The army cannot move so quickly.
Because Sima Yue wanted to gather more soldiers and horses, he would wait for the soldiers recruited from Chenliu, Xingyang, Henan and other counties to gather before he would march in force.
Some people from Jinguyuan even rushed to Xin'an, saying that officials came to recruit people, but they pushed them back, and Nuonuo, a junior official, did not dare to say anything.
This is an important reason why farmers invest in manors and forts.
When recruiting troops, the county soldiers and commanders gave priority to the peasants, because they were easy to manipulate and did not take much trouble.
When there are not enough farmers, we look for powerful people with no family status or official positions.
If it's still not enough, then look for Han Su, a scholar with a small surname.
Difficulty ranges from low to high.
No one is a fool. It is instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If the war continues, there will be fewer and fewer homesteaders and more and more Wubao. Even some manors will try to transform into Wubao - many manors are
Resort properties, such as Jingu Garden, Pan Garden, etc., are relatively easy to break into.
Also coming to Xin'an were the administrators of various forts and manors.
Shao Xun listened emphatically to the farming matters of Jingu Garden, Pan Garden, and Shaoyuan. After learning that the wheat seedlings were growing well, he was relieved.
When the wheat is harvested in June, it will all be brought to Jinguyuan for processing.
Luoyang has become stable in the past two years, and a small number of escapees from Jinguyuan have come back one after another. The water harvesters in more than 30 districts can handle too much grain. Now they can barely open a few. If they continue, Shao Xun feels that he
You can take on business and help others pound rice and grind flour.
Among the four major docks, Jinmen dock is the top priority and must be completed this year.
After the beginning of spring, Yanggongwu, Yiquanwu and Heshuiwu delivered part of the "final payment" of grain, which totaled 60,000 to 70,000 dendrobium.
The owner of the building, Wang Queer, reported that a man named Yang Ming sent a batch of money and silk to Jingu Garden.
At the end of last year, I received a lot of brocade silk, gold and silverware, etc. After roughly appraising the price, I purchased grain, livestock, farm tools and daily necessities in Luoyang and sent them to various Wubao.
Once you get the money, you will basically spend it all, and you will still be in debt.
Shao Xun didn't panic at all. What a joke, how can a big boss not be in debt?
In mid-May, the first batch of men recruited from Sizhou and Yanzhou arrived in Xin'an, and auxiliary troops were finally available. It happened to be at this time that the order to march came down.
On May 18th, the army marched westward.
Their route was mainly composed of the left guard of the Chinese army. Except for a few left-behind personnel, 15,000 people were dispatched.
The Qiao Cavalry Army dispatched 1,500 cavalry, and the old foundation was finally shown.
Since the reorganization of the Chinese Army in April and May of last year, the Knight Cavalry Army has been struggling to expand. The main method is to recruit evacuees and a small number of new recruits. Now it has slowly accumulated to 1,890 riders.
The famous Youzhou Tuqidu was also rebuilt.
As the most armored cavalry in the Chinese army that does not belong to any army, there used to be more than a thousand cavalry. Now some veterans have been gathered together and more than a hundred recruits have been recruited. The Luoyang arsenal has searched for dismounted armor and can only scrape together more than 400 cavalry.
, also followed this time, accompanying the infantry as they advanced.
Shao Xun is more concerned about this army.
Because this is a unit that can greatly threaten the Silver Spear Army. Although it only has more than 400 cavalry, it can be really deadly when charging. The Silver Spear Army who is poorly trained may not be able to withstand it.
There are 15,000 infantry, 2,000 light and heavy cavalry, and more than 20,000 strong men. The total total is almost 40,000, but it is known to the outside world as an army of 100,000.
It took the "hundred-thousand-thousand-strong army" a full seven or eight days to cross the more than 100 miles of mountain roads, which was very slow.
This northern road is commonly known as "Xin'an Road", and together with the "Yiyang Road" in the Luoshui River Valley in the south, it is the key road from Tongguan to Luoyang.
Shao Xun and others set out from the ancient cities of Qin and Zhao, more than ten miles west of Xin'an County - in history, Qin and Zhao had an alliance here, each occupying a city, so it was named, also known as "Juli City", because of the alliance's opposition to each other.
Both sides benefit.
Cross the river valley and enter the Xiaoshan mountain trail.
At that time, the narrow place could only accommodate square rails, and countless people, carriages and horses lined up to pass through, which was extremely inefficient.
After walking through the slopes of the East and West Erxiao Mountains, we entered the territory of Shaanxi County, Hongnong County. The road was only slightly easier, but it was still difficult to walk in the mountainous area.
In the past, Cao Mengde was worried about the dangers of the South Road, so he opened the North Road. However, the North Road also had its dangerous places and it was really difficult to walk.
The advantage of Luoyang's location is obvious. However, every time foreign troops invaded Luoyang, no one volunteered to guard these dangerous places with fences, and no one stood firm at the peripheral checkpoints. In the end, the enemy troops were always allowed to swagger through various dangerous places.
, and entered Luoyang City.
At the end of May, the army arrived in Hongnong, and Shao Xun met Mi Huang, who had been away for more than a year.
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At the end of May, on the Yiyang Road, horses hoofed in formation, flags were flying, and an endless army was meandering westward in the valley.
After a while, several scouts and more than ten horses rushed to a simple ferry.
Near the ferry, there were three boatmen, an old man, two young men, sitting under a tree and resting. When they saw the messenger, they immediately took action.
The two teenagers went to untie the ferry boat tied to the tree, and the old man stepped forward to greet them.
"I want to cross the river, quickly!" the first scout shouted.
The old man didn't waste any time. He took three steps at a time and arrived at the riverside pier, ready to punt the boat.
He came from Taiyuan and was originally a boatman on Fenshui River. After arriving at Yunzhongwu, he got a good job, ferrying people on Luoshui River to facilitate people coming and going.
But I won't be able to do this job for long.
He subconsciously looked to the west not far away. A pontoon bridge had spanned the north and south banks, and it gradually became the main way for the people of Yunzhongwu to go to the north bank of Luoshui. As the number of residents in the fort increased, Wubao was no longer satisfied with the
On the south bank of Luoyang, farming on the east and west sides of Qugushui began to expand to the north bank. Many fields sown this spring are on the north bank.
The scout quickly got on the ferry, and several others led the horses and galloped to the pontoon on the west side.
After a while, a dull bell rang in Yunzhongwu.
The people who were busy in the fields immediately packed up their things and retreated to the south bank.
Some people even wanted to run back home, collect their belongings, and then leave, but they were quickly beaten and scolded by the village head, and they followed the large army in dejection and left.
Several other village leaders organized more than a hundred strong people, armed with spears and bows, to occupy a high ground, intending to hold off for a while - if there was an enemy attack.
The common people who have experienced troubled times have long since lost their innocence, and all of them understand very well the cruelty of this world.
In order to facilitate farming, some people now set up shacks in the fields and live in them during busy farming periods. If you live in Wubao, it's okay if the fields are nearby, but if they are farther away, it will be more troublesome. You don't know what to do every day.
Walk as many miles as possible.
There must be property in the shack, such as clothes, cooking utensils, etc. For these fort residents, it is actually very important property, and it is normal for them to want to take it away.
However, the military situation is urgent and there is no room for carelessness. You might be captured and killed just because you took something and didn't have time to escape.
Sure enough, when the last group of people retreated to the south bank and the people behind them retreated to the pontoon bridge, the figures of the cavalry group had already appeared in the distance.
Zhuangtou picked up an ax, cut off the bamboo ties connecting the pontoon boats, and sent several boats to the south bank. By now, one-third of the pontoon bridge had been broken. If the enemy wanted to cross the river through the pontoon bridge, it would be impossible - in an emergency
, and even set the pontoon on fire.
The cavalry is getting closer.
The turbulent herd of horses crossed the post road, crossed the farmland, and headed west.
Zhuangtou looked at it and his heart started to bleed.
In another three months, these millets on the north bank will be harvested. They will be trampled by the cavalry, but I don't know how many grains of rice can be harvested.
"Xianbei people!" Because Jin San led his troops to join the expedition, the fourth building of the Silver Spear Army originally stationed in Jinguyuan moved to Yunzhongwu for garrison. The owner of the building, Wang Queer, climbed up a tree and looked at the other side.
Endless people and horses marched westward along the river valley.
Some people are focused on their way.
Some people stopped, pointing at Wubao with riding whips, and bursts of laughter broke out from time to time.
If you think about it with your toes, you will know that these people must be commenting on the embarrassing retreat at Wubao.
Yes, they have many people and horses. They can fight when they want and leave when they want. Even if you want to take revenge, you are not even qualified to follow them and eat ashes.
The Xianbei people, who burned, killed, and looted in Yuzhou, now paid no attention to the clumsy and weak Central Plains people.
Once upon a time, they also looked up at the great powers of the Central Plains.
During the Later Han Dynasty, Xianbei repeatedly invaded the border. The imperial court organized a mixed force of armored cavalry and sword-and-shield infantry, recruited light cavalry from tribes attached to the border, and conquered the grasslands several times, establishing its unparalleled reputation.
Even after a hundred years of great melee at the end of the Han Dynasty, and after the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the Xianbei people could only look up to the Central Plains and put away all their petty thoughts.
However, in the past ten years, the kings have been fighting each other, constantly attracting the Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Wuhuan to go south. Gradually, these prairie men have seen clearly the inside story of the Central Plains.
Especially when they mounted their horses, picked up their bows and swords, and defeated the Central Plains armies again and again, they had nothing to look up to.
Some people may still be unable to change their ways, and are still used to being respectful to the Central Plains - although this does not prevent them from burning, killing and looting in the mainland.
Some people are really arrogant and think that the Central Plains is just mediocre and will sooner or later become a pasture for them to run wild.
But the sad thing is that things may actually develop in the direction they imagined.
Some people would rather continue to have fun and live happily ever after after crossing south, "looking up at the vastness of the universe, observing the prosperity of categories", "wandering with eyes and hearts", and "extreme audio-visual entertainment", than stay in the north and act like a man.
, protect his wife and children, drive away enemies, and rebuild his home.
After the Xianbei people stayed for a while, they rode away.
Wang Queer led the soldiers of the fourth building to set up defenses along the river to prevent small groups of horsemen from crossing the river to burn, kill and loot.
They persisted until evening before retreating to Wubao.
It was at this time that the Luoyang Central Army's right guard troops appeared.
There were also about 15,000 infantry, plus more than 20,000 peasant soldiers and masters, driving large and small carts, looking like a hasty march all night.
Zhang Fang is dead and the situation is excellent.
The army has been gathered together, so it is time to speed up the march and attack the key point quickly. If Sima Yong is given time, he may be able to stabilize the turbulent morale of the army, and then it will be difficult to fight.
Therefore, Pei Kuo, the general on the right guard, decided to march all night and not give the Western thieves a chance to breathe.
Sima You, King of Runan, also joined the army and saw this rather large Wubao at a glance.
He called some of the Forbidden Army's generals and asked if they could recruit men and grain in the fort. Unexpectedly, everyone hesitated and tried to dissuade him.
Sima You knew clearly that this Wubao had some background, so he secretly made a note of it.
Chapter completed!