Straight man of steel

Chapter 198
"Army Sima."

Wei Qing suddenly shouted to Gongsun Ao on the side.

Gongsun Ao made a bow immediately and shouted the same.

"The end is here."

Wei Qing took out a piece of silk from his bosom, handed it to Gongsun Ao and said at the same time.

"With this handwritten letter from His Majesty, go to Mayi County and fetch the five thousand sheep.

Bring thousands of people, remember not to let the people of Mayi City see through their identities.

Chang Shi and I led the army to the border between Pingyi City of Dai County and Ping City of Yanmen County, and camped there to wait for you. "

Hearing what Wei Qing said, Gongsun showed hesitation on his face.

"But His Majesty ordered us to stay north of Mayi County and pretend to be shepherds."

Wei Qing turned cold and said calmly.

"There is no danger in these three months, let the more than a thousand people graze in Mayi first, and then I will send a group of soldiers to protect their safety.

Rotating every half month, until the last half month, the three thousand troops will go to the designated position.

You don't even think about it, the army has been grazing for three months, how should the daily training be carried out?

The general's camp is placed between Dai County and Yanmen County, which can avoid people's eyes and ears, so that the whole army can conduct training. "

After listening to Wei Qing's explanation, Gongsun Ao made a promise, and left with Yiqu's soldiers and more than 1000 ordinary people.

But he didn't know that he had already planted a thorn in Wei Qing's heart.

They have already set out to fight, and the general will do what he says, even if he has an opinion, he cannot question it in front of the whole army.

"General, let's go."

Seeing that Gongsun Ao had led his people away, Zhang Yuan said aloud.

Wei Qing nodded, waved his whip and slowly walked in another direction.

The city of Pingyi in Daijun is close to the water control, and the source does not come from the north, so the Huns can be assured.The place where the army is stationed can't do without water.

The Huns often threw cattle, sheep or human dead bodies into the river, causing the water quality to change, and people were prone to disease after drinking this kind of river water.

When you come to this kind of place, you have to be more wary of these risks that may come from subtleties.

"General, Pingcheng is just after Baideng Mountain, and the Huns will definitely come here every spring to show off their might.

What is the purpose of setting up camp here? "

After Zhang Yuan looked at the map carefully, he realized that the place Wei Qing chose to camp was not far from Baideng Mountain.

Wei Qing looked at Zhang Yuan and explained.

"It's not that the Huns will not go south in winter, those Huns who lack clothing and food will still go south to plunder.

Because Baideng Mountain was the place where Emperor Gaozu was humiliated, few Han people came here.

Because there was no formal war against the Huns, even soldiers and soldiers are rare here.

So in this season, the Huns will not come here even if they go south, which means that no matter which side they are in these three months, they will not come to this place. "

Knowing Wei Qing's intentions, Zhang Yuan stopped asking.

He refocused his energy on this crude and crude parchment map.

A detailed map must be redrawn in March to support the smooth implementation of his plan in the spring.

It took two full days for the army to enter Wei Qing's designated location and set up camp.

A large amount of materials greatly slowed down the marching speed of the army, but there is no combat mission right now, and Wei Qing did not show any dissatisfaction with this.

The place Wei Qing chose was a forest, where the bones of cattle, sheep, and human beings can be seen everywhere.

Because of the cold weather, the leaves on these trees have fallen off, but the forest covers a large area.

This place should be a rare forest in the north, and Wei Qing really thought carefully about choosing this place.

"Let's go deeper, cut down trees in the middle of the forest, and build a camp.

Li Jian, you take the people from the first song and spread out along the area of ​​the camp to find out if there are any wild animals here, and if there are any, kill them all.

Today, your first song will act as a sentinel. "

Li Jian immediately came out and clasped his fists to agree.

More than two months of military life has completely deprived Li Jianjian of his literary temperament, and now he is a qualified military officer.

After Li Jian left with the first 500 people, the remaining 2000 people continued to move forward together until they entered the deepest part of the forest, and then stopped to cut down trees to build a camp.

Zhang Yuan is very fortunate that there are no planes, satellites or the like in this era, otherwise the sky would be unobstructed and there would be no secrecy at all.

"General, the two of us will continue to explore on horseback to the north?"

Seeing that Wei Qing was fine, Zhang Yuan leaned forward and asked him.

"Why don't you bring more people?"

Wei Qing looked very cautious.

"No, the goal will be bigger if there are too many people. We are not going to fight the Huns, two people are enough."

Zhang Yuan didn't want to bring so many people with him. Even if two people left, even if they encountered a large group of Huns, they could get away quickly.

As far as the eye can see, it must be farther than the bow and arrow of the Huns.

"Okay, wait for me."

"it is good."

Wei Qing ran to Xue Ren's place, murmured something, and then ran over.

Zhang Yuan didn't ask too much, he must have explained some things about the camp, after all, the two people in charge had disappeared, so in order to avoid panic in the army, he still had to explain.

"Let's go, it's still early, we just need to come back before dark."

The two led the horses and galloped directly to the north. Along the way, they saw some soldiers from the first song.

After leaving the forest, Wei Qing asked Zhang Yuan.

"Brother Yuan, where are you taking me?"

Zhang Yuan said with a big smile.

"Didn't you always want to know what my plan is, so I'll take you to see it today."

On the parchment map, beyond the north of Baideng Mountain, there are only two markings left besides a Great Wall.

That is where the Dragon City of the Huns and the Langjuxu Mountain, the king's court of the Huns, are located.

The two places that the princess of the Han Dynasty must pass through with her relatives, the rest of the places are grasslands and there is nothing to mark.

As for the distribution of the Huns' forces, the Han Dynasty only knew the Hetao area, because the Huns there had always been fixed and would not leave.

For the Huns in other places, if you marked their location today, they may go to other places to graze tomorrow.

This time Zhang Yuan's goal was to find out how long it would take to run all the way from the camp to Dragon City.

Dragon City is marked on the map as a boundary nearly a thousand miles north of Dai County.

If it was really this distance, he would definitely not be able to return to the camp within a day, but Zhang Yuan still wanted to give it a try.

"Okay, my little brother will go deep into the hinterland of the Huns with Brother Yuan to see if the Huns are really invincible."

The two men and the two horses gradually disappeared into the depths of the grassland.

(End of this chapter)