Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 562
"Behead?" Wang Zhaotang's face changed drastically: "Director Guo wants to kill my head? Shouldn't it be so?"

"Not so?" The colleague snorted coldly: "Didn't you notice it when you came in just now? Everyone in the tent was happy, but Mr. Guo's face was not good-looking? Have you ever thought about why?"

"You don't look good? I didn't pay much attention! Why? Didn't the former army win the battle?"

"Hey! Old Wang, old Wang, do you really have no eyesight? Mr. Guo's father was a veteran general who fought against Dou Jiande with the late emperor. He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He was a juren who passed the personal test today. Hongwenguan Waiting for the imperial edict, waiting for the emperor; and what about the general manager Xue? Although he is also from the Xue family in Hedong, his family has long since fallen in his area, and he is still in white clothes in his 30s. Do you think Mr. Guo can be willing to submit to such a superior?"

"What if you are not willing? This is in the army!" Wang Zhaotang said.

"So you don't understand? Of course you and I have to obey orders, but who is he? Can you put Director Xue in your eyes? Besides, Director Xue is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Do you think it's normal for Ashina to lead the front army and let Mr. Guo lead the rear army and supplies?"

"This—" Wang Zhaotang was dumbfounded. Usually, the commander of the first army will personally lead the central army or the rear army, and the deputy general will lead the partial division or the forward. Like Xue Rengui, he will lead the front army himself, and let Guo Daifeng command the rear army and supplies. There are really not many.After thinking for a while, he said, "Perhaps Director Xue has his own reasons. How can our subordinates know so much? Besides, it is not suitable for Director Guo to command the front army in such a dangerous place as Qinghai?"

"Is it appropriate to let him lead the rear army?" The colleague sneered: "Old Wang, this is not an appropriate or inappropriate thing. After Mr. Xue arranges it like this, Mr. Guo will not want to make meritorious service, at least Mr. Guo thinks so of!"

"Is he unhappy because of this?" Wang Zhaotang suddenly realized.

"What else could be the reason? Director Xue asked him to garrison in Dafeiling. If the former army wins like this, what credit can Mr. Guo have to repay? He is loyal, diligent and cautious, and has perfect luck, right? After suffering so much and leaving Chang'an, is it for this reason?"

"Isn't that not bad? After all, the battle has been won!" Wang Zhaotang said with a wry smile, "It's not bad if you can save your life when you go out to fight the war, and there are still many opportunities to make meritorious deeds!"

"Old Wang, you are wrong again. It is not bad that we can save our lives in battle. It is us, the soldiers below, not Mr. Guo and Mr. Xue who are in charge of them!" The colleague laughed: "On the battlefield, we have to fight swords and guns. They don't need guns and arrows and stones to rush forward. They only need to wear the best armor, protected by mounted guards, and stay behind. The situation is not good, they are the first ones to run away, unless they are unlucky, they will be fine no matter what! They are here to increase their official position and ennoble their wives!"

Hearing what his colleagues said, Wang Zhaotang was suddenly dumbfounded, and after a while he smiled bitterly and said, "Then, what should I do?"

"What else can I do? Just shut up!" The colleague said with a smile: "As long as you don't touch Mr. Guo's bad luck, he won't specifically trouble you. He's thinking about other things now. Right and wrong are only for strength." If you are in the early stage, the troubles are all due to talking too much, you should understand this truth, old Wang, right?"

"I know!" Wang Zhaotang said with a wry smile, "Brother, please remind me, otherwise I won't even know how I died!"

Leaving the handsome tent and returning to his own residence, Wang Zhaotang took off his coat and lay down tiredly. The roof was dark. It is true that the tent here is crude and the haystack under his body was full of fleas, but at least it represented warmth and protection. What more could a veteran on the march ask for?Gradually, he fell into a dreamland.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zhaotang woke up as usual. He came to the camp and began to supervise the soldiers to insert sharp stakes into the trench and build a launch platform for the "Scorpion" to launch.After the explanation of his colleagues yesterday, he knew that these efforts were probably in vain. In order to compete for military exploits, Guo Daifeng would probably violate Xue Rengui's order and lead the rear army to leave Dafeiling and continue to advance.But he is still working meticulously, it seems that this is already an instinct.

On the third day, the expected thing finally happened. Guo Daifeng summoned all the senior officers and announced his order: the rear army is about to leave Dafeiling, carrying luggage, following in the footsteps of the former army, and continuing west.Everyone remained silent, they exchanged glances, and no one was willing to be the first to speak.No one is a fool, everyone knows the conflict between Guo Daifeng and Xue Rengui, if he contradicts Shangguan at this time, he will only be regarded as Xue Rengui's person, and there will be no good end.

Guo Daifeng raised his eyebrows, like two crossed swords. The silence in the tent exhausted his patience. His eyes swept over everyone's faces, and he said in a deep voice, "I am waiting for the king's order to trek. Wanli is for the purpose of killing thieves and making meritorious service, reporting to the country, and gaining wealth. Nowadays, the military rations are exhausted here every day, and the veterans and soldiers are exhausted. Is it what the emperor wants? I want to take you westward, why no one answers, is it because of fear? Is it possible to get rid of Tubo thieves?"

"How can I be afraid of the thieves!" The voice of the voice was a little indignant: "It's just that Chief Xue has already made a plan before he sent troops, and the rear army must guard Dafeiling to protect the luggage. Right now, the Chief Chief has not arrived. Wait until we go west, I'm afraid it will violate the plan!"

"What a joke!" Guo Daifeng sneered, "General Xue asked me to guard Dafei Ridge at the beginning because the victory of the front army was uncertain, and the rear army thought it would be the rear. Now that the former army has defeated Tubo, how can we play the piano and stick to the rules?"

"Director Guo, if the last general remembers correctly, although the former army won, they only caught up with the Tubo people's winter livestock, and captured only some old and weak women and children. There are no more than a thousand strong soldiers. Where are the elite soldiers now? I still don’t know, it’s not certain who will win and who will lose, so how can you act rashly? If you really want to send troops, why don’t you send an envoy to ask the general manager for instructions first, and then make a decision before it’s too late!”

"Ask the general manager for instructions?" Guo Daifeng was furious when he heard the words. The subordinate poked at the sore spot: "Nonsense, it takes more than ten days for the former army to go back and forth with my envoy. The soldiers are extremely fast. How can there be any reason to ask for instructions before doing everything? You are clearly afraid of the enemy, but you are using the plan of the general manager. Use it as an excuse!"

"Did you see it? Am I right? Unexpectedly, there is someone who is stupider than you, at least a baton. But you can rest assured, Mr. Guo is so angry that he will definitely give you the previous things. forgotten!"

Whispering from his colleagues, Wang Zhaotang showed a wry smile. It seemed that his colleagues were right. There was indeed some hesitation between this Deputy Director Guo and Director Xue Rengui and Director Xue. Discord between generals and generals was a big taboo among military strategists, and he had cheated himself by doing so. Forget it, if the [-] troops of the Western Expedition are also unlucky, it will be miserable.

"Come on, drag it down and beat the forty military sticks!" Guo Daifeng yelled sharply. After finishing speaking, his cold eyes swept over everyone in the tent, and he wanted to see who else dared to jump out to get in the way. own business.

"Director Guo!" Wang Zhaotang stepped forward, "At the end of the day, there will be a strategy that has the best of both worlds. It won't go against Director Xue's plan at the beginning, and it can also march westward!"

"The best of both worlds?" Guo Daifeng looked at Wang Zhaotang. He hadn't forgotten the guy who came out to make him unhappy a few days ago. This guy won't come out to make him unhappy again, right?Forget it, anyway, it doesn't take much effort to listen to his nonsense, and if he still doesn't know what to say, I just have one more rooster to scare the monkeys.

"Forget it, just tell me!"

"Your subordinates obey!" Wang Zhaotang coughed: "Since I left for the west, many soldiers in the army have fallen ill, and most of them are in the Dafeiling camp. There are about 8000 to [-] of them. , have recovered a lot, but if they are allowed to travel long distances westward to Xingxiu Sea, I am afraid they will fall ill again. It is better to let them stay in the Dafeiling camp, which will not violate the plan of the Chief Executive; Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds for the elite and strong soldiers to march westward?"

Hearing Wang Zhaotang's words, Guo Daifeng's expression changed a lot. Although he looked down on Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui was still his boss anyway, and he must have violated Xue Rengui's previous plan by leading an army westward. The battle is over. I am always at a loss when I start a lawsuit.Guo Daifeng said that what he did was nothing more than relying on the emperor's favor for him. In addition, as long as he could win the battle and offset his merits and demerits, he could still make money. It was better than staying in Dafeiling without making any achievements.And if Wang Zhaotang's suggestion is followed, even if a lawsuit is filed in the future, Guo Daifeng can still say that he did not violate Xue Rengui's order and left enough troops to guard the camp. As long as he can win, no one will blame him Own.

Hearing the satisfactory suggestion, Guo Daifeng's perception of Wang Zhaotang improved a lot. He nodded: "Well, let's do as you said! If that's the case, why don't you stay and guard the camp?"

"The last general obeys the order!" The purpose of Wang Zhaotang's offer of advice was for this, and he bowed in obeisance: "General Manager Guo, the road to the west this time is rough and the transport of luggage is inconvenient, so it is better to leave it in Dafeiling and let the last general guard it." !"

"That's right, that's exactly what I mean!" Guo Daifeng nodded with a smile. He is not a fool. Originally, most of the rear troops were infantry. It's time for a meeting.He appreciatively looked at Wang Zhaotang again, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, Lieutenant Wang, as long as you can defend Dafeiling well, I can also count you a share of the achievements of this westward march!"

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In the legend of the Tibetans, the comet is a symbol of disaster.When a long tail pierced the night sky, like a long sword across the sky, the soldiers whispered that it was a bad omen, and they were panicked for the next battle, but Gar Qinling looked at it with joy. Looking at the night sky, speaking aloud in a voice that everyone can hear.

"That's right, it's a bad omen, but it's a bad omen for the Tang people. The greed and arrogance of the Tang people has angered the gods, so the gods have brought disaster on them. That's a sign, and everyone can see it!"

"Yes, but isn't this ours?" Someone whispered: "Who can guess the mind of the gods?"

"Look, doesn't this meteor look like a long sword?" Qin Ling said with a smile, "This is the sword's edge, this is the hilt, and this is the gauntlet. The direction pointed by the sword's edge is the direction of the Tang army. Any obvious signs?"

There was a deep cheer from the Tubo soldiers. Indeed, the tail of the comet was pointing to the northeast, which was the direction of the Tang army. The panic caused by the long-distance march and various unfavorable news quickly disappeared, and morale changed. Gotta get high.

"The direction pointed by the comet is our way forward. The gods are guiding us, and victory is just ahead!" Qin Ling continued to shout loudly... But in fact, the Tibetans have only this way to go. After the Tang army crossed the Huanghe Valley and approached Qinghai Lake, Qinling immediately led the main force of Tubo back from the Western Regions. He crossed the Altun Mountains from the Dangjin Pass, and then moved southeast along the north side of the Qaidam Basin. Go, go through Dachaidan, Xiaochaidan, Ulan, and the final destination is Fucheng City.

Compared with the Hexi Corridor, this road is much more difficult. The Qaidam Basin is one of the driest places in inland Asia. Forage is hard to find in the yellow-red wasteland and drinking water is scarce.It was a dry and desolate land of low hills and wind-worn, barren fields.They crossed the river bed as dry as a bone, and the horses depended on brown, yellow and tough weeds, which grew in clusters under rocks and at the bottom of dead trees, and their thorny stems and leaves could easily cut through people's skin.After a long journey, we can see a small oasis, which is the credit of the melting water from the snow-capped mountains.

The Tibetans, who are accustomed to the cold and humid climate, are very unaccustomed to this environment, and they carry less and less food, and have to use fallen horse meat to satisfy their hunger.Death followed, and more and more people were killed by the cruel earth.Qin Ling himself was getting more and more emaciated, his eye sockets sunken, and his thick black hair became brittle like straw. He suffered from hunger and thirst like everyone else, sharing the same piece of horse meat with the foot soldiers, and a bag of bitter water from the saltwater pool.

In this way, despite all the unimaginable difficulties, the Tubo people returned to Fuqi City on No. 17 days after crossing the Dangjin Pass.

"General, the Tang people have a lot of troops, about 10 people, or more. In order to avoid being found by the Tang people, Master Gongren retreated to Doucuo Lake with his livestock and troops!"

"En! Gong Ren did a good job!" Qin Ling nodded in satisfaction, very satisfied with his eldest son.

　Let me say a few more words, Weber wrote historical novels, what do you mean, in Weber’s novels, history is just a background, a nail to hang the story, although it looks true, but in fact he is still fake, after all, I didn’t go After the seventh century AD, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Liaodong, Longyou, Sichuan, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.It was all made up by Weber.

　　Finally, routinely ask for tickets, subscriptions, and tips.

　　
　　
　
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