The Jagged Empire of Daqin

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Chapter 960 Combat!

The person in the third position on the left is named Zhu Bo. He is 31 years old this year.

The person in the fourth position on the left is named Feng Feng. He is 27 years old this year. He is a captain of the Fifth Army of the Beijing Normal University.

The person in the fifth position on the left is Yang Taozhen, 24 years old this year, and he is the captain of the Eighth Army of the capital.

Yang Taozhen graduated from Baihu Academy at the age of 17 and entered a preparatory camp for three years in a certain place. At the age of 21, he was recruited by Bai Qi to the capital because of his outstanding performance. At the same time, he was promoted to the captain of the Eighth Army!

At the age of 24, he became a captain of the first army, and with Yang Taozhen's back, it's hard not to let people talk about it behind his back, but Ying Chang is not worried about Yang Ze using his power for personal gain. After all, Bai Qi is in charge of the capital camp. Can a master who is disowned by his relatives in the northern capital sell Yang Ze's face?

There is a large sand table in the center of the handsome tent. There are mountains, water, and blue mini soldiers on the sand table. There is a wooden plate in every area to mark the name of this area. This large sand table is a masterpiece of the scout camp.

Long before the army set off, Bai Qi ordered the scout battalion to go to the Korean territory to investigate, and was responsible for drawing maps and making sand tables. This large sand table was only a small part of the Korean territory, and only the three counties west of the Han Dynasty were included in it. The county did not release it, and the five counties have another sand table.

Ying Chang got up from the commander-in-chief and walked unhurriedly to the front of the sand table. The generals standing on the left and right sides of the tent also took the initiative to stand in a circle around the sand table. Ying Chang first set his sights on the green mountain on the sand table. Pass, and then look down along the Green Mountain Pass.

Twenty miles to the east of Lushan Pass is Guimen Pass of Han Dynasty. , No one has tried it, only know that only a thousand people can control it, and it can stop a million troops!

This ghost gate was built by the Han Dynasty in order to prevent the Wei Dynasty from taking advantage of the moon to attack Korea. It has been more than 250 years. It is said that this ghost gate cost the Han Dynasty tens of millions of taels of silver. After fighting the Han Dynasty, the Moon Dynasty did not have the strength to fight, because no one beat the ghost gate, which made the defense of the ghost gate a mystery.

It is precisely because of this that the ghost gate is full of mystery, and it is also known as the first pass in the world!

"What's your opinion on Ghost Gate?" Ying Chang asked, looking at the people around the sand table.

"The ghost gate is mysterious, and I have heard about it, but I think that the ghost gate is like a fake to my Daqin, so there is no need to take it to heart!" Ying Jiang replied disapprovingly.

When the generals heard this, they nodded in agreement.

As long as the ghost gate is closed within the range of the artillery, it can easily be reduced to ruins at a powerful gate.

Ying Chang was silent for a while, and then asked solemnly: "What's the latest move of the Han Dynasty?"

"Before my Qin army arrived at Lushan Pass, the Han Dynasty didn't know that my Great Qin was attacking Han, so they probably didn't have much defense. Even if they knew now that the Han Dynasty would react, it would be too late to send more troops!" Army Captain Yang Taozhen replied with a respectful expression and saluted.

Although the Qin army's expedition was not a secret, the goal was a secret, and the Han dynasty didn't seem to think that the Qin army would attack Han, so the Han dynasty never sent more troops to Guimenguan, and now there are only [-] Han troops stationed at Guimenguan.

"How much food does my army have?" Ying Chang asked immediately.

"There are still about 160 million shi of grain!" First Army Captain Ning Juro replied respectfully.

The 50 Qin army led by Yingchang brought a total of 300 million shi of grain. From Xianyang to today, the army has marched for nearly six months and consumed about 140 million shi of grain. Among them, the cavalry lost the most. The combined consumption of 30 supply battalions and [-] infantry.

Before the battle was fought, half of the food was consumed.

"The grain of 160 million shi is only enough for my 50 troops to consume for seven months. If we count the grain for the returning troops, we have already run out of food!" Pei Ji, the commander of the imperial guards and the head of the military guard of Xianyang Palace, said with a serious expression.

Ying Chang frowned slightly, and after a moment of contemplation, he opened his mouth and said: "I will pass on my will to let the 30 supply battalion return to Beizhou with 600 shi of grain, collect [-] million shi of grain from the major granaries in Beizhou, and let Xianyang Palace left Military Guard Chief Lu Quan leads the team!"

This is the pain of the expedition. Before the war started, there was not enough food.

In the absence of siege equipment, the 30 supply battalion goes back and forth for at least eight months, and consumes about 80 shi of grain on the way back and forth. Consumed on the way back.

等这30万辎重营征集好600万石粮食，嬴常给的40万石粮食会消耗的干干净净，而30万辎重营携带600万石粮食返回绿山关之后，600万石粮食会剩下560万石左右。

This is calculated according to the speed of the march. If it takes nine months or even ten months for the supply camp to go back and forth, the loss will be even greater. At that time, the supply camp will have to save food and money, or even go hungry.

Expeditions cost too much, and this is the difficulty of unifying the world. If there is no logistical pressure, the Qin army can wipe out the entire Kyushu countries in one go, without any rest.

As soon as Ying Chang's words fell, Lu Quan, the head of the Zuo Wuwei of Xianyang Palace, immediately responded respectfully: "The minister leads the order!"

Bai Qi said with a slightly dignified expression: "The supply battalion took away 40 shi of grain, and we were left with 120 million shi. With the daily consumption of 20 shi of the capital, 120 million shi of grain can barely last for eight months. The soldiers eat it every day." A little more, it can only last for seven months!"

Ying Chang waved his hand, "Then make a fire and cook according to the eight-month standard, not many!"

"Obey!" All the generals raised their hands respectfully and shouted in unison.

"Yingjiang!"

Ying Chang looked at Ying Jiang and gave the latter a soft drink.

Ying Jiang responded with a solemn expression: "My son is here!"

"I will give you five artillery battalions, and I will transfer a total of [-] troops from the Eighth Army and the Thirteenth Army to you, and you will attack the Ghost Gate tomorrow!" Ying Chang ordered with a solemn expression, without anger or prestige.

Zhu Bo and Yang Tao were overjoyed when they heard the words, this is a good opportunity to build a good relationship with the First Prince, maybe they can become the First Prince's confidants, the future is immeasurable!

Chapter 961 Prepare for battle, ready to go!

"Your minister leads the order!" Ying Jiang responded with a stern face.

"The last general will cooperate with the eldest prince to break through the level!" Zhu Bo and Yang Tao responded sonorously and forcefully!

"Go down and get ready!"

"As ordered!"

Soon, Ying Jiang took Zhu Bo and Yang Taozhen out of the tent. After the three left, Ying Chang's sharp eyes turned to the sand table again, looking for the target under the location of Guimenguan. Guimenguan belongs to Qinghai County, and Qinghai County is the eight counties of the Han Dynasty. One of them is located in the west of the Han Dynasty, close to Daeuebaochuan County.

To the north of Qinghai County is Bowang County, and to the south is Cangzhou County. These three counties belong to the west, northwest, and southwest of the Han Dynasty. If Cangzhou County is captured, it will border on Yuzhou County. The capital of Emperor Yangdi of the Han Dynasty is in Yuzhou County , This also means that as long as Cangzhou is captured, the soldiers can be directed at the capital of Yangzhai!

After some visits, Yingchang finally found four nearest targets, namely Dashui County, Qingwa County, and Huagezi County in Qinghai County; Dashui County is located in the west of Qinghai County, more than 150 miles away from Guimenguan, and Qingwa County Located in the northwest of Qinghai County, it is more than 250 miles away from Guimenguan!

Huagezi County is located in the east-central part of Qinghai County, more than [-] miles away from Guimen Pass; the other target is Cangzhou City in the north of Cangzhou County. Cangzhou City is the county seat of Cangzhou County. southern border.

Among the four goals, Cangzhou City is the most important goal. Without it, it is the closest big city to the range of the Qin Army. Taking Cangzhou City can radiate the entire Cangzhou County, which is of great help to the strategic goals of the Qin Army.

The strategic goal of the Qin army is to go straight in and capture the capital of Yangzhai, in order to destroy the Han Dynasty in the shortest possible time. After all, the expedition is too expensive, and it is best to end the war early. Dynasty, but also to turn around and destroy the Moon Dynasty.

"Captain Ning!" Ying Chang called softly!

Ning Shilang, the captain of the first army, was shaken, and immediately responded sonorously and forcefully: "The last general is here!"

"Your goal is this Dashui County. Once the gate of hell is broken, send troops immediately. I also want to tell you that I will not send you any more troops, so you can take the three thousand infantry under your command to take Dashui County. What do you do about it?" Confident?" Ying Chang asked calmly.

"Yes!" Ning Shilang replied without saying a word.

He is very clear that His Majesty is testing him. If he successfully leads an army to break through Dashui County, he will be promoted to general when he returns to the army this time!

"Very good, let's go down and get ready!" Ying Chang waved his hand.

Ning Shilang quickly resigned and left, and then Ying Chang continued to call softly: "Captain Feng!"

"The last general is here!" Feng Feng of the Fifth Army, who had already prepared, responded quickly.

"Your target is Qingwa County. As soon as the ghost gate is broken, send troops immediately. Similarly, I will not send you more troops!" Ying Chang looked at Feng Feng expressionlessly and replied.

"The last general will never turn around until he breaks the green tile!" Feng Feng replied with a firm expression.

"I hope you can come back!" Ying Chang said indifferently. Hearing this, Feng Feng felt a burst of warmth, and immediately made a farewell ceremony, and then withdrew from the command post.

The four outstanding generals of the capital have all been sent out, and now only Bai Qi, Pei Ji, Xu Shui, Cao Zhen, and Lu Quan have no missions, and Ying Chang has not forgotten them, so he finished all in one breath: "Xu Shui, Cao Zhen, Lu Quan, the three of you each lead an army to attack Huagezi County!"

Although Huagezi County has a bad name, it is also an important city in Qinghai County, second only to Qinghai City, the county seat of Qinghai County. Therefore, Huagezi County is difficult to capture without the three armies, unless there are siege equipment or artillery.

But Ying Chang didn't intend to give them cannons. The cannons were too heavy and would seriously slow down the army. He wanted to fight a blitz!

"The last general's decree!" Xu Shui, Cao Zhen and Lu Quan all leaned over and responded.

Ying Chang waved to the three of them, signaling them to back down, and the three of them bowed to Ying Chang again, bid farewell, and then withdrew from the tent. As soon as the three of them left, Pei Ji couldn't wait to ask: " Your Majesty, what will be the final arrangements?"

Ying Chang stretched out his hand to pat Cangzhou City on the sand table, and shouted solemnly: "I will give you [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to take Cangzhou City!"

Pei Ji was agitated, and hurriedly bent over and responded: "The last general obeys orders!"

"Go on, prepare well, by the way, tell them a few, their task is not only to seize the city, but also to borrow food from the rich in the city, and to borrow as much as an IOU, if you don't want to borrow, you will be killed without mercy!" Ying Chang His voice was sharp, and a fierce killing intent gushed out!

The Qin army didn't have enough food, so they could only borrow food from the wealthy merchants in various cities.

This is the first time the Qin army has done this. There is no precedent for borrowing food before, and there is no way for Ying Chang to do this. After all, there is not enough food, so the soldiers can't fight hungry. Not not yet.

Qin Jun doesn't want to be a bandit army, but if those wealthy businessmen don't realize it, then don't blame Qin Jun for living up to the name of the teacher of benevolence and righteousness.

"Understood, the general will go to deliver the message immediately!" Pei Ji nodded in response, then turned and left the tent.

As soon as Pei Ji left, Bai Qi looked at Ying Chang expectantly and asked, "A Chang, where are the two of us?"

Bai Qi really wanted to join the war, and even more wanted to fight bloody battles with Ying Chang.

Ying Chang also knew what Bai Qi was thinking, and immediately smiled and said: "In the past, there was no one under my command, but now I have countless generals and stars in the Great Qin Dynasty. I will leave it to them to lead troops to fight, and the two of us will sit in the big Battalion, waiting for their good news!"

In the battle between Qin and Han, Ying Chang had no interest in going to the battlefield in person at all. The opponent was too weak. If the opponent was the Zhao Dynasty or the Chu Dynasty, he would rather go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person. Fighting against the Han Dynasty is not just an adult bullying a child Well.

"Boring!" Bai Qi pouted, found a seat and sat down.

Ying Chang shook his head and smiled wryly, then asked someone to bring a jug of top-quality wine to drink with Bai Qi. After three rounds of drinking, after finishing the pot of top-quality wine, Ying Chang raised his hand to wipe the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, and there was no Continue to drink.

Alcohol is prohibited in the army, let alone during wartime, as the emperor, he can't drink too much. If something serious happens, his reputation will be ruined for the rest of his life.

After wiping the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, Ying Chang looked up at Bai Qi and asked, "Where is Bei'er now?"

"You also know that you still have a daughter. It's been half a year, and I haven't seen you care about it!" Bai Qi replied with a rather displeased expression, very upset that Ying Chang didn't have much to do with Ying Bei.

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Chapter 962 The Situation of Ying Bei!

Ying Chang blamed himself in vain, and couldn't help but feel aggrieved: "Isn't this protected by the Shadow Guard? Besides, from this year until now, we have been preparing for an all-out war. Now that an all-out war is breaking out, I don't even have the heart to think about it, so I don't care about it." I won't take Bei'er's blame!"

"It's really boring for you to be the emperor. You might as well abdicate quickly and give the throne to Ying Jiang. Then we two will take Bei'er to travel around the world and make up for Bei'er!" Bai Qi gave Ying Chang an idea.

The idea sounds like a bad idea.

"Give the throne to Ying Jiang?" Ying Chang caught the point, and asked with a smile: "Why, do you think Ying Jiang can inherit my throne?"

Although Ying Chang already has a heart for who to pass the throne to, but he still wants to hear Bai Qi's opinion.

Bai Qi saw that Ying Chang asked this question, thought for a while, and then replied: "Ying Jiang looks and spirits very much like you, sometimes I almost mistook him for you, and thought I went back to ten years ago It's over!"

"Ability like me?" Ying Chang continued to ask.

Bai Qi rolled his eyes, and replied angrily: "I haven't seen him perform, how do I know his ability, besides, whether he has ability, don't you, a father, have no idea?"

Ying Chang was immediately stunned speechless.

"Huh, that's not right, didn't you just ask where Bei'er is? Why did you forget Bei'er again!" Bai Qi came back to his senses, and looked at Ying Chang with a displeased face.

Ying Chang looked a little embarrassed, "This... this... oops! It was you who brought up Yingjiang yourself, not me. I don't take the blame for this. Also, don't be fooled, where is Beier? !"

"Lu Dynasty!" Bai Qi didn't continue to play tricks.

"What, Lu Dynasty?" Ying Chang was slightly startled, a little unbelievable that Ying Bei had run so far alone, did she really consider herself a knight?

"Since Yingbei disappeared from the eyes of Wuwei of Ganquan Palace, she has been going all the way south. First, she went to the Qi Dynasty, then went around the Qi Dynasty, and then went to Zhongshan Kingdom. Knowing that the Zhao Dynasty declared war on Qin, it diverted to the Han Dynasty!"

"During this journey, she acted chivalrously, robbed the rich and helped the poor, and killed many wanted criminals from various countries and more than a dozen bandit leaders, and won the title of a white fairy. What White Clothes Sect!"

"Young girl already has sixteen little apprentices, six men and ten females. Don't worry, the Shadow Guards have checked all of these people. Their backgrounds are clean. They are all orphans whose parents died. After establishing the faction, he took sixteen young apprentices to the Lu Dynasty, and took four more young apprentices in the Lu Dynasty!"

"The four new apprentices are three female and one male. There is no problem with the three female apprentices. This male apprentice is very famous. Now he is serving Lu Jia. His real name is Lu Jia. He is the sixth son of the current Lu Emperor Lu Wan, the sixth prince of the Lu Dynasty! "

Bai Qi's expression showed pride, and his tone was faintly proud, as if an old father was showing off how powerful his daughter was to others.

Ying Chang was dumbfounded, new chivalry, robbing the rich to help the poor, founding a sect, recruiting disciples, all these are what they are, and what is the sixth prince of the Lu Dynasty.

"The sixth prince of the Lu Dynasty? How could Bei'er accept him as an apprentice?" Ying Chang was both puzzled and astonished.

No matter which country's princes they are, they don't know who they are after hearing their voices, and they belong to a very mysterious category in the eyes of the common people. How did an outsider in Yingbei accept the sixth prince of the Lu Dynasty as his apprentice?Could it be that Ying Bei saw that the sixth prince was talented and intelligent, so he entered the palace to snatch others?

This is impossible and illogical. First of all, no matter how talented the Sixth Prince is, Ying Bei will have to meet him to know. Unless Ying Bei has revealed his identity and was invited into the palace by Emperor Lu, then he will have the chance to know the Sixth Prince of Lu.

"The Sixth Prince Lu is very pitiful, even more pitiful than when we were two children!" Bai Qi said mysteriously.

Hearing this, Ying Chang felt that he was about to hear a big secret.

"What's so pitiful?" Ying Chang, who was aroused by curiosity, couldn't help asking.

"Speaking of which, it's a bit like you!" Bai Qi said solemnly.

Ying Chang's face darkened, and he said angrily: "Don't get involved with me, tell me quickly, I found that you are becoming more and more like to play tricks!"

"Don't worry, let me just say that Lu Jia was talented and intelligent since he was a child, and he has been favored by Lu Di Lu Wan. He has a great hope of becoming the crown prince. When he was ten years old, Lu Di Lu Wan's queen finally became pregnant. The queen has never been pregnant, and the family behind the queen is very powerful!

"His mother concubine Li was worried that the queen would give birth to a dragon son and endanger the throne of Lujia, so she asked her cronies to add an extra dose of medicine to the queen's anti-abortion medicine. As a result, the queen had an abortion, and Li's cronies were also found out. on your head."

"Lu Di Luwan was furious, and directly demoted Li and Lu Jia to common people, and exiled a government-owned iron mine in Jizhou County in the northern border of Dalu. The officers and soldiers in charge of the iron mine didn't know the identity of the girls, so they treated them very badly. You're being polite, just swinging the whip and washing the buckets of excrement and urine!"

"Until six years later, that is, the first two months, the girl and her apprentice passed by the iron mine. She saw officers and soldiers waving whips to abuse Lu Jia. She changed her name to Lu Jia a long time ago, so the girl didn't have any doubts, but out of sympathy, she accepted Lu Jia and the three girls as apprentices."

"Then the girl continued to take her apprentices away, the girl is really hard, raising 20 people by herself, alas, sometimes I want the Shadow Guard to bring her back, but I'm afraid of making her unhappy, I can only let her come!"