For more than a thousand miles, even if you take the official road, there will be official posts as resting places along the way, but for an army pursuing speed, such a march is a burden to everyone walking on the official road. A battle of will and difficulty.
On the ninth day of November in the eleventh year of Longsheng, the soldiers of Daqian Prefecture once again entered the gate of the ancient city of Anbei Prefecture after two years.
This city has not been abandoned, but it is similar. Compared with the smaller Shouzhuo City, Anbei City is too big. This is a city built entirely for war. The new people will fill the former Anbei Protectorate. A small courtyard for border guards.
Su Ce urged the horse to rest for a day, and then Su Ce let the horse run happily for the last seventy miles. Su Ce's hundred people and the prince Zhao Zaicheng also successfully ran to the front in the afternoon and became the first batch of troops to enter the city.
Su Ce did not have a deep memory of this city because he originally served in the army at the Anbei Protectorate for just over a year.
Most of the memories are filled with the daily life of Fengsui Castle.
"Squeak..." The camp door made of hardwood has not been oiled for a long time, and the dry friction sound is a bit harsh.
The barracks were covered with dust, but the Tiance army who had traveled thousands of miles no longer cared about this. Having a house that could protect them from wind and rain was already a luxury.
The Yamen of the Duhufu Mansion in the city is quite clean, and the official residence, which has been dormant for a year, is a little more popular than before.
Hundreds of Brigade Benjun washed their faces and took the time to contact the Brigade Benjun who came later. Then, with the government office as the center, the Brigade Benjun walked through Anbei City with wooden boards with written words on them, in order to guide the troops. Collection trimming.
From time to time in the government office, the soldiers running wildly back and forth would bump into each other. They were all young men, and the people they bumped into would often be knocked off their feet.
Time was not enough. The soldiers of the left and right Leopard Tao Guards and the left and right Ying Yang Guards could rest, but they could not. Su Ce stood at the door of the Langya Hall, holding his knife, and shouted loudly to let the Lu Ben Army in the front yard Keep counting the incoming troops.
Behind Su Ce, more than a dozen military meritorious officers were lying on the desk writing furiously. Brigade soldiers kept coming to report on the situation in the city.
This place once belonged to the border area, and Su Ce did not dare to be careless about the safety of the prince Zhao Zaicheng.
"You two died, and the crown prince didn't lose even a hair on his head!" This is what Su Ce said to Jiang Lan and Xiang Mao, who arrived half an hour behind him.
The two distinguished young men, who had just turned sixteen, no longer had the bright clothes and angry horses in Chang'an City, and the exquisite patterns on the two sets of Mingguang armor could no longer be seen. Su Ce gave them half an hour to clean the armor.
At the same time, the prince was asked to put on the ordinary armor of the Luben Army. Jiuhu also had strong bows and heavy arrows. In the last battle of the Northern Expedition, eight captains in the army were sneak attacked by Jiuhu's eagle shooters in the chaos. Three of them were sneak attacked. Shoot.
Jiuhu eagle shooters are very cunning, with strong bows and heavy arrows. When the cavalry rushes into battle, they like to shoot the lieutenant general's war horse. The general's war horse must be flexible and convenient. It only wears double-layered leather armor like the light cavalry, and is not as military as the general's war horse. The iron armor of the armored cavalry or the iron-lined leather armor of the heavy cavalry.
It can only deal with the scimitar in hand-to-hand combat, but it is ineffective against spears and the three-stone bow that can be shot into iron armor by the Jiuhu Eagle Shooter.
Although the prince is protected by three thousand brigades of soldiers, there are too many unexpected situations in the battle formation, not to mention whether the bed crossbows on the three fortresses in Langyan Mountain have been destroyed. No one can guarantee.
So Su Ce needed two targets to attract attention around the prince.
"You two are taller and thinner. Find two sets of leather breastplates and add them to your armor." Su Ce ordered again worriedly.
Less than half an hour after the sun set, Su Ce saw the captain of the Youbao Tao Guard who had taken him in. Anyone who had not come at this time could no longer come!
Almost all of the Leopard Tao Guards and Eagle Yang Guards who had arrived before were sorted into their barracks and fell asleep.
However, the Tiance army with leopard guards on the left and the eagle guards on the left and right can use sleep to relieve fatigue, and the brigade and Ben army who have been busy for more than two hours can also take a nap, but the sentinels and generals above Zhonglang general cannot sleep.
, Su Ce was dressed in dull black clothes and black armor, and was very inconspicuous among the elite generals in the army.
The generals who were discussing the march route in the Wolf Fang Hall turned all their eyes to him.
From Shen time to Xu time in the afternoon, for two and a half hours, Su Ce spent half an hour to gather 1,500 brigades of Ben troops, leaving 500 brigades of Ben troops to protect the prince. The remaining thousand people were scattered throughout the city, carrying
Wooden boards stand on the roadside.
According to the order of the heavenly stems, earthly branches and numbers, guide the armies into the city, and at the same time ask the Brigade and Ben troops to ask about the number, armament, and casualties of each regiment, and write them down on the slips of paper.
Everyone in the Langya Hall was waiting for the numbers from Su Ce's mouth. Under the eyes of everyone, Su Ce only had half a cup of tea to calculate the march. The left and right leopard guards, the left and right eagle guards, and the Tiance army.
(Lübenjun), the situation of the officials of Tiance Prefecture accompanying the army.
The troops were sent out from Beiyuan, with Leopard Guards on the left and Tao Guards on the left and Eagle Yang Guards on the left and right. Each army had 20,980 men, totaling 83,920 men in the Fourth Army, plus 3,108 Tiance.
There were 736 pro-army and military officials accompanying General Tiance, and 401 military supervisors from Tiance, for a total of 88,165 people.
After dark, after counting the number of people, Su Ce looked up at Zhao Zaicheng.
Zhao Zaicheng stood up. The wound on his inner thigh made Zhao Zaicheng frown, and said in a serious tone: "Tell me, let me hear how many great men have been lost along the way."
"Here!"
Su Ce held up the paper in his hand, but it was like a huge boulder. Others here only knew the approximate number, and only he knew the exact number. Is this a number?
Every number is a man who does not know how to live or die.
"Zuo Bao Tao Wei arrived at 20,933 people."
"The Right Leopard Tao Guard has arrived at 20,137 people."
"Zuo Ying Yang Wei arrived at 20,354 people."
"You Ying Yang Wei has arrived at 19,848 people."
"Tiance's personal guards have arrived at 3,016 people."
"Six hundred and eighty-seven officers and officers have arrived at Admiral Tiance's residence."
"There are three hundred and seventy people from the Tiance Supervisory Army Division. Zhao Tan, the Duke of Yueyang County, fell from his horse and his life or death is unknown."
Zhao Zaicheng's body swayed. The Duke of Yueyang County was from the lineage of Taizu and King Jin. According to his seniority, Zhao Zaicheng should call him Taigong.
In Zhao Zaicheng's memory, when he was studying as a child, he was attracted by the chirping of birds outside the palace. He lost his mind and was slapped on the palm by the teacher's ruler. The grandfather who lived in Chang'an City and his uncles blocked the outside of the palace and asked the teacher to
The academics promised not to hit the palm of the emperor's grandson in the future. He would feel bad if he did so!
However, spanking is allowed, because the grandpa heard somewhere that spanked children are smart.
It's just that since the Anbei Protectorate suffered a disastrous defeat twelve years ago, and his uncle Zhao Jingcheng, as the deputy protector, was beheaded by the emperor's grandfather, Zhao Zaicheng has not seen this grandpa again.
Just like yesterday, Zhao Zaicheng knew that he could order to send troops to find out if his grandfather was still alive, but Zhao Zaicheng knew that every soldier who came thousands of miles away was precious, and there was no room for wasting any manpower.
Zhao Zaicheng stopped his trembling body and motioned for Su Ce to continue.
"The entire army suffered a total of 3,654 casualties. Among them, from the Yueyang County Duke, the left general Wang Zhengwu of the left leopard Tao guard, the right leopard Tao guard Zhonglang general Liu Fan, to the brigade commander in the army, a total of two Thirteen people.”
After Su Ce finished talking about the numbers on the paper, all the generals in the Spike Hall fell silent. More than 3,600 people were lost, of whom only less than 2,000 survived. Even those who arrived, nearly five were taken back in the end. Qianqi also basically lost his fighting power.
Zhao Zaicheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Countless reports of the Daqian battle that he had seen under the supervision of his secretary flashed through his mind. In the history of the war in Daqian for hundreds of years since the founding of the country, there has never been a precedent of losing 10% of the army before starting a battle.
Zhao Zaicheng knew that he needed to take charge of the overall situation at this time and had supervised the country for nearly four years. Now this result could not scare the crown prince of Daqian. Zhao Zaicheng exhaled the turbid breath held in his chest and said without any emotion: "Determine a plan!"
Only then did the generals wake up. Gongxiangcheng of Anding County took over the right to speak from Langya Hall and began to discuss with the generals to plan the march route and combat strategy.
In a tough battle, the enemy troops came well prepared, and Da Gan responded in a hurry. More than 3,000 Tiance troops who did not know whether they were alive or dead were the price Da Gan paid for his lack of preparation.
Zhao Zaicheng watched in silence and listened to the fierce quarrel among the generals in the Spike Hall. Everyone's throat was hoarse.
Su Ce watched Zhao Zaicheng trying to stabilize his body with his hands on his hips. The marching cavalry was so tired that he fell asleep. Zhao Zaicheng was now relying on his breath to hold on.
Su Ce is in charge of Tiance's personal army. It is not his turn to fight. His duty is to protect the prince Zhao Zaicheng.
"Commander!" Su Ce held a chair and called softly next to Zhao Zaicheng.
Zhao Zaicheng was stunned for a moment and nodded: "I'm interested!"
Su Ce forced out a smile as a response, then walked to the map in the hall and looked at the constantly improving marching route on the map. As the leader of the personal bodyguard, he must keep the marching route of the army in mind.
The generals beside the map were holding their breath for victory, but he, the prince's guard leader, could only think about how to retreat after defeat, so the generals in this circle did not care about Su Ce.
In fact, not caring is the greatest respect for these generals who are stimulated by the lost figures.
After all, no one wants to be surrounded by someone who is thinking about how to fail when they are seeking victory.
Of course, the battle has not been won yet. If they lose in advance, these generals all know that the brave generals from Shence Shenwu have lost their glory, and they need to use victory to wash away the stains on their bodies; the royal children from Long Xiang's new army have to use a battle A big victory will take off the hat of a big moth on one's head; the general who leads the army needs a victory to pull the general out of the trough.
Zhao Zaicheng does not need to pretend to be knowledgeable. Although he can understand the words of the generals around the map, as a coach, what he needs to do is not to make suggestions, but to weigh the pros and cons.
Thinking of the battle report received from Dingbeicheng in the afternoon, although there was no fighting, Zhao Zaicheng knew that if there was fighting in the battle report, it would be a huge defeat.
Five hundred miles north of Wuding, his younger brother Zhao Zaixiao sent the last 20,000 garrison troops of the Dingbei Army to the north and died generously.
He led more than 10,000 wounded soldiers to wait for the enemy to attack Dingbeicheng. The battle report sent back did not say that he would live or die with Dingbeicheng. Zhao Zaixiao only sent a message to his brother who was a compatriot: "Brother Emperor, Colonel
If something unexpected happens, help my brother raise the big pig and don't let him be bullied."
Zhao Zaicheng was silent for a while after reading. He didn't do anything to express brotherly respect. He only asked someone to say something to his younger brother who had been following him since childhood: "I know."
He is said to be a loner and unruly in his private affairs!
The emperor is ruthless, just because of the world!