Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 68 The Great Army Heads West

At the beginning of May, the army took the oath, slaughtered cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the army tooth flag, and then went out of the Chenqiao Gate as usual and started to move westward.

The privy envoy Wei Renpu personally went to the north of the city to see him off. In front of this husband, Shi Congyun did not dare to entrust him, so he dismounted and walked with him for a while, listening carefully no matter what he said.

After leaving Daliang Territory, it was the most painful part of Shi Congyun's march.

To tell the truth, the distance from Daliang to Fengxiang Mansion is more than a thousand miles, which is much farther than before going to Shanxi.

I'm afraid I'm going to break my leg this time!

Fortunately, he was riding a horse, and this time he walked mostly on smooth roads. Unlike the last time he went to Shanxi to fight, he had to climb mountains and mountains, and the road was rough and difficult.

The route of this march was from Daliang to Zhengzhou, through Luoyang, through Shaanzhou to pass Tongguan, and marched along the south bank of the Yellow River all the way.

After passing through Tongguan, we will go to Huazhou, Chang'an, and directly to Fengxiang House in the west of Guanzhong. Along the way, we can use the river to travel far, and we can take the Yellow River and Weishui River, which greatly reduces the burden of marching.

Of course, the most important thing is that in this battle, Fengxiang Jiedushi Wang Jing is the head coach, Fengxiang soldiers are the main force, and the rations are also provided by Fengxiang Mansion and its surrounding Guanzhong County. You can go to Fengxiang Mansion.

Even though the distance was almost doubled compared to the battle of Gaoping, the experienced father told him that the marching time would be greatly shortened this time.

The army walked outside the inn [-] miles east of Zhengzhou, and Shi Congyun joined the Zhenan soldiers brought by Xiang Xun from the south.

More than 3000 soldiers from Zhen'an came, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

Xiang Xun said that these are the elites of Zhen'an soldiers, but after all, they are the army of the vassal town, or the vassal town not far from Daliang. If you want to face the pressure of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is naturally impossible to exhaust all the troops.

The Zhen'an Army's weapons and equipment are more complex, not as neat and sophisticated as the He-He Army's.

There was another person in the Xingyuan of the Central Army, Zan Jurun, the envoy of the Hakka Province, who was the governor of Xingying at this time.

In fact, even without introducing Shi Congyun, I understand that this must be the military envoy sent by the official family, who is responsible for reporting the front-line battle. He quickly greeted him politely and left a good impression. It is not good to offend such a person.

After careful reflection, Shi Congyun suddenly felt as if Zhao Shijian was the one he could bully. The people he met these days couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to be low-key and polite.

Zan Jurun also responded politely. He seldom interrupted when the two of them were talking, but kept silent on the side. Shi Congyun thought that he might be remembering what we said and wanted to report to the officials, so he was more careful.

Afterwards, the army continued to move westward. According to what Xiang Xun had discussed with him, Xiang Xun led a thousand cavalry in the town's security forces to go first, to investigate the road conditions along the way, and to send someone back to report in case of emergency.

Shi Congyun led the first and second armies on the left side of the crane, and 2000 infantrymen of the Zhen'an army, and followed up.

The army usually marches without armor, and is pulled by pack animals and carts, and some go directly to the river.

This is the reason why most of the time, as long as successful ambush battles are successful, it is impossible for soldiers with armors weighing dozens of pounds to march on their bodies.

Once ambushed, it would be too late to temporarily wear armor. At that time, it would be a group of well-equipped people fighting a group of naked outfits.

If it is true that the army walks hundreds of thousands of miles and wears dozens of pounds of armor every day, it can only be said to be superhuman, and the ambush is meaningless.

However, this section of the road has been in the territory of Dazhou, and Shi Congyun is not worried about problems such as being ambushed at all, and marches swaggeringly.

A few days later, they reached the border of Luoyang, and further west was Shaanzhou, and then Tongguan.

Tongguan includes Han Tongguan and Tang Tongguan. Tongguan in the Han Dynasty was in the mountains and mountains, and Tongguan in the Tang Dynasty was built on the edge of the Yellow River because of the siltation of the Yellow River and the exposed riverbed. This time they went to Tongguan in the Tang Dynasty, saving a large section of the journey.

Before he knew it, he didn't feel so tired this time and was about to enter the Guanzhong realm. Looking to the west, he couldn't see anything but the vast wilderness, but he knew in his heart that Chang'an was there.

When the army lined up neatly, looking at the towering Tongguan Pass and the long blue-brick stone city wall, Shi Congyun suddenly remembered a very famous poem.

The peaks and mountains are like gatherings, the waves are like fury, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road.

Looking west, hesitated.

Sad Qin and Han Scriptures, all the palaces have made earth.

Prosperity, people suffer; death, people suffer.

Pan Mei has been struggling in recent days, and her heart is very contradictory.

From personal considerations, he wanted to ask the steward to appoint him as the supervisor of the Western Expedition Army, so that he could go west with Shi Congyun, who was his best friend.

But Yu Gong, the establishment of the supervisory army is to prevent the generals from bringing troops out of selfishness. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been many things that the generals have betrayed abroad, and the supervisory army has become more and more important, and most of them are the emperor's confidants.

Officials regard him as a confidant and attach so much importance to him. If he and Shi Congyun are together, can he still fulfill the duty of the military supervisor without selfishness?
Pan Mei sighed, he was in a dilemma, seeing that the army was about to set off
"What are you thinking about, Lang Jun, I always see you frowning." His wife asked him gently, holding the child who was just a few months old.

Pan Mei squeezed out a smile and said, "It's not a big deal, don't worry about it."

The wife nodded and asked no more.

The next day, Pan Mei entered the imperial city and met Wang Gui, an eunuch who usually followed the official family, outside the Dangong Palace. The two greeted him, and the old eunuch told him that the official family and several ministers were inside.

Pan Mei nodded, and then wanted to say hello to the guards at the door. He was already familiar with this place, and the guards did not stop him and let him in directly.

There are a lot of people in the Hall of Hanging Arch, and it is not as formal and serious as usual.

The official family asked people to put a few tables on the north side, with some official documents and the like on it, as well as pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the official family seemed to be discussing important recent matters with everyone.

Usually trivial matters will be handled by the ministers, but when it comes to some important matters, they will be submitted to the official's desk, and the official's decision will be made.

The official family has a resolute and decisive temperament of Ziwu people. I always read the notes below to see if they are important or not. They deal with it quickly. Pan Mei has been with the official family before and understands his habits.

However, when it comes to the country's general strategy and major policies and policies, officials are rarely arbitrary, and like to let Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, Li Gu, Wang Pu and other people discuss and let them talk about their views.

All these relatives are here today, and it must be the time to deal with the backlog of state memorials.

Pan Mei used to be the deputy envoy of the Xishang Pavilion. She was very familiar with these procedures and did not dare to disturb them. After meeting with several ministers, she silently stood at the end and listened.

He didn't have the right to talk about these big things, and the things he thought were not suitable to tell the officials at this time.

After listening in a dazed way for a while, Pan Mei suddenly came back to her senses when she heard Shi Congyun's name.

He heard Wei Renpu, the privy envoy in front, stand up with a memorial and say: "Official family, the old minister found that this "On Guarding the River Must Guard the Huai" written by Shi Congyun, the envoy of the control of cranes, is very difficult."

(End of this chapter)