Chapter 238: Expedition
As a newcomer, Su Bai adhered to the principle of talking less and pretending to disappear, and walked silently at the end. Li Jing took Zhang Gongjin to the general's platform, while Su Bai and the rest were under the stage, each returning to his own army.
Compared with other generals, the two thousand people behind Su Bai simply stood out from the crowd! Most of the rest of the soldiers were dressed in leather armor and had swords crushed at their waists. Look at the two thousand ghost king army behind Su Bai, all black war horses, black iron armor, holding a two-meter-long horse lance, a short knife tied to his waist, and a short bow behind his back! On one side of the horse is grain and grass, and on the other side is an quiver, which can be said to be armed to the teeth!
If there is a fly in the ointment, it is that there is no iron armor on the horse.
Li Jing noticed these two thousand people at the first time on stage, and the atmosphere of this nouveau riche was too obvious. However, in terms of numbers, Su Bai is a little inadequate. There were 10,000 soldiers in this big battalion! There are 20,000 more outside the camp, a total of 30,000 troops! The rest of the generals had the least 5,000 commanders, and only Su Bai had only 2,000.
"Soldiers! Just two days ago, we received a message that the Turkic cavalry had actually hit our territory in the Tang Dynasty! Li Jing looked at the endless soldiers, and said loudly.
"I'm sure there are a lot of veterans who have fought with me before! You should also know what kind of person I Li Jing is! If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone! If anyone sins against me, I will get rid of them. ”
"The last time the Turks took advantage of our new emperor of the Tang Dynasty to ascend the throne, they actually dared to lead troops to attack, and they even hit Weishui! This is a great shame for us! Now it's even hit Hexi! Did they take our Datang in their eyes? Did you take our Majesty into account? No! ”
"What should we do? Beat them down! Let them tremble when they think of the name Datang! Let them turn around and flee as soon as they see the banner of Datang! I want to make the dragon banner of the Tang Dynasty! Plug in every corner of the Turks! ”
Li Jing's voice was very demagogic, and Su Bai could see that the eyes of many soldiers around him were red, which was obviously a sign of hot blood.
Li Jing continued: "Today's Datang is extraordinary! We have a lot of food! We have tens of thousands of horses! What they used to be is no longer there! I'm Datang! Fearless! ”
I don't know if it's because I'm too hard, Li Jing's neck is bruised, and his face is flushed! He said loudly: "God bless Datang!" Datang Wansheng! ”
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
The soldiers in the audience shouted, the momentum seemed to be able to poke a hole out of the sky, and Su Bai also roared angrily: "Wansheng!" Wansheng! Wansheng! Seeing that everyone's emotions were high, Li Jing let them cheer to their heart's content, and after two or three minutes, he reached out and pressed down, and immediately, the cheers of all the soldiers were quiet.
This can be seen from Li Jing's status in the minds of this group of soldiers! The name of the Tang Dynasty Army God is not called in vain!
Li Jing continued: "You are all veterans of a hundred battles! What would the Turks do if they came in, believe me, I don't need to say more! Slaughter! Robbery! Set! Where their cavalry passed! Not even the rats left! If we don't attack, we will only be beaten! Is this what you want? ”
"It's not!"
Li Jing said: "Your Majesty has issued an order!" The 100,000-strong army is divided into six routes to defeat the Turks! This time! We want to play the majesty of our Datang! This time! We have to play the integrity of Datang! Let the barbarians know! They are only suitable for wearing sheepskin and screaming on the grassland, daring to come to the land of my Datang to spread wild, and step into a paw! I'll cut off one of his paws! ”
"Now, the whole army! Zhang Gongjin! ”
"The subordinates are here!" Zhang Gongjin replied loudly, and Li Jing asked: "This is going to the Turks, how many troops are leading!" ”
"This is going to the Turks, and the subordinates will lead 20,000 troops, and 20,000 will be Qi!"
"Master Li! Lead the troops! ”
"This is going to the Turks, and his subordinates will lead 12,000 soldiers! 12,000 people! ”
Li Jing laughed and said, "Very good! There are such elite soldiers! This battle will be won! Come on, sacrifice the flag! ”
A small general like Su Bai has no right to speak, and Li Keshi's so-called 12,000 troops include Su Bai's Ghost King Army.
As soon as Li Jing finished giving the order, he saw a few people from the corner 'pulled' out of the corner, and the word "pull" was used very vividly, and he saw that the people who were pulled out were wearing shackles on their hands and feet, and their necks were tied into a long string of hemp rope.
Su Bai counted it, there were ten people in total, all of them were men, wearing tattered leather clothes, beards, all messy hair, all with sunken eye sockets and high noses, Su Bai knew at a glance that these people were Turks.
Hu Cong led them to the flagpole and kicked them hard in the crook of the leg, knocking them all to their knees!
Li Jing said: "Today, our army is on the march!" Use the blood of this Turkic people to dye the dragon banner of my Tang Dynasty red! ”
As soon as the words fell, Hu Cong took out his waist knife and fell with his hand, and the heads of people rolled out far away with a grunt, and the blood sprayed high! The corners of Su Bai's mouth twitched out a little unnaturally, this was the first time he had seen a beheading, to be honest, the picture sense was very strong! For the first time, Su Bai saw that blood could spurt two or three meters high! The last time I saw this was in the movie "Kill Bill", but the heads made him a little sick.
"Good!" Li Jing let out a loud sigh and said, "The whole army obeys orders!" Rearmament! A quarter of an hour later, the whole army departed! ”
Su Bai and other generals received the order, and each commanded his soldiers to pack up their things, which is also interesting, the elite of Su Bai's two thousand elites was actually under Li Keshi's hands. Of the 30,000 people who went to the Turks, 10,000 were responsible for military supplies and material preparations, that is, driving wagons to haul grain, lighting fires, cooking, building camps, and so on.
The real battle is still the 20,000 people under Zhang Gongjin! Two thousand archers, two thousand swordsmen, five thousand cavalry, and the remaining eleven thousand men were all infantry.
A quarter of an hour later, the army departed! Su Bai was very strange, why didn't Li Shimin or Li Chengqian say a few words? Isn't it true that the emperor should come out to express his heart for such a big thing as an expedition, and after a while with the generalissimo, you and me, the army will set off, why is it so brief this time?
It was the first time for Su Bai to see so many soldiers marching together, and he couldn't see the end at all! Su Bai's two thousand people entered Li Jing's eyes, and specially approved these two thousand people to open the way, and Han Laohu and Wang Qingyang's excited faces turned red.
Su Bai and Huang Shilang were calm and abnormal, Su Bai didn't understand what was so exciting about this, Huang Shilang didn't pay attention to this little scene at all. As the generalissimo, Li Jing will naturally not be at the front of the team, he is in the middle to prevent the juniors.
The one who led the way was Zhang Gongjin, the bearded man was obviously very interested in Su Bai, especially when he saw that the weapon in Su Bai's hand was actually a phoenix winged gold hammer, his eyes widened in surprise: "This is given to you by Lao Cheng?" ”
Su Bai nodded and smiled: "It was given to the little nephew by Lu Guogong", Zhang Gongjin looked at it carefully, and confirmed through the details that this was the blade of Yuwen Chengdu back then, and he was even more surprised, and said in disbelief: "Phoenix wings and gold hammer?" ”
Su Bai smiled: "Uncle has good eyesight, this is exactly the phoenix wings and gold hammer!" Zhang Gongjin took a breath of cold air and said, "You kid can actually pick up such a heavy blade!" Isn't Mo born with divine power? Su Bai smiled: "The kid is not talented, but he has two strengths."
Zhang Gongjin laughed twice and said: "Don't talk to the old man, the old man is not used to this, who helped you build these two thousand cavalry?" Saying that, Zhang Gongjin also looked back and looked at it enviously, who doesn't want to have such an elite infantry under his command?
Su Bai smiled and pointed at Huang Shilang and said, "Mr. Huang helped me practice", Zhang Gongjin only recognized Huang Shilang at this time, I really haven't seen him all these years, Huang Shilang has changed too much!
"Lao Huang? How are you? You actually gave this little bit a hand? Zhang Gongjin asked three times in a row, and Huang Shilang smiled bitterly and said: "Why not, Lord Wang is my benefactor, if it weren't for Lord Wang's relief, I'm afraid I would have starved to death on the streets."
Zhang Gongjin had also heard about Huang Shilang, sighed, and then said to Su Bai: "Boy, give me Lao Huang, I won't let you suffer!" I'll give you a thousand infantry, a thousand for him, right? ”
Su Bai shook his head with a smile and said, "A thousand soldiers are easy to get, but one is hard to find!" With Mr. Huang here, am I still worried that there are no good soldiers? Besides, Your Majesty only allows me to recruit 2,000 people in Zhechong Mansion in Juxian County, and I have no place to arrange it if you give me 1,000 people."
Zhang Gongjin is not talking nonsense, only he understands how much truth he said in his sentence just now. Huang Shilang looked at Su Bai with a satisfied look, obviously what Su Bai said just now was very much in line with his heart.
Zhang Gongjin changed the topic and said: "These two thousand people, there must be no less money", Su Bai smiled and said: "It's okay, up to now, one person is almost fifty taels", Zhang Gongjin's eyes suddenly glared at the boss, and when he looked back at the cavalry, he suddenly found that this was not a cavalry at all, but an ingot of silver!
Zhang Gongjin turned his head, gave Su Bai a thumbs up and said, "It's not a loss, it's the God of Wealth!" It's really not bad for money", Su Bai said modestly: "Everywhere, it's all the people who are screaming nonsense." Zhang Gongjin said with a smile: "There is only the wrong name, not the wrong nickname"
Su Bai found that Zhang Gongjin was still very funny, and he also had a good impression of Su Bai, the two of them could still talk, Huang Shilang also occasionally interjected a few words, and several people giggled all the way forward, without too depressed atmosphere.
Zhang Gongjin told Su Bai a lot of stories about their previous wars, as well as the incident of their conflict with the Turks a few days ago, which was called a foaming mouth.
"Let me tell you about Wang Xiaozi, this is your first time on the battlefield, and the old man has three words to teach you, the first is not to be afraid! At any time, even if an enemy's arrow is about to hit your eyes, you must never close your eyes! You have to keep your eyes open, you can only hide from it if you see it! The second is to believe in your brother! It's impossible to do everything you need, so you'll need someone to help you defend your back! The third point is that you must not be soft-hearted! Even if he is only a two or three-year-old child, as long as he has a weapon in his hand, he is our enemy! Don't be soft-hearted."
Su Bai nodded when he listened, the experience taught to him by a battlefield veteran like Zhang Gongjin can't be exchanged for any amount of silver, if you don't listen carefully, how can you be worthy of someone's heart?
Being a good teacher is a gene that Chinese people have in their bones, especially when you have a very good listener. As soon as Zhang Gongjin saw that Su Bai was interested in what he said, he became even more energetic.
Su Bai also really learned a lot from him, Zhang Gongjin taught Su Bai a lot of knowledge about leading soldiers, such as where to camp, where to make a fire and cook, what to avoid when marching and fighting, what to do if a soldier suddenly falls ill, or the army is discouraged, etc.
Unconsciously, the group has been walking all morning, and Su Bai doesn't know how many miles he has gone out of the march, and he doesn't know how much he doesn't count at all, but he knows that he doesn't know the boundary in front of him.
When marching, in the morning and at noon, most of them simply eat some dry food, and only after camping in the evening, will they cook a hot meal, so as to save time, in the process of marching, delay a day will not know how much more grain and grass to consume, what kind of fighter plane to delay.
Second, because it is easy to expose the number of people on the side by lighting a fire and cooking, after Li Jing gave the order to rest and eat, more than 100 cavalry galloped in front and behind the team, telling the news, Su Bai and others heard it, they also pulled the horse, found a big stone, and the three of them sat on it.
It didn't take two minutes to run a few horses behind the team, holding a small basket in his hand, this is Zhang Gongjin's pro-army, who has been following behind the ghost king's army, Zhang Gongjin took the basket and opened it, and saw that it was a roast leg of lamb that had been sliced.
Zhang Gongjin smiled: "What? Let's do it together? Su Bai smiled and shook his head, took out two flatbreads in his bag, and the movements of the ghost king army behind him were the same, one person took out two flatbreads, and some even took out one more boiled egg.
Zhang Gongjin said with a smile: "The road in the future is still long, and it is not light to ride a horse every day, if you don't eat something good, your body can't bear it!" Su Bai shook his head with a smile, took a bite of the pie and said, "This is what the villagers baked me early in the morning, and I used up all the fine grain at home!" For me, this is the best food in the world! ”
The flatbread is not delicious, and it tastes greasy and salty with a lot of oil and salt. However, the heart in that cake cannot be found in any delicacies of the mountains and seas.
Zhang Gongjin didn't force it, Su Bai had already said this kind of thing, what he was saying was a little unsightly, but he grabbed the roast leg of lamb very pompously and said, "Then you can nibble on your flatbread!" I'll just make it difficult to eat a roast leg of lamb."
After speaking, he deliberately fanned the aroma to Su Bai, and Su Bai had a black line on his head.
How can this product be like an old naughty boy......
This short-term work is almost over, and I will go to the field on May 2 to do a long-term job, and the update time and word count will be determined at that time. Thank you brothers for your continued efforts! Thank you very much!!
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