The conflict at the exit attracted Ren Pingsheng's attention.
"leader!"
The man in black robe looked this way, his eyes suddenly lit up, he waved his hand and shouted this way.
"It's Gu Annian, the stationmaster of Hukou Station."
Xiaowan immediately recognized this person and spoke to Chen Dachui.
Chen Dachui waved, and the guard over there searched him, and then asked Gu Yinnian to come over. She ran over quickly, holding a telegraph newspaper in her hand, and offered it to Xiaowan with both hands, but she said
He Ren Pingsheng said: "Captain, there is an urgent report from Le County about matters in Dongyang County."
"Dongyang County?"
Ren Pingsheng took the telegraph newspaper handed over by Xiaowan, opened it and scanned it quickly, and said in surprise: "Is the sea monster problem already so severe?
I remember that the telegram I received a few days ago was a small-scale attack. Today, they actually attacked the county seat of Yunmeng County!"
Ren Pingsheng returned the telegraph newspaper to Xiaowan.
Xiaowan took it in her hand, looked at it, frowned and said: "There are thousands of sea monsters, holding knives and forks, like people forming a formation. They are bloodthirsty by nature, have no understanding of human nature, and do not understand human language. They only know how to kill and plunder.
Moreover, after the sea monster landed this time, it directly fought against the officers and soldiers of the guard station. It did not come ashore in small groups like before, looted for a while and then immediately returned to the sea. Instead, it besieged Yunmeng County. It seemed to be commanded and premeditated."
"It seems that Dongyang County is in danger this time."
During the previous Battle of Yinshan, Dongyang County's military strength had basically been exhausted. Today, the officers and soldiers of Dongyang County do not have any decent strength. Only the Fuyang Guards are left and have maintained a certain combat effectiveness. However,
Very limited. It is very difficult to resist such a brave and fearless sea monster.
However, Ren Pingsheng has interests in Dongyang County. Especially Yunmeng County, where Qixing Company has purchased a large number of properties with the help of Haishang Zheng.
And the most important thing is that Yuntai Guard now maintains more than 50,000 regular soldiers, of which nearly one-third of the food is shipped in through Yunmeng County and the Zheng family's shipping terminal.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Yunmeng County is a leg of Ren's food supply.
Now that the leg was about to be cut off, Yuntai County was of course eager, and the telegram was sent directly to the intelligence station in Hukou Town.
"In the future, the security company will be equipped with a telegraph machine to facilitate receiving important messages when going out."
Ren Pingsheng and Chen Dachui said.
"good!"
Chen Dachui nodded and took note, planning to get it done when he goes back.
"Jin Yan, you are ordered by me to immediately notify the news of the war in Dongyang County. Dongyang County is currently in war, and ships from Hukou Town Pier to Dongyang County have stopped sailing.
Anyone who plans to go to Dongyang County should think carefully."
Ren Pingsheng said.
"yes!"
Wu Jinyan didn't have time to say hello to his father Wu Qiong, so he immediately went down to deliver the message.
At this time, the two off-road vehicles in the rear compartment of the train had already driven off. As for those trucks, their drivers will drive to Hukou Town this afternoon.
After leaving the station, Ren Pingsheng immediately got in the car and headed to the town government to stay.
"Which division is closest to Yunlong County?"
Ren Pingsheng asked, rubbing his eyebrows.
"The closest to Yunlong County is the Third Division of Wuyang County, but the fastest to reach Yunlong County is the First Division of Qingcheng Town."
Xiaowan said.
Ruan Tang took out his mobile phone, and with a flick of his finger, the mobile phone automatically connected to the large screen on the front seat of the car, and a detailed hand-painted road network map of railways, cement roads, and official roads appeared: "Xiao Wan said
That's right, take a train from Qingcheng Town to Hukou Town, then take a boat down the river from Hukou Pier to Yunmeng County. If delivered in batches, it will only take two days at most.
If we go to Wuyang County, we have to go through Xichuan County, which is very hilly and the roads are not easy to travel, plus the heavy transportation, it will take at least four or five days."
"If the first division is unable to do so, we cannot move lightly. We can first dispatch a brigade to the first division.
To the north, Fengtai County and Wuyang County have stationed the Second Division and the Third Division respectively. Now the Beiwan Group is in internal strife and has no time to take care of other things. The Third Division can be mobilized to Dongyang County to quell the sea monster rebellion.
The recruits of the Fourth Division in Le County have completed their training and can be deployed to Wuyang County for garrisoning."
Ren Pingsheng thought about it.
He had a bad relationship with Governor Wang Anguo. Wang Anguo was training new troops and wanted to attack him, and he knew it well. Naturally, the first division stationed in Qingshui County could not be mobilized easily.
"What I'm most worried about now is that it comes from the ocean. These sea monsters have already come ashore, and it may become unsafe to board ships out to sea. If the sea food channel is broken, we may have a food shortage before we complete the rotation of improved varieties.
problem.
People are like rice and steel. Once there is a problem with food, it will be a big problem!"
Ren Pingsheng frowned, extremely worried about this.
This solution is also very simple. The first is to launch a war to plunder foreign countries. The second is to make the people suffer, and the collected food and wages will continue to increase.
However, these two items are inconsistent with his already established governing philosophy of "the people endow the monarch with the right to rule", and are contrary to his long-standing propaganda, which directly shakes the foundation of his governance.
This leaves only the third option, which is to take Wuzhou Province into its hands.
"If there is really a problem with the maritime grain route, the war southward must be advanced and Wuzhou Province won in one fell swoop. Fengqi County, Fuzhou County, Changguo County, and Qingzhou County in Wuzhou Province are all major grain-producing counties.
Moreover, we have not experienced any major turmoil in the past few years. Once we win, we can afford to expand our army by another 50,000."
Ren Pingsheng thought silently in his heart.
When they arrived at the town office for dinner, Gu Annian at Hukou Station received the second telegram from Le County.
"The Dongyang County Government sent people to the Le County Dudu Commandery Si Yamen, and brought official documents from the county government, requesting the Dudu to send troops for rescue!"
When Ren Pingsheng heard this, he couldn't help but smile.
I was so sleepy that I brought him a pillow, and now I became famous.
It's easy to ask the gods but hard to send them away. Once the Yuntai Guards leave, they won't leave again!
"Send a telegram to Liu Qiang and ask him to immediately prepare for dispatching troops to rescue Dongyang County. The Qingcheng First Division will send a brigade to Yunmeng County for rescue today.
The entire Wuyang County Third Division was dispatched to Yunmeng County, and the Le County Fourth Division was transferred to Wuyang.
Act now!”
Ren Pingsheng issued the order.
At the same time, after lunch, several electric trucks also arrived at Hukou Town.
The convoy set off again, heading towards Le County.
When passing by the Liusha River, Ruan Tang looked out the window at the broad river surface that seemed calm but was actually turbulent: "It's a pity that the bridge across the river has not been completed yet, otherwise the train could go directly across the Liusha River and reach Le County."
There are two bridges under construction over the Liusha River, one of which is an arch bridge for traffic; the other is a steel truss bridge with train tracks.
The construction of the arch bridge has begun, but the steel truss bridge is still under design. Ruan Tang is not an expert in this field and has only a brief understanding of bridge knowledge. The design of the bridge includes complex knowledge such as structural mechanics and civil engineering.
At present, she is still studying and improving. It is not known how long it will take to complete the steel truss bridge.
While Ren Pingsheng was still on the road, Liu Qiang had received a telegram from Hukou Town.
In fact, Liu Qiang knew the importance of today's Dongyang County to his lord. After learning about the chaos in Dongyang County, he had already judged that a war was about to begin and began to make quick adjustments. The entire command system of Yuntai Guards had entered into preparations for war.
status.
"Send a report to Baihu and immediately send a brigade to Yunmeng County by train and carry luggage. Set off immediately!"
"Send a report to Zheng Fangxing and set out to support Yunmeng County. We will set off immediately."
"Logistics will be sent from Qingcheng Town and Le County to Hukou Town, and then to Yunmeng County. At the same time, according to the command of the governor, Dongyang County will be responsible for supplying all the food and grass consumed by the troops in Dongyang County."
Liu Qiang quickly issued the order.
As telegrams were sent out one after another, the troops in Qingcheng Town and Wuyang County quickly organized, assembled and took action.
In particular, the First Division and the First Brigade, as the vanguard, assembled very quickly. It is the old and powerful brigade of Yuntai Guard. It has a force of 4,500 people, composed of three infantry regiments and an artillery battalion, and its combat effectiveness is very powerful.
In the afternoon of that day, the equipment had been sorted, and in the evening, the first batch of soldiers had packed their bags, loaded their firearms and ammunition, and boarded the train to Hukou Town.
"Quick! Quick! Quick!"
Zhou Ming has been promoted from the chief instructor of new recruits to the commander of the 101st Brigade of the First Division. He was standing on the train platform, watching the young soldiers trotting in line and quickly boarding the train.
After sitting down, the soldiers arranged their equipment and looked curiously at the train carriage.
It was already dark outside, but the lights inside the carriage were brightly lit, illuminating the entire carriage.
Because it was opened to traffic on the first day, the number of trains was limited. There were three locomotives in total, one of which was originally used to pull cargo. At this time, all of them had been mobilized to transport troops.
"Woo~~~"
As the whistle blew, the soldiers waiting on the platform watched the train go quickly away. The light from the window looked long and mysterious from a distance.
"This time, the target we are ordered to fight is sea monsters! These sea monsters are all kinds of weird and strange. These are the photos sent back by the intelligence brothers on the front line!"
In the carriage, the company commanders and instructors of each company took out a stack of photos and asked the soldiers to quickly pass them around.
"Among these sea monsters, the most common ones can be divided into three types. One is a sea monster with a hard shell, strong defense, and great strength; the other is a very fast sea monster with pincers, pinchers, and thorns.
Some of the monsters have venom and are difficult to deal with; one is a reptilian crocodile-like sea monster, which is huge and has a strong bite force, making it difficult to deal with."
The company commanders introduced these sea monsters: "So, when facing these sea monsters on the battlefield, we can no longer be overly superstitious about the firearms in our hands. Especially for those large sea monsters, we may not be able to kill them with more than a dozen shots.
Kill it.
Therefore, according to the combat strategy designated by superiors, this operation uses large corps operations, with regiments and battalions as units. Each unit cooperates closely with each other, including infantry, cavalry and artillery!
No one is allowed to act without permission, and no one is allowed to leave the team, do you understand?"
"clear!!"
"Good, very energetic!"
When Zhou Ming checked each carriage, he was very happy to see that there was no fear in the eyes of the young soldiers, only the determination when they were about to face the battlefield.
When the train arrived at Hukou Town, it was already nine o'clock in the evening and it was already dark.
Wu Jinyan was waiting here. When he saw the large army getting off the car, he quickly found Zhou Ming.
"According to your lord's arrangement, I have ordered people to prepare two ships of food and grass. If we cannot raise food and grass when we arrive in Dongyang, we can use it for emergencies."
Wu Jinyan accompanied Zhou Ming and guided the troops towards Hukou Pier.
"Thank you very much, Mayor Wu."
Zhou Ming knew that Wu Jinyan was different from ordinary mayors. He was an old friend of his lord and Wu Qiong's son, so he was very polite to him at this time.
"Brigadier Zhou is being polite. He is sharing the Lord's worries. This is as it should be."
Wu Jinyan said politely.
Hukou Pier is very close to Hukou Town Railway Station. The two of them arrived at the pier without chatting for a few words.
At this time, dozens of large ships were already ready in front of the dock.
Zhou Ming commanded the troops and boarded the ship.
Just as Yuntai County mobilized troops to rush to the front line, Dongyang County had already entered a crisis. In addition to a large number of sea monsters besieging Yunmeng County, many traces of sea monsters also appeared in Daze County and Fuyang County.
.
Liming, Fuyang County.
A group of people dressed as bodyguards were galloping on the official road by the Liusha River.
"Chief, will we encounter a sea monster this time?"
Bai Chuchu was riding on a black horse. As soon as she pulled the reins, the horse quickly caught up with Si Nian, who was running at the front of the team and was wearing a black robe and had a heroic appearance.
"I hope I don't meet you."
Si Nian turned his head away.
Now, she has rebuilt the tutelary mansion in Yuntai County and has even become the owner of the tutelary mansion, but she is very conflicted in her heart.
After staying with Ren Pingsheng for a period of time, she had already understood that this man was not so peaceful. He also did not have any awe or loyalty to the Dajing imperial court.
However, he is also a good official who loves the people like his own son. Under his governance, the people of Yuntai County are prospering and are more than a little better than before. The vast majority of the people of Qingshui County are also prosperous.
With enough food and clothing, we can live a good life that we have never had in thousands of years!
Such a good and capable official was what she expected.
She didn't know whether she should choose to be loyal to the court or obey the orders of the governor when faced with a choice in the future.
"Alas~"
She couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"alert!"
At this time, a young soldier who was riding at the front suddenly shouted.
"Zijie, what did you hear?"
Si Nian asked quickly.
Li Zijie was the original captain of the Yuntai garrison.
After rebuilding the garrison, Si Nian called him back. This man was also a superpower, very similar to Little Ear's superpower, but in addition to his hearing far exceeding that of ordinary people, he could also emit and hear partial sounds.
High-frequency sound waves that ordinary people cannot hear.
"About ten miles ahead, there is a very strange sound wave, probably from a sea monster! Sir, please wait a moment!"
Li Zijie said something, pulled out something from the horse, jumped off the horse, quickly ran forward a few steps to relieve his strength, and climbed up quickly like a flexible ape.
On one side of the mountain wall.
"Xu~"
Si Nian and others reined in the reins and stopped on the official road.
Watching Li Zijie climb up the hill, he opened the umbrella-shaped object on his wrist and pointed a metal needle on the concave surface to the east. He put his ear to the umbrella and frowned, listening.
