Chapter 394: On the Eve of Departure
Guo Song and Zhang Lei broke up and returned to the garden house, which was still a mile away from the garden house, and saw two eagles circling in the sky, one of which should be a fierce son, I don't know what happened, Guo Song sped up the horse.
As soon as he entered the mansion, Steward Wang greeted him and said, "Madame is in Xiaodongshan, and a little eagle has fallen from the tree. ”
Guo Song walked quickly to the hill east of the mansion, only to hear his wife Xue Tao shouting anxiously: "It should be on the side of the bushes, look for it!" ”
I saw the housekeeper with a group of maids and women in a circle, and the little fish girl was searching for something in a bush?
At this time, a small broiler with bare wings flew out from the group of maids, and a group of people suddenly shouted, Guo Song was quick and quick, took two steps forward, and grabbed the little broiler, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, isn't this the fierce son of the year?
A group of maids and wives suddenly quieted down, and Xue Tao said in surprise: "The husband is back!" ”
She hurriedly caught up, Guo Song raised the little broiler in his hand and smiled: "How could you find it?" ”
Xue Tao pointed to the fierce man hovering in the sky and said: "It was the fierce man who flew to find me, chirping in the yard, very urgently, I followed it here, and found a hairless eagle running around, I guess it fell from a tree." ”
"Are there any wild cats nearby?" Guo Song asked the housekeeper's mother-in-law.
The housekeeper shook her head, "I haven't seen a wild cat, but it's still too dangerous here, this hairless eaglet can easily die." ”
"Husband, how do you send it back?" Xue Tao looked at the tall eagle house in the big tree and said worriedly.
"Let me come!"
The little fish girl volunteered, "I can climb up." ”
Guo Song shook his head, "If you get close to the Eagle House, you will be attacked by the fierce son, so let's do it with me!" ”
Guo Song said to the maid again: "You all go back!" ”
The housekeeper's wife knew that the master didn't want outsiders to see it, so she beckoned everyone to leave, and Xiao Dongshan was left with Xue Tao and Xiao Yu Niang, Xue Tao was worried: "Husband, it's too dangerous, let's let Xiao Yu Niang go!" ”
Xiao Yuniang rolled her eyes on the side, what is this, the danger should be on your own?
"It's okay!"
Guo Song took off his robe, threw it to Ah Qiu, and asked Xiao Yuniang to get two daggers, he put the little eagle into his arms, gently climbed the tree, clamped the trunk with his feet, and the two daggers took turns to insert into the trunk, and climbed up little by little.
At this time, Mengzi and the female eagle circled and fell from the sky, standing on the trunk of the tree, staring sharply at Guo Song.
Guo Song finally climbed to the top of the tree, stood on a thick branch and looked into the eagle house, where there were actually two eaglets fluttering in a large eagle's nest made of branches.
'Chirp-chirp-' the eaglet cried impatiently in his arms.
"You should call me uncle!"
Guo Song smiled and put the little eagle into the eagle house, the little meat eagle immediately flapped its wings and ran towards the eagle's nest, two eagles flew into the eagle's nest like arrows, and the fierce son stood at the door, blocking Guo Song's sight, it looked at Guo Song with an unwelcome gaze, meaning you should go.
"You stinky boy, I'm going to Ganzhou soon, you can stay here and take care of your wife and children!"
It was much faster to go down, and in just a moment, he climbed down from a tree more than ten zhang high, and finally jumped down from the tree gently, Xue Tao patted his chest, and a heart hanging in the air also fell to the ground.
"Let's go!" Guo Song said with a smile.
"Husband, let's go, what should we do if that little guy falls down again?"
"Today is just an accident, they will be optimistic about that stinky boy, I see that its wings have grown hair, at most a month, they should practice flying, that little guy I have a hunch, and the next fierce one."
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Once the departure time was determined, time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, the families of Guo Song and some generals and soldiers also came to the barracks one after another, about 1,000 people, and the barracks specially set up a family camp for family members to live.
Zhang Qianyi also officially became Guo Song's staff five days ago, assisting Guo Song in handling military affairs, Guo Song was quite satisfied with him, just as Yan Zhenqing's evaluation, Zhang Qianyi is good at handling trivial government affairs, clear thinking, very organized, can handle tedious things very concisely, in just three days, the accumulation of military affairs will be completed.
Near noon, Zhang Qianyi hurriedly walked into the big tent and handed a copy of the text to Guo Song, "The approval of the Ministry of War has come down!" ”
Guo Song took the reply and looked at it, this was an order to approve their transfer of troops to Ganzhou, without this transfer order, the army could not leave the barracks without authorization, let alone leave Guanzhong.
"The military department is very efficient!"
Guo Song snorted, "I can actually rush out the approval the day before we leave." ”
Zhang Qianyi said with a smile: "All the temples of the imperial court are actually the same, they will never take responsibility for mistakes, but it is impossible for them to be active, they always have to delay until the last moment, fortunately, I thought they would be sent in the evening, and they were actually half a day in advance." ”
Guo Song asked again: "How are the battalions cleaned up?" ”
"Almost, let's go see the logistics baggage team later, there are more things over there, don't be dragged back."
Guo Song nodded, and then instructed the flag officer: "Inform Liu Sima and the battalions, get up tomorrow on the fifth watch, eat breakfast, pack up the camp tent, and then set off at three o'clock!" ”
"Obey!"
After arranging the details of the departure, Guo Song immediately came to the family camp, the family camp is located in a corner of the barracks, surrounded by a barracks, and there are soldiers standing guard at the gate of the barracks, basically separated from the barracks, the whole camp is composed of two hundred big tents, of course, the family of the commander Guo Song is the most, in addition to his wife Xue Tao, there are more than 20 servants.
The Tang Dynasty is not like the Song Dynasty, where the servants are all contractual, and the master has the same civilian status, gets paid monthly, and leaves the master's house after the contract expires, the Tang Dynasty is not like this, the Tang Dynasty still maintains a slave status, has a personal dependency relationship with the master, they are the master's property, can be bought and sold, once the master migrates, they must also follow, there is no room for bargaining, if you are lucky, the master will give a little monthly money every month.
In fact, in addition to the Song Dynasty, the later Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are the same, and there are already enough stories in "Dream of Red Mansions".
Guo Song and his wife are more kind to the next people, each person has a few times a month of money, this time to Hexi, but also to each person two times of money, but not all servants are slaves, there are also hired servants, such as housekeepers and couples, they are civilians with rich experience in housekeeping, Wang Steward monthly salary fifteen times, wife Yang family monthly income ten times, this time to Ganzhou, Guo Song gave them five times a month, the husband and wife monthly income of thirty-five money, in the capital is also a high salary, income exceeds the county order, Of course, they are willing to follow their master to Ganzhou, and in a few years, they will be able to buy a nice house in the county seat of Gyeonggi Province.
Guo Song came to the big tent, only to see Xue Tao was taking Ah Qiu and Xiao Yuniang to pack up the futon, to stay on the bashang for the night, Xue Tao took out the futon from the luggage, but the logistics soldiers sent sheepskin blankets and other items, they had to put the newly opened luggage back again.
"I'm still packing!" Guo Song walked into the big tent and smiled.
Xue Tao said embarrassedly: "I knew that the barracks had prepared blankets, so we wouldn't take out the luggage, and we had to put it back again." ”
"Look! If you are not used to it, you will sleep in the car at night, these wool blankets are still too rough, only suitable for laying, not suitable for covering, I suggest that you still leave a few beds of bedding, and then put it directly on the car. ”
Hearing that her husband made sense, Xue Tao happily said to Ah Qiu and Xiao Yuniang: "Then leave three or four futons, and let's sleep in the car at night." ”
The three of them only left a few bedding and some basic household items, and the rest were packed back into the box.
Xue Tao followed her husband out of the big tent, and said with some concern: "Husband, I heard that it will take a month to walk on the road?" ”
Guo Song nodded, "Almost, the main thing is to follow with baggage, and we only walk forty or fifty miles a day, unlike the cavalry who travel three hundred miles a day, but we don't get tired when we walk slowly, so we should go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers." ”
"It's a pity that my husband can't stay with me!"
"Try your best!"
Guo Song smiled: "I will come to see you from time to time, and maybe I can come to accompany you at night." ”
Xue Tao smiled, "Then we'll make up our minds!" ”
"It's a deal!" Guo Song smiled and nodded.
At this time, Yang Jun outside the tent reported: "Governor Qiyu, there are guests visiting, waiting at the handsome tent!" ”
"Who is it?"
"It seems to be the former governor of Ganzhou, Wang Lianen!"
Guo Song nodded and said to his wife: "I'll come when I go!" ”
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Wang Lianen was the governor of Ganzhou after Zhao Tengjiao, but his tenure was only half completed, and he only served as the governor of Ganzhou for two years before being replaced by Guo Song.
Guo Song also heard about the reason why he was dismissed as the governor of Ganzhou, and he led 10,000 Ganzhou cavalry and 30,000 Shatuo cavalry to fight fiercely, killing nearly 7,000 people, and only 3,000 people withdrew to Zhangye City, so that only 8,000 soldiers were left in Zhangye City of 15,000 people.
It is said that it was because the Tang army wanted to cover the people outside the city to enter the city, resolutely fought fiercely with the Shatuo people, and would rather die than die, a very tragic story, and because of this, Yu Lianen was not held accountable and was reappointed as the acting governor of the state.
Guo Song walked into the big tent and said with a smile: "I thought General Wang had already gone to Daizhou to take up his post!" ”
Wang Lianen was about fifty years old, his appearance was very rough, his face was like carved from rock, he was originally Zhu Jun's general, and he was appreciated by Cui Youfu, the prime minister, and recommended him as the governor of Ganzhou.
Wang Lianen seems to be rough, but in fact it is extremely fine, he had already handed over military power with Guo Song the day before yesterday, but today for some reason, he wants to meet Guo Song again.
Wang Lianen also saluted: "I'm going to go north tomorrow, but I'm still a little worried about Ganzhou, so I'm here to communicate with the governor!" ”
"I see, please take a seat!"
Guo Song invited Wang Lianen to sit down, and Wang Lianen sighed and said: "Now the situation in Ganzhou is very unfavorable, and I am also ashamed, leaving a mess for Guo Dudu. ”
"It's a mess! At least Zhangye City was not lost. ”
"Zhangye City did not fall because of the help of Tiangong, last year's heavy snow came early, and the Shatuo army had to withdraw in advance, but it is difficult to say after the beginning of spring, now the morale in the city is low, and the generals are shirking their responsibilities, once the Shatuo army comes again, Zhangye will be in danger."
"Wait!"
Guo Song interrupted him and asked suspiciously: "I don't quite understand, what does it mean for the generals to shirk their responsibilities, and what responsibilities do they shirk?" ”
"Guo Dudu doesn't know, the Ganzhou army is famous for its factions, the infighting is strong, and the army training is also very bad, of course, I am also responsible, I have been in office for two years, most of the energy is spent on mediating internal contradictions, ignoring the army training, so that when encountering the Shatuo cavalry, there will be heavy casualties, which is also the evil result of internal fighting, the army is in its own position, regardless of the life or death of others, and finally it was broken by each one, and the lesson is heavy! It is hoped that Guo Dudu can learn a lesson, eliminate the infighting in the Ganzhou army as soon as possible, and unite the soldiers. ”
Guo Song groaned and said, "General Wang has mediated for two years, but it seems to have no effect, can I do it?" ”
Wang Lianen was silent for a moment and said: "This is what I specially reminded you today, Guo Dudu must replace Lang Jiang and Zhong Lang Jiang with his own people, only in this way can the internal contradictions be eliminated, the biggest mistake I made was indecisive, basically retained the original team, and also inherited the internal fighting continued by the Ganzhou army." ”
Guo Song smiled slightly: "I understand, thank you General Wang for the reminder!" ”
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Guo Song sent Wang Lianen away, he looked at Wang Lianen's back, and asked lightly: "What does Mr. Zhang think this Wang Lianen is coming to me for?" ”
Zhang Qianyi shook his head, "My intuition is that the person who came is not good, and he is not at ease, but I don't see where his sinister place is?" ”
Guo Song snorted coldly and said, "Didn't you hear that he actually made me an enemy with all the generals of the Ganzhou Army?" ”