My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 339 Send 25 Troops
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in Luyang, the southern capital, the weather was still cold. The snow in the mountains and fields had turned into snow and soaked into the soil a few days ago.

Farmers who are busy preparing for spring sowing in advance walk out of their brand-new village houses. These farmers are not very old, in their twenties to early thirties. They drag their families to their new fields, and from time to time they call out to people they know nearby. Hello, with a thick Northland accent.

A carriage came from a distance and stopped on the roadside. Crane Fan lifted a little curtain and looked at the busyness in the fields, smiling and nodding.

"Your Majesty's military system is indeed better than Cao Cao's farming system. Soldiers have their own fields. In a novel, they care about their own farming and have no worries about fighting. In a big way, they care about the land under their feet. I have a deep sense of belonging to the Xia Kingdom.”

"That's true. I heard that the person in charge of the military system was Qin Qiong of the Tang Army. This method came from the Tang Dynasty."

Someone in the car also looked out through the raised curtains: "In the past two years, the great clans of the Central Plains have disappeared. Although some still exist, they can no longer be hindered. Your Majesty's new law is advancing. I really want to see what the prosperous age of China in your Majesty's words looks like. At that time, the Prime Minister and the Liao Dynasty did not have the opportunity to see the four seas reunited and the world unified."

The curtain was lowered, Zhuge Liang put down his feather fan and poured a cup of hot tea. Following Zhang Liao's words across from him, a picture emerged in his mind. When he was still in Yanjing, he occasionally heard Li Bai and Guo Jia mention the prosperous Kaiyuan era.

"Thousands of sails of the Yellow River flow into Chang'an, silk lanterns are hung on the mahogany streets, dragons and lions dance around, and Hu girls dance to the sounds of Hu... Such a prosperous age is indeed fascinating."

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh, "We will never be able to see the grand scenes of future generations."

"Then let's recreate the prosperous age here!"

Zhang Liao chuckled, said something casually, and then raised his glass and drank boldly.At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside, and the guard beside the car came over and whispered to Yi Wen and Yi Wu through the curtain of the car: "Prime Minister, General Zhang is the commander of the Northern Territory."

The cavalry uniforms of the north and south are uniform, but there are some obvious differences to distinguish whether the situation is urgent. The northern cavalry coming at this moment has a black armband with a crane pattern on its right arm.

"Urgent report from the North!"

The knight galloped over, and without waiting for the horse to stop, he jumped off the horse and ran quickly to the carriage curtain, passing a bamboo tube through it.

Zhuge Liang took the bamboo tube, opened one lacquer seal, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, took a look, and handed the letter to Zhang Liao.

"There's going to be a war."

Zhang Liao read the contents on the paper, grinned slightly, and smiled: "Then let's fight, and then we can create a prosperous world as soon as possible."

He is a warrior. Although he can do without fighting, he will not fight. After all, the elite soldiers who have trained hard will probably die on the battlefield in the next moment. However, serving as a soldier and eating food is what a soldier should do. Since the superiors want to fight, Then create a prosperous era.

After all, the concept of great unification is deeply ingrained in the hearts of Chinese civil and military forces, and it is impossible to leave four countries independent.

"When we return, we will issue a recruitment order for soldiers from the Xiliang, Yizhou and Qingzhou armies to assemble in Luyang and march towards Yantang Pass in the north."

The carriage that stopped on the side of the road started again and drove to Luyang City. The two of them talked in the carriage for a while about the recruitment instructions, grain and fodder, and the strategy of feinting to attack Qi and Liang with Ma Chao stationed in Meizhou.

In the afternoon, the recruitment order came out from Luyang, and rushed to the military camps of the three armies, and then the army ordered the cavalry to rush to the military camp.

What can be seen on both sides of the road are newly cultivated fields. At the end of the rider's field of vision, he can see the outlines of villages, with wisps of smoke curling around them.

Houses made of rammed earth mixed with stone bricks were very close to each other. Children playing at the entrance of the village looked at the speeding cavalry: "Who are you?"

"Where are your adults? Go to the fields and call everyone back!"

The older children, who probably knew better, pulled a group of children and ran quickly to the fields. Children from each family ran quickly along the field ridges, shouting to their parents in the fields: "Dad, Mom, there are people coming from the village to ride horses." , telling you to go back!"

The farmer who stood up from the field said back to the child, "Okay!" Then he looked at his wife or mother, picked up the hoe, walked up to the field edge, took a drink of water, and quickly headed towards home. People gathered in the crowd Standing around Lingqi on the stone mill, listening to him issue military orders.

Not long after, the sturdy farmers in coarse linen returned home. Mothers and wives were busy in the kitchen, making pancakes and steamed buns, then neatly stuffed them into bags and handed them to the husband (son) who was wearing leather armor and cotton clothes. , sent him to the entrance of the village, and led the horses with other comrades in the village who also left together, or walked towards Luyang.

There they met their captains Fang Tianling and Cao Zhong, and around Luyang, soldiers from each house were quickly gathering, and then they were trained, distributed weapons, and headed to Yantang Pass in donkey carts and horse-drawn carriages.

At this time, there was still thick snow on the grassland. War horses wrapped in cotton armor were running in the snow and rushed into the city gate built in the central grassland. This was a square earth city with more than 5000 people stationed there. There were many people from all around. Business travelers from all over the world set up tents here to transit before going elsewhere.

There are also people who have discovered business opportunities and settled here, opening hotels, wine shops, tea shops, and even recently built a brothel. It has become a city market on the grassland.

The fast horses rushed into Tucheng. The people on duty here were Ge Shuhan and the newly transferred Lei Tong. When they heard the order, they immediately sent two fast horses to rush towards the Corpse Division, regardless of the snow on the grassland. , Department of contracture.

The edict was very simple and contained only one sentence: On March [-]th, each of the two armies raised [-] troops. The Luotang tribe attacked the northeast of Liang State, and the corpse troops went south to Feiyan Pass to attack Qi State.

Yanzhou in the north.

It was already mid-February, and the grain and fodder in Yanjing City had basically been mobilized and sent to Yantang Pass. The craftsmen's workshops were still in full swing, and all kinds of armaments began to be carted away and transferred to the hands of soldiers in each army.

It lasted until late at night. In the swaying firelight, there were the sounds of various cart shafts turning. The shaft carts were constantly coming in and out of various camps. From time to time, there were sounds of hammering and repairing weapons and armor in the military craftsman camp.

The entire Yanjing has entered the pre-war posture.

Yan Palace.

At five o'clock in the morning, the cold wind mixed with chill in the early morning blew through the eaves and squeezed into the window lattice. The candlelight that was about to burn out swayed dimly.

There was a faint rustling sound in the room, and then there were footsteps walking on the cold floor of the dormitory. A figure wearing a single coat walked to the desk. A palace maid who stayed up all night came over and replaced the candle. "Go down."

Su Chen straightened his unlined clothes and looked through the list of preparations that needed to be made before the war to see if there was anything else that needed to be added or anything that was missing.

A war was about to begin. This time, unlike the two-front battle, Su Chen had to worry about it. Unlike fighting in the Central Plains, Wei did not have much cavalry advantage, so he marched straight in.Unlike the attack on Xirong, the opponent does not have a solid city defense advantage and can easily outflank the enemy in roundabout ways.

Qi Liang Kingdom is not considered powerful to Su Chen now, but both countries have considerable cavalry and numerous cities.

Moreover, the logistical equipment involved is a very huge amount. It is almost the accumulation of the past two years. I don’t know if it can support a year of war. If there is a stalemate in the middle, we can only fight to support the war!
He looked at the contents of the list, and heard the footsteps of Dian Wei leading a group of soldiers walking outside.

Then, someone came up from behind, and Su Chen knew who it was without turning around. Fang Xuejun was also wearing a piece of clothing and gently hugged Su Chen from behind.

"Your Majesty, just go to war with peace of mind. Your concubines will be at home to guard you."

The two have been together for four years since they met, and they have deep feelings for each other.

Su Chen put down the paper, held his wife's hand around his waist, and smiled.

"I know you are worried about me, but don't worry. The generals are also worried about conquering the two countries. I will sit firmly in the rear and give encouragement to the soldiers."

"...Actually, I have one more thing I want to tell His Majesty."

Fang Xuejun, who is leaning on the man's back, has not only handled palace affairs, but also been in charge of the Fang family over the years. She has insight and judgment, but she has never interfered with political affairs or the military, let alone interfered. It was Yang Yuhuan who taught her.

"What's the matter?" Su Chen turned his head slightly and glanced at his wife behind him.

"Of course she is the princess of the Yue Kingdom whom my husband raised in Luyang!" Fang Xuejun leaned on Su Chen's shoulder, looked at the shadows of the two people projected on the wall, and smiled: "It's better to take the person over, after all, marry Your Majesty, she is your woman. It is not good to keep her there. It will make people think that Your Majesty does not want to see her. It is not good to tell her."

"You can accept?"

Fang Xuejun pursed her lips and raised her head, glanced at her husband, her smile was a little forced.

"No woman is willing to share her husband with another woman. When I followed you, I only thought that you were the third son of the Su family, and you will only be the third son in the future. Even if you are successful, you will only stand in the court. , how did you know that one day you would become the emperor... Now that I have become the emperor, I also know in my heart that which emperor has only one or two women in the harem, so I have to accept it even if I don’t want to."

"Haha..." Su Chen didn't answer the question because he didn't know how to proceed.

"so……"

Fang Xuejun raised his face to Su Chen's ear, blew out a breath, and said softly with a red face: "So, Your Majesty will also accept my concubine's senior sister... as well."

"After saying so much, this is actually what the Queen wants to say most, right?"

Su Chen looked at the curtains not far away. There were subtle footsteps walking away outside. He nodded, came out of Fang Xuejun's arms, turned around and hugged her.

"Let's talk about it after I come back."

Unknowingly, the sky gradually became brighter, and the couple were affectionate for a while. Fang Xuejun put on Su Chen's imperial clothes and crown and walked out of the bedroom. Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Wu Zixun, who woke up from a nap, walked to the front palace Chengyun together. temple.

The spring morning wind blows through Yanjing.

The sky was washed out blue, and white clouds were floating slowly like catkins. Through the cracks in the clouds, a golden ray of sunlight fell down, shining through the curtains and shining into the incense-filled bedroom.

After Su Chen left for a while, the one-year-old little boy woke up from his crib, yawned, spoke vaguely childish words, and rubbed his eyes.

Not seeing his father, he muttered: "Where is dad... dad...?"

"Your dad...he went to fight bad guys."

Fang Xuejun knelt down, dressed the child on the crib, and said gently.

"...Growing up...I...and daddy...will fight bad guys together!"

Su Chen, who was just over a year old, looked at her mother in front of her seriously and yelled in a childish voice.

On February [-]th, Su Chen formally issued an imperial edict in the court, issued a letter of credence to the world, and with a terrifying message, he rushed to Yantang Pass with a fast horse, rushed to the grassland, and then headed south to Qi and Liang.

At this time, tens of thousands of troops gathered at Yantang Pass leading to the grassland from south to north. There were also two groups of Xirong with a total of [-] cavalry going south, echoing each other.

The goshawk soared across the sky, emitting a long and distant cry. Looking beyond the clouds, I overlooked the long black dragon that was winding below, as if it had no end.

A large number of heavy equipment entered the pass along with the imperial chariots and military generals.

In the third year of Yuanxing, on the second day of March, the weather turned warm. Emperor Xia raised an army of 25, crossed the Xirong grassland, and marched south to Qi and Liang!

　I went to have a wedding banquet today. Update is late.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)