Sheng Shi Merciful Light

At the beginning of October, there was an autumn rain followed by a chill, and the north where the rain had just fallen was already chilling.Autumn leaves began to circle and fall, but the scenery was not depressing. The flat official road in the outskirts of Beijing was full of people, but at this moment they avoided to the sides, letting a luxurious motorcade surrounded by hundreds of guards go ahead.

Regardless of the coolness, a delicate and pretty little girl opened the curtain and half stuck her head out to look out. She saw that the avenue was wide and flat, with sparse trees on both sides, and many small flowers and trees under it, full of greenery.Countless carriages, horses and pedestrians walked on the wide and regular road. Everyone was neatly dressed, with a happy face, and their spirits were different.

In the distance, under the cover of trees, there seems to be a big city with numerous pavilions and luxurious buildings. Several four- and five-story high-rise buildings are sprung up in a well-arranged pattern. Among them is a large building with a semicircular dome. , I don't know how huge it will be from a close look.In the early morning after the rain, the big city was covered with a layer of light mist, which was no less than that of the fairy palace.Blocked by trees, pedestrians cannot be seen clearly.

The little girl kept exclaiming, pointed at that place, turned her head and said happily to the luxurious woman in the same car: "Mother, Tianjing City has arrived."

The woman in Chinese clothes sitting in the car looked over through the gap of the window, she didn't feel like it, she didn't dare to recognize it, Chi asked: "Have you already entered the city?" It shouldn't be, I didn't see the city gate.

"Princess Yiyun, this is just the outskirts of Beijing. The place you see is not a big city, but the Royal Mingli Academy jointly built by His Majesty and His Highness the King of Chu. The eldest princess has not been home to visit her relatives for many years. Beijing has changed a lot these years. Accompanied by the car was Yi Qing, the former commander of the Imperial Forest Army, who was convicted of dereliction of duty and demoted to deputy commander because of the incident of King Chu’s offering of worms, which caused the two daughters of the Xie family to revolt.Later, the King of Chu ordered someone to go to Nanli as an envoy, and Yi Qing scrambled to take over the errand, and was ordered by Emperor Deguang to send him to Nanli to bring back Princess Xining, who was close to Nanli 17 years ago.

Xining also brought his two sons and one daughter with him, and they were all able to come back, thanks to the tyranny of Commander Yi with five hundred imperial troops.Of course, behind this tyranny is the more powerful Emperor Deguang and the King of Chu.Along the way, Xining also heard about many situations in Beijing and China, most of which revolved around King Chu's praises.She had also heard of this Mingli Academy. In less than a year, this special open academy has become an academic sanctuary in the minds of Daxing literati.

Just as Xining wanted to ask for more details, he heard a flying cavalry on the official road shouting: "Pedestrians avoid! Hurry up for eight hundred miles, the Northwest Army has won another victory, defeated the enemy by [-], and the soldiers are approaching the Xiliang King City!" The dragon flag galloped past, and the pedestrians gave way one after another to let the victorious soldier pass.

Wherever the victorious team passed, there was cheering!

Yi Qing hurriedly ordered the chariots and horses to get out of the way, and Xining said: "Ze'er, how about You'er? Don't collide."

Yi Qing went to protect the frame of the car with the little prince Nanli and the fourth prince sitting behind him.

Before the dust stirred up by the victorious cavalry had settled, pedestrians cheered and commented.

"Since the first great victory in early August, it has only been two months since the army came to the king's city? Xiliang can't help but fight? I think the northwest frontier army didn't see an inch of success for many years. They just knew how to resist and waited to be beaten. Sure enough, they still wanted Chu Only the king can do it."

"No, it should be as tyrannical as the king of Chu. Last year, if the king of Chu hadn't formed the Sea God Army, Penglai Port would have been occupied by barbarians and be surrounded by enemies."

"This defeat of [-] enemies has broken the main force of Xiliang, right? The [-] to [-] Beirong people who were killed...how much credit is this?" With the news of success, the people also knew that Xiliang wanted to make an excuse. He gave Bei Rong's sinister intentions, and he was very happy about this Northwest War. He even praised the King of Chu as worthy of being a star descending to earth.

"30 to [-] is considered small. If the main force of the Northern Army hadn't run fast, the Northwest Army would have let them hand over all [-] to Xiliang. Do you know how powerful the weapons made by the King of Chu are? My sword is as good as blowing hair and breaking hair." I bought it from Julu through my relationship." Then he showed off his sword.

"Impossible, Julu's stuff is so strictly controlled that no one can buy it through the back door. But I heard that it was allocated to the Northwest Army. The Northwest Army relied on the King Chu's weapons, and the way was like a broken bamboo..."

"Julu even made a telescope and Sinan. The army doesn't have to be afraid of getting lost in the desert. Only King Changshan can lead his troops all the way to the Xiliang royal court." A well-informed source revealed.

Everyone sighed in unison: "Sure enough, the king of Chu still needs to make a decision, and once he makes a move, he will conquer the world!"

The discussion among the people was very loud, and Xining's face turned pale. Wouldn't the king of Chu be feared by the emperor if he said that "the king of Chu will surely conquer the world if he makes a move?"Princess Yiyun is thirteen or fourteen years old, just the age when a girl yearns for and admires a hero, so she hastily asked Commander Yi beside the car, "King Chu is so powerful... um..."

Yi Qing just showed reverence and wanted to answer, but saw Xining covering her daughter's mouth, her face was pale with fear, and she waved to the two sons whose heads were sticking out of the carriage behind, telling them to retreat, and ordered the convoy to move forward, for fear of being caught Into the open and secret struggles of the Tian family brothers.Princess Xining is not the sister of Emperor Deguang, but the only surviving heir of the late King Liu. Her father, uncle, and several elder brothers all died in the "Five Kings Rebellion" 30 years ago. Ning also had a huge psychological shadow because of his life experience and was forced to go out and get married.

Although it sounds like Emperor Deguang and the King of Chu are in harmony now, this is just an appearance. Xining heard passers-by discussing it, and only talked about the King of Chu, without mentioning Emperor Deguang.

Now that Beirong was defeated and Xiliang was directed at Xiliang, such a great military exploit would surely make the King of Chu famous. Did Emperor Deguang really have no idea?

Yi Qingjiu was in the center of power, so of course he understood Xining's worries, and his eyes couldn't help being tainted with some haze.He has experienced palace changes and was crushed by the absolute strength of King Chu, so he is worried.But the object of his worry is not the king of Chu, but... fearing that Emperor Deguang will be unlucky.

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Chu palace.

Family affairs and state affairs, there are very few things that Mu Ci needs to personally intervene. As a leader, he only needs to control the general direction, and he has excellent talents to work hard for him and the country.However, because the First World War in the Northwest was of great importance, although Mu Ci never interfered with the command before the battle, he would seriously read the intelligence collected every day to ensure that the overall situation was still under control.

King Changshan, Bai Lin, and Beihai County King Mu Ruosong who shined brilliantly in this battle, and their lieutenants submitted battle reports every day.Surrounding these people are the Supervising Army, the Secret Detective of the Privy Council, and the Secret Detective of the Night Walking Guard, all of which have been submitted by secret guards.

Mu Ci obtained various three-dimensional information and knew the situation of the Northwest War like the palm of his hand.

In this battle, King Changshan used his troops like a god, and his command level was indeed very high. Although he was ruthless against the enemy, he never killed the people of Xiliang indiscriminately.The king of Beihai County was brave in the battle, and took the lead. The number of the Imperial Forest Army under his command cooperated with the Three Thousand Swords Battalion, and he pierced Xiliang like a shuttle to act as a vanguard.Bai Lin is a steady and understanding person, he is willing to be the rear and flank, and cooperate with the main force, and never rushes forward to disrupt the battle situation.

If anyone is bad, it is the eunuchs sent by Emperor Deguang to supervise the army according to the ancestral system. They often questioned the command of the generals and even wanted to directly interfere in the military under the emperor's name.After being discovered and reprimanded by Mu Ci, Emperor Deguang sent someone to beat him severely, and even asked the military justice department to arrest one for trial, so that these supervising soldiers honestly accepted the idea of ​​seizing power and only did the only job within their duties—— monitor.Just look with your eyes, tell what you see as it is, and keep your mouth shut for the rest!Do not comment on any battle situation.

The only thing that can interfere with the command is the staff department. This time, at the order of the king of Chu, the staff organization was officially used for the staff command.

The staff officers of King Changshan's frontier army have rich experience in actual combat but are used to obeying orders, and rarely have clear opinions; the staff officers of the Imperial Army are strong but too conservative; Combined together they become complementary.

Although the General Staff of the Northwest Army is noisier than the vegetable market every day, and there are often fights.However, it is undeniable that the Chief of Staff has made great contributions to the Northwest War situation and has played a good auxiliary role in the command of generals. There are even many battles that have been cited as classics by the martial arts school, all of which were planned by the Chief of Staff.

Of course, the biggest contributor to the success of the Northwest Army's successive victories within two months from the start of the war in May to the arrival of troops in the king's city in October was the least conspicuous—the logistics of having the King of Chu in charge.

A steady stream of war horses, timely supply of food, grass and weapons, enough medicine and thousands of military doctors... No matter where the army advances, there will be food trucks and weapons sent there.The food is no longer the coarse grains and bran cakes of the past. It is full of white rice, vegetables and dried meat. Except that you can't drink alcohol, it is better than eating at home every day.The weapons are produced by the King of Chu Army Workshop. The bows and arrows are accurate, and the range is far beyond the enemy. The knives and guns are extremely sharp. When fighting against people, they can cut off the opponent's weapons and armor with one move, not to mention the brutal siege crossbow and improved kerosene bomb throwing. Cannon.

The weapons are good, and the battle is crushing all the way. In addition, there will always be a few military doctors with white cloths on their arms around the soldiers, and there are military hospitals with tents tied on top of the red cross flags behind them.

This virtually stabilized the morale of the army and boosted morale, because the soldiers fought forward without having to worry about running out of ammunition and food, or being seriously injured.Even in the face of the sudden appearance of 30 Beirong cavalry, none of them retreated, and the logistics and hospitals would not be exposed to the enemy's sight.

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Le Shu returned to the palace after completing the new law on news intellectual property rights.Lezhao was free, and he went to Julu for half a month without seeing anyone.Le Shu is a literati and knows little about military affairs. Fortunately, both Mou Yu and Shi Zhi lead troops, and several commanders of the Yulin Army know about soldiers, and they cooperate with Mu Ci to deal with various battle reports, so they don't get in a hurry.

Mu Ci placed a miniature sand table of the northwest terrain on the big round table in the seeking truth hall, pointed to the northwest plain and said, "The war horses recruited are strictly not allowed to be castrated. The military hospital is ordered to research drugs to suppress the war horses from estrus on the battlefield without affecting their breeding." In order to prevent the strong from being castrated, the horse breed will degenerate like this from generation to generation. The horses captured in the northwest will be selected to supplement the northwest horse farm and optimize the horse breed."

Le Shu quickly recorded.

"How's the construction of the Shuofang Base in Chudi?" Mu Ci asked.Because of the limited production capacity of the blast furnace and military factory in the Julu base, Mu Ci diverted excellent craftsmen and asked He Qiujun to take them into Chu, and chose the offshore Shuofang County to build a new large-scale production base.

Mou Yu found relevant classified information and showed it to Mu Ci. Mu Ci read it quickly and nodded: "In the future, Julu will focus on the research and development of new materials, new weapons, and new technologies. Technology products that meet the popularization standards, weapons production They are all placed in Shuofang County, and it will be faster to transport them to the northwest border by railroad grain roads. Remember, every weapon and every arrow is numbered and stamped, issued in an orderly manner, and registered for easy traceability. Private outflow of weapons is prohibited .”

Mou Yu nodded, and said, "Just let Le Zhao go to the Shuofang base. He has a flexible mind and is reliable in his work." The most important thing is that Le Zhao is an almost all-round technical talent, legal consultant, research and development of weapons, accounting and auditing... Whether he is skilled or not He said that there was nothing he didn't understand anyway, and he didn't know how to grow his brain. Ordinary craftsmen and managers would never be able to fool him.

Mu Ci nodded: "Send him to help He Qiujun."

Mou Yu nodded.

"Tell Brother Changshan and the others to take good care of the military hospital. All the good military doctors we have just trained have passed away. If there is one less, it will be a huge loss."

Shi Zhi said coldly: "Master, don't worry, the Lijian Battalion is protecting the military hospital. If there is an emergency, it is no problem for the guards to escape." Mu Ci asked the Weiqiu army to build two special forces units, one The Sharp Knife Battalion is in charge of forward operations, and the Sharp Sword Battalion is dedicated to protecting the military hospital in the rear. The weapons are the most sophisticated and top-notch.Moreover, Chang Shan Wang and the others should understand the importance of the military hospital.

Mu Ci asked again: "Over Xinghai, where is the tracked grain road shop?"

Mou Yu showed Mu Ci the latest logistics-related information, pointing to the sand table map and said: "The construction of tracked grain roads has advanced to the west of Youzhou. After that, most of them are mountain roads and deserts, which are not easy to spread. If the distance is too far It doesn't help much, so the line is being surveyed, and the speed has slowed down."

Mu Ci sighed, and said, "You can go around the mountains, but you really can't venture into the desert." Then his indifferent expression gradually softened, and he said, "So, Xinghai should be back soon."

When the Northwest Army enters the interior of Xiliang, it can directly "requisition grain" on the spot, survey the grain road, and do not need people to keep an eye on it.

Mou Yu smiled and said, "Although I haven't heard the news of Mr. Mei's return, it should be soon."

Mu Ci looked amiable, and ordered: "Tell King Changshan that the troops are approaching the Xiliang King City, resting in the nearby oasis, besieging but not attacking, and putting pressure on the Xiliang royal family. Send the vanguard battalion to patrol the border between Xiliang and Beirong to investigate, but don't Enter Bei Rong. He is in charge of the specific combat plan, listens to the advice of the staff properly, and the imperial court will not interfere with their use of troops. Remind him again that it is inconvenient to transport food in the desert, so he can only ensure a continuous supply of medicines, so let him "requisition food" on the spot. The equipment is in-depth, and a new map is drawn in conjunction with the original intelligence."

The truth is within the range of the weapon, and the distance of the weapon's range is determined by food.

Mu Ci's subordinate craftsmen discovered that the tracked grain road currently under construction by Mei Rong himself is a masterpiece of uncanny craftsmanship for this era.First repair and compact the sandy soil road surface, and use cement to make two parallel grooved roads similar to rails, with a "U" shape in section.The wheels of professional grain carriages are made of fine steel clad wood, with a "V" shape on the wheel surface.

Horses cannot run on hard concrete roads, so the groom controls the horses to run on the soft road between the two tracks, pulling the huge grain cart along the track, pulling more, but the speed is fast, and the horses save effort. You can choose Southern Endurance A better pony breed does not take up the quota of war horses, and there is less vibration along the way and a lot of loss is reduced.At the same time, it is equipped with a braking system, which is not prone to accidents.The entire grain road is maintained by personnel. If the road breaks down, the road will be repaired. If the horse-drawn carriage breaks down, you only need to reverse the car and retreat from the gap to the side for repairs. It will not block the entire transportation line.

This kind of rail transportation, which is only the most basic, will not work when encountering mountains and deserts. We can only wait for the productivity to reach a certain height in the future, increase steel production, and then have steam power technology, rail transportation similar to trains can conquer mountains and deserts.

However, at present, this tracked grain road has revealed many advantages. The coastal road transports grain from Santai and Dinghaizhou to Jiugui Port in Chudi, as well as medicines and weapons in Chudi. Grain transportation.Materials that used to take half a month or even a month to reach the front line can now be delivered to the back of the entire border in only three days, and then it takes two or three days to reach the border.

Even if this special grain road is laid to the capital of Xiliang, it is not afraid of being robbed of grain by the enemy, because the "V"-shaped steel-clad wooden wheels cannot go on flat ground, and the carriage is so large that it will sink when it enters the ground. Walk on a hard track.In war, there is absolutely no such ample time for people to carry away food in bags.

The reason why tracked grain roads are only laid in the rear is not because they are afraid of looting. The main reason is that most of the borders are surrounded by high mountains to build defense zones. At present, tracked grain roads can only be erected in the rear where the terrain is slightly flat.

Speaking of Liang Dao and Mei Rong, Mou Yu suddenly showed a very meaningful smile.

Mu Ci's current mental perception can cover a range of [-] meters, so naturally he didn't miss Mou Yu's smile.

Mu Ci asked: "What surprise is Xinghai going to give me?"

Mou Yu froze for a moment, and smiled even bigger, gloating: "I really don't know this time, it's because Mr. Mei's recent whereabouts are a mystery, and the hidden guards also showed signs of hiding things from me. Of course, I didn't ask, just According to Mr. Mei's usual actions...the surprise this time will not be small."

The last time Mei Rong and Mou Yu conspired, they donated hundreds of thousands of hectares of Dinghai Prefecture to their surprise without telling him, and won the title of "Prince of Beihai County".

Thinking of this, Mu Ci shook her head, smiled indulgently, with a lot of love in her eyes, and said warmly: "Then don't check him, I'll just wait for him to come back."

Mei Rong's surprises are usually generous, and Mu Ci will definitely find out if she is willing to check, but there are no surprises.Just treat it as a little bit of fun between lovers, Mei Rong will never hurt him anyway.

I haven't seen each other for four months. Although Mu Ci can get Mei Rong's work progress report every day, and exchange a private letter in two or three days to express his heart, but I haven't seen anyone for so long, and I really miss him a lot.

Mu Ci curled her lips and said with a smile: "The relevant battle reports and my disposal will be sent to the palace."

Although King Changshan was the commander in chief of the Northwest War, Mu Ci was in charge of the overall situation in the imperial court, so he dealt with the relevant official affairs before handing it over to Emperor Deguang for review.Emperor Deguang's job was still in charge of handling the national government affairs.

Qi Yan came over and said, "Your Highness, Prince Zhong welcomed back Princess Xining and Prince Nanli and their party outside the city gate. There is going to be a banquet in the palace. Your Majesty asks if you want to come over."

Mu Ci nodded: "Of course I'm going." Xining's face must be given, and after all, she came to Nanli for the country's peace, and she has worked hard.

This time, Emperor Deguang and the King of Chu forcefully asked Xining to take all the children home to "visit relatives", and said that if Xining didn't want to go back to Nanli, he would not go back. A nice one.Because of Xining's soft temper, the King of Nanli didn't like this Princess Daxing who had no background and only an empty air. When he heard that the King of Chu thought of Xining, he blatantly supported her...

The King of Nanli, who had been refusing to confer the crown prince all this time, hastily canonized Duan Ze, the son of Princess Xining, as the crown prince of Nanli Kingdom.

Because there is this little prince who represents a country, Mu Ci has to go to save face, even though the little prince Duan Ze is only 11 years old.