Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan had no objection to the emperor's decree, because this was just a combat strategy, and the specific details needed to be finalized by Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, Guizhou and Chongqing, based on the battle situation.

In addition, Li Zhicheng did not dare to neglect the matter of the new army crossing the river. The soldiers were very fast, so he arranged people to recruit ships that night.

The next morning, hundreds of ferries gathered at Chaotianmen Wharf.

In order to see Lu Xiangsheng off and to see the quality of this powerful army in ten days and thousands of miles a day, Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan were waiting at Chaotianmen Wharf early in the morning.

During the Warring States Period two thousand years ago, King Huiwen of Qin sent general Sima Cuo and prime minister Zhang Yi to capture Ba, and ancient Yuzhou (Chongqing) was included in the territory of Qin.

In order to curb the overseas trip, the Qin State built Chaotianmen on a peninsula that was attacked by the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, and was named Guyu Xiongguan.

With the development of the Bashu land a thousand years later, Chaotianmen Wharf has become the busiest wharf in Chongqing and one of the most important wharfs along the Yangtze River.

By the Ming Dynasty, Chaotianmen Wharf became an important hub for communication between Sichuan and Sichuan and Jingchu. There were no less than a hundred ships traveling every day, but today, all commercial and civilian ships were shut down.

In front of us, dozens of engineers with blue armbands were numbering the ships in turn, while the company commander of the engineer company was discussing with several staff officers of Lu Xiangsheng to determine the ships on each company and the order of crossing the river.

The guards and military police, wearing blue helmets, patrols among the new soldiers waiting to cross the river, promptly correcting their behavior of not following orders.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner. Standing under the four words "Ancient and Yu Xiong Pass", Lu Xiangsheng felt that his work had been much easier, so he felt at ease to appreciate the four words "Ancient and Yu Xiong Pass" on Chaotianmen Wharf.

"The rain drifts down towards the sky gate, and the river water whimperes down to the two capitals. The heroes of the past are searching for, and the waves are filled with bloody stars."

With the drizzle in the sky, a seven-character charlatan quickly recited from Lu Xiangsheng's mouth.

Lu Xiangsheng was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. He beat Ma Qionglin at the age of 22. He naturally wrote a song called Seven Quartets at will.

"Good poem! Good poem!"

After Lu Xiangsheng recited a poem, he heard a few cheers from behind. When he turned around, he saw that Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan came together.

Lu Xiangsheng bowed and bowed without waiting for Li Zhicheng to approach.

"Jiandou is in great interest, has the matter of crossing the river been arranged?"

Li Zhicheng bowed and replied with a half-gift. He drank a few glasses last night. The distance between the two was much closer, so he started to joke first.

"Haha, if you have the help of Chongqing Prefecture and the men who have raised the problem, I don't have to worry about it."

Lu Xiangsheng met Du Wenhuan again and replied jokingly.

When Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan heard this, they followed Lu Xiangsheng's guidance to look to the riverside.

I saw a queue of more than 3,000 people, divided by the company, lined up in neat rows, standing solemnly without any disturbance, and soldiers with blue hoops and blue helmets interspersed among them, arranging soldiers across the river.

Apart from the whimpering sound of the surging rivers, none of the thousands of people were making loud noises, and even the horses were all silent.

The new army's military appearance can be seen.

"I'm not hiding Jiandou. Yesterday, my brother Yu learned that the new army had doubts when traveling thousands of miles a day in ten days, but when he saw it today, his doubts suddenly disappeared. This shows how good the Jiandou governed the army."

Li Zhicheng looked at the orderly New Army Crossing the River and said a word from his mouth for a long time, and Chongqing General Du Wenhuan was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

Du Wenhuan was born in a family of military generals. His father Du Tong was a general who was guarding Ningxia and once served as the general.

Du Wenhuan followed his father to fight on the nine borders since childhood, and later served in Qianhu. In the early years of Tianqi, she besieged Chengdu because of She Chongming and ordered him to go south to rescue him. Later, he took office in Chongqing and became the general of Chongqing.

Compared with the civil minister Li Zhicheng, Du Wenhuan, who was born in a general since childhood, naturally knew what such an army of strict military disciplines represented.

Du Wenhuan turned to Jiubian. Except for the Qi army that he had met with his father in his youth to help fight against Liaodong and pacify the Japanese, he had never seen such an army for more than 30 years.

"Master Lu is a civil and military strategy. When I see you today, Tao Wu admires you."

After Du Wenhuan finished speaking, he gave a deep salute to Lu Xiangsheng.

Although Lu Xiangsheng was a civil official, he did not dare to accept the great gifts of the third-rank military generals. While avoiding the gifts, he did not dare to do so.

"Brother Tong Shu and Brother Taowu, this is a new army compiled by Yu Zi according to Your Majesty's military training method. This is Your Majesty's merit, and Yu Zi will not dare to accept it."

As he said that, Lu Xiangsheng bowed to the north.

The incident of Zhu Youjian's great destruction of the Eastern Capitol at the beginning of the year had long been spread to Chongqing, but Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan both thought that it was the emperor who had gained the merits of the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

But today I saw the new army personally trained by His Majesty, and I realized that the victory at the beginning of the year was real, and the emperor's martial arts were definitely not inferior to that of Taizu Chengzu.

"It is indeed a blessing for the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and ours."

Li Zhicheng and Du Wenhuan did not dare to neglect them. After flattering them, they also bowed to the north.

"We should rest assured that Jiandou has such a strong army to go to Guiyang. My foolish brother is not talented, so I wrote a poem to promote Jiandou."

As he said that, Li Zhicheng walked behind his back and walked under the archway of the "Guyu Xiong Pass" for two steps before blurting out.

"The golden swords and iron horses are as strong as rainbows, the water level is west and the east, the ancient and Chongqing passes through the two rivers, and the Tianyong City Palace breaks the sad face."

Li Zhicheng was a Jinshi in the 45th year of Wanli. Compared with the seven-character poem Lu Xiangsheng just said, his poem was a little inferior, but the last sentence "The city of Tianyong is broken and sad" is suitable for the situation, and Lu Xiangsheng also thanked him very much.

"See laughter, see laughter."

Li Zhicheng humbled himself for a few words and turned the song over.

In this era, it is a common practice for literati to give poems before parting with him, but it is not good to show off in front of Du Wenhuan, a military general.

Although it was normal for civil officials to look down on military generals after the Tumu Fort Incident, it was the time to use troops, and Li Zhicheng did not want to have a grudge with Du Wenhuan, and expressed his farewell to Lu Xiangsheng, so he stopped.

But Du Wenhuan didn't care at all. Since he met the new army, his attention had been hooked by the majestic army, and he had never heard of Du Wenhuan's seven-character poem.

Ignoring Li Zhicheng's sour poem, Du Wenhuan asked a lot of questions about the new army's training.

While everyone was talking, time passed quickly, and half of the new soldiers still crossed the Yangtze River. Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to delay any more. After drinking the wine prepared by Li Zhicheng, he also crossed the river with the new army.

After passing Chongqing, there were more mountain roads, and the marching speed naturally could not catch up with the north, but there were still more than fifty miles a day.

At the current marching speed, we can reach the city of Guiyang within ten days along the Chongqing, Tongzi, Zunyi and Xifeng lines. But we don’t know if Guiyang is still in the hands of the government troops in ten days.

On the second day after the new army set out from Chongqing, the She'an rebels, who had completed the siege, began a tentative siege.
Chapter completed!