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Chapter 358: Déjà vu

Zhuo Buyi sat down on the chair and poured himself a cup of herbal tea, took a sip and continued: "It should be the rebels who released the news, and now the northern provinces, including Gyeonggi Province, are aware of the defeat in the northwest, which prompts His Majesty to make a decision immediately. The news from the Ouchi Guard said that His Majesty had issued an order to announce the defeat of the army in the northwest of the world, to make the matter of Li Yuanshan's rebellion public, and at the same time to announce the recruitment of the people. ”

"Recruit Minyong?"

Fang Xie was taken aback, and always felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't think of what was wrong.

"Recruiting people is the fastest way, although the Great Sui has enough soldiers and food, it is difficult for all the guards to be mobilized, even if they are transferred, it will take too long for the men and horses drawn from all over the country to rush to the northwest...... Just the affairs of the military department are busy enough, to count the number of soldiers and horses transferred, don't underestimate this sentence, in order to count a number, how many people need to go back and forth between the various provinces can be imagined. When this number is summed up, it will take at least one year. Without this number, it would be impossible to raise supplies. This was not the first expedition to the west, when the treasury was full. Now I can't care about some ......."

Fang Xie rubbed his brows: "I didn't think about it so much before, I always felt that fighting was the next thing for His Majesty." ”

That's right, it's true that there is going to be a war. But from the time His Majesty said this sentence to the time he was able to put it into action, it was not a matter of a day or two. But recruiting people is different, and now there are more than 300,000 people from good families in Gyeonggi Province who have signed up to join the army, and at this rate, it is easy for the northern provinces to recruit millions of people. Moreover, weapons and armor were provided by the horses themselves, and the consumption of the treasury was reduced to a minimum. All the remaining money is used as military salaries, which is also good for the morale of the people. ”

Fang Xie still felt a little uneasy, and some ominous things in his vague memory seemed to be gradually matching the current situation of the Great Sui. But for a while, he couldn't think of anything ominous, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

"In terms of combat strength, the people's courage is far inferior to the soldiers, and even the county soldiers are inferior."

"The people from the military department are earlier than you think."

Zhuo Buyi said: "According to the plan, all the people are organized according to the battalion of 10,000 people, and the veterans are assigned to serve as the team members above, and the battalions formed first are trained, and the number of people and horses is at least two or three months. If you don't have training, you don't have to do anything, go to the northwest first, and you will definitely have to train before the big war. ”

"And the first battle is definitely not to use the people's bravery, but to use the soldiers to fight the vanguard."

Fang Xie shook his head: "Even if there is training, the biggest problem is not this, but the emotions of the soldiers...... The people were enlisted in the army with a sense of anger, and they hated the traitors. But once you see blood on the battlefield, it is still unknown how much that ambition was scared away by fear. How many swear that they can go into battle to kill the enemy, but when they see the mutilated corpse on the battlefield, they are so frightened that they pee their pants? ”

Zhuo Buyi said: "So at the beginning, it must be the soldiers who started the battle, and then the generals who led the troops will take the people to watch the battle." Let them feel the atmosphere of the big war a few more times...... You are too pessimistic, aren't you afraid of the soldiers who go to war for the first time? When the army went south to destroy the merchants, how many people were scared on the battlefield? After going through a lot, these soldiers who were once scared to pee their pants were later elite in a hundred battles! ”

"To put it bluntly, it's to let them kill people. If you kill too much, you are a qualified soldier. Soldiers are the most murderous weapons in the world, so why should they be murderous if they don't kill people? ”

When he heard this, Fang Xie was suddenly stunned: "What I'm most worried about is what you said...... When the recruits arrive on the battlefield, where are there so many cheap battles for them to fight. When the time comes, in order to let the recruits experience the atmosphere of the big war and let them adapt to the battlefield fighting, the most direct means for the troop leaders is to let them kill, but what can the recruits kill? ”

Fang Xie sighed: "People, captives ......"

Zhuo Buyi smiled: "You are just too pessimistic, and you always look at the bad in everything." Which of the generals in the court who have led the troops for many years knows how to lead the troops better than you? ”

Fang Xie thought about it, and then smiled: "It's not that I'm worried about any difficulties encountered in this western expedition, by the way, Your Majesty really wants to go to the expedition in person?" ”

"It seems to be"

Zhuo Buyi said: "The news from the capital said that when His Majesty went to court a while ago, he had already announced that he would go to the court. However, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty seem to be trying their best to dissuade it, and it is not a trivial matter for the Son of Heaven to leave Beijing. But it seems that His Majesty is very resolute, and no one can stop him. ”

"Your Majesty is going out of Beijing, won't the six armies of the Son of Heaven all have to accompany him?"

Fang asked.

"Definitely."

"Then who will guard Chang'an?"

"His Majesty's intention seems to be to let the crown prince supervise the country and name a few people as auxiliary ministers. In fact, to put it bluntly, the queen is going to hang the curtain and listen to the government. Among the auxiliary ministers is Yang Shunhui, the general of Zuo Zhengwei, who is also from the imperial family. Zuo Yiwei's men and horses followed His Majesty out of Beijing, but they had already urgently transferred soldiers and horses from Gyeonggi Province, Jizhou, Bazhou, Yanzhou and other places into Chang'an, plus the forbidden army and the Chang'an city defense army, the number of men and horses guarding Chang'an would not be less than 200,000. Yang Shun will be a master of the art of war, and when Prince Yi was rebelling, His Majesty relied on him very much, and at that time, His Majesty intended to let him stay in Chang'an. ”

Fang Xie shook his head: "The crown prince is young, no matter what, the emperor should not go out of Beijing to conquer in person." ”

"I can't persuade you."

Zhuo Buyi sighed: "The 700,000 army fell in the northwest, and His Majesty regarded it as a great shame, if he didn't personally lead the troops to exterminate the rebels, how could His Majesty bear this breath?" ”

"Who else is the Auxiliary Minister?"

"There are three more, Pei Yan, the squire of the Yellow Gate, Zong Lianghu, the new Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Niu Huilun, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University."

"Only Yang Shun will be involved with the royal family......"

Fang Xie frowned slightly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how much the emperor distrusted his relatives. There are still a few county kings in Chang'an City, and these people are just the time to use them. But the emperor would rather use courtiers than relatives...... Zong Lianghu got up so quickly, is such an official really easy to use?

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Chang'an City can't worry about what to do, and he can't even figure out the direction of his own affairs now. Although the emperor was paranoid, he was not stupid, and Fang Xie believed that he would definitely arrange everything if he left Beijing. On his side, his life experience has made him anxious.

The Shiyuan Tianzun in the shadows, who knows when the Dao will come out?

And with the strength of his own side, he is afraid that he will not be able to kill him if they all add up.

But when the time comes, a way must be found to kill this scourge.

Fang Xie and Zhuo Buyi and the others discussed for two days in a row, but they didn't come up with a good solution, the key was that Shi Yuan was hiding in the shadows, if he didn't come out by himself, he wouldn't be able to find it at all. If you want to set up a bureau to kill him, you can't decide where this bureau is set up. On the third day after Luo Yao instructed Fang Xie to practice, Ye Jinnan came to the door again.

"The general invites Lord Xiaofang to parade with him."

"Military parade?"

Fang Xie frowned and asked, "Why the parade?" ”

Ye Jinnan raised his chin slightly and said proudly: "The general has written to the court to ask for war, and in the next two days, the general will summon all the generals above the fifth rank of the left avant-garde, and the matter of the Northern Expedition has been announced." Now the soldiers are gearing up, just waiting for the order of the imperial court to arrive and go north. The general wanted to invite Lord Xiaofang to parade with him, and it was also good for him to go along with the army, which would also be good for morale. ”

Hearing these words, Fang Xie suddenly woke up in his heart.

I still underestimated Luo Yao too much, and I was still too naïve.

Luo Yao showed himself the recital he wrote a few days ago, and he wanted to take the initiative to ask for battle. At that moment, Fang Xie began to believe that Luo Yao had no objection to the imperial court, but he had been in a high position for too long, and it was inevitable that he would be arrogant and jealous. But at this moment, Fang Xie came to his senses.

Luo Yao must have received the news that the emperor was going to transfer the left avant-garde to the expedition a few days earlier than himself, so he pretended to write a song first and took the initiative to ask for battle. A few days after he let himself see the note, Zhuo Buyi also received a message from the Ouchi Guard. My mind was messing up at the time, and I didn't react for a while.

There are people in the capital who have news for Luo Yao, and it seems that he is still an extremely important big man. Otherwise, the speed at which Luo Yao got the news would not be faster than the way the Ouchi Guards delivered it. Before the people in the Ouchi Guards knew Emperor Ludao's decision, the people who sent the news to Luo Yao already knew about Ludao.

A general with 400,000 troops, dominating one side. There were also big names in the court who were associated with him...... Fang Xie felt a chill in his heart.

"Alright, let me pack up and go right away."

"Good"

Ye Jinnan hugged his fists and said, "I'll wait outside the door." ”

Fang Xie went back to the room and changed into a formal suit, and then asked Shen Tianfan and Mu Xiaoyi to go shopping and find a way to connect with the big dogs. Let them be prepared, if they really want to go north with the army, the twelve of them must return to Fang Jie. In the midst of a large army, the role of twelve people on the outside is far less great than on the side.

With only Yan Madness and Chen Xiaoru, Fang Xie rode a horse and followed Ye Jinnan directly in the direction of the school field in the city. The red horse he brought with him when he went south has made a lot of fortune these days, and he looks quite bloated and clumsy. I hadn't ridden for a while, and even Fang Xie felt a little rusty.

Fortunately, the foundation of the red horse is still there, and it is not difficult to run.

It's just that those people in the left vanguard under Ye Jinnan couldn't help but snicker when they saw the amazingly fat war horse that Fang Xie was sitting on.

Fang Xie patted the red horse's neck when he got on the horse, and whispered in his ear: "Let them be jealous of you, even if you are fat like Ronaldo, you can still run faster than their horses." ”

The Crimson Horse snorted, as if it knew who Ronaldo was.

However, even Fang Xie felt a little awkward himself, the red horse was indeed too fat now. Especially when viewed from behind, the huge fat horse's hips twist when walking. But Fang Xie thought that the red horse was a cold horse in the Northern Liaodi, and there must be nothing to eat and drink in his hometown, and after arriving in the imperial capital, as his identity rose, even its treatment also rose.

But after eating hard, it will be like a hen lying on the nest, and it is strange that it is not fat.

The school field of the left avant-garde is in the north of Yongzhou City, and one side is next to the city wall, covering a huge area. The army in the city is the elite of the left avant-garde, just like Luo Yao's own soldiers. In addition to the men and horses in the city, the army of the left front guard was divided into two groups. A group was stationed 200 miles south of Yongzhou, shocking Nanyan from afar. Another group of 178,000 people was stationed on the front line of southern Xinjiang, and from time to time they used knives against the barbarians.

There are 36,000 soldiers in Yongzhou City, which is the standard troop configuration of a guard soldier. But these 36,000 people were selected from the 400,000 army of the left avant-garde!

As soon as he entered the door, Fang Xie felt the solemn and solemn atmosphere.

The two flags kept waving with the wind, which attracted people's attention.

On one side is the dragon flag of the Great Sui, and the red battle flag is embroidered with a lifelike five-clawed golden dragon. On the top of the golden dragon, there is a huge Sui character. The big flag on the other side has no pattern and only seven simple characters, in the center is a Luo character, next to it are six small characters vertically, the left avant-garde general.

When he walked in here, Fang Xie suddenly had an illusion.

He always felt that the neatly and densely lined up black-armored army on the school field, as well as the gold-armored general standing on the point general's platform and standing in the wind, seemed to be familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.