golden scales

"Don't be afraid, we are advocating volunteer battalions, not officers and soldiers!" The loud messengers rode tall horses and circled around the commotion crowd, preventing these frightened people from rushing into the army formation.

This is what he has done every day since he entered the mountain. First, he loudly stabilized these old and weak women and children—the young and strong had already fled into the mountain.Then distribute some food from door to door, and recite the Anmin notice written by the scholar in the camp.Anyway, since he entered the camp, he hasn't encountered any villages or towns to resist.If the forts in some villages are strictly guarded, it is likely that there is food in them, so you might as well recruit some.As long as it is a fort with food, the army will not fight, otherwise they must be told not to stay.

This is the advocacy camp.

That is to say, Chuang Wangjun in common people's mouth.

Since the founding of Xiangyang, the original Chuangying camp has been renamed the Advocating Yiying Camp, which also means Fengtian Advocating Righteousness.The army has also established a military law, which prohibits killing and disturbing the people indiscriminately, and only recovers stolen goods from the homes of officials and gentry.Most of the soldiers in the camp were propertyless people. With a little explanation, it was easy to conclude that the rich and powerful people in the world are all unkind people, and all the wealth accumulated in the family is ill-gotten wealth.With this level of understanding, and not killing the poor, they have a sense of superiority by robbing the rich and giving to the poor.

I don't know when it started, eating food in the camp has become a decent job, even in my hometown, there is nothing shameful.Where is it like in the earliest days, it was as embarrassing as a strong bandit in the family, and was scolded by three aunts and six wives pointing at the spine in the village.

A scout horse came galloping from the mountain road, because of his iron armor and big shiny horse, it caused a little commotion when he passed by the crowd.Tanma glanced at the orderly who was shouting so hard, and went straight through.The messenger had no choice but to look enviously at Tiejia's back, swallowed his saliva, and forced himself to turn around and continue shouting, "We are the Volunteer Battalion! We are Chuangwang people!"

Tanma ran a long way, and heard two faint shouts.He didn't have the heart to think about other people's affairs, and he could already see the banner of Shuaibiao Camp and the banner of General Quan Liu Zongmin in front of him.He still had to think about what he saw and heard on the road, and speak out all at once, otherwise it would be a crime of misreporting military information.

"General, Liudian Village is ahead, and there are about fifty archers in the village." Tan Ma returned to the main camp, showed his badge, and rushed straight to the front of the Chinese army's tent.

"Liu Dian?" Liu Zongmin stood up, and the iron armor on his body rattled.He pondered for a while and asked, "How far is it from Ruyang?"

"General, Liudian is already in Ruyang County." Tan Ma clearly remembered that he had seen the county stele, and said with certainty.

Liu Zongmin unfolded the map on the table and asked Tan Ma to come forward and mark the current location.That Tanma used to be the night guard of the Xuanfu Frontier Army, and he did these things with ease. He immediately stepped forward to mark the location of the camp, and made a slight correction: "General, we are still forty miles away from Ruyang County. It is seventy miles to Ruzhou City, and these two are one east and one west, and they are seventy miles apart, so they can be reached within a day."

"Is the road easy?" Liu Zongmin asked.

"It's easy to go," Tan Ma replied, "Although it has been raining for the past few days, the road has not been washed out. Before that, there was a team of officers and soldiers from Ruzhou to Ruyang, about 2000 people, all infantry."

Liu Zongmin stroked the thick beard on his cheeks, and said loudly: "Command! Send scouts to investigate the reality of Ruzhou!"

The orderly who was waiting on the side quickly responded.

Tanma thought to himself: It seems that Ruzhou is going to be attacked!

Ruzhou city is not easy to fight, the state city is more than three feet high, which is not much worse than ordinary big cities.It is also a thoroughfare, and the official roads are smooth. If the officers and soldiers really return to the rescue regardless of the immediate situation, I am afraid that people like myself are not enough to be squeezed between the teeth of the army.However, this kind of military affairs is not up to him to worry about for a little night. Naturally, the generals have to think about it.

Liu Zongmin came back to cut off the grain road, and removed the auxiliary soldiers and civilians who could not kill the enemy. The real main force was only 1 horsemen.These [-] horsemen are Shuai Biao's personal guards, the elite of the Volunteer Battalion.It is only used to attack cities and plunder land, but it is not enough. It can only harass grain roads.If the [-] people were led around as originally planned, it would be hard to say if they were delayed in the mountains and rain.

"Report to the general!" A person rushed in from outside the door: "Heishigou sent people to send food, wine and meat to reward the rebels! Two officers and soldiers came to visit the horses, and they were tied outside."

"If you ask me which one it is, kill it." Liu Zongmin said without hesitation, now he was concerned about how to disturb the three thousand horse troops and make Sun Chuanting restless.He wouldn't be worried that the Qin soldiers would return to the division in a big way, so that the main force of the rebel army would chase and kill them from behind. With the military discipline of the officers and soldiers, they would definitely collapse without a fight.

The soldier who reported the letter didn't go out, but said: "Your lords have asked, and the two officers and soldiers said that they are from the guard camp of the Eastern Palace, and they are the ones who protect the emperor's son."

"Prince of the Eastern Palace?" Liu Zongmin narrowed his narrow eyes: "Why did the Prince of the Eastern Palace come to this place?"

"We don't know, but those two officers and soldiers are not the same as ordinary officers and soldiers." The reporter said again: "General, the people in Heishigou also said that the officers and soldiers' food and grass are stored in a place called Baisha. They have passed by the village several times."

Liu Zongmin suddenly felt a sense of happiness being hit by the wine and meat falling from the sky.

The emperor's son probably wouldn't come to this place where nothing shit happens, but since it is said to be the guard camp of the Eastern Palace, then the leader must be a high-ranking official, maybe a relative of the emperor.Most of these people are afraid of death, maybe they lead an army there, and scaring them can make them sacrifice the city. Old thief Sun's backyard is on fire, so he will definitely not be able to fight it.

As for that Baisha, it doesn't sound like a big county. If it's really Sun Bandit's grain storehouse, if you set fire to it in the past, there will be no need to fight ahead.

Which side should I fight?

Liu Zongmin felt as if there were two cats scratching in his heart, and his whole body was shivering from itching.

"Explore again!" Liu Zongmin shouted: "Find out how many people there are in Baisha, and what is the background of that senior official in Ruzhou!"

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"Explore again!"

Zhu Cihong also received a report from the investigation, saying that there were bandits fleeing in Ruyang County, and there were many bandits in the nearby villages and towns.However, there is no reliable statement about the banner and size of the bandit soldiers. Some say a thousand five hundred, and some say ten or twenty thousand.This is rooted in the experience of exploring horses, and it is definitely not something that can be rushed out in a month or two.

Chen De looked at these Eastern Palace guards curiously, seeing that their sitting postures were exactly the same, and the fat jackets on their bodies seemed to be shorter and tighter, he was unavoidably envious.After showing his strong bow and shooting, he won the favor of the prince. Not only was he allowed to participate in the military meeting of the Eastern Palace Guard Camp, but he also ordered the Henan soldiers brought by Chen De to enjoy the treatment of the Eastern Palace Guard Camp. Donggong is responsible.

Not only that, the prince also made up for the owed wages of these Henan soldiers, which made these soldiers very grateful.Although the old Cheng Jia Ding under his command reminded Chen De that this was the meaning of the prince buying people's hearts to seize the military power, but Chen De didn't take it seriously.If the crown prince wants to seize the military power, he can just sacrifice Shangfang sword, why spend this money?What's more, what if you are in the rear and have seized the military power?Is it possible to go to battle and kill the enemy with three hundred people?Don't you have to rely on the Qin soldiers and Mao soldiers in front to kill them?

Speaking of which, Chen Yongfu was still very concerned about his son's safety, so he dispatched three hundred old and weak to bring his son back to Ruzhou, and at the same time gave his son fifty servants.These servants are the most elite fighters in the army, and they are loyal to the generals. Although they are only fifty riders, they are enough to support their appearance.

If the crown prince wanted to buy buyers, the cost would be too high, but it would be useless to buy the soldiers below, so Chen De didn't care about buying them at all.

"Chen Guerzilla, what do you think?" Zhu Cihong unexpectedly let Chen De, the "guest general", speak first.

Chen De was a little surprised, and turned his gaze to the sand table in the middle of the hall again.It is said to be a sand table, but it is actually a large topographical map that the prince found a clay figurine craftsman to make with sand, mud, beeswax, and dyes.This topographic map stretches from the southern suburbs of Luoyang to the northern suburbs of Nanyang. Every county has a vivid shape. Among them, the rivers, mountains, and roads have been corrected by many locals and familiar business travelers, and strive to be accurate.

Moreover, this is only a semi-finished product. It is said that after it is completed, every village, town, and even tea shop and wine shop will be placed on it, so that people can experience it personally.

——It's really Tianjia's handwriting, you can think of it, you can do it.

Chen De looked at the marks on the topographic map, and a staff officer quietly walked to him, handed over a four-foot-long cork whip, and whispered: "It can be used for instructions." (To be continued.)