Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 253
Sui Daye seven years, at the end of March.

Hebei Zhuojun, Jixian.

March was a good time for spring and flowers to bloom, but what Luo Cheng felt was the furious cold wind and continuous freezing rain.

On the outskirts of Ji County, Luo Cheng rubbed his hands, turned around and got into his tent again.In the middle of the tent, a ground pond was dug, and a few half-dry logs were set up, burning half-brightly. Because the firewood was not dry, there was always a lot of smoke when it burned.Sitting next to the fire, although it can bring some heat, but after a while, it can always make people teary, and after a while, you have to go outside the tent to blow the cold wind to breathe, otherwise people will faint in.

"It's almost April in this doggy weather, why is it still so cold here?"

The fourth child stomped his feet while turning his head to wipe the tears from Xun.

"After all, it's the north. You haven't left the customs yet. After passing the Liaohe River, the land of white mountains and black waters is still snowing heavily. You have to go to the snow in May, and then it will be truly cold and beautiful." Luo Luo Cheng smiled.

"Baishan and Heishui? Are you talking about the Baishan and Heishui tribes of the Mohe people?" Wei Zheng said while sitting by the fire, shrinking his neck and writing his hands in his sleeves.

"Yeah." Luo Cheng hummed. The Mohe people now occupy the most remote area in Liaodong. The Baishan tribe is close to Goguryeo. It is a relatively civilized Mohe tribe. They even surrendered to Goguryeo, and their main territory is in the Jilin area of ​​later generations. .The Heishui Department is relatively more barbaric and uncivilized, and their territory is wider. Basically, Heilongjiang and the outer Northeast are their territories in later generations.

"It's a real barbarian tribe there. It is said that most of the year is covered with heavy snow and ice, and they live a life of drinking blood and wearing fish skin and wild boar skin." I can tell you something.

The fourth child now hates ice and snow, "Then I don't want to go to Baishan Heishui in my life."

"Pianjiang, I went to the military meeting yesterday, did they say when they will be dispatched?" Wei Zheng asked again.

Luo Cheng and the others were ordered by the Ministry of War to go north at the beginning of the year. After crossing the Yellow River, they stopped a bandit at Douzigang along the way, made a lot of extra money, and then went all the way north without any delay.

At the beginning of March, they marched slowly all the way, and finally reached the camp of Zhuojun.

Then Luo Cheng and the others stayed here for nearly a month.

When we came here, even though the ice and snow in Zhuojun County had melted and the canals had thawed, it was still cold every now and then. Even if Luo Cheng and the others had enough clothes and quilts, they still couldn't bear the ghostly weather here.Although Qi County is quite cold in winter, it is still much warmer than here.

After almost a month, Luo Cheng's six hundred soldiers were reorganized by the Ministry of War.Originally, his 600 people were going to be divided into groups on foot and horse, but Luo Cheng and the others had big pockets and ran up and down.In the end, they were still braided together, and they were all incorporated into the infantry.

According to the plan of the Ministry of War, soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the world will gather in Zhuojun, reorganize, and then train for several months, and wait until the first day of the first month of next year to send troops.

The conscripted army amounted to more than 100 million, and the army was divided into left and right wings, and each wing formed twelve routes.

Each army is divided into soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. One hundred people form a team. Among them, the soldiers include forty teams of cavalry and eighty teams of infantry.There are ten regiments of cavalry, and twenty regiments of infantry.

In addition, each army also has four regiments, including supplies and skirmishers, escorted by infantry.

Luo Cheng's 600 men were all organized into the infantry. A regiment of 2000 infantry teams was 600 men. His 14 men were not enough, and 400 teams of [-] men were transferred from other places to make up enough. two thousand.

Because Luo Cheng spent a lot of money on managing up and down, he managed to get the position of general of the regiment smoothly.

The partial general is the chief officer of the regiment. He is organized according to the battalion, with 200 infantry regiments and one regiment, one hundred people set up a banner, and the regiment has a partial general.Below the general of the regiment, there are also school lieutenants, [-] captains, and first-class officers of the team.

A lot of money was spent, but Luo Cheng became a partial general, and his brothers Siye, Cunxiao, etc. also became school captains and 200 commanders.

Even Wei Zheng, who joined the gang halfway, has officially joined the army as a regiment.

Jixian, Zhuojun, is the capital area of ​​later generations.

Before Weizhou was changed into a county in the early years, it was called Youzhou. It has always been the most important town in Northeast China and an important military town for defending Turks and Khitans.After the emperor prepared for the Eastern Expedition, this place became the base camp for the Eastern Expedition.

Soldiers and horses from all over the country came to Zhuojun one after another.

Zhuojun was originally the hub of land transportation at the northern end of the Hebei Plain. Daye opened the Yongji Canal in four years to divert Qinshui to the Yellow River in the south and Zhuojun in the north.

This year, the emperor took a dragon boat from Jiangdu to the Yongji Channel via the Yellow River and arrived at Zhuojun.

At the same time, Jianghuai civilians and ships are also transferring rice from large grain storage transfer warehouses in Liyang warehouse and Luokou warehouse to Zhuojun day and night.

As soon as the canal thaws, the boats and boats will be separated by more than a thousand miles.

Because of this canal, which was newly opened for a few years, Zhuo County, which was originally the northeast end of the world, became the center of land and water transportation in the north.

Although Zhuojun is located on the plain, it can be located at the northern end of land and water transportation. It is a hub and has convenient transportation.

However, Zhuo County is adjacent to the Yanshan Mountains in the north and Taihang in the west. Chongshan Junling has become a natural barrier for the North China Plain. Since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, successive dynasties have built the Great Wall and passes in the Yanshan Mountains, making Zhuojun Jicheng the strategic center of the north. .

Because of the convenience of transportation, Zhuojun became the gathering place for millions of troops and countless supplies for the Eastern Expedition.

Luo Cheng and the others came from Qi County, which is relatively close, so they came earlier.But it's been a month, except for practicing once every three or five days, Luo Cheng and the others spend the rest of the time just warming up to the fire.

More and more soldiers and horses gathered in Zhuojun, and the rules became stricter and stricter.

Luo Cheng's forty infantry troops set up their own camp, and every day except for the officers, they couldn't easily leave the camp.

When the weather is good, Luo Cheng will drill and drill his men and horses, but when the weather is windy and rainy like today, he can only huddle in the tent to warm up.Because there are too many people, it is difficult to get firewood for the fire. Now there is no dry firewood to burn, and it is all wet firewood, which can smoke to death when a fire is made.

"Is the Mo Dao I want still available? We paid the full amount and added more money. They won't turn their backs on it, will they?"

Siye came in from the outside, and couldn't help complaining as soon as he sat down.

"Probably not. The batch of Mingguang armor we bought before will arrive soon." Luo Cheng was very calm.There are more and more soldiers and horses gathered in Zhuo County, but there are more equipment stored here.Both Dad and Big Brother have been here for a year to fight ordnance.

Many government soldiers came with incomplete equipment, so they supplemented it here, especially many government soldiers who newly built military residences did not have complete equipment.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng and the others had money in their hands, so they also lacked the equipment, but other government soldiers rented it, but they bought it directly.It is said that Zhuojun's armaments are piled up like a mountain, one warehouse after another, but they are all under the management of Weiwei Temple.

Taking the letter from Du Ruhui and others, Luo Cheng found a lot of acquaintances to make connections, and finally he found an official of Weiwei Temple, a sixth-rank official, not high in rank, but with a lot of real power.After the money is stuffed in place, this person is easy to talk to.

In a month's time, Luo Cheng's regiment has replenished its equipment several times.

For example, his original 600 people now basically have a piece of Mingguang armor for everyone, and all of them were built during the Kaihuang period, not the Daye period.The Mingguang Armor made in the Kaihuang year was the same as the five baht meat at that time. The materials used were sufficient and the quality was reliable. It was difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to break through the armor.

Of course, such a good armor is definitely expensive.

Anyway, if you have money, the more expensive things that can save your life on this battlefield, the better.

Therefore, everyone has one piece of Mingguang armor, and the horizontal knife and shield are also replaced by Kaihuang. Even now they have finally reached the 140% equipment rate of bows and arrows that are standard for soldiers. Everyone is equipped with bows, even crossbowmen. More than just a bow.

Luo Cheng's original [-] cavalry were all registered as infantry here, and now they are mounted infantry.The other four hundred of his own infantry, after suppressing the bandits at Douzigang, actually had horses, so they all became horse infantry.In addition, they have a sufficient number of pack horses. There are ten mules and horses for every ten people in the fire, which is much higher than the standard standard of ten people and six packs.

However, Luo Siye wanted to form a Modao team, so he spent a lot of money to find officials from Weiwei Temple to get Modao and thick armor.

They accepted the money and agreed, but it didn't come down for a while.

"Recently there are a lot of newcomers, and Weiwei Temple is also very busy. You have to be considerate of them and give them some time. Our relationship with Liu Shuling has finally been established. Don't ruin the relationship because of these." Luo Cheng But I cherish this Liu Shuling very much. The relationship that was built with great difficulty after going around seven turns and eight turns. Not to mention the use of a lot of favors.

And if this relationship is broken, even if you want to spend money to feed another one, it will not be easy.

Weapons and equipment are the most important thing for this large army to march eastward. If you have a good relationship with the department in charge of weapons, you will never suffer.

"Holding in here every day, people are going crazy. They say that the army will be officially dispatched on the first day of the first month of the new year. We can't just stay here for another eight months?" the fourth child muttered.

"That's unlikely. I've inquired about it recently. Our group is recruited in advance, so it's very likely that we will set off for Liaoxi after a certain number of Zhuojun soldiers and horses have gathered."

Zhuojun is just a gathering place for the army and food, but the real frontline base camp is actually in western Liaoning.The imperial court has set up two important military towns in western Liaoning, Luhe Town and Huaiyuan Town, and Linhaidun, which is near the sea, as bases for advance.

It is not far from the front line of Liaohe, and it is the real forward base.

"Then can we go there early? Damn, it's best to send us directly to the Liaohe River to garrison, so that we may have a chance to fight a few battles with the Goguryeo barbarians." The fourth child hates the current state the most and stays in the camp all day long. I can't go anywhere.Even if you want to train the team hard, Tiangong will never be beautiful.

"Wait a little longer, we've been waiting for a month anyway, and it's not too late." Luo Cheng narrowed his eyes and continued to warm up.

(End of this chapter)