readx;?(cough,I found that the ancients' notes are not easy to compile.,Pretend to fail.,It's better to write normal chapters)

"In the first year of the first year, on the fifth day of the fifth month of summer, the army went out of Yecheng on the summer day......"

"May 10th, to Jianjin, drink the horse ......"

The army crossed the river for an extremely long time, which also gave people a little rare leisure time, Yanagi sat in his tent, holding a thin rabbit quill in his hand, carefully wrote down the itinerary of these days, what he saw and heard along the way, and the situation of the mountains and rivers on the ginger paper, and was about to dry it and fold it, but someone outside opened the tent without being informed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Ziqian!"

Liu Xia Yue hurriedly crumpled his notes into a ball and stuffed them under the marching blanket, and when he turned around, it was a heroic-looking and tall general, but it was his friend and boss, cavalry captain Zhao Jia.

"Didn't you say that it's good to put pen to paper, haha, what are you writing?"

When Zhao Jia came in, he happened to see the scene of Liu Xia Yue hiding things.

Liu Xia Yue hurriedly shook his head: "It's nothing." ”

Zhao Jia knew that this friend who knew him in the school palace had been under great pressure recently, first his father died in battle, and then he suddenly got the title of "official doctor", and he was eager to prove that he had this qualification in the war, not a "tiger father and dog".

But Zhao Jia was embarrassed to say bluntly, although Liu Xia Yue worked hard and practiced hard, his personal martial arts were good, and he was also eloquent when pointing out the mountains and rivers on the map. But he doesn't have the personal charm of his father Liu Xia, as well as the ability to lead the troops to fight, not to mention the division commander corresponding to his "official doctor" title, Liu Xia Yue is now Zhao Jia's deputy general, and it is a bit difficult to lead a brigade, after all, this is the second war he participated in.

So in his spare time, writing and drawing in the small notebook he carried with him has become a habit for Liu Xia to relieve stress.

Zhao Jia didn't say anything, patted him on the shoulder and said: "A person is bored in the camp tent, come out quickly, go outside to see the scenery, and eat some wine by the river......" He quickly stopped talking and said with a smile: "No, there is no wine in the army, just eat some meat and drink some syrup." ”

Although Zhao Guo's ban on alcohol among the people was relaxed, alcoholism in the army was a big crime.

Liu Xia was more difficult to refuse, so he followed Zhao Jia out of the camp.

……

Along the way, the two of them spoke without saying a word, and the inheritance of her mother, an ordinary fisherwoman in Onozawa, the ordinary appearance of Yanagi Yue, Zhao Jia looked heroic. He was born in a noble family, he is Zhao Hou's cousin, and he was born in the school palace like Liu Xia Yue, such a noble son who only needs to be promoted all the way in the army, but he is willing to start from the grassroots level and be a small pawn commander. Last year's expedition to Qin, he galloped hundreds of miles with a hundred horsemen, and sent a demonstration in the north of Qishan near Yongdu, which greatly strengthened the morale of the Zhao army and frightened the Qin people to hurriedly beg to surrender.

Now, he has made his reputation known to the world, and he is also appreciated by Zhao Hou, calling him "the thousand-mile horse of my family".

Thinking of this, Liu Xia Yue sighed, he is also interested in the military, and now the road seems to be smoother than Zhao Jia, he is already a knight and a doctor at a young age, but in fact, he is full of thorns. This high title, his father's prestige, the jealousy, envy, and scrutiny of the government and the opposition, all kinds of eyes made it difficult for him, and sometimes he even wanted to resign from all his titles and work hard from the grassroots level.

However, as the only son of Liu Xia, Zhao Hou will definitely not allow this kind of practice that makes outsiders feel that "chilling the children of meritorious heroes", and Liu Xiayue can only strive to prove himself in this war!

In a short time they reached the river. At the beginning of May, the sun was shining, but I saw that the river was raging and rolling eastward, and a long pontoon bridge had been built by the sappers in the baggage battalion in cooperation with the Zhao Guoda River Boat Division. The battalions were waiting in their respective barracks to pass in turn, and when it was their turn to do so, it was only tomorrow morning.

"Don't look at the overwhelming number of people on both sides of the strait, in fact, there are only more than 30,000 people." Zhao Jia looked at it for a while and said.

"More than 30,000 people is so much, so how big is the battle of more than 100,000 people on both sides during the Battle of Hedong." Yanagi has always deeply regretted that he missed the Battle of Fenglingdu.

This war is different from last year, last year was fought inside Jizhou, and the road was closer, so the Zhao clan almost fought all the belongings and gathered all the soldiers who could be gathered. But this time it was an expedition of laborers, and the battlefield was far away on Song Lusi, and they had only walked one-fifth of the way now.

Thousands of miles of food, the soldiers are hungry, on the contrary, Zhao Guo can't dispatch the "100,000 divisions" in one breath like last time.

Now Zhao has a capital and nine counties, in addition to the three armies of the soldiers (respectively stationed in Taihang East and West, Lu), theoretically each county can recruit an army in wartime, the total strength of Zhao has about 170,000, this southern expedition, because the food is only barely enough, so Zhao Hou only brought an army of soldiers and an army of Yecheng soldiers, a army of cavalry as a middle army, from Yecheng. In addition, the Hanoi Army was the left army, and the Shangdang Army was the right army, and the left and right armies took boats directly from Xingkou, traveled eastward along Jishui, and made an appointment with the Chinese army to converge near Daliang. The total number of troops is only 60,000, and when it reaches Sishang, plus Song Lu's troops, it may be close to 100,000.

As for Hedong, Taiyuan and other places, because of their great efforts in the war against Qin, the soldiers and civilians were tired, and the road was long, Zhao Wuxian did not recruit them, let them recuperate and recuperate, and waited for deployment as reserve troops.

The soldiers of the two counties of Dongyang and Hejian either had to defend Zhongshan and Yan, or they had to cooperate with the Lu and Wei armies with the Great Sima Post to threaten the flanks of Qi and make an offensive posture, so that the Qi people had no time to join the Wu army.

So there is a situation where the Chinese army is waiting to cross the river today.

After returning to the place where the cavalry was stationed, Zhao Jia asked several brigade commanders of the same division to come over to drink some syrup water to cool off, and at the same time also discussed the order of crossing the river for the meeting.

As we chatted, the topic became crooked.

"When the cavalry of the last era and the upper county converged in Yan'an, there were tens of thousands of horses galloping on the banks of the Yan River, how spectacular? It's a pity that after years of fierce battles, from Hedong to Qin, and from Qin to Zheng, the horses either died of illness, or were too thin to ride, and now the remaining horses of Zhao can only make up three divisions, and many cavalry have no horses to ride, so they have to form a 'dismounted cavalry', as for the rest of the people, one person with two horses or even three horses went south, but had to walk back to Daijun and Shangjun, which is really ......"

The brigade commander of the Yang clan here finished spitting and splashing, and a brigade commander of the Zhang clan on the other side also answered: "What's the use of bringing more horses, now the military rations for people are barely enough, and if there are thousands more horses, you and I will be hungry!" ”

They were arguing there, and Liu Xia Yue listened silently beside them, silently remembering that the horses were too weak, and the horse's feed was not enough to feed them, which had always been a problem that hindered the expansion of the cavalry of the Zhao State. If it is easy to solve the problem on the grassland outside the Saiwai, the cavalry of the upper county of Dai County can be transferred inward, and there will be a situation where the war horses will die of illness and water and soil, and they will also compete with the soldiers of the inner county for food. Grass alone can't satisfy the huge appetite of war horses, and before the war, you have to get beans and wheat noodles, otherwise you will lose fat.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the topic was crooked again, and Zhao Jia was arguing with others about which horse was the best in the world.

"Naturally, it's Daima!" Yang Lushuai, who is from Dai County, firmly believes that his partner is the best.

"Yongzhou horses are not bad." Zhang Lushuai pouted, he had been stationed in Hexi and Shangjun for a long time.

They couldn't argue, so they looked at the division commander Zhao Jia and wanted him to divide the ranks.

Zhao Jia smiled: "I think the horses in the south are also very good, although they are not as tall as the horses, but the endurance is better, and they can walk on the ground in the hilly areas. ”

"No, no, no, there are few horses! What's more, if you meet Rong Di on the grassland, the taller the horse will have more advantages, and if you ride a horse, you are afraid that you will be cut off by a scimitar. ”

This became a dispute between the three of them, and in the end, it was Yanagishita who coughed lightly and said: "Actually, the best horse in the world may not be in Zhongxia, or even in Kyushu." ”

……

The three of them stared at him at the same time, Yang and Zhang were incredulous, and Zhao Jia was thoughtful, looking at Liu Xiayue with encouraging eyes, and asked him to continue.

Yanagishita said: "That kind of horse is called a heavenly horse. ”

Yang Zhang and the others were a little puzzled: "Tianma? ”

"Yes, the horse of the Tianshan Mountains, so it is called the Heavenly Horse." Liu Xia Yue's eyes showed a hint of longing, and said to them: "When I was in the school palace, I once read a collection of books called "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", which said that there are not only Kyushu in the world, but there are also Kyushu outside Kyushu, but the place west of Yongzhou has little contact with the Central Plains. But nine hundred years ago, King Mu of Zhou once asked Zhao Zaofu to drive eight horses. Originally, the eight horses were the best horses in the Central Plains, but after arriving in the mother country of the king of Tianshan Mountain, the father saw a better horse, the second horse was tall, strong, and its hooves were like claws, not only could travel thousands of miles a day, but eight hundred at night, and it was not sweat that flowed down, but blood! ”

"Blood?" This makes it even more incredible.

So the father called it the sweat and blood horse, also known as the heavenly horse, and when King Zhou Mu returned, he asked the Queen of the West for it, but was refused. The people of the Western Queen's Mother Country say that this kind of horse is not actually produced in the Tianshan Mountains, but in the extreme west of the Tianshan Mountains, beyond the lofty mountains......"

Yang and Zhang looked at Zhao Jia with inquiring eyes, they were martial artists in the army, but Zhao Jia had stayed in the Xue Palace, and he was a close relative of the Zhao family, so he should know.

Zhao Jia nodded: "Yes, I also turned over that book, and that's exactly what I said." ”

In fact, with his cleverness, he also knew that the "Biography of Mu Tianzi" was actually compiled by the monarch after the establishment of the school palace, although it added the legend of Zhao's oral tradition, but most of the content in it was actually written by Zhao Hou himself. As for whether it is true or not, no one knows. Because of Zhao Jia's crazy worship of Zhao Wuxian, he can only blame the emperor for opening up Tianzhi, knowing for a thousand years and five hundred years later, it is really a blessing for the Zhao family......

Anyway, after getting Zhao Jia's affirmation, Zhang Yang and the others were a little convinced, and they praised: "Tsk, if there is really such a horse, wouldn't it be wonderful to use it as a mount." ”

"If you can get off the foal with the daima, Yongzhou horse, and horseman, I'm afraid it's a new good horse." Zhao's cavalry was not only training for combat, they had also been experimenting with livestock hybridization, but except for the gradual popularization of mules, the effect was not great.

Speaking of this, Liu Xia Yue had already spoken, and he said excitedly: "The biography of Mu Tianzi also said that in fact, in the far west, there are not only heavenly horses, but also a kind of grass and trees, called alfalfa, which blooms purple flowers and sprouts on the ground, and can grow up quickly. If alfalfa can be introduced into the Central Plains just like Guan Zhong introduced Rong Shu from Shanrong, the problem of war horse forage can also be solved! ”

However, Zhao Jia poured a handful of cold water on him: "Ziqian, although I believe that what is contained in the book is true, but in the west of Zhao State, there are still Qin State, Yiqu, Wushi, Xiqiang, and Yuzhi, which are blocked layer by layer, and I almost died just by running from Jingshui to Qishan." As for further west, what happened along the way, the book is only an understatement. Nine hundred years have passed, those states may have long been annihilated, and the roads are overgrown with barren grass, otherwise why has no one been able to repeat the feat of my ancestors for so many years, go to Kunlun, go to the Tianshan Mountains to have a look? I can't even go to the Tianshan Mountains, and I can't even reach the far west land thousands of miles away, so how can I bring back the Pegasus and alfalfa......

Liu Xia Yue was stunned for a moment, and then said unconvinced: "Even if it is a layer of barriers, naturally someone will go to the hollow, just like when Wu and Jin did not know each other, but Wu Chen tried every means to detour the past, how did Ziwei know that Zhao Guo could not come back to the West Queen Mother Country in the future?" What's more, the water flows low, people go high, learn more knowledge, let the people of the world open up more horizons, see the higher sky, isn't this the concept of the palace? ”

Zhao Jia sighed disapprovingly, although he was determined to forge ahead, he was also a pragmatic person, always staring at the goal in front of him, he waved his hand and stopped the topic: "That is also many years later, now, it is better to defeat Wu Guo first and then mention others, it is not too early, the second and third sons also go down to prepare, and the commander crosses the river." ”

Before leaving, he also said to Liu Xia Yue kindly: "Ziqian, I know that you have lofty ambitions, but as generals, we still have to be pragmatic, we can't be too ambitious, we see too high and too far, often we can't even walk the road under our feet well, fall on your heels, and do you forget what happened when you conquered Zheng?" ”

After returning to the camp tent, Liu Xia took out his small notebook glued together from under the marching blanket, looked at the "Southern Expedition" he had written, and was about to record today's events, but after lifting the pen, he sighed again.

During the battle of Zheng last year, because of his wrong marching scheduling, Tian Ben scolded him, saying that his father Liu Xia was an eagle, and he Liu Xia Yue was just a chicken......

If a chicken is put in the eagle's nest and let it see the vista on the peak but does not have the strength to live on the peak, it will either fall and die or be afraid and suffer in the wind...... In Tian Ben, in Zhao Jia's eyes, he is more willowy, that's it. He didn't have the talent of an eagle, but he got the position of an eagle by virtue of his father's death, and he didn't think about what he could do, but he blindly wasted precious time and dreamed of a place he couldn't reach in his life. And he, then, should listen to them, and huddle in the high eagle's nest, enjoy this position, and not try to spread his wings.

But thinking of the promise his father had made to him that he would "travel all over the world together, see what others have not seen, and go beyond what others cannot", Liu Shitayue trembled, stood alone in the camp, pinched his marching notes, and whispered: "How do you know that I am a chicken, can't I be an eagle!" ”

He stubbornly raised his head: "I believe that one day someone will be able to carve out the far west, if others don't go, then I will go!" ”

……

Zhao Wuxian himself didn't know that his idle move in the corner of the chessboard a few years ago had already aroused Liu Xiayue's pride and ambition, and he was still in charge of the Chinese army, urging the army to cross the river quickly.

After spending two days crossing the river, because the northern part of Zheng had been ceded to Zhao, several counties were set up, which were administered by Hanoi County, and grain and grass were guaranteed along the way, and the speed of the march became faster in vain. By 16 May, the Chinese army had arrived at the Song border, a small town called "Huangchi", where the Chinese army joined up with the Hanoi and Shangdang armies who had come by boat from Jishui.

At the same time, Wuxian also got news from the south: Wu Wangfu had killed Zixu! Dig the ditch between the Jianghuai River, swear to the Northern Expedition, and want to confront Zhao Wuxian in Sishang! (To be continued.) )