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At the same time, there were also several groups of people of different sizes and with different intentions lurking around Sanhekou Town.
Although Sanhekou Town is called a town in name, it is actually a strong city built on the waterside. The city is two feet high, eight feet wide, and ten miles in circumference. The entire city is built more solidly than those in Xiazhou.
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The clear Zhangshui, Zhuozhangshui and the canal meet at Wanguitan to form the Zhanghe River, which is a natural waterway branch of the Grand Canal. This branch, together with a local clear stream and Yongji Canal, forms a confluence of three rivers
The alluvial plain on which Sanhekou Town was built.
The waterway from Yongji Canal to Yedu has been cut off by the Khitan army, so Kang Long's escort mission cannot go directly to Yedu through Yongji Canal.
In fact, they chose to take a detour. From the branch line of Zhangshui, they arrived at Sanhekou Town, then turned to the land route, landed at Sanhekou Town, more than 30 miles away from Yedu, and delivered 300,000 stones of grain and grass to the garrison.
Wang Shenxiang, the guard at Sanhekou Town, recruited the civilians and transported the grain and grass to Yedu.
Sanhekou Town now has nearly 5,000 town troops from Xiangzhou, 10,000 young and strong civilians who have just been recruited locally. 10,000 civilians and various large and small vehicles and livestock are gathered in an abandoned camp in the southwest of the town.
.Hundreds of town troops wearing leather armor and holding swords and guns maintained order here.
In another camp southeast of the town within the city, groups of soldiers were in order, showing that the commander was not a scribe who knew nothing about military affairs, but a general who truly understood military affairs.
In the northwest corner of the camp, there is a very special barracks. There is no one around the barracks. Even the soldiers patrolling the camp took a detour when they got far away from the barracks.
Avoid here.
Moreover, huge roars would be heard from the barracks from time to time. The roars seemed like the roars of beasts and humans, which were extremely weird.
Whenever the armored soldiers patrolling not far away pass by and hear the roar, they will show an extremely strange expression, like excitement, envy, and a bit of expectation.
In the northeast corner of the camp, there is a tall barracks standing, which is the headquarters of the garrison in Sanhekou Town.
The furnishings in the barracks are extremely simple. Apart from two rows of seats, a desk, and a row of weapon racks, there are no other superfluous items.
Sitting on the big chair behind the handsome case is a middle-aged general wearing a crimson robe. He has thick eyebrows and huge eyes, a lion's nose and a wide mouth, a square face, and a mustache that is like thorns. This rough and majestic general has a bright gaze.
He glanced at the two rows of subordinates sitting upright below.
Behind him stood a scribe in his forties with a white face and a long beard. Judging from his attire, he did not look like a scribe with an official status in the Jin Dynasty. He must have been a counselor and staff member invited by his subordinates.
"Report!" A primary school student ran in quickly and knelt down to report: "Report to General Wang, the court's grain escort ship is still twenty miles away from this town by water. It is expected to arrive in an hour. The leader is responsible for exploring.
The imperial scout ship on the road has arrived at the pier at the entrance of the town."
That majestic general was Wang Shenxiang, Wang Shenqi's younger brother who stayed in Yedu. He was thirty-six years old this year, but he had already risen from the rank of fifth-grade cavalry general to the title of cavalry captain.
This time he was appointed as the commander of the capital of Sanhekou Town, commanding five thousand troops, and was fully responsible for receiving the 300,000 stones of grain and grass transported by the imperial court via water this time.
"Okay! Haha, the imperial court is really considerate of our soldiers and sent food and grass at this time. With these 300,000 stones of food and grass, why not worry about keeping the capital of Ye! Reward!" Wang Shenxiang stroked his mustache and laughed.
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The junior high school officer in charge of the report was overjoyed and went down to receive the reward. The middle-aged scribe who was standing behind Wang Shenqi twirled his long beard with his hand and pondered for a moment: "General, this batch of grain and grass is a big piece of fat. It will definitely attract people."
The wolves are here to take a look. The Khitan side must be on guard, and the Hedong and Taihang villages must also be on guard."
Before Wang Shenxiang could speak, a rough-looking battalion commander under him stood up and said nonchalantly: "Mr. Lang, why should you be so worried? This time, let alone our five thousand elite Xiangzhou soldiers, they were sent by the master who stayed behind.
Five hundred beast soldiers can cause those ungrateful guys to suffer a big loss!"
When Wang Shenxiang heard the beast soldiers mentioned by his subordinate, his eyes became brighter and his expression became more and more arrogant. He said: "Wang Hui is right. In order to prevent the safety of food and grass this time, my brother specially sent him to secretly
Beast soldiers who have been trained for several years. Haha, these beast soldiers are all rough-skinned and thick-flesh. They are like natural armor. They are also extremely powerful. With their help, they can even tear into pieces the world-famous Khitan cavalry.
There is no need to worry about those Khitan dogs, sir. You must share the credit for transporting food this time. With my reputation as a general, it is not easy to get you a ninth-grade Wenlin Lang."
When the scribe heard Wang Shenxiang's words, he smiled bitterly, and then laughed at himself for worrying too much. He cupped his hands and complimented: "It's true that a villain is worried too much. With this strange army sent by the general and the left-behind master, what should we be afraid of?
The Art of War says: 'The way to use military force is to balance the right with the strange, to control it with the right, and to supplement it with the strange, this is the best way to fight..."
Everyone listened to him shaking his head and talking about a lot of things that they didn't understand, with black lines all over their heads. They didn't know where General Wang hired this staff who likes to preach like a master. Anyway, who did he talk about the so-called art of war?
Never heard of it either.
"Report! General, the vanguard battalion has discovered enemy traces in the southeast direction. The enemy is Khitan light-armored cavalry guards. The number is unknown. The high command asks for instructions, do you want to intercept them head-on?" A small colonel strode into the commander's barracks and announced loudly.
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"When did Gao Tie become a softie? He didn't dare to attack the Khitan dog cavalry directly?" It was still the rough-looking battalion commander Wang Hui. When he heard the small colonel's words, he jumped out as high as he could and grabbed it.
Said: "General, let me go to battle. I will definitely crush the balls of those dog cavalry!"
There was a loud bang, and Wang Shenxiang, who was behind the case, hit the table with his right fist hard, and glared at Wang Hui, "Wang Hui, if you dare to make any noise in the commander's camp again, I will give you fifty military sticks!"
Gao Tie is much stronger than you, and he also knows how to come to ask me for orders. If you let me go to fight, wouldn't you be ruining my business? Get back here."
Wang Hui scratched his head and returned to his seat. He saw that all the other brothers had solemn and heavy faces, obviously not as optimistic as him. The Khitan cavalry was so powerful that no matter whether it was the Central Plains dynasty or the Hexi tribe, the Wumeng cavalry had all
Having suffered heavy losses under their iron heel, who dared to look down upon the Khitan cavalry, especially the light-armored cavalry under the control of the Khitan lord, simply frightened the armies that had fought against them.
Among the Central Plains cavalry, only Hedong's Black Armor Cavalry and Henghai's Qingjia Cavalry could compete with them.
The 5,000 Xiangzhou town troops led by Wang Shenxiang this time were originally under the control of the Zhangde Jiedushi envoy stationed in Xiangzhou. Zhangde Jiedushi Wang Guan was the father of two brothers, Wang Shenqi and Wang Shenxiang.
Shen Qi now takes over from Jing Yanguang to guard Yedu against the invasion of the Khitan army. As the saying goes, before the army moves, food and grass go first.
Logistics and food supplies have always been the most important aspect of army dispatches. If the soldiers of the three armies have no food to eat and do not need to be attacked by the enemy, they will be in chaos.
Yedu now has more than 20,000 garrison troops, more than 10,000 households, and nearly 100,000 people. They all rely on this batch of food and grass to survive. Besides, Fu Yanqing's troops outside the city of Yedu came to support them because they were marching in a hurry.
They did not bring much food and grass, only enough to last about ten days. Envoys came several times to urge them to eat, and they were now waiting for Wang Shenqi, who was left behind in Yedu, to give them the food and grass they needed for their army.
Fu Yanqing brought 10,000 green-armored cavalry this time. The food and grass required for the war horses were finer and many times higher than those for humans.
Wang Shenxiang was then ordered by his father to bring 5,000 of Xiangzhou's elite town troops and 500 secretly trained beast soldiers to Sanhekou Town to receive the grain and grass transported by the court to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Pan Mei, the former commander of the township army in Sanhekou Town, and the two thousand township troops under his jurisdiction were transferred to Huangze Pass to garrison on the southeast side of Taihang Mountain to guard against bandits from Taihang Group Villages who would also take the opportunity to rob this batch of food and grass.
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"General, I heard that the grain escort this time was originally a newly promoted captain of the Guards and Military Division. It seems that he was arrested because he discovered that Feng Chenfeng, the original escort, colluded with the bloodthirsty ghost king of the Khitan Demon Sect to intercept grain and grass.
Your Majesty has appointed Ren Yong, a captain of the ninth rank, to serve as the escort. I heard that the natal family of the general’s second wife was robbed. Could it be the fault of this evil sect? Maybe the newly appointed grain escort knows something." Mr. Lang
Suddenly his eyes moved and he whispered to Wang Shenxiang.
Wang Shenxiang slapped his thigh and sneered: "That boy was Feng Haoyu's confidant. This time he took the opportunity to move Feng Chenfeng. He must have been ordered by Feng Haoyu. But since he can defeat the bloodthirsty ghost king of the Demon Sect, he must have some abilities.
.The bloodthirsty ghost king has committed dozens of crimes in more than ten states of Guangjin Prefecture. Others may not know it, but I have heard about it a little bit. I don’t know how many gold and silver treasures that kid has seized. This time he comes to my town of Sanhekou, I must let him
Spit out half of it. Hum, he is so brave, he dares to swallow such a large amount of supplies. If it is reported to the court, it may be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan."