The Mid-Autumn Festival in August, it is the time of high autumn air, and the wanderers outside are also thinking about their relatives in the dilapidated home, as long as they can go home, almost all of them rush home to reunite with their families on this day, and the territory of the Great Song Dynasty is also peaceful.

Ten miles west of Gyeongju city is a mountain river, the mountain is also quite steep, the Great Song Dynasty is stationed here a group of elite soldiers, mainly as a guard to Gyeongju, so that in case there is an enemy to Gyeongju, the Song army here can also fly to help, usually here can also be used as a place for training, but just some time ago, there are a large number of troops gathered here.

"General, the 3,000 elite soldiers of the Yongxing Army have arrived, this is the last one, and now the army of 50,000 people has been assembled, when will we send troops?" In the conference hall, Cao Mata said excitedly to a burly middle-aged general with a big square face in the tent at this time.

"Don't worry, you still need to practice after the army is assembled, otherwise it will be embarrassing!" I saw that this middle-aged general with a square face said very calmly, he was Zhao Zhen, the deputy head of Yanyan Road, who Cao Wei recommended to Zhao Zhen.

"General, I know that the time of sending troops is confidential, but we have been here for so long, and we have been practicing for a long time, and now we see that half of the autumn has passed, but the imperial court still does not move, we can't wait until winter to send troops, right?" Cao Mata asked cheekily again at the moment.

A few months ago, Cao Mata's musket army was also recruited here, at first Cao Mata thought it was just an ordinary exercise, but later as more and more troops came, he slowly felt that something was wrong, so he discussed it with some people in the army, and these people quickly concluded that the imperial court was likely to send them to the expedition, and in the northwest area, in addition to the Tubo people, only the party was worthy of the Great Song Dynasty to gather so many troops.

"The imperial court naturally has the considerations of the imperial court, you young people don't just think about going to the battlefield every day to cut off people's heads for military merits, but also consider the risk of sending troops, as well as some necessary preparations, so that you can be more sure on the battlefield!" Zhao Zhen is worthy of being recommended by Cao Wei, his temperament is stable, and he is still very calm at this time.

Hearing Zhao Zhen's words, Cao Ma was also a little helpless, Zhao Zhen, as the main general, must know all the plans for the expedition, but Zhao Zhen's mouth is very strict, and he will not leak half a point until the moment of sending out the troops, during this time they asked countless times, but Zhao Zhen just didn't say, until now they don't know the date of sending troops, and they don't know who to fight.

As for the purpose of the expedition, it is easy to guess, it is nothing more than two goals, Tubo and the party, among which although Tubo has a large number of people, it has already been divided internally, and it is also a little far away from Gyeongju, so even if Zhao Zhen doesn't say it, most people in the army can guess that the target of this army is likely to be Li Yuanhao of the party.

"General, you can't breathe through your mouth? The brothers below can't wait. In the end, Cao Ma said helplessly again, he had no way to take Zhao Zhen at all.

"Don't keep asking about these useless things, go back and give me a good practice, and I will naturally tell you when I send out the army!" Zhao Zhen also said a little impatiently at this time, if it wasn't for the old general Cao Wei who recommended himself to His Majesty, he wouldn't have bothered to talk so much nonsense with Cao Mata.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was a little impatient, Cao Ma didn't dare to ask more, so he could only leave with a depressed face, but when he left the meeting hall, he was surrounded by a group of generals of the same level as him to inquire about the news, these people wanted to know when to send troops, but they didn't ask many times, I thought that Zhao Zhen looked at Cao Wei's face, maybe he would reveal some news to Cao Mata, but unfortunately they were destined to be disappointed.

After chatting with the disappointed crowd for a few words, Cao Yu said goodbye and returned to his camp, after the difficult expansion of the musket army, it has finally reached 7,500 people, which is considered to have reached the allocation of three armies, this army is not the army of later generations, but the military establishment of the Song Dynasty, one army has five battalions, one battalion has five capitals, each is a hundred people, so an army is 2,500 people.

"Commander, did General Zhao say when he would send troops?" As soon as Cao Yu came back, he saw Di Qing immediately rushing over and asked loudly, after Di Qing came back from the military academy, he still served as a battalion commander under Cao Yu, the position was not very high, mainly because Di Qing was too young, and the position was too high to attract jealousy, but when he could make meritorious contributions this time, there would be no problem with being promoted in the future.

"General Zhao's mouth is too strict, and he refuses to reveal his tone at all, so tell his brothers to wait honestly!" Cao Yu poured a lot of gas from the teapot next to him at this time, and then said helplessly, in fact, it has come to this time, and after the army is assembled, the entire camp has been closed, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to enter and exit, and even Fang Yuan is a forbidden area for several miles, so there is no need to worry about leaking the news, but Zhao Zhen is too cautious, which makes him helpless.

Di Qing also showed a disappointed look when he heard this, after he rushed to the northwest from the military academy, he had just arrived at Jinshan, and he received an order to assemble the whole army here, and half of it was a few months, although everyone knew that there was going to be a war, but there was no news for such a long time, so that they were all about to be suffocated.

"By the way, didn't you say last time that you wanted to worship General Guo as a teacher, I asked for you, and General Guo also said that if you can perform well in this expedition and can support ten rounds under him, he will promise to teach you martial arts!" At this time, Cao Yu suddenly remembered something, and said to Di Qing with a smile.

The name of General Guo in Cao Yu's mouth is Guo Zun, who is the champion of the three armies with bravery, and not only him, but also the rest of the Guo family are also extraordinary, Guo Zun is known as an invincible opponent in the army, Di Qing has always wanted to defeat the wild dog in martial arts, but he must rely on his own practice is definitely not enough, he must get the guidance of a famous teacher, so after he heard about Guo Zun's name, he had the idea of apprenticeship.

"Really! That's great! Hearing that Guo Zun was willing to accept himself as an apprentice, Di Qing couldn't help but shout in surprise, although Guo Zun put forward the conditions, but this was nothing in Di Qing's opinion, after all, there were many people who begged Guo Zun to accept the apprentice but ignored it.

Seeing Di Qing's happy appearance, Cao Yu couldn't help laughing, since Di Qing came back, he found that Di Qing had become much calmer, but he was still a little persistent in practicing martial arts, and now Di Qing is more like the Di Qing when he first met.

Time passed quickly, and half a month passed in a blink of an eye, Zhao Zhen also redeployed the 50,000 troops, and conducted several joint exercises, and just after August, Zhao Zhen suddenly ordered the whole army to pull out, and the first full-scale war between the Great Song Dynasty and the party finally began.

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