Lingzhou is more than 1,000 miles away from Chang'an, and the 40,000 new troops in Lingzhou this time are also assembled outside Lingzhou according to their respective divisions, and then commanded by a general of the Lingwu Army, and go straight to Chang'an.

The 40,000-strong army stayed overnight and marched long distances, which greatly tested the adaptability of this group of recruits. In this long-distance march, Zhang Tianhu also kept reminding his officers of the march to remind him of the gist of the march.

And Li Xuanqing also made up for the last trace of shortcomings in this march, the gist of the march, camping, repelling waiting, training soldiers, summarizing military information, etc., all of which were completely presented in Li Xuanqing's mind.

The military situation at the front is urgent, so the general who led the team almost desperately wants to increase the speed, but the 40,000 new troops are not veterans of the Lingwu Army, and after the long-distance march, the troops began to desert and get sick, which seriously slowed down the marching speed. After more than ten days, he crossed the boundary of Li Changfu, the envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu, and entered the outskirts of Chang'an, that is, the control area of the coalition army's camp.

Speaking of which, this Fengxiang Festival made Li Changfu originally coerce Emperor Xizong to flee Chang'an with Zhu Mei, but after Li Xuan usurped the throne, all the power fell into Zhu Mei's hands, and after he didn't get any benefits, he began to turn against himself in anger and join the crusade team. However, this person is treacherous and cunning, although he defected to the battle, he did not send many troops, but dragged the Lingwu army to the front line, and he prepared grain and grass to protect the grain road in his name.

However, for Li Xuanqing, seeing the coalition camp meant that the march was basically over. Therefore, after entering the camp with the third team, they immediately found the baggage camp with the army, and set up camp according to the newly demarcated camp to appease the soldiers.

"The teams of the Huzi Battalion are hurrying to the camp to assemble." Just when Li Xuanqing took Xu Tianxiang and Chen Yu to inspect the situation everywhere, the herald arrived, and after seeing Li Xuanqing, he conveyed Zhang Tianhu's order.

"Chen Yu, Tianxiang, you go ahead and check all the situation, now we are really on the battlefield, everything must be careful. After arranging meals, we must strengthen vigilance and regularly check and post posts. I guess the battalion is looking for me for tomorrow's war. Now the morale of the barracks is low, and it is estimated that it was too ruthless in the previous defeat. So as soon as reinforcements arrive, there is probably a battle tomorrow. After Li Xuanqing received the order, he told the two people around him, and then immediately walked towards Zhang Tianhu's big tent.

When Li Xuanqing arrived, the big tent was already full of people, many of whom he didn't know, this situation made Li Xuanqing slightly stunned, and he was about to find a place to sit down, but Zhang Tianhu saw it, lowered his head and whispered a few words to Su He beside him.

"Team Li, please come with me, Yingzheng will let you sit next to him." Su He saw that Li Xuanqing had found an inconspicuous place and was about to sit down, so he walked over and said in a low voice.

Li Xuanqing nodded, followed Su He to Zhang Tianhu's side, but saw Zhang Tianhu pointing to a position on the left, and was stunned for a moment, isn't this position generally the deputy battalion sitting? What is this old man doing? You can't be using yourself as a gunman, right?

But at this time, Li Xuanqing didn't care about slandering this old guy, so he sat down.

It's just that when he sat down, all of a sudden, everyone else in the tent focused their eyes on him, and many people were curious about how this young man who looked a little immature suddenly sat in that position? Is it just that beautiful armor on him?

However, Zhang Tianhu is strict in governing the army, although these people are not all Zhang Tianhu's subordinates, but they have basically heard of Zhang Tianhu's name, so even if they have dissatisfaction and questions, they are all pressed in their hearts at the moment.

And Zhang Tianhu saw that everyone had arrived and began to hold a meeting. This was the first meeting of the new army after they arrived at the camp, so there were a lot of things that needed to be explained, and the first thing was the personnel transfer.

"Now announce the first order. The commander ordered that a total of 3,300 people from the eight battalions of the Lingzhou Army, including the Huzi Battalion, the Fengzi Battalion, the Hezi Battalion, and the Tianzi Battalion, were merged into the third guard of the Lingwu Army New Army, and he was appointed as the guard general. Zhang Tianhu said this and glanced at the audience.

In fact, all the recruit battalions are mentally prepared for this matter, and the new recruits have always been supplemented to the veterans, and this time it is already very good to not disassemble but set up a separate guard, and everyone didn't care much about it.

Li Xuanqing's heart moved, is there too many people in this third guard? According to the establishment of the Tang Army, one guard is five brigades, one brigade with one hundred people and two teams, what is this? These 3,000 people are all in one formation, is it because of the relationship between the recruits?

Zhang Tianhu probably knew what Li Xuanqing was thinking, his eyes swept over his face, a mysterious smile appeared, and he continued: "Now the general has ordered that the Third Guard has five brigades under its jurisdiction, and the commander of the First Brigade, Zuo Tiancheng, has five hundred people under his command; Yang Yi, the commander of the Second Brigade, has 500 people; Wu Qi, the commander of the Third Brigade, has 800 people under his jurisdiction; Li Xuanqing, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, has 1,000 people under his command; The Fifth Brigade was the Guards Brigade and was commanded by Su He. All the above staffing will be arranged by the deputy guard after the meeting. ”

"The last general commands." Li Xuanqing stood up with everyone in a daze and bowed, what kind of rhythm is this? A brigade of 1,000 people will be killed if they say it. But it doesn't seem like there's much to say now, so let's take a look.

"The big war is coming, so I won't say much else. Although the third guard is a new army, they are all my Lingzhou athletes, and the indomitable fighting spirit of our Lingzhou sons and daughters flows in their blood, and they will definitely be stronger than those unobtrusive feudal army on the battlefield. Zhang Tianhu was very satisfied with the morale mobilized by himself, and said in a heroic tone with a wave of his hand: "Everyone go back to reorganize the army quickly, and we must be on standby early tomorrow morning according to the organization to which we belong, as long as the commander gives an order, we can go directly to the battlefield." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded thoughtfully, and followed the deputy guard to go out and start to gather troops and form his own fourth brigade. Speaking of which, this should be the meaning of what Ma Laosan said to himself before leaving. Forget it, anyway, there are a thousand soldiers in hand, let alone being a brigade commander, this is Wei Zheng's job.

Li Xuanqing was about to go out, but was stopped by Zhang Tianhu. Li Xuanqing was stunned, not knowing what he meant, so he stood at the bottom and waited for Zhang Tianhu's next words.

"Sit down, I have already taken care of Su He in the Fourth Brigade, he will help you choose the good ones, and he will not let you suffer, and the soldiers he chooses are guaranteed to be elite." Zhang Tianhu saw Li Xuanqing's eyes glancing outward, smiled, and said, "I asked you to stay because I want to talk to you in advance, how about it, guess it, see if you can guess what it is?" ”

Li Xuanqing smiled bitterly slightly, this Tianhu is really not used to his own pleasant face, does he have a tendency to be masochistic? Li Xuanqing shook his head, suppressed the messy thoughts in his mind, and arched his hand and said, "My subordinate has a question, and I want to ask Lord Wei Zheng to solve it." ”

Zhang Tianhu smiled, he was also full of curiosity about the young man in front of him who Ma Laosan pulled out with his hand, nodded and said: "You ask, I am a soldier, so I don't need so many twists and turns in front of me, I also looked at the soldiers you brought during this time, and I am very satisfied, so I have no prejudice against you." ”

"The subordinates want to ask Wei Zheng that today's staffing is very strange, according to the number of people, this is the establishment of a capital, why is it a guard?" Li Xuanqing smiled slightly, and suddenly threw out this question.

Zhang Tianhu's face darkened slightly when he heard this, but it was fleeting, he nodded, and said: "It stands to reason that I can't answer you this question, but you should know that the big war is coming, and the recruits are ...... going into battle."

"Wouldn't it be too cruel just that? Are we, the leaders of the troops, worthy of their own conscience? Li Xuanqing interrupted Zhang Tianhu's words, with a solemn and unbearable expression.

"That's why I'm keeping you, you're too young to know the cruelty of the battlefield. Although the sacrifice of recruits in a hurry is huge, a soldier who does not go to the battlefield will never become a veteran and an elite. Sacrifice sometimes represents not only destruction, but also new birth. Those who survive are the elite. Zhang Tianhu rarely blamed Li Xuanqing for his rudeness, stood up and patted Li Xuanqing's shoulder, his face was heavy, but his tone was calm as he had never been, "Our nation has never been afraid of sacrifice, and there will be no new life without sacrifice." This world can only usher in glory when it is rebuilt in ruins, and the majesty of the Tang Dynasty can only be reproduced in sacrifice. ”

Li Xuanqing stood there quietly, Zhang Tianhu's words in his mind struck his heart like Huang Zhong Dalu. It is true that it is difficult for me to accept such a theory from later generations, especially in times of peace, but the reality has made me suddenly realize that this is right, and if a nation does not have the courage to break all the sacrifices, how can it sweep away the shackles and regain its glory. The heroic style of the Han and Tang dynasties in history, the heavenly kingdom, was fought in great wars again and again, and was it established in the ruins of mountains of corpses again and again?

Li Xuanqing slowly raised his head and asked Zhang Tianhu, "When will the war resume?" This sentence carried a calmness that he had never had before, and this kind of calmness actually made Zhang Tianhu, who was immortal in a hundred battles, feel a little palpitation, so after Li Xuanqing's question came out, he couldn't help but glance at the young man in front of him, nodded, and said, "The day after tomorrow, you still have one more day." I've cleared all the obstacles that can be cleared for you, you go back and integrate it well, if you need anything, go directly to Deputy Wei Zheng, and he will fully cooperate with you. I hope that the Fourth Brigade will surprise me the day after tomorrow. After a pause, "I hope the third child has not seen the wrong person." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded, did not speak, and walked out of the tent directly. In the distance, the towering walls of Chang'an City are deep and heavy under the cold moonlight, exuding a boundless sense of oppression. Although the hidden charm was attacked once by Huangchao in five years, and Chang'an City was also broken once during the Anshi Rebellion before, the city defense of Chang'an City basically did not play the slightest role in these two times, and the rebels basically entered the city directly, and the defenders of the city had abandoned the city and fled before they saw the enemy. But this time, the light torches on the walls of the city made everyone feel an invisible pressure. Zhu Mei's general, Wang Xingyu, is now defending the city wall with all his might.

Thinking of this battle in history, Li Xuanqing couldn't help but smile slightly, Wang Xingyu, who was supposed to send troops to fight with Wang Chongrong and others, was defending Chang'an at the moment, Li Keyong, who was supposed to be an ally, actually turned around and fought with Zhu Wen after a sneak attack by the coalition army, and the Lingwu army, which was not recorded in history to participate in this battle, was seduced by Li Changfu and was involved.

I wanted to use the foresight of history to anticipate the development of the war, but how did it suddenly become so confusing? Li Xuanqing was also taken aback when he first arrived at the coalition camp, how did he become like this when he was a "spoiler" before he arrived on the battlefield? Or is history meant to be? At this moment, Li Xuanqing's eyes were a little confused.

But at this moment, Li Xuanqing suddenly came back to his senses, since he was here, this history is chaotic, it's a big deal to clean up one by one. At least Li Keyong didn't come with this meeting, he didn't come, and the Turkic cavalry didn't arrive, so what are you afraid of, at least you can't beat one of your three families. Although the Lingwu Army is not as good as the Shatuo cavalry, it is still much more powerful than Zhu Mei's fish belly troops.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing walked briskly towards his camp, looking at the hustle and bustle, Su He should have selected all the soldiers of his fourth brigade.

"The Fourth Brigade of 1,000 people, this is really a great gift." Li Xuanqing smiled, his figure flashed, and he arrived at the camp.