The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 57
Time flies like a shuttle, and the time of ten days is fleeting.

On this day, the sky was high and cloudy, and the sky was clear.

In the rustling autumn wind, the banners are rolling; the swords are clanging, the murderous heart is like iron!
When the sky was light, all the civil and military officials had gathered in front of the camp. Wei Guogong Xu Yao and Jia Jing and other generals were all wearing armor and holding long swords at the gate of the camp.

In a few moments, Emperor Hongde's great book came slowly.

The canopy of Kowloon is visible, majestic and magnificent; the yellow and red palm fan is held high, full of glory and extravagance!
Emperor Hongde, dressed in Wubian uniform, came down from the dragon chariot, and led his officials to sacrifice to the "General Banner", "General Six Banners", "God of Five Banners" and other gods, and performed the ceremony of sending generals , and then awarded Wei Guogong Xu Yao Festival Yue...

After such a toss, the time is almost noon.

Finally, with the "rumble" of the drums in the camp, the civil and military officials, under the leadership of Emperor Hongde, sent the generals out of the camp.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three more cannon shots were fired in succession, and the gates of the camp in Gyeonggi were opened!

"Ugh..."

The low-pitched bullhorn sounded, Xu Yao, the general who conquered the captives, sat upright on his horse, and gave an order, and the army conquered the captives rushed out!

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Outside Shenjing, the sky was full of dust, and the 10,000+ conscript army turned into a yellowish-brown dragon, winding its way.

In front of the army, the flag embroidered with the word "Jia" was held high, but it was the vanguard of the army led by Jia Jing.

Beside the official road, there were dozens of carriages parked, all of which were family members and friends of the soldiers who went to the expedition to see them off.

Several carriages with the word "Jia" on them were parked at the front. In the carriages, several girls from Jia's family lifted the curtains gently, watching the army going away quietly through the gap; beside Jia Lian, Jia Rong and the others rode on the horse in silence.

Lin Daiyu was also in these carriages, but she couldn't help but feel melancholy when she saw the "Jia" banner gradually going away.

Especially after Lin Ruhai told her what the palace meant yesterday, now she feels even more lost in her heart.

Seeing the army going away, Lin Daiyu gritted her teeth secretly, but she walked out of the carriage, stood at the shaft of the carriage, holding a snow-white handkerchief in her hand, and waved to the vanguard army going away.

If you have a heart...

In the vanguard ahead, a general riding a tall black horse under his banner seemed to have noticed something. Looking back, a familiar figure in the distance was waving a silk handkerchief vigorously.

In the autumn wind, that weak figure just came into view.

really,
The weak willow raises its sleeves from the wind, Cong Lan's dew is like a towel, and sitting alone is full of tears!
After looking at each other from a distance, the general suddenly turned his head and told the soldiers around him, and then he saw the soldiers galloping towards him...

With everyone in the Jia family, under the eyes of everyone who were surprised or joking, Daiyu folded the snow-white silk handkerchief with red cheeks, and handed it to Laifu who came galloping on horseback. Call Laifu to Jia Jing.

Immediately afterwards, she blushed and returned to the carriage without saying a word.

……

Sipa is as white as snow, only at the corners are embroidered with two lifelike peach blossoms and a small Dai character.

"Don't write love words, don't write poems,

Fang Supa sent his heart to know.

The heart knows it and looks upside down,

Horizontal and vertical are also silk,
Who knows what's going on like this?"

Reciting the poems of the predecessors, Jia Jing looked at the white handkerchief in his hand, and smiled in his heart, "Is it silk (thinking) anyway? I don't want to mention a few words. Fortunately, I am not a really rude person, but I have read it. The song "Folk Song", otherwise, wouldn't you be confused?"

But now it seems that Daiyu's meaning is self-evident.

"The twelfth day of the second lunar month in the next year, is it time to reach Jiji? Before you know it, you've known each other for three or four years..."

With a smile on Jia Jing's face, she folded the silk handkerchief, put it in the lining pocket inside the breastplate, and put it next to her body.

…………

On the dim ground, a cloud of smoke billowed.

"Report!"

A scout came to Jia Jing, "General, there is a plain in front of you. There is a big river on the plain. If you cross the river, you will be less than [-] miles away from Datong Mansion!"

Looking up at the sun that had already set in the west, Jia Jing said: "So, it's an excellent place to camp!"

"Pass the order down, build a meal ahead!"

"Yes!"

The messenger carrying the command flag rode away immediately, and immediately, a loud shout sounded:
"The general has an order to build a meal ahead!"

"The general has an order to build a meal ahead!"

……

The camp of the vanguard army and the large tent of the Chinese army.

Jia Jing and thousands of households of the school captains of the third battalion are all here.

"Everyone, it has been more than seven days since we set off from Shenjing, and there are less than eleven left in the [-]-mile journey. It all depends on your hard work!" Jia Jing raised the teacup in front of him, "I will replace wine with tea, and I respect you all. !"

All the school lieutenants Qianhu in the tent also hurriedly raised the teacups in front of them, "The soldiers trained by the general are mighty and majestic, and the last general dare not take credit for it!"

When Jia Jing heard this, she laughed and said nothing, but drank the tea in the cup with all the generals without mentioning it.

……

As far as the march of the ancient army is concerned, generally speaking, it will not travel more than fifty or sixty miles a day.

It is necessary not only to ensure the speed of the march, but also to ensure that after the march is over, the soldiers still have a certain amount of physical strength to fight, so as to avoid being taken advantage of by the enemy. This is already the limit of a normal march.

Even if the marching environment is very safe and there will be no foreign enemies, the leading soldiers will generally not increase their speed, because this will make the soldiers very tired after the march, let alone encountering the enemy immediately, it will be the next day. Battles will be affected!
Even if it is a rapid march, seventy or eighty miles a day is the limit, and those who can maintain this speed for several days are all elite soldiers in each part.

And after more than half a year of physical strength and endurance training by Jia Jing, and the soldiers of the third battalion who are full of meat and meat, let alone the cavalry for the time being, the rest of the soldiers can travel a hundred miles a day, which is entirely possible.

In terms of physical strength and endurance alone, the Zhenwei, Guoyong, and Guokang battalions have reached the upper level of elite soldiers.

It's just that Jia Jing, out of conservative considerations, set aside two points of strength to prevent accidents. In addition, he could not drop the army led by Wei Guogong too far, so he ordered the soldiers to set up camp after only marching [-] miles a day.

One is to retain part of the physical strength to prevent accidents, and the other is to give the soldiers more rest time, so that they can meet the next day's march in a fuller state.

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In the evening, the setting sun is like blood.

As night approaches, the autumn wind is even colder.

It's just that no matter how cold the autumn wind is, it can't cool the hearts of many defenders of Dongshengwei.

It has been four days, and the city is almost out of ammunition and food, but there is still no trace of reinforcements.

In Dongsheng city where fireworks are everywhere, we can see tired soldiers sitting on the ground everywhere.

At the foot of the city wall, there are not many rolling logs and rocks left to defend the city, and even the golden juice that made many soldiers look pale after hearing it in the past is not much.

In the city, some defenders have already begun to demolish the houses, taking out the beams and using them as rolling logs. The stones used to build the houses were also transported back and used as rocks.

The Tatars attacked fiercely for four days, and the Dongsheng city was already in pieces.

"What did the commander-in-chief of the Datong Mansion say? When will the reinforcements arrive?"

In the city, Huo Cunyi, the commander of Dongshengwei, asked loudly the messenger who had just returned from Datong Mansion for help.

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