Chapter Eighty-Nine: On the Eve of the Great War

Li Xuanqing's arrival made the Tiance Army suddenly regain its original spirit, and this young supreme leader of the Tiance Army has become the spiritual sustenance of thousands of soldiers. When the white figure swept past the front of the camp, welcoming all the tsunami-like cheers of the soldiers, this huge wave even reached the Shatuo military camp more than ten miles away.

However, Li Xuanqing did not intend to hide from the other party, his more than 10,000 cavalry lasted five days, from north to south, and traveled thousands of miles, and it was impossible to hide from the other party. Since he couldn't hide it, he simply showed his banner happily, and won the other party in the first battle, and it was time for the war in Guanzhong to end. Stabilize the situation before the end of the year, and next year will spend a whole year of reform and development, and a large number of plans are waiting to be launched.

In the camp of the Tiance Army, all the high-level generals of the Tiance Army in the Guanzhong Campaign were concentrated. At the meeting, Xu Tianxiang gave a detailed account of the attack on Chang'an, and took all the blame on himself. With his words, the atmosphere of the whole venue also became dull.

According to Xu Tianxiang's report, the attack was really due to carelessness and ignoring the possibility of a sneak attack by the Shatuo people, and it was also caused by the loss of vigilance of the Tiance Army from the headquarters to the ordinary soldiers after successive victories. Cavalry against cavalry, even if it is a sneak attack, it will not be beaten like this. Li Xuanqing also knew the reason why Xu Tianxiang specially summoned the generals to report today, because he also noticed this, once he loses after winning and not defeating, it is easy to lose his head and lose his fighting spirit, which is a serious problem.

"Lord Qiqi, this matter is the fault of the last general, it is the last general's carelessness, I didn't expect the Shatuo people to suddenly appear near Chang'an, and they were caught off guard and beaten to the ground." Tuoba Siji was the front-line commander at that time, and when he saw Li Xuanqing listening to Xu Tianxiang's report, his face slowly changed, and he hurriedly stood up and said.

Li Xuanqing waved his hand to signal the two not to argue, and ignored the dull atmosphere of everyone, and said slowly: "Now is not the time to argue about this crime, and I don't plan to let the two of you take the responsibility for failure." But I want to emphasize that people should not be defeated by failure, and get up where they fall. In the face of defeat, you can't break your backbone, there is no invincible army in this world, but you must have an indomitable military spirit. Our Tiance Army adheres to the military soul of the two border armies of Anxi and Lingwu, and cannot fall into the prestige and momentum of our ancestors. ”

Li Xuanqing's words shocked all the generals present, and their minds were suddenly opened, as if recalling the magnificent history of these two border armies. I could only hear Li Xuanqing's voice and continue to reach my ears: "Think about it, Anxi was alone and far away, thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, didn't it still stick to the territory of the Tang Dynasty for decades, even if the city of Qiuzi was broken in the end, but the city was full of white hair and no one surrendered?" What is it for? Because that's my Datang land, no one is allowed to step into it until the last person? Our Tiance Army is too young, but we must also learn the courage of the sages to serve the country and the people, pick up the long sword in our hands to sweep the world, and return peace to the people. Everyone has seen it along the way, what is the world like today? The feudal towns were divided, and the people had no way to live. Are we, the soldiers who claim to fight for the people, lose the courage to fight again because of one defeat? Don't be discouraged, I order, all of you hold your heads high, show the courage and blood of your soldiers, fight this battle well, win this battle, and don't let down the hopes of all the people in the world for us. ”

These words resounded like a morning bell and a dusk drum, and also made the Tiance Army walk out of the dark cloud of defeat and impatience. Looking at the group of young generals around him and the young army outside the tent, Li Xuanqing was suddenly full of confidence, if this battle can make these people around him ring the alarm bell and mature quickly in the future, then even if the whole army is wiped out, it will be worth it. Thinking of this, a long-lost smile appeared on Li Xuanqing's face, nodded and smiled: "Okay, since everyone can understand this, it is not in vain that I rushed from Fengzhou to Chang'an in five days and five nights." After speaking, he walked in front of Tuoba Siji and said: "General Tuoba Siji, this battle is sorry for your party children, and after this battle, I will personally help the remains of the martyrs to return to Xiazhou, and burn incense and worship in the newly established martyrs' memorial hall, so that the martyrs can go all the way." ”

His words also made a sad look flash on Tuoba Siji's face, and he bowed to Li Xuanqing and fell to the ground: "The lord is benevolent, and my party is grateful to Dade." Please rest assured that the last general will remember today's shame and live up to the lord's instructions today. ”

Li Xuanqing helped him up and said with a smile: "It is a blessing for my Tiance army that General Tuoba can think like this. After speaking, he looked around and continued: "Let's study and deploy this battle of Chang'an, and only by fighting this battle can we be worthy of the soldiers and the undead." Fight this battle well, end the war in Guanzhong, and let the people recuperate. ”

Xu Tianxiang heard that he led people to spread out a large combat map, and was about to speak, and there was a report from the guards outside the tent, Xu Tianxiang signaled the staff officer to go out, and after a while, the staff officer walked in with a Shatuo person, and the person who came presented a letter and bowed down and said: "My general asked the villain to bring a letter to General Tiance." ”

Li Xuanqing's heart moved, and after Xue Wanli on the side took the letter and handed it to Li Xuanqing, the latter's expression became a little strange after looking at it, and he nodded to Shatouren and said, "I received the letter, please tell Xuanqing that he will go to the appointment on time." ”

After Shatuo left, Li Xuanqing put the letter aside and said with a smile: "Li Cunxiao asked me to go to his military camp the day after tomorrow to talk about it, and he wrote so solemnly." Forget it, don't talk about these things, let's continue, Tianxiang, you continue to talk about your things. ”

Xu Tianxiang nodded and said: "At present, the battalions have been reorganized after the arrival of the recruits in the recruit department, plus the arrival of the personal guard battalion led by the lord, four battalions of the cavalry battalion and eight battalions of the infantry battalion of the Tiance Army are concentrated near Chang'an, with a total army of 150,000 people. The supply of grain and grass reported by the Logistics Department is very sufficient, and the Department of Industry and Commerce has also provided 700,000 stone of grain and grass raised by various merchants under the Tiance Mansion in the Guanzhong area, which is enough for our army to continue fighting for more than three months. In addition, Xuan Yingwei's plan within Chang'an has also been carried out to ensure that our army maintains a continuous superiority in intelligence. ”

"The opinion of the General Staff is that our army can fight on both sides at the same time, and carry out the plan of attacking Chang'an while fighting against the Shatuo people." Xu Tianxiang glanced at all the generals present, and his voice became more excited, "Brothers, we were defeated by the Shatuo people a few days ago, and we lost more than 10,000 party brothers. But I will say that this is not a reason for our next war. Now that we are strong and strong, it is a critical moment to take revenge and continue to carry out the great cause of the lord sweeping the world. I hope that the brothers will work with one heart and one mind and fight this battle with the belief that they will win. ”

Li Xuanqing listened to these words, glanced at the sworn brother beside him, and nodded, this is the best posture of the chief of general staff he has appointed. At that moment, he did not hesitate to say: "The opinion of the General Staff is very good. Now I order the army to rest for three days, and after three days we will carry out two plans at the same time, and the siege corps, with Wang Houchun as the commander, will command the three infantry battalions of the third, seventh, and ninth battalions. With the 7th and 9th Battalions as the main force of the siege, the 3rd Battalion detoured back to the southern and eastern cities of Chang'an to assist Xuan Yingwei in carrying out the plan to cut off Chang'an; The remaining four infantry battalions and the Modao battalion formed a central formation, with Yang Tian as the commander-in-chief, and the cavalry battalion concentrated the main force of the three battalions led by Tuoba Siji, detoured to the enemy's flank, and waited for the order of the Chinese army to flank and flank the front and back; The Guards Battalion served as a general reserve. I would like to stress that the unification of the Chang'an war is under the command of Xu Tianxiang, chief of the General Staff. I am responsible for docking with Xuan Yingwei to see if our Emperor Majesty is willing to look down on the small temple of our Tiance Army. ”

Li Xuanqing's last sentence made everyone laugh, the group of people sitting there really didn't have much interest in the emperor of Chang'an City, and this was still a habit that Cen Tianshi had brought since then. Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing clapped his hands and smiled: "If there is no problem, you can prepare according to the plan of the General Staff." Three days later, Mr. Cen and I watched the battle in the Chinese army and watched everyone accomplish great things. ”

Li Xuanqing's words also showed everyone that although he came to this big battle, he would not interfere in the specific command of the battle, and everything must rely on the performance of the General Staff and Xu Tianxiang. This sentence also made it clear to everyone one thing, although there was a problem with the General Staff before, the young lord still supported it.

"Please rest assured, Tianxiang will definitely do his best to live up to the lord and the Tiance army." Xu Tianxiang took the lead in saluting Li Xuanqing, and all the generals got up, "God bless the Tang Dynasty, the Han army is mighty." This shout also spread far away, and all the Tiance troops stood up in horror, facing the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp, and brushed the military salute together.

This experience taught all the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army the most important lesson in the process of growing up, and from this day on, the Tiance Army really matured and officially opened this magnificent history.

Li Xuanqing watched everyone get on the right track, and even Tuoba Siji, who suffered the most losses this time, concentrated on arranging the affairs of his cavalry, and took Baixin and them out of the barracks, came to the south of the city, and looked at Chang'an City with the sunset printed on the horizon in a silent daze.

At this time, Chang'an City was already in the midst of rumors, and there was originally a mountain villa in the south of the city, but it was also lonely at the moment.

Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the faces of the people were red.

The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze.

Looking at the words on the wall, Li Xuanqing muttered to himself, his lonely figure was stretched by the sunset. Such a vague and distant figure seems to have traveled through thousands of years, and Li Xuanqing in the sunset seems to be extraordinarily isolated and extraordinarily upright, as if this time and space are pressed on his shoulders, but there has never been a way to crush him.

Li Xuanqing stared at the sunset in the distance and was quietly distracted, and suddenly the memories from his previous life came flooding back, and they filled his mind at once, but these flashed by, and the experience of this life impacted everything in the past, and it also seemed to remind Li Xuanqing that the truth of this life and the responsibility of this life were all over the place.

Almost at the same time, Qiaoxi, who was far away in Fengzhou City, suddenly looked up at the sunset at this moment, and muttered to himself: "Big brother, what's wrong with you?" Then he suddenly rushed out of the house and rushed towards the Toyosu Thorn Mansion in the distance.

After a tea hour, a team of soldiers suddenly appeared in the Assassin's Mansion, and it was Qiao Xi in the middle, and this group of men and horses immediately headed south after leaving the city.

And at this moment, Li Xuanqing in the south of Chang'an City looked at the north, and suddenly smiled, the inexplicable message from thousands of miles away made him know Qiaoxi's movements, this inexplicable connection is probably the tacit understanding between himself and her two lives?

"Lord, why did you come here all of a sudden?" Just after Li Xuanqing understood Qiaoxi's actions, a familiar voice came from behind him, and Cen Tianshi didn't know when he came.

Li Xuanqing looked back and smiled, and ordered the guards around him to send someone to pick up Qiaoxi along the way, and then said with a smile: "How can Mr. be interested in coming to Chengnanzhuang?" ”

Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "Tianshi is also idle, and suddenly remembered an allusion that a poet once encountered in the south of this city, so he came with interest." ”

"I should be Cui Hu. His poems are still there. Li Xuanqing pointed to the broken wall in front of him and smiled: "I just saw it, so I thought of a lot of past events." ”

Cen Tianshi nodded and said, "The true temperament of the lord is also a good thing. It is rare for the above to have a true temperament, and Tianshi also hopes that the lord can always maintain this pure heart, so that all the people in the world can be happy. ”

"Listening to Mr. Listen's tone, I'm not worried about the battle at all." Li Xuanqing also smiled when he saw him, and said, "Three days later, Tianxiang is going to command the big battle, how about we watch the battle in the Chinese army?" ”

"Haha, when the time comes, feast your eyes and watch Tianxiang achieve great achievements. also sat and watched the army led by the lord leap into the dragon gate, and the sky was wide from then on. Cen Tianshi laughed, a pun.

Li Xuanqing said with a smile: "The Tiance Army has been completed so far. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and left the place hand in hand, leaving only the distant sunset still shining on this broken wall, which was particularly conspicuous.