Fu Song

Chapter 614
Still far away from the barracks, Wang Wencai heard majestic singing coming from the barracks.

"Unity is strength, unity is strength, this strength is iron, and this strength is steel!"

The tune was very strange, and the lyrics were also very strange. The soldiers in the barracks sang it should be a battle song, but the style of this battle song was never heard by Wang Wencai.

"The predecessor of the Jiangning garrison was Xiao Shoufu's personal guard battalion. Shoufu personally trained it, which is very different from other armies, including many songs." Cai Zhongxin introduced: "I was lucky enough to visit this army before. , this is their traditional la song."

"What is Lage?" Wang Wencai asked curiously.

"In my opinion, it's just to let the soldiers have some fun when they have nothing to do!" Cai Zhongxin said with a smile: "I don't know if there are other effects."

At the gate of the camp, an officer who was ordered to meet them brought the two of them into the camp.

It's actually very cold.

But those soldiers were sitting cross-legged on the ground. Among them, a large bonfire was burning. It was completely impossible to see that these soldiers had just moved hundreds of miles away, so they conquered the land of two states. Seeing their happy appearance, it was amazing It seems that the whole team is pulled out to play.

At this time, what Wang Wencai saw was not singing, but two soldiers standing in front of the bonfire singing.

One of them was holding a handkerchief in his hand, twisting his hips and pointing at the orchid flower to pretend to be a woman. The two of them sang together, and it was obvious that these two people were probably doing this before.

After singing a song, there was thunderous applause from below, the two went down triumphantly, but they made a circle among the group opposite, showing off their meaning clearly.

"They won!" Cai Zhong said.

"Is this also about winning or losing?"

"The army, of course they have to fight for the first place!" The leading officer next to him said with a smile.

While speaking, the two of them had already arrived in front of the main tent of the Chinese army, and the leading officer obviously had received the entrustment beforehand, and directly led the two of them in.

Several people were already sitting in the big tent, and when they saw them coming in, they all stood up.

Wang Wencai saw that there were several acquaintances.

Tang Song, the prefect of Yingzhou, controlled Yu Sheng by the imperial army of Yingzhou.

Over the years, Wang Wencai finally figured out the situation. It turned out that Tang Song and Yu Sheng had already quietly joined Jiang Ning's side, and it was precisely because of their surrender that the Song Army's thunderous action took place.

"Meet Wang Zhizhou!" Tang Song and Yu Sheng saluted Wang Wencai with their hands clasped together.

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it!" Wang Wencai dared to return the courtesy. In terms of age, seniority, and official position, he is indeed higher than these two people. As for myself, Jiang Ning was forced to defect, the difference here is huge!If you take a shelf, I'm afraid life will be difficult in the future.

Sitting in the middle was Luo Xin, the teacher of the Sixth Division, and next to Luo Xin, there was a burly man. Luo Xin was already considered tall, but this giant man was probably over nine feet tall. , a full head taller than Luo Xin.

This person must be Jiang Ning's garrison, and the commander Han Kai.

Han Kai, nicknamed Hammer, is Xiao Cheng's confidant.

For this battle, Xiao Cheng even sent him out, which shows how much he attaches importance to this battle.

"I've met Luo Jizhong, I've seen General Han!" Wang Wencai saluted one by one.

Han Kai didn't have a smile on his face, but he didn't put on airs either. He cupped his fists and saluted Wang Wencai. team come."

"It's all due to Brother Cai, don't dare to take the credit, don't dare to take the credit!" Wang Wencai waved his hands again and again.

"No, no, it's not something ordinary people can do like the Xiang army and the imperial army who escaped from Feng Bo finally gathered under your command!" Luo Xin laughed loudly: "So, our next action, But I am more confident. Everyone, please sit down!"

Luo Xin said with a smile: "I have been assigned by the Chief Assistant to command this battle. I am extremely frightened. I am afraid that if I am not careful, I will miss the important event of the Chief Assistant. Next, I hope that you will help each other and work together to make this time The errands are done."

Except for Han Yan, everyone else nodded in agreement.

Luo Xin said this because although he is a key member of the six divisions, his grade is really not high, only rank seven.Besides Cai Zhongxin, whoever is sitting below him is several ranks higher than his position. Even Cai Zhongxin is a person with voting rights in the federation, which is much more valuable than an official position.

Of course, Luo Xin is being polite.

Position is important, but location is even more important.

As Xiao Cheng's confidant, no one dared to take Joe in front of him.

In this tent, Han Kai was probably the only one who dared not give him face.

"Actually, the war has developed to the present, and it has been roughly understood." Luo Dao said: "It's not enough to say that we are trying to show our intentions. Our real purpose has been fully revealed. Attacking Shangqiu, attacking Songcheng, and intimidating Kaifeng are fake. Caizhou, hit Tangzhou, take Nanyang is our real goal!"

After saying that, even Tang Song and Yu Sheng from Yingzhou were taken aback.

Obviously, they also don't know the next plan.

"Everyone, at this moment, Wang Zhu, the head of Xingyuan in the central region, has already led his army out of Xiangyang. Our next task is to cooperate with the head of Xingyuan king in the middle, to attack Tangzhou and take Nanyang!" Luo Xin slapped On the table.

If Xiangyang is a revolving door between the south and the south, then Nanyang is a gateway to the north. If the south has Nanyang, it can rely on the Nanyang Basin to prepare the army for war before launching the Northern Expedition.

However, if the north holds Nanyang, it can pose a great threat to Xiangyang. Once Xiangyang falls, the north will control this revolving door, which is equivalent to opening the door to the south.

In this battle, Qu Zhen mobilized most of the troops under her command to aid Shangqiu and Songcheng, and then vigorously strengthened the defense of Kaifeng. The only thing that did not move was the soldiers and horses of Nanyang.

The emphasis on Nanyang can be seen.

"Now the soldiers and horses around Nanyang have basically been successfully mobilized by us. In a short period of time, we will not be able to return to Nanyang. This is the best time for us to take Nanyang. Once we capture Nanyang, the strategic initiative will be in our hands from now on." In my hand!" Luo Xin clenched his fists and said with a smile, "The day when the bandit Qu will bestow his head is not far away."

A detailed map was unfolded in front of everyone's eyes. Different from the maps Wang Wencai usually saw, this map detailed every village, every mountain and even every stream.

"We know the important town of Nanyang, and the bandit Qu naturally knows it too, so this time, he mobilized all the soldiers in other places, but he didn't move the soldiers in Nanyang." There are about [-] troops stationed in Xinye, Dengzhou, and Biyang. Together with Nanyang, they form a diamond-shaped defensive posture. If you attack one point, any two of them can come to rescue. And there is Nanyang With the basin as its backing, there is no shortage of food and grass, and it is difficult to make a frontal attack. Moreover, the commander of Nanyang City, Xie Bao, Biyang Yugao, Zheng Qin of Dengxian County, and Chen Jing of Xinye are all veterans who have experienced battles. A good opponent. For more than a year, Manager Wang Zhu and Wang have repeatedly lured the enemy, but the opponent turned a deaf ear and didn't even poke his head out. It seems that Qu Zhen and Cui Ang are still different. Cui Ang is determined to defeat us, while Qu Zhen Jane just wants to guard his one-third of an acre of land. But this will make it difficult for us."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin laughed: "It is precisely because of this that there is a large-scale strategy to lure the enemy this time. Everyone has also seen that in order to win Nanyang, the entire front has been mobilized, and Xuzhou direction Inevitably, we will also be fiercely attacked by the puppet Qi and Liu Yu. If we cannot take Nanyang smoothly, we will be ashamed of the painstaking planning of the first assistant, and we will also be ashamed of the Xuzhou frontline soldiers who desperately resisted the puppet Qi’s attack and won for us. time."

"Since the main force of the Qu thief is in the direction of Xiangyang, the pressure on our side will be very small. The key is how to appear in Nanyang as quickly as possible! As long as our army appears in Nanyang, the morale of the enemy will definitely collapse!" Tang Song said: "Through this road, what can block us is not the enemy, but the terrain."

"That's right, this is the key among the key points!" Luo Dao said, "It's also something that needs a lot of worry! As for overcoming the enemy and clearing the obstacles along the way, General Han Kaihan will be in charge. Yingzhou, Cai, etc. The troops in the two prefectures only need to bury their heads in the march and keep up with the pace of the Jiangning garrison."

These words made the other people present a little unconvinced, but everyone is a senior in the city, and there is no need to get angry with Luo Xin at this time, but they all held their breath in their hearts, and in the following During the action, we must let Luo Xin take a good look at their troops, not all of them are vegetarians.

Speaking of which, since everyone has already voted for Jiangning, it is natural to get enough credit. Otherwise, with the previous record of being an enemy, I am afraid that Jiangning will not be popular in Jiangning.

Taking down an important military town like Nanyang is enough to clean up the black background of the past.

"General Han led the way. The soldiers and horses of Yingzhou and Chenzhou were commanded by Yu Tongzhi, and the troops of Caizhou were commanded by Yuanwai Cai. Tang Zhizhou and Wang Zhizhou, the supply of food and grass for these two troops depends on you two. " Luo Xin arranged.

"Where is the supply of food and grass for General Han's soldiers and horses?" Wang Wencai asked.

Han Kai's Jiangning garrison had [-] men, but the key point was that they were all cavalry, and even infantry were infantry on horseback.

"We have our own dry food, we don't need you to supply it!" Han Yan on the side hummed authentically.

"Have you prepared yourself?" Wang Wencai was dumbfounded.

Luo Xin said with a smile: "Before the Jiangning garrison came out, they had already prepared dry food for about twenty days. It was useless all the way before, and it will come in handy later."

Wang Wencai was a little skeptical. There was still a lot of logistical baggage for a company of [-] people and horses, but he didn't see how much baggage there was in the camp.

"Our army's dry rations are a bit different, they are specially made." Luo Xin laughed, "A small piece can fill your stomach. This method of preparing dry rations is actually available in the frontier army of the Song Dynasty. Come and taste it together?"

Speaking of this, Wang Wencai also reacted.

He has seen it in books.

Cook the grain, grind it into powder, then dry it in the sun, cook it again, and then dry it in the sun. After doing this three to five times, there will be about three taels left in a catty of grain, and then press it into blocks. When eating Soak a piece of water under the petals, and it will be a bowl. It feels very full, but it is also extremely unpalatable, and it is only used by the army when fighting.You feed the army like this every day, it's no wonder the soldiers don't work hard with you.

Let the soldiers eat such things for twenty days in a row, probably only the army outside can do it.

Not long after, Han Kai had someone brew several bowls of this kind of dry food. Wang Wencai looked at the bowl of mush, frowned and took a sip, but was startled.

"Not bad, right?" Luo Xin laughed: "We added a lot of things in it to ensure nutrition and taste. Speaking of the last time I went to the Northwest, I relied on this thing to walk all the way. !"

In fact, it is not difficult to make this kind of dry food delicious, the key is just a matter of cost, and there is really no one who is willing to spend a lot of money on it, or except for Xiao Cheng.

Sometimes the morale of the army is based on seemingly insignificant things.

In Xiao Cheng's words, it is impossible for him to eat and sleep with soldiers, and it is even more impossible for him to suck pus and treat wounds for soldiers. What he can do is to improve the living conditions of soldiers as much as possible. combat equipment.

And this is the most important thing.

As for those other things, let the generals who lead the troops in person do it.

By the time we walked out of the camp, the night had already fallen.

Unknowingly, everyone has been discussing the next battle for most of the day.

The camp of thousands of people was extremely quiet, and only the neighing of horses could be heard occasionally, which was completely different from the excitement when they came in earlier.

Every movement and stillness reflected the true horror of this army.

"Mr. Cai, when did you become one of them?" Wang Wencai asked on the way back to the camp.

"It's been a long time!" Cai Zhongxin said with a smile: "When I went out to do business, I actually lost a lot of money, and I had no face before returning to my hometown. At that time, I heard that Xiao Shoufu, oh Back then, it was the news that Xiao Zhuan went to Qianzhou to open the border. At that time, I was purely a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so I ran to Qianzhou. At that time, Qianzhou was really a barbaric land. But Wang Zhizhou, a place like this is a place with a lot of opportunities, now that I think about it, it may be the most wise decision I have made in my life, or in several lifetimes."

"So, you have been with Shoufu for more than ten years, so why didn't you go to Jiangning?" Wang Wencai was a little puzzled.

Cai Zhongxin laughed: "There are some joints here, and Wang Zhizhou will understand later. In fact, it doesn't matter to me whether I can enter the officialdom."

(End of this chapter)