"I'm leaving, wait for my good news!"

Luo Shixin raised his hand and said his final goodbye.

Pingyang watched from afar, until the figure disappeared.

Coming to Dianjiangtai in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, the 5,000 Right Xiaowei Modao Army plus the Drum Banner Army, the Banner Army, and the Xuange Army in the 12th Army of Guanzhong, a total of 50,000 troops, lined up in a neat formation, quietly looking at the young commander on the school platform.

Luo Shixin glanced around, and the dense soldiers were like ants gathering, this was his soldier...... Exactly 50,000 of them.

Looking at these majestic soldiers, Luo Shixin, who commanded such a large army for the first time, inevitably had great ambition in his chest, and shouted: "The Xi people invaded and killed my compatriots, as a general of the Tang Dynasty, only war." Departure ......"

There is no long speech, and a simple sentence reflects Roshison's straightforward style.

The 50,000 soldiers were stunned one after another, and then laughed and shouted.

"It's just a battle......

The army was mighty and embarked on the road of conquest.

Luo Shixin smiled with satisfaction, knowing that he had left a good impression among the forty-five soldiers who were not familiar with him.

This declaration of expedition came with the interest of the commander, but most commanders will take this matter very seriously, pay attention to what is justified, declare their righteous king's army, and say a lot of reasons for the crusade to boost the morale of the three armies.

But can the long and incomprehensible declaration of the expedition really boost morale and make all the generals understand?

Not necessarily!

If it is Liu Bang and Hitler, who are good at speeches, they will naturally be able to boost the morale of the three armed forces. The average person says a big chase. It will only make the soldiers bored with the bad feelings.

Luo Shixin asked himself that he would not say anything long, and his eloquence was not as good as that of Liu Bang and Hitler, so he simply shortened the declaration of the expedition to one sentence.

A simple word. Get to the point.

On the contrary, let the soldiers realize their identity and responsibility, and face foreign enemies: only war!

Without the burden of grain and grass, the 50,000-strong army marched very quickly, and it took the middle of the night to get out of the suburbs of Chang'an.

50,000 people didn't even need to set up a camp, they just fell to the ground to rest.

As for patrols or anything, there is no arrangement, if there is an enemy attack in the heart of this Tang Dynasty. Narosin could only consider himself unlucky.

Before going to bed, Luo Shixin met with the three generals Lei Yongji, Zhang Pinggao, and Lu Junge, who were responsible for the training of the Drum Banner Army, the Banner Army, and the Xuange Army in the 12th Army of Guanzhong for many years. With Li Shimin's southern and northern wars, he also made great achievements, and he also saw Luo Shixin's courage on the battlefield more than once, and he did not dare to look down on the young commander in front of him. In addition, now that there is Pingyang's matchmaking, the four of them have no sense of disobedience from strangers. We get along very well.

Luo Shixin also learned from them about the strength of the Drum Banner Army, the Banner Army, and the Xuange Army. I also secretly praise it from the bottom of my heart. If they hadn't given themselves a gold sticker, what Li Yuan had allocated to him would have been the elite of a hundred battles and had extremely strong combat effectiveness. Or, when the Guanzhong Twelfth Army was founded in the rise of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty relied on the Guanzhong Twelfth Army to dominate the world. Most of the soldiers of the 12th Army are veterans, and the strength of each unit is not weak.

With 5,000 strong soldiers in hand, and 45,000 elites, Luo Shixin is more confident.

"That's right......" Luo Shixin said. A question suddenly came to mind, and he said, "How many cavalry do you have in each of you?" ”

Lei Yongji said: "My drum banner army has seven hundred and twenty-one horses. ”

Zhang Pinggao replied: "There are 889 cavalry in the Banner Army. ”

Lu Junge said proudly: "Xuange has the most troops. There were one thousand one hundred and fifty-six horsemen. ”

Because it is the military system of the Tang Dynasty, the military horses used by the government soldiers are self-prepared, so it is not a regular army like the Twelve Guards that cannot be assigned war horses, and it cannot be expected that all the government soldiers will bring war horses, and the number of cavalry is naturally uneven.

Luo Shixin pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "The march is boring, I decided to have a competition." Go back and gather all the cavalry and end at Fenglingdu on the south bank of the Yellow River. After the battle, the first 2,000 cavalry to reach Fenglingdu will be rewarded heavily. ”

Lei Yongji, Zhang Pinggao, and Lu Junge listened inexplicably, and looked at each other. In an instant, the three generals' confidence in Luo Shixin suddenly dropped several notches.

Lu Junge was the most upright, and said stubbornly: "Boss, this is not good. The compatriots in Youzhou are being slaughtered by foreign races, and the soldiers can't wait to be able to give wings like birds and fly to Youzhou for reinforcements, how can they be in the mood to come to this kind of competition? ”

Lei Yongji and Zhang Pinggao also nodded one after another.

Luo Shixin smiled: "The three generals really think I'm bored? I'm just going to test the cavalry's riding skills......" He paused as he spoke, his gaze swept over the faces of the three of them, and he said cautiously word by word: "I need two thousand cavalry capable of running." ”

Lu Junge, Lei Yongji, and Zhang Pinggao suddenly felt the pressure, and the atmosphere in the tent was also tight.

"The last will be ordered!" Lu Junge, Lei Yongji, and Zhang Ping said solemnly.

Luo Shixin nodded and smiled heartily, Lu Junge, Lei Yongji, and Zhang Pinggao also felt much less pressure because of this smile, and they didn't dare to have other thoughts.

The three of them retreated, and Luo Shixin asked Su Dingfang to invite him again, telling him that he was planning to have a riding competition.

Su Dingfang is Su Dingfang, who can keep up with Luo Shixin's thoughts, and asked: "The general is planning to select good riders from the army to have a rush?" ”

Luo Shixin didn't hide it from Su Dingfang, and said with a smile: "Yes, Gao Kaidao is only a few cities, and there are no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands." The 30,000 cavalry of the Xi clan seems terrifying, but it can be calculated as almost equal to the combat power of their entire clan. Do you really think that they will have the courage to fight with us openly when they enter Youzhou? ”

Su Dingfang shook his head and said categorically: "It's impossible, they all say that the grassland people are really straightforward, and it's all bullshit." A group of people who are in the company of foxes and hungry wolves, how can they have a true temperament and are straight men. They are cunning and ruthless one by one, and they bully and bully the border army, how dare they fight us openly. ”

"That's it!" Luo Shixin patted the desk and said: "I have understood the other party's style, and I have learned from the past so many times, and then step into the footsteps, scare off the Xi people, open the road high, and let them hide back in Yuyang." Then we will also attack Yuyang and fight a difficult siege battle. How stupid must I be to do such an idiotic thing? I'm not a fool. We shouldn't use common sense to play cards and use troops in a different way. Since they dare to come, dare to come to Youzhou to kill, burn and loot, then don't think about leaving. Leave them behind, and use their heads to honor the suffering people of the land. ”

Su Dingfang smiled knowingly: "The last general understands." ”

Luo Shixin said: "As the commander-in-chief, I can't favor one over the other. The thousand cavalry under your command will participate in the test together, so don't lose the face of my right guard. ”

Su Dingfang said proudly: "The cavalry general of the right Xiaowei personally trained and taught the riding method of running, and he must give the general a long face." ”

Rest in the middle of the night, and at dawn, continue to hurry.

It was only ten miles away, and outside Xinfeng County, the county order had already arranged for the women to prepare breakfast for the 50,000 army, and the army was resting and eating at the same time.

Eat and drink to your heart's content, and take a break after eating.

Luo Shixin also announced the riding competition.

Because Lu Junge, Lei Yongji, and Zhang Pinggao have all made preparations before, and the soldiers who have mounts do not have much resistance, listening to the reward, thinking that the first and second are not easy to fight, but the first two thousand are not difficult.

Cavalry all the way, infantry all the way.

On the way, Luo Shixin was also observing the physical situation of the foot soldiers of the Drum Banner Army, the Banner Army, and the Xuange Army, and the results were as general as he estimated. And he has the su zhì of a veteran, he doesn't complain or shout tired, and uses all his strength on the road.

Because of the cooperation of officials along the way, the sky was also very beautiful, there was no wind and rain blocking the road, and the marching speed was extremely fast, eight or ninety miles a day. In the past, the journey took three days, but it could be completed in two days.

This is still the result of Luo Shixin's deliberate control, not the extreme speed, otherwise the army can be faster.

Think about the feat of Bai Qi marching 800 miles to break the Zhao and Wei coalition armies in 8 days, Huo Quai's 6-day battle to 1,200 miles to kill the Xiongnu Zhelan King and Luhou King, and Sima Yi's eight-day march of 1,200 miles to break Mengda, I feel that if I come to such a show, it must be wonderful.

However, Luo Shixin is just self-obsessed and thinks about it, these attacks in history are all premeditated and strategic. He didn't want to blindly seek speed, exhaust the army, and laugh generously.

At the confluence of the cavalry in Fenglingdu, Luo Shixin took the list given by Su Dingfang, and gave a thumbs up to his most powerful arm, as he said, among the nearly 4,000 cavalry, only the right Xiaowei cavalry of 1,000 cavalry was all qualified, and they were all within the 2,000 quota. It is worth mentioning that among the first 1,000 places, the right Xiaowei cavalry occupied 956 places, and only 44 people fell into the top 1,000.

Su Dingfang was not very satisfied, in his opinion, the previous quota should all belong to the right Xiaowei.

Such achievements also allowed the Drum Banner Army, the Banner Army, and the Xuan Ge Army to see the potential strength of the Right Xiaowei.

The foot soldiers marched, and the neat appearance of the right Xiaowei surpassed the drum flag army, the flag army, and the Xuange army many times, and the cavalry rushed and overtook them, and I had to admit one thing: the twelve guards of Chang'an, the right Xiaowei was the first, which was not groundless.

As soon as the infantry arrived, the cavalry rested for a long time, Luo Shixin first ordered the cavalry to cross the river, and after the infantry rested, he crossed the Yellow River.

It was not until they arrived in Dingzhou that Luo Shixin issued an order for a comprehensive rest, where they needed to thoroughly replenish the body of the expedited march all the way, and at the same time they also needed to receive enough grain and grass from the Dingzhou military warehouse. After Dingzhou, which is the Youzhou front, it is obviously impossible for local officials to prepare food for them along the way.

Hardly anyone noticed that as early as after they had passed the Jingcheng Pass, the 50,000-strong army was missing 2,000 men and all the military horses. (To be continued......)