Shuofang City was not a key area for the Monan Army. Longxia's four Yunan armies, Shuofang Army, Ji Army, Shu Army, and Bingzhou Army were all stationed in Wuliang City to the north of the Yellow River.
The first army has 25,000 men, and the fourth army has gathered a total of 100,000 troops. However, after being consumed by large and small battles these days, I am afraid that there will be far less than that.
As for coastal states and counties such as Yangzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, etc., they need to guard against overseas Japanese invasion. I heard that the Japanese invasion in the coastal areas is also very serious, so there is no way to raise troops to resist the Tatars going south.
As for Shuofang City, it stores military supplies and is actually a logistics supply point.
Last night, Huo Quxie went to the munitions office to collect the supplies needed by the Shu army. When Chen Mu followed Lin Qiye to the edge of the Yellow River, he saw a dozen large ships docked on the shore.
When Chen Mu and his party boarded the boat, they saw Huo Quxie, but one look at the mottled bloodshot traces suggested that he might not have slept last night.
"The order for the military talisman in charge of the Shu army is still with my uncle. I only agreed to release the grain after getting the military talisman today, which made my husband laugh."
"Shall we set off now?"
Huo Quxie nodded.
As soon as the grain transport ship started to move, Huo Quxie leaned against the side of the ship and fell asleep. He was already exhausted from the journey. He stayed up all night last night. You can imagine how much the body must bear.
It's a load, and I'm lucky if I don't die suddenly.
After Lin Qiye's suggestion, Chen Mu realized that the Shu army had been without a general for a long time. They were all led by generals from the other three armies, taking turns to take command.
After all, in the eyes of the remaining three armies, the Shu army was used as cannon fodder to pave the way. As long as they did not mutiny and were willing to go to the front line to give them a chance to fight with their lives, that was enough.
Today's Shu army has long lost any discipline and appearance. That was why Huo Quxie was alone in the room thinking about the army's plan last night.
In ancient times, the reason why the Chinese nation experienced several annihilations but was able to rise again in the end was due to the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.
If foreign enemies cannot reach the Yellow River, the country's national strength will not be damaged; if it cannot reach the Yangtze River, the people of China will still have the possibility to rise.
Compared with the Yangtze River, the Yellow River basin is much wider and the water flow is more rapid. As long as the country is not too bad, in fact, with the natural danger of the Yellow River, foreigners can hardly enter.
In this way, the grain transport boat walked leisurely to the other side until around late afternoon, when it finally arrived at the Wuliang area on the other side.
"The general has arrived."
Following Lin Qiye's shout, Huo Quxie woke up from his sleep.
Immediately, he led a group of people off the boat with one light step and one heavy step.
Having been deprived of military power just two months ago, when I step into the Wuliang military formation again, my feeling is really indescribable.
"General, why don't you find a place to rest for a while?"
Huo Quxie rubbed his eyebrows: "Now the Tatar army is gathered outside Wanlayer Gorge, and they may attack at any time. I must quickly go to the Shu army camp to make adjustments and handover."
Wanlayer Gorge is not far from Wuliang City, about ten or twenty miles, and there is an official road along the way, which can be reached in less than half an hour by horseback.
When Huo Quxie was so anxious, Chen Mu asked, "Are things so urgent?"
Huo Quxie let out a long sigh: "There is nothing we can do. Before we reached Wuliang, the person above couldn't help but transfer me to Wanlayer Gorge to garrison."
As for the person Huo Quxie was talking about, it was none other than the supervisor, He Guan.
Although Huo Quxie went to the battlefield again with the help of the prince, his grudge against the supervisor was still there.
Huo Quxie's previous behavior of going into battle without authorization was undoubtedly a challenge to He Guan's authority as the Supervisory Army.
Aren't you Huo Quxie brave? So I will help you this time and guard the pass of Wanlayer Gorge.
But it can be seen that even if he led Long Xia's elite Shuofang Army last time, he only achieved a tragic victory. Now he leads the Shu Army, a miscellaneous army, and the result is needless to say.
If he is defeated, he will die. If he survives, he can be dealt with according to the military law of losing the pass and important road.
It has to be said that these people are not good at protecting their families and the country. If it is their turn to fight in the officialdom, they will really have a brush.
Knowing that this pass is important, the Shu army is still required to garrison it, and using the interests of a country to retaliate against a person is really shocking.
"Sir, please mount your horse. The weapons room of the Shu army is not far from Wan Zhang Gorge..."
But just as Chen Mu mounted his horse, another series of horse hoofbeats suddenly came to his ears.
"Haha, isn't this Huo Quxie? I heard from the supervisor that your Majesty asked you to lead the Shu army? Hey, it's hard to imagine that the former commander-in-chief of the Shuofang Army would now rather command a ragtag army in order to go to the battlefield and achieve military success.
military."
The visitor looked exactly like Huo Quxie, dressed in fine brocade silk with official leopard patterns embroidered on his clothes.
It is not difficult to imagine that this boy is also one of the famous generals of the Fourth Army. When Chen Mu took another look at the banner held by the entourage behind him, which had a big word "long", he immediately knew who this person was.
Now the general of Shuofang's army is Zhang Yufeng.
On the way, Chen Mu often heard Huo Quxie mention this person.
He was the son of the Minister of Rites of the dynasty, and his status was highly respected, no less than that of Huo Quxie.
After Huo Quxie was stripped of his military power, Zhang Yufeng relied on the powerful strength of the family leader to gain command of Shuofang's army.
Most of the descendants of high-ranking officials in the Longxia Dynasty were like this. Their elders took great pains to send them to Monan for training. Regardless of whether they won the battle or not, they would be able to receive an official position when they went to the court and were praised by various ministers.
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Even if Huo Quxie was not directly promoted by his uncle at the beginning, he would be able to achieve the position of commander at around the age of twenty."
"Zhang Yufeng, if you can be so majestic in front of the Tatar cavalry when they come, I will recognize you as a man."
Zhang Yufeng sneered, then deliberately shook the soldier talisman in his hand, and then rode his horse past Huo Quxie.
"Go and take control of your miscellaneous army. The Shuofang army you have trained is very good. I have been very happy since I took over."
After that, he laughed loudly and rode away. He came to the battlefield to gain merit. It can be seen that Shuofang's army is almost the strongest combat force in the entire dynasty.
Huo Quxie was able to force the cavalry back that time only because of the strong combat power of this army. Being born into a noble family, Zhang Yufeng was confident that he would do better than Huo Quxie, who was once just a pariah.
"General...do you have any issues with this person?"
Huo Quxie smiled bitterly and shook his head: "When I was in Chang'an, I couldn't deal with this kid. Now he belongs to that place. It's normal for him to come here to humiliate me. But it's a pity for Shuofang Army. Now
It fell into the hands of this boy and was ruined."
Chen Mu patted Huo Quxie on the shoulder: "We are all human beings. Their morale, military appearance, and combat power are all cultivated slowly. If a soldier is intimidated, a whole group of them will be intimidated."
Huo Quxie looked melancholy and sighed: "Hey, we'd better go to the Shu army's position quickly."