On June 25th, Qiu Weidao finished dressing under the servant's service early in the morning.

He might not be able to withstand the pain if he was wearing armor. However, he got a squid uniform from somewhere (Note 1), which was a bright red one, and it looked decent when he wore it. The only drawback was that he did not wear a bow and arrow, which wasted this great military uniform.

Today, the Military Supervision Academy was quite "tyrannical". The kitchen prepared prison balls for everyone (i.e. wontons and dumplings from later generations), and mutton stuffed with steaming. Shao Shude brought a bowl and sat on the table and ate slowly. He still had a seat, but the soldiers could only sit on the ground. However, looking at the cheerful appearance of everyone's faces, they didn't seem to mind this. There was something delicious, which was better than anything! Especially the six newly recruited soldiers almost swallowed their tongues, which showed how unsatisfactory life was. At present, there was probably nothing left except a cheap life.

After taking the prison balls, more than a dozen large baskets were moved out of the kitchen, each with a hundred Hu cakes, totaling 1,200. According to the preparation, a single Hu cake is half a liter of noodles. When the camp is not out of service, two Hu cakes are each in the middle, two in the middle, and two in the middle and evenings. 1,200 Hu cakes are for two teams of 100 people to eclipse for two days. As for the staff, entourage, and servants of Qiu Weidao, they own a carriage to ship, Shao Shude glanced at it,

It is roughly a food like Biluo, (duī)zi. The former is a pasta with stuffing, and the latter is a fried round pasta, which is better than the sergeants. But, be calm, the Hu cake is also good, with large amounts, and sesame seeds, which are similar to the size of Xinjiang in later generations, and are much better than the steamed cakes eaten by other sergeants. This is the benefit of following the military supervisor. The eunuchs are afraid of death and treat the soldiers well for safety reasons.

After breakfast, the army organized a team and then escorted the chariot and the supervisor to the outside of the city. Although there were more than a hundred people, there were quite a few things, and they were loaded with six carriages. It was still early to leave the city. The supervisor and the military commander of the yamen were first and the military commander of the yamen. The commander and the soldiers in the yamen were guarding Hao Zhenwei. Shao Shude and the team stood at the designated position. Guan Kairun explained to the staff in charge of the baggage, and rushed over to stand. The two of them were on the left and right, Qiu Weidao stood in the middle, quietly waiting for Hao Zhenwei to issue the order.

Half an hour later, the ten generals and deputy generals came over with the team. After sorting out the troops, they came forward to greet each other one by one. Hao Zhenwei asked them to return to their own team, and then called them according to the book. Those who did not call the three times will be killed immediately. The defense censor Li Yan did not show up. It was rumored in the army that he was seriously ill, and it may be a short time, which made Shao Shude a little worried.

The transition of power in the vassal states has always been a big deal! The Tiande army has few soldiers and is not so chaotic, but this does not mean that something will definitely not happen. Especially now that the world is in a bustling place and ambitious families are ready to move. If it is a bad thing, Fengzhou, which has been peaceful for many years, will suffer a lot. Don’t believe it? Look at the Zhenwu Army next door. The army loyal to the court was furious and was scattered into the countryside and robbed everywhere. Now Li Guochang, who is left behind, is also very anxious and does not care about the people’s strength at all. The people live in dire straits. Such an ending is definitely unacceptable to Fengzhou.

There were about two major military chaos in Fengzhou history, one was to kill Zhou Huaiyi, because he failed to accomplish anything, and he did not ask for money and food from the court to repair the Xicheng that was destroyed by the Yellow River (the Xicheng was in charge at that time), and the Uighurs went south, and after the army was defeated, the riots plundered everywhere. Originally, Fengzhou had two major "safety ropes", namely the Shuofang Army and the Zhenwu Army. Once there was something wrong, they could send troops to quell the chaos. But now the world was in chaos, and the bandits were rising everywhere. The Shuofang Army was already rectifying and preparing to go south to fight against the peasant army. Not to mention the Zhenwu Army, most of them followed Li Guochang to rebel, and could no longer count on them.

Such a situation has indeed reached the brink of danger, and no one can say that something will happen.

A juncture sound rang out not far away, and the musical instruments were heard. Shao Shude knew that the order was over and the general was about to speak. After the training, he was going to send troops to advance to the jurisdiction of Zhenwu Army.

"You are all brave men. Some people are strong bows and arrows that lead to heavy armor, spears, swords and halberds like arms and fingers, and they are frivolous and captives, and they are fierce and determined. Some people stand and ride horses, cross the castle, and go through the houses like taking objects. These are smart men. Some people travel back and forth within three hundred miles, and take fifty steps, cover up the attacks and plunder, break the hard, and sink the strong, just like turning back. There are such heroes. What are the worries about? Let's go!" Hao Zhenwei's loud shout sounded in his ears, and Shao Shude looked shaking, knowing that he was about to set off. At this time, Qiu Weidao also adjusted his military uniform and did not ask for help. He quickly turned over the horse. Hehe, underestimated him. It seems that he is not the kind of military supervisor who is not capable of military affairs and has no power to tie a chicken. Those types of people may have died long ago!

Starting from Tiande Army City and following the Yellow River through two hundred miles is the Zhongshoujiang City under the Zhenwu Army. The Zhongshoucheng is not small in scale. After all, there are Anleshi in the north of the city and can also station troops. However, judging by the current situation, Li Guochang may not have left many soldiers here, and may even have abandoned them.

The distance of 200 miles is not close. Although many supplies that hinder the speed of the march have been loaded on ships, they can travel less than 30 miles a day. This is still a team of less than 5,000 people (the military city recruited some Dangxiang people, Uighurs, and Turks acted as auxiliary soldiers, but they are actually civilians). If there are 50,000 people, they will pass the qualification if they can travel twenty miles a day. Every afternoon, the entire army will camp and rest. At the next hour, the next day, they will bury pots and make rice, pack up equipment, and set off.

Boring, monotonous, heavy and dangerous are the main themes of military life. Shao Shude has been in the army for so many years, and has left a deep mark on his body because he has experienced too much: his bronze skin is slightly roughly polished by wind and sand, his hands are covered with calluses, his joints are thick, he has taken off his armor, and his big and small scars. Being a soldier is not a good business, he has lost too much.

Such a boring life lasted until the third day of July, and the entire army arrived several miles west of Zhongshoujiang City. Their journey was quite smooth. Although the road from Lingzhou to Zhenwu Army was disrepair for many years, it was not that unbearable. The five thousand troops arrived at Zhongcheng slowly.

Speaking of this "no hurry or slow", it is actually very interesting. Wars will kill people and consume money, food and materials. The Zhenwu Army is not a weak brigade, but there are many soldiers and horses. You rush up. If you attract firepower and get beaten up, who can you ask for advice? Hao Zhenwei, the head of the head, did not deliberately slow down the speed. He just marched normally and no one could find any mistakes. The whole army was very supportive.

There were Zhenwu Army guards in the middle city, with ten generals named Li Renjun and hundreds of people. After hearing that the Tiande Army had gone east, he designed to kill a group of Shatuo cavalry left in the city and surrendered the city. The general Hao Zhenwei and the army supervisor Qiu Weidao were very satisfied with him, so he sent someone to praise him on the way. However, after the army arrived, the entire Tiande Army entered the city, and Li Renjun's soldiers were driven to Anleshi in the north of the city, so he was worried about him.

Before that, Hao Zhenwei summoned the military commander and generals to discuss military affairs. Guankairun team was on duty at this time, so Shao Shude lit a fire man, armed with weapons, and personally escorted Qiu Weidao to the location of the general. When he arrived at the general's mansion, more than ten soldiers were listed at the door, and only the military commander and the deputy general were allowed to enter, and all the personal soldiers and entourages were waiting outside.

This is the rule. Qiu Weidao did not think it was offended, so he waved his hand and went in. Shao Shude and his people were waiting outside. Seeing that there were many soldiers standing around, some of them chatting, he walked closer quietly, wanting to hear what they were saying. The West City is too far away, more than 200 miles away from the Military City, and the news is not very well-informed. The inside story of the expedition was far less clear than the personal soldiers of the generals of the North City (the commonly known as Tiande Military City).

"Li Guochang's guy was walking in Shengzhou (Note 2), crossed the river at Hebin Pass (Note 3), and entered Shuozhou. Li Keyong proclaimed himself the governor of the Datong Army, but except Yunzhou, he did not suppress Shuo and Weizhou (Note 4), so he attacked the Kelan Army (Note 5) and the Zhalu Army City a while ago. I guess they should be active in Yunzhou or Shuozhou to spy on Jinyang." A military man with a big beard said in a low voice, well, he thought he was a low voice.

"Jinyang is very chaotic. The soldiers and Tutuan Township soldiers plunder everywhere, and the shogunate cannot be controlled. There is also a large army of Li Guochang and his son in the north. The military and military soldiers in various places have many complaints, so they may surrender Li Guochang and it is easy to grab it." Another military soldier intervened, and he felt quite envious in his words.

"Yes, yes! The generals are so popular that they drink spicy food, and they can also play with beauty. Why are our soldiers not full and not warm in clothes? They robbed him of the damn!" Everyone agreed, not very interested in suppressing Li Guochang and his son, and instead were quite interested in looting the place.

Shao Shude couldn't understand the thoughts of ordinary military men. He knew that they were greedy for money and lustful, and there was nothing good about them. He just wanted to listen quietly. However, seeing that their discussion was getting more and more deviated from the right path, and turned to the wealth and the woman, he grabbed the bearded man just now and asked, "Brother, will Hao Du take us to Hedong? Couldn't he be the one who is fighting the Wu army?"

"Where is there any Zhenwu Army to fight?" The bearded man was amused and said, "Li Guochang took away all the troops he could take, and all those who were left were unobedient. There were not many soldiers in the military city in Dongcheng, and Shengzhou was empty. Linzhou did not follow Li Guochang to rebel, so he was safe and secured the country. Why, do you still want to fight?"

"That's not. There are no eyes on the battle formation, who knows whether he can survive." Shao Shude smiled and continued: "I just thought that if I go to Hedong, I can get more wealth than just a short trip to Shengzhou."

"Hey, you guy is not afraid of death! I have never seen you in North City. Is it from West City or Zhoucheng?" The bearded man said in surprise.

"From West City."

"It's true!" The bearded man patted Shao Shude on the shoulder and said, "There are only ones coming to Xicheng, right? They are more and more stupid! Don't you think about it. Going to Hedong, wouldn't you push all the thousands of us into the fire pit? Tiande Army has only a few people. If they kill them all, they will be gone. Now Li Envoy is in bed..."

Speaking of this, the Hun Han finally realized that he was powerful, so he changed the topic and said: "The Zhenwu Military City may be more touched, but he shouldn't go to Hedong. Hao Du is not that stupid. Besides, how long has it been sent, and the Xiazhou soldiers have not seen a single hair. Hu Changshi (Note 6) is afraid that he doesn't want to make trouble. Pacifying Xia Dangxiang is enough for him to have a headache. Send troops to attack Li Guochang? I'm spit!"

"There is no big deal when going to the battle this time, everyone can go back safely!" He finally said in a concluding tone.

Note 1: Gāo jiàn (gāo jiàn) Coat: military uniforms in the Tang Dynasty. Gāo jiàn was originally a container for laying bows and arrows. "Left Turn: The 23rd Year of Duke Xi": "The Jin and Chu governed the army and encountered the Central Plains. If they were not ordered, they held the whip on the left and followed the whip on the right, and they were in the wings on the right to quarreled with the wings." The note says: "Gāo jiàn to receive arrows, and Gāo jiàn to receive bows."

Evolving into the Tang Dynasty, it has become a special military uniform. The specific style is as follows: Han Yu described the appearance of Liu Ji, the governor of Youzhou in "Preface to Sending Off Youzhou Li Duan Gong": "Red head, boots, holding a knife left, right mixed with each other, bow and mat suit, arrows into the room, and standing up to meet the road left". Translation: wearing a red forehead (a turban tied on the forehead, the original version of the "menstrual belt" tied to the forehead by the Japanese army during World War II, red), wearing a han slave on the lower body, and stole boots on the feet. Holding a knife in the left hand, wearing a gull (a matte room in the room) on the right (a gull) on the right (a gull suit).

It is worth mentioning that before the Middle Tang Dynasty, only generals or even governors with certain identities could wear this outfit, and the so-called "couple suit" was also the same. Moreover, this kind of outfit is not a regular suit, and it usually only appears in very formal occasions. It can be said to be a dress.

Note 2: Shengzhou. The city of Shengzhou is five miles north of the Yellow River, twenty miles northwest of the Yellow River, and forty miles east of the Yellow River. In the seventh year of Kaihuang, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty established Yulin County, and in the twenty years of Shengzhou, he established Yulin Palace, and in the Tang Dynasty. In the second year of Daye of Emperor Yang of Sui, he established Yulin Palace, which was in the city of Zhou. Yang Guang once met with the leaders of Turkic leaders from the east of the city, that is, "(more than 500,000) of the army came out of Yulin, marched through the former Turkic land, and was visited by the Khan of the Qi people." At that time, he also wrote a poem to express his compliment, namely "Fortunate to the North - A poem to be given to the Turkic Lord's Court at the Yunzhong Festival": The red flag was stationed, the green chariot in the dragon courtyard was returned. The felt tent was raised and the wind was raised, and the dome was opened to the sun. Huhandun's robes arrived, and the slaughter came one after another. He held a braid and raised a stinky flesh, and Wei ate offered a wine glass. How could he be like the emperor of the Han Dynasty? He was on the sky and the Shanyutai.

There is Yulin Pass, which is 30 miles east of the city and is located in the northeast. In the third year of Kaihuang, one of the relevant general managers led the army to station. Like Fengzhou, Shengzhou "blocks the river to make it solid, and the soil is suitable for farming and pastoralism." It is under the jurisdiction of Yulin County and is located in the 12 Liancheng of Zhungeer Banner, leading Yulin and Hebin counties.

Note 3: Hebin Pass, a ferry in the east of Hebin County. Hebin County is located in the west of Pianguan County, Shaanxi Province and the northeast of Hequ County. In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Hebin Pass was established in the river, about half a mile east of the county town. This ferry was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was named "Junzijin" at that time. During the Northern Song Dynasty, "Jiulangjin" was built nearby. Because it was located on the border, it became a place to trade with Liao and Xia.

Note 4: Yun, Wei and Shuo are all under the jurisdiction of the Datong Army.

Note 5: The Gulan Military City is located in the present-day Gulan County, Shanxi Province and belongs to Lanzhou under the jurisdiction of the Hedong Jiedushi.

Note 6: Hu Changshi, Xia Sui Yinyou Jiedushi, Observation and Disposal Envoy, Observation and Disposal Envoy, Pacifying Xia Dangxiang Envoy, Yinchuan Supervisor, and Xiazhou Governor "Hu", reigned from 870 to 879. His name was not recorded in history books, only a poem written by Luo Yin mentioned some from the indirection.
Chapter completed!