Chapter 218: The Beacon Flames

Li Jing said: "Weichen received a piece of music here yesterday, which is submitted by Zhang Gong, the general of Zuo Wuhou, the acting governor of Zhouzhou, please take a look at it!" ”

Li Shimin didn't let the chamberlain take it, but waved his sleeves: "Aiqing, you can recite it in court!" ”

In fact, Li Shimin has already seen this recital, but this time he asked Li Jing to read it, not to himself, but to the courtiers and envoys from all sides.

I saw Li Jing standing tall in the hall, holding the music with both hands, and reciting in a mellow voice: "The minister bows his head suddenly: Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world has been in chaos, and the four seas are churning. The north is uneasy, and the Turkic sins are great! …… Today the Turks are desirable for six reasons. Jieli indulges in violence, punishes loyalty, and rapes. Xue Yantuo and other tribes all rebelled, and the second also. Extension and desire valley are all offended, and there is nothing to be ashamed of, and there are three. The frost in the north is early, the grain is scarce, and the four are also. Jieli sparse its ethnic group, pro-commission Zhuhu, Hu people repeatedly, the army is coming, there will be internal changes, five also, the Chinese into the north, there are many of them, than the smell of the place to gather in the roar, protect the mountain risk, the army out of the block, natural response, six also ......"

Li Jing recited the chapter in a slow but firm voice. There was silence in the main hall, and you could hear the needles falling. Every word of Li Jing sounded, and the eyes of the generals lit up, and by the time Li Jing finished reciting, the generals were already ready to move, and their faces were flushed.

"Your Majesty, Weichen agrees with General Zuo Wuhou's opinion! The minister is willing to raise 20,000 troops, go north to the Great Wall, and exterminate the Turks! Captain Chi Jingde, the general of the Left Guard, said first.

Then, a group of generals such as Cheng Yanjin, the general of the Right Guard, and Li Shiji, the general of the Left Guard, stepped forward one after another, asking for troops to attack the Turks.

"Pharmacist, what is your opinion?" After all the generals had finished asking for their lives, Li Shimin asked Li Jing in a deep groan.

Li Jing narrowed his eyes, and the whole person exuded a fierce momentum: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen also agrees with General Zuo Wuhou's opinion!" This Turkic Jieli is this person, capricious, mean, and unrighteous, not only swearing an oath with my Tang Dynasty, but also helping Liang Shidu to divide Shuofang; I know that Tiele has declared himself a vassal to our Datang Dynasty, and he has attacked his mission. Such acts are outraged by heaven and man! Therefore, the minister is willing to lead 100,000 troops, break through the Turkic tent, and capture Jieli alive! In the end, he was already loud and deafening.

"Good!" Li Shimin slapped the dragon chair heavily, and a loud sound echoed in the silent hall.

He got up and rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in front of the dragon chair, although he was a little excited, but his eyes were calm, just like on the eve of a big war when he launched a big war, he would think repeatedly, calmly analyze, and weigh the pros and cons.

Seeing Li Shimin's action, the generals who followed him on his expedition couldn't help but show a nostalgic smile.

Finally, Li Shimin stopped, his eyes were firm, and he said calmly: "I have made up my mind, and today I will issue an edict to crusade against the Turks!" ”

The palace Wu suddenly shouted in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

Li Shimin looked at the civil and military forces in the hall and the envoys standing behind, his heart suddenly rose with pride, and he shouted loudly at the moment: "Pass on my order, order: Li Shiji is the head of the Tongmo Road march, Li Jing is the head of the Dingxiang Road march, Chai Shao is the head of the Jinhe Road march, Xue Wanche is the head of the Changwu Road march, and Li Jing will control the three armies!" ”

This edict, Li Jing. Li Shiji and the two came out to hold their fists to lead the order.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said: "Order Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, to control the soldiers and horses of Longyou to prevent Jieli from fleeing south and west." Li Daoxuan was the champion general, led the soldiers and horses of the Tiele troops, blocked the desert, and prevented Jieli from escaping to the north of the desert. Wei Xiaojie guards Youzhou to prevent Jieli from escaping eastward! ”

These people were all outside at this time, so they could not receive orders in person, and could only rely on the communication system of the investigation institute or the post station to convey them.

As a result, from Yingzhou, Youzhou to Yunzhou, Shuozhou, Taiyuan, and then to Lingzhou, on this thousand-mile-long border, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses slowly gathered from the moment Li Shimin's edict was promulgated. The three families of the Lu clan of Fanyang, the Wang clan of Taiyuan, and the Li clan of Longxi also began to raise military rations for the army, and at the same time paid close attention to the movements of the imperial court and the movement of the army.

For a time, with Chang'an City as the center, hundreds of carrier pigeons and thousands of knights flew towards their respective destinations in a scattered manner.

After Li Shimin announced the order, he ordered the dissolution of the dynasty. Generals, you look at me, I look at you, no one left. Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Everyone, Aiqing, why don't you leave?" ”

The generals also smiled "hehe": "Aren't we waiting for Your Majesty to arrange an errand?" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand: "Let's go, go to the General Staff to discuss!" ”

When they came to the staff courtyard, they sat down at a long table. One of the chamberlains pulled back the curtain on the wall, revealing a large map hanging on the wall, and then slowly went out and closed the door.

Li Shimin sat at one end of the long table, and the generals sat down in order according to the size of their positions.

As soon as he sat down, Cheng Biting Jin said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you also arrange an errand for me!" It's good to let Lao Cheng kill the Turks and have a good time! ”

Cheng Biting Jin's words were immediately agreed by the other generals who didn't get the errand, and they also talked nonsense.

Li Shimin smiled slightly, pressed his hands, and the scene suddenly calmed down: "Don't worry, Aiqing, I have my own arrangements!" Just when those generals looked at Li Shimin, they saw him pointing at Li Jing: "Your errand is still arranged by the pharmacist!" ”

Suddenly, the eyes of all the generals looked at Li Jing again.

Li Jing said slowly: "Don't worry, adults, wait for me to arrange it slowly!" As he spoke, he stood up, walked to the big map, took out a slender baton and pointed at the map, and said, "My army is out from Yingzhou to Lingzhou. As he spoke, he gently drew a long arc on the ground with his baton, including most of the northern territory of the Tang Dynasty.

"The 100,000 army is distributed on such a long front, in order to prevent the Turkic light cavalry from interspersing and attacking the back road of our Tang Dynasty, order: Wei Chi Jingde to sit in Chang'an, and lead the three guards of Yulin Wei, Shence Army, and Longwu Army to garrison Chang'an, so as to prevent the Turks from interspersing and attacking Chang'an."

Hearing this errand, Wei Chi Jingde couldn't help but be a little discouraged, but he had always been loyal and honest, and immediately got up and hugged his fists, indicating that he knew.

The baton in Li Jing's hand pointed another place on the map, but it was Longyou Liangfu: "Cheng Zhijie listens to orders." Order: Cheng Zhijie led 5,000 troops to guard Liangfu, together with the local defenders, and closely watched the movements of the Western Turks, Tuyuhun, Qiang, and Shatuo tribes! ”

Cheng Yanjin waited for a pair of bull eyes to look at Liangfu on the map, and finally hugged his fists to take the order, but muttered in his mouth: "In that place of Liangfu, there is not a single bird, what is there to guard!" Lao Tzu still wants to fight the Turks twice! ”

But his words were ignored by everyone.

Zhang Yunwen looked at the map and couldn't help but squint his eyes. There is an army of Wei Xiaojie in Fanyang, and the army of Chai Shao in Taiyuan is about to be assembled, and Liangfu in Longxi is now going to bite gold, so that the three families who supply military food for the army are heavily guarded. It seems that Li Jing, or Li Shimin, is extremely uneasy about these families.

Li Jing's gaze swept among the generals, and finally his gaze fell on Zhang Yunwen, frowned and pondered for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile: "Yunwen, this operation will recruit all the three thousand sergeants of the reconnaissance battalion. As for how to use these three thousand sergeants, the old man wants to hear your opinion Yunwen! ”

Zhang Yunwen was silent for a moment and said: "The reconnaissance battalion can be divided into two teams, and I will take one for assault purposes." The other was scattered among the armies for reconnaissance purposes. ”

After hearing this, Li Jing smiled slightly: "For reconnaissance? What does Yunwen mean by this, don't you know that there are scouts in our army, so why do you need the sergeant of the reconnaissance battalion to come? ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled confidently: "The general's words are wrong!" The last general was extremely confident in his reconnaissance battalion. Do the scouts in the army know how to survey and map the landforms, draw the nearby mountains and rivers, and the layout of the enemy's battalion? Can you disguise yourself as an enemy camp and disguise yourself as an enemy soldier to respond? Can you infiltrate the enemy camp and take the head of the enemy? Can you be brave and abnormal in the chaos of the army, and take one as ten? ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately began to discuss with some surprise.

Li Jing's eyes flashed, and he immediately smiled: "Okay! The old man agreed to Yunwen's method! This reconnaissance battalion is scattered all over the army! ”

Zhang Yunwen bowed and was about to sit down, when he suddenly seemed to remember something, straightened up again, and said to Li Jing: "General, the last general has two suggestions!" ”

"You say!"

"One is about the newly formed artillery unit of our Datang Military Academy. Now it has a total of more than 400 artillery pieces and more than 300 mortars, which can be very useful for the cluster charge of the Turkic cavalry. Therefore, the last general suggested that this artillery be used intensively, led by the general himself. ”

Thinking of the power of the cannon when he tried the gun, Li Jing suddenly smiled: "Okay! Yunwen said this, just like me! ”

However, Zhang Yunwen glanced back, but saw Li Shiji's dissatisfied eyes, and immediately arched his hand to Li Shiji: "General, the last general still has 10,000 grenades in his hand, I don't know if the general is interested?" ”

Li Shiji nodded with satisfaction, and said with a sneer: "What is Yunwen doing here?" It's so gracious! In this case, the old man will not shirk! ”

After balancing these two generals, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately that Chai Shao and Xue Wanche were not in Chang'an, if they were in Chang'an, I am afraid that he would have to come up with two supplies.

"The second suggestion of the last general is related to the General Staff!" Zhang Yunwen bowed his hand to Li Jing again, "There are now more than 300 people in the staff department of the Military Academy, and by the way, there are more than 200 people in the command department. Only cadets who have experienced the war can become qualified staff officers and generals! ”

As soon as these words fell, Li Shimin, who was listening with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes: "Yunwen's words are far-sighted, I am very happy to be pleased, and I will approve his suggestion!" Let those little ones go to battle and see the blood! ”

Seeing Li Shimin speak, Li Jing walked back to the long table and sat down.

Li Shimin propped his hands on the table, and his eyes swept over the general: "Do you Aiqing have any other opinions?" ”

There was silence below.

"Good!" Li Shimin straightened up suddenly, walked to the map, glanced at the map, and turned around suddenly: "The generals and officials listen to the order: this crusade against the Turks is a big matter, and there is no room for the slightest problem. All generals and officials are under Li Jing's control, and there must be no mistakes! ”

"No!" All the generals clasped their fists at the same time and said loudly.