Chapter 42: From Shaanxi to Tao

After Bai Qi introduced the purpose, route, and command of this military operation, these public servants and Dr. Wu went home to prepare for one day, and the next day they set off in full armor and led their own battalions.

The so-called pro-battalion refers to the high-ranking officers (officers and doctors/more than 500 masters) who have been born in the army, and who have found outstanding martial arts and heroic soldiers in previous battles, can reserve a standing army according to one-tenth of the total number of soldiers under their command; This unit will not be disbanded after the end of the war, it will be provided by the government, and the chief officer will preside over the training, and it will be the most elite backbone of the whole army during the battle, and will undertake the most critical combat tasks. The forces under the command of the Gongcheng and the Five Doctors were 5,000 and 10,000 respectively, and the soldiers of the pro-battalion were 500 and 1,000 respectively, which was a considerable force. And the commander-in-chief of the whole army, such as Bai Qi, was allowed to have 4,000 pro-battalions. Of course, the mobilization of these troops still has to rely on military charms, and the officers themselves have no right to transfer them without authorization. Among the generals (10,000 generals) who went out this time, there was only one who really had five major lords, and the other two were guards with dukes; Of the six partiality (5,000 generals), only two of them were public passengers, and the other four were all guarded by the princess. Therefore, among the three generals and six favorites, there is only one of the five doctors (1,000 pro-battalions), four public passengers (500 pro-battalions), and four public doctors (100 pro-battalions), and there are not as many pro-battalions as nominally. At the next level, there are also many people who use such promotions, and the pro-camp or a hundred, or fifty, is no longer counted. Doctors (100 generals) and below cannot keep the pro-camp.

Although Keqingzao is the commander of the whole army, he is not an officer, and he does not have his own personal battalion, and the king of Qin personally allocates a hundred people and a hundred horsemen to guard him. In addition to the hundreds of guards who also served as heralds, Zao also found some military experts from his own disciples as staff. The Prime Minister transferred five pedestrians and five cars to his Pawn Mansion to be responsible for diplomatic contacts with various countries along the way. On the day when Bai Qi finished the mobilization meeting, Keqingzao drove a leather car, five pedestrians drove with two staff members, six cars and 100 cavalry set off overnight to set up a shogunate in Shaanxi County. Only 12 staff members could be carried on the leather cart, and the rest of the staff then walked to Shaanxi County to assemble.

Outside the Hangu Pass, after the water flows out of the valley to the north, it is called Manjian, or simply Jian; The stream continues to flow northwestward, merging with some small streams and flowing into the Yellow River. The stream or water only has water during the rainy season, and is usually just a small stream, or even cut off. But the river channel it washes out is an important passage for people to enter and exit the Weihe Plain, and even the only way, which is called the Shaanxi Road. When Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao jointly assisted the young King Cheng of Zhou, the two agreed to take Shaanxi as the boundary, with the east of Shaanxi under the responsibility of Duke Zhou, and the west of Shaanxi under the responsibility of Duke Zhao. Later, there was also a kingdom here, and the story of the false path and the death of the lips and teeth took place here. After the three families were divided into Jin, it was originally occupied by the most powerful Wei state in the three Jin Dynasty, and was later captured by Qin and set up Shaanxi County. With the repeated tug-of-war between Qin and Wei around Hexi ending with Qin's final victory, Shaanxi County was now firmly under Qin's control.

The county seat of Shaanxi County is built between Jianshui and the Yellow River, less than 30 miles away from the narrow mouth of the Lushui Valley in the east, more than 50 miles away from Hanguguan in the south of the Xiongguan in the world, and there are 4500 miles from Xianyang to here, and it takes more than 10 days to walk normally. However, due to the fact that the stove and his entourage were all riding cars, except for a little rest and diet when resting the horse, they traveled day and night all the way, and it only took four days to rush to the county seat of Shaanxi County.

Shaanxi County received a dispatch letter a day ago, and 500 prisoners were requisitioned and sent to the county, and they are being concentrated one after another. Although the county lieutenant only has a doctor, he can only serve as the five hundred lords in person. Keqingzao arrived in Shaanxi County so quickly that Shaanxi County was caught off guard. The county order vacated the former residence of the county government to Keqingzao as a temporary headquarters, and the small city of 100 cavalry could not accommodate it, and half of the city was stationed inside and outside the city. Fifty people outside the city were arranged in a neighboring village, no more than five miles from the city. The fifty people in the city had horses, and the ordinary houses could not accommodate them, so they had to be stationed in large families with stables. For a while, the whole county was busy.

When Keqingzao arrived in Shaanxi County, it was early in the morning. He asked his entourage to follow the county order to arrange the next place and rest quickly; Regardless of the fatigue of driving day and night, he followed the county lieutenant to check the surrounding terrain and the predetermined place of the troops. The county lieutenant's disposition was very simple, and the 30,000 troops were lined up on both sides of the river. Since it was early winter, only a small stream flowed through the middle of the riverbed, which was largely bare and full of river rocks. Keqingzao was very dissatisfied with the county lieutenant's arrangement, believing that he had no sense of combat.

Out of the valley mouth, the road is divided into two branches here: one goes east, crosses a beam, and enters the pond, from where it follows the clear stream out of the mountain into Heluo; One crossed a beam to the south, descended the mountain and entered the Luoshui River Valley, and entered Heluo through Yiyang. Whether it is Mianchi or Yiyang, it is the county border of South Korea, and it is the main road of the Yinhan, and everyone is accustomed to war. When King Wu of Qin wanted to go to Luoyang to view Jiuding, he sent troops to open up Yiyang City. The Luoshui River Valley on the first line of Yiyang has wide roads and a developed water system that can be transported, which is conducive to the operation of large corps, but the distance is much longer. Hundreds of years ago, the Qin army fell into an ambush here, was completely annihilated by the Jin army, and the three marshals of the unified army were captured; However, it is strong in the front line, and the rapid passage of the light army can have a surprise effect. Keqingzao stood at the intersection of these two roads, thinking in his heart, and decided to divide his troops into two ways to pass through this road: the first army took the north road and quickly reached Luoyang; The two armies took the southern road and entered Luoyang from the Luoshui River Valley. The key to success is to force the South Korean army to give way.

Keqingzao asked the county lieutenant to set up a large camp next to several juyi at the mouth of the Jianshui Valley, and his shogunate was located in the juyi here. The county lieutenant felt completely incredible, how could there be a camp not by the city, but by the river? But he didn't dare to ask, so he had to answer repeatedly.

After looking at the terrain, it was already early afternoon. Keqingzao returned to the county seat, took a nap, gathered the staff, and put forward his ideas to them. This method of dividing the troops to advance was very radical, and it was very difficult to get in touch after the two roads were separated, and they fought almost independently before entering Luoyang. But the advantage is that the speed of the march is accelerated. After repeatedly calculating and imagining various possible scenarios and coping strategies, everyone felt that they had a fundamental idea that South Korea would not send a large army to intercept it at present, so it could be guaranteed that the army would be very safe even if it was divided.

The next day, all the 500 convicts in Shaanxi County were gathered, and the grassroots officers recruited from the townships were also in place. The lieutenant led them to the mouth of the valley and arranged a camp of 5,000 men. There are several settlements here, all surrounded by earthen walls. The county lieutenant set up two camps outside each of the settlements, and two or five hundred lords were stationed in the city. Although the camp is not very neat, it is simple and practical. Keqingzao was greatly appreciative of it, and immediately asked the five hundred people brought by the county lieutenant to temporarily be his own personal battalion. This made the county lieutenant very excited for a while.

On the one hand, the camp was arranged, and the merchants who came and went were strictly checked, only allowed to enter, not to leave, and the exchange of news was cut off.

The first to arrive was naturally the five doctors and public passengers who led the pro-camp, they were about to enter the county, but they heard that Keqing had already gone out to the valley, and they were greatly surprised, and they did not dare to enter the city, so they went directly to the camp to find Keqing. Keqingzao was not too troublesome, and introduced his ideas to the five doctors and the public passengers who came one by one, and the only five doctors naturally presided over the first army in the north, and the two public passengers served as his assistants. On the south side of the road, a public passenger was used as a military general, leading 5,000 people led by two public doctors.

The convicts in each county were all staffed by junior officers, and officials at the rank of 1,000 generals also arrived one after another. Keqingzao and the five doctors organized these armies into an army in the fastest way, and in just two days, the first batch of 5,000 people was formed and set off.

In this way of grouping, it is clear who arrives fast and who arrives slowly. The first batch of 5,000 people arrived the fastest, and everyone assumed that they were also the strongest in combat. It was organized to the northern line, and was personally led by the five doctors to camp at the mouth of the canyon.

The second group of 5,000 men was also formed a day later, transferred to the southern line, and was required to be stationed in Nanling and camped, led by a public attendant himself.

The third group of 5,000 men was organized in only half a day, and then marched into the northern province. At the same time, pedestrians heading to Michi set off before the procession departed.

In the afternoon, the fourth group of 5,000 people was formed, and they were also led by a public passenger into the south road. A pedestrian also set off for Yiyang at the same time. According to the plan, the troops previously stationed in Nanling will advance to the Luoshui River Valley; The pedestrians will rest overnight in the former barracks of the southern line and sail to Yiyang the next day.

Everything was being calculated, and by the time the pedestrians entered their respective towns and asked for passage, the army had already appeared on the avenues of the towns. At this time, even if the South Korean personnel wanted to set up trouble, it would be impossible. When the northern army completely passed through the Yanhan Valley and entered the Yiluo Plain, Keqingzao led the last force of 5,000 people, carrying the baggage, into Nanling.

The last force led by Ke Qingzao was actually less than 5,000 people, because some people were still late. Keqingzao did not wait for the troops to arrive, so he escorted the restart of the journey as planned, leaving only a message to the county order of Shaanxi County, ordering the troops that had not yet arrived to catch up.

The troops of the northern front who arrived first rested in Luoyang for a few days, and after the front army of the southern front came out, they immediately set out, went out of the flood, occupied Xingyang, and led the army out of the east. At this time, the express reports of Mianchi and Yiyang were issued: the Qin army left the customs and wanted to go to Tao. And at this point, South Korea's attitude is no longer important.

After the army arrived at Xingyang, it stopped for a few days to collect ships, and at the same time sent travelers to inform Wei that they were the soldiers of the Marquis of Sui, and that they would go to Taoyi by false road. Also before the big beam had time to react, the soldiers came to the city of Juancheng. The rest of the journey followed almost the same pattern: pedestrians took the road in front, and the army arrived by boat. All the way smoothly economic water into Heze.