The military situation is urgent, as soon as Li Xiu arrived in Shuozhou, he immediately began to take over the logistics affairs, and also learned about the situation on the grassland from Zhang Gongjin, after all, he has lived in the border for a long time, and often comes into contact with the people on the grassland, not to mention that even Shuozhou can see a lot of grassland people in the city, so he must know the situation of the grassland better than those who stay in Chang'an. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, Zhang Gongjin did live up to Li Xiu's expectations, and gave Li Xiu a detailed explanation of the current situation on the grassland at the reception banquet. Everyone knew that the Turks were affected by the heavy snowstorm last year, and at the beginning of spring this year, Jieli began to plunder resources from the surrounding tribes in order to survive the difficulties, which also led to endless wars on the grasslands, which was also the information that Li Xiu and they had obtained before.

However, according to Zhang Gongjin's recent news, after more than half a year of campaigning, Jieli has eliminated the main tribes that oppose him, which also makes the war on the grassland almost much smaller, and the remaining small tribes are not too much of a threat to the Turks, but after such a long period of conquest, even if the Turks are good at fighting wars, their strength has also suffered a lot of losses.

Li Xiu and the others heard that the war on the grassland was about to subside, and they were a little worried about the timing of this expedition, after all, the more chaotic the grassland, the greater the possibility of them sending troops to achieve results, but now that they are not fighting on the grassland, even if the strength of the Turks is damaged, but on the territory of others, the Tang army first lost the opportunity of geographical advantage.

Regarding Li Xiu's worries, Zhang Gongjin smiled calmly, and then said a few points about the benefits of attacking the Turks now, such as Jieli Although he defeated the rebellious tribes, his own strength was also weakened, and it also aroused the hatred of some tribes, but the Turks were powerful, and they did not dare to resist for the time being, as long as the Tang Dynasty dared to send troops, at least many tribes would respond.

In addition, there is a very important advantage, that is, autumn is the critical period for cattle and sheep to grow fat, if this time can not let cattle and sheep grow autumn fat, then they are likely to not survive the cold winter, so now the herdsmen on the grassland are very busy, which is also one of the main reasons for the temporary subsidence of the war on the grassland, after all, if you continue to fight, the cattle and sheep can not eat fat, and finally everyone has to starve to death in winter.

It is precisely because of the above reasons, so if Datang makes a move at this time, Jieli is afraid that it will be difficult to gather enough troops, and even if he takes a step back, even if Jieli gathers enough troops to resist Datang, it will seriously affect grazing, and take a step back and say, even if Datang loses the battle this time, it will still bring a serious crisis to the grassland, and by next year, the strength of the Turks will only become weaker.

In addition to the above two main reasons, Zhang Gongjin also said several other reasons, each of which was justified and more exciting than what he said in the recital, which also made Li Xiu full of confidence in this war, and after eating the reception banquet, he immediately began to take over the logistics affairs.

As early as this spring, Li Shimin had already deliberately transported materials to the northern border, and he had already chosen Shuozhou as the rear of the army, so most of these materials were concentrated in Shuozhou and some state capitals around Shuozhou, and there were special officials to manage these materials before, so after Li Xiu and they came here, they only needed to gather these officials, and then understand the storage and distribution of materials, and then make arrangements in advance according to the needs of various armies.

This time, Datang was launched by the six-way army, but Li Xiu was mainly responsible for the logistics supply of the middle, east and west routes, and as for the other three-way armies, because of the distance, the logistics were not under Li Xiu's control. In the eastern, central, and western armies, Li Ji had already led the army to be ready, so the military quartermaster was also carried out in advance, as for Qin Qiong and Li Jing, it would take a few days to get ready, of which Li Jing's middle route army was assembled in Shuozhou, that is to say, Li Jing also had to serve until Shuozhou.

Li Xiu had long known that Li Jing was coming, but he didn't care, although he, who was in charge of logistics, would definitely have to communicate with Li Jing, the main general, but this was a business matter, and he would also do business affairs, so as not to drag Li Jing back, and Li Jing and their army were about to be pulled out, so they couldn't see each other a few times.

Li Xiu had never been in charge of logistics before, but with Cen Wenwen and Xu Jingzong here, he didn't have to worry about it, at most, they discussed the plan for material allocation, and then asked Li Xiu for instructions.

However, with the deepening of understanding, Li Xiu found more and more some logistical problems, such as Li Xiu went to the warehouse below to inspect today, saying that the warehouse is actually a temporary material storage place, and there are some simple sheds built everywhere, which store some salt, coal, cloth and other materials, although these things are not as important as food and weapons, but they are also essential.

"What's the matter, didn't the account book say that there were 40,000 catties of cabbage and 20,000 catties of sea salt, why didn't I see them in the warehouse?" Li Xiu took the account book and walked around the entire storage place, and then said with a puzzled face, after his promotion, cabbage has become the most common vegetable in Guanzhong, especially in winter, every household stores cabbage, after all, this thing has a high yield and durability, and this thing is naturally indispensable in the army.

"Qiqi Guogong, everything is here, there is absolutely no problem, or the official will take you to see it!" When the little official in charge here heard Li Xiu's question, he couldn't help but answer with sincere fear.

"Take me to see it!" Li Xiu said without hesitation, he turned around just now, and he didn't see the cabbage at all, which he believed in his eyes, after all, tens of thousands of catties of cabbage were piled together, and it was impossible for him not to see it.

At that moment, the little official led the way in front, Li Xiu led people to follow behind, but after turning a few sheds, he soon came to a huge shed, and then the little official pointed to the inside and said: "Guogong, please see, there is sea salt and cabbage inside!" ”

Following the fingers of the little official, Li Xiu found that there were half-person-high jars in this shed, neatly stacked, but he didn't see half a cabbage other than that, which made him ask strangely again: "Even if the jar is filled with sea salt, where is the cabbage?" ”

"The cabbage and sea salt are in the jar!" The little official replied cautiously again.

"What do you mean?" Li Xiu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked in a flash of shock and shock, "You can't make cabbage and sea salt into pickles, right?" ”