In early spring, Sichuan is still very cold, even at the junction of southern Sichuan and northern Yunnan, because of the high altitude, the climate in the mountains is very cold. The official road from Yunnan to Sichuan has been repaired www.biquge.info the original Qin and Han dynasties, and the five-foot official road built in the Qin and Han dynasties has been widened, and it has been expanded to eight feet wide in some places where the terrain is not very dangerous, and some places with steep slopes have also lengthened the winding mountain road, making it easier for vehicles to walk.

Originally, it was a place with stone steps, and it was impossible for vehicles to pass, so it could only be barely passed by Dian horses. Today, the stone steps have been abandoned, and a wooden boardwalk has been built to make it easier for vehicles to walk.

The widening of this official road is the result of Wu Sangui's discussion with Wang Xinyu after making money by using the special offerings of the Eight Banners, and Wu Sangui gave one-third of the silver, and Wang Xinyu paid two-thirds of the silver, repairing and widening this official road that has been nearly 2,000 years old, and turning it into a convenient avenue.

Nowadays, on this official road, an army has passed, and the banner of the army is the banner of the Ming Emperor, with samurai on horseback opening the way in the front, and a group of elite foot soldiers wearing bright armor and dressed in majestic manner, and a large number of brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and wingless sand on their heads.

In the past, there were handsome flags with the word "Li" written on them, and generals with the words "horse" and "Liu". This team was preparing to escort the holy car to the Li Dingguo Department in Hanzhong.

Because Ma Bao and Liu Xuanchu went to Myanmar lightly, they brought very few people, only more than 2,000 people. Li Dingguo escorted Yongli to Hanzhong, but he took out 20,000 soldiers and 30,000 auxiliaries from his headquarters, leaving only a few soldiers and horses and locally hired Burmese native soldiers to stay in Xingdu, and the main force of the Ming army went out. Li Dingguo not only escorted Yongli to Hanzhong this time, but also wanted to join forces with Wu Sangui to jointly go on a northern expedition and take the capital directly.

Although Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui fought for more than ten years before and after the fight to the death, at this time both sides intended to reconcile, hoping to jointly go on a northern expedition and seize the capital. The two joined forces, even if they couldn't resist the Qiongzhou army, they would still be able to keep a piece of territory and let their children and grandchildren live.

In addition to Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses, there were also Mu Zhongxian's 10,000 native soldiers.

Yongli is actually Han afraid that if he goes to Nanjing, he will become Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. So when Wang Yuyou gave him a problem at the beginning and asked him to go to Nanjing, he hesitated and made excuses to delay time. Now Li Dingguo wants to take him to Hanzhong, and Yongli agrees to come down. After all, Yongli still trusts Wu Sangui.

However, Yongli still made a holy decree before setting off, and named Wang Xinyu as the prince.

Shimen Pass, here is the only way from Yunnan to Sichuan, the carriage and horse from Yunnan, after passing the Shimen Pass, you can arrive at Yibin by the river, and then change to take a boat into the Sichuan Basin, straight to Chengdu.

"Who's coming from ahead?" Han Decheng, the garrison of the Qiongzhou Army stationed at Shimen Pass, found that an army was coming, so he asked people to stand on the gate tower and shout. Although the banner of the coming army is the banner of the Ming army, Shimen Pass is the main road into the soft hinterland of Sichuan, and Han Decheng does not dare to slack off.

"It's the Son of Heaven who is coming! Don't hurry up and open the door yet! Pioneer Ma Baoce immediately stepped forward and yelled.

Seeing that it was Ma Bao, Han Decheng stood on the Guan Tower and asked, "General Ma, isn't the Son of Heaven in Burma?" How is it possible to travel thousands of miles to get here? ”

Li Dingguoce, who was behind, immediately stepped forward: "General Han, you don't believe him, don't you even believe the old man?" ”

Seeing Li Dingguo, Han Decheng heard Wang Xinyu praise Li Dingguo since he joined the Qiongzhou Army, and he also admired this national hero very much, so he opened the door.

"Sure enough, it's a holy car! In the end, I will be offended, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive you! Seeing Yongli's holy car, Han Decheng was startled and knelt down at the gate of the city to bow. Although he is a member of the Qiongzhou Army, Yongli is still the emperor, and in these years, ordinary middle and low-level officers have no respect for the emperor when they see it.

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Thousands of miles away, on Dongfan Island.

"Handsome! Big things are wrong! "Someone has long reported to Wang Xinyu about Yongli's departure from Myanmar.

The power of the Qiongzhou army in Xingdu was not very strong, because Wang Xinyu especially trusted Li Dingguo, Guo Zhiqi and Mu Zhongxian, so he did not leave a few of his own people. As a result, when Li Dingguo left with Yongli, the few people in the Qiongzhou army were all controlled, and the catamaran clippers left in Xingdu were also taken away, and the news did not come so quickly.

By the time Wang Xinyu, who was far away in Dongfan, got the news, Yongli had already entered Sichuan.

"Unexpectedly, His Majesty promised to go to Nanjing, but he still didn't go! Instead, he promised Wu Sangui to go to Hanzhong! Hearing the news, Wang Xinyu sighed.

Li Guangdi's eyes rolled and he came up with a solution: "Dashuai, since Your Majesty refuses to go to Nanjing, then we might as well ask for another holy decree, please make King Lu the prison country!" King Lu was originally a prisoner, and the gentry of Jiangnan all recognized King Lu! ”

Zhu Honghuan, the king of Lu in this matter, is only six years old, and if he is raised, it will be an excellent puppet! Moreover, this puppet was still recognized by the Jiangnan gentry led by Zhang Huangyan. But Wang Xinyu still shook his head: "If the king of Lu is established, I am afraid that if the Tartars are not destroyed, I will have internal strife!" ”

"Are you just looking at their Northern Expedition?" Li Guangdi asked.

"Let them go!" Wang Xinyu sighed, "Jin Qing, you come with this domain, let's go to see someone!" ”

On Dongfan Island, there is a farm on the edge of a beautiful stream, which was originally a quiet place, but since the opening of the railway, steam locomotives have roared every day, pulling freight trains back and forth. However, this did not affect Wang Shiyuan's mood, he was very satisfied with his life here, he already had six sons and three daughters, and the eldest son had also grown up, working in the Dongfan Steam Engine Factory, and his income was also quite large.

Four years ago, the Qiongzhou Army vigorously opened military education, and Wang Shiyuan also found a teaching career, specializing in teaching to the children of the army and the children of the gun factory.

This day happened to be a school holiday, and Wang Shiyuan was farming at home.

"Is Mr. Wang here?" Someone asked outside the door.

Wang Shiyuantai raised his head, but saw Wang Xinyu in civilian clothes and Li Guangdi in official robes standing at the door, and there were more than a dozen personal guards outside.

"Lord Wang! Lee-sama! Come on in! Wang Shiyuan greeted warmly.

Walking into the living room, Wang Xinyu looked around and praised the elegant layout of the living room. After a few words of greeting, he suddenly said to Wang Shiyuan: "Mr. Wang, it is inconvenient to speak here, can you take a step to speak?" ”

"Please come to the study!" Wang Shiyuan greeted.

"Jin Qing, you should also come with this domain!" Wang Xinyu asked Li Guangdi to come in with him.