After a burst of speed, the Song Dynasty's newly promoted military officials Wai Lang, Tong Guanxuan and Shuai Shuai praised the paintings, defeated the victorious army Yuhou, and also served as the commander of Xuan Ge camp.
According to qualifications, the seventh-grade officers Hu Biao and Hu Yitong could only wear a green robe.
After leaving the city gate of Hejian Fucheng, many large vehicles were escorted and rushed towards Xiongzhou City along the straight but uneven official road.
The above-mentioned names such as "Yuanwai Lang", "Zan Hua" and "Yu Hou" are Hu Biao's latest identity.
The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. I have to say that Tong Guan is quite willing to invest money once he has made up his mind.
Under the current circumstances, when he became interested in spying on Pingzhou, the benefits that should be given to Hu Biao were thrown away without discount at all.
Don't look at Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, he is just a seventh-grade official.
However, Hu Biao's identity had successfully entered the ranks of civil servants from Qiu Ba. This was very important in the Song Dynasty, which was accustomed to "using civility to control military affairs."
And many netizens, even Yue Fei and others, have received actual promotions.
The main reason is that under a military order from the Xuan Shuai Mansion, the Xuange Battalion, which was originally a cannon fodder battalion, was now officially transferred into the ranks of an elite force such as the Shengjie Army.
Therefore, despite Yang Dongli and other netizens, the specific positions of Yue Fei and others have not changed.
But for example, if Comrade Lao Yang, the deputy commander of a cannon fodder battalion, is replaced by the battalion commander of the Victory Army, the two identities are not the same concept at all.
The previous sentence of being promoted to three levels is not enough to describe the change in his identity.
The only problem is that because time is tight, Hu Biao and others will be delayed in Xiongzhou for at most two days before setting off for Pingzhou.
Therefore, we did not have much time to properly reorganize Xuange Camp.
All we can do is hurriedly organize and equip them, and then adjust them slowly.
Fortunately, Hu Biao and the others didn't have to worry about armor, weapons, etc. Not only had they captured a lot of them from the Liao soldiers, they could use them after repairing them.
More importantly, before Hu Biao and others left, Ma Kuo led others to deliver goods worth at least 30,000 guan.
There was even a warrant from the Commander-in-Chief's Office. With this warrant, he could go to Liu Yanqing's Huanqing Army to get some supplies and ordnance first.
Anyway, Hu Biao decided to go to Liu Yanqing's Huanqing Army to make a good killing...
Relying on one person and two horses, he could constantly change horses on the road. The journey was nearly 200 miles. After starting in the morning, Hu Biao and others arrived outside Xiongzhou City at early 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
After arriving here, the group did not go directly into the city.
Instead, he inquired and rushed all the way to the camp where Xuange Camp, led by Yue Fei and others, was currently stationed.
During such a process, Hu Biao asked a skinny man in his forties next to him:
"Brother Qian, are you sure it will be okay if we bring more people with us on this trip to Pingzhou?"
The man called Brother Qian is Qian Fu, a Han who fled to Hejian Prefecture from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
Because Hu Biao and others were not familiar with the terrain of the Northern Song Dynasty, yesterday afternoon they spent a lot of money to find a guide in Hejian Mansion.
Qian Fu took the initiative to apply for the job because of his family's livelihood.
Considering that this person claims to have been a steward of a caravan in Yanjing for many years, he has a very clear understanding of the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and the surrounding terrain.
After Hu Biao paid him a considerable settlement fee, he chose this person as his guide for this trip.
After hearing Hu Biao's inquiry, Qian Fu immediately answered:
"Replying to Hu Xuanzan, I can confirm from my many years of experience that the land of Yan is already in chaos.
Don't be afraid that you have many people and can cross the border with strong troops and horses. As long as you don't take the initiative to provoke the military leaders from various places, they will not care who you are from, whether it is Song or Liao, so as not to damage their own manpower in the war.
On the contrary, as long as they are slightly weaker, they won't mind snatching away everything you have."
After hearing such a statement, Hu Biao was immediately prepared. This time, the rectification process of Xuange Camp must be based on the selection of the best among the thousands of people currently under Yue Fei's command.
In the end, a total of 600 people were selected and went to Pingzhou together.
The number of 600 people was a decision Hu Biao made after careful consideration.
Logically speaking, a full-scale battalion of the Song Army could only have 500 people, but the other 100 people could be fooled in the name of accompanying the army and civilians.
In addition, because they have long been accustomed to arming their subordinates with equipment to the teeth.
Therefore, after being equipped with heavy armor, weapons, and baggage, in order to ensure that the troops have sufficient mobility.
It is also necessary to bring all the members of the Xuan Ge camp to a standard of one person and two horses.
The number of war horses they captured was limited, and they could only meet this standard.
But even so, the 600-man Xuange Battalion, one man with two horses, and armed to the teeth, as long as it is carefully trained, will have good combat effectiveness.
It must be said that Hu Biao has always been very optimistic about his vision and plans for the future.
To put it nicely, that’s optimism; to put it badly, it’s heartless.
After wandering around and spending a lot of effort, Hu Biao finally found the camp where Xuange Camp was located in a corner. Hu Biao found that he had thought about things too much...
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Looking at the empty camp in front of him, Hu Biao spat heavily.
With a very helpless tone in his mouth, he asked: "Yue Dutou, how many people are there in our camp, and where are the other people?"
"There are 332 people in total, including 57 seriously wounded, 92 lightly wounded, and 183 normal sergeants; basically they are the original group of brothers from our Xuange Camp."
Yue Fei's voice fell, and Niu Gao's indignant voice began to resound:
"Commander Hu Camp, since we followed the Yue family brother and his brothers and arrived outside Xiongzhou City all the way, no one has been willing to pay attention to us.
This time we found the camp ourselves, and we didn’t even need to provide supplies such as food and grass.
Starting from the second day, the big men from each battalion of the Western Army appeared and forcibly took away the defeated soldiers and brave warriors in their battalions.
Even those who didn't want to leave were forced to leave because they threatened to use deserters and enforce military law; the Yue family's brother was just a leader among the brave warriors, and it would be difficult to stop those people who moved out of the military law.
It’s really depressing to think about this. If I had known this earlier, why would I have let these people fight to the death?
If my brother-in-law hadn't stopped me, I, Lao Niu, would have shed this layer of skin long ago and gone home to stop working."
After hearing this, Hu Biao and other netizens looked at each other and immediately saw the deep helplessness in each other's eyes.
They heard about it from Ma Kuo's mouth, ever since they took refuge in Tong Guan.
In order not to be kidnapped, the warlord leaders of the Western Army, such as Zhong Shidao, had to pay a considerable price by wearing small shoes due to their poor performance in that battle.
For example, they all agreed to Tong Guan's condition of sending troops to the Liao Kingdom again as soon as possible.
Therefore, they were the ones who completely offended the Western Army.
But I never expected that they could actually do such a wonderful job; they had saved that old gentleman just once that day.
Could it be that just by throwing away twenty to thirty thousand pounds of property, this matter would be considered even?
