Chapter 57: The Expedition !!
At this time, a flash of realization suddenly flashed in Lu Chen's mind, but he couldn't grasp it, and this feeling made Lu Chen a little crazy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"General Lu, General Li called you to eat!" At this time, a soldier shouted outside the tent.
Dine? Right! It's grain and grass!
Lu Chen's eyes lit up in an instant, and he immediately turned the stack of papers to the front and looked at it again. From the time they began to invade the border until they retreated, it was exactly six and a half days, and they brought seven days of food and grass!
Lu Chen dared to conclude that the previous battle, Tubo was definitely premeditated!
Lu Chen read these materials again, and it wasn't until the soldiers outside shouted again when they heard that no one responded, and Lu Chen woke up from this incident. Then, in thought, he walked out of the tent.
Following this soldier, Lu Chen came to Li Xinran's carriage, only to see several exquisite snacks placed in front of her, just looking at it, it made people feel appetizing.
Seeing Lu Chen coming, Li Xinran immediately smiled and said, "Lu Chen, you said that the Tibetan army has begun to move, when will we leave?" ”
Lu Chen walked over and was not polite, he ate directly, and after eating a few bites, he said slowly, "Wait for General Lin Yuan's order"
"What? I went to look for him before, but he said to wait a few more days, and then these Tibetan armies will come over! Hearing Lu Chen's words, the eldest lady instantly exploded and said dissatisfied.
Hearing Li Xinran's words, Lu Chen's movements suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something. However, he immediately continued to eat, which made Li Xinran on the side grit his teeth for a while.
After a while, Lu Chen stood up, patted his stomach, and smiled at Li Xinran, "Thank you for your hospitality, this meal is really good!" ”
"I didn't call you here to eat! Are you going or not? I'm the main general, you are just my adjutant, if you really don't want to go, then Miss Ben will lead the troops by herself, and when I go back, I will tell Your Majesty and his old man that you are not active in the war, delaying the military situation, hum! ”
Hearing this, Lu Chen said helplessly, "Okay, I'll go out with you to play, and I just happened to see if my guess is correct!" Speaking of this, a hint of coldness flashed in Lu Chen's eyes.
"Hmph, I knew you were afraid of Your Majesty!" Seeing Lu Chen's compromise, Li Xinran suddenly smiled proudly.
Lu Chen shook his head with a smile and did not speak. He followed Li Xinran forward, naturally not afraid that she would sue, after all, if Tang Xuanzong couldn't even see this thing clearly, the emperor of all these years would be in vain. Lu Chen was mainly afraid that this eldest lady would run to the territory of Tubo stupidly, and when the time came, he would be captured, and it would be difficult for him to deal with the old man of Tang Xuanzong. Besides, such a big beauty, watching her run towards the wolf's den, Lu Chen couldn't bear it!
Although Li Xinran was eager to fight the Tubo now, Lu Chen's strong protest finally decided to set off two days later. After all, Lu Chen had just come back and had not yet cooperated with more than 2,000 people.
On the same day, Lu Chen came to the place where more than 2,000 people were training, these people may have been stimulated by Lu Chen, and they were really hard at training, not to the limit, and rarely saw anyone stop to rest.
Seeing Lu Chen coming, Long Yan immediately sounded the rallying call, and more than two thousand soldiers quickly ran over to gather, although each of them showed a look of exhaustion on their faces, but still no one showed the slightest slackness, one by one stood in the phalanx like a sculpture.
Lu Chen nodded, more than 2,000 people can be regarded as elites. Lu Chen is not too clear about the standards of the Tang Army, but at least in the army in the previous life, most of these people are considered elite-level soldiers.
Lu Chen first said words of encouragement to these people, and then Lu Chen once again told these people about the plan to go on the expedition recently.
Hearing Lu Chen's words, Long Yan asked suspiciously, "General Lin Yuan hasn't given the order to go on an expedition recently!" Are we going to raid? "Under normal circumstances, if the army is going to go to battle, the order will be issued a few days in advance, and the soldiers will be notified at short notice unless it is a surprise attack.
Looking at Long Yan with a puzzled expression, Lu Chen coughed dryly, and said, "It's not General Lin Yuan's order, it's General Li who wants to go out and fight!" “
Yes!?
Long Yan was dumbfounded, is this okay?
Under normal circumstances, if an army wants to go on an expedition, it must obtain the approval of the highest general, except of course if the number is small and it is only a normal activity.
But more than 2,000 people are a lot of people! And to go to the war with Tubo, this kind of major military must be reported, but now listening to Lu Chen's tone, General Li seems to just want to go out and have fun?
After a long time, Long Yan asked, "Does General Lin know about this expedition?" “
"We should know, otherwise, we won't be able to leave without permission, after all, there are more than 2,000 of us, even if we don't say it, General Lin can know" Lu Chen said lightly.
Hearing this, Long Yan's face was entangled, if he didn't go, it would be disobeying the military order, but if he followed, it would be very dangerous, just looking at the usual performance of this General Li, it made Long Yan feel bottomless.
In the end, Long Yan sighed and said, "It's okay to go, but let the general lead you, if you let General Li lead, it would be too ........."
Although Long Yan's words were not finished, Lu Chen knew what he was thinking, Lu Chen thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll go to General Li for instructions when I go back!" ”
After speaking, Long Yan told the army the news of the expedition, and more than 2,000 people knew that it was Li Xinran who was going to lead them to conquer Tibet, and the expressions on their faces were even more exaggerated than Long Yan.
And when they heard that Lu Chen was going to run in with them, everyone was very cooperative, this is not okay! This is a gamble with life, and now with more strength, there will be a little more hope of surviving on the battlefield in a few days.
In this way, more than 2,000 people were so frightened by Li Xinran that they desperately improved their strength, for fear that their strength would be too weak and they would die on the battlefield at that time.
Two days passed in the intense and arduous training between Lu Chen and more than 2,000 people, and after these two days of training, Lu Chen also had a general understanding of the ways and tactics of these people.
The more than 2,000 people that Lin Yuan has equipped them with are also considered elites, and they are also very complete in all kinds of troops. Of the 2,000 men, there were 200 cavalry, 300 armor soldiers, and more than 1,500 infantrymen, and finally they were specially given 100 baggage soldiers.
Lu Chen has learned that in this Tang Dynasty, cavalry is the most powerful type of troops, and there is no one. The Turks were able to rely on less than one percent of the population of the Tang Dynasty to confront or marry the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years, relying on powerful cavalry.