Chapter 228 Border Gate
Shen Hao had just returned from the town Fushi Yamen's announcement meeting, and as soon as he entered the gate of the Qianhu Office, he saw Wang Yiming hurriedly looking for him.
After waving his hand, he went back to the office and asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"My lord, there is a message from Haixia."
Wang Yiming didn't know about Zhang Lie. He only knew that there was a top-secret mission in Haixia. In the past few days, so many spies were disguising themselves and waiting to connect with one person. The news didn't come back until today.
Open the copper bar, and there is a simple statement inside: I received a signal fifty miles away from Xiaochuan, there are two people in total, and the direction of travel is Xiaochuan Wanli Bamboo Sea.
Then there are two more scribbled portraits of faces behind the copper bar, you can probably tell who they are. One is Zhang Lie, and the other is Ma San, the mysterious man who also sent a portrait from Feilong before.
Ma San and Zhang Lie together? It seems that it should be gathered together after Haixia. Is this testing Zhang Lie? Or are you just following the journey because you are worried about the goods going out on business?
"Have you coordinated with the frontier army?"
"It has already been coordinated. They were not willing to cooperate at first, but after seeing the note from the Jingxi Governor's Yamen, their attitude was different. They were very active and completely followed our previous arrangement. Only one person who seemed easy The neglected opening came out. And it was also agreed that we would temporarily use Tanshi's army teleportation circle to dispatch manpower."
Shen Hao nodded and was very satisfied with Wang Yiming's coordination results. This "Clean West" operation also frightened the frontier army. The involvement in it has not ended yet, and it has even just begun. Naturally, at this time, they dare not offend the Yamen of Jingxi Governor. Otherwise, it would be strange to cooperate with the case so readily with the virtue of the frontier army.
"You go and get ready, let the brothers who have cultivated to the third level of qi refining and above get ready, and wait for my order with the highest combat equipment ration."
"yes!"
Shen Hao turned around and left the office to find Wu Changhe. After a long talk, Wu Changhe's complexion improved slightly, but this time Wu Changhe uncharacteristically rejected Shen Hao's request to transfer elites from one hundred thousand households. Hao revealed all the secret plans he had made, otherwise he would not assign people to Shen Hao unless there was an order from the governor's office.
This was far beyond Shen Hao's expectations. He thought that he would be able to get Wu Changhe's support by giving some credit to Wu Changhe, but now it seems that the thousand-household official is extremely dissatisfied with him. I was led by the nose again.
In the end, Shen Hao had no choice but to order a small banner organization to be drawn from each of the four general banners of the Black Banner Battalion to drive to Haixia together with the seventy elites from the Black Banner Battalion of Qianhusuo.
In this operation, Shen Hao will take Wang Yiming with him.
Of course, without the elite assistance of thousands of household guards, Shen Hao could only be more careful. Not only did he ration everyone the highest combat readiness, but after arriving in Haixia, he also persuaded the Haixia frontier army to dispatch a forward battalion of 1,000 people. Help Shen Hao complete the deployment.
This favor is not small, Shen Hao remembered the generous frontier general Wu Kai. Afterwards, Shen Hao learned that Wu Kai and Jiang Cheng were old acquaintances, and that Wu Kai had worked under Jiang Cheng when he was in the army.
The vanguard battalion that came to assist was not an ordinary frontier army formation. In wartime, they are sharp-edged soldiers, used for advancing, breaking, harassing, probing, persecuting, and chasing.
There are not many monks among these people, but all of them are martial arts practitioners. They are proficient in combined strikes, good at the use of various talismans and magic weapons, and are equipped with a complete set of weapons and equipment that have been tested in actual combat.
To put it bluntly, the two hundred soldiers of the Black Banner Battalion brought by Shen Hao must have been wiped out by the Thousand Pioneer Battalion in a head-to-head encounter.
If the soldiers who fought against the established system were not able to achieve cultivation or the power of the magic weapon could kill a large number of people instantly, the result could only be: either run or die.
Let's not talk about whether the frontier army has slack and vegetarian meals. These things have not yet been settled. But just talk about the situation of the frontier army in the south.
The area bordering the barbarians in the south is actually not wide, because to the west is the Evil Sea, to the east is the Treasure Sea, and the corner between the two seas is the Wanli Bamboo Sea, as well as a long and empty area, which is called For the bamboo road.
However, the terrain in the Wanli Bamboo Sea is difficult, and there are many miasmas, and there are fierce beasts entrenched in it, so it is difficult for monks to move in it. Therefore, the defense focus of the southern frontier army has always been the bamboo road.
There is also a well-known pass on the bamboo road: the Kunduo pass.
There is a poem that says:
Wanli Bamboo Sea is plugged into the Pass,
His bones were stained with blood.
Wanger often thinks when will he return,
A family book soul is at peace.
In all previous wars with the barbarians in the south, the Kundalhu Pass has always been the first to bear the brunt. Countless men from the old Jing Dynasty threw their heads and sprinkled their blood here, and used their own bones and will to participate in the blood of the enemy to build the current grand pass.
The frontier army does not belong to the four major front armies, it is a separate system, and the middle and upper-level officers will be rotated every four years. Moreover, the backbone of the frontier army was drawn from the four major front armies and kneaded together to establish it. They have the tactical literacy of the four major front armies and have the most solid actual combat experience.
The middle and upper-level officers from the rotation of the frontier army will fill in the four major front armies in batches, and always maintain a high combat awareness of the entire army system.
This time, the "Clean West" operation led by the Yamen of Jingxi Zhenfu envoy has spread to the frontier army. In the absence of war, the status of the army has already declined, and when it comes to such a major event as "referring to the enemy", the whole army is very nervous.
After receiving Wang Yiming's request for assistance, he realized that this was a secret mission supported by the Jingxi Governor's Yamen. The frontier army moved quickly, and immediately arranged for two troops from the Thousand Households to move the Xiaochuan area close to the border of Wanli Bamboo Sea. Martial law was imposed, and manned border patrols were arranged.
These are all arranged by Shen Hao. The territory of Xiaochuan bordering on the Wanli Bamboo Sea is too wide, so it is difficult to know exactly where Ma San instructed to deliver the goods. But now most of the area is under martial law by the frontier army, except for a deliberately left corner that has been ignored. In this way, the barbarians in the south can only enter from this place if they want to cross the border from the bamboo sea to trade.
Arriving in Haixia, after gathering all the troops and horses, he teleported directly to Tanshi from the teleportation circle specially provided by Junwu. Then get out of the chariot and horses from Tanshi, and drive all the way, and when you get close to Xiaochuan, you will make a detour to get closer to the Wanli Bamboo Sea.
time is tight. Shen Hao didn't stop for a moment, just in time to complete the ambush just before the spies sent the news that Zhang Lie had entered the border of the bamboo sea.
Everyone has a Qi Containing Talisman affixed to them, hidden in the grass or forest, and there is an illusion magic circle outside to shield their eyes from prying eyes, and more than a thousand people wait quietly like ghosts.
At the beginning of the application.
The news came back from the sentry in the distance, and Zhang Lie was seen, and there were not only two people along the way, but a group of thirteen people! Already separated from the sidewalk, he abandoned his horse and came towards this side on foot.