Chapter 430: Disastrous defeat(2/2)
As a great scholar in the North, Lu Zhi had thousands of disciples. Many of these people were descendants of powerful military families in the North. They were already good at riding and shooting, and had natural advantages in writing, expression, and connections.
They were eager for military glory and were willing to follow his division, so many defected to the Zhenbei Army. Lu Zhi also specially gathered these people into a battalion, named "Junzi Camp".
For ordinary military orders, Lu Zhi only had to dictate them orally, and then write them down by the staff, and then pass them on to the soldiers under the tent. These people spoke clearly and spoke the local dialect, so when they arrived at each ministry, they were also responsible for conveying the response orders from the battalion generals of each ministry.
However, there are many generals in the army who are unruly. In an emergency, the commands of ordinary guards cannot convince these powerful generals, so at this time, it is necessary for the officials of the Junzi Camp under Lu Zhi's account to convey the military information.
At this moment, Lu Zhi dispatched the troops to various ministries and they were the officers and men of the Gentleman Camp.
Each of them led three fast horses, held talismans and orders, and galloped at a speed of twenty miles an hour.
Obviously, Lu Zhi also wanted to gather troops as soon as possible and then go south to support Liu Zhi, so he used Junzi Camp as soon as he came up.
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At this time, Li En led three northern horses and galloped down the straight road. There was no obstruction along the way.
He comes from the Fan Yangli family, and it is said that his ancestor Li Shi succeeded him. But whether it is true or not, Li En himself does not know. But even if he has really seen the name of this ancestor in the genealogy, it still cannot be changed.
The fact that Li En's family was poor.
In fact, Li En's father was very famous. He was a famous music expert in the north, named Li Yan. His father later moved his family to Zhuoxian County, and Li En became a disciple of Lu Zhi.
But soon, Li En's father died in prison due to an incident. Li En's situation began to become bleak.
Lu Zhi's sect has all three sects and nine schools, but among the inner sect, there is a clear distinction between the upper and lower sects, depending on their background, skills and knowledge. But Li En has none, so his status can be imagined.
Therefore, it was Li En who had the most difficult task of delivering the order this time.
He wanted to take military orders to Colonel Wei Duan who was stationed in Tang County in the north.
Infantry Colonel Wei Duan's unit of 2,000 men was the farthest unit from Lu Zhi's army. In order to meet the deadline, Li En could only change horses but not men, and marched continuously for several days.
As for horse racing at night, Li En didn't dare to do it. If he missed the mark, no one would know if he died in this place.
So, after his thighs were bruised and bleeding, Li En finally entered Wei Duan's camp.
When Li En met Wei Duan for the first time, he was impressed by this majestic general.
Wei Duan glanced at Li En's bloody shirt, nodded appreciatively, and then took the military order from Li En's hand.
Just when Li En thought Wei Duan would immediately order the dispatch of troops, he heard Wei Duan say:
"I understand, Captain. It's hard for you to travel on the road. Go to the military tent next door to rest."
Li En didn't understand, but he could only follow the Euphorbia soldiers who came in and leave the tent.
After that, the two Euphorbia warriors found a clean tent and gave Li En some water and millet to feed him. Although Li En was full of doubts, he was too tired and fell asleep as soon as he touched the mat.
I don’t know how long it took before Li En woke up.
At this time, the military horn sounded low outside the tent, which was the horn to gather troops.
Li En hurried out of the tent and saw many officials outside having a leisurely meal. They seemed to have not heard the trumpet and were laughing noisily.
Li En was very dissatisfied with their military discipline and was about to step forward to scold them for gathering troops.
I saw two people who were obviously military officials staggering over, obviously very drunk.
Li En couldn't help but said:
"Didn't you hear the call to gather troops? According to military law:..."
One of the military officers laughed loudly, pointed at Li En and said with a smile:
"Where did you come from? You're talking about military law with us. Didn't you know that the rallying horn has been blowing for half an hour?"
After saying that, the man ignored Li En's criticism and turned to his colleague:
"It's still early, why don't you go get some sleep?"
But the military officer said very philosophically:
"What's the point of sleeping? I might not be able to sleep for a long time in two days. What a waste of sleep now? Come on, let's continue drinking?"
After saying that, the two military officials hugged each other and smiled, then found a place to drink.
Looking at all this, Li En was filled with shock. Is this the world-famous Northern Army Infantry Battalion?
Chapter completed!