8. Minling
Xu Kun dragged Yan Xing to the Northern Army, looking for someone to ask for someone, and Cao Yuan, Wei Xuan and Meng Tu were really in the camp of the Northern Army, they were all from Hedong, seeing that the land of Sangzi was devastated by the Baibo thieves and the Huns, they had already been filled with righteous indignation, eager to see through, eager to rush back to their hometown, and the clansmen with bows and spears to resist the invasion of these thieves. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, this time they went to Hedong, they also enthusiastically asked for battle, and finally they were incorporated into the soldiers and horses of the Northern Army.
However, when it comes to dignitaries, Sima is reluctant to recruit in the army of the Northern Army, although the soldiers and horses of the Dong Battalion are now overpowering, and the affairs inside and outside the city of Luoyang City are all guarded by their soldiers and horses. And this young general, who has just been in high spirits in the military tent and made a military order, is said to be the fake son of Xu Rong, the middle general in the Dong camp, and he is quite powerful.
However, the Han family has its own laws and regulations, and the army also has military laws and military orders. How could it be, let this young general transfer his own soldiers and horses in a few words, although the Northern Army has declined, but it is not a waste for others to handle, so Sima who led the troops still refused Xu Kun's request to transfer troops.
So, Xu Kun, who couldn't bear it, ran to find Li Dao again, Li Dao had already been in the military discussion before, and promised Xu Kun that when he attacked the logistics and military supplies of the Baibo Army, he only had what he could, and he was not allowed, and now he wanted Xu Kun to do his best to attack Baibo Valley, so that he could break through the Baibo and Xiongnu who claimed to have more than 100,000 people in the front, and relieve the siege of Linfen City. Wei Xuan, Meng Tu and others were transferred to Xu Kun's camp.
Cao Yuan is only a hundred generals, Wei Xuan is only a Dubo, Meng Tu is just a cavalry commander, the positions of the three are not high, and there are not many soldiers and horses under them.
Cao Yuan and Wei Xuan are from Pingyang, while Meng Tu is from Xie County. Forget about Xie County, it is too far away from Baibo Valley, but Pingyang is just north of Linfen and Baibo Valley, and the two of them just made up for Yan Xing and Xu Kun's shortcomings of not understanding the geographical situation in Hedong.
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The next day, the army entered the morning food and began to pull out the camp and head north, rushing to Wenxi in the north.
Wenxi County, known as Tongxiang in ancient times, was renamed Zuoyi County in Qin, because Liu Che, the former Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was pleased to hear about the victory of Ping Nanyue and gave the name "Wenxi".
The army marched north, carrying the necessary grain and grass, baggage, plus the east of the river experienced the ravages of the white waves and the Xiongnu, the road was not quiet, and the roads were damaged, the scouts of the front army encountered a lot of small groups of white wave thieves who were troubled by the township, although they were not able to cause any actual damage to the army, but also greatly slowed down the speed of the march, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others in order to prevent being ambushed, did not dare to march at full speed, sent scouts widely, cautiously crossed the water, near the twilight, before arriving at Wenxi City.
According to the agreement, after arriving at Wenxi, Li Dao and others will lead the army, with great fanfare, and continue to go north, cross the muddy water, and relieve the siege of Linfen City.
Xu Kun, Yan Xing and others led the light cavalry, and after Li Dao and others took the lead and made a big fanfare, attracting the attention of most of the thieves in the north, they made a detour to Jiangyi, chose another place to cross the river, and died down, bypassing the battlefield of the confrontation between the two sides in Linfen, and raiding the thieves' lair, Baibo Valley.
It was getting late, and because it was a temporary station, they would have to leave tomorrow, so after arriving at the temporary camp set for them in advance by the Wenxi County Order, Li Dao and others who were marching one after another arrived at the temporary camp set for them in advance by the Wenxi County Order, they also hastily set up camp and stopped, laid tents, and prepared to rest and raise soldiers and horses, raise good spirits, and march north tomorrow.
Seeing that the big war was imminent, and the troops would be divided and attacked tomorrow, Yan Xing agreed on many matters in Xu Kun's account, and soon returned to his own camp to arrange other things for the battle.
The hundred Feilian cavalry to attack Baibo Valley have also been decided, but this time, because only a small number of soldiers and horses were dispatched, most of their soldiers and horses still had to follow the army to the north, meet the main force of Baibo, and relieve the siege of Linfen. Therefore, Yan Xing only planned to take Gan Ling and Ma Lin with him, leaving Yan Xing and Zhou Liang to lead the soldiers and horses.
Yan Xing gradually grew up, and his actions became more and more capable, Yan Shun had died in battle, for the only remaining relatives in the army, Yan Xing intended to cultivate, so he let him lead the soldiers and horses, and Zhou Liang was a scribe after all, and he was not good at military strategy, before in the three auxiliary attack on Wubao, he also cowered to avoid the battle, although this surprise attack on Baibo Valley was said to have Cao Yuan and other soldiers who are familiar with the geography of Hedong to guide the way, but it was also a big risk, so Yan Xing also simply left Zhou Liang behind, lest he be in an emergency, and avoid the war, causing trouble for himself.
After many things in the camp were arranged, Yan Xing returned to his tent, and was about to read a book for a while, and then he was about to go to bed and sleep, recuperate his spirits, and meet tomorrow's battle.
Unexpectedly, not long after he opened the book, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, Yan Xing frowned slightly, he put down the book, pressed the scabbard of the ring knife at his waist, and was about to get up.
The voice of the bull was already ringing outside the tent.
"General Gantun, it's already late at night, you came rashly, I don't know if there is a military order to be called by the army!"
"Uh-there is no military order for the time being, but I have urgent military affairs to report to the army right now, and I ask the bull team to take the lead in reporting!"
Although Yan Xing commanded more than 1,000 people, they were all newly recruited and tangled Sanfu Liuliu people, and he was also a newcomer to Xu Rongying, so he was not a meritorious person.
So his Ganling is nominally just a general who commands a hundred people, Da Niu and Hu Tou, after joining the army, Yan Xing also gave them a proper name, Da Niu is called Niu Song, and Hu Tou is called Niu Hu, Tiger Head is currently following Yan Xing's side, and Da Niu is staying and serving as Yan Xing's personal guard.
After Da Niu joined the army, he was much more mature than when he first left Oxtail, and he was more loyal to him, so Yan Xing was quite close to him and put him by his side as the leader of the personal guard. Gan Ling saw that he had a serious face and a businesslike appearance, he knew the temperament of Yan Xing, a personal guard, although he was anxious, he did not scold, but stopped in front of the tent and waited for the big cow to enter the account to report.
Da Niu pressed the knife and said:
"Gantun General, please wait!"
After saying this, he glanced at the other guards and asked them to come and block the front of the tent door in his place, and then he turned to the edge of the curtain of the tent and said loudly:
"Waiting, Gantun will ask to see you!"
"I see, please let him in!"
Yan Xing also knew that Ganling came at this time, there must be something urgent, he simply got up and came to the tent, Ganling at this time, also lifted the curtain, walked into the tent, saw Yan Xing get up, he was about to salute, but was stopped by Yan Xing.
"What's so hasty?"
In the face of Yan Xing's inquiry, Gan Ling hesitated for a moment, and quickly told the reason for this urgent matter concisely, Yan Xing's face changed after hearing this, and he said:
"What you just mean is that there are generals in the army who have detained the people who came from Anyi to escort grain and grass!"
Although the army carried some grain and grass, but the army was dispatched, people ate horses and chewed every day, and the consumption of grain and grass was huge, and the war was mainly carried out in Hedong, so the Hedong County Government was also fully responsible for the military grain and grass of the Dongying soldiers and horses.
The soldiers and horses of Dong Ying are now the royal division of the imperial court to fight against the thieves, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the edict of the Luoyang court has already reached the Hedong County Government, and the Hedong County Government has transferred the grain and grass of the counties to the front line where the army is located, which is natural.
It's just that listening to the meaning of Ganling's words, it is obvious that there are generals in the army who detain this batch of people who escort grain and grass, although this is not a legal order, but the army is in a hurry to obey the power, many generals in the army in order to get more manpower to help build camps and dig ravines before the war, they will use the military order as a reason to detain some people as auxiliary manpower.
It's just that, listening to Ganling's meaning, it is obviously far more than that, Dong Jun's military discipline is not good, and Yan Xing also knows it. The soldiers who detained the people not only apportioned some hard work to these people, but also openly asked them for bribes, and if they had money to hand in, they could return to Anyi to pay the order, and if they did not have money to hand in, they threatened him to take it to charge the battle and fill the ravine.
This was originally a matter between the local civil administration and the army, and although Yan Xing was a person in the army, he did not have enough power to govern these matters. However, Peng Shi, the county government responsible for leading these people, faced the Ming Huang sword of the Dong army's soldiers, and was cowardly and did not dare to fight with each other, seeing that these poor people were about to be stripped away by the wolf-like soldiers, and the people who had no money and goods to hand in were injured, an accompanying county government official finally couldn't bear it, and started with the evil soldiers, and he also injured a few soldiers with knives and spears.
This incident happened to be encountered by Ma Lin, who loves to watch the excitement, so it was another twist and turn. Now that Ganling is still coming urgently at night, it is obvious that Yan Xing will also be involved in this matter.