Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In late February, the preliminary preparations for Tokyo were in order, and Emperor Chai Rong formally led his personal conquest. The accompanying army was mainly the forbidden army, namely the emperor's bodyguards and the troops under the Dianqian Division.

The Xiaodi army that Guo Shao served belongs to the Dianqian division system, so of course he had to go with the army.

The army left Beijing from Beicheng, with four gates on the north wall, and the main force went through Chenqiao Gate. The army walks along the road, and there are a lot of people on both sides, and there is a grand occasion of loving and supporting the army. The Zhou army’s regular army has better military discipline than Fangzhen’s army, and in general, it has also contributed to defending the area controlled by the Zhou Dynasty from being looted by foreign enemies.

The forbidden army, especially the troops of the Dianqian Division, are all stationed near Tokyo, and their families are also here. When the soldiers are about to go out to fight, of course the young and old in the family will be worried and worried, and they will have to crowd the roadside and cry farewell.

The emperor's guard of honor at the front was fairly neat and tidy, but the armies behind them were not so beautiful. They brought too many things to make the ranks messy, that is, flags, armor and weapons to prove that they were an army.

In addition to food, grass and luggage, Guo Shao also carried a lot of things, and he needed a mule to carry them. Not counting the full-body armor that weighed about 50 jin, the breastplate armor he wore before weighed at least 20 jin, and the long and short weapons also weighed 10 jin, as well as the iron tanks, hammers, hatchets, and rations for eating and drinking. It would be very difficult without mules.

Ordinary soldiers do not bring livestock, they can only bring less personal items. However, they also have something that Guo Shao envies. The people in the family chase the team and give them food and advice. However, Guo Shao looked around and found that he didn't know any of the people on the side of the road.

"Lang, don't rush forward, hide behind..." a woman yelled as she followed the army. Then the person who answered was actually Luo Mengzi behind Guo Shao. Guo Shao couldn't help turning his head and said, "The daughter-in-law of Luo's family really knows how to speak."

He looked into the crowd for a while, and thought: I also have people here who care about life and death. Yulian should come, but there are too many people and I can't find him, or I am embarrassed to come up from a certain place, girls are hypocritical. Thinking of this, his heart opened up.

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Many days later, when the army arrived in Huaizhou, the emperor felt that the march was too slow, so he wanted to order the whole army to speed up and march. Zhao Chao, commander of the Hedu Commander, learned about it and said to his friend Zheng Haoqian: "The invading enemy is too fierce. Our army should not rush forward. It is safer to slow down." Zheng felt that Commander Kong He's words were justified, so he ran to the emperor and said, but Emperor Chai Rong was furious; Zheng had no choice but to betray his friend, saying that it was Zhao Chao who said it.

As a result, Zhao Chao was relieved of his military power and imprisoned in Huaizhou on the spot.

Even though the army was halfway there, Chai Rong had already made up his mind to fight a battle in person, but until now there are still many people in the army who do not agree with him. Although he successfully ascended the throne, he did not fully control the army due to the short time; not only the forbidden army, but also the troops dispatched to various places could not be said to be able to command smoothly.

From this point of view, the timing of the main election in the Northern Han Dynasty was not wrong. Not long after Zhou Taizu Guo Weigang passed away, how much can his adopted son Chai Rong do to take power in just one or two months after he ascended the throne? The Lord of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Khitan soldiers wanted to use hundreds of thousands of people to destroy the huge Zhou Dynasty, and their idea was on Chai Rong; as long as they won a large-scale battle, Chai Rong would not be able to hold his position, and the Zhou Dynasty might disband without a fight.

However, Chai Rong seemed to be an unbelieving monarch, so he wanted to have a long and short conquest in person. Until the imperial army arrived in Huaizhou, I am afraid that neither the Northern Han Dynasty nor the Khitan could believe that Chai Rong would do this.

What Chai Rong did is unexpected, but it is not unreasonable. If he can successfully resist the invasion at a critical moment, he can save a lot of setbacks and directly establish prestige and control the country, but the risk is too high, it depends on whether he has the courage.

It has nothing to do with the low-level generals how the upper echelons have different thoughts and plans; at Guo Shao's level, there is not even a single word of wind, and almost all military orders come from the echelon of the commander Wang Degong. The boss told everyone to walk and go, and stop and stop.

However, the expedition really tested the physical strength of ordinary soldiers. From Henan to Shanxi, it is too far to take a train or a car in modern times. Everyone has to eat, sleep, and walk with heavy loads throughout the journey. Not only the infantry team that Guo Shao was in, but even the cavalry were walking; war horses were expensive, and horses ate far more than people, and the lower ranks were reluctant to ride them unless they were fighting.

In early March, the army finally walked into the border of Shanxi (Hedong). There have long been rumors that Luzhou's Zhaoyi Army Jiedu envoy Li Yun fought a battle and was defeated, which means that the Khitan coalition forces of the Northern Han Dynasty at least crossed Luzhou and had penetrated into the southern part of Shanxi; then Guo Shao's imperial army was not far away from encountering the enemy.

Hit early and save trouble! Carrying dozens of catties of stuff on a long inter-provincial journey is really not an ordinary hardship. Sure enough, it is not easy to find a future no matter what the era.

...But once they are on the battlefield, people will always realize that it is easier to walk with a heavy load.