The current emperor of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Che, has many characteristics, but his love of success, his impatience, his unquestionable character, and his extreme lack of regard for human life are some of the most obvious ones.

These items are often displayed in series.

The most common example is to require a huge scene and project, and then set a minimum time limit. If there is a delay, people would rather lose their lives than see any discount.

This was true for Xiudongdu, Jianmingtang-Tongtian Pagoda-Dajinzhu, this was true for the Western Inspection, and it seemed to be true for the previous two expeditions against Dongyi.

However, there is a saying that during the third expedition against Dongyi after the Chinese New Year, the Mao Ren Sage seemed to pay special attention to the stability of the rear and made many detailed arrangements:

For example, in addition to sending the British general Bai Hengqiu out to Taiyuan, he also placed the heavyweight Shangshu Zuocheng Zhang Shizhao in charge of the Bianzhou camp in charge of the front line of logistics, and also sent two generals, Qu Tuda and Zheng Shanye.

They were stationed in Puyang and Liyang respectively, forming a civil and military division on the logistics road.

For another example, when it was decided to let Sima Changying, Yu Changji, and Zhang Han accompany the three ministers, Cao Lin, Emperor Shu Cao, Su Wei, and Niu Hong could have taken charge of the Eastern Capital and the overall situation behind them... But the emperor still set up a plan.

The Dongdu left-behind man with a very junior qualification but a very mysterious background is Zhang Shiben, the youngest son of the great master Zhang Fuzi Zhang Bofeng, who is also the father of Zhang Changgong, the poster girl of Jing'an Station... This is not included, plus the Ministry of War Shangshu Duan

Wei Wei, the newly appointed Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, Gu Yi, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Bai Hengjin, and Qian Shiying of the Shangzhu Kingdom formed an eight-person Dongdu deliberative body.

According to the clearly issued imperial edict, major military and state affairs in the Eastern Capital require the resolution of eight people before they can be issued in place of the previous Nanya edict. If the matter is contradictory and invalid, Zhang Shizhao and Zhang Xianggong of the Bianzhou Camp can be asked to express their position.

Finally, for example, during this Eastern Expedition, the imperial court abandoned the old practice of directly leading troops from the Zhu Kingdom to the Zhu Kingdom, and only used the generals of the guards to directly lead the troops, and made extensive adjustments to the positions of these generals who actually led the troops...

Among them, Sima Changying, one of the prime ministers of Nanya, personally led General Zuo Yiwei;

The famous general of the time, Yu Shuwen, the general manager of Beidi West Road, was recalled, and General You Yiwei was added;

General Zuo Xiaoqiwei is Bai Hengyuan, the general manager of Nanyang;

The general of the right cavalry guard is Zhang Shi'an;

Xue Changxiong, the general of Youyiwei;

Han Yingong, the general of Youyiwei;

Sima Huada, the general of Zuotunwei;

Li Anyuan, the general of Youtun Guard;

There are also left guard general Xin Changxiong, right guard general Zhang Jin, left guard general Cui Hongsheng, right guard general Zhao Xiaocai, left guard general He Xi, right guard general Zhao Guang;

These fourteen guards, plus the left and right Jinwu guards, are the expanded and more powerful version of the system of eight pillars, twelve guards, generals and four soldiers after the establishment of the Wei Dynasty. It is the so-called sixteen guards system.

As for these generals, they include senior generals, famous national generals, generals, famous generals with family backgrounds, local generals, and even talented generals from poor families like Zhao Guang.

According to the rules, once the government troops are mobilized, they will be assigned to these generals according to Yingyang Mansion and let them lead... However, if there are still 40,000 recruited troops in the upper five armies, the specific distribution of troops may be more complicated.

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And these are only the large army in the middle led by the saint. There are also three battalions or general state troops led by Lai Zhan'er and Zhou Xiaoming from the south; Li Cheng from the north; and Dengzhou garrison Huangfu Changyi and others in the front.

All of a sudden, there was a gathering of famous generals and heavy troops.

Perhaps it was precisely in order to wait for the main figures here to take their places first that the imperial court rarely delayed and delayed sending troops to the east.

Moreover, regarding this arrangement, Zhang Xing, who was chatting around the fire at night, was as mean as ever - the arrangement on the logistics road was obviously a separation of civil and military affairs, and was to prevent Yang Shen's story; the arrangement in the Eastern Capital was obviously to restrain Uncle Cao Huang...

No one would think that Uncle Cao would be bored and rebel, and he didn't need to. However, once this person tried to separate from the saint, he was destined to become the emperor's most feared and powerful enemy. As for the reconstruction of the military organization,

It is for the most direct strategic and tactical expression and intervention.

Since this saint is determined to fight for the third time, let alone how to fight, at least he will not allow the slightest disobedience within the Eastern Expedition Army.

The one hundred thousand military personnel in Jue Dong Capital have actually been mobilized early... Regardless of how to escape, how to use bribery, and take advantage of loopholes, the population of Dong Capital is on the order of millions, plus the surrounding territories, how can it be less?

One hundred thousand poor people?

Therefore, Zhang Xing did not know whether there was any "son" of the father-in-law who brought firewood to his family in the newly re-established camp in the east of the city.

Of course, Zhang Sanlang was also very busy in the past ten days. In addition to dealing with more and more officials, chamberlains, and generals who took the initiative to show their kindness, he also had to deal with other arrangements-such as whether to let Yueniang go to Youyou.

Zhou, Dengzhou, Taiyuan? Or stay in Luoyang and go to Baifu?

Of course, in the end, she chose to keep Yueniang in Luoyang, not only because she had full confidence in Uncle Cao, but more importantly, Li Ding, who failed to buy an official position like Zhang Xing, suddenly got promoted and became the envoy of Dushui.

Although his duties only changed from building roads to dredging waterways, he crossed that threshold in terms of rank and became a serious fifth-grade master... According to the rules, the family members of the fifth-grade officials must stay in the Eastern Capital, so,

Zhang Xing and Qin Baoma Liu decided to let Yueniang go to the great master Zhang Shiniang.

Specifically, what happened on the 18th day of the first lunar month.

Two days later, these men, together with the old lady Bai Yousi, set off in a hurry following the imperial decree and military orders.

The upper five armies recruited 40,000 troops, 10,000 Jinwu Guards, 150,000 troops stationed in Guanxi, Shaanxi, Luohe, and Dongfu, 100,000 civilians, and even thousands of chamberlains and maids, totaling nearly 300,000 people, with arsenals and weapons

It was completed, started with a mighty force, and went straight down the river from the north bank of Luoshui River to Luokou Cang... When the leading troops arrived at Luokou Cang, the rear troops were just dispatched, like a long dragon.

That's not all. After arriving at Luokou warehouse, we opened the warehouse and took out all the rice, grain, cloth and silk. After a slight boost in morale, we gradually arrived in Hebei, and the follow-up soldiers and civilians in Kansai... Kansai is a little further away.

Later, another 50,000 soldiers and 50,000 civilians came from the ground. Hebei also came with 50,000 soldiers, but 250,000 civilians came. Although all the Central Plains soldiers gathered at the Xuzhou camp, they sent out another 200,000 civilians without delay.

To Luokou.

So far, 300,000 soldiers, 600,000 civilians, and nearly a million people have gathered in the narrow riverside area of ​​Luokou-Sishui-Biankou-Liyang-Puyang.

Zhang Xing once again realized his own insignificance, and at the same time marveled at the storage of Luokou and Liyang warehouses. He spent many days here and saw with his own eyes that the grain and silk in the warehouses were overstocked to the point of decay.

But he didn't know whether to mock the late emperor or the current hairy saint.

Not only that, Zhang Xing didn't know until this moment that he had actually conquered Dongyi once during the late emperor's time, but it was completely defeated due to the storm at sea and the efforts of the Dongyi Governor... It can only be said that Zhang Sanlang has become more awakened.

, no wonder this saint is so persistent.

After all, considering the life experience of this saint, it is absolutely nonsense to say that his one hundred and forty to fifty pounds does not contain thirty pounds of his father's pressure fluid.

"here we go."

On the third day after all the soldiers and horses gathered together, on the eighth day of February, the newly appointed Dushui envoy Li Ding came to look for Zhang Xing, and he became a riddle man when he came up.

"What's going on?" Zhang Xing, who was wiping an unsheathed sword in the room, didn't even raise his head.

"It's not something... it's people!" Li Ding finally began to feel resentful. "Soldiers are very fast. Do you know why the troops have been gathered for three or four days, but no troops have been sent yet?"

"You are the envoy of Dushui." Zhang Xing was puzzled. "You don't even know, how can I know?"

"Because some people think he can do it again." Li Ding replied angrily. "I met my uncle's old army today, and after his advice, I realized that the reason why that person didn't send troops was not for any other reason. I'm afraid it was just because

I didn’t expect the pompous way of marching... Didn’t the Guanfeng Palace burn down? It won’t be possible to build new things for a while.”

Zhang Xing was stunned, nodded, then shook his head, and just started to wrap the sword layer by layer with the silk and satin he picked up from Luokou warehouse.

"What does this mean?" Li Ding was confused for a moment.

"The saints have just started, but in fact the people have already started." Zhang Xing answered calmly while wrapping his sword. "This morning I met a small official from Wu'an, Hebei Province, and treated him to a meal of bacon. I asked him a question by the way.

...It turns out that Hebei, the hometown of the Eastern Qi, has been completely in chaos...The number of troops stationed in their county is actually not enough, so they took advantage of recruiting soldiers to arrest people to fill the number. As a result, one man knew that he wanted to recruit troops to fight in Dongyi.

He escaped on the road, was captured by the government, and was handed over to the local garrison general, who was asked to restrain him, but guess what happened?"

Li Ding wanted to respond, but he became a little angry and shut up instead.

And Zhang Xing did not sell out: "The general simply took a whole group of people and fled into Daluze under the banner of fleeing... officially rebelled."

Li Ding chuckled for a moment, then laughed immediately: "This kind of thing happened twice before, but it was just swept away by the army afterwards and eliminated invisible."

"You don't understand." Zhang Xing put away the long sword wrapped in cloth, turned around, took out a golden awl, and rubbed it carefully, while responding quietly. "The best thing about this matter is not escaping or fearing battle.

But Wu'an County didn't dare to report this matter at all, but instead captured four hundred more soldiers and sent them over as garrison troops..."

"Four hundred... This is a lesson learned." Li Ding wanted to laugh but couldn't.

"Isn't that right?" Zhang Xing wiped the golden awl and continued to speak calmly. "Four hundred people were sent to Liyangcang on the other side of the river. Finally, there were more than a hundred left. I grabbed a few more civilians and stuffed them in, barely.

After collecting enough numbers, he still had to go back to catch the civilian husband. This time he crossed the river because the civilian husband's matter was not fooled... It's hard to say that Mr. Zhang Han's character is hard to say, and his ability is indescribable... so he had to go back and continue to catch him.

But guess, how many of the 300,000 troops were filled by civilians? In order to fill this hole, how many more civilians were arrested and how many thieves were arrested in places like Hebei, Central Plains, and Jianghuai? As for the saints, let me tell you

, let him do as he pleases!" Gu Bing

As he spoke, Zhang Xing took out the second golden awl, raised his head and asked seriously: "Why don't you go and write a letter to remonstrate? Isn't it true that you are in the fifth rank?"

Li Ding opened his mouth to speak, but he had nothing to say.

Just like that, after sitting for a while, when Zhang Sanlang started polishing his newly received steel crossbow, Li Silang finally gave up the entanglement and started polishing the weapon with him.

After waiting for another two days, Zhang Xing took his turn and was lucky enough to see the solution to what Li Ding said in front of the emperor.

Let's say that on that day, the saint went up to the hill outside the city to watch the scenery. A favored concubine, hundreds of palace people, and chamberlains were opened. Wine, delicacies, and seasonal vegetables were all available. However, the banquet was only for three rounds, so the saint stood up and stood with his hands behind his back. , looking at the huge camp that filled the entire field of vision, he remained silent for a long time.

The ministers who stood up behind him had long understood the saint's intention, but no one said anything... This is of course understandable. After all, the matter is so important that not everyone dares to play tricks easily, especially when there are so many famous generals gathered together, it would be unavoidable to just flatter him. It's easy to make people laugh... But when Zhang Xing saw that Sima Xianggong and his son were among them, they just remained silent, which was even more strange.

Logically speaking, this husband should no longer care about reputation.

The one who finally broke the silence was none other than Xianggong Zhang, who was one of the originators of this Eastern Expedition and was accompanying him for the first time.

"Your Majesty." After waiting for a long time, Zhang Han suddenly stepped forward and saluted. "I take the liberty to say that there is nothing more spectacular in the world than the sun hanging over the river..."

"This is natural." The saint turned around and sneered, as if he was impatient.

"However, I believe that the prosperity of the river cannot be greater than that of your majesty's hundreds of millions of people; the sun is hanging high in the sky, but it cannot be greater than that of a saint's virtue from all over the world..." Zhang Han actually did not find it disgusting.

The saint still did not look back, but his tone was still much gentler: "Although Sanhui does not have sexual essence, he is still the supreme one. I am the emperor on land, how can I compare with him?"

"The matter of the Supreme cannot be understood by mortals like me who can't even pass half of the normal lineage. But as the saying goes, there is no day in the sky. In my eyes, Your Majesty has always been a supreme being." Zhang Han pointed with his finger. Taiyang was categorical and unhesitating, leaving the other civil and military officials behind him dumbfounded.
To be continued...