Three days later, General Lan Yu, who was also under Xu Da, led his troops to Jeju City. Pang Heihu and Sun Zhenzhou, who came to relieve the defense, made a handover of the city. Pang Heihu, as the vanguard of Tang He's men, was the leader of the entire left route army.
It was indispensable. After just one month of repairs, he left Jeju and rushed to Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province.
Dakui is riding on the horse, and Pang Heihu is walking alongside him.
"Brother Dakui, are your injuries better?" Pang Heihu said with concern. With his character, it is extremely rare that he can care about someone so much.
"It doesn't matter, my chest has not been tight for the past few days." Dakui replied with a smile.
"Brother Tang would be so happy if he knew you were coming. Hahaha, if you are willing, I can give you the position of pioneer, and I will be the deputy!" Pang Heihu said this,
It actually shocked Dakui.
"Brother Pang Pang, why did you say this? The vanguard of the left army was given by the imperial court, how can you accept it at will?" Dakui paused and said: "Besides, my younger brother is not very talented and has little knowledge, how can he take on such a big responsibility?"
"Bullshit, I..." Pang Heihu swore, and his old face suddenly turned red: "Brother, don't blame me, I'm just used to being vulgar, I didn't mean to say anything to you." Dakui smiled and said nothing.
Pang Heihu continued in a rough voice: "This marching and fighting is not about knowledge. Whoever can fight should be the vanguard, don't you think? The court doesn't know who is not afraid of death, this..." Pang Heihu thought for a long time and then
He said, "What is the name of what Brother Tang said?" Dakui just looked at him and smiled. After a while, Pang Heihu said, "Oh, I'm telling you that the general will not accept your fate."
Dakui smiled and shook his head and said: "It's hard to disobey the king's orders because of your fate." In a moment, Dakui asked again: "Didn't we agree to wait for the vanguard army to recruit brave soldiers and wait until the organization is complete before setting off? Why is it like this now?
Eager to leave?"
Hearing this, Pang Heihu couldn't help but cursed: "F*ck, this old boy Zhang Liangbi pretended to surrender. Now he is occupying Qingyang and confronts our army based on the strong defense of the city. That boy from Timur who expanded the outline came from afar to relieve the siege.
Marshal Xu was furious and said that he would capture Qingyang within three months and capture Zhang Liangbi alive."
"Zhang Liangbi has found out again?" Dakui was surprised when he heard this.
"Isn't it? At the beginning, Brother Xue...oh, it was Xue Xian. The marshal asked Brother Xue to take over Qingyang. Before leaving, he warned Brother Xue to be on guard against fraud. After Brother Xue went there, he did not enter the city, but stationed troops outside the city.
It was fine during the day, and Zhang Liangchen was just like a good grandson. Who would have thought that at night, Zhang Liangchen led his troops to sneak attack Brother Xue. Fortunately, Brother Xue was careful and placed many hidden sentries between the camp and the city, so that he could be protected.
So thorough." Pang Heihu said, extremely angry.
Dakui sounded a little confused and couldn't help asking: "Who is Zhang Liangchen?"
Pang Heihu said angrily: "Zhang Liangchen is Zhang Liangbi's younger brother. He is very skilled in martial arts and good at tricks. The marshal is very troubled by him. Now the marshal personally leads the troops to besiege Qingyang. Brother Tang asked me to rush back to Taiyuan to meet him.
, and send troops to Qingyang together."
Dakui nodded and said: "In this case, we must hurry up."
Pang Heihu not only asked with concern: "Brother Dakui, can your body and bones bear it?"
"Hahahaha." Dakui laughed before saying anything, and then said: "I forget everything since the war started. This is my heart disease. I have been thinking about it these days, let's go!"
Kujin Yangcheng was born about 497 BC. After more than ten dynasties including the Spring and Autumn Period, Warring States Period, Qin, Han Dynasty, Three Kingdoms, Jin Dynasty, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, and Five Dynasties, Taiyuan has always been a strategic military town in China. From AD
In 979, Zhao and Song Dynasties destroyed Taiyuan, and the emerging Taiyuan rose successively in the Song, Jin, Yuan, and other dynasties. It was not only a military center, but also the gateway to the Western Regions, so merchants from all dynasties gathered there.
In the long history of China, Taiyuan City has many legends and events worth recording: from the transformation of "Tai Ni subdues the dragon" into Dragon Mountain, the myth and legend of Xia Yu's flood control and the transformation of Longtou Mountain into Zhoushan; from the 11th century BC to the title of King Cheng of Zhou
His younger brother Yu lived in the Tang Dynasty, and his son Xiefu changed the Tang Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty. In 497 BC, Dong Anyu, a retainer of Zhao Jianzi, founded Jinyang City. From 453 BC, Zhao, Han, and Wei divided the territory of the Jin State and "divided the Jin State into three parts."
, Jinyang was designated as the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, and in 180 BC Liu Heng ascended the throne as Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty 16 years after "Long Qian" in Jinyang; from 304 AD in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, defended Jinyang with blood for 9 years against the invasion of the Huns.
By 550 AD in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Gao Huan and Gao Yang and his son designated Jinyang as the "Bafu" and "Best Capital"; in 617 AD, Li Yuan and Li Shimin and his son rose up to conquer Jinyang and conquered the world, calling Jinyang the "Longxing" land.
Jinyang was designated as the "Northern Capital" and "Beijing". From 923 to 960 AD, brothers Li Cunxu, Shi Jingtao, Liu Zhiyuan and Liu Chong relied on Jinyang to fight for the world and proclaimed themselves emperors to establish the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han and Northern Han Dynasties.
Jinyang was called "Dragon City"; from 960 AD when Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe and established the Song Dynasty, to the time when the Zhao brothers made "three trips to the east of the river" and captured Jinyang in 979 AD, they called it a "nail", broke the "dragon vein", and burned it.
Flooding completely destroyed Jinyang; from the Zhao Song Dynasty sent Pan Mei to rebuild Taiyuan City in Tangming Town in 982 AD, to the Jin and Yuan dynasties, it was hit by natural disasters and became increasingly depressed. Taiyuan has experienced several ups and downs and has experienced vicissitudes of life.
Da Kui followed Pang Heihu's vanguard army to Taiyuan City after more than a month. The city was divided into the east city, middle city and west city. Tang He's troops were now stationed in the west city. Pang Heihu led his army to the west city and ordered the troops to be stationed at the military camp in the south of the city. Then he took Da Kui there.
The main tent of the Chinese Army. At this moment, the West Route Army has received orders from Marshal Xu Da and is in full preparation for war. Busy soldiers can be seen running back and forth everywhere.
Pang Heihu and Dakui came to the Chinese army's tent. Due to Dakui's status, it was inconvenient to enter, so Pang Heihu smiled and said, "Brother Dakui, please wait here. I'll go and report." After saying that, Pang Heihu entered the tent, leaving only Dakui outside the tent.
waiting.
Not long after, several generals came out of the tent. Perhaps they had captured the generals, and all of them left the tent without raising their heads.
"Brother Dakui, hahahaha." With a burst of hearty laughter, Tang He came out of the tent accompanied by Pang Heihu.
"Brother Tang, long time no see. I'm really worried about you." Dakui saluted Tang He with cupped fists.
Today, Tang He is nearly 30 years old, and he walks with his head raised and his armor clanging.
"Come, come, come with me to the tent to talk." Tang He said, walked over and took Dakui's hand, and the three of them returned to the tent together.
When the guests and the host were seated, Tang He greeted him like an elder brother, and Dakui answered them one by one without any concealment. Pang Heihu said with a smile: "Brother Tang, I have an idea, I don't know whether to say it or not."
Tang Hexiao asked: "It doesn't matter if you have anything to say. The accounts have been settled now, so it won't be a hindrance."
Pang Heihu looked at Dakui with a smile, and then said: "I, Pang Heihu, admire brother Dakui's martial arts skills. Now that brother Dakui has arrived in the army, I want to give up the position of vanguard general, let brother Dakui be the general, and I will be the deputy.
of."
Dakui said hurriedly: "Brother Pang Pang, you must not do it." Pang Heihu, however, was always humble.
Tang He had a look of embarrassment on his face. When Pang Heihu saw it, he not only asked urgently: "Is that okay, you can just say something."
Tang He smiled bitterly and said, "I already know everything about brother Da Kui." He sighed and said, "Take a look at this." As he said that, Tang He got up and went to the tent and took out a large box.
Letter.
Pang Heihu didn't know why, so he walked over and took the letter. He took out the letter and opened it and looked at it. He couldn't help but be stunned.
Dakui not only asked: "Brother Pang Pang, what's wrong?"
Pang Heihu handed the letter to Dakui and said, "Read it yourself."
Dakui took the signature and took a look at it. He saw only fifteen words written in cursive on the signature: "Zhang Dakui joins the army when he is punished, only as a gang leader, not as a general." If it were just a few simple words, it would be better.
Well, the key signature is the Privy Council of the Ming Dynasty, and it is stamped with a large red lacquer seal. It turns out that all documents of the Ministry of War are handled by the Privy Council. And Emperor Taizu's deployment of troops and generals also went through the Privy Council for financing. Therefore, the meaning of the Privy Council is
The meaning of Emperor Taizu.
Dakui was speechless after reading the document. Tang He said, "Brother Dakui is so confused."
Looking at the regret on Tang He's face, Dakui knew it well and said immediately: "I originally wanted to resign and retire, but I didn't want to make myself self-defeating! But I don't know what I should do in the future? I hope Brother Tang can teach me."
Tang He sighed: "Since you are deeply involved in the officialdom, how can you just retreat if you want to?" Looking at the regret on Dakui's face, Tang He said again: "If it weren't for this letter, you would have joined our army.
It will be a great achievement, but how can I dare to disobey the emperor? If you want to be a cook, you can be a cook. It’s just a name."
Pang Heihu asked anxiously: "With Brother Dakui's ability, wouldn't it be that he is overqualified as a cook? Brother Tang, please think of another way."
Tang He thought for a while before saying: "The top priority is to lead troops to Qingyang as soon as possible. The matter of brother Dakui needs to be discussed in the long term."
"In that case, everything is subject to Brother Tang's arrangement." Dakui paused and asked, "Why don't you see Xiaohu?"
When Tang He heard this, he smiled and said: "Xiaohu is very smart, and now Marshal Xu's predecessor is joining the army."
"Oh, this is something worth being happy about." Dakui beamed with joy.
Tang He said: "After a little preparation in the past few days, I will go to Qingyang immediately. Time is so short that you and I don't even have time to drink and reminisce about the past, hahaha."
"Brother Tang, whatever you say, we have a long time to come." Dakui said, stood up and said, "I will go back and settle down the gang leader, so I won't disturb you and say goodbye!"
Tang He nodded and said, "Okay, brother, even if you have military duties, I won't keep you, so please do as you wish."
Dakui raised his hands to Tang He and Pang Heihu, turned around and left the Chinese army's tent.
There are 50,000 troops garrisoned in Taiyuan, with camps more than ten miles south of the city. Now there are garrisons in cities all over the Central Plains. There were originally 250,000 troops in the northern expedition, but now the Ming army is distributed throughout the Central Plains, and only 50,000 troops can be taken away.
Meeting up with Lao Huo and others, Da Kui, as the leader of the military academy, naturally had to do his errands as a captain. He checked the grain and rice, inspected the pots and stoves... It was already half an hour before he finished his work.
After two days of this, the army officially set out. For a moment, the banners were fluttering and the soldiers and armor were clanging, and the fifty thousand horse and infantry troops marched westward in a mighty manner. All the tents and food and grass supplies were in the last baggage camp of the team, and more than a hundred carriages followed the team.
, Dakui was naturally at the end of the team together with the gang leader.