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Liu Yishou took advantage of Nankang County presented by Xiao Bo, and turned it into a base camp for attacking Guangzhou and a general construction site for repairing the Dagengling Ancient Road.

As the Dayuling ancient road continued to be repaired and widened, the scouts sent by Hou Andu also noticed the movement of the Jiankang central court, and quickly sent people to Panyu City to inform Chen Baxian.

Sitting in Panyu City, Guangzhou, Chen Baxian, who had been wondering why the imperial court hadn't gone south, finally couldn't sit still!

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"Building roads? Liu Yishou actually wants to build roads? Doesn't he know that there is no way to repair the road at Dayuling?

When I went there last time, I was still feeling that it was a natural danger on earth! "

In the lobby of the Panyu City Government Office, Chen Baxian was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth, talking to himself while walking.As if bewitched.

He couldn't figure out why Liu Yishou had to spend so much time building the Dagengling Ancient Road, and he couldn't sleep or eat well.

At this moment, Chen Xiuxian, Chen Baxian's younger brother, walked into the government office in military uniform, and said to Chen Baxian: "Brother, something is wrong. Mrs. Xian issued a message in Yazhou, and united with Yazhou, Luozhou, and Hezhou. Military and civilians, denounce us and are determined to cooperate with the court to suppress the rebellion!"

These three states are the locations of Hainan Island and Leizhou Peninsula in Liu Yishou's previous life.Mrs. Xian's stance at such a critical moment was obviously to cooperate with Liu Yishou to contain Chen Baxian's flanks so that the main force did not dare to leave Guangzhou easily.

If Chen Ba attacked these three prefectures first, not to mention whether he could win the battle, even the hundreds of thousands of households under Mrs. Xian's command would not be fun once they rebelled!It doesn't mean that defeating Mrs. Xian can take hundreds of thousands of households for his own use!

Not to mention Liu Yishou hasn't made a move yet, who knows when he will come?

If Mrs. Xian was easy to deal with, Chen Baxian would have done it long ago.The other party is a slang chief, rooted in the local area, which is completely different from outsiders like Xiao Bo and Li Qianshi!

Feng Rong, governor of Luozhou, is Feng Bao's father, Feng Bao is Mrs. Xian's husband, and now he and his son are both officials in Jiankang. It can be said that this group of people has formed a top-to-bottom relationship network.

Now that they boarded Liu Yishou's boat again and hugged this thick leg, Mrs. Xian obviously had nothing to fear.

"Don't bother with them. As long as Mrs. Xian doesn't use troops against Guangzhou, the other territories can be given over to them. You take [-] troops to guard Gaozhou. There are still a lot of Li Qianshi's old troops left over there. You can take them and kill them. You don't have to keep them. hand.

If Mrs. Xian attacks Gaozhou, then she will withdraw to Xinning County and stick to it. Thinking that Madam Xian will not attack Xinning County, she will stop if she wins Gaozhou at most. "

The imperial court appointed Feng Bao as the governor of Gaozhou, but there was no way to implement it. Li Qianshi Lai stayed in Gaozhou and refused to leave.Now that Li Qianshi has been suppressed by Chen Baxian, it seems reasonable for Mrs. Xian to recover Gaozhou for her husband.

With the other party's cautious personality, in order to prevent being used by the court, Madam Xian will definitely stop Chen Baxian when he hits Gaozhou with the help of scumbags, which can be regarded as an explanation to Liu Yishou.

Only when Chen Baxian's main force went north to Shaoguan to fight Liu Yishou for a decisive battle, Madam Xian would set off from Gaozhou to attack Guangzhou and break Chen Baxian's way back.

Many unspoken rules on the battlefield can only be understood by those who are well versed in the rules of political games.When the army advances and retreats, when to attack and when to defend, sometimes it is not just about military operations.

Sure enough, just as Chen Baxian expected, Wang Sengbian and Wang Lin's troops who came from the sea landed from Yazhou. With the cooperation of Mrs. Xian, a local snake, they launched an attack on Gaozhou.

Wang Sengbian wanted to continue to attack Qi'an County in the northeast, but Mrs. Xian politely declined.

Mrs. Xian explained: It's not that she doesn't want to attack Qi'an County, but that the people there are completely different from those in Yazhou, Luozhou and other places, and even hostile to the slang people in the three states on her side.

If she led troops to attack there, not only would the locals not obey the imperial court's order to encircle and suppress Chen Baxian, but they would fight desperately because they were worried that the locals would grab the land and fight for the river.

This kind of truth can be understood only by looking at the nearby villages in the upper and lower reaches of the river. During the dry season, they will fight for water.

Wang Seng refused to listen to the argument, thinking that Mrs. Xian was just making excuses for self-protection and disregarding court affairs.In order to make meritorious service, he led his troops to attack Qi'an County.

Sure enough, before Wang Sengbian began to attack Bolin City, the county seat of Xinning County, he was defeated by Chen Xiuxian, the third brother of Chen Baxian, and fled back to Gaozhou with the remnants of his troops, never mentioning the attack on Guangzhou again.

Wang Sengbian and others jointly signed a letter with Madam Xian to Liu Yishou, saying that they had conquered Gaozhou, but Chen Ba's first troops were brave and good at fighting, were familiar with the local environment, and had a certain degree of support from the local people, so they should not act rashly.

They were worried that the lone army would go deep, so they did not attack Guangzhou alone. After waiting for the imperial army to break through Shaoguan, they could attack Guangzhou from the west and north together and encircle and suppress Chen Baxian.

A letter was sent to Nankang County and handed over to Liu Yishou.At this time Liu Yishou was also looking at the boulders on Dayuling and worried, not knowing how to get rid of those few stones.

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A boulder three feet high lay across in front of him, Liu Yishou frowned into the word "Chuan", not knowing what to do.

"Your Highness, this rock cannot be shaken by manpower. From the perspective of old people, it is better to keep piling up the soil to form a mound, and then slowly build it into a slope."

A local old man with a gray beard saluted Liu Yishou and said sincerely.

It is of course a good thing for the imperial court to take them to build the Dagengling Ancient Road. Does it matter who is most beneficial?

However, such a thing, not all problems can be solved by local people with high enthusiasm.Even if the locals are enthusiastic about building roads, there is no way to dispose of the "masterpiece of nature".

"How about blasting a hole out of this boulder?"

Liu Yishou asked Wang Wei in a low voice.

"My lord, those explosives are reserved for Panyu City! If they are used now, what will Chen Ba do if he sticks to Panyu and pretends to be a tortoise that won't come out!"

Wang Wei vetoed eagerly, obviously not interested in Liu Yishou's bad idea at all.

"The Guangzhou area is rich but has inconvenient transportation. If things go on like this, it will be inconvenient for pedestrians to travel from south to north. In the future, it will become a country within a country.

Compared with attacking Panyu City, it is more important to restore the Dagengling Ancient Road.Send an order to blast the stones. I'm afraid of the noise, so stay away. You can figure it out, and prepare it today. "

Liu Yishou waved his hand and said, turned around and left, obviously not giving Wang Wei a chance to argue.

Chapter 594

Beside the rugged mountain road, the local people of Nankang County kneeled on the ground.Such a large boulder was blasted into several sections abruptly, like a landslide and an earth crack.

Unless it is the power of ghosts and gods, who can do such a thing?

Even Wang Wei couldn't believe it. He knew the power of gunpowder, but he didn't know that it could reach such a level.

Only Liu Yishou looked at the pieces of gravel calmly, knowing why it happened.

This time, the gunpowder has a different ratio. The proportion of sulfur has been increased and the proportion of charcoal has been reduced. It is suitable for blasting mountains and mining. Second, it uses "new" granular gunpowder, which is at least three times as powerful as the original one!

And it is less susceptible to moisture, easier to store and transport.

In the second generation of gunpowder, subdivision and granulation of components began to appear, and specialized gunpowder was used for special purposes.

Now that there is such an effect, Liu Yishou only feels that science is the primary productive force, which is totally worthy of any ghosts and monsters.Of course, social science is also science, and respecting the laws of social development is also indispensable.

It's a pity that these special explosives are barely enough to build roads, and the gunpowder used in firearms is not good at all for bombing the city, otherwise Chen Ba would really not be afraid to stay behind closed doors.

"It exploded! It exploded! The rocks on the mountain road exploded!"

Some soldiers in the army who "have seen the world" shouted loudly, and their excitement was beyond words.

Wang Wei also stepped up to Liu Yishou and bowed his hands in front of Liu Yishou, his ears were buzzing!

This thing needs to be wrapped with cotton cloth for several layers, and then dug and compacted. It is quite troublesome, so it can only be used to dig tunnels and blow up cities.If you can blow up the city wall by throwing it on the side of the wall, you can really run rampant in the world.

Moreover, the cost of using this thing is really not low, especially the saltpeter mines are hard to find, and they are scattered all over the country, so they need to be transported separately, etc., which leads to the high cost of gunpowder.

In order to obtain a large amount of saltpeter, Liu Yishou also specially issued an edict in the name of the emperor, asking the common people to collect "ground frost" from the corners of latrines, pigpens, and stables, and boil it to obtain saltpeter with high purity. Into a lot!

"Send someone to spread the news that we blasted rocks, and scare Chen Baxian and those under him."

Liu Yishou said calmly, he was covering his ears just now, so he didn't look like Wang Wei and the others, let alone those people in Nankang County who knelt on the ground in despair thinking that ghosts and gods were showing their power.

However, Wang Wei hadn't recovered yet. He put his hand next to his ear and made a "can't hear" gesture.

Liu Yishou shook his head with a broken smile, turned around and left on his own.

Since the "giant rock" on the mountain road was blown into several sections by gunpowder, the speed of repairing the mountain road has obviously accelerated.In the past, whether it was ordinary people in Nankang County, or local wealthy households, or even soldiers in Liu Yi's garrison, they actually had little confidence in repairing this road.

No one believes that those few big rocks on the mountain path can be cleared away, even if the gods come, they may not be able to do it.

However, Liu Yishou is educating them with facts: the potential of human beings is infinite, no matter what time it is, there is no need to belittle yourself!

With the blessing of self-confidence, the repair speed of Dayuling Ancient Road has also increased sharply, and completion is no longer as far away as it used to be.

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The rumors that the King of Wu showed his might and moved away the rocks blocking the road to repair the ancient Dayuling Road leading to Shaoguan became more and more outrageous and out of shape, and finally became the "jianghu" like Liu Yishou smashing the boulder on the mountain with one punch. "Legend" is actually on Chen Baxian's desk in earnest!

What do you say that this person has a big shoulder and a round waist, can tear tigers and leopards apart, is born with supernatural power, and his voice is like a bell, and the description is vivid.If Chen Ba hadn't met Liu Yishou himself first, and heard how the other party argued sophistry, maybe he would really believe it.

If it was said that Liu Yishou was handsome, Chen Baxian would not doubt it, but it would be an exaggeration to say that Liu Yishou would tear tigers and leopards apart, and it would be nonsense.

Don't say anything else, just look at Liu Yishou's slender arms and legs, maybe he can't even beat a woman with good physical strength.The spies under my command are really poor. They only rely on hearsay to collect information, and they are completely useless.

"Liu Yishou has wolfish ambitions and can't wait to usurp the throne."

Chen Ba first put down the pile of collected information in his hand, and muttered to himself.At this moment, under the darkness, the government office study fell into an eerie silence, and Chen Baxian could hear his own heartbeat.

An unexplained sense of fear filled my heart, as if he was bound hand and foot by Liu Yishou, and then the other party was slowly approaching him with a sharp sword.

Chen Baxian intuitively thought that the opponent would win, and he would definitely kill himself!

The spies he sent out found all "nonsense" that had no practical meaning.However, not all things are meaningless. For example, there is a "gossip" that is very interesting.

There are rumors in Jiankang that when Liu Yishou was in Luoyang, he hid in a temple because of the war. There was a well in that temple, and there was a big golden carp in the well. He could speak words, and even his words were very wise. .

Liu Yishou feeds this carp every day, and often chats with it, which is quite rewarding.

Later, Er Zhurong entered Luoyang to loot wantonly, and one day after the rebels broke into the temple, they wanted to fish out the fish and eat it.

Liu Yishou tried his best to protect the carp, but was beaten by the rebels.At this moment, the carp in the well suddenly turned into a golden dragon. The dragon swung its tail, knocked out the soldiers, and finally got into Liu Yishou's body and disappeared!

And then there was nothing. Then, the story stopped here.

Chen Baxian was almost certain that in this story, except for the big golden carp that could speak out people's words and turn into a golden dragon, most of the others were true.

But Liu Yishou must have understood what it meant to be released by Liu Yishou on purpose, and Chen Baxian himself also understood, isn't it just to create momentum for enthronement and usurpation?

Chen Baxian believes that there should be many similar stories circulating around Jiankang, and there are even similar stories in various places in Liang State, which are spread by word of mouth under the promotion of caring people!

There's nothing new under the sun these days!

It was obvious that Liu Yishou wanted to usurp the throne himself, but now the other party is blatantly going south to Guangzhou under the banner of "countering the rebellion" to destroy him!Chen Baxian felt that in this world, whoever had the bigger fist would keep his word.

Right and wrong are about strength, justice is not in people's hearts!If you have no strength, no one will listen to what you have to say.

"Now that I'm in prison, how can I solve the situation? How can I solve the situation?"

Chen Baxian slammed his fist on the table, his eyes were red with anger!

The boulder on Dayu Ridge was dropped by Liu Yishou, it must be because the other party has the means to destroy the boulder!With this thing as a backup, it means that no city in the Guangzhou area can be defended!Including the hometown of Panyu City!

In this regard, Chen Baxian has already discovered the opponent's means from some clues.

"A man should carry the seven-foot sword to run across the world. How can he be trapped here and die in depression?"

A light flashed in Chen Baxian's mind, and then the light became more and more blooming, completely filling his mind!

I can't fight, can't I still run?

There is a ferry outside the city of Panyu. Can't I take a sea boat to go to sea?

Once this idea popped up, it was completely impossible to suppress it!

Chen Baxian sighed softly, trying to calm down his feverish mind.

In all fairness, the anti-insurgency army at the Jiankang Center is coming in a menacing way, and Liu Yishou is in charge of it himself, so it is really difficult to deal with it, or in all likelihood, it will fail.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it will undoubtedly fail.

but!

Chen Baxian felt that he should still have a chance in life. He shouldn't have lived in Panyu at such a young age, beheaded for treason, and his whole family died. He shouldn't have lived like this!

"How about fleeing to the north? Or continue south?"

Chen Baxian fell into deep thought.

Continuing to the south, not to mention the lack of contacts, one must pass through the territory under Madam Xian's jurisdiction.It is really too difficult to get out of the body, it is almost an impossible task.

Then take a sea boat to go north, all the way north, disembark at the port of Hebei, and go to Wei, it seems to be an option!Even if the luck at sea is better and the ship does not capsize, even this line is safer!The chance of being intercepted on the way is also relatively small!

Of course, the disadvantage is the same, that is, in the north, I don't have any cronies, and I am afraid that life will not be too easy if I live under the fence!

Maybe he will live to the end of his life and never be able to make his mark... But no matter what, it is much better than being beheaded by Liu Yishou right away!

After all, Liu Yishou opened up Dayuling, so it was only a matter of time before he went south to Guangzhou.As long as the logistics are smooth, Shaoguan will not be able to hold back the central counter-insurgency army. Chen Baxian, as a veteran general, knows this very well.

If Shaoguan can't defend it, Guangzhou, which has no danger to defend, can't defend it either.

"Ahead, where is the road to go, which road is better?"

Chen Ba stood up first, paced in the study, hesitating for a while.

"Come here."

Chen Baxian yelled outside the study door.

"Take my token and go to Shaoguan, let Chen Qian quickly return to Panyu City, and come to the government office to see me without delay."

Chen Ba first tied the jade pendant around his waist and handed it to the soldiers and said.

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The envoy sent by Gao Huan went to Rouran, and when he came back, he brought a reply from the master of Rouran: Don't think about your crooked thoughts, but the marriage continues, and quickly send another person to draw up the marriage plan program!