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"Then there's no need to check!"
Li Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Since the biggest beneficiary is Li Ke, he probably did it!"
"What is Your Highness going to do next?" Li Junxian asked again.
"Li Junxian!"
Li Xiao stood up and said sharply: "I will order immediately, the four major legions muster quickly!"
"Ten days!"
"Ten days later, this king will personally lead the army and send troops to Chang'an!"
"Your Highness, with a total of [-] people from the four major legions, how can they reach Chang'an smoothly? They will definitely be stopped by various states on the way." Li Junxian said worriedly.
Bringing so many people to Chang'an is obviously a gesture of rebellion.
"Father has already announced to the world that he named me the Great General to Protect the Nation and ordered me to lead the army back to Beijing. It is justified. Who would dare to stop it?" Li Xiao said loudly.
"Your Highness, Ye Tianchen's Fourth Army has not yet been formed, and now there are less than a thousand people, and there are..."
Li Junxian said thoughtfully: "There are tens of thousands of captives in Enzhou who are being transferred to Qiongzhou one after another. If all our people go out, who will suppress them? Should we wait a little longer?"
"I don't want to wait any longer!"
Li Xiao frowned and said, "The tens of thousands of captives in Enzhou were all broken up and assigned to the reserve battalions of the four major armies, and they went north with me."
After a pause, Li Xiao said in a deep voice, "Uncle Li, please report the current ordnance inventory in Qiongzhou."
"Subordinates go get the ledger."
Li Junxian nodded and left immediately.
After a while, Li Junxian came back with the ledger in his arms, opened a page, and read: "Heavy firepower equipment, up to 35 Model [-] land combat vehicles, equipped with multiple flintlock guns and a light artillery."
"There are 28 Gundam [-] land combat vehicles, equipped with a heavy-duty artillery, for attacking fortifications."
"Fifty aircraft have been produced so far, each of which can carry a heavy load for more than [-] miles."
"A giant building ship has been completed, and the ship's heavy artillery is being installed. It can be completed within seven days."
"The medium-sized building ships, plus the previous three ships, make a total of six ships, all of which are equipped with more than ten cannons. The rest of the small fast ships, transport ships, and cruising ships each have more than fifty ships."
"The rest of the combat power reserves, gunpowder 12 catties, [-] high-explosive grenades, smoke bombs, tear gas bombs, gas bombs and other multi-functional throwing ammunition, each with about [-] pieces..."
"There are more than [-] compound bows and more than [-] flintlock guns, all of which have been equipped with major legions."
"There are also [-] war horses and more than [-] sets of standard weapons and armor..."
"Large land transport steam vehicles, ten."
"Medium transport carriages, three hundred."
"Heavy artillery, two hundred pieces."
"Medium artillery, five hundred pieces."
"Small artillery, twelve hundred."
"There are more than [-] shells of various types."
"and also……"
Li Junxian read for half an hour before it ended.
Immediately, Li Xiao waved his hand: "As much as you can take, the rest will be used to defend Qiongzhou!"
Chapter 402: Li Yuanze panicked
this day.
Qiongzhou is in turmoil, and groups of soldiers being mobilized can be seen everywhere.
Originally, they were all formed into small groups, training, hunting, or reclaiming wasteland all over Qiongzhou.
But almost at the same time, everyone received the same order.
"The king of Yue has orders!"
"Let me wait to return to the city as quickly as possible without delay!"
"Everyone, no matter what task you have, let it go!"
On a small island, a centurion was yelling at hundreds of his subordinates.
"My lord, we just defeated this group of pirates. There must be many treasures hidden on the island. Why don't we take them away?" A soldier asked hesitantly.
"Didn't you hear me?"
The centurion frowned: "Your Highness, let us return to the city quickly! What kind of bullshit treasure, don't want it!"
"Little one understands!"
"Ready to board and set sail!"
……
On land hundreds of nautical miles west of Qiongzhou Island.
This is a country full of exotic customs.
At this moment, in the largest building in the capital of the country, countless soldiers wearing Qiongzhou standard armor are gathering.
"Hurry up!"
"Notify everyone! We must arrive at the port tonight!"
Gou Fugui urged his confidant impatiently.
"Boss, we managed to overthrow the king of Bangbang, and we haven't reaped any benefits, so we're leaving?" the confidant said reluctantly.
"Stupid ass, get the hell out of here!"
Gou Fugui said cursingly: "Isn't it okay to come back after finishing the work of His Highness? This benefit will not slip away."
"Ah? Has your Highness sent a letter?"
"That's right, I just received a letter from Qiongzhou Hainiao, His Highness urgently called us back, it's extremely urgent, don't delay for a moment!"
Gou Fugui said impatiently: "Hurry up and go to each camp to remind you. I will only give you half an hour. When the time comes, if you don't come, you can stay here forever!"
"Yes, yes, let's go, little one."
The confidant left in a hurry.
Gou Fugui was originally a bandit, since he followed Li Xiao in Qinling, he showed good ability to lead troops.
In three years, he has now been promoted to a small boss, with three thousand soldiers under his command.
Li Xiao also gave him enough space to play, and directly let him sail across the ocean to rob surrounding foreign countries.
He did not disgrace his mission, and with only 3000 people, he occupied a small seaside country twice the size of Qiongzhou...
As soon as Li Xiao's order was issued, Qiongzhou soldiers everywhere responded one after another.
In less than seven days, all Qiongzhou soldiers who were abroad returned to Qiongzhou.
Outside the city of Qiongzhou, there are many military camps, and the camps are hundreds of miles away, and the edge cannot be seen at a glance.
On the school field in the city, there were countless hundreds of commanders, thousands of commanders, and small leaders of various legions standing densely.
In the backyard of the school grounds.
"Your Highness, this is the harvest of each battalion this year."
Li Junxian handed over a ledger.
Li Xiao picked it up curiously and flipped through it, then couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "So many? Have these bastards dug a gold mine? Or are they killing people and stealing money?"
The ledger shows that all the harvests add up to more than tens of thousands of catties of gold alone.
There are hundreds of boxes of all kinds of jewelry, followed by many foreign treasures and precious medicinal materials.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, based on the rules you set, no one dares to steal things from ordinary people."
"These things are either treasures of pirates, or reserves of a country, and many of them are bought from foreigners at low prices. They say that these things are like treasures in the Central Plains, and they are not worth much outside."
Speaking of this, Li Junxian smiled wryly: "Some people even say that no one picks up the silver when it is thrown on the ground. If they don't think the silver is too heavy, the amount in the account book will be multiplied several times."
"That's right, why do these island countries lack such things as pearls and corals!" Li Xiao laughed at himself.
Continuing to look down, Li Xiao was stunned again: "Why are there tens of thousands more?"
"Your Highness, those brats are very smart!"
Li Junxian smiled helplessly: "They don't know how to do the hard work of moving goods, so they hired many poor people from foreign countries at a low price to help with the work, and a large part of them were prisoners of war."
"Okay, it happens that the development of Qiongzhou requires a lot of manpower, so you can arrange it!"
"Yes!"
Li Junxian nodded, and took the account book from Li Xiao: "Your Highness, everyone outside has arrived."
"Well, long time no see, I'll go and see them."
Li Xiao nodded, then got up and went out.
In the school grounds, although hundreds of people stood tall, they were completely silent.
Everyone is waiting.
At this time, Li Xiao appeared from the high platform, and everyone's eyes turned to him.
"My subordinates will see His Royal Highness the King of Yue!"
Everyone knelt down on one knee in unison, and a thunderous voice sounded.
There was awe and awe in everyone's eyes.
"Get up!"
Li Xiao raised his hand, smiled slightly, and continued: "The weather is very hot, so I won't talk nonsense."
"In three days, I will return to Chang'an!"
"After high-level discussions, some people should be left to guard Qiongzhou, obey orders, and don't petition. I find it troublesome."
Hearing this, everyone felt mixed feelings for a while.
Suddenly, a person stepped forward and knelt down in front of Li Xiao.
But it was Lu Li.
With a serious face, he clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, I dare you to take your subordinates back to Chang'an."
"Go, go, why call back to Chang'an?"
Li Xiao said dissatisfiedly: "Also, why are you joining in the fun as a member of the scientific research department?"
"Your Highness!"
Lu Li continued with a stubborn face, "This subordinate is fortunate to be in charge of the scientific research department with His Highness's favor, but this subordinate has never neglected martial arts for a day, and this is the day I have been waiting for. Even if His Highness kills this subordinate, this subordinate must return to Chang'an! "
He has never forgotten the humiliation of being deported from Chang'an three years ago.
Especially seeing Li Xiao being wronged by this, Lu Li was even more upset.
However, Li Xiao didn't mention the matter of returning to Beijing in the past three years, so he had no choice but to suppress these negative emotions in his heart.
Now, seeing the army returning to Chang'an, how could he give up this opportunity?
He wanted to see with his own eyes the expressions of those civil and military officials when His Highness led the lion back to the capital.
"This……"
Li Xiao's gaze shifted, and he said helplessly, "Okay, this is the only case."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Lu Li was suddenly overjoyed and clicked his head three times in a row...
Tie Kui was working on an assembly line in the arsenal. Although he was sweating profusely from exhaustion, he enjoyed it very much.
"Have you heard? Your Highness has been named the Great General to Protect the Country by the court, and he will be returning to the court soon."
"Really? Our Highness is really young and promising! A great general protecting the country at such an age, this is the No. 1 in ancient and modern times!"