Chapter 384: The Existence at the Bottom
Yan Nuolian listened to his father-in-law's words, and his heart was eager to try, and blurted out: "Father-in-law is preparing to lead the army to attack the Tang Kingdom? Where are you going to fight?"
Duan Yilu rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "It's not your share to fight anywhere, you have already made great achievements by defeating the Japanese army with the You*** team, what's wrong?" Are you really not going to leave a mouthful of soup for someone else to drink? You are only allowed to eat meat for yourself?"
Yan Nuo didn't even have himself when he heard about this trick with Tang Guo, and immediately turned off the fire. Murong Wusuti was right, after his father-in-law came over, his control of this ghost team was completely over. Next, any credit for the You*** team has nothing to do with him, the third prince of Youguo who has relieved his military power.
The military power of Youguo has been handed over, and the Tang country is not idle. The water has thawed at the beginning of spring, as if a jade belt sits between the mountains.
Wang Bo stood at the edge of the water, looking out at the surrounding mountains. People say that the mountains here are high and the roads are far away, which is compared with the plains of the Central Plains; In Wang Bo's view, compared with the mountains of Longxi and Bashu that he had visited, they were not so sinister.
The road into Bashu is high and steep, and some roads must be built plank roads to pass. Daijun is not so exaggerated, the mountain is very large, but the slope is relatively gentle compared to the mountains of Bashu, it is not difficult for people and horses to pass, along the way through the place where there are villages and people, and you can also see terraces on the hillside.
It's just that the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the mountains are continuous, and the line of sight is extremely not open, and the road is blocked by mountains in all directions. This kind of terrain can easily hide people and horses and cannot be detected in time. Daijun is now the border of the Tang Kingdom, and even in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it is also very risky.
In the spring, green grass has grown on the land of Daigun, and the land is barren, full of loess, and the air is very dry and cold. However, the weather is better today, and the sky is blue, and the sun can be seen, which adds a bright color to the scene.
There was a faint sentence in the barracks: "Let's have a song of Qin Feng!"
As soon as the words fell, the horn sounded first, like an overture, and then the military musician found the entry point, and various musical instruments also sounded one after another, the rhythm of the song was slow, thick and powerful, and the vigorous and powerful music immediately made the atmosphere different.
The musicians in the army sang first, and then the onlookers also sang: "How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. and the Son ...... enmity."
The soldiers who dug ditches, cut wood, and set up tents in all directions turned their ears to the camp where the propaganda sounded.
After hearing this, Wang Bo was inadvertently moved. The barren and backward land in front of him made him seem to see that in ancient times, the army of the Yellow Emperor Yan Emperor held a simple stick and stone axe, cutting thorns and thorns in the wilderness, opening up the territory, and the blood of the ancestors flowed all over Kyushu, so that there was this vast land.
And now, he has excellent armor, well-forged weapons, and even meticulously crafted siege weapons, and there is no reason to retreat!
Wang Bo listened to it for a while, and the musician in the army changed into the music of Yuefu again, and he returned to the tent of the Chinese army.
The kang is still being repaired in the tent to prepare for keeping warm at night; It's okay during the day, but if you sleep in the open at night, it can make people sick. After Song Shilun became the Sima of the Tenth Army, the logistics work was done well, and he ordered the purchase of Shini from Jinyang and Yanmen early on, and recruited the people of Daijun to send them to the army for the needs of the army.
The soldiers were setting up a stove in the tent, and they were working very hard in front of their own commander, and one of the soldiers was "tinkling" a stone with a chisel, as if disgusted that it was not smooth enough.
All the soldiers were dressed differently from those in Dai County, in addition to their clothes and armor, there were also a lot of burlap bags and sundries hanging on their bodies. The soldiers will have water bladders, flints, knives, food bags, whetstones, and other things on their bodies. Each team also carried various tools such as knives and hammers on donkey carts and mules...... On the march and in battle, there is very little time on the battlefield, and most of the time it is a journey life of eating and sleeping in the open air.
The big tent of the Chinese army has not yet been packed, and the generals of the 10th Army have not come, they are deploying and inspecting the garrison of the battalions. In the messy tent, Wang Bo asked someone to take out a pen and paper and write a letter in his free time. The letters to the emperor's younger brother and parents, who were far away in Chang'an City, lasted for many days and were written intermittently. Now it's finally possible to write personal letters as a matter of course.
Wang Bo sat in a noisy tent
, first described a trip from Gaoyang to Dai County along the way to see and feel, this road is relatively deserted, there is a section of the road all day without seeing people. But Wang found that when many people walk this path together, people are not worried, and they will be more dependent on each other. During the journey, the generals and soldiers get along day and night, which can build greater trust.
Wang Bo asked most in the letter is his daughter, since the death of his wife, he sent his daughter back to Chang'an, the emperor and the queen mother are very fond of their daughter.
His emperor's younger brother directly named his daughter as Princess Haoyang, and told him not to worry too much, Princess Haoyang is in Chang'an, and Wang Han's treatment is higher than that of Wang Han, who is the crown prince.
Although Wang Bo built a camp outside Dai County, in Dai County, the Tenth Army left the main force of the first division stationed in the city. The other two divisions were stationed on the left and right of Dai County, and Wang Bo's big camp was the third division's barracks near Qiyishui.
Just as Wang Bo was writing the letter, the generals of the Tenth Army came into the big tent one after another, Wang Bo put down the brush, told them to find a place to sit, and everyone sat down around the stone stove.
The soldiers put an iron pot on the stove, took off the grain bag and poured corn into it, and took out cheese, small salted dried fish, and pickled vegetables and put them in one go, so that they didn't even need the ingredients, so they cooked a pot of porridge, and the wheat cakes were put on the stove to bake hot.
Even Wang Bo eats this thing, and there is not much difference between eating from top to bottom. The military law of the Tang Army prohibits drinking alcohol without reason during the march, and the generals of the Tang Army do not drink heavily.
There is no extravagance and magnificence of the palace of the king, and there is no extravagant honor guard and pomp. The generals of the Tenth Army sat around such an earthen stove, surrounding the acting king of the Tang Kingdom, but at this time, the generals of the Tenth Army seemed to be a lot closer.
Wang Bo was holding a map, ignoring the people's meaning, and the generals of the Tenth Army talked casually, and the fire of cooking soup gradually warmed up the tent.
The Tang Army's map included a scale, which in the eyes of his emperor's younger brother was still rudimentary. Wang Bo can roughly understand the directions of various places.
At this moment, Song Shilun came, and his voice interrupted Wang Bo's thoughts: "Marshal, the scouts have returned, and they have brought news of the Youjun."
When Wang Bo heard that the scout had arrived, he said without asking, "Tell him to come in."
After a while, a big man with black and yellow skin and a burly body bent in, knelt on one knee, and gave a military salute: "I have seen a military marshal in my humble position!"
Wang Bo raised his hand and said, "Get up and speak."
The scout bowed and said, "Marshal, after this period of investigation, we have already figured out the situation of the Hidden Army. This time, the strength of the Youguo army reached 100,000 people, and the main leader of Youguo will be Yan Wuhuan, the prince of Youguo, and the deputy will be Duan Yilu, the general of Youguo.
Duan Yilu was born in the Xianbei Duanbu, but he was a close confidant of the Emperor of Youguo very early, and often accompanied the Emperor of Youguo on expeditions, and fought bravely, so he became a general."
Wang Bo looked at Song Shilun and said, "This Duan Yilu is the person you carefully searched for information in the first place?"
Song Shilun nodded and said, "This Duan Yilu is the first person in the You*** Fang today, and his ability is certain."
Wang Bo muttered, "Of course, this battle will be exhausted. However, the number of troops cannot be only based on the number of people, I have five states under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, raising nearly one million troops, and the treasury is tight.
The population of Youzhou is only as large as five or six counties, and Liaoxi and Liaodong are still in a bitter cold land, and they can mobilize 100,000 horses, and the equipment and training must be very crude.
The elite of our 10th Army is well-trained, brave and good at fighting, and its equipment and grain are the best in the world. Don't be afraid!"
The crowd said, "The commander is far-sighted."
In fact, Wang Bo also wanted to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to scare the enemy to death...... However, this is unrealistic, and the current national strength of the Tang State is simply impossible to achieve that the treasury can be so rich that it can ignore the cost of transportation, and can supply the front-line military supplies with millions of people at any cost.
The current situation of the Tang State is that the armies of various places are attacking in one place and defending in other places. Guarantee victory on a battlefield with national strength.
Wang Bo said, "It's just 100,000 enemy troops, I'm afraid they won't have the courage to fight a decisive battle!"
At the beginning of May, when the Tenth Army was already sleeping, Wang Bo and Song Shilun walked around the city wall, looking at the soldiers at the head of the city, Wang Bo said with satisfaction: "Look at the soldiers of our Tenth Army, full of spirit, good soldiers, and well-armed. If he dares to come, I'll let them run into heads!"
On the side of Youguo, Yan Chipan, the emperor of Youguo, made several wills in a row, the first of which was to appoint Yan Wuhuan, the prince of Youguo, as the general of the expedition to the west and the head of the march to the state.
The second decree was to appoint Duan Yilu, the general of the Youguo chariot cavalry, as the deputy general of the expedition to the west, and the deputy general of the state march.
The third decree is to levy 100,000 elite troops and 500,000 people for the purpose of conquering Daijun.
By mid-May, the Youjun army was still on its way to Daijun. Duan Yilu rode on his war horse, looking at Yan Wuhuan sitting in a luxury car, and the worry in his heart was infinitely magnified. He didn't know how much eyeliner the emperor had in the army, but the prince's actions along the way would definitely be reported to the emperor.
More importantly, marching and fighting should be "swift as the wind, swift as a forest, aggression as fire, and immobile as a mountain." The slow and leisurely march like this has given the Tang army enough time to prepare.
Yan Wuhuan was sitting in the car at the moment, not playing disco in the car as the soldiers outside imagined, but frowning and looking at the map of Daijun.
Daigun is surrounded by mountains and a basin in the middle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is only difficult to attack. There are so many passes that you can enter the basin and they are very spacious.
If the Tang army divides its troops and garrisons, it is exactly what he wants, and he breaks through them one by one with superior forces, and in the end Daijun will have no troops to defend.
However, the acting king of the Tang State did the opposite, shrinking his forces around Daijun and governing Daixian, preparing to fight to the death with the Youjun army in Daixian. This made Yan Wuhuan a little difficult, after all, the ability of the Youjun to attack the city was the lowest existence among the Central Plains countries.
"Report! ——」
A scout of the Youjun ran from not far away, and as soon as he shook the reins, he stopped his war horse next to Yan Wuhuan's car, and bowed his hand and said, "Prince Qiqi! Except for the Tang army scouts in the mountain passes around Daijun, there is not a single soldier, and there is no sign of garrison!"
Yan Wuhuan raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, then lifted the curtains of the car window and said to Duan Yilu: "Old general, this Youguo belongs to the turtle, and all the troops are concentrated in Dai County, how do you watch the battle be fought?"
Duan Yilu listened to the prince's question, raised his hand and pondered: "Dai County is the core of Dai County, since the Tang army is not afraid to fight a decisive battle with our army with 30,000 soldiers and horses, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had better fulfill the wish of the acting king of the Tang Kingdom. As long as we take down Daixian and kill Daiwang, the emperor of Tang will be angry, and anger will make mistakes, and if we make mistakes, we will have a chance."
Yan Wuhuan listened to Duan Yilu, nodded, and said, "Just do what the old general said!"