Hearing his junior brother's question, senior brother Liu Yishou lowered his head and stomped his feet hard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Senior brother, what's wrong with your feet?" Li Deyi didn't understand what his senior brother meant at all, so he asked stupidly.

Slap, a slap, not light or heavy on the head of the junior brother. "I'm talking about the grassland under our feet!"

"This grassland?" Li Deyi hasn't been able to grasp the meaning of his senior brother yet.

"Yes, it's this grassland. This grassland has given birth to countless peoples on horseback. Men on the grassland, as long as they can grow up smoothly, can ride horses and shoot arrows, and if they are slightly armed, they are elite cavalry. The Tuliao Kingdom is now using this advantage to confront us. In such a short period of time, Fan Guoshi was able to pull out so many cavalry, obviously, because of the convenience of this grassland. No country in the pass can take out such a large number of cavalry. Head Liu said.

"People say that the mountains eat the mountains, and the sea eats the sea. It seems that this Tuliao country has also received the help of this grassland. Now it seems that attacking the city of Tongwan is probably not as easy as I expected. If this selection of forward riders continues to invade, our logistical pressure will inevitably increase, and we must find another way. Listening to Senior Brother's words, Li Deyi said with a somewhat serious expression.

"This grassland not only provided a large number of cavalry for the Tuliao Kingdom, but now it is also their most powerful shelter. Although the grassland is extremely harsh on all the inhabitants who live on it, it also protects those who succeed in surviving. The powerful imperial courts of the previous generations all vigorously invaded the grasslands in the north, and even used the power of the whole country to solve this problem forever. But in the end, they were all trapped in the vast expanse of this grassland and the harsh and long winter, all in vain. Even the soldiers and horses of the founding Taizu of the Ping Zhou Dynasty were hindered by this severe cold. Liu Yishou said as he gestured on the sand table with his hand.

From Dingbei County to Tongwancheng, this road is no less than 3,000 miles away. With such a long journey, the amount of money and food required is huge. Even if the Dingbei garrison can successfully conquer Tongwan City in the future, as long as the remnants of the Tuliao tribe can break out of the encirclement and hide in the vast grassland, it will be a new trouble.

The Tuliao people can be like those steppe tribes in ancient times, waiting patiently and waiting for the time when the Dingbei garrison will be weakened by a comfortable life, and then come out to regroup.

Not to mention, this flat and boundless grassland has now given the Tuliao cavalry a lot of room for maneuver, making it difficult for the Dingbei garrison to defend the rear.

The grassland terrain is flat, and the Dingbei garrison regiment has no danger to defend at all. As long as the Tuliao cavalry is lucky enough, they can even drive all the way to the foot of Dingbei County. The dozen or so selected front cavalry that appeared fifty miles outside Dingbei County last time were lucky enough that they were not discovered by the cavalry of the garrison regiment patrolling all the way.

"Senior brother, have you thought of a way?" Li Deyi couldn't solve the increasingly tricky situation at the moment, and subconsciously asked his senior brother.

"No, it's hard. Our Dingbei garrison regiment fought in this grassland, and the Tuliao State had the advantage of geography. If we want to defeat this Tuliao country, I'm afraid it won't be easy. Liu Yishou couldn't help but sigh.

As soon as he heard Senior Brother say this, Li De remembered a smooth sentence in the blink of an eye, "Senior Brother, how did you say that?" Oh! That's right, isn't it 'the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people'? Now that the Tuliao State occupies a geographical advantage, then we can occupy people! That's a lot of movement.

Thinking he had found a solution, Li De said loudly.

As soon as Liu Yishou heard this, he raised his hand again and beat his junior brother. "Let you learn more about the art of war, so that you can learn and apply it lively, not let you memorize it. Who doesn't know that the time and place are right? But what is the use of just saying, you have to be able to use it! In this situation, how to account for 'people'? Just talk about it? If the army can win by marching and fighting, the soldiers of our garrison regiment still need to suffer such a big crime? ”

Li Deyi hurriedly shrunk his neck and said, "Senior brother, don't worry, let me go back and think about it!" Think again. As he spoke, Li Deyi wanted to slip away first.

"Don't leave yet, today we have to discuss a way to solve the matter in front of us." Liu Yishou hurriedly called out to his junior brother.

Don't look at Liu Yishou's two sentences when he has nothing to do, he always says two sentences, that is to hope that he will be motivated. In fact, Liu Yishou often consults with his junior brother when he encounters problems. In Liu Yishou's heart, the junior brother is a first-class capable person in the world, and he has some ideas, but he is a little unright.

For this junior brother, Liu Yishou and his master also secretly sighed. The younger brother was untaught, and he only began to read at the age of ten, and he never studied seriously at all. Later, it was easy to read and read, but it was already a little qualitative, and I couldn't read the book. The fact that the old medical officer Sun was able to teach an apprentice like Liu Yishou shows that he is definitely genuine, but the little apprentice Li Deyi is unwilling to learn his serious tactics and strategies, manage political affairs, anticipate the enemy's opportunities, and strategize.

Li Deyi is worthy of being the descendant of his third grandfather, Li Quanzhuang Li family, and his style is very similar to that of his third grandfather. Li De's army didn't like to be upright when he fought in a war, so he liked to make some small moves and make some inappropriate tricks.

However, it seems to be a coincidence, his senior brother Liu Yishou is the most dignified and upright in marching and fighting, and with Li Deyi, a junior brother who likes to take risks, it just happens to be a good match, and the world is invincible.

The third uncle once rated Liu Yishou as the second best talent in the world, and Li Deyi as the first in the world. The first person likes to discuss things with the second place, which is probably why the hero sees something in common. Of course, Liu Yishou, as a senior brother, always wants to urge his junior brother to be more motivated.

"Senior brother, I thought about it for a long time just now, but I didn't come up with a move. The situation is a bit tricky at the moment, and if the Tuliao State continues to increase its forces to harass us, I'm afraid the situation will get worse. "Li got a piece.

"Don't worry, let's think of a way to better deal with the current intrusion of these selective riders. In the future, if the Liao State increases its troops, we have a certain coping strategy, and we can adjust it at any time. Since this problem could not be fundamentally solved, Liu Yishou decided to take a small step in a down-to-earth manner.

But then, the two brothers stared at each other and thought about it for a long time, and after discussing for a long time, they couldn't come up with a better way.

"Senior brother, I don't think it's as good as this. Since we don't have any good ideas at the moment, it's useless to think about it. Why don't you call that Wang Jingluo and ask him, what do you think? As soon as Li De saw that his senior brother and himself didn't have any good solutions, he remembered that Wang Meng. Although he himself does not learn and has no skills, he does not discriminate against talents. Thinking of Wang Meng, he immediately recommended it to his senior brother.

"Yes! Send a herald and call him. Liu Yishou nodded. Xin said that the junior brother has a lot of ideas, and he has long been accustomed to discussing the military situation with the junior and younger brothers, but he forgot that there is still such a person as Wang Jingluo in the camp.

It didn't take long for Wang Meng to be called over by the soldiers. Now he is also a first-class soldier of the serious garrison regiment, and his skills are quite high, but because he came to the Dingbei garrison regiment too late, his qualifications are still shallow, and his military merits are not enough, so he has not been able to do it.

Wang Meng is worthy of being a smart man, he has long noticed these Tuliao cavalry who are constantly invading, and has already begun to think about countermeasures in his heart. At this time, listening to the two regiment commanders, Wang Meng didn't have to fight the draft, and immediately said the two ways he thought.

Wang Meng divided the current situation into two parts.

First, now these invading Tuliao cavalry can come and go so freely, nothing more than taking advantage of the topography of the grassland. This grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and the terrain is flat.

The grassland is too vast, and the number of scouts of the northern garrison regiment is insufficient, which makes it difficult for scouts to find the location of the Tuliao cavalry in advance. Moreover, even if it is found, these Tuliao cavalry are often a group of twenty or thirty cavalry, and it is not worth mobilizing a large army to encircle and suppress.

The flat terrain of the steppe meant that these Tuliao cavalry could choose their own path. The Dingbei garrison regiment could not fight in the Guannai as long as it held the main road, and it could hold the rear steadily.

In response to this, Wang Meng suggested that more forts could be repaired, and at the same time the number of scouts could be increased. After the number of forts is sufficient, no matter which direction the Tuliao cavalry takes, they will be discovered by the defenders in the fort. Increasing the number of scouts also has this small country. When the time comes, it will be difficult for these small groups of intrusive Tuliao cavalry to hide their footprints. With the fortress to report in advance, the rear can also be prepared in advance.

Second, the reason why these Selective Cavalry were able to maintain such a large-scale intrusion was simply because over the years, the Tuliao State had annexed a large number of grassland tribes, and there were enough young men for them to consume. Originally, these annexed grassland tribes could only barely survive in the Tuliao State, but now the Tuliao State was forced by the Dingbei Garrison to rearm these cavalry and pull them out to deal with the Dingbei Garrison.

The Tuliao State dared to do this, relying on the strength of the crowd. The Ashina tribe now has a total of no more than one million dingkou, and they are absolutely unwilling to consume it with the Dingbei garrison regiment like this, but now they are only consuming some lowly cavalry, and the Ashina people are of course willing.

It's also easy to solve this matter, recruit a large number of Yiren cavalry! In recent years, the small tribes of the Yiren who have taken refuge in the Dingbei garrison regiment and live in the commercial city have added up to more than 2 million Ding Zhuang.

These Yi people, like those tribes conquered by the Tuliao people, are proficient in cavalry archery, good at cavalry combat, and as long as they are slightly controlled, they are also a strong force. Although the combat strength cannot be compared with the elite of the Dingbei garrison regiment, it is still quite sufficient to deal with the intrusion of the Tuliao State's selected front cavalry.

After listening to Wang Meng say these two items, Li Deyi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly opened up!

"Hey! Okay, you! After praising Wang Meng, Li Deyi turned his head to his senior brother and said, "Senior brother, this Wang Jingluo thought of a way to do!" ”

Regiment Leader Liu also nodded again and again, and said, "The cost of repairing the fort is too huge. With our current financial and human resources, it is already the limit to supply 100,000 troops to the east, and it is difficult to spare more money to build a fortress. As for the scouts, it is not easy for us to train the cavalry, the requirements for the scouts are higher, and it is difficult to increase the number of scouts in a short period of time. However, the organization of Yiren cavalry is quite feasible. You go back and write a note in detail, go back and show it to me, and then make a decision. Saying this, it shows that Liu Yishou has decided to adopt Wang Meng's suggestion, just to see the details again.

Wang Meng took the order and left.

Turning his head, Liu Yishou asked his junior brother: "Speaking of money and grain just now, how about our money and grain savings now, can it be enough for the army to go east?" ”

Since the Finance and Accounting Academy was established under the auspices of Li Deyi, and those accountants were directly managed by him, the deputy head of the group, Li Deyi knew the matter of money and food best.

"Don't worry, senior brother, it's enough. Now we have the whole world of leather goods in our hands. The Tuliao country is an opponent with us, and no one in the world dares to buy the leather goods of the Tuliao country. With this alone, we make a net profit of more than 10 million silver coins every year. The rest of the salt goods, the recently started tea and horse business, are not bad. "Li got a piece.

The Dingbei garrison relied on its powerful forces and the Yiren tribes who came to take refuge to monopolize the current leather trade in the entire world, and naturally earned money like a sea of gold and silver.

"How's the food stockpile?"

"Our Dingbei County has a bumper harvest every year, and the output increases every year. Over the years, more than a dozen masters of the College of Agriculture have developed a number of new technologies for increasing production in farming. It is said that there is a selection and breeding technique, which was handed down during the Taizu period of the founding of the Ping Zhou Dynasty. The food we have is enough for our soldiers and horses to chew for more than two years. In order to prepare for the Eastern Crusade, I have been vigorously purchasing grain from the Pingtang Kingdom since the year before last. Now our food reserves are also very sufficient, so there is no need to worry. Li Deyi said in a brisk tone.

"Well, that's good."

After the two brothers finished their discussions, they had dinner together, and they were busy separately.

Wang Meng is worthy of being a great talent in the world, and he has already prepared to write a detailed strategy for recruiting Yiren cavalry in just one night. The next day, Wang Meng handed over a detailed plan to the head of the group. After Li Deyi and his senior brother finished reading, the two looked at each other. There was an unconcealed appreciation in his eyes.

"Wang Jingluo listens to the order! You are now appointed as the commander of the Yiren Cavalry Battalion, and you are fully responsible for recruiting the Yiren cavalry and leading the Yiren cavalry to inspect! Give you half a month, be sure to get this matter done! Liu Yishou ordered loudly.

This appointment is terrible, and now the Dingbei Garrison Regiment has a total of few battalion commanders. Wang Meng was in a high position this time.

This appointment was also made by Liu Yishou after careful consideration. The Yiren cavalry has always belonged to the Dingbei garrison regiment and does not belong to the official establishment. Let Wang Meng serve as the battalion commander will not provoke excessive reactions from other veterans, and can give full play to Wang Meng's talents. In this way, the junior disciple can take a break from the daily patrol and prepare to deal with the upcoming regular cavalry of the Tuliao State.

Combined with the recent situation, Commander Liu judged that the commander of the Tuliao State, Ashina Huo'er, would not delay any longer, and in a short time, he would definitely bring his army to engage the Dingbei garrison regiment. Because if the Dingbei garrison regiment is allowed to continue to advance, the garrison regiment will occupy most of the grassland, and it will only be more than 1,000 li and less than 2,000 li away from Tongwan City.

The Dingbei garrison regiment has a glorious record of raiding the Golden Horde of the Liao Kingdom for thousands of miles. No matter how conceited Ashina Huo'er was, he had to guard against the Dingbei garrison being like this again.

After listening to his senior brother's analysis, Li Deyi began to arrange for the elite cavalry to rest while patrolling every day, and took turns with ordinary cavalry, so that the elite cavalry could recover their strength and prepare for future battles. At the same time, Li Deyi also secretly hoped that Wang Meng would quickly clean up the Yiren cavalry battalion and conduct inspections on his behalf.

Wang Meng is indeed a great talent, there is no doubt about it.

With Wang Meng's talent, leading a battalion alone is just a piece of cake. Although the Yiren cavalry battalion had just been established and the work was complicated, Wang Meng still seemed to be at ease and unhurried.

Ten days later, Wang Meng successfully pulled up 50,000 Yi cavalry, of which 20,000 were the original Yi cavalry, to meet the two regiment commanders.

I don't know what means Wang Meng used, the Yiren cavalry, who has always been loose in military discipline, is actually decent this time.

After Li Deyi and his senior brother inspected, they were extremely satisfied, and they were relieved to hand over the task of patrolling and protecting the rear to Wang Meng.

This Wang Meng really has two hits, and on the first day of his tenure, he gave the two regiment commanders a surprise.