Lord Moyu was forced to open

After eating a full meal, Zhou Lin and his party almost burst into tears.

God knows how long it has been since they had hot meals and dishes. Since the noodle stall that day, no store is willing to sell them food, and most of the food they carry is dry food.

Reluctantly all the way down, he almost vomited after eating dry food.

My throat is almost hurt, now I finally have hot food and food again, how can I be so moved?
It's just the most common noodle soup in the north. It was the most disdainful food in the past, but today it almost made them swallow their tongues.

For the first time, this group of pampered officials felt that this ordinary meal was so delicious.

After eating, they soaked their feet and had a good night's sleep. The whole group slept for a whole day and night, and Zhou Lin woke up first in the morning of the next day.

Rubbing his swollen head from sleep, Zhou Lin walked out of the camp that Li Dingguo had arranged for him.

As soon as I came out, I saw rows of Pingwa soldiers practicing morning exercises.

The movements of each of them were uniform, as if they were one person, following the shouts of haha, their voices fell like thunder.

This is the infantry practicing melee combat.

Looking further into the distance, on the specially leveled school field not far away, scarecrows were placed irregularly in the school field, and groups of black-armored cavalrymen riding war horses formed arrow formations , Straight into the scarecrow!
The slanted arc-bladed saber in the galloping horse's hand only poured slightly, and the scarecrows were easily divided into two halves and scattered all over the ground.

After rushing into the scarecrows for a while, the cavalry team forming an arrow formation was very skillfully divided into small groups to walk back and forth among the scarecrows, cutting the formation of the scarecrows.

Just looking at this scene, one can imagine that if it is really on the battlefield, if the enemy does not block the charge of this cavalry, it will not be long before they will be cut into pieces and cannot organize an army formation. Be devoured by the enemy one by one, and finally completely defeated!
And this is the main role of the cavalry on the battlefield. Judging by the proficiency of this cavalry, I am afraid that it has already been on the battlefield for actual combat. Otherwise, no matter how proficient it is on weekdays, it will not be so smooth when changing formations in battle. Not even a little hindrance.

Obviously, the problems they will encounter have already been encountered and solved by them on the battlefield.

This is elite!
Not weaker than the elite cavalry of the Song Frontier Army!
Even the Huns with the same number may not necessarily be the opponent of this cavalry, because Zhou Lin noticed that this black armored cavalry is actually all armored!
It looks like the armor is still flexible, it should be only light armor, but even if it is only light armor, it is still armor, and this is a great advantage to be able to crush the opponent on the battlefield!
"Zhou Shilang, how are my brothers? Are you supposed to be elite?"

Suddenly, a clear voice sounded in Zhou Lin's ear, and Zhou Lin turned his head to see that the speaker was Li Dingguo.

It turned out that Li Dingguo suddenly came to him at some point, and he watched the drills of the soldiers together.

Zhou Lin immediately cupped his hands and said, "General Li!"

Li Dingguo also clapped his hands back and asked with a salute, "How did Zhou Shilang sleep last night?"

Zhou Lin nodded slightly: "Play chess with Duke Zhou to the fullest!"

"Hahahaha, Zhou Shilang's statement is interesting!"

Li Dingguo burst out laughing when he heard this.

Then he asked the question just now: "What do Zhou Shilang think of the soldiers of the Japanese army? Maybe they will be elite soldiers?"

Zhou Lin nodded heavily, and said seriously:

"No longer under the forbidden army!"

Then he looked at the black armor on the cavalry and said:
"I'm afraid it's even better! The ironware in Yunzhou County is already so rich?"

Li Dingguo laughed, waved his hands and said, "Barely enough, barely enough."

Zhou Lin's face was full of disbelief, if you barely have enough, why would you be willing to wear all the original armor?
But he didn't say much on the subject.

After changing the subject, he said:
"General Li, you guys came here nearly half a month earlier than me. I don't know if there is any news about the investigation of this embankment?"

Speaking of the business, Li Dingguo restrained the casualness on his face, stretched out his hand to his side, and walked to his big tent with Zhou Lin, while saying: "Although our army came half a month earlier than you, we haven't got it. There are too many other news, this spring has not yet arrived, so there is no abnormality in the river embankment yet.

However, we had made a quick march around the embankment during the drill, and found that the embankment along the way may have been built for a long time, and there were cracks in many places, and there were even small gaps in some places, resulting in many small holes nearby. stream.

But still within the controllable range.

But I would have heard that the imperial court sent the former Minister of Industry Zuo Shilang to repair and strengthen the embankment last year?

However, we did not find any reinforced foundations along the way, but in some places some newly added soil was not compacted, and it had been washed away by the river water for a year. "

Zhou Lin was already a little prepared for the gloomyness of the river embankment, but when he heard Li Dingguo's words, the anger in his heart was even worse!

Clenching his fists, he originally thought that Lin Yue was an official from Bian'an County, and this is his hometown after all. Although some of the money, food and supplies allocated by the court will definitely be lost, at least some of them can be used in The embankment is reinforced.

But now it seems that it is not even reinforced at all, it is only rammed with soil, but it has not been rammed!

This Lin Yue was so greedy!

Kill!

It's a pity that the person is already dead, otherwise Zhou Lin would have wanted to fight the opponent offline!
With a heavy heart, Zhou Lin followed Li Dingguo to the big tent of the Chinese army. Two tables had already been set up in the tent, and a steaming breakfast was placed on the table.

Li Dingguo pointed to the table and said with a smile to Zhou Lin: "The army is simple, that's all there is to it, I hope Minister Zhou will not dislike it."

Zhou Lin shook his head, cupped his hands and said, "How could it be that Zhou has been entertained by General Li."

The two sat down at the table.

Zhou Lin saw the breakfast on the table clearly.

Two big meat buns, plus a bowl of porridge with pickles, these are just right for breakfast.

"Servant Zhou, please!"

"General Li, please!"

After a few words of politeness, the two immediately began to eat.

In the Song Dynasty, it was customary not to talk when eating or sleeping. When Li Dingguo was in Yunzhou, although Yunzhou did not have this rule because of Zhao Jun, but now in the pass, Li Dingguo still abides by the rules of doing as the Romans do.

After breakfast, when the sergeant put away the dishes, the two resumed the conversation just now.

"Which aspect does Zhou Shilang plan to start with when he comes to repair and strengthen the embankment at His Majesty's will?"

Li Dingguo asked.

Zhou Lin shook his head and said: "Let's not mention where to start first, the most urgent thing now is manpower.

The embankment of the Bianhe River in Bian’an is nearly [-] miles long. Although it is only for reinforcement and renovation, the manpower required is still a huge number. The imperial court can support money, food and materials, but we still need to find manpower from this county.

Now there are only two months left before the arrival of the spring flood, and our time is very tight.

Originally, the official wanted the local government to summon civilian husbands on the spot, and the imperial court provided money and food supplemented by corvee to make up these manpower.

But looking at it now, the Zhao family is so powerful that it may be difficult for us to gather enough people in this county. "

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(End of this chapter)