Chapter 149 Quick Travel
Wang Han led Xiao Zhang away. Although Jiang Tingcheng was cunning and cunning, no matter what he asked, he always told the truth. He couldn't kidnap her, and the task above was urgent, so in the end he had no choice but to let him go.
Wang Han left, but the deportation of prisoners in the prison camp was still in progress. From time to time, Taishan Army officials could be heard preaching:
"One person has three buckets of millet, take the millet home to support your family, and stop working blindly for those lords with ribbons."
But few of the captive men and pavilion soldiers listened to what those people said. They only watched eagerly as the people in front led Su and went out happily.
There was a man in the long queue who was tired of listening to the military officer’s words and cursed at the people behind him:
"These thieves are not getting our millet, so why are they pretending to be good people? Bah."
Unexpectedly, the strong man behind him retorted:
"That's from the government, is it yours? What is it? If someone gives you millet, that's a great kindness. Don't be so ungrateful."
He was annoyed by being scolded and was about to retort when he saw a few people coming from behind, glaring at him. This person panicked for a moment, cursed silently, and continued to line up obediently.
"This bunch of bastards, how could they forget their last names even after three Dou Su? Sooner or later they will be hanged along with these thieves."
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After a delicious meal of fried millet balls, Li Damu's troops returned from the original route at Haishi.
Along the way, I kept seeing large items of abandoned baggage. These were captured by breaking several walls during this period, but now they were abandoned on the side of the road, which really made these Taishan soldiers who came from poor men feel distressed.
But the military order is like a mountain, and the superiors have already spoken. The generals will pass it to the generals, and the generals will pass it to the generals. The generals will pass it to the generals, and the generals will talk to each general. The generals will pass it to the corps commander, and the corps commander will pass it to the soldiers. .
In short, it all means the same thing:
"Those who can keep up with the team will be considered first-class. If they can't keep up, all will be transferred to the local field guards."
To protect the field soldiers? These regular soldiers of the Taishan Army, who claim to be direct descendants, are completely unacceptable, so they can only go into battle lightly. Fortunately, those spear soldiers were originally armed with spears and were very light. The worst thing is the soldiers trapped in the battle with swords and spears. Some of them have swords and spears, and they also carry armor and clothes on their backs. These things cannot be abandoned under any circumstances. Then you don't have to throw away those bits and pieces.
But what is even more tangled is the supply camp. They are in a dilemma. They are reluctant to give up this thing and are not willing to give up that one. Those brothers in the army who are not members of the military need not take those odds and ends seriously. But their transport camp must ensure the food, clothing and logistics for everyone. From their point of view, an axe, a chisel, and even a hemp rope all have their role.
Moreover, some things are rare and cannot be obtained no matter how hard you try, such as the cart of sesame oil. The people in the transport camp were reluctant to throw it away, and they felt sorry for this good thing. As the main force, their troops practiced secrets and carried heavy loads. On weekdays, getting some oil for their brothers didn't give them a headache. Now that they finally had such a cart of sesame oil, they couldn't bear to throw it away.
Just like that, in the end, the baggage battalion continued to push the cart and follow the team.
But not long after they had walked, suddenly one by one in front of them came, and the military order of the general Li Damu came, and the whole army marched in the direction of Mou County.
The baggage soldiers were panicked and were about to ask the brothers in the regular army what was going on ahead. They saw that the brothers in front had already put on their straw sandals and started running towards the east.
The expression on the baggage commander's face changed. He gritted his teeth for the last time and ordered the baggage soldiers:
"Our whole army only has these twenty pots, and all the more than four hundred brothers pointed at these pots and ate them warmly. Although we are not going to the battlefield, it is our business to let the brothers in the army eat warmly when they go to the battlefield. So except for these pots, I threw everything else to the side of the road. We have to follow the brothers in front.”
The baggage soldier on the side asked with a mournful face:
"What about our sesame oil? Throw it away too?"
"Throw it away, throw it all away."
In this way, the baggage soldiers wiped away their tears and threw all these good things on the side of the road. Some of them wanted to dig a hole and bury them so that they could retrieve them later. But unfortunately there was not enough time, so we had to give up.
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At this moment, Zhang Nan and Wang Han were sent to the ministry by Li Damu.
On a small slope, Li Damuzheng and his second general heard that he had just received the military order from his army. He solemnly said to the second general:
"Qu Kui ordered us to lead our troops back to Mou County immediately, and then attack Mou County directly in the early morning."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Nan was silent, and Wang Han was stunned. He no longer cared that he was a subordinate, and hurriedly advised:
"Li Tou, we are now at least forty miles away from Mou County. Sun Tzu said: If you travel fifty miles to fight for profit, you will defeat the general, and half of the method will be achieved; if you fight for thirty miles to fight for profit, two-thirds will be reached. This is still If we march during the day, one out of three soldiers will fall behind, but now we are marching at night, and I am worried that only one out of three will be able to reach Mou County. By then, the division will be exhausted, so how can we win?"
Li Damu waved his hand and said to Wang Han:
"I don't care how many can make it, those who can't can catch up slowly from behind. I demand that even if one soldier can make it, we must take this soldier to attack Mou County in the early morning."
Wang Han wanted to persuade him again, but Li Damu responded word for word:
"Military orders are like mountains."
Zhang Nan, who had been silent at this time, interrupted and asked Li Damu:
"Li Tou, what Ahan said makes sense. But I think Qu Kui knows this, and he still issued this order, so there must be a more correct reason. Therefore, I unconditionally obey Qu Kui's military order, and I firmly believe that Qu Kui will lead It leads us to the next victory. But I want to know if only our troops have received this order. To be honest, if there is no friendly support, we may not be able to defeat Mou County, even if some of the soldiers in Mou County have been defeated. We annihilated them in advance, but even the tribes of the big clans in the city are not something we can deal with.”
Zhang Nan's words not only answered Wang Han's doubts, but also asked about the key to this operation. Just what the entire mission is and whether they have friendly forces to perform the mission with them.
Li Damu thought for a moment and said something about the second general:
"The one who attacks Mou County at night is not just one of our troops, but the entire three units of You Xiaowei Army in our expedition this time, plus Qu Kui's own troops. They will all gather in the early morning to launch a thunderous attack on Mou County."
Zhang Nan understood and immediately stood up to answer. After receiving the military order, he went out of the tent. He wanted to gather an elite force to attack, and the rest would slowly follow behind. Zhang Nan took the order, and Wang Han naturally gritted his teeth and accepted the order. After coming out, he caught up with Zhang Nan and asked for advice:
"Nan, please stop playing riddles with your brother. What is going on?"
Zhang Nan smiled and asked Wang Han:
"It is Adan's right commander who is attacking Mou County, so what is General Guan's left commander doing?"
Wang Han was puzzled:
"What to do?"
But no one answered him. Zhang Nan had already rushed to the club to organize a night attack team.
On this night, some people are bound to feel incomprehensible, but it doesn't matter, a qualified army lies in executing military orders. From this point alone, the Taishan Army at this time is undoubtedly a real army.
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Yu Jinbu, who was stationed at the Jun's Ancestral Hall in Taishan Prefecture, also received a military order from the military headquarters at Haishi.
Their troops were not far from the headquarters, so they received military orders earlier than Li Damu and his troops.
Yu Jin immediately realized the difficulty. They marched for thirty miles during the day, and as soon as they rested, they had to turn back and march another forty miles before attacking the city. The difficulty here can be imagined.
More importantly, he didn't know how to say it to the brothers below?
Are you saying that our leader made us walk thirty miles in vain? These people will definitely make a noise. But tell them the truth? You say this is a military order, do you have to obey it even if you don’t? He was worried that if he said this, the brothers below would be resentful. Don't turn around and run halfway, otherwise everyone would be left behind.
What to do?
Yu Jin, who was feeling worried, couldn't help but look at the adopted son he had just adopted. He was sleeping on a desk.
The march during the day was arduous, but the boy didn't feel tired at all. He followed the pace of the army all the way. He is a good young man who is perseverant and can endure hardships.
Yu Jin didn't think much about accepting this adopted son. He just thought that the child was clever and he looked at him kindly, so he accepted him. According to the saying of their scholars, this child was his adopted son. But he is a bit taboo about the word "borer".
He knew this when he was in the collision team and patrolling the mountains with Qu Kui.
That time they happened to see a borer grabbing a borer on a mulberry tree and trying to take it home. Wei Datou, who was in the collision team with him at the time, read some books and said when he saw this scene:
"The borer has a son, and the borer bears it."
After seeing the strange looks in their eyes, he quickly explained:
"This is not what I said, the "Book of Songs" said it."
Then the people in the collision team looked at him even more strangely.
Wei Datou's name is Wei Lan, and he is now serving as a general under General Guo Liang. He did not follow him when he left the mountain this time. He is guarding Dazhai under the control of deputy commander Yang Mao.
At that time, Qu Kui also saw that Wei Datou was in embarrassment, so he changed the conversation with a smile and explained the true meaning of the cockroach negative.
Qu Kui said that the cockroach was actually trying to lay eggs inside the borer by grabbing the borer and returning it to its nest. When his children hatch from the eggs, they feed on the borers. What about the predecessors? Having only seen the front part, I thought that the borer had no children and had to bear the burden of the borer to raise it. So for a long time, the adopted son was also called a scorpion, but in fact this word is very vicious.
Yes, can you not be vicious? The purpose of adopting you as an adopted son is to nourish my own flesh and blood with your flesh and blood. But is this a small thing? As for Yu Jin’s observations, there are quite a few.
Taking himself as an example, he was adopted by Gongsun Ju. He was said to be a companion to his son Gongsun Qi, but in fact he was asked to risk his life to protect Gongsun Qi.
Thinking of the dead Gongsun Qi, Yu Jin thought blindly, wondering if he was being tortured now that he was at the Taishan Prefecture? But Gongsun Qi is not a bad person, so he should suffer less.
Mr. Taishan Mansion?
This word suddenly hit Yu Jin, and he immediately turned his head to look at the wooden statue of Lord Taishan, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.
How to encourage all the more than 400 brothers? He suddenly knew what to do.
(End of chapter)