In late February, the preliminary preparations for Tokyo were in place, and the emperor Chai Rong officially drove the expedition in person, and the accompanying army was mainly the forbidden army, that is, the army of the Son of Heaven and the army under the palace commander.

The small army that Guo Shao served for belonged to the palace front division system, and of course he had to set off with the army.

The army went out of Beijing from the north city, the north wall had four city gates, and the main force took the Chenqiao gate. The road is full of people, and there are a lot of people on both sides. The regular army of the Zhou army has good military discipline compared to the town army, and from a large point of view, it also has the merit of defending the area controlled by the Zhou Dynasty from foreign enemies, but obviously because the propaganda and public opinion are not in place, it is far from reaching the point where the people cry bitterly and love it...... Most of the people on the side of the road are family members of the forbidden army.

The forbidden army, especially the army of the palace front division, is stationed in Tokyo near the left, and the family members are also here. When the soldiers are going out to fight, of course, the children in the family will be worried and worried, and they will have to congest on the side of the road and leave with tears.

The emperor's guard of honor in front is quite clear and neat, but the armies behind are not as beautiful, and they bring too many things to make the ranks messy, that is, the banners, armor and weapons can prove that they are an army.

In addition to the weight of grain and grass, like Guo Shao, he also carried a lot of things, which he needed to use a mule to carry them. Not counting the full-body armor weighing about 50 pounds on his body, the chest armor he fought before weighed at least 20 pounds, and the long and short weapons were also 10 pounds, as well as the iron cylinder, hammer, firewood knife, and rations for eating and drinking.

Ordinary soldiers did not carry livestock, so they had to carry less personal belongings. However, they also have something that Guo Shao envies, and the people in the family chase the team and tell and take food; And Guo Shao looked around, and he didn't know any of the people on the side of the road.

"Lang, don't rush ahead, hide behind and ......" a girl shouted as she followed the army. Then the person who answered was actually Luo Mengzi behind Guo Shao. Guo Shao couldn't help but turn around and said, "The daughter-in-law of the second Luo family is really good at talking." ”

He looked at the crowd for a while, and said in his heart: I also have someone here who cares about life and death, Yulian should be here, but there are too many people who can't find themselves, or they are embarrassed to watch quietly somewhere, the girls are hypocritical. Thinking of this, his heart opened.

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A few days later, the army arrived in Huaizhou, and the emperor thought that the march was too slow, and wanted to order the whole army to speed up and move at the same time. After Zhao Chao, the commander of the control crane, learned about it, he said to his friend Zheng Haoqian: The enemy is too fierce, and our army should not rush forward, and it is more prudent to slow down. Zheng felt that the commander of the crane was reasonable, so he ran to the emperor and said, but the emperor Chai Rong was furious; Zheng had no choice but to betray his friend, saying that it was Zhao Chao.

As a result, Zhao Chao was relieved of his military power and imprisoned in Huaizhou on the spot.

Even if the army has reached the halfway point, Chai Rong has already made up his mind to fight a battle in person, but until now there are still many people in the army who do not agree with him. Although he successfully ascended the throne, he did not have full control of the army due to his short time; Not only the forbidden army, but also the army dispatched to various places can hardly be said to be able to give orders smoothly.

From this point of view, the timing of the Northern Han Dynasty's main election is not wrong, Zhou Taizu Guo Wei has just died, and how much can his adopted son Chai Rong do to take power after only one or two months on the throne? The Northern Han lord and the Khitan soldiers wanted to use more than 100,000 people to destroy the huge Zhou Dynasty, and the idea was to hit Chai Rong; As long as he wins a high-impact battle, Chai Rong will not be able to sit in that position, and all parts of the Zhou Dynasty may disperse without a fight.

However, Chai Rong seems to be a monarch who does not believe in evil, and he is stunned to take a long and short expedition in person. Until the forbidden army drove to Huaizhou, I am afraid that neither the Northern Han nor the Khitan could believe that Chai Rong would do this.

Chai Rong's approach was unexpected, but it was not unreasonable. If he can successfully resist the invasion at a critical juncture, he can save a lot of trouble and directly establish his prestige to control the country, but the risk is too great, it depends on whether people have the courage to do so.

How the upper echelons have different thoughts and plans has nothing to do with the low-level generals; At Guo Shao's level, he couldn't even hear the slightest rumor, and almost all military orders came from the level of the commander Wang Degong. Let everyone go, stop, stop.

However, the expedition is really a test of the physical strength of ordinary soldiers. From Henan Province to Shanxi, it is too far to take a train or car, and everyone is sleeping in the open and walking with weight. Not only Guo Shao's infantry team, but even those cavalry were also on foot; War horses are precious, horses eat far more than people, if it is not for the war, the lower soldiers are reluctant to ride.

In early March, the army finally marched into the Shanxi territory (Hedong). It has long been rumored that the Zhaoyi army in Luzhou made Li Yun fight a battle and was defeated, which means that the Han Khitan coalition army in the northern Ming Dynasty has at least crossed Luzhou and has penetrated deep into the southern region of Shanxi; Then Guo Shao's forbidden army will not be far away from encountering the enemy.

Fight early and save trouble! It is really not ordinary hardship to carry dozens of pounds of things on your back to take the inter-provincial long road, and it is not easy to seek a future no matter what era.

…… However, when they are in battle, people will always wake up and walk with weights easier.