Meng Xuejiao looked at the soldiers busy packing up the camp, looking a little confused. He was admitted to the military academy for no reason at the beginning of the year. Since then, every exam competition must be the first. The same is true for the military. As long as there are tasks or competitions, Meng Xuejiao must be the first.

Meng Xuezhao himself didn't know why this happened. He just learned the things he taught and read the textbooks. There was nothing special than others. But once he arrived at the competition, others always had something wrong, and he wouldn't. Perhaps, this is called a genius?

In less than a year, Meng Xuejiao had been promoted to the commander-in-chief of the regiment, with more than 3,000 people under his command. In the past, when he was in the Khitan, he would be frightened when he saw foreign officials. But in the Song Dynasty, he became an official.

Xue Chengdong, the planner, came over and said, "The leader of the regiment, the entire army has already set off its camp and can march."

Meng Xuezhao waved his hand: "It's still early, let's go all out. We need three days to arrive at the Ganning Army, but the time is not enough."

Meng Xuejiao's army belonged to Ma Huaide's subordinates, but Ma Huaide had not arrived yet and was commanded by the Commander. He advanced to the Ganning Army as a unit. It is said that the Khitan had already gone south to attack Cangzhou, and these troops went to the Ganning Army to defend.

Thinking of this, Meng Xuezhao couldn't help but shake his head. Liu from Hejian Prefecture, and more than 100,000 newly transferred three armies, were not sent, but sent his own troops that had just finished the training, which sounded unreliable.

The army headed southeastward and set up camp in Changfeng Town, Mo Prefecture the next day. Another army happened to be here. At night, the commander of the army, Cao Quan, set up a banquet to invite Meng Xuejiao to drink.

After entering the tent of the commander, Meng Xuezhao greeted Cao Quan. Cao Quan introduced several officers who were drinking together and invited Meng Xuezhao to sit down.

After drinking and serving meat, Cao Quan said, "Although the walls are clear and clear, there are everything in this town. I bought a sheep in the army, and I told them to cook it and drink two glasses of wine together to relieve the exhaustion of the journey."

Meng Xuejue bowed: "Thank you for your kindness. I am a new member of the army this year. My family is poor, but I can't afford to eat sheep."

Cao Quan and a group of officers couldn't help laughing. Cao Quan said, "When I was in the military academy, I heard about scholars. No matter what I study, I can learn it all at once, and every exam is the best. We talked privately that scholars seem to be born to learn these things, and they are really not comparable to ordinary people. Today, the two armies happened to be together, so naturally they should ask scholars to drink a glass of wine."

Cao Quan was born in a general and had a wealthy family. He didn't care about the price of a sheep. Meng Xuejiao was a legend in the Hejian Prefecture Military Academy, and everyone knew about the students. The Hebei Road Imperial Guard was trained with the Hejian Prefecture Military Academy as the core, and everyone in the army was curious.

After drinking a few glasses of wine and talking about gossip in the military academy, everyone was having a happy time.

Cao Quan said: "Scholar, you are a good person to learn. I will tell you something about it. This time the Khitan army went south, and the generals did not send Liu Taiwei, but sent us new training and people who didn't have enough time to learn. What does it mean?"

Meng Xuejue said: "How can we wait for generals to guess Shuai Si's thoughts casually?"

Cao Quan said: "Everyone has nothing to do, just talk casually. It's so boring that there is no gossip on it all the long night?"

Meng Xuezhao thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll just say it casually, don't go to my heart. This time the Khitan army went south, and the vanguard had arrived at Yongjing's army. However, there was already a solid wall and clearing the fields, and there was no food. I tried to attack Yongjing's army city, but there was no way to break the city. Moreover, the reinforcements sent by the court had arrived in Qizhou and were heading north. There was no way, so I had to retreat and go to Cangzhou to meet the Khitan army-"

Hearing this, Cao Quan said: "Scholars, they have arrived at the Yongjing Army, why not continue to move south? The reinforcements from the court are always far away."

Meng Xuezhao shook his head: "There is no food in the army, where are they going? Yongjing's army is four hundred miles away from the border. They brought ten days of food and had almost eaten there. After the solid walls and cleared the fields, they had nowhere to plunder the food and grass, so they had to return it, otherwise they would have to starve to death there."

These people were all lieutenant generals of the imperial guards in the past. Hebei Road had not had any war for many years and were confused by the behavior of the Khitans. Without military rations, they ordered soldiers to rob everywhere. If they had solid walls and cleared the fields, they could really take all the people and food and grass into the city? Although there was no people along the way, Cao Quan still couldn't believe that he could really do this.

The reason why the court was able to strengthen the walls was because the court was willing to spend money. If it weren’t for the money being given enough, and only by administrative orders or intimidation, the people would not be so obedient. It was under the strict orders of the court that the three officials paid a lot of money, and even had the benefit of being exempted from tax for one year after entering the city, so they collected the people into the city. In the eyes of Cao Quan and others, there was no concept of spending money like the court, and they could not understand it.

For nomadic attacks, the stabilization of the walls and clearing the fields is a weapon of killing. Invasion from the north, they rely on looting after entering the country. Once they cannot grab them, there will be no food and grass in the army. It’s just that it is too difficult and cannot be implemented before. A large number of people flocked into the city to allow them to have enough food and clothing, and where they live is a large amount of money. If they give them benefits, the taxes of the court will inevitably affect the next year, and the amount of money will exceed the ability of the court. Moreover, for the court and the military, the people are not important, they are just numbers. If you can collect money, you will be exempted from spending money.

When the Khitans entered the country, they could not continue once they could not grab food and grass in ten days. The habit of the Five Dynasties was because of the enemy of food. After the rapid development of the Song Dynasty in recent years, they could strengthen the walls and clear the fields and change this habit.

The crowd amazes and urges them to drink.

Cao Quan said: "Hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops went south. I heard that they were soldiers from the whole country. The court sent elite soldiers and generals to fight. Why did he let the nearly 200,000 troops of Hejian Prefecture not use them, but sent us to guard the Qianning Army? Could it be that the Supervisor believes that we are better at fighting?"

Meng Xuezhao shook his head: "I have been studying in the military academy for half a year. I should understand that we can't compare to those armies. Why don't we send them to the front line? In my opinion, there is only one reason, they have more important tasks. As for what the task is, it's hard to say."

Cao Quan shook his head: "The news I heard was that we didn't have enough time to study. We went to the Qianning Army to fight against the Khitan, and learned while fighting. The nearly 200,000 troops were idle in Hejian Prefecture to prevent accidents."

Meng Xuezhao smiled and shook his head: "Where is such a thing in the world? How many battles did Taiwei Du save himself Tang Long Town? He fought? He was defeated. How could he do such a boring thing? I am bluntly speaking, if we send us there, it can only be said that other troops have heavier tasks."

After hearing this, Cao Quan raised his glass: "Listen to your words, it is really exciting. In the past few days, we have been talking about it, why would we send us to the front line? There are many different opinions, but the scholars say the most reasonable."

Meng Xuezhao drank the wine and said, "This war can only be said that the Shuaisi has a great plan. If we only want to defeat the Khitan, we should have to send all the elite troops to Cangzhou quickly. Only in this way can the two sides fight in real swords and gun battles, and the Khitans will be willing to retreat. Now Shuaisi's arrangement gives people the feeling that it has been delaying time."
Chapter completed!