"There are three roads 17 miles northeast of Ningyuan. We have sent people to repair them. The wooden bridge near Lianshanyi at the 39th miles north of Jinzhou Official Road was damaged. A large convoy passed by may lead to overturning. Our combat engineers have already been reinforced. "

Zhang Chunniu held the daily communiqué with a plywood in his hand and reported to Zu Dashou and Mangui seriously about his actions in the past few days.

The convoy of He Yusheng was approaching the periphery of Jinzhou. The vanguard had already seen the Jinzhou city foundation that had been demolished into ruins, and the other way was to the vicinity of Xiaolinghe Post.

Jinzhou has undergone rebuilding in the next one or two years, but it has not been rebuilt until Sun Chengzong leaves office in Jinzhou City and nearby military forts. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, these military forts were rebuilt on a large scale, and then slowly built until they were completely destroyed during the final battle of Songjin.

Zhang Chunniu divided the convoy into several groups, and was promoted by the whistle cavalry every day. In two days, the whistle cavalry had been pushed out more than a hundred miles away.

Man Gui glared and said, "It seems that Commander Zhang is really good at what he is doing."

Zhang Chunniu said unscrupulously: "I have been doing these things over the next few years. Practice makes perfect. Even a fool can learn something."

Zhang Chunniu said again: "The most important thing about transporting grain and saving people this time is degree, followed by safety. When I came down, I wanted to ask the two generals to send more elite cavalry as sentry cavalry and spread them on a large scale, so that even if there are large stocks of Jianlu, we can ask us to retreat calmly. The degree is our affairs and Yusheng. The preliminary work is to survey and repair the road situation. Dangerous bridges and broken roads are all the work of our engineers, and the two generals do not need to worry about it. In terms of safety, besides asking the two generals to send sentry cavalry, the rest of the matter is also our job."

Zhang Chunniu led a whole brigade of baggage soldiers and engineers. The work he was responsible for infighting stations was not that simple. The cooperation with Liao Town was only part of it, and more of what he said was roads, bridges, and safety. These are the most basic things to ensure transportation capacity.

But Zu Dashou and Man Gui were full of shock.

As generals, what Zhang Chunniu said was never within their consideration.

Because what Zhang Chunniu said has always been presided over by civil servants, and in terms of the efficiency of civil servants in Daming, the time for building a small military fort and several sections of roads was calculated in several months or years. The work efficiency of officials under Sun Chengzong's rule was already very high, but it was still far behind the black-faced young man in front of him.

After Zhang Chunniu left, Man Gui said thoughtfully: "This person is a talent. If I had such a central army under my command, the war would be much easier."

Zu Dashou smiled and shook his head, saying, "That's not a fight with civil officials, and just by playing the seal, we can drown us."

Man Gui snorted again and said, "It's useless to just say it's useless. It depends on your real ability. How many of their convoys will come, when will it arrive, and what you say and what you do in fact will be done again."

Zu Dashou nodded and said yes, but he said, "We should send more cavalry out to drive away the Jianlu cavalry, so as not to let this big black guy look down on him."

Mangui nodded in agreement.

The two senior generals stayed outside the city for a day, and watched He Yusheng's convoy continue to move forward. By the evening, more than 300 large cars had already left, and it was only two days before they arrived in Ningyuan.

At the city gate, they met Yuan Chonghuan who was inspecting the city construction project. The two of them quickly dismounted and saluted.

"He Yusheng's convoy is moving so fast?" Yuan Chonghuan was also a little surprised, and his brows frowned on his dark face.

"The General Secretary of the State Council has a letter and asked Ning Yuan what was going on." Yuan Chonghuan said: "It may be that the General Secretary of the State Council will visit Ning Yuan in two days."

The two military officers knew that this was Yuan Chonghuan's reminder, so Zu Dashou said to cooperate with the convoy. Yuan Chonghuan said: "I originally planned to send troops tomorrow, as well as gather the big and single-wheeled trolleys we prepared, and prepare to go to the grain warehouse to transport grain. This seems that He Yusheng's actions are really fast."

Everyone knew that He Yusheng's convoy had used the two days to load the grain and beans, but no one expected them to leave so soon.

From Ningyuan, there was a declining appearance everywhere. There were no people, only a small number of garrisons and a few newly built military forts. When they arrived in Jinzhou, they became ghost areas. The villages were destroyed, the military forts were flattened, and the city was only left with the base of the city, burning into white ground. There were wild beasts everywhere, and even wolves were much better, as well as blind bears and tigers. Not to mention that ordinary people dare not move in those unmanned areas at will, even the army should be cautious.

In the past six months, the Ningyuan garrisons and other Ningyuan garrisons have been sending elite cavalry to fight with Jurchen whistle cavalry. Both sides have suffered casualties, but Ningyuan garrisons rarely kill them, mainly for contact and fighting. The Ming army did not dare to go too deep or fight with Jurchens. They all ran away after fighting. Now, although He Yusheng requested the garrisons to send more elite cavalry guards, they went out first without a large number of cavalry first, which surprised Yuan Chonghuan even more.

Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but say, "I don't know if it's because of his skilled and bravery, or if it's too reckless!"

...

Two days later, Sun Chengzong came from Shanhaiguan. He had been inspecting Qiantun and Gaotaibao. It was not too far from Ningyuan. However, two days were very fast for a team with large players, including many civil servants and staff.

When Sun Chengzong heard that He Yusheng's convoy had already gone out with the vanguard cavalry, he was very surprised. He pondered for a moment and decided to go directly to Lianshan Post.

Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou and Man Gui and others were following. Because the matter was rushed, the army preparing to go to the expedition still had many things that were not ready and could not go out with him.

Lianshan Post is less than thirty miles away from Ningyuan Aicheng, and more than 3,000 people are out together. It looks like a huge crowd. The team is five or six miles long, with flags floating. Sun Chengzong's commander Yiwei is in the middle. From the Aicheng to Lianshan Post, many people are reclaiming wasteland. They knelt on the side of the road and dare not look up.

Occasionally, someone would raise his head and look at the governor Yiwei with respect. They knew that under the banner, there was a famous governor of the Pavilion Master. After Sun Ge Lao arrived in Liaodong, he restored this large area of ​​lost land and trained a large number of troops. Then they were able to open up land and farm here. If they went to the pass or Denglai, they would be refugees with no food and clothing. The worst thing was the Liao people who had fallen into Dongjiang Town. There was that many people had starved to death. General Mao's pond newspapers always complained, and the army was hungry, not to mention the people who were struggling in the ice and snow.

For many people, it is a national hatred and family hatred with the Donglu, but it is also bullied and exploited in the Ming Dynasty. It is not pleasant to be wandering in a foreign land and be discredited. As long as someone is to be sheltered and have land, these people would rather live on their own hands than wandering around and returning to a place of uncertainty.

In the eyes of these Liao people, the tall old man wearing a big red official robe, half white in his head and gray-white beard is the one they respect the most. Even if this old man is majestic, it makes people dare not look up again.

Sun Chengzong's guards also looked at the people in the fields and the merchants passing by with vigilance. The outpost had already driven the people passing by far away, and the people in the fields were also scolded and refused to look up. People were still scared of Jianlu's greatness. If Sun Chengzong was ambushed by Jianlu during his patrol...

Sun Chengzong himself did not pay attention to these things. He was concerned about the reclamation of farmland, and the military camp areas outside the Acropolis that depended on each other.

Ningyuan has more than 20,000 troops, and they are all relatively elite part of Liao Town. In addition to the garrison of Juehua Island, Ningyuan has nearly 30,000 troops. In addition to the garrison of Juehua Island, the garrison of Juehua Island is mainly naval forces and the 6th battalion is supplemented by the generals, Ningyuan's more than 20,000 troops are the elite among the elite... Man Gui and Zu Dashou are two powerful generals of Liao Town, and their importance is far above those foreign generals of the guest army. Sun Chengzong's purpose is very obvious, which is to bring Ningyuan Acropolis and Juehua Island into one, and while being attacked, the other is rising up to support. Juehua Island is still the main force of the Liao Town Navy, with warships and a large number of grain transport ships. If the elite main force is not placed in Ningyuan, Sun Chengzong would not be able to put those many supplies on Juehua Island.

Since receiving Zhang Han's letter, Sun Chengzong felt angry and humiliated, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. While riding a horse forward, his eyes kept looking at Juehua Island... More than thirty miles away, his eyes were definitely not visible, but Sun Chengzong knew that there were 7,000 garrison troops and generals Jin Guan, Yao Yuxian and others on the garrison, and there were nearly 10,000 merchants, civilians, sailors, etc....

"Hmph!" Sun Chengzong couldn't help but curse: "That boy is absurd and hateful. A businessman knows military affairs and is not well prepared for it. He knows that there are natural barriers in the sea on Hua Island. When I dig ice trenches in winter and have long walls to guard against, it is not so easy to fall!"

No one dared to observe the expression of the supervisor at close range. Only the trusted family who followed the supervisor since childhood. Sun Mansion Changsui from Gaoyang was the closest person to Sun Chengzong. At this time, he saw that although he was already in his sixties, he rarely lost his composure in his life, his eyes widened, his lips slightly pursed, as if he was cursing. Changsui opened his eyes wide. For him, this was really a very novel thing!

...

It was the beginning of Si when we left Ningyuan. Most of the old official roads along the way had been repaired. The roads could accommodate four horses and riding together, but the cavalry did not do this. About 300 cavalry were moving forward. This was to build beams and horses to prevent sudden situations. There were also a small number of whistle riders running further. It was probably already running to the wilderness around Lianshan Post.

It took exactly one hour to arrive at Lianshan Post, which is the beginning of noon. If it is calculated using the increasingly popular clocks and clocks in the Ming Dynasty, it is exactly eleven o'clock.
Chapter completed!