Dai Sen Dari perked up and said: "Soldiers, the front is Huifu, I am friends with the Khan of Huifu, and they will definitely receive us warmly." After saying this, he took the lead in getting on his horse, and everyone followed.

Dai Sendari saw several of his relatives packing up their tents and said, "No need, we will have a new tent when we return to Hui." ”

After saying this, he struck his horse and marched, and the people galloped forward with him.

The Orkhon River is covered with a thick layer of ice, the ice is covered with a thick layer of snow, and the banks of the river are covered with withered yellow artemisia grass, which is constantly swaying in the cold wind.

Dessendarge and his party stepped onto the ice and headed for the opposite shore.

Suddenly, a row of sharp arrows shot out from the artemisia grass on the opposite bank, and then, a dense rain of arrows also shot out from the artemisia grass on both sides, and the Xue Yantuo people fell off their horses one after another, and they became a mess.

The enemy army was very immoral, they did not show their faces, but they kept firing arrows, and Daisen Dazh and others were exposed in the wilderness, with nowhere to hide, and suffered heavy casualties.

Under the cover of the guards, Daissen Dazh was lucky not to be hit by an arrow. He quickly judged the situation, there were enemy troops on the left and right sides, and there were large groups of pursuers chasing here, and the only way out was to desperately rush forward and break through the enemy's blockage.

Daisen Dari shouted, "Follow me, rush over." So saying, he galloped towards the opposite shore, and his men followed him desperately in order to flee for their lives.

The rain of arrows continued to fall, and the warriors of Xue Yantuo continued to fall off their horses, while the rest of the people still galloped forward.

The surface of the river was covered with a thick layer of snow, and the horses' hooves did not slip when they stepped on it, and the speed of Daisen Dari and the others was very fast, and they quickly came to the middle of the river.

Suddenly, there was a "click" cracking sound from the ice, and Daisen Dari was the first to fall into the icy water, and the other Xue Yantuo warriors couldn't control the galloping war horses and kept falling into the river.

"Kill." The enemy finally appeared, dressed in the thick costumes of the warriors of Xue Yantuo, and slaughtered the remaining hundred or so of Dai Sendari's men.

The battle was soon over.

Ashina Kuncang looked at the corpse of Xue Yantuo's warrior in the river and said with a smile: "Precious, you are now more and more proficient in fighting." There were basically no casualties among our people. ”

It turned out that Zhang Guigui and others followed Li Youxin's instructions and ambushed here in advance, and after they found the traces of Daisen Dari and others, they poked a lot of holes in the ice in advance, smashed out a lot of cracks, and covered the snow on it again, which completely led to the destruction of Daisen Dari.

Soon after, the soldiers came to report that Daisendarge's body had been found.

Ashina Kuncang said with some regret: "It's a pity, I can't let the county lord take revenge with his own hands." ”

Zhang Guigui also had some regrets, but Li You's letter explained not to live alive, and he didn't know why. However, Dysendarge died, and their mission was accomplished.

He said: "Cut off the head of Daisenda Dayi and collect his troops and go back." ”

Chang'an City, Early Dynasty, Taiji Palace.

Zhang Liang, the secretary of the military department, said: "Your Majesty, the minister received a military report from the general Li Jing last night, saying that Daisen Dari is fighting with the Tang army with the support of the rest of the army, and Daisen Dari may get the assistance of the Hui people, and Zhang Baoxiang will lead an army of 80,000 to continue to fight the enemy. There is not much grain and grass in front of us, so please send grain and grass to the front again.

Li Shimin asked, "How many Xue Yantuo people are left?" ”

Zhang Liang said: "The military newspaper did not say it, but the minister asked the person who delivered the letter, and he said that the enemy army still has about 60,000 people. ”

Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied with this result, and he said: "In that case, prince, you continue to transport grain and grass to the front." ”

Li Chengqian said: "The sons obey the order. ”

After the early dynasty dispersed, Li Chengqian said to Li You: "Fifth brother, it's really the same as you." ”

Li You said with a wry smile: "The trouble of this matter is still to come, don't say a word now, hurry up and familiarize yourself with the content of the materials." ”

Soon after, Zhang Guigui sent a secret letter saying that Daisen Dari had been eliminated, and Li You blocked the news.

In early April, Li Jing and others returned to Chang'an.

Anyone who has watched "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" will be deeply impressed by Xu Maogong in it, who was later given the surname Li for his merits and changed his name to Li Tao, and is a general with the same name as Li Jing. Before this expedition against Xue Yantuo, he had been serving as the governor of Youzhou and had not returned to Chang'an for many years.

This morning, Li Shimin announced that a dinner party would be held for the generals who had gone out to Xue Yantuo, and Li Tao visited several relatives and friends in the morning, and returned to the Longwuwei military camp where he was temporarily stationed at noon.

As soon as Li Tao entered the living room, he saw a group of generals waiting for him, not only the Youzhou generals who followed him to conquer Xue Yantuo this time, but also the old subordinates in Chang'an. They have already prepared a banquet and are waiting for Li Tao.

Seeing Li Tao come in, everyone saluted in unison and said, "Handsome." ”

Li Tao was very happy to see the old subordinates and drank with them.

Everyone toasted Li Tao one after another, and Li Tao said: "Tonight, Your Majesty will hold a dinner party for us, let's drink less at noon, and then drink again in the evening." ”

When the generals heard him say this, they looked at each other and put down their glasses together. Just when Li Tao was curious, a general said, "Marshal, please take a look at this." So saying, he handed him a copy of the recital.

Li Tao opened it and saw that it read, "Proposal on the establishment of a conscription system." He immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The Tang Dynasty implemented the government military system, and its basic form was similar to the current military divisions, with a certain establishment in the local area, and the soldiers were served by the locals in turn.

There are three major characteristics of the government military system,

(1) There is no cost for raising soldiers, but for the use of multiple soldiers.

The organizational form of the government military system is the tuntian system, and when soldiers serve, they have to rely on farming to support themselves, and when they are not working, they conduct military training. After retiring from the army, they still retain their status, similar to the reserves, and are called up by the imperial court as needed in wartime.

2) Soldiers are all employed people, and there is no disadvantage of being homeless. Before the soldiers served, they were all professional civilians, and after they were discharged, they went home to continue to run their profession, and the imperial court was not responsible for the placement.

(3) Generals cannot support their own troops. The Tang Dynasty practiced the separation of soldiers and generals, but in wartime, the government soldiers were dispatched to participate in the war, and the generals were temporarily appointed, and there was no interest or affection between the generals and the soldiers, and the control of the army was not strong.

The ancients were very smart, and this method was both cost-effective and safe. The disadvantage is that the level of training of the army is not high, the run-in degree is poor, and the combat effectiveness is relatively weak. However, in ancient times, there was no high technology in warfare, relying on a large number of people, and the quality of soldiers was not high, so the government military system was an effective military system for the Tang Dynasty.

The conscription system is similar to the modern army system, the army is a professional army, the soldiers have a high degree of training, strong combat effectiveness, the disadvantage is that it is too expensive, and the generals have strong control over the army, and it is easy to support the army and respect themselves.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the generals have repeatedly proposed the implementation of the conscription system, but they have been opposed by Li Shimin and civilian officials.

At the beginning of the founding of any dynasty, it relied on the army, and the status of the soldiers was the highest, but once it entered the era of peace, there would be a phenomenon of emphasizing literature over military force, and the status of the military would decline, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception.

As the situation around the Tang Dynasty became more and more stable, the war was moving away from the Tang Dynasty, and a large number of military generals were idle, such as Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong and other generals. They all hope to implement a conscription system, where there are soldiers to bring, a sense of existence, and a corresponding social influence.

When Li Tao saw the content of the recital, he was immediately shocked, and he asked quietly, "Why do you mention this again?" ”

The generals complained to him one after another, saying that they had fought for the court for many years and were covered with injuries, and now no one cared about them. They wanted to take advantage of this time to take charge of the army again and put pressure on the imperial court to agree to improve their treatment.

Li Tao is a battle-hardened commander, his political wisdom is much higher than that of the general Li Jing, in this war, he found a lot of suspicions, just like Xue Rengui suspected, there is a greasy in this.

Now, he's completely understood.

In this war, why did Li Jing change his original battle plan, that is, he didn't want to completely annihilate the Xue Yantuo people, leaving Daisen Dari behind, and raising his own respect. After defeating the main force of the Xue Yantuo people, there were only a few thousand people left around Dai Sen Dari, but Zhang Baoxiang lied that the enemy army still had tens of thousands of horses, so he left 80,000 troops to stay in Xue Yantuo.

Zhang Baoxiang deliberately did not chase after Daisen Dari, but only sent troops to follow them from a distance, forcing him to flee to Huifu, just to leave him to continue to threaten the Xue Yantuo region and increase the bargaining chips to increase the influence of the military.

Li Jing and others led the rest of the army back to Chang'an, and Zhang Baoxiang held heavy troops outside, just to create strong pressure to force Li Shimin to make concessions and make him agree to the implementation of the conscription system.

The generals are not far from mutiny.

What happened next made Li Tao even more difficult. A general turned the second page of the cantata, with many generals' signatures underneath, and he said, "Marshal, please sign on it." ”

"Yes, Dashuai, you still need to take the lead in this matter." All the generals looked at Li Tao expectantly.