Zhuo Buyi sat down on the chair and poured himself a cup of herbal tea. After taking a sip, he continued, "It should be the rebels who released the news. Now all the provinces in the north, including Gyeonggi Province, know about the defeat in the Northwest War, which prompted His Majesty to Immediately make a decision. The news from Ouchi's bodyguard said that His Majesty has issued an order to announce the defeat of the Northwest Army, made Li Yuanshan's rebellion public, and at the same time announced the recruitment of civilians."
"Recruit Minyong?"
Fang Jie was startled, he always felt that something was wrong but he couldn't think of where it was wrong.
"Recruiting civilian bravery is the fastest way. Although the Sui Dynasty had enough soldiers and food, it was difficult for all the guards to mobilize all the guards. Even if they were mobilized, it would take too long for troops from all over the country to rush to the northwest... just the Ministry of War Don't underestimate this sentence if you want to count the number of soldiers and horses mobilized. You can imagine how many people need to go back and forth between the various channels to count a number. When the number is compiled, at least One year. Without this number, it is impossible to raise supplies. This is not the first Western Expedition. At that time, the national treasury was full. Now I have to care about it... "
Fang Jie rubbed his brows: "I didn't think about it so much before, I always feel that fighting is a matter of His Majesty's words."
"That's right. It is indeed a matter of His Majesty's words to go to war. But it is not a matter of a day or two from His Majesty's words to being able to put them into action. But recruiting Minyong is different. Now it is just Gyeonggi Province has more than 300,000 people from good families who have signed up to join the army. According to this speed, it is easy for the northern provinces to recruit millions of people. Moreover, weapons and armor are served and horses are self-provided, and the consumption of the national treasury is also reduced to a minimum. The rest of the money is all As a military salary, it is also good for the morale of the people.”
Fang Jie still felt a little uneasy, and some ominous things in his vague memory seemed to be gradually matching the current situation of Da Sui. But for a while, he couldn't think of any ominous things, so he didn't think about it at all.
"In terms of combat power, the bravery of the people is far inferior to the soldiers, even the county soldiers."
"The people in the Ministry of War are here earlier than you think."
Zhuo Buyi said: "According to the plan, all the militiamen will have a battalion of 10,000 people. Veterans will be transferred from the squadron to the top. The battalion formed first will be trained first. It will take at least two to three months until the battalion is full. At that time, the Minyong formed in advance had been training for a period of time, and they could almost master the basic formations. It’s okay to go to the northwest first, and there must be training before the big battle.”
"And the first battle is definitely not to use civilian bravery, but to use soldiers to fight the vanguard."
Fang Jie shook his head: "Even if there is training, the biggest problem is not this, but the emotions of the soldiers... People join the army because they are full of anger. They hate traitors. But once they see blood on the battlefield, then It’s still unknown how much ambition is scared away by fear. How many people who vowed that they can go to battle to kill the enemy, but when they see the mutilated corpses on the battlefield, they are so scared that they pee their pants?”
Zhuo Buyi said: "So at the beginning, the soldiers must start the battle, and then the generals who lead the troops will watch the battle with the courage of the people. Let them experience the atmosphere of the battle a few more times... You are too pessimistic. Isn't it the first time the soldiers go to the battlefield? Afraid? When the army went south to destroy the merchants, how many people were scared to shit and pee on the battlefield? After a lot of experience, these soldiers who were scared and peed their pants turned out to be elites!"
"To put it bluntly, I want them to kill people. If they kill a lot, they are qualified soldiers. Soldiers are the most dangerous weapons in the world. Why not kill people?"
When he heard this, Fang Jie was stunned for a moment: "What I'm most worried about is what you said... When the recruits arrive on the battlefield, there are so many cheap battles for them to fight. At that time, in order for the recruits to experience the great battle The most direct way for the leader is to let them kill, but who can the recruits kill?"
Fang Jie sighed: "People, prisoners..."
Zhuo Buyi smiled: "You are just too pessimistic, and you always look at the bad side of things. Among the generals in the court who have led the army for many years, who doesn't know how to lead troops better than you?"
Fang Jie thought about it for a while, and then smiled: "Isn't it worried about the difficulties encountered in this Western Expedition? By the way, His Majesty really wants to personally conscript?"
"Seems to be."
Zhuo Buyi said: "The news from the capital said that His Majesty had announced the conquest when he went to court a while ago. However, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty seemed to be trying their best to dissuade him. It is not a trivial matter for the emperor to leave Beijing. But it seems that His Majesty is It was so determined that no one could stop it."
"When His Majesty goes out of Beijing, don't the six armies of the Son of Heaven accompany him?"
Fang asked.
"It must be."
"Then who will guard Chang'an?"
"Your Majesty seems to want the crown prince to oversee the country, and to name a few people as auxiliary ministers. In fact, to put it bluntly, the queen is going to listen to the government behind the curtain. Among the auxiliary ministers is Zuo Zuowei General Yang Shunhui, who is also from the royal family. Zuo Zuo The soldiers and horses of the guards followed His Majesty out of Beijing, but troops from Gyeonggi Province, Jizhou, Bazhou, Yanzhou and other places have been urgently transferred into Chang'an. In addition to the imperial army and the Chang'an City Defense Army, there will still be many troops guarding Chang'an. Yu 200,000. Yang Shunhui is a master in the art of war, His Majesty relied heavily on him when Prince Mieyi was plotting against him, and His Majesty would have intentionally let him stay in Chang'an at that time."
Fang Jie shook his head: "The prince is young, no matter how you say it, the emperor shouldn't go out to Beijing to conquer."
"I can't persuade you."
Zhuo Buyi sighed: "The 700,000 troops fell in the northwest, His Majesty regards it as a great disgrace, if you don't personally lead the troops to wipe out the rebels, how can Your Majesty endure this?"
"Who else is the auxiliary minister?"
"There are three more, Huangmen's servant Pei Yan, the new military minister Zong Lianghu, and Wenyuange University scholar Niu Huilun."
"Only Yang Shun will have anything to do with the royal family..."
Fang Jie frowned slightly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how much the emperor didn't trust his relatives. There are still several county kings in Chang'an City, and it is time for these people to be used. But the emperor would rather use courtiers than relatives... Zong Lianghu got up so quickly, is such an official really easy to use
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Fang Jie couldn't worry about anything in Chang'an City, he was a little confused about his own affairs now. Although the emperor was paranoid, he was not insane. Fang Xie believed that he would make all the arrangements when he was leaving Beijing. On his own side, the matter of his life experience has already made him burnt out.
The Shiyuan Tianzun in the dark, who knows when it will appear
And with his own strength, he might not be able to kill him if all of them add up.
But at this time, we must find a way to kill this scourge.
Fang Jie, Zhuo Buyi and the others discussed for two days but failed to come up with a good solution. The key is that Shi Yuan is hiding in a dark place, and if he doesn't come out, he can't find it. If you want to set up a situation to kill him, you can't decide where to set up the situation. On the third day after Luo Yao instructed Fang Jie to practice, Ye Jinnan came to the door again.
"The general invites Lord Xiaofang to parade together."
"parade?"
Fang Jie frowned and asked, "Why the military parade?"
Ye Jinnan raised his chin slightly and proudly said: "The general has already submitted a petition to the court. For two consecutive days, the general will summon all the generals above the fifth rank in the left avant-garde and announce the Northern Expedition. Now the soldiers are gearing up. Just wait for the order from the imperial court to go north. The general wants to invite Lord Xiaofang to parade with him, and the imperial envoy will go with the army, which is also good for boosting morale."
Hearing these words, Fang Jie suddenly woke up.
I still underestimated Luo Yao too much, and was still too naive.
A few days ago, Luo Yao showed himself the memorial he wrote, and wanted to take the initiative to invite the battle. At that moment, Fang Jie began to believe that Luo Yao had no resentment against the imperial court, but that being in a position of power for too long would inevitably be domineering and would inevitably be envied by others. But at this moment, Fang Jie came to his senses.
Luo Yao must have gotten the news that the emperor was going to move to the left avant-garde a few days earlier than himself, so he pretended to write a memorial first and volunteered to fight. A few days after he let himself read the memorial, Zhuo Buyi also received a message from Ouchi's guard. My mind was in a mess at the time, but I didn't react for a while.
Someone in the capital informed Luo Yao of the news, and it seemed that he was an extremely important figure. Otherwise, the speed at which Luo Yao got the news would not be faster than the transmission method of Ouchi's bodyguard. Before the people at Ouchi's bodyguard knew about the emperor's decision, the person who sent the news to Luo Yao already knew about it.
A general with 400,000 soldiers dominates one side. There are still important figures in the imperial court who have hooked up with him... Fang Jie felt a chill in his heart.
"Well, let me pack up and go right away."
"good."
Ye Jinnan clasped his fists and said, "I'll wait outside the door."
Fang Jie went back to his room and changed into a suit of formal clothes, then asked Shen Qingfan and Mu Xiaoyao to go shopping and find a way to connect with Da Quan and the others. Let them get ready, if they really want to go north with the army, the twelve of them must return to Fang Jie. In the middle of the army, the role of twelve people outside is far less important than being around.
With only Yan Kuang and Chen Xiaoru, Fang Jie followed Ye Jinnan on horseback and headed directly towards the school field in the city. The scarlet horse I brought with me when I went south has gained a lot of weight these days, and it looks quite bloated and clumsy. After not riding for a while, even Fang Jie felt a little unfamiliar.
Fortunately, the foundation of the red horse is still there, so it doesn't seem strenuous to run.
It's just that Ye Jinnan's left guards couldn't help snickering when they saw Fang Jie sitting down on the astonishingly fat war horse.
When Fang Jie got on the horse, he patted the red horse's neck and whispered in its ear: "Let them be jealous of you, even if you are as fat as Ronaldo, you can still run faster than their horses."
The red horse snorted as if he knew who Ronaldo was.
But even Fang Jie himself felt a little awkward, the red horse was indeed too fat now. Especially when viewed from the back, when walking, the huge and fat hips of the horse twisted in a very charming way. But when Fang Jie thought that the red horse was a Hanqi from the Northern Liao region, there must be no good food and drink to serve him in his hometown. After arriving in the imperial capital, as his status rose, so did his treatment.
But after eating vigorously, she lay down on her nest like a hen, no wonder she wasn't fat.
Zuo Qianwei's school yard is in the north of Yongzhou City, and one side is close to the city wall, occupying a huge area. The army in the city is the elite of the left avant-garde, just like Luo Yao's personal soldiers. Apart from the men and horses in the city, the left vanguard's army was divided into two groups. A group was stationed two hundred miles south of Yongzhou, frightening Nanyan from afar. Another group of 170,000 to 80,000 people was stationed on the front line of southern Xinjiang, and they used knives against the barbarians from time to time.
There are 36,000 soldiers in Yongzhou City, which is the standard force configuration of a guard soldier. But these 36,000 people are selected from the 400,000 army of the left halfback!
As soon as he entered the door, Fang Jie felt the solemn and solemn atmosphere.
The two large flags kept swaying with the wind, attracting attention.
On one side is the dragon flag of the Sui Dynasty, and a lifelike five-clawed golden dragon is embroidered on the red battle flag. On the golden dragon is a huge Sui character. The big flag on the other side has no pattern, only seven simple characters, with a Luo character in the center, and six small characters vertically beside it, left avant-garde general.
When entering here, Fang Xie suddenly had an illusion.
He always felt that the black-armored army lined up neatly and densely on the school field, and the golden-armored general standing on the general platform facing the wind seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.