Chapter 188: Pre-War Preparations
Looking at the tired generals, Li Qing naturally knew that since they got the order yesterday, they had not rested for a moment, first rushed to the Shijing Temple from Chengdu non-stop, although they stayed in the Shijing Temple for a short time, but Li Qing stayed awake all night because he was worried about Wei Yanyu's safety, and as subordinates, they naturally did not dare to rest for a while. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
As soon as the news was received at dawn, the whole army spent three hours to arrive here non-stop, although they were soldiers, but they would also feel tired, although Li Qing had no experience in the army, but they could also see from their mental state at the moment that they were exhausted at this moment, if they started a war rashly, I am afraid they would not be able to exert half of their combat strength.
But despite this, Li Qing also understood that the villagers of Longquan Town at this moment must have been like frightened birds, if so many troops rashly entered Longquan Town, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil, and when the time comes, I am afraid that they will have to come forward to clean up the mess themselves.
Although I know that these are the Tang Army, after all, Jiannan Dao is located in the southwest border of the Tang Dynasty, and the discipline of the army is naturally not as strict as that of Guanzhong.
For example, Liu Ran's father, who is known as the "powder-faced general", was the general who guarded the yamen in front of the Yamen, and personally led the army to slaughter more than 800 innocent people under Zhao Gongshan, of course, the instigator behind all this is Xian Yu Zhongtong, but although it is not his own will, but as the executor of this matter, Liu Ran's father, from then on, has no chance with his career!
It is precisely because of such a precedent that for the arrival of so many troops, although they know that it is the Tang Army, but Longquan Town is still frightened, in their eyes, some Tang Army sometimes even the bandits of Longhu Village are not as good, after all, bandits only seize wealth and rarely kill people, but some Tang Army is just a group of bandits dressed in regular army clothes, they not only seize wealth, if they are unhappy, it is possible to kill your whole family.
Thinking of this, Li Qing looked at the leaders of the various armies in front of him with a serious face, and ordered: "This king knows that you are working hard, but this time the king of Longhu Village must be destroyed!" ”
Now, no matter how bitter it is, you can't complain in front of Li Qing, since you have arrived in Longquan Town, everyone naturally has no possibility of retreating, and they can mix up to their level, although they are not good at observing words and feelings, but they are not rigid people, so they all bowed their hands and said respectfully: "Your Highness is serious, it is our honor to serve His Royal Highness King Shou, how dare I say bitter?" Besides, the bandits of this Dragon and Tiger Village are so bold that they dare to provoke Princess Shou, even if there is no call from His Royal Highness, we will definitely lead the army to come and rescue the princess! ”
Waving his hand to stop the flattery of some people, Li Qing commanded in a calm but unquestionable tone: "All armies have issued orders, set up camp on the spot, and a soldier is not allowed to step into Longquan Town for half a step, you had better restrain your soldiers, if anyone disobeys the king's orders and disturbs the ordinary people of Longquan Town, don't blame it at that time, this king will not give you face." ”
"This king doesn't care what you did before, but as long as this king is the Jiedu envoy of this Jiannan Province for a day, no one is allowed to disobey this king's order, this king hates those armies who will only oppress the people in his life, if it is discovered by this king, it will be dealt with by military law!"
Seeing that Li Qing issued a strict order, the leading generals who were talking and laughing just now naturally did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and the short time they got along naturally made them understand that the young Shouwang in front of them was a master who did what he said, if someone under him really disobeyed the military order, the one in front of him would definitely take a knife on himself without blinking.
If it was just flattery just now, then the current generals of the unified army are jealous of Li Qing from the bottom of their hearts. While everyone patted their chests and promised to restrain their subordinates, they had already made up their minds in their hearts, saying that they should not be the first target of King Shou this time.
was originally going to establish power, but now that the goal has been achieved, Li Qing will naturally not make things difficult for them, after all, some things are too much, if they are blindly suppressed, it will cause emotional instability in the army, and even if they are confident that they can be suppressed, I am afraid that all their efforts will be in vain!
After all, although there are thousands of soldiers in front of them, they are uneven, their backgrounds are not the same, they lack cooperation with each other, it is difficult to unify the command in a short time, and the generals in the army are very easy to breed arrogance, if Li Qing leaves them with the impression of weakness and incompetence, I am afraid that in a few days, they will all ride on Li Qing's head!
When the time comes, it will be completely delusional to talk about commanding them and attacking Longquan Mountain!
"Let's disperse, half an hour later, go to the king's Chinese army tent to discuss the attack plan, two hours later, the whole army will pull out, attack Longhu Mountain, before sunset, this king will see the commander of Longhu Village kneeling in front of this king!"
If these words were said in the mouth of any other person, everyone would only think that he was arrogant and arrogant, but when he said it from the mouth of the Shouwang in front of him, it made people can't help but feel a sense of convincing, even if they knew that the more than 1,400 soldiers on their side were not enough to crush Longhu Mountain, but everyone still believed that the Shouwang in front of him seemed to be able to achieve what he said.
Everyone responded one after another: "Order." Then, bowed down and retreated, and each walked towards his own barracks to arrange relevant matters, after all, when they came, they were instructed by their own commander to not let their army be disgraced in front of King Shou.
The people of Longquan Town, who were still frightened, saw that the army in front of them did not choose to enter the town to stay in the house, but chose to set up camp.
As the people who have been rooted in Jiannan Road for generations, they have seen a lot of the Tang army in the fish and meat township that oppressed the people, similar to the army in front of them, and the people in the autumn are not guilty of it, for fear of disturbing the people, and even willing to go up to the generals and down to the ordinary soldiers in this midwinter season, and choose to camp in the open wilderness, such a team is really rare.
Now the weather has entered the winter, and the whole town is located under Longquan Mountain, and it is much colder than the general place by the cold air on the mountain all day long, which is the place where the people are really moved, and the people of Longquan Town, who are so strictly disciplined, have not seen it for a long time, except for the prosperity of Zhenguan and the early years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, there has been such a grand occasion of harmonious coexistence of people and soldiers.
The so-called large number of people and great strength, since Li Qing issued the order, it took about half an hour, the armies finally built the camp and the necessary defensive fence, Li Qing came to bring not many people this time, coupled with Li Qing's prestige just now, the commanders of the various armies who returned to the camp naturally did not dare to have the slightest neglect, and they all took the things that Li Qing explained as the top priority, personally arranged, for fear that he would not do well and provoke King Shou to blame.
And the ordinary soldiers saw that their generals were so hands-on, and they didn't dare to be the slightest slack when they started to do things, and it was precisely because of this that the entire army was running quickly and effectively under Li Qing's orders.