As the expiration date approached, the preparations for the expeditionary troops gradually came to an end, and it was not surprising that Wu Feng saw that things were as expected, and the third and fifth divisions of the City Guard Corps were included in the battle sequence as they wished, of course, this was also related to the fact that the commander of the Hawker Division and the deputy minister of military affairs, Pike, were relatives, because the whole court believed that this battle was determined to win, and it was natural to receive awards for meritorious service in the war, and they did not consider the possibility of defeat.

Wu Feng is not optimistic about this battle, according to the information provided to him by Gu Ji, the army of this expedition is composed of three corps, there is no time for comprehensive coordination and training, there will definitely be problems in mutual cooperation and unity of government orders, and the commander is the Zhenguo Company Tu Mingzhi, who has almost no experience in leading the army before, according to Gu Ji, this person's surname is impatient, so happy, but he has no military talent, and the opponent Luo Pei Zhengdong General Tu Da is a wise and brave figure, and in the past ten years, he has almost fought every year, has rich experience, and his subordinates are very supportive of him, and his orders are orders to prohibit him, and the two are contrasted, Although the Emperor [***] team has a strength advantage, Wu Feng keenly feels that the Emperor [***] team will be more auspicious in this battle, so when the two divisions of the City Guard Corps as a reserve need a wing to stay and finally escort the logistics materials, Wu Feng took the initiative to ask to stay, and on the grounds that he had a bad stomach, was in poor health, and needed to rest for a few days, the other wing commanders couldn't ask for it.

Back in the team, Wu Feng told Xiao, Liang, Cui, and Lu about his decision, and also informed him of the basis for his decision, and all four of them thought so. Wu Feng also tries to avoid participating in battles in order to preserve his strength. asked everyone to delay as much time as possible and distance themselves from the main forces,

On August 26, 691 in the continental calendar, the Fifth Division of the Imperial City Guard Corps stationed in the eastern suburbs of Yanjing and the Third Division stationed in the northern suburbs of Yanjing, except for the Fourth Wing led by Wu Feng, the other four wings were assembled, and after receiving the emperor's military parade at the Triumph Square in Yanjing, they would join the three divisions of the Third Army and the Second Army of the Imperial Army that had set off in advance at Tianshui Mansion in Heshuo County, and then set off together for the northwest front. Looking at the soldiers who set off from the whole army, Wu Feng couldn't help but feel a little sad, war is cruel and ruthless, this time, I don't know how many soldiers will be able to return to their hometowns, how many will become white bones at the border, and how many parents will be broken.

Three days later, Wu Feng was also ordered to escort a large number of weapons, food, medicine, and other logistical materials on the road.

Due to the large number of logistics supplies escorted, the march speed of Wufeng's troops seemed to be a little slow, but this was exactly what Wufeng wanted, not only to reduce the risk of going to the battlefield, but also to take this opportunity to rest the team, after four days of westward travel, Wufeng and they arrived at the first stop of the journey - Jinzhong Mansion in Heshuo County, which is the center of the empire and the south. The choke point of the western junction, the strategic position is very important, to the west is the capital of Heshuo County, Hejian Province, that is, Guan Yingying's hometown, that is, the road leading to Kansai County and Northwest County, to the south can go directly to Huanggang Mansion of Wuhu County, and to the southwest into the territory of the Lin family of Sanjiang County, in order to prevent the threat from the southwest, the headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps of the Western Military Region of the empire and three divisions are stationed here.

Jinzhong Province is rich in coal, and almost ninety percent of Yanjing's industrial and civil fuels come from here. During the short period of rest in Jinzhong, Wufeng saw that many poor peasants did not have enough to eat, while some coal mine owners were rich enough to rival the country, and social security was also quite poor, and bandits were rampant. After resting in Jinzhong for one night, Wu Feng and his entourage set off westward again, arriving at Hejian Province, the capital of Heshuo County, three days later. Hejian Province is the largest province in Heshuo County, with a population of up to 3 million, it is located in the alluvial plain in the middle reaches of the Fengshui River, the land is fertile, the ditches are vertical and horizontal, the water conservancy is developed, it is rich in grain, cotton, rape, sesame, fruits and other crops, agriculture is quite developed, and the cotton textile industry, agricultural product processing industry is also very prosperous. The living standards of the common people here are generally better than those in Jinzhong, and the social security is much better. Wu Feng also found a special phenomenon, that is, the practice of martial arts is prevalent here, many young and middle-aged men on the street are wearing swords and hanging swords, and there are many places to practice martial arts, which are very lively.

When he learned that Wufeng was about to go on a long journey, the three of them were a little reluctant and worried, and Wu Feng hurriedly comforted the three, saying that there was not much danger in this battle, and he was only responsible for escorting logistics materials, and guaranteed that he would come back as soon as the battle was over. In the next few days, Wu Feng seized the opportunity to have a tryst with the three of them, especially Guan and Hua, who were even more inexhaustible love for concubines and concubines. When I inquired here, the housekeeper was really a big family here, and its patriarch was Guan Yingying's father, Guan Yiming, who was also the head of the largest local martial arts sect [***], because Guan Yingying did not tell the family about the relationship between the two, Wu Feng did not plan to visit the housekeeper.

Wu Feng also understands that the common people here are doing quite well and the governance of Fang Chengsong, the city guard of Hejian Prefecture, Fang Chengsong has been serving as the city guard here for seven years, he was born in the Shu clan, he was admitted to the Imperial University with his ability, and after graduation, he went to Heshuo County to start from a low-level official, through ten years of struggle, he was promoted to the position of the city guard, he is honest and honest, the official reputation is excellent, and he is very loved by the local people, but he is incompatible with his top boss Tan Keren, the county guard of Heshuo County, Tan Keren is a faction of the big prince in the court, his surname is cunning and greedy, and he repeatedly wants to remove Fang Chengsong, but he can't find an excuse, so he has to temporarily put down this idea。 These messages were all provided to Wufeng by Guji before Wufeng's departure. Before Wu Feng left, he discussed with Mo Lun, Su Minshun, and Gu Ji that if he could develop in this opportunity, Mo and Su would be able to join Wu Feng, while Gu Ji would continue to stay in Yanjing to collect information for Wu Feng, and if things didn't go well, they would make other arrangements. Hejian Mansion is stationed with a division of the Fourth Army Corps of the Western Military Region of the Empire, which is much less than the garrison of Jinzhong Mansion, after all, Jinzhong Mansion is located on the choke point from Sanjiang County to Yanjing, and no one dares to take it lightly.

Leaving Hejian Province and heading west, the time also enters September, which is the harvest season, the road is golden on both sides, the occasional breeze blows, and the rice waves rise and fall with the wind, making people feel the joy of the harvest.

Seeing the scene of a bumper harvest in front of him, Wu Feng couldn't help but sigh a little, food is the foundation of human survival, the reason why the nomads go south to Koubian year after year, is not so much that they invade the surname, but that they are forced by life, the climate of the Tengger steppe is changeable, the soil in many areas is poor, and the harvest of agriculture and animal husbandry is not guaranteed, if a leader can not even solve the problem of food and clothing for his people, then his rule is coming to an end, so the attack of the nomads on the neighboring countries is subjectively the need of the upper nobles to expand their power and plunder wealth, and objectively it is the middle and lower poor farmers and herdsmen to meet their own survival needs。 Of course, the lack of military strength or defense capability of the surrounding countries is also a condition that stimulates the invasion of these nomadic peoples. Therefore, Wu Feng believes that the adoption of military means cannot ultimately solve the problem, and in order to fundamentally solve this problem, it is necessary to use political, economic, military, diplomatic, and even cultural, religious and other comprehensive means to achieve good results. For this reason, Wu Feng has also discussed this issue with Xiao Tang many times, Xiao Tang admires Wu Feng's views very much, and he has also considered countermeasures for the invasion of nomads, but he is limited to thinking of ways from military and diplomatic means, but he did not expect Wu Feng to consider this issue so deeply and thoroughly, and the corresponding methods are much more mature than his own ideas.

Five days later, Wu Feng led his troops to Tianshui Prefecture, the westernmost prefecture of Heshuo County, which bordered Longdong Mansion in Guanxi County to the west, Black Mountain Mansion to the north, and Qindu Mansion in Sanjiang County to the south. Tianshui Mansion is much smaller than the capital city of Hejian Mansion, but the land is quite vast, the population is only more than one million people, and the economy is mainly based on agriculture, but there are mountains and forests here, in which a large number of lacquer trees grow, the lacquer produced here is quite famous in the entire Eastern Continent, and many local people rely on cutting lacquer for a living. In the mountains and forests, birds such as parrots, starlings, thrushes, cuckoos and other birds are abundant, and many people rely on catching these birds and then domesticating them to Yanjing Zhongzhou, Hejian, Jinling, Yueyang, Jiangchuan and other metropolises to sell, which is not only expensive, but also in short supply.

Wu Feng also took a look at the bird market here in his spare time when Tianshui was resting, and felt that it was indeed very valuable to watch, and I heard that some important people in Yanjing were very fond of these things, and they could also use it themselves. When leaving Tianshui, the person in charge of the local garrison told Wufeng that leaving the territory of Tianshui was Longdong Mansion in Guanxi County, where the public security situation was worrying, horse thieves who came and went without a trace, bandits who occupied the mountains as kings, and robbers who blocked the road and robbed were all haunted from time to time, and they should be careful of Wufeng, but he also said that it was estimated that the regular army of Wufeng and his party was a wing, and I am afraid that there was no one who did not look for a long time to seek a way to die. After hearing this, Liang Chongxin, Cui Wenxiu, and others all felt that if they could really encounter such a good thing, it would be unbelievable, and they just used it to test the training situation of the troops.

After entering the territory of Longdong County, the living standards of the common people have dropped significantly, the pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, it can be seen that the local social security is not good, fortunately, no one dares to fight the idea of Wufeng and his party, all the way is still calm, Wufeng also heard that the people in this area are strong, the people are in good shape, and the family power in the countryside is strong. Longdong Mansion is already the dividing line of Wufeng's journey, and then go to the northwest, and enter the Bonan Mansion in the Northwest County, where the social order is even more chaotic, and it has almost become a state of no political axe, and the current empire is not able to govern here before solving the problem of the Luope people, and the management of the empire here is only a symbol of the existence of the surname, not to mention the ordinary people, those who have a little way are trying to leave, and the rich people hire a large number of private bodyguards and mercenaries to ensure their safety.

Entering the city of Longdong Mansion, it has been obvious that the atmosphere of war shrouded here, a large number of imperial troops passed through here and headed for the northwest, and people with a discerning eye know that the empire is ready to take it seriously this time, and people in the teahouse hotel are talking about the upcoming war everywhere. Because the neighboring Bonan Province has been repeatedly sacked by the Luope people in recent years, so the people of Longdong County adjacent to it are also in danger, and they are deeply afraid that the Luope people will cross the Bonan to invade Longdong, and the brutality and ferocity of the Luope people have also been rumored to be very loud, especially a large number of refugees from Bonan Province have fled to Longdong, and the terrible Luope people have been promoted, and the empire has adopted a policy of procrastination in recent years, and has not made a tough response, causing the local people to complain, this time the empire is finally willing to send troops to meet the attack, and the local people are relieved, and they all wish the emperorThe team can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop and solve the problem once and for all, but the world is unpredictable, and the victory or defeat of the war is not transferred by the wishes of the good people.

Wu Feng presided over a military enlargement meeting on the first night of leaving Longdong Fucheng, the participants were officers above the deputy squadron leader of each brigade, and the officers of the baggage soldiers of that brigade naturally joined in, at the meeting, Xiao Tang introduced the current situation in the northwest region on behalf of Wu Feng as a staff member, Wu Feng made a summary speech, he did not tell his true purpose to everyone present, but had reservations, only asked everyone to be vigilant, strengthen precautions, the enemy may appear anytime and anywhere, war is cruel, must obey the command, orders are prohibited, there are those who do not obey the orders of the superiors, those who escape from the battle, military law will deal with them。 At the same time, I encourage everyone here to hold up their chests and meet the challenge to win the final victory in the war. The next day, Wu Feng led the whole army to leave Longdong and go to the northwest.

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