Tu Sui smiled and said, "Your Majesty is so polite! We both met scattered soldiers and escorts along the way, and they were defeated with one blow. There was no obstacle at all. We were just busy building roads along the way, so there was no hard work! It was really impossible to compare with the work of your Majesty charging into battle and destroying the enemy country!"

Fusu shook his head and smiled and said, "Oh, this is a bad thing! You two have made a journey through mountains and rivers, and building bridges across water. If it weren't for the southern road you built, I would have been rushing slowly between the mountains and rivers!" "Hahaha!" The generals laughed.

Seeing that Fusu was still polite, Ren Xiao reminded with a smile: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are very tired after traveling for several days. I'd better enter Xing'an Fortress and let's talk about it when I'm full!"

Shi Lu patted his head and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes! Please!" Everyone met again after a long time of separation, and was very excited. He rushed to Xing'anbao with laughter and laughter!

In just half an hour, a huge fortress appeared in front of everyone from a distance: it was more than four miles long and wide, and the fort wall was more than five meters high. There were many soldiers on the top of the city and there were many bows and crossbows. Under the reflection of the sunset, it was like a majestic giant beast lying across the generals!

"What a majestic city!" Fusu couldn't help but exclaim: "I don't know who came from?"

Tu Sui smiled and said, "The last general is a rough man. He doesn't know how to build cities and roads. These are arranged by General Shi! He is such an engineering genius. He built such a large military fort in just two months. It's a miracle!"

Fusu smiled and said, "I have known for a long time that General Shi must be the work of General Shi. In the world, General Shi's engineering studies are unparalleled in the world!" Shi Lu hurriedly said, "Your Excellence is a reward. If General Tu had not urged 100,000 soldiers to step up construction day and night, how could it be so fast!"

Fusu nodded and said, "It seems that General Shi and General Tu have cooperated well! I am also worried that you two will be a little unmatched by both literature and martial arts!" Tu Sui smiled and said, "Although the last general is a rough man, he admires his ability the most. I have been commanded by General Shi for more than a year!" "Hahaha!" The generals laughed again!

After entering Xing'an Fort, Fusu sat in the commander position, and the generals sat on the left and right. Then a military chef brought plates of barbecue. Smelling the tempting fragrance, Fusu nodded and said excitedly: "No, not bad! This is the smell of deer!"

Tu Sui smiled and said, "Yes, the emperor came on an expedition, but there was nothing to entertain in the army, so the last general took people to the surrounding forests early in the morning to beat some pheasants, rabbits, etc. to show their feelings!"

Fusu smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you! Everyone, don't let General Tu down, please!" The generals rushed for several days, and a bird had faded out of their mouths. Hearing this, he hurriedly worked hard, holding two daggers and cutting it hard at the barbecue in front of him with a "bitter and deep hatred"!...

After a while, everyone finally had enough food and drink! Fusu smiled with satisfaction and said, "I have been traveling for more than a month for a while, and it hasn't been so happy for a long time! General Tu, General Shi, you will talk to me about the recent military situation!"

Tu Sui looked at Shi Lu, and Shi Lu hurriedly said, "You are here to be hard, why not take a break first and talk about it tomorrow?" Fusu shook his head and said, "I am impatient and don't understand clearly. I can't sleep tonight!"

Shi Lu smiled and had to say, "Then the general will obey! Since we parted with the emperor at the end of the year, General Tu and I divided our troops into five groups and began to advance to the Wuling Line! Since the number of people falling outside the Wuling Line of Nanyue was small and the combat power was weak, it did not cause much trouble to our army! The closer we were, the more bumpy and rugged the terrain of the Wuling Line, it was more and more difficult. Just to build the road to the south and build forts along the way, it consumed at least 80,000 southern expedition troops to this day!

Moreover, as it approaches the Wuling River, it is becoming more and more difficult to transfer food and grass! At present, our army's food and grass are basically sent by land from the north. However, the jungle is dense and the mountains are high and the water is far away. Although five southward roads have been built along the way, the logistics support of our army is still extremely difficult. It is better that the 180,000 main army led by General Tu and I are better. After all, the southern Chi Road is well built. If there is no large-scale battle, the food and grass are still enough. However, the other four armies and horses each have only 30,000 people. The roads built are relatively poor, and the supply capacity is much worse. The closer the Wuling River, the more difficult it is. I think I am afraid that if the problem of grain replenishment is not solved, our main force will be able to go deep into the south of the Wuling River for a period of time, but the other four armies will only play a blockade function north of the Wuling River!"

Fusu was surprised when he heard this, "It's so difficult?" Shi Lu nodded with a worried look on his face.

Qiang Wei said, "Your Majesty, since the remaining four armies have difficulty replenishing food and grass, it is better to transfer them all to the vicinity of the Southern Chi Road and work together to move westward!" Before Fusu replied, Shi Lu said, "This is inappropriate! The Southern Chi Road currently supplies 180,000 troops, and now it is a bit difficult to add 150,000 troops. Although the logistics transportation power is relatively increased, the supply capacity of the Southern Chi Road has reached its peak! If you retreat the other four armies to the vicinity, you will probably be so exhausted that the entire army cannot even meet the basic food and clothing. What else can you talk about going south to fight!"

Fusu frowned for a moment, gently knocked the case in front of him with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "General Shi, with the transportation capacity of the southern storm, how many tens of thousands of troops can be supplied to the Wuling south? How long can it last south of the Wuling?"

Shi Lu lowered his head and thought, "The mountains on the Wuling line overlap, and it will be even more difficult to supply after passing Wuling! I estimate that although our army has built five channels in the Wuling Mountains, with the supply capacity of this channel and the actual situation of the southern road, I am afraid that the 200,000 army can only be maintained for no more than three months of combat. Over time, the food and grass will be exhausted! If we cannot win in the short term, we will inevitably withdraw our troops!"

"Three months!" Everyone looked at each other when they heard this: "A mere Minyue has been fighting for more than four months. There are nearly 200,000 troops in Nanyue. Coupled with the complex geographical situation, it is impossible to win in three months!"

Ren Xiao thought for a while and asked, "General Shi, if you drive one or two more cycling roads, will the supply situation be solved?" Shi Lu shook his head and said, "It will not only take at least 200,000 troops a year and a half to open a new cycling road, but also the number of civilians who have been transporting grain for our army to conquer the southern army has exceeded one million, so it is impossible to increase it. So no matter how many cycling roads you drive, you are trapped by the long journey and the dangerous five ridges, our army's transportation capacity can only be slightly improved, but it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot solve the fundamental problem!" Everyone was embarrassed for a moment!

Fusu also frowned and began to think: "It seems that the problem of food and grass supply is not solved at present, conquering the Nanyue Kingdom can only be empty talk! But, does this food and grass fall from the sky? It still has to be transported from the north one by one!" Suddenly, Fusu suddenly thought: "Lingqu! By the way, Lingqu! Why did I forget this matter!"

He hurriedly shouted: "General Shi, is there a nearby marching sand table?" Shi Lu was stunned and said: "Yes!"

"Cook it quickly!" Fusu couldn't wait!

After a while, four strong Qin soldiers walked in with a huge sand table and gently put them down.

Fusu happily entered the position of commander. Before coming to the sand table, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. After a while, he finally connected the vague memory of Lingqu in his mind with the actual geographical location.

"That's great, there's it!" Fusu looked happy!

Shi Lu was stunned and said anxiously: "Master, will you come out?"

Fusu smiled and said, "At present, the grain of Bashu can only be transported from Hanzhong first and then from the Southern Chidao and the other four roads just built. With the transportation power currently requisitioned by our Qin State, the grain can only be slightly maintained for some of the army to cross the Wuling for a period of time. This is a solid problem that cannot be completely solved if it opens many Chidao! Therefore, there is only a different way to find a strange way!

Please see: There is a big river called the Pearl River in the territory of Nanyue. Its tributary Lishui is not far south of Xing'an Fort, and not far north of us is the Xiangshui, a tributary of the Yangtze River. If we open a canal between the Xiangshui and Lishui, then the grain of Bashu can enter the Yangtze River through the waterway, then enter the Xiangshui River through the tributary, and then enter the Lishui River and the Pearl River through this canal, and arrive at any corner of the Nanyue Kingdom. In this way, with the advantages of large carrying capacity and more convenient water transportation, our army's food supply will inevitably be solved in one fell swoop!"

The generals were stunned for a moment when they heard this, obviously not coming back to their senses from Fusu's bold idea. Shi Lu suddenly laughed and said, "What a wonderful thing! Your master's idea can really solve the problem of replenishing food and grass in our army in one fell swoop! The distance between Xiangshui and Lishui is only ten miles at most. If we can really connect it with a canal, not only will our army's food and grass not worry about it from now on, but it will also be of great benefit to our Qin State's management of the south of the Five Ridges!"

Ren Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, there will be a convenient passage between the south of the Five Ridges and the Central Plains, and it will be more convenient for the culture and etiquette of our Central Plains to be introduced to Nanyue!"

Suddenly, Ren Xiao thought about it, shook his head and said, "No! No!" Fusu was surprised and said, "How is it wrong?"

Ren Xiao said with a serious expression: "Look at the terrain, within just ten miles of Xiangshui and Lishui, the terrain has dropped sharply from north to south, and the drop is probably at least over a hundred feet. Even if a canal is opened, the water will be turbulent and you can't even sail!"

Fusu smiled and said, "This is very simple and not difficult to solve! Lord Shi, can you think of it?" In history, Shi Lu was the first to propose the concept and presided over the construction. With a little mention, Shi Lu will definitely come up with a solution!

Sure enough, Shi Luchu was a little confused. After staring at the sand table for a while, he suddenly said happily: "Okay! I can find a way to lengthen the length of this canal! For example, the canal is built directly for about ten miles, so it is indeed impossible to control such turbulent water flow and cannot sail. However, we can build the canal to circle and repeat. Such a huge increase in bends and length will inevitably gradually slow down the turbulent water flow, so as to adapt to the needs of navigation! Of course, there are also many other engineering considerations involved, but I think there should be no big problem!"

"What General Shi thinks is exactly the same as me, so the construction of this canal will be left to General Shi! It's really successful. General Shi will leave another big deal in history after the straight road!" Fusu just plagiarized the creativity of his ancestors, so he didn't dare to talk in detail, otherwise he would have to reveal his own things!

Shi Lu was extremely excited when he thought about it and hurriedly said, "I will obey my orders and will definitely live up to my responsibilities and build this river!"

Fusu smiled and said, "In addition, for the sake of easy memory, how about calling this canal a 'ling canal'? However, General Shi, if you are willing, it is okay to set it as 'Shilu canal'. On the contrary, there is also a Zheng canal in Guanzhong, Qin State!"

Shi Lu hurriedly said, "No, no, just call Lingqu. Will you kill me if you call Shi Luqu?" The generals laughed when they heard this!

Soon, under the order of Fusu General, Li Xin led 50,000 Qin army cavalry to advance south, set up camp beside Lishui, and warned the South Vietnamese army in Guilin through Yuechengling to prevent the enemy troops from coming to harassing after hearing the news of the Qin army building the Lingqu! Shi Lu led the main force of 250,000 people to start the big Lingqu construction!

By the busy riverbed, Fusu and Shi Lu were standing on a high place and looking down.

On the construction site, the Qin army, who had more than 100,000 morning shifts, was sweating profusely on the construction site. Since it was midsummer and the weather was hot, many people were shirtless, and some even wore small pairs of calves and worked hard in the mud!

Fusu sighed in his heart: "This is really an iron-blooded brigade that is terrifying the world. It is elite, brave, fearless, hard-working, and disciplined. This army has almost no shortcomings. It is really rare! I hope history can help me make this real iron army shine in the glory that shocks the world!"

Fusu turned to Shi Lu: "General Shi, how is Lingqu progress now?"

Shi Lu said excitedly: "The progress is very fast. Half of the project has been completed in just three months. It is worthy of being an invincible army that swept the world. It's amazing! At first I thought it might take a year to complete it. Now, it's enough for half a year!"

Fusu also smiled with satisfaction and said, "By the way, although I proposed the idea of ​​Lingqu, I am not proficient in actual projects. There are many projects in this area that I can't understand!"

Shi Lu smiled and said, "The project has just taken shape, and it is normal for you to not understand it! Let me explain it to you!" Shi Lu pointed to the distance and said, "It turns out that the distance between Xiangshui and Lishui is less than ten miles. After I designed it to be circling, the river channel will be extended to 66 miles. The originally surging Xiangjiang River water will inevitably slow down after passing through such a long river and hundreds of bends. I have calculated that it is possible to sail the boat! However, in order to further balance the water level and control the flood during the period, many auxiliary projects are needed, such as: large and small balances, plows, north and south canals, drainage balances, steep gates, etc., to maintain the balance of water level, prevent floods, protect the Ling canal, etc. Once the Ling canal is fully built, I can guarantee that the Bashu grain ship can start from the Yangtze River and flow downstream to the hinterland of Nanyue, and our army's military rations will no longer be worry-free!"

Fusu said happily: "Is there no difficulty?" Shi Lu shook his head and said proudly and confidently: "No! I can not only ensure that the Lingqu can be completed within half a year, but also ensure that the Lingqu can be sufficient for our Daqin to use for thousands of years without being destroyed!"

Fusu was stunned, and smiled and said, "I am really like a gift from the help of His Highness. God treats me well!" Shi Lu said with a hint of a sudden, "If Shi had not been promoted by the emperor, he would only be a minor official in the Shaofu. How dare he be the emperor praise him like this!"

Fusu smiled and said, "Why should you be too humble? As long as we wait for the three armies to be united, all the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will surely take my hands, and our Qin army will also create a prominent myth that has been passed down through the ages! Shi Qing, perhaps in a thousand years, our descendants will relish our achievements today, so that our hard work is worth it!"
Chapter completed!