Liu Cheng already had sufficient military experience, but this was the first time he led an army independently as the commander of a division. Then he understood why there has been a type of poem called "Joining the Army Xing" throughout the ages.
Without him, the march away from the rear area would be too tiring, too painful, too stressful, and too trivial.
Fortunately, I brought all the people like Yuan Hong with me before I came. These people, as well as the few people who came from Hebei, do have experience.
Of course, it's hard to ask what kind of experience it is, but experience is experience, and some experiences are unforgettable and have better effects.
With the help of these people, and the fact that several major generals are all reliable, it goes without saying that Shen Jin is so bright, Liu Huzi and Gao Heng are also suitable, Zhu Xian knew that the front was his father's jurisdiction, so naturally he would not lose his energy. What Liu Cheng really wanted to focus on was what he called Central Army's two steps, one ride, three buildings, but he still felt tired.
Fortunately, Huan Yi is a good guy. He is older than Fan Ning, and his trustworthiness is definitely worse. When Luoyang met Huan Wen this time, he couldn't keep him. But he is very studious. He Zhen, who learned very quickly along the way, arranged marches during the day, and played the flute in the camp at night to chat with people. Central Army If there were some minor problems and conflicts among the three people in the three buildings, it was impossible to go to Liu Cheng, so they came to him, and he could handle them properly.
At this time, Liu Acheng really became more aware of Huan Wen's mentality towards him at that time. How could you possibly manage so many things and so many people? What else do you expect if you have someone who can handle things and take advantage of them?
I know that he wants to climb up the ladder, I know that he wants to revive his family, and he knows that he may be able to jump high, so he should make good use of it.
And rewards and punishments must be appropriate. When you get Luoyang, and when you see Huan Wen, recommend it to others as soon as possible. Otherwise, who will jump out and continue doing this kind of work?
If you think about it this way, is your status in Huan Wen's heart much higher than you thought before?
"What else is needed in the military?"
On September 28, in the afternoon, Liu Cheng stood on the east bank of the Sha River, making routine inquiries to Liu Huzi beside him.
"There is no demand." Liu Huzi thought for a moment and answered seriously. "I think during these seven days, the troops' morale was stable even if their morale was high..."
"Really?"
Liu Huzi hesitated for a moment, then asked in turn, "Acheng, do you have high requirements for the troops? In fact, more than half of these soldiers are new recruits. They have traveled across the entire county, fifty miles a day, and there is no chaos at all. The morale is also good, which is already excellent..."
Of course I know that most of them are new recruits, and of course I have high standards!
I wish you could march across thousands of miles with seven thousand soldiers, defeat Luoyang first, then attack Yecheng, and then directly reach Jixian, then turn around and defeat Murong Ke's army of one hundred thousand, and then come a thousand troops to avoid the white robes, and the world will be at peace.
Thinking this in his heart, Liu Cheng just shook his head on his face. "I just know that they are new soldiers, so I don't dare to slack off... I don't want to compare with the elites in the history books. There is only one thing. Just our soldiers. If five thousand Xianbei cavalry suddenly cross the river from Upper Reaches a hundred miles away, and then rush all night, and surprise us before dawn, will we be able to resist?"
Liu Huzi was silent for a moment and shook his head. "There is definitely no room for resistance. If you can rely on those Xianbei cavalry who are not familiar with the geography, it would be good to escape with three or four thousand. But for the five thousand Xianbei cavalry with this ability, according to what you said before, it is estimated that Murong Jun, Murong Ke, Murong Chui, and Murong Ping can be scheduled. Can the entire Yan have 20,000 to 30,000 elite cavalry? Now Murong Ke leads most of the main force of Yan to besiege Guanggu and conquer the entire land. If they can still have this spare force in Henan, why don't they deal with Duke Huan and attack the back of Xun Northern Command? Are they going to deal with our 7,000 remnant soldiers and new recruits who can't make up for it?"
"Others don't need to take us seriously, but we ourselves have to take it seriously. Otherwise, how long will it take for new soldiers and remnants to become elites?" Liu Cheng was certainly speechless in his heart, but he did not relax his words.
Liu Huzi didn't know if he had gradually picked up on some of Liu Acheng's temper, but he didn't refute it and just nodded.
On the contrary, Liu Acheng himself couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he saw this...Liu Rengong, Grandpa Liu San, including Liu Huzi's two brothers and sisters-in-law, and even the eldest sister Liu Family, all said that Liu Huzi was Huai River region when he was Bastard, Liu Cheng didn't have any idea at first, but then I got an idea of what it was like by comparing it to Zhu Chuo. However, once a character with that kind of temperament in his youth becomes homeless and helpless, as his class falls, he will either mature unconsciously like Liu Huzi, or he will deceive himself and become a scoundrel like Liu Agan.
As soon as he thought about it, Liu Acheng suddenly remembered something again and asked again, "Ahu, is there any special reason why you haven't cared about marriage for so long?"
"Not really." Liu Huzi was a little surprised, but he answered immediately. "Father has been keeping in touch with me, but in the past few years, you have been promoted quickly, promoted me quickly, and the family has obviously moved up... So it keeps changing, and now someone has told me Father that they can let me wait a few years, so that I can't meet the widow of a serious noble family."
"It's not impossible." Liu Cheng heard the word widow and nodded directly. "But heirs are also important... If you want to get married sooner, I have an idea. Look at the Mao Clan and Zhu family, or some Military Clan under Duke Huan, or even some nobles of Jing and Xiang, is it feasible? This time we take the opportunity to make contact, it is not impossible to find the right one, why keep delaying it?"
"That's right." Liu Huzi nodded. "When I first came to the Joining the Army, how could I have thought about marrying Mao and Zhu?"
In this way, the two chatted for a while, Liu Cheng left here, continued to catch up with Gao Heng's troops, and continued to ask-"What else is needed in the army?"
During these seven days, no matter what the weather was like during the march, General of the Vanguard Army, the commander of the partial division, had regular daily activities.
From the time he got up until noon, Liu Cheng basically stayed in his so-called Central Army sequence, eating and marching with the people in the three buildings. At noon, a cavalry team of fifty or sixty people would be randomly selected, taking Zhang Zhong, Two random people from Ding Kuang, Xie Xuan, and Zhu Chuo went on inspection tours of other ministries, routinely observed ministries and questioned generals. When they set up camp in the evening, the civilian staff gathered together to hold a dinner meeting, eat together, and listen to reports at the same time.
Only when he occasionally encounters Qiao Commandery, the local little Wubao Lord, who comes to "take effect", will he interrupt this process and go to see and appease him.
Let's say that although Sha River can go directly to Chen County, Ying River can also go through. On that day, Xie Shang Northern Expedition went from the Ying River, and an important reason why Liu Cheng went from the Sha River instead of the Ying River is that he is Qiao Commandery. Administrator, of course, must take the opportunity to consolidate his territory. After he made a trip here, and with the preparations of the Ding Clan, a local snake, the entire western half of Qiao Commandery was basically sorted out. The seven or eight small-town Walled Settlement kind of the Fortified Manor had no will to resist when faced with the guidance of the justifiable imperial ruler plus Imperial Army and the locals.
In fact, Liu Cheng was too preoccupied with ideas, insisting on this or that. Even the first regiment sergeant had to ask whether he could get a bucket of hot water at night, wash his face first, and then soak his feet, which made these people confused.
Others really feel that their morale is as high as a rainbow.
However, the good days of marching, which had already made Liu Cheng feel uneasy, soon came to an end.
Because going forward is the Chen Commandery category.
Chen Commandery is the theoretical prefecture of Northern Yuzhou, which is considered the core area of Northern Yuzhou. Once entering this place, although the veteran general Zhu Teng was immediately ushered in as a guide, the speed of the army still dropped rapidly.
The previous crossing of Qiao Commandery, which took more than 300 miles of land route and 100 miles of waterway downstream, only took seven days, which meant that we could march fifty miles every day.
This is basically half the speed of the rear march.
After arriving in Chen Commandery, the speed quickly dropped to thirty or forty miles per day... There were even two small-scale battles within five days, and the march was forced to be suspended.
One time was when they just entered Chen Commandery, specifically Hedong or Qiao Commandery. The main marching force in Hexi was within the scope of Chen Commandery. Someone was found peeping at the marching queue. After being discovered, they were arrested and asked where their Fortified Manor was. In line with the mentality of training, Liu Cheng immediately asked the Shen Jin's forces and Central Army cavalry to cooperate and launched a surprise attack. The Fortified Manor was completely unprepared and was captured in one fell swoop.
After the capture, General Liu of the Vanguard Army did not kill the people with a wheel, nor move the people to Shouchun, nor use them for comfort. He does not have the ability now. He just condemned the people in the Fortified Manor for not coming to visit them, but instead peeping at the Imperial Army's march, and then handed the people over to Zhu Xian for disposal.
Zhu Xian chose to leave a group of people to stay here temporarily, and then sent the leader to Chen County to let his father handle it.
Taking advantage of this incident, in order to ensure the safety of the flanks, the team took the initiative to change their marching method and asked Zhu Xian to move its troops ten miles to the west and march parallel to the troops marching along the river for guard and mutual support.
Another battle took place on the bank of the Sha River. This was a group of bandits who apparently occupied the river and plundered, and actually occupied a small riverside town that was obviously used as a military station but now abandoned, called Ningping City.
When the rebels in the city saw the large force coming, they wanted to flee, but Zhu Teng's guide had already informed them of the situation, and Liu Cheng also issued a simple order in advance, asking the cavalry to circle back and intercept, while Zhu Xian attacked from the side, and the remaining troops launched a land and sea attack in front of them.
As a result, few of the four to five hundred bandits escaped. More than half of them died, and the rest were used as military slaves.
As for this important stronghold guarding Sha River, it was handed over to Guo Man and Ding Zhun, who had agreed not to go to the front line.
However, after the victory of this battle, the morale of the army did not increase, but there were more complaints.
"Lord Longhuai has such a great reputation, how did Chen Commandery become like this?" Zhu Xian was not here, and Shen Jin couldn't help complaining. "Qiao Commandery is so big, but it's not so chaotic. We fought two bad battles in five days and only made less than a hundred miles."
"His military strength is limited, and unlike Qiao Commandery, although Qiao Commandery is vast, it is only on par with Shouchun and Matou City It is also very close to Pengcheng, so the order is naturally better. Believe it or not, if you really want Xianbei people to pass Yellow River, you don't need to be too close, just control it. Chenliu, Qiao Commandery will also be in such chaos. "Liu Cheng took the initiative to defend Zhu Teng." So, Northern Expedition is not just a matter of taking Luoyang, Chang'an, and Yecheng, it must be done step by step and managed successfully."
Shen Jin was speechless for a moment.
"We have seized some items, but they are all junk. We are reluctant to throw them away, and it is a burden to carry them around." Gao Heng changed the subject in time. "There are also some impetuous and careless people in the team."
"As long as this is dealt with fairly, the worst case scenario is to let the public redeem the useful ones." Liu Huzi thought it didn't matter. "The key is that after entering Chen Commandery, the troops' marching speed obviously slowed down, and they encountered two more battles., but there were not many good captures, and the military was a little anxious, especially after hearing about Chen Commandery, the fleet would not follow us and had to transport the grain by land. There were even rumors that everyone was required to carry fifty kilograms of grain... This is the key."
"This will be self-defeating when the time comes. How could they be allowed to carry so much food?" Shen Jin complained directly with a wave of his hand.
"Oops!" Just when several major generals were talking about the difficulty of walking after entering Chen Commandery, Liu Cheng suddenly put his hand on his forehead, seeming to think of something extraordinary. "Let Guannu wrote back to A She, asking her to mobilize the female labor force of Shao Lake to sew seven thousand ramie White Cloth backpacks! How could I forget this?!"
Seven thousand White-Robed Army cannot be reproduced, but seven thousand White Pack Army can be reproduced!
-----I can sew the dividing line of White Pack-------
Emperor Taizu led the army at the beginning, Pacification of the West all the subordinates followed, and privately compared it with Tao Kan. The generals on the left and right did not know what it meant, but after hearing it, they praised it, Emperor Taizu laughed and said, "I am new to the country, I have not fought in battles, and I have not made any achievements. This is not a compliment to me. To be honest, I run the army harshly and meticulously." The left and right were angry and wanted to catch up with him, but Emperor Taizu refused to follow.
-- "Chronicle of Jiangzuo".Qi Pei Songzhi