From Yanfeng County to the dock on the north bank of the river, you need to cross more than half of Tianjin Prefecture, a distance of almost more than a hundred miles.
We started on the road when the sun was setting in the west, and it was already nightfall when we arrived at the bank of the river, which took us an hour and a half.
While on the way, Zhao Yanxun took the opportunity to check on the zombie cleanup situation in Tianjin Mansion. Overall, he did a good job.
They came all the way, and although they encountered zombies from time to time, they basically did not form a swarm, so they could move forward unimpeded.
Otherwise, I might not be able to complete the distance of more than a hundred miles even in the middle of the night.
Looking at the lights in the distance, Zhao Yanxun knew that someone from the dock was coming to pick him up, so he quickened his pace again.
The light in the distance was from a flashlight, so Zhao Yanxun recognized the identity of the person opposite him at a glance.
Although he could recognize the person opposite him, he didn't know who it was, so he picked up his flashlight and shined it at the person coming on the official road.
Then Hu Dabiao's scolding sounded on the official road: "You bastard... put down the lamp, the prince is here!"
When the people on the other side heard that it was Zhao Yanxun who was coming, they all lowered their flashlights.
Seeing Zhao Yanxun approaching, everyone knelt down to greet him and said: "Kowtow to Your Highness!"
After reining in the reins and waiting for the horse to stop, Zhao Yanxun looked at the leading official and asked, "Who are you?"
The official on the ground reported: "Reporting to Your Highness, Zhang Yang, Ambassador of Hebei Granary of the Treasury Management Office!"
"Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"The river is frozen, can I cross the river?"
Zhang Yang replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, the river has been gradually unblocked, and you need to cross the river by boat!"
Zhao Yanxun originally thought that the river was still frozen, but it turned out that it had begun to be unblocked.
Zhao Yanxun asked again: "According to your estimate, how long will it take for the river ice to melt?"
Zhang Yang replied: "I'm afraid it will only take a few days to report back to Your Highness!"
"Let's go, cross the river first!"
"yes!"
Two large boats were parked on the shore, which could easily accommodate dozens of them.
Sailing at night is inherently dangerous, but with searchlights everything is not a problem. After Zhao Yanxun boarded the ship, we set sail.
The cold wind howled above the river, which made everyone feel uncomfortable, but also boosted the speed of the boat.
It only took ten minutes for the boat to dock at the North Shore Pier.
After one or two months of improvement, several large warehouses have been built next to the dock and equipped with complete protective measures.
It is said to be a dock warehouse, but in fact it is also a small military base.
The people stationed here are one hundred households of Tianjin Guards, and they are guarding a large amount of food here.
A hundred troops guarding a large amount of food here seems very unsafe, after all, there are too many "enemy troops" in the North.
It is true that there are many enemy troops in the North, but there are more zombies in the North. It is difficult to mobilize the army and it is easy to be discovered.
The reason why the Forbidden Army was not discovered when they crossed the river was because they avoided the zombie-dense area, but they couldn't avoid the location of the dock.
If someone really attacks here, they have to either fight their way out of the corpses or take a detour through Tianjin Mansion again, but it seems that neither of these two paths is possible at the moment.
When they arrived at the dock, Zhao Yanxun was not in a hurry to go to the warehouse to watch, but asked his subordinates to rest separately.
Early the next morning, Zhao Yanxun got up and had breakfast before entering the warehouse accompanied by Zhang Yang.
The grains in sacks are neatly arranged. Each bag weighs almost a hundred kilograms, and a warehouse contains almost two thousand shi. (One hundred kilograms is equal to one stone.)
While walking among the grain, I heard Zhang Yang introduce: "Your Highness, the four warehouses at the dock now have nearly 10,000 dan of grain in stock!"
Zhao Yanxun asked: "How much grain has been sent to the Beidi Dusi?"
Zhang Yang replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, three batches have been transported, totaling more than 700 stones..."
The Beidi Dusi has made peace with the palace. In order to show its sincerity of cooperation, the Yongwang Palace began to send food. So far, it has only sent 700 dan. This small amount of food is of little use.
Of course, in the later period, grain transportation will be increased, and Zhao Yanxun will ask people from the North to go to Longyou to get it, so that they can see what the situation is like in Longyou.
According to the Privy Council's plan, although the Northern Capital Division has no intention of making peace, as long as they defeat the remaining Imperial Guards in the North, they will naturally make the right choice.
After two months of changes in the situation, the plan originally agreed upon to deal with the armies in the North has now been changed and many new methods have been added.
Only Zhang Yang added: "Your Highness, the food here at the dock is mainly to supply the frontline troops of the Soldiers and Horses Division!"
Now, in order to capture Beidi County as soon as possible, the remaining two hundred households of the Military and Horse Division have also moved to the front line of Beidi.
Not only that, two second-level 100-household offices of the Guard Department, led by Wang Zongxuyu and Liu Enfu, also stationed in Beidi County the day before yesterday.
In other words, the entire land of Longyou is now protected by various guards. The only high-level combat forces are Chen Yuhe who is stationed in Zhenxiguan and the palace guard in Yuanyang.
In addition to inspections along the way, Zhao Yanxun's real purpose of going north this time was to personally observe the situation on the front line in order to decide whether to directly use troops against the Forbidden Army.
"People come to deliver food every day?"
Zhang Yang replied: "Basically every day, each time the food is transported, it only costs a few hundred dan!!"
"Will you come today?"
Zhang Yang replied: "I think it will happen... it should be in the morning!"
Zhao Yanxun smiled and said: "That's just right...you can go with them today!"
At this moment, Hu Dabiao's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, the guards stationed here... have completed their formation!"
Hearing this, Zhao Yanxun said to Zhang Yang: "We've seen enough here, go out and see the troops stationed here!"
Zhang Yang naturally didn't say much. When the two of them walked out, the garrison here was adjusting their formation.
After the talents were summoned, Hu Dabiao notified Zhao Yanxun, which made the entire team of hundreds of households extremely anxious.
"One two one, one two one..."
Looking at his subordinates marching neatly, Yang Yiyi felt a little more at ease, at least the team as a whole could see them.
Of course, this is due to him not relaxing his training.
Listening to the orderly footsteps outside, Zhao Yanxun knew that this army was infallible.
"Set...fix..."
With two snaps, the entire team stopped, their movements still uniform.
Turning around, Yang knelt down on one knee and reported to Zhao Yanxun, who was standing on the steps with his hands behind his hands: "See you, Your Majesty. Following His instructions, the officers and soldiers stationed at the dock have been assembled!"
"No gift!"
Immediately, Zhao Yanxun glanced at the soldiers in formation.
There is no doubt that the soldiers were full of energy, and all of them looked at Zhao Yanxun with excitement.
"It's all over my head..."
This was an order given by Zhao Yanxun himself, and all the soldiers on the scene tensed up, preparing to carry out Zhao Yanxun's order.
"There are monsters ahead, array..."
The formations used to deal with zombies are the ones most trained by the guardsmen. Zhao Yanxun depends on their reaction speed. After all, formations are just basic movements.
When the formation order suddenly came, the soldiers on the scene responded quickly. It only took two or three seconds to form the preliminary formation, and the formation was completed after a few breaths.
"Not bad..." Zhao Yanxun gave this evaluation.
"Turn right..." This was his second command.
The difficulty of turning the entire military formation will undoubtedly become much greater, which requires the excellent coordination ability of hundreds of people.
And in this second test, these soldiers also passed the test, which shows that they have not fallen behind in their daily training.
While Zhao Yanxun was testing the soldiers, a team from the north was rushing to the dock, driving more than 20 large vehicles.
These are Liu Enfu's men, and they are here to deliver food.
What makes this team look strange is that these carts are filled with ordinary people, as well as troops wearing different costumes from Yong's army.
