In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhenguan, with Li Shimin's order, the six-way army went straight to the Turks, among which Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, was the head of the Dingxiang Road march, Zhang Gongjin was the deputy, leading the Chinese army, Li Ji led the army from the east road, Qin Qiong led the army from the west road, and Li Daozong led another cavalry to advance from Lingzhou to the northwest, and there were two road armies to guard the east and west sides to prevent Jieli from fleeing after the defeat. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, so before the army is mobilized, Li Xiu, the logistics manager, must go to Shuozhou before Li Jing and their army are dispatched, that is, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province in the future, according to Li Shimin's plan, this will be the place where Li Jing's army will send troops, and it is also the material concentration of the army, so Li Xiu must also sit here.

Shuozhou is also known as Mayi, the Sui Dynasty once set up Mayi County, until the fourth year of Wude was renamed Shuozhou, but many people are still accustomed to Shuozhou called Mayi, it is said that the Qin Dynasty general Meng Tian once raised horses in the outer city of Yanmen Pass, which made the name of Mayi, and in the Han Dynasty, Mayi became the key point of the Northern Expedition of the Western Han Dynasty to the Huns, Li Guang, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and other famous generals, all had been stationed in Mayi.

In fact, as early as the beginning of this year, Li Shimin had already begun to secretly transport grain, grass, weapons and other materials to Shuozhou, and the officials in charge of dispatch had already been sent here, and now they were waiting for Li Xiu and them to arrive there to take over these logistical affairs, so Li Xiu did not dare to delay, and after receiving the official appointment, he immediately prepared to leave Chang'an with his escort.

"Husband, take care of your body on the road!" On the Baqiao, Princess Pingyang and Yiniang saw off Li Xiu with tears in their eyes, behind them, Jin'er and Ping'anlang were all there, and even Li Chengqian and Lizhi and their brothers and sisters also came, all wiping their tears, reluctant to let Li Xiu leave.

"Don't worry, if the war goes well, I can still rush back to celebrate the New Year with you this year, and I'm still waiting for you to make dumplings for me to eat!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time, behind him, not only were there guards protecting him this time, but Xu Jingzong and Cen Wenwen were also there, and they would rush to Shuozhou with Li Xiu.

"Husband, here are some things I prepared for you, there is food and clothing, the climate over there is cold, and it is not like someone at home to take care of, you must take care of yourself!" Yi Niang also wiped her tears at this time, and next to her, a carriage was prepared, and the carriage was full of things she had prepared, and people who didn't know probably thought that Li Xiu was going to move.

"Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore, you go back quickly, I also have to hurry up, in addition, Yiniang, you are about to give birth, you must pay more attention to your body!" Li Xiu looked at the things in the car, although he was a little helpless in his heart, but he still smiled and comforted.

"That's it, don't worry, with me, I won't let this kid be in any danger!" As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, I saw that Ma Ye was also riding forward on a horse at this time.

After knowing that Li Xiu was going to Shuozhou, Ma Ye thought about it carefully, discussed it with the county lord of Guanghua, and decided to go to Shuozhou with Li Xiu, and took the initiative to ask to be Li Xiu's head of the guard, he did not get the appointment of the imperial court this time, so he could only go to Shuozhou in this capacity, even if he couldn't go to the battlefield, he could also observe this national war up close, after all, Ma Ye was originally an idle person, and he naturally didn't want to miss this kind of war.

Hearing Ma Ye say this, Princess Pingyang and Yi Niang didn't want to say anything, and Li Xiu was also saying goodbye to his family at the moment, but when he heard that he was leaving, a bunch of children behind him also came up, and they grabbed his clothes one by one and were reluctant to let him go, even Jin'er, who had always been naughty and mischievous, cried, after all, these children had more contact with Li Xiu, so their relationship with Li Xiu was even deeper than their mother's.

Seeing that the children were reluctant to leave by themselves, Li Xiu was also very sad, but he still beat his spirit to comfort these children, and finally Princess Pingyang and Yi Niang also helped, which coaxed the children well, and in order to be afraid that they would be sad again, Li Xiu specially asked the maids to take the children back to the carriage, so as not to wait for these children to cry again.

"By the way, why didn't you see Yuechan?" Just when Li Xiu was leaving, he suddenly found that Yuechan was not seen in the crowd, and asked very strangely at the moment, he remembered that this morning, he also saw Yuechan busy packing things for him, and even said that he wanted to go with Li Xiu, after all, with her by his side, he could also take care of Li Xiu's life, but she was a woman, although Li Xiu was not a general, but he also had to stay in the barracks, so it was really inconvenient to take her, so he refused.

"There was something in the workshop just now, so Yuechan went to deal with it!" Yi Niang heard Li Xiu's inquiry and immediately replied.

Li Xiu didn't doubt it when he heard this, because the tea workshop was already very busy, especially now when the autumn tea was on the market, so there were more things in the workshop, and sometimes even if he wanted to find Yuechan, he needed to go to the workshop.

It's not early, Ma Ye also said goodbye to the county lord of Guanghua at this time, so Li Xiu and Princess Pingyang said a few words again, and then reluctantly said goodbye and left, as for the things prepared at home, Li Xiu must also bring them, otherwise they will definitely not be at ease, but when they left, the children in the carriage were still crying, which provoked Li Xiu to turn back again and again, and when he saw the big belly of Yiniang, and Princess Pingyang who was supporting her, he couldn't help but have a sour eye, and finally forced himself to turn his head, Then he slapped the horse and left the bridge

Because of the urgency of time, after Li Xiu and the others left Chang'an, they immediately accelerated their horses, and if they could reach Shuozhou earlier, they would be able to prepare earlier, so that when Li Jing and their army were dispatched, they would not be too hasty, so Li Xiu did not take the car, and rode directly on horseback.

Shuozhou is the military town of the Tang Dynasty, so there is also an official road between Chang'an, there are post stations every other section, and when they arrive at night, they finally arrive at the first post station, Li Xiu, who has been riding a horse for a day, also feels like his whole body is going to fall apart at this time, he doesn't want to get up again when he gets off the horse and lies on the bed, and he has no appetite to eat, this is also the first time Li Xiu found that it turns out that riding a horse is so tired, which makes him miss the traffic of later generations even more, no airplane high-speed rail, even if there is a car, it is 10,000 times more comfortable than riding a horse.

However, Li Xiu just lay down for a while, and suddenly a guard walked in with food, he didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when he inadvertently saw the other party's appearance, he suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Why are you here?" ”