A few days ago, all the 200,000 troops of Yongzhou South Camp had been dispatched, and they were stationed five miles outside Yongzhou City. Half of the more than 100,000 troops deployed on the front line of southern Xinjiang were transferred, 50,000 people rushed to Yongzhou to join, and 40,000 people were stationed in the north of Nanyan. The threat of Nanyan to the Great Sui was almost negligible, and it is good that this small country that is still alive can protect itself.
Zhan Yao was ordered to stay behind, and the 100,000 troops in the left front guard were under his control. But there are more than this number of soldiers stationed here. Counting the county soldiers in the cities of Pingshang Road, there should be no less than 150,000 soldiers. In terms of military strength, Pingshang Dao was the one with the most soldiers in the Sui Dynasty. The ratio of the population to the number of troops has reached an astonishing figure.
There are nearly 300,000 troops, and the number of auxiliary soldiers is nearly 400,000.
This is the first time in more than ten years that the left avant-garde has been mobilized on such a scale, and the people in Yongzhou are all excited. Before the expedition, Luo Yao sent someone to post a notice announcing that the left front guard went north to suppress the rebellion for the country. Hearing that Luo Yao was leaving, the common people had an urge to set off cannons to celebrate.
Over the years, everyone has lived in Luo Yao's shadow.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed tens of miles away from the city, and it was impossible to see the edge at a glance.
The army set off at an auspicious time, and before the departure, Luo Yao personally supervised and cut off the heads of those sent by the rebel army to sacrifice the flag. Fang Jie subconsciously touched his neck while standing aside and watching, recalling that this was what he was worried about before coming to Yongzhou, being beheaded by Luo Yao to sacrifice the flag. Now watching others being hacked, I have a very weird feeling in my heart.
He looked at the rebels who had been hacked with strange eyes, and two people looked at him with strange eyes. One is Luo Wen, the son of Luo Yao, and the other is Wen Xiaodao, one of the ten heroes of Luo Men. Luo Wen looked at Fang Jie now as if he was watching the killing of his father and enemy, and Wen Xiaodao looked at Fang Xie as if he was looking at his opponent in a ring.
This time, Luo Yao did not bring Luo Wen with him. You must know that this is a great opportunity for your son to accumulate military merits. At that time, you only need to distribute some of the battles fought by the left forward to Luo Wen, and the imperial court cannot fail to promote him. After one battle, the position of the fourth-rank general was easy.
Even if Luo Wen wasn't brought along, it was understandable to let him stay in Yongzhou. But the power is not in his hands but in Zhan Yao's, which makes people have to think.
On the contrary, Luo Yao's preference for Fang Jie has already moved people's hearts. Fang Jie was just a young man who had just arrived in Yongzhou, even if he had the status of an imperial envoy, Luo Yao obviously valued him too much. First, he wrote to the imperial court to keep this man, and then sent him a zhechong battalion. That's all, but yesterday he mobilized more than a thousand horses and armed the Shanzi battalion into a pure cavalry.
Even if the left midfielder's horses are not scarce, this is already an abnormal move.
I don't know when, speculation about the relationship between Fang Jie and Luo Yao began to circulate among the generals in the left front. Some people swear that the general had a second son more than ten years ago, but he lost it for some reason. As soon as this speculation came out, it spread unstoppably among the people.
Fang Jie also heard some, and he could only sneer at this.
Apart from Luo Yao's instruction, how could this news spread out
He's not interested in bothering with it, and even enjoys it.
The soldiers of the Shanzi Battalion stood behind Fang Jie on horseback, half of them had bruised noses and swollen faces. However, everyone raised their chests very high, and their raised jaws vividly displayed their pride. A pure cavalry team, except for the light cavalry battalion and heavy cavalry battalion under the general, can't be found in the left front!
The road to Huangyang is far away, thousands of miles long, not to mention other things, the cavalry is much more comfortable to walk than the infantry. Before the expedition, Fang Jie asked for the horses, how could the soldiers be unhappy. Even though he was a bit harsher yesterday, the soldiers had long been in awe of this young general after witnessing him killing half of the officers overnight.
"You all know what to do!"
Luo Yao boarded the city wall of Yongzhou, facing the army outside the city with a solemn expression. These soldiers are all accumulated by him over the years, they are the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty and even more his soldiers. In the place of Yongzhou, the imperial court's order may not be effective. But Luo Yao's words here are the imperial decree!
"The rebellion in the Northwest made the people miserable! As soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, your duty is to serve the country! As the saying goes, it is time for you to show your blade! Soldiers, everyone is putting on military uniforms. Since that day, in fact, who doesn’t think about when they will be able to show their talents?! The country is peaceful, and I wish it! When the country is in trouble, the soldiers take the lead! The country raises soldiers to defend the land and open the frontier, and for the well-being of the people. Now, someone is here to destroy this Ankang, there are people who covet the mountains and rivers brought down by soldiers and martyrs, will you agree!"
"No!"
The answer was deafening!
"I won't talk too much, I just have one request for you... Since you are going to go to the battlefield, you can't lose face as a left forward! I, Luo Yao, have never been defeated in a battle in my life. Whether I win or lose this time, you can figure it out !"
"Left forward is invincible in the world!"
Zhan Yao roared beside him, and the sound split the sky.
"Left forward is invincible in the world!"
"Left forward is invincible in the world!"
The shouts came and went, making people's hearts surge!
At this moment, Fang Jie was willing to believe that Luo Yao was really a great general who was loyal to Tai Sui, and he was really an admirable soldier!
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Fang Jie's Shanzi Battalion was transferred out by Luo Yao, and it was not controlled by any army. So when marching, they followed behind Luo Yao's direct team. The army under Luo Yao's direct command included a heavy cavalry battalion of 3,000 soldiers, a light cavalry battalion of 12,000 soldiers, and two armies of infantry, with a total of about 36,000 soldiers. Shanziying used to be one of these 36,000 people, but now it is Fangjie. From the point of view of the team's command, Fang Jie directly obeyed Luo Yao's dispatch.
The soldiers and auxiliary soldiers are counted as nearly 400,000 troops marching out, and it is not possible to go hundreds of miles with a single mouth. From the time Luo Yao announced the dispatch of troops to the time when they set up camp in the evening, some of the troops behind had still not left Yongzhou. With such a huge force going out, it stands to reason that the troops should be divided into several groups and marched together. But Luo Yao obviously didn't have that kind of thought, and the long dragon-like team was dragged far, far away.
After camping, Zhuo Buyi, wearing a flying fish robe, entered Fang Xie's tent. Commoner no longer wears commoner, he is obviously not used to it. But if he appeared in the barracks wearing civilian clothes, it would undoubtedly be suspicious. The Feiyupao and the imperial guards around Fang Jie were still following, including the ten people from the Ministry's Battalion who also pretended to be members of the Ouchi Guards Department.
"Luo Yao marched like this..."
After sitting down, Zhuo Buyi lowered his voice and said, "Even if I'm a layman in the army, I can tell that his goal is not to counteract the rebellion. Four hundred thousand people marched in the same direction, but pulled apart like a long dragon. After walking a hundred miles, the follow-up team did not leave Yongzhou! This doesn't seem to be in a hurry to serve the country, it is clearly a posture for others to see."
"He went north without waiting for the court's decree, which is suspicious in itself."
Fang Jie said in a low voice: "The court's decree is to send 100,000 left vanguard elite soldiers to the north, gather the imperial army and head to the northwest. Luo Yao knows that once the 100,000 people are divided, it will be difficult to bring them back. After the war, Even if these 100,000 people were not filled by His Majesty as the vanguard in the three northwest lanes, they would eventually be assigned to other teams and dispersed. If there is no accident, if Luo Yao agreed to deploy 100,000 troops, this is definitely not the only time , the emperor will transfer troops for the second and third times..."
"You mean, Luo Yao is avoiding the emperor's order at all? To mobilize the army to go out, just to go shopping?"
"It's not bad to say that."
Fang Jie nodded: "Luo Yao's mind may be wavering now, and even he himself doesn't know what to do. He doesn't want to go north to waste his troops, but he can't directly fight against the court. Maybe he doesn't want to rebel, just He wants to keep his own strength. Maybe he wants to rebel, but the time has not come. No matter what kind of situation, he will not allow his troops to be transferred away by the court. Therefore, he must lead his troops to leave Yongzhou before the imperial decree arrives."
Fang Jie said in a very low voice: "I have seen that the food supplies brought by the supply battalions of each army, according to this marching speed, are barely enough for the army to walk to Huangyang Road."
"you mean?"
Zhuo Buyi was puzzled.
"What I mean is that Luo Yao led his troops without food, or he planned to rely on local supplies and was reluctant to touch his own things. Or... there was another purpose."
He turned around and unfolded the map, pointing to a place.
"In Huangyang Road, there is Xinkou Cang... among the many granaries in the Sui Dynasty, the storage capacity can be ranked in the top ten. The grain stored in the Sui Dynasty is enough for a hundred years. If it is just to feed an army, the Xinkou Cang is enough for the left vanguard. a hundred years."
Zhuo Buyi still didn't understand: "Does the local government dare to open the granary privately?"
"I hope not."
Fang Jie shook his head: "I've been too sensitive recently, and I feel that there is a conspiracy in everything. Luo Yao's leading troops to the north is a good thing for the court after all. Even if he wants to preserve his own strength, he is actually a traitor. There is a lot of pressure on the army. I am afraid that Li Yuanshan will not be able to sleep if he hears that the left front guard is going north."
"Just wait and see."
Zhuo Buyi sighed, got up and said goodbye.
Fang Jie watched him leave, and frowned again. Shen Qingshan and Mu Xiaoyao sat down beside him, looking at him with frowning brows, he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"
"What I'm worried about now is not what will happen to Luo Yao's left midfielder, but..."
He paused and said, "Why didn't Shi Yuan come to see me?"
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Outside Yongzhou City.
Green Bamboo Forest.
Luo Wen punched one after another on the green bamboos that were as thick as bowls, and after a while, a large piece of green bamboos fell down. His eyes were full of anger, and his clothes were soaked with sweat!
He kept punching!
His changed physique has made his inner strength more abundant. Every punch of his was sharper than before, and it had to be said that Fozong's methods really surprised him. He felt that his body was like a body of steel at this moment, and no one could break it down.
"It's very incompetent to vent your anger on a bamboo forest."
At some point, the old monk in white robe appeared behind him.
"Then what else can I do!"
Rowan turned around and snarled at him.
"You can do a lot, and it's better than wasting your energy like this."
Shi Yuan walked over slowly, looked at Luo Wen and said word by word: "I'm here, the first is to see how you face your father's cruelty. The second is to tell you something."
"What's up!"
"Boch is dead."
Luo Wen's face changed suddenly, and his pupils shrank instantly: "You... what did you say?"
"Bo Chi is dead, Fang Jie killed him. Moreover, Fang Jie has already learned the secret about you from Bo Chi."
"I... what secret do I have..."
"Yes, I have."
Shi Yuan smiled and said: "For example, why Luo Yao is so cruel and ruthless to you? Because... you are not his son at all... Luo Wen, you should know that Luo Yao will not kill you now. Feelings, the second is that there is no evidence. But if he finds his real son, will he show mercy to you?"
"You... you mean... Fang Jie?"
"That's right."
Shi Yuan said faintly: "You don't want to lose everything that should belong to you, do you? I'll teach you the Buddha sect's exercises so that you can achieve great success in the shortest possible time. How about it?"