After Xue Jun read Liu Ji's letter, he shook his head helplessly, "His Royal Highness ordered to lead a team to explore the geography of the mountains and rivers along the road, and the strength of the various tribes of the Yan Ya, and he fought with the Yan people as soon as he went up." According to his letter, Liu Ji and www.biquge.info attacked the village of the southern branch of the Funi Department at night, and they didn't know how to fight? ”

"Liu Ji, this kid is quite temperamental." Zhang Shihaha laughed and said: "Since it is the people of the Yan Dynasty who attack them first when they see the eyes of wealth, it is a model for a certain Tang Dynasty man to repel them and then fight back." ”

"Your Highness, you might as well use this as an excuse to send a large army to set foot on the Black Water Piercing and collect all its land."

Zhang Shi's request Li Yu didn't want to, but although the Black Water Hair Tribes were barbaric and backward, they were winning in the word barbarism, which made the Black Water Hair People not afraid of death.

Collange: Barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes! The horizontal is afraid of being stunned, and the stunned is afraid of dying!

The harsh living environment, since the time they were born to compete with the cruel natural environment and other tribes for living space, the Black Water Warrior people have developed a strong physique and indomitable heart. Although he does not understand the art of war and his weapons are backward, he is better than his personal bravery and familiarity with the terrain, and his combat power is not low.

You must know that in the middle and late 19th century, the British army, which was at the peak of the first industrial civilization, was defeated in the Battle of Issandrovana by a group of African Zulu black uncles who were armed with long leather shields and iron spears and had no armor in the African continent, and more than 1,700 people were annihilated.

(In the Battle of Bali Bridge in the Second Opium War, the Qing army of 450,000 cavalry with muskets and artillery was defeated by 4,500 British and French troops who were still equipped with flintlock muskets.) I don't know how those Qing fans who are boasting about how powerful the Manchu Qing Dynasty are all day long feel when they see this? Even the black uncles of Africa, who are primitive and backward in civilization, really don't know what kind of face these old and young people are blowing there? ）

Although the weapons and equipment of the Black Water Turtle are far inferior to the Tang Army under Li Yu's command, there is no difference in weapon generation! Rashly starting a war with the Black Water Arrow, the Tang army rushed into the big forests and swamps in the Sanjiang area, and it was possible that the whole army would be annihilated.

Although it is not possible to attack in a big way, it is still possible to attack locally. For example, the activity area of the southern branch of the Funebu that fought with Liu Ji this time.

Li Yu had seen the map of the area that Yu Feng had drawn when he returned with the letter, and compared it with the sketchy map he had drawn about Primorsky Krai in Russia in his previous life.

It was concluded that the southern branch of the Funebu that was fighting with Liu Ji was located in the area of Shuangchengzi in the later generations, and Liu Ji's letter also said that this place was only more than 400 miles away from Zhacheng, and the army could rush to the village of the Yan people in three days after a rapid march and considering the poor roads.

The southern branch of the Funi Department is located in the area of Shuangchengzi, and the east and west branches of the Funi Department played by Liu Ji are located in the area of Xingkai Lake in the north, which is now Meituo Lake, which is consistent with the residential area of the Funi Department of Heishui and the Funi Department that I heard from the Governor's Office of Dongzha Prefecture.

"Right now, the Metropolitan Protectorate is reorganizing the new army and resettling the displaced victims, which consumes a lot of money, so it may be inappropriate to start a war at this time." Li Element said.

"What's wrong, it's a big deal to grit your teeth and let the people endure it, and the Black Water Deer is not a powerful country with tens of thousands of soldiers."

Guan Daniu and a few other rough men shouted, this year is almost halfway through, there is no battle to fight, and it is very tiring to train with soldiers all day. It just so happened that there was a real opponent with real swords and guns, and Changshi Li Element came out to contradict and couldn't start a war, which made this group of guys who were full of wars quite annoying him.

A group of lieutenant officers shouted for war in the palace, teaching the gang of dog-day people a lesson, and the wise generals such as Xue Jun, Xue Ne, and Li Yesi looked at Li Yu to find his attitude.

Li Yu touched his chin and thought about it for a long time, the Black Water Sect was also a loose tribal alliance, and its leader could also manage the affairs of his headquarters, and he couldn't control the other departments. What Li Yu didn't know was that this period was precisely the period when the leader of the Heishui Tribal Alliance was absent, and the various ministries did their own thing, and they didn't even have a nominal leader.

This time, it was the Funebu expedition that attacked the capital first, and Zhang Shi said that it was a good idea to use this as an excuse to start a war.

In Li Yu's opinion, there is no need to start a war against the entire Black Water Spirit, just to attack the Fu Nirvana Division. The other tribes of the Black Water, Li Yu now has the heart and the strength, but he can use this excuse to block the mouths of the other tribes of the Black Water, so as to divide their already not close alliance, making it difficult for the Fu Nian Department to get reinforcements from the other departments.

In particular, it is of great strategic significance to take the opportunity to occupy the flat and open plains around Meituo Lake and plant a nail in order to take the entire Sanjiang Plain in the north, as a bridgehead for the northward advance.

"Knock Knock"

Li Yu knocked on the table a few times, and the debate in the hall about whether to take the opportunity to send troops stopped.

"I intend to order Wang Hu, who is stationed in Zha Cheng, to lead the Xuanwu Wei to the east to support Liu Ji and them, and if the Fu Nirvana Department comes to attack, he will take advantage of the situation to attack his headquarters and occupy the north and south of the Meituo Lake."

"Your Highness, why don't you let me lead the right guard of Yanyun Iron Cavalry to go and sweep across both sides of Meituo Lake and the Ussuri River." When Zhang Shi heard that Li Yu ordered Wang Hu, who was not dealing with him, to lead the army, he felt uncomfortable, so he asked to lead the troops.

"Thousands of miles away, send you, the daylilies are cold." Li Yu didn't have a good airway.

"Hahaha......"

Zhang Shi closed his mouth unconvinced by the laughter of the generals.

Li Yu ordered the following, Li Yuan and the others were not easy to say, this expedition was just a matter of Wang Hu stationed in Zha Cheng and the officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate who arranged grain and grass, and there was nothing to do with the military generals in the palace.

After the meeting, a group of generals hugged Zhang Shi, who was unhappy, and left with a grin.

Li Yuan and other civil officials went to arrange the preparation of grain and grass, but they were not urgent. In fact, the grain and grass stored in the Dongzha Prefecture Governor's Mansion was enough to support the needs of the 3,000 Xuanwu Guards led by Wang Hu, and the grain and grass were also transported from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but Li Yu ordered it to be transported and stored in advance in case of occasional needs.

The Imperial Protectorate then sent an 800-mile urgent messenger to Zhacheng to order Wang Hu to send troops.

Four days later, in the Xuanwuwei military camp in Zhacheng, Wang Hu received a military order from the messenger and laughed: "Brothers, our Xuanwuwei has a battle to fight!" ”。

"General, I don't know where His Highness ordered us to fight?" Several lieutenants and lieutenants hurriedly asked excitedly, this is a good opportunity to brush up on military merits. Last time, their Xuanwu Guards had a bloody encounter under the city of Marudu, and they became the troops with the worst record in the whole army, so that these generals could not hold their heads up in front of the generals of other armies.

"It's just to the east of us, more than four hundred miles away from here. His Royal Highness ordered our whole army to dispatch to meet Liu Ji and his group, the expedition to the north and the right road, which had set off more than ten days ago, and then seek an opportunity to occupy the north and south areas of Meituo Lake. ”

"We've only heard of Meituo Lake and haven't been there, so we're not familiar with it!"

"I heard from the locals that the people of Heishui were brave and strong, and they used to raid the Goguryeo border, which didn't sound very good......

Wang Hu's originally excited face saw that the generals looked serious about attacking the Black Water Arrow, and he was in a bad mood, thinking that these guys could be frightened by the reputation of the Black Water Spirit?

Wang Hu said with a calm face: "Last time, our Xuanwu Wei shot the pill capital city can be said to have lost face, this time His Highness gave us the opportunity to make meritorious service to fight a group of uncivilized Tartars, whose strength is only more than 2,000 and there is no city wall to rely on." If anyone doesn't bother to fight this battle and repays His Highness with a beautiful victory, when the time comes, don't blame the general for having no eyes. ”

The generals who were discussing were cold in their hearts, and they all replied: "Please rest assured, General Wang, we will lead the people to fight to the death and not retreat, and fight with our lives to complete His Highness's orders." ”

"Okay, the whole army immediately prepares the food, grass and ordnance needed for the expedition, and will set off tomorrow."