Han Ningshuang will take the generals of the Han army to continue south, sneak to Fuzhou and Suzhou, secretly contact the mature Jurchen tribe, take Suzhou Pass, and then respond to the heroes of the Han army to raise flags in the south of Suzhou Pass. Zhao Xingde returned to Phoenix Cottage, where he trained gunners for the Han army, and after the arrival of a batch of iron barrel guns to defend the city that Xia assisted the Han army, it was just in time to come in handy.

"Lord Han League, everyone, let's say goodbye here, there will be a period later." Zhao Xingde sat on the horse and arched his hand.

"Mr. Zhao, there will be a period later." Wang Xuansu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice. Brother Zhang Liu rushed to Chenzhou in advance, Gao Bolong wanted to restrain his subordinates, and came to Zhao Xingde early in the morning to say goodbye. Although these Han generals had a lot of rejection and suspicion of Zhao Xingde at the beginning, with the deepening of their understanding of each other, they are now able to treat each other frankly. After all, he is a hot-blooded man, so Zhao Xingde didn't care about it in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that these people ruined their homes and relieved their difficulties, and spilled blood with their heads cut off, I am afraid that Liaodong would already be a situation of thousands of horses.

"There will be a date later." Han Ningshuang looked at Zhao Xingde's back, said in a low voice, turned the horse's head, gently urged the horse, and the war horse had to trot. Wang Ji waved his hand at Zhao Xingde, and led the guards of the pro-army to follow, and the cavalry of the brigade and the marching army composed of heavy carriages marched in a row, and when they arrived in Kaizhou, nearly 2,000 men and horses had been gathered.

The place where the Han army parted was already very close to the Phoenix Mountain, and the war horses galloped for half a day, and along the way, they saw some newly cultivated fields, everywhere there were traces of arson and burning, cutting down trees, and the glades were full of human tracks and messy footprints. At a camp in the woods, the branches and birch bark were nested in the huts, and the stoves supported by the branches were still smoking, but everywhere was empty. It was as if they had suddenly been attacked by the enemy and had taken them all captive. There was not a single living creature in the camp, only the specks of light that shone through the dense forest still flickered.

Zhao Xingde was a little puzzled in his heart, Du Chuijiao and Liu Zheng were vigilant, and the sergeants took out their bows and arrows. Suddenly, there were several birdsongs in front, three long and three short, the expressions on the faces of Du Fujiao and others eased up, Liu Zhengjiang pouted and responded to two long and one short birdsongs, and a figure faintly appeared in the forest opposite, and asked loudly: "Which brother is coming from the camp?" ”

Zhao Xingde nodded, and Liu Zheng replied loudly: "It's General Zhao who is back." ”

Sergeant Sun Dalin poked his head out from behind the dense forest, the military robe he wore from the Xia Kingdom was already a little shabby, because of the long-term food ration restrictions, and his face was a little vegetable. Soon he recognized Zhao Xingde in the crowd, his eyes were full of joy and excitement, and he hurriedly put the knife back into its sheath, waved behind him and shouted, "That's right, it's General Zhao who is back." At this time, in the woods of the hill a hundred steps away, Pan Yuheng, the commander of the ten, also appeared, and the two of them walked quickly to Zhao Xingde, bowed down together and said, "See the general." Behind him, hundreds of people appeared one after another, men, women and children, holding hoes, sickles, wooden forks and other things used in clearing the wasteland, seeing this group of horseback officials, they all came over and bowed and said hello, these people have been taught the basic rules, although the expression is still a little panicked, there is no one who is busy kneeling and kowtowing.

Zhao Xingde nodded with satisfaction, dismounted and returned a few salutes to everyone, and then asked Pan Yuheng: "After we leave, what is the situation in the mountains?" There is still some distance from the Phoenix Cottage here, and he roughly estimated that if most of the wasteland closer to here has been reclaimed one after another, the number of people resettled is probably not a small number. Within the sphere of influence of the Jin State, the original prefectures and counties of the Liao State were plundered, and the people were displaced, and the Military Intelligence Department of the Xia State did not have time to infiltrate the fine work here, so during the period of going north to Huanglong Mansion, Zhao Xingde and the Phoenix Cottage cut off contact, and only occasionally got some vague news from the Han army.

When the captain asked, Pan Yuheng did not dare to slack off, and he would explain the situation in the past few months. Since Zhao Xingde left, the sergeants of the Chengying Battalion went out to coerce and relocate the people as planned. Just more than a month ago, the sea ships of the fourth battalion of Chengying arrived in Liaodong, and in addition to artillery and other ordnance, there were nearly 10,000 stone of grain with the ship.

As soon as the blacksmith arrived, Kim Chang-tae sent a hundred able-bodied men to assist him, and ordered them to open the furnace to make iron at once. The furnace for ironmaking had already been built, charcoal and iron ore had been hoarded, and the process and recipe had been set long ago, just like that of the ironworks. It only took a few days for the furnace to be opened, and the results came out in a steady stream. Good molten iron makes blades, and worse ones make iron hoes, iron forks, iron axes and other agricultural tools. Now they are all in first-come, first-served order, and they are sent to the shade in white.

Compared with the war and chaos outside, the area around this Phoenix Mountain is like a paradise. Although it is difficult to start a business, the road is blue, and the people always have the hope of living like a person in the troubled times. Phoenix Mountain not only issued the deed of the original land and houses to the people, but also governed the people in an orderly manner. According to the rules of the Xia Kingdom, the shade household handed over thirty percent of the annual income, and with the fertility of the black soil of Liaodong, the handing over thirty percent of the grain will not starve to death, and it is even more rare that the sergeant will do everything according to the rules, and there will be no corruption, bribery, robbery and rape. Bad habits of lewdness. After all kinds of situations spread, not only did the fleeing and resist much less than other Han army cottages, but there were not a few people who took the initiative to bring their families to take refuge, and now there were more than 30,000 "shadow households" under the rule of the eighth battalion of Chengying, but compared with the shadow households under the rule of the ordinary military camp in the hinterland of the Xia Kingdom, the number was slightly inferior, so the sergeants were also familiar with governance.

Zhao Xingde listened to the report and was quite satisfied with Kim Chang-tae's overall planning during this period of time. The horse's hooves were brisk, and it was not too late, and they had already arrived at Sanyin Village in Phoenix Mountain, and the return of the captain caused a burst of cheers among the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom. People from far and near put aside their busyness for a while, and asked their companions what made everyone so happy. "It's Captain Zhao who is back." "Who is Captain Zhao?" "You are stupid, your title deed is his seal."

There is an oak tree in front of the Chinese military tent, and Zhao Xingde has just sprouted a new sprout when he set off, which has not been seen for several months, and now it is full of green. Zhao Xingde was a little regretful, Jin Changtai took his soldiers to inspect the lumber yard and charcoal burning field three miles away, and the praise words he had in his mind had to be pressed first. Li Sihai, the captain of the fourth battalion of Chengying, waited in the village for several days, and as soon as Zhao Xingde sat down, he asked the sergeant to invite him to meet.

Before Zhao Xingde was promoted to lieutenant, Li Sihai was the youngest lieutenant in the Chengying Army, and after a few years of training at sea, under the wind and sun, under the sword light and blood, he added a calm temperament, only a touch of fierceness occasionally appeared in his eyes. When he stepped into the tent, he first smiled and said, "Captain Zhao, it's not easy to see you." ”

Zhao Xingde also stood up, said a few polite words, and complimented Li Sihai again. Although the two belong to the same Chengying Army, when they met for the first time, they exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then slowly turned to the topic. In the future, the development of Xia forces in Liaodong will all fall on these two powerful generals. Zhao Xingde introduced to Li Sihai the situation of the Han Army Alliance, as well as his observations of the power of the Jurchen Jin Kingdom, and Li Sihai introduced many recent events in the Xia Kingdom, the Song Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom to Zhao Xingde, which were all old news to him, and for Zhao Xingde, who was in a remote place in Liaodong and had different news from the cottage for several months, it was all full of news. More importantly, Li Sihai brought the long-awaited letter to the sergeants of the Chengying Battalion.

"Where this bird doesn't, it's hard to even receive a letter from home, it's really not easy for the brothers of the eighth battalion," Li Sihai said with a touch of sympathy in his eyes, and said with a smile, "The Military Intelligence Department plans to set up a stake foot in Suzhou Guannan, and after the pigeon post is built in the future, emergency military information can be transmitted by carrier pigeons across the sea, and then transmitted by fast horses after arriving in Liaodong." And the letters from home were still sent in batches with the clippers. ”

"Really?" Zhao Xingde was a little surprised and sighed, "In this wild and war-torn place, it is really not easy for the Military Intelligence Department to lay stakes. It's hard for them, so for the sake of their brothers. As he spoke, he took a sip of tea.

"What's so strange about that." Li Sihai smiled slightly, leaned closer, and said in a low voice, "Don't hide it from Brother Zhao, if this Suzhou Guannan, if it can be managed, it will be more than just a military transmission." He stretched out his hand and dipped some tea, and drew a shape of Suzhou Guannan on the desk, with a few strokes of the general figure of Liaodong and the coast of the Song Kingdom.

"Captain Zhao, please see, this place in Suzhou Guannan is only a little connected to the land, but the hinterland is not small, and it is densely covered with mountains, surrounded by a good port, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you run this place, you only need to hold these dangerous passes, and the troops are not much, and then, the sailors set off from the port here, from Liaodong all the way south to Shandong in the Song Kingdom, and then to Huainan and Jinling, which are all within the reach of the sword. The momentum is really not trivial. Even if the Song State takes precautions, it will take at least 100,000 troops to run for their lives. In the future, if we want to take the eastern part of the country, we will raise a brigade of elite soldiers from Suzhou Guannan, go ashore in Shandong, break an arm of Bianliang, and then ride the wind down, invade Huainan, cut off the Cao Yun, go up the river, take Jinling, and the southeast can be passed on to the east. What a credit to that. ”

Li Sihai drew the route of the march, and said in a voice full of temptation: "Now that Liaodong is in chaos, Liao and Jin have no time to scruple, it is really the time of the day, the imperial court sent you and me two battalions to pass through Liaodong, work together, that is, the people, take this place, and operate as the foundation of my power in the east, and all the geographical advantages." The right time, the right place and the right people are all three, hehe, Captain Zhao, we don't want to be promoted to the title of marquis, it's impossible. ”

Zhao Xingde listened to him quietly, and then said with a wry smile on his face: "Captain Li, this place is good, but unfortunately it has already been remembered." ”

Author:Because there is an event,The update is a little late.,Apologize to the book friends who are waiting for more.,I'm sorry.。