Volume 1 A Hundred Battles and Yellow Sand Wear Gold Armor Chapter 10 An Army of 100,000
In fact, the 100,000 troops of the Dadu Governor Yujuluo rushed to Yongzhou, which was also the first large-scale use of troops in the northwest since the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty to counterattack the Turks and Tuyuhun people, and also marked the Sui Dynasty's shift from passive defense to active attack, opening the prelude to the Sui Dynasty's comprehensive counterattack against the Turks.
Yongzhou garrisoned 100,000 troops, and Yujuluo brought 100,000 elite troops to defend the division in Beijing, with a total strength of up to 200,000, which was nearly 20% of the combat troops of the Great Sui Dynasty.
In addition to all kinds of logistical burdens, the prefectures, counties, and counties have piled up mountains of grain and grass, and requisitioned countless wagons and ox carts, and it is estimated that the number of logistical men mobilized alone will not be less than 500,000, and on average, a soldier will have two to three civilians to provide logistical assistance.
Since ancient times, no matter how the mode of war develops, war has often been fought for in the end of national strength.
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Standing on the north slope of Tianshui City on horseback, looking at the endless camp under the mountain, Wang Junlin was shocked, he only cared about hurrying these days, although he heard that the imperial court had sent a large army to come on the way, but he did not expect that the army had arrived outside Tianshui City.
What Wang Junlin saw was the 100,000-strong army led by Yu Juluo.
The 100,000 army set up a large camp in the flat open land outside Tianshui City, and the army camped meticulously, because it was a marching camp, there was no camp fence, but a car cloth on the periphery, digging a shallow ditch in front of the car, burying antlers, and erecting a high guard tower every 100 steps, and inserting dense horse spears behind the car to prevent the enemy cavalry from breaking through the camp, and the middle was the soldier tent, and another camp tent was placed with miscellaneous animals and other things.
The Great Sui Dynasty had 12 permanent guards, each guard had ten chariot and cavalry mansions, and the army commanded by Yujuluo was just a guard of soldiers, all of which belonged to the middle government, and each mansion was 10,000 people.
These thousands of big tents are stationed according to the ten prefectures, distinguished by the banners of their respective eagles and generals, and in the middle is obviously one larger, with the golden wire as the edge of the Qinglong handsome flag written on the big 'fish' word, fluttering in the wind. Wang Junlin faintly saw the word 'fish', and suddenly remembered a person, the famous Metropolitan Governor Yujuluo, who ranked fifth among the nine meritorious heroes of the Kai Sui Dynasty in history. Wang Junlin was able to remember this person because he had watched the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the surname Yu was too rare.
According to Wang Junlin's knowledge, Yujuluo is brave and martial, and is known as the first military general of Kaisui, Wang Junlin remembers that in the ranking of heroes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yuwen Chengdu, who is famous and ranked second, is Yujuluo's apprentice. You can imagine how powerful this person is. And it can be seen from the current marching army camp.
Thousands of camp tents are neat and orderly, the army is clearly divided according to the structure and the warp and weft of the troops, and each battalion has a partial general to lead the army to patrol, and the two shifts are rotated, and every detail is meticulous.
This was the first time that Wang Junlin had seen the ancient marching camp, and it was a large camp of 100,000 troops, plus the position where he was standing had an excellent view, just enough to overlook and see through the whole thing.
This shocked King's Landing greatly, and inadvertently affected his state of mind, and even some of his decisions.
In the past few days, walking back from Longxi, Wang Junlin has had some hesitation and thought about where to go.
At the beginning, because he had an agreement with Han Ziliang and was arranged by Han Ziliang for military status, he could only join the army. Later, when he saw the power of Dugu Moyu, the governor of Yongzhou, he had ambition or ambition in his heart for the first time. But after experiencing life and death in Longxi County, and seeing with his own eyes how easy it was for Liu Gang and others to die as ordinary soldiers, he gave birth to other ideas.
Just before seeing the 100,000-strong army camp, Wang Junlin once thought that Longxi was occupied by the Qiang and Turkic people, and Liu Gang and others had also died in battle, so he quietly left to go to Guanzhong to make a living, and Han Ziliang would probably think that he was dead.
However, just now, after seeing the shock of the 100,000 army and the ten-mile company camp, his thoughts were firm in an instant.
The external reason for this change is of course the 100,000-strong army camp, but the internal reason is that Wang Junlin himself is a warrior, a brave warrior. Although he came from later generations, it is undeniable that he is still a member of Huaxia. Now that aliens have come to invade the border, 100,000 troops are rushing to the front line to fight hard, how can they be deserters.
After staring at the camp at the foot of the mountain for a while, Wang Junlin's eyes flashed with determination, he wanted to see Yujuluo, but he was never willing to be just an ordinary soldier, because soldiers are too easy to die in a war, even if he Wang Junlin's force is not weak, as long as he is still a soldier, there is not much difference.
So, he couldn't just go to see Yukura, but fortunately he was well prepared.
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In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Yu Juluo looked gloomy, the day before yesterday just arrived in Tianshui County, suddenly there was a beacon smoke representing the fall of the city from the direction of Longxi County, which surprised him, and hurriedly sent scouts to Longxi County to investigate, and before the scouts returned, he did not dare to act rashly, because the canyon on the road from Tianshui County to Longxi County was crisscrossed, and there were too many places for the enemy to set up ambushes, and he did not dare to venture in the case of unknown enemy conditions.
But if the Tuyuhun people had already captured Jincheng County and Longxi County, he would never believe it. So after discussing with the generals under his command for a day and a night, he came to the conclusion that the enemy army made a surprise attack, detoured the path, and took Longxi City.
This time he was the commander-in-chief, and before setting out on the expedition, His Majesty personally poured him wine and earnestly advised him not only to drive away the Tuyuhun people, but also to take the opportunity to take down the three counties of Wuwei, Zhangye and Xiping. And this is still the lowest goal of His Majesty and the three provinces and six ministers of the imperial court.
However, as soon as he walked to Tianshui County, he received the news of the fall of Longxi City, and the pressure on him from such a start was indeed as great as Mount Tai.
At this moment, there was a faint commotion outside the tent, mixed with the sound of horses' hooves.
Yu Juluo frowned and asked, "What's the noise outside?" β
A soldier at the door ran in small steps, nodded to the ground on one knee, bowed down and said, "Governor! A soldier arrived from Longxi and claimed to have brought an urgent military situation. β
Yu Juluo's expression froze, and he suddenly got up.
In the camp of the Chinese army, Li Feng, the general of the battalion, personally led four soldiers to open the way in front, followed by a tall and burly young cavalryman, galloping wildly, and galloped straight towards the tent where Yujuluo was. One of the pro-soldiers was still lined up in front of Li Feng, and there were four red flags behind him, each of which had the word 'urgent' written on it, and together it was "urgent!" Urgent! Urgent! Urgent! βγ
Everywhere they passed, everyone avoided it, and no one dared to complain, just because this was the highest level of urgent military intelligence.
It is seven or eight miles away from the gate of the camp to the tent, if not, it will take more than ten times more time to come all the way, and if this delays the military situation, no one dares to take this responsibility.
This tall young cavalryman was none other than Wang Junlin, who wanted to exchange the information he knew for military exploits.
A group of people jumped off their horses ten zhang away from Yuju Luo's handsome tent, and Li Feng, the camp gatekeeper, jumped off his horse and shouted at Wang Junlin: "You come with me." β
Wang Junlin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly dismounted to keep up, Li Feng walked forward briskly, and said loudly: "Quickly report to the governor, there is a major military situation report in Longxi." "Before he brought Wang Junlin here, he had briefly asked Wang Junlin, and knew that the information brought by Wang Junlin was not trivial, otherwise he would not have acted like this.
The soldiers around Yu Juluo had already received instructions from the commander's tent, and while taking the war knives from Li Feng and Wang Junlin's crotch according to the routine rules, he said: "Please come in, the metropolitan governor has been waiting for a long time." β
Wang Junlin took a deep breath, followed Li Feng into the tent, the two knelt on one knee, and saluted in the army, Li Feng said loudly: "Enlighten the Grand Governor!" This person brought a major military intelligence ......... Longxi"
This is the first time that Wang Junlin has come to this world, and he has met a famous general who has been recorded in history through the ages, and his heart is full of curiosity, and he can't help but look secretly, but this look makes his pupils shrink.
I saw that this person was six feet six feet tall, in his forties, his shoulders were unusually broad, his arms were especially long, as if he had the strength of a thousand catties, and what was even more surprising was his eye pupils, which were different from ordinary people, they were actually double pupils, and his eyes were as cold as a tiger, and they were swept by his gaze, even Wang Junlin felt like a cold wind blowing on his face, and his heart was tight.
This is the momentum of a generation of famous generals, the aura is compelling, and it is really extraordinary, especially with this rare pair of eyes, a timid person can scare him with a glance.
Wang Junlin didn't know, just because Yujuluo's appearance was different from ordinary people, his eyes had two pupils, and there were rumors that this was the image of the emperor, but after the death of Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian, Yujuluo was suspicious of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui and was beheaded in the city.
When Yu Juluo heard this, his expression froze, he glanced Wang Junlin up and down, and shouted: "Who are you, what kind of military information you bring, don't you hurry up." β
Wang Junlin was excited, and said loudly: "The humble position is the Tianshui County Cheqi Mansion Eagle Yang Lang General Han Ziliang's personal soldier Wang Junlin, and the humble position has seen the Qiang Gedao Department and the Turkic cavalry attack Longxi. β
Yu Juluo's eyes lit up, and he said to the civil official sitting behind the first low man on the left: "Zhang Changshi, you personally go to the Tianshui City Cheqi Mansion to check his military registration." β
Zhang Changshi bowed and said yes, glanced at Wang Junlin, and left the tent.
Yu Juluo then looked at Wang Junlin and said: "Wang Junlin, you now tell Ben Shuai everything you have experienced, seen, and discovered, if there is any omission, or dare to be untruthful, Ben Shuai will cut off your head in accordance with military law." But if what you said about the military situation is important and true, this commander will give you a great credit. β
Wang Junlin heard this, immediately overjoyed, he was waiting for this sentence, immediately from the Beidao Gorge encountered the Qiang ambush soldiers, until Longxi City was broken by the enemy, and in order to find out the military situation, he risked his life to lurk near Longxi City, captured several enemy scouts, tortured and learned that with the help of the Qiang Gedao Department, the Turkic 3,000 elite cavalry went around the trail and infiltrated into Longxi County, and the Yongzhou governor Lonely Moyu was captured by the Turks, and the Turks used this to open the city gate to break the city, and so on.
In the end, Wang Junlin said how he broke through the enemy blockade and scout pursuit, ran hundreds of miles day and night, and went south to Tianshui County to report the news.
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