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Volume 4 Midstream Chapter 158 Two Mountains Between Jingzhao-5

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    The day after the news of the navy's arrival in Basra came, when most people in Luoyang were still worried about the renewed chaos in the world, Zhang Caiwei visited the Zhao Mansion.  She informed General Zhao¡¯s wife that the Southwest Marine Division ¡°should¡± arrive in Basra.  Although under the current situation, it is impossible for the general and his wife to reconcile, Zhang Caiwei still brings news related to General Zhao to his wife from time to time. The general's wife neither welcomes nor rejects such topics. However, once Zhang Caiwei talks about it,  Zhao Xingde herself would change the subject.  However, Zhang Caiwei could still see that General Zhao held considerable weight in his wife's mind, and she was unwilling to talk about him lightly and pretend to forget that there was such a person in the world.  But in fact, if the world forgets such a person, at least there are still people in the General's Mansion in Luoyang who are thinking about him.  Therefore, although she tried her best to bring the Zhao couple together again, Zhang Caiwei was still a little angry and unworthy.  However, she has not yet felt the growing worry and uneasiness beneath Mrs. Zhao's calm appearance.  The earth is round. As early as the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were strange books making this argument. The longer the navy weighs anchor and leaves Guangzhou, the closer it will be to Luoyang.  After experiencing the heartbreaking worry during the siege of Guangzhou, Li Ruoxue has been constantly thinking about how to treat Zhao Xingde during these days.  She sometimes decided that if Zhao Xingde returned from the expedition, even if he came to ask for permission in person, she would avoid seeing him.  Sometimes you decide whether it would be rude to just shut him out and leave a bad impact on the children.  She sometimes remembered that the prince and his wife seemed to have certain expectations for her and Zhao Xingde.  Sometimes I warn myself not to judge a gentleman with a villain's heart.  In the end, she was reluctant to mention Zhao Xingde's name, a name that made her very embarrassed and had to think of it.  However, this contradictory mood is changing unknowingly, just like the thickness of the snow is slowly changing. As time goes by, some green weeds will always appear under the snow, messy,  Annoying.  Today, when Zhang Caiwei casually mentioned that Zhao Xingde might be ordered to lead troops to counter the rebellion, Li Ruoxue turned her eyes out the window for a moment.  Under a ray of bright sunlight, a faint blush appeared on her face. Although she tried her best to hide it, her eyes shone brightly.  "Has the expedition been decided?" she asked softly, as if she was just politely responding to Zhang Caiwei's topic.  However, the sudden changes in the whole person from the inside out are like a finely crafted palace lantern. Originally, it was just quietly elegant in the dark night, but now it is suddenly illuminated by the flickering light.  , at this moment, even Zhang Caiwei couldn't help but be stunned. She had not seen Li Ruoxue like this for a long time.  She sighed secretly in her heart, pretending not to notice at all, and told everything she knew about the Southwest Marine Division. During this period, she mentioned General Zhao several times. Every time, Zhang Caiwei secretly observed him.  Although Li Ruoxue tried her best to appear calm and normal, the vivid changes in her bright eyes and the gentleness inadvertently revealed in her smile were impossible to ignore.  In the end, Zhang Caiwei was completely sure that the ice and snow had melted.  "General Zhao led his troops to the western frontier this time. It coincides with the time for heroes to use force. If he can achieve meritorious service and the general's popularity in Guandong, he will be popular in the future." Zhang Caiwei carefully said every word: "General Zhao has moved to fight in the world.  It is also extremely rare in our country. If he always stays in a corner, it will not only be extremely inconsistent with the general's talent, but also chill the heroes. Chen Chongchang said to me that General Zhao is the favorite of people in Guandong and Kanxi and will serve in the future.  The leader of the five palaces can bring peace to the world." When saying these words, Zhang Caiwei felt slightly embarrassed.  As the eldest daughter of the Duke of Chu and the Crown Princess, she has always grown up surrounded by stars and has never had to win over anyone personally.  But now the situation is different. The three major hinterlands of the Xia Kingdom, Hezhong, are in the hands of the rebels, while the attitude of the nobles in Guanzhong is ambiguous. The distance between Shu is far away, and the Shu people have always stayed out of the political disputes in the Xia Kingdom.  Although the princes of the Qin and Chu states in northern Xinjiang supported the royal family, they were beyond their reach on the one hand and held back by the Rus and Merbo people on the other.  Zhao Xingde and the power he represents are extremely critical to Xia State, not only now, but also in the future.  "Whether it is for General Zhao himself," Zhang Caiwei thought, "or for Ruoxue, this arrangement is the best." However, Li Ruoxue just looked at the willow shade outside the window, her eyes changing, and she had no words to say.  Zhang Caiwei naturally stopped mentioning that it would be best if Li Ruoxue took the initiative to move her children to Dunhuang in the future. If she didn't want to, she would naturally not be able to force others to do so.  However, whether Zhao Xingde can return to Luoyang depends on the future situation.  After the defeat of the Song Dynasty in the Northern Expedition, the situation in Guandong took a turn for the worse.  In less than two months after the Battle of Xiongzhou, all the lost territory recovered by the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty was lost. Only a few cities in Hebei, centered on Damingfu, were still holding on. Fortunately, the Song army had alreadyMost of the people in Hebei were quickly evacuated to Henan, otherwise the losses would be particularly serious.  However, the ambitions of the Liao army did not seem to end in Hebei. The Military Intelligence Department received news that Yelu Dashi was personally stationed in Youzhou, and all men over the age of fourteen in the Liao Kingdom were recruited to recruit soldiers from the Khitan, Xi, Jurchen and other ethnic groups.  , the old and weak stayed behind, while the strong served as cavalry and went south. The Military Intelligence Department estimated that the Liao Army in the southern expedition was at least 300,000, and the leading ones were already building a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River.  On the other hand, in the Song Dynasty, after the defeat of Xiongzhou, the civil and military affairs of the dynasty, and the political debate in Jianghu seemed to be in chaos all of a sudden. There were a lot of rumors, but until now, no decent countermeasures had been taken.  Despite repeated strict orders from the Ministry of War, Cao Di, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and other generals still refused to send troops northward. On the other hand, there were still people in the court who refused to let go of Lu Mingyu and other generals who had retreated to Damingfu. If Yue Fei hadn't come again  He submitted a letter and requested that his title be reduced by three levels, and he accepted the blame for the defeat of the Northern Expedition. Only then was the flood of bullets calmed down.  However, the Song Dynasty court wanted Yue Fei to command all the troops in Hebei and Henan, but it was impossible because of this.  Just when the imperial court was struggling, the people of the Song Dynasty were unexpectedly active. The Liao cavalry had not yet drunk the Yellow River, and the voluntary soldiers in prefectures and counties north and south of the Yangtze River had already risen.  Students from various states and counties ran around, shouting that if they did not rise up, the country would perish. The headlines of the news every morning in the Di newspaper must be the latest developments in the war in northern Xinjiang. The news on the news was even more prepared than the Ministry of War.  In the situation where everyone is surrounded by soldiers, from prefectures and counties to villages, city walls are being repaired everywhere. Guns, gunpowder and rare goods are available. Chunyu Iron Works's workshop in the Song Dynasty opened furnaces to smelt iron day and night, but it could not meet the demand. Dongmu went back and forth to Japan.  The business of selling sulfur actually exceeded the revenue from silver mining.  In the Song Dynasty market, as long as it was weapons, whether it was bows and arrows, spears, armor, or firearms, they were out of stock everywhere. As soon as new ones arrived, they would be sold out.  Scholars from various states wrote to the court one after another, requesting to follow the example of the Liao army when they went south, and Yunzhou County recruited regiments to resist foreign aggression.  Hearing the drum and thinking of good generals, the Liao army once again drank from the Yellow River, and at the moment when the soldiers were pressing down, many people missed Zhao Xingde again and accused the court of "exiling" good generals. When the Song Dynasty was in chaos, Zhao Xingde was leading his troops to protect the country.  Wencheng.  Two thousand soldiers and horses followed the main road passed by the Western Expeditionary Army, from Basra to Tiemo Cliff, across the entire Khorasan region and arrived at Huwen City.  Khorasan, the place where the sun rises.  On the territory of the Xia Kingdom's General Mansion, the towering Alai Mountains and Hindu Kush Mountains stretched across the north and south. Congling Ridge was the key to the Western Region, and in the river was a fertile land surrounded by city walls on three sides.  This is a road that travels between snowy mountains, deserts, salt marshes and the Gobi.  There were originally many villages, towns and oases along the road, but most of them were abandoned after repeated wars.  The oases in the Gobi originally had nothing to do with humans, but in the process of reclaiming the oases, the villagers burned the dense vegetation, built canals, and reclaimed farmland, which broke the original natural balance and established an artificial balance.  If this balance is not broken, as long as there is no shortage of water, it can continue for eternity.  However, once the war breaks this balance and the man-made water channels dry up due to damage or lack of maintenance, the entire oasis will wither and disappear.  During this march, Liu Zhijian, Ma Yuan and others encountered many such villages. The houses were still there, but except for the corpses, no living people knew where they were. At the same time, what they saw was  The drains are gradually drying up.  Even though the Marching Division and the Baggage Division made every effort to ensure that fodder and replacement horses were provided along the way, it was still a long and arduous march for them.  The only consolation for the Song people who participated in this expedition was that they had been marching in the direction of the sunrise. In other words, every step forward was one step closer to their homeland.  While Zhao Xingde was desperately marching eastward, the Hezhong regiment's fire gun camp, which was supposed to be waiting quietly to receive the troops, was not calm.  For the Marching Department, the regiment training gun camp is the most important secret to deal with the rebellion in the river. However, for the Baggage Department, it is the last child in the food and grass supply rankings.  From the perspective of these ragtag men recruited from the factories, they were left alone or even forgotten after the River Rebellion.  They were like a pile of stones blown by the wind to the vast Gobi Desert. They rolled for a while and then stopped again.  Worst of all, the place where the stone stopped was almost the most desolate place they had ever seen.  In the Fire Gun Camp, morale dropped to an all-time low, and the worried officers were helpless.  If it weren't for the fact that it was too far away from the hinterland of the river and the roads in the turmoil were too dangerous, some people would have fled to unknown places.  The detailed operations carried out by the rebels in Hezhong gradually caused these gun camps to escape the control of the Marching Department, and the morale of the military slipped step by step to the edge of danger.
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