Outside Yidao City.

When the ships of the soldiers arrived at the pier on the north river in the city, many people were shocked by the scene in front of them.

Within the dock area, there were originally two trest bridges made of thick wooden boards side by side, each of which was about ten steps long. Because the wood was soaked in water for a long time, it was easy to be destroyed by the river water. Therefore, every few years, caravans would come out to organize, penetrate new wooden piles, and add new wooden boards to reinforce. Year after year, the trest bridge slowly extended into irregular shapes.

Now these two trestles cannot be seen, and there are also soil piers two meters high behind the trestles. Instead, two huge stone tiles that are three meters wide and more than ten meters long are deeply penetrated into the river. On both sides of the trestles, two wooden trestles extend out, and ships are docked densely at the end and sides of the trestles.

If you were the soldiers who were involved in the renovation of the old river channel of the Bings in Lexiang at the beginning, you could see at a glance that this was the method of first using a raft to block the water and intercept the flow, then lowering the bridge pile, and finally installing pebbles with bamboo cages and bowl bags to cultivate them.

At this time, a stone embankment on the west side was busy. Hundreds of porters were shouting trumpets, either lifting them with wooden frames, or transporting the materials carried in the cabin to the stone embankment with manpower.

The grain and fodder in the materials are directly passed through the stone embankment to the platform behind, and shipped into a large truck on the platform, then followed the newly built ramp to the east and headed to the grain warehouse east of Yidu City.

Because Jingzhou has experienced wars for a long time, the reserves of grain and fodder have been relatively tight, so Duke Xuande allocated a considerable amount from the Yizhou treasury and transferred it to Jingzhou. Only a small part of the ones belonging to Yidu County, most of which will be sent to Jiangling one after another.

In addition, weapons, armor, etc. are carried by wheelbarrows and are transported along old roads, with the target being the arsenal in the north of Yidu City. These are all seized on the battlefield to make up for the defects of each department, and will be handed over to craftsmen for unified repair and allocated separately.

Although the weather was cold, the people were all naked and covered in hot sweat. Occasionally, some people felt a little chill. Beside the fire pit ignited in the middle of the stone embankment, there was hot water boiled with copper flasks, and baked dry food was supplied beside them.

On one side of the platform, there is a tall tower. The tower is based on huge rocks and is extremely solid. A civil servant stood on the top floor of the tower, constantly shouting something. Behind him, two servants waved small flags of different colors and directed the ships carrying soldiers to dock to the stone embankment to the east in sequence.

Batches of soldiers came down from the ship. They did not stop at the dock, but went straight to the particularly open road to the west. They were about to enter the Ma'anshan military camp west of Yidu City, first completing the registration of organizational ownership, and then obtaining holidays of varying lengths to meet their families according to their respective positions and levels and merits.

According to this arrangement, the soldiers' families should wait at the Ma'anshan military camp, but the mood of hoping for the safe return of children or husbands urged thousands of people to rush directly to the dock. They did not dare to get close, so they could only gather on the hillside a little further away, which was black.

At this distance, the soldiers were actually unable to see their faces. But they just gathered together so stubbornly, standing in the cold wind and waiting silently.

At this moment, a ship leaning against the side of the trestle suddenly encountered a surge, and it suddenly rose and fell twice, hitting the wooden beam beside the trestle. The soldiers on the boat suddenly overturned. Because the horses were frightened and collided, many people fell into the water, and even the surrounding ships were in chaos.

This scene immediately made the soldiers' families panic,

On the other hillside, a cavalry team was stopping to watch the scene of the military ship entering the port.

There were not many cavalry teams, about thirty or fifty people, half of which were armed with helmets and armor, and were fully equipped with military equipment; some were young, and some were wearing military uniforms, but they could not hide their graceful figures, and they were actually women.

At the front of the cavalry, there were three people standing side by side.

A warrior with a white beard and frosty face on the left lifted the reins lightly and said to the female knight in the middle who was covered with a veil: "Miss Mother, Song Shui probably won't be too busy, so I'll go and close the situation."

The female knight, known as the "Miss Mother", replied softly: "Then I'll bother Uncle Yan!"

Among the Lei family tribes in Lujiang, the one who is widely respected as "Shu Yan" is naturally the old lieutenant Wang Yan and Wang Yongming who is most trusted by the sect leader. And the only one who can be called "Miss Mother" by Wang Yan is Lei Yuan's wife Zhao Xiang.

After receiving the order, Wang Yan led several people to urge his horse to go downhill and climbed the stone embankment directly.

He shouted repeatedly, first asking the soldiers who had already landed to leave quickly, and then ordered other ships to stop and dock. When the space on the stone embankment and the trestle bridge was freed, he immediately asked someone to hold a long bamboo pole and a large net bag to rescue the people who fell into the water. Fortunately, the river was not turbulent at this time, and the farthest person who fell into the water was washed out a hundred steps, and he was trying his best to climb the water plants and struggle.

When these people were rescued, Song Shui, who was originally standing on the tower, also arrived hurriedly.

He brought a few leather robes and felt robes for those who fell into the water to wear them, and led them to rest in the sheltered house behind the tower. In recent years, the cold winters in winter have been even colder than before. Although they have not yet become ice-like, if they are blown directly by the wind, they will definitely be seriously ill.

When all the people who fell into the water entered the room, several servants rushed out and spooned water into the copper slab by the fire pit.

Zhao Xiang knew that the hot water in the copper flask was added with pepper and ginger, and he thought that everyone would drink some of it, so it would be fine.

The trouble now is the families of the soldiers. They do not know whether all the people who fell into the water have been rescued or how the people placed in the house are in the situation. Although they cannot see their faces clearly, many people suddenly worry that they are their husbands or sons, so some people cry and run along the hillside towards the riverside, while others run towards the tower.

But the direction of running was just across the road of transporting food, fodder and weapons. They were a group of men, women, young and old, and were afraid that they would delay their affairs.

Zhao Xiang sighed and turned to someone on his right hand: "Mr. Zhou, can you please appease the people?"

Mr. Zhou is Lei Yuan’s priest Zhou Hu.

His riding skills were not good. He stopped on the slope now and always felt that he might roll down at any time. So he leaned down and hugged the horse's neck, and sweat was flowing on his forehead.

Even so, the mistress had an order and had to follow. Zhou Hu repeatedly said, "Yes! Yes! I'll go now! Let's go now!"

As he said that, he rode his horse and walked, his back was tilted all the way.

The knights behind Zhao Xiang couldn't help but chuckled.

Zhou Hu was a little nerdy, but he was always organized and thoughtful in his work. The Lei family in the entire Yidu city was dependent on the people and the family members of the tribe, and no one didn't know him. With him coming forward, I guess he would be able to calm the crowd down soon.

Zhao Xiang turned around and continued to look at the situation on the dock.

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Before Lei Yuan sent troops to Sichuan, he entrusted his family's affairs to Wang Yan, Xin Bin and Zhou Hu. He also told them that if there was any major event, he could ask Zhao Xiang to make a decision.

But Zhao Xiang is not the kind of cowardly woman who doesn't leave the door and does not step out of the two doors. She followed Zhao Yun to fight north and south, and she personally experienced more fighting scenes than Lei Yuan. A few years ago, when the Xuande Duke army was defeated at Changbanpo, she was only fourteen years old and could protect her two younger brothers. After several fierce battles, she escaped from the chaotic army. It is not an exaggeration to call such a woman a hero.

During the Han Dynasty, the status of women was much higher than that of the subsequent dynasties. In addition, Zhao Yun loved his daughter and had many maids and troops. After several months, most of the internal affairs of the Lei clan in Lujiang were decided by Zhao Xiang, and Wang Yan, Xin Bin and Zhou Hu naturally became people who were ordered to act.

The maid who was behind Zhao Xiang laughed at this time, "I heard that the sect leader would only stay in Yiling for two days, and then there would be war in Jingbei, and maybe he would have to pay homage to General Guan. The schedule was very tight... So just waiting here is not enough. Why don't the girl call a boat and let's go to Yiling?"

"Shut up!" Zhao Xiang said angrily, and his cheeks covered by the veil flushed.

Several maids didn't care, they were chuckling with each other and chuckled softly. :(/

A entourage about a hamlet from them suddenly shouted: "Sect Master! Look, that is the Sect Master! The Sect Master is here! There!"

The maids looked in the direction pointed by the entourage and saw a small boat slid to the edge of the dock, near the shallow water area on the hillside. Before the ship could stop, a young man in gray uniform jumped ashore.

Isn’t that man the sect leader of the Lei clan of Lujiang and Zhao Xiang’s husband?
Chapter completed!