Chapter seven hundred and eighty fourth two-line expedition
There was indeed no soldier in the West City Tower. Yang Xuanying led the soldiers to the city gate again. The surrounding area was still deserted and there was still no soldier. At this time, the lights of a store not far away came on, and a man poked his head and looked out.
Yang Xuanying immediately ordered: "Get him over here!"
Several soldiers rushed over, and within a moment, they caught the man just now. The man was a bartender. He had never experienced such a battle since he was a child. He was so frightened that he was shaking all over and peeing out of his pants.
Yang Xuanying waved his hand, asking the soldiers to let him go, and asked: "Why are there no defenders at the city gate? Where are all the defenders?"
"They...they all left in the afternoon." The bartender stammered, his teeth chattering.
"Where have you gone?"
"No...I don't know, I'm leaving...out of the city...and leaving."
Yang Xuanying immediately ordered: "Light the torch and open the city gate!"
The soldiers lit torches and waved them on top of the city. The city gates opened and the suspension bridge was slowly lowered. Not long after, Pei Xin led the army into the city.
"General Yang, what's going on?" Pei Xin got off his horse and stepped forward and asked.
"The situation is unknown at the moment. Not a single enemy soldier was seen in the entire west city gate. Just now, the guy said that they evacuated in the afternoon."
At this time, Hu Tong stepped forward and said: "They should have received news about the pass. They only had a thousand soldiers. Knowing that they could not defend the city, they abandoned the city and fled."
Hu Tong's judgment was correct. They searched the whole city the next day and found no soldiers. Officials in Huaizhou also confirmed that all the defenders had escaped.
Pei Xin immediately sent an eagle letter to Shangdang County in Luzhou...
Guo Song was in Shangdang County at this time. He used 50,000 troops for this small-scale eastern expedition. The time for the eastern expedition is not yet ripe, but it is very possible to use the opportunity of Mingzhou to drive a wedge into Hebei.
Necessary.
As for the occupation of Huaizhou, it was also based on two considerations. One was to form a check on Weizhou and Xiangzhou so that Tian Yue would not dare to attack Mingzhou easily from the south. To a certain extent, it was to force Tian Yue to take
Neutral, after all, Mingzhou is not his territory and has nothing to do with him.
Another purpose of capturing Huaizhou is to oppress Luoyang. Zhu Si has unified the north bank of the Yangtze River, but if Guo Song wants to prevent him from advancing to the south of the Yangtze River, the best way is to surround Wei and rescue Zhao. If Zhu Si dares to attack Jiangnan, he will attack Luoyang.
, he did not have to wait until winter froze, he already had enough ships to transport the army across the Yellow River.
The strategic location of Huaizhou is extremely important. It is a bit like Youzhou. It is backed by mountains and faces the plains. To the south, you can enter the Central Plains, and to the east, you can attack Hebei. Capturing Huaizhou has been planned for a long time by Guo and Song Dynasty. With this attack on Mingzhou
He took advantage of the opportunity.
The army camp is in the north of Shangdang County, which is about eighty miles away from Huguan. Before dawn, 30,000 troops have been assembled. Fukou Xing is a little easier to walk than Taihang Xing. It is a tea and horse trade road with a long history.
Although it is difficult to move a large cart, mules and horses can walk smoothly. If you want to use a large cart, you can only go through Jingxing.
This time the 30,000 troops brought a logistics team, which was 5,000 camels loaded with food and military supplies. Of course, the camel team could also go to Fukouxing, and they would follow the 30,000 troops as a rear army.
At this time, Pei Xin led 10,000 troops and had just occupied Hanoi County and had not yet had time to send the Eagle Message.
Guo Song walked out of the tent, got on his horse and asked, "Are you all ready?"
Yao Jin nodded, "Everything is ready and ready to go at any time."
"What time is it now?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, Chenshi has just arrived."
Guo Song looked at the blue-white sky in the distance, nodded and said: "It's almost time, let's go!"
'Woo--' The low horn sounded, and the 30,000-strong army and the 5,000-strong camel team left the camp one after another and headed toward Huguan in the northeast...
This time, Guo Song did not use cavalry in his expedition to Mingzhou, but all infantry, and the infantry did not ride horses. Their intelligence was very sufficient. Mingzhou could not even support three thousand cavalry, let alone thirty thousand cavalry.
The fundamental reason for seizing Mingzhou this time is to get a springboard in Hebei and a key place for material storage. After occupying Mingzhou, we can gradually stockpile materials. When the material stockpile is sufficient, the cavalry will naturally pass by. At that time, the Hebei Campaign will be launched.
The time is ripe.
In the afternoon, the army passed Huguan and officially entered Fukouxing. They had to walk within Fukouxing for two days before they could reach Fukou Pass on the other side.
Guo Song has sent fierce general Gan Xin and three thousand elites as the vanguard to set off one day in advance. Their mission is to capture Fukou Pass.
As night fell, an army of three thousand men rested in an open space about two miles away from Fukou Pass. This is a rare open space in the canyon. It is shaped like a gourd and is about the size of three basketball courts. The soldiers sat on the ground and drank.
With water and dry food, the weather was hot, and the soldiers marched for a day, they were really tired and exhausted. They rested while waiting for the opportunity to attack Fukou Pass.
There is also a wooden house next to the open space, which should be a grocery store. It is now closed and the store owner is missing.
General Gan Xin stood on a large rock and looked towards the pass. Gan Xin was 1.9 meters tall and burly. Standing on the large rock, he looked like an iron tower, which was particularly majestic.
Gan Xin was also a senior general. He was from Tongzhou in Guanzhong. He followed Guo Song on his mission to Anxi and was one of the seventy-three people who survived. Later, in the riding and archery contest between the alternate generals, he came third and first.
The first is Pei Xin, and the second is Xiao Lingfeng, who is now the governor of Beiting.
I need to say a few more words here. There are currently four levels of Jin army generals. The first is a title, which is not available to everyone. The title represents the degree of meritorious service and contribution, and it is relatively difficult to obtain. For example, if you obtain this title as a county prince, it is generally
Only the leader of an important battle has hope. Currently, those with the highest titles are Yao Jin and Luo Daxiao, both of whom are county princes.
Li Bing, Liang Wu, Ma Weijiang, Kang Bao and others were all just county officials, but this time Pei Xin led his army to capture Huaizhou and was able to accumulate merit and be awarded the title of county official.
The second is official rank, which mainly depends on years of service. It does not take into account military merit. It only involves seniority, salary and benefits. It is just a matter of getting through it year after year. But if a person is in a low-level position or a high-level position, he will often be looked down upon.
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Next is the military rank and military position. The promotion of military rank and military position mainly depends on merit and ability. The military rank is chief of fire, captain, brigade commander, captain, general, general, general, general and general, which are divided into
The nine levels and twenty-seven levels are divided very finely, and each level has three levels: upper, middle and lower.
For example, Zhonglang will be divided into three levels: Eagle Striker General, Ying Yanglang General and Huben Langjiang. Another example is that General is divided into three levels: Guard General, Chariot General and Hussar General.
Military positions are specific positions with many names, such as garrison commander, town general, capital army, governor, military governor, etc. in the border army, as well as tuanlian and captain in the local state army. These are all in each system.
Military position.
There is also the military system directly under the direct control of King Guo and Song of Jin. The military positions in it are called control, commander and commander. Currently, it mainly includes three military branches: personal guard, internal guard and Jin Weifu.
In the regular army, the names of military positions and ranks are basically the same, but if you are fighting alone and lead more than 10,000 troops to fight a battle, the King of Jin will award tiger symbols, military swords and command arrows, and grant temporary titles.
, Soldiers and Horses Envoy, Commander Envoy and Capital Commander Envoy came to be in this way.
It's a bit far-fetched. Let's talk about Gan Xin. His current military position is General Wei, and his title is county magistrate, but he has never served as a military envoy. Pei Xin and Xiao Lingfeng, who were at the same time as him, have both served as military envoys, and their military titles are also vehicles.
Cavalry General is one level higher than him.
The fundamental reason for this is that Gan Xin is illiterate and does not want to learn. Xiao Lingfeng was also illiterate at the beginning, but now he is familiar with military books.
Guo Song severely criticized him more than once, and Gan Xin also learned his shame and became brave. Last year he entered the martial arts hall and started to learn literacy and literature, but he only studied for a year and was already a little behind.
Obviously, an illiterate person can't even read military newspapers and intelligence, and he doesn't know a map. How can he stand alone?
Of course, those who cannot stand alone will not be qualified to serve as military envoys or commanders, and will not have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds in battles. Their titles and military ranks will not be too high, and they are closely linked, which forces generals to study hard.
Gan Xin watched for a long time and saw the lights in Fukou Pass were brightly lit and soldiers patrolling back and forth. As if facing a powerful enemy, he immediately realized that the enemy had discovered them, but how the enemy discovered him really puzzled him.
He jumped off the boulder and ordered everyone: "Have a good rest, we will attack Fukou Pass at the third watch."