Chapter 210: Heavy rain in the logistics camp

Old Man Bi and others said that the troops were launched three days later, but after only two and a half days of waiting, they arrived. They seemed to have chosen the most difficult road to go by Yizhou. General Guo Tu was waiting by the river and asked Zhang Zhong to go out.

Zhang Zhong was still studying with Fang Sima how to let the local people live a good life, so he was notified to receive the imperial edict. The person who proclaimed the edict was Old Man Yao, who had no airs and did not have to put on any incense tables. He sent the edict to Zhang Zhong and said:

"Yongcheng, this is the decree of the court. Let's see. When you go out to meet General Guo, you will come back and continue to work on local affairs. If you need to call Changping Store, you can go to Yizhou Prefecture to collect it. Remember to write it into a memorial and send it to the capital."

The meaning in the words is very clear, that is, Zhang Zhong, you are still your governor in Yizhou. Don’t worry about logistics matters, it is easy to get in trouble. Don’t you want to solve the lives of local people? If you don’t have anything to go to Yizhou, you can do it yourself if you take more and have less. Just tell me.

When Zhang Zhong heard Old Man Yao's words, he opened the imperial edict, and became more and more frightened when he saw it. Didn't he say that Yizhou was not easy to manage and transferred himself here? Why did he fight in a blink of an eye? Logistics? Grain officer? No preparation at all, where did the food come from?

Zhang Zhong's expression was seen by Old Man Yao and others, and he was very satisfied, which shows that the two masters of the Zhang family did not tell Zhang Zhong, and even Xiaobao and Juanjuan did not say that they did a good job of keeping the secret, so how can the father and son be like this, that's great.

How could they know that if Zhang Xiaobao doesn't tell his family, he doesn't want to worry about his family, let alone it's useless if he tells him or Wang Juan, why bother with him or Wang Juan?

After being excited for a while, Zhang Zhong rolled up the imperial edict, and calmed down, nodded and said, "Zhang Zhong accepted the imperial edict, so he went to see General Guo."

After saying that, Zhang Zhong turned around and went back to change his clothes. In fact, he just asked his son and daughter-in-law about what was going on? War is not a joke. If something happened, he couldn't afford to take it.

Zhang Zhong's reaction made the three old men more convinced that the two masters of the Zhang family were Zhang Zhong's backbone, otherwise how could they be so calm?

When Zhang Zhong found his son and daughter-in-law, the two of them had just written a plan, Wang Juan wrote about the escort grain, and Zhang Xiaobao wrote about the local governance.

"Xiaobao, do you know this imperial edict?" Zhang Zhong was very angry. As soon as he entered the door, he asked Zhang Xiaobao with a calm face when he saw two people.

"I know, Grandpa Bi doesn't let him say it, and it's useless to say it. If you can't think of it, can you not come? Dad, don't worry about this matter, you have arranged it. My child has a plan for economic development. Look, my child and Juanjuan can't be with his family for a while, and you have to follow him. Dad, just do as you do, don't be afraid of something happening."

The moment Zhang Xiaobao saw the imperial edict, he knew that the time for departure was coming, and he and Wang Juan had to follow him, otherwise the situation on the battlefield would be unpredictable and it would be easy to get into trouble. He handed over the plan in his hand to his father.

With a bang, Zhang Zhong angrily took the plan to the ground, pointed at Zhang Xiaobao and said, "You, you, you didn't even discuss such a big thing with us. Do you want me to be angry to death? You should spend some money on war? It's as easy as managing a place? You let me...you, hey~!"

As Zhang Zhong spoke, he suddenly sighed. He realized that his son and daughter-in-law said that the result was the same as whether it was said or not. The emperor asked you to come here to do things. Can't you come here? Even if the two families knew in advance, what could they do? In the end, it fell on their son and daughter-in-law.

As a result, the plan that his son picked up, Zhang Zhong frowned and asked, "My son, I'm just staying in Yizhou to command. Can't you go? You're eyeless."

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head, "Dad, how can I command if I don't go? There are only 15,000 troops sent this time, and fifteen strengthening battalions were divided into fifteen reinforcement battalions. Jiannan Road dispatched the fifth battalions, and the remaining ten battalions came from Shannan West Road. There were too few people and they must be an assault. If you win, everything is easy to say. If you lose, you have to take responsibility.

Not to mention that the king lets the ministers die and have to die, even as a member of the Tang Dynasty, they have to fight. The people who died in Wangjiang are still waiting. This is a matter of people's hearts and dignity. If someone bullies them, they will not fight back. Next time they will bully you.

What's more, Chiaer and Juanjuan are only responsible for logistics. They don't fight with others in front of them, and do not leave the country. They go to the border to find a safe place to hide. Who would target the two children?"

When Zhang Xiaobao said this, he was very grateful to this era. Not to mention martial artists, even literati have become a martial artist. Living in this era is much more comfortable, and there is no such thing as being bullied and not daring to fight back. If you kill me, I will slaughter you in the village, otherwise *** and *** will be able to be slaughtered?

Zhang Zhong was also excited by his son's words. He usually danced swords and practiced bows a lot. He also felt relieved when he thought that his son and daughter-in-law did not rush to the front.

"My son, since that's the case, then go. Remember, be careful, take the people from Team Zero with you, Dad will hurry up and train the other people from the Miao Protective Team. You can do whatever you want. Remember to take more inner courtyards, and Dad will wait for you to avenge the people of Wangjiang to return."

Zhang Zhong suppressed his reluctance and patted his son on the shoulder and said.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaobao suddenly felt inexplicable excitement, as if he had lost the time to rely on someone to find a way. He was not afraid, but was more full of confidence and expectations for the future.

Zhang Zhong changed his clothes and took his son and daughter-in-law to the river to see Guo Tu. The team was quite large. The fifty-six people from the Miao Guard Team, thirty people from the inner courtyard, and the two hundred guards borrowed from Li Xun, as well as other idle people, it took him more than an hour to see the general Guo Tu.

Zhang Zhong was nominally the person in charge of this matter, so he naturally spoke to Guo Tu, while Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan accompanied him.

Guo Tu looks in his forties, has a long beard and his cheeks are all the same as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's imagination of the Confucian general, and he speaks straightforwardly and has no respect for Zhang Zhong. It sounds like he is constantly questioning Zhang Zhong, asking him if he has prepared food and grass.

Zhang Zhong was not very angry with the other party and answered a few words briefly. Even if the meeting was over, Guo Tu hurried away with the team with a proud and arrogant attitude.

The team began to go back again, but Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan stayed, looked at the leaving team, greeted him, and followed behind.

"I just can't understand why people from Jiannan Road are not sent, so why don't people from Shannan Road come here? Don't look at each other, you may not be familiar with the climate."

Zhang Xiaobao muttered as he rode on the mule forward.

"If you have more money, just train troops. The border troops here will naturally be easy to dispatch, but it is not enough to practice the soldiers elsewhere. I guess Li Longji has an idea and is going to play with big things. To be honest, we have our responsibilities. Who told us to manage the local area so well, especially many people's livelihood technologies have been sent out.

If there were no such technology, Li Longji was still worried about the lives of the people. Now he was relaxed. Anyone in power would have the idea of ​​expansion when he knew that the economy could develop."

Wang Juan also rode a mule, holding an unripe apple in her hand and biting it. She was bitter and astringent and delicious. She would answer the questions for Zhang Xiaobao.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded, "Almost no matter what he thinks, we will live our lives. Thanks to my preparation in advance, there are indeed many horses, and the terrain is suitable for horse racing? I don't know what to think. It's probably 150 or 60 kilometers from here to Jinchuan City in Jinshui?

When they crossed Pengzhou, I saw how they got to the place within ten days. From the picture, there was a small hill there, which was the most difficult snow-capped mountain to climb at that time. Could it be enough to walk around the edge?"

"It's good to arrive at Jinchuan. There is a big river and the plains that rushed out, suitable for cavalry raids. If I were to let the infantry go lightly, and the cavalry behind me were responsible for checking armor. The infantry's mission is to see a village slaughter a village, and even if they don't kill people, they have to lock them up.

Once the cavalry team bypasses the mountains and catches up with the infantry in front, the cavalry will divide their troops, some will go north and then east across the weak river, harassing the reinforcements in the northwest direction that may appear, and some will go down, regardless of the surrounding villages, forcefully head straight to Danba City, and feint attack.

The infantry also divided some of them to follow the cavalry of the feint attacking Danba, creating momentum, one person raised a stove, changed the flags to the team flag, and drove the people to Jinchuan City. The other infantry divided into one battalion, formed a force in the north and south, widened the line of troops, and the main infantry moved slightly northward to the bank of Ruoshui River, organized troops to repair camps, chopped firewood, and made boats day and night, diagonally facing Jinchuan City.

Cavalrymen were inserted forward and walked around the city, blocking the enemy coming from the west to support them, leading the people into the city, siege but not attacking, and consuming Jinchuan food and grass. Waiting for the enemy to dispatch troops from all directions to encircle and suppress the light cavalry in the northwest, pointing to Jinchuan, and retreating to Jinchuan. The western cavalry took a detour to cross the river with them.

The cavalry and infantrymen crossed the river and fled westward, trying to lead the Danba to send troops to form an encirclement with the soldiers of Jinchuan City and the enemy from the source.

At that time, the first battalion of expelled people quickly assembled back to the border, and merged into a cavalry unit and the camping troops to go down along the weak water by boat, attack Danba, and retreat from Chengdu after the attack. The restraining troops placed in the west of Danba will either successfully join the attacking Danba troops, or it will be..."

Wang Juan could not go to the front line to command, so she could only get enough of talking on paper. As she spoke, she stopped talking later, which meant that the other team gave up.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't know about such military affairs. He listened to Wang Juan's words and sighed and said, "It's really a matter of not being able to be named a marquis. One general succeeded and thousands of bones were undone. I don't know about war. But if you say that, it's better to give the cavalry who had previously feinted Danba to two or three.

When the infantry gathered specifically to attract people, they distributed the horses to the infantry. After attracting them there, the people who fought Danba left a small number of boats and rowed south to wait, allowing those with horses to use their speed to circle the south across the river, and perhaps a few more could come back."

"I won't talk about this anymore. It's not that I am leading the troops. The battlefield changes rapidly and no one can grasp it as well. Especially when I don't know the information of the enemy generals, if Danba has a chance to move and hides in the city, all the layout will be complete.

Or the generals of Jinchuan are a foolish person. When they see the enemy coming to attack, they lead troops out to cross the river and attack the infantry camp that builds ships when they are not sure how much troops are, which will also disrupt the plan."

After Wang Juan finished his combat plan, he felt relieved. He swayed on the mule and walked slowly with the team. This path could not be done even if he wanted to go fast.

The next day, at noon, the weather became gloomy. Local people who were familiar with the weather knew that it was going to rain. If it didn't take a blow, it would probably stop at night, which would make the humid and hot weather cool for a few days.

Guo Tu, who was riding on the horse, looked up at the sky, but his face became gloomy. If there was a rain, let alone ten days to arrive in Jinchuan, even Pengzhou would not have to expect that he would have to travel hard on Jiannan Road. Every time he delayed one more day, it would be easy for Tubo to discover one day in advance.

"A general, it is better to let the infantry go first, go to the local area to watch over the local villages, and then burn the fields to let Tubo be in chaos for a while."

The army joined the army and followed the sorrow, rode a horse to the side and suggested.

Guo Tu's head shook slightly, "No, the infantry went over, if the cavalry helped to ship things, the speed would be even slower. Perhaps by the time of Jinchuan, Tubo had already arranged his troops and waited for us to attack, and then the cavalry's advantage would be used.

What's more, this time it was said to be a sneak attack, but the general did not intend to really attack. There were 15,000 people. Even if they couldn't fight a Jinchuan, Tubo would not dare to make big moves. Then collect the grain of the occupied area. Let's see how Tubo responded? Is the sword of our sergeant unfavorable?

What I am worried about is whether the food and grass can keep up. If the army is everywhere and the food and grass are not delivered within five days, I will definitely not spare Zhang Zhong. I will order the entire army to speed up and catch up with a longer distance before it rains. It is best to get out of the rainy place."

"Sir." Joining the army also knew that it would be easy for Tubo to discover in advance if he gave way to infantry. If he really listened to his own words, he would not be able to bear it, so he had to obey his orders.

"Xiaobao, it's going to rain. It's really a bad start. I hope our arrangement can work. I wondered, how did you know it can rain?"

Wang Juan, who also saw the weather changing, stopped sitting on his mule, ran to Zhang Xiaobao's mule and sat in front of Zhang Xiaobao. In this way, when it rained, there was no need to worry about being wet in front and behind. If it was raining, the two of them could rely on each other for warmth.

Zhang Xiaobao hugged Wang Juan, took a few breaths, and after feeling a little comfortable, he said, "I didn't know it was raining today. I just knew that it was raining here often. There were many mountains here, and hot air flowed over. When it encountered the cold air flow at the elevation of the mountain, coupled with the effect of the mountain, it was easy to form rainfall.

It's good to rain. Let Guo Tu see what logistics is. This time we paid a lot of money. I guess Li Longji may not be able to return it to us. Maybe he just gave a policy. I think now, what policy is needed at that time? The policy is better than giving money directly."

"I guess that's the same. The court can't afford so much money at all. What policy should I need? A tax reduction and exemption? Not good. Pay the tax as soon as it should be. If it is not paid, it is also less money. It is best for the tea and horse trade. I remember a man in the yard where my family used to live, who was three years older than me. He made a lot of money by relying on the approval letter for the customs trade from his father.

He took the approval note and others asked him to do business together, and earned 50% of the money. At that time, others advised me to take the first bag or second bag of road construction at home, but I don’t like to make money, so why do we also need a road construction policy?”

Wang Juan is the person who understands the benefits of policies the most. With policies, there are a lot of money.

How could Zhang Xiaobao agree to such a policy? He said: "If it doesn't work, it's absolutely not possible. I don't want it even if I give it to me for free. If we can't get the money for road construction, we have to pay for whom? There is no toll fee to be charged. It's best to give a border deal, and it's okay to have anything in the sea and on land."

The rain finally fell from the sky. Guo Tu's team failed to get out of this rainfall area. Not to mention that people and horses were walking on bad roads, even if the sports car was driving on the highway, they would not want to escape because the precipitation range was too large.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are wearing straw raincoats, and those who should be wearing umbrellas, and even the mule is covered with a layer of oil cloth, and continue to move forward in the wind and rain, with a speed even faster than the army ahead.

Of course, the team led by the two men must have a much higher combat capability than the front army. Don’t be able to see three hundred people, there is no problem in disposing of 1,800 troops in front.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, find a place to shelter from the rain." Guo Tu's beard was wet with the rain, and the armor was also penetrated. He wiped his face with his hand and shouted.

He didn't need to say much, and he tried hard to get on the road, hoping to find a comfortable place to rest, and at least he had to tie up the tent. Now, in such a narrow place, even a tent cannot be tied up. There are mountains and waters next to it.

Half an hour later, the road soaked in rain became even harder to walk.

Just when Guo Tu didn't know where he was angry, a flat place finally appeared in front of him. A shed had already been set up. A fire broke out in the shed. When the wind blew, the fragrance of the food could still be smelled.

Guo Tu picked up the telescope and watched, and said to Xiao Ling next to him: "Go to see what's going on?"

Xiao Ling responded and hurriedly ran forward. Before he could get to the place, someone came out there, standing in the middle of the road, holding a telescope to look here.

"Ah? Qianliyan? What is the one in front of you? Why are there Qianliyan? Who leaked it?" Guo Tu met the people in front of you through the rain curtain. He was not feeling uncomfortable, but angry. Can anyone have Qianliyan? There are marks in the army, and everyone has it in the booklet.

If anyone can have one, can other countries not have it? This thing is a deadly treasure.

Perhaps the person standing in the middle of the road also considered his identity, took out a flag from his arms, put away the telescope, and pulled the flag apart with both hands so that the people in the team could see it.

The person in front of the team had stopped at this time and looked at the person with vigilance.

Guo Tu tried hard to look at the man's flag, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Who knows what kind of flag it is? The painted one is neither human nor ghost, and it looks like a rice seedling in a blur?"

When the army officer heard this, he remembered something and approached him and said, "General, are you sure it is a rice seedling? Are they a very fun rice seedling with big eyes and thin arms?"

"Yeah!" Guo Tu nodded and responded.

He was relieved to join the army and said, "General, that is the banner of the Zhang family, the special banner of the family of governor Zhang Zhong and Zhang who was responsible for this logistics, it is the village of the water and clouds."

"Oh~! So that's it, but what are his people doing here?" Guo Tu knew who it was when he heard Shui Yunjian, and his doubts became even more intense.

Xiao Ling, who had just arrived at the closest place to the person in front of him, ran back happily after some communication.

"General, general, good things, great things. This is the rest place prepared by the people of Yizhou Logistics Camp in front. They set up a rain shed and cooked meat porridge, asking me to wait for the rest. He said there was still medicine, and he was afraid of getting sick."

Xiao Ling reported to Guo Tu excitedly.

Guo Tu was stunned immediately. The army next to him called out twice before recovering, and said in disbelief: "What? Logistics Battalion? Why did they run to the front and build a shed. Let's go and take a look with me."

It was not only Guo Tu who was surprised, but other generals and soldiers were incredible about what they saw. For the first time, I heard that the person responsible for escorting food and grass still cared about this kind of thing.

When the army in front of the army entered the shed to shelter from the rain, Guo Tu also found the person in charge here.

"Please please, General Guo, there are tea and snacks here. General Guo has worked hard all the way." The person in charge here said respectfully to Guo Tu.

No matter how hard Guo Tu heard, he felt that he was cursing. If he had worked hard, what were the people here? When did the battalion responsible for logistics reach this level? Yes, it is usually said that before the troops move, food and grass will come first. It can be said that I have never seen it before. Today I have gained some knowledge.

The person in charge of the logistics ran to the front of the army and prepared the shed and porridge. If the person in the logistics industry had such skills, who would be the main force?

Thinking of this, Guo Tu had to ask. If he didn't ask, he always felt that he had many things in his heart. At this time, he regretted his attitude towards Zhang Zhong when he was in Yizhou. He thought that Zhang Zhong could be a civil servant, but now he understood. If he looked at the shed, he would be clear. He could attack and defend. He actually built it in the form of marching and formation.

This is because he has not sent out a scout in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The fact that he can set up such a formation means that he has been used to it for a long time and has not done it deliberately. Could it be that the Zhang family is still from a military family for generations?

"How did you come here?" Guo Tu asked.

"If you go back to the general, come here in advance. The master ordered that it will rain in early autumn. In order not to delay the army's itinerary, it will be arranged in advance. It will come out when it rains, and it will be hidden when there is no rain. It will ensure that our army is unobstructed and will live up to the name of the logistics camp. It is built in a hurry, and it will be simple. Please forgive me if you want to give me some advice."
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