After staying home for ten days, Chen Chong quickly returned to official duties.
The first thing to solve is still the matter in Hedong. Zhang Fei actually robbed fifty thousand shi of grain and grass in Hexi. This is an extremely sensitive message. It shows that there is a large amount of grain and grass mobilization in Guanzhong. A large amount of grain and grass mobilization must be accompanied by a major disaster.
Military action means that Dong Zhuo has issued new military orders to the Niu Fu Army in confrontation in Hedong. However, as for how to act and where to attack, Chen Chong cannot know. He must prepare for the worst.
In the last war, it has been proved that the defense system of the county cannot be defeated quickly by the Liang army. However, as the front line of the war, Hedong County has a large non-combatant population, which is easily coerced by the Liang people, thereby destroying the front line and the
The morale of soldiers in various counties within the county. Considering this aspect, Chen Chong determined to gradually move the refugees from the county out of Hedong County and to Henan County via Jiguan, which would also enrich the Henan household registration.
Fortunately, the Liang people seemed to have no intention of continuing to attack Hedong. Even though they lost a lot of food and grass, they did not send troops to retaliate. Instead, they added more food guards and still transported food, but they piled up food and grass in Xia Yang and Linjin.
The two places were not sent into the cities of Puban and Fenyin. Until the river thawed, soldiers from the two cities began to cross the river one after another, and the entire army gathered towards the south.
After Chen Chong learned the news, he and Zhang Fei went to the front line to inspect the situation. They saw that the two cities were no longer what they used to be. The city walls had been raised to five feet, the thick outer walls had been covered with a green brick wall, and the watchtowers at the four corners were
The guards were also quite tight. At the foot of the city, they could vaguely see a river leading from a distance. And after waiting for a while, they did see signs of soldiers leaving the city.
For further confirmation, it was not until a group of mules and horses dragged the baggage out of the city to the west that Chen Chong confirmed: "It seems that Dong Zhuo is having a big war in the south. He has even transferred some of the soldiers here. He must have a small plan.
But I don’t know whether he plans to capture Hanzhong or Nanyang?"
Zhang Fei was not interested in where Dong Zhuo would attack. He looked at the two cities and asked excitedly in a low voice: "Since Dong Zhuo withdraws his troops at this time, wouldn't it be a great opportunity for our army to seize the two cities?"
Chen Chong couldn't help laughing. He pointed at the city wall and said: "Yide, how can you hit your head against a stone?" He advised Zhang Fei to focus on relocating people from Hedong. This was not the time to counterattack. Given the catastrophe last year, Chen Chong couldn't help laughing.
, this year’s spring plowing is the top priority.
So I returned to Wanyang, and the state capital of Wanyang was already starting spring plowing. Each county department was responsible for supervising and supervising, and the governors of each county began to distribute spring seeds. After several years of management, bureaucrats at all levels have become proficient in these matters, and there is no need to
Chen Chong gave instructions again. However, it was a matter of people's livelihood. Chen Chong did not dare to neglect. He still carefully checked the accounts reported by officials at all levels. If there were any deficiencies, they would be sent to the government officials for review. And taking advantage of the opportunity of distributing spring seeds, Chen Chong ordered the entire state to inspect Long Mu for the first time.
For a time, officials from all over the state were rushing back and forth between the countryside and the countryside. Then it caused new problems. The wars in Bingzhou made the boundaries of many counties, villages and pavilions complicated and difficult to divide. The state capital had to re-demarcate the boundaries.
This work lasted until the end of March. At this time, Guan Yu in Henan suddenly received a shocking news, saying that Dong Zhuo's army of 60,000 people suddenly came out of Wuguan and fought with Yuan Shu's army in Wancheng. Yuan Shu's army was facing Liu Biao for half the battle.
After a series of unsuccessful sieges, morale was low. As a result, being attacked from both sides, the entire army collapsed. Most of the soldiers fled back to Yuzhou in a hurry, leaving Nanyang directly to Dong Zhuo.
The generals were Li Jue and Guo Si. They divided their troops into two groups. Li Jue's group went south to Xiangyang and Yao Wuhan River to extort rice, grain and property from Liu Biao. Guo Si's group pursued Yuan Shu's defeated army straight into Yingchuan. Li Min
With Wu Jingju's father's city refusing to defend, Guo Si cleaned up the countryside as if he were in Hedong. Yuan Shu's army couldn't agree on what to do, so a large number of refugees poured into Henan. Guan Yu had already led his army to Guangcheng Pass, and stationed Gao Zhun at Shenyuan Pass, always watching.
The movements of the Liang army.
Liu Bei was recruiting Xianbei followers in Yanmen. After learning the news, he came to Yuanyang overnight. When discussing the matter with Chen Chong, his eyes lit up and he asked like Zhang Fei: "Now that Dong Zhuo's army is marching eastward into the Central Plains,
Is this a good time for me to use force in Guanzhong?" Obviously Liu Bei was holding a sigh of relief in his heart these days, always thinking of avenging Dong Zhuo's surprise attack last year.
Chen Chong didn't want to destroy Dong Zhuo as soon as possible, but he knew that it was not the time yet. Although Dong Zhuo sent an army of 60,000, judging from his style, he had no intention of governing the land and the people. He was like a rogue bandit and was not controlled by the city at all.
Liu Bei was in a dilemma. If he combined the states to raise a large army, I am afraid that the Nanyang Liang army would have cut off the return route to the east of the river before reaching Chang'an. By then, it would be a dilemma, and the gains would outweigh the losses. He could only advise Liu Bei: "Let's take a look. The first battle to defeat Dong
Time has been lost, and the top priority is to regain Shangjun. This can only be done slowly, not quickly. Xuande, you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity. An outstanding general should always remember that he is as immovable as a mountain."
When Liu Bei heard this, he sighed and said: "When you look up and down at the court, you always feel that things are right and people are wrong. You just feel that time is hard to grasp, and you are fighting day and night."
He followed the good advice and gave up the plan of a large-scale attack, but he was unwilling to do so. He asked Xu Huang about the current situation of the army. Then he felt that words were not as good as seeing him in person. Xu Huang was training in the north of the city, so he immediately pulled Chen Chong
Go to the Taiping Army Camp.
The two of them rode on their mounts, dressed in plain clothes, and headed towards Huanghao Mountain. It was Shenshi at this time, and you could see that on the north side of the Wan River, at the foot of the Huanghao Mountain, a long camp was stationed along the Wan River for five miles.
There were three bright yellow flags flying, with a swan in the clouds painted on them. In the breeze of late spring, it seemed as if there were hundreds of big white birds flying in the camp. Many birds and magpies took it for granted and gathered on the top of the tent.
Go up, jump, chirp, and the chirping of birds is endless.
When Liu Beiyuan looked at this scene, he knew that most of the sergeants were not in the military camp, so he couldn't help but ask Chen Chong: "Has there been any training recently?"
Chen Chong inquired about the current situation of the Taiping Army every day, and naturally knew their drills well. He nodded and said with a smile: "Gongming has three drills every ten days, one day for weapon drills, one day for marching, and one day for battle formations. I think it must be
At this time, I am leading the army on the other side of the mountain to practice marching, and will not be back until the next hour."
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Calculating the time, there was still more than half an hour. Liu Bei felt a little tired from running back and forth these days, so he simply said: "In that case, let's sit in the camp first and wait for them to come back." After that, he
Together with Chen Chong, we drove our horses to the camp gate.
There were about a dozen fully armed soldiers standing in front of the camp gate, standing silently on both sides. Three movable antlers were placed in the middle to block the camp gate. When they saw Liu Bei Chen rushing over, one of them stepped out and ran to the camp gate.
Liu Bei and Chen Chong stood still in front of them and saluted and greeted them.
Liu Bei had met the Baibo Army many times in the past, and his impression of them was that they were fierce in battle and not afraid of death, but their military discipline was lax and extremely difficult to control. However, the soldier in front of him made his eyes shine. He had a good appearance and decent manners.
His eyes were neither humble nor arrogant, completely different from before. He couldn't help but smile at Chen Chong and said: "Gongming's military training can teach people to reborn!"
After that, he turned to the sergeant and said that he wanted to go into the camp to rest for a while and wait for Xu Huang to come back from training to inspect the army. Unexpectedly, the sergeant asked: "Is there a military order for the expedition to the west?" Liu Bei was stunned and asked the sergeant:
"Don't you know me, and don't you know Bingzhou Mu?" The sergeant said with a smile: "Of course I know it, but the emperor has already issued an order, and the army should have orders and prohibitions. Now, except for the headquarters, no military orders can be acted upon.
Enter."
Liu Bei looked him up and down with strange eyes, and the sergeant's hair stood on end. Liu Bei patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "If you are to carry out military orders, even if you have tens of thousands of people to join you, you still have to be as firm as a mountain. Boy,
You're still far away!" Then he waved his hand to signal him to return to the team. The soldier breathed a sigh of relief and trotted back to his original position.
"Aren't you going in?" Chen Chong asked with a smile.
"You didn't bring the military order on purpose," Liu Bei replied with a smile. He simply found a large raised rock and sat on the stone. Chen Chong shrugged, sat on his side, and joked: "Look here.
It’s good to watch them march.”
The sky soon became dusky. When the halo of the sun was like water waves, Chen Chong began to hear the marching footsteps. When the birds were frightened by the footsteps and took off darkly from the tent, Chen Chong came from the corner of the mountain.
He saw the front line of the Taiping Army. He saw them walking over step by step, and his eyes were still very happy. Although there were still some noises in the queue, the footsteps were no longer like chaotic waves, but like the sound of drumsticks beating the earth.
, walked closer, the sergeant guarding the gate removed the antlers, while the returning sergeant walked steadily back to the camp without looking sideways.
These sergeants were carefully screened by Xu Huang. There were originally more than 30,000, but now only 10,000 were left. Those who were slightly disabled, those over forty, and those under fifteen were persuaded to leave the army and go home to farm. Therefore,
The Taiping Army seems to be particularly energetic nowadays.
Chen Chong turned to look at Liu Bei. Liu Bei had stood up and looked at the army carefully, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes. Suddenly he pointed to a place in the army and said, "Ting Jian, what camp is that?" Chen Chong looked around.
, seeing that everyone at the place he was pointing to had a long bow and two quivers hung on their waists. From a distance, it looked like a group of people had wings, which made them look particularly different. He suddenly smiled and said: "That's a new one.
Chuan Yang camp." It turned out that after Xu Huang organized the army, he selected two battalions from the remaining troops. One battalion was composed of Kongwu warriors who were more than seven feet tall. There were about 600 people. They were placed as elites holding heavy halberds.
The central army is called the Heavy Equipment Battalion. There is also a battalion of sharp men with sharp ears and eyes, about 400 people, who are organized into the Chuanyang Battalion and practice long-range shooting day and night to be used as surprise soldiers on the battlefield. This is what Liu Bei refers to
Sergeant.
After a while, Chen Chong saw Xu Huang from the army. He was riding a purple-maned horse and was on the outside of the queue with several subordinates. He was talking with his head down about the mistakes of the drill. He suddenly noticed that Chen Chong and Liu Bei were standing on the road.
He quickly waved to his subordinates to let them enter the camp first. He dismounted and walked forward slowly, saluting the two of them.
Liu Bei looked at his majestic appearance, turned to Chen Chong and smiled: "I originally planned that if the military training failed, I would lead thousands of people to recapture Shangjun, but now it seems that I don't need to worry about it."