Chapter 589: General Offensive
A quarter of an hour later, Qin Sheng led the young and strong men of Baihu Village down the mountain and joined the Jintai Army.
Most of the people in Baihu Village were locals from Donghai or the surrounding areas. These bandits who were familiar with the terrain acted as guides and led the team to turn east and west and head towards Chu County.
When they were hungry, they ate some special military rations from Pingzhou, and when they were tired, they kept a short message.
During the first rest, Qin Sheng pulled the generals of the Jintai Army and several leaders of Baihu Village together to hold a small meeting and get to know each other.
Before that, Qin Sheng quietly communicated with Wen Hu.
"Captain, I want to tell you something."
"You tell me."
"Because this time our brothers from Baihuzhai went to Juzhang and successfully rescued the people, and I have some connections in Pingzhou, Pingzhou has considered it again and again and decided to arrange for me to be the leader of this team temporarily. There are people in charge of the Jintai Army, and you are still in charge of our Baihuzhai. But during the operation, Baihuzhai must obey military orders. Can you do it?"
"Don't worry!" Wen Hu was not dissatisfied with Qin Sheng becoming the leader of the entire team.
The deputy chief secretly told him that the fourth leader might have some connection with Pingzhou. And he is still the leader of Baihuzhai, but he also needs to listen to the instructions and obey the military orders.
When the two returned to the team, everyone took the military rations and ate them with relish.
"Don't mention it, this thing is quite delicious, sweet and delicate."
A 15- or 16-year-old boy ate the military rations in his hand with care. When he saw Wen Hu and Qin Sheng, he couldn't help but said, "Fourth Master, it would be great if the food in Chu County was all this fine." After eating a piece and drinking some water, he felt full in his stomach.
In this era of scarcity of materials, many ordinary people may not have a bite of candy in their entire lives.
The people around him laughed at him, "Why did you make such an unrealistic wish to the Fourth Master?"
They just learned from the brothers of the Jintai Army that this was a special military ration for them to use in emergency marches.
"Don't worry, as far as I know, the food in Chuzhou is not bad." Qin Sheng gave them a reassurance.
"Then let's set off quickly, I can't wait." Someone urged. They all knew that there were currently three teams heading towards Chu County at the same time. It was not clear what the benefits of the first team to arrive were, but it was better to arrive first than later.
One day later, the Jintai Army arrived at Chu County smoothly and came to the designated place.
This is a dry stone bed.
Everyone looked at each other, where is the food? Where is the food promised to them?
Qin Sheng found a special mark, "This is it."
After walking around, Qin Sheng pointed out three places.
Everyone suddenly realized that the food was buried underground?
"Choose one place and dig."
"Dig here, the range of this mark is the largest!"
After selecting the location, work began.
"Are we the first to arrive?"
"Hehe, it looks like it should be."
As soon as the cellar was dug, Qin Sheng's people checked whether the food was spoiled. After confirming that it was not spoiled, they probably started drooling at the food in the cellar.
"We are rich, we are rich."
"Transport it, transport it all!"
In addition to the food, the cellar also thoughtfully placed some detachable wooden carts.
After they took out the food, they decided to erect the boulder and block the cellar door, and not fill it with soil.
Before leaving, they put a piece of cloth with words written on it under the boulder. The cloth read: Food has been taken. The first one is really big. Now we don’t have to go hungry.
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The Sun family army led by Sun Congyi arrived at the designated supply point in the evening of the next day.
This time they experienced the benefits of carrying an engineering battalion with them. Although it was not as exaggerated as "cutting roads through mountains and building bridges across rivers", it was incredibly smooth along the way.
In addition, the special military rations were also delicious, and the most important thing was that they were easy to carry.
They thought they were the first, after all, they could be said to be rushing all the way.
But when they arrived, they found that there was a place that seemed to have been violently dug, and a huge rock was blocking it, like a door.
Sun Congyi and Muye hurried forward to take a look and found the cloth pressed under the boulder. They pulled it out and saw that it was a message from Qin Sheng's team.
"It's okay, it's not bad for us to be the second one." Sun Congyi talked to Muye and was also comforting himself.
At this time, a lieutenant came over, "General, General Yue and his team have also been here, and have taken the second batch of food and grass."
It's just that they are low-key, not as arrogant as General Qin Sheng's team, and they just left a message.
Sun Congyi and Muye looked at each other, okay, is this the speed of Pingzhou?
When they took out the food from the third cellar, Sun Congyi found that the amount was just right, ahem, it was actually a little less, compared with the first, it was probably the difference between seven points full and ten points full.
"General Qin Liu took the Jintai Army to the south."
"General Yue led the team to the north."
Sun Congyi and Muye understood, and the two gave the nearest defense point to their Sun Family Army. After joining Pingzhou, they really felt what it meant to twist their strength in the same direction.
Sun Congyi waved his hand, "Let's go, next we have to perform well, we can't let down the name of our Sun Family Army!"
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For the bandits in Baihuzhai, after taking the food, the fourth leader will take them to get military merits. Once they have military merit, they in Baihuzhai will have a token of their allegiance.
"We need to get to Wanling as soon as possible without alerting others."
Wen Hu and others said they understood, "That is to say, our actions need to be as secret as possible."
"Village leader, Fourth Master, I know there is a shortcut, but it is not easy for us to pass with so much food and grass. But if we can take a shortcut, we can avoid a long detour."
"Let's go and have a look."
Two hours later, Qin Sheng and others looked up and looked at the obstacle in front of them.
A small, slippery peak was embedded between the two mountains.
It would be difficult to pass through it.
It would be troublesome to take a detour.
Wen Hu, Chen Jinlong and others were in trouble. It would take time to take a detour, but it would be difficult to pass with food without taking a detour.
Qin Sheng did not speak.
At this time, Lv Mingzhi found his second brother-in-law and whispered.
Not long after, Qin Sheng asked everyone to find a relatively far cave to rest.
The cave was quite large. They piled all the food and grass into it, and people rested near the cave entrance.
Everyone was so crowded that they couldn't even stretch their legs straight, and they were able to stay for free.
That night, spring thunder rustled and roared.
In the middle of the night, accompanied by a flash of lightning that illuminated the sky, there were several loud thunder roars.
Wen Hu was awakened.
"This thunder is so scary."
"I felt our cave shook a little, is it an illusion?"
"Don't sleep yet, be alert, and rush out if something goes wrong!"
Fortunately, the thunder was quieter in the second half of the night. The members of the team gradually closed their eyes again. At this time, several people wearing straw raincoats came back from outside to the cave.
The next morning, the sky cleared up.
A scout who was exploring the way came back and reported, "Sixth Master, Boss, the slippery little mountain in front was struck by lightning! We can pass!"
Hearing this, many people hurried to see that the little mountain was really struck by lightning, and it was broken into pieces. And they only need to clean up the sand and mud a little bit, and they can pass.
Wen Hu: ... Their luck is too good this time, right?
Lv Mingzhi and Zhu Dazhuang looked at each other, hiding their merits and fame. Thanks to the spring thunder last night, some movements can be covered up.
Kuaiji, Qiantang
The generals are reporting the current battle situation to Xie Zhan.
"Grand Governor, at sea, the Cao Gang is constantly trying to break through."
Xie Zhan nodded, Pingzhou must be anxious.
During this period, with the efforts of the soldiers, the forces of the King of Jin were constantly destroyed by them, and now they are just one step away from the last blow.
The emperor has issued three imperial edicts in a row, ordering him to divide his troops and march north, and he has withstood all these pressures.
Xie Zhan carefully reviewed the entire situation and found that there was nothing missing. Everything was going in the direction he had preset.
So he ordered, "Notify all troops to have a good rest tonight, have a good meal, and launch a general attack tomorrow morning!"
"Yes!"
The King of Jin's Mansion
The situation is over.
The King of Jin looked dejected.
Bai Xingzhi comforted him, "Your Highness, you used one state and four counties to fight against the imperial court, and 50,000 soldiers to fight against 150,000 soldiers. Although you are defeated, you are still honorable."
At this time, the guard came to report, "Your Highness, Guo Chong wants to see you."
Bai Xingzhi was surprised. Why did he come at this time?
"No, no." The King of Jin stopped.
"Your Highness, let's meet and see what the other party has to say." Bai Xingzhi advised. There will be no loss in meeting, right?
When a person is about to die, he is upset. At this moment, the King of Jin just wants to wait for death quietly, and doesn't want others to bother him.
He feels like an old man who is about to die and exudes death.
In the eyes of the King of Jin, the people from Pingzhou who come to bother him are like crows that come to smell the smell, waiting for him to eat meat!
Later, the King of Jin, who listened to the advice, found that he was wrong. Pingzhou is not a crow, but a bodhisattva who saves the suffering!