Chapter 204 Xiliang two years later
At the end of the second year after Tian Yinke entered the desert, Xiliang City received news from Shangjing City that Guan Shanyue led his new army to Xiliang City.
Regarding this news, Xiliang City was absolutely bored and others, but there was no big surprise. After all, what should be come will always come, and more importantly, it has delayed Guanshanyue for two years and has benefited Xiliang City a lot.
The news of going to the capital was conveyed by Zhuifeng, one of the six guards of the eldest prince Zhu Zhen, who came here to personally, and also informed everyone about the main reason why Marshal Zhang of the Northern Prefecture Army could not stop Guan Shanyue.
At first, Zhang Yuesong led the Northern Prefecture Army to cleverly drag Guan Shanyue's new army into Yanjing City, neither attacking head-on nor responding to the battle. Every time the Guan Shanyue new army set off, Zhang Yuesong led the Northern Prefecture Army to attack Guan Shanyue by surprise.
Even if Guan Shanyue knew that once the troops set off, a army would come to disturb him, and he set up a trap for this. However, he did not expect that the opponent's surprise attack methods would emerge one after another, making the ambush traps he set up were completely useless. Once, all the people who were ambushing were killed, so Guan Shanyue simply stopped leaving and set up a formation to search for the whereabouts of this mysterious army. On the other hand, it put pressure on King Wen of Yanjing City.
After all, under the jurisdiction of King Wen, the riots attacked the imperial army, and King Wen could not escape the relationship.
However, King Wen was also an old fox, so he simply said he was sick and could not handle official business. As for King Wen's subordinates, they naturally wore the same pair of pants as King Wen, and they all claimed that all matters in Yanjing City must be controlled by King Wen, and they could not make the decision. Therefore, all the people in Yanjing City remained silent and remained silent.
As a result, it took nearly two years to delay.
The Empress Dowager Wang Chuyi in the capital was also somewhat surprised about the attack on Guan Shanyue, but it was difficult to tell him clearly. Instead, he secretly sent an envoy to Shangjing to hint the eldest prince Zhu Zhen to order him to withdraw his troops, but the eldest prince Zhu Zhen asked ten times and didn't know. Even the envoy's obvious hint, the eldest prince Zhu Zhen pretended to be confused.
Finally, the Empress Dowager sent an important figure to Yanjing City to support Guanshanyue, named "Supervisor".
Commander of the Imperial Army, Li Tianshan.
Li Tianshan only brought one thousand imperial cavalry and ten eunuchs.
Don’t underestimate these ten eunuchs. These are all trained by Xu Wu, and they are masters in the second class.
Guan Shanyue did not have a very friendly attitude towards Li Tianshan, the military supervisor, just like treating a stranger, without neglecting or being too enthusiastic.
Li Tianshan didn't care much about this, anyway, Guan Shanyue was such a person.
But Li Tianshan's will brought the decree to Guan Shanyue's mute eating Coptis chinensis.
Move the army immediately.
This was the imperial edict issued by the Empress Dowager. Guan Shanyue knew that the Empress Dowager would be the only one to say, so she had to pack up and set out towards Xiliang City.
It is strange that after Li Tianshan came, the march was smooth and the mysterious army disappeared.
It was not that Zhang Yuesong disappeared, but that Zhang Yuesong was occupied by Li Tianshan every step of the arrangement, just like Zhang Yuesong had calculated the Guanshanyue marching route and ambushed at a certain location. However, when the army arrived at the predetermined ambush position, they either found that it was destroyed, was landfilled, or fire was lit.
The first time Zhang Yuesong thought it was a coincidence, but such things happened one after another. If it weren't for the enemy's detailed work in his army, then the other party would have thought about how he would arrange it and reminded himself earlier that this would not work.
Since he could guess his arrangement, this person must know who he was, so Zhang Yuesong withdrew his troops and returned to Shangjing City to report everything to the eldest prince Zhu Zhen.
Zhuifeng told everything that absolutely boring and waiting for others, and then asked: "I wonder, can Lord Tian Yinke return?"
In the past two years, Shangjing City has been sending people to inquire about this matter. After all, the eldest prince Zhu Zhen, Ning Fei and others are still very nervous about the matter of the dragon robe.
"No." He said absolutely bored and plainly. He didn't know how many times he said these two words in the past two years.
Zhuifeng left his mouth and said to Li Gu who was beside him: "Mr. Li, I'll go to the Governor's Office of the Five Army."
Now after two years of rest, Xiliang City has become rich in soldiers and food.
However, the Governor's Office of the Five Army had 180,000 troops, 60,000 garrison troops in Xiliang City, 80,000 garrison troops in Xiliang City, and 80,000 garrison troops in Xiliang City. In addition, the guards commanded by Piaoxue and Qingtian have been expanded to 10,000, which is still the most elite army in Xiliang City. Finally, there are 3,000 players in the surprise attack team led by the King of Knife Never Back to the Kong Sect.
It was absolutely boring when I arrived at the Governor's Office of the Five Army, everyone would have gathered together.
The five commanders of the Grand Commander, the commander of the Left Army, the commander of the Right Army, the commander of the Young Master of Yangcheng, the commander of the Front Army, the commander of the Heroes of the Troubled Times, the commander of the Later Army, the commander of the Jiuzhongxian, and the inspector of the Emperor Jian of Xiliang.
It was absolutely boring and had no nonsense. When I saw that everyone was my own brother, I went straight to the point and said, "Mr. Li has sent someone to convey the news to you. Are you all clear?"
Everyone nodded and looked absolutely bored.
"Then, there is only one thing I want to say. Xiliang City is our last line of defense, and the Xiliang border is our first line of defense. The rest is the Governor's Office of the Five Army. I'm going to find Gui Ge, Huadao, Yijian and others now." After saying that, I was absolutely bored and left alone.
As for Li Gu, he stayed there. After all, Li Gu still has another position, which is the military supplies of the Western Liang. All the weapons, clothes, food and grass used by the army are personally distributed by Li Gu. Now, military supplies are naturally indispensable to fighting.
"It's right to be bored. Xiliang City is our last line of defense, so we must try our best to consume their troops before the enemy arrives here. Once their troops are weakened, they will be unable to attack the city. In addition, at this time, the Xiliang horse thieves should also take action to prevent the alien cavalry." Hu Ben looked at everyone and said.
No one has any objection to what Hu Ben said.
Then, the Five Lords said: "The border of Xiliang is too wide. I guess that Guanshanyue will choose these three roads when entering Xiliang." Then, three points were marked on a large terrain map. After marking it out, the Five Lords looked at Hu Ben, Yangcheng Gongzi, the heroes of troubled times, and the immortals in the wine.
Hu Ben nodded: "Come from Yanjing City, these three locations are indeed the best shortcuts to enter Xiliang City, but we must also be fully prepared to prevent Guan Shanyue from entering Xiliang from other places."
"Then, we must mobilize all the horse thieves in Xiliang." Young Master Yangcheng said with a smile.
"That's right, Xiliang horse thieves played a role in the position we could not reach. As for the alien cavalry, it was still a headache. Since we encountered our continuous attacks over the years, the alien cavalry have become smarter and acted carefully so that we could not find out where their camp was. Therefore, on the premise of Xiliang horse thieves' investigation, they had to restrain the alien cavalry." Hu Ben continued.
"So let's allocate these three points, the rear army of the drunkard on the left, the front army of the hero on the upper left, and the flat terrain on the last side, the right cavalry of the Young Master Yangcheng, and the Hu Ben assists me in setting up the second line of defense." Since I have expressed my opinion, the Five Lords have also begun to assign tasks to everyone.
While the Five Lords and others were discussing, Xu Yongchang, the chief officer of the Governor's Office, walked in quickly from outside with a hurried look on his face: "I have met all the Governors, Generals, and Lords."
Seeing that the person coming was Xu Yongchang, the fifth master smiled and said, "Yongchang, is there anything wrong?" Although Xu Yongchang did not perform well, he has helped the fifth masters a lot in the past two years. The most important thing is that Xu Yongchang is hard-working and willing to work hard to learn. He can make up for his innate shortcomings with the acquired ones.
"Returning to the Grand Commander, we heard from the Xiliang horse thieves that the alien cavalry had abnormal actions, and for a long time, more than 100,000 alien cavalry suddenly rushed into the territory."
Since the alien cavalry was attacked by Xiliang City and Xiliang horse thieves, the large army withdrew from Xiliang and wandered outside Xiliang. Today, a large number of cavalry rushed in, probably to open the way for Guan Shanyue.
The Fifth Lord nodded and said, "You are here just now. We also estimated that there will be some abnormal movements when we came to the alien cavalry. Now you convey the orders of the Governor's Office to the Xiliang horse thieves, so that all the Xiliang horse thieves will be dispatched to restrain the alien cavalry. In addition, they also have to patrol the border. The most important thing is whether there are any troops entering Xiliang from the border. If there is any movement, they must be immediately rewarded and they must not act without authorization."
"I will pass on the orders of the Grand Commander now." Although Xu Yongchang has not been promoted in the past two years, his reputation in the central army has increased day by day. Moreover, the intelligence of the Governor's Office of the Five Army is under the responsibility of Xu Yongchang, and even the transmission of the orders is under the responsibility of Xu Yongchang.
"Wait." Just as Xu Yongchang was about to leave, Hu Ben called him and said, "There is another thing that will be passed on to four mining areas to seal the mines and return to the city."
"I will receive the order." Xu Yongchang knew that the Grand Governor in the Five Army Governor's Office was the largest, but the other governors would not have any opinions on the Grand Governor's Office, so Xu Yongchang would not show any doubts, but would effectively complete these things.
After leaving the strategic conference hall, Xu Yongchang went straight to his public housing. As soon as he entered the public housing, he was busy people holding a volume of information recording various kinds of information back and forth, just like express classification, the province and district were thrown together and sent together.
After Xu Yongchang walked in, he shouted: "Print a document for me quickly."
Order of the Governor's Office of the Five Army: When the horse thieves in Xiliang receive the order, they will immediately send troops to restrain the alien cavalry to prevent the alien cavalry from invading inward. In addition, spies must be sent to monitor the movements on the border and immediately repay any changes.
"Sir, the order has been drafted." Xu Yongchang just finished speaking, and the following documents were quickly written and handed to Xu Yongchang.
Xu Yongchang picked it up and took a look, put it on his desk, took out a key and opened the stone box inlaid on his own stone table, took out a large seal and covered it with the signature.
There are eight large characters engraved on it, "The Seal of the Governor's Office of the Five Western Armys of Xiliang".
This is the seal conveying the documents by the Governor's Office of the Five Army. Whether it is intelligence, orders, or notifications, all seals are changed. Similarly, as long as the documents stamped with the seal can be mobilized, any troops belonging to the Governor's Office of the Five Army can be mobilized.
After finishing the building, Xu Yongchang said again: "Print another copy for me."
The Governor's Office of the Five Army: The major mining areas will be closed from now on, and the entire army will return to Xiliang.
This time, four documents quickly wrote four orders. After Xu Yongchang built them down, he asked someone to immediately pass these four orders to the generals in each mining area.
He took the order of the Xiliang horse thief and went to pass the order himself.
Xu Yongchang rode a fast horse and rushed towards the city gate. The city guards guarding the city gate all became alert when they heard the hurried sound of horse hooves. They besieged a wall of people and stretched out their spears straight out.
A captain in the lead shouted at Xu Yongchang: "Drop off and show the token."
There are strict orders in Xiliang City that no horses are allowed to rush in the city. Violators will be severely punished. Of course, if there is an urgent matter, it can be said otherwise, so show a token to indicate their identity.
Once the Five Lords and the others are accidentally stopped, should they be absolutely bored to deal with them? Of course it is impossible, so the token is the pass, but the Five Lords and the others will not be so bored to ride horses in the city. After all, they should be a good example for the soldiers and people below to see.
Xu Yongchang grabbed the horse but did not dismount. Instead, he took out the token and said to the city embassy: "I am the capital of the Governor's Office of the Five Army. I must leave the city for urgent matters and get out of the city quickly."
The captain of the city embassy soldier recognized Xu Yongchang after a glance. He didn't have to look at the token at all, so he said to his subordinates: "It's okay, let's all spread out."
"Where is Yongchang going?"
Just when Xu Yongchang was about to leave the city, a voice came from the side.
Xu Yongchang looked over and smiled and said, "The Grand Governor asked me to pass the order."
"I really don't understand what you and Zhao Qing are thinking. If you go to be a shopkeeper, you go to be a messenger and send a message. If you put a good position as General Qian Zong, don't..." The person who spoke was Xu Yongchang and Zhao Qing's brother Fang Du.
"At that time, we vowed to become generals. Now I am a brother. You are just a small seventh-rank official and you have to run errands every day. Zhao Qing is even more rankless and has no position. Oh, why not talk to the Lord General and transfer you two to my side so that you can take care of me."
Xu Yongchang shook his head and smiled, "Brother, Zhao Qing and I know your kindness, but they all have their own ambitions. Zhao Qing is very satisfied with his current job, so is me, or you are the only one who can be generals for us brothers."
"That's..." Fang Du was very helpful when he heard this.
"I won't say it anymore. The order is urgent. I must convey it immediately." After that, Xu Yongchang left.
Fang Du shouted afterwards: "Be careful." But he not only sighed in his heart: You are not the source of being generals, but they were so nice to say back then.
Now Fang Du is already a dignified Lord Qian, with eight thousand soldiers under his command. How many soldiers were the deputy generals and the deputy generals who led that year? It was only so many, or even fewer. Thinking about it this way, Fang Du was even more proud and happy.
Chapter completed!