Chapter 939: A Turning Point in Progress
The morning mist lurks on the bushes and slowly ripples above the river, like a white veil, covering the world and shrouding the land in a haze.
Everything around is quiet at this moment, except for the sound of the river rushing on one side and the chirping of birds in the somewhat sparse woods beside the road.
It was a peaceful morning, and the chaos in Guanzhong still seemed far away.
Suddenly, the birds and finches that were originally singing comfortably and happily fluttered their wings in a panic, left behind the little insects that had just been stared at, and flew into the air in a hurry.
From Sucheng to Pinyang, there are three roads, a big road, from Sucheng to the southeast, along a slope of the mountain range, bypassing the white water ditch can turn around to the west, go directly to Pinyang, and the other two are mountain roads, are directly to the west of the mountain drilling, after about an isosceles triangle between the small basin of the mountains, it is from the two valleys of Zhongyuling to the south, is Pinyang......
Although there were three roads, it was not the nearest mountain road that was actually suitable for marching, but the farthest road that led to the southeast.
Fei Qian's army is naturally a mix of foot soldiers and cavalry when it goes south, plus heavy vehicles, it is naturally impossible to take the mountain road, otherwise it will be too light and risky, if there are just three or five hundred ambush soldiers in place, it is enough for Fei Qian to eat a pot, so it can be slower, more stable, and will not choose the mountain road.
The speed at which the Fei Qian troops opened was even a little unexpected for Pang Xi. Although for Pang Xi, waiting one more day is one more day of torment, but he really didn't expect Fei Qian to lead his troops south so happily, faster and faster than he expected, whether it was Hu Qi or Bingzhou Cai, the whole line went to the southeast, along the mountain range......
Zhang Liao has already been put at the front, almost equivalent to the forward troops, doing the work of scouts and warnings, Ma Yan and Xu Shu followed Fei Qian's Chinese army, and Xun Chen stayed in Sucheng. Although Xun Chen didn't have to march, he was also busy, collecting all kinds of follow-up materials, collecting people's husbands, and arranging teams to go out one after another, in order to establish a supply line behind Fei Qian's army until the frequency sun.
And Zhao Yun had already led a team of 200 soldiers and horses to the west quietly before Fei Qian set off, and after going around in a circle, he was guided by the locals to march towards the mountain road from Sucheng to Pinyang.
The mountain road is difficult to walk, and in some places it is even a sheep intestine trail, coiling up at the foot of the mountain, and then spiraling down from the other side, people have some difficulties in walking, let alone galloping on a horse, so when encountering this kind of road section, Zhao Yun is basically leading the horse forward.
Beside Zhao Yun, a scarred face was holding a grass root that he didn't know where it came from, and as he walked, he looked around: "it!" After climbing one mountain, it's another fucking mountain! There's no end to this......"
Although the mountain is not high, the folded area of nature is like an over-packaged gift box for future generations, layer by layer, and no one knows when it will be regarded as an end.
Scarface is called half ear.
No surname.
Also nameless.
Half ears are just one of his nicknames.
Originally, he was called Scar, but later he found out that there was a small commander in the Montenegrin army who was also called Scar, so he changed it and called it Left Ear, because his scar was cut from his left cheek to his left ear, and now although it is good, his left ear is missing by half, so it is called half ear......
Ban'er is now neatly dressed at this time, wearing the standard battle jacket of the Han army, for the convenience of movement, he did not have no armor, but trapped the armor into a bag, tied it on horseback, walked a little hot, and also ripped off the collar of the battle jacket, somewhat sloppy.
"Commander...... I said, "Where are we going?" The left ear took a few steps forward, approached Zhao Yun, and muttered.
Zhao Yun didn't look back, but kept glancing at the movement ahead, and when he heard Ban'er's question, he said, "...... To the west, then to the south...... By the way, don't call it a commander anymore, now ...... We are the soldiers of the Great Han......"
"Huh? Oh, all right, Lordship......" said half-eared absent-mindedly, babbling, "...... I don't know what happened to the other old brothers...... Alas...... I don't know when we'll see each other...... Old Yantou still owes me twenty dollars...... Isn't it nice for you to say that this general is doing this, and that they are all together......"
After Zhao Yun led people to Pingyang before, he left only twenty subordinates, and the rest of the people were separated and went to Yinshan. Zhao Yun naturally knew that there was no way to do this, but the few people left behind under Zhao Yun didn't understand why Fei Qian would do this. It turned out that in Montenegro, although there was a lack of food and clothing, after all, they were all supporting each other and suffering together, so there was still some nostalgia.
Zhao Yun suddenly stopped and stopped. Zhao Yun stopped, and the soldiers behind him thought that there was some change, so they all stopped one after another and looked around......
"Trim for a quarter of an hour!" Zhao Yun pointed to the low-lying place not far on the left and said, "Where will the old black head take a few people, there are mountain springs to fight some!" Half ear, you come with me! ”
After speaking, Zhao Yun walked to the side, arrived at the side of the mountain, and looked around.
"Ban'er, do you think you're doing well now, or are you doing well when you were in Montenegro?" Zhao Yun suddenly said lightly.
Half ears were stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Of course now...... There are clothes and armor, there are cakes, and sometimes you can drink some broth and eat two bites of meat......"
Zhao Yun nodded.
It's been some time since I've been following Fei Qian, and needless to say, the entire Han Dynasty, it is estimated that few people can be as concerned about the supply of soldiers in the army as Fei Qian.
Although there is no guarantee of big fish and meat, but relying on the convenience of the Hu people's trade, there are still some flesh and blood soup from time to time, plus the armor is also guaranteed as much as possible, so basically every soldier feels that life in Feiqian is indeed very good.
"We are not bad here, and the brothers who go to Yinshan are naturally not bad...... Zhao Yun turned around and said to Ban'er, "...... Later...... Don't mention this matter again, it's better for us and for our brothers who go to Yinshan......"
Half Ear thought about it, but there was still some confusion, but he didn't continue to argue, and nodded silently.
Far away on the other side of the white water, Fei Qian was leading the soldiers and horses all the way forward. In addition to the mountains on the right, there is also a lot of flat ground and a lot of cultivated fields.
Fei Qian's previous high banner of righteousness now has some effect, several villages along the way, learned that the army went south, and hurriedly sent a representative, and sent some grain and grass to the front of the army respectfully, although the number is not very much, but at least one meaning, so that Fei Qian's soldiers are more and more high-spirited.
The further south you go, the water is not as turbulent as it is in the upper county of the state, and some small rivers and streams meander out of the mountains on the side and merge into the river.
Baishuigou is actually a river that is not very big, where it flows into Luoshui. Fei Qian's camp was temporarily set up here, and many cavalry led their horses to wash in the shallow water. The horses were kicking excitedly, shaking their necks from time to time, splashing water everywhere, like broken jade in the sun, and also provoked the laughter and scolding of the owners on the side......
After crossing the Baishui River Ditch, it means that you have officially entered the hinterland of Guanzhong!
This is the 800-mile Qinchuan!
Since ancient times, it has been a place of good weather and fertile land, so since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has been a place of developed agriculture, and has become the foundation of the great cause of the Qin State, making important contributions to the unification of the six countries by Qin Shi Huang.
Fei Qian took Ma Yan and Xu Shu on the high slope on the side of the camp, looking around.
Here, Qin Shi Huang waved his bronze long sword, the overlord of Western Chu divided the territory of the Three Qins, and Liu Bang sent Han Xin to lead the army to secretly Chen Cang, all of which seemed to flash in front of Fei Qian's eyes.
Guanzhong!
This is also the place where Zhuge Jiang Wei was haunted by dreams later, and even died.
Tens of thousands of people, even plus Minfu, millions of people, fought each other here, consuming the material and manpower of both the north and the south, and finally waited until the late period of the Three Kingdoms where Jiang Wei was located......
After a bloody battle, the Shu army retreated, and the Wei State also did not reap much benefit, and when those characters who shone in the Three Kingdoms period grew old one by one, the fierce generals of the Han family, Jinghua, gradually withered a clean!
It is precisely because the population of the Han family in Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Xiliang, and Bingzhou is gradually scarce, and it has become that the power of the Hu people has not been contained, and it has gradually become huge......
Otherwise, how could the guys in Wuhu who gnaw mutton and beef bones every day and even have a problem with words be able to smoothly build one team after another of state power in a short period of time, and some even won in so many peer competitions?
After all, the nobles have already set an example in front of them, haven't they?
The Son of Heaven of the Han family can be replaced, so how can the Son of Heaven of the scholar family not be replaced?
Is the change of dynasties a good thing or a bad thing for the land of China?
Even if Fei Qian figured out something beforehand, at this moment, he didn't know how far he could go, and he didn't know what kind of things would be in the future, and what kind of situation was waiting for him......
Therefore, Fei Qian could only focus his attention on this small area in front of him, and how much he could influence this piece of territory.
And this piece of land, at this moment, is being closed!
When Fei Qian and Ma Yan Xu Shu were scouting the terrain and preparing for battle, in Sucheng, Xun Chen was also very busy.
From Diaoyin to Sucheng, from Sucheng to Baishuigou, and even to Pinyang, the battle line is getting longer and longer, and there are more and more things.
To supply a large army, its complicated and tiring places are unimaginable without military affairs. Fei Qian's cavalry is in front of him for a day, and he has to prepare a day's money and food behind, and after all, this is different from the area near Pingyang that Fei Qian originally controlled, the road has been repaired and leveled, but it needs to be along the mountain road valley, winding down, which requires the deployment of people, hundreds of heavy vehicles, storage and inventory of various materials, and time control of transportation back and forth.
In Sucheng, there was almost a noisy scene, grain and horse feed, packed into bags and piled high, waiting for the baggage cart to come back to load, and there were all kinds of military equipment on the side, which were also piled up. The little officials in the army who counted the materials even carried a roll of wooden slips every day, and they also needed to hang a bag of pen and ink knives, and repeatedly counted and settled beside these materials.
Fei Qian explained the logistics of the front line to Xun Chen, and Xun Chen is a fine person, under his requirements, these materials need to have a way out, a certificate, and a write-off, which also caused these small officials to transfer materials to tremble, for fear that there will be some mistakes, causing their light ass to open their backs, and even their heads have some danger......
Xun Chen has been staying in the side hall of the government office in Sucheng for the past few days, and at the door of the side hall, there are all kinds of people standing either waiting for the report, or holding bamboo slips or wooden slips, waiting for Xun Chen to carry the vouchers for issuing materials. Some people have been waiting for a long time, but they can't rest halfway, so they can only change the center of gravity of their feet from time to time, and move their stiff necks and bodies to recover some of their spirits.
Xun Chen in the side hall, although he can sit, but in fact it is not easy, he himself does not know that in the past few days, he has been busy and idle, in the end he has been confused for a few hours, it seems that at any time, there are always people standing outside the hall, and there are always documents that need to be dealt with in his hands......
"Report!" A soldier came to the side hall and reported, "The man who is locked up in the prison wants to see him, saying that he has come to report something important!" ”
"Who?" Xun Chen couldn't react for a while, after all, he has been very busy these days, and even his head is a little dazed at this time, and he remembered after a while, isn't it Jia Xu Jia Wenhe who was arrested by Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan two days ago?
He asked to see?
Anything else on the big deal?
Xun Chen couldn't help but put down the brush in his hand and frowned.
What exactly could it be? When Fei Qian left, he told himself that he needed to focus on this guy and not let him run away, and he was too busy to get out of his body and keep an eye on it all the time, and he was worried that other personnel would have some negligence, so he simply made a heavy shackle to buckle this guy......
The key, of course, is in his pocket.
So now, is it to see or not to see?