The old man Bi and others said that soldiers were dispatched in three days, but they arrived after only two and a half days. They seemed to have chosen the most difficult road in Yizhou. General Guo Tu waited by the river and let Zhang Zhong go out.
Zhang Zhong was still studying with Fang Sima how to make the local people live a good life, so he was notified to receive the imperial decree. The person who announced the decree was old man Yao. He didn’t have any pretensions and didn’t need to put up any incense. He put the imperial decree in Zhang Zhong’s hands. Sent and said:
"Yongcheng, this is the will of the imperial court. Let's take a look. Go out and meet General Guo. You will come back and continue to work on local affairs. If you need to call Chang Pingcang, you can go to Yizhou Mansion to get it. Remember to take it. Written as a memorial and sent to the capital."
The meaning in the words is very clear, that is, Zhang Zhong, you are still serving as your governor in Yizhou, you don't care about logistics, it's easy to make trouble, don't you want to solve the local people's life? If you don't have anything to pick up in Yizhou, you can take the more or less and take care of it yourself. Just tell it.
Hearing what the old man Yao said, Zhang Zhong, who was puzzled, opened the imperial edict. Why is there going to be a war in a blink of an eye? logistics? Food officer? Without any preparation, where's the food
Zhang Zhong’s expression was seen by the old man Yao and others, and he was very satisfied, indicating that the two masters of the Zhang family did not tell Zhang Zhong, and even Xiaobao and Juanjuan did not say that they did a good job of keeping secrets, and there is much ability between father and son. So, good.
How did they know that Zhang Xiaobao didn't want to make his family worry if he didn't tell his family, what's more, it didn't help to tell his family, and it still fell on him and Wang Juan, so why bother more.
Excited for a while, Zhang Zhong rolled up the imperial edict, and he calmed down, nodded and said: "Zhang Zhong accepts the edict, then go to see General Guo."
Having said that, Zhang Zhong turned around and went back to change his clothes. In fact, he was asking his son and daughter-in-law what was going on? Fighting is not a trifle, in case something happens, you can't afford it.
Zhang Zhong's reaction made the three old men more convinced that the two masters of the Zhang family were the backbone of Zhang Zhong, otherwise how could they be so calm
When Zhang Zhong found his son and daughter-in-law, the two of them had just written a plan. Wang Juan wrote about grain deposits and Zhang Xiaobao wrote about local governance.
"Xiaobao, do you know this imperial decree?" Zhang Zhong was very angry, and when he entered the door, he asked Zhang Xiaobao calmly when he saw two people.
"I know, Grandpa Bi won't let you say it, and it's useless if you say it, can you not come if you think about it? Dad, don't worry about this matter, it's all arranged. There is an economic construction plan here, boy, look. Look, the child and the cuckoo can no longer be with their family members for a while, they have to go ahead, dad, you can just do it, don’t be afraid of accidents."
The moment Zhang Xiaobao saw the imperial decree, he knew it was time to set off. He and Wang Juan had to follow along. Otherwise, the battlefield situation would change unpredictably without the communication conditions, and it would be easy for things to happen, so he handed his father the plan. Past.
With a snap, Zhang Zhong angrily photographed the plan to the ground, pointing to Zhang Xiaobao and said: "You, you, you don't even discuss such a big matter with us, you, you are going to be pissed off for me? Things, you should just spend a little money? It’s as easy as governing a place? You let me... You, hey..."
As Zhang Zhong was talking, he suddenly sighed. He reacted. The son and daughter-in-law said that the result is the same. The emperor asked you to come here to do things, can't you come? Even if the two families know in advance, what can they do? In the end it fell on his son and daughter-in-law.
As a result, Zhang Zhong frowned on the plan that his son picked up and asked, "My son, just stay in Yizhou and command, can't you go? There is no eye."
Zhang Xiaobao shook his head: "Father, how can I not go to command? This time there are only 15,000 troops sent, divided into 15 reinforced battalions, Jiannan Road dispatched five battalions, and the remaining ten battalions came from Shannan West Road. There were too few people. It must be an assault. It's easy to say if you win everything. If you lose a little bit of logistical matters, then you have to bear the responsibility.
Not to mention that the emperor made his ministers die. Even if they are members of Datang, they have to fight. The people who died in Wangjiang are still waiting. This is a matter of people’s sentiment and dignity. If people are bullied, don’t fight back. People bullied you this time.
What's more, the children and the cuckoo are only in charge of logistics. They don't fight with people in front of them, and they don't leave the country. They also go to the border to find a safe place to hide. Who will target the two children? "
When Zhang Xiaobao said this, I am very grateful to this era. Not to mention martial artists, even literati are also adept in martial arts. Living in this era is much more comfortable. There is no such thing as being bullied and afraid to fight back. You kill me. If I slaughter your village, otherwise Korea and Japan can become ministers
Zhang Zhong was also overwhelmed by what his son said. He usually dances swords and bows, and feels relieved when he thinks that his son and daughter-in-law will not rush to the front.
"My son, if that's the case, then go. Remember, be careful and be careful. Take the people from the zero team. Dad will take the other members of the seedling team to hurry up and train. You can make do with the lack of people. Remember Bring more of the inner courtyard, Dad waits for you to avenge the people of Wangjiang and return."
Zhang Zhong suppressed the reluctance in his heart, patted his son on the shoulder and said.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaobao suddenly had an inexplicable excitement, as if he had lost the time when he was looking for a path by relying on one person. He was not afraid, and was more confident and hopeful for the future.
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Zhang Zhong changed his clothes and took his son and daughter-in-law to see Guo Tu by the river. The team was not small, fifty-six members of the nursery team and thirty people from the inner courtyard, and borrowed from Li Xun. Two hundred escorts, plus other idlers, took more than an hour to see General Guo Tu.
Zhang Zhong was nominally the person in charge of this incident, so he was naturally to talk to Guo Tu, while Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan accompanied him.
Guo Tu looks like he is in his forties, his beard is not short, his cheeks reach his ears, he can't rely on the Confucian people imagined by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and he speaks straight, without any respect for Zhang Zhong, it sounds like he is right. Zhang Zhong kept asking geologically, asking him if he had prepared food and grass.
Zhang Zhong didn't get angry with the other party, and answered a few words roughly. Even after the meeting was over, Guo Tu hurried away with the team arrogantly.
The team began to return again, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan led a group of people to stay, looked at the team that had left, greeted them, and followed behind.
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"I just don't understand. People from Jiannan Dao don't send them. Why don't people from Shannan Xidao come here? Don't look next to them. They may not be familiar with the climate."
Zhang Xiaobao mumbled as he rode forward on the mule.
"If you burn a lot of money, train your troops. The frontier army here will naturally be easy to dispatch, but soldiers elsewhere will not be able to train. I guess Li Longji has an idea. He is ready to play the big game. Speaking of it, there are also us. Responsibility, who told us to make local governance so good, especially the many people’s livelihood technology sent out.
Without those technologies, Li Longji is still worrying about the lives of the people. Now he is relaxed. Any person in power will have the idea of expansion when he knows that the economy can develop. "
Wang Juan also rode a mule, holding an immature Xiaoqing apple in his hand, biting it, bitter and astringent, and she was eating quite fragrant. By the way, I would like to answer Zhang Xiaobao's question.
Zhang Xiaobao nodded: "Almost, no matter what he thinks, we will live our lives. Thanks to my preparation in advance, there are many horses, and the terrain is suitable for horse racing? I don't know what to think, from here to Jinchuan where Jinshui is. The city is estimated to be one hundred fifty sixty kilometers, right
Passing through Pengzhou, I see how they got there in ten days. From the picture, there is a hill, which is the most difficult snow-capped mountain to climb at the time. Is it enough to walk around? "
"It's fine when you arrive in Jinchuan. There is a big river over there and a plain that has rushed out. It is suitable for cavalry to rush. Replace me. I will let the infantry go lightly. The cavalry behind is responsible for consigning armor. The task of the infantry is to see a village. To slaughter a village, even if you don't kill people, you have to lock them up.
Once the cavalry team has bypassed the mountain and caught up with the infantry in front, the cavalry will divide their forces, part of them will go north, and then cross the weak river to the east, harass the reinforcements in the northwest that may appear, and part of them will go down, regardless of the surrounding villages. Ben Danba City, feint attack.
A part of the infantry also followed behind the Danba cavalry in pretending to be attacked, creating momentum. One person started a fire, changed the flag as the team flag, and drove the people to Jinchuan City. The rest of the infantry was divided into a battalion from north to south, and the army line was widened. The main infantry moved slightly north to the bank of the weak water, where Chen Bing repaired camps, chopping wood, making boats day and night, and facing Jinchuan City diagonally.
The cavalry marched past the city, blocking the enemy from the west, drawing people into the city, besieging the city without attacking, consuming Jinchuan food and grass, waiting for the enemy to deploy troops from all sides to encircle and suppress, the northwest pinned Qingqi to go south, sword pointed at Jinchuan, and retreated to Jinchuan crossing the river. The western cavalry detoured and ferryed back.
Pretending to attack Danba cavalry infantry across the river and flee westward, trying to induce Danba to send troops to form an encirclement with the Jinchuan city sergeant and the enemy from the source.
At that time, the first battalion of expelled people quickly assembled and retreated to the border. They became a cavalry unit and the encampment unit. They quickly sailed down the weak water and stormed Danba. If they were hit, they would withdraw from Chengdu and put them in Dan. The restraining forces on the Brazilian side either succeeded in joining forces with the attacking Danba, or they were..."
Wang Juan himself couldn't go to the front line to command. He could only talk about the soldiers on paper. He said and said, but then he said nothing, which meant that another part of the team gave up.
Zhang Xiaobao didn’t know about this kind of military affairs. He listened to Wang Juan’s words and sighed and said: “It’s really because of the Lord’s words that you will succeed in fending off the Hou Shi. I don’t know how to fight. In other words, it is better to equip the cavalry who pretended to attack Danba with double or triple cavalry.
When the infantry dedicated to attracting people meet, the horses are divided among the infantry. When the attraction is over there, the people who have finished the Danba will leave a small part of the boat to go down the road and wait, let the people who have horses use the speed to make a circle. Crossing the river to the south, there may be more to come back. "
"Don't talk about it, it's not me who leads the army. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can grasp it so well, especially if you don't know the information of the enemy's generals, if Danba has a chance, he will not move. The generals huddled in the city, all the layout was finished.
Or the general of Jinchuan is a lack of heart, seeing the enemy attacking, and leading his troops out to cross the river to attack the shipbuilding infantry camp when he clearly doesn't know how much the enemy's strength is, it will also disrupt the plan. "
After Wang Juan finished his battle plan, he felt comfortable in his heart. He wandered on the mule and walked slowly with the team. If he wanted to go fast, he couldn't go.
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The next day, at noon, the sky became gloomy. The local people familiar with the weather knew that it was about to rain. If it didn't hit, it would probably stop at night, which would cool the humid and hot weather for a few days.
Guo Tu, who was riding a horse, looked up at the sky, but his face was gloomy. If it really rains, let alone ten days to reach Jinchuan, even Pengzhou would have to be difficult in Jiannan Road. For every day of delay in marching, it is easy for Tubo to discover one day in advance.
"General, it's better to let the infantry go first, go to the place to watch the local villages, and then burn the fields, so that Tubo will be in chaos for a while."
Joining the army also followed the worry, and rode to the side to suggest.
Guo Tu's head shook slightly. "No, the infantry passed by. If the cavalry were to help consign things, the speed would be even slower. Perhaps when it came to Jinchuan, Tubo had already arranged its troops, and only waiting for us to attack, then the advantage of the cavalry would be. Use it.
What's more, this time it was said to be a sneak attack, but the general did not intend to actually attack. 15,000 people, even if they can't beat a Jinchuan, it will prevent Tubo from making big moves. Let's see how Tubo responds? I am a sergeant, the sword is not good
What the general is worried about is whether the grain and grass can keep up. If the army is everywhere and the grain and grass are not delivered within five days, the general will definitely not spare Zhang Zhong, order the whole army, speed up, and catch up a bit more before it rains. , It's best to get out of the rain. "
"Respect orders." Joining the army also knows that letting the infantry advance is easy for Tubo to discover in advance. If you really listen to your own words, you can't afford it and you can't afford it, so you have to do it.
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"Xiaobao, it's going to rain. It's really unfavorable to go to school. I hope our arrangements will work. I wonder how you know it will rain."
Wang Juan, who also saw the weather change, was no longer sitting on his mule. He ran to Zhang Xiaobao’s mule and sat in front of Zhang Xiaobao, so that when it rains, he doesn’t have to worry about getting wet in front and back. He takes a big umbrella. , Two people can still rely on each other for heating.
Zhang Xiaobao hugged Wang Juan, took a few breaths, and said after feeling a little more comfortable, "I don’t know that it’s raining today. I just know that it rains a lot here in Sichuan. There are many mountains here, and hot air is coming. The cold air at the altitude of the mountain, coupled with the effect of the mountain, can easily cause rainfall.
It’s raining, let Guo Tu see what logistics is. This time we paid a lot of money. It is estimated that Li Longji may not be able to return it to us. If we can’t do it, I will give a policy. I’m thinking about what we want then. Policy, policy can be better than giving money directly. "
"I guess so, the imperial court can't pay back so much money. What policies do you want? A tax reduction or exemption? No, the tax should be paid. If you don't pay the country, you will have less money. It is best for the tea-horse trade. I remember a person in the yard where my family used to live was three years older than me. He made a lot of money by relying on the permit from his dad for customs and trade.
He took the approval note, and others asked him to do business in partnership, and the money was divided into 50-50. At that time, others also persuaded me to take care of the first package or the second package for road construction at home, but I don’t like to make money, or we have to. A road construction policy? "
Wang Juan is the person who understands the benefits of policies best. With policies, he has a lot of money.
How can Zhang Xiaobao agree to such a policy and said: "No, it is absolutely impossible. I don’t even want to give it to me for nothing. If we don’t fix the road, we have to pay for it. Who will make it? There is no toll, it’s better. It is for the purpose of free trade on the border, both in the sea and on the land."
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The rain finally fell from the sky. Guo Tu’s team failed to get out of this rainy area, let alone people and horses walking on bad roads, even sports cars driving on highways, and don’t try to hide. The precipitation range is too large. big.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, who should wear a quilt, wear a quilt, and those who should be wearing umbrellas. Even the mules are covered with a layer of tarpaulin, and they continue to move forward in the face of the wind and rain, even faster than the army in front of them.
Of course, the combat capability of the team led by two people is much higher than that of the previous army. Don't miss the three hundred people. There is no problem in packing up the 800 people in front of the army.
"Quick, quick, quicker, find a place to avoid the rain." The beard on Guo Tu's face was all wet from the rain, and the armor on his body was also penetrated. He wiped his face and shouted.
There is no need for him to say any more. Fifteen thousand also worked hard, hoping to find a comfortable place to rest, at least to tie up the tent, now in such a narrow place, you can’t even tie a tent, beside the mountains, the water keeps flowing. Rush down.
After half an hour, the road soaked by rain became more difficult to walk.
Just when Guo Tu didn’t know where to send his anger, a flat place finally appeared in front of him. There was a shed. A fire started in the shed. When the wind blows, you can smell the fragrance of the food. .
Guo Tu picked up the binoculars and watched, and said to Xiao Ling next to him: "Let's see what's going on in the past?"
Xiao Ling responded and ran forward in a hurry. Before he got to the place, someone greeted him. Standing in the middle of the road, he also raised a binoculars and looked over here.
"Yeah? Clairvoyance? What's in front? How come there are clairvoyance? Who leaked it out?" Guo Tu looked through the rain curtain and looked at the person in front of him. Now it is not uncomfortable, but angry. Who is clairvoyance? Can have? There are signs in the army, and everyone who has them is in the book.
If everyone can have one, can other countries still have it? This thing is a terrible baby.
Perhaps the person standing in the middle of the road also considered the issue of identity, took out a flag from his arms, put away the binoculars, and pulled the flag away with both hands so that the people in the team could see it.
The person in front of the team had stopped at this time and looked at this person warily.
Guo Tu looked hard at the man's banner, raised his brows, and asked, "Who knows what banner it is? The painting is neither human nor ghost, and it looks fuzzy, like a... rice seedling?"
When joining the army heard this, he remembered something and leaned forward and said, "General, are you sure it is rice seedling? Is it a very funny rice seedling with big eyes and thin arms?"
"Enna!" Guo Tu nodded in response.
After joining the army, he felt relieved and said, "General, that is the banner of the Zhang family. It is the special banner in the family of Zhang Zhongzhang who is in charge of this logistics. It is Shuiyunjian."
"Oh... That's the case, but what did his family do here?" Guo Tu knew who it was when he heard of Shui Yunjian, and he was more puzzled.
Xiao Ling just now arrived close to the person in front of him. After some exchanges, he ran back happily.
"General, general, good thing, great thing, this is the rest place prepared by the people in the Yizhou logistics camp in front. They have built shelters and cooked meat porridge. Let me wait and rest, he said There are medicines too, for fear of getting sick."
Xiao Ling excitedly reported to Guo Tu.
Guo Tu was stunned right away, and the soldier next to him called twice before he recovered, and said in disbelief, "Huh? From the logistics camp? Why did they rush to the front, set up the shed, go, follow the book. Will go over and take a look."
It's not just Guo Tu that was surprised. Other generals, including soldiers, were surprised by what they saw. It was the first time I heard that the person in charge of escorting food and grass was still in charge of this kind of thing.
When the team in front of the army entered the shed to take shelter from the rain, Guo Tu also found the person in charge here.
"General Guo, please, here are tea and snacks, General Guo has worked hard all the way." The person in charge here said respectfully to Guo Tu.
No matter how he heard it, Guo Tu felt that this was a curse. If he worked hard, what are the people here? When did the battalion responsible for logistics get so crazy? Yes, it is usually said that the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first, but it can be said that I have never seen it before, and today is considered a long experience.
The person in charge of logistics ran to the front of the army and finished the shed and porridge. If the logistics person has this ability, who is the main force
Thinking of this, Guo Tu has to ask. If I don’t ask, I always feel that there are many things in his mind. At this time, he regrets his attitude towards Zhang Zhong when he was in Yizhou. It is clear that the shed is built, it can be attacked, and it can be defended, it turned out to be set up in a marching formation.
This is in the territory of Datang, and I have not sent out scouts. People can set up this kind of battle. It shows that I have been used to it, and it is not deliberate. Is it possible to become the Zhang family or the military for generations
"How did you come here?" Guo Tu asked.
"If you return to the general, come here in advance. The host ordered that early autumn is rainy. In order not to delay the army's itinerary, we arranged ahead of time. If it rains, it will come out, and if there is no rain, it will be hidden. We will ensure that we have unimpeded access to the army and live up to the name of the logistic battalion. Build it in a hurry, it's too crude, but please bear with me."
The person in charge here said embarrassedly, as if he was really not doing well enough.