Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 112

By the time of You, it was already getting dark, and the temperature outside had also dropped. Zhang Ming, who was in the wounded barracks, felt a bit chilly. , to be relatively warm, but still not as good as the robes in the palace, and he also somewhat misses the comfortable days in the palace.

"Military officer, it's so cold at night, do these seriously injured soldiers have warm clothes?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are too many soldiers in the barracks, and the guards need warm clothes even more. Therefore, these seriously injured soldiers can only close their military accounts at night and sleep wrapped in clothes."

"Is there no quilt?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there are, but not enough, so not every soldier can get it."

Ordinary households in Chang’an would light stoves in winter to keep out the cold, but in military camps, lighting a fire was a very dangerous thing, especially in the military camps in the inner city. Once a fire broke out, there was no way out, so the generals could only Prepare as many hemp clothes, hemp quilts, or some reed clothes as possible.

A single piece of these clothes is very thin, and they can't resist the cold of Chang'an City at all, so they usually have three pieces inside and three pieces outside, which can barely keep out the cold.

In the past, in winter, it was only prepared for the standing guard soldiers, but now it is prepared for all soldiers, so many soldiers actually don’t have any, and they can only use their bodies to survive the cold night under the thin military tent.

"come"

"His Majesty"

"Go to the palace and tell Cui Ming to ask him and the commander of the southern army to collect some unused warm clothes and quilts from the palace, and then let the imperial guards send them here, and they must be delivered before tomorrow at [-]:[-]."

"only"

The eunuch took down His Majesty's oral order, followed the guards in the army and left the barracks.

Zhang Ming sighed, it's just that this group of soldiers will suffer from the cold tonight, Huangfusong has never told him before, it turns out that the soldiers in the barracks had such a difficult time, it must have been the past ten days or so. This is how I survived.

Of course, it’s not that Huangfusong didn’t notice the difficulties of the soldiers, it’s just that in Chang’an City today, where should I find these clothes to keep out the cold? Aristocratic families have a lot of them, but Huangfusong dare not ask them for it, and there are many in the palace, but Huangfu Song knew the order of honor and inferiority. As for the people of Li in Chang'an, they didn't have enough clothes to keep out the cold.

Zhang Ming guessed that there should be no cotton in later generations in this era, and cotton may not have been introduced to the big man. He has stayed in the palace for more than a year and has seen all kinds of silk and satin, hemp, silk, and silk. , silk, is not seen in cotton.

Zhang Ming, who left the wounded barracks, returned to the turret of Chang'an City under the leadership of Huangfusong's close attendant. In fact, the inner city is safer, but in the inner city, you can't see anything outside the city, but the turret is different. , the turret is condescending, and some changes outside the city can be seen through the doors and windows.

The fifth round of siege by the enemy army outside the city lasted quite a long time. They fought for nearly an hour, but in the end they still failed.

At this moment, Niu Fu was extremely irritable, his face was full of meaning, he said to Chi'er beside him, "The allied army is really a bunch of waste, a whole army of 10,000+, besieging the city in three ways, after five rounds of attack, but none of them broke into Chang'an .”

"It's all pure trash."

"Waste, waste."

"The leader is right. I think these generals are also trash. When the prime minister was there, he often told the leader that these generals are the foundation of hegemony. But now it seems that they are just a bunch of trash. If the leader didn't stop They made an alliance, and the scum fled long ago."

"You are also a waste. You know how to flatter all day long, but it is useless. I want to attack the city. You don't understand. You don't understand. You don't know how to appease the soldiers. You can't do it. You say, Are you a piece of trash like them?"

Hearing Niu Fu scolding him, Chi'er was sullen, but on the surface he was not angry. In the past, when Niu Fu was at a disadvantage in battle, he would often beat and scold him. He was used to this kind of thing, and he would not refute Niu Fu. Will keep these words firmly in my heart.

"The leader is right. The subordinates are incompetent and cannot share the leader's worries. If the allied army wants to ask about the siege strategy, it is better to invite the supervising army. The supervising army is talented. He will definitely be able to help the leader think of a good way."

"Jia Xu is timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Although he has some talent, he is not a general. If it is not that there is no one available under his command, I will not use him all the time."

"The leader is right. When the allied forces capture Chang'an City, they will arrest Li Ru and let him be the leader's counselor. Li Ru used to be the counselor of the prime minister, so he will definitely be able to better assist the leader."

"Li Ru is an ungrateful person. When the Prime Minister was here, he was treated well. As a result, when the Prime Minister died, he immediately joined the court. How can such a person be used?"

Chi'er looked at Niu Fu who was still sullen, and thought to himself, if you weren't the son-in-law of the prime minister, how would you be able to get to where you are today.

Niu Fu's anger subsided a lot as he continued to vent, and gradually began to calm down.After all, he also knew that no matter how much he vented, he couldn't solve the problem.

"Chi'er, go to the former army and call Jia Xu."

"Yes, Confederate."

Jia Xu soon followed Chi'er to the Niu Fujun account.

Niu Fu smiled and said, "Brother Wenhe, how is the situation of the armed forces?"

"Back to the lord, the situation of the three armies is as usual, there is no big difference from before, but the fighting spirit has declined. Guo Si's army is attacking fiercely, and the morale of Zhang Ji's army has dropped a bit. However, under Zhang Ji's command, it is still possible. The leader's army Always brave, the soldiers defending the city were almost unable to carry it."

"Very good, brother Wenhe, when do you think the next round of attack will be arranged?"

"Leader, when I was monitoring the army at the front, I found that the soldiers were very tired and their fighting spirit was low. This is not conducive to the allied army's siege."

"Didn't they rest for three or four hours today, why, isn't it enough?"

"Leader, from last night to tonight, we have already attacked for five rounds in one day. The soldiers are already very tired. In addition to the journey from Baling to here, and the cold weather, the soldiers are anxious It takes a while to rest."

"Besides, lord, many soldiers from Hu Zhen arrived at the barracks today. Although we imprisoned these soldiers, the news of Ba Ling's fall finally spread. The morale of ordinary soldiers dropped a lot after they knew that Ba Ling was lost. , they are eager to go back."

Niu Fu's originally calm face became angry again, "What, didn't I ask the generals to strictly restrain the soldiers who came back from Ba Ling, how could the news spread everywhere?"

Of course Jia Xu knew where the news came from. As the supervisor of the army, it was not a big problem for him to leak some news unintentionally. Knowing that the Ba Ling barracks fell, the morale and fighting spirit of the three armies dropped a lot. Even Guo Si's army, which was the most violent in the original attack, is now a lot negative.

"Leader, it must be Zhang Ji who messed up. He used to prevaricate the leader with various reasons when he attacked. Now he is the only one in the allied army who wants to disband as soon as possible, so I guess he didn't obey the leader's order, but Hu Zhen's soldiers were allowed to spread the news everywhere, and it is said that the soldiers of Guo Si's army and the Allied Lord's army also listened to Zhang Ji's soldiers."

Niu Fu said furiously: "Zhang Ji, this bastard, he shouldn't have been allowed to join the alliance in the first place, but should have directly robbed Huayin County where he was stationed. From the very beginning, he refused to obey orders, attacked repeatedly, and dragged his feet repeatedly. , and now I can’t even do this little thing well.”

It's just that after being furious, Niu Fu still had nothing to do. He was not Dong Zhuo, and he couldn't take life and death. He had nothing to do with this group of disobedient allies.

"Brother Wenhe, tell me what to do now, I will listen to you."

"Leader, let all the soldiers stay in place for two days first, let them relieve their tired bodies, and then let the captains of the various armies appease the army, and then continue to attack the city after resting."

"Okay, I'll just listen to what you said. Then I'll send envoys to Fan Chou and Li Jue now."

"Leader, wait a moment. Li Jue doesn't trust any of the leader's envoys for the time being because of the fact that the leader deceived him before. He said that he would not listen to any orders from the leader's envoys other than me."

Niu Fu's unrelieved face became even more ugly, "Li Jue is a bastard, he bullies people too much, and all of them don't pay attention to me, the leader, after they capture Chang'an City, I want them to look good. "

"Brother Wen He, then this time, I would like to ask you to go to Li Jue's place again, and tell him to camp and garrison for two days to rest, and attack Chang'an City again at Chenshi two days later."

"Yes, Confederate."

Jia Xu and a servant rode a horse from the road south of Chang'an City all the way to Li Jue's place. As the guards said before, there was no trace of a battle at the south gate of Chang'an City.

Li Jue had just taken a rest in the barracks, and had already taken off his shoes. When he heard Jia Xu coming, he didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he walked out of the general's tent.

"Brother Wenhe, is Niu Fu done?"

"It's done, general. Niu Fu ordered the allied forces to attack at Chenshi two days later, but this has nothing to do with the general. The general can now lead his troops to plunder all the way to Chencang City. Remember not to make too much publicity."

"What about Brother Wenhe? Won't you go to Chen Cangcheng with me?"

"I will continue to stay with Niu Fu. Once Niu Fu finds out that I have not returned, he will definitely send someone to come to the general."

"Then I'm going to trouble Brother Wenhe."

After Jia Xu finished speaking, she continued to return to the Niufu barracks with her attendants.

At this moment, Li Jue had asked his soldiers to pack up their things, and issued the banner of returning to Liangzhou. In fact, his goal was directly at Chencang City, but after attacking Chencang City, he needed to plunder along the way. It is true that Youfufeng in Kyoto does not have much population and resources, but he still will not let these ordinary people go.

When Jia Xuquan returned to the barracks, nothing happened, but simply told the leader that he had passed the order to Li Jue.

The allied soldiers rested for a day, and after being appeased by the captain, their morale barely recovered a bit. Although it was still not as good as before the battle, at least they would not run away.

Li Jue's army had already arrived in Huaili County. After hearing that Li Jue had led an army of [-] troops, the Huaili county magistrate fled out of the north gate without stopping. As for the ordinary people, they could only be ransacked by Li Jue's army.

Of course, ordinary small counties have no resources at all, but Li Jue still let the soldiers plunder, and after resting in Huaili for a night, he will continue to march west tomorrow.

In order to deceive others, Li Jue did not withdraw all the tents. He knew that the defenders at the west gate of Chang'an City would only stand firm and would not go out to check, so he left some tents to pretend that his army was still there.

After Li Jue's army left Huaili, the magistrate of Huaili County rushed back to the city from outside the city again. As for Li Jue's army passing by him, he just pretended not to see it.

Li Ru, who was in the mansion, unexpectedly received a letter, a letter from the allied army. After he opened it, he glanced at it, smiled, and then threw the letter on the candle. , the letter vanished into thin air.

The matter of Zhang Ming sending the eunuchs to the palace to prepare warm clothes for the soldiers has also been resolved. Cui Ming's efficiency is very fast, or the Southern Army's efficiency is very fast, and it took only one morning to sweep the palace again.

Because Zhang Ming is too young, the current harem is still empty. As for the harem of Emperor Ling, few people have been ruined by Dong Zhuo, so the current harem can be said to be very quiet, and many rooms are vacant. There are also a lot of clothes, quilts and the like.

The commander of the southern army didn't care who the clothes belonged to, he quickly packed them up and asked his guards to prepare a cart, which arrived at the barracks by noon.

Looking at these clothes, Zhang Ming was a little dazed. The clothes in the palace were all women's clothes, so how could this group of soldiers wear them, so he had to ask the commander of the Southern Army to take these women's clothes back, but Save these quilts.

The style of these quilts is not obvious, because the weaving technology of this era is not very advanced, so there are only a few colors, and because the harem has been uninhabited for a long time, the remaining quilts have faded, so these soldiers will not notice It's strange, after all, these ordinary soldiers have never seen the quilts in the palace.

After seeing these quilts, the soldiers in the barracks were very happy. They were going to be blown to death by the cold wind in the inner city barracks. With these quilts, at least they would not be so cold when they slept at night.

The quilts in the palace and the clothes already in the army have been able to reach the level that every army account and every soldier has no shortage of clothes and quilts.

Zhang Ming is well aware of the importance of doing a good job in logistics. The soldiers now have food, and there are millions of shi of grain in the city. Further improve the logistics system in the army, and strive to be a soldier who is a big man, no matter where he goes, he will not be troubled by the lack of logistics.

A group of siege soldiers with food, warmth, and walls faced a group of siege soldiers who lacked food, clothing, and internal chaos. It was difficult to lose.

(End of this chapter)