"It sounds like a good idea.

But do you know how difficult it is to execute? ”

Guo Yuanzhen said,

"Hou Shan, let me ask you first. Do you know how far Shuozhou is from the Turkic Tent Black Sand City? ”

"Straight-line distance, more than 700 miles."

Li Xingzhou replied without thinking.

The Turkic tent Black Sand City was not far from the northeast of Hohhot

"It seems that you have not read a lot of military books, and you have not worked hard to understand the geography of Mobei."

Guo Yuanzhen said,

"That's right, if it's not a time of war, it's about seven or eight hundred miles to walk straight out of Shuozhou.

But now it is clear that you can't go in a straight line,

Because the large army of the Turks was operating in the area of Heisha and Yunzhou, if they wanted to surprise them, they had to bypass their main army, which was at least a thousand miles away. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Yuanzhen paused.

"All of you here are cavalry generals."

"You tell me, if I want your cavalry to kill a round trip to the Black Sands in the shortest possible time, how many days will it take?"

"Uh......"

The generals were stunned and replied with a rambling voice.

Six days at the fastest, eight days at the slowest.

"In six to eight days, Yunzhou is estimated to have fallen."

Guo Yuanzhen said.

"Moreover, if a lone army goes deep into the geography and is unfamiliar with no supplies, and it is easy to fall into the encirclement of the enemy army, even if it digs out the hearts of the Turks, it is difficult to achieve great achievements, and it is possible that the whole division will be lost."

"In other words, the risk of this surprise attack is very high."

"The chances of success are slim."

There was silence.

Guo Yuanzhen said.

"It's a good plan. But in practice, it is not enforceable. ”

"Let's continue to discuss how to divide our troops to rescue Yunzhou."

"Okay......"

The generals sighed and listened to Guo Yuanzhen.

Li Xingzhou's brows were furrowed, his expression was very serious, and he was contemplative.

Guo Yuanzhen glanced at him, destined for his expression.

But as if he didn't see it, he continued to discuss with his generals the tactics of dividing troops to save Yunzhou.

Li Xingzhou knew that Guo Yuanzhen was not a person who was jealous of the virtuous.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armed services, if he was not forced to do so, he would not have "taken risks and made a surprise attack."

Now he just needs to protect Shuozhou and Yunzhou without losing it, and wait for the arrival of the army of Black Tooth Changzhi.

The Tang Dynasty could use an army of 100,000 to carry out a crushing attack on the Turks.

Guo Yuanzhen has led soldiers for 30 years and has become famous.

Why would he take such unnecessary risks at such a time?

From Guo Yuanzhen's standpoint, there is nothing wrong with him doing this.

But Li Xingzhou's idea is completely different.

He came to this world, starting as a pawn, isn't he waiting for a day like today......

Can you make a surprise move and make a special contribution?

He can win the favor of Princess Taiping and the appreciation of Wu Zetian.

Isn't it just a military miracle in Shanzhou on a snowy night?

If it's a step-by-step process, wait for the black tooth to come.

Then stand out from the Northern Expeditionary Army, which is full of generals.

The chances are simply equal to zero.

Even if the Northern Expedition is won in the end, he may be able to share a little military merit under the "care" of Heizhi Changzhi and others.

But that kind of military feats are tantamount to "food that comes to you".

How much gold can it have?!

Wealth and danger are sought, and the husband makes meritorious contributions.

Right now!

"General Guo, I have a word!"

Li Xingzhou said suddenly.

Everyone turned their heads to look at Li Xingzhou in surprise, and Guo Yuanzhen asked.

"Hou Shan, please have something to say."

"Surprise attack on Black Sand, I think it's feasible!"

Li Xingzhou said categorically.

All the generals looked at him suspiciously.

There are still people secretly slandering, are you questioning General Guo's decision?

These people are Guo Yuanzhen's henchmen and brothers.

It's like Zuo Yiwei bowing to Li Xingzhou's words.

They also never expressed any doubts about Guo Yuanzhen's words.

"I thought about it again and again, but I gave up!

Guo Yuanzhen waved his hand easily.

But my heart is tight for no reason, don't embarrass me!

"Why don't you listen to me and explain the reason?"

Li Xingzhou said.

Guo Yuanzhen frowned.

"Okay, open your mind, please speak."

Li Xingzhou said.

"I think that the strategic goal of the surprise attack on Black Sand is not necessarily to break his entire city and completely end his tooth tent, but to capture a few important people."

"What do you mean?"

Guo Yuanzhen frowned and asked.

Li Xingzhou said.

"I mean, there's no need to send too many soldiers and horses to attack the Black Sands, just a brigade of more than 100 strange soldiers, and a surprisingly difficult cold shot pierced his heart."

"Kill a few people, capture a few prisoners, and then slip away."

"Don't give them a chance to encircle and hunt down at all."

"Then how to move the root and make the Turks return from Yunzhou?"

Guo Yuanzhen asked.

Li Xingzhou smiled and said.

"We ourselves know that there is only one brigade of partial divisions, how can the Turks know?

"We can attack his tent today and take the prisoners, and tomorrow we may send a large army to cut off his army's return route from behind!"

"What this strange army is going to do is not to deal a devastating blow to him, but to make the Turks panic and suspicious."

"Thought we might have to take it from the back, and we could do a devastating blow to them!

......

"This is the greatest use of strange hearts and suspicious soldiers!"

"Besides, if the luck of this strange army is particularly good, and it can catch their close relatives such as the thief leader Ashina Funian and Ashina Gu Dulu's wife and children, or even themselves, it will be an unexpected surprise."

"The Turks will inevitably be shocked and the whole army will be panicked, where will they have the heart to continue to attack Yunzhou?"

"They must rather believe in what they have than what they don't, and immediately send their troops back to help."

"I'll use a very inappropriate analogy, if we know that there is a Turkic army in the rear and state, killing many people and capturing a few high-ranking officials and generals."

"And then they also disappeared...... What do we think in our hearts? ”

Guo Yuanzhen's expression changed slightly, and the other generals said in a low voice.

Then we must be worried that something has happened to our loved ones and good robes?

Where will the Turks continue to wreak havoc?

If we let these people in, what kind of punishment will we receive in the future?

"For the Turks, compared to the safety of their own tents and relatives, the victory or defeat of Yunzhou is not worth mentioning at all."

Li Xingzhou said.

"That's why I'm sure that as long as we can make a movement in the Black Sands, the Turkic army will retreat in fear!"

"Moreover, General Guo calculated that the time between the attack and the return was six to eight days."

"I thought I wouldn't want to ...... for such a long time"

"You just need to count the time to launch the attack, and you don't have to count the return trip."

"In other words, if we send troops now, we will be able to dig out the hearts and minds of the Turks within three days."

"If it is a cavalry under my command, each person can bring an extra horse, and change horses to ride to ensure that the horses have enough physical strength to sprint day and night...... Two days is enough! ”

Guo Yuanzhen's face changed and he shouted.

"No!"

"Why not?"

Li Xingzhou asked rhetorically.

Guo Yuanzhen's face tightened, and he hinted with his eyes that Li Xingzhou told him not to ask for any more battles, and said in his mouth.

"How can you only think about the way and not the return?"

"Every soldier is our brother in robe, how can we not care about life and death?"

Li Xingzhou smiled and said, "If the three armies have no dead soldiers, they will not be an army. ”

As soon as Li Xingzhou said this, Guo Yuanzhen and several generals under his command all changed their faces.

"What do you mean, are you saying that our entire army is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

One of the lieutenants slapped the table vigorously.

"I'm going to attack the Black Sands!"

"Shut up!"

Guo Yuanzhen shouted, and the general snorted and shut up.

Li Xingzhou hugged his fist and said.

"The generals forgive their sins, and there is no sarcasm in the future, just a matter of facts."

"I dare to assert that purely emotionally speaking, no soldier of the Tang Dynasty would want his robe to die."

"But war never kills people."

"For a big battle, if you can exchange more than 100 dead soldiers for a strategic victory, it is worth it."

"That means there will be a lot fewer deaths."

"General Guo, generals, am I right?"

Everyone was speechless.

They knew that Li Xingzhou was right.

Soldiers have a deep affection for their robes.

However, no one knows whether they will survive a war or how much their robes will die.

For a general with troops, he must be able to accept such a thing.

Such a thing as a "dead man" must be taken into account.

Of course, there are more things to consider...... How can you die a little less!

Guo Yuanzhen's face was ugly, and he waved at Li Xingzhou.

"Hou Shan, take a step to speak."

Li Xingzhou walked with him to another room, Guo Yuanzhen closed the door and whispered.

"Hou Shan, don't say any more."

"I know a surprise attack on the Black Sands might work, but we don't need to take such a risk."

"As soon as the main army of 100,000 people of Yan Guogong arrives, this battle will not be won."

"You...... How can you, a noble man who wants to be a colt, be so dangerous? ”

"Even if you're not afraid of death, Guo ...... Guo is afraid that something will happen to you! ”

Li Xingzhou smiled, and Guo Yuanzhen was a little trembling when he said this.

It can be seen that he is really very jealous in his heart.

"General Guo, I know my own identity, and I also know your scruples."

Li Xingzhou said.

"But, I insist!"

"Why?!"

"Reason, I don't want to go into detail now. Anyway, I have to do it! ”

Li Xingzhou's expression was extremely firm.

"Repeat again...... I insist, I insist, I insist!! ”

“……”

Guo Yuanzhen's mouth opened wide, his expression stiffened, and he was stunned.

"I set up a military order, life and death are mine, and it is not General Guo's business."

Li Xingzhou threw a punch to Guo Yuanzhen.

"Please believe that I will succeed and return safely!"

Guo Yuanzhen covered his forehead, shook his head, and smiled bitterly.

"Then I'll help you with five hundred men and horses, and give you a few veterans who can fight to assist."

"No, you don't."

Li Xingzhou cut the road categorically.

"There are too many people, but the goal is too big to succeed."

"I've drawn some people from Zuo Yiwei. I am not familiar with the men and horses you have allocated to me, and they may not be willing to listen to my commands, and it is easy to get into disputes, and it is easy to get into trouble when you get to the front. ”

"Our team of people can attack out, if we can succeed, it will be a great profit."

"If I can't get it, I will take my brothers and retreat carefully, and I will never be brutal.

"Anyway, please believe me, I don't joke with anyone's life."

"Of course, you can't expect us to succeed."

"Strategically, you have to be prepared for our failure."

"If we get lucky, it's an unexpected surprise."

Guo Yuanzhen squinted at Li Xingzhou with a tense face.

After hesitating for a long time, he sighed helplessly.

"I kind of understand what you're thinking."

"Then thank you General Guo for making it happen!"

Li Xingzhou smiled, Guo Yuanzhen is a smart person.

He probably really understood that I just wanted to do a miracle.

It's not a spur of the moment.

"Tell me, what do you need me to help you with?"

"Lend me a batch of war horses, and a bath bucket!"

"War horses are fine, but the sergeants under my command rarely take a bath once a year, and I really don't know what the bath bucket looks like!"

“……

"The pond will do too!"

......

In the evening, Li Xingzhou pulled the people he had selected to a small pond.

A moment later, Li Xingzhou raised his fist in the air and assembled to form a neat train.

"I have something to tell you."

Li Xingzhou said.

"Listen, it's a thing, not a military order."

All the sergeants looked at Li Xingzhou in unison.

Wait for the following.

Li Xingzhou said.

"I am proud and courageous, and I have won a very dangerous military operation mission with General Guo."

"This time the operation is a real battle, listen clearly, it is a real battle...... No more capture the flag exercises. ”

"And this action is my personal will, not a military order issued by the top. In other words, you can not go. ”

"I will blame you neither by law nor emotionally."

"Repeat, this is a very dangerous mission that I personally fought for!"

The sergeants listened and were curious, but none of them expressed an opinion or opinion.

"Yes, brother!"

Li Xingzhou smiled.

"Perhaps in your eyes, I am your ruler, just like an elder. But in my heart, all of you, are my brothers! ”

"Report...... Shanhou, just say it quickly! ”

Abaoji said.

He, along with the ten strong men of the Khitan, was also transferred by Li Xingzhou.

The sergeants were stunned.

Li Xingzhou said.

"That mission is very dangerous, and it will definitely kill people."

"You are all excellent, you are all qualified soldiers."

"I welcome those who are willing to go with me; If there are people I don't want to go, I'm glad to go. ”

"Because you are soldiers who belong to the Tang Dynasty, not to me Li Xingzhou alone."

"You should return to the state army and obey the command of the upper peak."

"Report!"

"Say."

It's still Abaoji, he said loudly.

"Don't live together, but die together!!"

"Don't live together, but die together!!"

One hundred and eighteen soldiers, shouted in unison.

......

"In my opinion, there is no need to say so much."

Lin Yun smiled.

"If one of them doesn't really follow Shanhou, I'm willing to cut off my arms!"

"You don't have an arm anymore."

Persimmon said coldly.

"All obey!!"

Li Xingzhou said loudly.

"Jump off the pond and wash away everything you used to have!"

"Yes!!"

A moment later, Li Xingzhou asked Wuyang and all the cavalrymen to hold their own red uniforms, unicorn robes, and mountain armor.