Chapter 565: The army is dispatched, and the Yumen Pass arrives
"Victory...!"
"Victory...!"
"Victory...!"
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After three victories, Hou Junji shouted: "Go out!" ”
In this way, the army of the Tang Dynasty to conquer Gaochang set off, including Li Zhan's 6,000 Tiger Army, 10,000 Tiger Army, and Hou Junji's 30,000 Army, a total of 46,000 people.
The roadside was full of people saying goodbye.
Li Zhan opened the curtain of the carriage and saw the crying Yang Qiaoer, Yue Niang, Li Liqing... Even Li Chengqian and Hou Ruixin cried, Li Zhan waved his hand like them, and suddenly a song sounded in his head.
Out of the sheathed sword, murderous and moonless battlefield
Thousands of troops and horses, alone are brave and brave
A brief score of farewell poems
A brief score of farewell poems
Children's love in the past life, how to forget your laughter alive
Beauty tears break people's intestines, which can take people's lives, is rouge
Two or three lines of the farewell poem are written on the road of the spring rain in March
If I can still walk beside you with an umbrella
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However, Li Zhan will not be like Yang Jiajun in this "Farewell Poem" and will not come back, Li Zhan will come back, and he will definitely come back.
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Departing from Chang'an... All the way to the west, Taizhou, Lanzhou, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou... Then go to Yumen Pass...!
After walking down this way, two months passed directly, and when Li Zhan and the others arrived at Yumen Pass, it was already May of the tenth year of Zhenguan, and in these two months, Li Shimin would ask everyone about their progress every day, in fact, it was more to care about Li Zhan.
"Ahh My waist...! As soon as the army stopped, Li Zhan's voice came out of the carriage.
This day on the carriage is not a human life, because the current carriage has no shock absorption, so as long as the road is a little bumpy, Li Zhan will shake the carriage from side to side, fortunately, there is Feng Ming, who has been helping him to maintain his center of gravity, otherwise Li Zhan's bones would have fallen apart long ago.
But just as Li Zhan was about to get out of the carriage, suddenly the two boys in front of Li Zhan shouted happily: "The jade gate is closed, the jade gate is closed!" With that, the two boys rushed out of the carriage in front of Li Zhan.
Who are these two boys, one is Li Sheng, Li Zhan's second brother, this bastard boy, finally persuaded his father and mother, and said that he wanted to protect his eldest brother, I bah, Li Zhan couldn't cry or laugh, do you want a stinky boy to protect.
Another boy is named Lin Dong, fifteen years old this year, is the son of Ouyang Duoduo's stepmother, this kid has great strength, and he can eat it as a thief.
But this kid can eat five yuan, oh my God, it's like I haven't eaten it, it's five yuan in a meal, and Li Zhan is going to be eaten by this guy.
Watching the two boys rush out, Li Zhan followed behind and scolded and scolded, Feng Ming grinned, and when Li Zhan got out of the carriage, Gao Hu was already on guard, and Ying Lao smiled and stretched out his hand to help Li Zhan get off the carriageway: "Childe... The jade gate has been closed. ”
"Yumen Pass...!" Li Zhan looked up and saw a Guancheng not far in front of him... This Yumen Pass, also known as Xiaofangpan City, was built around 111 BC.
It is the throat pass of the Silk Road leading to the northern route of the Western Regions, located in the Gobi Desert, 90 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang City. The city wall of 10 meters high, 3 meters wide on the top and 5 meters wide is well preserved, 24 meters long from east to west, 633 square meters wide from north to south, and a gate is opened in the northwest.
"Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain,
The lonely city looks at the Yumen Pass.
Yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles,
If you don't break it, you won't pay it back."
Li Zhan looked at the Yumen Pass in the distance, and subconsciously read out Wang Changling's "From the Army".
"Good poetry...! Childe, this poem is good...! Li Zhan looked back and saw that Hou Guangliang was riding a horse.
Li Zhan smiled: "If you think it's good, I'll give it to you!" ”
"Oops... I don't dare to do this, I don't have this kind of literary talent, and only Gongzi has such literary talent. ”
After Hou Guangliang finished speaking, Li Zhan smiled and said, "Are you camping here today?" ”
Hou Guangliang nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes... Set up camp here today, and tomorrow we will leave the customs, and the outside will be considered the Western Regions. ”
This Yumen Pass has always been a gateway in the hearts of the ancients, outside the Yumen Pass is the Western Regions, and inside the Yumen Pass is the homeland.
"Well... Just do what Manager Hou wants... Set up camp at Yumen Pass today! Li Zhan nodded, and Hou Guangliang immediately replied: "Then I'll report it first!" ”
After speaking, Hou Guangliang pulled the reins and ran towards the Chinese army of the army.
Along the way, Hou Junji was very considerate to Li Zhan, and he would come to inform Li Zhan of the time and place he chose to camp, and Li Zhan didn't take it big, as long as it was Hou Junji's request, Li Zhan agreed.
Hou Guangliang is the liaison between the two, and the three parties are very satisfied with this cooperation.
Especially Hou Junji, although Li Zhan has the sword of the Son of Heaven given by Li Shimin, Li Zhan said when he set off that all military orders are subject to Hou Junji's, and Li Zhan does not attend general military meetings, Li Zhan's meaning is very simple, in this military operation, except for Hou Junji, there will be no second voice.
This kind of respect really makes Hou Junji very satisfied, of course, he also admires it, why do you say that, because like Li Zhan's age, such a status, and such a mind, he is really smart to trust a person completely.
Hou Junji knew very well that the younger brothers below Li Zhan were all tied together, and they were not Li Zhan's opponents alone.
"Wow... The yellow sand is all over the sky...! Feng Ming followed behind and walked out of the carriage.
Li Zhan went over and said: "Here used to be a prosperous scene with camel bells, people shouting horses neighing, caravans flocking, and envoys coming and going.
It's a pity... It's all to blame for the fool of Gaochang, who wants to take it all day long, this time we capture Gaochang, and this place will definitely reproduce the prosperity of the past. ”
"I've been here before." Gao Hu walked over.
"Really...?" Li Zhan smiled and looked at Gao Hu on the side.
"It's a real childe... At that time, I came to investigate the remnants of the Yang family, came to this Yumen Pass, at that time I also climbed the wall, raised my eyes and overlooked, the swamps were all over the place, the ravines were vertical and horizontal, the Great Wall was meandering, the beacons were standing tall, the poplars were upright, and the spring water was green.
It was really beautiful at the time, but now it's a bit deserted. ”
"It's just a little problem...!" Li Zhan looked at the yellow sand in the distance and said, "When we come back this time, I think there will be red willows and red willows and swaying reeds here!" ”
"Childe said yes, then he must be able to!" Gao Hu and others said together.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhan heard someone in front of him shouting, "I want to run... Eat me a piece of sand. After shouting, Li Zhan felt that someone had thrown a handful of sand on his clothes, Gao Hu and Ying Lao instantly blocked in front of Li Zhan, and Feng Ming's sword had already been pulled out.
Looking back, it was actually Lin Dong and Li Sheng, two bear children, who were playing.
The most speechless thing is that since Li Sheng came out of Chang'an, he has let himself go, it turns out that Li Sheng can't beat a word with a stick, so he knows to listen to Li Zhan's orders, but now, Li Sheng and Lin Dong are talking together for a day, and you can make your brain hurt.
I don't know how these two bear children have so much to say.
However, this kind of performance actually shows how depressed Li Sheng was in the past, Li Zhan thought about it, maybe it would be a good thing to bring Li Sheng here, if he had been suppressed in Chang'an like this, Li Zhan was very worried that Li Sheng would do something bad.
So it's a good thing, it's better to see the lively Li Sheng than to see the lifeless Li Sheng.
"Don't run around, hurry up and set up a tent...!" Li Zhan shouted, and immediately Li Sheng and Lin Dong obediently ran out and began to set up a tent.
But... Don't think that Li Zhan is setting up a tent here, and Hou Junji is just setting up a tent on his side, of course not, this is outside the Western Regions, trenches, antlers, horse rejection, and watchtowers must be there, otherwise who will be attacked at night.
And camping is also particular, first of all, we must learn to choose a place, if the hillside has two sides in the north and south, try to choose the high place in the south, because this kind of land is sunny and the sun shines sufficiently. There must be a water source next to it, otherwise you will be trapped by the enemy and you will not be able to drink water. Nor can they rely on stagnant water to prevent soldiers from drinking and getting sick. You can't camp in the grass either, because it's too convenient for the enemy to sneak up on you.
If you camp by water, you should try to occupy the upper echelons, let alone camp in the valley to prevent the enemy from flooding yourself.
Once you've chosen your spot, it's time to set up camp! The first step in setting up camp is not to set up a tent, but to count the number of people.
To count the number of people, it is necessary to assign who lives where. Because camping is not staying in a hotel, everyone sighs and snores and lives in it. The camp is layered, the outside is a large camp, the inside is a small camp, the big set is small, and the general's barracks are in the innermost. If there is a deputy general, the adjutant general's barracks are also surrounded by several layers of barracks, so the barracks are also called "camps".
Depending on the terrain, the shape of the camp is different. When it comes to pitching a tent, it's actually very easy.
But between the tents, there should be no more than thirty paces, nor less than ten paces, because it is too far away, and it is inconvenient to take care of each other, and it is too close, and it is afraid that the enemy will burn it. If you don't camp well, you will be robbed by the enemy.
After it is tied, a ring of earthen dams should be erected on the outermost part, which is called "barriers", and when the enemy comes, it is most convenient to lie on it and shoot arrows. Therefore, the barracks are also called "barracks". Today, it is also said that the defense is thorough, and it is called "strong barriers".
It took a lot of time to build an earthen dam, and if it was too late, you could dig a trench and dig a big ditch around the camp that was one foot and two feet wide, so that the enemy could not enter.
If it was too late to dig a trench, the barracks were fenced off with wooden fences. This kind of wooden fence is called "village", so the military camp is also called "camp". To set up camp means to set up tents and fences.
If there is no fence, then set up a "chariot camp" and arrange the chariots and oxen pulling the carts in a circle along the camping place.
What if you don't even have a car? It doesn't matter, the soldiers still have guns in their hands, and they are tightly inserted along the perimeter of the station, connected by white ropes, and it is a row of fences.
There's a lot of knowledge here... Why didn't Li Zhan care about these things, it was because he was marching and fighting, and Li Zhan was not an expert, so Li Zhan would obey all Hou Junji's orders, blindly command, and die later.
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