Li Tao said strangely: "Governor, I sincerely thank you, what do you explain to me?" ”

Xue Ne saw that Li Tao was not joking, and was a little confused: "What are you thanking me for?" ”

Li Tao Zhengse said: "The Metropolitan Governor knows that my Luzhou regimental training has just been formed, and he lacks experience in big wars, and he is afraid that we will neglect our precautions at night, so he specially sent someone to test one or two, in order to let us understand that we must not relax our vigilance no matter when and where." The Metropolitan Governor is so well-intentioned, how can I, Li Tao, not thank you? ”

"Huh?" When everyone heard this, they were all stupid. This Lantian King can really break blindly, even a fool can see the catty in this, but he pretends not to know.

Xue Ne was also confused by Li Tao's words, he didn't know what Li Tao meant, and was about to speak, but saw Li Tao squeezing his eyes at him and said: "Governor, I Li Tao understands your kindness, and now the war is coming, let me thank you later." Didn't you send someone to call me to discuss the military situation, or the business is important! ”

This time, Xue Ne understood that Li Tao was hinting to himself that he was going to fight, let himself control his emotions, and don't lose a big one because of a small one. This Li Sijing's men and horses accounted for half of all the people this time, and if he was disposed of, he would have a great impact on morale. Since Li Tao gave himself a step, he had no choice but to take advantage of the situation.

Thinking of this, Xue Ne gritted his teeth and took Li Tao's words, and said with a pun: "It's rare that King Lantian understands Xue Ne so well, Xue Mou has thanked him here!" ”

Hearing Xue Ne say this, Li Sijing's heart hanging in mid-air finally let go, and he couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his face.

Xue Ne glared at Li Sijing, and then turned his head to look at the people on the ground. Coldly ordered: "Pull them down!" ”

"Yes!" A sergeant had already arrived.

"Thirty sticks per person!" Xue Ne added hatefully.

After that, he turned around and entered the Chinese army tent without looking back.

After everyone sat down again, Xue Ne began to lecture everyone: "Everyone. It has been nearly 20 years since Yingzhou broke away from our Datang, and this is a shame for our soldiers. Back then, I personally participated in the Battle of Dong Kip Stone, and I can still remember the tragic situation of that year! ”

Speaking of this, Xue Ne's face showed a look of pain.

What Xue Ne said, everyone knows, this is not only a shame for them soldiers. It is even more shameful for Datang.

This matter has to start from the first year of Shengong, when the Khitan tribes suffered a great famine, and they asked for help from the suzerainty of the Tang Dynasty according to the custom. However, Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, was stubborn and tyrannical, not only did he not give relief, but he sat back and watched the other party starve all over the wilderness. At this time, border trade was also banned. fell into the well, and was even more arrogant and rude to the Khitan leaders who came to ask for help, and wantonly insulted, and as a result, they forced the Khitan tribes to rebel.

Li Quanzhong, the head of the Khitan Dahe tribal alliance, and Sun Wanrong, the head of the Guicheng Prefecture Assassin and the chieftain, led several Khitan tribes and began to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

The Khitans were overwhelmed, and soon captured Yingzhou, where the Andong Protectorate was located, and the Yingzhou Governorate was forced to move south to Yuyang, Hebei.

Wu Zetian is a man of great talent, and she was in power. It is still a time when the people of the Tang Dynasty are living better. However, the Tang army was weak.

After Wu Zetian learned that the Andong Protectorate had been defeated, he hurriedly sent 28 generals to conquer the army. In August, they came into contact with the Khitans, and the two sides fought fiercely in the Huanglu Valley, as a result of which the Tang army suffered heavy casualties.

Later, Datang dispatched an army of 400,000, led by the famous general Wang Xiaojie, and several generals supplemented each other.

In March of the first year of the holy calendar, the two armies fought in Dong Kip Stone, and the Tang army was defeated again, with 400,000 troops killed and wounded, and even the commander Wang Xiaojie was forced to jump off the cliff and die in a desperate situation.

At this point, the land communication between the Tang Dynasty and the Northeast was blocked by the Khitan, and the Tang Dynasty was no longer able to control the Liaodong region, and the Andong Protectorate fell into a state of complete disintegration, and the results of the previous conquest of Goguryeo were lost.

Xue Ne raised his head, looked at the generals and said, "Now, Your Majesty is eloquent and has decided to crusade against the Khitan Xi people and re-set the Yingzhou. We are entrusted by His Majesty, dare not swear to the death, fight on the battlefield, and really smash the chief's nest? ”

Xue Ne's words made the crowd emotional, and they all expressed their demands to ask for war, only Cui Xuandao secretly frowned.

Cui Xuandao was not optimistic about this crusade from the beginning, and he dissuaded Xue Ne many times, and Xue Ne knew this. Xue Ne looked around at everyone and found that in addition to Cui Xuandao, there was another person who never said a word, and this person was none other than Li Tao, the king of Lantian.

Li Tao was playing with the folding fan in his hand at the moment, thinking about something, and turned a blind eye to everyone's excitement.

Cui Xuandao's opinion Xue Ne can be ignored, but Li Tao can't get around, not to mention that Xue Ne didn't plan to bypass Li Tao, not only that, but he also wanted to hear Li Tao's opinion.

Thinking of this, Xue Ne waved his hand to stop the uproar of everyone.

"Lantian King, I don't know what you think?" Xue Ne asked.

There was a sudden silence in the big tent, which seemed to make Li Tao wake up, he saw that everyone was looking at him, he couldn't help but be a little strange, he looked at Xue Ne: "Dadudu, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xue Ne said: "It's nothing, everyone just wants to hear what Lantian King thinks about this expedition." ”

"Ask me?" Li Tao pointed to himself.

"Exactly!"

Li Tao smiled and said: "It's very simple, my opinion is only four words!" ”

"I don't know what those four words are?"

"Sure-defeat-no doubt!"

Li Tao said the four words slowly, which made everyone present shocked.

"King Lantian, what do you mean by this?" Xue Ne's face also changed color.

"I really want to know?" Li Tao asked.

"King Lantian, please speak!"

"First of all, don't take advantage of the time. Now is the hottest time of the year, and most of our troops are infantry, and marching in such weather is extremely physically exhausting. And the opponent is all cavalry, and it is extremely mobile. If we suddenly encounter each other, the result can be imagined! ”

Li Tao said the truth, and everyone couldn't help but nod when they heard it.

"Secondly, it does not occupy profits. The place where we fought with the Khitans was in Yingzhou, which had been under the control of the Khitans for nearly 20 years, and the road from Danzhou to Yingzhou was more than 400 miles, and they were far more familiar with the terrain than we did, and they could attack us anywhere, and we could only be beaten passively. Even if we tighten our vigilance, there will always be omissions, and in this kind of intentional and unintentional situation, how can we not be defeated? ”

Li Tao's words cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

"Third, don't occupy people! Although the Metropolitan Governor had 60,000 soldiers and horses, they were all put together temporarily, including nearly 100 soldiers from various prefectures, who had poor training and low combat effectiveness, and rarely coordinated together, making it difficult to unify their commands, which was very different from the Khitans, who were mainly tribal. ”

Li Sijing was unconvinced and said: "That's not necessarily, since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it has always used government soldiers, and its achievements are brilliant, and it is not as weak as King Lantian said!" (To be continued......)