On September 11, the second year of Kaiyuan, Taozhou official road, night. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Team Zheng Jiang Yue looked at the outline of the city of Taozhou not far away, looked back at the long string of grain trucks and tired soldiers behind him, and the boulder in his heart finally fell: With the arrival of this batch of food security, his task this time is considered to have been completed, and he has more or less contributed to Datang.

He was born after the down-and-out Jiangmen, and his family has long been unable to get the slightest benefit from the imperial court. However, the Jiang family's family style has always prided itself on serving the country with loyalty, and told the descendants of the Jiang family to follow the ancestors, contribute to the country, and glorify the lintel.

Taozhou is located at the junction of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and is often invaded by Tubo, and the fields are not harvested. For the livelihood of the people, the imperial court specially allocated a large amount of grain and grass to Taozhou to solve the grain shortage in Taozhou.

He was just promoted to the head of the Zhichong Mansion team, and he was honored to be included in the grain transportation team and was responsible for the transportation of grain and grass this time.

Suddenly!

A terrifying feeling rose in Jiang Yue's heart, and in an instant, a sharp sound broke through the sky from all directions!

I only heard the sound of "poof" and "poof" on his side, followed by screams and neighing. The smell of blood was in the air.

Jiang Yue tensed his trembling body, and shouted loudly with all his might: "Enemy attack!" The Tibetans are coming! Hurry up and hide! ”

It was just a round of intense shooting, and all the torches of the grain transport army were extinguished, and darkness shrouded the chaotic and desperate battlefield.

Under the hazy moonlight, the visible spacing is not more than the size. It is not known where the enemy is, how many there are.

When Jiang Yue was warned, he was already hiding behind the grain truck, and a long arrow still penetrated his shoulder, almost passing through his shoulder, and he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart: What a strong archery skill! He has been practicing archery since he was a child, and he knows that it will not be easy to do so. He gritted his teeth, cut off the arrow, and looked into the distance.

The flames suddenly lit up, and countless torches flew into the sky and landed around them, illuminating the scene nearby.

The ground was covered with bright red blood and the dead bodies of their comrades, and the soldiers who had just come to life became cold corpses in the blink of an eye, and the wounded soldiers kept moaning and crying......

Jiang Yue secretly looked at the position where Tao Qing, the commander of Guoyi, was before, and sure enough, Tao Qing had already nailed the arrow to the ground, no wonder he didn't say a word.

A grain transport team without command is not a system!

Jiang Yue gasped violently, the severe pain and nervousness made him sweat like rain, and his brain also turned rapidly: most of the Tubo rangers were composed of Tuyuhun people, Tuyuhun was a branch of the Xianbei Murong Department in Liaodong, and they used Xianbei tactics, and after riding and shooting, they would inevitably be accompanied by a sprint. In their case, once they encountered a cavalry charge, where was there room to fight back.

Jiang Yue shouted: "Captain Guo Yi is dead, I will take his place to command!" Watch out for the enemy's bow and arrows, surround all the grain trucks in a circle, and use the grain carts as a defensive line to defend against the enemy! ”

The chaotic battlefield was suddenly commanded, and the panicked soldiers took care that Jiang Yue was just a small team, and the grain trucks began to move one by one. At this critical moment of life and death, the grain transporters struggled desperately, piling up the grain carts together, and simply formed a circular car formation.

The sound of horses' hooves was dull and hurried, and the enemy was still invisible, but their movements were under the control of the enemy, and it was obvious that the grain caravan had a barrier and was trying to move to the other side.

After going around in a circle, there were no obvious flaws: another round of arrows broke through the air. Although the attack was equally ferocious and powerful, with the blocking of the car formation, there were not many casualties.

Shouting at each other in the distance that they didn't understand, Jiang Yue looked at the more than six hundred people around him, with the current situation, it was impossible to go to war, and he could only hope that the guards in Taozhou City could come to help as soon as possible.

Just thinking that countless rockets have rained down from the night sky, it seems to be a rain of fire!

The enemy set fire to the grain!

Jiang Yue instantly understood the other party's intentions!

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The atmosphere of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty has begun to appear, and most of the incumbent officials are responsible.

Yushitai is mostly a trivial matter, and it is enough for Xiao Song to deal with it.

Because of the recruitment system, Pei Min was busy working in the military department for most of the year, and the military department was almost half of his family.

The conscription system is progressing extremely smoothly, which is expected by Pei Min. His recruitment system is not a semi-finished product that Zhang said is incomplete and needs to be tempered by time. Rather, it has been verified by history and is the most suitable for the perfect military system of this era. As long as it is done properly, it is a matter of course.

If there was an accident, it was only hindered a little when reducing the number of 150,000 soldiers. But in the face of the general trend, this obstacle is nothing. After all, the collapse of the government soldiers is really serious, and instead of holding on to a little bit of decay, it is better to quickly cut through the mess, cut off the carrion, and adopt a new system.

In the first wave of recruitment, most of the soldiers obtained were filled into the Sixteen Guards, and the recruitment of the second wave of soldiers will be sent to the frontier to replace the border soldiers with insufficient combat effectiveness.

Pei Min is already preparing for the second wave of recruitment, and with the experience of the first wave, this second wave of recruitment will be smoother.

Just when he was about to write the second military recruitment order, he received the following battle report: Tubo was once again cowardly, intercepted and killed the Tang grain transportation team, Guoyi Du Lieutenant Tao Qing was killed, and the grain and grass supplied to the soldiers and civilians of Taozhou were almost burned.

Putting the pen on the pen holder, Pei Min was so angry that he patted the case: "This is the first time, what are you doing to eat." ”

Succeeding Pei Min, the previous head of the military department, said: "It's the ninth time, the Tubo thief, it's really hateful." ”

Last year, Tubo entered the Kou, and the Tang Dynasty and Tubo completely broke off their friendship. Tubo didn't care about it either, and began to raid Longliang frequently. They were like wolves: small bands of a hundred and ten rangers were scattered far away in the field. Encountering an enemy that could be destroyed, the cavalry attacked directly; When encountering a large number of prey, they will directly avoid it.

Xue Ne of Liangzhou sat in the town, Tubo did not get any benefits, and Guo Zhiyun, who guarded Longyou, was also a general, and he did not let Tubo take any advantage: only Taozhou was like a deep pit.

In the final analysis, it was the traitor Yang Ju who did the sin, he gave Hexi Jiuqu Land to Tubo for free, and Hexi Jiuqu Land is close to Taozhou, like a congenital springboard, able to enter and exit Taozhou freely.

In just over a year, Tubo plundered Taozhou nine times, not only destroying spring ploughing, destroying fields, and killing people, but now it is even more daring to attack the grain transportation team, which is really hateful.

In order to deal with such a situation, Taozhou Assassin has changed four terms in just one year, but no one has been able to change the situation.

Today's Taozhou Assassin Shi is Du Guest, and he is also an experienced general, but he doesn't want to still let Tubo wreak havoc.

Pei Min had no intention of taking care of the recruitment of troops anymore, thinking about how to solve the problems faced by Taozhou.

It's just that when Xue Ne captured Taozhou, he happened to correct Wang Haibin's name and returned to Chang'an, but he didn't know the geographical situation of Taozhou, and he couldn't think of any good way.

Suddenly, Pei Min's heart moved: Taozhou is now avoided by everyone, isn't it his own God-given opportunity?

Thinking of this, Pei Min felt a little excited in his heart, and chose to enter the palace without hesitation.

Pei Min, as Li Longji's most trusted minister, almost did not have any obstacles to entering and leaving the palace.

Li Longji is dealing with political affairs in Taiji Palace, and the atmosphere of the prosperous era has begun to appear, and it is the time to pursue the victory to create a better situation. This Li Jiazaburo spent most of the day reviewing the chapters, learning about the reform of the world, and when he learned of Pei Min's request to see, he did not hesitate to invite him into the palace.

"I've seen Your Majesty!"

Li Longji smiled: "No need to be polite! Looking at the important minister in front of him, he was more and more happy in his heart: compared to Yao Chong's ghostly fetus, Pei Min has two important responsibilities in the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Military Department, but he has never formed a gang. In his opinion, this is the true spirit of a good minister.

"Jingyuan is here, but for the second recruitment?"

In the matter of recruiting soldiers, Pei Min did an extremely good job, and directly solved the problem of soldiers in Chang'an. The quality of the carefully selected soldiers is also excellent, which has improved the strength of Chang'an's military escort a lot. It not only satisfies the needs of the soldiers, but also relieves the pressure of military service, which is really commendable. The Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs are not praised.

Pei Min replied: "You can issue an official document at any time, and the soldiers recruited this time are mainly on the border, so it's best to change your name!" ”

Li Longji thought for a while and said, "Let's call it the Long March athlete!" The Long March athletes are exempt from military service for life, and all equipment and supplies are supplied by Datang. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Pei Min said and presented the newly arrived battle report with both hands: "Your Majesty, the ministers came to ask for a meeting today, mainly for the sake of Taozhou affairs, and there is a situation in Taozhou......"

When Li Longji heard "Taozhou", his face couldn't help but sink. Since the political reform of Tibet, almost all he has heard is good news, and the Tang Dynasty has flourished under his governance, and the achievements are obvious to all. Only "Taozhou" kept coming messages that made him unappetizing. For this reason, he withdrew three inactive assassins in a row, but he didn't want to hear good news.

Gao Lishi went down to the hall to take the battle report and handed it to Li Longji.

Li Longji looked at it carefully, and was the same as Pei Min before, so angry that he got up and shouted: "The thief is arrogant and hateful!" ”

Taozhou was unable to rely on self-reliance for the looted Tubo, and relied on the supplies allocated by the imperial court to live, but it was unthinkable that even the supplies were burned by Tubo.

"Your Majesty! It's not good to go on like this! Pei Min said in a deep voice: "Now the people of Taozhou are unsustainable, and they all rely on my Datang supply." In the long run, the people in the state will inevitably feel uneasy and evacuate Taozhou for refuge. Soon, Taozhou will become a continent where no one dies. Tubo's intentions are so poisonous. ”

Li Longji groaned for a while and sighed: "What Jingyuan said, I don't know. It's just that the thieves are cunning, occupying the land of the nine curves of the West River, and harassing them with rangers. The fields could not be cultivated, the business was uneasy, and several thorn histories were changed, but they could not achieve results. Now that I don't have many people available in Datang, Du is a rare candidate. He can't change the situation, I ...... I can't imagine anyone else who can do it. ”

Pei Min stepped forward without hesitation and said, "The minister is willing to give it a try!" ”