Ningcheng, the county commander Zhou Jie stood in the cold wind, although he was so cold that he rubbed his hands and feet from time to time, he still didn't dare to slack off. I didn't dare to hide in a warm tent to hide from the wind and snow.

Since he received the joint order of Li Anguo and Liu Chenglin, the general of the Right Xiaowei, three days ago, he barely closed his eyes, mobilized all the people who could be mobilized in Ningcheng, and began to build tents outside the city, prepare food, firewood, etc., three days of busyness, everyone was tired enough, and almost emptied the entire Ningcheng inventory for the past year.

Now, he's really become a county magistrate with nothing.

Looking at the snowflakes falling under the light of the fire, his heart was full of sorrow, praying that this God would not snow again, it was really too big, and where the disaster occurred, he really had no money and food to care for the disaster.

However, military affairs are military affairs, and there is absolutely no room for the slightest delay or neglect.

That's really going to be a head-off.

Until now, he hadn't figured out what was really going on.

In the distance, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and Zhou Jie was in good spirits. Try to keep your eyes open and look in the direction where the sound of the horse's hooves is coming from.

A horse came from afar, turned over and dismounted in front of Zhou Jie, and said loudly: "Zhou County Order, the army is still thirty miles away from us, no, it is only about twenty miles." ”

Zhou Jie immediately turned around, waved his arms, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, get ready, light a fire, cook food, and prepare forage." ”

The camp, which had been quiet just now, immediately boiled.

Piles of bonfires were lit, columns of smoke rose into the air, and in the midst of the heavy snow, the sturdy women pulled the gauze on the board, and under the gauze was the already reconciled dough, and they began to make steamed buns one by one, and the finished steamed buns were neatly stacked on the round bamboo fence and loaded into the steamer.

On the other side, the broth that had already been boiled and congealed in a large iron pot was reheated, and it didn't take long for the whole camp to be surrounded by the sweet smell of steamed buns and the aroma of fragrant bone broth.

This huge camp is about two miles away from the county seat of Ningxian County, and the army crosses the border and does not enter the city, so as not to cause panic among the people in the city, and of course, there is also the intention of guarding against the lawless elements in the army taking advantage of the fire to loot at such a time.

In the darkness, this bright camp is the most obvious guiding light.

Half an hour later, Zhou Jie's ears heard a low sound of horses' hooves like thunder, and then a snake-like fire dragon appeared in his field of vision.

Cavalry, as many as tens of thousands, leaped into his field of vision.

"It's finally here!" For Zhou Jie, the torment of waiting is even more painful.

The cavalry that arrived in Ning County was none other than Zuo Jin Wuwei led by Xue Chong.

After receiving the urgent letter from Liu Chenglin, the general of the Right Xiaowei, Xue Chong, who was still marching in the middle of the rules, immediately ordered all the troops, abandoned all the baggage, and accelerated the advance.

After the Battle of Luzhou, Xue Chong, who had surrendered to Li Ze, originally asked to go to Mozhou to resist Zhang Zhongwu's army, but in the end, Li Ze transferred him to Zhuozhou, and the scope of Zuojin Wuwei's garrison, including Zhuozhou and Youzhou, was a good place.

This was the reward given to him by Li Ze.

Xue Chong is grateful for this.

Xue Chong must have some doubts about the sudden change of the original goal during the operation of the army this time, and it was another person, but when this person was Liu Chenglin, Xue Chong had no doubts, and on the one hand, according to Liu Chenglin's request, the army changed direction and quickly advanced towards Ning County, on the other hand, he still sent someone to Wuyi to explain to Li Ze the reason for the change of direction of the army.

Although he will be outside, the king's order will not be affected, but the remedial work that should be done must still be done.

Xue Chong knew that he was not Liu Chenglin.

Outside, the king's order is not affected, logically speaking, it naturally makes sense, the war in front is ever-changing, and it is impossible for the center far behind to be clear about everything and make corresponding changes, only front-line generals can adapt to changes, but such things, if they do too much, the above will naturally be unhappy.

In fact, when speeding up the march, Xue Chong's heart was still very uneasy, because the army he led, but he abandoned the logistics burden to speed up the march, according to Liu Chenglin, there will naturally be places to supplement them along the way, but this does not make him completely reassured, the supply of an army of tens of thousands of people is not a joke, if something really goes wrong, the local officials will naturally lose their heads, but they will inevitably be blamed.

Until he saw the brightly lit camp in Ning County.

Until he smelled the aroma of steamed buns and broth wafting in the wind.

He rolled over and dismounted, and when he looked at the haggard local official who was hurrying up to meet him, he bowed sincerely, even if the other party was many notches lower than him.

"Thank you for the Zhou County Order."

"It's a matter of duty." Zhou Jie returned the salute, and was not polite, and said directly: "General, the steamed buns have been cooked, the broth has been boiled, the army can eat immediately, the military tent has been set up, the stove has been burned inside, and after eating, you can sleep when you turn your head, and we have someone here to feed and take care of the war horses." ”

Xue Chong nodded, turned around and shouted a few words loudly, and a group of pro-soldiers turned their horses and left, and a moment later, the cavalry entered the camp and arrived at the pre-designated area one by one under the guidance of the pro-soldiers.

"We'll rest here for two hours, and then the cavalry will all be drawn. But please Zhou County Commander will work hard for two days, and our foot soldiers will arrive here in a day's time. Xue Chong said.

"We're all ready for that. The need for the transit of 30,000 troops had already been prepared. Zhou Jie said.

"Okay, this time I successfully won Chaoyang and copied Deng Jingshan's old road, Xue's excerpt must be the first credit of Zhou County's order." Xue Chong said with a smile.

"Don't dare to be greedy for the merits of the sky, the battle is fought by the soldiers, we in Ningxian County, just do what the boss orders." Zhou Jie was happy in his heart, but he was still humble on his lips.

Sitting in the warm tent, Xue Chong ate steamed buns and drank broth, but he was full of emotion in his heart.

It is no wonder that Li Ze and Li Xiang's troops are invincible and invincible, and this kind of war mobilization capability alone, and the ability to respond and support at the local level, is something he has never seen before.

But don't dare to underestimate such support, which can save a lot of time for his army. Sometimes, it is just a little advantage in time that can determine the outcome of a war.

On the other hand, the fact that a small Ning County was able to prepare tens of thousands of troops for the transit in just three days also reflects the local economic strength and mobilization capacity, and reflects the degree of support that Li Xiang receives in the local area.

At least, it was the first time he had experienced such a scene.

After eating three large steamed buns and drinking two large bowls of broth, Xue Chong put a lit incense stick between his fingers and fell asleep.

The whole camp was snoring.

However, the officials led by Zhou Jie, the officials, and the people are still busy. The thousands of horses still need to be taken care of immediately, so that after two hours, they can carry the soldiers to the battlefield in high spirits to win a vital victory.

The incense burned to the end, Xue Chong's hand shook slightly, opened his eyes, jumped up, strode out of the tent door, picked up a handful of snow from the ground, wiped it vigorously on his face, the cold snow immediately made him regain his usual sharpness, almost at the same time as he stepped out of the big tent door, the sound of a loud military horn also sounded in the camp.

The barracks, which had been quiet for two hours, immediately became noisy again. The sound of neat footsteps and the neighing of war horses resounded throughout the camp.

"Let's go!" With Xue Chong's order, the vanguard cavalry took the lead in running out of the barracks.

"General Xue, have a good journey, waiting for the good news!" Zhou Jie clenched his fists and slammed them to the ground.

"Lend you good words!" Xue Chong laughed and saluted, turned over on his horse, knocked his feet lightly on the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed and rushed out of the camp.

After passing through Ning County, they entered the territory of Chaoyang, and there would be no more supplies. At this moment, his subordinates, each carrying only two steamed buns from this camp in their arms, the next supply point is Chaoyang City.

The army is far away, Zhou Jie is relieved, and next, he has half a day to rest, and then he will usher in more foot soldiers of Zuo Jin Wuwei.

"In addition to being on duty, the rest of the people rest for half a day!" He commanded his subordinates weakly.

Wuyi, Li Ze received two excerpts from Liu Chenglin and Xue Chong in one day.

"It is unimaginable that a symbolic war of bandits and demonstrations could develop into a large-scale war of annihilation." Li Ze looked at Zhang Hui and Gongsun Changming, as well as Cao Xin and Han Qi, and said helplessly: "It's all a little uneasy, Deng Jingshan is working hard, but we are by mistake." If it weren't for the dispatch of Xue Chong's troops in advance, it would be really difficult to say the outcome of this battle, everyone, let's talk about it, this battle really killed Deng Jingshan, will it affect our negotiations with Zhang Zhongwu in the future? ”

"On the contrary, if Deng Jingshan is scrapped and disabled this time, we will have an overwhelming advantage in the negotiations with Zhang Zhongwu, and I have to say that the cooperation between General Right Xiaowei and General Zuo Jinwu this time is really commendable." Gongsun Changming said with a smile.

"Gongsun is right, Deng Jingshan is defeated, then Pingzhou is in our pocket, at this time, we only take half of Pingzhou, is to show great sincerity, if Zhang Zhongwu does not know what to do, then we simply continue to march, directly take the entire Pingzhou. I think Zhang Zhongwu can still understand this. Zhang replied.

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