Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 371

The situation in Gyeongju spread to Yuanzhou in an instant. Liu Zaisheng dispatched a pegasus to report to Zhang Zhao, and at the same time quickly mobilized in Yuanzhou.

Due to the need to cross Liupan Mountain, he was not given much time.

However, Yuanzhou only had one battalion in Yucheng Town and one battalion in Yingyang Town. Even if these two thousand soldiers were sent to Qingzhou, it would be difficult to stop the Dingnan Army's cavalry.

If the Li family of the Dingnan army reacted quickly and could quickly mobilize the army to go south from Xiazhou.

The emergency situation did not give Liu Zaisheng much chance to think, so he could only issue an urgent call-up order.

Call up all the Dangxiang herdsmen in Yuanzhou, even if it is to delay, it must be delayed until the army arrives.

Fortunately, in the past year or so, Longyou, Hexi has continued to repair and widen the official roads and build post stations, which have played a very good role.

Liu Zaisheng sent more than a dozen groups of messengers. The fastest day they ran for more than a hundred miles and killed several horses. It took less than ten days to convey the news to Liangzhou.

Zhang Zhao, who received Liu Zaisheng's report, did not dare to neglect, but after convening the generals to discuss, Zhang Zhao decided not to go directly to rescue Qingzhou, but to send troops to Yanzhou.

Lanyue Palace in Liangzhou, Ma Yaozi pointed to the map and was explaining to the generals.

"If we want to go to Qingzhou, the fastest way is to go to Ningzhou, and then go north along the Maling River, which is more than [-] miles away from Liangzhou.

Not to mention whether we can arrive in time, the Weizhou and Jingzhou that we have to pass on the road are all in the hands of the imperial court.

The imperial court has just rebuilt the Zhangyi Army and the Jingnan Army this year. It is not yet known whether we will be allowed to pass.

Even if it is let, it is not cost-effective to provoke the imperial court's jealousy, it is completely trying to scare the snake. "

Then, Ma Yaozi pointed to the location of Yanzhou, "If we don't go directly to Qingzhou, but go straight to Yanzhou from Huizhou, even if we go from Liangzhou, it will be less than a thousand miles.

There is salt water from Huamachi in Yanzhou, and most of the Dingnan Army’s salt supply depends on it. For the Dingnan Army, ten Gyeongjus are not as important as Yanzhou. Let’s just attack Yanzhou and force the Dingnan Army Back to aid. "

Clap clap!Zhang Zhao clapped his hands appreciatively, Ma Yaozi has now fully grown up.

He is no longer the old soldier with a broken mouth and no repetition of swearing, but he has become a general who can really lead an army.

"You kid often read behind our backs, don't you? We all know that we are encircling Wei and saving Zhao." As he spoke, Zhang Zhao looked at the general in the room.

"Don't just look at it, you all talk about your opinions, what does this mean, you are still very optimistic about Ma Yaozi's plan."

"I'm afraid that Yanzhou's defense envoys have already joined the Dingnan army, and it may not be easy for the army to pass through!" Everyone agreed, only the boar Luo Shande touched his chin and said.

"This is easy to handle. Let's pretend to be the general of Zhang Taiwei in Lingzhou and go to Yanzhou for business, and trick the Yanzhou defense envoy out. We will end up with one blow and occupy Yanzhou!"

As a radical in the Guiyi Army, Zhebu Jiashi, who had little respect for the Central Plains court, stood up and said to Zhang Zhao.

Everyone looked at Zhang Zhao, and they all knew that Zhang Zhao had always been more cautious in dealing with the court.

In fact, this time, many people were in favor of directly responding to An Chongrong, but Zhang Zhao knew that An Chongrong would not be able to accomplish anything, the [-] army could not last for a month, and the chances would be even better in the future.

However, it was out of the concern of fighting against the entire Central Plains alone, and that the Silk Road would be cut off by the later Jin court.

This Yanzhou is not so sensitive, anyway, it can be used to cover up the conflict of the Dingnan Army.

Moreover, in Shi Jingtang's eyes, Li Yiyin, like Zhang Zhao, is an unsettled element, and it is estimated that he would be hurt by both of them.

"Qiongre Duojin, you are ready to go. When the army passes the Feng'an army, you will take people to Yanzhou, take three hundred riders, and say that Zhang Taiwei of Lingzhou has arrived, and ask the defense envoy to raise troops and horses to meet him. Wait a minute. Get out of town and kill him!"

Although Qiongre Duojin's force value is a little worse than that of the wild bears, they are more alert and their brains are much easier to use. It should not be a big problem to ambush three hundred cavalry and suddenly intercept and kill the Yanzhou defense envoy.

"Everyone will go down, recruit elites, and mobilize well. We must dispatch at least 5000 people this time."

Zhang Zhao has never regarded the Li family of the Dingnan Army as a soft persimmon, although they are still completely incapable of comparing with Xixia in history.

However, after the toss of the Tang court, the strength of the Dingnan army, mainly the centripetal force of the party members, has been greatly improved.

For Zhang Zhao who just owned Hexi Longyou, he was not an easy opponent to deal with.

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The Macheng River in the early morning seemed a little quiet. Some water birds that got up early, flitted across the river from time to time, and occasionally caught a small fish, causing ripples on the calm river.

Just as more waterfowl were about to start catching fish, there was a loud sound of horseshoes along the river.

After a while, two messengers with red pennant flags on their backs and wearing blue-black strong suits drove their horses across the Macheng River from the shallowest point, scaring many waterfowl into flying away.

On the left bank of the Macheng River, there is a small village. This village was built only last year. Most of the people in the village have migrated from the Liugu tribe in the south of Liangzhou.

With the help of the government, they built houses with rammed earth walls more than one meter high, and the Macheng River was diverted out by several constructed canals.

The surrounding fields of the village are full of golden spring wheat and corn that are about to be harvested, a scene of peace and prosperity.

At the head of the village, an old man in a white linen jacket was drinking porridge. As soon as he saw the messenger with the red flag on his back coming, he immediately took off the small copper gong from his waist, then got on his horse and walked on the sidelines. Run and start knocking.

"Your Majesty, order your troops! Town troops from all households, gather at the head of the village immediately, and the United Archers and Yi Cong Xiaoqi also hurry up!"

With the bang bang bang bang bang bang and the roar of the old man, the village where thirty or forty households lived together suddenly became noisy.

Men with bows and guns kept running out of the small houses like bees.

"Fuck your mother! Don't rush to put on your armor, the three-way drum can't reach it, and the herald will break your leg!"

In a family in the middle of the village, a middle-aged man who had basically put on his armor yelled at a young man who was still hastily putting on his leather armor.

The old wife of the middle-aged man hurried up to help his son put on the armor. According to the military law, the town army is considered to be returning to the hometown.

At the east end of the village, next to several huge stone mills, five town troops, about [-] united archers, and seven Yi Cong Xiaoqi on horseback, all rushed to the three-way drum.

According to the system of the Guiyi Army at this time, the five military towns plus Regret Mountain Capital, except for those who took turns defending Liangzhou according to the rules and stationed in the cities of each state, all implemented the system of one stay and two go.

That is to say, among the 1000 people in a battalion, only one will live in the barracks for training, and the other two will return to their hometowns on vacation. The training will be supervised by the villagers, and they will rotate once a month.

This is impossible. Longyou, Hexi has a total of two million people, and they have to control eighteen prefectures plus the newly established Zhongzhou, a total of nineteen prefectures.

It is more difficult to guarantee a standing army of about 10,000 people on weekdays. The remaining [-] people must be sent back to ensure combat effectiveness by taking turns to take vacations.

The United Archers and Yicong Xiaoqi are the grassroots militiamen. They also have a small exercise every ten days and a big exercise every January. During the slack season, they also organize joint exercises in counties.

As for why there are so many archers?Some are cavalry?This is not divided according to ethnicity, but horses are also a very important property of a family at this time.

Those who have horses can be cavalry, and those who have no horses in poor families can only become united archers.

As soon as Zhang Jia Dalang appeared, the united archers and Yicong Xiaoqi at the head of the village quickly made way for him.

There is no one else, because Zhang Jia Dalang is not only the town army, but also the fire deputy with iron armor in the town army.

In the Guiyi Army, the Mianjia basically belonged to the public, and only a few, such as Li Yanli, the Gyeongju Dangxiang and great heroes, could occasionally receive the Mianjia as a reward.

The rest will be distributed after they are assembled and ready to go to the battlefield.

Because it is troublesome to adjust the size of the armor, there are still some that are given away, or soldiers are exchanged for military exploits.

After all, everyone's body size is different, and it's not that you can just get a collar that fits just right.

However, the Guiyi Army currently only has more than [-] sets of Zhajia in stock. Although there are many in the army who can receive Zhajia, they are scattered everywhere, so there are few.

A set of armor is a symbol of power and force. Back in the village, it is a well-known celebrity.

Whoever eats at the banquet must be seated first and sit at the head. If there is any matter in the village, the village head will come to invite people to discuss.

Even the two heralds from the county seat saw the red rope and iron armor on Zhang Jia Dalang's body, and hurriedly bowed their hands to salute.

"My brother, you are very polite. We are sent by the young man of Minqin County, and we are here to pass on the teaching order of the king in Baima Village."

Shaofu is the elegant name of the county captain, and Xiabaima Village is under the jurisdiction of Minqin County, so the United Archers and Yicong Xiaoqi in Xiabaima Village are under the management of the county captain of Minqin County.

But the county lieutenant can't control the elite small officers of the town army like Zhang Jia Dalang, so when he and the six town troops heard the county lieutenant's order, they just nodded and showed a little respect.

But after hearing the words of the king's decree, the six of them immediately bowed their hands in unison, and then half-kneeled in the direction of Liangzhou City.

"Your Majesty's decree: Today, there is the Xiazhou Dingnan Army who cheated me of a thousand catties of fine iron and killed one of my special envoys. It is very rampant. It is very rare!
I hereby order all the towns to mobilize soldiers and horses. Those who get the order must gather in Liangzhou within three days. "

"What a crazy thief, dare to take away my fine iron, I am ordered to return to the camp immediately!"

After hearing what the messenger said, Dalang Zhang and the others immediately exploded, yelling to impress the party members of the Dingnan Army.

This is also the reason why Zhang Zhao wants to create trouble and then mobilize troops.

Because these town troops are in the countryside, taking good care of their babies, hugging their mother-in-law and aunts, and the autumn harvest is coming soon, who is patient enough to go out and work hard?

Don't give them a reason to make them feel that they should fight, so they can be deployed at will. I am afraid that except for the most elite soldiers, others will dare to fight you on the battlefield.

When fighting a war, you must first talk about who is right and who is wrong, stir up anger and share the same hatred.

"Brother Zhang, in addition to the gathering of all the town troops, the king also asked to bring some united archers and Yi Cong Xiaoqi. The county captain knows that my brother is quite prestigious in the village, so please help me choose three or five people."

After the order was delivered, the messenger said with a bit of flattery that the county lieutenant lives in the county seat, so there must be no one like Zhang Jia Dalang in the village, and he knows who can fight and who can't?
Therefore, local people like Zhang Jia Dalang are often asked to help select some brave people who are not afraid of killing people on the battlefield.

As soon as he heard that he could follow the army to kill and make meritorious deeds, more than [-] township soldiers came over as soon as they swarmed.

Even after Zhang Zhao came, life in Liangzhou became much better, but that was just to survive. To improve the status and life, one still had to rely on fighting to obtain it.

The example of these united archers and Yi Cong Xiaoqi is Zhang Jia Dalang in iron armor.

This Zhang family Dalang went to Guanzhong and earned back a set of iron armor, fifteen guan as a reward, half a piece of brocade and silk, ten pieces of cotton cloth, one war horse, one donkey, and two hundred yuan a month. , It can be doubled five times when on duty.

For Xiabaima Village, it was a fairy-like day.

"Back! Back! Don't make any noise, I know who to take!"

Zhang Jia Dalang drove away the surrounding soldiers, and then ordered Zhao Jia Erlang, who was skilled in equestrianism, Ma Bo's Xiaolang, and the brothers Li and Wen who were good at shooting.

The ones that were ordered happily went back to prepare, while the ones that were not ordered immediately withered.

As for the autumn harvest, what should I do if all the men are gone?Then the head of the village will mobilize the villagers to help each other.

If the war is delayed and the spring plowing time is still unable to return, the government will provide cattle for farming, and the officials and errands will go to the fields to work together.

(End of this chapter)