Liu Xiang was already walking on the road leading to Fan Yang, and he set off before the execution was over.
With 1,400 cavalry, more than 2,000 selected large carriages, and more than 20,000 old, weak, women and children.
It was a fifty-mile journey, and I didn't even finish it by night.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Liu Xiang sighed helplessly and said to Zhao Yun beside him: "Zilong, please arrange to set up camp. This place is still twenty miles away from Fan Yang, and we can't make it today."
"If my lord is in a hurry, you can take the guards ahead, and you and the people can camp here."
Liu Xiang shook his head: "It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's just that I have used so many carriages and the marching speed is so slow. I feel unhappy and my thoughts are not clear."
Zhao Yun smiled heartily and said: "My lord is kind and can't bear to push the people, which is why the progress is slow. Don't care about it. This matter is not impossible but really unwilling. My lord loves the people like his son, and the people of Guizhou are grateful for what happened today."
It will be passed down as a good talk, and his name of benevolence should be respected by the world."
Liu Xiang looked back at the people who had already gotten out of the car. Under the command of Yue Qi, they were slowly setting up a car formation and preparing to camp. He said helplessly: "Old people, young people, sick people, weak people, who are you?"
If you dare to push them hard, I'm afraid they will die on the way."
Zhao Yun suddenly felt a little emotional and said bitterly: "Of all the high-ranking people in the world, how many of them care about the life and death of the people?" After speaking, he became excited again and said loudly: "In this way, the Lord's benevolence is further demonstrated, which is different from other people.
, which is also Yun’s luck.”
The experiences of the past few days have given Zhao Yun a clearer understanding of Liu Xiang.
The Lord has a murderous intention, but he truly loves and cares for the people. A single word of kindness is not enough. He is the only person Zhao Yun has seen in his life who loves and cares for the people.
The Lord sometimes despises the people for being stupid, but he really regards the people of Guizhou as human beings, and he respects everyone from the bottom of his heart. No wonder the army sergeants are so dedicated, even the new recruits are willing to fight for the Lord.
He also heard that in order to apologize to the people, the lord took the whippings instead of the army sergeants, and compensated the soldiers for their crimes and exempted them from the death penalty. He was truly benevolent and kind. With such a moral character, the military heart will naturally be attached to him.
The soldiers died.
Hmm... My lord is really cruel to his enemies. He will destroy his family if he says so. That's fine. If you don't be cruel in this world, you won't be able to survive.
Thinking of me, Zhao Yun, I have been famous for twelve years, but I have wasted it for twelve years. Now, I am lucky enough to meet the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, so I will follow the Lord and make my way into this dirty world.
Zhao Yun was lamenting, Liu Xiang was helpless, and the people were setting up camp.
The weak sun struggled on the horizon, and a crescent moon like a crescent crescent quietly appeared above the sun.
As the sun becomes weaker and weaker, the stars in the sky gradually appear, and the time for the stars to shine is approaching.
Liu Xiang looked up at the stars and vaguely recognized several famous constellations.
Just when he was trying to find more constellations, a fast horse appeared in the distance and headed straight for Liu Xiang.
Several Suwei knights rode up to meet him. Recognizing the Tiqi who was delivering the message, they surrounded him and came to Liu Xiang.
"Report to the general about the military situation in Zhuo County."
"Go down and rest."
Liu Xiang received the military report delivered by Su Wei and opened it for review...
Wang Xing and Yan Gang jointly submitted a document: On the second day of September, reinforcements from Fangcheng and Xixiang met on the north bank of Taoshui. Yan Gang led his cavalry in a surprise attack and killed more than 2,000 enemy generals. The rest of the troops were forced to leave Taoshui.
, a mess of death and injury.
The North Camp of Zhuo County sent troops to rescue. Wang Xing took the opportunity to send troops to attack the camp, but was blocked by the defenders in the city. The two armies fought hard outside the north gate. Each other was injured and each retreated. The left army lost more than 500 people and killed the enemy.
No less than two thousand.
Liu Xiang frowned, the result of the battle was really good, but it was a pity that Zhuoxian did not lose much strength. It is debatable how much the Anping Army would have to pay for this kind of war of attrition.
He took the bamboo slips and wrote a reply: "Your achievements will be rewarded after the war. Carefully survey the enemy's situation, guard the camp, and wait for me to return to the army."
After sending the reply, Liu Xiang thought distressedly about Zhuoxian. He could only use 40,000 troops as an siege force, most of which were new soldiers.
Even if we recruit more soldiers in Gu'an County and Qiu State, with a bunch of new soldiers holding wooden spears and throwing spears, will we have to rely on corpses to pile up the city wall?
Zhuoxian County is like a lump in the throat.
Tiqi has yet to find out any useful information about what kind of person Wen Shu, the governor of Zhuo County, is.
All he knew was that he was a man with a good official reputation, but he didn’t know anything about his character or hobbies, and Liu Xiang had no way to target his character flaws.
There is another difficulty in taking Zhuo County completely, which is Wuruan Pass.
Wuruan Pass is located next to Zijing Pass in later generations, located in the upper reaches of Juma River and on the Zijing Ling west of Yunmeng Mountain.
Of course, there was no Zijing Pass or Zijing Territory in the Han Dynasty. The upper reaches of the Juma River were called Laishui. Yunmeng Mountain was called Yunmeng Mountain in the Han Dynasty. Wuruan Pass was only a part of Zijing Pass and was a small city with an earth and stone structure.
It guards the Puyin Trail, one of the Eight Trails in Taihang.
Wuruan Pass is the east exit of Puyin Trail.
Passing Wuruan Pass and heading west, you will leave the boundary of Youzhou and arrive at Guangchang County of Zhongshan Kingdom. Guangchang will then go west and take the Feihu Road, and you will enter the territory of Youzhou again, where is the Daijun of Youzhou.
Further west from Dai County is Yanmen County in Bingzhou. There is a person there who makes him miss him day and night.
Liu Xiang patted his head. His thoughts always wandered. This problem must be corrected.
Is it important to merge the prefectures? Now, the focus is to capture Zhuoxian.
Zhuoxian, Wenshu, what should we do?
Thinking about this
^0^ Faced with a difficult problem, Liu Xiang slept in the wild all night. At about 11 o'clock the next day, the convoy finally arrived in Fanyang.
Tian Chou had already left the city and was waiting to meet Liu Xiang in the south of the city.
When he saw Liu Xiang, he felt relieved all of a sudden. His backbone was finally back. These days, he was living in trepidation, fearing that he would make a mistake and delay important events.
"Chou, meet the general. The general is finally back. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."
Liu Xiang looked at Tian Chou who had not seen him for a few days and felt ten years older... no, I should say ten years older. He laughed and said: "Zitai is so relieved. He has done a good job these days. I told you that Zitai has a great talent."
After practicing, I really have the ability to recognize people."
After joking, Liu Xiang moved Zhao Yun aside with his hand and introduced Tian Chou: "This is Zhao Yun. Zhao Zilong is bold and courageous. He is a true hero. He is now the captain of the Zhongba camp and leads the guards for me.
Zitai, come see me soon.”…
Tian Chou clasped his hands and saluted: "I have met Captain Zhao."
Zhao Yun returned the gift.
Liu Xiang also introduced Tian Chou to him: "Zilong, this is Tian Chou. Tian Zitai, despite his young age, is also a arrogant man. He rode alone, traveled thousands of miles, followed the footsteps of the army, and went straight into the war zone. Now he is
Secretary Cheng of the General's Mansion, handle the paperwork for me."
Zhao Yun clasped his hands and said, "I've met Secretary Tian."
Tian Chou bowed his hands and returned the gift.
After going through the etiquette like this, Liu Xiang opened his eyes to introduce them, and it was considered complete.
In the Han Dynasty, introducing people was a very solemn matter, and the etiquette was also very solemn, and one had to pay attention to it every time.
It can't be like modern times. This is Zhang San and this is Li Si. As soon as they shake hands, they become good friends.
This was very rude in the Han Dynasty.
The three of them exchanged pleasantries for a few more words, and then it was time to get down to business.
Arrange for the people to stay first.
Liu Xiang arranged the people into the camp of civilian husbands outside the city. There were originally 30,000 refugees living there. After being raised by Liu Xiang for so many days, they could no longer be called refugees. Liu Xiang classified them all as civilian husbands.
The camp has been being expanded, and the people who will be moved to Guangyang County in the future will be uniformly arranged to live there. When they prepare to return to Junzhuo County, they will follow the army north.
Now, I am a civilian husband.
Including those who entered the camp today, there are already nearly 60,000 people.
After settling the people, Liu Xiang inspected the military camp again.
I learned how to patrol the camp from Cui Yi.
According to Cui Yi, if a general does not patrol the camp, it will be difficult to control the army.
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^