[Nine thousand words, three chapters, add the number of No. 14, and two chapters of No. 15.]

With a dull sound, the deputy Zhizhai fist did not hit Qin Wan's face, but hit Qin Wan's helmet.

It is the front of the helmet, and under the helmet is the hardest celestial cover, and the helmet itself is also the strongest part.

After this, Qin Wan remained motionless, but the deputy Zhizhai's hand trembled and drooped. Blood fell to the ground drop by drop, but it rubbed the flesh on the surface of the rough helmet. The blood flowed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, there was a small corpse on the ground. It should have been extremely painful, but he didn't take it seriously, and he didn't even look at it. He just clenched his fists and wanted to do it again on Qin Wan's face.

The generals and schools around were all silent. No one expected that the deputy magistrate village, who had been squeezed out, had such a big temper.

"Who are you, Wang Qi?" Qin Wan shook her slightly dizzy head. The fist of the deputy Zhizhai still had some strength, and sneered, "This general's deputy general, subordinate, Wang Qi, do you want to disobey?"

"It's just leaving the city, why don't you dare?" Deputy Zhizhai said with hatred, "Qin Wan, you underestimate me too much! What I'm angry about is that you don't care about it and leave the city and leave the city to face the enemy. No... Qin Wan, what are you doing?!"

"Please go out with me and see what I'm doing!" Qin Wan said, "You have no need to worry if you have a friend to guard the city."

"It's better to ask him to go, Qin Wan, you stay and guard the city."

"I am Zhizhai, you are the deputy camp, how can you let outsiders go?" The situation outside the city is getting worse and worse. More and more elderly, weak, women and children are squeezed to the periphery. The stronger men and women try every means to make themselves closer to the city wall. Time has made Qin Wan unable to wait. "Wang Qi, this is the military order of our general!"

Qin Wan's eyes were already showing fierce light, and the deputy zhizhai gritted his teeth and stopped arguing. Qin Wan had already said that it was a military order, which means that this had become a conclusion. If he argued again, Qin Wan would slash him with one knife.

"Wen Jia." Deputy Zhizhai turned around and stared at Wen Jia fiercely. The blue-black eyelids under his blood-stained eyes proved his hard work these days. Although there were not many things arranged and mixed, he still did it seriously. "If the city is lost, the crime is Qin Wan, not you. But if you dare to surrender to the thief... I, Wang Shu, will never let you go even if I turn into a ghost!"

Wen Jia and other generals seemed to have seen this deputy magistrate who was so tall that he was completely different from the military man. He was always excluded by Qin Wan and completely invisible. Who would have thought that he would have such a strong character?

Wen Jia solemnly clasped his fists and promised, "Jia swears to live and die with Tianmen."

The deputy magistrate looked back at Qin Wan. Qin Wan owed slightly, as if she was sorry.

The deputy Zhizhai snorted coldly, "I'll go wear armor." After that, he brushed his sleeves down to the city.

"You guys should go back soon." Several commanders had already returned to help Qin Wan summon the death-death soldiers, and now the remaining officers left one after another and returned to their respective positions.

The newly married commander of the horse army did not leave and asked to fight, "The Chief Minister, the subordinates are willing to go to the battle from the Chief Minister."

"I just go outside to block the road, so there is no need for the horse army." Qin Wan waved her hand, "Go back and prepare well, and wait to listen to Wen Zuma's orders."

The commander of the Ma Army wanted to say something else, but Qin Wan glared at him and did not dare to say anything else. He bowed to Qin Wan with all his strength and turned around and left.

Only Qin Wan, Wen Jia and a few personal soldiers were left.

Qin Wan was about to speak, but one of his personal soldiers came out and thumped three loud heads in front of him. He was so stupid that he had nothing else to say, but he just spoke in a strong Hebei accent: "The villain is willing to die for the capital supervisor."

"Okay!" Qin Wan nodded, "Go down and wash your face first, bring all the equipment, and wait at Ximen."

The Hebei personal soldiers kowtowed, stood up, wiped their faces, and hurriedly walked out of the city.

Qin Wan looked at the city, and the crowd became more and more chaotic, crowded like straw bags filled with salted fish from Cangzhou, filling with no gaps at all.

He frowned and turned around and looked at the other personal soldiers. Several personal soldiers immediately talked.

"We will naturally follow the supervisor."

"Why do you have to say more? We will go wherever Dalang goes."

"I hope to kill the thief in the capital."

Compared to the locally recruited personal soldiers in front of him, Qin Wan's other relatives followed him from Hedong. There were two or two generations, and three generations followed the Qin family's generals. Needless to say, they would definitely fight with Qin Wan.

"Okay, you'll be the same. Let's go down and prepare, and wait in the city of Ximen."

Everyone was sent away, and in the end, only Qin Wan and Wen Jia were left on the top of the city.

Wen Jia's expression gradually restrained and said coldly, "You don't have to act anymore."

Qin Wan blinked, "When did you find it?"

Wen Jia shook her head, "It's not like you."

Although he had known each other for a long time, he still knew Qin Wan. Seeing countless compatriots outside the city tragically died at the hands of the Liao people, Wen Jia was indeed angry and even furious, but Wen Jia would choose to respond with cannons, but he would never choose to leave the city as if he was angry. Wen Jia did not think that Qin Wan's personality was too different from himself. What's more, Qin Wan was also the governor of Dingzhou Road and the leader of Tianmen Village, and the responsibility he had on him was much heavier than his horse. How could he suddenly change his appearance?

Qin Wan nodded with a smile and admitted without any reluctance, "You and I have the same temperament, and their temperaments are similar. When you suddenly change, of course you will feel something is wrong."

"Why?" Wen Jia asked.

"Because it's not considered a performance." Qin Wan's face no longer had a smile, "No word of what I just said was a lie."

If you can still remain calm when you see the tragedy outside the city, you can say that you are completely heartless and more terrifying than anything else.

"Brother Wen, why do you cooperate with me to perform this show?" Qin Wan's lips curled up again. Wen Jia's response in front of others was so embarrassing that he could not continue acting. It was really not suitable for acting.

Wen Jia said seriously: "If the capital magistrate is playing for the people outside the city, Wen Jia will of course cooperate."

"It's just that the cooperation is too poor." Qin Wan said.

"Why?" Wen Jia asked again.

"Because I want to save the people outside the city. I want to save them too." Qin Wan smiled slightly and smiled brightly, "I have always been greedy."

Wen Jia's tense cheeks relaxed a little. Although the atmosphere was not as tragic as before, Qin Wan in front of him was a more real famous general.

He bent over and said word by word, "I wish to kill the thief in the capital."

Qin Wan glanced outside the city, and the corners of her mouth twitched little by little, turning into a grim smile.

Yes, kill the thief!

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At this time, Han Zhong was still thirty miles away, "Is the car here?"

Chen Liu walked around a few circles apart and shook his head, "No."

"It's almost time, it's not here yet." Han Zhong pointed to the clock in the hall. The hour hand had deviated sharply from the bottom. His face looked ugly, "When was the time that he had agreed yesterday?"

Chen Liu sighed lightly, "The time he was talking about is Mao Zheng."

Han Zhong lowered his face, "It will take two hours to come here? Is Jintai in Dingzhou?!"

Jintai is a slightly higher platform outside Baozhou City. It is said to be the former site of the Golden Platform built by King Zhao of Yan to recruit wise men from all directions. Therefore, Baozhou also has the old name of Jintai. The official road passes under the Jintai, and the post station is located on the Jintai, called Jintai Dunyi. It is said that Emperor Taizong personally conquered Liao and stationed here. Later, he fled from the city of Yanjing and also bandaged his wounds in the post station. The current Baozhou Station is also near Jintai, less than a hundred steps away from the old post station. The camp established by Han Zhong is half leaning against Jintai to borrow the terrain.

For the Baozhou Railway Branch, the more important significance of Jintai is that there is the only repair shop in Baozhou, Ansu and Guangxin, which is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the vehicles and rails of the branch.

Yesterday, after repairing the railway in the south of Xu Henan, because there were more replacement parts than expected, and there were insufficient replacement parts prepared in advance, Han Zhong sent someone to take the replaced rails back to the Jintai Repair Factory. Only two carriages were used, and one of them was more than 300 cavalrymen came to greet them and escorted them all the way. Such equipment could run away when encountering strong enemies, and could be restrained when encountering weaker ones. If it was weaker, it could be swallowed in one bite.

It was originally planned to transport the new rail parts early this morning for today's maintenance, but the scheduled time has passed and the car that should be arrived has not arrived yet.

"Maybe something has been delayed." Chen Liudao.

"Didn't it mean that the Liao people have retreated across Xuhe?" Han Zhong asked.

Chen Liu replied, "There may be a small group of Liao soldiers who have fled. People have been sent back just now, Erlang will wait a little longer."

Before, he wanted to send a team of men to check it back and check it out. He would save people directly if he was attacked by the Liao army. However, considering that Han Zhong was here, the number of troops in Shiqiao Shuangbao could no longer be reduced.

Moreover, if the freight train is attacked, it will definitely send out a signal of help, and someone will come to ask for help. Soon there will be someone to protect him, so only two scouts were sent to check the situation first.

Han Zhong was patient and said, "Okay, wait a minute... tell Zhang Ji, let him and his people clean up first, and if there is any news, set off immediately."

After giving the order, Han Zhong was impatient to wait in the fort and walked out of the door, "Let's go to Xiashiqiao Fort first to take a look."

The two stone bridge forts are integrated with the bridge. After exiting the stone bridge fort from the side door, they go directly to the Xuhe Bridge.

The pedestrian passages of the bridge are not spacious, and the passages on both sides of the track can only accommodate an ordinary carriage. There are a row of wooden fences that are high among people as partitions between the passage and the track.

The wooden fence is much less eye-catching than the bridge rails on both sides. The bridge railings of Xuhe Bridge are made of white stones, and lions with different postures are carved on the bridge railings. The stone pillars on both sides have a total of 824 stone pillars, which means there are 824 lions, which is nearly 1,000. Therefore, since the day of his cultivation, the name of Qianshi Bridge has spread like wildfire and has become a famous scenic spot in Baozhou.

The bridge deck of Xuhe Bridge is four or five floors away from the river below, and the river water at your feet flows quietly in the river channel.

Half a month ago, there was heavy rain in the mountains to the west, and the water of the Xuhe River almost flooded the embankment, and the marks left behind can now be seen on the bridge piers. Unfortunately, the flood broke out early and did not catch up with the Liao people invading the south. Otherwise, the Liao people would have given a hundred courage to flow water across the river in the flood peaks.

"I would have a team of steam gunboats." Han Zhong looked under the railing and looked at the river. "If you operate along the river, you don't have to worry about the Liao people being able to cross the river."

"That's it." Cen San echoed, "The steamboat does not require sails or fibers. It runs faster than the car. If there is really, Liaogou would not even dare to leave the door."

Han Zhong looked up and sighed, "It's a pity that the Jingzhao boat yard has only started to be tested. It will take at least two or three years to use it."

"Didn't the Mingzhou shipyard be built?" Cen San asked.

Han Zhong likes to give people a sense of guidance, "Mingzhou is full of big guys, and they want to walk in the sea and look down on the small boats in the river."

The four coastal yards under the Military Vessel Supervisor, Mingzhou, Hangzhou, Quanzhou and Mizhou, are all manufacturing toy-sized things like large battleships and steam gunboats, which are not favored at all, and are thrown to seven inland yards for development.

Thinking of the large battleship cruiser, Han Zhong suddenly remembered something, "Have anyone ever inspected Hebei Hydrology, how big a warship can the river channel here go?"

Chen Liudao, "The imperial court had to build roads and bridges in Hebei, and only after inspecting the rivers along the way would determine the route. The villain once followed his husband to see the pavilion in the Chef of Duke Cheng's Lane, where the geographical and hydrological information were piled up everywhere."

The main yamen of the General Railway Administration is next to the capital hall, but because the authority is as complex as the capital hall, there are more than 20 different departments under it, there are even several more yamen in the capital to resettle each house. Among them, the railway design institute, which is responsible for early exploration, route design, and construction planning, is located in the Chengfu Lane in the north of the city.

"However, the General Administration sent people to inspect the hydrology of the river, and the focus was not on shipping." Chen Liu continued, "I'm afraid the railway bureau can not find out how big the ship can be taken."

"We need to discuss this matter carefully after that. If there are more means, Hebei's defense will be even more high." Han Zhong was a little excited, "It means that there will be no gunboats or steamboats for water transportation in the future, which can also play a role in picking up the shortcomings in railway transportation."

"Erlang is really thinking about the long term, it is indeed the case." Chen Liu said, and Cen San also praised Han Zhong's vision.

Actually, the two of them didn’t know what happened. There was no need for Han Zhong to say about this kind of thing. The seven major yards of Inland River were all designing steamships. Is it just to build warships?

Hebei has a wide range of waterways. Since its founding, dynasties have been committed to building canals in Hebei and connecting north and south waterways. Since the reign of Emperor Taizong, they have been able to turn around through different waterways, and have arrived at Ansu Army by boat from Daming Mansion.

Even with the Beijing-Bao Railway, which has stronger transportation capacity, faster speeds and more direct routes, Hebei water transportation has not been abandoned. All parts of Hebei need unobstructed waterways for irrigation of silted fields, and this is also a very valuable transportation channel and is the best supplement for railway transportation.

However, in the Hebei water system, sailing through different rivers from south to north, from north to south, and using the canal, sometimes downstream and sometimes upstream. Sailors who are a little unfamiliar with the waterway can bring the ship into the fork road. More importantly, the bamboo braces and oars used in the gentle and quiet waters are not very useful in the river, and there must be a boatman, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward when encountering the countercurrent.

If it was a steamboat, the boatman would not need it. As long as there was a guide and there were a few coal-added ports along the way, the Hebei prefectures would be unobstructed.
To be continued...