"Master, the situation is a little bad." This was the first thing Su Yan said when he saw Liu Yu.

The sun rose, and Liu Yue, who had not slept all night, was a little sleepy, and couldn't help but glance at Su Yan when he heard such dejected words, but he didn't squeak.

Soon Li Mi and Sui Yi also rushed to the chess building, and although Hu Xuan could not go to Wanzhou, he also came to see him off.

Riding the carriage to the military camp in the east of the city, the soldiers had not returned from the drills outside, Liu Yu checked the grain, grass and weapons first, and Su Yan was a little nervous behind him, and kept saying something to annoy Liu Yu.

"It's an errand that is not bad, what's not bad?" Liu Yu was really upset by Su Yan's muttering, and he didn't have a good airway.

Su Yan was stunned for what he said, and he didn't understand what Liu Yu said at all.

Su Yan received a royal orthodox education before the age of fourteen, and all the courses he invited were Confucianism courses in Chinese studies. However, he is like a young man who dropped out of junior high school and wandered outside, and the knowledge in his stomach is limited to what he has learned before.

Li Mi smiled and patted Su Yan on the shoulder to explain to him, probably saying that this errand for garrisoning Wanzhou, as long as he arrived on time and did not desert, even if he completed the task, he would have a credit book for Su Yan afterwards. Even if the Turkic cavalry really visited most of the Central Plains and killed Wanzhou, Su Yan didn't have anything to do, and it was better to count on the people stationed in Wanzhou City to resist the Turkic iron cavalry, so it was better to directly throw their legs and pick a son.

After Li Mi finished explaining, Liu Yu turned his head and smiled encouragingly at Su Yan, and said, "Actually, this is the emperor's gift to you, and it is clear that you are cheap, and it should be logical to give you a small title afterwards." ”

Su Yan was pleasantly surprised, and immediately became gloomy: "What if the Turkic Iron Cavalry really captures Chang'an?" ”

Liu Yu shook his head and continued to say angrily: "Then wait for you to set up another mountain outside and make yourself the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses." Maybe the next emperor will be you. ”

The generals who went out to practice came back soon after, Liu Yu took a look, and sure enough, as Su Yan said, the situation was not very optimistic, how could there be thousands of soldiers and horses in a battalion, but now it is just a combination of two cavalry regiments, and it is regarded as a battalion, and the number is not even three hundred.

The cavalry of the Dashun Dynasty is a regiment unit, a regiment is one hundred and fifty cavalry, these two regiments of cavalry are obviously left after being selected, can not be called old and weak but also not strong in battle, all like evaporated dry water eggplant, as if the sun and the earth volatilized. The two regiments were not satisfied, and one regiment had only one hundred and twenty or thirty people.

As soon as the original lieutenants of the two cavalry regiments were promoted, they became the principal lieutenants and deputy lieutenants of this battalion. The official rank is still the original grade, from the sixth grade.

The captain's name is Qi Fang, Chinese New Year's Eve, a native of Chang'an, it is rumored that he still comes from a scholarly family, but unfortunately he joined the army in the middle of the family. He hasn't married a wife until thirty, mainly because he has been in the army all the year round, and everyone in Chang'an City looks down on him, and he doesn't look down on ordinary rural village girls. More than a dozen acres of land obtained from military exploits were released to collect rent and support his elderly mother.

After chatting, when he learned that Liu Yu was the son of Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo, Qi Fang's mood changed a little. It turned out that the young man of Qi Fang had a lot of prestige in the army and had also made meritorious achievements, but he had some disagreements with Liu Zhao during the drill, so he was "exiled" to the reserve camp by Liu Zhao, and at the same time lost the opportunity for promotion.

"Liu Shenzuo, don't worry, I won't have any prejudices against you because of some things."

It is not an official title, but a title for the general's staff in the army, and the meaning of staff assistant.

Deputy Lieutenant Zhang Wuzhu is a cheerful person, a big grinning man, he is a country man who does not understand literature and ink, and there are children and daughters in the family, but he speaks with a strong Guanzhong accent, which makes Liu Yu very uncomfortable to listen to.

"Can you get the money and food?" Liu Yu asked Qi Fang, Su Yan didn't understand these things at all, so he could only be Zhang Luo by Liu Yue. This trip takes a while, and the salary needs to be collected in advance and paid on time.

"They were all received and loaded in the wagon. There are also some baggage that are also prepared. Qi Fang replied.

Liu Yu went to take a look, the carriage was full of pots and pans, saddles, whips, tents and other military items, in addition to general military rations, there were also some pickled fish and meat, and the conditions were beyond imagination.

Liu Yu looked through a few carriages, turned to look at Qi Fang, and asked, "Is there a ......?" Those things? ”

Qi Fang was puzzled and asked, "What is what Liu Shenzuo said?" ”

"It's wound medicine, bandages, and some other medicines."

Qi Fang said: "There are other medicinal materials for bandaging wounds...... There is no supply. ”

Liu Yuxin said that this errand is really fooling people, it doesn't look like going to war at all, but it seems to be going to support the elderly.

The military department ordered Yan Ming to set off before noon, and when he saw that the sky was almost over, the group packed up their bags, asked Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu to order all the people, and the group left the barracks and headed east.

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With the departure from the range of Chang'an City, the exact battle report was obtained on the military posts along the way.

Shao Wuguan was indeed as rumored and lost, which happened on February 25. Later, as the rumors said, a Turkic iron cavalry tore a hole from the border pass and killed Tongguan in a mighty way, because this Turkic iron cavalry fought with a fighting style that completely took care of the front and the back, and the marching speed was very fast, and it was only a few days of work that had approached Tongguan.

On the one hand, the border defenders stabilized the situation at the border pass, and on the other hand, they organized a fairly powerful "pursuit army", with a total of more than 100,000 horses and horses from all walks of life, opening a large net from all sides to chase this Turkic iron cavalry army with a number of between 20,000 and 30,000 horsemen.

Liu Yu always felt that the war report was more mysterious than the rumors, and if the war report was true, it was the Turkic people who were crazy. Without the supply of grain, grass and baggage, it is possible to attack the city and plunder the land completely by cavalry? This is completely the Qing army's looting of the Central Plains, but this is not the end of the Ming Dynasty in another world, if the Turkic cavalry is really attacked by hundreds of thousands of border troops, no matter how strong the combat power is, it can only fall into a bitter battle, not to mention plundering in the absence of logistical supplies, and even self-protection is a problem.

But those were a little far from this cavalry battalion of more than 200 people.

Out of Chang'an, they do not need to pass through the Tong Pass, but to go to the south line of the valley mouth, the road is also smooth, two days of work has been out of the Guanzhong, to the direction of the Huai River Wanzhou City.

When you leave the Guanzhong area, you can immediately feel the tense atmosphere of the imminent war. It was easy to see deserters fleeing from the north on the official road, and these deserters deliberately avoided when they saw the formed cavalry battalion, but Liu Yu still confirmed the news from their mouths that Tongguan was indeed in an emergency.

Liu Yu's riding skills are very low, and he hides in the carriage on weekdays to look at his marching map. This marching map is based on an ordinary military map, adapted from his understanding of the geography of China, and the comparison of mountains and rivers through the military map is also clear.

On March 3, the fourth day of the exit, the cavalry battalion had already arrived in Huaixi County. Halfway through the six-day journey.

On the way, I also heard a lot about homeless people and mountain bandits, but these have nothing to do with them.

On the evening of this day, the cavalry battalion was stationed in a river valley, and Liu Yu gathered the people, which was also the first real military meeting of the cavalry battalion.

There were not many people in attendance, except for Liu Yu, there were also Su Yan, Li Mi, Sui Yi, Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu, standing around the only wooden table in the army.

Liu Yu, as the presiding officer of the meeting, spread out his military map and said bluntly: "Now, there are two roads in front of us, one is to go to Wanzhou according to the established route, this is a merit, but the merit is minimal, and the garrison is equivalent to exile, and it is uncertain when we will return to Chang'an." ”

Sui Yi was surprised: "Could it be that Brother Liu has a better choice?" ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly, and then his face became heavy: "There is another way, which is to pin your head to the waistband of your trousers and fight hard." I believe that in a few days, we will face off with the Turkic cavalry, avoid, that is, to Wanzhou, and stay, that is, opportunities and crises coexist. ”

Everyone present looked at each other, obviously not understanding the meaning of Liu Yu's words. Because at this time, the Turkic cavalry was still on the way to Tongguan, no matter how you look at it, Huaixi County, which is more than 300 miles away from Tongguan and is still in the hinterland of the Central Plains, has nothing to do with the Turkic cavalry.