Three days later, the army was more than 200 miles away from Chang'an.

Li Yan finally didn't have to take Li Shimin's attention into account and pretended to be sick.

"Boss, are you alright?"

"Boss, we heard General Li Jing say, you're getting cold!"

"Phew! Zhou Cheng, how do you speak? What does it mean that the boss is about to cool? Can you speak? When the boss finishes this battle and seals the country, then it's time to call it! How can you say cool? Boss, you're not really going to be cold, are you? ”

On this day, Li Yan was originally leading the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to walk five miles in front of the army in a happy mood, but Ge Dahai, Zhang Qiang, and Zhou Cheng suddenly ran to the marching position of the vanguard army on the third day.

"You three...... Underwhelmed? ”

Li Yan looked at the three of them suspiciously, and moved his wrist by the way, making a sound of bone rubbing.

"No, boss, when we were just marching, we accidentally heard the conversation between the marshal and General Cheng, boss, you are also, as scouts, our ears are very normal, and we definitely didn't mean it......"

"Then we heard that the marshal said that you traveled thousands of miles to help Shanzhou before, and you fell ill, maybe you will become the next champion Hou, and die young......"

"Boss, we care about you."

The three of them have been messing with Li Yan for a long time, and the tone of their speech has long been not like a pure Tang person, and now the conversation between them and Li Yan sounds like a conversation between friends in later generations.

"I can't die."

Hearing this, Li Yan gave a plausible answer.

Li Yan said to Li Shimin before that he had a physical problem, which was completely nonsense, just to settle it once and for all, and no longer be entangled in the affairs of the court in the future.

In the final analysis, Li Yan actually committed the crime of defrauding the king, and he naturally couldn't explain this matter to others, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

"Boss, you're not really going to be cold, are you?"

"Ah......h

"Can't ......"

The three of them probably talked too much in the court, and now they just said a few words, and they directly gave Li Yan a black line.

"Okay, get out of here!"

Li Yan was very impatient, he didn't want to bear the weird set of yin and yang, although this set was taught to Ge Dahai by Li Yan himself.

"Deller."

Ge Dahai and the three of them rode back and retreated.

Based on Li Yan's answer, they could probably see that their boss was obviously not a, plus they had nothing to do and went to Li Yan's mansion, if Li Yan was really seriously injured, how could they not know.

As for why Li Jing thought that Li Yan's health was not good, it was probably only Li Yan himself who knew.

Ge Dahai and the three of them returned to the army all the way, and the three of them were scouts, and they were also the leaders of the scout battalion, so they naturally had the right to enter and leave the army, and no one stopped them along the way.

"What, what's wrong with the boss? You okay? It's not really going to hang, is it? ”

As soon as Ge Dahai and the three returned to the army, several foot soldiers in iron armor surrounded Ge Dahai.

It was Zhang Dazhu and his entourage who came, as the generals of the five grades, and they were all the commanders of at least 2,000 people, so they were still relatively free in the army.

As soon as Zhang Dazhu came over, he was a question mark three times, and he had respect and concern for Li Yan from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't worry, it's fine, but don't talk nonsense."

"I'll tell you, the boss is ...... about this thing."

Ge Dahai briefly talked to Zhang Dazhu about the situation, about the rumor that "Li Yan is no good", Li Yan obviously knows about it, and this matter is made up by Li Yan himself.

"That's good, I'm still thinking about if the boss hangs up, who will inherit his inheritance, after all, the boss also marries a daughter-in-law and has a baby, do you think we can share a little ......"

When Zhang Dazhu listened to Ge Dahai's story, he was relieved, and after being reassured, Zhang Dazhu's tone also relaxed, and even considered the issue of inheritance placement for Li Yan.

"Don't worry, it won't be your turn."

Ge Dahai dismounted and patted Zhang Dazhu on the shoulder, indicating that he was thinking about fart.

"Roll the calves!"

Zhang Dazhu slapped Ge Dahai's hand away, looking disgusted.

Just when these nine people were working together, the sharp-eyed Zhou Cheng pointed ahead and said, "Wait a minute, look over there, isn't that the boss?" ”

Driving in the direction pointed by Zhou Cheng, it was Li Yan who rode straight to the direction of the Chinese army, the expression on his face was as calm as ever, and he didn't know what he was going to do.

"Hell, maybe I'm going to trouble the marshal? Who let the marshal make rumors about the boss? ”

Ge Dahai shrugged his shoulders and said half-jokingly.

In fact, Li Yan suddenly came to the Chinese army, so he naturally had something right.

After Ge Dahai left just now, Li Yan felt that such a march was too boring and inefficient.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yan decided to discuss it with Li Jing, he was ready to lead the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry in advance, and instead of following the original route, he would enter Junji Mountain from the south of the desert, which was stronger than the natural danger of the mountain range, and entered the hinterland of Xue Yantuo when he left the mountain range.

In other words, Li Yan was going to use the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry as a special combat unit in the future, launching an attack from the enemy's internal hinterland, which could be decapitated, or flanked inside and outside, and quickly rendezvous with the army to open up the main route of the march.

When he came to the Chinese army, after meeting Li Jing, Li Yan directly said his thoughts.

"Junji Mountain? Are you sure? ”

Li Jing frowned the moment he heard Li Yan's plan.

To tell the truth, although Li Jing used troops, although there were many strange tricks, they were all sure of the situation.

Like Li Yan's way of taking 1,500 cavalry and walking through the Heavenly Danger Mountain Range into the hinterland of Xue Yantuo, Li Jing didn't think about it at all.

Now, Li Jing has analyzed the pros and cons of Li Yan's route in a very short period of time.

The advantage of this route naturally lies in a "strange" word, the terrain of Junji Mountain is undulating, and there are many steep places, among which there are few gentle roads.

Because of this, even if he killed Yinan Khan, he would not have thought that there would be a Tang army coming out of the Junji Mountains, not to mention that there were 1,500 heavy armored cavalry.

With this "strange" word, Li Yan will have a lot more choices after leaving the Junji Mountains, whether it is beheading or combining inside and outside.

Of course, the drawbacks of this route are even more obvious.

The Junji Mountains are a big and small natural hazard, even if they are foot soldiers walking in the Junji Mountains, it will be difficult to walk an inch, let alone heavy armored cavalry.

It's easy to get into the Junji Mountains, but if you want to get out completely, it's hard.

In the end, even if Li Yan had great ability to cross the Junji Mountains with 1,500 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, it would be a problem to contact the army at that time.

In this era, there was no reliable means of long-range communication, and all information was conveyed by messenger cavalry.

Like a flying pigeon or something, it doesn't exist at all!

This means that the 1,500 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry led by Li Yan will be alone the moment they step into the Junji Mountain Range, and they will lose all supplies and support.

In summary, the risk is too great, and the benefits are not proportional to the risks.

If someone else proposed this plan to Li Jing, Li Jing would not consider it, and it would be possible to directly slap him with two faces.

Generally speaking, people who dare to propose such a plan are not very normal, at least they have not read military books and have not actually walked through the mountains and natural hazards.

However, the problem is that the person who proposed this plan is Li Yan, this man who has defended the sky with force and has created many miracles.

Considering Li Yan's face, Li Jing will give this plan such a success rate.

"I'm sure, of course."

Li Yan's mental activity is not as much as Li Jing's, and he still maintains his consistent thinking, that is, to reduce the losses of the army.

As long as he led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to stab a knife in Xue Yantuo's hinterland and make trouble everywhere, then it would be difficult for Xue Yantuo to mobilize troops to defend the main force of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that the marching route arranged by Li Jing could have been regarded as a miracle move.

At that time, Xue Yantuo will only be more caught off guard, and the losses of the army will inevitably be reduced to the lowest point.

"But ......"

Li Jing was obviously hesitant, he thought that if Li Yan led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to lose in the Junji Mountains, then this time the Northern Expedition to Xue Yantuo would be difficult.

Of course, Li Jing also knew that the possibility of Li Yan's accident was almost minimal, and what he was worried about was whether other Xuanjia Iron Riders could enter Li Yan himself and pass the Junji Mountains safely.

"I'm sure I'll lead people through the Junji Mountains in three days, and then if I'm lucky enough, maybe by the time the army bypasses the Jiluo Mountain, I'll have captured the Yinan Khan alive and wait there."

Li Yan's words still shook Li Jing's mind after all.

At the beginning, the picture of Li Yan chasing tens of thousands of troops alone is still flickering in Li Jing's mind.

Li Jing believed that even if the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry led by Li Yan lost most of them in the Junji Mountain Range, as long as Li Yan walked out of the Junji Mountain Range, he would be able to crisscross Xue Yantuo alone.

If it weren't for the fact that the Tang Dynasty didn't know the location of Xue Yantuo's royal tent, Li Jing even felt that Li Yan could kill Xue Yantuo alone and tear off the head of Yinan Khan alive as a polo plate.

"But your injuries ......"

Li Jing is obviously about to be moved by Li Yan's words, but he is still worried about Li Yan's unwarranted injury, Li Jing still thinks that Li Yan's physical problems are serious, maybe when he will be like the champion of the big man, Hou, people say that it will be gone.

"It's okay, even if I die, I will capture Yi Nan alive first."

Li Yan's tone was firm, and he didn't force some blood like the previous two times, and he wanted to give Li Jing confidence now, not let him worry about it.

"In that case...... It's up to you over there, the vanguard army is up to you, but after twenty days, you must meet with the army thirty miles north of Jiluo Mountain. ”

After all, Li Jing chose to believe in Li Yan and believed in this man who frequently created miracles.

"Okay, see you in twenty days!"

After Li Yan got Li Jing's consent, he directly turned his horse's head and headed in the direction of the vanguard army, leaving Li Jing to think quietly about life in the warm summer breeze for a day.

A peerless general should have the usage of a peerless general, and the art of war should be flexible and flexible, not rigid......

Li Jing comforted himself.

"Cheng bites gold!"

After comforting himself, Li Jing immediately called Cheng Yanjin, and he had to arrange some other matters.

"I'm here, what does the marshal command?"

The distance between Cheng Yanjin and Li Jing was about 100 meters, and he quickly came to Li Jing and asked.

"From now on, you will temporarily act as the vanguard of the army, with three thousand men and five miles forward."

Li Jing's arrangement is still very meticulous, and now that there is no vanguard army of Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, he must arrange people to fill the position of the vanguard.

Considering the difference in combat power between the Dao Xuanjia Iron Cavalry and ordinary foot soldiers, Li Jing could only double the number of people, so as not to make the combat strength of the vanguard army too weak.

"Huh? What about Li Yan? He's gone? ”

Cheng Yanjin just saw Li Yan coming, but he didn't think much about it, but now Li Jing's order made Cheng Yanjin feel strange, after this army went out, he also brought the vanguard?

"Li Yan led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to set off first, and they will cross the Junji Mountain Range and go straight to the hinterland of Xue Yantuo."

Li Jingqiang replied calmly, but there was obvious worry on his face.

"What? Again? That's what you agree with? I don't want your style! ”

Compared with Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin is much more familiar with Li Yan's operation.

When he first fought the Turks, Li Yan's action arrangement was similar to now, but the last time Li Yan's route was the same as the route of the army, and the natural danger was not as exaggerated as the Junji Mountain Range, and it was still within the scope that normal people could understand.

The reason why Cheng Yanjin was able to accept Li Yan's behavior was that he had experienced Li Yan's similar behavior.

“……”

Li Jing said that he didn't want to talk to Cheng Yanjin, and just wanted to throw Cheng Yanjin away quickly, so as not to hinder his mood.

Cheng Yanjin saw Li Jing's expression, and left very interestingly, anyway, Li Jing has always been like this, often playing cold and violent with colleagues at every turn, in Cheng Yanjin's opinion, this group of tactics is not clean, he is naturally lazy to care.

In this way, after Cheng Yanjin left the Chinese army, the army began to change.

Some of the officers and men of the most reliant Chinese army began to move forward under the command of Cheng Yanjin, and Zhang Dazhu happened to be within the scope of transfer.

"What? Shall we be pioneers? So where did the boss go? ”

Zhang Dazhu is now full of question marks, but now that the army is being mobilized, he can't run around, so he can only wait for the transfer to be completed and then look for a chance to meet Ge Dahai and ask again.

……

"Everyone, speed up and get closer!"

As soon as Li Yan returned to the vanguard army, he gave the order to start an accelerated march.

He rode a horse and galloped at the forefront of the vanguard army, acting as the guide of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, galloping all the way in the direction of the Junji Mountains.

"Everybody, keep up!"

"Speed up!"

After all, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is the elite of the elite, and their obedience to military orders is engraved in their bones, not to mention that the commander of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry is still the idol of the whole army, Li Yan, they don't ask the reason one by one, they immediately waved their horse whips, closely followed Li Yan's pace, and accelerated the march.

……