Chapter 21: The Pledge to Embark on the Expedition (I)
Li Kuan returned to the recruit camp alone, where the soldiers were training, although they were going to go out in a few days, but the drill would not slack off for a day. Sweat slid down their bodies, soaking their sackcloth and sliding to the ground. The armor rubbed and made a 'whooshing' sound, and Li Kuan's arrival didn't stop them, and they didn't even look this way. It is worthy of being an elite division of a hundred battles, although they are wearing armor weighing twenty or thirty pounds, they still stand straight, like a spear that stabs straight into the sky.
Li Kuan didn't join in, although he can walk normally now, but he also knows that his current state is not suitable for training, so he went back to his camp to rest. Soon after, Tong Zhan and Liu Wei were carried back by several soldiers, and the two of them were not as calm as Li Kuan, their faces were haggard, and Tong Zhan's eyes were even bloodshot, like fierce beasts devouring people. Although it is difficult to move hands and feet when the body is weak, it still exudes a fierce aura.
The soldiers threw the two men back into their tents and left, at which point they both needed to calm down on their own, which was the best option.
Just when Li Kuan and the others were recuperating, Sun Wuji, the mayor of Chang'an City, was tirelessly wandering among the mansions of various nobles, running for that matter. These days have achieved good results, most of the people have been settled by him, although the eldest grandson family has paid a certain price, but in the eyes of these people who are high in the temple, this qiē is normal, and it is just an exchange of interests. Although the eldest grandson Wuji was in pain, he was also willing to give up his capital. That incident was only a private matter between the royal family and their eldest grandson's family. But if most of the nobles refute it unifiedly, Li Er will not be able to insist on going his own way, and these prices will still have to be paid.
It's time to set out on the expedition. On this day, all the soldiers of the Right Guard got up early, and after the warm-up training, they began to eat breakfast, and then it was time to take the oath to go to the battle.
The long tents of the Right Guards had begun to be removed, and everything that could still be used was packed and placed on ox carts, and the baggage would be used on the road. It must not be discarded. Tens of thousands of people packed up at the same time, and the large camp was packed in half an hour. The whole camp was suddenly empty, and only the countless ox carts were driven out along the road. Drain the elders all the way.
The original gate of the camp was a large open area, and it stands to reason that this terrain is not suitable for the gate of the station. Because such terrain is very suitable for the army to storm the camp gate, but this is in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. Normally, there will be no enemy troops here. At this time. A high point platform has been set up here, and this is the venue for the pledge meeting, but the color here is plain white. Long flags fluttered in the wind on the high flagpole, not like a big army marching out, but like a memorial service being held somewhere.
Li Jing packed his bags and put them on the saddle of his war horse, he didn't have many belongings with him when he was out fighting, just two clothes. There's also the Tiger Token and the like. Except for a small bag of things, all that was left was the armor on his body. As for the other things in the tent. That's all the configuration of the Right Guard's army, and it has nothing to do with him Li Jing, it's just that he will use these things when he is in the position of commander.
Out of the camp tent, towards the camp gate, gray hair and beard fluttering in the wind, a pair of tiger eyes in the war spirit began to burn, this battlefield is his second home, most of his life is spent in this countless army battles, although this life led the army to fight countless battles, but there is no time like this time to make him excited, let him excited. Because his mission this time is to destroy the country and destroy the Eastern Turks. Although in the previous years, he had also eliminated some anti-kings who established themselves as kings, but those people were all Han Chinese, and they were all his compatriots, so he couldn't use all the things he had learned, and those tactics that were too hurtful to the heavens and couldn't be used at all. This time it is a foreign race, even if it sets off a monstrous blood wave, it will only be scolded by those rotten butchers a few times, and it will not be burdened with a debt of conscience. So the extermination tactics that he had kept in his mind could be tested on the Turks one by one. In this way, it has an infinite reference effect on the military book "Six Military Mirrors" that he has always wanted to write.
The hour was almost up, and the soldiers under Li Kuan's command began to set off towards the venue, and three hundred people, plus Li Kuan and Tong Zhan, a total of three hundred and two horsemen, walked slowly and neatly towards the camp gate.
For a while, from a distance, you can see black lines gathering at a point from all directions, and then hugging in a group there, a large piece of black pressing.
The 30,000 or 40,000 people of the Right Guards all gathered slowly, and the heavy footsteps were on the earth, and the dust stirred up covered the sky and the sun, and I saw a yellow wolf smoke-like smoke and dust like a divine dragon rising into the sky, rising in this large sky. In just a moment, a large mass was formed, which was blown by the autumn wind and scattered in all directions.
Li Jing stood on the platform of the generals, looking at the slowly assembled army, his face solemn. This time, I brought out these countless Guanzhong children, I don't know how many of them can come back alive? This war must be extremely cruel, and the destruction of the Eastern Turks is not just a fluttering word, but countless good sons and daughters with flesh and blood, with knives and guns in their hands; It is the accumulation of countless bones; It is also the tears of countless broken families and countless people who are looking forward to crying. Therefore, this battle can only be won and not lost, otherwise he, Li Jing, will be sorry for these soldiers who put their lives in his hands. At this moment, Li Jing felt that the burden on his shoulders was so heavy, and he didn't know when it would be the return date, and he didn't know how many Han family sons and daughters would stain the battlefield with blood and shroud in horse leather. Looking at the direction of the Turks, Li Jing clenched his fists tightly, and then let out a long sigh in the direction of Chang'an.
Although he used soldiers like a god in his life, it was difficult for him to gain the absolute trust of the emperor, this was not only a matter of his character and vision, with his keen intuition and determination on the battlefield, how could he not seize the opportunity to let them be lost again and again? It's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't! Li Yuan is like this, and so is Li Er. These people will never share the most confidential things with people with their background, this is not anyone's sin, nor is it anyone's dereliction of duty, but they are born like this, it is fate, this must be recognized! Li Jing stroked his gray sideburns and looked helplessly at the deep blue sky.
When the time is almost over, the sky is already bright, the sun has been hanging in the air to spread light and warmth, the army has also been assembled, countless soldiers dressed in iron armor, holding horse lances stood neatly, looking at the front with solemn expressions, this formation is still a novelty for these Tang Dynasty soldiers. In the past, they used to stand at random, and although they also paid attention to the alignment of the front and back, the left and right, but they were not arranged in the order of height and height as they are now. This has only started in the last month or so, and the first appearance was in Li Kuan's new barracks. Because Li Kuan saw that the height of his soldiers was uneven when they stood in line, he felt that it was very ugly, so he mentioned it.
After that, it was popularized by Chai Shao, Li Shiji and others, so that the team looked much better, and it was much easier to calculate the number of soldiers according to the Han Xin point technique they had learned.
"The hour is up, drums!" Li Jing waved his hand and said to the soldiers on the left and right.
"No!" The two big drums were pushed forward, and the two shirtless soldiers waved the drumsticks in their hands, and the dull drum sound resounded throughout the place, so that the soldiers who were still a little noisy stopped talking, and all looked at the direction of the Dianjiangtai, which is as high as three zhang, standing tall, even the farthest soldiers can see it, although it is no longer clear who the person standing above is, but it must be the military god of the Tang Dynasty, the generalissimo Li Jing, the commander of the right military guard.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Li Jingxi is the general manager of the march on this expedition, and I have something to say here, I want to explain it to you!" Li Jing said in a deep voice, his voice was loud. Around him were some sound bars specially designed during the construction of the point, which had a certain effect of amplifying sound, although it was not as good as the speakers. However, although Li Jing's martial arts are not the best, they also make him full of energy, so his voice is much louder, and the expansion of the sound wall can also be heard by everyone.
"You are all my hot-blooded sons of the Tang Dynasty, all of whom have a fiery enthusiasm for serving the country, and they all hope to establish military exploits on the battlefield and defend the country. I, Li Jing, don't dare to make much of a guarantee, I can only say one thing, I, Li Jing, will do my best, and this time I will definitely let the grassland tremble in front of my Han family's son. Let the Turks on the steppe know the majesty of my Tang Dynasty! I hope you will help me, and I hope that all of us will build together this is not a meritorious feat! Li Jing loudly preached his pre-war declaration, planting a seed of longing for victory in the hearts of all soldiers.
"Gentlemen, alcohol is forbidden in the army, so there is no such candied wine, so I will record it in the account first, and when the Dasheng class teacher returns to the court, I will drink another 300 cups! Now, Camp! Launched! Gentlemen, follow me on the grassland! Li Jing shouted, turned around and walked off the stage.
"Stepping on the grassland, building immortal feats!" The senior generals standing under the general stage shouted, and countless soldiers also shouted, and for a time the shouts shook the sky, startling countless birds and birds resting in the fields in the distance.
The army pulled out of camp and slowly left the garrison along the official road.
I don't know if it was the soldiers of that battalion who took the lead in singing the desolate ballad, at first it was only a small number of people, but as if it would be contagious, the rest of the soldiers gradually joined in, and the desolate "How Can You Say No Clothes" began to resound in this world.
"How can you say that you have no clothes, and you are .............................. with your son" (to be continued......