A group of elephants stepped on the dead branches and leaves in the mountains and slowly walked up the shallow river. The horse teams beside the river also carried various supplies and were driven by the soldiers to cling to the mountain wall.
Advancing hard towards Temo Road.
This original road was originally an elephant trail trampled by elephants. Later, it was simply repaired by humans and became an important traffic artery between Temo Road and Guangnan.
This is the last batch of supplies shipped by Wu Sheng's army to Temo Road. As long as this batch of supplies arrives safely, Di Qing's army can fight for three consecutive months without having to worry about logistical supplies not being able to keep up.
What Di Qing admires most about Wu Shengjun is not their toughness, but Wu Shengjun's almost perfect logistical supplies. From Shuzhong Road to Guangnan, Wu Shengjun has the longest and most dangerous road, but the first one to arrive in Guangnan is Wu Shengjun.
And the entire army arrived.
Because of their strong logistical supplies, the quality of Wu Shengjun's army was far higher than that of the Western Army, both in combat and in daily life. The reason why the Western Army was poorly fed and had very little available food was not because the imperial court was reluctant to give these 30,000 people food.
Abundant food and weapons, but because the logistics simply cannot afford it.
No matter how much the civil servants looked down on the generals and were wary of them, they were still very clear-headed during the war. When it came to deducting the wartime food and wages of the imperial army, no civil servants dared to raise their hands. Once the war went unfavorably, they investigated the reasons, from the emperor to
No one in the common people will be kind to those who stretch out their hands.
The supply of the army of the Song Dynasty is called "food". The so-called "food" means that wherever the army goes according to military orders, the local government will be responsible for it, and the shortfall will be made up by the court. This method is actually correct.
In the Song Dynasty, if military rations were transported from Tokyo to Guangnan, the loss on the road would reach 70%, which was far less convenient and cheaper than local supply. The court only needed to count the army's supplies into the annual budget of local prefectures and counties.
Just put it within the tax quota, which is the simplest and most effective method.
Most of the ideas in the world are actually good, but once "people" are involved, a good idea will quickly turn into a very stupid idea.
There is a big difference between people. Some people are not only smart but also full of opportunities. Of course, a little military supply cannot stop them. Not only can they serve the army well, but their own yamen can also receive a lot of benefits, so
Every day I look forward to the army passing by the territory under my jurisdiction.
Some people didn't know anything except reading. When the army came, they immediately jumped over the wall. They didn't understand and handed over such important official duties to the officials. So, the famous officials in the Song Dynasty
They will swoop on military supplies like locusts. Anyway, if something goes wrong, the commander will take care of it, so the army that arrives here will be unlucky...
When the army comes to the war zone, this is the most troublesome, because there is no government here, and they are not in the habit of raising their own food and grass, so it becomes extremely difficult, sometimes making it difficult for the army to move.
Wu Shengjun was different. He was born to find food by himself. As for the Xiang Army, local officials would not take supplying the Xiang Army seriously. Anyway, these people went to the war zone to die or to work as coolies. How could they be so mean?
Just come.
Therefore, Yun Zheng did not rely on the local government at all, and he did not have the time to file a complaint. He brought enough food and equipment when he set out from Shuzhong, and Cui Da brought supplies along with the green-eyed merchant group.
Naturally, there is no trouble. Wu Shengjun and the merchants have formed a bond of interest. In the eyes of those merchants, Wu Shengjun is here to help them open up business routes. Their trophies are also the most generous part of their business interests. When the farmers are busy,
It takes a few mouthfuls of feed to feed a large animal, not to mention that Wu Shengjun is currently beating people to death and alive at the front. Because of this, there is never a shortage of supplies in Wu Shengjun.
This time the military commander transporting the supplies was Wu Jie. The handsome young man had been turned into an unshaven man by the scorching sun in Guangnan. He sat with his legs crossed on the head of an elephant, chewing betel nuts in his mouth.
From time to time, he spat a mouthful of purple-red saliva. There was a strung-up crossbow at hand. As the elephant moved forward, his body also bumped. Now that he had reached the area where the Liao people lived, he did not dare to
If you are not careless in the slightest, you are afraid that those desperate people will rush out and rob you.
The Liao people have walked more than half of the residential area, and still no possible attack has been found. This is very abnormal. The scouts sent out continued to hear peaceful bird calls in the mountains and forests on both sides, and there were still three sounds.
This shows that there is not a single official in this place.
His lieutenant general Chu Dazhi got off the horse, climbed on the elephant's back and said to Wu Jie: "It's not quite right. I always feel that it's so quiet here that it makes people nervous. Are all the people piled up in front waiting for us? Once we
Out of the mountains, where would they get the chance to fight us? Is there some conspiracy?"
Wu Jie shook his head and said: "We'd better be careful. The Liao people suffered heavy casualties this time. If they are attacked by the plague again, I don't know how many of them will be left. Di Shuai is a famous general, and he has walked all the way."
Logically speaking, it is safe. This time they are appeasing Jisuzhou. I think Di Shuai has already appeased this area."
Chu Dazhi said in shock: "You mean that Di Shuai is deliberately creating a no-man's land?"
Wu Jie rolled his eyes and said: "Our Wu Shengjun's appeasement and Di Shuai's appeasement are two different things. We believe that only dead enemies are good enemies. This is not the first time that Di Shuai has appeased us."
Chu Dazhi said angrily: "What is appeasement? Isn't it just to use appeasement and sacrifice to achieve local stability? Do you think Di Shuai brought 30,000 Western troops like tigers and wolves to seek compromise?"
Wu Jie spat out a mouthful of betel nut water, and Chu Dazhi turned his head in disgust. Wu Jie laughed and opened his blood-red mouth full of betel nut and said: "Shuai Di is a gentleman, and Wu Shengjun is a villain. You must clearly distinguish between the two.
Since he is a gentleman, Commander Di's strategy for Jin-Sui is of course based on earnest persuasion, supplemented by things like killing that are not on the table. Commander Di is different from us. As long as we are unhappy in the army, we will
Once we take off our armor and put on our green shirts, who dares to say that we are not elegant scholars? Even if we kill, we can still find a thousand reasons to liberate ourselves. This is the advantage of becoming a scholar first and then a soldier.
Both literary and martial arts can advance and retreat freely.
Di Shuai and the others are different. Regardless of his current glory, have you not heard of the tragic situation of Di Shuai crying when his warriors were beheaded? Stop looking for trouble for him. It would be better for us to be more tolerant when things happen.
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"The way you chew betel nut is so disgusting!" Chu Dazhi laughed and cursed, then slipped off the elephant and led the cavalry to search forward again. The soldiers at the head were constantly changing, and the first one was cutting with a knife.
Branches on the road are troublesome.
The small river turned into a waterfall, and the mountain road became smooth in an instant. After removing the gunpowder from the elephants' backs, the elephants quickly got under the waterfall to take a shower, and their joyful cries could be heard for miles.
The cautious Chu Dazhi personally led the scouts to search for fifteen miles. When he came back, his face was full of sadness. It was true that there was a plain ahead, but there were swamps everywhere. If he could not find a suitable path, he would not be able to move forward at all.
, I don’t know how Di Qing’s army walked over.
Chu Dazhi told Wu Jie about the previous situation. Wu Jie, who was bathing under the waterfall, put on his clothes and said with a smile: "Thirty thousand people have passed by. Didn't you find any clues, Old Chu?"
Chu Dazhi nodded and said: "There is a line of bones in the middle of the swamp. They are all the bones of people who were hung on racks. They are probably the local people that Di Shuai killed when he passed through the swamp. I don't like crossing that bone path very much."
, Besides, the place is already flooded, and our elephant is too heavy to be able to walk in the swamp."
Wu Jie pointed to the large pile of supplies and said: "I think we have actually reached our destination. Commander Di does not need us to enter their military camp. He will definitely be worried that we will spread the plague. The general also said that it is not suitable for the two armies to come into contact. We
After all, we are coming from the epidemic area. As long as we light three piles of wolf smoke here, someone will naturally come to respond. Our mission is completed. After delivering this batch of supplies, the court's decree will come down. By then, one of our two armies will
One is heading north, the other is heading west, and there is no time to meet."
Only then did Chu Dazhi let out a breath. Seeing that Wu Jie had begun to take charge of the alert, he also took off his clothes and started to take a shower. It was already extremely hot in Guangnan in March. It was really damn hot.
There was no wind today, and three streaks of yellow and black smoke shot straight up into the sky. Not long after, three streaks of smoke also rose from the opposite side of the swamp. Wu Jie stood on a high place with his hands on the awning and stared at the swamp. A group of
The people dragged something along the swamp and walked slowly to the place marked with bones. By the time these people got ashore, the sun had already set to the west.
Ma Jinhu heated his hand fork with fire and put it on his leg. After a while, a lot of leech fell on the ground. Looking at the round body of the leech, he stepped on the ground with blood.
Seeing that his subordinates had finished dealing with the water locusts, Golden Tiger bared his white teeth and smiled and said to Wu Jie: "Good brothers are sending things hundreds of miles apart. Brother, I can't repay you, so I use my own blood as a greeting gift. Brothers, don't you?"
Do you think I am being rude?"
Wu Jie laughed, unscrewed the jug, and poured the strong liquor inside onto Ma Jinhu's legs to disinfect. Ma Jinhu grabbed the jug and poured it into his mouth. After taking a long sip, he said: "Don't waste it. Tomorrow
I still have to get bitten when I go back, but I still drink until I feel comfortable in my stomach. Damn, when I walk in the swamp, I have to stuff my asshole with a plug and use a bamboo pipe to cover my guy. Brother, I just want to cry when I think about it."
Chu Dazhi took out two pairs of silk shorts from his horse bag and gave them to Ma Jinhu and said: "Hurry up and throw away those disgusting things, go wash and put on these underwear. When going into the swamp, remember to remove the tendons on the legs and waist of the underwear."
Tighten it up, the beef tendons will loosen after being soaked in water for a long time." (To be continued)