Chapter 220: March

"Talking? Let me decide? Chen Cheng said unhappily: "Of course I know that things here in Hanyang are not easy to handle, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed here for ten days." But if you can't handle it, I can replace it with someone who can handle it. ”

Lu Fangdao: "The county is talking about it, and the ministers can suppress it, but I don't know what other plans the lord has, and I am afraid that I will miss a big event." ”

"Huh?" Chen Cheng asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Lu Fangdao: "Tian Leyang Kui led the troops to Wudu, I heard that he also got a letter from the lord, but I am afraid that in a few days, Han Sui will return to Jincheng from Wudu, at that time he and Li Xiangru Jincheng and Longxi two counties, still have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in hand. Isn't the lord a little guarded? ”

"Do you think Han Sui will rebel?"

Lu Fang shook his head and said, "As far as the lord is concerned, as far as we are concerned, Han Sui will rebel, but in the eyes of the imperial court, how can the Xiliang Army not be a rebel?" The lord has always been far-sighted, planning and then acting, how could he not see what the consequences of Han Sui's immortality would be? ”

He straightened his waist, looked at Chen Cheng, and said: "The affairs of Hanyang County are small, and the overall affairs of Liangzhou are large. ”

Even Lu Fang can see it? Chen Cheng couldn't help but groan, and after a while, asked, "Did you come up with this matter yourself, or did you listen to what others said?" ”

Lu Fang said: "It was the minister's private speculation, and no one else told him." ”

Chen Cheng's face softened, he reached out and knocked on his thigh, and then said to the left and right: "You go down first, guard the gate, and don't allow anyone to come for the time being." ”

The tooth soldiers agreed, and then walked outside the courtyard gate together. When Jia Ye's sound was far away, Chen Cheng stood up from the futon and said, "I won't tell you, before sending out the army, Yan Shangshu said that he would save Han Sui's life first, and wait for him to raise the army. In that case, we will have a chance to go south and ...... completely At least to solve most of Liangzhou's problems. ”

Lu Fang suddenly felt in his heart, no wonder before he sent troops, he transferred Li Jun, Wang Ling, Yao Qiong, Hanyang people and Wudu people from Shuofang Wuyuan, and put him near Longxian, saying that it was to protect the grain road, but in fact he had other orders. It turned out that at that time, did you already anticipate the current situation?

I guessed something after thinking about it for a long time, but it turned out to be just someone else's plan? I just don't know if it's Yan Shangshu's plan or the lord's strategy. Lu Fang figured this out, not only did he not feel a blow, but he became more and more excited.

He asked in a deep voice: "If Han Sui raises troops, then the minister will contact Zhang Heng of Wudu County and Ma Teng of Anding County, and attack the combined forces of Han Sui and Li Xiangru in three ways!" ”

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "No, you don't need to send troops, and you don't even have to worry about other places in Hanyang County, as long as you guard the area from Ji County to Shangqi." I don't worry about anything else, I'm afraid that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will kill us while we are in civil strife. ”

Lu Fang said: "The imperial court is too busy to take care of itself now, and it shouldn't have the energy to pay attention to Xiliang's affairs." ”

"Who knows? What if Han Sui made a condition of annexing to the imperial court in exchange for the imperial court sending troops? There are hundreds of thousands of households in Guanzhong, and it is not difficult to grit your teeth and squeeze out 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"How is this possible? Even if he surrendered, he would not escape death! ”

"Han Sui's mind is changeable, and he must be guarded against. But no matter how cunning he is, we can just calm down. Chen Cheng said: "I will return to Yinchuan with troops in the future, and then you will not have many soldiers and horses here." You just need to guard the area from Ji County to Shangqi, and I will handle the rest of the things. ”

"What about Longxian and other places?"

Chen Cheng glared at Lu Fang and said, "Since you know the plan in the mansion, are you still entangled in such a thing?" ”

Lu Fang was fearless, and raised his head and said: "As the minister of Hanyang, he naturally wants to stand in Hanyang's position to speak!" ”

"Hmph," Chen Cheng walked a few steps back and forth in the lobby and said, "Since ancient times, if you want to rule the world, you must first go through some chaos. It is impossible to enter a new era without sweeping away those old interest strata. If Liangzhou doesn't fight and doesn't kill some people, it will continue to be chaotic after all. So, you get the idea? ”

"Yes, I understand."

Chen Cheng said: "The affairs of Longxian and other places, if you can say that Ma Teng will spit out the territory, it will be your ability." If you can't, then wait and have your own time to deal with it. ”

Two days later, Chen Cheng returned north with more than 5,000 troops, following the road he had come, heading towards Yinchuan. When I walked near Sanshui County, it began to rain in the sky, mixed with hail. The weather suddenly turned cold, and the soldiers pushed carts through the rain, and the morale suddenly decreased a lot.

It's not that he has to choose this time to march, but he needs to use a large army to deter all parties, so that Zhang Heng's troops and the families of the soldiers can safely cross most of Liangzhou and go from Zhangye to Wudu. Now that Zhang Heng has entered the defense, they naturally need to rush back to Yinchuan as soon as possible. Wait any longer, and the weather will only get worse.

Quite a few soldiers were knocked down by the bad weather and developed a high fever. Although Chen Cheng has two-level "medical" skills, he can only take care of more than 90 people at a time, and there are times when he can't take care of it when he keeps rotating. When the army went out, although the weather began to get colder, it was not much colder, and there were some rain gear in the army, but there were no winter clothes for the soldiers.

If you continue to stay in Hanyang, it will be even more troublesome if the snow falls in winter. Besides, Hanyang can't support so many people here. This time, I was in a hurry to rush back to Yinchuan, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing as hail, and many people in the army fell ill because of the cold. Even those Qianghu cavalry, who were more tolerant of bitter cold than the Han Chinese, also fell ill.

"Whew!" "Click!"

The wind blew and broke the flag, and the soldiers who saw this scene couldn't help but change their faces. Chen Cheng also saw the wind breaking the flag, but he didn't care. He touched the rain on his face, straightened up on horseback, and shouted to the soldiers: "Sanshui will be there soon, everyone work harder!" It's better to spend the night in the city than in the rain in the wilderness, don't you say? ”

The surrounding soldiers were so cold that their lips were blue, but they still responded loudly: "Not bad! ”

Wei Ran said: "The lord might as well take the guards and soldiers first, and the others will come over behind." ”

If it is only a small number of cavalry, the movement speed will definitely be faster than that of a large army. Chen Cheng snorted and said, "Let Yang Qiu send a hundred horsemen to Sanshui first, and let the horses play the place where food and accommodation are prepared." ”

"No!"

Chen Cheng looked at the gloomy sky and added: "Let him prepare more hot water and coarse cloth clothes, look at this posture, the rain will only get heavier and 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, where is the spare energy to prepare hot water and clothes?" ”

Chen Cheng said: "Give the horse 100,000 yuan, just say that we are paying to buy it, not asking for his things for nothing." ”

It is said to be 100,000 guan, but it is actually a silver coin. Because copper coins were too heavy to be transported, they were rarely carried in the army. Well, the main thing is that Chen Cheng brought very little. His "inventory" contained only a few boxes of silver coins.

The tooth soldiers put away the broken flags, and the army continued to march forward against the wind and rain. In this era, and for thousands of years to come, marching in the wilderness has always been a difficult and arduous thing. With the exception of a few official roads built by the government, the wild roads were soaked in rain and turned into mud and puddles.

The horse's hooves stepped on it, bringing up a lot of mud. The soldiers' upper bodies were wet with rain, and their lower bodies were covered in thick mud. Heat is quickly lost from the human body, and more and more soldiers are falling ill.

Yang Qiu is the secretary of the military department, after counting the number of sick people, he trotted back from a horse, and said worriedly: "Lord, the sick soldiers have accounted for more than one percent, almost two percent, even if they are fighting, they have not lost so many people!" More than dozens of war horses also fell, and a lot of mules and horses were also lost! ”

Because it wasn't in the battle, Chen Cheng was no longer wearing chain mail and iron armor, and only a cloth robe was approved on his body, which was also wet by the rain. He said to Yang Qiu: "Didn't you bring dozens of big cars?" Let the soldiers unload everything on the cart and put the sick number on it. ”

"No!"

The army continued to move forward, and was only less than ten miles away from Sanshui.

"Report!"

The scout rode and rode the horse, and the war horse struggled to move 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 speak, Yang Qiu said angrily: "If you are stuck in the pit, then throw away the car, and the people and horses behind you will go around from the side!" ”

The scout shuddered and said, "There are more than a dozen sick soldiers on the car, they are very sick and can't ride horses. ”

Yang Qiu shouted: "Let people tie them to the back of the horse........"

Chen Cheng stretched out his hand to interrupt his words and said, "Yang Shangshu will lead the army first, and I'll go to the back to have a look." ”

Yang Qiu looked at the army that was trudging through the mud and persuaded: "Lord, this place is not far from Sanshui, more than a dozen people, even if they are lifted, they can be carried into the city." ”

"I know, I know," Chen Cheng stretched out his hand and patted Yang Qiu's wet shoulder, "But someone had already told me that it would rain in advance, but I insisted on hurrying at this time, which is why the soldiers suffered such hardships." If it weren't for me, I probably wouldn't have gotten to this point. ”

Yang Qiu retorted loudly: "At this time, the marching guys have agreed, usually it will only rain in this season, who would have thought that this time it would also rain hail?" This is God's arrangement, how can it be blamed on the individual? ”

Chen Cheng laughed, his voice was loud, as in the past. In fact, he didn't want to laugh, just to boost his morale. He said loudly: "General Yang, you go to Sanshui with a large army first, and I will come later!" ”

Yang Qiu had no choice but to lead the army first. Chen Cheng turned around and said to the detective who came to give the order: "Where is the car, take me over quickly." ”

The scout sneezed and shouted, "My lord comes with me!" ”

The two riders ran against the flow of people to the back room, and at the end of the procession they saw a cart stuck in the pit. On the side of the taxi, several soldiers and officers were arguing loudly.

"Tell me, just get a rope and tie them to the horses!"

"No, they are already very sick, there is a curtain in the car, which can block the wind and rain, and it is warmer, if the rain continues outside, these people are afraid that they will freeze to death if they can't get to the city!"

"I don't know if they will freeze to death, if it goes on like this, Naigong will freeze to death!"