Chapter 211: Smoke and Rain, Millions of Army

After the emperor left, Cao Xinyang and Chaoping chatted in the barracks all night, this night they were not idle talking, and there was a very important matter for the two of them to do. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Two days before the emperor's royal expedition, the emperor went to Cao Xinyang, no one knew about this matter, in the palace, the emperor and Cao Xinyang discussed the matter of the two road army, he meant to divide half of the hundreds of thousands of troops brought by the thousands of miles, and go to Luzhou with those rebels. Cao Xinyang was very much in favor of this method, but what he didn't know was that the emperor didn't actually plan to prepare the two road armies, but just wanted to divide some soldiers to control the rebels in this road state. Cao Xinyang thought that the emperor really wanted to prepare this reserve army, so he said: "Your Majesty, then who will lead this army? Is it General Wanli or another general?" The emperor smiled: "You still don't understand what I mean, this is the Second Route Army, it is for everyone, I just want to control those rebels, as for the commander of this army, let Wanli's deputy general be in charge, Wanli He still has to bring some soldiers to the border with me, and some soldiers need to go back to his original station, but not many people." Cao Xinyang said: "Your Majesty, then you mean that I will distribute these people after you go on the expedition?" The emperor said: "Yes, it will be you and the horse in charge, but I didn't tell him, you can just discuss it with him when the time comes." This was the case at the time, so Cao Xinyang and Chaoping kept talking about it that night.

Chaoping said: "Big brother, the dispatch problem of this army is small, and the current grain and grass matter is big." Cao Xinyang said: "Yes, brother, I think so, Wanli has brought a lot of grain and grass, it is better to leave these grain and grass, and when the time comes, send those rebels and Wanli's troops to Luzhou, and then there will be food to eat." Chaoping was very surprised and said: "Don't you want to march in a hurry, there will be a lot of grain and grass on the way, you want them to use the most economical way to go to Luzhou and then make plans." Cao Xinyang said: "Every mistake, that's what I think, although His Majesty said that he wanted to bring grain and grass to Linzhou on the expedition, but he also brought a lot of grain and grass with him, and there was not much left in the city, and General Wanli was not rich in what he left, so I wanted to use this method." Chaoping thought for a while and said: "Okay, then let's do it like this, it's better to order troops tomorrow, I'll take them back to Luzhou, and it just so happens that I will also go to Du Jianna to pick up the two ladies back." Cao Xinyang said: "That's fine." "The two of them finished chatting late at night, Chaoping returned to the Horse Mansion alone from the city defense camp in the capital, at this time the Youyun soldiers had not yet slept, and a few people were still patrolling and keeping vigil outside, although there were no valuable things in the Horse Mansion, and there were only a few of them, but these were the habits that the Youyun soldiers had developed, and Chaoping would not care too much about them, in everyone's view, this was useless, but for them it was like a lifeline. They saw Chao Ping say hello, Chao Ping was just about to enter the house, looked back at the sky, he found that there was no moonlight sky gloomy, according to the agricultural proverb This is a sign of rain, Mo said that it is the astronomical terrain in the art of war, even ordinary people can see it, Chao Ping thought of Cao Xinyang said that the next day to order troops, originally Chao Ping thought of here and planned to let the Youyun soldiers ask Cao Xinyang, what if it rains, can he go, and then he wanted to stop talking, thinking about it, don't ask, tomorrow will know, don't make trouble for Cao Xinyang, it's not a big deal。 So he went back to rest.

In the morning, Chao Ping got up, thinking about it, he didn't know how Cao Xinyang made the decision, but he was not in a hurry, he knew that if there was a move, Cao Xinyang would definitely look for him. Soon, someone really came to Chaoping, saying that it was General Cao Xinyang Cao who invited him over. Chaoping soon met Cao Xinyang, who said that even if it rained and was muddy, he would complete the march and not delay, because it involved the supply of grain and grass. Chaoping and Cao Xinyang said, "General Cao, can the march arrive on time in this weather?" Cao Xinyang said: "No matter what, we must arrive." He said so resolutely, and from his eyes, Chaoping saw the courage of a soldier, the rock-solid will of an iron general. Soon, under Cao Xinyang's organization, these large armies, including most of the soldiers brought by General Wanli, as well as those rebels, plus the sergeants of the city defense camp in the city, including General An's garrison outside the city, the mighty army was neatly arranged outside the city. Cao Xinyang and Chaoping watched from the city tower, and Chaoping said: "General, in this rainy weather, there are so many troops gathered, it is so spectacular, there must be nearly a million troops." Cao Xinyang said: "Yes, yes, they have a total of 863,700 people, almost a million. Chaoping saw that Cao Xinyang's statistics were so accurate, and nodded again and again, thinking that this is the quality that a general should have. Cao Xinyang lectured in this drizzle, and gave everyone the detailed rules for the march, these soldiers left the capital, some of them returned to the place where the garrison was stationed in thousands of miles, and the rest were going to Luzhou, and then Cao Xinyang handed over the talisman to Chaoping, and ordered Chaoping to lead everyone to Luzhou, and how much the grain and grass and baggage that needed to be brought, and ordered people to prepare and set off immediately. Soon the army is about to set off, Chaoping didn't expect to leave so soon, there is only an hour left, Chaoping returned to the mansion, very simple packed his bags, and was about to set off, this Youyun soldiers asked what was going on, Chaoping said: "I want to take these soldiers to Luzhou, and then I will pick up the two ladies." The boss hurriedly said, "Master, then we will go with you." Chaoping didn't expect to take them with him, because this time he just went by himself, but when they said this, they could help if they didn't have enough manpower, there were Chun Tao Chen Jing in this house, and they could naturally take care of the eighth, Chaoping in order to be safe, let the second brother with strong martial arts stay to take care of the eighth together, and the rest of the people went to Luzhou with him, they quickly rushed to the outside of the city, Chaoping and Wanli's deputy general, that is, the general who led the army, negotiated a few words, and their army was pulled, Cao Xinyang watched Chaoping and them go away from the city, and then he ordered the soldiers who returned to the general stationing of Wanli to go back, because he knew that these soldiers were very safe, so don't worry about anything. After that, he arranged the rest of the Gyeonggi guards to various places with General An and asked them to strictly guard the capital to ensure the safety of the capital.