The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

After Situ Zhuo left with the spies, Daiyu discussed with Zhou Zhian and split up the general rations, at least ensuring that the left and right vanguards and the [-] soldiers under him would carry at least half a month's rations.

At the beginning, Zhou Zhian disagreed. The most important thing to avoid when marching and fighting is to lose the morale of the army, especially when marching in winter, the conditions are difficult, and deserters may appear when there is no food.

Of course, Daiyu also has her own reasons for her proposal. The more it is winter, the more energy the human body needs to replenish. If the team is broken up, the more rations the soldiers carry, the longer they can last.

After listening to Wang Hao's analysis, Zhou Anzhi, who is as experienced as he is, has to admit that there is some truth, but Zhou Anzhi feels that it is not at all right now: "Although what Wang Hao said is not bad, but now I have only passed Yanmen for a few days, and I am far away from the front line. It's still early, so it's so easy to break up the team. Besides, if the military rations are distributed to the soldiers, first of all, let's not talk about the problem of someone fleeing with the rations, but if someone can't control their mouths, they will eat the [-]-day ration early and eat the [-]-day It's over, and it's also a big taboo for marching."

This is also true. In fact, the [-] soldiers this time were brought out from the Beijing camp. After several years of training by Jia Jing, they are already regarded as a very well-disciplined army. However, Daiyu herself Not that confident either.

In the modern army, not only can the military rations be divided into parts, even the army can, but in ancient times, the overall management of the military rations was still the mainstream, which is why ancient wars would have methods such as looting military rations and burning food and grass. It can even directly eliminate the combat effectiveness of an entire army.

Daiyu said: "General Zhou, the soldiers were brought out by ourselves. We must have confidence in them. After the military rations are distributed, we can tell them that they must last for fifteen days, and if they find that they are disturbing the people, they will be killed without mercy. But we must Make sure that every soldier carries rations that can last for a period of time.

Don't General Zhou find it strange?So far we have not encountered the defenders along the West Sea who have withdrawn their reports.Leaving aside the problem of affecting the morale of the army after the death of the king of Nan'an County in battle, let's say that although the garrison in Xihaiyanzi also farms and farms, they still need the imperial court to allocate military rations every year. I haven't encountered the imperial army who retreated for help. "

The reason why Zhou Anzhi agreed to assign [-] soldiers to Daiyu's command was not only that Daiyu was respected by the soldiers in the army, but also because the princess was definitely not a woman who knew nothing.Just saying that the proposal to buy jerky in Beidi was the princess' proposal.

Unlike the Beidi army, the soldiers of the Han family can live for a long time with a pack of jerky and a pot of clean water. The stomachs of the imperial army cannot adapt to a diet full of beef and mutton, but with jerky as a supplement, the soldiers are indeed able to survive. Diet has improved.

"What does Wang Hao mean to say that the defender of Xihai Yanzi has surrendered, and now he is planning to deal with the imperial army?" Zhou Anzhi said.

Daiyu said: "It's always right to be careful. If General Zhou is really worried, the general's rations will be allocated to the battalions, and each battalion will make overall arrangements. The remaining rations will still be escorted by the grain and grass army. But it can't still be the same as before. Every two days Every day you have to receive military rations. If the food and grass for each battalion of soldiers can only last for three days, it is really impossible."

In fact, the 5 army consumes a lot of military rations just to eat and drink every day, and it is impossible to cook all the meals for 500 people at one place.The matter of camping and stoves was originally delegated to each camp.The establishment of this dynasty, with [-] people in each battalion, is commanded by the battalion.

However, during the march, in order to ensure the safety of the army rations, they went to the ration officer every two days to receive two days of rations.The odd-numbered battalion and the even-numbered battalion lead by turns.In wartime, each battalion does need to carry more food and grass to ensure that there is enough buffer when the troops cannot be assembled.

Zhou Anzhi thought for a while, and with this arrangement, each battalion received one ration for two days instead of one for half a month, so he nodded in agreement.

But Daiyu said: "General Zhou misunderstood. What I said is not that each battalion receives half a month's rations, but that each battalion keeps half a month's rations for itself. Daily consumption is still received from the ration officer."

Zhou Anzhi didn't want to agree at first, but now the army is escorting a year's supply of food and grass. In fact, it's not much to allocate half a month to go out, so he finally agreed.

The march of the entire army is coordinated and unified. In this way, it is not a matter of allocating half a month of military rations to the battalion, but the overall planning of the entire march needs to be rearranged.For example, in the past, the vanguard battalion was light cavalry, ready to fight at any time; the infantry battalion, because of its limited capacity, mainly guarded the front and rear of the grain and grass army to protect the baggage;

Now each battalion has to divide part of the food and grass, so horses, vehicles, etc. must also be allocated to the infantry battalion. The coordination work is not small.But because Situ Zhuo had not returned with his spies to inquire about the military situation, the large army would not have marched at all, so he took advantage of these few days to rest and did all these things.

After waiting for five days like this, none of the spies who inquired about the military situation came back.

The King of Nan'an had already died, and Zhou Anzhi would not be able to bear such a big responsibility if the reinforcements had not arrived at Xihai Yanzi, and another King Zhuo died.

Daiyu actually believed in Situ Zhuo's ability, but generally speaking, during the march, scouts would not leave the vanguard camp too far. It would take one day or two days to go back to the camp, like now It is rare for there to be no news for five days.

Zhou Anzhi also became worried, and sent two vanguard battalions to look for the whereabouts of Situ Zhuo and his party, and kept in touch under the name of Lingjian.

After finishing the order, Zhou Anzhi also comforted Daiyu: "Princess, don't panic, I think it's because of the ice and snow, the prince went astray when he came back, and he hasn't heard the news of the enemy's attack yet, so the prince will not have any accidents." Comforting It was so consoling, but in fact Zhou Anzhi didn't know what to do, and some complained that he was being too big and asked Situ Zhuo to lead someone to inquire about the military situation.

But Daiyu was very calm and said: "General Zhou doesn't need to come to comfort me, I know the prince is not in danger, and if anything happens, the prince will not release every single arrow."

Well, Zhou Anzhi originally came to comfort Daiyu, but was comforted by Daiyu.The prince and concubine are indeed the ones the emperor can send out in wartime.

Although Daiyu knew that Situ Zhuo hadn't encountered any accidents, but she hadn't seen him back for so long, and Situ Zhuo had limited manpower around him, so Daiyu was still a little worried.Of course, Daiyu felt that Situ Zhuo had found some clues, so she continued to investigate.

In addition to sending out the vanguard battalion to look for Situ Zhuo, Zhou Anzhi also accelerated the marching speed. Just in case the vanguard battalion finds the prince, the army cannot keep up with the rescue.

Daiyu is also vigilant, and will send spies to scout the way in due course.

Back then, Daiyu and Situ Zhuo asked Zhou Anzhi for the command of 3000 people.The 3000 men consisted of a cavalry battalion, four infantry battalions, and a supply battalion.In terms of equipment, it can be regarded as the best in the imperial army.

The imperial court has more soldiers and more generals, and the [-] soldiers who led this expedition are also well-trained, but after all, the Daling Dynasty is no better than Beidi and Xihai. Although the products are rich, they are not as good as the production of war horses.Daiyu's cavalry battalion has [-] horses, and the supply battalion also has horses and ox carts to transport supplies, which are indeed well-equipped.Moreover, after these six battalions were assigned to Daiyu's command, they were like independent regiments for later generations, and Daiyu's command had great autonomy.

Therefore, even if Zhou Anzhi made overall arrangements for the major marching directions, Daiyu would explore the way every day and make her own judgment.

After traveling like this for several days, they approached a mountain pass.Daiyu stared at the Kanyu map in a daze, Xueyan said: "Princess, what are you looking at?"

This time Daiyu joined the army, and brought a girl named Xueyan by her side.As a princess, if you bring more servants, no one will say anything, but Xueyan followed Daiyu to train her body seriously and learned to fight.Going out in winter is not as usual, and the maids and servants are all killed, and their health is not good enough, so they may not be able to withstand the winter march.

But Situ Zhuo was afraid that Daiyu would be wronged, so he brought several servants to Daiyu's side to wait for her.Although he was cast out, he was originally a man, and the physical strength of the servants was much better than that of ordinary maids. Moreover, Situ Zhuo had the habit of urging the people around him to practice martial arts since he was a child. These servants could bear such a long journey.But since Daiyu came here, she didn't have many places to serve her, so she got used to having a snow goose.

Seeing Xueyan asking, Daiyu said: "What did the prince do, maybe tomorrow we will find out."

Liu Xiangyu smiled and said, "Princess, how do you know?" The Liu family's situation is special, originally to avoid being responsible for Emperor Taizong's life, Liu Xing joined the army, and after discussion with Liu Xing and his wife, they simply let Xiangyu come with them Mrs. Liu Liu is in Beijing.If not all the Liu family came together, I am afraid that Emperor Taizong would be suspicious again, and Mrs. Liu would want to come to Xihai Yanzi together.

Daiyu said with a smile: "Tomorrow the army will pass through the mountain pass. The prince has experienced training in the military department. He will not know the reason why only a small number of soldiers can't cross the mountain pass. The most taboo is to be cut off by the enemy when marching. The head and the tail will not be connected."

Xiang Yu nodded and said with a smile, "Princess, you really know everything."

In ancient times, when marching and fighting, people were always afraid of passing through mountain passes and canyons. It was just a rolling stone formation, which could not be resisted by manpower.Coupled with the fact that you can't get hurt in winter, or there is an avalanche, you must explore and explore when you cross the mountain pass.Daiyu was cautious, and Zhou Anzhi was also very cautious.

In the early morning of the next day, the large army broke out of camp and marched. After walking for two hours, when it was time to set up a stove for cooking, they heard the loud shouts of killing in front, as if there were troops fighting.

Zhou Anzhi raised the order flag, and ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn to assemble and wait in formation.He also ordered someone to inform Daiyu, so that the princess should not panic or wander around.

Daiyu didn't panic, she just said calmly: "What a precise calculation!" Then she called Luo Yuan and said, "Go and tell General Zhou that this is an enemy trick. Even if the Northwest defenders come to ask for help, they won't believe it."

Luo Yuan was a trusted eunuch who followed Situ Zhuo since he was a child, and Zhou Anzhi also knew it.Send Luo Yuan to pass on the message, maybe Zhou Anzhi can listen to him better.

Although Liu Xiangyu was good at martial arts, he had never fought a war before, so he was a little scared at the moment, so he asked Daiyu, "Princess, how do you know it's a trick? Are you afraid?"

The shouts of killing in front were getting closer and closer, Daiyu looked ahead and said calmly: "The timing is too coincidental, why did the enemy army arrive at the time when the imperial army was exhausted from walking and had no time to set up a stove for lunch? Killed? If the Xihai Yanzi garrison who came to ask for help has already surrendered to the enemy, and they are full of food and drink enough to wait for work, and the imperial army still believes that they are their own people, what do you think the result will be?"

After a few simple analysis, Xiang Yu's pretty face turned pale with fright.