Chapter 1966 Decision!

"Crash!"

In the night sky, countless homing pigeons were flying, heading towards the capital of the Tang Dynasty from the distant North Pole and the border of Youzhou. By daybreak, Wang Chong had received news from Far North and Youzhou.

In the study, after reading the two letters, Wang Chong slowly put them down and frowned slightly.

The cold wave has gathered in the north, and the severity is worse than Wang Chong imagined. Once the cold wave moves south, the consequences will be disastrous.

The only good thing is that it was discovered early and it will take at least several months before the cold wave sweeps down, which gives Wang Chong time to prepare.

But what really worries Wang Chong is Youzhou.

"An Yaluoshan, it is indeed you!"

Wang Chong said secretly, his expression was extremely cold at that moment.

If the note from the future Lord of China in the Dashi Treasure House only reminded Wang Chong of An Yaluo Mountain, then the news that Guo Ziyi and others came from Youzhou has undoubtedly confirmed what Wang Chong was thinking. speculation.

Privately building an armory, colluding with Xi and Khitan, forming a clique for personal gain, secretly controlling the Anton Protectorate... all of this illustrates An Yaluoshan's rebellious intentions.

But what worries Wang Chong the most is Zhang Shougui. This imperial tiger is still completely unaware of everything happening around him. He always thought that what was crouching under his paw was a ridiculous toad, but he didn't know that the toad was a disguised toad. white tiger.

"Xu Keyi, what did Zhang Shougui say?"

Wang Chong turned around and suddenly spoke.

"Reply to your lord, Lord Zhang has already replied, saying that there is no need to worry about the prince. An Yaluoshan is just a clown whom he has adopted for entertainment, and he does not have the courage to rebel. In addition, Lord Zhang said thank you for the prince's reminder, and he also knows that the prince It was a good intention, but he had already checked and found that there was nothing wrong with the diet of the Anton Protectorate. His illness had nothing to do with An Yaluoshan. It was just an old illness that recurred. After a period of rest, he would be almost cured. !”

Xu Keyi bowed and said respectfully.

"Bring the letter over here and let me take a look."

Wang Chong suddenly spoke.

Taking the letter from Xu Keyi, Wang Chong did not read the text at all, but browsed directly on the letter, and finally settled on the word "Le" on the letter.

Zhang Shougui had a unique habit in Anton. He did not hand over his letterheads to his staff. Zhang Shougui would write all important letterheads and letters to and from ministers of the DPRK himself, and whenever the word "LE" was involved, Zhang Shougui's The character "Le" is different from others. When closing the pen at the end, it will be lifted up to draw a circle, and then tilted upward. The shape is somewhat similar to an open "8".

This is an anecdote that was spread only after the end of the general star era in later generations. Not many people knew about it and paid attention to it. Wang Chong only noticed this because he was born in a family of generals and prime ministers.

"He really wrote it!"

Wang Chong glanced at it and found the word "LE" in the shape of an "8" as expected. However, it was confirmed that the letter was written by Zhang Shougui himself, and Wang Chong's heart became heavier and heavier.

Zhang Shougui is too arrogant!

His self-esteem and grand battle experience made his eyes only able to tolerate beings such as Wang Zhongsi and the Holy Emperor who were more talented and outstanding than himself. As for the people around him who he captured as slaves and played as clowns "Slave-catching general" was not taken seriously by him at all.

No matter how much Wang Chong reminded him, Zhang Shougui only said a few superficial words and did not really face the matter seriously.

After receiving Wang Chong's letter, he was willing to secretly investigate and test his daily diet, which was already a great respect for Wang Chong.

If it were anyone else who made such a request, Zhang Shougui would probably think it was a great humiliation to him and would not even pay attention to it.

"Has everything come to this point..."

Wang Chong thought to himself.

What Zhang Shougui revealed between the lines was his great confidence in controlling the territory of Youzhou, but the real situation was completely different from what he imagined.

Although Wang Chong tried his best to stop it, everything inevitably returned to its original track, and a rebellion was inevitable.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

Xu Keyi said.

Wang Chong wrote a letter to remind Zhang Shougui that Xu Keyi knew all this, but the current situation was obviously extremely unfavorable.

"That's all, some things are unavoidable after all. I don't need to pay attention to Zhang Shougui for the time being. I will have my own way to deal with it after a while!"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

Zhang Shougui was one of those people who would never believe it unless he saw the An Yaluoshan rebellion with his own eyes. Wang Chong could only choose that moment to strike. Before that, he could only protect his life as much as possible.

"Pass my order to dispatch Fenglin Huoshan and all our spies in the northeast. I want to get all the information on Yiluohe as soon as possible! - It's best to take something from them and bring it back!"

Wang Chong said in a deep voice.

Guo Ziyi's operation in the Northeast was both a success and a failure. The success was because they did get back the intelligence, but the failure was because An Yaluoshan was obviously prepared early and directly discovered their traces during the operation. And a hunt was launched.

Among the information sent back by Guo Ziyi and the others, there was another piece of information that Wang Chong paid great attention to, which was about a top legion under the command of An Yaluo Mountain called Yiluohe.

Guo Ziyi and the others are very unfamiliar with this newly born army, but it is no secret to Wang Chong. The rebellion that swept through China and destroyed the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, the Yiluohe army under An Yaluoshan's command The army is the most dazzling existence among them, and it is also the biggest reason why they can suppress and destroy other major protective palaces.

When the great rebellion occurred, the Wang family was already in ruins and was in pieces. Everyone was wandering and starving. Many things were unclear because they were not at the center of the storm.

But Wang Chong still knew something about this "Yiluo River".

Yiluohe is the Hu language, which means "the strongest warrior". This is the strongest army selected by An Yaluo Mountain from the entire Youzhou and surrounding ethnic groups.

This army is extremely mysterious. It has been training in secret since the day it was built. Even the people in Youzhou are inaccessible. Their first official appearance was after An Yaluoshan rebelled against the empire.

Yiluohe's army has several major characteristics:

First, their power far exceeds that of the surrounding major protective palaces. Although they only have 8,000 people in total, their combat effectiveness is super strong;

Second, these people could stay awake and not eat any food. It was a long journey from Youzhou to the capital, but they could complete the emergency march within three days. This was something that no protective army in this era could do.

Even Wang Chong's Wushang Iron Cavalry, marching day and night, will consume a lot of physical strength, energy, and energy, and they have to stop and rest in the end.

This inhuman ability shocked the entire Kyushu at that time.

Third, the warriors of Yiluohe are extremely powerful. Even if they are pierced by thousands of arrows and hit by several knives, they can still roar and fight like a vigorous dragon, which makes their opponents extremely frightened. This has gone beyond the category of bravery and is like a monster.

Back then, these rumors were true or false. There were many rumors, but no one believed them, because this was simply not something that normal humans could do. When Wang Chong heard about it back then, he just thought that those things were spread by people in order to exaggerate Yiluohe. of bravery.

However, the information sent back by Guo Ziyi made Wang Chong completely change his view. These Yiluohe could use a meteor hammer to easily knock away a cavalry captain who was at the peak of Zhenwu and close to the Xuanwu realm, including his men and horses, and was pierced by a spear. Vital, but unscathed, as if they were not the ones injured, they continued to fight, including the lack of any life breath on their bodies, and the menacing red eyes in the night...

These real contacts one by one confirm the "absurd" description of the Yiluo River in the apocalyptic rumors.

In the main hall, Xu Keyi bowed in response, quickly retreated, and conveyed the order.

"Su Shixuan!"

Shortly after Xu Keyi left, Wang Chong summoned Su Shixuan, who was in charge of Dashi and Khorasan.

"What's going on over there in Baghdad?"

"My lord, everything is going according to plan. We have mobilized all manpower and material resources, including mobilizing the Khorasan people and people from the countries surrounding Dashi to help extract kerosene. In addition, we have mobilized craftsmen from various countries to work day and night. Working shifts to build jars for storing kerosene.”

Su Shixuan knew what Wang Chong was asking, lowered his head and said respectfully.

"It's not enough, it's still too slow. As you just heard, we don't have much time. A cold wave may come at any time. We must transport enough cooking oil to Middle-earth as soon as possible!"

Wang Chong shook his head and said in a deep voice:

"Instruct all the major families in China to allocate 80 people from each family to rush to Baghdad overnight to participate in the exploration of kerosene!"

"Instruct Zhang Shouzhi and the forging team to speed up and develop equipment to assist in excavation of kerosene as soon as possible!"

"yes!"

Su Shixuan said without hesitation.

"Also, how is the survey in the three places I mentioned?"

Wang Chong said.

After hearing Wang Chong's words, Su Shixuan's face suddenly showed a subtle look, a little strange, but also more respect and admiration:

"According to the instructions given by the prince, our troops have gone to Heng'an Town, Yangquan, and Shuozhou. In the past few days, news has come from there that a large amount of coal has been discovered underground. However, because the location is relatively remote, there are some difficulties in mining and transportation. difficulty!"

After hearing Su Shixuan's words, Wang Chong breathed a long sigh of relief and looked much more relaxed.

Hedong Dao Heng'an Town was definitely a little nameless place in this era, and not many people knew about it. I'm afraid there were less than 10,000 people in the whole county, but in later generations, it still had a famous name - the hometown of coal, Datong, Shanxi!

The coal reserves there are absolutely unimaginable to many people.

If we want to satisfy the tens of millions of people in Datang, it is far from enough to just rely on the kerosene transported from Baghdad. Moreover, the distance there is long and the transportation efficiency is too low. Most importantly, we must start from Datang itself, and coal is the most feasible solution.