"Father is really, why do you have to let you go?" Li Yu complained in a low voice while sorting out Zhang Yunwen's bags.

Originally, this kind of tidying up should be done by the maid, but Li Yu grabbed it, leaving Mei Xiang and Rui'er to stand by and watch at a loss.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen said to the two: "Forget it, you guys go down first!" Go and tell Wangshan, Shishi and Zheng Fanglian them first, and then say that I am going to requisition them, tell them to get ready, and go to the equipment yard to get equipment in the afternoon! ”

The second daughter retreated in a panic.

After Li Yu wrapped the change of clothes, she turned around and hugged Zhang Yunwen. Li Yu is not tall, and he and Zhang Yunwen can't stand at the latter's shoulder. hugged Zhang Yunwen tightly, and whispered in his mouth: "Brother Yunwen, I don't want you to go!" ”

Zhang Yunwen turned around, patted Li Yu on the shoulder and said, "Silly girl, there are some things I have to do!" Besides, don't I just go for a walk on the prairie? The long is two months, and the short is one month! ”

Li Yu was silent, just hugged Zhang Yunwen tightly.

"By the way, sister, if you feel lonely at home alone, you can go to your sister Zhirou. In fact, she is also very lonely in Chang'an! Zhang Yunwen suddenly remembered Zhi Rou and said to Li Yu at the moment.

Li Yu raised his head in Zhang Yunwen's arms, looked into the latter's eyes, and nodded, indicating that he knew.

Saying goodbye to the love of children and daughters, Zhang Yunwen set off with a few people living in his own house. These people are considered pro-soldiers, but the number of them is not enough, so Zhang Yunwen has to go to the reconnaissance camp to find some people to come over.

I don't know where Yang Chang heard the news, on the way to the reconnaissance camp by Zhang Yunwen, he stopped Zhang Yunwen's horse, and then dragged a young man behind him out: "Hehe, Lord Zhang, this journey to the Turks is difficult, and my brother has nothing to send, give this guy to you!" ”

Zhang Yunwen saw that this person turned out to be Song Waterfall. I saw that he was tanned and looked stronger. Remembering what Yang Chang said a few days ago, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Didn't Brother Song learn kung fu and travel around?" How did you get back? ”

Yang Chang suddenly said angrily: "This bastard thinks he has learned well, and he looks for people everywhere to test his strength, but he was cleaned up by an old man in Hedong, and he was ashamed and shameless, so he had to go back to Chang'an!" Lao Tzu pondered, instead of letting this kid cause trouble everywhere without long eyes, it is better to hand it over to the adults to give you exercise, not to mention anything else, just with his strength, he will definitely be able to mix up the fame! ”

As a result, Zhang Yunwen's personal soldiers added another person.

Coming to the reconnaissance battalion, Zhang Yunwen selected 50 veterans and recruits with outstanding performance. Among them, veterans like Liu Cheng and Wu Peng, needless to say, a group of more powerful recruits such as Wang Ke, whom Zhang Yunwen met a few days ago, were also selected. These so-called recruits are actually elites selected by various prefectures, but they have not received training in this area before. Now they've been training here for a year, which is not much more than many veterans.

Then, a group of more than 60 people rode to the equipment yard to replenish the equipment.

When passing by the Military Academy, the trainees who vaguely got the news surrounded Zhang Yunwen under the leadership of several sons and asked to take them there as well. Zhang Yunwen's eyes widened, and he said, "What can't you go!" Lao Tzu is going on a mission, what are you taking with you! ”

Liu Renshi said unconvinced: "We can do it too!" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled and looked at Jiao Lao Dao beside him: "Old Jiao, let them open their eyes and know what a scout is!" ”

Boss Jiao chuckled, turned over and dismounted. I saw him get up and move, and suddenly he jumped onto a big tree next to him, and in the eyes of everyone, he swayed between the canopies for a while, and disappeared into the canopy.

"Huh, what about people?" The students stared around in surprise.

Zhang Yunwen smiled: "See, as long as you can do it, I will take you there!" Hmm, Lao Jiao, come down! ”

I saw the branches on the canopy move, and then a figure appeared from the shadow of the canopy, between which his neckline and waist were full of branches, plus a dark dress, hidden in the shadows, if he didn't get closer, it would be difficult to find.

The students were silent for a moment, looking at Boss Jiao and the group of reconnaissance battalion soldiers with admiration.

Getting rid of the entanglement of the students, Zhang Yunwen and the others entered the equipment courtyard, said a word to Yan Lide, and then opened the door of the warehouse and let the soldiers enter to choose weapons. Of course, it will be registered at the door when you take it out.

Among them, the weapons selected by the non-commissioned officers of the reconnaissance battalion were generally not bad, in addition to the horizontal knives, sabers, military stabers, and steel crossbows that they carried with them, they also picked up a few grenades per person in the warehouse, and supplemented some pure iron arrows. Of course, Ma Wangshan and Wu Peng, who were marksmen, replenished two bags of long-feathered arrows. As for the equipment of the others, it is also very similar, except for Song Waterfall, who has not participated in the battle. I saw that in addition to choosing an iron-handled mace of nearly 100 catties, he also wanted to bring a mortar. However, when he learned that this mortar needed to be supported by shells, he was about to give up this idea, but Zhang Yunwen said: "Brother Song, bring this thing, let the shells be carried by horses!" ”

In the end, the crowd brought three mortars and five boxes with a total of 100 shells. These shells are said to be the latest research results of Master Lu and several craftsmen. This shell has an extra layer than the original shell, and between the iron shell and the gunpowder, a thin layer of fragile pig iron is separated, and the filling head is filled with a large number of iron thistles the size of thorns on six sides, and after the explosion, the shrapnel and this iron piece are splashed in all directions, causing extensive damage. This was specifically used against cavalry.

After the equipment was completed, Zhang Yunwen roared out with nearly sixty cavalry and galloped straight to the north.

This time, they also brought a slave horse each, which was used to place heavy weapons and transfers.

Running all the way along the official road to Taiyuan, it was almost the same road that went to the Xi tribe at the beginning. However, after arriving in Taiyuan, it went straight to the north, not to the east.

When he arrived in Taiyuan, news came from the investigation institute that it was not long after Tuli returned to the tent, and Jieli recruited troops from Tuli, but Tuli refused. Jieli was immediately furious and led his troops to attack Tuli, who asked Li Shimin for help.

"Tsk, it's worthy of 'Fang Mou Du Xuan', that Fang Xuanling's analysis of the development trend of things is really powerful, and he has long foreseen Jieli's crusade against Tuli! I know it, but I read it from a book! After Zhang Yunwen learned the news, he couldn't help but think to himself.

At this time, Shuofang, north of Taiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, still had a separatist force, headed by Liang Shidu. Liang Shidu was originally a member of the Shuofang clan, and he took advantage of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty to divide Shuofang. After Li Tang unified the world, Liang Shidu immediately surrendered to the Turks, not to guide the Turks to invade the Central Plains south. In the first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin was supposed to sweep away Shuofang, but he was afraid of the Turks, so it dragged on until the second year of Zhenguan.

However, Zhang Yunwen estimates that this Liang division has nothing to do, the heavy snow and civil strife in the first year of Zhenguan made the Turks take care of themselves, where can they take care of him Liang Shidu, plus next year will be the Northern Expedition to the Turks, this year will definitely clear all obstacles. I believe that it will not be long before Shuofang becomes a state and county under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

When he arrived near Shuofang, Zhang Yunwen reminded his soldiers to be careful and sent scouts to reconnoiter along the way. Along the way, he encountered several Shuofang and Turkic rangers, but when he faced the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion, he was quickly wiped out.

Not far from Shuofang is the Great Wall, and beyond the Great Wall, there is an endless vast grassland.

Those soldiers who followed Zhang Yunwen to the Xi clan said that when they saw the scene of the sky and the earth, they were only slightly shocked and passed. And those soldiers who came to the grassland for the first time looked at the blue sky and white clouds, looked at the tender green and new yellow grassland, couldn't help but sit motionless on their horses, looking at every scene here in a daze, looking greedily at every corner, really shocked by the sky and earth here.

"Have you seen enough?" Zhang Yunwen said lightly, raised his horsewhip, and pointed to the vast world, "It doesn't matter if you haven't seen enough, don't worry, in the future, this land and this grassland will be under the rule of my Tang Dynasty, and you can look at it as you want when the time comes!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly felt that their arrogance rose suddenly, and they let out a long roar at this vast world.

Angry horses like dragons, Zhang Yunwen led more than 60 knights to gallop on this grassland, and the land under his feet gradually turned from a desert to a thin grass, and became a tender green grassland. At this time, Zhang Yunwen had a hunch that he was not far from Tuli's tooth tent.

However, galloping all the way, but not seeing half a figure, if he didn't know that the general direction was in the northeast, and there was the sun as a direction, Zhang Yunwen really suspected that he had been lost in this vast grassland.

And the soldiers have absolute obedience to Zhang Yunwen, and the soldiers have full trust in him, so there is no dissatisfaction. Besides, Zhang Yunwen is a person who has led soldiers after all, and he knows how to appease the emotions of the soldiers. Therefore, everyone still followed Zhang Yunwen to run wildly on the grassland.

And so it went on for three whole days, during which no one was to be seen, and a kind of loneliness haunted the group. Finally, on the afternoon of the third day, Zhang Yunwen and the others met a large flock of sheep.

There must be a tribe near sheep, and sure enough, a medium-sized tribe with a thousand people was found nearby.

This time Zhang Yunwen was not polite, this time they came to help Tuli, if they didn't show a little strength, maybe they would be looked down upon. Immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle. Suddenly, the arrows were like a forest, and the horizontal knives flashed. Zhang Yunwen and Yang Shi set up the mortars in the back, removed the shells from their horses, and prepared for battle.

The tribal warriors who had already discovered this group of uninvited guests also stepped on their war horses, brandishing a scimitar full of cold light in their hands, and rushed towards Zhang Yunwen's side.

"Ready!" Just as Zhang Yunwen shouted to prepare, he suddenly heard a Turkic voice from the opposite side, and when he was wondering what it meant, the voice said in Chinese: "General Zhang, stop!" We are our own people! ”

Zhang Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered this voice, and immediately laughed twice with "haha", and ordered the soldiers to put away their weapons. The Turk warriors who were charging over there slowly gathered their horses and walked back.

The three knights rushed over from that side, and while rushing, they also shouted loudly in Chinese: "General Zhang, General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Yunwen turned over and got on the horse, looked at the three knights who galloped over, and secretly said in his heart: "Long time no see!" ”