Chapter 1433: Han Banner World (One Hundred and Twenty-Three) Sadness

A cavalry of more than 2,000 people was walking slowly on the wide road. In the middle of the cavalry was a huge carriage pulled by four horses. Although there was no flag, one could tell the importance of this carriage just by looking at these fierce cavalry.

This was the carriage of King Gao Yuan, the supreme ruler of the Han Kingdom. At this moment, he was running on the road to the county town of Jiangdong County. The Han army, which had attacked from several directions, was advancing step by step in the territory of Chu. The high-level officials of Chu had lost their judgment of the situation, which made them completely lose the initiative. The 200,000 troops led by Qu Wan were blocked in the south of Qin and could not return, which became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Even though the Chu court issued a national mobilization order, it was a complicated process from mobilization to assembly and then to movement to the designated location. During this period, a slight error in one link would lead to the collapse of the entire layout, and the logistics supply involved was even more of a big problem. Although under the auspices of Huang Xie, the State of Chu has been committed to the reform of official administration in recent years, it is obviously impossible for a huge ancient kingdom to establish an efficient government agency like the Han State in a short period of time. In this national mobilization, the problems of redundant officials and low efficiency were exposed. Often, the army of a region had just been recruited, but the logistics, food, and weapons were not in place. At this critical moment, the Han army had already pounced on it like a tiger descending from the mountain. These young and strong men who had just gathered were immediately dispersed. They either fled back home, took off their military uniforms, and became civilians again, or fell under the swords and guns of the Han army.

The speed of the fall of Chu was far beyond the imagination of the Chu court, which also put their preparations for war into a dilemma. The plan formulated by the Taiwei Mansion had not been distributed to various places before the news that the place had been captured came. Forcing Qu Zhong to revise the plan.

This speed of advancement was obviously beyond the expectations of the senior commanders of the Han army. Their logistics supply also had problems. The big merchants responsible for the transportation of food and grass supplies could not keep up with the speed of the Han army. They complained one by one. The speed of the Han army's advancement was actually stopped because of their own reasons. After all, it was a battle in an enemy country. It was very dangerous for the army to advance without guaranteeing logistics supply.

This unexpected pause gave the court of Chu a rare opportunity to breathe.

It was under this situation that Gao Yuan went to Jiangdong County. This attack on Chu involved several military regions, the first and second military regions, the Youth Guards and the Inland Water Division. There was no subordinate relationship between these troops. There was not much experience in mutual cooperation beforehand. During this assault, many problems still occurred, and even conflicts occurred between troops under two different subordinates. When these exposed problems were fed back to Gao Yuan, he realized that he had to rush to the front line. The first phase of the war with Chu was basically over. In the second stage, the Han army will face some real difficulties. The vast territory of Chu State gives them enough strategic depth. According to intelligence, Qu Zhong has assembled at least 500,000 troops in Jingzhou, where the capital of Chu State Yingdu is located.

Qu Zhong and Huang Xie are rare smart and wise ministers in the world.

The Chu-Han War has been going on for so long. They know very well that if they want to divide their troops to fight the Han army in various places, it can only be a typical tactic of adding fuel to the fire. No matter how many people are sent out, it will only add more military exploits to the Han army. Instead of doing so, it is better to achieve success in one battle. Gather all the troops that can fight and fight a major battle with the Han army in the Jingzhou area. If they win, they will live, and if they lose, they will die.

The carriage traveled on the road almost silently. The road was cast with cement, flat and smooth. In recent years, the cement casting technology that was passed from Han to Chu was extremely effective in improving road conditions, and thus was very popular in Chu. As the cement manufacturing technology became popular in Chu, the roads in Chu quickly changed from the previous sunny days to dusty and rainy days to muddy. Of course, when the war broke out, this also became the culprit for the enemy's rapid advance. It is also extremely difficult to destroy this kind of cement-cast road in a short period of time.

When this technology was popularized in Chu, the top leaders of Han had already come up with this idea. Of course, there were also some cutting-edge construction technologies such as steel frame bridges. The spread of this technology, which was criticized in the country at that time, at least now, helped the Han army a lot. Even at that time, it greatly promoted the development of the steel industry in Han, because the Chu people could not produce the extremely high-strength steel required for bridge construction, and could only buy it from Han.

The Chu State is located in the south, with many rivers. When countless steel bridges spanned the rivers, they became a smooth path for the Han army when they arrived.

The Han army generals were worried that the Chu people would destroy these bridges. After all, now that both sides have mastered the technology of explosives, no matter how good the bridges are, they cannot withstand the explosion of enough explosives. However, what made the Han army overjoyed was that the Chu people did not destroy any bridges. Maybe they could not bear to blow up these bridges that cost them a lot of money?

The carriage Gao Yuan was riding in was a comprehensive integration of the latest vehicle technology in the Han Dynasty. It was extremely spacious inside and could seat more than five or six people. Of course, only he and Ning Xin were sitting there now. This carriage was traveling a long distance. , is not only Gao Yuan’s resting place, but also his office. The further development of shock-absorbing technology, roller technology, and rubber tire technology allows this carriage to walk on concrete roads without feeling any bumps. With the emergence of new and powerful weapons such as explosives and grenades, this carriage has undergone major changes in terms of security. Now the entire carriage is covered with an armored shell, which makes the carriage more secure. The weight has almost doubled.

In the carriage, Gao Yuan was looking at the battle report of the Battle of Shanyang sent by Guo Laowen. On top of his hand were two suicide notes from Tan Feng, one for him and one for Ning Xin.

Ning Xin did not open the letter, but tilted her head and kept looking at the scenery outside the window. In Jiangdong County in autumn, the scenery along the way was still very pleasant, but Gao Yuan knew very well that at this time, Ning Xin was probably looking at these scenery, but her mind was elsewhere.

Putting down the battle report in his hand, Gao Yuan picked up the letter Tan Feng wrote to him and opened it. The content of the letter was very short, just a few lines.

admire!

Congratulations!

Regret!

These eight simple words contain too much information. Presumably, when Tan Feng wrote this letter, his inner emotions were extremely complicated. He admired his achievements, congratulated himself on the fact that he was about to unify the world and became the common master of the world. However, he regretted that he was regretting his actions in Yishui River. , he shouldn't have saved himself. If he died in Yishui River, all the things that followed would not have happened.

Gao Yuan shook his head. Such a person was both sad and admirable. Even before he died, he had not lost his pride.

"Don't you read the letter Tan Feng gave you?" Gao Yuan put down the letter in his hand and asked Ning Xin softly.

"Don't read it!" Ning Xin shook her head gently, picked up the letter, and slowly but firmly tore it into pieces. She stretched out her hand from the window, and a gust of wind blew by. The confetti was blown away from the hands like snowflakes.

Gao Yuan reached out to grab Ning Xin's hand and asked in a low voice: "Are you sentimental?"

Ning Xin smiled at Gao Yuan, her face slightly pale: "I didn't feel much relief when I heard that he was finally dead. Instead, I was thinking more about things in my early years. Tan Feng was eight years older than me, so all this time, He always appeared by my side as a protector. I remember when he got married at the age of 20, I still cried."

Gao Yuan laughed, "It's normal for a young girl who has just started to fall in love to admire a handsome, handsome and promising young man with a successful career."

"Later, his wife passed away, and I grew up at that time. Many people thought that we would be a match made in heaven, but at that time, I had an admiration for another person in my heart. Affection."

"That must be me!" Gao Yuan laughed.

Ning Xin rolled her eyes at Gao Yuan who was smug and said, "You know what happened later. I always thought that I hated him unreasonably, but now that he is really dead, I feel a little strange in my heart."

"You are a good girl!" Gao Yuan patted Ning Xin's hand, "You can't help but think of the good things of others and ignore their hatefulness. Death is like a lamp going out. Now you think of the good things he did to you. It's too normal to look back. By the way, Zhang Yi also wrote a letter. Tan Fengliu's family has been escorted back to Jicheng. What do you think we should do? "

"Tan Feng's eldest son has become sensible." Ning Xin thought for a while, "It's obviously not appropriate to keep them on the mainland. Send them to Fusang. Aren't the infantry couples there? Explain to the infantry Just take care of them. With the infantry here, no one can bully them, and secondly, there won't be any trouble in the future. "

"Well, let's do it this way!" Gao Yuan nodded. "Zhou Yu has returned to Jicheng and is preparing to become a small boss. Tan Feng is dead. My two biggest enemies in the Yan Kingdom have now officially ended their lives."

"There's only one left!"

"Are you talking about Lu Chao?" Gao Yuan smiled. (To be continued.)