Hate Shui guessed right, Lu Xiaoxian should have set off from Guangwu County to Taozhou to assemble. However, before leaving, 800 unity soldiers from Guangwu County received an order from Zhichong Prefecture to escort a batch of baggage, grain and grass to Taozhou three days later.

Solidarity soldiers are not included in the army, but are requisitioned by the state capital, and generally defend within their own territory, or should be deployed for cooperative warfare. At the end of the military mission, that is, return to the hometown to farm.

When cooperating in battle, the main task of the united soldiers is to escort grain, grass, and baggage. Because of this, they were delayed for three days in Guangwu.

Three days later, the baggage and grain and grass were loaded, and they thought they could go, but they received orders again. This time, the order did not come from Zhichong Prefecture, but from Wang Xiaojie, the general manager of the Subian Road march, who ordered them to stand by in Guangwu County and wait for the arrival of the army sent by Taozhou to assist in the escort before setting off.

The commander-in-chief of the army personally gave orders to a unit of solidarity, which had never been done before in the army. This strange order made the second monk of Liu County, Wenwu County, who led the team to prepare for departure, puzzled.

Generally speaking, when the government soldiers go out on the expedition, if the battle is very large, then the commander of the Zhichong Prefecture must personally lead the team and hand over the conscripted government soldiers to the generals who lead the troops as required. If the scale of the war is not large, then it will be led by his deputy Lieutenant Guo Yi, and if the scale of the war is smaller, it will be led by Lieutenant Guo Yi's subordinates, and so on.

The expedition of the unity soldiers is different from the government soldiers, because the unity soldiers are recruited by the state and county, and the leaders are naturally the officials of the state and county. Liu Xiancheng was responsible for recruiting these 800 unity soldiers in Guangwu County, and the responsibility of leading the team fell on his head.

Lu Xiaoxian asked strangely: "Liu Xiancheng, in the past, the united soldiers escorted the baggage, did they have the army to assist?" ”

Liu Xiancheng shook his head.

Lu Xiaoxian frowned and said: "It's only two hundred miles from Guangwu County to Taozhou, why do you have to wait for the army to arrive before setting off?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian joined the unity soldiers, just to solve the urgent needs of these veterans of Guangwu, he calculated the time, even if he delayed these days, he would not be able to miss things, and he would be too late to Taozhou. But he didn't expect that this delay would be so long, and he still had important things to do, and he couldn't spend it here endlessly.

Liu Xiancheng said worriedly: "Lu Gongzi doesn't know, these days, the county government has received a lot of reports, all about grain and grass

The news of being burned again, the most miserable escort team, not only was the grain and grass burned cleanly, but the unity soldiers did not even leave a single living mouth. It may be for this reason that Chief Wang will send troops to protect the escort! ”

"So serious? Did the Tibetans do it? Lu Xiaoxian blurted out.

Liu Xiancheng glanced at him and did not speak.

Lu Xiaoxian was a little sneering, who else would there be besides the Tubo people, this is the same as not saying it.

Liu Xiancheng carefully told Lu Xiaoxian about the contents of the newspaper.

After listening to Liu Xiancheng's introduction, Lu Xiaoxian's brows furrowed even tighter.

After the Tibetan army attacked, it somehow did not attack the city of Taozhou on a large scale, but retreated on its own, and has disappeared since then. Although the Tibetan army retreated, they sent a small force of cavalry to constantly harass the rear of the Tang army, causing panic.

Wang Xiaojie sent troops to search for the Tibetan cavalry, but found nothing. Even if the Tibetan cavalry was occasionally discovered, they could not catch up at all because of the horse's lack of strength, so they could only watch them fly away.

The Tubo people did not take advantage of the uneven assembly of the Tang army to launch an attack, but instead engaged in an attack and disturbance war, which is not in line with common sense. There must be a demon when things go wrong, Lu Xiaoxian judged that Qin Ling must be planning some conspiracy.

He was going to rush to Taozhou, but now he had to dispel this idea. His affairs are very important, but he must save his life first, and if he loses his life in the middle of the road, it will be too much of a loss.

For such an important matter as saving his life, of course Lu Xiaoxian can't wait to ignore it. Although Wang Xiaojie sent people to protect him, putting his fate in the hands of others is not Lu Xiaoxian's style. After thinking about it again, he summoned Zhang Meng, Guo Zhen, Chen Xuanli and Chai Liuzhao to discuss countermeasures together.

Lu Xiaoxian retold the news he heard from Liu Xiancheng to everyone, and then said solemnly: "This matter is not trivial, if you really run into that group of damn Tubo soldiers, lose the heavy matter and lose everyone's lives, it will not be cost-effective!" ”

Looking at Lu Xiaoxian's appearance, Guo Zhen and the others laughed dumbly. But when you think about the current situation, no one can laugh.

"In the past, there was also such a situation, whether it was equipment or combat effectiveness, the united soldiers could not be compared with the government soldiers, once escorted

On the way, he was attacked by the enemy's cavalry, and he couldn't even run, so he had to wait for death. Therefore, every time before departure, we will go to the temple to burn pillar incense and pray for God's blessing. To be honest, if this kind of thing really happens, you can only consider yourself unlucky. Chai Liu was accustomed to such things, and he was not as heavy as Lu Xiaoxian's tone, "Fortunately, General Manager Wang sent us an army, which is much stronger than our group!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian listened to Chai Liu's words, and almost didn't spit on his face.

What are you kidding, burning incense and praying for God's blessing, will this solve the problem? God is so busy, how can he have the leisure to pay attention to you, it's just too unreliable.

Although Wang Xiaojie sent troops, God knows how many people he can send, and besides, it is unknown whether these people he sent will work. And if the time comes, the soles of their feet are anointed with oil, and they are left behind, will they not be the heavens and the earth?

Chen Xuanli said with an arrogant face: "If the Tubo people really come, they will fight hard with them, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Desperate? How many lives do you have to fight for? Lu Xiaoxian glanced at Chen Xuanli, "Even if the Yulin Army can fight again, how many can one person fight?" Is it three or five, and if it's over, what will you fight? You're done fighting, what should I do with these solidarity soldiers? Waiting to die? ”

Chai is six years old, and Lu Xiaoxian is not easy to say anything, but he is not so polite to Chen Xuanli.

Chen Xuanli was very unconvinced, and opened his mouth to refute, but he didn't know what to say.

Lu Xiaoxian is right, it is not enough to work hard. His Majesty's order to Chen Xuanli to protect Lu Xiaoxian's safety is fully protected, even if the Yulin Army is all over, if Lu Xiaoxian has an accident, it is still equivalent to not completing the task.

Guo Zhen nodded slightly, and he asked Lu Xiaoxian: "Master Lu, what you said makes sense, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Although I have never fought in the army, one thing I know very well is that you can't leave anything to chance on the battlefield. If I don't run into the Tibetans, I'm too worried, in case we do, we must not wait for death, we must be fully prepared! Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoxian looked at Chai Liu and Chen Xuanli very sincerely, "You two are both people in the army, when it comes to fighting, you must be better than me, I sincerely ask you for advice, as far as our current situation is concerned, if we encounter an attack by the Tubo cavalry, how should we protect ourselves?" ”

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