For the army of this expedition, Jia Hui chose cavalry.

It is divided into two parts, one part is the cavalry of the Beijing camp, which is well-equipped and well-trained, but in the past few years, there are not many old subordinates who have followed their northern expedition.

Jia Hui asked for 60,000, of which 30,000 combat troops, including the children of various families with a total number of more than 1,000 and more than 20,000 elites of the Beijing battalion who were carefully selected.

The remaining 30,000 are logistics personnel who can fight on horses and cook on horses.

After all, it is necessary to play mobile combat, and if you can't ride a horse, even if you are burning fire in the firehead army, you must have good riding skills.

Not to mention artisans such as gunsmiths, gunsmiths, carpenters, etc.

Thanks to the horse politics inherited from Qianliang and Taizu inherited from Daqi, horses are not a very precious thing for big guys in these years, not to mention that every family has them, but almost one in four or five households has horses.

In Jia Hui's view, their value is equivalent to that of domestic bicycles in the sixties and seventies of the previous life

Less and expensive, but not so little and not so expensive, families with serious jobs can buy a horse after saving for two or three years. The largest number of and most common Mughuls.

Cheap, solid, versatile, you can feed the grass, the main thing is cost-effective.

Of course, such as the Hequ horse, the Yili horse and even the Dawan horse are not idle and can be consumed, these are still the choices of landlords and high-ranking officials.

Thanks to this, horseback riding, a skill that could only be afforded by at least small landlord families, has successfully sunk to the people, and has become a task that ordinary citizens and rural peasants can afford.

And the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Beijing Camp, who are not short of social status and family resources, can easily bear this burden.

However, no matter how proficient he is in riding, Jia Hui will definitely not let these technicians go to the front line, but will follow Jia Hui as the commander as the rear army of the Chinese army.

The other part is the absolute main force of this operation

Jia Hui's old subordinates, the nine-sided elite iron horsemen!

In these years, it is not only the Beijing army that has benefited from the strength of the Great Qi, but even the nine sides have enjoyed more benefits than the Beijing camp, the reason

Isn't it that the two existing governors were either born in the Nine Sides or developed in the Nine Sides, of course, if there are good things, they must be directed to the old family.

Therefore, a year and a half ago, the entire Jiubian has completed the change of cloth face armor, and it has achieved the level of one hand

Uniformly dressed, all in the same color of armor and red robes, standing there neatly and uniformly pleasing to the eye.

However, Jia Hui currently has 60,000 Beijing troops in his hands, and the remaining 90,000 border troops will no longer go to Luoyang to assemble in one fell swoop, and will assemble directly in Datong Town.

There's no way, it's not that Jia Hui doesn't want to go to Yulin Town and Ningxia Town, which are closer to the battlefield. It's just that this year, Kansai was hit by a drought and there was no harvest, although there was relief food from the imperial court, but it was not enough for so many people to eat, and it was simply unable to supply the 150,000 expeditionary army.

God didn't give face, so Jia Hui could only choose to transfer grain from Changping in Shanxi, and then transport it together with the requisitioned border army, and assemble directly in Datong Town with the Beijing army.

And Jia Hui stayed in Taiyuan for a while before the army was assembled, so as to facilitate official business.

For example, receiving armaments from two warboards.

Preparing for a war is troublesome to death, even if Jia Hui has tried his best to reduce some of the burden, it is still not six or seven days to prepare.

The army was drawn out, mighty and mighty, stretching for dozens of miles.

The people of Luoyang and the families of the army dressed up and went out, wearing bells and whistles against the crowd, as if the dyeing workshop was bankrupt and splashing dye outside.

Everyone stood on both sides of the road, reluctant to silently bid farewell to the recruits, but no one moved

Jia Hui, who was riding on a war horse with a helmet and armor, saw at a glance the family members standing in the carriage with the roof removed, Li Kun was wearing a big makeup, and there were a few children with crying snot bubbles coming out of his side.

Speechless.

By the way, the years of childhood sweethearts are equivalent to nearly 20 years of old husbands and wives together, you don't have to say anything, you don't have to do anything, it's enough to just do your own thing with peace of mind.

Jia Hui fought for the country and fought for the glory and wealth of his family.

Li Kun's housekeeper takes care of the family in the county mansion, so that Jia Hui has no worries outside.

One look is enough.

Not as usual, Jia Hui only took his own soldiers to the battle, and none of the dead soldiers cultivated at home were brought with him, and Jia Hui handed over all these dead soldiers to Tang Seventeen and Huang Li and his wife to bring.

The current atmosphere in the imperial court is not right.

The emperor fainted in the middle of the night the day before yesterday.

There was no sign at all, the emperor was drinking and watching the orchid dance, and others would only think that the emperor was drunk and drunk, if it weren't for Dai Quan noticing that the emperor didn't even snore, he called the imperial doctor in time

Since that day, Xiyuan has been locked under martial law.

Although the guards on the surface were still that relaxed and comfortable, when Jia Hui wanted to meet the emperor yesterday, he was politely rejected by a guard of the Shangzhi army.

Jia Hui, who realized that something was wrong, hurriedly ran to Chen Si's palace again, but it was a little shocking, the palace even took Jia Yuanchun with a boy in his stomach, and the family of four was summoned to Xiyuan last night

The soldiers who were sent out to inquire about the news also brought back the news, not only Chen Si, but also Chen San, Chen Wu and Chen Qi, all of whom were all called into Xiyuan.

If Dai Quan hadn't delivered him the news later, he couldn't help but send troops to surround Xiyuan.

He thought who was going to block Xiyuan and kill the royal family again!

It's scary!

In fact, not only himself, but many important ministers were also scared enough.

Ordinary officials don't necessarily see the emperor all year round, so they don't notice anything abnormal, and block the news of Xiyuan in order to prevent them from knowing.

But those Jiuqing and the governors who were going to see the emperor at two ends in three days couldn't hide anything.

At this level, even if there is no news of taking the initiative to spy on Gong Fu, someone will take the initiative to tell them about the news of Gong Fu.

If it weren't for the emperor summoning the cabinet in Luoyang Palace yesterday afternoon, and appearing in Taimiao today to appease the generals, otherwise the civil and military forces in Luoyang would have gone crazy!

The royal family collectively plays missing, and after a long time, the world will really explode!

When the time comes, either Jia Hui will lead his troops into Xiyuan to find the survivors to set up a puppet to maintain the Qi system, and find a time to usurp the throne.

Either you can't find anyone, take the whole family and all the hardcore henchmen back to Chang'an, the base camp of the Northwest Army, give up the Western Regions and fight the world with the old brothers.

Fortunately, although no royal family except the emperor has left Xiyuan so far, everyone is alive and is the heart of the Da'an army.

At the very least, the 150,000 troops of this expedition are completely in their hands.

No matter what happens later, he can go south to the Central Plains to seek the throne of the first emperor, and he can wait for the price to sell, tearing the soil and sealing the king.

The worst is that it can also guarantee the secession of the western country.

However, as a last resort, Jia Hui still didn't want to get into this situation and let the achievements of nearly ten years in the first half of his life come to naught.

"Fourth, fourth, you can't lose your share!" Jia Hui turned his head to look at the southwest and muttered to himself

"Huh? Big brother, what did you just say? Niu Zhao, who was riding a horse and followed behind Jia Hui, looked at Jia Hui blankly.

"It's okay," Jia Hui shook his head, "The family has all instructed it?" ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I sent the news back last night," Niu Zhao's expression became serious, "When the time comes, my relatives who stay at home will take them out of the city, and no one will have to wait after they go out, and they will go straight without stopping."

"It's okay, don't say it." Jia Hui gently smacked Niu Zhao with the horsewhip in his hand.

Niu Zhao also knew that he was talking a lot, and he was silent.

With his martial intuition, Niu Zhao is still restless now.

Yesterday, their brothers had already discussed, in case there was a change in Xiyuan, no one had to care about others, and they would send their wives and children to Tongguan first, and then what would come together.

The Tongguan guard will be Jia Hui's old subordinate, who performed quite well when he was in Pingbailian, and took the lead in blowing up Zhenjiang City to win the title of Ning Zhe, who was awarded the four-rank martial arts medal for his first achievement.

With the double certification of the old Caogong background and Jia Hui's old department, this kid can be regarded as having a successful career in recent years and has become a senior military general who leads an army alone.

The most important thing is that this kid is very sober and knows who is good to him, so let him come to guard Tongguan, Jia Hui is very relieved.

The back roads are all arranged, and if something happens, even these methods will not come in handy

Then you can only accept your fate.

"Let's go, something may not happen."

"Okay."

。。。。。。

Since everyone was riding horses, and there was no pressure on supplies in the country, in addition to the supplies that the craftsmen carried with them, and the distance was also close, so they carried three days of dry food with them

The prefectures and counties along the route are ready.

In just three days, 60,000 horses had already marched to Taiyuan.

Here, Jia Hui will stay for a while, waiting for the grain from Shanxi to arrive, and then he will go to Datong with the last wave of grain.

The subsequent supplies were transported from Dongdugi (Shandong) to Hebei.

"There is not much grain in Shanxi."

Taiyuan City, Shanxi General Army Yamen.

Jia Hui sat on the main seat with a golden sword, and the general soldiers and governors of Shanxi stood respectfully aside.

"This Taiwei, Kansai was hit by a disaster this year, and the first batch of people to transport grain to Kansai were Dugi (Henan) and our Shanxi." The governor was also a little helpless.

Different from the previous life, the cultivated land in Shanxi in this life has not been destroyed by horse racing and the like, although it is indeed a lot weaker than the fertile soil that raised Han Zhaowei back then, but it can still be used as the foundation of the king's hegemony.

"Tai Lieutenant, in the past, the food of the 150,000 army for three months is a piece of cake for my Shanxi, but."

"Okay, you don't have to say anything." Jia Hui stopped the governor from selling miserably, and in the governor's slightly resentful gaze, Jia Hui put down the account book.

"Knowing your difficulties, the court is also very understanding and considerate of you, and you also know how much tax reduction and exemption has been given to you this year. It's just that this year's eventful season, first the drought in Kansai, and then the entry of Dzungaria, the local government should also be considerate of the difficulties of the imperial court."

The governor sighed in his heart, feeling that things were going to be bad

"What did I say before?" Jia Hui stretched out his finger and clicked on the ledger.

"I asked you Shanxi Governor Yamen to must, definitely, must, before the army enters Shanxi, you must must, must, do, write, write

Syllable!

"With such a small amount of food, the army of 150,000 can barely eat for two months, and you let them drink the northwest wind to fight the rest?"

"No, Captain, it's just" The governor's forehead began to sweat.

"It's just a fart!" Jia Hui sneered, "Let me tell you, this is not a decree of the cabinet or the six ministries, you have to bargain or even fail to complete it, you listen to Lao Tzu, this is a military order!" ”

The military order is like a mountain!

If you don't do it well, Mrs. Jia will really kill people!

Feeling the murderous aura in the captain's words, the governor was already shocked and couldn't speak.

He was a Jinshi who was admitted smoothly before today, at most, when he was the prefect, he was surrounded by the rioting Diao people, where did he experience this?

"Captain." The governor still wants to struggle a little.

"Humph!" Jia Hui snorted coldly, ignored the governor anymore, and strode out of the general army's yamen with a flick of his sleeves.

Seeing the captain drifting away, the despair in the governor's eyes became more and more

He was already timid, but now that he was so frightened by Jia Hui, he cried directly.

"Ahem!"

The Shanxi general soldiers, who had been standing beside the governor and watching the excitement, really couldn't stand it: "Lao Zhang, you don't have to be like this."

To be reasonable, this governor of Shanxi actually has a very good personality and everything, and he also does practical things on weekdays, and his official reputation is good, otherwise he would not have pacified those mobs when he was the prefect.

It's just that his temperament is too soft, he always thinks about hello, I'm good, everyone's good, and he does the same, trying to find a balance between the government, the gentry and the Qiantou, and everyone is very convinced of him.

This is the best advantage on weekdays, but now it is different, the military order issued by the captain before!

"I regret that I didn't listen to Brother Guo's good words at the beginning!" Governor Zhang's crying made a listener cry, and the listener was sad.

Some time ago, when the text was sent from Luoyang, Lao Guo, the chief soldier of Shanxi, had already told him to pay attention to the point, and he also agreed, but when he looked through the grain roster of the province and roughly calculated how long it could support 150,000 Han to eat, he fell into passivity and evasion

In fact, there is still a lot of grain in Shanxi, not to mention anything else, the Jin merchants in these years are all going to Jiubian to transport grain to make a fortune, which one does not operate a few grain shops?

But Governor Zhang, who is mild-tempered and has some face-loving nature, really can't pull his face to talk to those businessmen, and he doesn't want to offend them in vain, so he thinks about trying his best to collect it first, and when the Taiwei comes, he will fool this matter when he sees that he is working so hard

"Oh yes!" Guo Zongbing reached out and grabbed the governor's collar and lifted him up, staring at his eyes impatiently: "Now you regret having a fart?" I told you that it was a military order, a military order! You should have sent a letter from the cabinet, can you get past it by fooling around? ”

"Then what should I do," Governor Zhang grabbed Lao Guo's sleeve as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"Stupid!" Lao Guo hated iron and scolded, "You are a Jinshi from Anhui, and you are not a native of Shanxi, you are afraid of a hammer Jin Shang!"

The lieutenant didn't hold you down on the spot, which means that he will give you a chance to make up for your mistakes, if you don't seize the opportunity to save yourself at this time, will you regret it when the steel knife cuts to your neck? ”

"That's that." Governor Zhang's mind was already full of paste at this time, and he couldn't react to anything

"That's what, that ghost! Go to Huohuo Jinshang! ”

Lao Guo's words hit the top of Governor Zhang's head like a stick, and he drank it as a stick!

"Ahh Yes, yes, this gang of Jin Laoxi is rich, and they are very rich! Governor Zhang's gaze gradually returned to clarity, he broke away from Lao Guo's hand, and staggered towards the street.

(End of chapter)