The route that Fang Jie took with his troops was almost the same as when he brought the Shanzi Battalion from the south of Yishui. It's just that if the team wants to go to the southwest, it is impossible to cross Mangdang Mountain again. Therefore, we have to go a long way around and go to the confluence of the Yishui River and the Yangtze River, which is the place where Fang Jie went to Yongzhou to cross the river and go down the river.
How to cross the river is already something that must be considered now.
Fang Jie had sent Chen Xiaoru to leave early, but no one knew what Chen Xiaoru was going to do. In addition, the mediation sent hundreds of people from Xiaoqi School to the south of Mangdang Mountain to collect ships. They did not have the pontoon bridges equipped by the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, so there were only two options for crossing the river, either to collect enough ships, or to send a team in advance. People and horses rushed to the big river first, felled trees and built wooden bridges, but the river at the junction of Yishui and the Yangtze River was too wide, and the idea of building a wooden bridge was simply unrealistic.
Sun Kaidao has been thinking about how to cross the river these days, but Fang Jie doesn't seem to be worried at all.
He held back for several days, and finally couldn't bear to ask Fang Jie.
"The general is only reading in the carriage these days, why is he not worried about crossing the river at all?"
Seeing the urgency on his face, Fang Jie couldn't help but smiled and said, "You have a clearer view of the overall situation than anyone else, and I can't see the general direction as well. But you are not a qualified logistics dispatcher. You seldom think about trivial matters. Since I have already made up my mind to go to Huangyang Road, I naturally have arrangements."
He took out a letter from behind and handed it to Sun Kaidao. Sun Kaidao quickly took it with both hands and looked at it, then laughed: "General, you can really hide it from others! There is such a back-up, if you tell your subordinates earlier, How can this subordinate not even sleep well these days."
Fang Xie said: "I have to think more about military affairs. You are talented as a prime minister, but you are not good enough in military affairs. After arriving in Huangyang Road, you need to take care of recruiting soldiers and supporting the people on the stable side. "
Sun Kaidao said in shame: "It was the subordinates who tried their best to persuade the general to send his army south, but after leaving the grassland, he made many arrangements, but the subordinates had no way to do it. On the contrary, the general had already prepared everything well. The subordinates are ashamed of the general. The general's kindness..."
But his heart is full of worries... At first he followed Fang Jie, thinking that his theoretical ability must be above Fang Jie, but now it seems that Fang Jie is getting more and more unfathomable to him. Already arranged early. Although Fang Jie didn't say anything, if he continued like this, what use would Fang Jie want him to be? As soon as he thought of this, he immediately felt a sense of crisis in his heart, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back instantly.
All along, he felt that Fang Xie couldn't do without him. But now...he found that if he didn't work harder, Fang Xie's praise of his prime minister's talent would probably become a mockery.
"Where is this?"
Fang Jie smiled and said: "Everyone has their own specialties. In every battle, you advise me. When you set a certain place, you comfort one party for me. I am not as good as you in these things. That's why I say you are one of the prime ministers." Talent is not the talent of a general, if you have to blame yourself because of something you are not familiar with, you are underestimating yourself."
Sun Kaidao bowed his head: "What the general taught is that the subordinates must remember it."
"Um."
Fang Xie said: "It's just in time for you to come. I was just about to find someone to invite you... Look..."
Fang Jie unfolded the map. This is the map he sent people to collect and organize when he was in Huangyang Road. The people in the Xiaoqi School compiled it and redrawn it. It is much more detailed than the map issued by the Sui Dynasty.
As Wu Yidao said, in fact, few people really understand how meticulous and serious Fang Jie is. He is always making preparations, even if there are many preparations that are not needed, but he doesn't think it is a waste of time and energy.
For example, repairing Fangu City was useless in the end, but Fang Jie didn't think it was a waste of time.
When he was in Huangyang Dao, Fang Jie seemed to be only training the Shanzi Battalion every day, but in fact he had been secretly sending people in Feiyupao to investigate the situation of the people, because at that time, Fang Jie was already planning to establish a foundation in Huangyang Dao in the future. That's why Wu Yidao managed to gradually transfer most of his workshops to Zhuque Mountain on Huangyang Road, leaving only a garment workshop in Chang'an City.
"This is Suzaku Mountain."
Fang Jie pointed and said: "If there is no accident, the people I arranged in advance have already built a cottage here. It is at least seven or eight hundred miles away from Huangyang Daozhi. Although it is a bit rushed, the construction of the cottage may still be delayed It’s just a rough shape, but it’s better than doing it after we get there.”
Only then did Sun Kaidao remember: "General Cui Zhongzhen was ordered to go south to supervise the construction of a cottage?"
Fang Jie nodded: "Yes, at the beginning I asked him to take people to Huangyang Road, originally to find out the whereabouts of Luo Yao's troops. Later, after thinking about it, Huangyang Road was a vacuum after Luo Yao left, and it was indeed a place where we could gain a foothold. .So I didn’t let him come back. I chose Suzaku Mountain, and asked him to lead a group of people pretending to be robbers, forcing the nearby big families to move away, so that people wouldn’t dare to approach easily, and then build a camp on the mountain.”
"The subordinate understands."
Sun Kaidao thought for a while and said: "The general asked General Cui to pretend to be a bandit to scare away the people in the vicinity, and then he had people like Sanjinhou to help. There must be no shortage of craftsmen. It is not too difficult to build a cottage on the mountain."
Fang Jie nodded: "What I want to ask you is, how will we develop after we arrive at Zhuque Mountain? Although Zhuque Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, it can be used as a place to stay temporarily, but if it does not develop, it will only be a group of big horse thieves."
"southwest."
Sun Kaidao pointed to the southwest side of Zhuque Mountain and said: "The south of Zhuque Mountain is the most southwestern part of Huangyang Road, because there is little contact with the outside world across the mountain, but it is a fertile farmland that spans thousands of miles, but because it is surrounded by mountains, there are few people. Some people pay attention to this place. But because of the traffic congestion here, there are almost no people. For the Sui Dynasty, it is almost an enclave, and there is not even a county... If it is here to farm, let the newly recruited soldiers be brave. Farming and training troops."
"Like leeks..."
Sun Kaidao made gestures with excitement on his face: "Train a group of soldiers well, and plant a few seasons of grain. This is repeated continuously."
Fang Jie looked at Sun Kaidao's face and smiled inwardly. How could he not see that the southwest of Zhuque Mountain is a good place, and the first batch of people who went there were already opening up wasteland. He just didn't want Sun Kaidao to lose his confidence. This person is a usable talent, and if he feels that he is not as good as Fang Xie in everything, then this talent will be finished.
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If there are still people in the Northwest who dare to stop 70,000 cavalry armed to the teeth, and a huge team of more than 10,000 civilians recruited along the way, then it can only be said that those who dare to do this are definitely not warriors but idiots. And the strangest thing is that such people really exist in this world.
When the team passed the original West Camp of Li Yuanshan's rebels, the cavalry rangers who opened the way were actually stopped by a group of bandits. The territory of Hou Wushan has always been full of unscrupulous people, but it is really impressive to be so tricky. Perhaps this group of bandits with thousands of people just saw a few hundred cavalrymen opening the way and thought it was a lone army. Don't even care about it.
These bandits were annoyed, and refused to let go when they blocked the official road. Judging by the posture, this is a waste.
result
When the endless cavalry team came from behind, it is unknown how many of the bandits peed their pants in fright. Anyway, the boss with the beard who thought he was brave was so frightened that his legs weakened at that time. The younger brothers behind him wanted to run, but they were all brought back by the rangers.
For these bandits, Fang Jie didn't even have a trial, and directly approved a single word.
kill
The cavalry rushed forward like wolves and tigers, and slaughtered in the valley. It seems that except for young people under 20 years old and old people over 50 years old, all the rest have been chopped up.
Zhuo Buyi was a little puzzled. Zhuo Buyi, who had been thinking about Prince Zhong's words of advice to him these days, seldom walked around. He heard that Fang Xie ordered the massacre of bandits, and he couldn't bear it, so he boarded Fang Jie's carriage.
"Jue Xiao."
Zhuo Buyi sat down opposite Fang Jie, was silent for a while and said, "I think you have become more and more hostile recently. Although those bandits are causing harm to one side, they may not all deserve to die. Although you let those teenagers and Old man, but they still killed too much. I know that most of those people were the rebels under Li Yuanshan's back then, and they also had blood debts in their hands, but I still think it's too hasty to kill like this."
Fang Jie smiled and poured him a cup of tea.
"I know what you mean, sir. You are afraid that I will lose my heart because of my blood and hostility."
"yes."
Zhuo Buyi nodded.
Fang Jie pushed the hot tea to him, thought for a while and said, "What do you think I am going to do?"
Zhuo Buyi was stunned: "Although I don't participate in military affairs, I also know that you have to open up a side now. With so many soldiers under your command, even if you don't have the intention. I just feel that there can be fewer Kill less."
Fang Jie said slowly: "Sir, I was wrong. Maybe I didn't have this thought before, but now I have to. Mister thought I was too hostile, but I did it on purpose. Mister doesn't like military affairs, and I don't like temples either." But sir, you have a clear mind, and you should be able to see what my soldiers are most lacking right now."
"What is missing… "
Zhuo Buyi thought for a while and then shook his head: "There are enough soldiers and food, I don't know what is missing."
"Lack of killing intent."
Fang Jie said seriously: "Sir, I may not have thought about what kind of road I am going to take. I led the soldiers to kill the northern barbarians who did not provoke me at all, in order to cultivate the murderous spirit of the soldiers. I just ordered to kill most of them." I want to let the soldiers feel this kind of murderous aura. I have to let them get used to one thing... whoever stops in front will be killed. If there is no such murderous aura, then it is just a joke to want to open up a side. Even if I have a hundred thousand soldiers, what's the use? If they don't dare to raise their swords, even if they are well trained, it's meaningless."
"Now I let them see more blood, so that they will fight with real swords and guns on the battlefield in the future. They are not afraid of blood. If I were more ruthless, I would not order people to let the young and the old go first. Soldiers The most vicious weapon in the world, I have to cultivate some more vicious aura!"
Zhuo Buyi was silent, then nodded: "I really haven't thought about these things, and I really don't understand them. Maybe you are right, but it's hard for me to adapt. I understand what you mean, let the soldiers become more and more The fiercer they are, the greater their chances of surviving on the battlefield in the future."
"yes."
Fang Jie nodded.
"I gotta go."
Zhuo Buyi was silent for a while and suddenly said: "Conquering the world is really not what I want."
Fang Jie frowned slightly, sat up straight and asked, "Where are you going, sir?"
"Qingle Mountain."
He smiled: "Actually, even if there is no such thing as today, I still have to leave. My heart is in the mountains, and my mind will only become more and more chaotic in the army. I was quite touched by what Prince Zhong said that day, so I plan to Go to Yiqi Temple to borrow Taoist classics, hoping to benefit from it. You lead the army to cultivate murderous spirit, and I will go to enlighten Taoism to cultivate calm spirit."
Fang Jie thought for a while, took off a decorative jade pendant from his body, and then picked up a pen to write a few words on the jade pendant. The power of heaven and earth's vitality forced the ink into the jade, and those few small characters were clearly visible but indelible.
Gift to Jue Xiao's Good Teacher and Helpful Friend
Fang Jie saluted solemnly: "May Mr. achieve success soon."
Mr. Zhuo took the jade card with a free and easy smile: "Your way is in the country, and my way is in manpower. You and I are both practicing for the sake of attaining the way, but the road ahead is different. Although you and I are destined to part ways, we will always be together. My friend. Say something auspicious... I wish you goodbye in Chang'an City."
Fang Jie was startled, and then bowed solemnly.