Gao Xianzhi's army reorganization methods were extremely clever, retaining the original structure of the Western Expeditionary Army, placing several cronies and generals in key positions, and stabilizing the army's morale through several actual combat exercises, and it only took half a month to completely control the Western Expeditionary Army.

Yu Lang transferred his henchmen Xiao Ting, Ma Yue and others to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, fully delegating power to the three armies, and at the same time strengthening the dominance of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Eagle Eye Battalion. As Yu Lang became more and more proficient in military affairs, the burden on Cen Shen's shoulders was also lighter, and sometimes he would ride a horse alone to see the scenery of the desert and write poems. Yu Lang saw that Cen Shen liked the scenery here, and was worried about the danger during the march, so he left him in Qiuzi City.

After March, the army marched westward. It took 15 days to arrive at the city of Swap, and then passed through Sede to Shule, where he waved his army south, and officially set foot on the Green Ridge. Green Ridge is the roof of the world in Yu Lang's previous life - the Pamir Plateau, a sentence of natural danger is no longer enough to summarize, just on the first day, there are a large number of soldiers who are not accustomed to the situation of water and soil, and many soldiers fall behind or fall to death due to physical strength can not keep up.

Yu Lang and Gao Xianzhi were both worried, the two of them had already tried their best to choose the flat land between the valleys to march, even so, some mountains still had to be forcibly crossed, and before the battle started, they had already become casualties. Most of the casualties were logistics soldiers who needed to transport supplies back and forth, and most of the logistics soldiers were already weak and could not withstand such a toss.

To add insult to injury, the Tibetan army took the opportunity to send troops to attack the Tang army's supply base at the bottom of the mountain, although it was quickly repelled by the garrisons in several other places, a large amount of supplies had been burned by fire. The attack of the Tubo army this time is a signal, indicating that they will never let the Tang army defeat Xiao Bolu, as long as the Tang army does not stop the army, they will have follow-up actions.

When the news came, people were panicked, and some teams had already seen soldiers fleeing without permission.

"At this time, collecting supplies from Shule City will greatly slow down the pace of the march, and the casualty rate and fatigue of the soldiers will increase day by day, besides, Shule City is already poor, how can it afford to supply 40,000 troops?" Gao Xianzhi was in a dilemma, "You can't advance, you can't retreat." ”

Yu Langjin said: "At this time, only the strong man broke his wrist, gave up supplies, marched in a hurry, and crossed the green ridge to snatch supplies from the Tubo people!" Our soldiers kept rice rations with them for seven days, and there were quite a few mountain goods in the mountains, so they would not starve to death halfway. It is recommended that the original logistics troops and the infantry be transferred to form a new team, which is responsible for hunting birds and beasts for the army and collecting mountain goods. ”

"No! General Yu's strategy was too risky, and if the 40,000 army was cut off from supplies on the plateau, the consequences would be unimaginable. General Gao, there is no big mistake in turning back at this time, but if you really starve to death these 40,000 troops, it will be a heinous sin! ”

Gao Xianzhi has rich experience in marching, and with the current marching speed of the army and the rations he carries, he will not starve to death halfway, so he immediately stopped the dissuasion of his subordinates: "According to General Yu's words, seven or eight days is enough time for us to reach the Green Ridge to guard and capture, and send a group of scouts with good light body and kung fu to report the news, so that the Green Ridge Guard can prepare some supplies." Our Western Expeditionary Army is not so delicate, Lao Tzu led the cavalry alone to attack Tubo for thousands of miles, and only had a day's dry food with him, isn't it good to stand here? This place is not a desert, as long as the water supply is sufficient, it is not so easy to starve to death! ”

In order to boost morale and gather people's hearts, Yu Lang taught everyone to sing a few military songs, and everyone felt quite refreshed, and they had no time to complain about being discouraged by humming a few words, but they didn't feel as flustered as before, and the army moved forward in an orderly manner.

In addition, in order to reduce the occurrence of people falling behind and fleeing without permission, Yu Lang divided everyone into several teams, and each team was tied together with hemp rope, so that even if someone stumbled, the pressure would be quickly shared by others, and the casualties and losses were greatly improved compared with before.

Gao Xianzhi is quite appreciative of Yu Lang's many novel methods, and readers often think that marching and fighting are bloody and brave, without using their brains, but in fact, it is a big mistake, since ancient times, famous generals have been smart people who can innovate and adapt to changes. Since then, Gao Xianzhi has more trust in Yu Lang, and often leaves Yu Lang alone for further discussion after discussing military affairs with the generals.

The army successfully crossed the Green Ridge, resupplied and repaired, and marched westward to the Telmanchuan River. The Western Expeditionary Army camped and repaired in the original place of Telmanchuan, and at this point, the march of more than 100 days finally came to an end, and if it wanted to advance further, it had to fight head-on with real swords and guns.

The magnificent scenery of the plateau makes people feel the great power of creation, and when they look around, they can't help but want to bow and worship. Distant mountains and vistas, rivers and icebergs, these things will make people feel lonely after looking at them for a long time. After inspecting the camp, Yu Lang sat alone on a cold stone and pondered.

"General Yu is homesick." It was cold on the plateau, and Gao Xianzhi put on a thick beast robe.

"yes, it's weird. When I first arrived in Chang'an City, I sometimes felt homesick, but it was not so strong. ”

A cold wind blew on his face, Gao Xianzhi exhaled a breath of heat, his body bones were not as strong as a young man like Yu Lang, he stomped his feet and said: "This is normal, I secretly shed tears when I left home for the first time as a soldier, young people are top guns, and they always know how good their parents are when they are thousands of miles away from home." Especially in this bitter cold place, it is inevitable to feel homesick, and how warm the home is. General Yu is still young, your parents should still be alive, right? ”

Yu Lang's expression darkened: "I have never seen my parents, there was originally a Ah Weng who had been dependent on each other since childhood, and he also passed away five years ago." ”

Gao Xianzhi looked a little distressed, and asked, "If you are alive, you should be the same age as me, right?" ”

Yu Lang nodded: "Ah Weng is also very strong and skilled, if he has the opportunity to join the army, he will definitely become a hero like General Gao." ”

Originally, this was actually a bit abrupt, but Gao Xianzhi didn't think it was angry at all, and said with a smile: "Seeing your kid's talent, I believe that your Ah Weng must also be a hero." I hate not to know him, life encounters are sometimes wonderful, obviously people who are born and have similar abilities, some people may have a lifetime of failure, and some people will soar into the sky. ”

If Liang Chaoran was not so loyal and persistent in following Xu Jingye, he might be able to become a world-famous general, no, if so, he would not be Liang Chaoran. After thinking about this section, Yu Lang shook his head: "In fact, the fate of many people is not determined by circumstances and abilities, but by their own character. ”

"I don't like to hear that." Gao Xianzhi took out the wine bag and raised his neck to take a sip, feeling that his body and bones were much warmer, "It seems that I, Gao Xianzhi, am some kind of cold-blooded and ruthless person, hey, I'm sick, I drink too much wine and talk a lot, are you willing to talk more with my brother?" ”

"Okay." Yu Lang said with a smile, "I am usually a talkative person, and I am almost bored when I am busy with military affairs all day long, but I have to pretend to be deep with a straight face in front of the soldiers." ”

"Hahaha, you kid, you really treat my spleen!" Gao Xianzhi took another sip of wine, and then threw the wine bag to Yu Lang, "In the past two years, I have indeed had fewer friends, some of them are different from each other, and some of them are forced to be estranged from me in desperation, and when you reach my age, you will understand, friendship is the purest thing only when you were young, and then everyone has to protect the interests in the future." When I was your age, I was also a hot-blooded young man who valued love and righteousness, and I liked to make friends. ”

"I heard that you are from Yangzhou City, it is a good place, although it is not as prosperous as Chang'an, but you have some comfort. When I was a teenager, I traveled in Yangzhou and made a very good friend. Although decades have passed, I also have regrets in my heart that I have not been able to persuade him to return to his lost path. The man's name was Liang Chaoran. ”

Yu Lang was like being struck by lightning, pressing down on the ups and downs of his heart, and the expression on his face remained unchanged: "Is this friend important to you?" ”

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