Chapter 8 North

This time, Xiao Tianjian went north and mobilized more than a dozen battalions in Henan divisions, totaling nearly 10,000 elite soldiers, including two cavalry battalions, five infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, one regiment battalion, one elite engineering brigade, and one temporary scout brigade, all of which are elite and equipped among the divisions of the Xingtian Army. There are more than 100 firearms of various types of artillery, more than 4,000 fire guns and birds, more than 3,000 war horses, more than 4,000 other mules and horses, and more than 200 various chariots and heavy vehicles, which can be said to have transferred nearly one-third of Henan's elite and participated in this Northern Expedition.

The accompanying generals include Luo Li, Liu Yaoben, Situ Liang, Lin Luo, Dongshan Tiger, Li Yantian and so on. They are all experienced in the battlefield, and most of them are young people, which makes the morale in the army extremely high.

As for the reserve camp this time, Xiao Tianjian did not bring one for the sake of safety, just to ensure the quality of all the generals under his command and avoid trouble in the battle due to insufficient equipment training of the reserve camp.

This ten thousand soldiers can be said to be armed to the teeth. Almost in addition to the artillery battalion and the heavy camp engineering barracks, everyone wears armor and is well equipped with weapons. It can be said that Xiao Tianjian's old capital has been taken out. No wonder Niu Jinxing and others are worried about this, because once Xiao Tianjian's trip fails, Xing Tianjun is injured this time. He has just taken a large area of land in Henan. If it is not good, he will be unable to defend and be robbed back by the government.

To a certain extent, Xiao Tianjian is a little desperate to go north this time. In addition to these soldiers and horses, he even used Yan Chongxi's troops in Jinnan, so that Yan Chongxi sent two battalions of soldiers out of Huguan to enter the area of Shunde Prefecture, and was prepared to respond to Xiao Tianjian's main force. Once Xiao Tianjian led his troops north, then If the road is cut off by the officers and soldiers, then he can lead his troops and the two war camps of Yan Chongxi to meet and return to the Jinnan base through Huguan.

In addition, even Wang Chengping and Li Lingfeng, who were active in Jinbei, were also mobilized. Xiao Tianjian ordered them to join forces and be ready to resist the invaders of Xuanda Shanxi at any time. Even if they can't resist it head-on, they will rob and kill a small group of Tart soldiers and be rescued by the people who have been abduction.

So this time Xiao Tianjian went north. Although he took risks, he made all kinds of preparations in advance. It can't be said that he acted recklessly. In addition, in fact, Xiao Tianjian did not prepare for a day or two to go north this time. At the beginning, he made a decision to let Luo Li cross the Yellow River to attack Huaiqingfu and Weihuifu. In fact, he was also Laying the foundation for this northward operation, so that Xing Tianjun obtained a large foothold north of the Yellow River. As their starting point, now these preparations in advance have been used by Xiao Tianjian. The reason is nothing else. It is because Xiao Tianjian knows what may happen in the future that he is unpredictable and makes this. Sample arrangement.

Even in the preparation of grain, Xiao Tianjian has begun to prepare quietly in advance, because the Xingtian Army in Jinnan and western Henan is controlled relatively early, and there are many mountainous areas in these two places. Many places are not suitable for the development of agriculture, but there are more grassland shrubs, which is more suitable for the development of animal husbandry, so Xiao Tianjian is in Jinnan. At that time, I vigorously bought some breeding cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and ducks, and even vigorously developed fishing in some watery places and raised all kinds of fish fry. Up to now, animal husbandry and fishery have also made great progress. A large number of pigs, sheep, cattle and other livestock have been raised on some hillside grasslands and have entered the slaughter. Stage.

For this Northern Expedition, Xiao Tianjian ordered Jinnan and Western Henan to kill a large number of slaughtered livestock and poultry, and directly marinate them into bacon kang dry or air-dried for this Northern Expedition. After all, meat has much more heat than grain can provide, and meat of the same weight. Compared with food, it can provide many times more calories than food, and it is much more convenient to carry.

In addition, in order to improve the speed of the army's march and reduce the time to camp because of burying the pot to make rice, Xiao Tianjian also ordered the logistics department to stir-fry fried noodles, grind all kinds of grains into powder, add salt and sugar and a small amount of oil to fry and store them. This time, it was also taken out and equipped to the military for consumption, in order to increase food. Each soldier is also given a long bag containing ten catties of fried noodles or other grain. This preparation alone can solve the problem of Xing Tianjun's food for a long time.

Of course, it is not easy to do these things. Salt is easy to say. They are adjacent to Xiezhou, which produces salt. The salt shao are happy to deal with Xing Tianjun and sell salt to Xing Tianjun. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to transport salt out of Xiezhou. To some extent, Xing Tianjun has controlled the salt industry of the state! However, in terms of sugar, Xing Tianjun can't solve it. He can only transfer from the south through the merchants and sell it to Xing Tianjun. Fortunately, Xing Tianjun has long launched a flat buying and selling system to protect the freedom of merchants to do business in the area controlled by Xing Tianjun. The merchants are also willing to do business with Xing Tianjun. Even if the government strictly prohibits it. However, because the officials were greedy and bribed by merchants, most of them secretly turned a blind eye to such materials entering the territory of Xing Tianjun, so they could not prevent Xing Tianjun from obtaining these resources. It just cost Xing Tianjun a lot of money.

With Xiao Tianjian's order, the army of the 15,000 Xingtian Army immediately began to take action. In the early morning of the third day of December, the cannons of each battalion sounded repeatedly, and the soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army set out with grandeur, stepped out of their camp, and gradually gathered together, and saw their helmets. The flags are bright, the flags are fluttering, and the long guns are like a forest. They converge into a long black dragon on the official road leading to Changde Prefecture. All kinds of flags and flags are dotted in this long dragon. With the cold wind hunting in the twelfth lunar month, all kinds of feathers on the heads of the soldiers are like the colorful scales on the long dragon. During this period, the armor of the soldiers and generals are still flashing. With a little golden light, it is spectacular to decorate this long dragon.

The rhythmic sound of the marching drums sounded in the army. All the soldiers stepped on the drums and marched forward with neat rumbling footsteps. Some officers began to sing loudly. This time, they did not sing the man Xiao Tianjian taught them to be self-reliant, but sang a famous Yue Fei, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty. The writing is full of Jianghong.

"Angry and rush to the crown, relying on the column, Xiaoxiao rain. Look up, look up at the sky and roar, and be strong and fierce. ... Drive a long car and break through the lack of Helan Mountain. He was determined to eat Hufu meat, laughing and drinking Xiongnu blood. Wait to start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and go to the sky!"

The majestic song suddenly resounded through the sky. With this singing, Xiao Tianjian led his troops to leave Weihui Mansion and set foot on the road to the north. Those refugees who fled from the north had already learned that Marshal Xiao of Xing Tianjun was going to lead his troops north to fight tartars. Early before dawn, they rushed to both sides of the official road. When they saw that the Xingtian Army really sent troops, they all cheered loudly. Some people burst into tears. While listening to the songs of the soldiers of the Xingtian Army, they knelt down by the roadside to send these soldiers on an expedition. Some refugees knelt by the roadside and cried loudly and begged the soldiers of the Xingtian Army to die for their dead relatives. Take revenge and kill more sahs.

Even some refugees took out a little softness that was already extremely scarce. The non-fortress gave it to these soldiers of the Xingtian Army and asked them to take it well to fight the harcon. In such a scene, even some soldiers were infected, and they refused to it with tears. Slap your chest and swear that as long as they have a breath, they will never let them go back to the customs alive.

And Xiao Tianjian rode on the horse, and even waved his hand to the people who cheered him on both sides of the road, and kept holding his fists to return the salute, which was also exciting. The reason why he chose to rebel at the beginning was not only because he wanted to live, but also because he wanted to make a part for the Han nation in this world. Saving the future Jiannu and the turret will bring to the Chinese people. However, for so many years, he has been leading troops against the court and fighting against the officers and soldiers who are also Chinese, but he has never fought with Jiannu and turrets once. Now he is finally going to lead troops to realize this wish in his heart. How can this not make him feel Excited?

"Jiannu! I'm here! Wait for me! Although I don't have the ability to destroy you now, I will definitely want you to see it this time. We Han people are awesome! Don't think that none of us Han people can cure your wild boar skins!" Xiao Tianjian sat on his horse and couldn't help looking up at the gloomy sky in the north and said to himself.