Fenghou

Chapter 116 Barracks
"Commander, everything in this barracks is good, but it's a little too far from Dasan Pass, hey!"

The person who complained was fat Zheng Ping. He had a background in Lin'an and was personally appointed by Zhang Jun as the commander of the second battalion of the Bazi Army. He walked around the barracks and started grinning.

His lieutenant, Zhao Xiaoyi, smiled at Chen Qing in a low voice: "This fat man spends his days wandering around the Dasan Pass, and if he doesn't go for a day, he will be exhausted!"

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Dasanguan also built a tile in March this year, which is the commercial complex of the Song Dynasty. It integrates eating, drinking, and entertainment. There are four brothels in it. Soldiers go home to visit their relatives once a month when they are not fighting.

These measures stabilized the morale of the army, but they also produced some adverse reactions. Many generals indulged in Wazi's eating, drinking and having fun, and Zheng Ping was one of them.

Chen Qingcui immediately went forward and patted Zheng Ping on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Do you want me to build you a tile in the barracks as well?"

Zheng Ping was taken aback, he turned his head and glared at Zhao Xiaoyi angrily, and said with a chuckle, "I just complain, if I want to choose with Fu again, I'd rather go back to Lin'an to sell medicine!"

"I thought you couldn't live without Wazi!"

"Hey! It's just a hobby! You have been staying in Lin'an and never came back. I feel depressed, so I can only go to Wazi for entertainment. Now that you are back, I am full of energy. It doesn't matter if Wazi goes or not."

Seeing that he spoke insincerely, Chen Qing couldn't help but smiled slightly, "We will go to Dasan Pass in a few days to compete for the [-] God Armed Crossbow Troops. Then you go together and let you have a good time."

"Commander, that's all I'm saying. You're serious. You just said, when are we going to Sanguan?"

Chen Qing laughed loudly, "Just wait! Put the troops in the camp first, everyone will eat some dry food tonight, and all kinds of military supplies will be delivered tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Chen Qing led the generals to investigate the situation of the water source.

The water source is the most important resource of the military camp, and it is the basic guarantee for the long-term garrison of the army. Chen Qing had enough experience when he was stationed at Jiandao Pass. The first step of his garrison was to search for the water source.

Leading the way for Chen Qing was a Dutou called Wang Zhong. He had led [-] logistics soldiers to garrison the barracks for two months, and he still belonged to Chen Qing.

Jiwang Slope is like a pot cover laid flat by the Qinling Mountains, which is about six or seven feet higher than the valley, equivalent to the height of a six-story building, and the overall direction is higher in the south and lower in the north. high.

Walking to the foot of the Qinling Mountains, the capital leaders pointed to a crack less than one person wide and said, "Commander, the creek flows out of the crack."

Chen Qing looked at the crack. It was dark inside and bottomless. The rock wall was covered with layers of vines, and a stream flowed out of it.

"How deep is it?"

Wang Zhong smiled wryly and said: "We have investigated, but we can't reach the bottom with a three-foot-long bamboo pole, and people can't get in. We asked the local herdsmen, and they said that this stream has existed for hundreds of years."

"There are herdsmen here?"

"There are some, but not many, who make a living by herding sheep. They have been transferred to Hanzhong last month."

Chen Qing's heart moved, and he quickly asked: "How is the winter here?"

"It will snow in winter, but the road will not be blocked by heavy snow. Cavalry can walk on snow."

"Then in winter, does the water source freeze?"

Wang Zhong shook his head, "It's just a layer of ice on the surface, but there is still water flowing underneath. The same is true for the Fang River in front. The water at the bottom of the river does not freeze, and you can dig ice holes for fishing."

The Fang River is a small river that runs through the West Valley. It is formed by the streams of the Qinling Mountains, flows to the west, and finally flows into the Wei River. Their small stream is one of the three sources of the Fang River.

But what Chen Qing was worried about was that the creek would freeze in winter, which would make it difficult for them to drink water. Since the bottom of the creek did not freeze, he was relieved.

Chen Qing looked at the surrounding environment again, the surrounding area was empty, and the military camp was still two hundred steps away.

Chen Qing shook his head and said: "The construction of this military camp is unreasonable. If the Jurchens climb up the mountain, we will directly cut off our water source."

Yang Yuanqing also said: "There is indeed this problem. I suggest building two stone walls, or extending the barracks."

Wang Zhong also blushed and said: "We discovered this problem at the beginning of our stationing, and responded upwards, but there has been no response."

"Who did you respond to?"

"Those who responded to Qiao Junjun were humble and illiterate, so they could only respond verbally, not in writing."

"Don't worry about the arrangements above, let's do it ourselves and extend the barracks. Lao Yang, I will leave this matter to you. We will start working on it tomorrow. Let's see how we do it?"

"Remember the humble job!"

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Let's go down the slope to check around again."

The generals got on their horses and rode down the hillside.

The reason why Jiwangpo is called a strategic location is also related to its own terrain. Its overall terrain is higher in the north than in the south, and the rocks on the east and west sides are relatively steep. Zhang Gao, which made it difficult for the army to attack from the east and west.

Of course, it is another thing to climb up with a ladder, but the main passage of Jiwangpo is on the north side, and there is a gap about twenty feet wide. Along this gap, war horses and heavy siege weapons can push come up.

The construction of the barracks is also mainly expanded from east to west, and it is built close to the east-west cliffs. Even if the enemy troops climb up with ladders, there is no place to stand.

However, enemy soldiers can also climb up and gather in the open space in the north to attack the camp wall from the north, so the main defense points of the barracks are in the north and south.

Finding a space, Chen Qing asked Yang Yuanqing in a low voice, "Who is this Qiao Junjun?"

Yang Yuanqing explained: "This Qiao Junjun is called Qiao Wenshou, and he is in charge of the approval of each army's garrison. He is actually not a big problem. The main reason is that the leader of the capital is soft-spoken and there is no written report, so the problems he reported are not taken seriously."

"It's not a matter of people talking lightly! The facts are here, there are loopholes in the camp, can he turn a blind eye?"

Zheng Ping said dissatisfiedly from behind: "Old Yang, when are you still afraid of offending others, you have to tell the truth to the commander!"

Yang Yuanqing blushed, and said hastily: "It's wrong to be humble. I'm used to self-protection. I forgot that the commander is different from them."

Chen Qing understood his difficulties. Yang Yuanqing was more tactful and did not have the background of Zheng Ping, but his immediate boss was Fu Xuan. It was not easy for him this year.

"Just tell the truth!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded and said: "Actually speaking, it is still related to the official structure of Dasanguan. The envoy Xuanfu did not allow one general to dominate, so he emptied Wu Dutong's power.

Only in wartime, Xuanfu envoy will appoint Wu Jie as the chief general, and Wu Jie is only the chief general in name at ordinary times, and all the commanders don't have to buy his account.

Not only that, all kinds of money, food and materials are in the hands of civil officials, and civil officials are directly under Zhang Jun. At present, the Sima of the Western Army is called Qu Hongyuan. In his hands, and he obeyed the order of Xuanfu envoy.

Now the leader understands!Why can't the pension be paid out, the money, food and materials are all in the hands of Qu Sima, Wu Dutong and Wang Dutong are powerless! "

"What if we enter a wartime state?" Chen Qing asked again.

"After entering the wartime state, Wu Dutong will be appointed as the wartime general, and Qu Sima will hand over part of the wartime supplies to him. Wu Dutong will have certain powers. It has not yet entered the wartime state. Wu Dutong The president promised to allocate the materials today, but we all felt that it was impossible. Wu Dutong had to write an application, and then approved it layer by layer. Finally, the envoy signed and agreed. At least three days later, or even five to ten days, the commander It’s best to go to the Xuanfu envoy and implore him to approve it quickly.”

Only then did Chen Qing understand the twists and turns, he nodded, "Tomorrow I'll go find a pacifier!"

Wu Jie rushed into Sima's big tent angrily, and threw the material allocation application form on Qu Hongyuan's desk, "Why did I have to return the application form I wrote?"

Qu Hongyuan was about forty years old. He was born as a Jinshi. He was a typical white-faced scholar. He was Zhang Jun's confidant. , Changed the sentence to Sima, the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Zhang Jun appointed him as Marquis of Duyu, with the power of money, food and materials.

Qu Hongyuan was narrow-minded, but on the surface he was very self-cultivated. He didn't get angry, and he still smiled and said, "Wu Dutong applied for [-] people for the Qinzhou Army, but according to the investigation, they only have [-] people. Hundreds of people did not match the number of applicants, so I sent it back and asked Wu Dutong to revise it."

Wu Jie's stomach was about to explode. He gritted his teeth and said, "When did the allocation of supplies match the actual army? Isn't it normal to give [-] to [-]% more supplies?"

Qu Hongyuan squinted his eyes and said: "That's what I said, but the power to give more materials is in the hands of the Xuanfu envoy, and how much the Xuanfu envoy will give is his business, but Wu Dutong should apply truthfully. It's embarrassing for the officials!"

Wu Jie also knew that he couldn't offend this narrow-minded Sima, so he forced himself to calm down and said, "The Qinzhou Army only has [-] people now, but there were originally [-] people in the barracks, and adding them together makes it [-] people." There is nothing wrong with my application."

"Then Wu Dutong needs to write it down clearly! Including the original [-] people in the barracks, I don't care about the difference of [-] people. Please write a note next to Wu Dutong."

Wu Jie endured his anger and wrote a note next to it, "That's all right!"

"That's fine, I'll take care of it as soon as possible."

"Then I don't know when the money, food and supplies will be allocated?"

Qu Hongyuan smiled and said: "Wu Dutong knows that everything needs to go through formalities, and it will take three to five days at the earliest."

"what?"

Wu Jie's eyes widened, "They only brought dry food for two days, you want them to wait for three or five days?"

"Then I have no choice. Who told them not to apply earlier?"

"If you apply early and you don't have an army, then you won't be able to pass. Do you want to call back?"

"That's none of my business. I just follow the rules. If Wu Dutong thinks the rules are unreasonable, he can go to the Xuanfu envoy!"

Wu Jie shook his head, and said slowly: "When the Jurchens kill you, you can discuss the rules with them!"

He turned and left angrily.

Watching Wu Jie go away, Qu Hongyuan snorted coldly, "Hold me, see if I don't kill you!"

(End of this chapter)