After careful deliberation, the Great Jin court immediately issued a holy decree, ordering Deng Yue, the assassin of Guangzhou, to lead 20,000 elite soldiers from Jiaozhou to Xinggu County of Shu to contain the soldiers and horses in the south of Shu.

Canonized Jizhou Assassin Shi Hua'an as Liangzhou Assassin History, and ordered him to lead 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army, starting from Liyang, along the northern border of Jingzhou, to raid Hanzhong County, the northernmost part of Shu State, to cut off the connection between Shu and Zhao State, thus causing a situation of closing the door and beating dogs.

Canonized Xuzhou Thorn Shi Huan Wen as the Thorn History of Jingzhou, and ordered him to lead 30,000 Jingzhou naval troops to go up the river and wait for the opportunity to land, and go straight to Chengdu in Shu to destroy Shu.

Since it takes a lot of time to transfer, train, and raise grain and grass for the three routes, the imperial court gave the three routes army nearly four months to prepare, and agreed that on the first day of August, the three armies would act together.

After receiving the will of the imperial court, Hua'an, Huan Wen, and Deng Yue all seized the time to prepare for war, and all kinds of materials and troops began to gather to the border in a targeted manner.

In the direction of Jingzhou, the newly appointed Jingzhou assassin Shi Huan Wen quickly firmly controlled Jingzhou's army, and for some of the unconvinced rebels, all of them were exterminated by Huan Wen.

The 30,000 elites selected from the 100,000 Jingzhou naval army were also trained hard day and night under the personal guidance of Huan Wen to improve their technical and tactical capabilities, and various large and small warships also began to prepare intensively.

In the direction of Jiaozhou, since the Nanyue tribe was completely defeated by Hua'an, the chiefs of the Nanyue tribe who were inflated in ambition no longer had the courage to resist the Jin Dynasty, and honestly stayed in Jiude and Rinan two counties, and there was no longer the slightest deviant action.

Deng Yue, the assassin of Guangzhou, lost the henchmen of the Nanyue tribe, and soon gathered 40,000 troops in Jiaoguang Erzhou. After receiving the decree of the imperial court, Deng Yue immediately selected 20,000 horses from the 40,000 army. Prepare to attack Shu, while the remaining 20,000 horses will temporarily stay in Jiaozhi City. On the one hand, it can support the front line at any time, and on the other hand, it can effectively deter the South Vietnamese and prevent them from rebelling again.

In the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the capital, Hua'an put forward higher requirements for his subordinates, although the imperial court gave them four months to prepare, Hua'an asked his subordinates to prepare for the expedition within a month, and a month later, the army set off ahead of schedule.

The reason why Huaan chose to leave early is naturally for a reason. Because, whether it is the Jingzhou army or the Jiaoguang Erzhou army, as long as they set off, they will soon be able to fight with the Shu army, and Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army will pass through the entire northern border of Jingzhou, and the road is the farthest, and it will take at least two or three months to meet the Shu army.

And two or three months later. It is very likely that the Shu Kingdom has been destroyed by Huan Wen, in that case, wouldn't he have lost the opportunity to fight, therefore. Hua'an had to send troops ahead of schedule and arrive near Hanzhong County in Shu before August 1. In this way, a surprise attack on Hanzhong County could be launched on August 1.

Due to the extremely long distance. Hua'an's Northern Expeditionary Army had a large number of soldiers and horses, and how to guarantee logistics was a big problem in front of Hua'an.

In order to guarantee the rations of the main army for three or four months. The logistics baggage battalion must transport 50,000 denier of military rations, calculated as one cart of ten deniers, at least 5,000 baggage trucks, and one baggage truck needs two oxen and one person, so that the Northern Expeditionary Army needs to prepare 5,000 baggage trucks, 10,000 adult cattle, and 5,000 people or soldiers who can control the ox carts.

There are a lot of materials that need to be prepared for the expedition, and military rations are only one of them, and other military materials such as bows and arrows, shields, tents, quilts and other daily necessities are all a lot, all of which need to be transported by baggage trucks.

In order to reduce the pressure on logistics as much as possible, Hua'an asked the soldiers to disassemble all the siege equipment, load the important core metal parts and take them away, while the bulky wooden main body was all left in Jiangnan, for the non-essential living materials, everything that does not need to be brought, will not be brought, which greatly reduces the pressure on logistics, but still needs more than 10,000 heavy trucks.

At the same time, the soldiers under the command of Tie Niu and Zhao Wu, except for the generals above the brigade commander and their respective personal soldiers who have war horses, the rest of the soldiers are all on foot, and the march on foot is very physical, once it encounters an accident, it is not conducive to immediate action, and the speed of the march will be very slow.

Fortunately, the infantry of the Northern Expeditionary Army all learned the technique of driving, and all the soldiers could easily drive ox carts, five soldiers in an ox cart, four sat in the car, and one was responsible for driving, and the soldiers who drove the car could be rotated to maintain their bodies, and 20,000 infantry only needed 4,000 ox carts and 8,000 adult oxen.

At the same time, in order to improve the food nutrition of the troops, and further reduce the pressure on logistics, Hua'an decided to drive a large number of cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock in the pastures of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the west, so that these livestock can follow their own army to the west. At any time, the tired and dead kinders on the ox cart can be replaced, so that the logistics personnel of the Northern Expeditionary Army can march westward along the lì.

In this way, the logistics of the Northern Expeditionary Army needed nearly 20,000 baggage trucks, 40,000 adult cattle, and 20,000 logistics personnel responsible for transporting materials.

Among them, 20,000 baggage trucks can be prepared by the Northern Expeditionary Army soon, which is not a difficult task for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

After four or five years of development in the ranches of the Northern Expeditionary Army, there are countless cattle and sheep and other livestock, and the number of cattle has reached 70,000 or 80,000 heads, among them, the calves less than one year old are the most, and the adult cattle that are more than two years old should be given 40,000 heads if they are counted as cows, which is enough to meet the transportation needs of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

As for the 20,000 logistical personnel responsible for transporting supplies, the Northern Expeditionary Army was indeed very insufficient, and the only 4,000 baggage soldiers could not take care of so many materials in any case.

To this end, Hua'an asked the deputy general Wang San to go to several nearby states and counties to recruit 15,000 men and horses who were good at driving with a lot of money, and let them follow the army to the west.

Due to the favorable conditions offered by the Northern Expeditionary Army, there were many recruits, and in just seven or eight days, 15,000 men and horses who were good at driving appeared in the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

All kinds of materials and men and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army were transported to the north of the river through the Jingbei Ferry, and the Jingbei Ferry was busy for a while, and hundreds of big ships could be said to be transporting day and night, and people and boats did not stop, in order to transport all the materials and equipment to Jiangbei in the shortest possible time.

After day and night of non-stop busyness, the Northern Expeditionary Army only took more than 20 days to transport all kinds of materials and men to the north of the river, the forward cavalry has been successively marching towards Liyang City, and the follow-up infantry and logistics men and horses are also gradually approaching Liyang City in the west.

In a few days, Hua An suddenly poured out a trace of reluctance, his relatives were in Jiankang City, but he was going to Liangzhou thousands of miles away to fight, parting was imminent, Hua An decided to use the only few days to have a good reunion with his family, especially his newlywed wife, he really hasn't been intimate enough?

Hua An rode back to the mansion in the capital, dismounted and went straight to the backyard, in the backyard, only to see his wife Wang Ling, playing with his children.

"Daddy, Daddy is here." Huawei shouted happily when he saw Huaan.

"Oh, my little darling." Hua An hurriedly stepped forward, hugged Hua and kissed him twice, then looked at Wang Ling and said, "Where is Xue'er?" How she no longer is. ”

"Dad, Erniang has gone to the palace." Before Wang Ling could answer, the smart Huawei learned to answer.

"Oh, it's going to the palace, what is she doing in the palace." Hua An muttered quietly.

Wang Ling looked at Hua'an and said softly: "It was Garlic Er who sent a few fathers-in-law to pick up Xue'er, this is the third time this month, before dark, she will definitely come back, don't worry!" ”

Hua An nodded, frowned and said, "It's Garlic who sent someone to pick her up, three times a month, and the relationship doesn't have to be so good!" ”

"Why, when my husband doesn't see Xue'er for a while, my heart is itchy." Wang Ling squinted at Hua An and teased with a little jealousy.

Hua An smiled and explained: "Madame said that she was joking, her husband was just talking casually, but in her husband's heart, my son is the most important, right!" Hua An said and touched Huawei's little head.

"Hehehehehe!" Huawei pressed his little head against Hua'an's chest and opened his mouth and smirked.

Hua An and Wang Ling looked at each other and smiled, and the family of three played a small game in the courtyard.

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In the palace of the capital, Chu Garlic, the empress dowager of the dynasty, was discussing some matters with Han Xueyu in the dormitory, and suddenly the news came that Uncle Yu Yi had entered the palace to meet her.

Considering that Yu Yi was seriously ill, Chu Lianzi had no reason to refuse, so he decided to summon Yu Yi in the outer hall of the dormitory.

"Sister, Uncle Guo is here, Xue'er avoids it." Seeing that Chu Garlic was going to meet with the uncle of the dynasty, Han Xueyu's request for interest was temporarily avoided.

Chu Garlic shook his head and said, "Uncle Guo is not an outsider, it doesn't hurt to let you see him, you can stay with confidence!" ”

"Yes, Queen Mother." Seeing that the two little palace maids were moving chairs into the house, Han Xueyu hurriedly changed her words.

Yu Yi, who was already seriously ill, walked a little unsteadily, and with the support of the two eunuchs, Yu Yi walked into the outer room of Chu Garlic's dormitory with difficulty.

"Uncle doesn't have to salute, please take a seat." Seeing that Yu Yi wanted to salute, Chu Lianzi hurriedly stopped him and asked him to sit down.

Yu Yi was seriously ill, and it was inconvenient to salute, so when he saw Chu Garlic being so polite, he sat down slowly.

"My uncle is not in good health, but he brought illness into the palace, is there anything important?" As soon as Yu Yi sat down, Chu Lianzi asked.

Yu Yi smiled with difficulty, slowly looked sideways at Chu Lianzi, and said softly: "Queen Mother, the old minister's body bones, I'm afraid that it won't last long, while I can still speak, the old minister has some important things in his heart, and I want to tell the Queen Mother." (To be continued......)