Chapter 721 (1/2)
Nanyang County, Wancheng.
In the prefect's mansion, Zhang jaw and FA Zheng were talking about something. Suddenly, there was a rapid footstep outside.
”General Zhang, the law is engaged. There is an order from Luoyang.” Li Yan arched his hands.
Zhang jaw stopped talking and looked at him: ”what order does the general have?”
”Zhang jaw was promoted to Zhennan general, and Fazheng was a military general. He raised food and forage. He led the army northward and joined with the general in Hanzhong to attack Zhang Lu.”
Zhang jaw worked hard and made great contributions to defend the South all year round. Now he was appointed as Zhennan general. He could not help smiling, but soon his face became serious.
”So the general is going to take Hanzhong in one fell swoop?”
Li Yan replied: ”it's true. Today, reinforcements and supplies from the Guanzhong area have been continuously transferred, with 20000 troops and 200000 stone grain and grass.”
”200000 stone grain and grass?”
Fazheng was slightly surprised. This is not a small number. A soldier can eat about one stone of grain and grass in a month. 200000 stone grain and grass is enough for 50000 army to eat for four months. But the number of soldiers and horses mobilized from Guanzhong is definitely more than that. I'm afraid there should be 500000 stone grain and grass?
”In addition, the general has a secret order here, asking Zhang Zhennan to open it after he has conquered Shangyong.”
Li Yan took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang jaw.
Zhang's eyes narrowed slightly, nodded and took the letter in his hand.
”Xiaozhi, how many troops should our army send out in this expedition against Shangyong and Hanzhong?” Zhang jaw to one side of FA Zheng asked.
FA Zheng pondered for a while and said, ”Zhang Zhennan, there should have been 20000 troops in Nanyang County. In addition, the general has allocated 20000 troops to come here. There should be 40000 troops.”
”Although our army has previously defeated Cai Mao's attack, the strength of Jingzhou army still exists, so we should leave some troops to garrison.”
Fazhen pondered for a while and said, ”in this case, we might as well send out 25000 soldiers and keep 15000 of them, of which 10000 are recruits and 5000 are veterans. In this way, the old soldiers and the new ones can also quickly improve the fighting effectiveness of the new recruits.”
”Good.”
Zhang jaw nodded, ambitiously grasped his fist: ”immediately mobilize troops to gather in the direction of the county, as long as the grain and grass are in place, our army will send troops immediately!”
”No!”
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ten li away from the east gate of Chang'an City, thousands of soldiers and officials of Liangzhou army were displayed on both sides of the road to maintain order, while behind them were tens of thousands of people who were looking forward to it. They all stretched their necks and watched eagerly, as if they were waiting for someone to come.
The first two men were a man of letters and one of martial arts. The generals were majestic in stature and looked forward to being self-confident. The civil servants were about 70 years old, with gray beards and hair. They looked like they were Ma Teng and Fazhen.
”Ha ha, it's been five or six years since the general left, has he?” Fazhen said with a smile.
”Yes, Guanzhong is peaceful and the people are well-off. The Qiang and Hu dare not make trouble. However, the general has not come back for many years.” Ma Teng sighed.
Therefore, when the three emperors of the Qing Dynasty gave up, they even wanted to break the court? Sanfu means jingzhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi and youfufeng, who defend Chang'an. Such areas should be abandoned, not to mention the more remote counties such as Wuwei, Beidi and Tianshui.
One of the most important reasons for this is the rebellion of the Qiang people. Duan Ying, one of the famous generals of the late Han Dynasty, who was one of the ”Sanming” in Liangzhou at that time, falsely accepted the surrender of the Qiang people. As a result, they killed all the leaders of the Qiang people. Since then, the Qiang people have been making frequent riots.