Chapter 576 Center of gravity (2)

Just as Li Jian was worried about the current situation in the house, someone outside whispered: "There is an envoy to Guangling, and he is in the palace's foreign minister!"

Li Jian was surprised and happy when he heard this. Seeing this, the scholar beside him quickly whispered: "Hurry, please come in!"

After a while, the envoy came into the hall and read out the imperial edict sent in the name of Yang Longyan, appointing Li Jian as the Western Zhejiang Observation Envoy, the former head of the camp, and guarding Changzhou. The letter also specifically reminded Li Jian to delay the military front of the Zhenhai Army as long as possible, and to at least win more than twenty days of mobilization and development time for the Huainan army.

Li Jian read the imperial edict twice, and then put the silk paper back on several tables. Then he ordered his subordinates to treat the messenger well. After the messenger left, the scholar looked at the face of the master and stepped forward and smiled, "The Lord of the Mansion is indeed a sacred fortune. He said that Cao*** Cao*** was here. Even the worm in the king's belly was afraid he would not have the same ability as you."

Li Jian shook his head and said with a smile: "After all, this imperial edict has finally arrived. Xu Dutong has experienced military affairs and is still aware of the joints. You can send orders to each army to prepare immediately, let the soldiers on duty on the guards eat immediately, and after eating, follow me, and the rest of the troops set out in turn!"

"Yes!" The scholar responded, but did not go out to send an order immediately. After hesitating for a moment, he still whispered: "Mr. It's already afternoon now. Why not wait until tomorrow and let the soldiers from the two yamen on both sides and the two yamen be ready to set off together! Now it's the season of war, the road is not stable, and there are fewer people, I'm afraid that if there are no people!"

"No, set off immediately, the moment you rush." ​​Li Jian said this, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "Sir, you still don't know what kind of person we are facing. If Lu Fang is in my position, I'm afraid that alone will be on the road!"

"Darang, can you still eat it?" Lu Fang chewed the dry food in his mouth hard, and looked carefully at his son Lu Runxing beside him. He was already eleven or twelve years old, and he was riding on a small mare, wearing a pair of specially made half-body armor. Just like Lu Fang, he was trying hard to fight the dry food in his hands - the dry and hard bread.

"Grandmad, don't worry about me, the child can still bear it!" After a hard work, Lu Runxing finally bit a piece of black and hard bread with his teeth. While chewing hard, he answered his father's temperature in ambiguous words. Hearing his son's answer, Lu Fang showed a satisfied smile on his face. Due to good nutrition and extensive exercise, Lu Runxing's body shape was much taller and stronger than his peers in ancient times. In the army, he rode horses or hiked, rather than more comfortable carriages and boats. Of course, he didn't have to carry dozens of kilograms of bags like an ordinary sergeant, nor did he have to build camps and cook and patrol after a long marche. But it is quite valuable for a person like him.

At this time, Wang Zisheng came over from the front. Seeing this scene, he rode his horse to Lu Fang and whispered, "Big King, Xiao Langjun is still young, how can you eat such crude food? When my subordinates came here, they saw a village next to the road. Why would you let the last general lead a hundred people to cook some hot rice in the village and bring it to the village for Xiao Langjun to use. You will never delay the march. What does the king think?"

After hearing Wang Zisheng's suggestion, Lu Fang did not answer immediately. Instead, he smiled at Lu Runxing, who had finally swallowed the dried cake and said, "Dalang, tell this brother what I said to you before the meal!"

Lu Runxing put the dry cakes in his hand aside and said in a childish words: "My grandpa just told me that the first priority for the generals of the first army is to know whether the soldiers were hungry, thirsty, or tired, and whether they were wearing thin clothes? Only in this way can we know when the soldiers should eat and rest, how to arrange the march route, and when to fight the enemy. If we want to do this, we have to eat the soldiers as much as we do. In this way, we will naturally know that the soldiers are hungry and tired, and we will naturally know that they are going to rest. I have ready-made dry cakes to eat and have horses to ride, which is already a good deal for the soldiers!"

Lu Fang nodded with satisfaction, turned to Wang Zisheng and smiled: "How?"

Wang Zisheng's face was already full of shock and admiration. He bowed and bowed and said, "Your husband is a true dragon seed. I will never know anything but the king!"

"You said this and you were born a young hero. At that time, you were only fourteen years old and escorted your adopted mother from the chaos for more than a thousand miles. Just like this, I am afraid that he will not be as good as you. But I want this child to experience some worldly affairs. After all, this foundation will be handed over to them sooner or later. If you are like Yang Wo, it will not only harm him, but also harm you." Lu Fang said, looking at his son who was listening to him with ignorance, his eyes full of love.

This conversation was quite loud, and most of the guards on both sides listened to it. Among these guards, there were many members of the Lu family's remote clan. After learning about Lu Runxing's identity, they had already regarded him as a first-class figure in the prince. When they saw Lu Runxing, they knew how to share the joys and sorrows with their soldiers. They had the style of a good general, and they could not hide their excitement. After all, as the most firm supporter of Lu Fang and the greatest beneficiaries, Zhenhai Jun had a virtuous and virtuous heir, which was the greatest guarantee for their future interests.

Lu Fang looked at the movements of the soldiers around him and couldn't help but nod in his heart. In addition to cultivating his heirs, there is another reason why he is not good at outsiders. If the commander and his soldiers share the joys and sorrows, the commander's son who is still young can share the joys and sorrows, the effect of motivating morale may be more than three. The Zhenhai Army dispatched a huge force this time, and it has exceeded the upper limit of the official road. Therefore, Lu Fang formulated a strategy for division of troops and advances, taking Wang Foer as the front army, marched from Suzhou along the Jiangnan Canal along the direction of Wangting and Wuxi, while he led the rear army from

The Great Wall of Huzhou set out along the official road along the Taihu Lake, went north after taking Yixing, and joined the front army under Wujin City. This side slightly echoed each other and had a fast marching speed, but also had a big weakness, that is, before the two armies merged under Wujin City, there was a huge geographical barrier between Taihu Lake, which was easily defeated by the Huainan Army. Therefore, Lu Fang emphasized the speed of the march and wanted to take the main force of the Huainan Army to arrive from Jiangbei before reaching Wujin City, and form a siege. Therefore, he and his son were gnawing dry cakes on the horse. This was certainly a show, but it was indeed to save time and speed up the march.

Just as Lu Fang was sitting on the horse and gnawing on a show of dry cakes, a horse galloped over the road in the distance. From the stormy flag on his back, it could be seen that this was a cavalry that conveyed military information. Seeing this, Lu Fang couldn't help but feel excited and stuffed the last piece of dry cake into his mouth. While refusing, he murmured to himself: "There should be good news!"

In the blink of an eye, the cavalry had arrived in front of him. He did not dismount, so he bowed and bowed and said, "Report to the king that the vanguard has arrived at the city of Yixing. The front governor Xu Wuji led his troops to take the lead, killing the county magistrate, two guards and envoys, with hundreds of armored people, and dozens of prisoners were capturing themselves. He was asking the soldiers to rest. How to follow up? Please order the king's military order!"

"Okay! OK! It's better to use his mistakes than to make a mistake!" When Lu Fang heard this good news, he couldn't help but praise him twice. When he chose the front vanguard, he spent a lot of effort and finally chose Xu Wuji. This man was brave and cunning. He was originally Lu Fang's old enemy, but his uncle participated in the Wuyongdu Rebellion. He was also quite embarrassed. He was always locked up in Hangzhou by Lu Fang, and he was a idle position in the personal army in front of the palace. He was supported by him with a salary. In addition to his official robe, he was no different from a prisoner. Xu Wuji also knew himself, and had always been quiet and surrendered himself carefully, for fear of his embarrassing identity.

The leaves fell and broke the head. Over the years, as the strength of Zhenhai Army increased day by day, the old subordinates of Wu Yongdu had already digested it. Only then did Lu Fang lift this person out and sent the vanguard as the general. Xu Wuji also understood in his heart that in this situation today, Lu Fang was no longer afraid of playing tricks. If he made contributions this time, he would have another world in the future. Otherwise, he would be detained in Hangzhou, receive a salary, and be old and dead. Therefore, as the superior of the general, he actually took a knife to supervise the battle in front of the formation, and even went on the battle himself. Finally, he climbed the city behind the three-way drum and made this first contribution.

Soon, Lu Ban recovered from his joy. It was obvious that the Huainan Army had not had much force in Yixing. This was a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing was that his attack was obviously very sudden. Otherwise, Yixing, the gateway north of Changzhou, would not have only such a few people to guard; and the bad thing was that the main force of the Huainan Army had not suffered any losses and had not arrived at the most difficult time. No matter how you look at it, you should try to speed up the marching speed. Thinking of this, Lu Ban ordered in a deep voice: "General Xu first climbed the city, rewarded 200 pieces of silk, and transferred two rounds of honors. The soldiers were rewarded with military merits. Please hurry back quickly and let General Xu rest the soldiers, and then continue to advance immediately after the rear arrived!"

"Here!" The rider bowed and then rode his horse and flew away.

Like most Tang Dynasty cities, Yixing City was built in a pattern of "front palace and back market". The southeast is the government government office. From the city gate at the north gate, a road directly leads to the government office. On both sides of the avenue are neatly divided markets like vegetable fields. Nowadays, Yixing City is very quiet. Apart from a few unmanned bodies on the wide main road, there is no one there. The gates on both sides of the road are closed, and only the faint crying sounds show that this is not an unmanned dead city.

Xu Wuji sat on the steps in front of the government office and placed the shield on his knees as a chopping board. He was using a bloody dagger to cut a roasted half-baked pig leg on it. Every time he cut a piece of flesh with blood, Xu Wuji stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it hard for a few times, and swallowed it.

"General, you've got the wine! Do you want to sip?" A soldier rushed out of the warehouse on the right happily, carrying two pottery jars in his hand.
Chapter completed!