burning nations

Chapter 160
Tong Guan was the last group to cross the river.

After Tong Guan crossed the Hu Kunlun River, he took his personal guards and poked his flag on the south bank of the river. He lit a cigarette by himself, smoked it quietly in front of the river, and waited quietly for the result.

Li Tao, the chief secretary of the side mansion, persuaded him: "Xuan Shuai, it's windy and cold by the river, let's choose a military camp for now. Don't worry about Xuan Shuai, the famous general of Wang Tingchen's kingdom."

Tong Guan gently exhaled smoke rings, pointed at the river and sighed: "Don't worry about what you say, the empire suffered too much damage in this battle, and several times of raising troops still stopped in Henan. The blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers before and after only won four. In a place the size of a stronghold, Liu Yangwei was lost, and Zhong Hengye and Yao Xianwei were almost lost."

"Wow! The army is raised every year, and the northern border will never be stable. This river has not changed its name, so let's call it "Wuding River"."

Li Tao paused and said, "Xuan Shuai, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Tong Guan laughed and said, "Speak!"

"It may be too risky for Xuan Shuai to use Zhang Cai, especially when he bets on winning the Jie army."

Glancing at Tong Guan's face, Li Tao shut up.

Although Tong Guan's expression didn't change, how could the eunuch's heart be easily guessed?

"Lin Fu, wait and see."

Li Tao heard the words and said yes, and put a fluffy cape on Tong Guan from behind, and stood beside him with his hands tied.

Across the Wuding River, the sound of the golden drum on the north bank can be heard on the south bank, the face is calm, and the heart is not hanging?After a long time, everything calmed down.

Bei'an sent Tong Guan a head and a flag.The head is naturally the head of Zhe Letu, and the flag is naturally the flag of Jiujiao Baizhu.

Seeing these two, Tong Guan felt relieved and his legs went limp.

Before and after the bloody soldiers died in other lands, countless men could no longer drink a mouthful of sweet spring in their hometown, and finally the hard work of several months was over.

Li Tao stretched out his hand quickly.

If you win the battle, your mind will be settled. Don't Tong Guan stay by the Wuding River, and a gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall.Leaving the shogunate staff in charge of guiding the Shengjie army, he returned to the Qingtang army village by himself.

About 3 hours later, Zhang Cai and Wang Jin asked to see Lianying, and Wang Bao handed over the report.When he took it, Tong Guan observed it, and saw that one armor was bright and the other was covered with blood, hidden and invisible.Looking through the report, the pain in the cheeks is hard to hide. Nearly 2 people died in the Shengjie army, and more than 2000 of the light white-tasseled heavy cavalry were lost.Ordinary pawns are easy to say, as much as they can pull as much food as they are given, they can be called elite after rolling on the battlefield and surviving.But organizing an elite heavy cavalry would be costly. The first thing you should look for is someone who knows how to ride—most of them are naturalized minorities from the northwest, such as Huang, Sai, Xi, and Huan, or Zaku people who settled in the border areas. If you don't know riding skills, you don't know how to ride and shoot, and you have to spend additional resources to train them. Then, the heavy armor, large horses, and daily training of troops and horses cost 6000 white tassel heavy cavalry. The money is enough to form a garrison army.

One-third of the deaths are basically disabled, but it is acceptable to see the harvest.

Marshal Zhe Le of the Iron Man Empire capital suddenly gave the leadership, and the [-] to [-] infantry and cavalry under his command were wiped out, including the elite eagle divisions and leopard divisions. Nearly [-] prisoners were captured, and tens of thousands of horses were captured.

Normally, this is a big victory, but counting the 40 troops invested in the front, plus a cavalry regiment of the Valiant Cavalry, it is better to say it is a defeat.

Tong Guan read it and finished it without saying anything. He just asked Zhang Cai and Wang Zhi to go down to rest, and at the same time invited the shogunate Sima to write a note to quickly transport the medicine to the front line.

Zhang Cai and Wang Ting said goodbye outside the gate of the festival hall, and she herself went to the residence under the guidance of the shogunate staff.It's simple, but who cares?
To rest is to wait, and Zhang Cai naturally waits patiently. This wait is a long 10 days, and he has been lying in bed for 10 days to relieve the burden of the battle.

Sure enough, he was summoned 10 days later. When he entered the festival hall, Tong Guan gave Zhang Cai a bag of things. Zhang Cai glanced at it casually. Graduation certificate from General Academy!
Zhang Cai fixed her eyes on Tong Guan in surprise, while Tong Guan was looking at her seriously.

"Jun Xun was sent from the sixth-rank Youwu doctor, and the official position is the seventh-rank military department. He was sent to Zhizhai under the command of the governor of Longyou Dao. The place of office is this Qingtang village." Tong Guan stomped his feet, "I will give you 3000 Each household has at least one strong man, and the captured horses can give you 1 horses, and at most you can save the grain for the autumn harvest, and make Qingtangzhai into a forward position. In the future, when the army crosses the Wuding River, they will eat at your place "

"Can you do it? Zhang Cai?"

Without answering, Zhang Cai asked Tong Guan, "What about the remaining three villages in Siqing village?"

Tong Guan also asked back: "Does this have something to do with you?"

"If you have me, why do you need others?!"

Facing Zhang Cai's lofty ambitions, Tong Guan smiled speechlessly: "Girl, don't be greedy, and still want to be a member of the four villages? Yu Guochao system is inconsistent."

Zhang Caidao: "I have never thought about being part of the four villages, and I am too busy to do so. It's just kindness, the land is only a hundred miles away, the drinking water is no more than a Wuding River, and all the land has been reclaimed. How can the income of Xiaqiu at the age of two support the four villages?" Soldiers and civilians? And build a stronghold in Wuding Henan, the purpose is an outpost, the purpose is a beacon tower, small groups can be dispersed, large groups can be notified in time, and the rear is protected.”

"The empire built strongholds on the frontiers, which are complicated and complicated. I read the archives in the military academy. At the beginning, it was plowing and fighting, and the key points were supplemented by a large army. Therefore, during the Zhenren and Ren dynasties, the soldiers in the camp could support themselves. But now, the military camp is densely packed, and sometimes looking at the map gives me a headache, so it is unnecessary!"

After hearing this, Tong Guan was so angry that he slapped the table, scaring Zhang Cai into a panic.

He half-jokingly said seriously: "What? Zhang Zhizhai has started to care about the expenses of the empire's military support? Hehe, it's easy to build less fortifications. We soldiers build less fortifications. How can Wang Jinglue ask the Ministry of Households for money?"

"Grace!"

"Enough!" Tong Guan said, "I already understand what you mean, but Wuding Henan will leave you a village, can you hold it?!"

"I can hold it!" Zhang Cai replied affirmatively, "With Zhang Cai here, the enemy cavalry should not even think about crossing the Wuding River!"

"Okay!" Tong Guan jumped up, "Since you, Zhang Xingyu, have confidence, then this old man is beautiful. Remember today's words, if anything goes wrong, this old man will take your head!"

"I would like to issue a military order!" Zhang Cai went all out.

Tong Guanxu was the leader, so Zhang Cai signed, but he thoughtfully doubled the number of households promised from 3000 to 6000.

After Zhang Cai signed, he asked Lin Yang, "Enxiang, I don't know if Lin Yunji will return to the hot spring."

"Lin Yang is the most talented general in the world, how can I bear him to waste time in a remote village? He has a well-trained backwei army cavalry, and he serves in the Shengjie army. When the food arrives in spring, why not go back to Hedong with the courtiers? ? First love?"

"Enxiang was joking." Zhang Caiyan said.

Zhang Cai didn't go back until he got the exact news, and Wang Ting strode in.

"Eunxiang calling me?"

"sit."

Wang Ting sat where Zhang Cai had just sat.

Tong Guan picked up an obituary: "Zhang Wen, Duke Zhang, commander of the soldiers and horses of the Hedong Road, is gone."

Wang Ting took it solemnly, and asked, "What do you mean by kindness?"

"Can you afford it?" Tong Guan said bluntly.

Wang said: "The last general is not qualified enough."

Tong Guan nodded: "I know, that's why Zhong Ti and Yao Gu are going back. But when Chong and Yao return to Hedong, who can come to Jiedu Longyou? Courtier, do you have a suitable candidate?"

Wang Ting smiled awkwardly, thought and thought, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Enxiang, what do you think of Zhang Ranming?"

"Zhang Huan?!" Tong Guan was overjoyed, "I'm really old, I forgot Northwest Sanming!"

"It's just that Zhang Ranming is 20 years older than Duan Jiong, there is a fly in the ointment."

(End of this chapter)