The Poor Son-in-Law of the Tang Dynasty

"Why, I need to report to you after dispatching troops?"

Ye Chen put away the map so as not to reveal the marching route agreed with Zhang Ma and Liu Heizi.

The fewer people who know about this kind of secret, the better.

Even if Li Er came, Ye Chen would not tell him the marching route.

Zhang Ju also serves as the chief historian and military governor of the standing army, and has the right to supervise all actions of the military director, so he is naturally full of confidence and unabated. Said: "You don't need to report, but you should also let me know, you have to do it when you deploy troops. What? Could it be that you mobilized troops to rebel, and I should turn a blind eye?"

Bang!
Zhang Ju's words immediately provoked Ye Chen into a rage, and suddenly shot the case.

"Zhang Ju, this general is loyal to the country and acts in an aboveboard manner. If you think I am rebelling, go ahead and complain to the Holy Majesty, and stop beeping here and hindering my eyes!"

Ye Chen's domineering attitude made Zhang Ju speechless.

"you you!"

"What am I?"

Ye Chen glared at him: "I'm dispatching troops within the scope of my authority. If you think I can get along with you, if you can't get along with me, go back and ask His Majesty to replace you."

Zhang Ju was completely dumbfounded by his words.

To be honest, he really wanted to walk away.

But in this situation, if Zhang Ju really left, it would be no different from running away.

Regardless of whether he really got a transfer order or not, unless Li Shimin came to take him away in person, if he dared to take a step away, he would be finished first.

In the end, there was really no other way, Zhang Ju could only say sullenly: "Since this is the case, then I won't ask any more questions, I just hope that General Ye can take care of himself!"

After speaking, Zhang Ju turned around and left.

Ye Chen curled his lips and continued to study the map with his head down.

……

That night.

Liu Heizi and Zhang Ma led 3000 troops, 500 each, and then quietly left the barracks.

Externally, their task is to go out to transport food.

Only Ye Chen knows the real mission.

Seeing 3000 troops leave the barracks, Zhang Ju, who had been scolded by Ye Chen during the day, felt more and more upset.

He immediately found all the officials of Chang Shi's family and prepared to hold a small meeting.

The Changshi genus is a small team of military advisers, Zhang Ju is the boss, and there are more than a dozen younger brothers of the Changshi genus who follow his lead.

The reason for this situation is that, on the one hand, Ye Chen is a rookie, a general in his teens, so how can he have any prestige?

On the other hand, it is also because they have been together for a long time.

After all, Ye Chen just arrived today. When he arrived, he didn't get acquainted with the high-level standing army first, but put himself into work first, which seemed very ignorant of the rules.

Therefore, all the top standing army officers, including Zhang Ju, were very upset with Ye Chen.

"This kid is really a stunned young man. I heard that he scolded the officials in the court that day. If you think about it, you won't give us any face here."

Zhang Ju took a bowl of wine angrily and drank it down.

"That is, if you want me to say, we should unite and give him a blow!"

One suggested.

"How to give?"

Zhang Ju looked at the man with some doubts and expectations.

"Didn't he want to tell us what he did? We didn't tell him what we did!"

The man chuckled, and immediately waved to everyone, motioning for everyone to come over.

A dozen people immediately formed a circle and got together.

"Although he is arrogant now, he will be useful to us sooner or later."

The man went on to say: "Let's pretend to be sick together. Isn't it caused by smallpox recently? Let's say that we also have smallpox. At that time, even His Majesty will not be able to blame us!"

"Ye Chen knows that we must be faking it, but as long as we act like it, he has no way to handle us, and he has nothing to do with us!"

"Wonderful!"

Zhang Ju's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, and he smiled: "Just use this method! Let's see what he can do to us!"

……

the next day.

Ye Chen, who had been busy all night, didn't even close his eyes, and went to inspect the whole army without stopping.

After all, the 200 army is not when he led [-] people in the past, and he can manage as few people as possible, and free-range can be used.

But 5 people must focus on management, and because Ye Chen is a rookie general, everyone has no awe of him.

So Ye Chen had to think of a way to stand up well, otherwise it would be difficult for him to manage the troops.

During these ten days, if Ye Chen can't build up his prestige, it will have a lot of disadvantages for the next march and battle.

The first thing a new official does when he takes office is to let everyone in the army remember his face.

So Ye Chen turned over every unit under the standing army.

This turn is a whole day.

Even Ye Chen, a man of iron, couldn't stand this kind of tossing. He was more tired than fighting in Diezhou.

When he was in Diezhou, he was able to close his eyes for a while, but now he can't close his eyes. He is not physically tired, but mentally tired.

After inspecting the troops, Ye Chen went back to the camp to rest.

After two hours of sleep, Dian Wei suddenly woke him up.

"My lord, my lord, something happened!"

Hearing Dian Wei's voice, Ye Chen dizzily sat up straight, and suddenly lost all sleepiness.

After sleeping for a while, my energy has almost replenished.

"What happened?"

Ye Chen asked suspiciously.

"We have a batch of grain and grass transported from Xiangzhou that was robbed..."

Dian Wei reported truthfully.

"Damn it, who is so bold that he even dares to rob the military rations?"

Ye Chen frowned, very angry.

"It's probably the local grass bandits. The robbed food transport team only has a hundred or so people. The scale is not large, and the food lost is not too much. Look, should I take a team to suppress it?"

Dian Wei asked for instructions.

"You are allowed to do such a trivial matter?"

Ye Chen shook his head: "How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? Go to Zhang Ju and ask him to send two captains to lead a team to finish the matter."

Upon receiving Ye Chen's order, Dian Wei nodded immediately, then turned around and left.

As soon as Dian Wei left, Ye Chen got up again to deal with military affairs.

Now about half of the army's food has arrived, and time is running out. If we start now, it's not that we can't handle it, but it will be more troublesome.

Ye Chen looked at the map and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

According to the marching route he negotiated with Zhang Ma and Liu Heizi, if Zhang Ma went to Diezhou and Liu Heizi went to Nanzhao, Liu Heizi's troops would be relatively faster, while Zhang Ma would be slower.

It is estimated that there will be a difference of about three days between the arrival time of the two.

And even if Liu Heizi arrived first, it would probably be five days later.

Another important point is that Liu Heizi and Zhang Ma may face the risk of being discovered during the march.

After all, 3000 people are not [-] flies. It is still very difficult to go around quietly.