Chapter 100: The Capture of the Army (I)
"Woo woo ......" The tragic and vigorous horn horn sounded, and the right guard led the soldiers to pull the livestock to the battle flag, and Li Jiancheng raised his sword and fell to complete the flag sacrifice ceremony.
Li Jiancheng handed over the Guan Fang Seal Letter and the Fish Talisman to Chen Ying. Then he said earnestly: "This trip is difficult, the preservation is the key, and killing the enemy is still second......"
Chen Ying understood what Li Jiancheng meant, and supported Lingzhou just to deal with the worst situation. If you can't fight, you won't fight, because this newborn Tang Dynasty really doesn't have the strength to confront the Turks.
"The last general will act on the occasion and will not disgrace His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Chen Ying said solemnly.
Li Jiancheng took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Chen Yingdao: "You go to Lingzhou and hand this letter to Lingzhou Governor Shi Yangze, Yang Ze is the Hongnong Yang family, and has an old friendship with the palace, Yang Ze will look at the face of the palace and give you more support!" If he needs your help, you should do your best to help him! ”
"It's nature!"
Li Jiancheng patted Chen Ying's shoulder and said, "Everything is good for yourself, this palace is waiting for you to come back to celebrate your achievements!" ”
Chen Ying returned to the school and ordered the expulsion. The matter of the duvet suit was finally settled. The plan to get rid of Su Hu with Li Jiancheng's knife ultimately fell through, which made Chen Ying very regretful.
However, this matter was not out of Chen Ying's expectations, Su Hu's wife, Dou Shi, is also related to Li Yuan, for this kind of small thing, Li Yuan must turn a blind eye.
Li Jiancheng invited Li Gang to impeach the gate valves for monopolizing the down for profit, and the clear stream in the court heard the news, and in one day, the impeachment was as many as 100. The Guanlong aristocracy and the Shandong aristocratic clique were forced by the pressure of public opinion to make concessions to Li Yuan.
Each family took out a monopoly of down, or hundreds of dozens, in short, and finally handed over about 7,000 catties of down. These 7,000 catties of down are undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the right guard. Chen Ying also contributed the down purchased by the Chen Mansion before, and finally barely made a thousand sets of down sleeping bags.
However, Li Jiancheng was still within the scope of his authority, which gave Chen Ying great convenience. Li Jiancheng transferred 5,600 sheepskins, and on average, each soldier could get at least one sheepskin, although one sheepskin was not enough to withstand such a severe cold, although there were still most of the gaps, but this was already the best result.
The temple is worried about Qijun, and Chen Ying also understands Li Jiancheng. Although Li Jiancheng is the crown prince, everything is not done rashly. Li Jiancheng also asked Chen Ying to carry tens of thousands of catties of medicinal materials, of course, most of them were applied externally.
Chen Ying led the personal guard regiment with the right guard as the leader of the troops and drove out of the city. Coming out of Xihua Gate, when the leading troops walked to the west thirty miles, Yi Erfu was able to leave Chang'an City. This time to support Lingzhou, Chen Ying carried a lot of materials, and there were no less than thousands of carts to transport them.
The snow on the official roads around Chang'an has long been cleared by the people sent by Jingzhao Prefecture, and at least within fifty miles west of Beijing, snow climbing plows are useless.
Fortunately, Chen Ying made two preparations, all snow boats can be used as carriages with wheels, and where there is snow, the wheels can be removed and become snow climbing plows. This time, Chen Ying supported Lingzhou, and the soldiers were the 16th Regiment of the Four Prefectures, but there were more than 5,000 soldiers and civilians, and more than 50 Li Zheng led them.
The composition of these people is very complex, from farmers to apprentices in shops, to hired workers in workshops and hunters from the surrounding areas. However, with their respective Li Zheng leaders, Chen Ying has a lot to do.
After the army Chang'an, it went all the way to the west, and when it arrived at Xugu County, the formation of the team was already scattered, and after counting the personnel, more than one-third of the soldiers did not follow. All the soldiers complained bitterly, and the only one who maintained the full strength of the formation was Chen Ying's old army Xun Erfu, and his performance was remarkable.
Chen Ying did not order the troops to be stationed in the city, and Xugu County was a lower county. With a population of less than 1,000 households and a city of only more than 800 steps, if the whole army is allowed to enter the city, there is really no place to stay.
The sixteen miles of Shaliangzi in Yue Xuan County is a concave valley sheltered from the wind. Chen Ying ordered his troops to camp here. When camping, there is no need to drive piles, put the cut stakes on the ground, pour a pot of hot water, and after a quarter of an hour, freeze as hard as steel.
The troops began to camp from the fourth quarter of the hour, and until the third quarter of the hour, all the soldiers who had fallen behind did not catch up. Chen Ying assembled four well-built Chinese army command plows together to form a huge command vehicle. The brazier was raised in the command car, and the inside of the car was as warm as spring.
After the right guard led the Fuzhong army to join the army, the left and right deputy leaders, the four Zhichong lieutenants, and the eight Guoyi lieutenants arrived, Chen Ying pressed on the hilt of the knife with one hand, staring at everyone with sharp eyes.
Chen Ying's face was gloomy as water, and everyone present felt weak for a while. It's really no wonder that Chen Ying is annoyed, in fact, the performance of Xun Yifu, Yi Yifu and Yi Erfu is very poor, and they are not even as good as the people. The men were urged with whips by their respective lieutenants, but instead arrived at the camp on time.
"As for what happened before, General Ben doesn't want to pursue it! However, your performance really disappointed General Ben" Chen Ying's voice suddenly raised an octave, and shouted sharply: "The four sixteen regiments of the Chong Mansion, less than 5,000 soldiers, eighty miles away, actually lost thousands of people......"
The generals didn't dare to breathe, if there was no Xun Er Mansion as a comparison, they would be able to shirk it, after all, there were many reasons, like what the weather was cold and the road was not smooth, but Xun Er Mansion was their departure at the same time, and they took the same road, but they came earlier than any of them.
The key thing is that no one in the Xun Er Mansion was left behind.
"Where is the record of participating in the military?"
Ji Tong bowed out, hugged his fists and said, "The lower official is here!" ”
"What should be the crime of the governments and the regiments if they miss the deadline, you don't need this general to explain to you, right?"
Although he is called joining the army, in fact, his duty is not to participate in military affairs, nor is he an auxiliary official to the chief of staff like the chief of staff, but like the imperial history, he has the duty of raising good and evil. Ji Tong is equivalent to the prison army of the right guard leading the government.
As soon as they heard this, the generals of Xun Yifu, Yi Yifu, and Yi Erfu were all shocked, and if they were impeached in this way, they would probably be impeached into a sieve.
Gao Yunquan opened his mouth, but finally closed his mouth. At this time, plea may only backfire.
"Ask the general for mercy!" He Yuejing, the right deputy leader, knelt on the ground with a thud and begged for mercy.
This is not to blame He Yuejing for being in a hurry, he was originally the commander of Yi Erfu, and he was promoted to the position of the right deputy leader, and his troops were the most serious at this time, and until now there are more than 300 people in Yi Erfu who have not returned to the team. And the henchmen of the four regimental captains of Yi Erfu are afraid that their careers will be bleak.
Chen Ying was neither happy nor angry, and couldn't see what he was thinking.
Sima Lu Decao also knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "Ask the general for mercy!" ”
All the generals knelt down in unison and said in unison: "Please be gracious to the general!" ”
Only Duan Lun, the commander of the horses, was not in a hurry or impatient.
Chen Yingdao: "This general can be gracious, but will the Turks be gracious?" Now on the first day of the march, there is such a mistake, if you are on the battlefield, what kind of system will it be? You don't look at Xun Erfu, the same army, the same equipment, why is the gap so big? ”
The right guard rate was not an army that could fight, although the soldiers were all tall and big, but they were rough in training, and they had not been baptized on the battlefield, so it was good not to herd sheep on the battlefield.
"This general was ordered to support Lingzhou, the military situation is urgent, Lingzhou is in danger, if it goes on like this for a long time, not only will no general be responsible, but you will also be able to escape the involvement, the best result is just that we will be dismissed from office together, and cut down for the people!"
At this point, all the generals were silent. There are some things that are simply not something to be fooled around. It's already like this without a war, and if there is a war, the Turks will definitely not intercede with them.
Gao Yunquan muttered, "How should this be?" ”