Chapter 224: Appointing the Vanguard

Meiyang is less than 200 miles away from Chang'an, which is definitely the most unfavorable news for Zhang Wen.

Although there are a lot of defenders on the right side of the wind, at this time, the Qiang army has nearly 100,000 people, can the defenders of the right side of the wind be able to stop such a huge attack.

"The military situation is urgent, the army will leave tomorrow, the officers and men of all departments are ready, and if there is a delay, military law will be carried out." Zhang Wen ordered.

It seemed to see the solemnity of the mood of the generals in the tent, Zhang Wen said: "This general was ordered to pacify the Qiang people, but not only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, but also tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the land of Sanfu. ”

When everyone heard this, it was a lot easier.

"I wonder who wants to be the vanguard of the army?" Zhang Wen asked with a smile.

The voice fell for a long time, but no one came out to answer, if it was put in Huangfu Song to take charge of the Han army, it would definitely not be such a scene, mainly because the generals in the army were not familiar with Zhang Wenduo, and Zhang Wen did not get the approval of the generals in the army in terms of transporting troops.

The Qiang army is outstanding, and has elite cavalry, which is the vanguard of the army, but there are many difficulties.

Seeing that no one was in the queue, Zhang Wen's face was a little gloomy.

Dong Zhuo hugged his fists and said: "General, there are more than 2,000 cavalry under the command of General Zhao Yun of Zhenwei Zhonglang, all of whom are elites, if he is the vanguard of the army, he will definitely be able to find out more about the news of the Qiang people." ”

Zhang Wen nodded and said: "General Dong's words are reasonable, General Zhao Yun, this general ordered you to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to move forward, and pass the news from the front to the army as soon as possible, without the slightest negligence." ”

"The last general commands." Zhao Yun came out of the line to hug his fists, he knew that this was Dong Zhuo's deliberate revenge, Zhang Wen was the chief general in the army, and there was no way to change such an order after it was issued.

Yuan Peng, who had been silent, sneered secretly, he naturally heard about some entanglements between Zhao Yun and the Yuan family, the noble Yuan family, how could a little martial artist be able to offend, Zhao Yun did not fall into his hands in the past, and now he is the deputy general of the army, and there is a chance to clean up Zhao Yun.

Zhao Jun is too protective of Zhao Yun, and he has been prosperous in Dahan recently, and there are 3,000 cavalry under his command, this kind of strength is unimaginable in other states and counties, just the money and food needed for 3,000 war horses are a lot of money.

At this time, there were less than 10,000 cavalry in the Han army, and there were nearly 3,000 cavalry under Zhao Yun, which naturally attracted more attention.

"General Zhou Shen, cooperate with General Zhao Yun." Zhang Wen seemed to be a little uneasy about appointing Zhao Yun as the vanguard of the army.

Zhou Shen came out to receive the order.

Leaving the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhou He quickly caught up with Zhao Yun and said in a low voice: "General Zhao should be more careful." ”

"General Zhou, don't worry, since General Ben led the troops, has he suffered a loss, then Dong Zhuo is a villain, and he will only secretly play some tricks." Zhao Yundao.

"The Qiang cavalry is brave and experienced in combat, so it's better to be cautious." Zhou He said.

After Huangfu Song replaced Zhang Wen, Zhou He obviously felt that the Han army at this time was too different from before, unlike Huangfu Song, who paid attention to the merits of the generals in the army, Zhang Wen also liked to listen to beautiful words, most of the generals in the army were rough people, how to understand this aspect of things.

"Brother Zhou's kindness, I will understand it." Zhao Yun nodded.

In the early morning of the next day, the cavalry under Zhao Yun was ready, and the cavalry only needed to carry enough dry food when traveling, and the speed was far from being comparable to that of the foot soldiers.

However, Zhao Yun knew that the task of this trip was mainly to find out the news along the way, and Zhou Shenlai was responsible for such things as opening roads in the mountains and building bridges in the water, so he would not let the cavalry dismount and do the foot soldiers.

Zhou Shen's face was slightly white, he was more than seven feet tall, and his appearance was dignified, and from his body, Zhao Yun felt the spirit of a scholar.

"General Zhou." Zhao Yun hugged his fists on the war horse.

Zhou Shen nodded slightly and said, "General Zhao, the general has a thousand foot soldiers under his command, and he is ready to go." ”

Zhao Yun gave an order, and the cavalry headed in the direction of the right Fufeng.

The vanguard, where the elite of an army is, is responsible for opening the way for the army in the rear, and at the same time finding out useful news for the army, if the vanguard army cannot play a role, it will have a bad impact on the subsequent war.

If the vanguard army is badly damaged, the most obvious will be the demoralization of the army.

Different from the ordinary vanguard army, after the cavalry under his command left a thousand people, the rest were sent by Zhao Yun to the four directions, and the news along the way was as clear as possible, so as to be more conducive to the advance of the army.

Through a short period of contact, Zhao Yun found that although Zhou Shen knew a lot about things in the army, it was also theoretical, and there was a certain gap in terms of specific engagements.

Maybe Zhou Shen has led the troops to fight before, and he must not be in charge alone.

And Zhou Shen is more arrogant between his words and deeds, giving people the feeling that people should not be approached.

Zhao Yun is also happy to be idle about this, the Qiang army is not willing to just get such a feat, so as to enter the army to support the wind, if it is Huangfu Song in the army, he will definitely be able to get the news in advance, just from this aspect, you can see the gap between Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song in leading the troops to fight.

Entering the right Fufeng realm, cavalry of the Qiang people appeared around, and these cavalry were to inquire for the Qiang army.

After the cavalry of the two sides met, there were naturally many confrontations, with the help of stirrups, the cavalry of Zhaojun made great progress in horsemanship, and the actual combat experience was somewhat insufficient compared to the Qiang cavalry, which caused a lot of damage when fighting with the Qiang scouts, and there were difficulties in finding out the news.

"General Zhao, why don't you let the army move forward?" Zhou Shen looked a little dissatisfied, he was a general of Dangkou, after entering the vanguard army, everything should be based on him, I don't want Zhao Yun to directly give the order to stop moving forward.

Zhao Yun glanced at Zhou Shen and said, "General Zhou, the scouts who inquired about the news in front have not returned, and it is not too late to move forward after the scouts return." ”

"General Zhao is worried that there are Qiang people in ambush?" After speaking, Zhou Shen laughed, "Our army is only thirty miles away from here, and thieves dare to be so rampant. ”

Zhao Yun secretly disdainful, and said with a straight face: "Since Ben Jiang is responsible for investigating the news, he must be clear, the situation ahead is unclear, and he will make rash advances, what will be the result?" ”

Among the Qiang people, there are a lot of cavalry, and the cavalry's combat mode is erratic, and has a great advantage in speed, before Zhao Yun led the cavalry and the Qiang cavalry to fight, even if they get the victory, they can't take it lightly, if they are ambushed by the enemy, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.

(End of chapter)