[Quick Crossing + Red Mansions] I have a strong desire to survive

Jia Daihua had learned from Meng Bai, who had brought 5000 troops back to the camp, that Zhang Jia wanted to lure the Beirong people to Pingzhou City, so that Qiao Nan could clean up the mess by himself.According to his calculations, it would not take long for Zhang Jia's people to lead the Beirong people to the Pingzhou army, and then retreat to the camp, and it should be noon.

But it was not until sunset on the west mountain that the scouts came to report that Zhang Jia had led the team back to the camp. Jia Daihua ordered the trumpeters to blow the trumpets, and took the whole battalion to greet him at the gate of the camp.

Seeing the team coming from afar, Jia Daihua couldn't stop smiling. He could tell that he brought back a lot of spoils this time.No wonder it took so long for Zhang Jia to lead the team back to the camp. He didn't know that part of the food and grass had already arrived, and he went to clean up the battlefield.

As the team got closer and closer, Zhang Jia took two quick steps on his horse and rolled off his horse about [-] steps before Jia Dai's incarnation: "General, the final general failed to complete the order, please punish the general."

Jia Daihua was also very helpless, just looking at the injuries of the soldiers brought back by Zhang Jia, he knew that this guy did not completely lead the Beirong people to the Pingzhou Army, but went head-to-head with them.

He only brought 3000 people with him. If he hadn't sent a letter to Xu Jin in Pingzhou a long time ago... Jia Daihua was not only unwilling to think about it, he didn't dare to think about it, let alone the time to think about it.

"General Zhang, please." Jia Daihua solemnly stretched out his hand to support Zhang Jia. Now is not the time to complain to each other, but to publicize Zhang Jia's achievements: "You have 3000 people against Bei Rong's nearly [-] people. Being able to win is a model of our Northwest Army not being afraid in the face of danger, being stronger in the face of a strong force, winning more with less, and vowing to fight the Beirong people beyond the borderline, what is the crime?!"

Zhang Jia glanced at Jia Daihua in disbelief, and found that he was sincere, so he couldn't help but get excited: "General, you don't know that Ruan Gai of Beirong could have escaped with more than 5000 people, ours As soon as the people sang, the big knife chopped off the Beirong people's heads, but the boy was so angry that he turned around and fought with us again, and only took away more than 2000 people in the end."

That's a big win.There was no smile on Jia Daihua's face, but a sad question: "How about the casualties in the Fourth Battalion?"

Even if it is a victory, in such an era of cold weapons, if you hurt the enemy one thousand, you will not hurt yourself eight hundred, and there will be no casualties at all.Zhang Jia's expression also dimmed: "Meng Bai led the fourth battalion to withdraw 5000 people first, and finally brought back 320 nine people this time."

In other words, 680 soldiers died in this battle.Compared with last year's ten to seven, this battle is undoubtedly a battle of shame, but Jia Daihua knows that things are not that simple.

Ruan Gai is the second prince of Beirong, he is very trusted by the ancient capital of the king of Beirong, and has developed an arrogant temperament.After suffering such a big loss this time, he will definitely find a way to retaliate against the Northwest Army.This time the army cut off the food and the Beirong people knew it in time, so Jia Daihua had to guard against it.

"Boys!" Jia Daihua turned around abruptly, facing the Northwest Army who greeted Zhang Jia and others: "Our comrades, our brothers, died for the country. Now, let us take our brothers back to the camp!"

"Take the brothers back to the camp!" The Northwest Army shouted this sentence together, silently looking at the brothers whose faces were covered.The other battalions were better, but the eyes of the soldiers of the fourth battalion were a little red.Among the 680 people, nearly 600 people were newly transferred to the Northwest Army.

After arranging the dead soldiers and distributing the trophies to the battalions, Jia Daihua wanted to hold a memorial service for the dead soldiers—Tai/Zu’s experience told Jia Daihua that the memorial service can unite the morale of the army.

His idea has won the support of all the generals, even the dozen or so generals who have been recruited by Chen Ming feel that this method is feasible-the soldiers lick blood with their knives, and many of them have even died. I didn't remember the last name.Now that the memorial service is being held for the dead in the camp, it is a way to reassure the hearts of the living.

Seeing that no one objected, Jia Daihua sent people to collect coffins in various towns, and set aside a place in the southeast direction of the northwest camp, so that the soldiers of the fourth battalion began to repair the cemetery——My brother, let him be buried by himself For safety, nothing can calm the morale of the army more than this.

It is a concept held by the Chinese in any dynasty. In the past, the soldiers who died in battle were no longer cared about how to arrange Jia Daihua. After that, the Northwest Army will have its own cemetery, and the whole army will pay homage together on New Year’s Day. Jia Daihua can still guarantee it.

On the day of the memorial service, Chen Ming also returned to the northwest camp.Seeing the coffins carried by four people being put into the grave pit one by one, each soldier filled the pit with shovel after shovel, Chen Ming who rushed over did not say a word, no one knew what he was thinking .

A wooden sign was erected in front of each tomb, because even if all the nearby stonemasons were recruited, there was still no way to carve so many inscriptions at once.As the stonemasons were recruited, the Northwest Army once again fought against Beirong, with nearly [-] casualties and nearly [-] enemies killed. The deeds also spread rapidly in the Northwest, and there is a trend of spreading farther and farther.

Jia Daihua took a laissez-faire attitude towards this. It was impossible for him to do good deeds without publicity. Now is not the time for him to exert his strength. At this time, the emperor's attitude should be concerned.

Therefore, Jia Daihua welcomed Chen Ming's return, and was listening to the hadith that Chen Ming brought back with all the senior officers.

Facing everyone's eager gazes, Chen Ming felt a little embarrassed to lift his head: "I only met the saint once when I came to Beijing. The saint is very caring for the northwest camp, and ordered me not to relax and patrol the border. You can take advantage of this opportunity." After that, there was nothing to say.

This is the end?Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and finally focus on Chen Ming: brother, do you know what you do when you go to the capital? It is also good to wear next winter.

Chen Ming lowered his head.To be honest, he was also very disappointed when he came to Beijing this time.Speaking of which, he went to the northwest camp with ambition, and the emperor gave him an order to gather the army in the northwest as soon as possible, and to empty or replace Jia Daihua.

But after entering the northwest camp, I discovered that Jia Daihua had his own way of leading troops. Even if he was in Beijing, those veteran generals would act according to the Northwest military regulations, so that he, who came under the name of the capital, There is no room for play.

When Jia Daihua returned to the camp, every move he did was beyond reproach, and there were often surprises, so that the soldiers transferred from various places quickly became aware of being the Northwest Army, and the entire Northwest Army Melted into one.

Under such circumstances, it was very difficult for Chen Ming to do anything, otherwise he would not have agreed with Jia Daihua to let him go to Beijing to ask for winter clothes.From what he thought, it was difficult for him, who was personally ordered by the emperor, to be in the Northwest Army. In order for him to gain a foothold in the Northwest Army, and for everyone in the Northwest Army to realize that he was different from the Emperor's heart, the Emperor should also hear him. He urged the Ministry of War to bring his winter clothes back to the Northwest Army.

not at all.When the emperor faced him, apart from the few scene words just now, he just asked him how he was doing in winning people's hearts in the Northwest Army, but Jia Daihua was caught.Hearing that he was about to be isolated by the Northwest Army, the emperor yelled at him, showing no intention of supporting him.

As for the Ministry of War, it is said that the Ministry of Households does not give money, and they can't think about it.The Ministry of Households was more direct, saying that the emperor had not clearly agreed to Jia Daihua that day, so they could not allocate the money to the Ministry of War.

Being pushed around like this, Chen Ming couldn't even pass the sign into the palace if he wanted to meet again, so Chen Ming had no choice but to ask Mr. Shoufu.You know, he was recommended by the chief minister to the emperor, now the chief minister should help himself, right?

Shoufu was quite polite to him, and what he said was very ironic, but he couldn't bring up serious matters, and whenever he asked about Dongyi, he would talk about him left and right.In a hurry to ask, the chief assistant said softly: "The saint's internal treasury has not been found yet, how can he care about such a trivial matter."

Two sets of winter clothes are indeed a small matter in the eyes of the nobles, but in the eyes of Chen Ming, they are a great deal—he only entrusted him with such an errand when he entered Beijing Jia Daihua. .His rank has been lowered by Jia Daihua, how can he rise up if he does not make this contribution?

After spending another month in Beijing, Chen Ming could hardly even see the chief assistant, so he knew that it would be difficult for him to make meritorious deeds this time. After returning to the camp, he still didn't know how Jia Daihua taunted him.

Saint, this is trying to let himself run away without giving himself grass to eat.Chen Ming had such a realization in his heart.So no matter how others look at it, they just bow their heads and think about their own thoughts, and don't say a word.How many people and things did he bring with him when he left, and when he came back there were still so many people and so many things, the generals knew that the winter clothes were hopeless, and turned their eyes from Chen Ming to Jia Daihua.

Knowing this was the result, Jia Daihua didn't think he should be happy: "General Chen has worked hard all the way, please go back to the tent and have a rest."

Chen Ming looked at Jia Daihua, and found that he didn't mean to mock him, so he couldn't help but feel ashamed: "The last general is incompetent, failed..."

Jia Daihua shook his head: "The saints have not waited to see the Northwest Army for a long time. It is not because of General Chen. It is just winter clothes. Seeing that the winter is going to pass, everyone will pass it if you stand up. Only this food and grass are the only ones that can survive." Urgent."

There is also a problem with food and grass?Chen Ming was not in a hurry to leave now, and directly asked what happened to Jia Daihua.Seeing Jia Daihua's serious face, Li Sen told Chen Ming how Qiao Nan withheld grain and grass for [-] days and used it as a pretext for being stolen by thieves.

Everyone was discussing in the Chinese military tent, and combined with the fact that Chen Ming had returned without success, they wondered if Qiao Nan had someone's order to act so boldly.Chen Ming opened his mouth to defend the emperor, but there was no way to argue—the Beirong invasion had already begun, and if such an incident happened again with the grain and grass, he would be in chaos if the Northwest Army didn’t need the Beirong people to attack .

Even if I can use this to criticize Jia Daihua's ineffectiveness in governing the army and successfully replace him, can I lead an army without food and grass well?The army did not listen to their own command and became the chief general of the Northwest Camp, which would also break the myth that the Beirong people would not step over the defense line after the founding of the Northwest Camp. The first person the emperor wanted to hold accountable was himself.

The emperor's thoughts were similar to Chen Ming's. He had just received the first memorial from Jia Daishan and Feng Tang, and he was so angry that he hurriedly summoned the cabinet elders and the household minister to discuss matters in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The elders of the pavilion had already read this document submitted by the Ministry of War. Now that the emperor was angry, they had to persuade him to calm down. What's the use of being angry, they had to think about how to appease the Northwest Army.No one dared to think about the consequences of a [-]-strong army without cooking for three days.

What they are looking forward to now is Jia Daihua's prestige in the Northwest Army, so that the Northwest Army can last for a few more days.

"This Qiao Nan should be punished by the Nine Clans." The emperor gritted his teeth in hatred for Qiao Nan who he had appointed. He didn't know the importance of things. It's okay if you delay for a day or two. It's no wonder that Jia Daihua can easily recognize him after such a delay. Woolen cloth.

Just sent away Chen Ming who asked for winter clothes, and Qiao Nan who withdrew food and grass. Do these people think that he, the emperor, is too worry-free?

"Fortunately, Feng Tangzhi is generally good, and has re-delivered grain and grass directly to the northwest camp." Zhang Gelao felt that Feng Tang handled it well, and praised him in front of the emperor.

These words did not make the emperor's brows relax: "It takes at least eight days to go from Yulin to the northwest camp." The total time is nearly half a month.The northwest camp is really waiting for the food from Yulin to arrive, and it is not bad to live half of it.

Liu Ge said: "Before Feng Tang transported the grain this time, the next batch of grain and grass had already been shipped out first. In this way, within five days, the grain and grass can be received by camping in the northwest."

Hubu Shangshu smiled wryly in his heart, he is the weakest here, so just listen to it.I have never heard of the frontier army that has already set up a permanent camp and supplies food and grass every ten days.Even though he had never fought in a war, he still knew the four words "Qinghuang" and "Huanghuang".

What if the Beirong people violated the frontier at the juncture of camping in the northwest?

"My lord, the Ministry of War received an urgent battle report from eight hundred miles to the northwest. The Beirong invaded the frontier, and the Pingzhou army won a big victory." The sharp voice of the little eunuch made people's scalp tingle after hearing it.Hubu Shangshu looked around anxiously, for fear that he would accidentally say what was in his mind just now, making everyone think he was a crow's mouth.

"Call the Minister of the Ministry of War to enter the palace to answer." The emperor's heart also became disturbed, and hurriedly summoned the Minister of the Ministry of War to meet him.

The Minister of the Ministry of War was full of joy: "The sage is overjoyed. Ruan Gai, the second prince of Beirong, led 1 people to invade Pingzhou, and was defeated by the Northwest Army and the Pingzhou Army [-] miles outside the city of Pingzhou, killing nearly [-] Beirong people. Great victory, saint."

The emperor's face finally showed a smile: "The news of such a big victory at the beginning of the year, the Pingzhou Army did a good job." As he said, he stretched out his hand, Dai Quan took the memorial from the Ministry of War Minister, and bowed and presented it to the emperor.

Looking at it, the emperor's complexion was not good, and after a few more glances, he had already dropped the memorial to the ground: "Qiao Nan made too many mistakes!"

The first assistant stopped for a while before he dared to pick up the memorial from the ground, and after reading it, he silently handed it to the second assistant next to him, with a constipated expression on his face.After watching it, Cifu didn't say a word, and handed it to Elder Quan Ge.After waiting for several old elders to pass on the memorial, finally elder Liu Ge handed the memorial to the Minister of the Household Department.

Although it was a memorial brought by the Ministry of War, the elder Ge handed it to him immediately, and the Minister of the Ministry of Household also read it. The beginning of the matter was the same as that reported by the Minister of the Ministry of War. The problem lies in the last paragraph:

At that time, the Fourth Battalion of the Northwest Army was training in the field fifty miles outside Pingzhou City, facing the enemy head-on.After the Pingzhou army got the report, they sent 2000 people to fight together, and then the chief general Xu Jin led another 7000 people to reinforce them, defeating the Beirong army.

According to Zhang Jiayan of the Northwest Army, the reason for the Northwest Army's survival training in the wild is that there is not enough food and grass in the army, so they have to ask for food in the wild to prevent the soldiers' morale from being disturbed after they know about it.The Pingzhou army has divided half of the grain and grass, and delivered it to the northwest camp on the same day.

Even the Hubu Shangshu's face was hot after reading it.This is where the Pingzhou Army is fighting against the Northwest Army. It is clear that the Northwest Army has blocked Pingzhou's catastrophe. The reason is that the prefect of Pingzhou suppressed other people's food and grass.

The feeling of being repaid with kindness is really sour.Hubu Shangshu held the memorial weighing more than a thousand catties, he didn't know whether he should send it back to the imperial case, or continue to hold it himself, and looked at Elder Liuge in embarrassment.

Elder Liu Ge took the memorial silently, and passed it to Dai Quan one by one.The emperor's face sank like water, and he didn't even want to look at the memorial again: "Let's discuss it, how should Qiao Nan deal with it."

"Reporting to the saint, the guard of Yulin hastened eight hundred miles." The little eunuch's voice sounded abruptly again, causing everyone in the hall to tremble, except for the emperor, no one dared to look up.What Dai Quan thought in his heart was that he must send this little eunuch to the violence room in the evening, he really has no winks.

The emperor was amused: "Xuan."

The left servant of the Ministry of War breathed heavily and entered the hall, Jiayi took a look at his chief officer, and found that Lord Shangshu's face was very displeased, he didn't dare to look any further, he first greeted the emperor before talking.

The emperor was impatient: "Speak." It is not a good thing at first glance, please be safe and it will really be safe.

The Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War paused and said: "The guard of Yulin hastened eight hundred miles, and the prefect of Pingzhou, Qiao Nan, seized the food and grass of the Northwest camp, until the food and grass were stolen." After finishing speaking, he held the memorial high above his head.

The memorial just now only made everyone feel slapped in the face, but now this one is terrible.The emperor suppressed the urge to throw something, and asked Dai Quan to present the memorial, but after reading it, he fell to the ground directly: "Bastard, bastard who misled the country."

What everyone was thinking was, where did this Qiao Nan hide so much food and grass, and where did he get such courage?

"The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials will send competent personnel to Pingzhou to investigate this matter for me." The emperor managed to calm down, knowing that it would be impossible to pass this matter without an explanation to the Northwest Army.Regardless of Jia Daihua's prestige in the northwest camp, soldiers who have not eaten for ten days will not take him seriously.

We can't let all the soldiers in the Northwest camp do some field survival training, not to mention whether the ice and snow is feasible, the court can't afford to lose face, and the Beirong people will not give the Northwest Army this opportunity.

Shoufu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I only send personnel from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials. I'm afraid it will be difficult to calm the hearts of the Northwest Army. Please send an elder to appease the Northwest Army."

The remaining four elders all scolded the chief assistant for being cunning in their hearts, and the drudgery of going to the northwest could never fall on him, so he could stand and talk without back pain.

The old Quan Ge, who has always been amicable, took the lead to stand up: "My lord, if you don't come up with how to deal with Qiao Nan and how to supply the Northwest army, let alone the ministers waiting to go to the Northwest, even if some prince goes there in person, the Northwest army will still be in chaos. Ah." There are people who are more valuable than Ge Lao, so you should send them there.

Hubu Shangshu almost didn't laugh out loud, this Quange old man usually plays Taiping boxing because no one provoked him.You can see it now, no matter it is Qiao Nan's recommendation or sending food to the Northwest garrison on the tenth day, the first one is the first assistant, so the old Quan Ge is going for him?

Mr. Zhang Ge also bowed to the emperor after hearing this: "I feel that Mr. Quan Ge's words are justified. Seeing that the spring is approaching, Bei Rong has suffered a new big loss, and will definitely commit crimes again. This method of transporting military rations once every ten days is really true. No more."

Shoufu was blushed by what the two of them said, and his eyes kept looking at Jisuke.Only Cifu knew that Qiao Nan was recommended by him, but it was the sage who signaled him to send food and grass to the northwest defenders every ten days.

As if he had practiced closed-mouth meditation, Cifu didn't even look at Shoufu, which made Shoufu sigh in his heart. He said something in a hurry. He didn't expect that the most likely person to be sent to the northwest was Cifu.

The scene couldn’t stay cold all the time, so the chief assistant had to stand up and argue with the elders Quan and Zhang: “Last year, the autumn harvest in the south of the Yangtze River was mediocre, and it was not easy to collect grain. Ten taels (the old 16 taels was a catty). It is not easy for civilian husbands to recruit."

"Because of this, we should recruit enough civilian workers to transport grain and grass to the northwest at one time. It seems that there are only civilian workers on the road now, and it is difficult for officers and soldiers to protect them. There are two food expenses, and it is necessary to prevent the Beirong people from suddenly crossing the border or The bandits in the Northwest are robbing food. The gain outweighs the loss.” Seeing that the second assistant did not give the first auxiliary team, Liu Ge also ended up.

The emperor's head hurt again when he heard it: "We will discuss the transportation of grain and grass later, let's talk about Qiao Nan first."

"Chenqi sage," Hubu Shangshu feels distressed when he hears the money spent. Then Qiao Nan lost ten days of food for the Northwest Army, and the Hubu has to find a way to make up for it. Later, the theft of food and grass is really a heinous crime, just as the sage said, the nine clans should be punished."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

"The minister also agrees."

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In addition to the first assistant, the four elders of the pavilion, the minister of the household department, the minister of the military department, and the left servant of the military department all expressed their second proposal to have Qiao Nan killed by the nine clans. The examiner's protégé, and the order for Qiao Nan to suppress the food and grass of the Northwest Army from time to time was a secret order from the emperor.

Qiao Nan made such a big mistake, he would not be able to wait for the investigators to arrive, and he would have to keep his mouth shut, otherwise he would really find out that the order was from the emperor... The emperor made up his mind and pointed to the chief assistant with his eyes.

After a few years of monarchs and ministers, the chief assistant understood the emperor's intentions better than others.Seeing the emperor's eyes, the chief assistant's eyes flashed with a trace of unwillingness, but he had to bow his head: "The minister also seconded the proposal. The minister recommends Quan Ge Lao to go to the northwest for camping." Old man, you are the first to jump out, it's up to you whether you go or not .After recommending you, Jisuke won't have any grievances with himself.