In the Yellow River, a fleet of 30 large ships was sailing eastward along the north bank of the Yellow River, the sails were raised, and the northwest wind was strong, making the big ships sail like flying, and gradually, leaving behind the mountains on the north bank.

"Report to the prince, Hebei County is ahead."

On the second big ship, Yang Yuanqing stood on the side of the ship and looked at the continuous mountains, next to him was the helmsman of the ship, surnamed Qian, an old boatman in his fifties, who had been sailing on the Yellow River for forty years, with dark skin and orange peel-like faces with ravines and ravines, covered with the vicissitudes of time.

Yang Yuanqing looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a big pass in the northeast direction, a city was built in the pass, there is Hebei County, a few months ago, Li Shimin's army was withdrawn from here to the south bank, at this moment close to the Yellow River in Hebei County has been moored hundreds of large and small boats, this is a ferry from all over the country, can transport tens of thousands of soldiers at a time.

Yang Yuanqing came from Fenglingdu, where 20,000 troops led by Li Jing were ready to cross the river, while Yang Yuanqing led more than 20,000 troops to camp in the vicinity of the Hebei Army Ferry, and they were not in a hurry to launch an offensive on the other side of the Yellow River, but were waiting for the opportunity.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing was not very willing to go south to fight a bloody battle with the Tang army, his army needed to rest, and attacking Hongnong County was not in line with his strategic plan, he just wanted to force Li Yuan back to Guanzhong, and then support Wang Shichong's force, so that he could find an opportunity to launch an offensive against Hebei.

It's early October, and the weather is starting to get chilly. Yang Yuanqing looked at the surging Yellow River, and asked the boatman boss, "What is the freezing date of the Yellow River?" ”

"It's usually in mid-November, and it's still early, at least a month and a half later, when the Yellow River is frozen and solid, and there is no need to sail. You can walk directly to the opposite bank. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, it will take another month and a half, and it is indeed early. At this time, the fleet began to slow down and slowly headed towards the dock in Hebei County. A small boat approached, and a soldier on board shouted, "Is the chief on board?" ”

A soldier pointed to the second boat, and the small boat sailed up, close to the side of the ship, and a messenger anxiously reported: "Chief Qiqi, the soldiers patrolling have just intercepted two large ships full of fire oil in the Yellow River. ”

This news made Yang Yuanqing also slightly surprised, what's going on? Boats full of fire oil were found on the Yellow River, where did the oil come from, and to whom did it be transported? He immediately asked, "Where is the ship carrying the oil?" ”

"Right on the edge of the docks, those two big ships are!"

Yang Yuanqing looked in the direction of the soldier's finger. Seeing two big boats parked on the dock, the boats were full of heavily armed soldiers, Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered the old boat: "Get on those two big boats!" ”

The boss of the ship adjusted the direction, and the ship that Yang Yuanqing was riding slowly approached the two intercepted cargo ships, which were two thousand-stone cargo ships. It is very common on the Yellow River, the boatman and the owner have been arrested, and the cargo of the boat has been controlled by the Sui army, Yang Yuanqing jumped on the big boat, and immediately a captain stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to report, "Report to the chief." We seized 500 barrels of oil in each of the two ships. ”

"Has it been interrogated? Where does this oil come from and to whom is it going to be shipped? Yang Yuanqing asked with a gloomy face, fire oil is an extremely important military strategic resource, and the oil wells in Yan'an County are guarded by special soldiers, so he can't figure out that there are ships transporting fire oil on the Yellow River.

"Back to the governor, we have interrogated, these two ships are from Ruxiang County, near Tongguan, they want to enter the Yongji Canal, to transport the oil to Youzhou, we have interrogated the boatmen, they don't know where the oil comes from? When we were arrested, several Tang soldiers resisted and were killed, indicating that these fire oil were supplies for the Tang army. ”

Yang Yuanqing didn't say a word, walked into the warehouse, the warehouse was lined with dense wooden barrels, several soldiers were counting the materials, the warehouse was filled with a smell of hot oil, fire oil is oil, after flowing out of the well, it can be precipitated in a special grease pool for several days, and it can get relatively light oil, which is suitable for combustion.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing knew in his heart that Gao Dehong, the son of Gao Gong, had been an official in Shuzhong, and he told himself that there were also oil wells in Shuzhou, which were as black as slurry and inexhaustible, and the local villagers used them for lighting and curing diseases.

In fact, not only Li Yuan, all the forces are looking for oil wells everywhere, the difference is only that they can find it and they can't find it, like Dou Jiande's surrender and confession, Dou Jiande is also looking for oil everywhere, but he has not been able to find it.

When Li Jiancheng captured Yan'an County a few months ago, they did not send heavy troops to guard the oil wells in Yan'an County, Pei Xingyan easily took them back, and Yang Yuanqing vaguely guessed that the reason why Li Jiancheng did not value the oil wells could only have one explanation, that is, they had mastered the oil resources, and this resource should be in Shuzhong.

Today's two ships confirmed his guess, the Tang army really had the oil, and it was obvious that Li Yuan wanted to transport the oil to Luo Yi in Youzhou to resist his attack on Youzhou.

"Bring the shipowner aboard!"

Soon, the soldiers grabbed a middle-aged man on the boat, he was the owner of the two ships, he heard that the things transported were military contraband, so frightened that his legs were weak, knelt down and kowtowed, "The general spares his life, we are just a civilian ship, hired by them, we only care about transporting goods, and we don't know anything else!" ”

"Let me ask you, have you already transported this kind of thing to Youzhou before?" Yang Yuanqing looked at him and asked.

The shipowner hurriedly shook his head, "There are more than fifty ships in Ruxiang County, everyone knows each other, our ship is the first to be requisitioned by them, and we don't know if there is anything after that, but there is definitely not before." ”

Yang Yuanqing's heart was lowered slightly, and he asked again: "How do you go to Youzhou?" I'm asking where did you get into the Yongji Canal? ”

"General Hui, the investigation of the Qishui into the Yongji Canal from the Ji County is very strict, every ship has to be checked, we never dare to go over there, generally from Wen County in Hanoi County into the Yongji Canal, and then go directly north."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, he didn't need to ask anymore, Tang Jun would definitely not just transport two ships of oil to Youzhou, there would definitely be more later. It is not only fire oil, but also other military resources, he immediately ordered his own soldiers beside him: "Immediately rush to Hanoi County to find General Xu, just say that it is my order, and order him to strictly check every ship going north, and not let go of a single one." ”

The soldiers agreed, and immediately went ashore and rushed to Hanoi. Yang Yuanqing felt very lucky, he was fortunate to intercept these two ships today, otherwise he would have fought with Luo Yi in the future. will face the attack of the opponent's oil oil.

Yang Yuanqing said approvingly to the patrol captain: "This time you have a meritorious interception, each person will be rewarded with 100 hanging money, and you will be recorded for first-class merit once!" ”

The captain was overjoyed. Two first-class merits can be promoted to one level, he knelt down on one knee and thanked him, "Thank you for the reward!" ”

The shipowner's face turned white with fright, it turned out that this general was the legendary Yang Yuanqing, he kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Chief Yang spares his life!" The villain didn't dare to transport them anymore. ”

Yang Yuanqing immediately instructed the captain: "Unload the fire oil, these two ships will be requisitioned on the spot, and let them make meritorious service to atone for their sins!" ”

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Although Li Yuan also had oil in Yang Yuanqing's expectations, he still had some emotion in his heart, and a fire oil turmoil made him realize the rapid spread of military technology in war. Like fire oil, once it has exerted its might in war, then all the forces will eagerly seek it; There is also a sand table, he heard that Wang Shichong has also started to use it, so it will definitely appear in Li Yuan's army.

Another example is the medical service program established in Hanoi County. It can greatly reduce the death of soldiers, so in the near future, there will also be female doctors and nurses in other forces, these are unavoidable, the key is to see the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the command ability of the generals. As well as hard power such as money and food support, transportation capacity, and abundant military resources, these are the guarantees for winning the war.

Sooner or later, fire oil will be widely used in war by various forces, which is expected by Yang Yuanqing, fire oil is just a resource-based weapon, it is not a secret, Li Liang used fire oil to fight against Xue Ju.

But he also has a real trump card army, his Mo Dao Heavy Armor Army, that is the killer weapon that is difficult for others to learn, the refining of heavy armor and the creation of a new type of Mo Knife, this is his top secret technique, and he must not let anyone learn it.

Yang Yuanqing's marching marshal's mansion is located in the county seat of Hebei County, which was temporarily changed by the county government, and he just walked to the front of the mansion, when a personal soldier stepped forward to report, "Chief Qiyu, the former Yang Taishou has come back and is waiting in the military office." ”

"Master Yang?" Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned.

"It's him!"

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed, Yang Shidao actually came back, this news suddenly swept away the unhappiness caused by the oil turmoil, he turned over and dismounted and walked quickly to the military office, as soon as he entered the door, he was about to meet Yang Shidao.

Yang Shidao also saw Yang Yuanqing, the expression in his eyes was a little complicated, there was an embarrassment of returning, and there was also anxiety in his heart and expectations for the future.

He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Master Dao see His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly supported him, lightly punched him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Come back this time, if you want to escape again, there will be no way." ”

Yang Shidao's heart swelled with warmth, Yang Yuanqing did not become cold because of his departure in the past few years, as if he only left yesterday, he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and smiled: "When I left, you said that if one day I want to find another way out, I will come to Wuyuan County, and the position of Taishou is still reserved for me, and I can come to take office at any time, so I came back this time and continued to be my Wuyuan County Taishou." ”

Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder and shook his head, "You don't have to go to Wuyuan County, I have a better seat for you, you come with me." ”

Yang Yuanqing turned around and walked towards the official room, Yang Shidao also followed, the two sat down, Yang Yuanqing ordered his soldiers to serve tea again, and then asked him frankly, "This time, do you come to Yang Yuanqing or Yang Yu?" ”

This is an extremely important issue, Yang Yuanqing must say ugly things in front, because Yang Shidao's identity is different from ordinary people, if he handles it well, he can become his biggest help in the future, but if he doesn't handle it well, he will also become his own resistance, and his attitude on key issues cannot be ambiguous.

Yang Shidao smiled slightly: "Do you think I came to you first, or did I go directly to Taiyuan to find Yang Yu?" ”

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, he just wanted to make his words clear, in fact, he also understood in his heart that with the wisdom of Yang Shidao, it was impossible for him to help Yang Yu, even though he was a royal family, he would also look forward, and would not be nostalgic for an old dynasty.

"Alright! Let me tell you about the situation in Luoyang first. ”