I haven't experienced a war for many years, and the generals of the older generation have all died of illness, and now the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and when it comes to military level, no one can compare with Guo Yuanzhen. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

What's more, Guo Yuanzhen has been dealing with Tubo for half his life, and the Tubo military gods and Qinling have all died under his divisive scheme, and no one is qualified to discuss the Tubo military with him.

Although Pei Min had already arranged it before this, Li Longji still gave the exact same will.

Xue Ne's reputation is outside, and he is the oldest in the army, although he is white, but at the critical moment, it is more than enough to serve as the commander of the three armies. Li Longji also did not hesitate to issue the order to summon Xue Ne.

Fighting a war is not just a matter of arranging for the commander-in-chief to draw up a plan, but also mobilizing soldiers, recruiting laborers, and preparing grain and grass.

This institution of the Tang Dynasty, under Li Longji's reasonable dispatch, operated extremely quickly: the Ministry of Officials was responsible for dispatching officials, the Ministry of Household was responsible for recruiting servants who transported grain and grass, the Ministry of War was responsible for preparing horses and weapons, the Ministry of Engineering was responsible for strong bows and crossbows, and the Criminal Department was responsible for supervising the war teams, and the six departments of the Six Ministries were fully operational.

The appointments were drawn up by Li Longji and the prime ministers and then promulgated after they were formulated.

This was the first challenge the new emperor had encountered since he took power, and no one dared to be perfunctory at this time.

The six departments work together, and the efficiency is fast.

When Xue Ne received the order and came to the Taiji Palace, there were only a few prime ministers in the huge hall. Everyone else was assigned a task and was given the order to go.

"Grass people Xue Ne, meet Your Majesty!" Xue Ne's beard was gray, but his face was red, his spirit was vibrant, and his voice was like a bell.

Li Longji laughed and said: "The general is not harmed, Zhou has Jiang Taigong, Shu Han has Huang Hansheng, but my Tang Dynasty has Xue Shenyan, can the general fight!" ”

Xue Ne said without hesitation: "Go up the mountain to capture the tiger, go into the water to bind the Jiao, of course you can fight!" ”

Li Longji said solemnly: "Okay, General Xue, I order you to take the left Xiaowei general in white clothes, the ambassador of Longyou defense, and lead my Tang Tiger Ben to meet the invading thief Kou......"

"Minister, obey!" Xue Ne was demoted to white clothes and hibernate for more than half a year, waiting for this opportunity, with endless battle intent flashing in his eyes.

Li Longji said: "What are the requirements for leading the troops this time, general?" ”

Xue Ne hugged his fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, on the way, Gonggong Gao told the last general about the situation, and the ministers and Guo Xiang agreed on the same opinion, and they both thought that Tubo came here to test the strength of my Tang Dynasty, and did not really decide to let go of his hands and feet to fight with us." If the Tibetans are victorious, their follow-up armies will come in a steady stream and encroach on our Tang territory. If they fail, they will stick to Qinghai Lake and seek other plans. It was not difficult to force the Tibetan army back, but the minister thought that it was impossible to force the retreat. Tubo is arrogant and domineering, invading my territory, and not breaking the enemy army, how can I show the majesty of my Tang Dynasty? ”

Xue Ne's words said that Li Longji's heart was in the middle of it, and this was his first battle in power. He even effectively imitated the deeds of Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming in the past, and personally went out to fight to boost the morale of the army, and said sharply: "General Xue's words are deeply in line with my intentions." I want a great victory, not a retreat. ”

Xue Ne said: "Taozhou is relatively barren, and its geographical location is favorable to Tibet. They have long been intent on stealing, and they will not plunder this place too much, so as not to be difficult to control in the future. We got the news too late, and it was too late to rescue Taozhou. The minister thought that he could temporarily put down Taozhou and stretch the battle line of the Tibetan army. lure them into the hinterland of our army, and win the battle. ”

Li Longji didn't know much about military things, and he didn't seem to understand it, but seeing that Guo Yuanzhen, Yao Chong and others had no objections, he also knew that Xue Ne's analysis was reasonable, and said: "When it comes to breaking the enemy, I have full authority to entrust the general, and all the free generals decide." ”

Xue Ne continued: "If the Weiyuan Military Horse Farm retreats in time and does not give Tubo enough benefits, Lanzhou will be their only target, and the pressure on Lanzhou will increase exponentially. Therefore, whether Lanzhou can hold on is the decisive factor in whether this battle can be won by a big victory. It's just that the Lanzhou military horses are negligent in the practice of battle formations, and if there is no wisdom and courage to stick to it, I am afraid it will be difficult to withstand the pressure. The only fortunate thing is that Pei Min is also in the city in the imperial history, and the minister recommended Pei Min to be fully responsible for the military of Lanzhou to ensure that Lanzhou is not lost. ”

Li Longji frowned and said, "Pei Qing, can you take on this important responsibility?" He knew that Pei Min was both civil and military, and he was very good at dealing with things, but he didn't know that Pei Min was familiar with military affairs. The importance of Lanzhou is related to the overall situation, and he really can't rest assured that a young man who has not yet reached the weak crown will take charge of the military.

Guo Yuanzhen said with a smile: "Your Majesty can rest assured, Pei Zhongcheng is very talented in military affairs, and when it comes to strategic foresight, the old minister is still a little ashamed." ”

Xue Ne also said: "Zhongcheng and I learn military affairs, and I have a strong ability to accept it, and I know everything and two. The virtuous do not shy away from relatives, and the minister feels that he is enough to take on this important responsibility. ”

Li Longji was about to speak.

Yao Chongtu said: "Zhongcheng is young after all, and the minister is worried that he is inexperienced, such as Zhao Kuo's accident in the past......"

As soon as he said this, Li Longji's expression was also slightly hesitant.

Guo Yuanzhen said mercilessly: "Yao Xiang is too worried, if it is said that Lanzhou generals have good soldiers, it doesn't hurt." None of them have any experience in battle, what is the difference between them? At least Zhongcheng's strategy, we know, but the Lanzhou generals don't know anything. ”

What he said was-for-tat, Yao Chong is Kaiyuan is famous, but his own desire for power is extremely strong. After taking the power of the prime minister, he wanted to decide the matter of the temple in a word, and he was extremely repulsive to the Conglong heroes of the congenital coup, Wei Zhigu and Zhang said that the two prime ministers had been squeezed out of the temple because of him. For Yao Chong, Guo Yuanzhen was full of vigilance.

Yao Chong smiled slightly and said no more.

At this time, the military situation in Taozhou finally came.

The 100,000 troops of Tubo entered the Kou, and they divided their troops into three routes, all the way to capture Taozhou, all the way to Lanzhou, and all the way to Weiyuan. Three armies marched at the same time, marching extremely fast.

"How can it be!" Even if Li Longji doesn't know anything about military affairs, he can see why. This rash division of troops was originally a taboo in the use of troops. But the Tubo army was divided in this way, and it can be seen that the Tubo army did not take them into account at all, and regarded Longyou as their own back garden.

Xue Ne and Guo Yuanzhen glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's happiness in their eyes, thanks to Pei Min's quick decision, otherwise with the advancing speed of the Tubo cavalry, the Weiyuan Military Horse Farm would undoubtedly be plundered.

Li Longji also thought of this, and said without hesitation: "I ordered Cheng Pei Min in the imperial history to concurrently serve as the deputy envoy of Longyou defense, know the history of Lanzhou assassination, temporarily lead the military and political affairs of Lanzhou, and resist the Tubo army." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xue Ne raised his voice and said: "The last general will live up to His Majesty's expectations, do not break Tibet, and swear not to return to the court." ”

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Pei Min and his entourage rode more than 100 horses, running from morning to early morning, before arriving at Jincheng, Zhiyi, Lanzhou.

For Lanzhou, Pei Min has long heard of it, from the Lanzhou ramen when he was a child to the Lanzhou baked cakes later, it can be said unceremoniously that there were no people who didn't know Lanzhou in their time.

However, in reality, Pei Min came to Lanzhou for the first time.

In the hazy moonlight, Jincheng is like a huge beast standing between the mountains, the reason why Jincheng has this name is because the mountains are surrounded, solid as gold, so take the allusion of "Jincheng soup pool", named Jincheng.

Seeing the silence up and down Jincheng, the sound of guards patrolling faintly flashed at the head of the city, and there was no sign of conquest, Pei Min knew that the Tubo army had not arrived, and his heart was relieved. When he came to the city, he gave his name and asked to enter the city.

The patrol guards couldn't be the master, and the generals in charge of the city defense didn't dare to take risks, so they didn't open the door for him for a while.

After waiting for half an hour, the generals respectively looked for soldiers Cao to join the army, Hu Cao to join the army, Si Gong Cao to join the army, and Fu Xuan Cao to join the army, and finally found Changshi and Sima there.

"Changshi Luyu, Sima Xie Jing, Bing Cao joined the army, Yang Yun, Hu Cao joined the army, Fan Chen, Si Gong Cao joined the army, Yuan Xu, and Fu Xuan Cao joined the army, Qi Rui saw Pei Zhongcheng...... "The officials in Lanzhou Jincheng are almost all ready.

Generally speaking, the highest governor of the state capital was the Assassin Shi, but in the Tang Dynasty, most of the Assassin Shi were led by the prince Yao, and they were not in office. The real status of the state capital is Changshi, Sima, they are also called "Shangzuo", Tang law stipulated: where the assassin is short of personnel or for the prince and leader, Shangzuo can act on behalf of the state. However, Kamizo has no specific position and is not pro-practice. The real power of the state capital is in the hands of Zhu Cao's army, and they are in charge of the military and political affairs, finance, criminal law, farmland, and household grain affairs of the state capital.

Although I waited for half an hour, all the officials and officials unexpectedly arrived.

Pei Min looked at them, and was about to ask them to follow the instructions and make all preparations to meet the enemy, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible. If these people in front of you are people who know how to adapt and understand, everything is easy to talk about. Judging from his experience of waiting for an hour, it is obvious that these people belong to the kind of officials who do not know how to be flexible, do not seek merit but no fault, and only know how to do things to die.

Now the news of the Tibetan invasion has not yet been delivered, and they have no right to order them, and they are not obliged to listen to their own arrangements.

If they are not in their position, they refuse to obey orders, and Pei Min has no choice. But things can't wait......

When he was waiting outside before, Pei Min specially took advantage of the firelight and night to look at Jincheng and found that the current Jincheng was no longer a Jincheng soup pool. With the expansion of the territory and the opening of the Silk Road, Jincheng has evolved from a military point to an economic corridor, and has become a necessary passage to connect the Western Regions. The nature of the city changed, and so did the system of management. Lanzhou Jincheng has been built into a commercial city, and the defense has long been neglected, and it lives up to the solidity. It is necessary to be well prepared to defend against the Tibetan army.

With his mind racing, Pei Min handed the secret letter of Tubo on his body to everyone, and said: "I thought I got the news that Tubo sent troops to Taozhou and will come to Jincheng in a few days, so I need to prepare well." ”

Several people couldn't understand the Tibetan language, and they looked at each other and didn't know whether to believe it or not.

Pei Min said patiently: "Whether it's true or not, at least make some necessary preparations, otherwise Jincheng will fall, disaster will affect the family, and it is indispensable to ask for guilt, become a sinner in the Tang Dynasty, and leave a stench for 10,000 years, wouldn't it be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors?" Don't ask for merit, but ask for no fault! ”

Speaking is an art, and smart people will say different things in the face of different people.