The current situation is to say that the image point is that the two super empires of Datang and Dashi, when they are constantly expanding their power, have finally encountered them in Central Asia, and they are going to break their wrists. The countries in the Western Regions in the wrestling field, although helpless, have to make a choice, which side to stand on to help and beat the side drum. In the end, the Sogdian states with the surname Zhaowu Jiu sided with the Great Eclipse, while the states with the surname Hu after the collapse of the Turks east of the Green Mountains and the West Turks sided with the Tang Dynasty.

Xuanzong had intended to let Gao Xianzhi lead the main force of the Anxi army to the west, but there was a problem here, that is, because the distance was too far, the supply of the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate was very difficult, and it was necessary to rely heavily on the local subject countries, which was bound to not be able to garrison too many troops, for example, the establishment of the Anxi Army was 24,000 people. You have to leave some troops to defend it, and the number of troops going out is a bit stretched, and it would be good to have 20,000 troops when the battle is full.

But how many people are there on the side of the Great Food Alliance? I don't know, the intelligence work in ancient times was not so developed, but it is estimated that 50,000 is indispensable, so it is a bit of a disparity and I am not sure.

If you don't fight, forget it, since you want to fight, you have to win, and the pride of Datang is not allowed to be violated by anyone. Xuanzong thought about it, but decided to add a new force to this western expedition. But he was really not at ease with the government soldiers in various places, and after thinking about it, the newly established Jian Yuwei could make him look forward to it.

First of all, the soldiers of Jian Yuwei are all the elite of the forbidden army, and in today's words, it is called a very high quality of individual soldiers; Secondly, he has carefully understood the new training method proposed by Yang Qing, and the effect is good, and it is true that Jian Yuwei's combat power is not bad; Again, the generals of the army led by Jian Yuwei are all juniors, full of sharpness, and the morale of the whole army is naturally skyrocketing, isn't it a pity that you don't need to be so gentlemanly? Finally, the secret weapon of the firearms supervisor always has to be tested on the actual battlefield, and if the enemy is defeated in one fell swoop, it will definitely play a great deterrent role!

Of course, Jian Yuwei also has an obvious shortcoming, that is, he has no actual combat experience, and he has never even experienced small-scale battles, even if he is from various forbidden armies, he has never really fought. This problem, which seems extremely serious in the eyes of ordinary people, has a countermeasure here in Xuanzong.

Jian Yuwei is only a surprise soldier in this battle, and does not participate in the frontal contact with the enemy, and the power of the commander is temporarily vested in Gao Xianzhi, and the order is forbidden and unified scheduling, will this still affect the overall situation? Besides, although Guo Xi is young, he is also a famous general who has been on the battlefield!

Here, I can't help but briefly introduce Gao Xianzhi, a famous general of the Xuanzong Dynasty.

Gao Xianzhi was born in the Jiangmen family. Father Gao Sheji, at first as a general in the Hexi (referring to the Hexi Corridor and the Huangshui Basin) in the army, and later made military merits, the official to the four towns and ten generals, and the generals of Zhuwei. Gao Xianzhi is handsome, good at riding and shooting, brave and resolute; For generals, love soldiers like sons, rewards and punishments are just; The leader of the army is strict and strategic. Later, he worshiped the Duke of Miyun County.

Definitely, Gao Xianzhi is not perfect, and he also has two biggest flaws. One is greed for money, because of this, he destroyed the stone country and robbed the jewels, which directly led to the outbreak of the Battle of Talas; The second is that he is not tactful and flexible, and often offends some politicians and villains, and he is also because he offended the prison army Bian Lingcheng in the Eastern Crusade to quell the Anshi Rebellion, and was framed for embezzling military salaries, and finally died in a different place.

This may have something to do with the fact that Gao Xianzhi is not a Han Chinese, as a Goguryeo person, it is understandable that he does not have a thorough understanding of the Chinese long-standing way of behaving in the world. But you must not say to your face that he is not a Datang person, in that era, the open-minded Datang contained the hearts of many children of different races! Ge Shuhan, An Lushan, Gao Xianzhi, these people, how about my Datang, how about my Central Plains, how about closing my mouth, you dare to question the national accuracy of others, people immediately drag knives and desperately believe it with you?

Now that the mind has been decided, Xuanzong no longer dwells on whether to make up his mind, and the focus of the conversation has shifted to how to march, how to supply, and how to fight.

"I have made up my mind, and I will issue an order tomorrow, so that Xianzhi will immediately mobilize the Bahana and Grolu tribes, gather the coalition army, and prepare for battle!"

Hearing the name Gloro, Yang Qing's heart moved, should he speak out now to prevent this bane from joining the joint operation? Think about it or forget it, don't say if you can believe it if you say it, Gloro's rebellion in history was also forced by the situation, and it was not that he had this idea at the beginning, or wait until he got to the front line, and then try to avoid it is the best policy.

"The most important thing for the army expedition is the supply of grain and grass, I asked Xianzhi to prepare early, and you two must also think about it carefully, and after agreeing, work with the military department to draw up a strategy for me to see."

"Yes!" Guo Xi and Yang Qing bowed down to receive the order.

"Then it's the route of the march." Xuanzong got up, found out the map of the area under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, and unfolded it on the case, Guo Xi and Yang Qing consciously stepped forward.

The map is very large, and although it is not as beautiful as that printed in later generations, it is also very detailed. Castles, mountains, rivers, and main roads are clear at a glance. With his memory, Yang Qing quickly found Talas, in the desert border west of the Chu River (now the Broken Leaf River), west of the Snow Spring Mountain, east of the medicine killing water (now the Syr Darya), between Baishui City and Julan City, it looks so inconspicuous, but it firmly controls the throat of the northern road from the Aral Sea to the east, because the northwest two directions of Talas are extremely large deserts, and these two deserts have been connected to the northwest, and only the valley of the medicine killing water passes through it, which must be the place where the Great Food Army must pass through the west!

"It is still unclear the specific movements of the Great Food Alliance, and the most advantageous situation is to find its main force to fight it and defeat it in one fell swoop! What do you think, Heel? ”

Guo Xi looked at the map and thought silently. Yang Qing obediently closed his mouth, thinking that he was here to learn.

"Weichen thinks that he must seize this place first!" Guo Xi's index finger moved all the way west from Qiuzi Town, and finally settled decisively in one place - Talas!

O man of God! Yang Qing looked at Guo Xi with admiration, one of the main factors that caused the passivity of the Tang army in history was that Gao Xianzhi's army originally wanted to strike first, and to make a surprise attack when the Great Food Alliance was exhausted from the expedition all the way and there was no suitable perch and supply base, but it was preempted by the Arabs and stationed in Talas City, and the rush battle turned into an encounter battle, and the numerical disadvantage directly caused the overall passivity.

However, Xuanzong was not as excited as Yang Qing, he just nodded lightly: "Xilie's vision is very accurate, but I heard that the Great Food Army has appeared in the Aral Sea area, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Guo Xi insisted: "But they may not dare to go deeper, and the Anxi Army still has a chance." ”

Yang Qing looked at the map carefully, and the distance from the Aral Sea to Talas was almost the same as that from Qiuzi to Talas, but from the Aral Sea to Talas, it had always been along the valley of the medicine and water, and the terrain was flat; Starting from Qiuzi, in addition to the Tianshan Mountains and Xuequan Mountains to cross, there are also many rivers along the way, which are about to enter summer at this time, even if it is a seasonal river, it will be full of water, and it is much more difficult to walk.

"Having said that, it will take time for you to prepare your Jianyu Guard for battle, and it will take several months to arrive from Chang'an to Qiuzi, how can this be in time?" Xuanzong frowned.

Guo Xi fell silent again, he originally thought that it was not practical to let Jian Yuwei travel thousands of miles to the Western Regions to participate in the war, just from the map, he could understand that the distance from Chang'an to Qiuci was more than three times farther than the distance from Qiuci to Talas?

Yang Qing suddenly spoke: "Holy Lord, Weichen has the courage to say a word!" ”

"Speak!"

"The Holy Lord can immediately issue an order for General Gao to reorganize his army and start the battle first, and Weichen and Xilie will lead Jianyu Satellite to travel at night, as long as a reasonable time is agreed, Jianyuwei will be able to arrive on time and meet General Gao! Didn't the Holy Lord say that he wanted to make Jian Yuwei a wonder soldier? Wouldn't that be even more effective? Yang Qing roughly estimated the distance, from Chang'an to Talas, at least no less than eight thousand miles! The Battle of Talas in history took place in July, and now it is the beginning of March, even if you set off at the fastest speed, calculated at the speed of Jian Yuwei's usual march of sixty miles a day, it will take more than four months, and you will be able to arrive in July! The hardships and dangers in the process will only be more difficult than imagined. But no matter what, it's worth it!

(On the question of the speed of marching in ancient times, generally speaking, the speed of infantry is 30 miles a day, which is considered normal, and the so-called "retreat and retreat" also refers to a three-day retreat.) If it is a rapid march of light cavalry in a short time, it can reach a speed of one hundred and twenty miles in a day - Chang'an was three hundred miles away from the Xiongnu border in the Qin and Han dynasties, and "light cavalry can be reached in one day and one night." "Jian Yuwei exists as a special force in this book, although not all of them may have war horses, but the soldiers are equipped with walking mounts, and sixty to eighty miles a day can still be basically done. Of course, these are all ideal values, and the actual situation is much more difficult than this, and it is exaggerated, and I hope that readers and friends do not have to take it too seriously. ）

"Good! It's just for Jian Yuwei to train his soldiers! Xuanzong slammed it on the case, and his long-lost heroism was beyond words.

"In this case, Jian Yuwei must not go out of Beijing with great fanfare, and in Chang'an City, there may not be no fine work of big food." Guo Xi analyzed calmly in a deep voice, since the saint has made up his mind, what he has to do is perfect execution, this is the basic quality of an excellent military general.

"Reasonable. Xiliezi Yin, the two of you are limited to prepare quickly, and submit the marching strategy in three days. Seven days later, we set off late at night! If there is a leaker, it will not be forgiven! ”

"Wechen obeys!" Guo Xi and Yang Qing knelt down together to receive the order.

"Ziyin, the family should say it, just tell them not to say it." Xuanzong looked at Yang Qing's young face, and a feeling of guilt suddenly surged in his heart. Since this child got married, he has never stopped, not to mention Xiao Juan'er, even the concubine can't look at it, and often holds grievances for him.

Yang Qing understood Xuanzong's intentions, and his gratitude rose spontaneously: "Thank you, Holy One!" A good man is ambitious in all directions, not to mention that this is a matter of serving the country, and the Yang family will be honored! ”

Xuanzong stared at Yang Qing for a long time, and nodded slowly: "Okay!" Good! ”

"Although the big food is strong, it must be stronger than my Tang Jian'er! Xilie, Ziyin. You two have to remember one thing when you go! Jian Yuwei is my own army, and wherever I go, I am here! I can't win or return, and I must not lose my dignity! ”

"Wechen keep it in mind! Don't win, don't pay! ”