At noon, the Tang army safely passed through the Xuhan Ancient Road and entered Cixi.
Sure enough, the Zheng army had already deserted the camp, leaving only an empty camp, inside which some Tang soldiers were searching.
Xia Yu, Li Shimin and others had just arrived at the camp gate when vanguard general Luo Shixin rode out.
"Your Highness, there is no one in the camp. Zheng Jun ran away as expected. However, there are a lot of debris left inside. This old boy Wang Shichong ran away in a really panic." Luo Shixin was very disdainful.
"He can run fast. If he hadn't been waiting for the military advisor on the sand table yesterday, he would have killed him a long time ago." Li Shimin snorted coldly: "Send the order to the three armies to enter the camp and set up camp, so that we can save some trouble."
Seeing the unhappy look on Li Shimin's face, Xia Yu secretly laughed in her heart.
Several people were blocked by Shan Xiongxin the day before yesterday and almost suffered a big loss. After all, Li Er is only 21 years old. He is young and energetic, how can he be convinced?
Now, before he could lead a large team of troops to start filming, the enemy boss ran away.
Are you angry or not?
"promise."
The cavalry was sent out in all directions, and the huge Tang army troops entered the camp one after another.
Xia Yu looked at how early it was and said in surprise: "If you leave the village so early, won't Your Highness leave?"
"It's too hot. Let the soldiers take more rest. Moreover, this place is only more than thirty miles away from Luoyang. It will arrive in the morning and in the evening, so why worry?"
Li Shimin was very calm and didn't seem to be anxious at all.
Xia Yu thought about it and understood.
"Is Your Highness going to divide his troops to attack the north and the south now? When there is good news, will he go to Luoyang to seek bad luck on Wang Shichong?"
"Anyone who knows me is a military advisor." Li Shimin laughed.
"First cut off Wang Shichong's north and south arms. Otherwise, we will arrive at the gate of Luoyang City early. If Zheng's army attacks from three sides or cuts off our food route, it will be troublesome."
"Your Highness has thought carefully." Xia Yu nodded and agreed.
"By the way, military advisor," as soon as he stepped into the camp, Li Shimin suddenly turned around and ordered: "The army will be stationed in Cixi for a while. When you have time, you can go around with Xuan Ling and Bo Bao more and get familiar with military affairs."
"No." Xia Yu quickly agreed.
As a military advisor, you have a heavy responsibility. Naturally, you must know the Tang army from top to bottom. Otherwise, if you are blind, something will happen sooner or later.
The camp was ready, and it was easy for the Tang army to set up camp. Soon, wisps of smoke began to rise.
After lunch, Xia Yu didn't waste a moment. He called Zhang Yu and went straight to the core of the Chinese army regardless of the bright sun.
You can brag about how awesome you are, but you have to do things seriously, and you can't let your superior persona fall down.
After a while, when I arrived at the place, I saw a huge handsome tent with several deputy tents on the left and right.
After all, there are many civilian personnel in the army and there are many matters that need to be dealt with. It is impossible for them all to work together in the commander's tent.
"Military advisor, this is right here." Zhang Yu was familiar with the roads and led Xia Yu to a large tent.
The curtains were opened, obviously for ventilation. After all, it was summer and it was already extremely hot. How could people survive without ventilation?
Xia Yu stepped in and saw a large group of people busy inside.
Feng Deyi, Yu Wenshiji, Fang Xuanling, and Xue Shou who he knew were all there. They were all sweating profusely, and they were fanning fiercely with big cattail fans while they were busy.
Among them, there was a fat man weighing about 200 pounds, almost with his chest exposed, and he seemed to be the most afraid of the heat.
Well, the style is very rough, but very military!
It's just that the smell of sweat is a bit smoky, which makes Xia Ying, who is a bit of a germaphobe, not used to it.
"The military advisor is here." Xue Shou was closest to the tent. When he saw Xia Yu, he quickly stood up to greet him.
"Military advisor." Upon hearing the movement, Feng Deyi and others also stood up to greet them. Among officials, etiquette is the most important.
"Everyone is so polite." Xia Yu quickly returned the greeting: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin ordered me to familiarize myself with the military situation. I wonder which lord would bother to do so?"
Xue Shou was a warm-hearted man and said hurriedly: "Military advisor, please introduce me."
Feng Deyi, the commander-in-chief of the army, was in charge of civilian and logistical affairs and had the highest status.
Gao Shilian, Sima of the army, was responsible for the exchange of confidential documents.
Yu Wenshiji joined the army and was responsible for craftsmanship, carriages and horses, building camps, and food.
Fang Xuanling joined the army and was responsible for military pay, food, supplies, medical care and other logistical matters.
Sun Wuji, the eldest son, joined the army and was responsible for military personnel, civilian husbands and distribution of spoils of war.
Du Ruhui joined the army and was responsible for collecting enemy information and using rooms.
Xue Shou, who joined the army, was responsible for communicating with various positions and reporting in time, which was equivalent to the role of Li Shimin's little secretary.
This is a complete set of staff and logistics team.
Xia Yu saw the gifts one by one. This time, he met three new historical celebrities: Gao Shilian, Du Ruhui, and Changsun Wuji.
These three are all one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, great talents!
Among them, Changsun Wuji especially surprised Xia Yu. This guy turned out to be the fat man weighing more than 200 kilograms!
Looking at this guy with a smile that looks like Maitreya Buddha, can you believe that he is a famous old man and powerful official in history!?
Well, someone who laughs in front of others but stabs someone in the back is like a guy like Changsun Wuji.
Xia Yu was secretly vigilant.
"Military advisor," Xue Shou handed over another book: "These are the details of the military affairs. Please familiarize yourself with them."
"Okay, okay. Everyone, please do your work first. I'll take a look first."
Xia Yu found an empty seat, put the book on the desk, opened it, and looked at it carefully, and began to learn more about the Eastern Expedition.
The commander is Li Shimin. Needless to say, he is in charge of 3,500 Xuanjia soldiers.
Deputy Commander Li Yuanji, um, mascot, has one thousand personal guards.
The front army consisted of 14,000 people, led by General Luo Shixin, deputy generals Li Junxian (the one in Supreme Beauty), and Duan Zhixuan.
There are 28,000 Chinese troops, led by Qu Tutong, deputy generals Chai Shao, Guo Xiaoke, Qiu Xinggong and Dou Gui.
There are 14,000 rear troops, led by Li Shiji, deputy generals Wang Junkuo and Gongsun Wuda.
Good guy, there are so many familiar names again! Xia Yu raised her eyebrows and sighed secretly: There were so many heroes in the Tang Dynasty!
After a while, after reading the book, I had a basic understanding of the personnel and strength of the army.
Xia Yu raised her head and found that Fang Xuanling and others were sweating from work again. There were hundreds of thousands of people in the army, so there were naturally a lot of trivial matters.
Xia Yu secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he, as a military advisor, only supervises military affairs and makes suggestions.
If he wants to say that being a leader is good, all he has to do is use his mouth. Otherwise, he would have to bury himself in these documents all day long and work hard.
"What's wrong?" Suddenly, Fang Xuanling threw down the pile of small sticks on the table with some irritation, and said sternly: "Here comes someone!"
Several subordinate officials hurriedly came forward: "Sir."
Fang Xuanling threw away an account book and said angrily: "Look, how did you correct the accounts? Why are there problems with the money and food figures?"
Several officials hurriedly looked through it, and they found errors and omissions, and their faces became a little panicked.
"Sir, the calculation may be wrong. We will calculate it again right away."
"Could it be that you are embezzling?" Fang Xuanling's face was a little cold and she looked at several people suspiciously.
There are nearly one hundred thousand troops and civilians, and the money and food they have passed are like mountains and oceans. It is normal for some people to be unable to control their greed and quietly reach out.
"Plop!" Several officials were so frightened that they knelt down and hurriedly defended: "Sir, embezzling military funds is a crime of beheading, and a villain would never dare to do it."
"There are actually nearly a hundred thousand troops and civilians, and the accounts involved are too complicated. If you are not careful, there will be errors and omissions. I hope you will forgive me."
At this time, Feng Deyi and others were also alarmed, but they just took a look.
It's not just them, and they don't want to intervene rashly. This would be a stupid thing to offend their colleagues.
Xia Yu was bored when he saw this and stood up and said: "Master Fang, can I see the account books?"
Fang Xuanling was stunned and said quickly: "Military advisor, please." Xia Yu had the right to supervise all affairs in the army, so he could not refuse.
Xia Yu took the account book and started flipping through it, and soon her head was as big as a bucket.
This is not an account book at all. It contains the amount of money and food received from a certain place today, and how much materials will be paid to a certain camp tomorrow. The entire first-class account.
Although Xia Yu is not an accountant, she also knows that it is very normal for errors to occur in this kind of accounting books.
If there is no mistake, that would be a strange thing.
"Master Fang," Xia Yu said with a frown, "You guys can't remember this account well. It's too easy to make mistakes, and it's easy to be manipulated."
Fang Xuanling was stunned and couldn't help but said: "Military advisor, isn't this how accounts have been recorded since ancient times?" He thought to himself: Even if you are a disciple of Guigu, can you remember the flowers?
"At least I'm not in Guigu." Xia Yu shrugged: "Well, I'll figure out where I went wrong first, and then I'll teach you a new accounting method."
"Military advisor," a junior official couldn't help but remind him after hearing this: "The number is huge, you can't count it all by yourself, and you won't be able to finish it in two days."
"two days?"
How is that possible!? When everyone heard this, they all couldn’t believe it: How are you flying?
Xia Yu didn't hesitate: Don't believe it? Just do it. Get out of the way, I'm going to show off. She said loudly: "Who has a pen and paper? Get it."
"Military advisor, I have it here." Xue Shou quickly handed over pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Xia Yu sat down, opened the account book, and began to calculate.
Seeing that Xia Yu was no longer a joke, everyone couldn't help but be curious. They put down their affairs and gathered around, ready to see what was going on.
Xia Yu quickly listed a series of strange symbols on the paper, and then began to calculate.
However, the amazing thing is that Xia Yu didn't use calculations at all. Sometimes she calculated mentally, and sometimes she superimposed symbols inexplicably.
Anyway, everyone was confused and didn't understand it at all.
Just when everyone was looking at each other, Xia Yu suddenly put down his pen, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said happily: "Okay, the food expenditure is three hundred dan short, and fifty guan of money is missing. Based on this, let's check.
"
Everyone was astonished: God, it didn’t even take half an hour. How can it be accurate?
Seeing everyone dumbfounded, Xia Yu said angrily: "Why are you so stupid? Go check it out!"
Several petty officials did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went to check.
Fang Xuanling didn't stop him, and it was unwise to offend his superiors rashly. If Xia Yu was still right, then wouldn't he be a fool!?
As a result, there were clear errors and omissions, and they were quickly checked. Soon, several clerks reported back excitedly:
"Military advisor, we found it out."
"Three hundred stones of food shortage were passed through Xiaozhou half a month ago, and His Highness gave them to help the victims."
"The small amount of fifty guans was given to Lord Yuwen seven days ago to reward the common people."
"These two errors and omissions are due to the complexity of the matter and the small amount, so I forgot to include it."
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked: It was really fast and accurate, but this was very unreasonable!
