Chapter Forty-Six: The Great Army Gathers to Report for Duty
On May 15, the tenth year of Yantang Shenlong, Hailanbao in the Far East has become a military camp, and all the military horses in the camp on the east road of Zhengmohe have gathered.
The chief administrator, Shan Sijing, the three deputy governors, Li Xiancheng, the governor of the Heishui Governor's Mansion, the deputy governor of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate Anton guarded Pei Xuangui, and Yan Junluan, the general of the Imperial Forbidden Army's right Wei Yunluan, have all arrived.
30,000 Youwei Guard Forbidden Army, 30,000 Black Water Army, 20,000 Andong Garrison Army, 10,000 Pyongyang Army, and 80,000 Yantang Army are gathering in Hailanbao at this moment.
In addition, there are 30,000 soldiers from the thirteen Far East divisions on the periphery of Hailan Pao, including 10,000 mercenaries including the mercenaries of the Wandering Ghost Country.
The third princess of the empire, the right Wei Wei Yunlu general Yan Qiong Yan Junluan is very busy now, since he re-entered the Far East in April, arrived in Hailan Pao in early May, everything continues, the proud soldiers of the forbidden army began to procrastinate, on May 10, the day of the general governor's limited point, there are still a few Zhichong Mansion has not arrived, the single chief and the supervising army of the imperial history from Hedong Province supervised the imperial history Zheng Peiya on the bank of the river, looked at the late forbidden army coldly, and did not say a word.
Yan Junluan had to be ruthless, and the three commanders each had a hundred military sticks, including Cheng Peng, a disciple of the Duke of Lu's Mansion, one of the top ten generals of the empire.
Today, the third princess Yan Junluan finished inspecting the camp of the forbidden army, but fortunately, several of the beaten captains were old fritters in the army, and they didn't care about their injuries when they were healed.
The third princess Yunlu general Yan Junluan was preparing to return to Xingyuan with the army commander Shi and other generals in the army, and a fast horse arrived, and General Yan saw that it was Qin Chongdu's subordinate who went to the front line of Ardan.
After receiving the urgent letter, his face changed after reading it.
On the side, General Shi Youcai, the commander of the right guard, Zhu Wu, is a veteran soldier who has been in the army for nearly 20 years, and asked: "General Yan, is there any urgent military affairs?" ”
Yan Junluan handed over the letter, and Zhu Wu swept it to see that it was the report of Qin Chong, the commander of the right Weiwei, and was shocked when he looked at it carefully.
Qin Chong is a kind person, and the letter does not mention the hard work of the march a few days in advance, and bluntly says that the situation of fighting the wolf slope is against the enemy and us, the Turkic cavalry is 60,000 against the Yantang infantry 30,000, and the terrain of the wolf slope is conducive to the cavalry charge, the Yantang side is not properly prepared, and the situation of tomorrow's battle is unclear, and the camp of Wanghai Lanpao is ready to deal with it.
"How's that for good? We should immediately go to the chief manager to discuss" Lao Xingwu Zhuwu understood at a glance, this is not only the situation is unclear, it is simply very bad.
Several right-hand guard generals also changed their faces when they saw it, and a few of them immediately scolded: "Which pig-headed pig-brained military order is this?" 30,000 infantry versus 60,000 cavalry? Isn't this putting our forbidden soldiers in a desperate situation? ”
The group hurriedly came to the head of the Shan University, only to see that Deputy Director Pei Xuangui was also there, and Governor Li Xiancheng had been reprimanded by the chief manager since a few days ago, and now he stayed in the barracks and did not dare to make a mistake.
The general manager of Shan seemed to be in a good mood, drinking tea and laughing with his deputy Pei Xuangui, and when he saw the right Weiwei generals coming in, he couldn't help but ask what was the matter with such a panic?
Deputy Chief Yan immediately handed over the urgent letter from Lieutenant Qin Chong, and Shi Zhuwu, the head of the right guard, arched his hand and said, "Please save my forbidden army soldiers."
Chief Shan took the letter and swept it and asked, "A letter from Ardan?" ”
"Exactly, Aldan is now the commander of Dugu Tianxing, the commander of Temple Street, but he has set such a strategy against the enemy, and he is completely putting my Yan Tang army to death" The third princess Yan Qiong also didn't understand how the temple street demon wolf led the army so mediocre.
"It's been two days since this incident, I'm afraid that the war on the Ardan side is out of control, and I, Hailan Bao, must respond in time" I still wish Wu Laocheng to be serious, and hurriedly suggested remedial measures.
"Why is it out of control? Put to death? Chief Shan asked with a smile as he looked at the letter.
"The Turkic 60,000 cavalry army is attacking 30,000 miscellaneous troops on a gentle slope, such a strategy is actually carried out despite the strong resistance of the generals of our forbidden army, such a mediocre command should be subject to military law" Right Weiwei immediately suggested loudly, and the roar attracted the attention of Wang Jiangnan, the three newly promoted military officers who were recording on the side.
"Deputy Chief Yan, is this the way you do the forbidden army?" On the side, Pei Xuangui heard that someone wanted to deal with Dugu Tianxing by military law, and he couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.
"Grand Administrator, Deputy Chief Pei, this matter is indeed inappropriate" Yan Junluan, the general of the Right Wei Yun Command, immediately confronted each other.
"It seems that the military stick of the past few days has not woken up your right guard forbidden army," Chief Shan rubbed his forehead.
With a snap, the deputy chief manager slapped the table, "Your forbidden army is a military wizard, judging that my Yan Tang will be defeated with just one letter, and saying that Dugu Tianxing is mediocre and incompetent with just one letter, do you think he is playing with the lives of your forbidden army soldiers?" ”
"Before leaving, I told that Qin Chong and Duan Yun went to Aldan to listen to the order of Dugu Duwei, but now it's good, I only wrote a few days to complain, saying that the arrangement was not appropriate, and there was disharmony. Let me tell you, Dugu Duwei fought against the Turkic army of 150,000 with 30,000 remnants of this Hailan three years ago, 30,000 against 60,000, I think he didn't count your forbidden army at all, you guys are good, one by one, they speak wildly, they talk nonsense, and if the situation is unclear, they will be dealt with by military law. ”
The generals below were silent, but their faces were still indignant.
"Since Xingying let Dugu Duwei preside over the Aldan front, you should trust him, why didn't your Deputy Chief Yan propose a replacement at that time? It's better now, as soon as there is a stir, it will be done in military law? Let me tell you, he is Dugu Tianxing, and I have not yet disposed of his power, and if you want to deal with him by military law, you must report to the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate. ”
"I have also received this letter, I have read it, and I will immediately reply to the letter to let the Qin Duwei An, don't go over the Dugu Duwei to report to the camp for a little thing, and if you don't obey the order, you will go back to a certain person."
"But... However, this is not a trivial matter, it is related to the stability of the Aldan front and the safety of more than 2,000 soldiers of our forbidden army. General Yan Junluan's face was red and his ears were red.
"Really? Your more than 2,000 forbidden troops are precious lives, and there are also Temple Street and the Thirteen Far Eastern Divisions of Zhichong Mansion over there are not imperial soldiers? Their lives are not in the eyes of your forbidden army? Chief Shan sneered and pointed out the dark side of the psychology of the right Wei Wei generals.
The generals of the Right Weiwei accompanied their own Yunlu generals, their faces turned blue, and they couldn't help but hate Dugu Duwei who gave the mediocre military order.
Seeing that the generals of the Right Weiwei were still noisy, the general manager was about to wave them out, when there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside, and then a captain hurriedly entered the hall.
"Report to the general manager, letter from Aldan on the northern line"
"Bring it" Hearing that a letter had come from Ardan's side, everyone in the hall immediately came to their senses.
The general manager stood up and took the letter, cut off the fire paint, looked at his face, and slapped the table again when he saw that he finally said, "Okay, you are a lonely star, you are bold"
Deputy Chief Manager Yan and Deputy Chief Manager Pei also hurriedly leaned over to take a look, Shan Sijing handed it to Yan Qiong, and the third princess Yan Qiong took it and looked at it, her face changed greatly.
The right guard captain whose surname is Yan Mingfeng, who is shouting that he wants to engage in Dugu Tianxing's military law, is a disciple of the imperial clan, and this time he came to the Far East to gild, but he is full of arrogance. Seeing this, he raised his head and shouted: "Is there something wrong with Aldan?" A certain wish to lead troops to the rescue, and bring the mediocre lieutenant back to punish the crime. ”
Shan Sijing stretched out his finger and pointed at the hot-blooded forbidden army captain, and sat down in a daze.
Yan Qiong, the general of the right Wei Yunluan, handed the letter to Deputy Chief Pei Xuangui with an expressionless face.
Pei Xuangui, the deputy head of the camp of the Eastern Road of Anton Shou Zhengmohe, swept the letter and read it aloud:
"I would like to report to the general manager of the camp in the east of the Mohe River: On May 13, a certain battle of the Turkic Aldan army fought in the wolf's den, killing more than 50,000 enemies, capturing 8,000, and beheading the Japanese Jin Usumi. A certain group is about to march into Ardan, and the military funds are exhausted, and they are waiting to be delivered urgently. Qin, Dugu"
There was silence for a while, and after a few breaths, Wang Jiangnan's three little ladies jumped up with a "yes", and the three girls high-fived each other.
"Do you still want to take the soldiers to the mediocre lieutenant and come back to punish the crime?" Chief Shan Sijing said coldly, "General Yan, this person doesn't want to see him in the Far East again. ”
"Impossible"
"Impossible"
Several generals of the Right Weiwei muttered, and the captain Yan Feng roared even more, "Impossible, this is a lie about the military situation"
"How is it impossible?" The third shot by the general manager of Shan Da said, "Okay, you are a lonely star, the rich land of Aldan, and the place where the Mohe River is stockpiled with grain, but you ask for military funds, and you also want you to send a grain and grass from Aldan to Hailan Pao"
"The chief manager is angry, thinking that Dugu Lieutenant has just gone through a big battle, and the loss is quite large, so he wants to supply what he should do" Deputy Chief Pei hurriedly persuaded.
At this time, the general of the forbidden army understood, and the general manager of the emotional single was angry because the Dugu Duwei who won the battle asked for military funds.
"You still don't understand, this letter arrived today, the day of the letter must be the thirteenth, the battle was over in one day, and the military funds have just been delivered, is he Dugu Tianxing short of clothes or food?"
"This Demon Wolf Celestial Star wants to swallow all of Ardan's supplies?"
"Chief Shan Da, this report is unknown, and the specific battle situation and camp still need to be investigated and made a decision" Why don't you say that Zhu Wu is an old soldier? Although he was skeptical, he suggested that the matter should be investigated.
"General Zhu, this letter is signed at the beginning, but Qin Chong, the commander of your forbidden army?" Deputy Chief Pei said in a weird manner.
Zhu Wu took the letter and looked at the signature first, and sure enough, Qin calligraphy and painting were in front of him, and he couldn't help but blush.
"Isn't there a newspaper delivery person out there? Call in and ask, and it will be clear," the general manager commanded.
"General Yan, why is this general who wants to punish the mediocre lieutenant still in my business?" Grand Steward Shan still remembered the roaring Right Guard Captain.
Yan Qiong hurriedly asked the two captains who came to the same school to twist the captain Yan Feng out, and he was passing sideways with the person who reported the news.
"I've seen the general manager, a certain temple street Zhechong Mansion left team is lonely words"
"Were you present in the battle for the Wolf's Den that day?"
"Presence"
"Tell me in detail about the situation of the day"
"Obey the order, the weather was fine that day, the regiment commander... Captain Dugu ordered the fire head army to make four more meals, and lined up to meet the enemy at the time of Chen, the Turkic leader was Aldan Wusumi, seeing that our army was at the bottom of the wolf slope, the commander of the whole army of 58,000 cavalry assault, Dugu Lieutenant and Qin Captain ordered the troops to meet the enemy with three zhang pointed pine wood, Dugu Captain took the siege thunderbolt cannon as the guide, supplemented by Zhuge crossbow, the Turkic soldiers were arrogant, regardless of the tripping horses, and rushed straight to the military formation, as a result, the people turned over on their backs, and the Wusumi was killed by the cannon, and the Dugu Captain ordered the whole army to attack, and all the enemy troops were annihilated, and only a few troops fled."
“。。。”
That's it? Hailan Pao's expedition to the Mohe East Provincial Battalion, from the general manager to the little Wang Shenjun, were stunned, and this battle was over?
"This can't be?" Zhu Wu, the ranger general who was now scattered with the demon wolf on Temple Street, asked, "What is the formation of our army?" The Turkic cavalry is exquisite, and with 60,000 cavalry to assault my 30,000 infantry army, how can it be so vulnerable? ”
"We only have more than 3,000 cavalry from the Right Guard Forbidden Army and the Temple Street Zhichong Mansion, and none of the thirteen Far Eastern Divisions have practiced the formation? Oh, Dugu Duwei said that we are a long snake formation, but the forbidden army arranged a conical formation, and Dugu Duwei also asked someone to learn from the forbidden army's robes. "The Dugu team is confused for a while, we are mostly feudal soldiers, we are Orions on weekdays, and we were temporarily convened before the war, although there is some training on weekdays, it would be good to be able to gather together, how do you know what formation is not formation.
"Can the Turks have wolf soldiers? When did you end the fighting? Deputy Chief Pei then asked.
"At noon, they all went back to the camp for dinner. The Turks had 5,000 armored cavalry, and the rest had more than 10,000 commanders and 40,000 Hubu Tutuo soldiers."
Okay, with a long snake formation to meet the cavalry group assault, this Dugu Duwei is considered to have set a precedent, the right guard chief Shi Zhuwu smiled bitterly, fortunately, the Turkic side is also similar to the Hu Bu Tujie soldiers, this can be regarded as a rabble to a rabble, arrogant, nearly 60,000 people are actually defenseless against the tripping horse, this Wusumi died unjustly.
"Do you Dugu Lieutenant have any spells?" General Yan Qiong also asked.
"No, Dugu Duwei said that using magic against a group of rabble is a thunderbolt to fight mosquitoes, which is overkill."
"Where are you Dugu Lieutenant now?" Manager Shan asked.
"A certain person started from fighting the wolf's den, and at that time, Dugu Duwei was celebrating with the generals"
The people were speechless.
Lieutenant Dugu, who was almost court-martialed, was sitting in his wide chair in the city of Ardan at this time, which he made with his own hands, and was made of fine sandalwood, covered with a whole piece of fine buffalo leather, and a curved chassis, which could make him sway back and forth comfortably.
Dugu Tianxing raised the glass cup in his hand, and the thirteen clan chiefs and mercenary captains below all drank it all, even Qin Chong and Qin Duwei, who had always been old and respectful and were praised as a new generation of Confucian generals in Kyoto, also drank this glass of wine.
The wine was moved out of the Ardan storehouse, and the dishes were also from the Ardan City Lord's Mansion, of course, the cooks of the City Lord's Mansion had been cleaned up, and it was the Temple Street Fire Camp that was renovated.
The day before yesterday, the wolf's den was a big victory, yesterday the whole army entered the city of Aldan in the dark, Aldan's soldiers and horses were taken to the wolf's den by the city lord Usumi Wujin, in the words of Dugu Tianxing, were wrapped dumplings, the soldiers came to the city, the only few hundred remnants in the city were scattered, and the warriors of the ghost country who were ambushed outside the city made dumplings again.
Without a bow and an arrow, he entered the city lord's mansion like a parade, and all the maids were generously sent to the prince of the ghost country by Dugu Tianxing, and at noon today, Dugu Tianxing ordered a big reward for the three armies, anyway, he opened Ardan's treasury, and the abundance of materials inside even stunned Dugu Qiuqiu.