traces of sea monsters in Daze County and Fuyang County.

Dawn, Fuyang County.

A group of people dressed as dart masters are galloping on the official road on the bank of the quicksand river.

"Chief, will we encounter a sea monster this time?"

Bai Chuchu rode on a black horse, and as soon as she pulled the reins, the horse quickly caught up with Si Nian, who was running at the front of the team, the heroic Si Nian in a black robe.

"I wish I hadn't."

Si Nian looked far away.

Now, she has rebuilt the Zhenshou Mansion in Yuntai County, and even became the owner of the Zhenshou Mansion, but she is very conflicted in her heart.

After staying by Ren Pingsheng's side for a while, she already understood that this man was not so peaceful. For the Dajing Imperial Court, there is no reverence and loyalty.

However, at the same time, he is also a good official who loves the people like a son. The people of the entire Yuntai County, under his governance, are thriving, and they are more than a little better than before. The vast majority of the people in Qingshui County can be fed and clothed, and they have lived a good life that has not been lived for thousands of years!

Such a good and capable official is what she is looking forward to.

She didn't know whether she should choose to be loyal to the court or obey the orders of the governor when she faced a choice in the future.

"Alas~"

She couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Alert!"

At this time, a young soldier who was running at the front on horseback suddenly shouted.

"Zijie, what did you hear?"

Si Nian hurriedly asked.

Li Zijie was the captain of the original Yuntai Town Guard.

After rebuilding the town guard mansion, Si Nian summoned him back. This person is also an anomaly, very similar to the ability of the little ear, but in addition to hearing far beyond ordinary people, he can also emit and hear some high-frequency sound waves that ordinary people can't hear.

"About ten miles ahead, there is a very strange sound wave, most likely sent by a sea monster! Wait a moment, sir! ”

Li Zijie spoke, pulled out something from the horse, jumped down on the high-speed galloping horse, ran a few steps forward quickly and unloaded the force, and the whole person was like a flexible ape, quickly climbing up the mountain wall on one side.

"Phew~"

Si Nian and the others pulled the reins and stopped on the official road.

Watching Li Zijie climb up the hill, he opened the umbrella-like object in his hand, and a metal on the concave surface was aimed at the east, and his ears were on the umbrella surface frowning and listening.

(End of chapter)