Chapter 638: Exploring the Harbor

In 4875, the first order of the Commander's Office was to stop the attack on Qi, abolish the Shanyuan Prefecture Theater, Yan Ge returned to the Commander's Office, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Army Corps returned to their original stations. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

First, there are several considerations for lifting the state of war with Qi: first, Qi is the farthest away from Nannuma Prefecture, and it will take a long time to prepare for organizing troops to go south again; second, Qi's naval army is at a disadvantage in the face of the sailors of Shanyuan Prefecture and Hexi Prefecture alone, and its territory is vulnerable to attacks by Shaodian State; third, there are many internal contradictions in Qi State, and Qi Shuang's main force is mostly consumed, but it still has a certain strength, and it is not easy for Qi Shao to take him down; fourth, stabilizing Qi State can stop the attempt of the Tongbei Empire to infiltrate southward.

There is no plan to cancel the Nannuma Prefecture Theater, but the coach Jiang Xi returned to the capital to report on his work, and the chief knight Gu Jun was temporarily appointed as the acting commander.

The Eighth Army returned to its original position, and the Ninth Army was to switch guards with it.

The 14th Army Corps returned to its distant station, the names of the Kong Army, the Haitian 1st and 2nd Lindi Corps were cancelled, and all officers and men returned to their hometowns.

The 11th and 12th Army Corps cancelled their original positions and immediately rushed to Hailin Prefecture to suppress the local bandits, and the 21st and 22nd Army Corps changed their defenses in the distant station.

The 1st and 1st Regiments of the Central Land and the 1st Frontier Army temporarily stayed in Nannuma Prefecture, nominally assisting the Ninth Army Corps and the local defenders to deter the enemy country, but in fact monitoring the land and water forces of their own country that had not yet returned to China.

The smoke of gunpowder that permeated the sky over Nannuma Prefecture gradually dissipated, but the threat of war had not been completely eliminated, and the state of war between Shaodian and Meng and Cao had not been officially lifted.

At present, the 20th, 21st, and 22nd Army Corps are stationed in Nannuma Prefecture, and the upcoming 9th Army Corps and the 1st and 1st Army Corps are temporarily stationed in the Middle Ground. The 600,000-strong army, consisting of the main legion, the regular legion, and the local legion, restored the ancient system when the land was under serious threat, and the royal family, the local family, and the nobility worked together to defend the country.

This ancient system gave rise to the largest number of minor nobles in the history of the Shaodian Kingdom, and due to the constant fighting of the local legions, a large number of families with outstanding military achievements emerged, and the Senate could not promote their ranks, but could only reward these families with knighthoods.

Shaodian Dan made the decision to restore the ancient system to tell Meng Guo and Cao Guo that your invasion of Nannuma Prefecture is not over, Shaodian State is not so easy to bully, and we can go if you can come. Although there is a need for recuperation at the national level, with the stimulation of knighthood, the fighting enthusiasm of nobles and commoners will not diminish in the slightest.

After the New Year, Liang Chong did not return to Nanqiu County, and according to Zhang Jie's words, he and Ding Kui were in Juyang City every day. Because the order of the commander of the 21st Army Corps to be stationed in Nannuma Prefecture was issued, the 201st Division was officially stationed in Nanqiu County, and Juyang City was the closest to the enemy country, so it was reasonable for the elite and staff officers of the division to be stationed here.

"Hahaha, that ship looks like it doesn't have to be turned in. "Ding Kui received the report from the war zone earlier than other cities, at least not necessarily the county town.

"This requires the approval of Lord Zhang, and the warship must have a home port to maintain, and the place where it is docked now is not safe, maybe a big tide will wash it away. "Liang Chong comes from a family of staff officers, but he doesn't only understand land warfare.

"That's right, and you're going to use it secretly, and you can't hide it from anyone else if you stop tinkering in that place. "Even Feng Liang is more thoughtful than Ding Kui.

"If you want to stay, you can't use it, and if you want to use it, you can't stay, is that what you mean?" asked Ding Kui.

Liang Chong and Feng Liang nodded together.

"Home port?" Ding Kui touched his chin, "Juyang City has been established for so long, and the nearby riverbanks have been surveyed, and no place suitable for docking large ships has been found, and there may be a place that no one has ever visited." ”

"You mean the Swamp?" Ryoshi reacted the fastest.

"Well, even if there is a suitable harbor in the swamp, no one will run to build a wharf, the key is that it can't be used, but if ordinary people can't use it, can't we use it?" Ding Kui's thinking was different from others.

"How long will it take to build a deep-water dock in the Swamp?" Feng Liang shook his head vigorously.

"There's no need to build a wharf, just hide a boat, don't be in a hurry to decide, I'll go and have a look with Ding Yu." ”

Ding Kui thought of the big meadow, and there were more thoughts in his mind.

"Anyway, I promised President Huan to survey the places along the river first. He made a decision.

There are many rivers and lakes in the swamp, and there are many waterways connecting the Yuan River, and Ding Kui believes that it is not difficult to hide a large warship.

"I think you should write a letter to Ao Yan. Ding Kui sent Tao Mu, Ding Cai and Ding Fen away, leaving Ao Yu alone.

"Why write to her? I can't write human words. ”

"You can write words that the dragons can understand, so I don't have to worry about others discovering your secrets. I'd like to see her, and if she agrees she can come here to us, there's something that would be clearer to ask in person. "Ding Kui really hasn't seen Ao Yu write.

"Won't anyone find out if you write dragon language?"

"I haven't seen you for so long, how many people in this world have seen the dragon language? no one will recognize you when you write on the street, you are from overseas, and writing some strange words will not make people suspicious. ”

The people in this world who have studied the dragon language are not ordinary people, and it is basically impossible to see the letter written by Ao Yu to Ao Yan.

"Oh, let her come? She doesn't necessarily listen to me. Ao Yu didn't know the bottom in his heart, Ao Yan's status in the White Dragon Clan was higher than that in the Qinglong Clan, saying that she was here to find him, who knew what she was doing here.

"She will come, the future White Dragon God will not come to the human world for no reason, it is clear that there are clues from you, her purpose is not to find you or to find me, unless she really has the leisure to waste time in Xiaxi Town. Ding Kui thought about this question for a long time.

The letter written by Ao Yu to Ao Yan was not sent to the Magic Guild, nor did he find Lu Ji to go through the channel of the Lu Chamber of Commerce, Ding Kui handed it over to the people of the Espionage Department to send it secretly, and it was better to keep the dragon's letter secret.

The last time they went to the swamp, Ding Kui and Ao Yu had been heading south, but this time the two found a small boat and went down the river.

The merchant ships passing through the swamp are generally dozens of meters away from the shore to avoid attracting the attention of some low-level demonic beasts, while the mid-to-high-level demonic beasts will basically not approach the riverbank.

The banks of the Everglades are not noticeable in some areas, they are all below the surface of the water, and they cannot be seen without diving underwater, and human ships will sail according to the established course, and only special ships will deviate from the course.

Ding Kui and Ao Yu deviated from course, and with Qinglong in their boat, they could accurately sail close to the riverbank.

"There's a river ahead!"

From a distance, Ao Yu seemed to be sitting on the water dragging the boat forward, and Ding Kui was lying leisurely on the boat, with the back of his head resting on the oars.

"Oh, this place has just entered the range of the swamp for more than twenty miles, but it is far enough away from Giant Sheep City, it is not difficult for people to move, and the transportation of materials is a problem. "Ding Kui's mental power has been paying attention to the situation in the vicinity, and the map that Huan Qiao explained needs to be implemented.

"Well, the river is quite deep, more than ten meters deep. "Ao Yu floats effortlessly on the water.

"This terrain is very low, and the big war ships can't hide, turn in and take a look, I see that the water and grass over there are quite high. Ding Kui stood up.

"Stand firm!" Ao Yu shouted, a torrent erupted from under his buttocks, and he accelerated forward with the boat.

"Wow, if there is a group of green dragons to serve me, I can build an invincible sailor!" Ding Kui's eyes appeared with little stars.

"Cut, what qualifications does a small human being have to let a noble dragon pull a boat, you have a batch of green dragons to fight directly, can't it be over, why do you need a sailor? Are you sick?" Ao Yu suspected that Ding Kui's mind was abnormal.

"Your sister, you're sick, I'm just fantasizing, your Qinglong's talent in the water element is too strong. Ding Kui's eyes are red.

Ao Yu raised his head so that his chin was almost facing the sky, and said proudly: "Of course, we are the first beings in the water system, and we are born to be the darlings of the water element, and no living creature can defeat us where there is water." ”

"Hey, water birds!" Ding Kui said, pointing to the air.

The arrival of the boat startled a flock of waterfowl.

"There are many birds in the sea. ”

"They're afraid of us, which means that fishing boats have come here, and fishing boats can come here to prove that there should be no magical beasts nearby. ”

Ding Kui habitually makes reasoning, Ao Yu can't be convinced, he can't think of the little brain capacity.

"And then, even if there are monsters, we are not afraid. Ao Yu didn't understand Ding Kui's intentions.

"Hehe, let's hide the big ship here, the personnel always have to go in and out, you are walking on the ground here, but my subordinates can't, the best way is to take a small boat. Since there are fishing boats coming, we can pretend to be fishermen and get a dozen fishing boats to get enough for us. ”

"Okay, if you can solve the problem, we won't run in vain. Ao Yu thought about it, anyway, he didn't have to do it himself.

"Let's go on, see where this river leads?" Ding Kui took out a piece of animal skin and marked something on it with a pen.

The boat walked west on the fifty or sixty meters wide river for about half an hour, and Ding Kui found that the scenery on both sides of the river bank was a little familiar, and asked, "Brother Yu, do you think this place is familiar?"

"Well, I think I've been. "Ao Yu has the same feeling as Ding Kui.

Ding Kui flew up from the boat, convinced that no one would come to the swamp at this time.

"Look, isn't there a big meadow over there?" he flew up a few dozen meters and stopped in the air.

Ao Yu's buttocks seemed to be equipped with a spring, and the whole person suddenly bounced up and rushed to the sky.

"Yes, we checked it out. ”

Ding Kui and Ao Yu slipped around the perimeter before leaving the grassland, and they had noticed the river but had not gone far, and they did not know that they could connect to the Yuan River.

"However, the bottom of the river has become shallower, and if it is a large warship, it can only go to the junction in front. Ao Yu pointed to the confluence of several rivers in front of him.

"It's a pity, but it also prevents the enemy from attacking the meadow by water. Ding Kui stands from a defensive point of view.