"I am the envoy of the Wuzhou Festival, how can I deceive you and other small people?"

Li Xun smiled, looked at Wang Baiji, and said lightly: "Don't worry, I will assign capable people to cooperate with you in doing things, and I will not leave you alone." ”

After all, Wang Baiji has lived for so many years and has experienced a lot of things, after listening to Li Xun's words, after pondering for a while, he stopped thinking about it, and immediately knelt down and responded to the matter.

After they left, Li Cunxiao chuckled and said, "For them, this is a big profit. ”

Li Xun smiled and said lightly: "As long as you really do things for me, I will not hesitate to benefit." ”

"Handsome and generous."

Li Cunxiao bowed his hand, knowing that Li Xun's words were for himself, in fact, Li Xun didn't have any talent, and he was actually very mediocre, but he was such a person, Li Cunxiao admired him very much, the reason is very simple, Li Xun will use people, and dare to use people, Shan Qiu, Zheng Chun, Zhao Wei and others, when their careers were bleak, they were vigorously enabled by Li Xun, delegating power to them, and letting go of things.

Li Xun does things, he has always grasped the big and let go of the small, set a tone, you do it, you do it, you have merit, you can't do it, you have a fault, you only look at the results, you must reward and punish if you have merit, dare to use people, dare to delegate power, and never interfere in the details, which is what many generals, including Li Cunxiao, admire the most.

For example, Li Cunxiao himself, who had a low reputation and low official position in the past, was gradually reused by Li Xun because of military training.

It is also because of the military training, Li Cunxiao and Yu Yanhui have a great contradiction, there have been several fierce quarrels, for this reason, Yu Yanhui wrote a letter to Li Cunxiao, the official positions of the two are so different, it stands to reason that in order to appease Yu Yanhui, Li Xun should be severely reprimanded even if he does not resign Li Cunxiao's official position, but in the end? Li Xun just replied to a letter, saying, since Li Cunxiao was given the right to train the army, everything is decided by him, and the training is successful, I should reward him, if it doesn't work, you can directly tie him up and send him to the Governor's Mansion, don't say anything else, I don't want to hear it.

This matter finally reached Li Cunxiao's ears, for which Li Cunxiao was very grateful, and he became more and more sincere in doing things, and finally trained a decent army for Li Xun.

Shan Qiu walked in, and when he saw the sand table, he was also slightly surprised, and Li Xun explained to him with a smile.

"If we can really succeed, we will be able to command operations in the future, and we will be able to get twice the result with half the effort, which will be much easier."

Shan Qiu stroked his palms and smiled, the role of the sand table, for military warfare, is indeed a relatively big progress, in the past, the main general arranged the military plan, naturally based on the map as the standard, but the people in the army, the middle and lower level officials, the vast majority of them are a big old and coarse, and they are illiterate, so many times, it is several major generals who gather together to discuss military deployment, if there is a sand table in kind, more people can be summoned to discuss together, and more military opinions can be heard, which is for the chief general of an army, I have to say that it is a good thing.

"All ready?"

Li Xun asked out loud.

Shan Qiu nodded and said: "The soldiers of the whole army have finished breakfast, and all the materials have been gathered, and they can set off at any time." ”

Li Xun and others arrived in Xiaogu County at dusk yesterday, Liu Tan hosted a banquet to entertain them, and informed the news from the front, perhaps because there are more and more troops in Xiaogu County, the Tubo people have found out the news, and with the corresponding military deployment, more than 10,000 Tubo soldiers outside Langzhou have retreated towards Shanzhou, and took out Liu Zhigu's handwriting, which said that if Li Xun's army arrives, he will immediately leave Xiaogu County and join Zhao Feidu in Langzhou, threatening the Tubo army from the side and reducing the military pressure on Shanzhou. Waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from Anbei, ready for a counteroffensive at any time.

Although Liu Zhigu's order was somewhat different from Li Xun's original military deployment, the direction was generally the same, and after thinking about it, Li Xun finally chose to obey and ordered the army to rest for one night, and immediately set off for Langzhou early the next morning.

A long queue, moving forward in an orderly manner.

At the city gate, Li Xiao came to deliver it in person.

"Boss Li, have a good trip, I'm waiting for you to return triumphantly in Xiaogu County, and when the time comes, you and I won't get drunk and won't return."

Li Xiao hugged his fists to say goodbye.

Li Xun nodded and said, "We are working the front line, and you have to send enough grain and grass materials here." ”

Between countries, the large-scale war, once a stalemate is formed, it depends on whose national strength is strong, whose materials are sufficient, and who can hold on longer.

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Boss Li, don't worry, I will personally keep an eye on the grain and grass materials sent to you, only more, not less." ”

Hearing this, Li Xun felt slightly relieved, so he didn't say much, bowed to Li Xiao, and left.

Langzhou City, Xiaogu County, but more than 200 miles, not far, cavalry can arrive in one day, but Li Xun's 30,000 troops, most of them are infantry, only 8,000 cavalry, the army went all the way, rushed a day's journey, when the sky was dark, from the destination, there were more than 100 miles away, more than half of the trip.

The army camped on the spot to rest, and the scouts scattered to reconnoiter the guard.

Zhao Wei and Shan Qiu are both experienced veterans, and the things in the barracks can be done by them, and Li Xun is also relaxed.

"Sima Tu, life in the barracks, can you still live habits?"

Sima Tu drank tea and said with a smile: "A noble person like the lord can live a life, so what is there to complain about in his subordinates?" ”

When Li Xun heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

After dinner, Li Xun and Sima Tu chatted for a while, and then went to rest.

In the middle of the night, there was a commotion outside the tent, and everyone was nervous when they were marching, and Li Xun was not exempt, so he slept very lightly, and when he heard the sound, he immediately woke up.

"Why is it so noisy outside?"

Li Xun scolded loudly while dressing, with a look of displeasure on his face, it's so late, it's noisy, do you want anyone to sleep?

The door curtain was announced, and Hua Shaosheng, the commander of the pro-soldiers, walked in and said loudly: "Lord, General Li Cunxiao Li is back and is waiting outside to ask for a meeting." ”

Li Cunxiao?

Li Xun was stunned, didn't he send him to lead 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard, rush to Langzhou first, and join Zhao Feidu? How did you come back now?

Li Xun suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and he didn't care about getting dressed, so he put on his underwear and strode out of the camp.

Li Xun saw that Li Cunxiao's face was heavy, walking back and forth there, slapping his fists in his palms from time to time, letting out a long sigh, and the whole person looked very anxious.

"Li Cunxiao, are you back like this?"

Li Xun asked urgently.

Li Cunxiao strode forward, knelt on the ground, and said bitterly: "The last general led the army to Langzhou City for thirty miles, attacked by the Tubo army, the other side was overwhelming, several times with me, the last general can only lead the army to break through, three thousand brothers, nearly a thousand people were killed in battle, the last general is incompetent, please punish the commander." ”

Li Xun was shocked and asked in a lost voice, "What about Zhao Feidu?" ”

"Zhao Feidu has abandoned the city and fled."