At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 352 Investing
"Emergency military order, emergency military order~" Shouting, Yiqi galloped into Xiao Dandang's general's mansion.

Seeing Lin Guifang, the messenger handed over the military order and said: "Marshal's order, the Plateau Army will immediately launch an attack on Sichuan. All kinds of weapons can be used at will!"

After reading the military order, Lin Guifang waved her fist and said, "Great, it's finally here!"

Next to him, Chief of Staff Zhao Liangqian said: "Now that the contract has not arrived, I want to break the contract with the Tartars, but I don't know where to fight first."

"Don't worry about it. This battle should be based on the Sichuan battlefield." Lin Guifang turned around and shouted: "Instruct all divisions to prepare immediately and set off on time in three days. However, if there is a delay, military law will be dealt with!"

Three days later, it's New Year's Eve.

"We still have to send someone to inform Hu Feng, whether Hassan surrenders or not." Zhao Liangqian added.

"You go ahead and take a look," Lin Guifang said.

The two places under the control of the Song Army, Dandang and Dandang, are actually named after the local tribes, and the mountain range between the two places is called Dandangling.

Xiaodandang was originally a transportation node for the Yuan army to attack Dali. It belonged to the border of Tubo and Yunnan. Beyond the Snow Mountain Gate in the north was the plateau.

The First Plateau Division was stationed at Xueshanmenguan.

The messenger arrived before Lin Guifang, so when Lin Guifang arrived, division commander Qin Bin caught him.

After exchanging pleasantries and walking towards the camp, Lin Guifang got down to business.

"In the past five years, the imperial court has spent countless amounts of food and salary just to walk on the plateau to Sichuan. Your first division is the main division and has a heavy task. Do you have confidence?" Lin Guifang asked.

Qin Bin replied: "Commander, don't worry, everyone in the First Division has been waiting for us for a long time."

He was born in the third period of the emperor's personal guard camp. From the first deputy capital to the current commander of a division, he is full of experience whether he is leading troops or fighting.

Of course, ability is not the key to becoming the commander of the First Plateau Division. After all, Guochao can fight so many. The key is that he does not suffer from altitude sickness.

This includes Lin Guifang. His rival Chen Daju suffered from altitude sickness. Although it was not serious, he lost the competition for the position of commander of the Plateau Army.

While the two were chatting, a platoon leader walked up to them and took the initiative to salute.

After Lin Guifang returned the gift, she asked, "A plateau person?"

"Yes." The platoon leader replied: "My name is Miaomu. I was originally a slave. After being rescued by the court, I became a soldier. Since I didn't have a name, I took the surname Miao Xiang. Now I am the platoon leader of the [-]st Regiment, [-]rd Battalion, [-]nd Company and [-]st Platoon."

"That's right." "We sent troops on New Year's Eve. Do you have any complaints, brothers?"

"Report to the commander, the brothers are very excited and want to fight over immediately." Naegi replied.

Lin Guifang smiled and said: "The Chinese New Year is the time for family reunions, but brothers have to fight in the wind and snow. How can we not complain?"

"Commander." Miaomu said solemnly: "Most of our platoon are slaves and live a life inferior to that of cattle and horses. How can New Year's Eve be different from New Year's Eve?
Now we are well fed and clothed. Although the training is hard, Shangguan really treats us as brothers. Not to mention fighting on New Year's Eve, even if we die, we will not frown. "

"Yes, you are aware. I hope you will remember the past and become a local official when the world is peaceful, so that the people on the plateau can live a good life." Lin Guifang said.

During the Songtsen Gampo period, Tubo once became a standard feudal dynasty. However, Tubo was essentially a tribal alliance regime, which was destined to have inherent shortcomings.

Later, with the development and prosperity of Buddhism, combined with internal and external pressure and the greedy nature of the aristocratic rulers, Tubo gradually became a political and religious force, and the nature of its society became slavery.

It was reversed, it was true.

But the nobles have been rich for a long time. Anyway, there are so many talking animals, which can continuously create wealth to support the nobles.

Interest is the fundamental reason for maintaining the Tubo regime. Even if the Mongols conquered the plateau, they could not change this system.As for the misery of slaves, no one cares.

There are 7000 people in the first division, of which more than 1 are Tibetans, most of whom are young slaves used by Hassan Laotie to exchange goods, and about [-] to [-] are speculators.

Under the current situation, the Song State is very likely to overthrow the Yuan State, and naturally there is no shortage of people who want to change their families early.

Entering the first row of military rooms, everyone was packing their bags.

There are biscuits in the dry food bag, mixed with dried vegetables, dried fruits, fish, heavy oil and heavy salt, which are very suitable for temporary energy replenishment, and there are also chili peppers for emergency maintenance of body temperature.

Needless to say about the weapons, the armor is cotton armor with iron sheets inlaid in key parts. This thing has good warmth retention and is not bad at defense against bows and arrows, but it is better at protecting against musket damage than iron armor.

It also includes quilts, shoes and socks, personal medicines, antifreeze fish oil, etc. After calculation, each person's weight is up to ten kilograms.

If you are marching on the plains, the baggage can be carried with the vehicle or even the boat, and the soldiers can travel lightly and empty-handed. However, there is no way here. The roads are difficult to travel. The main mode of transportation is oxen and horses. Without vehicles, many places cannot be passed by vehicles, so the soldiers can only carry the burden themselves. , while oxen and horses were used to transport ammunition.

Seeing Lin Guifang coming in, all the soldiers stood at attention and saluted.

Seeing that they had no complaints, Lin Guifang felt relieved and said, "Brothers, are there any problems you want me to solve? As long as I can do it, I will be satisfied."

"I have also tasted the taste of women. I am afraid of being laughed at by the guys in the Hall of Valor."

"I want to drink and experience what it's like to be a master."

"I want to eat meat, pork. I eat fish every day and look like a bird in my mouth."

The soldiers were all talking, and one Tibetan soldier said: "General, I have a question."

"Say." Lin Guifang said.

The soldier asked, "Why don't we take down Tubo first, but turn to Sichuan instead?"

"The roads on the plateau are difficult to navigate and the products are not abundant, so it is not enough to obtain food locally. It is difficult for Yunnan alone to supply the army with long-term operations. We must have the support of Sichuan to maintain it for a long time.

In addition, I know that many brothers are at odds with the Tibetan nobles, but you should know that Tibet is currently controlled by the Mongols. If the Mongols are not driven away, the Tubo problem cannot be solved.

Without the support of the Mongols, the Tibetan aristocrats would be rubbish and vulnerable.

Moreover, I can guarantee that the imperial court will definitely conquer the plateau, not because of any products, but for national security.

Since ancient times, the plateau peoples have overlooked the Central Plains and have been constantly invaded by geography. The country and dynasty will never allow this situation to continue to exist. After saying that, Lin Guifang asked: "Still have questions?" "

"No more." Everyone replied.

Lin Guifang nodded and said: "You and I, colleagues, will be promoted as one, but currently the highest ranking member of the Tibetan army is the major counselor. It's not that you are incompetent, but that you have no actual combat merit.

I hope that after this battle, you Tubo soldiers can produce a few generals, so that the nobles can see that slaves are slaves because they are born slaves, not because of their ability. "

"Don't worry, Commander, we will move forward bravely and never let down the imperial court's training!" Miao Mu took the lead in expressing his stance.

In order to train the Tubo slaves into qualified fighters, the imperial court did spend a lot of money, not to mention anything else, just talking about eating, four meals a day were more than other troops.

There is no way, the slave's physical foundation is too poor, so he can only eat more and practice more. Fortunately, five years have passed, and he has finally mastered it, and now is the time to show its effect.

As long as Sichuan is successfully recovered, this investment will be a big profit.

(End of this chapter)