Chapter 1400 The army that carried out secret operations in the wilderness
Chapter 1400 The army performing secret operations in the barren mountains (please subscribe and vote)
I have to admit that having a high enough prestige is still very beneficial, just like now, after Cheng Chubi gave the order.
Although Yigan Xishou was a little confused about Cheng Chubi's arrangement, he was wise enough not to ask any questions.
Yigan Xishou, who has dealt with Cheng Changshi many times, knows this very well.
When Cheng Sanlang does something, he will explain it when he wants to. When he is not willing to explain, you ask him to explain, tsk tsk...
After all the military orders had been issued, I looked at the leaders who respectfully accepted the orders and returned to their stations.
Cheng Chubi also told these fierce heads that now was not the time to explain, and they only needed to continue moving towards Yaozhou as planned.
After arriving in Yaozhou, he stood by outside the city of Yaozhou, waiting for Cheng's next order.
Early the next morning, Cheng Chubi led the 1,600 elite canine soldiers and grenadiers to leave the camp.
Under the guidance of the guide sent by Governor Yaozhou Ning, we headed towards Jianchuan along the sparsely populated and rugged mountain road.
As for the main force, they continued to march in the direction of Yaozhou with great fanfare.
However, their speed still maintained the same speed as before, slowly moving towards Yaozhou little by little, twenty to thirty miles a day.
Cheng Chubi's troops, after getting into the deep mountains and old forests, continued to bury their heads and rushed towards Jianchuan.
Fortunately, even if they are traveling on a mountain road, these people who are accustomed to trekking through mountains and rivers dare not say that they feel like walking on flat ground, but it is not much slower than traveling on a flat road.
On the contrary, the distance traveled every day was far beyond that of the main army.
After walking fast for several days, everyone was very tired. Cheng Chubi was not much better, but no matter how tired he was, he thought it would not take more than a few days.
You can see the city head of Jianchuan City and take advantage of the empty defense of Jianchuan City to recapture it.
Cheng Chubi became excited again and continued to stride forward. A few steps in front of Cheng Chubi, there were two guides, one in front and one behind, leading the way.
Cheng Chubi was surrounded by more than ten archers with the best archery skills, besides Deng Chengxin, following closely behind him.
About ten feet away from them, there was Cheng Fa leading more than ten Cheng family soldiers, and ten feet further back was the main force of the army.
Just as Cheng Chubi was walking quickly, he saw the guide in front of him stopped and looked around.
Then the guide raised his arm and started swinging it. At this moment, Cheng Chubi also raised his arm.
As the signal of raising the arms was passed on, the entire army soon stopped in an orderly manner at the rear.
"Cheng Changshi, look..." the guide wiped the sweat from his face, raised his finger and pointed not far ahead.
Cheng Chubi saw two ragged tribal hunters holding bows and carrying prey on their backs, speaking words he couldn't understand, and walking quickly towards the trail.
The two tribal hunters were very proud of the rare bumper harvest today, and they had hunted a lot of prey.
You can take part of it to sell in the town, and the other part can be taken home to improve the food.
Just when the two finally stepped onto this path and wanted to continue moving forward.
I saw more than a dozen armed men emerging from both sides of the road ahead, with bows and arrows drawn.
Just when the two of them were stunned by this sudden turn of events, they heard Yaozhou Mandarin coming from behind them.
"If you want to save your life, put down your weapon, put your head in your hands and squat on the spot, don't move, don't mess around..."
Obediently, the two tribal hunters quickly dropped the bows in their hands and the prey on their backs, and then very obediently squatted down with their heads in their hands, motionless.
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When they recovered from their confusion and fear, a tall and heroic young man stood in front of them, smiled kindly at them, and then spoke in unskilled Yaozhou Mandarin.
"Don't worry, we are good people. We are the imperial army. We are passing through here because we are carrying out a confidential mission."
"But since you know our whereabouts, you can only follow our team for the time being."
"Of course, you will receive certain compensation..."
Having said this, Cheng Chubi reached into his arms, took out two small gold leaves, and handed them to the two timid tribal hunters.
Soon, the two tribal hunters, who were holding the golden leaves tightly in their palms, were brought into the team.
Then, they saw several locals dressed similarly to them.
Although both of them looked a little decadent, they were still very energetic.
Everyone communicated that it was because of bad luck that they encountered this imperial army and were forced to follow the army.
Following the news coming from the front, the large army started moving again and continued to move forward.
The two newly joined tribal hunters, together with the dozen or so fellow victims, became part of this army that carried out secret missions.
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Shang Duojie, who had returned to Yue Jizhao for several days, looked at the emergency report that had just been delivered to his hand with a livid face.
He had an old face and felt extremely unhappy.
The first reason is that these Erhai edicts are too procrastinating and are a complete bastard.
The 800 imperial soldiers of the Yue Jizhao were finally assembled within the ten-day time limit.
As for the other three imperial edicts, the Mengxunzhao sent only three hundred soldiers to join them on the grounds that they had just fought against the Mengshezhao and suffered too many losses.
The other edicts were not much better. It was two full days late before the three thousand edict soldiers were assembled in Yue Jizhao.
The procrastination of the Erhai edicts by these people made Shang Duojie really want to personally chop them into pieces.
It is a pity that the prime minister repeatedly explained that the edict can only intimidate, intimidate, show favor, and induce, but it is not allowed to fall out with the edict.
After all, even if Tubo does occupy the land of Yaozhou now, it will still need local snakes to help Tubo maintain the situation.
For their late arrival, Shang Duojie could only reprimand them severely and reduce some of the rewards given to them, but he really did not dare to take military action against them.
According to General Shang Duojie's previous battle plan, the soldiers and horses of the Erhai imperial edicts were gathered and then went south to attack the Mengshe imperial edict in a large scale in the name of revenge for the Meng Xun imperial edict.
Meng Shezhao was bound to be defeated, and given the close relationship between Meng Shezhao and the Tang Dynasty, since he could not withstand it, he would definitely ask Yaozhou for help.
In all likelihood, the governor of Yaozhou, in order to maintain his influence in the Erhai area, would definitely lead his elite troops to the rescue.
If the governor of Yaozhou really leads his army to help, then the two thousand infantry and one thousand Tubo cavalry he commands will become the life-saving talisman for the elite Tang army in Yaozhou.
As long as he can deal with the eight hundred elite soldiers, Shang Duojie will take advantage of the opportunity when Li Ji, the governor of Jiannan Road, has no time to visit south, and take Yaozhou lightly.