Yushe County, Shangdang County, is the northernmost small county of Shangdang County, close to Taiyuan County, east of the undulating Taihang Mountains, turbid water flows from the west of the county, and the two banks are fertile land and endless forests. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Due to the remoteness of the place and the arrival of few troops, Yushe County became one of the few county towns in Bingzhou that was not affected by the military disaster, but ten days ago, a large army came to Yushe County, and 40,000 Sui troops were stationed in Yushe County under the leadership of the generals Wei Chi Gong and Wei Wentong, waiting for the order to attack Taiyuan City.

According to Zhang Xuan's plan in advance, once Li Jiancheng's army invaded Mayi County, the Sui army that had already entered Yanmen County would quickly cut off the Tang army's retreat, and Taiyuan City would have no support, so Wei Chigong would attack Taiyuan City with all his might, and before the military order arrived, they could only wait patiently.

In the afternoon of that day, a fleet of grain carriers came slowly along the turbid water, which was also the characteristic of the Sui army's operations, and the army had to be stationed near the river to facilitate the use of the river to transport military ration supplies.

There are more than 100 ships in the fleet, all of which are common flat-bottomed cargo ships, which have a large volume and shallow draft, and can sail in various rivers, but it also has a weakness, that is, it has no power, and it is okay to go downstream, but if it is against the current, you must use a slender man.

The fleet slowly anchored by the river near the barracks, and the thousands of soldiers who had been waiting here immediately came forward to carry the grain bags, Wei Chi Gong also came to the dock, and Chu Suiliang, who joined the army with the boat, also jumped off the boat, he saw Yu Chi Gong, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Join the army and engage in Chu Suiliang See General Wei Chi!" ”

Yu Chigong smiled slightly, "It turned out that Zhuangyuanlang was here!" ”

"Don't dare, the imperial examination has ended, and I'm just a member of the army."

Wei Chigong nodded, the young man understood that it was a good thing to be modest, and he asked with a smile: "Does the marshal have a letter to send to join the army?" ”

"There is a letter!"

Chu Suiliang took out a letter and respectfully handed it to Wei Chigong, who took the letter and said with a smile: "Chu has worked hard all the way to join the army, please follow me back to the camp!" ”

Chu Suiliang was very excited, this was the first time he was sent to the front line by Zhang Xuan, his task was to help Wei Chigong deal with military affairs, Wei Chigong knew that he would bring a letter from the marshal, so he came to the river to greet him.

The camp is very close to the river, and it takes less than a hundred steps to reach the gate of the camp, at this time, several scouts rode into the camp, Chu Suiliang was very strange, and asked: "Isn't the barracks not allowed to run horses?" How could the two of them ride into the camp just now? ”

Wei Chigong said with a smile: "There are indeed many rules in the barracks, and it is only part of the rules that no horses are allowed to run at will, and it should be said that the barracks are not allowed to run horses at will, and they can enter the barracks on horseback, as long as they take the horse road, otherwise, the large barracks of hundreds of thousands of people, the commander's tent is still more than ten miles away from the gate of the barracks, if there is an emergency military situation, it will be a major event when it runs to the gate of the Chinese army's big tent, so the barracks must allow horses to run, but to establish rules, people are humane, horses have horse roads, not only horses can not run around, people are not allowed to run around. ”

Wei Chigong knew that the marshal valued this young man very much to join the army, and specially asked him to come to the actual combat camp to help him in order to train him, so Wei Chigong patiently explained to him.

Wei Chigong took him into the camp, pointed to the camp and said: "The camp has a military tent and a affairs account, the soldier tent is the soldier's accommodation place, it must be neatly arranged, all the ground piles must be neatly aligned, no matter which direction you look at, it must be in a straight line, so that when you encounter an emergency military situation at night, the soldiers don't have to worry about tripping when they run in the camp, and the speed of assembly will be accelerated. ”

Chu Suiliang nodded silently, these were the first time he had heard of them, which made him gain a lot of knowledge.

"And what's that account?" Chu Suiliang asked again.

"It is very well understood that the grain and grass tents, the soldiers' armor and baggage accounts, the stables, the military doctor's tents, the fire head tents, etc., all belong to the affairs account, and they need to be separated from the military tent, and everyone has their own responsibilities and does not interfere with each other."

"Humble duty understood."

The two walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, only to see a big sand table placed in the big tent, Chu Suiliang stepped forward, he had seen it in the Ziwei Palace, it was a sand table in Bingzhou, but it was full of small flags, indicating various state of affairs, and the current combat situation could be understood from the words on these small flags.

Chu Suiliang suddenly became interested, stood in front of the sand table and looked carefully, Wei Chigong didn't call him, he returned to his seat and opened the coach's handwritten letter.

After a while, Wei Chigong slowly walked to Chu Suiliang's side, and when he saw him frowning, he asked with a smile: "Does Chu join the army think something is wrong?" ”

Chu Suiliang pointed to Taiyuan City on the sand table and said: "I saw that the small flag on the head of the city said that there are only 3,000 troops in Taiyuan City at present, and the report written by the general to the marshal doesn't it say that there are 8,000 defenders in Taiyuan City?" ”

Wei Chigong said with a smile: "I know the situation in Taiyuan very well, if there is a change in the situation, I will send an eagle letter to the marshal, and the marshal is also very clear, there were originally 8,000 people, but half a month ago, there was a Jihu rebellion on the side of Shijun, Yin Kaishan led 5,000 troops to suppress it, and the army only came back yesterday." ”

"But..... This is a good opportunity to seize Taiyuan City, why didn't General Wei Chi quickly march into Taiyuan City to attack Taiyuan City? Chu Suiliang was really puzzled.

"Because there is no order from the manager."

"If you have to wait for the order, then many fighters will be lost, don't you hear that the general is outside, and the king's order is not granted?"

Wei Chi Gong said lightly: "There is one thing that needs to be remembered by Chu to join the army, the principle of our Northern Sui army is that military orders are like mountains, the first article of military regulations, and those who do not obey the commander's orders will be beheaded!" I am only the commander, not the commander, the commander must obey the commander's orders, even if there is no soldier in Taiyuan City, if the commander's military order is not available, I can't march a step into the army. ”

Chu Suiliang couldn't say a word for a while, Wei Chigong also felt that his tone was too hard, so he patted him on the shoulder, slowed down and smiled: "As you said, the opportunity cannot be lost, and the loss will not come again, so the army is not as rigid as Chu Senjun thinks, and the opportunity is missed in vain. But this time I didn't get it, including the two generals Pei and Su on the northern road, which means that we must act in strict accordance with the plan deployed in advance, and we can't change the plan without authorization. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Chigong paused for a moment, and when he saw that Chu Suiliang understood a little, he continued: "Eight days ago, I found out that there were only 3,000 defenders in Taiyuan City, and I immediately sent an urgent eagle letter to the marshal to report the situation to him, but the marshal did not reply, and I knew that the marshal did not allow me to attack Taiyuan City. ”

"But what if..... Didn't the marshal receive this eagle letter? Chu Suiliang couldn't help but say again.

"There will be a receipt for the emergency eagle letter, I even got the receipt, how could the marshal not receive the letter, Chu joined the army, our marshal is far-sighted, he may not really want to capture Taiyuan City, if I capture Taiyuan City without authorization, it may be a big thing to ruin the marshal, do not obey the commander's order, this is a taboo for the general!"

Chu Sui was very ashamed in his conscience, and said apologetically: "The kid is ignorant and talks nonsense, please forgive General Wei Chi." ”

Wei Chi said to him sincerely: "Although I am a big old man, I don't read as much as Chu joined the army, but I also like to read historical records, in fact, many things are interconnected, the rules and regulations follow, the ruler and the ministers follow, and the handsome rules will follow, when Wang Jian led 600,000 Qin troops to destroy Chu, the task given to him by the King of Qin was to destroy the Chu State, did he dare to change the plan at will and lead the army east to fight the Qi State?" ”

Wei Chigong really likes Chu Suiliang, a young man who understands etiquette and modesty, so he said it very implicitly, and specially used the allusion of Wang Jian leading the army to destroy Chu to educate Chu Suiliang.

Chu Suiliang was stunned at first, and then he remembered a deeper allusion when Wang Jian led 600,000 Qin troops to the expedition, and suddenly realized that he understood Wei Chigong's good intentions to warn him.

Chu Sui's conscience was moved, and he bowed deeply, "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, General Wei Chi is really a good teacher for Dengshan!" ”

(To be continued.) )