Li Longji's time limit for the military department was five days, and the military department had to prepare weapons, armor, military rations, military salaries, and other materials for 3,000 soldiers and horses within the time limit, but it only took four days for the military department to raise all these materials, which is enough to show that although the treasury of the Tang Dynasty has been empty recently, there is still no pressure to temporarily arm a force of 3,000 men and horses, and this is the national strength of a big country. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past few days, Li An has not been idle, in addition to gradually assembling the troops and horses of his subordinates, he has also collected all kinds of information about the land, including topographic maps, ethnic distribution, climatic characteristics, life customs and other aspects.

Because only by knowing enough about the situation in the planing area can it be easier to quell the rebellion that occurred in the planing area.

"Big brother, uncle is here."

Hearing this, Li An put away the map on the table and got up to greet Yan Zhenqing: "Uncle, why are you here?" ”

"It's okay, you're going to lead the soldiers and horses to the land early tomorrow morning, my uncle is here to say goodbye to you, how about it, do you have confidence in pacifying the land?"

Yan Zhenqing said proudly.

Li An patted his chest: "Uncle, don't worry, the land is a rabble, and it is easy to calm the land." ”

"Okay, it's good if you have confidence, but it's not enough to have faith, you must be cautious, don't paralyze the enemy, uncle is waiting for you to return triumphantly in the capital."

Yan Zhenqing said loudly.

"Yes, uncle, nephew will definitely return triumphantly and make meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty."

Yan Zhenqing nodded, took out an embroidery from his arms, and slowly unfolded it: "It's okay, this is a gift from Ruyu to you, accept it!" ”

Li An looked up and saw that the delicate embroidery was embroidered on a white handkerchief with a galloping war horse, implying that the horse was successful.

"Uncle, please thank Ruyu on behalf of your nephew, the departure time is urgent, and my nephew will not go to thank you in person."

Ang Lee gently took the handkerchief and stuffed it into his arms.

Yan Zhenqing nodded lightly and looked at Li An and the others: "It's not early, you guys should rest early!" Tomorrow is the official departure. ”

"Kunxiong, send uncle."

"No, you can rest!"

"Yes, uncle."

In the early morning of the second day, 600 officers and men of the Longwu Army and 400 heavy troops were all assembled outside the Mingde Gate, waiting for the order to set off at any time.

These six hundred Longwu soldiers are all elites selected by Li An, and one hundred warriors brought by Ulzhou are also among them, and the last time he escorted Zhao Yufu, the king of Guichang, back to Dongnu Kingdom, it was also these six hundred soldiers, and Li An trusted them a lot.

The 400 baggage troops are also the best equipped troops in the capital, with a baggage cart for every two soldiers and two pack horses, which can transport a large number of military supplies and provide sufficient supplies for the troops.

Of course, these 400 heavy troops can only maintain the supply of 1,000 troops, and for the 3,000 soldiers and horses that are about to be recruited, all kinds of materials needed must be transported by additional soldiers and horses.

In order to transport the materials needed for these 3,000 soldiers and horses, the imperial court mobilized an additional 500 soldiers and 1,500 people to be responsible for transporting these materials to the planing land, and for the safety of these materials, they would set off with Li An's soldiers and horses.

In other words, when Ang Lee entered the land this time, the total number of men and horses under his command was as high as 3,000.

After a simple wash, Li An took a group of henchmen and rode his horse in the direction of Mingde Gate by the hazy morning light.

Daye Fang is not far from Mingde Gate, Li An and his people soon arrived outside Mingde Gate, and at this time, 600 Longwu Army, 400 Heavy Troops, and 3,000 Soldiers, Soldiers and Civilians responsible for escorting 3,000 soldiers and horses are all ready outside Mingde Gate, and they can set off immediately with just an order.

Since the sky has not yet dawned, the officials who saw them off have not yet arrived, and there is no trace of Yu Chengjie's Nanzhao mission.

Summer is the hot season, but the mornings are very cool, and as long as the sun hasn't risen, the climate won't be hot.

Ang Lee breathed in the cool air, admiring the scenery around him and the neatly arranged line.

"Big brother, the Nanzhao mission is here."

Li An also saw that hundreds of Nanzhao envoys were slowly coming from Suzaku Street in the Mingde Gate, with more than a dozen cavalry in front of them, carriages and infantry in the back, and finally naturally heavy men and horses.

Yu Chengjie slept late, and was sitting in the carriage to take a nap at the moment.

"Second Prince, Captain Li is in front."

Hearing this, Yu Chengjie opened his eyes slightly, lifted the curtain of the car window, and looked at Li An not far ahead.

"Stop, stop."

When he arrived at Ang Lee's side, Yu Chengjie ordered a stop, lifted the curtain and walked down.

"General Li, it's so early!"

Yu Chengjie was smiling and seemed to be in a good mood, but it could be seen from the puffy eye circles that he had overindulged in the past few days and his body was seriously weak.

"The second prince has been busy these days, is his waist okay?"

Ang Lee teased.

"General Li is really good at laughing, Xiao Wang is very good, and along the way, I have to rely on General Li to take care of him."

"It is a lowly duty to protect the second prince, and this path will definitely not give the assassin a chance to harm the second prince."

Yu Chengjie smiled even more happily: "General Li, your friend, Xiao Wang has made a decision, and when the land is pacified, General Li can come to my Nanzhao at any time as a guest." ”

Li An nodded and said, "If there is a chance, I will definitely go." ”

Yu Chengjie and Li An continued to greet each other, and then yawned, entered the carriage and closed their eyes to take a nap.

When the first rays of sunshine in the morning officially rose, more than a dozen princes including King Li Tan of Qing, with more than a dozen officials above the fifth grade, saw off Li An outside the Mingde Gate.

The greetings of seeing off are nothing more than encouragement and greetings, so that Li Baoan values himself and makes more meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty and so on.

After the send-off ceremony, Li An gave an order and led a group of people to leave Chang'an City and march in the direction of the planing ground.

In order to ensure the safety of the entire team, Li An made scientific arrangements for the entire team, a small number of scouts explored the road situation thirty miles in advance, and once an abnormal situation was found, it was immediately reported to Li An, so as to rule out the road being blocked by danger and the possible ambush assassins.

At the front of the official team were fifty cavalrymen of the Longwu Army, responsible for opening the way in front and protecting the safety of the entire team, and later there were more than 100 people from the Nanzhao Mission, as well as Li An and his two hundred Longwu soldiers.

After that, there were 400 baggage troops, and later 2,000 men and horses responsible for escorting 3,000 soldiers, and Li An put the remaining 350 Longwu troops in charge of escorting along the way, in case there was any loss of baggage and weapons and armor.

The entire team, except for the scouts at the front, who was relatively far away, the rest of the formal team stretched no more than twenty miles before and after, so as to facilitate mutual assistance at any time and prevent an unexpected situation from occurring in a certain place, and it was too late to react.

Because he has walked back and forth through Chencang Road twice, Li An is more familiar with the situation of Chencang Road, so this time he still chose to take Chencang Road to enter Shuzhong, and then go to Planing.

After the three thousand men and horses left Chang'an City, they marched slowly at an unhurried speed, because there were too many people and horses, and the road conditions along the way were not too good, so it was impossible to go fast.

Fortunately, it is not too urgent to pacify the planing land, it doesn't matter if you go fast or slowly, as long as you can finally enter the planing land to carry out the operation.

Since Ang Lee's prestige had already spread all over the world, he was not attacked by assassins along the way, and he did not encounter any accidents until he entered Yizhou City a month later, which was somewhat surprising.

Yizhou City is the largest and most prosperous city in the whole Jiannan Road, and Datang has the saying that Yangzhou is the richest city in Datang, and Yizhou can rank second.

The reason why Yizhou is so rich is because it is the commercial center of the entire Jiannan Province, and all internal and external business exchanges must pass through here, and the prosperity of commerce is bound to drive the prosperity of the entire city.

Yizhou is rich in precious materials such as Shu brocade and tea, and these materials can bring rich financial resources to Yizhou and make Yizhou's economy continue to prosper.

Li An has entered Yizhou for the third time, and he knows the situation in Yizhou City well, after entering the city, he first arranged the baggage and horses, and sent troops to escort Yu Chengjie to the post house to rest, and then rode his horse to the Thorn Shi Mansion, asking to see Zhang Qiu and Qiong.

"The lowly Li An pays a visit to Marshal Zhang Qiujie."

Seeing Zhang Qiu and Qiong personally go out to greet him, Li An hurriedly saluted.

"General Li, haha! Ben Shuai already knew that you were coming, and he wanted to go to the suburbs to greet him in person, but things were busy, and he didn't get out of his body for a while. ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong's attitude was very enthusiastic, took Li An's hands, and walked to the house.

After some greetings in the main hall, Zhang Qiu and Qiong said straightforwardly: "General Li came this time, if there is anything that needs the help of this commander, this commander will definitely give full support, however, my Jiannan Dao troops are only 30,000, although Tubo was defeated, but its strength still exists, so in terms of troops, it is impossible to give General Li too much support, and I hope General Li will understand." ”

Li An smiled faintly, looked at Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and said truthfully: "How can you not know that Jiannan Dao is short of troops, so I met Your Majesty and proposed to go to Luzhou to recruit 3,000 soldiers, and now the weapons and armor have been prepared, and there is no problem with military food and salary within three months, however, the training of recruits takes time, and it also takes time to quell the rebellion, and it is unrealistic to quell the rebellion in three months, so the follow-up military food and salary issues also need the strong support of the marshal." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong grinned: "General Li rest assured, the imperial court's holy decree has come down, let this commander be fully responsible for supporting the three thousand recruits recruited by General Li, even if I, Zhang Qiu and Qiong, are hungry, I will never let the soldiers go hungry, Yizhou has a lot of money and food, enough to support the three thousand men and horses raised by Captain Li." ”

"Thank you Jie Shuai, so Ang Lee has no worries."

Li Anxin was overjoyed.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong smiled casually, and then frowned and said, "Does Captain Li know how many heroes there are in the land, and what are the troops and combat power of these heroes?" ”

"To be honest, the lowly position only understands the general situation, and only by going deep into the land can we really understand the specific situation of the land."

"Since he didn't know enough about the situation in the land, why did General Li only ask for 3,000 troops? With such a small number of troops, is General Li really sure to quell the rebellion? ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong expressed doubts about Li An's approach, there were tens of thousands of rebel soldiers and horses in the land, and the mountains were high and dense, and the terrain was treacherous, he Zhang Qiu and Qiong had 30,000 elite soldiers and horses, and he did not dare to ask for orders to go to the cleanup, and hoped that the imperial court would send a large army to come, and Li An only needed to recruit 3,000 troops was enough, which surprised him too much.

Li An understands that he is too young, in many ways, it is difficult to be recognized by others, although he has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty many times, but in the eyes of some people, these great achievements are more or less with the element of luck, the battle of Ulzhou, if it is not for Li An has the weapon of skis, he may not be able to achieve such an outstanding victory, the battle of Zimu Road, if the prince of Tubo is more cautious, the situation may be a different scene.

However, Li Ang has always been full of confidence in himself, he believes that only medium-sized elite troops can really solve the problem of rebellion in the planing area, too many troops into the planing land, will only seriously drag down the finances of the imperial court, and the war is not just a large number of people, the more people the greater the pressure on logistics, and if there is a soldier oil in the army, it will make the entire army in a miasma, thus causing a large-scale army to fall into the danger of the quagmire.

In order to prevent the Tang army from falling into the quagmire of planing land to quell the rebellion, Li An must establish an elite force that can adapt to the climate of planing land as soon as possible, and this force must be composed of hardworking and simple people, and cannot be incorporated into any slippery people.

"Don't worry, although the lowly position doesn't know much about the situation in the planing area, but raising 3,000 men and horses and training it strictly will be enough to pacify the rabble in the planing."

Ang Lee said confidently.

"Okay, since General Li is so confident, then Ben Shuai wishes General Li success here and put down the rebellion as soon as possible."

All Zhang Qiu and Qiong can do now is encouragement.

"Don't worry, the humble post will not disappoint you, let alone Your Majesty."

Zhang Qiu and Qiong took out a thick stack of documents, handed them to Li An's hands, and said with a straight face: "These are some of the situations that the scouts under the command of this marshal have discovered in the plan, and I believe that General Li will definitely use them." ”

"Xie Jieshuai, I can't ask for my humble position."

Li An was very happy, and took a thick stack of documents, and looked at it casually.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong stood up, paced in the main hall, and admonished: "General Li, the land is thousands of miles southwest of Yizhou, the mountains are high and dense, the terrain is rugged, hot and humid, it is not a good place, the barbarian people there are brutal and fierce by nature, and they are very cunning, I am afraid it is not easy to deal with!" You must not underestimate the enemy. ”

"Yes, Jie Shuai, I understand my humble duties."

Li An nodded lightly, looked at the information in his hand, frowned and asked: "Jie Shuai, according to the scout's investigation, there are far more than ten heroes and strongmen in the land, and there are countless dock forts and mountain bandits, so it really takes a lot of work." ”

"Yes! The land is a treacherous place, there are many strong and mountain bandits, and the strong can still stabilize the people, but those mountain bandits are different, they specialize in doing bad things that harm the people, which is also the reason why the officials of the Tang Dynasty are reluctant to take office. ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong said with a helpless face. (To be continued.) )