When Li Shimin woke up, it was already four hours later.

He was woken up by Zhang Yurou because of an urgent military situation, and just half an hour ago, a detective cavalry was seventy miles north of Wating Gorge in the north, and found most of the cavalry with more than 2,000 cavalry, suspected to be the outpost of Bai Yushao's rebels.

"So fast—"

Li Shimin frowned slightly, and then began to inquire about the situation on his side: "What about our army? Are there new reinforcements coming?"

He thought that Bai Yushao's entire army would take three to five days, but it was only a few hours, and this soldier had already pointed directly at Xiao Guan.

"Reinforcements from Beidi County have arrived, with a total of 2,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The subordinate has already gone to check, they are all elite troops, fully staffed, and fully armoured!"

When Li Shimin was asleep, Li Jing was mainly responsible for handling military affairs on his behalf: "In addition, the villagers and herdsmen near Liupan Mountain were recruited, and now they have formed a cavalry army of 2,000 and an infantry army of 3,000 people. He took the liberty of his duties and organized it into one town and three battalions, and let the three of them, Zheng Rentai, and Li Xin as the commanders. In addition, 100 people were selected from the pro-army troops accompanying the Kaifu Lord to serve as officers. ”

The predecessor he said is naturally the interpretation of the natal 'Hu Lu Bei', who has been in the army for a long time when he was young and has the qualifications of a famous general. He is no stranger to unified army operations, and he is enough to serve as the commander of these civilian armies.

In addition, Shaolin Temple also has many believers near Liupan Mountain, and with the prestige of Shi Benwu, the Shaolin 'high monk', he can command this people's army like an arm.

As for Zheng Rentai, not to mention, this is also a lineage general, and he has also served as a middle-level officer in the army before. And Li Xin is a martial arts Li clan who has been cultivated for many years, and he is also good at war.

"Good!"

Li Shimin praised: "Who is the commander of the reinforcements from Beidi County? I want to meet them." Also, what happened to the military money?"

"Those who came with the army were Wei Jie, the captain of Yingyang in Anding County, Luo Zhen, the general of Pengyuan Town, and Xue Qiong, the general of Xiangle Town. The rest of the departments are all led by lieutenant generals. ”

It was Tang Jian who answered: "The military funds of the neighboring counties have been solved, and a total of 720,000 tons of grain, 270,000 arrows, 560,000 feather arrows, and 700 spare ink armors have been distributed to the people's army." Most of the rest are still on the way, and it will take five to six days to reach Xiaoguan. ”

Li Shimin was already very satisfied, the mobilization speed of the Guanxi towns and Yingyang Mansion was still very strong, while the surrounding counties were infiltrated by Bai Yushao's forces. But the military orders he issued were not implemented without discount. The number of civilian troops gathered was also greater than expected.

This shows that the rule of the Great Sui in the land of Kansai is still stable and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"In other words, there are now 26,000 people available under my command, so what about Xue Ju?"

"It's less than a hundred and fifty miles from here, and as he promised, seven thousand iron horsemen, without discount. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he sneered slightly: "There are still one hundred and fifty miles left,"

Li Shimin soon summoned Wei Jie and others in the lobby of the town general's mansion.

- Just look at the surnames of these people, you can know that they were either born into a family of Jiangmen, and they use a giant surname like Jingzhao Wei. Therefore, Li Mochen did not drag his feet, and after greeting them a little and describing the friendship between the various families, he directly asked the combat readiness, morale, and daily training status of the soldiers in order to estimate the combat strength of the various departments.

Of course, Li Shimin could not listen to them all, and he had to see the actual situation with his own eyes.

However, it can be seen that most of these military attachés of five or six grades are disapproving of him, his temporary boss. With one age and one seniority, it is difficult for Li Shimin to be convinced by these unruly border generals.

Even his proud feats are considered by many to be immortal if they can live in a different place.

According to their idea, there is no one in the forbidden army, but the vertical son becomes famous!

However, Li Shimin has Shang Fang's sword in his hand, and Qu Tutong's appointment document, but he is not afraid that these people will not obey military orders. And the background of the martial arts Li family, so that he doesn't have to worry about what these people are doing excessively behind their backs.

"Before I was ordered to enlist in the army, I saw that the troops and righteous servants of Lord Kaifu were already assembling the army?"

Wei Jie, the captain of Yingyang in Anding County, waited until all the generals had finished reporting, and then asked: "As the last general expected, is Lord Kaifu preparing to go out of the Wating Gorge with a large army?"

When everyone here heard this, they couldn't help but be slightly moved, and the vast majority of them looked at Li Shimin for the first time

Wating Gorge, which is the northernmost side of this gorge on the side of Liupan Mountain, is also the site of Xiaoguan City in the Han Dynasty. It is about ninety miles away from the current site of Xiaoguan.

"That's right, before I ordered the local tycoon Liang Xiu and the battalion captain Luo Ju to command the army of 4,000 and set up a camp at the site of Hanxiao Pass to guard it. ”

Li Shimin said as he clicked on the map next to him: "Xiao Guan's city defense array has been destroyed, so I thought it would be better to choose another good place and fight to the death with Bai Yusuo." I wonder if Captain Wei can be taught?"

He chose this place as a battlefield, and he was very particular. On the one hand, the terrain in the south is dangerous enough to be held on, allowing him to survive the initial stage of military disadvantage, and on the other hand, the terrain in the north is wide enough to spread out the army after the arrival of the border armies from all over the country, and give full play to their superiority in military strength.

"This is the best policy, and there is no difference in the end!"

Wei Jie's voice was still a little admired: "Lord Kaifu is worthy of his name!"

This is indeed a good policy, but it still takes great courage to make such a decision when Bai Yusa has gathered 50,000 troops and has an absolute advantage in troops.

In his opinion, Li Shimin is not only resourceful and decisive, proficient in military strategy, but also extremely courageous.

"If Lord Kaifu is confident that he can block it in Wating Gorge, then it will be a thief, that would be great. ”

Luo Zhen, another general in Pengyuan Town, asked loudly: "I don't know when I will wait for the troops to be pulled?"

As soon as he looked at the map, he already understood Li Shimin's intentions, and he also had no opinion on his decision-making.

"You have come from afar, you can rest in Xiao Pass. You can leave for the mouth of Wating Gorge after five to seven hours. By the way, the staff of the army and my subordinates here have prepared hot water and hot meals for various departments, I don't know if there is any omission?"

It must be known that the distance in a straight line from Beidi County is 700 miles from here, and Wei Jie and the others were able to rush to Xiaoguan at such a rapid speed after receiving his military order, which must be the result of day and night.

Even if Li Shimin thought about it with his heels, he knew that these subordinates were already in a state of exhaustion. He didn't want such an elite army to be too tired and affect their state on the battlefield.

And then, he looked at a general behind the crowd. This is one of the few remaining generals in Xiaoguan Town after the chaos in Xiaoguan, and this time he specially recruited this one and ordered important things.

"Inform your general that the reinforcements of Jincheng County will arrive within half a day at most. Let them not have to rest, go straight to the mouth of the Wating Gorge, and let General Lou be more vigilant!"

Regarding Xue Ju's cavalry, Li Shimin had another attitude.

Although the two sides had an agreement, he couldn't help but guard against it, so as to prevent Xue Ju and Bai Yushao from joining forces inside and outside and cutting off his back road.