The Tang court attached great importance to this western expedition, and the wide mobilization of troops was rare since Tang Taizong ascended the throne, which fully expressed Li Erjian's determination to point to Central Asia, and also showed the courage exuded by the strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty.

The total strength of the expeditionary force reached 350,000 people, Li Ji served as the general manager of the Dingxiang Road march, Li Siwen, the servant Shaoqing, and Zhou Daowu, the governor of Yingzhou, as his deputies, with 75,000 troops directly under the corps, and the number of the second corps under its command included 85,000 baggage troops, a total of 160,000 people, which was the main force of the Northern Expedition.

At the same time, there were two armies under the control of Li Ji, one was the Western Route Army, which was commanded by Pei Xingjian, the governor of Fengzhou; The other is the Eastern Route Army, commanded by Xue Rengui, the governor of Jiannan Jiedu, and the two legions each have a main force of 39,000 people, plus 60,000 people, a total of 200,000 troops.

Today's Tang Dynasty, there is no defeat of Dafeichuan in history, and there is no defeat of Li Jingxuan's 180,000 warriors in Tubo, and some of the Tang Dynasty's foreign battles are unusually smooth, which makes the morale of the Tang army extremely high.

In history, the last battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo was inseparable, and the two sides had dealings with each other, even Xue Rengui, who had not tasted defeat, tasted defeat in the battle with Tubo, 50,000 athletes, after the first battle of Dafeichuan, less than 800 people fled back to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jingxuan was even more when the 180,000 Central Plains soldiers broke off Qinghai, so to speak, after the two heavy defeats of the Tang Dynasty in history. Plus the defeat in the Battle of Hengros later. The pace of external expansion has only begun to slow down.

Before the departure of the Great Army. Li Er personally set up a banquet for several main generals to practice, among which Pei Xingjian, a fledgling young general, was appreciated by Li Er, to say that Pei Xingjian, I have to mention what Xu Yang said when he discussed the generals of the expeditionary force with Li Er.

Xu Yang made it clear to Li Er the various shortcomings exposed by the expeditionary force in history, so as to prevent his soldiers from making these mistakes again, such as not restricting his subordinates from plundering and dividing the spoils of war, sending spies to find out where the terrain is dangerous, and the discipline of the army. Once again, he treated Xu Yang as a machine

"Boy, these things you said will be listed as military orders to be executed, but, as he gets older, Li Jing has long been idle at home, Cheng Zhijie, Wei Chigong and these veterans have laid down this great country with me, I don't want them to sacrifice their lives and forget death for me in their later years, after all, they are old troops who have fought together, and they already have brotherhood. Remove these veterans of the Dao Sect, and I have no generals available now. You recommend it to me, there are young generals who can be of great use in this court. ”

At that time, Xu Yang was also stunned when he heard this question, you, the boss, don't know what capable ministers you have, and what can you know as a little nobleman.

"Qi Qi Xià, these hundred officials are all His Majesty's courtiers, presumably His Majesty has already chosen someone in his heart, why bother asking such a question as a minister."

"Boy, don't say such useless things to me, if Xuanling, Wuji and me say such things, I won't ask again, but for the omniscient Guiguzi, don't tell me that you don't know, this time, when the second ocean-going team went to sea, how many families did you send to sea with the ship, and this private faction has nothing to do with the army to go to sea, according to the law, I have turned a blind eye to this matter, and now you answer my question, I will treat you as atonement."

I had a big scrub, and Xu Yang knew that Li Er was so unkind, being the boss was black-bellied, he knew everything and pretended not to know, and he took it out to threaten him at a critical moment, no wonder he was able to obey the military god Li Jing and close the door all day long.

Somewhat reluctantly took out his mobile phone, Xu Yang began to get up in Baidu, not to mention, he really found a talent who is still in the buried period, and that person is Pei Xingjian.

Pei Xingjian can be said to be the richest genius in the Tang Gaozong era, but in the Tang Taizong period, he was only a proud protégé of the general Su Dingfang, and he did not have any great achievements, and he did not attract the slightest attention from Li Er in the court of fierce generals.

Pei Xingjian came from Pei, one of the five rooms of the Pei family in Hedong, and his great-grandfather Pei Bofeng, the general of the Hussars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the history of the Fenzhou Thorn, and the Duke of Langya County. Grandfather Pei Dinggao, Feng Yi Jun Gong, Feng Langya Gong. Father Pei Renji, Doctor Guanglu of Sui Zuo, is a typical official N generation, and his family background is relatively prominent.

He personally is not like the second generation of ordinary officials, becoming a gentleman, on the contrary, Pei Xingjian in his youth received a good higher education, and was appointed as a Hongwensheng by virtue of his ancestors' merits in his youth.

Entering the barracks, he was knowledgeable and talented, brave and strong and quickly appreciated in the army, at that time his top boss was Su Dingfang, the general of Zuotunwei, Su Dingfang saw heroes, thought that Pei Xingjian was a rare genius, and commented on him: "I use soldiers, there is no one to teach in the world, and this son is also virtuous." "I will teach him all my tactics of war, take him under my disciples, and be a protégé of will, and teach him everything.

However, because of his relatively young age, in the early years of Zhenguan, Pei Xingjian did not have a stage for expression, and foreign wars did not need a young general like him.

But now Li Er actually wants Xu Yang to name and recommend talents, and he also names young people, so Pei Xingjian has become the best choice

In this way, Pei Xingjian was summoned to the palace, Li Er personally checked him, and found that he was really a prodigy who was well-versed in the art of war, and he was very satisfied, and he was also very much looking forward to the person recommended by Xu Yang, so he promoted Pei Xingjian to the same military position as Xue Rengui, and the two of them went out to fight in the big food, one led the East Route Army, and the other led the West Route Army

"Husband, what about the young general you recommended, the concubine listened to those merchants from Persia today, the soldiers of the big food country kill people without blinking, and they have always been extremely cruel, if something goes wrong with that young general, the defeat or something, it won't affect our family, right?"

At noon, Liu Mengli hurried back to Zhuangshang from Chang'an, and in the morning in Xishi, she heard a group of Persian merchants gossiping, only to learn that the Tang Dynasty was about to attack a powerful empire comparable to the Tang Dynasty, so she came back worried and asked Xu Yang.

"Don't worry." Xu Yang patted Liu Mengli on the back, the historical Pei Xingjian, but he has done many unexpected victories, although he is young now, but with a super-sized army configuration, Xu Yang is not worried about his expedition, but has some expectations, what kind of unforgettable memories will the Tang Army led by them give the Arab Empire (to be continued......

PS: The second watch is served, and there are three more.