From the pure blood dragon clan, I started to become a human being

Hengshui City is in sight.

Zhao Gou has already informed the Fenwu Army and the Xuanwu Army of the unusual movements in Beimang.

Beimang has a total of eight states, covering a vast area divided into two parts, north and south. The south is a small court established by the survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period, while the north is a traditional grassland royal tent with the kings of the north and south courts who nominally take charge of military affairs.

The chief leader of the eight states was called the Chijieling. In addition, there were twelve generals and four ranks of powerful families, namely A, B, C, and D.

Similar small-scale national wars are usually caused by the meeting of several generals and generals. The Queen of Beimang is over fifty years old and is currently mainly accumulating strength.

Jizhou and the opposite Orange State have always been mortal enemies.

Murong Baoding, the governor of Orange State, is nicknamed Half-Faced Buddha. He is good at defense but not attacking, so he has never been ranked high in martial arts evaluation. He is known for his tough skin and strong muscles in the Northern Mang martial arts world. He is also a royal relative with the same surname as the empress, and a first-class master.

The one who was competing against him was the great General Hong Xiangyang, who was stationed in the Hongxiang Military Town outside the Shuangmenguan Plain. He had 30,000 elite cavalry under his command, and his combat skills were so great that the entire Jizhou could not hold their heads up. He was basically a ballast transferred from the eastern front.

Hengshui Wengcheng, the tower is where Wei Jingtang worked.

The general had previously stated that even if Hong Xiang rode on horseback to the top of the city wall, he would never retreat a single step.

In the ancient city tower, noisy sounds poured in through the windows, forcing the dozing Zhang Caomang to wake up. As a pseudo-Vajra realm cultivator, he had been fighting and traveling around the world for years. He knew a few tricks of the finger-wielding technique and could be called a first-class master. The reason why he agreed to be the leader of Wei Jingtang's personal guards was simply because the other party was too good at saying harsh words.

"If the army is defeated, someone will have to kill me. I am afraid that if I don't die, I will implicate my mentor."

Before facing death, a hero is still a hero, but there is great terror between life and death, and very few people can make a final judgment.

"General, are you brave or timid?"

Zhang Caomang raised his head and looked at the figure standing in front of the map. A big red circle was drawn around the Hongxiang Military Town.

"Sometimes it's big, sometimes it's small." Wei Jingtang answered while staring at the map.

The Hongxiang Iron Cavalry was an elite force that broke through the eastern defense in the fourth national war before Gu Jiantang secured his position. They could become a spear that pierced through the northern part of Jizhou at any time.

As long as this cavalry is there, Yang Shenxing in Ji'nan will not be able to cross the Benliu River to provide support.

If the cavalry breaks through the border and enters the horse farm, they can treat the 40,000 old soldiers as fools. If they retreat a little slowly, they might be wiped out. It is impossible for the Yang family to abandon their family fortune so easily.

In other words, among the three counties in one state, the richest one will stay out of the matter, leaving only Hengshui and Yinyao counties to strengthen the defense.

If the Queen of Beimang does not intervene, the central government may just "wait and see", as the northern part of Jizhou is originally a pocket-like trap.

Zhang Caomang turned and looked out the window. The whole city of Weng was in an uproar. The last time there was such a commotion was during the Chinese New Year last year, when Wei Jingtang allowed his subordinates to leave the team in batches for five days. During the Chinese New Year, even if he saw his subordinates coming out of the Qing Kiln, it would not be convenient to make a fuss about it.

"What's going on? Are you rebelling?"

Wei Jingtang said without even turning his head, "Jiang's son went out of the city and killed a cavalry of 100 people. They were second-tier soldiers, but they were still regarded as extremely brave. He fired the five-stone bow nearly thirty times. He is not only a natural born true man, but it seems that he is also half a acquired Vajra. I think the nobles in the capital will take him seriously." "How much?" Zhang Caomang asked curiously.

"Curiosity alone is enough to bring you to eternal damnation." Wei Jingtang sneered. Scholars like him could not help but criticize Zhao Gou, but the Prime Minister Zhang Julu had to accept the promotion from that person. Moreover, for Zhang's party, strengthening border defense was one of its propositions, otherwise he would not have insisted on diving into the Jibei pocket.

The more you can carry, the bigger fish you attract.

"How do you plan to get promoted? I remember that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the military merit system in Liyang required the use of casualties to offset heads to count. I think since no one in the team died, it would be a big profit even if all four died." Zhang Caomang said that the rule of offsetting casualties was extremely necessary. Otherwise, there were many officers in the Spring and Autumn Period who were unscrupulous and consumed the court's troops to fatten themselves, doing things like injuring 800 enemies and killing 1,000.

"Among the eighty-nine heads, there is a disciple of a branch of a wealthy family of rank D, and a centurion with real power. The horses and armor will not be collected any higher. According to the standards, he should be promoted several levels to become a deputy lieutenant with real power, but he probably doesn't want to be someone's deputy. Then give him a military official title of deputy lieutenant of Zhiguo, and then a powerful captain and concurrently the lieutenant of Lanshui County." Wei Jingtang said that the emperor had to decide on ranks above the fifth rank, and then the Ministry of Personnel, the Censorate and other departments would jointly investigate and grant the title. However, as long as the central government had the nod of a noble, the local authorities could act at their convenience. The process of taking the position first and then filling the position was also a nearly routine handle.

"You and the county magistrate are in charge of military and political affairs, but others may not agree." Zhang Caomang said.

"The Beimang cavalry is coming, and even if I fart, they will say it smells good." Wei Jingtang said disdainfully.

Zhang Caomang pointed at the guy and laughed. Thinking back to when he first came, the other party was still a young man in his twenties. The girls from the Qingyao would blush for a long time just by touching his hand. Now he is no different from those soldiers.

Wei Jingtang didn't care about the noisy laughter and continued to stare at the map. Lanshui County was located on the bank of the flowing river thirty miles west of Hengshui City. It was an important water source close to the city. This place was very important and theoretically should be heavily guarded. However, the frontal pressure brought by the Hongxiang cavalry was too great, so he could only gamble a little to amuse himself. The more talented the Jiang son was, the less likely Zhao Gou would let him die in a county. These spies were a very powerful force, and the soldiers were about to die in large numbers. He didn't want anyone to watch the show. Of course, the Jiang son was also a comrade-in-arms, so the two thousand county soldiers that exceeded the limit of Lanshui County could be regarded as compensation.

The prerequisite is to defend Lanshui County.

……

Wengcheng training ground.

General Huang Lou clasped his fists, and naturally sobered up from the drunken meal a few days later.

"Twenty war horses are my return gift. Let's have a drink when you have time." Jiang Yuan said.

The price of a war horse was between fifty and eighty taels. Giving out twenty horses at once as gifts was considered a large sum of money even for a prominent family in the county, not to mention the approaching war.

"Hey, Brother Jiang, I won't be polite with you." Huang Lou grinned. As a soldier, he had no concept of refusal. He could repay any favor by blocking a knife on the battlefield.

The herald officer who called out the names came running over and announced the promotion in front of the soldiers on the parade ground. Jiang Yuan didn't care about it and didn't plan to refuse. It was a simple truth to spend a fortune on horse bones, and morale needed to be boosted as a war was imminent.

The captain leads 200 soldiers, so it goes without saying that he can take away 200 cavalrymen, but there is no need to use county soldiers to make up the number. The elite troops outside the city come from the six major vassal kings, and among them there must be secret spies used by each family to keep an eye on the central line. However, before that, the battle situation comes first.

"…demoted to deputy lieutenant of Zhiguo."

Jiang Yuan took the imperial edict and found out that Deputy Lieutenant Zhiguo was of the seventh rank, which meant that he was roughly on the same level as the magistrate of Lanshui County and did not have to obey orders.

(End of this chapter)