"The discussion is raging? Please let me make a decision?" Chen Cheng said with displeasure: "Of course I know that things here in Hanyang are not easy to handle, otherwise I wouldn't have kept the army here for ten days. But if you can't handle it well, I can change it
Come up with someone who can handle it well."
Lu Fang said: "I can suppress the discussion in the county, but I don't know what my lord has planned, and I'm afraid I might miss something important."
"Well?" Chen Cheng asked, "What do you mean?"
Lu Fangdao: "Tian Leyang Kui led troops to Wudu. I heard that he also got a letter from the lord. I'm afraid that Han Sui will return to Jincheng from Wudu in a few days. At that time, he and Li Xiangru had two counties, Jincheng and Longxi.
, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in hand. Doesn’t the Lord have no defense at all?"
"Do you think Han Sui will rebel?"
Lu Fang shook his head and said: "As far as my lord is concerned, and as far as we are concerned, Han Sui will raise troops to rebel, but in the eyes of the court, the Xiliang army is not a rebel. My lord has always thought deeply and made decisions before taking action.
How could you not see what the consequences would be if Han Sui didn't die?"
He straightened up, looked at Chen Cheng, and said: "The affairs of Hanyang County are small, but the overall situation of Liangzhou is big. Therefore, I dare not act on my own, so I came here to ask for your guidance."
Did even Lu Fang see it? Chen Cheng couldn't help but ponder, and after a moment, he asked: "Did you think of this yourself, or did you hear it from others?"
Lu Fang said: "I made this speculation privately, and no one else informed me."
Chen Cheng's expression softened. He stretched out his hand and knocked on his thigh, then said to his left and right: "You guys go down first and guard the door. No one is allowed to come over for the time being."
The tooth soldiers agreed, and then walked outside the courtyard gate together. When the clanging sound of armor leaves faded away, Chen Cheng stood up from the futon and said: "To tell you the truth, before sending out troops, Yan Shangshu said that Han should be kept first.
Sui's life is waiting for him to raise an army. In that case, we will have the opportunity to go south and completely...at least solve most of Liangzhou's problems."
Lu Fang suddenly realized that no wonder he transferred Li Jun, Wang Ling, Yao Qiong and other Hanyang and Wudu people back from Shuofang Wuyuan before sending out troops, and placed him near Long County, saying that he was to protect food supplies.
Dao, in fact, there were other orders. Did you already anticipate the current situation at that time?
What he had thought about for a long time before he guessed, turned out to be something that others had already planned? He just didn’t know whether it was Yan Shangshu’s plan or the lord’s plan. After Lu Fang figured this out, not only did he not feel that he was hit
, but instead became more and more excited.
He asked in a deep voice: "If Han Sui raises troops, then I will contact Zhang Heng of Wudu County and Ma Teng of Anding County to attack the coalition forces of Han Sui and Li Xiangru in a three-pronged attack!"
Chen Cheng shook his head and said: "No, you don't need to send troops. You don't even need to control other parts of Hanyang County. You just need to guard the area from Ji County to Shanggui. I'm not worried about anything else. I'm just afraid of the imperial court."
The soldiers took advantage of our civil strife and came to kill us."
Lu Fangdao: "The imperial court is too busy taking care of itself right now, so it shouldn't have any spare time to care about Xiliang's affairs."
"Who knows? What if Han Sui surrendered to the imperial court in exchange for the imperial court sending troops? The household registration in Guanzhong is hundreds of thousands. It is not difficult to squeeze out 20,000 or 30,000 troops by gritting one's teeth."
"How is this possible? Even if he surrenders, he will not escape death!"
"Han Sui has a changeable mind and must be on guard. But no matter how cunning he is, we can just calm him down." Chen Cheng said: "I will lead my troops back to Yinchuan soon, and then your soldiers and horses will not be able to do anything."
More. You just need to guard the area from Ji County to Shanggui, and I will take care of the other matters."
"What about Long County and other places?"
Chen Cheng glared at Lu Fang and said, "Since you know the government's plan, why are you still entangled in such a thing?"
Lu Fangyi was not afraid and raised his head and said: "As the prefect of Hanyang, I naturally have to speak from the standpoint of Hanyang!"
"Huh," Chen Cheng walked back and forth in the lobby and said, "Since ancient times, if you want to achieve great governance, you must first go through a great chaos. It is impossible to enter the new era without sweeping away the old interest groups.
era. If Liangzhou doesn’t have a fight and some people don’t die, chaos will continue in the end. So, do you understand?”
"Yes, I understand."
Chen Cheng said: "If you can persuade Ma Teng to vomit out his territory regarding matters in Long County and other places, then that is your ability. If not, then just wait and deal with it on your own time."
Two days later, Chen Cheng returned north with an army of more than 5,000 people and marched towards Yinchuan along the road he came from. When he arrived near Sanshui County, it started to rain, mixed with hail. The weather suddenly turned cold, and the soldiers
Pushing a cart through the rain was excruciating, and my morale suddenly dropped a lot.
It’s not that he had to choose this time to march, but that he had to intimidate all parties with a large army before, so that Zhang Heng’s troops and the families of the soldiers could safely cross most of Liangzhou and go from Zhangye to Wudu. Now Zhang Heng has taken charge.
After the debate, they naturally need to rush back to Yinchuan as soon as possible. If they wait any longer, the weather will only get worse.
Many soldiers were knocked down by the bad weather and developed high fevers. Although Chen Cheng had two levels of "medical" skills, he could only take care of more than ninety people at a time, and there were times when he couldn't take care of them with constant rotation. The army went out for the expedition.
At that time, although the weather began to get cooler, it was not too cold. The army had some rain gear, but no winter clothes were prepared for the soldiers.
If we continue to stay in Hanyang, it will be even more troublesome once the snow falls in winter. Besides, Hanyang can't support so many people. I was in a hurry to return to Yinchuan this time, and I didn't expect to encounter something like hail.
Many people in the army fell ill due to cold. Even those Qiang and Hu cavalry who were more tolerant of the bitter cold than the Han people still fell ill.
"Huh!" "Click!"
The strong wind blew and broke the flag. The soldiers who saw this scene couldn't help but change their expressions. Chen Cheng also saw the strong wind break the flag, but he didn't take it seriously. He touched the rain on his face and looked at it.
He straightened up on his horse and shouted to the soldiers: "We will be in Sanshui soon. Let's work harder! It's better to spend the night in the city than to be soaked in the rain in the wild, don't you think?"
The surrounding soldiers were so cold that their lips were blue, but they still responded loudly: "Not bad!"
Wei Ran said: "My lord, why don't you take your bodyguards and go first, and the others can catch up behind you."
If there is only a small number of cavalry, they will definitely move faster than a large army. Chen Cheng snorted and said: "Let Yang Qiu send a hundred cavalry to Sanshui first, and let Ma Wan prepare food and accommodation."
"promise!"
Chen Cheng looked at the gloomy sky and added: "Let him prepare more hot water and coarse clothes. Looking at this situation, the rain will only get heavier."
"This..." Wei Ran hesitated and said, "There are many of us. It would be nice to have a place to rest in the city. How can we have the spare water to prepare hot water and clothes?"
Chen Cheng said: "If you give Ma a hundred thousand guan to play with, just say that we are paying for it, not asking for his things for free."
It is said to be one hundred thousand guan, but in fact it is still silver coins. Copper coins are too heavy to be transported easily, so the army carries very few. Well, it is mainly because Chen Cheng carries very few. He only has a few boxes in his "inventory"
Just silver coins.
The tooth soldiers put away the broken flag, and the army continued to move forward despite the wind and rain. In this era, and in the thousands of years to come, marching in the wild has always been very difficult and arduous. Except for a few built by the government
Outside the official roads, the wild roads were soaked by the rain and turned into mud and puddles.
The hoofs of the war horses stepped on them, bringing up a lot of mud. The upper bodies of the soldiers were soaked by the rain, and their lower bodies were covered in thick mud. Heat was quickly lost from the human body, and more and more soldiers fell ill.
Yang Qiu was the Minister of the Ministry of War. After counting the number of sick people, he trotted back and said worriedly: "My Lord, the number of sick soldiers has accounted for more than 10%, almost 20%. Even in the war, there is no loss."
So many people! Dozens of war horses also fell, and many mules and draft horses were also lost!"
Because he was not in battle, Chen Cheng was no longer wearing chainmail or iron armor. He only wore a cloth robe, which was also wet from the rain. He said to Yang Qiu: "Didn't he bring dozens of carts with him?
Let the soldiers unload everything from the cart and put the sick people on it."
"promise!"
The army continued to move forward, and was less than ten miles away from Sanshui.
"Report!"
The scout cavalry came on horseback. The horse moved with difficulty in the mud, and then stopped in front of Chen Cheng. "There is a big cart stuck in the pit behind!"
Before Chen Cheng could say anything, Yang Qiu said angrily: "If you're stuck in a pit, throw away the car and let the people behind you go around it!"
The scout shuddered and said, "There are more than a dozen sick soldiers in the car. They are very ill and cannot ride."
Yang Qiu shouted: "Let people tie them to horses..."
Chen Cheng stretched out his hand to interrupt him and said: "Yang Shangshu leads the army first, I will go behind and take a look."
Yang Qiu looked at the army trudging through the mud and advised: "My lord, this is not far from Sanshui. A dozen people can carry them into the city even if they are carried."
"I know, I know," Chen Cheng reached out and patted Yang Qiu's wet shoulder and said, "But someone had told me beforehand that it would rain, but I insisted on rushing at this time, so I let
The soldiers suffered such hardships. If it hadn't been for me, I probably wouldn't have gotten to this point."
Yang Qiu retorted loudly: "Everyone on the march agreed at this time. It usually only rains in this season. Who would have thought that it would also rain this time? This is God's arrangement, how can we blame it?"
On the head of an individual?”
Chen Cheng laughed loudly, with a loud voice, just like before. In fact, he didn't want to laugh, he just used it to boost his morale. He said loudly: "General Yang, take the large troops to Sanshui first, and I will come soon!"
Yang Qiu had no choice but to lead the army ahead. Chen Cheng turned around and said to the scout who came to deliver the order: "Where is the car stuck? Take me there quickly."
The scout sneezed and shouted: "Master, follow me!"
The two riders ran against the flow of people toward the back room, and at the end of the team they saw a large cart stuck in a pit. Beside the cart, several soldiers and officers were arguing loudly.
"Tell me, just get a rope and tie them to the horse!"
"No, they are already very sick. There is a curtain in the car, which can block the wind and rain and keep them warm. If it continues to rain outside, these people will probably freeze to death before they can reach the city!"
"I don't know if they will freeze to death. If this continues, Nai Gong will freeze to death!"
