I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 205 Is it a blessing among misfortunes?
Looking at the soldiers struggling forward in the mud, Wei Lu really wanted to swear too many swear words in his heart.

However, there is no way!
Although Zhongshan and Jin are neighbors, there must be differences in climate.

On the side of Jin State, there will be a rain from time to time in the middle of autumn, and it will be a continuous rainy season in late autumn; on the side of Zhongshan State, the geographical location is a little further north than Jin State, there will be rain from time to time in the first ten days of autumn, and the rainy season will enter the middle of autumn.

"How far away is it?" Wei Hua scowled, really not knowing how to vent his anger.

The retainer Sui Yong replied, "About twenty miles."

This "Sui" is not the Sui family of Fan's Xiaozong, Sui Yong is not only Wei's retainer, but also the head of a family, and there is no contradiction between the two.

The Sui family of the Fan family only existed for two generations after the Shihui, and later merged into the Fan family. The land first belonged to the public family, and then the "Sui" land was taken by the Wei family.

The troops of the Wei family and several other families marched from the north to the south. There were not many mountains on the road. The problem was that the land became soft after repeated rains, and the road became softer after repeated trampling. Let the soft and trampled road become muddy.

Even in the industrial age, if asphalt roads or cement soil are not repaired, when the rainy season comes, the road will become muddy after repeated trampling or wheel rolling. If you get stuck, don't think about getting out so easily. How many troops are trapped by this kind of bad The road conditions also slowed down the marching speed, even mechanized troops could not cover much distance in a day.

Now, the army of the Wei family and other families encountered a muddy crisis, and the daily march ranged from less than ten miles to over ten miles.

"The Zhi family has already engaged in battle with the enemy, and our army is overdue!" Knowing that the main force was not available, Wei Lu fought against the enemy first, how should a similar situation be ruled.

To put it bluntly, it is considered lucky for the overdue troops to get the chance to redeem their crimes, and don't think about other credits.

Wei Xu just wanted to commit crimes and make meritorious service. What he wanted was not to be punished, but to at least keep his previous meritorious service, hoping to have new opportunities to make meritorious service in the future.

"My lord, we have encountered enemy troops ahead and are already fighting." Wei Ju looked a little embarrassed.

This kind of embarrassment is not because of throwing away helmets and armor, but mainly because of the dirty mud all over the trouser legs, and the body is not very clean.

They walked through the mud all the way, and no one had muddy feet. The feet were loaded with a few kilograms of weight, and the bottom of the crotch was almost wet, not to mention how uncomfortable it was to walk.

Why are the pant legs all wet?It's definitely not peeing your pants. In fact, it's because there are grass everywhere, and there is water on the grass. If there is too much friction, the trouser legs will definitely get wet.

When Wei Lu heard the report, he was not worried but happy, thinking: "It's good if there is a battle, it can be regarded as an explanation!"

At the same time, Wei Xu could also judge that Zhishi's offensive was progressing smoothly, forcing or frightening the enemy army to seek a retreat.

"How many enemy troops?" Wei Hua asked.

Wei Ju dragged on a bit of embarrassment: "This..."

The Wei family's forward went around a forest and suddenly ran into the enemy army. The two sides stared dumbfounded at first, as if they were completely bewildered by the appearance of the other party. It was Wei's officer who came to his senses first and gave the order to attack. stand up.

The environment was very complicated, and because of the obscuration of sight, Wei really didn't know how many enemy troops had come.

Encountered the enemy, right?

Wei Xu is considered a veteran, and he knows how to deal with the sudden encounter with the enemy. He ordered his own troops in the rear to speed up the march, dispatched more front troops to the battle scene, and did not forget to send new scouts to spy deeper in front.

After the encounter battle was decided, the battle report was sent to Wei Lu.

"There are only four hundred enemy troops?" Wei Lu knew that this was the enemy's pathfinding troops, and there must be more behind, so he thought, "Should I stay put and wait for the enemy, or continue to advance?"

The environment in this area is similar. The woods and various greenery squeeze too much space. Even if there is a wide enough space due to the wetness of the ground, it is impossible to fight a large-scale battle.

After thinking about it for a while, Wei Hua ordered: "Order the first 'brigade' to spread forward, and the rest of the ministries should not be too wide apart."

Wei Lu learned this trick from Zhiyao.

It’s not that they didn’t know there was such a routine before, who would still stay where they are after seeing it, and they must learn from it when encountering similar situations.

It's just that Wei Xurang's troops from the Zhang family were the pioneers, and he didn't want to take his own soldiers as the vanguards at all.

No matter what era it is, the vanguard is the first unlucky one, and the death rate is surprisingly high. Wei's casualties in this Northern Expedition are a bit serious, and the remaining troops cannot be ruined at will.

After Zhang Ren received the order, his face was very ugly, but he dared not refuse when he refused. He even had to say yes with a smile on his face and then make various guarantees.

There is no way, the Zhang family used to be affiliated with the Zhao family, and seeing the Zhao family fall, before the Zhang family who lost his backing can regain the acceptance of the rest of the noble family, without the backing, it is inevitable that he will get some dirty work.

The Zhangs who used the human-shaped targets belonged to them. They were not only required to form a looser formation, but sometimes they had to send people into some forests to investigate.

Continuing all the way south, they encountered more or less enemy troops, and some people disappeared during the investigation. The entire "brigade" and other Wei's troops took over as the vanguard, and more than 300 soldiers were lost.

"This time, go back and join Zhishi immediately!" Zhang Ren didn't dare to have any objections to Wei Lu, but his desire to find Zhishi's thigh became more urgent.

In other words, why doesn't Mrs. Zhang hug Wei's thigh?That's a truth that Zhang Ren understands very well. When hugging the thigh, he hugs the thickest one.You may not get more benefits, and you can't bear the safety and security.

Zhang Ren's ancestor, Mr. Zhang, embraced Zhao's thigh during Zhao Wu's generation, and later embraced Fan's and Zhongxing's thighs. When Zhao Yang rose to embrace Zhao's thigh again, he still found a reason every time. Not to cause a gap in the heart of the previous asylum, it is really a wonderful way to play the thigh hug, and even give out the experience of the thigh hug.

"Meet the enemy army again, this time there are more than 7000 people?" Wei Lu calculated in his mind, the total number of enemy troops they encountered before and after was about 1, counting more than [-] this time, it is [-] taels More than a thousand.

And their army was only about eight miles away from their scheduled arrival point.

Wei Hao thought to himself: "Didn't it mean that the Zhi family is in a stalemate with the main force of the enemy, and Han Buxin has just arrived?"

Something was wrong, it seemed that the enemy didn't want to fight any more and was trying to break out from the north.

This kind of ailment was a very good thing for Wei Lu, so he called Wei Ju and said, "Go to the general of the Chinese army and tell me where our troops are."

Wei Ju hurriedly obeyed, but was called to stop him when he was about to leave.

"The end of autumn is approaching, you can find Yao again and ask privately how to proceed." Wei Xu said.

It took almost seven months for their northern expedition this time. Unless they could force the enemy to surrender within half a month, otherwise, before the continuous rainy season came, the battle would definitely not be able to tell the winner.

Now Jin is the only one in the Zhi family. Wei Ju knows that Wei Ju and Zhi Yao have a good relationship. What he thinks is that when Wei Ju's generation takes over the power in the future, Wei Ju can gain more security by virtue of his relationship with Zhi Yao. sense and convenience.

That is because Zhishi is obviously the only one in terms of strength. As the head of Zhishi, Zhishen is still modest, and the next generation heir, Zhiyao, has not been so arrogant and domineering. It is safer and definitely more secure in terms of profit.

It's not wrong for Wei Hua to think so.

After all, in the previous examples, those who were not counted as changing dynasties, at most it was the small clan of a certain office who succeeded the big clan, and it really never happened that foreign surnames seized Guozuo.

Waiting for Wei Lu to arrive at the position with the army, they encountered more than [-] enemy troops on the way, and wiped out some of them, and more enemy troops retreated back.

When they arrived at the position, they could be regarded as having accomplished the set goal, but the situation changed from being the main force to launch an attack as soon as they arrived, to blocking the passage for the alien coalition forces to withdraw northward.

Wei Ju, who went to Zhishi's side and came back, immediately found Wei Lu and reported: "The recent rainfall has been increasing, and the Chinese army has ordered his subordinates to stop the offensive."

you do not say!

Wei Lu encountered various numbers of enemy troops repeatedly along the way, and it took five days to complete the [-] miles because of the influence of the weather.

Wei Ju waited for Wei Lu to digest the first message before continuing: "Our army has surrounded the enemy from the north, west, and south. The east is covered with mountains and mountain streams. The mountains are plains. According to Yao's meaning, Encircle three sides, if the enemy breaks through to the east, they will find their own death."

Where is the east of this place?In fact, it was the land captured by the Zhi clan from Changdi.

The Zhi family had troops chasing and killing Chang Di for a long time, and because Zhi Yao sent troops to the state of Qi last year, the Zhi family first assembled a "division" to garrison in "Jipu", and later in order to ensure that the Zhi family was in the "Cui" area of ​​​​the Qi state. After the end of Yaobing, Zhiyao drew two "divisions" of troops to the east.

At present, the "division" of "Jipu" has followed up with the two "divisions" transferred to "Xiyang", and then moved to the eastern plain of "Xianyu".

Therefore, once the foreign coalition forces break through to the east, they will definitely run into the three "divisions" of the Zhi family.

After Wei Hao digested the news, he showed a serious face.

Wei Ju, who didn't quite understand what was going on, saw that his old father had a strange expression, and asked, "The situation is very good now, why is your lord doing this?"

Yes, the situation is going well, shouldn't you be happy?

However, the more Wei Lu thought about it, the more psychological pressure he felt, and finally said to Wei Ju in a deep and deep voice: "If Bolu comes back to take over as the head of the Zhao family, Yao treats him kindly, and Ju and Yao should have a heart-to-heart relationship."

Made.

They're all young people, right?
Zhiyao has already been able to command three legions, and he still commands them comfortably. It is purely because the commanders who carry out the orders are not strong enough, such as Wei Xu himself.

Wei Ju said with a silly and happy face: "My lord, don't worry, Ju and Yao, Bolu, and Geng once made an oath to make me (the state of Jin) regain the hegemony."

When did this happen?
The oath requires a very formal ceremony, and there must be enough people to witness it.

What Wei Ju was talking about was that they usually chatted, and when they were bragging, they all swore to each other.

Wei Lu sounded envious.

Their generation had too much infighting, and they were too envious of the second generation being able to play so well.

(End of this chapter)