Chapter 146 Jinyang Camp (1)
The Qin army's Jinyang camp was located in Jinyang, the old capital of Zhao State. The ancient Jinyang city wall still seemed to have the breath of Zhao Xiangzi guarding Jinyang alone.
Back then, it was precisely through the Battle of Jinyang that the Zhao family and Han Wei secretly reached an offensive and defensive alliance, which destroyed the most powerful Zhi family in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for the three families to divide Jin.
More than two hundred years have passed, and the ancestral land where Zhao State made its fortune has become the northern camp where Qin State led to Zhao State. After simple renovation, Jinyang has restored its status as a military city.
Jinyang has a steep terrain, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Qin army is stationed here and I feel much more at ease.
When Meng Wu presided over the Northern Legion, he captured Lang Meng in the north of Jinyang. If Lang Meng blocked the Zhao State's road to attack south, Jinyang became safer.
The warm wind in late summer blew towards us, and the air was filled with a strong smell of grass and trees.
Around the Taiyuan Basin, the forests are lush, green and green, and lush. From a distance, the scenery is pleasant and poetic.
In Shanxi more than two thousand years ago, its natural landscape maintained its original ecology and soil erosion was not that serious. It was a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. The rise of Zhao's family in Taiyuan was closely related to the spiritual beauty of this land.
Thinking that more than two thousand years later, Shanxi became a loess plateau with ravines, with barren land, long yellow sand, and backward economy, and could only rely on coal underground in the loess, Meng Tian couldn't help but sigh.
It is true that the vast ocean turns into mulberry fields, and the forest turns into a loess plateau.
Meng Tian's cavalry had just passed by Gengyang, and a team of soldiers came up from afar.
The leading knight, wearing a bright clothes and an angry horse, and wearing a big red cloak, looked very heroic.
"General Meng, Yang Xiong, under the order of Zuo Shucheng, came to greet General Meng!"
At about twenty steps away from Meng Tian's cavalry, Yang Xiong lifted the reins and strangled the war horse under his crotch, showing his extraordinary riding skills.
After Zhao Ying from the front army rushed back to the Jinyang camp, Yang Duanhe learned that Meng Tian had repelled the Zhao cavalry that came to attack, and began to pay attention to the combat power of Meng Tian's cavalry. He ignored Zhao Ying's jealous complaints and personally arranged his son Yang Xiong to greet him.
Yang Xiong was also in his twenties at this time and had a competitive spirit in his heart. He thought that if it weren't for Yang Duanhe's constraints and he wouldn't be much worse than Meng Tian. With such thoughts, he consciously wanted to show it.
"General Meng is in the central army, I will take you there!"
Li Bi looked at Yang Xiong a few times, and another second-generation boy who relied on his father's concealment. Although his riding posture was very beautiful, he was just a fancy. Among the second-generation generals of Qin's military merits and nobles, Li Bi was only convinced by one and a half.
One is Meng Tian, the leader of the Great Wall Legion, and the other half is Wang Ben, the most general of the newly rising general of the past. In private, Meng Tian highly praised Wang Ben. Since Meng Tian praised it, Wang Ben naturally had some skills, and Li Bi left half a seat for Wang Ben.
There is no first in literature, no second in martial arts. In the army, troops who are good at fighting will not easily agree with the troops of other generals.
Yang Xiong felt a little embarrassed. His superb performance did not seem to attract the attention of the Montessori cavalry. After waiting quietly for a long time, there was still no marvelous cheer.
"These group of Qiu Bas have never seen the world and do not know how to appreciate the beauty of this general's riding skills!"
Yang Xiong curled his lips, followed Li Bi behind horseback, rolled his eyes at Li Bi's back. He felt the arrogance in Li Bi's words, and seemed not to take him, the major general of the Yang family seriously.
"Mao Qiang, you lead the Ruishi Camp to Taihang Mountain. I want you to find every road for me. Even if there are only places where snakes can crawl, don't let me go!"
"promise!"
Man Qiang was so excited that he took the order away. When he thought of the snake, his saliva stayed. During the training of Ruishi Camp, compared with mice, earthworms, snake meat was considered a rare delicacy.
"General, Zuo Shucheng sent Captain Yang to welcome the general!"
Riding on the horse, Li Bi raised his right hand in front of his chest, bowed slightly, respectfully, and Yang Xiong behind him was very dissatisfied.
"Zuo Shuzhang is too polite!"
Meng Tian's eyes moved away from the map and raised his head, and happened to see the somewhat angry Yang Xiong.
"See General Meng in a humble position!"
If you are not convinced, Yang Xiong does not have the courage to act willfully. Before leaving, Yang Duanhe specifically explained that he should be polite to Meng Tian.
"Okay, no gifts, there are not so many rules in the army."
Meng Tian thought about it and had a certain intention when he was arrogant at first and respectful at the end. Yang Duanhe sent his son to show kindness to Meng Tian. When he passed by Shangjun, Yang Duanhe was very arrogant and did not have much pleasure in getting along with Meng Tian.
"You have to be careful not to be used as a gunman by Yang Duanhe."
Even if the army is strict, there are still factions within it. If you have a close confidant, you will have more opportunities to make meritorious battles. If you don’t deal with it, you will naturally get arduous combat tasks.
Wang Jian's use of troops was considered fair and selfless, but Wang Jian still took care of his son Wang Ben in secret, but he was not as obvious as he did. Otherwise, Wang Ben would not have so many opportunities to make contributions, and his title would be promoted so quickly.
As early as in Xianyang, Meng Tian had heard his father Meng Wu talk about the friendly troops who followed Yang Duanhe and fought wars. He always felt less happy. Because of this, when the Xianyang messenger asked Wang Jian who was left to serve as the deputy general, Wang Jian chose Xin Sheng instead of Yang Duanhe, who had more military experience.
Take Yang Xiong in front of him as an example. Yang Duanhe would not easily send him to the battlefield. Only when the victory or defeat was already very obvious, Yang Duanhe would send Yang Xiong to the pursuit army. In just a few years, Yang Xiong joined the army, and his title was quickly promoted to a doctor. He never had a real battle of close handover.
In this regard, Yang Duanhe is not as good as Wang Jian. Although Wang Jian took care of Wang Ben, the tasks he arranged for Wang Ben were not purely useless, but needed some battle. With Wang Jian instructed to fight monsters and upgrade, Wang Ben now has the ability to stand alone. According to Yang Duanhe's method, Yang Xiong may only be a general of Taiping until the end. If he encounters troubled times, he will not escape the end of defeating the army and killing the general.
After Meng Tian greeted Yang Xiong, his personal general Meng Bao arranged Yang Xiong to follow one side and slowly head to Jinyang Camp. The time is still enough, and Jinyang Camp is right in front of him, so there is no need to let the soldiers rush to hurry up.
As soon as he got up, Meng Tian opened the map in his arms again, and his eyes followed the lines on the map, thinking back and forth, while outlining the mountains and rivers of the northern part of Zhao State in his heart.
The soldiers around Meng Tian were used to it and were used to it. Since they were in the army under Meng Tian, they have understood that when Meng Tian had something to do or not, they would take the map to think about it.
"What's so good about a broken map? Pretend to behave!"
Yang Xiong leaned his head and saw Meng Tian pondering at the map, not obsessed. The Qin army's geoscope map was drawn very finely, and he could see it clearly just by looking at it.
"Hmph, my father plans to let Meng Tian cross the Taihang Mountains. Seeing him facing the map all day long, I don't believe he can figure out a way..."
Chapter completed!