"Lord, I'm here, I've driven me all the way, and my bones are falling apart." In Nash Town by the Sea of Wuliangsu, Li Xuanqing and his guards had just come out of Tiande City. After seeing the industrial development outside the Saiwai, the two waited here to come from Chang'an to meet and implement the No. 1 plan of the General Staff Headquarters.

"I already knew you were coming, I have asked Baixin to prepare roast mutton, grilled fish, and skillfully boiled bone broth noodles, which one do you want to eat?" Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi were pondering the noodles they had just made, when there was the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and the guards were about to be on alert, but they were interrupted by a familiar voice, and sure enough, it was Hu Xiaosi who came.

"Haha, I'm going to eat everything. Come, come, Baixin, give me a copy of everything. I'm so hungry that I can eat a cow. Hu Xiaosi hurriedly dismounted with more than a dozen Xuan Yingwei's subordinates and came to Li Xuanqing's side with a smile: "It's still the main guild to enjoy, this Nash town can build a palace or something in the future, how comfortable it is to stay here in the summer, you see the moonlight, how beautiful, and this wind, how comfortable, I want to make a poem." ”

"Okay, fourth brother, you can have a song, otherwise there will be no food for you tonight." Qiaoxi took Huanjiu and broke the boiled noodles and said with a smile.

"Eh, third sister-in-law, forget this, how about letting the lord make a poem?" Hu Xiaosi originally just said it casually, but Qiaoxi's words suddenly made him unable to get off the stage, but when he saw Li Xuanqing also looking at him with a wicked smile, he immediately had an idea, and began to turn the spearhead to Li Xuanqing.

"Okay, big brother, why don't you come and make a poem, you see that the moonlight is so beautiful, isn't it a bit flawed without poetry?" Qiaoxi ignored Hu Xiaosi's careful thoughts, and immediately took it over and said with a smile: "Come, big brother, I will give you noodles and kebabs." ”

was Qiaoxi said this, Li Xuanqing was really a little emotional, but it was still too difficult for him to write a poem by himself, who had mediocre qualifications in his previous life. After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered a poem that he remembered very clearly, and immediately smiled: "I'll read a poem, you listen." ”

A few times the flowers sat down and gave a, and the red wall of the silver man looked into the distance.

It seems that this star is not last night, for whom the wind is exposed and the midnight is upset.

Lingering thoughts and pulling out the cocoon, like a sad heart peeling banana.

In March and May of three or five years, the poor glass of wine never went away.

Hu Xiaosi's literary skills were later learned from Xu Tianxiang and others, and he could barely understand the literature and ink, so he could only understand what Li Xuanqing was talking about. But Qiaoxi knew this famous poem in later generations as soon as he heard it, but he didn't say much, this was his favorite poem in his previous life, and at this moment, he saw Li Xuanqing chanting it and smiled slightly: "Big brother's poem is really good, Qiaoxi will write it down for him tomorrow." ”

"Okay, okay, lord, third sister-in-law, can I eat?" Hu Xiaosi spoke at this time, pointed to the pile of food in front of him and smiled bitterly: "If you don't eat again, I'm going to starve to death." After speaking, he didn't wait for an answer, and began to pick up a piece of roast mutton and nibble wildly.

Li Xuanqing saw that this guy looked like a starving ghost reincarnated, and he shook his head helplessly, and ordered Baixin to add some more food to him, and then he and Qiaoxi also ate with him.

After a few people finished eating, Qiaoxi saw that the two had something to say, so she went to the back tent to freshen up. Li Xuanqing and Hu Xiaosi sat by the lake and began to talk about the plans that were about to start.

"Little Four, are you Xuanying Wei ready?" Li Xuanqing asked, staring at the night sky in the east.

"It's ready, and all the shadows arranged in the Youji region are in place, just waiting for the lord's order. However, about Li Cunxiao's matter, Xiao Si still asks the lord to think about it again, although our brothers are sympathetic to Li Cunxiao, but some things are not transferred by our will. Recent intelligence suggests that Li Siyuan and Li Cunxin have also been reinstated. Therefore, Li Keyong's suspicion of him will not be broken. ”

"What do you think?" Li Xuanqing knew what he was talking about, and asked after a long silence.

Hu Xiaosi stood up, threw a stone in his hand into the lake and said, "According to Xiaosi's opinion, we will not interfere in this matter." Our No. 1 plan basically will not touch Li Cunxiao, but the time is also next year, so about the grievances between Li Cunxiao and Li Keyong, we will sit and wait and see the success or failure. And the lord may not know that Li Cunxiao is actually not without the strength to fight back, since the last time the lord of Chang'an got married, Li Cunxiao also took this opportunity to take his family members to his side, and An Xiuxiu and Gao Sigong and others around him are also on guard every day, and they should have been instructed by Li Cunxiao. ”

"Well, now that he can know how to protect himself, I can rest assured. Let's move on with our plans. Where do you plan to start? Li Xuanqing nodded, and suddenly remembered that Li Cunxiao was a rebel in the end, and he was only arrested if he was deceived in the end, so he put this matter down for the time being and began to ask about the details of Plan No. 1.

"If the lord agrees, I plan to start with Youzhou, let Liu Rengong's side make trouble first, provoke Yelu Hanxiong to go south, and then attract Li Keyong to go north and let them fight. If the plan fails, let Liu Rengong and Li Congwei fight first, and then let Li Ke sweep away the remaining small forces, such as Wang Rong and Wang Chongying, as well as Wang Chucun. Hu Xiaosi said with a smile: "The plan formulated by the General Staff is until March next year, and the time in these months is basically enough, although these small forces are vassals of Li Keyong, but they are also full of internal contradictions, plus the lord and Zhu Quanzhong are now clearing the field, Li Keyong should follow suit." It's just that if this is not done well, it will also accelerate the early intensification of contradictions within the Hedong Army. ”

"What should come is always coming, forget it, you just implement the plan, anyway, no matter which set of plans, the effect is the same, this time you have to take back the annex and get the initiative to compete for the world." Li Xuanqing's face changed for a while, and he took a deep breath and said, "How long does Wan Yi's plan take to take Hexi?" Before the end of the year, the main force of the Tiance Army must be transferred eastward, and the heavy cavalry battalion will definitely be the main force of the grassland war at that time, so let him not delay. ”

"Don't worry, I read the battle report of the General Staff before I came, Wan Yi's main force has arrived near Wuwei, and Wen Mo didn't expect that we would take the initiative to cross Helan Mountain, so they were caught off guard. But their follow-up men and horses have already been assembled, so it is estimated that there will be a tough battle on the Hexi side. Hu Xiaosi said.

"You go and inform Tianxiang, so that if necessary, he can consider letting the Modao battalion go north to participate in the battle to recover Hexi." Li Xuanqing calculated his strength and said: "I heard that the Wen people can fight better than the Tubo people, so let Wan Yi not underestimate the enemy." Let the Ministry of Civil Affairs begin to prepare for the arrangements after the liberation of Hexi. ”

Here, when Li Xuanqing and Hu Xiaosi discussed the follow-up matters in Hexi, Xu Tianxiang had also arrived in Lingzhou to take over the logistics supply and troop mobilization of the Lingzhou front. Because Lingzhou was originally a frontier land, some people wanted to enlist as soldiers after hearing about the war, which made the local recruit department a little inexplicable, so they had to appease these people.

However, Xu Tianxiang's arrival in Lingzhou also meant that the focus of the Tiance Army began to shift to the war, and the pace of the reorganization and training in the first half of the year began to speed up suddenly, and the training plans of the recruits in various places began to tighten, and all kinds of skills to deal with the enemy began to teach these energetic recruits with the oral transmission of those retired instructors. Moreover, the command department of the Tiance Military Academy also graduated temporarily, and a number of basic officers began to be enriched to the troops, and began to run in.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs, led by Cen Tianshi, also removed the first batch of students from the School of Administration, as well as more than 100 officials from various provinces, and went to Lingzhou Province under the leadership of Zhang Quanfu, director of the Shuili Environmental Protection Department, to begin a preliminary investigation of the Hexi region. According to the plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wuwei in the east of Hexi was under the jurisdiction of Lingzhou, and Hexi Province was established separately from Wuwei to Dunhuang Yangguan and other places, and Zhang Quanfu concurrently served as the political envoy.

"Lao Zhang, you guys came strangely early, Wan Yi and they just hit Wuwei, okay? Your Ministry of Civil Affairs is fast enough. Xu Tianxiang has been discussing with Yang Yi every day in the past few days how to open up Helan Mountain and repair the post road to Hexi, so when he returned to Lingzhou, he saw Zhang Quanfu and asked strangely.

"I didn't come early, the lord thought early, I was still busy planting trees with the high priest in Nanyuan, and the lord ordered me to serve in Hexi." Zhang Quanfu made a rare joke with Xu Tianxiang: "Chief of the General Staff, I brought you two acquaintances, how about it, do you want to treat you at noon?" ”

"Acquaintances?" Xu Tianxiang was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Teacher, why are you two here?" ”

"We're here to see Hexi." Zhang Tianhu and Ma Laosan walked out of the crowd and said with a smile: "I have never been to Hexi once in my life in Lingzhou, but it turned out to be a pity for Wan Yi, this kid, I think it's a pity, so I can only come to Lingzhou to have a good time." ”

Xu Tianxiang was about to speak, when the guards hurriedly walked in with a staff officer and handed Xu Tianxiang a piece of information.

"Teacher, everyone, let's go to dinner first. I'll tell you the good news, Wuwei has been defeated. Xu Tianxiang glanced at it and smiled.

This large group of people directly chartered the Murong family's Heyun Restaurant, and after everyone had a laughing meal, they went to rest accompanied by Wu Zuodong, the political envoy of Lingzhou Province. Zhang Tianhu and the others followed Xu Tianxiang to the barracks.

"Tianxiang, you didn't finish what you said just now, did you?" Ma Laosan saw Xu Tianxiang bring him to his sleeping tent, so he sat down and asked.

Xu Tianxiang smiled bitterly: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from the teacher, although Wan Yi has defeated Wuwei, but the army of the Wen Mo people has also opened over, and the two sides have already confronted each other outside Wuwei City, and it is estimated that the big war will start for a while." ”

"How many Wenmo people are coming? How many people does Wan Yi have in his hands now? Zhang Tianhu nodded and said: "Although the Wen people have occupied Hexi for decades, the population is not much, and many of the troops under his command are mercenaries recruited by various ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and there are all kinds of people, and there are even Han people, and their headquarters will not exceed 100,000 elite horsemen." ”

"The teacher really didn't say much, the army outside Wuwei City was varied, and the Qiangrong tribe on the northern Tibetan plateau also followed a lot of troops, and the results we predicted before are no longer applicable. It seems that more people will need to be deployed. Xu Tianxiang pointed to Wu Wei's position and said, "Now a huge army of more than 100,000 people has been assembled opposite Wan Yi, and the number is still increasing. ”

"It seems that this matter does need to be paid attention to, but Tianxiang, you don't have to worry too much, these chaotic armies can only fight a tailwind war, as long as they hurt them, these people will scatter and flee." Ma Laosan and Zhang Tianhu have been dealing with Wen Moren all their lives, so they naturally know the temperament of their old opponents, so they comforted Xu Tianxiang and said: "Now in addition to the 20,000 people who have been transferred to Hexi, there are still 20,000 people in the remaining troops who have also formed combat effectiveness, I see that you will transfer it over immediately, and then transfer the Modao Battalion to the north, so that you can gather 40,000 heavy cavalry battalions, 30,000 Modao battalions, plus the original 20,000 infantry, 40,000 light cavalry and 10,000 special forces transferred by Xuanqing, the strength has reached 140,000, Enough to push straight through. ”

"Yes, you can't be merciful to the people of Wenmo, and you can only do it once and for all. This is also the reason why Xuanqing let Wan Yi, this kid, go to Hexi, among the many generals, only he was born in the Lingwu Army and has this characteristic, plus he can control so many troops. Zhang Tianhu stood up and nodded.

"The two teachers are staying in the barracks for the past few days, I still have a lot of things to ask. Tianxiang immediately went to deliver the order. Xu Tianxiang nodded.

"Don't worry, Xuanqing summoned us to Lingzhou to be your staff officer. You can go to war with peace of mind, we are always there. Ma Laosan waved his hand and smiled.

Xu Tianxiang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's still the lord's foresight and thinking so deeply." It's okay, this time I will completely take Hexi into my hands. Let the Wenmo people become history. After speaking, he hurriedly went to write the order for the transfer of troops.

"How? It seems that let's also write a letter to Wan Yi, if this battle is not majestic, I am afraid that it will not be able to deter those tribes who are eyeing each other. At that time, the Tiance army will transfer its energy to the east, and there will be a repetition in Hexi. Zhang Tianhu saw Xu Tianxiang go to the front of the handsome tent, and asked Ma Laosan.

Ma Laosan nodded and said: "Let's explain it directly to Wan Yi, let's just say that the battle of Hexi must be done one point, completely destroy all hostile forces in one battle, don't be afraid of slaughter, if it is not my race, its heart will be different." If we can't do this, then those souls who have died unjustly in Hexi for hundreds of years will not forgive us for not going back to avenge them until today. Ma Laosan's faint voice sounded creepy, but it seemed extremely sad, and even Zhang Tianhu sighed and said: "I'll write it, Wan Yi shouldn't live up to the hopes of our two old guys and Xuanqing, right?" ”

"Don't worry, don't you know your disciple? He is a pure soldier, so he can naturally understand the situation in Hexi. told him that Wang Houchun set up a Beijing view in Yuanzhou, and asked him to put one in Hexi, which should be bigger and magnificent. Ma Laosan rarely did not refute Zhang Tianhu's words, but continued as a result.

No one expected how much impact this letter had on the front-line commander Wan Yi, so that later the matter became a complete mystery, but the two "Jingguan" made of skulls echoing each other in Hexi and Yuanzhou always reminded future generations how bloody all this was, shocking the surrounding ethnic groups for hundreds of years, until the day when the empire merged all the ethnic groups in the territory, these two relics gradually disappeared from people's sight.