Xia Nan gave an order, and the war machine of the Qiong Navy immediately ran at high speed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Compared with the cumbersome process and low efficiency of the imperial army, the efficiency of the Qiong Navy, which initially established a modern army command and support system, was much higher in mobilizing the army.

The Military Aircraft Staff Office issued an order to the whole army in the name of the general, and then the order was passed on to the battalions, platoons, companies, and squads, and after dinner, everyone knew that they would go on the expedition tomorrow. From officers to soldiers, it is only necessary to be mentally prepared for the promotion, and how to fight a war and how to dispatch troops is a matter for the staff officers. There is no silver to pull out, there is no need for settling-in expenses, and there is no need for them to make trouble to solve their worries -- the salaries of ordinary privates in the Qiong Navy are higher than those of the border army, not to mention non-commissioned officers and officers, if they are injured or killed in battle, they will also have a generous pension, and their families will also give priority to arranging to work in factories, mines, and shops, and they will have no worries about food and clothing.

As for the most important factor affecting the army's mobilization -- logistical supply guarantee with grain and grass as the core -- this is still less of a problem. After the introduction of the measure of paying taxes on behalf of the three counties and "buying" fertile land, most of the landlord class in the northern part of Qiongzhou was dismantled, and the reclamation of the military tun fields also began to be harvested one after another, and most of the grain produced by Qiongzhou Fu was firmly in the hands of the Qiongzhou navy, and sufficient grain could be allocated at any time to ensure the supply of the army. In addition, in this time and space, the Qiong Navy has the largest military transport fleet in the whole of East Asia and even the world, and its strong maritime capacity solves the most troublesome grain transportation problem of the ancient army. Naturally, the ammunition and equipment were allocated by the Quartermaster Bureau, and the arrangements were proper and proper, and there was no need for the combat troops to worry about it.

With the guarantee of advanced systems and technical conditions, and the experience of the Qiong Navy in going to sea many times, many things are well mastered, so the two fully equipped regiments, plus auxiliary personnel, more than 10,000 people, and hundreds of light and heavy artillery, only took 24 hours to mobilize and assemble after the order was issued, which happened to be the noon set by the summer south. And the imperial court mobilized an army of this size, a month is considered fast - at the beginning, He Rubin led 20,000 battalions of soldiers to cross the sea to attack Lingao, raise silver, settling-in allowance and grain and grass, assembled in the Humen camp, and then sacrificed flags and tested artillery, and it was already more than a month after arriving in Qiongzhou.

At noon the next day, the army boarded the ship in an orderly manner according to the number, and the ordnance, baggage, ammunition, grain and grass were loaded on the other side of the wharf.

In the summer, Nan stood at the dock on the side of the "Guangdong" and was about to board the ship, and Xie Wenjun came to see him off with a wife and concubine. She stared at Xia Nan, her eyes were clear, and she said: "Xianggong is about to go on an expedition, and the concubine does not mention the love of children, and gives it to the ancients with poems - 'Ambition is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood', hoping that Xianggong will kill more Tartars, save the people from fire and water, and there is no need to worry about family affairs, there is a concubine." ”

This sentence comes from Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong", which was composed at a time when he led the Northern Expedition and broke the Jin soldiers, reflecting his desire to recover the lost land, restore the rivers and mountains, and his feelings of loyalty to the country. Hulu and Xiongnu are all alien races in the Central Plains, and it is very appropriate to compare the object of this expedition, Jianzhou Tartar.

Xia Nan has some feelings, such a woman who is wise and knowledgeable, not to mention those ancient ladies who are not out of the door, even if modern women with higher education can have such a mind and knowledge. It is no wonder that it is always said that marriage must be the right person, and knowledge, vision, and thought must be at the same level to have a common language.

He smiled slightly and took Xie Wenjun's hand, "It's my blessing to be able to marry a virtuous woman like Niangzi." I also gave back to my lady with a poem - 'But make the dragon city fly, do not teach Hu Ma to do Yin Mountain'. ”

This poem comes from the Tang Dynasty border village poet Wang Changling's "Out of the Village", to the effect that as long as Li Guang, Wei Qing and other famous generals of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu will never cross the Yin Mountain to the south to herd horses, Xia Nan borrowed this poem to show his courage and confidence in resisting the Tartars.

The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled, and their thoughts on each other were all in their hearts.

Not only Xie Wenjun came to the dock to see him off, but the families of other officers also came. Perhaps it was the largest troop movement of the Qiong Navy that alarmed everyone, or perhaps the object of the expedition was the famous Tartar, who was far more ferocious than his previous opponents, and the sense of crisis was far greater than that of the previous expeditions, and there were many people who came to see him off.

Huang Hansheng and Su Xiaomei reluctantly said goodbye. Huang Hansheng promised: "Little sister, don't worry, when I come back from this expedition, I will marry you." Su Xiaomei nodded happily, "I'll be waiting for you at home." When I arrived in Shandong, I saw my eldest brother and told him that his sister was getting married! ”

Thinking that his former soldiers had become his eldest brother, Huang Hansheng felt a little embarrassed and said embarrassedly: "Okay, I'll tell him." ”

On the other side, Yang Youji and Yang Liu were also saying goodbye.

Yang Liu is the daughter-in-law of Tan Gouzi, a deserter who escaped from the battle who was executed by Yang Youji himself, and the widow who once made Xia Nan very angry, the two finally came together, and they are usually very low-key.

It was the first time for Yang Liu to appear in front of the public to see Yang Youji off, and she had already mustered up great courage. Yang Youji is usually taciturn, giving people the impression of coldness, but in front of Yang Liu, he is a different face. He stroked his wife's head dotingly, and admonished: "I will go to war with the general, this time the battle of Tartar may be more tricky than before, maybe I will not come back in a short time, and the family will rely on you to take care of the old and young." Originally, Yang Youji only had a frail and sickly old father, and after being with Yang Liu, he took her ex-mother-in-law and son into the house to support, and later the two gave birth to a son, who was almost three years old, and unconsciously, it was already a big family.

Yang Liu replied firmly: "I am at home, you can rest assured." Follow the general to fight, kill a few more Tartars, and don't embarrass our family. Ex-husband Tan Gouzi's escape has become an indelible stain in her life, and it is also an unforgettable shadow for her.

Yang Youji smiled, "Your man is not such a person. Tan Gouzi's sins should not have been infamous by you. Leave your concerns to me, and I'll cut off the heads of a few Tartars with my own hands, so that you can raise your head and be a human being from now on - you can tell everyone that my man is a hero, not a bastard. ”

Yang Liu's eyes moistened with emotion, and he buried his head in Yang Youji's chest. Although this man is a few years younger than her, he has a responsibility, God has ruined and wasted her for more than ten years, and now he has made up for it.

After the whole army boarded the ship, a cannon sounded, the huge fleet set sail, and the expedition of the entire army of the Qiong Navy began from Bofu Port.