Cizhou, Bo County

The sun is three poles, the sun is scorching, the barbecue of this southern land, the migration team is full of people, and the smoke and dust are all on the horizon, which is the Han people in this world fortress - Bocheng.

While passing through Mingyang County in the north of the city, a cavalry detachment broke away from the brigade and inspected the terrain ahead.

The sound of horses' hooves was like a torrential rain, and the natives and pedestrians on the road all retreated, or had never seen so many horses, and some were curious and frightened, and the horsemen did not disturb the place, until a hill was not far from the town, and a large compound appeared in front of everyone.

Yun Ying glanced at it a few times, and Le Ma stopped: "Senior brother, there are some familiar ...... here."

"Because you have lived for a few days, the real person has a good memory, and I have an impression after more than 20 years...... It's just that our family's manor was burned to the ground, and the newly built yard is unrecognizable at first glance. Han Ziwei chuckled and whipped her to point out a few terrains: "Look at that bamboo forest, it was the night you first came to me, I thought it was a foreign invasion and fought with you, if it weren't for the last hand-to-hand combat, it would be distinguished......

Yun Ying thought about it, and her face turned crimson: "Don't say it, I remember what place this is, it is said that this Mingyang County is also the hometown of the senior brother, and he has been going around and around for twenty-two years and has returned here." ”

Han Ziwei knew that she was thin in front of people, so he smiled and was silent.

Some of the veterans who followed Han Ziwei also recognized this place and nodded: "It's really here...... We've met here with General Han once. ”

"I also worked as a butcher in the town for half a month, and I scared them by solving the cows...... Haha......"

"It's still early, why don't you pass through the town and take a look?" Yun Ying asked, she had a sense of remembrance in her heart, for them, this county was also the place where the first fell, the real person who killed the Qingyuan Sword Sect under the moon scattered overnight, and some of the companions were never seen again, and it was a kind of fate to survive and return here.

Han Ziwei was a little moved, and followed the horse through the bluestone streets to walk around the town.

When the renovated courtyard was renovated, Han Ziwei looked at it attentively, some Zhuang guests and men and women were looking nervously inside and outside, he didn't know any of them, thinking that this courtyard might be taken back by the clan and assigned to other branches, so he was not interested for a while, and he didn't have the meaning of getting off the horse and talking.

He looked back at the crowd and sighed: "This reminds me of a little story I heard from General Bo Fu when I met with General Bo Fu twenty-two years ago...... Would you like to hear it?"

The veterans knew that Han Ziwei was once Sun Ce's subordinate, and when they heard that it was the story told by His Majesty Ying Wu, they were all very interested: "General Han speak quickly!"

"Once upon a time there was a woodcutter who went to the mountains to chop wood, and when he saw the two boys playing chess, he put down his axe and watched, and one of the boys laughed and said that this was a fateful person, and gave him a fruit to eat, and he did not know that he was hungry for a while. After a while, when the woodcutter picked up his axe and was about to leave, the handle of the wooden axe was completely rotten, and the blade of the axe was rusty. ”

Han Ziwei paused, turned his head to look at the strange courtyard and town, and saw that his junior sister and subordinates were attentive, so he continued: "The woodcutter rode home, and when he saw that things were wrong, he couldn't help but get off the bamboo horse and go to the original residence to inquire. ”

"This is an immortal, right......" Everyone looked at each other, remembering that the immortal persuaded him not to dismount, and couldn't help asking: "And then what?"

Han Ziwei recalled his eyes slightly, and nodded: "General Sun looked at me at the time, and said meaningfully - this woodcutter knew that he had no nostalgia for mortal dust, and when he returned to the horse, he first got on his horse and returned, and saw that there was only one emerald green bamboo horse behind him - the spell that carried him back was actually based on his own source force, and it was invalid after he dismounted, and he went back to the mountain to look for it, and he couldn't find the two boys." ”

Yun Ying's eyes trembled slightly, and she was inexplicably touched by something in her heart, biting her lip: "General Sun's advice is right...... We are all people riding bamboo horses at this time, and Majesty Xià and Niangniang are the two fairy boys...... The revival of this Han Dynasty is our bamboo horse, driven by our own ambition, and when we get off the horse, it is really a dead bamboo horse, and it can no longer carry us back to the outer heavens. ”

There was silence in the team for a while, and everyone pondered, recalling the abundant material life of twenty-two years of beautiful wives and concubines, surrounded by children and grandchildren, it is indeed not as firm as when they came to this world with nothing and stripes, and they couldn't help sweating: "The assimilation of people in the world, the spring rain moistens things silently, and the form is not noticed, which is really terrible......"

"Yes, if it weren't for the fact that we still have the ambition to return to the Han Dynasty, if it weren't for the fact that we could get a response from His Majesty every year at the sacrifice to the heavens, if it weren't for Niangniang, we would be in the Wahuang Temple......"

Shao Yuansheng muttered, a white light flashed in his heart, and he lost his voice and said: "Emperor Wa Niangniang personally came to see our first generation of Han people, and left her spirit body in this illusory evolution of the soil, in fact, it is not to protect the safety of our territory, but to protect our souls, right?"

"yes, it's good that you think of that...... This is our Wahuang Niangniang, she and Her Majesty are both our guardians, but the yin and yang are soft, and the guardian style is different. Han Ziwei bowed his head and rode his horse through the town, without recalling this: "The evolution of the dark side is not illusory, but the evolution of the Hunan Dynasty has nothing to do with us, and it is harmful to let it infiltrate......"

"Remember in the future - we are people who have lost their homeland and been exiled from the world, wandering in this other world, wandering to distant places, where to return home...... But on the other hand, the land of the Han style is our homeland, and the Han country is the bamboo horse that carries us to a higher level, where Ying Wu and Wahuang Niangniang are waiting for us. ”

"Everyone can go forward on the same road together, you can run slowly, don't get off the horse, don't stop, don't lose your way...... Han Daochang, that's when we go home. ”

Shao Yuansheng laughed when he heard this: "Everyone runs up and moves forward...... For our own sake, our journey is on the battlefield of the outer heavens!"

The sound of hooves rose again, out of this otherworldly town, in the dark, a thin layer of gray gas disappeared on the body, and the national atmosphere of the Han family became more and more distinct, and the summer flowers were in full bloom.

...... Not long after, the tall city wall appeared in everyone's field of vision, and it was already under the banner of the Han army's red blue dragon.

There are still more than ten miles away, more than 100 horsemen galloped over, and cavalry is very rare in the humid and hot climate of the south, and a general who took the lead shouted halfway: "The one who came is General Han?"

"It's me...... Are you General Tang Youming of Bo County?" Han Ziwei stood on the side of the road, exchanged admiration for a long time, and handed him a decree: "This is the letter of His Majesty's seal." ”

The wind was fierce, the soldiers were driving over, the long snake of the team could not see the tail, only the flag was red, the green dragon was rolling, and it was heading towards Bo County, a fortified city that had been in operation for 20 years -- Cizhou is one of the three places where the Han people have penetrated the deepest, and it is different from Binzhou, which is close to the prosperity of the Central Plains, and Yunzhou, which controls and curbs the Yunjiang River system.

The Dao soldiers and sorcerers who followed Tang Youming to greet him were all a little nervous, and looked at the team from afar with some curiosity.

Twenty years is a long time for mortals, and their generation has heard a lot of stories about the Han family from their parents, but it is the first time they have really seen such a spectacular army - there have been battles to attack Bojun before, but the city has long been infiltrated like a sieve, and there is no cool feeling at night to attack and break the city, which is not enough for young people who yearn for the Jin Ge Iron Horse.

At this moment, the young Han people were really happy, and the shadow of the retreat in front of the 400,000 troops of the imperial court dissipated a lot, and their self-confidence rose.

Tang Youming turned a blind eye to this military formation, only focused on looking at the decree, and breathed a sigh of relief after checking the authenticity of the dragon qi: "The city of Bo County, even the seven county seats, has been pulled out, but there is a lack of officials to maintain it, and we can only trust the local natives - how many people have you brought?"

Han Ziwei nodded: "A small number of scattered and separated people, lurking very deeply, have not been called, and all the Han people in the main tun areas of Jibin Prefecture and Yunzhou remain, as well as the states on the road have successively gathered and returned to the establishment of some local green forest armed forces and their families, totaling 930,000 people. ”

"Because the two generations have taken many wives and concubines, three wives and four concubines, and half of the children born are daughters, and there are more women than men, and then get rid of the babies and children, and there are only 260,000 young men, all of whom are divided into the front team and the rear team, and all the Chinese army are family members. ”

"There are a little fewer men, we quit 300,000 in the state, there are only about 90,000 men, there are 32,000 men in the first generation of Han people, and there are three sons in one household...... Tang Youming touched his chin and asked: "How many Han people are in your team in the first generation?"

"The ratio is about the same as yours, only 80,000, excluding the Han women who can't go into battle, the rest is only 74,000, and if you remove the frail and can't go into battle, it's about 7......0,000" Han Ziwei saw that the other party's gaze froze, so he smiled: "I guess you actually want to ask how many professional soldiers are in the first generation of Han people, right?"

Tang Youming didn't have any big expectations, so he nodded and asked, "Well, how much?"

"This number. ”

Han Ziwei raised a finger at him and asked with a smile, "What about you?"

"Ten thousand?"

Tang Youming shook his head: "I only have three thousand five hundred and twenty-seven soldiers, one thousand and seven magicians, and one hundred and thirty real people, all armed in the city...... Let's add up the two sides, how to use these fifteen thousand elites, we have to sum up. ”

Han Ziwei nodded slightly: "According to His Majesty's deployment, our main task now is to build an official system, Bo County up and down, there are seven counties and one government, all of which have to be built in accordance with the Han system, and the pavilions have been built." ”

"Most of our sons have knowledge to teach, but they have no experience at all, so they have to take five of them one and teach them by hand. ”

"Five thousand officials with twenty-five thousand new dings. ”

"It's the same with the army, you have to take out half a year of training, and you can do it. ”

"Are there too many people?" Tang Youming frowned.

"A county doesn't need many people, but you have to understand that soon we will counterattack, and if we don't reserve officials in advance, will we wait to get started in a hurry?" Han Ziwei said with a smile.

"That's fine, but in the army, you can't all serve as captains and team leaders, and good steel must be used on the blade. ”

"Hmm...... It is very difficult to draw all, and the skeleton of the whole army will be scattered, at most five thousand, and there are many outstanding qualifications among the second-generation sons, but unfortunately they are all recruits, and the burden of the first big battle cannot fall on them. Han Ziwei thought about it and agreed with the other party's opinion: "According to the deployment, along the way, we lure the enemy deeper, and we have reached the limit here, so we have to win the battle, draw out 5,000 main forces, supplement the backbone of the first generation of veterans, and reserve the brave warriors among the young recruits." ”

"It's okay, the enemy is almost chasing you, the border post reported that we only have two or three days at most to rectify, now I will take you to the camp, just three miles outside the city, needless to say, the heavy weapons are ready, enough for you to defend the horns......"

Tang Youming rode his horse to the front to lead the way, and smiled: "Lunch is ready for you, and the grain and grass transported in advance are all ready for storage, and the savings of these twenty years are for this battle, which can be supported for at least one year under the isolation and blockade...... No more. ”

The soldiers of the front team quickly drove into the camp, and hundreds of thousands of dependents of the Chinese army entered the city, almost all of them were women, and they were for their safety.

"There is no need for more, the grain and grass in various states and counties have basically been purchased by our caravans over the years, and the imperial court supply line has crossed Xiangshui and Yunjiang, and it has only arrived here through four states. ”

"How many times do the 400,000 army need to be transported by the people pulling carts on the way to feed them? The people and mules and horses also have to consume grain and grass, and they are transported here for thousands of miles, and three out of ten percent are good, and I think it is extremely difficult for the imperial court to support it. ”

"Moreover, we lured the enemy into the depths, and although the enemy army claimed to be 400,000, it had already connected seven or eight states, and the end could not be connected, and the overall situation had been formed. ”

"According to His Majesty's deployment, the 10,000 empty ships will descend, and they will land at the enemy's vital points at once, and each one will be defeated. ”

"Originally, we didn't need to send troops, but the purpose of drawing 5,000 people was to cooperate with His Majesty's main force and fight with the Hunan army that was most eager to pursue. ”

Han Ziwei smiled with great malice, and said: "When this is according to the plan, we still have to deal with it in case there is a mistake." ”

"Oh, Your Majesty's foresight ......" Tang Youming was alert, and when the Chinese military dependents entered the city, he asked suspiciously: "Have you seen Emperor Wa's mother?"

"The jade shrine entrusted by the spirit body is still in the rear army, and Niangniang insists on reconnoitring the enemy's movements after the break to prevent changes...... She said that she has felt a little ominous recently, and it is not a matter of the Hunan Dynasty army to use the dark side of the sky to deduce. Han Ziwei said, his face was solemn: "You also know that Niangniang used to be a saint on the dark side, and after fusing with the emperor doppelganger, she has been lifted by herself, but no one at this level of true immortals can understand the dark side, so we have to be careful." ”

Tang Youming frowned: "The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind?" I haven't seen any other forces in the south, so it's hard to say that there are many displaced people in the north...... But as long as it is an opponent who is fighting for the world, we will kill as many as we come. ”

"Report-" A scout rushed into the camp and said urgently: "The 30,000 cavalry of the vanguard of the Hunan Dynasty crossed the Cijiang River, and attacked our army in three ways.

"Divided into three roads?" Han Ziwei laughed and narrowed his eyes: "The three commanders of the Hunan Dynasty are not subordinate to each other, and along the way, we deliberately sprinkled some copper coins, silk silks, grain, grass and property, and we observed that the more our army showed weakness and retreated, the more rampant the enemy became...... Now do you feel like you've pushed us into a corner, and you're anxious to get to this point?"

"Binzhou, with its dense water network, is not the Central Plains where iron horses can gallop...... This is a good opportunity to thwart the enemy's edge!" Tang Youming said in a deep voice, waving his hand and asking someone to bring the topographic map of Binzhou, and study it together.