Chapter 650
Outside Dingzhou City, a puff of dust and smoke came from a distance, followed by the sound of rumbling hooves shaking the ground.
Xue Xiao's face twitched when he received the news and was standing at the top of the city.
And it's not just him, all the officials in Dingzhou Prefecture are a little nervous and a little scared.
The anti-rebellion general Shang Chaozong designated Dingzhou Fucheng as the gathering place for Nanzhou troops, and troops from the border of Nanzhou continued to gather from the southwest.
The reason for fear is that it is false that the Shang Dynasty Zong suppressed the rebellion, and it is true that he took the opportunity to attack Dingzhou Fucheng.
But who dares to talk nonsense about this without evidence? Unable to stop it.
The war was urgent, and Shang Dynasty Zong didn't even mobilize the troops in the west of Nanzhou, and directly let the troops in the east of Nanzhou set off first, so as to avoid the delay of gathering and going back and forth. This is also a reasonable thing. Shang Chaozong insisted that this is the best assembly place. As a counter-insurgency general, how to use troops is up to others. What's the matter with Dingzhou's refusal? Do you want to delay the war?
The rumbling cavalry was like overwhelming mountains and seas. When they arrived outside the city and ordered to stop, they were as quiet as a mountain in the dust and smoke, and a big banner with the word "Shang" stood up.
At the top of the city, Wan Qingyan, the head of the Xianyun faction standing beside Xue Xiao, asked, "Could this be the heroic guard?" Ruo Ben Lei, Jing Ruo Zi's murderous military appearance, is well-known!"
Seeing that the opponent had no intention of attacking, Xue Xiao didn't say much, turned around quickly, led a group of people down the tower, stepped on their horses one after another, and left the city.
"My lord has worked hard all the way!"
As soon as he met Shang Chaozong in the army, Xue Xiao, who was sitting on horseback, laughed and bowed his hands in salute, and glanced at the female general with a long spear beside Shang Chaozong.
The dusty Shang Dynasty Zong sat on his horse indifferently, and said expressionlessly: "War horse, are the food and grass ready?"
Xue Xiao was a little embarrassed, but still smiled back: "Of course the food and grass for the army to chew are all prepared, and three thousand horses have also assembled."
Ga Miaoshui rode out on horseback, came between the two of them, and said calmly for Xue Xiao: "The army is tired from running around, Master Xue might as well welcome the prince into the city to rest first."
"Okay, okay!" Xue Xiao turned his mount to invite, "My lord, please!"
Shang Chaozong remained indifferent, and continued to ask: "How many people from my Nanzhou have come?"
Xue Xiao had no choice but to reply: "Currently less than 30,000 people have camped five miles away from here." He pointed in a direction.
Shang Chaozong turned his mount, tapped the horse's belly with his legs, and galloped out first, heading towards the direction of his finger.
Feng Ruonan rode his horse to follow, and 20,000 cavalry followed like a dragon.
After a while of commotion, only Xue Xiao, Ga Miaoshui and others were left on the scene, staring at each other speechlessly.
"What, I kindly prepared something to reward the army, but I don't appreciate it." Xue Xiao couldn't help cursing.
Ga Miaoshui waved his hand, "Forget it, it's not the time to worry about this. If he doesn't go to the city, you can save trouble. Send the rewards to the army to the barracks where the Nanzhou troops are stationed."
He didn't stay long either, and led a few eunuchs to eat ashes and follow them all the way.
After a while, a group of people came out of the city, carrying pigs and sheep, chickens, ducks, fish, and carts of wine, and rushed to the Nanzhou military camp...
There were about 30,000 people at the temporary station of the Nanzhou army, and there were still people arriving one after another, but they were not as fast as the Shang Dynasty Zong, who set off later and was farther away. There was no way, the Shang Dynasty Zong led the cavalry.
As soon as Shang Chaozong joined the people who had arrived earlier, he immediately ordered to take the time to rest.
The rewards sent by Dingzhou Fucheng were not polite, what should be eaten, but what should be drunk was not touched at all, and whoever sent it was pulled back by whoever.
The Shang Dynasty continued the rules of King Ning's period. The army was not allowed to drink alcohol in battle.
At the dinner table, Ga Miaoshui, who came back from the camp, asked, "How long will it take for the 400,000 troops to arrive?"
The imperial court is satisfied with the troops dispatched from Nanzhou this time.
There used to be 800,000 people in Nanzhou, but before that, most of them were from the Tianyu Sect.
After the Nanzhou seizure of power occurred, Shang Chaozong could not rest assured that he would rather be fine than indiscriminate, and 800,000 horses were purged by Shang Chaozong into 500,000.
Only a small part of the 300,000 horses who were purged were killed, and the rest were all disbanded as civilians.
Although due to financial problems, the princes from all walks of life in Nanzhou have the most troops, but they have 500,000 people who are willing to send 400,000 to quell the rebellion, and the court has nothing to say.
Compared with those princes with 400,000 horses who are only willing to send 200,000, their sincerity is not so good.
Zong Dao of the Shang Dynasty: "This king has ordered that all horses and horses march in a hurry, and they will travel two hundred miles a day!"
Ga Miaoshui was afraid of procrastination here, so she felt relieved after hearing this, and nodded.
After the army rested, Shang Chaozong ordered to set off again.
After hearing the news, Ga Miaoshui got out of the camp, caught up with Shang Chaozong who was on his horse and asked anxiously, "My lord, the army is not assembled yet, why are you starting now?"
"After the follow-up army is assembled here, it will rush to the next assembly point. The military situation is urgent, and our forward troops must be in place first! At the same time, we will supervise all the way first. If there are slack in the preparations in various state capitals, don't blame our military law for being ruthless and killing them!"
Shang Chaozong dropped his words and led the army to go on the road again.
Ga Miaoshui's expression froze, and he quickly asked the entourage to summon the imperial court, and asked the imperial court to step up the supervision of the state government officials. arrive.
At the same time, I also feel relieved that Zong Ruozhen of the Shang Dynasty led 400,000 people along the way, which is really a worrying thing, and it will be very troublesome if there is a change.
After all, the imperial court was still a little worried about using Nanzhou troops, so Fang sent him to supervise the whole process, and if he found something wrong, he would report it immediately!
After he led his men to catch up with Shang Chaozong, he realized something was wrong again. Most of the 30,000 horses gathered were infantry. How could they keep up with the speed of Shang Chaozong's cavalry, and almost all of them were thrown down by Shang Chaozong.
Ask Shang Chaozong why, Shang Chaozong still has the same reason.
Because Xue Xiao hastily gathered 3,000 horses, the Shang Dynasty Zong's cavalry formation had 3,000 more cavalry.
Many people are not from cavalry background, so they can only practice and learn along the way.
Under the persecution of Shang Chaozong's murderous spirit all the way, the state capitals that received military orders along the way did their best to gather the horses he needed.
However, Shang Dynasty Zong didn't need it for the time being, he only needed to confirm that it was in place first, and led the troops to continue forward, without taking the horses away, leaving it to the pawns who came behind to catch up.
All the way!
In her heart, Ga Miaoshui also secretly praised the Shang Dynasty Zong's speedy use of troops. If several princes had such a heart to suppress the rebellion, why worry about the rebel army not being wiped out.
Until the Shang Dynasty officially stopped and officially set up camp in Jiezhou, Ga Miaoshui realized that something was wrong!
The wrong situation was reported by Xue Xiao from Dingzhou, who said that Dingzhou no longer saw Nanzhou counter-insurgency troops crossing the border.
Immediately afterwards, news came from the eyes and ears of Nanzhou that the people and horses from all over Nanzhou had stopped after some movements, and they had stabilized, and there was no sign of sending troops again.
According to the statistics along the way, it is estimated that Nanzhou only sent 100,000 horses. What is the situation?
Ga Miaoshui realized something was wrong, and immediately went straight to Shang Chaozong's Chinese army tent, outside the tent, only Shang Chaozong, Meng Shanming and a group of generals were discussing affairs in the tent.
Everyone in the tent turned their heads or looked up at Ga Miaoshui who was stopped outside the tent.
Shang Chaozong waved his hand to signal the following, and the monks and guards outside let Ga Miaoshui in.
Ga Miaoshui asked with a serious face when they met, "My lord, where are the 400,000 people?"
Shang Chaozong said calmly: "The men and horses are naturally on the way."
His demeanor became different when he was marching and fighting, quite like his father, King Ning.
Ga Miaoshui said in a deep voice: "That's not right! As far as I know, Nanzhou has stopped people from leaving the country, and there are only about 100,000 people on the way together with the prince's people!"
Shang Chaozong: "What about a hundred thousand horses?"
Ga Miao took two steps forward and confronted him across the table, "My lord agreed to have 400,000 horses, and I have already reported to the court. Now 400,000 has become 100,000, how to explain to the court?"
Shang Dynasty Emperor: "Soldiers are not tired of deceit, and there are many eyes and ears in the imperial court. How can this king let the confidential military information be easily leaked?"
Ga Miaoshui: "Wu Gongling gathered two million rebels, how can one hundred thousand rebels put down the rebellion?"
Shang Chaozong: "One hundred thousand cavalry is enough! Isn't there still a five-way army of princes?"
One hundred thousand cavalry...Ga Miaoshui was startled suddenly, it seemed that he finally understood the opponent's plan, in order to allow all the infantry in Nanzhou to travel on mounts, the so-called 400,000 horses were just a trick!
Shang Chaozong ignored him, looked to the left and right, and asked: "Do you understand the arrangement just now?"
"Understood!" All the generals clapped their hands together in response.
The Shang Dynasty Zong's face was sinking like water, and he said coldly: "The war is imminent, the first strict military discipline, the military law is as strong as a mountain! Immediately pass on the military law of the king to the five princes, and the people under the king will be law enforcement supervisors. They only suppress the princes, not the rebels. Army! Wherever the counter-insurgency war order goes, those who are delayed will be destroyed! Those who delay the battle opportunity will be destroyed! Those who run away before the battle will be destroyed! Those who slack in the battle will be destroyed!"
"Yes!" All the generals bowed their hands and took orders to disperse.
Only suppress the princes, not the rebels! Ga Miaoshui froze on the spot until everyone in the tent had disappeared, and he still hadn't recovered from the 'Four Destroyers'.
Not far outside the tent, Luo Daan pushed Meng Shanming who was sitting in a wheelchair.
Huang Lie walked around with his hands behind his back, looked back at the dull figure in his eyes, and couldn't help laughing. He just now knew that Nanzhou only sent 100,000 people to the expedition. It was really hard for him to hide it.
"Meng Shuai, can a mere 100,000 horses supervise the princes of the Five Routes?" Huang Lie was not without worry.
Meng Shanming: "It's okay to disobey the military order. Anyone who doesn't obey the order will be beaten! At this juncture, if we dare to beat them, do they dare to beat us? My hundred thousand horses are all cavalry, and they can't win even if they want to run !"
"Hehe!" Huang Lie couldn't help laughing out loud, clapped his hands lightly and said, "It's so wonderful to turn a hundred thousand horses into cavalry without making a show, it's so wonderful!"
Meng Shan sighed and said: "Oh, the prince has no choice but to do it, just like the worry before the emperor's head, the imperial court and we are not of one mind, and the bridge will be demolished at any time after the war. Once my food and grass are cut off, the army will be wiped out. With these 100,000 war horses in hand, if necessary, we can kill horses to satisfy our hunger, which is enough to support us to return to Nanzhou. If not, why should we do this!"
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