"Young Master, Lizhou Battalion returned 800 rations to the munitions department last night."
When the munitions officer reported the matter, he also felt very strange. Did Lizhou Camp bring its own rations?
They are distributed according to the number of people, how many more can there be?
"It's okay. You can go down and do your work. We will set off soon. Remember to cooperate with the follow-up Ganzhou Battalion to improve the food route." Fang Jue did not explain, so he dismissed the military supplies officer.
After the quartermaster left, Dianyi bared his teeth and said, "Master, the people in Lizhou camp are so brave. How dare they lose so many people?"
"Eight hundred copies..."
That is to say, 800 people came from the Lizhou camp, and the generals were ready to eat the free pay and silver rewards of these 800 people.
I'm a little bold, but not too bold, and it's still within the acceptable range.
"If I were the censor, I should blame Lizhouying at this moment, but I am the commander, and it is taboo to kill generals before the war... Forget it, give them a demerit, and I will use the credit in the future to pay for it."
Fang Jue didn't think that he should kill the chicken to scare the monkeys at this time, so as to establish any authority.
The military is more complicated than the court, and the people here have a strong temper and loyalty. Killing one person may cause a group of people to be unwilling to cooperate.
By then, it will be a huge hidden danger on the battlefield.
It is necessary to endure it first. As for how to deal with it after the war, it depends on their respective performances.
"Call the three generals."
Fang Jue summoned the messengers.
After a while, Lin Bei, Wei Ran and Sun Yi all stood in front of Fang Jue.
"The last general meets the great general!" The three of them shouted in unison, no longer calling them "young masters". From this moment on, they felt that their status in the army was that of "general who conquered the north and conquered rebellion".
The three of them bowed without kneeling. Military etiquette is even simpler. The pride of a warrior cannot be obliterated by red tape.
Therefore, throughout the history of the Xia Dynasty, military attachés did not need to kneel, except when receiving orders or receiving obituaries of national funerals.
"General Lin, how is the preparation of the Yulin Army?" Fang Jue said seriously.
Lin Bei cupped his hands and said: "Back to the general, the Yu Lin Army's six thousand light cavalry and seven thousand two hundred war horses have all been shoed and are ready to go at any time!"
"good."
After Fang Jue said goodbye, Lin Bei took a step back.
"General Wei, how is the Liangzhou camp?"
Wei Ran stepped forward, full of energy: "General, I have 3,000 light cavalry, 3,500 horses, and 7,000 infantry in the Liangzhou camp ready to go!"
"Okay, Lizhou camp?" Fang Jue looked at Sun Yi, who was at the end.
Compared to the two people who looked natural, Sun Yi looked a little unsure. He bumped into each other and said: "General, I am in Lizhou Camp...cough, there are people who are not accustomed to the climate..."
He winked at Fang Jue, signaling to save him some face.
Fang Jue felt it was funny and nodded. He didn't mean to deliberately embarrass him. It was necessary to ask this question. The chief military officer would record these details before departure.
These are the basis for future rewards and pensions.
"Ahem!" Sun Yi gained some confidence, "Tell the general, the Lizhou camp has 3,000 light cavalry, 4,000 horses, and 6,200 infantry... It is fully prepared and ready to leave at any time!"
"Huh?" Lin Bei and Wei Ran both glanced at Sun Yi in surprise.
Didn't you agree that Liangzhou and Lizhou would each send 10,000 troops?
How can you have eight hundred people who are acclimated?
This is all in the north. You will accept it in Lizhou, but not in Liangzhou?
It was only a day's march away.
"Why, there are flowers on my face?" Sun Yi rolled his eyes and said, he had a guilty conscience.
Lin Bei and Wei Ran stopped looking at each other strangely. After all, they didn't suspect anything.
"The army marching north to conquer the rebellion consists of 25,200 men and 14,700 horses." Fang Jue glanced at the army chief who was doing the calculations and did the math for him.
"Ah?" The chief clerk held the abacus and still didn't believe it, but then he was shocked, "Is this really this number?"
Can such a large number be calculated in an instant?
The chief clerk immediately said: "The general is really a wizard in arithmetic!"
Several generals also agreed.
Fang Jue waved his hand and thought, stop boasting, this is elementary school level.
"Pass our military order and set off immediately. The Yulin army's light cavalry will be the vanguard first, followed by the follow-up army, Chen Bingshuangzhou!"
"Yes!" The three of them looked at each other. They all had something to say, but they didn't question it.
Because from the perspective of military strategy, it would be foolish to send troops directly like this.
"Young Master, it's just Chen Bingshuang Prefecture, why don't you attack the city?" Sun Yi scratched his head and said, thinking that he should strike first and launch a surprise attack.
Fang Jue shook his head: "Times have changed, General Sun."
"Ah?" Sun Yi was puzzled, and the other two generals were also a little confused.
"That's all. When the army arrives in Shuangzhou, everything I'm waiting for will be here."
Fang Jue said: "The purpose of bringing many troops and horses this time is to prevent the plains from being attacked by military formations. You don't have to risk your life."
There are less than 30,000 people, and more than 10,000 of them are cavalry. There is no such thing as siege.
That is to say, the troops on the border of Beiliang are now empty, otherwise it would be impossible to go out with only three battalions.
"General, we are not the main force?" Sun Yi was shocked.
"This?" Wei Ran was also a little confused.
Only Lin Bei seemed to understand something and asked: "Is the general planning to use firearms?"
"Firearm?" Wei Ran and Sun Yi were both confused.
They had no idea about firearms. They only knew that a firearms bureau had recently been established in the capital.
"What is a firearm?" Sun Yi was curious and questioned.
Fang Jue didn't explain much: "Just execute it, wait until Shuangzhou will show it."
"this……"
"General Sun, General Wei, their firearms are so powerful that even the strongest men on the Emperor Master List cannot stop them." Lin Bei was very confident.
The Yulin Army in the capital naturally knows more than those outside.
Moreover, during this disaster relief trip, although Lin Bei was not with Fang Jue when he rushed to Suzhou, he still learned some news about the battle with muskets.
"Use firearms to open up the situation, and then use cavalry to forcefully charge into the formation. Is the general planning to use this strategy?" Lin Beidao.
"Almost, but it depends on the local situation. By the way, cut down some good wood along the way to make a catapult." Fang Jue ordered.
"How many should we do?" Wei Ran asked.
"The more, the better. It doesn't require too much load-bearing, and the farther it can bounce, the better."
…
Frost State.
As the closest state capital to Daxia and outside Liangzhou, when a large number of soldiers and horses marched on the front line of Liangzhou, the defenders of Shuangzhou naturally got the news.
After the scout reported back, the Shuangzhou guard looked disdainful:
"You don't even have 50,000 people, how dare you come to attack Shuangzhou?"
"Haha, Daxia really thinks that there is only one Luoyang in Beiliang?"
The garrison general also laughed: "General, there are only more than 30,000 people. We only need to hold on and pour the city walls and gates with ice water, and they will be helpless!"
Someone said: "More than 30,000 people can't surround Shuangzhou City. Where does the Daxia Young Master get his confidence?"
There are so many wilderness areas in Beiliang that it can be described as vast. The area is wider than that in Daxia, and every city is larger.
If it were summer, these cities would be small if they were exposed. But in winter, when dripping water turns into ice, using this method to build city walls could enlarge the main city ten times.
The cost is extremely low!
"Luo Shuai said that as long as we hold Shuangzhou, we can make him a marquis after he ascends the throne!"
"We just have to hold on to these 30,000 people. If we are not provoked by them, there is absolutely nothing they can do to Shuangzhou!"
The garrison generals were all very confident.
Because past experience told them that Daxia really had no way to defeat their traditional tactics in winter.
The general said: "Send people out of the city, pour a lot of cold water on the ground, and pour a thick layer of ice outside the city gates in all directions, so that their soldiers and horses cannot even get close!"
"What a brilliant plan, general!" Everyone praised him.
When they thought of Daxia's army, they could not stand even outside the city gate and were so slippery that they laughed wildly.
"Hmph, a young boy who is still in his infancy, and the Emperor Zun Pavilion also ranks him at the top of the list of wizards. How can he be so virtuous?"
"Isn't he the illegitimate son of the old pavilion master? Hahaha..."
This year, Emperor Zun Pavilion updated the top ten lists, most of which are convincing to the world, but the list of extra talents is still unflattering.
The biggest reason is that I have never seen that wizard's ability.
"General, Emperor Zun Pavilion's comment said that the prodigy is an all-rounder, are we too careless?" someone advised.
"What are you afraid of? No matter how talented you are, you can't attack Beiliang in winter. Ye Xuanfeng has never done it!"
"That's true..."
"I don't know where Luo Shuai is now. We have already boarded this ship. He must not be defeated." The general did not take the enemy from Liangzhou to heart, and was even more worried about Luoyang's defeat.
Luoyang's soldiers and horses, and all the armies in the northern and southern territories of Liang, have all joined together, and they are all regarded as shareholders. Any future accusations will be the crime of treason, and the nine tribes will be punished in the same way.
