The Prosperity of Jingdi Chronicle

Hongqing three years, October, Yuncheng.

The Southern Expedition is imminent, and the holy driver is approaching, all the officials in Yuncheng are busy.

Today, Yuncheng is the seat of the state government of Yunzhou, and the magistrate of Yunzhou this time is Wei Yan's old acquaintance, Master Yao Qizhang.

During the battle of Yuncheng that day, Wei Yan and Master Yao worked together and got along quite happily with each other.

This is not a false statement, but there are examples to prove it.It is said that Wu Garden, a famous southern place, was quickly pushed to the ground with their joint efforts, which is the testimony of their friendship as colleagues.

During this Southern Expedition, Yu Jia will act together with the army, and the emperor's camp will be directly set up in the barracks, and finally avoid other gardens from being brutally murdered by them.

The current head of government affairs in Yunzhou is Yao Qizhang, Zhizhou, and the head of military affairs is Zhennan General Wei Ze.

Some time ago, Wei Ze came to Japan to inspect the front line. After receiving the emperor's order of the imminent conquest, he took his people back to Yuncheng, and together with Yao and Zhizhou, he prepared to pick him up.

Before the holy driver arrived, the sentinel arrived first.

This vanguard officer is none other than Mr. Meng Fei and Meng Jiu from the Zhenbei General's Mansion.

Young Master Meng Jiu is Wei Yan's good friend, and he was also a well-known playboy in Beijing back then.Now that he is getting older, he has children and heirs, and he has to take care of his wife and children, so he can only learn to make progress.

He previously served as a cavalry and archery captain in the Western Beijing Camp. During the southern expedition, the emperor appointed him as a former military captain and led a team of thousands of people to serve as an outpost for the emperor.

Along with him, there is Chang Sheng, the servant.

Chang Sheng is a man who is good at drilling camps, knows how to come, and his name has a good meaning, so Manager Fu Ji selected him into the accompanying team for this time, and ordered him to come to Yuncheng to check the preparations for the meeting.

Where to set up the camp of the Southern Expedition Army, how to arrange the emperor's central army camp, how to arrange the things inside, and how to arrange the security guards outside, all these matters need to be arranged in advance.

The people who prepared these things are naturally the officials of Yuncheng, and Meng Fei and Chang Sheng are here to check whether these things are properly used.

Yao Qizhang and Wei Ze have worked together in Yunzhou for several years, but the friendship between them is very small, and their official business has always been business-like.

It's not that the two of them don't know how to behave, but that they have to do this for the safety of their respective official titles.

It is normal for the civil servants in power and the military generals who lead troops to guard the place to dislike each other. It is normal to impeach and criticize each other from time to time. Joking about the future.

These two are smart people, and their friendship must not be too good.

The two of them quarreled several times about where the Southern Expedition Army camp should be set up and how to set up the camp. Now, the emperor sent someone to come, and they vomited to Lieutenant Meng and Zhongguan Chang separately. After experiencing bitterness, he slandered the other party a few words.

Among the civil and military officials in the border areas, it is normal for those who are willing to deal with business affairs, even if they are reasonable, to quarrel over trivial matters. Both Meng Fei and Chang Sheng are aware of this.

A lot of things, it's all a mess, it's hard to tell who is right, and Meng Fei and Chang Sheng are not here to decide the case, so naturally they don't bother to help people distinguish these right from wrong, and Yao Zhizhou and Zhennan General This gesture was not done for them, but for the emperor, so they split up to appease each other a few words, and then exposed the matter.

The camp of the Southern Expeditionary Army was set up outside the North City Gate.

As I said before, Yuncheng is a city with heavy passes, and there are two gates in the north and south. The north is close to the inland plain of the Jing Dynasty, and the south is a mountain road between the mountains. The open place is only after this mountain road, Yao Qizhang The first quarrel with Wei Ze was whether the camp of the Southern Expedition Army should be located outside the North City Gate or the South City Gate.

From the perspective of making it easier to march south, it is not a bad idea to set up outside the south gate, so Wei Ze asked for the camp to be located outside the south gate for the convenience of marching.

But from Yao Qizhang's point of view, General Zhennan doesn't need to think too much, at least on the surface, because the emperor doesn't need their military generals who lead troops to think too much. , is a loyal minister, but as a local official in the ruling party, he has to think more.

Since the emperor's camp was set up in the camp, after the royal driver arrived, Yuncheng would naturally be within the emperor's control, and it was obviously more appropriate to be outside the north city gate.

Although it is said that after the emperor arrives, people he trusts will definitely be stationed in Yuncheng, but one more thing is worse than one less thing. Since he thought of the key points here, why bother to leave a hidden danger of being criticized in the future.

Yao Qizhang and Wei Ze quarreled a few times over this, and in the end, he won the quarrel.

Of course, there are some truths that General Zhennan may not understand, but if he wants to pretend to be stupid, others can only think that he does not understand. Whoever teaches this truth to people who pretend to be stupid will be really stupid.

The address of Daying was chosen, and Wei Ze was in charge of setting up the camp, but Yao Qizhang was in charge of transshipment of the required materials. There were still many bumps and bumps, so they quarreled a few more times. Each has its winners and losers.

The first preparations for the drive were completed amidst the quarrel between the two of them.

Now that Meng Fei and Chang Sheng have arrived, Yao Qizhang and Wei Ze have finished vomiting their bitterness, and then rode their horses to take them to see the camp.

"Lieutenant Meng, Zhongguan Chang, what do you two think?" Yao Qizhang humbly asked the opinions of the two envoys of the emperor before reining in the camp.

"Master Zhizhou and General Zhennan must do things properly." Meng Fei said with a smile.

It was the first time for Meng Feijun to fight a war, but he was always on the outpost all the way, so he had some experience on how to set up this camp, and these words were not all polite words.

General Zhennan is a veteran general in the army. As long as there is no layman to lead the expert, no matter how he camps, he will definitely not go wrong.

"Our family doesn't understand the matter of setting up camp. From the outside, this place is spacious enough." Chang Sheng also nodded in satisfaction.

The emperor claimed to bring an army of one million during this southern expedition, but this million is just talk, and there is a lot of water in it.The emperor brought only 15 elite soldiers from Beijing, and another 20 soldiers were drawn from various states. In addition, Wei Ze had [-] frontier troops, a total of [-] elite soldiers, and another [-] auxiliary soldiers. Transshipment of military supplies such as food ordnance.

Wei Ze's [-] frontier troops were stationed at the front line at this time, and Yao Qizhang recruited auxiliary troops from neighboring states.The emperor did not bring many auxiliary soldiers and supplies with him on this march. Most of the army's needs along the way were provided by local officials, so their marching speed was very fast. In just over two months, they walked from the capital city to the cloud city.

In fact, this big camp can only be stationed by one hundred thousand elite soldiers, but once there are more than ten thousand people, it will be boundless. This big camp for one hundred thousand elite soldiers can be stationed, and the camp stretches for several miles, and the edge cannot be seen at a glance.

This big camp is divided into five areas. The emperor's central army tent is located in the center. It is the largest camp and can accommodate 1 elite soldiers. One hundred thousand elite soldiers.

The team of thousands of people brought by Meng Fei entered the camp, just like a few drops of water flowing into the sea, they were submerged in a blink of an eye.

However, as the emperor's vanguard officer, he only needs to clear out the idlers and guard the main roads. The real job of guards will be taken over by the guard battalion.

He is in charge of the outside, while Chang Sheng Chang Zhongguan is in charge of the inside.

"Our family doesn't understand the things outside, but we need to say a few more words about the things inside. The blanket on the floor needs to be changed in color, the furnishings on this table are too plain, and..."

Even if the emperor is out in the army and fighting, the tents of the Chinese army cannot be shabby. There is no reason to wrong the emperor in this world, so Chang Sheng is still extremely picky. I don’t know, I think the emperor is not here to fight. , but came for a cruise.

Even so, when he spoke, Yao Qizhang and Wei Ze listened respectfully, wrote down all his picky points, and hurriedly sent someone to replace him.

They have spent countless thoughts back and forth, and have worked hard for 99 steps. They want to get a good one in front of the emperor. If they fall short in the last step, it will be too wronged.

Next, the few of them were busy again.

After another six days, the army led by the emperor finally arrived at Yuncheng.

Subsequently, soldiers and horses dispatched from other state capitals arrived one after another in the past few days.

By the end of October, all the [-] elite soldiers had entered the camp, and the emperor gathered the leading generals in the central army camp to discuss the next marching route.

"My dear friends, from the map, we can see that there are three routes from Yuncheng to Fengcheng, the capital of the Nanyi Kingdom." Jing Li held a golden whip in his hand and pointed to the map hanging on the wall.

At this time, the roads to cross the army are generally official roads, country roads, and stone roads in the mountains. A few people can walk, but it is impossible to pass the army.

In addition to the troops, the army still has a large amount of military resources that need to be transferred. If you take the narrow path, the speed will not be fast.

But the soldiers are very fast, the march is too slow, and a lot of time is spent on the road, so there are too many variables.

These official roads are connected to the various cities. When attacking a city, you only need to follow these official roads and attack the cities one by one.

The city is occupied, and the villages in the four fields do not have high walls and thick walls to resist the front of the soldiers. As long as a few troops are sent, they can be easily wiped out.

"If this battle drags on for a long time and costs too much, it's better to capture the king first, what do you think?" Jing Li clicked on the map a few times.

He chose, of course, the most straight-line distance.

From Yuncheng to Fengcheng, there were many enemy cities in the middle, all of which he skipped.

"Your Majesty, if you move troops like this, the food supply may be in danger." The first one to object was Zhennan General Wei Ze.

Pushing down one city after another will indeed take more time and cost more, but the army's food roads are guaranteed, and the emperor's marching troops are easy to be harassed by the enemy.

Once the grain road is cut off and the army is left alone, the situation will be very bad.

"Because the food is for the enemy, it's not a bad idea." Regarding this, Jing Li also has a secret case.

In the army at this time, the boundary between soldiers and bandits is not very clear. If the food road is really cut off, then they can only plunder the Quartet and feed on the enemy.

Of course, in this way of fighting, the opponent can also use Jianqing Biye to deal with it.

At this time, it depends on which side is faster. As long as one's own marching speed is fast enough, the opponent will not have time to clear the wall, and it can be achieved because of the enemy's food.

All the generals here are not new recruits on the battlefield, and they all understand these reasons.

However, the emperor's personal conquest, everyone wanted to be safe. If the emperor marched like this, if everything went well, the war could indeed end in the shortest time. If there was an emergency, no one could take the responsibility.

"Your Majesty, General Zhennan's words are justified, and the minister also feels that it is safe." Some generals advised him.

"The minister seconded the proposal." The others were not stupid, and they certainly could not support the emperor in doing so.

Therefore, the emperor's plan to go straight to Fengcheng died unfortunately during the discussion in the big account.

However, whether the emperor really gave up on this, it won't take long to see the outcome.

At the beginning of November of the third year of Hongqing, the emperor personally led the army and sent troops south.

General Wei Ze of Zhennan was appointed as the chief general of the Southern Expedition, and his younger brother Wei Min was responsible for ensuring the smooth flow of grain roads.

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This is the third volume of the "Jingdi Chronicle" series, which tells the happy life of Jing Li and Wei Yan and the bitter blood and tears of the cannon fodder.For the first volume and the second volume, see "Jingdi Chronicle".