At noon on July 17, the Dangshan Army and the Shangshui Army, which were the "advance marches", assembled in the southern suburbs outside Daliang City.

On the "general platform" built by the imperial court, Wei Tianzi personally swore an oath for the "advance army", congratulated the victory, and officially appointed Su Wang Hongrun as the "commander" of the "march army to conquer the vanguard of the Sanchuan tribe", and also appointed the general Sima An as the "deputy general".

Subsequently, the "First Army" army marched out, with the Shangshui Army in front and the Dangshan Army behind, and the two allied armies carried a large number of materials, weapons, and baggage, and slowly headed towards Chenggao Pass.

"It's a nightmare......

Recalling the scene on the "Jiangtai" not long ago in his mind, Zhao Hongrun, who was driving a war horse and walking in front of the team, sighed secretly in his heart.

According to common sense, generals who serve as adjutant generals will take the initiative to meet with the commander after taking the oath.

However, Zhao Hongrun waited for two hours after he started the army, and he didn't wait for the general Sima An to come over, what this means is self-evident.

Zhao Hongrun still had the luck mentality of "maybe things are not as bad as expected", but it turns out that he is too naïve.

"It's off to a bad start."

Zhao Hongrun sighed helplessly.

Suddenly, but hearing the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind him, from far and near, Zhao Hongrun subconsciously turned his head to take a look, only to find that it was a herald rider.

And judging from the style of the armor, it is the herald ride of the Dangshan Army.

"Could it be someone sent by General Sima An?"

Zhao Hongrun muttered to himself, and at the same time pulled the reins with his hand.

At this time, the herald had already ridden his horse and turned to the front of Zhao Hongrun, clasped his fists and said: "Your Royal Highness King Su, the general ordered the villain to come and spread the word, please speed up the journey of the merchant army under the command of King Su." Follow the current itinerary. I can't get to Chenggao Pass within two days. ”

『…… Is it because the merchant sailor's journey is too slow?'

Zhao Hongrun glanced at the army under his command.

To be honest, he also wanted to speed up his journey, but the problem was that this time, in order to attack the Qian, he drummed up a lot of war weapons.

It is undeniable that these weapons of war are at least the leading level in the world at present. The only drawback is that it is heavy, such as catapults, heavy crossbows, and crossbow carts that are split into several parts, all of which need to be carried by horse-drawn carts.

However, horses were also a strategic resource in the Wei State, and even if they were inferior horses, Zhao Hongrun could not make up enough to pull the cart, so he had no choice but to let some Shangshui soldiers pull the cart.

Can you make a trip like this?

"Please go back and talk to the general. The merchant army carried the new weapons needed for this battle, so it dragged down the trip, and I hope the general will be more considerate. Zhao Hongrun said with a pleasant face.

The herald nodded indifferently, clenched his fists, and quickly turned his horse away.

At this time, there was a civil official wearing soapy green civilian clothes beside Zhao Hongrun, who took out a booklet and a pen from his arms.

I saw this person moisten the tip of the pen with the saliva in his mouth, and wrote the words "respectful but unconvinced" on the booklet.

Out of the corner of his eye, Zhao Hongrun caught a glimpse of the scribe's actions. I looked around and saw the words on the booklet. I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart.

"Your eyes are sharp enough, Lord Qiu."

Yes, this scribe in soapy green civilian clothes is the person specially sent by Zhao Hongrun's father to supervise his son's "homework", and he is also the supervisor of this "advance army", the imperial history of the imperial history supervisor. Qiu Yu.

Qiu Yu was born in the Qiu family in Daliang City, and belonged to the scholarly family, so he was only twenty-six years old and was already the imperial history of the imperial history supervisor. Becoming a member of the "Yanguan" can be described as a promising future, and it can be regarded as the mainstay of the younger generation of the Wei State.

Qiu Yu smiled slightly, of course he could hear Zhao Hongrun's words with a bit of sarcasm, and said with a smile: "King Su forgives the sin, Your Majesty ordered the officials to record in detail the ...... between you and the general Things, no matter how big or small, if this is messed up, the long-cherished wish of the lower officials to enter the imperial history prison will be in vain. ”

Zhao Hongrun was a little strange when he heard this, and asked puzzledly: "Isn't Lord Qiu already an imperial history?" ”

Qiu Yu shook his head and explained: "Although one foot has entered the Imperial History Prison, the current official is only a 'supplementary official'. Therefore...... Don't dare to be negligent. ”

"Oh." Zhao Hongrun nodded clearly.

The term "alternate official" here does not mean "alternate officer", but refers to a "temporary official" who has not yet been regularized.

You must know that as Wei Tianzi's new "Imperial History Supervisor" only last year, the authority of this ministry is a little terrifying, up to the six departments of the imperial court and down to the local county seat, as long as the imperial history supervisor wants to reach out to investigate, no one can stop him.

What's even worse is that the "Imperial Historian" is directly responsible to Wei Tianzi, which completely prevents anyone from threatening them with power, so that now, some people in the court have gradually placed the "Imperial Historian" at the same level as another "Son of Heaven", that is, the "Inner Chamberlain".

And that's not all.

In fact, the power of the imperial eunuch is greater than that of the inner eunuch, after all, the inner eunuch is just monitoring the palace and the beams, but the imperial eunuch, theoretically speaking, except for the harem, the entire Wei State is unimpeded, and it is a typical department that can use chicken feathers as an arrow.

It is precisely because of the transcendent authority that the imperial historian is particularly strict when promoting the candidates for the imperial history, in addition to talent and morality, but also to consider the situation of his family, within three generations, as long as there are relatives who violate the prohibition and law, they will be eliminated.

All in all, those who can become the imperial history are all the Wei people who have an innocent family background and are well-rooted.

Having said that, it is precisely because the examination and screening are too strict that the Imperial Historian is obviously understaffed at present, and the main work at present is to spray people in the DPRK and China, no, it is to impeach some officials for their misconduct.

However, most of them are innocuous things, and they are not able to investigate any domestic shortcomings in depth for the time being.

Of course, it's hard to say in the future.

Idle, Zhao Hongrun asked Qiu Yu about the current work progress of the Imperial Historian, so as to pass the time.

Unexpectedly, while they were chatting, the herald turned back again.

"King Qiyu, the general ordered the villain to come and spread the word, if the merchant army can't speed up the trip. It is better to separate here, and the Dangshan Army led by the general will rush to Sanchuan first, and King Su will slowly move forward in the rear. ”

“……”

Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this.

Although it is not clear whether it was because Shang Shuijun's itinerary was indeed too slow, or Sima An was dissatisfied because of the loss of the handsome position, the latter's attitude was already very clear: he wanted to divide the troops and was unwilling to follow Zhao Hongrun slowly.

"How could it be possible for you to lead the army one step ahead? Otherwise, what am I going to do in Mikawa?'

Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought for a moment. The head of the jaw said: "This king knows, and he will tell the merchant army to hurry up." …… Please go back and tell the general: In the next few days, the Shangshui army will cooperate with the Dangshan army to fight against the Qian, this king thinks that the two armies need to run in, and a parallel army is also a way to run in and understand each other, and I hope that the general will focus on the overall situation. ”

"Yes."

The herald rode away, turning his horse's head.

Looking at the back of this person's departure, Zhao Hongrun sighed helplessly.

"How long has it been since the army left?" The adjutant general asked for a division of the army...... Obviously, it is a difficult battle with more than 30,000 troops or more than 100,000 or 200,000 people from Sanchuan. I didn't expect that before the battle started, there would be discord in my own army, which was simply a nightmare start!"

Zhao Hongrun rubbed his brow bone tiredly.

Suddenly, he was shocked in his heart, and turned his head to look at the imperial history Qiu Yu beside him.

Sure enough, Qiu Yu had already taken out a pen and paper again, recorded the scene of Fang Cai, and commented on it.

"Lord Qiu. Not really, right? Zhao Hongrun said with a wry smile.

Qiu Yu carefully put the pen and paper back in his arms, and said with a smile: "Shoulder the king's order." Su Wang is not strange. ”

“……”

On the other side, the herald had also come to the side of Sima An, the general who was at the rear of the large team, and stated Zhao Hongrun's words one by one.

Hearing this, the general Sima An still had a sinking face and few words, staring at the front with a pair of tiger eyes, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

Beside him. There was a general in a white robe who was about thirty years old, laughed when he heard this, covered his forehead and pretended to be sad and teased his general: "Oh, it's terrible. was blocked back by the other party with righteous and awe-inspiring words, hahahaha......"

[Dangshan Army, deputy marshal-level, vanguard 'Zhan Ke Battalion' general: Bai Fangming]

"......" Sima An glanced at Bai Fangming and was indifferent.

On the other side of Sima An, a general who was about the same age as Bai Fangming, but looked as gloomy and silent as Sima An, heard the words and said lightly: "Ignoring our provocation, it seems that the heart of King Su is not as irritable as the rumors...... It's not going to be easy. ”

[Dangshan Army, deputy marshal-level, vanguard 'Attack Battalion' general: Wen continued]

"What's the problem?"

Bai Fangming grabbed his hair and said casually: "Isn't it just a handsome position, our generals are not rare at all." ”

"You know what?" Wen Xu frowned, and said unhappily: "The handsome position is a small matter, the key is 'command', is it possible that my Dangshan Army still has to fight for the Shang Shui Army's Chu State Army?" ”

Hearing the words "Chu State Surrendering the Army", Sima An, who had always been expressionless, flashed a fierce color in his eyes.

"I actually reused a bunch of surrendered troops...... It's ridiculous!'

It turned out that the general had been staring at the Shangshui army in front of him, staring at this army of the former Chu State.

In all fairness, Sima An is not dissatisfied with who is the 'boss' and who is the 'deputy general', after all, in terms of relationship, with his identity as a former Zongwei next to Wei Tianzi, Zhao Hongrun still has to call him uncle.

What's more, he Sima An has always done his own way in war, as long as he has the Dangshan Army under his command, it doesn't matter who is the boss, even if it is a pig to be the coach, he still has the confidence to win this battle.

To put it bluntly, he didn't regard the Shangshui Army as a necessary combat force at all, and from the very beginning, he only thought of using the Dangshan Army to sweep the people of Sanchuan.

But he couldn't accept that Zhao Hongrun actually regarded a surrendered army of the Chu State as a descendant, and also issued the latter with a new weapon produced by the Smelting Bureau.

It's simply ......

"Stupid!"

Sima Anxin scolded secretly. (To be continued.) )