You don't even have to be the leader of an army. As early as when North Camp distributed it to the refugees, Liu Cheng realized that white robe is not a good word... because White Cloth is the kind of completely undyed cloth that ordinary people pay taxes on. It has the lowest value. The army uses white robes, which is basically the worst treatment. Even Way of the Celestial Masters knows how to use crimson to unify and enhance the sense of identity.
Obviously, that White-Robed Army was not taken seriously from the beginning. That is to say, Chen Qingzhi miraculously hit the Luoyang army before it collapsed, and this was the opportunity for historians to publicize it.
And now, Liu Cheng, as the leader of an army, has personally walked these four to five hundred miles, and it is completely possible to draw a conclusion - if he really had a history imitation show mentality in his mind, he would not have to wear normal black and gray clothes when he came, but would have to get seven thousand White-Robed Army to send troops. I am afraid that by the time Luoyang arrives, without fighting a single battle, he would have become a flower-robed army.
On the contrary, backpacks are what the army needs most when marching at the moment, especially after passing Chen County immediately, and then walking back, there is no waterway logistics support, and the march is difficult. Even if the logistics supplies include vehicles and civilians, the things carried by the sergeants are all in disarray.
It would be a huge help if I had a backpack at this time.
In later generations, backpacks can become a necessity for almost all troops, which is not for nothing.
However, even for a backpack, Liu Cheng was in a hurry. At first, he wanted to ask about the needs of the troops, and he wanted to make a custom-made one for the military, with multiple mezzanines here and multiple external openings there... But in the end he realized that this kind of design for the battlefield was meaningless, and finally settled on a standard that was thick, durable, easy to draw, and not tight on the back.
That's all.
I sent the letter, but I didn't know when I would receive the goods, and I didn't know what the finished product would look like, so I could only focus on the present.
After entering Chen County, it is difficult to move forward easily, because further north, in the area of Chenliu, Jiyin, and Jibei, those warlords originally left behind by Later Zhao have nominally belonged to Yan like Yao Xiang, and are already regarded as war zones.
But it is nonsense to say that these counties on the south side of the Yellow River are all enemies, because these warlords only control specific strongholds, coerce specific Household Registration, and maintain specific troops. No one actually controls the entire county.
For example, in theory, Henan Yin Dai Shi, after being driven out by Yao Xiang, was now in Xingyang County and did not dare to retreat south. If he evacuated again, his years of struggle would be gone. But he was stuck there alone, surrounded by enemies on three sides, and no loyal minister of Murong Xianbei was going to attack him.
Therefore, you have to understand the situation before making any calculations.
"I would like to ask if there is any descendant who joins Yao Xiang?" Liu Cheng asked seriously.
"Yes." The person who answered Liu Cheng was Northern Yuzhou's Western Command general and veteran Zhu Teng, who answered calmly. "Zhou Cheng..."
"Who is this?" Liu Cheng was a little confused. "Why haven't I heard of it?"
"You must have never heard of it." Zhu Teng smiled. "This man is not the Henan princes of Later Zhao's gang, but the Xuzhou governor of Ran Wei, Ran Min's confidant. It is said that he was the one who killed Shi Zun back then."
"That's it." Liu Cheng suddenly realized that he was right. At least he was on the right track. "It stands to reason that this person and Yao Xiang are not the same person, so why did they get together."
"It should be just a coincidence." Zhu Teng continued to explain with a smile. "After Ran Wei was destroyed by Murong Xianbei, he came over from Cangting, brought some Ran Wei remnants, and surrendered to the court. Then he waited until Yin Hao In front of Northern Expedition, he suddenly led his troops to Nanyang... Everyone said at the time that he should have received an invitation from Wang Qia and was preparing to surrender General Huan, fearing that he would be eaten by Yin Hao if he left too late... As a result, he walked to the west of Xuchang and heard that Yao Xiang rebelled, Yin Hao collapsed, and turned around to go to Luoyang. I don't know if it was because of this that he underestimated Imperial Army. He wanted to be independent, but Yao Xiang was one step ahead of him, but with no choice, Zhou Cheng simply demoted Yao Xiang, and now he is only stationed at Xingyang."
When Liu Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Lord Longhuai, Dai Henan is also said to be in Xingyang..."
"One is at Xingyang City, backed by Luoyang; the other is at Yangwu, guarding the key point behind the Yellow River." Zhu Teng answered immediately.
"Dai Henan is hard enough." Liu Cheng said this sincerely. "Even if he has a close relationship with the people on Ran Wei's side, I'm afraid he will be suffering all day long."
Isn't this right? I originally thought that he was occupying Xingyang County, sandwiched between three enemies, and there was always a proper withdrawal route. However, it turned out that he was locked in a small area in the northeast corner of Xingyang by three enemies.
"It's worth it." Zhu Teng smiled again. "It is said that Duke Huan was very impressed after learning that he was still guarding Yellow River. Two days ago A formal announcement just came from Jiangling, which only emphasized that he should guard Yellow River, and let Jingzhou become Protector-General Gao Wu out Luyang, no one else mentioned it."
"Duke Huan Do you think we people are not respectful enough?" Liu Cheng was extremely speechless. "There are no arrangements for General Mao, Lord Longhuai, me, and what else General Chen?"
Zhu Teng chuckled a few times, but defended Huan Wen: "It should just be that he knew that Dai Henan was working hard and encouraged him a little bit extra. If everyone else didn't mention it, wouldn't it be the same as mentioning it?"
After a pause, Liu Cheng simply asked the most critical question, "Lord Longhuai, you are an elder and a veteran, and you are still guarding the key here at Northern Yuzhou. You are well-informed, and I should ask you for public and private inquiries... Now our department has arrived at Chen County, but there is no new military order. Duke Huan said that troops will be sent out, but it will have to wait for a while. Should I stay here and wait for the military order? Or should I go west to Xuchang to gather the generals? Or go north to rescue Dai Henan?"
Zhu Teng was stunned for a moment, fell silent, and even twirled his beard in silence for a long time.
The generals and ministers sitting at the banquet in the hall were also silent. For a moment, the banquet for Liu Cheng Deng Ren seemed to have a strange atmosphere... Many people were a little confused. Did this issue need to be considered for so long? Could it be that there was some meaning behind it that they did not understand?
Could it be that it involves everyone's position between Jingzhou and Western Command?
Or maybe General Liu of the Vanguard Army is testing Lord Longhuai on behalf of Duke Huan?
After being silent for too long, even Zhu Chuo, who has always been a promiscuous person, noticed something strange and became obviously uneasy.
"Of course I selfishly hope that the former army will stay in Chen County, and at least clean up Chen Commandery for me and clean up the public order." Xu realized that his silence itself could easily cause misunderstandings, Zhu Teng still spoke, but it was all nonsense "But if the former army wants to open up the road to Xingyang, it would be reasonable to rescue Dai Henan... It would be even more appropriate to go to Xuchang. Anyway, let's wait for General Huan to arrive."
"Actually, I think we should go north to Xingyang to rescue Dai Henan..." As soon as Zhu Teng finished speaking, Shen Jin, who was the first to attack Liu Cheng, couldn't wait to express his opinion.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he met Liu Cheng's almost warning gaze. Shen Jin was startled and immediately realized the problem - he should not have gone over Liu Cheng's statement easily. This would cause the people present, especially Zhu Teng, to misunderstand, thinking that this was Liu Cheng's original intention, and then changed his statement.
You must know that this guy in Wuxing is not only a problem of being trapped in the county and having no knowledge, but also an obvious problem is that because there are no superiors or serious nobles to deal with him, so he has always been trying to curry favor with those high-ranking people, but he actually lacks such social experience, so that he is used to making his own decisions and being domineering.
Fortunately, this matter did not involve any obsession on his part, so he reacted immediately and kept silent.
Only when he restrained himself and looked around, he saw that everyone was looking at him, which made him feel more and more embarrassed.
"Don't talk about this in advance." Liu Cheng waved his hand. "Today is a banquet in Japan. If everyone talks about it and starts arguing, won't it become a military discussion? And for Lord Longhuai's birthday..."
As he said this, he raised his glass in person, causing everyone to stand up, and Zhu Teng also quickly stood up and laughed.
That day, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves without mentioning anything. After the banquet, Zhu Xian went to look for his father, but Zhu Chuo was called over specifically by Liu Cheng.
"Go tell you Father." Just in front of the couch where he lived, Liu Cheng told Zhu Chuo seriously with a hint of alcohol. "I'm not testing anything, I really want you Father Joining the Army actually serves as my advisor... You tell him, Young Son of Right General Wang Xianzhi, Xie Minbu's son Xie Xuan, and you, will all go out with me. Your eldest brother and his two soldiers will also go out with me, so you ask him to tell the truth. If I go to rescue Dai Henan, will it be dangerous? Or where should I go? Do you understand?"
Zhu Chuo nodded immediately and set off directly with a wave of Liu Cheng's hand.
As soon as the person left, Liu Huzi also became a little depressed, probably because he was drunk. "Lord Longhuai is really old, isn't he? If you are seriously asking him for military affairs, why are you all making such fuss?"
"Don't blame him, it's my fault." Liu Cheng, who also drank, shook his head on the couch. "It's because I couldn't understand the difficulties of Northern Yuzhou generals. I had to mention Duke Huan earlier, and I also ignored my own identity, which made him misunderstand."
No one knew what to say.
"Qianjun." However, Shen Yong, who is Hebei Migrants, couldn't hold back at this time and took over. "Why do you blame yourself for everything? This matter is clearly caused by that General Zhu who can't distinguish between public and private matters and puts things together so that we don't know whether we should go or not."
"Shen Army Advisor." Liu Cheng sighed after hearing this. "I'm really not pretending to be dignified, but I really regret it, because I just saw him in the hall and suddenly thought of Zu Shizhi... Do you know how Zu Shizhi, the only accomplished Northern Expedition in the Our Dynasty, died before Later Zhao established the North?"
"I would like to hear the details." Shen Yong also knew that he was a little anxious. The main reason was that as a Hebei person, he naturally wanted to see some Northern Expedition results, so he was dissatisfied with Zhu Teng's attitude, so he had a fit.
"Back then, Zu Shizhi was actually pissed off by Emperor Yuan." Liu Cheng said something shocking. "Emperor Yuan sent his confidant Dai Yuan to be the governor of General Who Conquers the West Central Plains Liuzhou, Zu Shizhi soon died of grief and anger after knowing about it. This incident also laid the foundation for Zu Yue to later assist Su Jun in the rebellion... Now Murong Xianbei's Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince Li Chan, it was also Zu Shizhi who became disheartened after his death and fled back to Hebei."
"Emperor Yuan is suspicious of Zu Shizhi?" Shen Yong was shocked... Among the other generals, quite a few were uneducated. Even though they had heard of the name Zu Ti, they didn't know much about the situation. When they heard the words, they seemed to be listening to some secret.
"No." Liu Cheng shook his head. "Looking back now, Emperor Yuan did not doubt Zu Shizhi. Dai Yuan can also be called a loyal and good general...Emperor Yuan let Dai Yuan came to Henan with the original intention of gathering troops to fight against Wang Dun, but Zu Shizhi knew from this that the southern monarchs and ministers did not care about the results of his eight years of operation at Henan in order to fight among themselves, so they were extremely disappointed and died in sorrow and anger."
At this point, Liu Cheng stared at Shen Yong, and glanced at the other Hebei Literati who came with the army, and his tone became serious. "Things in the world have always been so difficult. If you want Northern Expedition, you have to be able to handle the political situation behind you. Some of Northern Expedition's difficulties are things I didn't expect. But I had already learned from this before I came here, and I don't know how many times I thought about it, because infighting within the imperial court is in South of the Yangtze, just like Hu Han is always considered when doing anything in Hebei, and you can't hide... If you can't even stand this, then don't expect to fight back Hebei yourself in this life."
Shen Yong was silent for a moment, said yes, and said he was taught.
After another pause, Liu Cheng came to the people in the room seriously. "Everyone, if there is not much military risk, I actually want to get through Xingyang first and contact Dai Henan, firstly, I want to express my ambition and understand the meaning of Northern Expedition; secondly, I want to see if I can open Luoyang from Zhou Cheng situation... Although I have my true intention, I still hope that you will not look forward and backward like Lord Longhuai. If you have different opinions, please speak up in person, but we will only talk about military and political risks. After that, I will take care of it myself, and I promise that after the discussion is finished, I will never care about the things under discussion...Ahu, tell everyone how we usually discuss things."
Liu Huzi was stunned for a moment, turned around and went out. After a moment, a basket of plant ash came in and fell to the ground.
Everyone was at a loss and confused.
But after a while, the results of the simple discussion were unanimous. Except for a few people who were worried that going north at this time would cause dissatisfaction to Huan Wen from a political perspective, most people agreed that if the military risk was relatively low, then Dai Shi should indeed be rescued first, especially since Dai Shi was very clear about the situation of Henan and Xingyang, and rescuing him would be valuable in itself.
However, most people also agree that they have no idea about the situation at Xingyang, and they only listened to Zhu Teng's introduction, so they still have to listen to Zhu Teng's advice. If Lord Longhuai really warned, then it is best not to take risks with these new recruits.
Come to think of it, Wang and Xie's children and his old son Zhu Chuo are all going north. This Lord Longhuai should no longer deliberately ignore any military risks because of someone else's attitude.
After a long time, Zhu Xian, who was sweating profusely, came over with his younger brother Zhu Chuo. He was startled when he saw the room full of people. He didn't even notice the vegetation ash on the ground. The former only quickly handed over his hand. "Former army, I, Father, made it clear, Zhou Cheng, Yan Province's General Later Zhao, Murong Ping of Yecheng, all seem to be our enemies, but in fact they are wary of each other, especially Zhou Cheng, who is simply an enemy of the other two families, and it is impossible to even allow Qiang people to come from behind him to attack us... They cannot unite together.
"In addition, Zhou Cheng has strong troops but no basis. Later Zhao people have some territory and population, but insufficient combat power. Therefore, these two families should only think about self-preservation and will not send troops easily. This is the fundamental reason why Dai Henan can stay there for a long time.
"Once we go north to relieve the siege, our only concern is that if Murong Ping crosses the river to attack, we can also send scouts and Small Units along the river to closely monitor him in advance. If his troops want to cross the river in large numbers, it is not possible So fast, we can withdraw in time... And if the front army wants to send troops, I, Father, mean that I, Zhu Xian, can be the vanguard and go straight to the river to show that there is no worry."
Liu Cheng nodded repeatedly, look, isn't this a sign of military judgment?
As a result, he didn't say much, but pointed to the ash on the ground that had been smoothed once and continued, "Let's think about how to send troops Xingyang and how to plan the route? Is there any way to contain the enemy in advance? If the march goes well, can you find a way to use Zhou Cheng to open the Luoyang portal?"
------I am a very discerning dividing line------
Zu Yuzhou in his life, he started great things in vain. The east gate screams loudly, which makes him feel inferior. He Zai wears Ruosi, and he fights in the middle way. Heroic deeds are accomplished gradually, but they are short-lived now and in the past.
--"Ode to Zu Ti".Wen Tianxiang