Chapter 519: March

With the residual prestige of rectifying the officialdom atmosphere, when Tan Xiaopei appointed Chi Xianping as the envoy to conquer Liao, this appointment, as anyone with a discerning eye knows, was the early deployment of appointing Chi Xianping as the governor of the Northern Liao territory in the future, so that he could familiarize himself with various local conditions. Chi Xianping had known such a result for a long time, but he had served as a lieutenant for many years, and he was still very excited to be able to get such an appointment this time and become the leader of the party. The Chi family, now the father and son are in a very important position, although this big family in Beijing, the most important people are scattered all over the world, and it may take a long time to meet, but after all, this is for the great cause of the society, and the family gathering seems to be a little lonely, which is really a trivial loss.

Chi Xianping took a few staff members and set off a few days later. Tan Xiaopei also had a deep talk with this old friend before he set off, a new offensive against Northern Liao was about to begin, and what he needed to do was to quickly enter the situation and stabilize one side if he captured a place. For a country like Northern Liao, this is not entirely government affairs, but an official like Chi Xianping, who is both civil and military and familiar with military affairs, is just right. And with Chi Xianping supervising the rear, Ye Tao, Dai Yun and others can also attack without worrying about a fire in the backyard. Although Tan Xiaopei greatly appreciated the leaning of the army under the rule of the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy and the high mobility and large-scale combat they pursued, sometimes the number of troops was an unavoidable problem in the business of occupation and governance. A combination of hard and soft skills, as well as a large amount of goodwill negotiations, are even more essential. Whether it is Ye Tao, Tan Weixin, Dai Yun and others, they are not good at this aspect. The arrival of Chi Xianping must also be able to share a lot of worries for them.

Chi Xianping stayed in Danyang for another two days before setting off for Zhongjun Town. There is now a fixed airship route from Danyang to Zhongjun Town, and although there are three mooring stops along the way, it is still a fairly easy journey overall. When Chi Xianping arrived in Zhongjun Town, he immediately felt that this town, which seemed to have many traces of renovation and construction, seemed a little strange.

Zhongjun Town is now undoubtedly a regional government and military center, and has also become a commercial and trade distribution center. Due to the recent end of the summer harvest in the occupied areas, the merchants vigorously purchased grain at the same time, but also a lot of strange things from the people to buy out, many of which are now displayed on the shelves along the street, from the airship mooring station to the center of the Chinese military town, about a hundred steps long street, both sides are full of all kinds of shops, and there are many restaurants and teahouses. In these shops, the most common thing to see are the Northern Xinjiang sergeants who wear various insignia and wear simple daily robes.

"That's not a good idea...... It's going to be a war, why are the soldiers still so scattered? Nobody cares? Jiang Xin muttered. Jiang Xin is the son of Jiang Tongjiang, an important staff member that Chi Xianping brought with him this time, and he is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, but he is quick in thinking and ambitious, which is the age when he is angry and angry. Jiang Tongjiang wants to follow Chi Xianping to Northern Liao, and he will follow him no matter what. Since Jiang Tongjiang's family is dependent on him and his son, he left home and no one took care of him, although he was appointed here during the war, but there was nothing wrong with Jiang Xin. Anyway, whether it is Chi Xianping or others, they are not unreasonable people.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Jiang Tongjiang scolded.

"Isn't it? Listen to what you say about the Ye Sutra, but now that you look at it, it's nothing more than that. Jiang Xin said unrelentingly.

"It is right to say from the book of war alone that this way and that. However, the soldiers had a holiday before the war, which was a common practice in northern Xinjiang. Chi Xianping was annoyed and said lightly.

"Huh?" Jiang Xin's mouth opened wide in disbelief. "Soldiers are so indulged in pleasure that they are still fighting?"

"If the people are restrained only by severe punishment, of course there will be such problems. However, Ye Jingluo has never done this. Soldiers are also ordinary people, and they sacrifice their lives on the battlefield to protect others, and they deserve to live better, Ye Jingluo said. The soldiers in northern Xinjiang are very strict in their training in peacetime, and they are constantly competing with each other in various training achievements, and they are absolutely slack. Look at the little golden sword embroidered on the right arm of that guy's clothes in that shop...... This guy has won excellent results in the stabbing event in the camp for at least three consecutive months to have such an honor. Look at the big man over there, with three stars embroidered on the top of his armband, indicating that his battalion is the first in this year's all-army exercise. Should...... It's the second battalion of heavy equipment. Chi Xianping happily explained that he, the former lieutenant, was very familiar with all kinds of training, drills, and combat preparations of the armies in northern Xinjiang. And the soldiers have a holiday, on the one hand, to let them relax, and finally to rest and adjust, but also to give them time to deal with things at home. Many of the soldiers would write suicide notes and send the money around them to their families...... Moreover, although it was a holiday, they didn't really relax. You see the soldiers, almost all of them carry weapons with them, even the sergeants of the longbow battalion and the heavy equipment battalion, they all come out of the camp at least with short knives. Do you see that there are soldiers in the tavern who drink and talk nonsense? Didn't you? It doesn't matter if you carry a weapon with you, or you can't get drunk, as long as Ye Tao doesn't announce that Zhongjun Town is no longer a war zone, then all soldiers will obey it. Besides, you see the chaos now, but when it's time to return to the camp, the place will be clean at once. ”

After Chi Xianping's explanation and guidance, if you look at these soldiers with such an eye, you will immediately see completely different content. Jiang Xin was a little ashamed, but he became more and more interested in Northern Xinjiang, a place that was evaluated differently by various people in Danyang.

In the command post, Dai Yun was reading a book with a cup of hot tea. Although the big war is imminent, she has been prepared for a long time, and all kinds of logistical preparations, mobilization work, now have a huge and well-thought-out system in operation, so that she can focus all her attention on the tactical implementation level, and the rest, she just needs to know the outcome.

Hearing that Chi Xianping asked to see him, Dai Yun greeted him with a surprised face. "Master Chi, I didn't expect you to arrive today. Please. ”

Chi Xianping said with a smile: "I heard that you are about to attack, so don't come quickly, but you will miss it." ”

Dai Yun nodded, and led Chi Xianping into the hall where a huge map was hung and a huge sand table model was hung, and then said, "Yes, our plan is to gather and prepare for the last tomorrow, and attack the whole line tomorrow night." ”

Chi Xianping frowned and asked, "Attack on all fronts?" ”

Dai Yun sighed: "There's no way, the Northern Liao Royal Court still has a fluke, but what they can't get on the battlefield, they can't be asked to get it at the negotiation table." Ye Tao is still inking with them, but it is estimated that there will be no results. The Northern Liao royal court said that it was a tribute, which was obviously impossible, and the current situation was ...... I don't know the question of whether to win or not, but to fight a war is to kill people after all......"

Hearing Dai Yun say this, Jiang Tongjiang and Jiang Xin were quite moved, but they also knew that there was no room for them to speak here. And Chi Xianping didn't ask them to express any opinions, so he didn't even introduce them.

Chi Xianping smiled and said, "It seems that you are very sure." ”

Dai Yun smiled and asked, "Isn't it?" Your Majesty has already asked you to supervise Liao, if you are not sure, if this kind of thing goes wrong, wouldn't it be a big laughing stock? Rest assured, we don't dare to joke about military affairs. ”

Chi Xianping is naturally very confident, Ye Tao is still arguing with the envoy of Northern Liao in a certain villa outside the city, and after chatting with Dai Yun about the current situation, he took a large pile of paperwork to the courtyard specially arranged for him to settle down. Jiang Tongjiang took his son and ran out to see Zhongjun Town, a place that is now very important to the general trend of the world.

Sure enough, as Chi Xianping said before, in the afternoon, the streets gradually became deserted as the military horn sounded that there was still an hour before the time to return to the camp. At present, although there are a lot of business trips in Zhongjun Town, after all, it is still mainly to serve the army, and at the moment before the time to return to the camp, except for a few sergeants who are still racking their brains to scramble the last few words at the booth where they write letters, all the sergeants have returned to the camp. Then, in the restaurant where they were, they could even hear the neat shouting of the nearest military camp...... They're at night.

Although it was scheduled to quietly pull out the camp and attack tomorrow night, the vanguard had already set off. This time, the special battalion again went ahead of all the troops, and the special battalion, divided into four units, left as early as two days earlier. The special battalion is now famous, and it is not so simple to get out easily. Dai Mi specially summoned all the soldiers who were being trained in the preliminary selection of the special battalion from Yunzhou to train in their camp and make a lively training look. The recruits of the special battalion know that making a momentum and covering the departure of the main force can be regarded as an ingenious task and a test of sorts. This unit, which obviously will not be sent to the battlefield, has worked together to do this task impressively. They didn't know where the enemy spies would start, so they had to prepare everywhere, the consumption of food, the flow of people in and out of the camp, the momentum of various trainings, the laundry, and so on...... And they didn't perform passively all the time, and on several occasions they tested those who were often in the vicinity of the camp to distinguish between those who lived or did business in the neighborhood and those who had other intentions...... It was their concealment that ensured that the main force of the special battalion quietly passed through the defensive front of the Western Route Army and drilled behind their backs. The current special battalion is still different from the special forces imagined by Ye Tao, after all, but their threat is only worse. After many dangerous missions and great successes, the morale of the people in the special battalion has also risen a lot. Ye Tao didn't assign them any special tasks, just let them create chaos behind enemy lines, but Dai Mi thought about it and set his goal on assassinating the enemy's officers...... There are not as many officers in Northern Liao as in Northern Xinjiang, and the system from top to bottom is so complete, so the other side does not have one less officer, and the influence is greater. Dai Mi was not naïve enough to assassinate the other party's commander and deputy marshal, but targeted those middle- and low-level officers......