Chapter 115: Organizing the Army
The main hall is full of clothes that Xue Wenyang has bought, not only for himself, but also for Yu Lang. Yu Langgui is the deputy general of the Western Expeditionary Army, and naturally there is no shortage of armor and equipment, and Xue Wenyang prepared for him mostly some gold sore medicine, hemostatic powder, and some special pills.
Although the news he got from Obaba made Yu Lang suspicious of Xue Wenyang, as long as Xue Wenyang had not betrayed his friends to seek glory, Yu Lang still regarded him as a brother, and told Xue Wenyang about Xuanzong's arrangements without concealment.
Xie Zhiqian heard that Li Linfu recommended Yu Lang to become the general of Dingyuan who was the fifth product to serve as the deputy general of the Western Expeditionary Army, and he was even more reluctant to deal with Yu Lang anymore. The staff of the East Palace were scolded by the prince for missing Yu Lang, and they all bothered to woo the rest of the Moon Washing Academy, and Xie Zhiqian was naturally on the list.
However, Cen Shen volunteered to join the Western Expeditionary Army, and this person represented the East Palace. Wang Tianyun originally intended to refuse this person to join the Western Expeditionary Army, but Yu Lang disagreed, the prince would definitely install cronies in the Western Expeditionary Army, and accept a gentleman like Cen Shen at least without worrying about the threat of a stab in the back.
Wang Tianyun reported the matter to Li Linfu, and after Li Linfu listened to the opinions of the two parties, he told Wang Tianyun to ask Yu Lang if he was undecided in the future, which can be regarded as completely stuffing the authority into Yu Lang's hands. Wang Tianyun was used to it, so he simply became the shopkeeper completely, and the whole army was handed over to Yu Lang.
There are relevant interest groups in all departments in Chang'an City, and it is difficult to transfer 40,000 soldiers. Fortunately, Li Linfu was quite generous to Yu Lang, in addition to the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Wang Tianyun's headquarters, Li Linfu personally sold his face and went to pull a few relatively reliable teams for Yu Lang, and gathered 20,000 people. Xuanzong selected another 10,000 elites from the forbidden army, and only the last 10,000 were missing.
Cen Shen was quite righteous, lobbied the prince many times, and gathered enough for the remaining 10,000 people.
40,000 horses camped outside Chang'an City, leaving less than ten days for Yu Lang to practice.
Although Cen Shen was born in a scholarly family, he is also extremely proficient in military affairs, and thanks to his busy work and forgetting to sleep and food, he can maintain the efficiency of Yu Lang's army at a high level.
Among the 40,000 Western Expeditionary Army, Yu Lang carefully selected 5,000 cavalry to form the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and according to the edict of the Son of Heaven, Yu Lang personally served as the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion. Most of the people in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion were born in the forbidden army with skilled bows and horses, and they also spent a lot of thought and silver money in order to gather people's hearts.
Eight days of army time passed quickly, but the burden on Yu Lang's heart became heavier and heavier, among the 40,000 people, except for the 10,000 forbidden troops deployed by Xuanzong, they could still be called elite, and the rest of them were just recruited stragglers, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to the veterans of a hundred battles in the Longyou Army back then. If it weren't for the thousands of miles to the west, and some training time, Yu Lang really wanted to pick a son and quit, if this army moved directly to the battlefield, I am afraid that it would have to be dispersed in one round of charges.
"It's not that there are no available generals in the Western Expeditionary Army, it's only General Yu who blames you for your giant eyes and ignorance of people." Cen Shen is quite familiar with Yu Lang these days, and it is inevitable to make a few teases between words.
"Lao Cen, you have now been regarded by me as the military advisor of the Western Expeditionary Army, we can be said to be both prosperous and loss-oriented, what are you selling with me at this time?" In line with the principle of "don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people", Yu Lang had no defense against Cen Shen, who was born in the East Palace forces, and regarded him as a military advisor of the Western Expeditionary Army.
Cen Shen smiled and took out a list from his arms: "This list records the available generals in our Western Expeditionary Army, as long as this group of people is recruited and they can contribute to their efforts, this army can be regarded as having a backbone." ”
"In addition, there is a general Li Siye among them, who has a strange personality, and you have to go and see it in person. This person has already made many meritorious deeds in the Anxi army, and is called a supernatural general by the enemy. I was also quite surprised to see this person in the list of the Western Expeditionary Army, and I didn't know what was hidden in it. If you can subdue this person, after his training along the way, the combat strength of our Western Expeditionary Army can go up at least two steps. ”
"Thank you!" Yu Lang expressed his gratitude to Cen Shen quite sincerely.
As a staff member of the East Palace, Cen Shenda can work and wait to see Yu Lang's jokes, but he is always busy, because although he was born in the East Palace, he has the world in mind. Attacking Xiao Bolu is a major national event, and Cen Shen will not be held back because of the selfishness of one family and one surname.
Li Siye turned out to be just a big soldier in the Western Expeditionary Army, and Yu Lang couldn't figure out the rights and wrongs of this for a while, so he had to find Captain Shen of Li Siye's team for questioning first.
"What about Li Siye?"
Captain Shen's expression was bitter: "General Yu, Li Siye is a veteran oilman, he deserted when he saw the sky, yesterday I asked him to beat him with fifty military sticks, this person didn't suffer at all, and today he slipped away to go fishing." It's not that the lower officials don't want to take care of it, but they really can't manage it, this person is born with divine power and high martial arts, so I can't help him. ”
Yu Lang comforted Captain Shen a few words: "You don't have to worry about this person anymore, I'll go find him myself." ”
Not far from the camp of the army was a small river beach, and when Yu Lang found Li Siye, he was holding a fire to roast the freshly caught fish to eat.
Yu Lang was so familiar that he sat down across from him.
Li Siye didn't seem to see the remaining waves, he finished eating three grilled fish, wiped the oil mouth with the palm of his hand, and lay down on the side of the small river beach to bask in the sun contentedly.
Li Siye is tall and long, with strong muscles and bones, and lying on the ground is a small mountain.
Yu Lang didn't bother him, and sat quietly while breathing and breathing to regulate his internal breath.
Perhaps lying bored, Li Siye was the first to talk to Yu Lang: "You are the baby deputy general sent by His Majesty to the Western Expeditionary Army?" ”
Yu Lang shook his head: "I am the deputy general of the Western Expeditionary Army, the commander of the Xiaocai battalion, and the general of Dingyuan, Yu Lang Yu Ziyou, not a baby deputy general." ”
"Phew! Which of these titles did you earn on the battlefield? Didn't Your Majesty reward you on a whim? What is there to brag about, Lao Tzu is still a general in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate! ”
Yu Lang's expression was serious: "In the second year of Tianbao, I led the Langzi battalion and two thousand Longyou troops to defeat the Lan Evil City and beheaded the opponent's main general Kudoza, and then faced the dying counterattack of the remnants of the Tubo National Division, and desperately annihilated thousands of soldiers and horses of the opponent. But it wasn't given to me by His Majesty at will, and I am not a prince or grandson, if it weren't for some real material, why would Your Majesty entrust me with a heavy responsibility? ”
"Lao Tzu has also heard some about you, and at the age of eighteen, you are more or less a character. But he is a ball? Why did he serve as the chief general of the Western Expeditionary Army? When it came to Bian Saizhen and Xiao Bo Rhythm, he didn't have to let General Gao help, so why should he earn it? ”
Yu Lang saw that this person finally expressed the resentment in his heart, and his heart was relieved: "Your Majesty sent Wang Tianyun and other straw bags to serve as the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, just because he didn't want people to share the credit of General Gao Xianzhi, do you think, everyone in the whole dynasty knows that Wang Tianyun is a big straw bag, if the army really has to fight Xiao Bolu, the credit must not be counted on General Gao's head?" You have been in the Anxi Army for many years, you should know that I have the most important military exploits in the Tang Dynasty, and you will be rewarded for killing the enemy in battle, and General Gao Xianzhi can make contributions all the way to the four towns to know the soldiers and horses, has Your Majesty ever treated him badly? ”
"There is some truth in what you said, I can't be reasonable about you scholars, but it's hard to buy a master's willingness, this trip to the west to attack Xiaobolu, I Li Siye can't go."
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