Of course Lu Sanlang didn't know that he was scolded by Li Cunhui again. Lan
There was nothing he could do about it, so Li Cunhui started to fool around. Apart from Yan Jin, he even dared to scold Murong Nobunaga and Bai Congxin. Calling him Lu Sanlang a few words was just to give him face.
And Lu Sanlang is very excited now, very excited!
What he originally said was to directly raid Dusage. What he had been telling everyone was to directly raid Dusage. Qu Yanqing and Cao Bin were very excited, and Huang Yingda was also very excited.
Everyone said it was too difficult, uh no! It should be too low, it can definitely be done.
Because Qu Yanqing, Cao Bin, Murong Yanzhao, Pei Tongyuan and other main forces from the south arrived at almost the same time as Huang Yingda from the west.
Bai Congxin should have arrived with his army, but since they left the fortress last year, they have been fighting on and off outside the fortress for almost a year.
Due to the difficulty of supplying outside the Great Wall, the fat Hexi Pegasus and Dragon Horses lost a lot of fat, and were not as good as the horses Li Cunhui and others sent directly from Hexi. Lan
Therefore, after receiving the information from Lu Sanlang, Bai Congxin immediately allocated thousands of the best horses to Huang Yingda and asked him to lead 900 elite cavalry to rush to Lu Sanlang day and night.
Including Qu Yanqing and others, there are almost 2,000 fine cavalry. Lu Sanlang himself also brought 300 cavalry.
At the same time, Bakhtu, who had been renamed Ruktu, had selected three thousand horsemen from Xizubu's strong herdsmen as assistants.
Soon the five thousand cavalry were organized. After Murong Yanzhao and Qu Yanqing declined, Huang Yingda took over the command without hesitation.
The rest of the people, even Lu Sanlang, had no objection because their qualifications were far inferior to Huang Yingda's.
At this time, I, Zhang Shengcai, led my army to Madam Fan City in the Han Dynasty, which was still more than 600 miles away from Yanran Mountain and a full thousand miles away from the Woluduo of the divination people.
Madam Fan's City is actually only fifty or sixty miles away from the old city of Junjizhou in the Tang Dynasty that Yang Jiye and Pan Mei originally wanted to find. Lan
Moreover, when Zhang Yan arrived at Madam Fan's City, Yang Jiye and others had only passed through this place for two or three days.
If it's a little lucky, the two groups of people are likely to meet.
But in the vast Gobi grassland, the sense of direction is very difficult to distinguish.
Especially after the Han army left the fortress, it was almost impossible to communicate with each other, and it was not uncommon for them to lose their way.
Therefore, even if the two armies are closest to each other, they are probably only one or two hundred miles apart. If they want to meet, they must be lucky enough.
Zhang Gao divided his 27,000 infantry and cavalry into two armies, the front and rear. The rear army consisted of 5,000 men, carrying a large amount of baggage, led by Xinchang Hou Fanshun, the general of Yingyang Town.
Zhang Yanze personally led the main force of 22,000 cavalry at the front. During this march, all the soldiers were fighting soldiers without auxiliaries. Lan
Therefore, feeding horses, putting on armor, setting up camp and even cooking all required the soldiers to do it themselves.
Even Zhang Zhi was the same. The emperor marched with his soldiers and had to curl up with armor when conserving horse power.
The food was stewed in a big black pot, mixed with tea, milk bricks, bacon, peas and other foods that were rich in oil and salt but somewhat unpalatable.
Even Zhang Shengren ate the same dry food as ordinary soldiers, with 30% white flour steamed cakes and 70% coarse grain cakes.
In addition to sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, Zhang Yan continued to go deep into each general (one hundred people) to march with the soldiers, and even personally served as the general of five generals, Yuhou or ten generals.
At the same time, the same goes for Zhang Xianyu, the second son of the emperor, who was led by Zhang Xian. He was thrown to the lowest level by Zhang Xian. He started working as deputy fire officer. After working for a few days, he was transferred to other troops to serve in other units. He worked from deputy fire deputy to Du Yuhou.
In addition, Zhang Gao constantly organized soldiers to conduct confrontation drills during the march, or raided some small tribes that were not convinced by the king, and temporarily promoted meritorious soldiers to grassroots officers to let them adapt to the atmosphere of leading troops in war. Lan
Regarding logistics, Zhang Shengren tightened his grip. During the arduous march, the emperor would always ask the second generation of honorable ministers from Helong (Hexi Longyou) around him to calculate military rations, visually check the number of enemy troops, and observe the stars in the sky. Other methods to determine the direction of the problem.
For ordinary soldiers, the focus is on a surprise inspection of their knowledge of war horse care, weapon maintenance and veterinary knowledge.
Those who can answer will be rewarded, and those who cannot answer will have to help others take care of the horses, carry provisions, etc.
In this way, they marched all the way to more than ten miles southeast of Yanran Mountain. The soldiers of the Zhou army, who were in the vast prairie, could already see the snow-covered Yanran Mountain from a distance.
It's just that Zhang Hao still didn't see any herdsmen, let alone a large number of grassland cavalry.
Zhang Shengren, who repeatedly confirmed that his route was correct, still ordered the army to stop, and went down to the village by a small mountain that should be a tributary of Punu River.
Looking at the more than 20,000 troops and horses behind him, Zhang Gao was very cautious. The Han and Tang Dynasties had never sent out 80,000 troops. When he arrived, he only had more than 20,000 troops. Counting a five-way attack, it was only Only 70,000 steps and cavalry. Lan
Especially now that there are more than 20,000 people here, we must be careful.
It's not that they are afraid of being raided by some prairie cavalry. The current grassland, like Anxi and Hezhong, belongs to the era of novices pecking each other.
Not to mention the overlords of the Xiongnu and Turks, even the overlords of Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs are not at the same level. If someone really wants to turn their backs, it will save me, Zhang Shengren, from going to find them.
What Zhang Yan is now afraid of is that he has led the army astray.
Therefore, while he was going down to the stronghold, he asked the elite cavalry around him to find as many guides as possible.
Then the generals from Shuofang Dangxiang and even the grassland tribes in the army, and of course some grassland spies from the Jinyi Guards and the monks of the Six Methods Sect who came to the grassland, were all found to confirm.
Everyone studied the map for a long time, and finally agreed that the direction and road were correct. Several Dadan warriors who had been near Yanran Mountain also firmly believed that the mountain in front of them was Yanran Mountain! Lan
This is strange!
Zhang Hao scratched his head. How could he not see any human hair even though he had arrived at Yanran Mountain?
Not so! Could it be that the grassland tribes at this time were as smart as the Bei Yuan in the early Ming Dynasty? Another Arutai appeared on the grassland?
Zhang Shengren never imagined that Yang Jiye, whom he missed five or six days ago, was leading hundreds of horsemen to kill him less than 150 miles northwest of him.
His 'good son' Yang Wudi had already finished his work in advance, and all the people he had killed fled north. It was strange that he could see people.
But since the direction was right, Zhang Yan didn't worry anymore. Now he had enough military rations, fat horses, and enough time. More importantly, he was united.
Continuing to go north, I found the former headquarters of the Anbei Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. I couldn't believe that there were not many tribes there. Lan
So after I, Zhang Shengren, rested for one night south of Yanran Mountain, I broke camp the next day and arrived at the foot of the southeasternmost mountain of Yanran Mountain. The approximate location was south of Haierhan Dulan, Qianhangai Province, Mongolia. Twenty miles away.
Historically during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, Kang Mazi ordered Fei Yanggu and Sun Sike to be the vanguard. The imperial commander personally marched here and started the famous Battle of Zhaomodo with Galdan.
In this battle, the sixty-eight-year-old Sun Sike showed great power, defeating Galdan on foot and riding on horseback, and fled in panic. Even his first wife died in the battle.
The last member of the Troos family was in a state of despair, and died of embarrassment and illness within a year.
Zhang Hao didn't realize that this was where the Battle of Zhaomodo took place in later generations, but he knew another tragic event that no one wanted to look back on.
In June of the third year of Emperor Wu's campaign for peace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty beheaded Li Guangli's important political ally, in-law, and prime minister Liu Quyou, who was leading the army outside, on the grounds of witchcraft and conspiracy to establish Liu Kun, the king of Changyi. He also arrested Li Guangli's Family members, the news soon spread to the grassland.
In July, Li Guangli's strategy of risking military exploits to atone for his sins failed, and he could only lead his army to retreat. On the advice of Zhao Xin and others, the Xiongnu Hulu Gu Shanyu led a large army to pursue the Han army to Yanran Mountain. Lan
The soldiers of the Han army knew what happened in Chang'an, and their morale was unstable. Li Guangli saw that he would definitely die when he returned to the court, so he simply surrendered to the Huns.
The 70,000 elite Han troops, armed with the mighty Han army that Wei and Huo had gained from dozens of victories, were completely annihilated here.
Zhang Yan did not know the exact location where Li Guangli finally knelt, but according to history books, it should not be far from here.
Just at this time, You Yijun, who was out looking for a guide, sent back a message saying that traces of the old military camp were found in the mountain col here.
Zhang Gao immediately ordered the army to move to this place.
It is true that the former military camp site of the Han Dynasty army cannot still be preserved today, but it cannot be the military camp of the grassland people. It is more likely that it is the former site where the Tang Dynasty troops were stationed.
Because there are rare traces of Central Plains-style earth rammed walls on this site. Lan
Zhang Zhi immediately ordered people to set up an altar, offering pigs, cattle, sheep, melons, fruits, and fine wine as sacrifices. The monks of the Liufa Sect set up a simple dojo to chant sutras and achieve salvation.
After everything was done, Zhang Hao climbed up a hill on the left side of the military camp.
He was surrounded by soldiers who had just sacrificed to Paoze with him maybe a hundred or maybe a thousand years ago.
Li Fang, a Hanlin scholar who was enlisted in the military expedition, had just written a memorial poem with great eloquence, which aroused applause from the staff officers of Wang Yi Division.
However, it cannot be said that most of the people in this army are illiterate, because the cultural and educational level of Hexi Longyou has improved a lot under Zhang Yan's deliberate supervision in recent years.
These Helong Xunchen or the children of the pro-army and the imperial army have all studied for several years. It is definitely not suitable to be illiterate, but they can only recognize some words and know how to hold the brush.
Zhang Gao stretched out his hand and pressed it down, signaling the soldiers around him to quiet down. Then he looked at them and asked with a smile: "Which of you can recite Chen Tao's Longxi Journey to the West Part II?"
When the people in the meeting of soldiers and generals were about to raise their hands, a black boy with a downy mouth jumped up and shouted loudly: "Sage, young general!"
The soldiers will take a look, okay! The person who yelled was none other than Zhang Xianyu, the son of Zhang Shengren, the second son of the emperor.
Everyone quickly stopped raising their hands. It would be very unwise to raise their hands at this time.
Zhang Xian also saw Zhang Xianyu, smiled and waved to him to come up. He did not let Zhang Xianyu go to Nanxi Mansion this time just to boost his self-confidence. Now that he had this opportunity to show his face, he naturally asked him to come up.
Zhang Xianyu became much darker and more cheerful. As soon as Zhang Hao stretched out his hand, he grabbed Zhang Hao's wrist and jumped up the hillside.
Although his literary talents are not as good as those of Zhang Xiancun, Zhang Xianxu also received formal royal education. His journey to Longxi was not a problem for him at all, so he opened his mouth and started reciting.
"I swore to sweep away the Xiongnu without caring about my body, and five thousand mink brocades were lost to Hu Chen. The poor bones by the Wuding River are like those in a spring boudoir dream." Lan
This poem by Chen Tao has always been considered to express the cruelty of war, and has always been regarded as an anti-war poem.
So Zhang Xianyu was originally very cheerful to show off, but the more he recited, the lower his voice became.
Most of the people who could surround the slope where Zhang Yan was standing were the second generation He Longxun with some level of education. They also felt that it seemed a little inappropriate, and their expressions turned a little gloomy.
The soldiers at the back didn't know what was happening in the front, but people's emotions are contagious, and they quickly calmed down.
Zhang Hao took a deep breath and remembered something. The expression on his face was very complicated. Er took another deep breath.
Everyone looked at their emperor, wondering what happened to Zhang Yan.
Suddenly, when everyone was confused, I, Saint Zhang, took off my outer robe, picked up a bowl of wine that had just been sacrificed, and slowly poured it onto the ground. Lan
At the same time as the crystal wine rolled down, tears suddenly appeared in Zhang Shengren's eyes.
All the civil servants and generals were stunned, and among the screams, they all knelt down on one knee in confusion.
Zhang Xianyu thought that he had made the emperor's father cry. He was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground and trembled all over.
At this time, you need someone to follow you and ask, 'Why is the Prime Minister laughing? '
Li Fang was very suitable for such an occasion. He pretended to be confused and asked, "Why are the saints crying? This is not the posture of a king!"
Zhang Gao held up the wine bowl and first recited a sentence from Longxi Journey, "Five thousand mink brocades mourn the loss of Hu Chen." '
Then his voice turned sad, and he looked at Li Fang and said, "The tears I shed are because I can't bear it. This is not just five thousand, this is a full seventy thousand for my son of the Han family!"
Right here, they could have gone home and returned to the people in their boudoir dreams, but because of Li Guangli's shamelessness and the ancestor Shizong of the Han Dynasty's ignorance, they were all buried here.
Soldiers will always be shrouded in horse leather, but they can't die in such a mess and without any honor in the wilderness! "
Only then did everyone realize that the emperor was crying for the 70,000 great men who died in battle here a thousand years ago.
After spilling the wine, Zhang Yan took the hands of Zhang Cheng and Wang Quanbin beside him, took a deep breath and spoke to them and the soldiers in front of him.
"In the future, you will all be able to lead an army of 100,000 people like Li Guangli. If we encounter such a situation in the future, I, Zhang Zhan, will one day become old and faint.
Please remember to bring back the good sons of my Han family, and don’t let them die in vain in this autumn wind and rain.
Today, all of you are witnesses. In the presence of the 70,000 heroes of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty a thousand years ago, I swear this oath. Lan
From today onwards, when our great Zhou soldiers are out fighting bloody battles for our country, his family records must be safe.
Even if a family member commits a crime, as long as he can bring my good son back, even if he plots rebellion, I will spare his life and the family record will be dealt with lightly! "
These words and these tears have completely different effects when spoken from different people.
If it is an emperor like Zhu Yunwen who cuts down the treatment of soldiers and pretends to say, "My mother has given me the reputation of killing my uncle," this kind of broad-faced emperor is coming to tie the hands and feet of the soldiers.
The soldiers will definitely complain in their hearts, 'Are you pretending to be your mother? '
But when it was my turn, Shaoming Zhang Shengren not only shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, but also gave up official titles, gold, silver and jewelry rewards. Speaking from the mouth of an emperor who elevated Yuhou to the throne, the effect was completely different.
No one would think that Zhang Yan was cheating. They would only think that the emperor was really sad for the 70,000 Han soldiers who were tricked to death thousands of years ago. Lan
In fact, Zhang Yan is not completely fake. There is definitely an element of acting, but not much.
Before Zhang Shengren traveled through time, among all the military generals of the Han Dynasty, I was the only one who hated Li Guangli and Li Ling.
A man who regarded the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers as a bet. As a commander, he was full of power and money, without even a little bit of tolerance and pursuit. He was selfish to the extreme.
A person who has no self-awareness and has no clue about what to do. Five thousand infantry marched directly into Dragon City. In the end, he himself was pretended to be 'forced' to surrender and survived. It was a pity for the five thousand Danyang warriors who followed him. .
Since ancient times, it is unusual for an emperor to shed tears!
As for the Zhang Zhou dynasty, after several years of movement to restore the integrity of civil servants, Zhang Zhi, as the most representative historian, recovered the fastest.
A man from Zhongshu Province, holding a pen in his mouth, trotted closer to the hillside and held up a pamphlet recording the emperor's words and deeds. Lan
While writing, I observed Zhang Yan's expression and tried to write vividly and appropriately.
But soon, he was so crowded by the waves of people that he even dropped his shoes. What a joke, with his small body, how could he compare with the thieves and killers around him.
The soldiers and generals gathered tightly around them, like those crazy fans in later generations. Wang Quanbin, who was held by Zhang Gao's hand, was the first to kneel down. He fell to the ground and cried loudly, saying to Zhang Gao.
"I will never go to that step. If there is really a family conspiracy to rebel, I don't need the saint's order. I will personally kill my family with a sword."
Zhang Cheng was wearing armor, so he knelt down on one knee and said, "Although Emperor Shizong of the Han Dynasty was a hero, he was better at court and did not know the sufferings of soldiers, so he acted with caution.
If you have merit, you will be praised in the sky. If you have fault, you can't wait for the clan to be exterminated. That's why there are commanders like Li Guangli who don't know how to care about the soldiers.
But in our great Zhou Dynasty, the saints are magnanimous, considerate of the situation, reward and punish appropriately, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies are all willing to die in repayment. Tragedies such as those of the Han Dynasty will definitely not happen. "Lan
You still have to study! The level of Zhang Cheng's words has surpassed that of an ordinary general.
When Zhang Cheng said this, the soldiers around him couldn't help but compare me to Emperor Xiaowu in their hearts.
They suddenly discovered that our emperor was a more wise and powerful Holy Lord than Emperor Xiaowu!
For a time, the feeling of joy and gratitude, pride and pride aroused everyone's adrenaline, and the shouts of long live long live spread throughout the valley.
Zhang Yan immediately pulled Zhang Xianyu up and told the red-faced little Heizi, "No!" Black boy also feels this honor.
"Don't you think that your poem made me cry?" When the cheering stopped for a while, Zhang Yan asked Zhang Xianyu with a smile.
"Hahaha!" The surrounding soldiers laughed, and Zhang Xianyu patted the dirt on his body in embarrassment, which was stained by his lying on the ground just now. Lan
Zhang Yan also smiled and said, "Poor Wuding Riverside Bone, he is like a person in the dream of a spring boudoir. This is true. My good son, Zhang Yan, should be a person in the dream of a spring boudoir."
But men and women must know that if a man cannot use the sword in his hand to protect this rich land left to us by our ancestors for his family and our race.
If he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and does not dare to resist when the enemy comes, then he is not even qualified to be a person in the spring girl's dream, and he is only qualified to die like a dog.
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I don’t believe it. What kind of young lady in a spring boudoir is so stupid that she can look down on a coward! "
"Hahahaha!" The laughter became even louder, and countless soldiers and generals joked with each other with excited faces.
Taking this opportunity, Zhang Hao waved his hand and said, "My sons, follow me to Leshi Yanran Mountain to tell the herdsmen on the grassland that my son of the Han family is back again, so that they can prepare again to pay homage to the new Tian Khan!" "
