Wang Ju, Shi Hu and others led their troops to the bank of Lushui to pick up the remnants of the Khitan to the south. The arrangements were relatively hasty at that time, but the two-year system (Chushan) seemed to have grown much stronger, but the situation they faced was even more complicated and dangerous. There were too many things to do, and it was inevitable that they would miss it and it was difficult to do it thoroughly.

However, after the armed merchant group set out, the Department of Construction also wanted to study the problems of the barbarians in the northwest and southwest more systematically.

The preliminary work was mainly about collecting historical materials, so it did not squeeze out the limited manpower of the Military Information Department, but instead focused on the chief clerk.

Of course, Han Gui and Shi Zhen usually have heavy business and cannot take into account too much. At this time, when he heard Xu Huai say that the Qing Qiang people in Li and Ya prefectures had records of contact with foreign countries such as the East Girl Kingdom and the White Wolf Kingdom, Han Gui called the two clerks who were with the main Boyuan to the tent and asked if they had any contact with relevant historical materials.

In this question, one person has actually seen a Shu diary that mentioned that Lizhou, Naiqing Qiang tribe, was located in the Ruoshui River, had a place where the Dazhai was located in the Qing Qiang tribe, and had a big village named Jiuxiang City. It went north to cross Yak Ridge, and there was also a place called Dajianlu. It was said that it was the place where Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu in the late Han Dynasty, casted weapons and arrows.

It’s a pity that since the founding of the Great Yue Dynasty, the Qiang and Fan tribes in the border areas have been mainly recruited and pacified, and the actual exchanges are extremely limited, let alone the appointed officials in the Fan area who surrendered.

Therefore, Jiuxiang City, Dajianlu and other places were not officially included in the territory of Dayue.

However, the White Wolf Kingdom during the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Dongnv Kingdom that was destroyed by Tubo in the early years of the previous dynasty were both good at smelting and forging, and the places where it smelting and casting were consistent with the rumored arrow furnace.

At present, the chief clerk has collected some trivial historical materials, which can not only roughly infer that the Jiaqu River in the east of Duogansi is likely to be the same river as Ruoshui that passes through Qionglai Mountain and enters Shu. It also finds that the long swords used by the Qing Qiang people in Lizhou are similar in shape to the Fan swords passed down from the previous dynasties, but are very different from the swords and weapons produced in Shu in the current era.

In addition, the Qingqiang of Lizhou is not good at smelting and forging, and their clan also claimed that these knives were all good blades purchased from the foreigners.

"Qiucheng also wanted to collect more local chronicles for verification, but he didn't want you to know the matter..." The book office named Su Qiucheng was just three or four months old and had just been selected as an official in the recording department. He had heard that Xu Huaibo had a strong sense of knowledge and omniscient ability. This was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes and praised him.

Xu Huai has memories of later generations, and his judgment of the situation and analysis of various strategic possibilities are certainly beyond the reach of others.

Faced with Su Qiucheng's praise, he just smiled slightly and asked:

"Are you willing to lead a team of men to Lizhou and Yazhou in the name of Zhufengtang caravans, and explore the passage through Qionglai Mountain and into the Tubo Highlands?"

In addition to sending messengers to the foot of Shenyu Mountain, Xiao Linshi and Xiao Yanhan sent people to the western foot of Qionglai Mountain to explore the passage. Shi Zhen and Han Gui also suggested that the General Office send people to Lizhou, and at the same time, they searched for a road from the southeast foot of Qionglai Mountain, and took a two-pronged approach to find a new road as quickly as possible.

This will also make it clear as soon as possible where the Khitan remains will go.

The chief clerk is in charge of Han Gui, who specializes in handling various confidential letters, letters, orders, etc. The clerks and other official positions have been strictly selected and reviewed, and their abilities will not be weak.

However, it is definitely a chore in the Qionglai Mountains, which are dangerous and have a strong miasma and strong folk customs.

Otherwise, migration in this world would not be a severe punishment.

Su Qiu was willing to go on this trip, and Xu Huai had to ask for his own opinions.

"Even though Qiu Cheng is not able to tie a chicken, he is talented and virtuous. He can only do his best to live up to the expectations of the envoys." Su Qiu Cheng agreed to take on this position without hesitation.

Xu Huai asked Han Gui to arrange this matter in detail.

When Wang Ju came back this time, he naturally continued to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the selection of the front army; Xiao Chunyu and Xiao Xuan, Wu Sanrong and other generals who led their troops to Jingxiang will also officially join Jingxiang as generals. Xiao Chunyu arrived in Jingxiang first, and Xu Huai arranged for him to serve under Wang Ju's command and first became familiar with the various situations in Jingxiang.

This time, the more than 200 Wuwei who escorted Wang Ju back to Bianyang first, in addition to a small number of Khitan warriors, were mainly trainees from the Samurai Zhaishe.

This group of trainee military officials, led by Sun Yanguan, was mainly selected from the Dongjing Alliance Army, who was surrendered to the affiliation. After the autumn of the previous year, he followed the caravan westward to Qinshui in the name of his internship. Then, with the Khitan troops advanced to the south from Taoyuan, a total of more than 40 people fell on the wasteland forever.

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This time, including Xu Guanshan, was a time when the generals and officials in Jingxiang suffered extremely heavy losses.

Whether they died of illness or death in battle, all the military officials who fell on the way west were promoted to the level of pension, and other military officials who returned to Bianyang were all promoted to the selection of the Front Army.

Sun Yanguan also became the second general to serve as a senior general of Du Yuhou, besides Jiang Ang.

As the most elite cavalry unit in Jingxiang, the Selected Front Army not only has to bear the most difficult task of charging and storming on the battlefield, but also undertakes various special combat tasks such as escort, reconnaissance, and raids. In addition to the need to supplement a large number of elite military officials and strengthen the soldiers, they also bear the responsibilities of transporting military officials to various battles, garrison soldiers and even garrison soldiers.

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Of course, the Department of Systems also mainly selects the front-selecting army, and has drawn nearly two thousand elite troops to strengthen the leadership and command of this group of troops.

Otherwise, the combat effectiveness of these troops is not worth looking forward to, and it may become a weak point that the enemy can take advantage of.

This is also the key to Wang Ju's eagerness to lead his troops back to Jingxiang.

Before Jingxiang, there were only 50,000 or 60,000 elite troops, and they expanded their troops on a large scale. They also wanted to ensure that the battle between the troops and the troops in the camps was above a certain level, which had a great demand for grassroots military officials.

When drawing a large number of elite troops from the vanguard selection army to make up for the shortcomings of the newly formed troops, the focus of the next stage of the vanguard selection army is to try every means to make up for the gap in the vanguard selection army. Whether the three thousand elite troops led by Shi Hu, Xiao Xuan and Wu Sanrong can return to Jingxiang in time will not be underestimated.

When Sun Yanguan and others were in the Dongjing Alliance, they were known for their bravery. Even after experiencing the short-term practice of the Warrior Jaisi, they were far from being a qualified general in command of the army by the Jingxiang standards.

However, this past two years, the long journey of more than 10,000 miles has not only truly opened their horizons, but also completely tempered their will.

At this time, if they still have some distance between them and qualified commanders, it is purely some defects and shortcomings in technical details.

Sun Yanguan, Xiao Chunyu and others had arranged the place to go, and Xu Huai looked at Xu Yan and asked:

"Where do you want to go when you come back this time?"

"Let him stay in Guangcheng and be controlled by Wang Xian," Xu Wuqi did not let Xu Yan pick and pick him up, and decided to do it for him, "Starting from the commander, it should make him calm down and lead the battalion of troops!"

In the late period of the Dongjing coalition, Xu Huai sent Xu Dan and Su Sun to train two thousand strong and sharp-sharp knights and archery from each of the envoys.

The armed merchant regiment was formed to go to Lushui to connect the remnants of the Khitan to the south. At that time, in addition to some of the Wuwei and the Wei in Zhufengtang and the selection of 1,000 elite troops from the Selected Army, Su Sun's troops were also eliminated, and 1,500 horse and infantry were selected to be incorporated into the Armed Merchant Regiment.

There was nothing Xu Yan at first.

Xu Yan expected that there would be no war in Jingxiang, so he volunteered and pestered him. Finally, Xu Huai agreed to join the armed merchant group with dozens of elite soldiers. Xu Yan led the team to train for nearly a year, so he naturally placed it under other generals.

Xu Wuji was annoyed that he could not calm down and lead the troops, so he wanted to keep him in Guangcheng and obey Wang Xian's control this time.

"Then you stay in Guangcheng!" Xu Huai laughed, and without giving Xu Yan a chance to argue, he kicked him to Wang Xianshi's restraint.

"I won't want me to lead the new guard again, right?" Xu Yan cried.

In the three prefectures of Ru, Cai, Shen and Xichuan war zones, in addition to a small number of elite troops in the selection of vanguards, the main forces are divided into two levels: war soldiers and guardians. If necessary, in addition to drawing state soldiers from the hinterland to the battlefield, nearby stationed troops and baggage soldiers can also be further organized into the camp, but these are included in the guardian (preparatory) soldiers sequence.

Compared with the combat soldiers sequence, the combat effectiveness of guard (preparation) soldiers is naturally much worse.

The Department of Control has already formulated a strategy that focuses on defense. Although this does not mean that they are purely defending the city and not counterattacking the enemy, overall, even if the garrison sequence has the opportunity to leave the city gate, it is basically on the rear wing of the main combat soldiers, and undertakes secondary combat tasks such as escort and cover.

Xu Yan had been leading the new recruits for a year, and at this time he was afraid of being forced to start a new job. Especially in many of Ru Cai's garrison recruits, he was not even fully equipped with troops. He was likely to not get the opportunity to charge and kill the enemy within one or two years.

"Yuan Lei has a battalion of men. When he was crossing the river to fight, the commander and the generals of the first city were severely injured. Even if he was well-behaved, he might have to withdraw from the camp and go to the township to serve. Has the battalion been rested yet?" Xu Wuli asked Wang Xian.

"The commander originally had a candidate, but Xu Yan wanted to command the troops of this battalion. The originally selected commander can make arrangements separately." Wang Xian said.

"Okay, I want this camp's troops," Xu Yan was afraid that the cooked duck would fly away in a blink of an eye, so he hurriedly decided on the matter. "Wei Tong and the others, I have to bring them into the new camp..."

"Wei Tong was the general before, and he has made great contributions. This time he is qualified to lead a battalion of troops independently. How can he help you lead troops?" Xu Wuqi glared at Xu Yan and said, "You don't want to take advantage of everything!"

"You should not be too harsh on Xu Yan," Xu Huai smiled and asked Xu Wuli not to be too harsh. He said to Xu Yan, "Wei Tong, Zhou Yi'ang and other generals will give you all. Except for not having enough war horses, armor and equipment will be fully equipped with you according to the standards of the selection army!"

Xu Yan was warlike and just letting him lead a battalion of ordinary warriors to charge into battle, not only could he not show his brave fighting characteristics, but it would even bring unnecessary dangers.
Chapter completed!