Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 27 Why is this road so difficult?
Nearing evening, Li Yuanji's central army arrived at the camp that Su Dingfang had prepared long ago. The first thing Xie Shufang did after arriving was to send some soldiers to expand the scope of the camp and at the same time have people prepare to start cooking.

Because behind them, the large army led by Xi Junmai was about to arrive, and most of the old, young, women and children were in the rear army where Xi Junmai was, including a lot of baggage.

Li Yuanji did not impose any corvée on these baggage. They were all operated by the young and strong men in the team and his own army. It can be said that if the rear army was attacked, Li Yuanji said that he would not need to go to Lingnan and just leave it there.

Li Yuanji was looking at the camp in front of it, his face full of worry. He was really helpless in his heart. He seized every day in Chang'an, preparing to set out from Chang'an as early as possible. Even at the last minute, he had already set out early.

However, he didn't expect that after three months of walking, he is still in Chenzhou in Jiangnan Road!

At this speed, it would take him nearly two months to reach Lingnan, and to reach his destination in Lingnan, it would take at least another two months!

However, there are only less than two months left in the six months given to him by the system. If he still cannot reach Guizhou, a border town in Lingnan, his ten contribution points will be gone. Losing ten contribution points is still a problem.

The most important thing is that if this system task is not completed, he will have to wait a year before the next task can be refreshed, and he does not have 50 contribution points to cancel the current task. This is what he cannot tolerate the most.

Li Yuanji was feeling really miserable. The closer he got to the southwest, the more bizarre and unpredictable the weather became. It was sunny in the morning, but in the afternoon it rained heavily, making it impossible for him to move forward.

As for the weather, he couldn't change it and could only accept this fact. However, the closer he got to Lingnan, the more difficult the road became.

Avenue? What are you thinking? It would be nice to have a small path.

The key is that as long as it rains, the mud on the road will make it difficult for horse-drawn carriages carrying baggage to move forward, causing the speed of travel to become even slower.

At the same time, climate change caused those who were not well adapted to the climate to catch colds. If he had not been adequately prepared, Li Yuanji dared to guarantee that many people would have died halfway through the journey, before reaching Lingnan.

He finally understood why being exiled to Lingnan was so miserable. Although it was called exile to Lingnan, only a few people could reach Lingnan alive during this exile. It would be better to be sentenced to death.

Li Yuanji was full of sorrow at this moment. As for what happened in Chang'an, he didn't know, and he had no intention of knowing. He just wanted to get to Lingnan as soon as possible.

Li Yuanji was full of emotion. The road to Lingnan was really not easy at all, especially with people who had nothing to do with the army, which made the road even more difficult.

Just when Li Yuanji was worried and distressed, Xie Shufang came over.

"Your Majesty, Su Dingfang has sent someone to ask where to enter Lingnan and what the final destination is. He said that knowing the destination will help him plan the next route and what preparations need to be made along the way."

After hearing this, Li Yuanji sighed helplessly and then spoke.

"Go tell Dingfang to enter Lingnan from Guizhou. The final destination is Leizhou, but we must occupy Luozhou at the same time."

Xie Shufang then went down to make arrangements, leaving Li Yuanji alone here to ponder.

Li Yuanji thought about the destination of Lingnan for a long time, and decided to go to Leizhou after careful consideration. Leizhou (Zhanjiang, Haikang, etc.) is very close to Yazhou, and only needs to build some ships to go to Yazhou. At the same time, occupying Luozhou is to leave a buffer for Leizhou, his base camp.

He came to Lingnan this time. If the Xuanwu Gate Incident still broke out, once Li Shimin came to power, he must be prepared to guard against Li Shimin's attack on him. As long as he arrived in Leizhou, he could advance from Luozhou to other places in Lingnan, retreat to Yazhou, and then flee directly overseas, waiting to come back for revenge in the future.

Although these places are now under Feng Ang's name, Feng Ang's influence there is not that deep. It is almost always the cave chiefs of these places who make the decisions.

But on his way there, he had to face many problems. Besides the long and difficult journey, he also had to pass through Tan Dian's territory, as well as Feng Ang, Chen Longshu, and finally Feng Ang's brother Feng Xuan's territory before he could reach Leizhou.

The journey was not so peaceful. In this remote place of Lingnan, those people had been local emperors for so long. They had only been subjects in name only before, and they continued to live the life of local emperors.

But now that Li Yuanji has come, it is almost impossible for them to continue living the life of local emperors, because with an edict from Li Yuan, the entire Lingnan region becomes Li Yuanji's fiefdom. How could these cave chiefs and local emperors agree so easily?

After a while, Xie Shufang returned to Li Yuanji again, and Li Yuanji immediately made arrangements again.

"Shufang, after you go down, send letters to the governors of various states, as well as Feng Ang, Tan Dian and others. The meaning is very clear. Tell them that I will arrive in Guizhou in a month!
In addition, you should be prepared. I will go to Dingfang, and all the craftsmen will stay in the central army. There are 8,000 soldiers in Dingfang now. I will bring another 3,000 soldiers there and reach Lingnan as soon as possible.

I will leave this central army to you. You must ensure that the people in the rear, as long as they are in this team, do their best to bring every one of them to the final destination!"

This was the decision Li Yuanji had just made. He had to complete the system's task. As long as he arrived in Lingnan, it would be enough.

As for the extra 3,000 troops of Su Dingfang, they were built with the extra weapons and equipment of Li Yuanji. All the soldiers were recruited along the way, totaling 3,200 people. Now, Li Yuanji's weapons and equipment were only enough to arm more than 1,000 people.

After Su Dingfang's high-intensity training while training and marching, these people were almost ready, as Su Dingfang said, and the only thing left was to bleed.

Li Yuanji also believed what Su Dingfang said. As for seeing blood, no matter how naive Li Yuanji was, he knew in his heart that it would not be easy to see blood in Lingnan.

Otherwise, why did he care so much about this army in the first place?
When in Chang'an, Li Yuanji was very clear that without a large army, he could not expect to have a good life in Lingnan. He would not have to consider Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin at that time. Even if Lingnan could not really take his life, it could take most of his life, and he would lose his freedom from then on.

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, Xie Shufang immediately became anxious.

"Your Majesty, I cannot agree to send a letter to the governors of each state to set a time. That would be to reveal Your Majesty's whereabouts. If someone were to harm Your Majesty, the consequences would be disastrous!

As for the king going to the front army, I will go too. Now Xi Junmai is fully capable of handling various matters, and Yuwen Hu can be responsible for the affairs of the central army. Anyway, it is just a matter of expanding the camp and conveying the king's military orders in a timely manner.

My king, the front army is in danger. If you want to go, please take me with you!"

(End of this chapter)