The rest of the time was spent along the route of the enemy's retreat, in the course of continuous pursuit, and the miscellaneous objects such as armor, flags, chariots, horses, etc., which were discarded along the way, became some kind of ready-made road signs and instructions.

It's just that during this period, there were actually two contacts with local forces that cut off the rear and killed hundreds of people, and an attempted ambush that was voluntarily abandoned because the difference in strength was too great.

These episodes made me have a considerable evaluation of the military quality of the other party's generals. At least in the process of retreat, it is not easy to maintain such organizational strength and initiative to try to turn the situation around.

Soon broke through the blockade of Luguan and entered the hinterland of western Liaoning, which was geographically the center of Chaoyang City, Buxin City and Jinzhou City in later generations.

The scenery of western Liaoning, the pines and mountains are stacked, the mountains are like walls, and the wind is thousands of miles; If Liaodong is a handsome and beautiful overturned mantle, then Liaoxi is a strong and heavy mountain like a bowl, just like a vigorous and sharp warrior, suddenly transformed into a warrior who dances and dances

Although it is the same hilly area as Liaodong, after the buffer and transition of the Liaohe Great Plain, the interval and open space between the hills of Liaoxi are larger and more complete; The water system that flows through it is not as large as that of Liaodong, and the originally limited river valley flat land is more and more fragmented.

Therefore, it has also created a low group of mountains, the so-called next mountain and trend, you can smell each other and cross the horizontal, even a populated gathering place. It is only divided into undulating areas by sections of pass walls of different heights and old and new cities of different sizes located at the main point of the road.

Therefore, the former Andong Protectorate gathered several guards and envoys in this area. Compared with the cattle and sheep in Liaodong and the deep and dense forests, here is an idyllic scenery of low mountains, forests and valleys.

Just walking among the hills of western Liaoning, there are hastily abandoned fields and empty villages from time to time; Most of the farmland has been ploughed and sown, some paddy fields have even begun to be planted with seedlings, and most of the belongings and belongings in the village have been kept at home in a panic.

Obviously, it represents the local people, who do not have any confidence and confidence in the follow-up battle situation and the attitude of the Luo Fan army.

Most of the walled cities scattered among the mountains either look in disrepair or are half-finished products in the new construction, but because of the great battle a few years ago, the army of the Luo clan once drove straight in, and tens of thousands of victorious soldiers surrounded the city of Liaoxi, and even broke through the corridor of Liaoxi and entered Pinglu Road.

As a result, many of the abandoned places have not yet been rebuilt. It was then abandoned by some of the defenders who had fled in a hurry, and some of them became a temporary garrison for foreign troops.

Some of the furnishings have been taken over and used even in their original state. It can be seen that Xue's preparations and expectations for the war are also obviously insufficient.

Whenever the camp was settled, this re-enriched, mighty army would be divided into some people to be on guard, some people to build fortifications, and some people to disperse with chariots and horses to collect food, and then bring chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, cloth, grain, forage, etc., to collect miscellaneous items.

Sometimes there are even a few women, after all, it is impossible for the local population to run clean all at once. This is also the daily norm of the Andong princes led by the Xue Luo family, which has formed a daily norm during the long-term occupation.

Constrained by the pattern of the two core territories being mainly mountainous and hilly, the defending side of the Qingye Fortified Wall shrank the population and materials, retreated to the fortified city strongholds, and resisted section by section; One by one, the attacking side uprooted the fortifications of the city, while looting the nearby population and output, and subsidizing the army's forced labor to feed the war.

In the generations of confrontation between the two families, it seems that they have been staged many times and have become a little familiar with the step-by-step order, but this time the Xue clan did not do enough to resist and focus on defense. Therefore, in the face of the 30,000 troops reorganized by Luo Fan this time, the losses suffered were even greater.

After all, now is the season of spring ploughing, after being swept away by such a large army. Even if the Xue clan was able to recover these places in the end, after delaying this agricultural time, it would mean that there would be no harvest for a whole day, and there would be a general famine among the people.

After all, this is a higher latitude and a shorter warm and humid period in the northeast region, which is not like the hydrothermal environment of Lianghuai, and can also be used for emergency and remediation through short-term crops that are interplanted in two years and three seasons, or two seasons a year.

Here, it's also very simple to distinguish between friend and foe.

The soldiers of the Luo Fan generally wore leather hoods or studded leather helmets, mixed with felt head guards or fur buns, and a small number of round-tipped iron helmets or belts, which were the exclusive equipment of officers, and they were occasionally seen clustered in them.

It is said that because of the approximate geography and output, the Xue family is also similarly equipped, and they have been in love and killing each other for so many years, and the mutual influence and cognition have almost penetrated into each other's bones, and the rest is just the difference in robes and flag colors.

In terms of the composition of military equipment, the armor rate of Luo's side is higher than that of horses, and there are quite a large number of relatively cheap archers; On the Xue side, there were standard crossbows from the Northern Dynasties, as well as cavalry with a higher proportion.

The troops that accompanied the battle from Dongshan City and became our exclusive assistant army were mainly those who came from the Jian'an Prefecture Governor's Mansion and the government soldiers in the southwest region, and were nominally under the command of Luo Sijin, a family old man who was friendly with Huaidong;

They numbered about 2,000 men, rearmed with captured equipment, so they wore a mix of Yandi-style hats with wide brimmed fan yang hats stitched together with cloth and felt, and a mix of iron-embellished half-length armor of the Northern Dynasty and locally-style leather covers to cover the knees and nail iron shoulder pads.

Walking on the edge of the marching procession with spears and shields in a striking contrast to our troops, who wore round-brimmed helmets with feathers inserted into their heads, or large-brimmed hats wrapped around silk, and wore Sulan canvas jackets covered with leather vests or one-piece locks.

In a sense, the men and horses assigned by Luo Fan, who are all melee weapons, play the role of an exclusive meat shield and a vanguard and commando team that matches our combat methods.

However, after coming out of Higashiyama Castle, there is no chance of using it until now, and the only castle is that it hunts many large local animals such as bears and deer that come out in spring.

Then our progress was temporarily halted at Beizhenyi, near Kaiyi City, the seat of the ancient county of western Liaoning, which cut off the only mountain range in western Liao, at the southern foot of Yiwulu Mountain, because of the enemy who had taken the initiative to meet him.

It looked like a decidedly abnormal mourning soldier, with a white cloth over his armor and a white filial piety belt wrapped around his head. ……

Huaidong, Qingzhou, Yidu City,

After a departmental coordination meeting headed by the 16 Xing Judgment Division, the troika, as the representative figures of the civil administrative system, Yu Yunwen, Zhao Ding and Cai Yuanchang, stayed at the same time with a rare unanimity.

Then they looked at each other with solemn faces, and after a while, Yu Yunwen spoke again:

"It can't go on like this......"

"In addition to stepping up the contact with the marshal......"

"I have to find a way and a charter to come out......"

Originally, as an important sensitivity of their identity and ministry, there were basically no opportunities for such private meetings except for official meetings and regular meetings, not only for the purpose of avoiding suspicion of forming a party for private purposes, but also for the sake of self-purity and self-improvement.

Especially when the coach and the other two dignitaries are not at home, it is easy to become a talking point and attack for someone with a heart.

But this time, they made an exception to gather here privately to discuss some countermeasures and prospects, but there were major reasons and unavoidable hardships.

The reason is that the so-called envoys who have just come to Huaidong to observe the wind, and a large number of followers, have caused a series of rights and wrongs.

At first, these guys seemed to regard Huaidong as a remote border state in a sense, and all kinds of dissatisfaction and disgust were picky. Then after discovering the pattern and atmosphere of the initial results here, I changed my face again.

As a result, they became even more unscrupulous, not only in the localities, but also in the localities, under the pretext of various inspections, asking for labor and materials, and harassing all kinds of troubles, but also conniving at the people around them to keep eating and taking cards, and working hard to obtain all kinds of benefits and benefits.

Except for those industries and mines related to the army, which could be slightly rejected on the grounds that they were related to confidential matters, almost all the departments and undertakings under Huaidong's name were harassed and swept away by them.

It can be said that the chickens and dogs are jumping everywhere, and the complaints are unbearable.

Even reprimanded and humiliated low-level officials at every turn, even if they had no rank around them, they dared to command the officials and the military and the people in Huaidong to show superiority. However, because several important members of Huaidong are not there, there seems to be no one in charge in the Zhenfu Mansion who can take any measures and make a statement, which gives these people the opportunity to be arrogant and arrogant.

But they didn't seem to be satisfied enough, and rumors came out that the imperial court intended to push for a resolution to turn those officials who had long been in the name of Huaidong and sent from distant counties into official officials who were actually in charge of the ministry.

In order to enrich the local government affairs system in Huaidong. Therefore, not only the originally simple and fictitious administrative department, the transfer department, and the observation envoy, but even the name of the Zhenfu Prefecture cannot be an exception.

And some people swear that the corresponding price codes have been released; As long as you have enough money at one time, you can take your relatives and friends to take office together.

If this rumor really wants to become true, it also means that all kinds of acting positions and power officials under the Huaidong Advance System will have to stand aside completely, or re-look at other people's colors to live.

Not to mention those who are still at the bottom of the gang, or students who are studying in joint schools, and those who want to seek a career and promotion space, have become rootless wanderers in a sense.

However, these speakers also pointed out a "clear way" for them. It's just that you can spend a lot of money to do it, and through these "well-connected" people, you can make friends and communicate with your future bosses and chief officials in advance, and you can naturally keep your existing errands, and maybe even go further.

Therefore, in private, they also offered a price of 369 and so on, as the cost of the transportation officials.

As a result, not only those grassroots officials, but even the middle level of these various departments could not sit still. They all came to me in various names, and the leaders like Cai and Zhao were finally appeased by the various ministers, so that they could try to believe that after Luo Shuai came back, all the problems would naturally be solved;

As a result, things developed, but in addition to Yu Yunwen, they were also tempted and harassed in a sense.

Zhao Ding is a neat and neat character, and he directly pushed the other party out of the way with official business; And Cai Yuanchang met more quickly, said a bunch of nonsense in a good voice, and sent the other party away.

However, after the other party took the initiative to spread the news, it still inevitably caused a rather bad impact on the existing situation. For a while, people's hearts fluctuated, panicked, and even the efficiency of daily government affairs was affected, and there were many small mistakes.

As the saying goes, "robbing people of their wealth is like killing their parents", and hindering the future of others and the fruits of their efforts, what is it, it will not be easier than cutting off children and grandchildren or destroying families.

Therefore, we had to make an exception to stay and meet to discuss our respective countermeasures and where to go.

And these three people like those who meet in private also have their own backgrounds and personal interests:

Like Zhao Ding, a typical Hebei person, the origin of a famous man in the north; Although Cai Yuanchang is a son of Fujian, he is a local source in Xuzhou, Huaibei;

The only thing they have in common is that they have no heels and origins in the system of the Southern Dynasty Liang. For the two of them, almost all their careers and achievements have been gradually achieved around the development of Huaidong Town.

I really want to be ordered to be sent to an unfamiliar place outside the ridge to fill a cold and idle position; I really don't have enough confidence and ability to ask myself, and with the background of a mere northerner, I have regained my prominence in the officialdom of the Southern Dynasties.

And although Yu Yunwen was once a subordinate of Da Liang, he was also the abandoned son of the East Road Shuaisi. In the case of the complete rout of the Northern Expedition and almost all the people who fled back to Shuai Si were liquidated and remedied, he, an abandoned son who still lived freely, seemed very eye-catching and hateful.

Therefore, he can only find his own value and positioning in Huaidong, instead of being crushed by the undercurrents in the country.

If someone else takes power, it will be an unsupportable apocalyptic scene.

At the same time, in the garden of the back house of Zhenfu Mansion, next to a barbecue grill, two girls, one big and one young, were roasting the sweet potatoes or something.

Not far away,

"According to the record reserved by the marshal, after reading it, I will burn the ...... on the spot"

Fifth Ping, the secretary in charge, also handed Tong Hao and Su Changsheng a thing in private

"If the response is good, you can consider moving on to the next stage......

"Pay attention to the linkage of public opinion in the military and civilians......"

"The lord has specially explained, don't overdo it......"

"This needs to be done gradually, so that the general public only believes what they want to believe......

And this town can only stand from the perspective of passive and helpless refutation of rumors...... Make an effort to appease the gesture to ......"

"This new situation is not only a big trouble at the moment, but it is also a great opportunity for us to let go......

"For some reason...... There will never be a shortage of people in this world who are blinded......"

"Appropriate stimulation and encouragement of the other person's selfishness, lust and greed, in turn, is our best weapon......"

"However, in private, your department should not show any active deeds."

"If there is any need, I will arrange for Qin Changjiao to come forward......"

"He's a good at observing the wind and inquiring about the imperial history, and it should come in handy."

"If you want to be worthy of your job, you have to work hard for the people who drive you......"

After another moment,

"After this incident, the Cultural Promotion Association under your name can also come to the stage from the beginning."

Later, he met Fang Yingwu, a former painter who was covered in fat and powder.

"The new issue of cheat sheets and picture books is ready to be stopped......"

Fang Yingwu rarely responded solemnly.

"For the time being, it is mainly to advocate the new life and fashion of Huaidong that changes customs and customs......"

"You can add some similar stories of corrupt officials in history......"

"Save ......"