I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 306 Encouragement
Eight hundred cavalry left Chengdu and went straight to Jianzhou. Even many officials and guards in the Jiannan Jiefu didn't know that Fu Jinchuan, the Jiannan Jiedu, had left the city.

Only Si Lang, Liu Lang, Yang Yuchun, and Zhao Yuanqi accompanied the military generals, and Xu Yinglong, the judge of Jiedu, and Zhang Gao and Li Fazhen, who joined the army, accompanied him.

The cavalry was lightly dressed and simple, and they traveled all the way after leaving Chengdu without carrying luggage. The food and lodging along the way was directly coordinated by the local states and counties.

It took only two days to arrive at the junction of Jianzhou and Puzhou.

At the same time, it is also the camp set up by the imperial army.

When Zhao Fubai, King of Xianyang County, learned that Fu Jinchuan had arrived, he immediately led Yang Xilie, envoy of the Probation Army, Xiang Gong, envoy of Jingnan Army, Chen Shi, Sima of Puzhou, and Yihui, who had just been awarded Cong Qipin, who were discussing matters in the military tent. Yang Xingfang, the captain, went out to greet him.

Zhao Fubo led several generals to the gate of the camp, and saw a strong Qinghai Cong sitting on top of a brocade jacket with a round neck, a cloak, and a felt hat. He looked proud in the wind and snow.

"The last general, Zhao Fubai, has met Marshal Jie."

"Fu Bo, it seems that you have made some progress in this camp."

Upon hearing the praise, Zhao Fubai immediately said: "General Yang Xilie and General Xiang Gong presided over this, I dare not be ashamed to accept it."

Fu Jinchuan smiled and said, "That's right, which one is Yang Xingfang."

Yang Xingfang, who was standing behind a few people, immediately stepped forward when he heard this, bowed his head and cupped his hands, and said, "General Yang Xingfang, at the end of the grass, pays homage to Fu Jieshuai, Marquis of Wu'an."

Looking at Yang Xingfang who was a few steps away from the horse, he was more than seven feet tall, in his early thirties, with a strong body and full of air in his speech, he looked like a Lianjiazi.

"You were the one who attacked Honglian at night, right?"

"It was General Chen who initiated it, and the last general is just accompanying him, so I dare not take credit for it."

Yang Xingfang has gained some experience in the army these days, but facing the Jiannan Jiedu envoy in front of him, he still feels a little apprehensive in his heart.

After all, he was just a powerful player in Puzhou before.Although it is rampant in the county, but when you see the county magistrate, you have to be polite.

And this one right now is Marquis Wu'an, who is in charge of the military administration of dozens of states in Jiannan Road, and who has just wiped out tens of thousands of Qingtang troops with weak forces.

For Yang Xingfang, who was determined to be in the army and wanted to find a background, he was someone who could make him a success with just a few words.

He couldn't help but not panic.

For the current Shuzhong, the military disaster has not yet left the country.The life of Lishu people is naturally sad, but for many people, this is an opportunity.

Because of the war, the price of food soared, and the profit was full of landlords and grain and rice merchants.

There are also local tyrants like Yang Xingfang who are at the same level as Yang Xingfang.

And Fu Jinchuan's attitude at the moment is crucial to the official career he has always wanted to pursue.

"You don't have to be too humble, meritorious service is meritorious service. Now that the red lotus is in chaos, it is an opportunity for us warriors to make contributions. You should be brave and serve the court with military merits. The Holy One and His Royal Highness are both people who love talents. Regardless of their background, they will dress in noble purple in the future. , is also unknown.”

To Yang Xingfang, to dress in noble purple is simply something that is out of reach.According to the regulations of the Jin Dynasty, nobles and purples are noble colors, and only high-ranking officials above the third rank can wear noble purples.

Among the military officers, the ranks of military officers above the third rank are all generals, and at least the actual position is the governor of festivals.

For Yang Xingfang, who was born in a powerful family in Puzhou and always wanted to make his family famous, this naturally ignited a fire in his heart.

If other people said this, Yang Xingfang would only think that the other party was saying a few words of praise, but the person who spoke was Wu Anhou, who was born in the British government, and the prince's confidant, the weight of these words was different.

"Thank you for your encouragement, Marshal Jie. The final general will be devastated, serve the country faithfully, and fight the enemy bravely."

"Okay, when you make new achievements, I will personally write Jiewen for you."

"Thank you for cultivating Jieshuai."

While talking, Fu Jinchuan got off his horse, and the accompanying civil and military officers and a group of generals followed behind and entered the Chinese army tent.

There is a huge map hanging in the big tent of the Chinese army, which is the map of the northeast of Jiannan Road including Bao Yizhou, Zizhou, Puzhou, Lingzhou, Jianzhou and so on.

It clearly marked the places where the Red Lotus Army was active, the key points of the lost city, and the general battle area between the two sides.

Fu Jinchuan stared at the location of Lezhi County on the map with sharp eyes like a falcon.

"The main force of the red lotus rebels is still on the opposite side?"

"The camp of the Red Lotus Rebels is just behind Lezhi City, and they should be on the opposite side. A few days ago, they tried to attack Posuo Mountain at night, but they were simply spotted by Chen Sima and Captain Yang. But they haven't seen it in the past few days." The troops sent out may have already known the news of Jieshuai's complete victory, and they are preparing to abandon Lezhi City and return to Puzhou and Suizhou. The scouts have also reported in the past few days that the rebels have shipped a lot of supplies from Lezhi City, which should be preparations After giving up, they searched the treasury and rich households in the city. Just looking at this, the bandits should give up Lezhi."

After Fu Jinchuan listened to Zhao Fubai's narration, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth suddenly.

"Want to leave? Did you ask me if I promised?"

Since the fall of Lezhi, the official army has guarded the Posuo Mountains with a small number of elites, and the army has camped ten miles behind the Posuo Mountains.

In this way, when the Red Lotus Army is fighting between the officers and soldiers, if they want to cross the valley road between the big and the small Posa Mountains, they have to guard against the officers and soldiers on the mountains on both sides, and after the army passes by, they must leave the army to guard the rear. In order to prevent the defenders at the foot of the mountain from getting stuck on the valley road and attacking back and forth.

In this way, the Red Lotus Army will never be able to attack the official army camp behind Gudao with all its strength.

As for the official army camp here, it is also piled up with deep ditches and high walls, which can be used to hold on.

That's it, with the advantage of the terrain, even the coach Zhao Fubai is not experienced in commanding the army, and he is not a master of war art.

But it was still able to stabilize the situation outside Chengdu.

Xue Julin, the famous general who once served as the deputy envoy of Longxi Jiedu and led the rebel army to more than ten states in the south of the Yangtze River within half a month, was helpless in the face of such a situation.

A few days ago, the Red Lotus Army's Shenggong, Marshal and Prime Minister unanimously decided to abandon Shuzhong and turn to Shannan Road, the entire Lezhi was almost evacuated.

Fang Qiu, the Holy Duke, and Prime Minister Zuo Pang Zhigu, the military adviser, had already led part of the army ahead with a large amount of military resources.

And those left behind in Lezhi City were Marshal Fang Jiao and Xue Julin.

At this time, the two of them didn't know that Fu Jinchuan had already rushed to the official army camp dozens of miles away.

After all, the mobilization of hundreds of people did not make much noise in Lezhi City on the mountain side.Even they won't pay attention.

In the lobby of Lezhi County, a group of generals above the commander of the Honglian Road were present, and the right marshal Xue Julin pointed to the map and was planning the marching route and the order of departure for everyone.

Which one needs to serve as the rear mission.

Which one opened the way for the army.

Which guards the flank of the army.

Which department is responsible for the grain and fodder used by the army.

These were arranged by Xue Julin in an orderly and meticulous manner.

After the arrangement, let everyone go down to prepare and wait for the military order to set off.Fang Jiao, Fang Hong, brother and sister, and Xue Julin were the only ones left in the huge lobby.

Xue Julin frowned and expressed his worries.

"We can't wait anymore. We have to leave tomorrow at the latest. I feel that Fu Jinchuan may already be on the way, or even arrived."

Fang Hong said: "Impossible, Fu Jinchuan is in charge of a great victory at this time, and he will inevitably lead an army to wipe out Honglian in one fell swoop, but the spies in Chengdu did not give any news here, that is to say, the imperial army never came. After rushing back from Songzhou, he should have rested in Chengdu. Fu Jinchuan must have known that Zhao Fubai could stand firm, so he wanted the army to rest up. Besides, it would take at least five days for the army to arrive in Puzhou from Chengdu. We have spies in Chengdu and along the way, watching at all times. Now that the Chengdu army is not moving, is it too urgent?"

Xue Julin said: "Fu Jinchuan almost always wins more with less. If he rushes to the army camp with light clothes, he will be a great threat to us. Now the army in Puzhou alone has [-] steps. Most of the cavalry are the elites of Guanzhong, even if he has only hundreds of thousands of people under his command, it is not something to be underestimated."

Hearing this, Fang Hong stopped talking, but there was still some inexplicable expression in his eyes.

Fang Jiao said with a smile: "It's up to you, Lao Xue, to decide these things. We don't know how to use troops, but Fu Jinchuan should be careful. I witnessed it with my own eyes during the battle of Hezhou. This kid took four people with him. Going straight to the formation of tens of thousands of people, damn it, the formation of tens of thousands of people, even if I were to charge into the formation with my eldest brother, it would definitely be a narrow escape from death, mingling with tens of thousands of people, and still getting out of the body, this is a skill Nothing to say. Against him, even with ten times as many troops, you may not be able to win."

Thousands of people and horses, boundless and boundless.

Therefore, in the military formation, if there is no excellent judgment and battlefield experience, even a martial arts master such as a great master, if he does not know where to enter the battle and where to come out, even a great master will be defeated. The sea of ​​people drowned.

Therefore, I have personally seen Fu Jinchuan's five cavalry charge into the formation, and retreat after killing dozens of people. This kind of feat and coquettishness is also highly respected by this martial arts master.

Although he was defeated by Fu Jinchuan many times later, Fang Jiao also admired the opponent's ability to use troops.

Hearing the second brother talking like this, Fang Hong was speechless.After nodding, he turned and left the lobby.

Fang Jiao waited for her to leave and asked with a smile, "Old Xue, if Fu Jinchuan has arrived in Puzhou, would there be a night raid tonight?"

Xue Julin thought about it for a while, "It's not impossible. I will arrange guards to patrol at night."

Fang Jiao said: "I'm just talking casually"

Xue Julin shook his head and said: "No, Fang Shuai's words reminded me that when the old prince led the army to attack Runzhou, Fu Jinchuan went to Runzhou to watch the battle. It is said that none of the more than [-] men in the army was lost, but our army lost hundreds of people, and the morale was greatly reduced. The battle of Runzhou, which was originally expected to be captured in ten days, lasted nearly a month."

"It's hard to guarantee that the old tricks won't be repeated this time, and it's never wrong to be careful."

(End of this chapter)