Chapter 4 Armor and Command
"Kyoto 50,000 soldiers and horses, 10,000 cavalry, 20,000 spearmen, 20,000 Praetorian Guards," the old general Yinzheng said softly with internal strength.
"Allocate all of them to Li Xiao, let him lead them, go to the northeast to regain the lost territory, drive the Sanling clan back to their hometown, cough cough" Han Ping coughed for a while after speaking.
When Yin Zheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, these 50,000 soldiers and horses are the last troops to protect Ningde, and the troops that can be mobilized in Ningde have all been taken away by General Nanjuan, if it is withdrawn, Ningde will become an empty city, think twice, Your Majesty"
When Han Ping heard this, he also felt right: "What about the nearby prefectures and counties, how many soldiers and horses can be gathered at the earliest?"
Yin Zheng said: "Your Majesty, in the past few years, there has been continuous disarmament, and the prefectures and counties are only the lowest staffing, but the second prince has a team with considerable combat effectiveness, but there are not many personnel, about 8,000 people."
Han Ping said angrily when he heard this: "How can the second prince have a team headquarters, he can't rebel if he wants to"
Yin Zheng hurriedly explained: "No, the second prince did not organize these people into an army, these are all soldiers who have been laid off in recent years, these people have nowhere to go when they leave the army, the second prince understands them and arranges all of them to work in the mines, as long as the second prince is called, these people can immediately form an army."
Han Ping nodded and said: "Eight thousand people, less is less, since it is an elite, then there must be a big achievement."
At this time, Li Xiao said: "Eight thousand people are enough, the team is too big, the goal is big, now the Three Spirits Army and the Southern Silk General Chen Yu are facing off, then we are the time to recover the Seven Prefectures in the Northeast, once recovered, the Three Spirits will make dumplings."
After listening to Li Xiao's words, everyone didn't think so, thinking to themselves, "It's really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and 8,000 people and horses against 400,000 troops is simply a fool's dream."
"Xiao'er, don't mess around, leading the troops to fight is not a trivial matter," Changzhi said sternly.
"Third Senior Brother, there are few people and few people have a small way of playing, how can you know if you don't try?" Li Xiao looked at Changzhi and said
Han Ping nodded and said: "Little junior brother, I believe in you, Li Xiao listens to Feng" Li Xiao knelt in front of Han Ping, looked at Han Ping with his eyes, and only heard Han Ping say: "Li Xiao, the widow named you the expeditionary general, send you 8,000 soldiers and horses, rush to the battlefield, recover the lost land, the prefectures and counties you pass, you can recruit troops and buy horses, and you can send local troops until you regain the lost land and repel the Sanling Army"
Li Xiao kowtowed to receive the order and said to Han Ping: "Your Majesty, can you let my four senior brothers go together?" Han Ping nodded and said, "Yes, there are four senior brothers."
The four masters and Li Xiao bowed and retreated. The next day, 8,000 soldiers and horses were assembled, Han Ping personally gave Li Xiao the seal of armor, served wine and practiced, Li Xiao was dressed in silver winged armor, holding a tiger and swallow spear, waist pinned to the black gold Tanyun sword, and the snow-white jade under the crotch was free, like a god, full of domineering, Li Xiao was in front, and the four senior brothers were behind, with 8,000 soldiers and horses out of the city.
About thirty miles out of Ningde, Li Xiao stopped the troops and said to the four senior brothers: "Senior brother, third senior brother, you have to work hard."
Changzhi said: "Xiao'er, who are you?" "Divide the troops" Li Xiao said, at this time Li Xiao looked at the eight thousand soldiers and horses, and said with a sigh: "Brothers, the Three Spirit Clan invaded my land, occupied my farm, and killed my compatriots, what should we do?" Do we let them be unscrupulous, or should we kill them and kill them back to their hometown?" At this time, the eight thousand soldiers roared: "Kill, kill, kill, kill back to their hometown" Li Xiao continued: "Okay, since we want to kill the Three Spirit Clan back to our hometown, then we should not be afraid of sacrifice, fight for the country, fight for the people, Fight for the race, when we go to the battlefield, we are heroes, for our race, get back our due honor, fight for honor!" "Fight for honor, fight for honor, fight for honor" The four masters looked at each other, and said in their hearts, "This kid, what about mobilization before the war"
Li Xiao said to the eight thousand soldiers and horses: "Those who have fought in the war, go out of the ranks" There are about 1,000 people out of the row, Li Xiao pointed to the more than 1,000 people and said: "Those who can ride horses and are good at bows and arrows will come out of the ranks" Four or five hundred people walked out again, Li Xiao said to these four or five hundred people: "Those who have practiced martial arts can be ranked with one enemy and ten people" This time there are not so many people, about seventy or eighty people, Li Xiao looked at these dozens of people, each of them is strong, count the number of people, exactly eighty people, Li Xiao showed a smile on his face, and said to the broken army and Changzhi: "Senior brother, Third Senior Brother, I, the Second Senior Brother, and the Fourth Senior Brother will take these eighty people away, and you will take the rest of the people and horses away." Po Jun usually didn't talk much, and then said: "Xiao'er, what do you mean by this, explain it clearly"
Li Xiao said: "That's the case, senior brother, third senior brother, you take these people, find a way to bypass Chen Youguan, go directly to Dongning Mansion, try to avoid the Three Spirit Army, I don't want to make trouble for General Nan Juan, third senior brother, you calculate, how long will it take to get to Dongning like this?"
Changzhi thought for a while and said, "If you bypass Chen You, you have to take the mountain road, which will waste a lot of time, about twenty days."
Li Xiao said: "Okay, then take 20 days as the time limit, senior brother, after 20 days, when you see a beacon fire in Daoshu County, you will lead the army to attack Dongning, take Dongning as quickly as possible, and minimize casualties"
Pojun said: "Xiao'er, Dongning is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we don't know the strength of Dongning."
Li Xiao said with a smile: "As long as Senior Brother sees the beacon fire of Shujun, even if he attacks, Dongning at that time will be an empty city."
Chang Zhi said: "Senior brother, I think Xiao Er is confident, let's just do it" Po Jun nodded.
Li Xiao continued: "Second Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother, let's take these eighty people on the path, and order each of them to bring fifty people's rations, there must be no mistake."
Broken Soul and King Kong asked at the same time: "What do you do with so much food?"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "When the time comes, four senior brothers, you rest for a while, I will come when I go."
The four masters looked at each other, and Changzhi said: "This kid has really grown up, and his style of doing things can't be understood."
King Kong said: "Don't you think, he looks like a person? Xiao Er usually giggles, seems to be cynical, and has a strong atmosphere of rivers and lakes, but he is never ambiguous in front of major events."
Broken Soul said: "I also think he is like, Xiao Er found when he was a child, his behavior, bit by bit, is very similar to him"
Chang Zhi said: "It's like a return image, but I don't think it's, if it is, how can the master take him as an apprentice and teach him everything he has learned in this life"
Po Jun said: "I see a few of you, you are old, old, confused, more and more regressive, Xiao Er is upright, not to mention that Xiao Er was picked up by the master, Xiao Er has been on the mountain for exactly twenty years this year, Xiao Er was four years old when he went up the mountain, the time is not right at all, and it has nothing to do with him"
The other masters nodded and said, "What Senior Brother said is reasonable" At this time, Li Xiao walked back and said, "Four Senior Brothers, how is the arrangement? If there is nothing else, let's go?"
The four masters nodded, and Changzhi said: "Xiao'er, you can rest assured that I and Senior Brother are here, everything will be done according to plan, and it will be you, be more careful along the way, and act at the opportunity."
"Don't worry, there are two senior brothers and four senior brothers following, senior brothers and third senior brothers will see you in the mansion of Dongning Mansion in twenty days" said and turned over on the horse, and said to Broken Soul and King Kong: "Two senior brothers, let's go?"
The eighty people roared angrily: "Expedition, expedition, expedition" said that eighty-three people rushed all the way. Pojun and Changzhi looked at them who were gradually moving away, and they also sounded the marching trumpet.