burning nations

Chapter 136
Even if it is convenient to take soil from outside the Great Wall for the method of building blocks and composite soil, the amount of work is still ridiculously large, and all of them will take time.By the time the first wave of four military camps were completed, the time had come to May.

There was no movement from the iron man for a whole month, Zhang Cai only felt that it was outrageous, but Liu Fa's coquettish operation made Zha Gujun completely blind, he didn't know anything, nothing happened, so he couldn't make a judgment, Zhang Cai In addition to anxiety, it is nervous.

But in China, following Liu Fa's success in Beijing, and the transfer of various operations to Wang Fu, Wang Jinglue, Chen's Minister of War, there were new moves in the court.

This morning, when I was on duty, the yamen of the Ministry of War welcomed a special guest. I saw that he was tall and tall, with scars on his cheeks, but his temples were gray and his long beard fluttered like a fairy.It's a pity that the voice is harsh, like a eunuch who has been purged.

And indeed, he was a eunuch.

Tong Guan, named Daojiang, court eunuch, and imperial marshal, has the same name as the late Qi Qi Pingbo, and is also known as the "Two Marshals of the Empire".Served as General Zhonglang of the Shengcai Army, Governor of Hedong Dao, Defense Envoy of Longyou Dao, General Ningyuan of the Shengjie Army, and Hebei Dao Jinglue Envoy. , Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, and General Jin Wuwei have the right to mobilize the empire's soldiers and horses, and they are permanently stationed in the imperial capital.

Tong walked into the military department wearing a crimson official robe, and went straight to the sand table to watch the officials running around playing with it, but Wang Fu was not there.Just as he was about to search, Fang turned his head and saw Wang Jinglue, who was also in a crimson official robe, walking towards him with the memorial in his hands.

"General Dao, you came just in time. This is the latest military report forwarded by General Yangwei's mansion."

Without further ado, Tong Guan picked it up and looked it up. After reading it, his brows condensed slightly: "It takes 15 days to transfer from outside the Great Wall to the inside. In this way, the Yanqing army has already crossed the Hukulun River and has traveled northward for more than 20 miles."

"Although there are four villages to rely on, Yanqing has no intention of withdrawing troops. Even if the main force of Iron Man is not there, the further north you go, the less safe you are. Now the old man is really afraid that Yanqing will be greedy for meritorious deeds, and will fall into too deep and cannot extricate himself. ah!"

After listening to Tong Guan's analysis, Wang Fujing seriously reminded: "Since the commander-in-chief has said so, we have to guard against it! This war was provoked to divert attention, and Liu Yanqing's goal of recovering Siqing Village has been achieved. Halfway If something goes wrong, the gain outweighs the loss!"

Tong Guan nodded approvingly, after fighting for a lifetime, he knew the enemy's methods too well!
"I'm going to transfer troops, and Jing Lue will help me go through the formalities."

After saying that, Tong Guan slowly walked out of the infantry office.

Back at his commander's mansion, Tong Guan thought about searching for all the generals, and ordered Ma Jie, the general of Xiaoqi, to be summoned except Wang Bao.Later, the troops were ordered to be transferred. Longyou Dao only transferred the victory of the Jie army, and transferred two corps from Hedong Dao.Tong Guan's intentions are not pure.

After a while, Ma Jie came to the mansion.

Ma Jie, Biaozi Xingyun, was born in Yanling, Xuzhou, Henan Province. He was a young soldier. He started from Shichang and moved to Hebei, Hedong and Longyou. Fighting fiercely with the 3000 cavalry army of the Iron Man, he won the first 5-level Tong Guan's appreciation and was recommended by Tong Guan for promotion.The current commander-in-chief of the Xiaoqi Army and General Xiaoqi, leads the few cavalry regiments in the Zaku Empire.

"Enxiang called me?" Ma Jie said respectfully and clasped his fists.

Tong Guan didn't say anything: "Now Liu Yangwei has led an army deep into the territory of the Iron Man. In order to prevent accidents, Xingyun will be the supervisor of the army and go out to help."

Ma Jie responded immediately: "Jie will live up to his entrustment!"

"But Enxiang, if Jie is in charge of the army, who is in charge?"

Tong Guan didn't pretend to be coercive: "I have ordered the two generals of Hedong Zhongti and Yao Gu to lead the troops to help. At that time, Zhongti will be the main force, Yao Gu will be the deputy, and Xingyun will be the supervisor."

When Ma Jie heard that it was the two of Yao, he was extremely worried: "If this is the case, Jie fears that the two of them will not take the future seriously."

Tong Guan seemed to have thought of this too: "It's okay, the courtiers are resting in Qizhou, and the Shengjie army will go north together to help."

After hearing this, Ma Jie was overjoyed: "If the brothers from the courtiers come to help, even if they encounter iron men and soldiers, Jie will have nothing to fear!"

Tong Guan asked, "Where is the Xiaoqi Legion now stationed?"

Ma Jie said: "Don't worry, Mr. En, the legion is now in Jiangzhou. The last general will lead the cavalry first, and the infantry will walk across the grassland army by water. It only takes one month for the whole army to be assembled in Lingzhou!"

"Don't worry, I'm good at handling things. I'll give you the procedures tomorrow. Go prepare first."

"Yes, I will retire at the end!"

Ma Jie walked out of the White Tiger Hall slowly, and rode back home to bid farewell to his wife and children.Inside the White Tiger Hall, Tong Guan closed his eyes to rest his mind, and opened his old eyes soon after. He felt faintly worried and planned to go there himself.

Just do what you say, write a memorial, request to inspect the armies of Longyou Road, inspect the current situation of each field and garrison army, inspect the current situation of frontier defense, check for omissions and fill in gaps, and eliminate loopholes.

The memorial was handed over, together with the notes from the Ministry of War. Zhao Ju had read the approval of major military and state affairs, and sent it back to the office for immediate execution.

After wandering around the palace for these two copies, Eunuch Liang Ji and Liang naturally knew about them. After understanding Tong Guan's intentions, he sent an invitation to Tong Guan on the same day, and the eunuch invited him to have dinner with him.

Liang Ji is Tong Guan's old friend, and he couldn't refuse no matter what, so Tong Guan came as promised that night.In a private room of a luxuriously decorated restaurant, eight plates of hard dishes and a jug of fine wine were left on the table of the Eight Immortals, and there were only two people in the private room when the people emptied out.

Liang Ji was about to pour wine for Tong Guan, but Tong Guan held his shoulder and couldn't get up from his seat.

"Master, you are serving His Majesty, how can you pour wine for me?"

"There is no outsider who cares so much?" Liang Jiwen smiled slightly, and the two took care of their own affairs.

After drinking a glass of wine, Tong Guan made it clear: "You and I are both busy, and it's taboo for you to meet others in private. It's said that you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do. What do you want to do when you invite me out for a drink?"

Liang Ji said: "Aside from begging for help, what else can we do?"

"Another child from the clan came to beg, can't you save face?" Tong Guan said.

Liang Ji shook his head: "Our family has a child who was left in the border area, I will trouble you to bring her back."

"Child?" Tong Guan's face was full of doubts, filled with questions that you didn't clear up.

Perhaps embarrassing, Liang Ji took a sip from his glass and said: "This child is called Zhang Cai, who is from my six doors, and holds my six doors' Xiuchun knife. Our family values ​​her very much, so take her back."

"Zhang Cai!" Tong Guan stared blankly, and said with a smile: "The old man once remembered that Wang Jinglue commented on a woman who said: "A capable minister who governs the world, a hero in a troubled world, fox eyes can confuse the master, perseverance can help the world, and fierce eyes can open the border , Wolf Gu Kebaojun, an extraordinary man, a superhero!Husband is rare in a thousand years! "This woman seems to be called Zhang Cai. She is Qi Pingbo's adoptive daughter."

Liang Ji nodded: "It's true."

Tong Guan was very interested in Zhang Cai, but unfortunately Zhang Cai had already left when he returned to Beijing, so Tong Guan was very interested in Liang Ji's request.

"Where is she? Let the old man pick her up, and tell the old lady where she is."

Liang Jidao: "She is now under the command of Lin Yang, the Zhizhai of Hot Spring Village."

"Lin Yang? Qinzhou Lin Yunji with the power of four elephants?" Tong Guan became interested again.

Liang Ji nodded.

Tong Guanle said: "To promote talents for the country, it seems that the trip to Longyou, I must go."

(End of this chapter)