Under such circumstances, Li Jing has not been idle. Over the past few years, he has been organizing the army to build cement roads. Now not only has the border fortress of Anxi Protectorate been built in a decent manner, but also the cement road from Anxi Protectorate to Lingzhou, Li Jing
Seventy-seven or eighty-eight roads have also been built, mainly on many difficult-to-walk sections. During this period, Li Jing has calmly completed them.
After a few years of this process, the transportation problem is actually not that serious.
But Li Er still didn't move.
The Tao Te Ching says, acting rashly will lead to disaster!
Li Er did not want to make any mistakes when using troops abroad this time. Therefore...
It was not until the railway track construction under Li Sheng's leadership was smoothed that Li Er finally made up his mind and officially sent troops!
The men leading the troops were General Cheng Yaojin, Deputy Generals Li Junxian and Cheng Chumo.
Of these two people, Cheng Yaojin was a veteran, and Cheng Chumo vowed to follow him to the death. Although the deputy general Li Junxian was not as experienced as Cheng Yaojin and had a lot of blood, he had experienced bloody battles with the Turks, and Li Junxian had already made a decision that day.
, and became a person qualified to be a general.
Li Er always chooses people carefully.
But at this moment, this moment when Li Er was finally relieved, the moment when the army started to rush to the real outside the pass, it was Cheng Yaojin's turn, Li Junxian's turn, and the countless soldiers who embarked on the expedition were filled with excitement.
.
There was silence all the way, the train was crowded, the air was hot and smelled weird, as if there was poison contained in it.
But in the entire train, everyone's eyes were glaring... and they were silent.
Not a single complaint, not a word.
Although no one could tell what it was, everyone could clearly feel that there was something stirring in their chests. Even a veteran like Cheng Yaojin felt the same way at this moment...
When passing through Lingzhou, the train needs to be paused and some troops stationed in Lingzhou will be added.
As a result, even if the space on the train is filled with people like cans, it is still not enough. In the end...
A scene that was very familiar to Li Sheng appeared. The newly added troops who could not sit on their seats and even had no space to "stack Arhats" went directly to the ticket registration process...
But even so, even if they had to march in a northwest blizzard with dozens of degrees below zero, Hejun still didn't complain at all.
Some are just pairs of strong hands and pairs of shining eyes.
While the people and materials in Lingzhou were "loading", Cheng Yaojin naturally chatted with Li Sheng for a few words... It is regrettable to say that until this moment, Li Sheng still only knew that the person in front of him was "
"Old Chen"...
There were indeed not just one or two soldiers who got out of the car to repair themselves. Cheng Yaojin unloaded the most luxurious heavy armor exclusive to the general, and then relied on the collar of his thick winter coat to hide his face. Therefore, he was inconspicuous and was really covered by him.
It's past.
But when Cheng Yaojin and Li Sheng chatted in a tavern on the edge of Lingzhou City, they really expressed their feelings.
"I heard that the enemy's army is in a tight formation. It is definitely not the soldiers we have encountered in the past. It is really uncertain whether we will go there..."
"But strangely enough, little brother Li, Lao Chen is not afraid at all, and..."
Cheng Yaojin himself was a big boss, and for a moment he didn't even know how to express himself.
I have been in the military before and have never been afraid of death, but this time I feel... very strange, it seems like the same as before, but it also seems completely different.
In this situation... Li Sheng smiled.
"This is normal... There was a powerful minister at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he was young, he also had this ambition. He wanted to be a general in the conquest of the west, but he turned evil in the end."
"You mean..."
Cheng Yaojin frowned.
Although I haven't read many history books, I still have an impression of the man Li Sheng said was "24 years old and wanted to be a general who conquered the West."
Isn't this person... Boss Cao?
Seeing Cheng Yaojin's understanding, Li Sheng smiled and said, "Emperor Wei Wu spent half his life killing his youth, and finally died in depression. Now that you have spent half your life cleaning up the mess he left, you can finally get your youth back."
…Everyone is happy.”
Two completely opposite processes!
Cheng Yaojin suddenly woke up and finally understood.
That feeling of excitement does not only belong to me, but also belongs to many... similar people from a long time ago, a long, long time ago.
Li Sheng was still drinking the warm local wine slowly, watching the train roaring away leisurely, with a strange laziness on his face that was half-smiling but not smiling.
As soon as "Old Chen" left, Li Sheng saw Wei Ziyu and Asmin, a teacher and student, sneaking into the tavern - sharing a table, of course.
I don't know if it was some kind of providence, but Wei Ziyu knew Cheng Yaojin, but Cheng Yaojin left in a hurry and didn't meet each other, so no one recognized him.
Cheng Yaojin is about to go on an expedition, while Wei Ziyu and Asmin are here to have a meal. Today's college viewing event is a special day off. At this moment, Wei Ziyu and Asmin are here to avoid the wind and snow and eat wontons.
"youth……"
"so good……"
Although Wei Ziyu and Asmin were not familiar with each other, Asmin didn't know that Wei Ziyu had suffered from liver failure for nearly half a year, and Wei Ziyu didn't know that Asmin was almost scared to the point of reopening, but what they had in common was that they were both exhausted.
Okay, now I am naturally feasting on wontons, which can be regarded as a kind of catharsis.
However, the teacher and the student were working hard when they suddenly heard Li Sheng sigh, and then... two beautiful but unhappy faces raised their faces and stared at Li Sheng,
Wei Ziyu was naturally upset that Li Sheng had disturbed Yaxing, "Is it possible for me to gain life experience by eating wontons?"
Li Sheng didn't say much when he heard this, he just shook his head.
"I just have some sympathy."
"Sympathy? Sympathy for whom?"
Li Sheng's words made no sense, and Wei Ziyu's face was filled with question marks... and black lines. Although Asmin did not dare to put black lines in Li Sheng's face, she still had question marks on her face.
But Li Sheng didn't explain anything. He just said lightly, "I sympathize with you."
“Sympathize with us??”
Now Wei Ziyu didn't understand even more, and Asmin became even more nervous - Li Sheng was indeed trustworthy when doing things, but she was really frightened, and everyone was about to be sent away.
Li Sheng shook his head, and then explained it seriously.
"Military attacks and defenses will become more frequent in the future, and in addition to geopolitical disputes, since international trade has emerged, inter-related wars will also begin."
"Now it's Lao Cheng, Li Junxian...and Lao Chen who are going through the test, but they have already built up their mentality and have the numbers in mind, so there is nothing to worry about."
"But you will suffer because... you may have to participate in an arms race."
"Arms race?"
When Wei Ziyu heard that it was a new word, and it seemed to be very important, he became really curious this time.