Chapter 2 (No. 6 Middle School)

Hearing this, everyone secretly cheered. In his heart, he said no wonder Tang Gong valued this person so much, regardless of anything else, his insight and courage alone were enough to make people respect.

At that moment, the morale of the crowd was slightly boosted, and a few young warriors took the initiative to ask Ying, willing to go to the other side of the Liao River with Li Xu to explore the enemy's reality. Everyone asked Chen Yanshou with their eyes, but the chief staff member of the Tang Mansion shook his head lightly and said gloomily: "Zhong Jian's bravery is commendable, but we don't know anything about the situation on the other side of the Liao River. If you rush there, I'm afraid ......"

He paused, unfolding a map. Everyone leaned over and saw that the mountains, roads, and rivers in the Dasui territory on the west side of the Liao River were clearly marked on the map. And in Goguryeo on the other side of the Liao River, except for a few roads and a few cities represented by black spots, the army garrison, topography, rivers and mountains are actually blank!

"Isn't there a more detailed map in the army?" Li Xu was stunned and asked. He remembered that when he was in the Su Si Division, in order to launch an attack on the Suotou Xi people, Xu Dayan had sent people to explore all the mountains and rivers and river valleys within a radius of 300 miles nearby, and even let go of a few fox holes in the nearby mountains where people could be hidden. And the Great Sui has been planning to use troops against Goguryeo for so many years, and Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, who is a front-line general, does not have a usable map in his hands!

"This is already the most detailed, and the specific location of several roads and cities is still exchanged for the lives of our brothers! The map in the hands of the imperial court is only simpler than ours! Chen Yanshou sighed and shook his head. He is also a strategist in the army for many years, thinking that when Yang Su of Yue Gong used troops in the south, he spent nearly three years in advance to understand the terrain of the south. And the current emperor is very confident in the strength of the Great Sui in the east!

"Even if we had a detailed map, we wouldn't be able to muster together so many veterans. If you send out all the guards in the house, once someone attacks, I'm afraid this Huaiyuan Town will become an empty shelf! Qian Jiulong interjected in a low voice. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and he has not thought about Li Xu and Li Shimin's proposals. It's just that it is still difficult for the Tang Mansion to protect its strength now, where can it still draw troops to harass others?

Everyone moved their eyes to Jiancheng again, ready to listen to the decision of the eldest son of Duke Tang. Although Li Jiancheng was inclined to Li Xu's suggestion, he saw that the chief strategist Chen Yanshou and the chief guard Qian Jiulong were opposed, so he had to suppress the idea of taking risks.

Looking at the eager eyes of his younger brother Shimin and Li Xu, Jiancheng said apologetically: "Zhong Jian's strategy is very good, but the Tang Mansion is understaffed. Besides, after crossing the river, he would have died for life, and if his father knew, he would not have been willing to let everyone go on an adventure. Let's respond to all changes with the same attitude, strengthen the vigilance a little, and step up the training of several food protection teams. Huaiyuan Town has so much grain and grass, I think the imperial court is probably reluctant to give it to others! ”

When several eager Shaozhuang warriors heard this, they had no choice but to nod their heads in agreement. Everyone talked a few more words, thought of some emergency strategies for headaches and feet, and then dispersed. Before getting on the horse, Li Shimin chased after him again, pulled the reins of Hei Feng, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhong Jian's strategy is very good, but Uncle Qian and Uncle Chen are too serious and dare not take risks. If I can muster fifty good players, let's go together, shall we? ”

As he spoke, a pair of big eyes stared directly at Li Xu, and his eyes were actually full of longing.

No matter how bold Li Xu was, he didn't dare to take the second son to take the adventure. was anxious about how to deal with the bold little guy in front of him, but Li Shimin smiled again and said: "I know that you will definitely not dare to take me there, no matter what, one day I will practice a good hand by myself and bring it myself, so I won't drag you down!" With that, he loosened the reins of his horse, and turned back to his house with a grunt, no longer looking at the other party.

After a few more days, Li Yuan ordered the generals. It was announced that in view of the current situation, in order to strengthen vigilance, the allocation of food guards and horses will be readjusted. For many reasons such as being born in a family, having the military position of the right commander on his shoulders, and having recently trained the army, Liu Hongji was recommended as a special general to take charge of the 1,200 sons and soldiers of the 12th Brigade of the 4th Regiment of the Grain Protection Army.

Because Li Xu practiced the law of the army, the Duke of Tang guaranteed him to the imperial court as the brigade leader. Before the official appointment of the imperial court arrived, he first acted as the head of the Tiger Wing Brigade. In addition to the original fifty soldiers under his command, Tang Gong selected fifty elite soldiers from the five hundred reinforcements sent by General Yuwenshu to him. He also particularly emphasized that the 100 soldiers under Li Xu's command will be under his direct control in the future, and in case of emergency, he can directly dispatch the personnel of his headquarters without asking anyone for instructions.

The Great Sui military system was based on 300 people as a regiment, and the regiment had a captain. 100 people are brigades, and brigades have brigade rates. Fifty people are in a team, and the team is set up. More than a month ago, Liu Hongji and Li Xu took up the positions of brigade leader and team leader respectively with their dedication to horses. In the blink of an eye, one jumped to the leader of 1,200 grain guards, performing the duties of a six-grade general. The other was also promoted to one level and was given the right to dispatch in case of emergency. Whether it is the length of treatment or the speed of promotion, it is really rare under Tang Gong. (Note 1)

All the officers stood up one after another to congratulate Liu and Li. Li Xu followed behind Liu Hongji and exchanged a few polite words, said a few words of thanking Tang Gong for his promotion, and stepped forward to take the letter with a smile.

At present, Li Yuan only serves as a grain protection supervisor, and according to the Great Sui military system, only one Changshi, Bing Cao and other generals can be placed under his command. Liu Hongji has just arrived and has already fulfilled his duties as a general, which shows Li Yuan's trust in him. And Liu Hongji did not live up to the high expectations of Tang Gong, returned to the barracks, and immediately convened the generals and generals to discuss the matter, and began to refine the defense of the granary.

He was a bold and righteous man, and he had a close relationship with officers at all levels. With the support of Wang Yuantong, Qi Poning, Qin Ziying and other good friends who usually drink and enjoy flowers together, and with the support of Tang Gong behind them, who can say a word. Within a few days, the grain guards of the four regiments recognized the newly appointed general, and even if Li Yuan was not present in the event of a major event, he could find a backbone.

I don't know if it was intentional or negligent, but the fifty elite soldiers in the army that Tang Gongxin allocated to Li Xu were fifty cavalrymen, which was difficult to match with the original fifty infantry under his command. Seeing this, the two adults, Liu Hongji and Si Kai joined the army, Qi Poning, opened the door of convenience and specially allocated seventy military horses to him. In this way, the Tiger Wing Brigade led by Li Xu became the only cavalry brigade in the grain protection army, and the brothers rode high-headed horses to gallop back and forth inside and outside the barracks, and their hearts were very unhappy.

There is no need to guess, Li Xu also knows that the matter of the elite cavalry must be related to the second son, Shimin. Therefore, when he was training, he did not join the other brigades, but dragged a hundred of his brothers out of the city, and walked in circles around the Liao River every day. The wind was strong, the snow was cold, and the brothers were cold and tired, and they complained bitterly one by one. But everyone saw that Li Xu always took the lead every time he went out to train, and he was never lazy, and he couldn't raise too much resentment against him. Moreover, with the help of Wang Yuantong and Qi Poning, who were in charge of military supplies, the living conditions, armor, weapons, and food supplies of the Tiger Wing Brigade were second to none in the army.

With a targeted goal, Li Xu found that he had only learned the art of war with Xu Dayan. How to collect and analyze the enemy's situation, how to grasp the opportunity, how to fight in the field, and how to evacuate his subordinates as much as possible after a sneak attack at night are all knowledge that must be mastered by a general who is in charge of his own affairs. At the beginning, Xu Dayan planned to attack Xi Ren, and planned and trained for four months. But now, I don't know when the Goguryeo people can't bear to wave their troops to kill the Liao River.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly regret that he shouldn't have spoken wildly in the Tang Mansion. But at this point, there is no way to take back what has been spoken. I had to search my intestines and scrape my stomach, recall all the things I had learned and carefully rummage through them, thinking about it, and my mind focused on the notes that I had recited from Old Master Yang.

At that time, Old Master Yang accompanied Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, on his expedition to the south, and Nanchen was also separated by a big river. It's just that the big river is wider and doesn't freeze in winter. Thinking of Master Yang's notes, Li Xu felt a lift. When he was in the Shobe, he and the coppersmith master carefully analyzed the war more than 20 years ago from both the north and the south at that time. In almost every battle, the coppersmith carefully explained to him the gains and losses of the soldiers on both sides. In addition to his admiration for Yang Su in Li Xu's heart, what he remembered the most was the details of his strategy.

So, in addition to targeted military training, he quietly planned the details of the sneak attack across the river according to Yang Fuzi's notes. Liu Hongji saw that Li Xu was so attentive, so he had to use some "lewd" skills when he was a horse thief with some friends to guide him. The two discussed it repeatedly, and slowly had a general action step in their hearts.

Yang Gong's notebook talks about how to find out the enemy's situation at great length, in which sending spies on his own side is a major means, as a supplement, as well as bribing enemy generals and soldiers, and using merchants and rural people to and from other auxiliary methods. Right now, the weather is freezing cold, and Shang Lu is cut off. However, Khitan hunters can occasionally be encountered in the wild or in the city's markets. These hunters who lived near Huaiyuan Town could speak some Chinese or Turkic dialect, Li Xu painted a scoop according to the gourd, dressed himself as a trader, and secretly chatted with a few old and serious hunters, and had some grasp of the situation of the four Goguryeo garrison towns on the other side of the Liao River, which were close to Huaiyuan Town.

"If Brother Mao Gong is here, I don't know how to judge when I see my plan!" Looking at the increasingly clear map of the other side on the table, Li Xu couldn't help but secretly think in his heart. At this time last year, Xu Dayan had invited him to join him in practicing the study of ten thousand enemies with the warriors of the Su Sibu Tribe, while he was busy learning bow and arrow and sword skills. Now that Brother Mao Gong is no longer around, he has groped for a war strategy by himself.

The world is impermanent, and it is so much! Li Xu sighed in a low voice.

"If Mao Gong and I were the same person last year, would Su Si Bu easily abandon me?" Suddenly, a strange thought came to my heart. There was a heavy pain in his chest, and inadvertently, a wry smile welled up all over his face.

Outside the curtain, the north wind sent the call of the wild wolf, like the call of Ganluo in the wilderness.

Note 2: It's almost 400,000 words, but the website still doesn't care about the systematic promotion of this book. The drunkard has no choice, so he cheekily asks everyone to help promote it, and shouts and shouts everywhere, whether the wine is good or bad, if the alley is too deep, it will definitely turn into vinegar.

Note 1: In the Sui system, the commander can govern 800 to 1,200 people, and there can be one Changshi, one Bing Cao, and one other general, and six school captains. 300 soldiers are in the regiment, and the regiment has a lieutenant; 100 people are brigades, and brigades have brigade rates; Fifty people are a team, and the team has a team; Ten people are fire, and the fire has a fire length.