The captain who led the team recognized Jia Xu, hurriedly greeted him and told the truth about the situation. It turned out that beating of colleagues was a serious violation of military discipline. Although the school lieutenant had no right to punish the crime, he did not dare to allow the Xiahou Dun brothers to go unpunished. They had to be detained first, and wait until they were humbled before the superiors decided.
Jia Xu clarified the whole story, but he was relieved and nodded and said, "Although the two old generals' actions are improper, they are also forgiven, so let them go."
Xia Houyuan learned of Jia Xu’s identity, and before the soldiers could untie the ropes on his body, he shouted loudly: "My lord, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the food and grass will go first. This matter cannot be delayed, the soldiers in front can't wait. Get up!"
"General, don't worry, your majesty sent Jia to specifically solve this matter." Jia Xu smiled, suddenly his face sank, and turned to the old army and said loudly, "My son, you just joined the Han army. , I still don’t know the military regulations of Dahan, Jia Mou will let him go! From now on, if anyone dares to miss the military plane, he will not be amnesty!"
Speaking of this, Jia Xu suddenly drew out his sword and slashed fiercely towards a small tree on the side of the road, which fell down. Jia Xu pointed at the broken tree and shouted sharply: "Before it gets dark today, you must advance two hundred miles! Starting tomorrow, you must march for no less than two hundred and fifty miles every day, otherwise, there will be such a tree!"
For a few days, these old soldiers marched only one hundred and eighty miles a day, and then they said they were hungry, and they said they couldn't walk because of the pain of their legs. They kept clamoring to camp and rest. Unexpectedly, Jia Xu immediately pulled the distance of the daily march to two hundred and fifty miles, which was more than double their usual. These old soldiers exploded on the spot.
Jia Xu didn't have the patience to persuade them with all his heart, waved his hand, took the reins from the soldiers, jumped up, and said loudly, "Jia is waiting for you in the future. Those who are not outdated, cut!"
Seeing Jia Xu Juechen leave, the old soldiers still complained on the spot. But when Xiahou Dun pointed to the broken tree, he said loudly: "Brothers, if you don't work hard, everyone will be dead. If you have the strength, let's keep a few more steps!"
These old troops were all defeated generals of the Han army. They knew how powerful the Han army was. After listening to Xiahoudun’s words, I couldn’t help but wake up, and didn’t care about toiling any more. They all immediately broke up and rushed towards their vehicles, or Pull or push, or beat the camel horse desperately. The energy that a person bursts out when facing desperation is very huge. The old army who could only travel a hundred miles a day, in order to save their lives, stupefied that they had traveled a full two hundred miles for most of the day, which was even darker than the sky. An hour earlier.
Of course, this also requires hard work and sweat. Many people eat lunch while walking, and many have blood blisters on their feet. When they arrived at the camp, all the troops fell asleep. They can be regarded as veterans who have fought for many years, but they have never been as tired as they are today.
Although Jia Xu is very harsh on them, even threatening to death, it is not without a human touch. Seeing that these old soldiers lay down on the ground without even eating dinner, they immediately arranged for their men to prepare supper. After these old soldiers slept for two hours, they were sent out to call them one by one. Although Jia Xu doesn't understand the truth that people are iron rice or steel, he also knows that if they don't eat a little more, they won't be able to drive two hundred and fifty miles tomorrow. I'm afraid they won't be able to walk for a hundred miles.
Under Jia Xu's enlightenment and power, the guards and civilians who transported food and crops moved several times faster, and soon the second batch of materials were transported to the city of Beitian. What's more gratifying is that after a few days of hard work, these old troops have gradually adapted to this marching rhythm, and no one can hear any complaints. It can be seen that many things in the world are not just that you can and cannot be done. The key lies in whether you are willing to work hard or not. Now, as long as this speed is maintained, the logistics supply of hundreds of thousands of Han troops on the front line will not be a problem.
At this time, Liu Xin had also met the team escorting Tuoba Jun, and learned that the 40,000 nomadic cavalry who pretended to be "horse thieves" had almost destroyed the entire army.
It happened suddenly and completely disrupted Liu Xin's deployment. Liu Xin was silent for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Let go of Patriarch Tuoba first."
Jushou suddenly folded his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Tuoba Jun lost the soldiers and defeated me. If I am not severely punished, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the crowd!"
On the surface, it meant that Tuoba Jun should bear the responsibility for the defeat, but Jushou actually had another intention. In the eyes of these people, the Huns, Xianbei and other nomads have always belonged to the category of alien races, and only the Han nationality is orthodox. Although Liu Xin has always emphasized that people of any ethnic group, as long as they are willing to abide by the laws of the great Han, can become the people of the great Han, but among the ministers, the thought of "not my race, their hearts must be different" will continue. Jump out from time to time. Jushou wanted to take this opportunity to execute Tuobajun and further weaken the power of the Xianbei nobles.
However, Liu Xin had her own plans.
With his unremitting efforts, the Han Dynasty continued to expand its territory. If it can defeat Daqin, it will be the most powerful country in the world. Even if Liu Xin didn't want to occupy Da Qin, today's Han Dynasty has a vast territory. From the sea in the east to Dawan in the west, the grassland in the north and Jiaozhi in the south are now part of the territory of the Han. With the increase of the country's land, the population also expanded rapidly. Although the number of Han people is large, the population of other ethnic groups adds up to a large number. In this case, how to achieve national integration and ensure the stability of the country has become a top priority.
Contrary to Jushou, Liu Xin will not take the initiative to weaken them, or even eliminate them from the police. Instead, he hopes to influence them subtly through economic, cultural and other means to improve their sense of identity with the Han Dynasty. This is to maintain The most effective means of stabilizing the Han Dynasty.
It is for this reason that Liu Xin intends to pardon Tuoba Jun. As a result, Tuoba is now the patriarch of the largest tribe in Xianbei. If he were executed, the relationship between the entire tribe and the court would be affected. Secondly, Ma Chao saved Tuobajun's life, and he will definitely be grateful. Thirdly, when the nomadic cavalry on the grasslands were recruited to fight, Liu Xin didn't expect them to achieve much success, but only gave them a chance to participate in court affairs and improve their sense of belonging.
After repeated weighing, Liu Xin still felt that pardoning Tuoba Jun was more beneficial than executing him, so he waved his hand and said, "This defeat cannot be entirely blamed on Patriarch Tuoba. I did not expect Karakala to be here in order to understand the enemy. A small province has gathered 400,000 troops. However, the defeat of Patriarch Tuoba Jun is not entirely unprofitable."
All the generals looked at Liu Xin in surprise, wondering what benefit would be gained from defeat. Liu Xin smiled and continued: "This defeat explains at least two problems. One is our army's westward expedition. Although we tried our best to block the news, Daqin was well prepared. The other is Caracalla's massacre of Han merchants. It may be a conspiracy in itself, trying to attract our army to expedition, this may be a trap! It's just a pity that these warriors of my big man, I will never let their blood flow in vain, I must avenge them!"
This analysis made the generals deeply agree, and they nodded in agreement, but Tuoba Jun was already in tears. Liu Xin just talked about the warriors of the big man, not the warriors on the grassland. Obviously, he really regarded them as the people of the big man.
Tuobajun suddenly choked up and shouted: "Your Majesty, the Caomin will never embarrass you. He is willing to die, to thank the people!"
Liu Xin laughed loudly and said, "Patriarch Tuoba, if you are really ambitious, you can save this life on the battlefield to avenge the dead warriors!"
Tuobajun raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, Caomin will die!"
Suddenly Jushou said, "Your Majesty Qizou, the minister feels that something is wrong!"
"What's wrong?" Liu Xin thought that Jushou must stick to the military regulations, and suddenly became a little unhappy. In fact, since he had already made the decision, and the emperor kept his promise, thunder, rain and dew were all graces, not to mention that Tuoba Jun was not a soldier, and whether he could not implement the military regulations was between two things. How could Jushou go to this mold again.
I saw Jushou arched his hands and said, "Your Majesty, General Ma Chao rescued the Tuoba chief. The fact that the Huns and Xianbei tribes pretended to be horse bandits can't be kept secret. Sooner or later, it will reach the ears of the Parthians. I hope your Majesty will make preparations early."
Only then did Liu Xin realize that she had misunderstood Jushou, and couldn't help but smile: "It's okay. If you want people to know, unless you can do nothing, this matter will be made public sooner or later. If you can't keep it, then just keep it. Patriarch Tuoba and the others just ransacked Parthia’s nobles, and the people did not suffer, and even gained a lot of benefits. The public is worried that Parthia will come to Xingshi to ask crimes? Huh, as long as these people do not oppose us, Wo How terrified are the father and son Logis!"
Jushou's worries were not unfounded. At this time, Volojis, who was on the sickbed, had already received the news, even one day before Jushou had figured it out.
The news was analyzed by Aldaban to Volojis, and the real source was of course Caracalla. Because of Tagina's matter, Volojis, who was in anger, did not believe the words of this lustful little son at first. However, Ardaban immediately cited evidence that it was what the Han army did in Dawan. The Han army cleared almost all the nobles in Dawan. The news was public, and it was exactly the same as what the "horse thief" did in Parthia.
Of course, it’s impossible to think so clearly with Aldaban’s ability. These were analyzed to him by people sent by Caracalla, and told him that the Han army had suffered a major defeat in Asia Minor, which further strengthened Aldaban. Confidence to cooperate with Daqin.
Volojis was silent. His rule in Parthia relied on the support of these nobles. He used to be more biased towards Dahan, after all Dahan helped him retake Tai Xifeng, but Da Qin was his mortal enemy. But in this case, he needs to reconsider his policy.