Looking at the information in his hand, Tang Xian was stunned. There's not much on it, but it's cold to the bone.

Tang Xian had just defeated the Xiaoguo army of Donglai Mansion, and was sending a general order to Cao Bin, the governor of Qingzhou, to surrender to him and protect himself according to Qingzhou. In Tang Xian's view, the fate of the two is the same. He himself did not respect the military order, and privately went to war with the Xiaoguo army, and there was definitely no good end. Cao Bin, the governor of Qingzhou, was also given the identity of a rebellious minister and thief by the imperial court. The two of them are united, and they can naturally dominate one side in Qingzhou.

But soon, the facts in front of him made Tang Xian cold to the bone, he didn't expect that his actions in Donglai Mansion would trigger such a big move by the Xiaoguo Army. went south to Jizhou, forcibly occupied the entire territory of Jizhou, and became a traitor like himself. Not only that, but also united with the Xuzhou rebels out of Yanzhou, cutting off the supply and retreat route he left in the Langya Mansion guards, and then Zhao Xun personally commanded the army, and the 30,000 troops of Langya Mansion were leveled, and Langya Mansion also fell into the hands of the Qingzhou Governor.

According to the current situation, the power of Cao Bin, the governor of Qingzhou, is not worse than his own at all, and because of the appearance of Zhao Xun, Cao Bin fell to the Xiaoguo Army and united with the Xiaoguo Army. And he, on the other hand, was in a situation where he was attacked on all sides.

How similar is this to his attack on the Xiaoguo army in the past? In the past, the Xiaoguo army only occupied the land of Donglai Province, but it was attacked by the guards on three sides, and it is the same now. The only difference is that in the past, there were few Xiaoguo soldiers, but now he has more soldiers, but no matter how much there is, there is no more than the combination of Xiaoguo Army and Qingzhou Mansion Army. The Qingzhou Mansion Army is fine, but the Xiaoguo Army has the entire Youzhou and Jizhou as the backing, no matter how it fights, there will be no lack of follow-up, but the guards are not good, there is no stable territory, there is not enough grain and grass, and there is no endless supply of armor and equipment.

Soldiers, horses, money, and food, the basic conditions for waging war, cannot be done without any of them. But now, the guards lacked everything but soldiers. Especially the armor materials, there is no man-made, where can they be replenished.

"Order, let the guards and government troops of Gaomi Mansion immediately retreat, retreat to the four counties of Gaomi, Yi'an, Chunyu, and Duchang, and as for the remaining four counties, give them to the Xiaoguo Army, we don't want them."

"Immediately summon Shen Yuan and General Shen of Donglai Mansion, so that they can rush to Gaomi County to discuss military affairs."

"Order, let Tanma strengthen the surveillance of the counties of Gaomi Province, and report back immediately if there is any change!"

Tang Xian came back to his senses, immediately issued several military orders, glanced at the surrounding generals, and said sharply: "We are guards, we are iron-beaten men, and we will never give in." All of them have lifted my spirit, and there are victories and defeats, which is a common thing in the army. I don't want some soft bones in my subordinates if I find out......"

The generals said in unison: "We will obey the general's military orders!" ”

"What now?" Rao is Tang Xian, who has always been calm, and now he doesn't know where the road is.

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At this moment, Zhao Xun is moving his army north to Gaomi Mansion to join the Ninth Mansion that is fighting against the Guards in Gaomi Mansion.

The mighty army marched north, stretching for dozens of miles. The action of more than 30,000 troops is naturally not a swarm of bees, but is divided into three parts: front, middle and back. A group of 10,000 people, separated by miles.

On the way, Zhao Xun saw caravans coming and going from time to time, and these caravans tried their best to avoid the Xiaoguo army, but they did not flee in a panic. The military discipline of the Xiaoguo Army, which was widely spread at that time, is now the best among all the armies in the world, and it will definitely not wantonly disturb the people. It is this excellent military discipline that makes some caravans replace the logistics baggage battalions of the Xiaoguo Army, transport grain and grass for the Xiaoguo Army, and even trade grain directly on the battlefield. Xiaoguojun also pays one by one according to the market price.

For this reason, some Qingzhou merchants united together to form a caravan and sell things with the Xiaoguo army. When the Xiaoguo army fights, there will naturally be loot, some of which are also discounted to buy what you need. Seeing this, Zhao Xun specially issued them the Flame Qilin Flag, and when they come and go in Qingzhou, they only need to pay taxes at the due tax rate, and no one will stop them.

"Hard! Push! Just as they were advancing, the front army of Zhao Xun's department was blocked. According to the general march, the commander should be in the Chinese army, but this is the boundary of Qingzhou, and there are no foreign enemies, so Zhao Xun also galloped and rushed to the front army.

"What's going on?"

"Back to the lord, the road ahead collapsed, so that the southbound caravan was blocked, blocking the official road, and it was temporarily impassable."

Zhao Xun saw that there was a situation where two mountains were leaning against each other, probably because of the heavy rain a few days ago, which caused landslides and blocked roads.

"Have you checked your surroundings?" Zhao Xun asked. This kind of terrain is more prone to ambushes.

"It has been investigated, there is nothing unusual in the vicinity, and the caravan on the opposite side is also a serious passing merchant." Wei Dong said in a deep voice.

"Go ahead, let someone help!"

Immediately hundreds of people dismounted to assist the merchants, pushing aside the boulders in the road and pulling the tumbling carts to the ground.

Under the gratitude of the merchants, the Xiaoguo army rode away.

"The Xiaoguo Army is benevolent and righteous, and it really deserves its name!" Looking at the passing cavalry, the caravan and the people said one after another. The caravan was blocked, but it did not mean that the cavalry could not pass, because they were afraid of blocking the passage of the army, which scared these people a lot. But the Xiaoguo army did not blame, and helped it pass smoothly, and these merchants all sighed. In order to express their gratitude, they also prepared some gifts, but they were all rejected by the Xiaoguo army.

In this era when bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and officials are like shavings, an army like Xiaoguo Army is definitely rare in the world. Maybe in later generations, this situation is normal, but in this era, it is definitely abnormal, otherwise there would not be an army celebrity like Yue Jiajun in history for thousands of years. In the history of thousands of years of civilization, there are countless armies, but those that can be widely circulated and famous in history are all armies with excellent military discipline. Of course, if it is really a corruption of military discipline and a great reputation, it may also leave a heavy mark in history.

It wasn't until the tiger rushed over and roared at the wild boar from the caravan guards that he accepted the wild boar as a thank you gift.

Seeing Maomao biting the wild boar, Zhao Xun couldn't help but shake his head again and again. In the end, after having someone disassemble it, he threw a piece of it to him, and took the rest with him, so that he could run with the army.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first!"

This slogan, which was very loud in later generations, actually implied a deep truth, looking at this collapsed official road, Zhao Xun couldn't help but sigh.

The complicated and smooth roads are the blood of a region, and if the blood circulation is not smooth, this region is destined to not prosper, and if its own region wants to develop, it is inevitable to build a road connecting the four counties.

In Youzhou, wide roads have been spread all over the place, because of the advent of cement, the road surface is also paved with cement, which avoids the situation of muddy road surface after heavy rain. Roads not only make the region more prosperous, but also make it easier to move troops to and from the region.

In Jizhou, the prefectures that were included in the Xiaoguo army system also began to build roads. In this way, not only the roads are wider, but also the homeless and idle people have an extra income.

Under the Xiaoguo Army, there must be a formal wide passage between the prefectures and counties, and as for the others, do their best. In addition to official construction, the Xiaoguo army also encouraged merchants and wealthy families to build roads, and when they succeeded, they would count inscriptions on the side of the roads to remember, and even see officials not kneeling to reduce the taxes they paid.

The sun had risen high in the sky, and the hot noon of July made the marching soldiers and horses sweat, in order to prevent heat stroke, Zhao Xun asked the army to choose a place to rest, and then continue to rush after the hot noon.

"Lord, Lingzhou Mansion is here to report!"

"Oh? Lingzhou Mansion, what's the situation? ”

"The entire Lingzhou Mansion has fallen into the hands of our army, and it can be said that the soldiers have gone down to the mansion without blood." Wei Dong said with a smile.

"Show me! It seems that the first capital of the Young Guards is still complete. Zhao Xun couldn't help laughing.

After taking the battle report and reading it, Zhao Xun also nodded secretly, although the battle of Lingzhou Mansion mainly relied on the assistance of the Eagle Eye Division at the beginning, but the speed of the soldiers in the First Mansion was also the top priority. In addition to the battle report, at the end, Zhao Xun was also asked for instructions on the handling of those who surrendered troops and generals. The rest is the current situation of the Eighth Mansion, and seeing that the Eighth Mansion Army has begun to cheer up, Zhao Xun nodded with satisfaction.

"Give them an order, the guards will be selected to suck under the Xiaoguo army, how to say, they are also veterans of a hundred battles, and they can be used. For those generals, they were given the rank of lieutenant of the light car, so that they could serve in the battalions of the first capital, and meritorious service was promoted. The point is to let them understand the military regulations of my Xiaoguo Army, which is different from the Wei Army. As for that Kong Yun, he is the captain of the light car, how to say it, he was also a general before, and one side stayed behind. ”

"In addition, let the Wubei Academy in Youzhou send a group of officers to the Eighth Prefecture, which is considered to be disabled, and among the five thousand soldiers, there are only more than two thousand old soldiers."

Wei Dongdao: "The lord has too high requirements for the Young Guards, but in fact, they are already good. After all, they were only eighteen or nineteen years old. ”

Zhao Xun smiled: "Maybe, half of the people in this first mansion are adults in the new barracks. I think I was a leader at the age of eighteen. ”

Wei Dongdao: "If everyone wants to be the same as the lord, then it's okay." This is their first time fighting, and they will slowly learn from the experience of the battle, and they will definitely achieve something in the future. ”

"You're right, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and failure is the mother of success. How can a leader be invincible, in fact, failure is also a good thing, I just hope they don't really lose. Judging from this report, the guards of Lingzhou Mansion do not know about our situation yet. I really thought that the Wei army controlled half of Qingzhou and was ready to stand on its own. Seriously, if they had directly forced the Qingzhou Mansion Army, maybe the current Qingzhou would already be Tang Xian's territory. It's not right, if that's the case, we won't fight with the guards, and we won't send troops to Jizhou, then this Qingzhou will be the imperial court, let alone Murong Cheng's. ”

Wei Dongdao: "Yes, it's just that I didn't know what Tang Xian wanted to do at the beginning, so I had to fight with my Xiaoguo army." ”