Therefore, the relationship between soldiers and officers in the army is very deep.

The affection of comrades, sometimes even better than family affection, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two ribs are inserted.

Now Li Xingzhou feels that the ten days of practice are a thousand times more than the harvest of spending 100 days to read military books. And that's just the beginning.

On the eleventh day, the vanguard and the two armies officially set out.

On the twelfth day, a mighty crowd of 25,000 people, carrying nearly 10,000 wagons, marched to the north with flags covering the sky with smoke and dust.

For the safety of the way, Huan Yanfan, the head of the march, personally led 5,000 elite soldiers to open the road along the way.

These 5,000 soldiers are not new recruits, and the source of soldiers is not ordinary farmers, slaves and vagrants, but the main force of his leopard guard.

The march was very hard, with heavy physical and heavy daily labor, and had to brave the wind, rain, food and wind to sleep in the open.

On the seventeenth day after the departure, the army had traveled more than 700 miles and arrived at the territory of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou.

For the grain and grass baggage team, this marching speed is already very fast.

Because it was an emergency to counter the rebellion, the army had to speed up.

Bingzhou is already relatively close to the front line, here is the northern capital of the Tang Dynasty and the land of Longxing of Li Tang.

He was in charge of the military, political and defense affairs of the North.

The governor of the state is generally held by the prince, and Li Zhi was the governor of the Jin Dynasty before he became the prince.

Li Tao served as the governor of the prefecture and Shi served as his deputy.

Directly manage the military and political defense of the northern half of the Tang Dynasty.

The current governor of Bingzhou is the crown prince Li Xian.

The actual highest official here is the governor of the state, and the governor is Li Hunyang, the prince of the state of China.

At the same time, he is also the chief soldier of Shan Yudao who oversees the logistics of this Northern Expedition, that is, the second person after Heizhi Changzhi.

Of the 100,000 troops of the Northern Expedition, 100,000 will also come from the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Although now the dynasty has changed to Wu Zhou.

But such an important position as governor Shi still hasn't had time to move.

When the army came here, the sergeants' physical strength was almost on the verge of exhaustion, and even the horses had collectively lost weight.

Huan Yanfan ordered a three-day rest.

And the governor Shi Li Hun Yang went out of the city to reward the army, and sent a large amount of mutton and rice wine, and the sergeants were very happy.

Li Hun Xuan is over 60 years old and is still very healthy.

He personally rode a horse and led the army and the people out of the city to reward the army, walked around in the army, comforted the soldiers, asked for warmth, personally delivered wine and meat, and tossed him all day without seeing him rest.

The whole army was full of good feelings about this and governor's history.

Li Xingzhou secretly said in his heart, it seems that Wu Zetian wants to solve Li Hunying.

But at the moment, it's an almost impossible task for her.

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture governs half of the rivers and mountains north of the Yellow River in the Tang Dynasty, and the hundreds of thousands of troops under Li Hunyang are not vegetarians!

The three-day rest gave the soldiers a rare rest.

I even had the opportunity to sleep two nights, and the food was very good.

I can eat two dry meals a day.

In the bowl, you can see a few slices of mutton, and even fresh vegetables sent by Li Hun Yang from Bingzhou.

There was no corruption in the wine sent by the state, and it was all distributed to the soldiers in batches.

After a month in the army, Li Xingzhou felt that he had completely changed.

Although he had endured hardships when he went out to Tibet, he had endured all kinds of hardships, and hardships were nothing to him.

But Li Xingzhou's understanding of the Tang Dynasty army is unprecedentedly deep.

If it was said that it was through two layers of skin membranes before, I vaguely understood the army of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, Li Xingzhou has faded the two layers of skin.

The army still needs to be tempered!

......

Li Xingzhou believes that the Tang Army's glorious tradition of martial arts and simple military style are indeed a fertile ground for cultivating talents.

This makes the generals of the Tang Dynasty come out from generation to generation, and many grassroots generals have emerged among them.

The most typical representatives are Liu Renliang and Xue Rengui.

....

Li Xingzhou saw an acquaintance, Zhu Wenzheng, among the guards in front of Huan Yanfan's tent.

Those who can guard the front of the main general of the Chinese army are all honor guards such as halberders, division ranks, and lieutenant marquis, and they are the henchmen and guards of the main general.

Zhu Wenzheng used to be Cheng Boxian's personal guard.

In the battle of the Yalong River Valley, Zuo Xiaowei's entire army was annihilated.

Only Zhu Wenzheng escaped.

Zhu Wenzheng is very tall and stands out among the guards.

Compared with the scars of a year ago, Zhu Wenzheng's weather also seems to be a different person.

The army really refines people.

Li Xingzhou and Zhu Wenzheng didn't talk, but just exchanged glances.

Then he entered the tent with Park Kyung-tae.

Huan Yanfan was dressed in armor and military uniform, sitting in the tent reading a military book, and there were three or four civilian scholars on the left and right who were busy with their desks.

After the two went in to worship, Huan Yanfan glanced at the two.

Huan Yanfan repelled the scribes on the left and right and pulled the military tent, and then invited Li Xingzhou to sit down.

personally poured him a glass of three bowls of poured wine that only a high-ranking officer could drink.

Li Xingzhou waved his hand.

"If you don't drink this, just the tea."

Huan Yanfan smiled.

"Is it disgust?"

"How can I dislike it?"

Li Xingzhou said with a smile.

"I'm afraid that I can drink it today, but I won't have to drink it in the future, and the taste of thinking about it day and night is too unbearable. You don't know how uncomfortable my first few days in the barracks were, and I wanted to jump on someone else and bite two pieces of meat to eat! ”

Huan Yan Fan laughed, changed a cup of tea for Li Xingzhou, and said.

"Now the Marquis of Shanhou must be very nostalgic for Luoyang's brocade clothes and jade food and wind and snow, right?"

Before Li Xingzhou set out on the expedition, he was sealed by Wu Zetian as the founder of the county from Wupin, and the fief was Shancheng.

Tang Dynasty Fan Jue Ninth Class: One is called a king, ten thousand households in the food town, and one product.

The second is called the heir king, the county king, and 5,000 households in the food town, from one product.

Three are said to be the princes of the country, and there are 3,000 households in the food district, from one product.

Fourth, it is said that the founding county is the prince, and there are 2,000 households in the food town, and it is the second grade.

Five said the founding of the county, 1,500 households, from the second grade.

Sixth, it is said that the founding county marquis, thousands of households in the food district, from the three products.

Seven said the founding county uncle, 700 households, is on the four products.

Eight said the founding of the county, 500 households, is on the fifth grade.

Nine said that the founding county male, 300 households, from the five products.

Each knighthood was also granted to the hereditary Yongye field, 10,000 acres for the prince, 5,000 acres for the county king, 4,000 acres for the national duke, 3,500 acres for the county duke, 2,500 acres for the county duke, 1,400 mu for the marquis, 1,000 mu for the earl, 800 mu for the viscount, and 500 mu for the baron.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is only transitory.

Presumably coming back from the Turks, Wu Zetian must have rewarded this prospective son-in-law.

"It's a lie to say that you don't miss it, who doesn't want to live a good life?"

Li Xingzhou drank a whole cup of tea, exhaled, and said.

"But this month's hardships have really not been in vain, and I have learned a lot."

"That's good."

Huan Yanfan sat down next to Li Xingzhou and said.

"Marquis Shan, do you know why I pressed the army to Jizhou and didn't move?"

Li Xingzhou frowned.

"Isn't it because of recuperation?"

"That's not the main reason. Shanzhou is also a person between the ranks. ”

"The seventeen-day march is nothing at all."

Huan Yanfan said.

"Ahead, there is news of defeat again. Gao Cheng, the general of Shuozhou, led his troops to attack, and encountered Ashina Gu Dulu outside the Great Wall Pass, and was defeated in a battle with countless casualties. ”

"I'm afraid that the new army and the grain and grass baggage team led by me will come forward without authorization, and hearing the news of defeat will affect morale, or the main Turkic force will break through Shuozhou and enter the Great Wall, and be robbed of grain and grass."

"Gao Cheng is defeated again?"

Li Xingzhou was shocked.

"I heard the news of the defeat of Feng Zicong, the head of the Dingxiang Road march, and Gao Cheng, the general of Shuozhou, in Luoyang, three defeats in three battles, countless casualties, and the loss of several prefectures and counties was washed in the blood of the Turks - and now it is defeated again!"

"yes!"

Huan Yanfan's thick eyebrows tightened and said.

"Gao Cheng is also too eager to make meritorious contributions, he heard the news from a few herdsmen that Ashina Gu Dulu is near Heisha, and there are not many soldiers and horses accompanying him."

"He actually believed it, and rushed away with the men and horses, wanting to capture the thief and capture the king."

"As a result, he fell into the encirclement of Ashina Gu Dulu, suffered countless casualties in the first battle, and finally bribed Ashina Gu Dulu and promised a peace alliance to escape."

"Ashina Gu Dulu ignored any covenant, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to catch him up for a while, and easily washed the two border counties of Shuozhou and the herdsman tribe of the Han people."

"One after another, the loss of teachers humiliated the country and the people, Gao Cheng is afraid that there will be no day to turn over."

Li Xingzhou shook his head and sighed.

As the main general, he is anxious for quick success and quick profit, and he does not distinguish between hypocrisy and practical soldiers, and he is lawless, killing countless hot-blooded men.

It also makes the states and counties in the rear unprotected and the people deeply poisoned!

"Gao Cheng has been secretly taken to Bingzhou and put in a cage, and he will be sent to Luoyang for punishment in the near future."

Huan Yanfan frowned and said.

"Now the situation ahead is becoming more and more critical. Feng Zicong of Yunzhou and Gao Cheng of Shuozhou were originally each other's horns to jointly defend the front line of the Great Wall, but now Gao Cheng's army has been wiped out, and the surrounding area has also been looted by the Turks, and the soldiers and civilians died tragically in Yunzhou is in danger, and even the annexed states are directly facing the threat of the Turks. ”

"The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and the entire northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty suddenly became full of holes and could not be prevented. Gao Cheng's defeat is really a disaster for the country and the people! ”

Li Xingzhou twisted his eyebrows and pondered for a moment before saying.

"In that case, why doesn't General Huan transfer the elite to fill the vacancy in Shuozhou's defense?"

"I had this idea, but I didn't dare to implement it easily."

Huan Yanfan said.

"First of all, although I have 30,000 soldiers and horses under my command, there are only 5,000 soldiers who can fight, and the rest are heavy soldiers with grain and grass, or new troops who have not fought in battle formations and are not familiar with training."

"If I take the whole army to kill Benshuozhou, I will undoubtedly send heads, grain and grass to the Turks."

"If I only bring 5,000 soldiers and horses, the more than 20,000 new troops behind me may be in chaos or be robbed at any time."

"Go, maybe I can temporarily fill the gap in defense, but Shuozhou is almost an empty city, and the supply of my five thousand people will be a big problem."

Moreover, the surrounding area of Shuozhou had just been baptized by the Turks, and some of Gao Cheng's remnants of his soldiers had fled in all directions. The enemy situation in Shuozhou is unknown, and the 5,000 elite soldiers do not dare to trade in easily, otherwise it may be a sheep into the tiger's mouth. ”

"General Huan is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield and is thoughtful."

Li Xingzhou thought for a while and said.

"Still, we can't sit idly by. Why didn't General Li send a small team of men and horses to Shuozhou to investigate first, or maybe he could collect the remnants of Gao Cheng's troops to find out the enemy's situation and appease the people? Isn't this what you do to protect the territory and the people for the generals? ”

"Well said."

Huan Yanfan's eyes lit up.

"That's why I'm looking for you and Park Kyung-tae today."

Li Xingzhou suddenly became bigger.

"What does General Huan mean, to send Zuo Yiwei's men and horses to Shuozhou to investigate?"

"That's right."

Huan Yanfan said.

"I'm sure it's dangerous, and you can say no."

Li Xingzhou stood up.

"I'm done!"

"Actually, I would prefer you to refuse. Because, if you go the slightest bit out of the pool, I can't afford it. ”

Huan Yanfan also stood up, his eyebrows tightened.

"Now I'll write a military order, if something really happens to me, no one will blame you!"

Li Xingzhou smiled.

"If you don't give me such a precious opportunity, I will definitely turn my face with you when I turn around!"

"Alas!"

Huan Yanfan sighed helplessly and said with a wry smile.

，......

Late that night, all 100 soldiers of the 1st Brigade of Zuo Yiwei, under the leadership of Li Xingzhou, quietly left the army and advanced to the north.

Li Xing traveled a total of one hundred and three horses.

Lee Hang-joo, Park Kyung-tae and Wang are rare to ride three times.

In this operation, Li Xingzhou did not take Li Baishi on an adventure, but chose Wang Tianyuan, who has performed well recently.

Wuyang is naturally hidden in the team.

Ma Sui and Wang Xingyan each led a small team.

And Zuo Yiwei's army naturally continued to be stationed under the leadership of Changshi Cui Anpersim and Sima Wang Sili.

Yan Shun, Lin Yun, Xing Junya, Yan Tingzhi, and Wei Boyu were responsible for maintaining the army.

Their mission was to investigate the enemy situation in the two states of Shuodai and the vicinity of the Great Wall, and report back in time.

At the same time, it is necessary to appease the defeated soldiers and appease the exiled people.

This kind of task really needs Li Xingzhou's hundred battles to complete.

The army of 30,000 did not know the defeat ahead.

Li Xing's pedestrian on Monday was on a secret mission.

Li Xingzhou didn't dare to be too aggressive, so he naturally didn't dare to wear Mingguang armor on his body.

But the mountain armor, which is also one of the iron armors, is very heavy, and it is not easy to wear on the body at all.

The kind of iron armor that is both light and thin and has high defensive power can only be worn by high-ranking generals and relatives of the royal family.

plus the horse lance in his hand, the horn crossbow on his back and the horizontal knife on his waist, add up to nearly 100 catties.

Riding a horse with this set of equipment is really not easy.

Li Xingzhou didn't want to use a horse lance when choosing a horse war weapon, the reason was very simple, his horse kung fu was not very good, and the paint guns used by ordinary cavalry were not very sharp.

Zuo Yiwei's horses are all tested and accustomed to long-distance running, and their physical strength is particularly good.

A night of galloping, with hardly any long rest on the way.

At dawn, the group arrived at the outskirts of Yanmen County in Daizhou.

Take a break in a thick wooded area.

It was rare for Wang to arrange for the soldiers of the two fires to rotate around as vigilant scouts, so that everyone could seize the time to eat, drink, rest and replenish their strength.

When they were leaving, everyone only brought some steamed cakes and drinking water.

Now sit down to eat some dry food and rest the horses, and some people are leaning against the trees and napping.

After eating half a cake and drinking a few sips of water, Li Xingzhou immediately fell into a deep sleep, and his physical strength was replenished rapidly.

After resting for about an hour, the men and horses regrouped.

Because it was already dark, it was also close to the enemy's front line, and it could encounter enemy troops at any time.

Therefore, it is rare for the king to lead everyone to walk the path between the mountains and forests.

The experience of the scouts played a huge role, and the king knew the terrain of this area very well.

He even accurately found a clear spring in the mountains and forests, and took everyone to replenish their drinking water.

Daizhou is adjacent to Shuozhou and connects to the Great Wall.

It has always been a battleground for soldiers.

The ancient name is "Yanmen Pass".

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