Chapter 805: Dismantle the Camp and Go to War (Two in One)

The reason why Luo Chong chose to fight when the enemy was harvesting grain was to keep the grain, or to be more precise, to keep the grain for himself, rather than to increase the capital of resistance for the Xin tribe.

He received the news from Shouya and Youzhi on the same day. The letters said that the Xin tribe had begun to harvest the last season of grain. It would take two to three days to send the letter from them to Hanyang City, even if it was delivered by eagle. This means that when Luo Chong learned the news, the enemy had already harvested for three days.

When Luo Chong's order returned to them, the enemy had already harvested for five or six days. Even if Xue Tu and his men set out on the day they received the order, it would take at least a week to get to Zhudao by boat.

All in all, Zhudao's grain harvest took about twelve or thirteen days. Harvesting, threshing, drying, transportation, and storage were impossible to complete in thirteen days at the speed of the Xin tribe. At this time, the Han tribe suddenly attacked, and they did not have time to transport the grain away. In the end, there were only two results: either burn it on the spot or leave it all to the Han tribe.

No matter which result, Luo Chong could accept it. In short, if he sent troops at this time, the food would definitely not fall into the hands of the Xin tribe. This was enough to prevent the other side from having too much food to eat. At that time, they would find a cat in a corner and fight a protracted war with him. Luo Chong did not intend to waste time with them.

Two days later, one night, at exactly three o'clock in the morning, the giant eagle that Luo Chong first released finally arrived at the army camp in the south of Takuhai County. However, the camp was quiet at this time. Except for the sentinels on night duty, most of the soldiers were resting. There were also a small number of patrol sentries patrolling around the camp with carbide lamps. Even in the tent of the central army, there was only one light.

Fortunately, Luo Chong, who was born in a military family, understood the military duty system. According to modern times, no matter what unit or what time, there must be a chief officer on duty in the highest command headquarters. Generally, the military chief, political chief, and chief of staff take turns on duty. Anyway, there must be someone in charge of the command headquarters within 24 hours, and the Han tribe is no exception.

In the army of the Han tribe, each guard post headquarters was on duty according to this system, with the guard commander, guard Sima, and guard assistant taking turns on duty. At this time, in the big tent of the Huben Guard Central Army, it happened that Yang Feng, an assistant, was on duty.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, Yang Feng was lying on the table in the big tent and nodding constantly. He was drowsy. At this time, the door of the tent was suddenly lifted, and a cool breeze rushed in with the messenger, which made the drowsy Yang Feng suddenly shudder and wake up.

"Report to Yang Assistant, a letter from the leader has just been delivered, and it says urgent on it."

Yang Feng frowned and stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it here for me to see."

The messenger hurriedly delivered the letter. It was a bamboo tube sealed with wax, and there was indeed an expedited seal on the joint. He did not dare to neglect it, and quickly twisted the bamboo tube open, poured out a roll of letter paper inside, and went to the light to check.

He only glanced at it briefly, and his eyes widened in surprise. He was afraid that he had read it wrong, so he read it carefully again, and then repeatedly looked at the seal of the leader on it. Finally, he took out a piece of paper with the seal from the wooden box on the table. After comparing it with the letter several times, he finally confirmed the authenticity of the letter.

He did not dare to delay, and quickly put away the letter and said to the messenger, "Go and call the commander and Sima, and tell them that the leader has an important order, and ask them to come to the big tent to discuss immediately."

"Yes." The messenger bowed and left, turned around and ran out of the tent.

Within five minutes, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Xue Tu and Sima walked towards the central army tent while tying their belts, followed by a group of personal guards.

Before entering the tent, Xue Tu asked in a hoarse voice, "Old Yang, what's the hurry? Could it be that the leader wants us to send troops?"

Yang Feng heard the footsteps of the crowd and had already come to the door to wait. Seeing Xue Tu coming, he didn't play any tricks with him and nodded immediately, "Come in quickly, this is the leader's urgent military order, you two take a look, I've read it."

Xue Tu has been in frequent contact with Luo Chong these days and knows that Luo Chong may send troops in the near future. But when he really got the order to send troops, he was still a little excited.

Yang Feng and Sima next to him were no exception. They knew that they would fight this battle and had been looking forward to fighting this battle. They had been waiting for more than half a year, and now they finally got this order.

"Come here." After reading the letter, the excited Xue Tu immediately shouted.

"Yes." Two guards immediately appeared at the door of the tent.

"Send a message to the commanders of each guard post, and have them cook and prepare a day's worth of dry food for the army. In half an hour, blow the wake-up call, beat the assembly drum, and dismantle the tents and move the camp."

"Yes." The two messengers agreed, and the military officer Yang Feng quickly gave them a bunch of black wooden tokens with tiger patterns carved on them, and then went out and called a few people to ride away immediately.

"Come here." Xue Tu shouted again, and two guards came in again.

"Send a message to the Fubo Guard, and have them prepare enough boats immediately to transport the army to the battle this morning." Xue Tu threw another token over.

The messenger quickly caught it, answered and ran away.

After arranging this, Xue Tu turned around and looked at Sima and Canjun and said, "We will set off at dawn today. You should start preparing. Sima, go and check the logistical supplies and take whatever you can. Canjun, you go and supervise the various units to pack up their tents. Those who should evacuate must evacuate."

"Yes, commander, don't worry, I promise we won't let you down." The two men hurriedly bowed in response, then turned around and were about to walk out.

Xue Tu also saluted, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly called Sima, "Sima, we should feed our war horses less grass, and it's better to feed them some psychedelic mushrooms to keep them quiet, so as to avoid accidents at sea."

"Don't worry, commander, our Han tribe has transported horses by ship more than once or twice, and we have experience." The military Sima responded quickly.

"Well, that's it, let's go." Xue Tu also replied, and then called two of his own soldiers to help him put on armor. After putting on the armor, he began to let the remaining soldiers dismantle the tent.

Xue Tu, who was wearing silver fish scale armor, looked up at the dark sky. It was the last darkness before dawn. He clenched his fist excitedly, poked the copper-plated iron rod in his hand into the ground, and felt very proud.

However, the army was about to go out, and as the commander, he did not dare to be too impetuous. He quickly restrained his excitement, took out Luo Chong's order and read it twice. When he found that he was almost ready, he suddenly slapped his forehead, and then called a personal soldier to ride a horse to send a letter to Dashu in Takumi County, saying that he was about to lead the army to go out, and specially notified him. In addition, he also asked him to prepare logistics and wait for his news at any time to prepare supplies for the army.

After arranging this matter, he was completely relieved.

And those messengers who were sent out also arrived at the camps of various departments one after another. Several guards who received the order all took action, but the first to take action were the logistics firemen of various departments. In fact, they had already woken up at this time. Even if there was no expedition today, the firemen would get up early to prepare breakfast for the whole army, but today it was temporarily changed to a marching meal, and they were required to prepare a day's dry food, so they had to increase the amount immediately.

When Shu Da received the notice of the expedition from Xue Tu, he was also excited for a while. He quickly ordered the docks and ships to start gathering at the dock of Takumi County according to the planned plan. The army would board the ships from the dock of Takumi County. At the same time, they had to carry a large amount of logistical supplies. They could start preparing when they received the order.

Da Shu of Takumi County also got the news and began to lead his officials to open the warehouses to supply the fleet and the army.

At three or four o'clock in the morning, although there was not much movement in the military camp, the dock of Takumi County was already crowded with thousands of sails.

The carriages with lights on stretched from the dock to the city of Takumi County like a fire dragon. The endless traffic of vehicles looked majestic and spectacular from the top of the city.

At four o'clock in the morning, the wake-up call and assembly drums were blown early in the camps of the various guards. Although the soldiers were resentful of getting up so early, they still crawled out of the tents reflexively. Even the guards recruited by the Tang tribe, who were the last to receive training, had been training for more than four months. The concept of military orders and ruthless military law had long been branded in their heads, and no one dared to neglect it.

When the eastern sky just showed a trace of fish belly white, the soldiers of various tribes also gathered on the parade ground. They were informed by the chief officers of various tribes that there was no morning exercise today. The soldiers were very happy, but just when they were happy, they were immediately told to dismantle the camp and prepare for the expedition. Everyone was not happy at once, but most people were not afraid, but nervous.

The war was about to start, and life and death and meritorious service depended on this time. No one would be so calm, after all, most people here were still new recruits.

By five o'clock in the morning, the dock of Takumi County had already been loaded with supplies, and all the tents and other facilities in the military camp had been dismantled and loaded onto the trucks. There was ten minutes of time for lunch and rest, and then they began to assemble. Tens of thousands of troops formed a long line and marched towards the dock of Takumi County. There were flags flying and crowds of people all along the way. Tens of thousands of people were wearing the same red uniform and silver armor, and they looked extremely neat. The noise of the army's march even alarmed the Tang tribe on the other side of the river. The endless team was too long to avoid attracting attention.

After learning the news, Tang Ji hurriedly sent people across the river to Takumi County to ask what happened to the tree. After being told that the army was about to set out to attack Takeshima, Tang Ji also hurriedly spread the news. Some of the people living in Tangcheng County had people in their families who had enlisted in the army. When they learned that their families were about to go to the front line to fight, they also hurried to the shore to see them off. It was a pity that they could not just cross the river to Takumi County on the other side. Moreover, the army was leaving, and the military would not let them mess up.

Tens of thousands of troops occupied the entire dock of Takumi County, and the fleet along the river along the dock was several miles long. The first to dock were several two-masted warships of Fubowei. They had to first load the artillery and twenty cannons of Hubenwei onto the ships, so that if they were blocked by the enemy during landing, they could let these small boats go along the inland waterway of Takeshima to open the way. Four cannons on a ship were parked on the front and rear decks respectively, and sandbags were piled around the gun body to prevent the gun carriage from moving on the deck.

After the artillery and artillery ammunition of the army were hoisted, it was the turn of the Cavalry Guard to board the ship. The Cavalry Guard had 3,000 people, not many people, but there were tens of thousands of horses. Dozens of sunken three-masted horse ships were mobilized to load all the horses. After loading the horses, the soldiers were transported by two-masted sailing ships and three-masted sailing ships.

Then the Xiangjian Guard, the Sea Wolf Guard, the Baotao Guard, and the Feixiong Guard, more than 10,000 people from the four guards boarded the ship one after another. The Yingyang Guard was formed by the fishing tribe of Zhudao. They were secretly trained on Zhudao and were waiting to land by ship.

After all these guards boarded the ship, Xue Tu finally said goodbye to Dashu and led his last Huben Guard to board the ship.

The Tiger Guards had nearly 4,000 soldiers, the largest number of soldiers among all the garrisons that went out to fight. According to the calculation that a three-masted ship could carry 500 people, at least seven ships were needed to carry these soldiers. As for the missing people, they were basically all artillerymen, and they had already boarded the warships and went to the front.

The army boarded the ship. After Shu Da saw that everyone had been loaded, he began to notify all ships to set sail. This fleet, the largest in history, had hundreds of ships of all kinds. If you simply count the masts, then the adjective "thousands of sails" to describe the scene in front of you is simply appropriate and not exaggerated.

It's a pity that Luo Chong hasn't sent them the camera yet, so they can't take pictures of such a spectacular and rare scene. But it's a pity. Even if Luo Chong gave them the camera, people who haven't learned how to operate it and how to develop photos can't use the camera immediately.

By this time, the sky was already bright. At eight o'clock in the morning, the banks on both sides of the Liuyang River estuary were crowded with people. A large number of people from Takuhai County and Tangcheng County on the opposite bank came to see the army off.

The soldiers who had just boarded the ship did not return to the cabin, but stood on the deck with flags held high, waving enthusiastically to the people on both sides of the river. The sails were raised high by the sailors, and the fleet began to move forward slowly. Thousands of sails were like a forest on the water, rolling forward and rolling away.

They will come back, and they will definitely return in triumph.

By then, they will be honored, and by then, Takeshima will forever become an inseparable part of the Han tribe.

(End of this chapter)