Chapter 50: A Different Appeasement
A group of elephants slowly flowed along the shallow river along the river, carrying various supplies and crossing the mountain walls under the army.
He advanced towards Temudao with difficulty.
This primitive road was originally an elephant road stepped on by an elephant, but later it was simply artificially repaired and became a major transportation route between the Temo Road and Guangnan.
This is the last batch of supplies transported by Wu Shengjun to Temo Road. As long as this batch of supplies arrives safely, Di Qing's army can fight for three consecutive months without worrying about the logistics supply not being able to keep up.
What Di Qing admired the most about Wusheng Army was not their toughness, but the almost perfect logistics supply of Wusheng Army. From Shuzhong Road to Guangnan, Wusheng Army had the longest journey and the most dangerous road, but the first to arrive in Guangnan was Wusheng Army.
And the entire army arrived.
Because of the strong logistics supply, the Wusheng Army was far higher in quality, from combat to life, from the Western Army. The reason why the Western Army had poor food was that there were very few things available was not that the court was reluctant to give these 30,000 people.
Rich food and weapons, but because logistics is simply unable to bear it.
No matter how much the civil servants look down on military generals and guard against military generals, their heads were still very clear during the war. When it comes to deducting the food and salary of the imperial guards during the war, no civil servant dared to reach out. Once the war is unfavorable, the cause will be investigated, from the emperor to
No one in the people will be merciful to those who reach out.
The supply of the Song Dynasty army is called "just food". The so-called "just food" means that the local government will be responsible for wherever the army goes according to military orders, and the insufficient parts will be supplemented by the court. This method is actually correct.
In the Song Dynasty, if military rations were transported from Tokyo to Guangnan, the loss on the road would reach 70% of the time, which was far less convenient and cheap than the supply on site. The court only needed to count the supply of the army to the local prefectures and counties every year
It’s good to have the tax amount, which is the simplest and most effective way.
Most of the ideas in the world are actually good. But once the "people" are mixed in, the good idea will quickly transform into a very stupid idea.
There are big differences between people. Some people are smart and have many opportunities. Of course, a little military supply cannot help them. Not only will they serve the army well, but their own yamen can also bring considerable benefits. So
Every day I hope the army passes by the territory under my jurisdiction.
Some people know nothing but how to study. When the army came, they were suddenly in chaos. If they didn't understand, they gave such important official duties to the officials. Therefore, the famous group of officials in the Song Dynasty
It will pounce on military supplies like locusts. Anyway, if something happens, the chief officer will take over, so the army here will be in trouble...
When the army comes to the war zone, this is the most troublesome thing, because there is no government here and they do not have the habit of raising food and grass by themselves, so it becomes particularly difficult. Sometimes it will make it difficult for the army to move forward.
Wu Shengjun is different. He is born to have to find food by himself. The local officials will not take the supply of the wing army seriously. Anyway, these people go to the war zone to die or sell coolies. How can they be mean?
Just come.
So Yun Zheng did not expect the local government and did not have the time to argue. When he set out from Shu, he brought enough food and equipment, and Cui Da brought a group of green-eyed merchants all the way.
Of course there is no trouble. Wu Shengjun and the merchants have formed a bond of interests. In the eyes of those merchants, Wu Shengjun is here to help him develop business paths, and their spoils are also the richest part of their commercial interests. During the busy farming period, the farmer's family
We have to feed the big animals a few bites of essence, not to mention that Wu Shengjun is now fighting to death in front of us, because of this, Wu Shengjun has never lacked supplies.
The Junhou who transported the supplies this time was Wu Jie. The handsome young man had long been burned by the scorching sun in Guangnan. He sat on the head of an elephant with his legs crossed, chewing betel nut in his mouth.
From time to time, he spitted a mouthful of purple-red saliva. He was holding a strong crossbow with a string on his hand. As the elephant walked forward, his body also bumped. Now he had reached the area where the people lived, and he dared not
There was a slight carelessness, fearing that those desperate men would rush out and rob.
Most of the living areas of Liaoren have been gone, but there are still no possible attacks. This is very abnormal. The scouts sent out kept coming from the mountains and forests on both sides of the countryside. There were still three sounds.
This means there is no one in this place.
His deputy general Chu Dazhi came down from the horse and climbed onto the elephant's back and said to Wu Jie: "It's not right. I always feel that it's so quiet here that it makes people panic. Are the people all piled up in front and waited for us? Once we were, we
When they walked out of the mountains, where did they get the opportunity to fight us? Is there any conspiracy?"
Wu Jie shook his head and said, "It's better to be careful. This time, the Liaoren suffered heavy casualties and were poisoned by the plague again. I don't know how much they can have left. Di Shuai is a famous general, and the area he has walked along the way.
It is logically safe. This time they are appeased in the custody state. I think Di Shuai has already appeased this area."
Chu Dazhi said in surprise: "What do you mean is Di Shuai deliberately creating a no-man's land?"
Wu Jie rolled his eyes and said, "The appeasement of our Wusheng Army and the appeasement of Di Shuai are two different things. We believe that only dead enemies are good enemies. It is not the first time that Di Shuai has appeased."
Chu Dazhi said angrily: "What is appeasement? Isn't it just to use tolerance and sacrifice to seek local stability? Do you think that Shuai Di brought the Western Army like 30,000 tigers and wolves to compromise?"
Wu Jie spitted a mouthful of betel nut water, and Chu Dazhi turned his head disgustedly. Wu Jie smiled and opened his blood-red mouth full of betel nut and said, "Shuai Di is a gentleman, and Wu Shengjun is a villain. You must distinguish between the two clearly.
Since it is a gentleman, Di Shuai's strategy is of course mainly based on hard-working persuasion, and killing such things that cannot be put on the table is of course supplemented. Di Shuai is different from us. As long as we are unhappy in the army, we will do it.
Once we take off the armor and put on the blue shirt, who dares to say that we are not elegant scholars? Even if we kill, we can find a thousand reasons to free ourselves. This is the benefit of being a scholar first and then becoming a military man, no matter what it is.
Both literary and martial artists can advance and retreat freely.
Di Shuai and the others are different. Don’t look at his current glory. Haven’t you heard of the miserable situation of Di Shuai crying when his fierce general was beheaded? Don’t make trouble for him. We should take more responsibility when we encounter problems.
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"You look so disgusting when you chew betel nut!" Chu Dazhi laughed and cursed, then slipped off the elephant, and led the horse team to search and advance. The soldiers led by the army kept changing, walking in the first place and slashing with a knife.
The branches on the road are very troublesome.
The river turned into a waterfall, and the mountain road became flat in an instant. Remove the gunpowder from the elephant's back, and the elephants quickly climbed under the waterfall to take a shower, and the cheerful screams could be heard for several miles.
The cautious Chu Dazhi personally led the scout forward for fifteen miles. After returning, he looked worried. There was a plain in front of him, but there were swamps everywhere. If you couldn't find a suitable path, you wouldn't be able to move forward at all.
I don’t know how Di Qing’s army walked over.
Chu Dazhi told Wu Jie about the previous situation. Wu Jie was bathing under the waterfall and put on his clothes and said with a smile: "Thirty thousand people have passed by, Lao Chu, have you not found any clues?"
Chu Dazhi nodded and said, "There are a row of white bones in the middle of the swamp, all of which are the bones of people hanging on the shelves. It is probably the locals killed by Shuai Shuai when he passed through the swamp. I don't like to pass through that white bone path.
Besides, there has been flooding there, so our elephants are too heavy and may not be suitable for walking in the swamp."
Wu Jie pointed to a lot of supplies and said, "I think we have actually arrived at the destination. Sir Di doesn't need us to enter other people's military camps. He will definitely worry that we will pass the plague over. The general also said that the two armies are not suitable for contact. We
After all, I came from the epidemic area. As long as three piles of wolf smoke are lit here, someone will naturally come to pick it up. Our mission is over. After delivering this batch of supplies, it is time for the imperial court to come down. Then we will have two armies and one
Going north, one goes west, and there is no time to meet."
Chu Dazhi then let out a sigh. Seeing that Wu Jie was taking charge of the alert, he took off his clothes and started taking a shower. The March in Guangnan was already hot and hard to bear. It was really a ghost.
There was no wind today, and three yellow and black smokes rushed straight into the sky. In a short while, three smokes rose from the opposite side of the swamp. Wu Jie stood at the high place, holding a pergola with his hands staring at the swamp, a team of
People dragged something along the swamp and walked slowly over with the bone markings. When these people got ashore, the sun was already westward.
Ma Jinhu used fire to heat his hand fork and pressed his hand fork on his legs. After a while, many leeches fell off the ground. Looking at the leches' round body, he stepped on the ground with blood.
Seeing that all the subordinates had dealt with the leeches, the golden tiger bared his white teeth and smiled at Wu Jie, "Good brothers have been delivering things hundreds of miles apart. Brothers, I have no way to repay you, so I use my own blood as a gift for the meeting. Brothers, don't you?
Do you think I, Lao Ma, is rude?"
Wu Jie laughed, unscrewed the wine pot, poured the strong wine on Ma Jinhu's legs to disinfect. Ma Jinhu grabbed the wine pot and poured it into his mouth. After drinking a big sip, he said, "Don't waste it, tomorrow
I still have to get a bite when I go back, but I still feel comfortable in my stomach. Damn, I have to put a "piyan" in the swamp and use a bamboo tube to cover it. Brother, I want to cry when I think of it.”
Chu Dazhi took out two pairs of silk shorts from his horse bag and gave them to Ma Jinhu and said, "Hurry up and throw away those disgusting things, wash and change into these underwear. When you go down the swamp, remember to go to the underwear legs and the tendons on your waist.
Tighten it tightly, and the beef tendon will become loose after soaking in water for a long time."
Chapter completed!