Chapter 210: Heavy Rain Dumps Logistics Camp

Old man Bi and others said that the troops would be sent three days later, but they only waited for two and a half days to arrive, and it seemed that they chose the most difficult road to go over on the Yizhou side, and the general Guo Tu was waiting by the river.

Zhang Zhong was still studying with Fang Sima how to make the local people live a good life, and he was notified to receive the holy decree, and the person who announced the decree was the old man Yao, who did not have any shelves, and did not need to put any incense tables, and sent the holy decree to Zhang Zhong's hand, saying:

"Yongcheng, this is the will of the imperial court, take a look, go out and meet General Guo, you will come back and continue to be busy with local affairs, if you need to call Chang Ping, you can go to Yizhou Mansion to get it, take it and remember to write it into a chapter and send it to the capital."

The meaning of the words is very clear, that is, Zhang Zhong, you are still in Yizhou as your assassin history, you don't have to worry about logistics, it's easy to go wrong, don't you want to solve the life of the local people? There is nothing to get in Yizhou, you can take more and take less by yourself, and you can tell it.

Hearing Old Man Yao's words, Zhang Zhong, who was puzzled, opened the holy decree, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, didn't he say that Yizhou was not easy to govern before he transferred himself here? Why is there a war in the blink of an eye? Logistics? Food officer? There is no preparation at all, where is the food?

Zhang Zhong's expression was seen in the eyes of Old Man Yao and others, and he was very satisfied, indicating that the two masters of the Zhang family did not tell Zhang Zhong, even Xiaobao and Juan Juan did not say, secrecy is good, how can father and son be like this, good.

How did they know that Zhang Xiaobao didn't tell his family because he didn't want his family to worry, not to mention that it was useless to tell him, it still fell on him and Wang Juan, so why bother.

After being excited for a while, Zhang Zhong rolled up the holy decree, and the person calmed down, nodded and said, "Zhang Zhong took the decree, and then I went to see General Guo." ”

After speaking, Zhang Zhong turned around and went back to change clothes, in fact, he was looking for his son and daughter-in-law to ask, what is going on? Fighting a war is not child's play, and if something happens, you can't afford it.

Zhang Zhong's reaction made the three old men even more convinced that the two masters of the Zhang family were the backbone of Zhang Zhong, otherwise how could they be so calm?

When Zhang Zhong found his son and daughter-in-law, the two of them had just written out a plan, Wang Juan wrote about the grain, and Zhang Xiaobao wrote about local governance.

"Xiaobao, do you know this holy decree?" Zhang Zhong was not small in his heart, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked Zhang Xiaobao with a calm face when he saw two people.

"I know, Grandpa Bi won't let me say it, and it's useless to say it, can I not come if I can't think of it? Dad, don't worry about this matter, it's all arranged, the child has a plan for economic construction, you see, the child and the juan can't be with the family for a period of time, you have to follow to the front, Dad, you just do it, don't be afraid of accidents. ”

The moment Zhang Xiaobao saw the holy decree, he knew that the time had come, and he and Wang Juan had to follow him, otherwise in the absence of communication conditions, the battlefield situation would be unpredictable, and it would be easy for something to happen, so he handed over the plan in his hand to his father.

With a snap, Zhang Zhong angrily slapped the plan on the ground, pointed at Zhang Xiaobao and said, "You, you, you didn't even discuss such a big matter with us, you, you want to be angry with me?" When it comes to war, you should spend some money? As easy as governing a place? You let me ...... You, hey~! ”

Zhang Zhong said and spoke, and suddenly sighed, he reacted himself, his son and daughter-in-law said that the result is the same whether they say it or not, the emperor asked you to come here to do things, don't you do it? Even if the two families knew in advance, what could they do? In the end, it fell on the son and daughter-in-law.

As a result, his son picked up the plan, Zhang Zhong frowned and asked, "My son, just stay in Yizhou and command, can't you not go?" Swords and guns have no eyes. ”

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head, "Dad, how can you command if you don't go?" There are only 15,000 troops dispatched this time, divided into fifteen reinforced battalions, five battalions from Jiannan Road, and the remaining ten battalions from Shannan West Road.

Don't say that the king makes the ministers die and the ministers have to die, even if they are a member of the Tang Dynasty, they have to fight, the people who died in Wangjiang are still waiting, this is a matter of people's hearts and dignity, let people bully and don't fight back, next time people will bully you.

What's more, the child and the juan are only responsible for logistics, they don't fight with people in front, they don't leave the country, and they go as far as the border to find a safe place to hide, who will target the two children? ”

Zhang Xiaobao was very grateful for this era when he said this, not to mention martial arts, even literati are still martial arts, living in this era is much more comfortable, there is no such thing as being bullied and not daring to fight back, you kill me, I will slaughter you in a village, otherwise *** and *** can be called a minister?

Zhang Zhong was also enthusiastic by his son's words, usually he danced the sword and practiced the bow, and then thought that his son and daughter-in-law did not rush to the front, and he was also relieved.

"My son, since that's the case, let's go, remember, be careful and careful, the people of Team Zero will take it, and Dad will train the other people of the seedling team as soon as possible, and you can make do with the lack of people, remember to bring more inner courtyards, Dad will wait for you to return to the people of Wangjiang with revenge."

Zhang Zhong suppressed the reluctance in his heart, patted his son's shoulder and said.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaobao suddenly had an inexplicable excitement, as if he had lost the time when he had relied on someone to find the way, he was not afraid, but more full of confidence and expectations for the future.

Zhang Zhong changed his clothes, took his son and daughter-in-law to the river to see Guo Tu, the team was not small, fifty-six people from the seedling protection team and thirty people from the inner courtyard, as well as two hundred guards borrowed from Li Xun, plus other idlers, it took more than an hour to see the general Guo Tu.

Zhang Zhong was nominally the person in charge of this matter, so naturally he went to talk to Guo Tu, while Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan accompanied him.

Guo Tu looked like he was in his forties, his beard was not short, and his cheeks reached his ears, he couldn't get close to the Confucian generals imagined by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and he spoke straightforwardly, without any respect for Zhang Zhong, it sounded as if he was constantly questioning Zhang Zhong and asking him if he had prepared grain and grass.

Zhang Zhong was not angry with the other party, and replied a few words roughly, and the meeting was over, Guo Tu hurriedly took the team with arrogance.

The team began to return again, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan stayed behind with a group of people, looked at the team that left, greeted them, and followed.

"I just don't understand, the people from Jiannan Road don't send people, why don't you send people from Shannan West Road over, don't look next to each other, and you may not be familiar with the climate."

Zhang Xiaobao muttered as he rode forward on the mule.

"There is a lot of money to burn, train the soldiers, the border army here will naturally be easy, but the soldiers elsewhere will not be able to train and train, I guess Li Longji has an idea, ready to play big, to talk about it, there is also our responsibility, who asked us to govern the local government too well, especially a lot of people's livelihood technology sent out."

If it weren't for those technologies, Li Longji would still be worried about the lives of the people, but now that he is relaxed, anyone in power will have the idea of expansion when he knows that the economy can develop. ”

Wang Juan also rode a mule, holding an unripe small green apple in her hand and biting it, she ate quite fragrant because of the bitterness and astringency, and answered Zhang Xiaobao's questions by the way.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded, "Almost, no matter what he thinks, we will live our days, thanks to my preparation in advance, sure enough, there are a lot of horses, and the terrain is suitable for running horses?" I don't know what to think, but it is estimated that there are 1560 kilometers from here to Jinchuan City in Jinshui, right?

Crossing through Pengzhou, I see how they get to the place in ten days, from the map, there is a small hill there, which is the most difficult snow-capped mountain to climb at that time, is it okay to walk around the side? ”

"It's good to get to Jinchuan, there is a big river over there, and the plain that rushes out, which is suitable for cavalry to run, if it is me, I will let the infantry travel lightly, and the cavalry behind is responsible for consignment of armor, and the task of the infantry is to see a village slaughter a village, even if it does not kill people, it is necessary to lock people up.

Once the cavalry team bypassed the mountains and caught up with the infantry in front, the cavalry divided their troops, part of them to the north, and then to the east across the weak river, harassing the reinforcements from the northwest direction that might appear, and part of it going down, regardless of the surrounding villages, forcibly ***, going straight to Danba City, feints.

The infantry also divided a part to follow behind the feint attack on the Danba cavalry, creating momentum, one person got up and one stove, changed the group flag to the team flag, and drove the people to Jinchuan City, and the rest of the infantry was divided into a battalion to form a situation in the north and south, widening the line, and the main infantry moved slightly to the north, to the bank of the weak water river, Chen Bing repaired the camp, stole firewood, made boats day and night, and obliquely faced Jinchuan City.

The cavalry in front of the city passed by, blocking the enemy from the west to help, leading the people into the city, besieging but not attacking, consuming Jinchuan grain and grass, waiting for the enemy to transfer troops from all sides to encircle and suppress, the northwest to contain the light cavalry to the south, pointing to Jinchuan, to Jinchuan to cross the river and retreat, the western cavalry detoured and returned to the contract with it.

The feint attack on Danba cavalry infantry crossed the river and fled westward, trying to lure Danba to send troops to form an encirclement with the soldiers of Jinchuan City and the enemy from the source.

At that time, the expelling battalion of the people quickly assembled and retreated to the border, and combined into a cavalry unit and the camping troops to fly down the weak water by boat, and storm Danba, and withdraw from Chengdu after defeating, and the containment troops placed in Danba will either successfully converge with the troops attacking Danba, or they will ......"

Wang Juan himself couldn't go to the front line to command, so he could only talk about the army on paper, talking and talking, and then he didn't say anything, which means that the other part of the team gave up.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't know about this kind of military matter, listened to Wang Juan's words, sighed and said: "If it's really based on Jun Mo's words, the marquis will be successful, I don't know about war, but if you say so, it is better to match the cavalry that feinted to attack Danba before with two or three horses."

When the infantry had joined together to attract people, the horses were distributed to the infantry, and when they had finished attracting them, the men who had finished the damba were left with a small number of rowers to go down the south, and those who had horses could use their speed to cross the river south in a circle, and perhaps a few more. ”

"Don't talk about this, it's not me leading the troops, the battlefield form is changing rapidly, and no one can grasp it so well, especially if you don't know the information of the enemy generals, if Danba has a general who doesn't move when he sees the opportunity and retreats in the city, then all the layouts are over.

Or maybe the general of Jinchuan is a person who lacks heart, and when he sees the enemy coming to attack, he leads the troops out to cross the river and storm the shipbuilding infantry battalion when he clearly does not know how many enemy troops he has, which will also disrupt the plan. ”

After Wang Juan finished his battle plan, his heart was comfortable, and he swayed on the mule and walked slowly with the team, but he couldn't go fast if he wanted to.

The next day, at noon, the sky became gloomy, and the local people, who were familiar with the weather, knew that there was going to be a rain, and it was estimated that it would stop at night, which would cool the humid and hot weather for a few days.

Guo Tu, who was riding on a horse, looked up at the sky, but his face was also gloomy, if it rained, let alone ten days to Jinchuan, even Pengzhou didn't think about it, and he had to travel Jiannan Road, and every day of delay would make it easy for Tubo to find out one day in advance.

"General, it's better to let the infantry go lightly, go to the place to watch the local villages, and then burn the fields, so that Tubo will be in chaos for a while."

The army also followed suit, and rode to the side to propose.

Guo Tu's head shook slightly, "No, the infantry is over, if the cavalry helps to transport things, the speed will be even slower, maybe by the time we arrive in Jinchuan, Tubo has already arranged the troops, just wait for us to attack, and then the advantage of the cavalry will be used."

What's more, this time it was a sneak attack, but the general didn't plan to really sneak attack, 15,000 people, even if you can't beat a Jinchuan, you can make Tubo dare not make a big move, and then collect the grain in the occupied place, and see how Tubo responds? I'm a sergeant, and the knife is not good?

What the general is worried about is whether the grain and grass can keep up, if the army is everywhere, the grain and grass will not be delivered within five days, the general will not spare Zhang Zhong, and order the whole army to speed up, catch up with the rain before it rains, and it is best to get out of the rainy place. ”

"Honorable Order." Joining the army also knew that it was easy for Tubo to find out in advance if he really listened to his own words, he couldn't afford to do something, so he had to obey orders.

"Xiaobao, it's going to rain, it's really unfavorable, I hope our arrangement can work, I wonder, how do you know it can rain."

Wang Juan, who also saw the change in the weather, stopped sitting on his mule, ran to Zhang Xiaobao's mule, and sat in front of Zhang Xiaobao, so that when it rained, he didn't have to worry about the front and back being wet, and with a big umbrella, the two of them could rely on each other for warmth.

Zhang Xiaobao hugged Wang Juan, gasped a few times, and said after being a little comfortable: "How do I know that it will rain today, I just know that it often rains here in Sichuan, there are many mountains here, and the hot air flow comes over, and when I encounter the cold air flow at the altitude of the mountain, coupled with the effect of the mountain, it is easy to form rain."

It rains or not, let Guo Tu see what logistics is, this time we paid a lot of money in advance, it is estimated that Li Longji may not be able to return it to us, if it is not good, it is to give a policy, I think now, what policy do you want at that time, the policy is better than giving money directly. ”

"I guess too, the imperial court can't come up with so much money to pay back, what kind of policy do you want? A tax deduction? It's not good, the taxes should be paid, and if you don't pay the state, there will be less money, preferably in the tea and horse trade, I remember a man who was three years older than me in the yard where my family used to live, and he made a lot of money by relying on the approval of customs and trade from his father.

He took the approval slip, and others asked him to partner in business, and made fifty-fifty percent of the money, and at that time others also persuaded me to take care of the first or second package of the road at home, but I don't like to make money, or we also want a policy of building roads? ”

Wang Juan is the person who understands the benefits of policies best, and with policies there is a lot of money.

How could Zhang Xiaobao agree to such a policy, and said: "No, absolutely not, even if it is given to me for nothing, I don't want it, and if we can't get the money to build the road, we have to pay for it, who will make it?" There are no tolls to be collected, it is best to give a border *** will to buy and sell, both in the sea and on land. ”

The rain finally fell from the sky, and Guo Tu's team couldn't get out of this rainy area, not to mention that people and horses were walking on bad roads, even if the sports car was driving on the highway, don't want to dodge, the precipitation range is too large.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan should wear a lily coat on their side, and they should wear an umbrella, and even the mule is covered with a layer of oilcloth, and they continue to move forward in the wind and rain, even faster than the army in front.

Of course, the team led by two people is much higher than the army in front of the army in terms of combat capability, don't see three hundred people, and there is no problem in cleaning up the front army of 1,800 people.

"Quick, quick, quick, find a place to shelter from the rain." The beard on Guo Tu's face was all wet with the rain, and the armor on his body was also transparent, so he wiped his face with his hand and shouted.

He didn't need to say more, and fifteen thousand people hurried hard, hoping to find a comfortable place to rest, or at least to tie up the tent, which was now so narrow that it was impossible to pitch a tent, and there was a mountain next to it, and the water was constantly rushing down.

Half an hour later, the rain-soaked road was even more difficult to walk.

Just when Guo Tu didn't know where to send his belly of anger, a flat place finally appeared in front of him, where a shed had been built, and a fire was lit in the shed, and when it was blown by the wind, he could still smell the aroma of food.

Guo Tu picked up the binoculars and watched, and said to Xiao Ling next to him: "Go over and see what's going on?" ”

Xiao Ling answered, and hurriedly ran forward, and before he could get to the place, someone came out there, standing in the middle of the road, also holding a telescope to look this way.

"Huh? Clairvoyance? What's up ahead? How can there be clairvoyance? Who leaked it? Guo Tu looked at the person in front of him through the rain curtain, and now it was not uncomfortable, but angry, can anyone have clairvoyance? There are marks in the army, and everyone who has it is in the book.

If everyone can have one, can other countries have one? This thing is a damn treasure.

Perhaps the person standing in the middle of the road also considered the identity issue, took out a flag from his arms, put away the binoculars, and pulled the flag away with both hands so that the people in the team could see it.

The person at the front of the line had stopped at this time, looking at this person warily.

Guo Tu looked hard at the man's flag, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Who knows what kind of flag it is?" The person who painted it is not a ghost, and it looks vaguely like a ...... Rice seedlings? ”

As soon as the army member heard this, he remembered something, and leaned closer and said, "General, are you sure it's a rice seedling?" Isn't it a very funny rice seedling with big eyes and thin arms? ”

"Yes!" Guo Tu nodded in response.

Joining the army was relieved at this time, and said: "General, that is the banner of the Zhang family, and it is the special banner of Zhang Zhong and Zhang Thorn Shi, who is in charge of this logistics, and it is Shui Yunjian." ”

"Oh~! I see, but what are the people of his family doing here? Guo Tu knew who it was as soon as he heard Shui Yunjian, and his doubts were even more prevalent.

Xiao Ling just now came close to the person in front of him at this time, and after some exchange, he ran back happily.

"General, general, good thing, great thing, this is a resting place prepared by the people of the Yizhou logistics battalion in front, they set up a shelter from the rain, and boiled meat porridge, let me wait to rest, he said that there is still medicine, I am afraid of getting sick."

Xiao Ling excitedly reported to Guo Tu.

Guo Tuden was stunned, and the soldier next to him shouted twice before he recovered, and said in disbelief: "What? Of the logistics battalion? Why did they run to the front, and set up a shed, and walked, and went with Ben to have a look. ”

It was not only Guo Tu who was surprised, but the other generals and soldiers were surprised by what they saw, and for the first time they heard that the person in charge of escorting grain and grass was still in charge of this kind of thing.

When the team in front of the army entered the shed to shelter from the rain, Guo Tu also found the person in charge here.

"General Guo, please, there is tea and snacks here, General Guo has worked hard all the way." The person in charge here said respectfully to Guo Tu.

No matter how Guo Tu listened, he felt that he was scolding, if he worked hard, what were the people here? When did the battalion in charge of logistics go crazy to this extent? Yes, it is usually said that the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first, but after all, I have never seen it, and today is a long insight.

The people in charge of logistics ran to the front of the army, and got the sheds and porridge ready, if the logistics people have this ability, who is the main force?

Thinking of this, Guo Tu had to ask, he always felt that there were many things in his heart when he didn't ask, at this time he regretted his attitude towards Zhang Zhong when he was in Yizhou, he thought that Zhang Zhong could be a civil official, but now he understands, look at the shed built clearly, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and it is actually set up in the way of marching formation.

This is in the territory of Datang, and he didn't send out scouts, and people can set up such a formation, which shows that they have long been used to it, and it is not deliberate at all, is it possible to become the Zhang family or a generational military background?

"How did you get here?" Guo Tu asked.

"Back to the general's words, come in advance, the lord commanded, rainy in early autumn, in order not to delay the army's trip, arrange in advance, if it rains, it will come out, and if there is no rain, it will be hidden, to ensure that our army is unimpeded, and it will live up to the name of the logistics battalion.

The person in charge of the place said embarrassedly, as if he really wasn't good enough.