Chapter 244 In the northern border of Xining, wind and sand have begun.
"General."
"General."
"General."
All the way up the city wall, Zuo Yuanfeng, the general of the Xining Dynasty, looked at the man in front of him who had not been in the army for more than a month.
He nodded gently, then turned and looked into the distance, frowning and asked: "Dou Ba, what's the situation now?"
That's right, the person standing on the northern city wall with Zuo Yuanfeng at this time is Dou Ba, who took Zuo Chi's letter and joined Zuo Yuanfeng's tent a month ago.
After Dou Ba's unjust case was vindicated, he returned to the north and was welcomed by the people of Beijing.
In fact, many common people were well aware of Dou Ba's actions of cutting off grain to provide disaster relief two years ago.
However, due to the power of the government, no one dared to stand up and speak out for Dou Ba.
Now, Dou Ba's innocence can be revealed to the world, and Wang Ning and others who embezzled the disaster relief money and food have also been convicted.
The people in the north have been looking forward to this in their hearts, and they don't know how long they have been looking forward to it.
Nowadays, corrupt officials have been rectified by Zuo Yuanfeng, the general who arrived in the northern border to guard the country a month ago.
The northern border is now completely new, and the people feel that there is hope for the future.
However, this joy only lasted for just one month.
Zuo Yuanfeng looked at the Hui Qiang military camp that was vaguely visible in the distance, and couldn't relax his frown.
"General, since I suddenly saw the Qiang people stationed at our border three days ago, there is still no movement at all.
Look at this."
Dou Ba saw Zuo Yuanfeng frowning and looking at the Qiang military camp.
Lost in thought, he spoke.
Because of Zuo Chi’s letters.
Today, Dou Ba is already a lieutenant beside Zuo Yuanfeng.
Two years ago, due to the government's siege and suppression.
The brothers in Dou Ba's village fled in all directions without knowing where to go.
Now, when those brothers heard that Dou Ba had returned to the north and became an officer, they couldn't help but come to join him.
Although these people were once grass bandits, Zuo Yuanfeng could see that these people all had some foundation in kung fu.
What's more, these people have been hiding in Tibet for the past two years and have not been captured by the government.
They should all have their own special abilities.
Zuo Chi also said in his letter that if those people could be accommodated in the army, it would definitely make the army in the north more flexible, and.
As long as Dou Ba is here.
With Dou Ba's current reputation, as long as they are managed properly, those who have fallen into disgrace and followed Dou Ba will inevitably become a new force in the northern army.
Zuo Yuanfeng has been in charge of the army for many years, how come he doesn’t understand this truth?
So after Zuo Yuanfeng met Dou Ba, he took Dou Ba into his side as a deputy general.
And Dou Ba is indeed, as Zuo Chi said in his letter, very suitable to be a soldier.
And Dou Ba himself, this month.
I also understood what I really wanted to do.
After Dou Ba finished speaking, Zuo Yuanfeng still frowned and looked ahead.
But he opened his mouth and said: "Dou Ba, the scouts sent out did not bring back any news."
Dou Ba immediately replied after hearing this:
"General, according to reports from scouts, there is no longer a tendency to increase the number of troops in the Huiqiang military camp seventy miles away from the city gate.
It seems that in the past three days, the follow-up troops have arrived.
Presumably, that's it.
"More."
Zuo Yuanfeng nodded and said: "Has it stopped?
How many troops are there now?"
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"About 70,000."
Dou Ba couldn't help but turn his head and look at the elite Hui Qiang soldiers who were seventy miles away, and he said in a deep voice.
"Seventy thousand is quite a lot."
Zuo Yuanfeng narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned deeper. seventy thousand It should be all the troops of the Hui Qiang clan now.
What on earth could make Hui Qiang, a tributary state of the Xining Dynasty, dare to invade with all its might?
Why, at this time again Today, there are only 20,000 troops guarding the northern border.
Not to mention that in the past few years when Wang Ning guarded the northern border, the army's training has been slack and its combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.
Although Zuo Yuanfeng came to the northern border this time with 3,000 elite troops. , comparable to 10,000 ordinary military forces, but Seventy thousand is still too much.
Although Zuo Yuanfeng relied on his position as the general to control the country, he had already sent his cronies to mobilize the elites under his command before he could report to the court, but that was in the southwest.
Time, what is lacking most now is time.
At this time, Zuo Yuanfeng couldn't help but feel lucky.
Fortunately, he was the one who came to guard the northern border a month ago.
Even though the military strength has been greatly reduced, there has been some improvement since the army resumed training this month.
"General, what instructions does the court have?"
Dou Ba asked again when he saw Zuo Yuanfeng's frown.
In the past three days, Dou Ba had hardly seen any relaxed expression on Zuo Yuanfeng's face.
He knew in his heart that the return of Qiang to garrison at the northern border must be of great importance and not trivial.
"It's only three days, it's still early."
Zuo Yuanfeng said in a deep voice after hearing this.
This is the northernmost border of the Xining Dynasty.
Even if you drive fast and sleep all the way, it will take at least four days, let alone a round trip.
Even though Fei Ge's letter will greatly shorten the time, this matter is a top priority, and there is no room for any leakage.
So, at the moment, Zuo Yuanfeng knew that he could only wait.
However, Zuo Yuanfeng squinted his eyes and looked at the Huiqiang military camp stationed seventy miles away, and couldn't help but think to himself: He didn't know whether the assembled Hui Qiang army would be able to endure as he expected.
Zuo Yuanfeng was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned around and said to Dou Ba: "Dou Ba, here's the order, everyone with a military rank of fifth rank or above, including those from the fifth rank, will come to my tent to discuss matters in half an hour."
Upon hearing this, Dou Ba hurriedly replied: "Yes, I will obey your orders."
Seeing this, Zuo Yuanfeng nodded and without saying a word, turned around and walked down the city wall, but before leaving, he narrowed his eyes and glanced back at the Qiang military camp.
Dou Ba disappeared Zuo Yuanfeng's figure at the corner of the stairs on the city wall.
He couldn't help but sigh softly.
He turned around and looked at Zuo Yuanfeng's appearance just now.
He squinted slightly and looked at the people stationed seventy miles away.
Now there are as many as 70,000 elite Hui Qiang soldiers.
After watching for a long time, Dou Ba still couldn't understand what Zuo Yuanfeng was thinking when he was standing here, and he couldn't help but said to himself: "It would be great if Master Zuo was here."
For some reason, Dou Ba suddenly thought of Zuo Chi and Deng Si'er, who had not seen each other for more than a month, and for no reason at all, Dou Ba felt vaguely that the Hui Qiang people were suddenly stationed at the northern border.
Damn, you must know something.
Dou Ba couldn't help but secretly guess the reason why Hui Qiang gathered troops here this time.
You must know that General Zhenguo is not just a title.
General Zuo Yuanfeng is in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops of the Xining Dynasty.
It is expected that he will not just watch the Hui Qiang march into the pass.
However, if Hui Qiang strikes preemptively at this time, with 20,000 people against 70,000 people, they still have little chance of winning.
But why haven’t the Hui Qiang people taken any action?
What are they waiting for?