- After resting for two days near Fenzhou, the army continued to advance.

This is a special New Year, and the generals and the hundreds of thousands of troops they lead have simply spent the New Year on the way to the war. Liu Yi, like other young generals who aspired to make meritorious contributions, had no complaints about this, and they were full of anticipation for the battle to be carried out, and this was the time to prove their ability.

On the eighth day of the first month of the second year of the second year, the army arrived in Bingzhou, encountered heavy snow, the army temporarily rested, the heavy snow continued to fall, until three days later, the heavy snow stopped, the snow was very thick, very unfavorable to the march of the army, but as the commander of Pei Xingjian ordered the army to step on the snow and continue to move forward.

Pei Xingjian listened to Liu Yi's suggestion and ordered the soldiers to cut down trees, or collect wood from the people, so that the craftsmen who went out with the army led the soldiers to make a large number of sleds, and used horse-drawn sleighs to move forward, which was much more convenient than the original ox-drawn carts to carry materials, so that although there was heavy snow accumulation, which affected the march of the army, the overall marching speed of the army did not slow down.

Liu Yi still led the army he led to march a few miles in front of the Chinese army tent led by Pei Xingjian.

Since Liu Yi was summoned by Pei Xingjian to say those words in Fenzhou on Chinese New Year's Eve, Pei Xingjian also sent people to pass Liu Yi over to discuss matters from time to time during the later march. For the upcoming Anbei region, Pei Xingjian paid attention to some things on the way to the march, such as the formation of the marching squadron, the distance between the departments, how to contact, how to deal with emergencies, the selection of camps, the situation to pay attention to when camping and resting, how to set up sentry posts, patrols and other important matters, as well as how to disperse so many large numbers of troops in the vast grassland environment, and the difference between them and the mainland, etc., Pei Xingjian gave Liu Yi a detailed on-site explanation and guidance, so that Liu Yi has a further understanding of these things.

Pei Xingjian also asked Liu Yi to make some strategic and tactical decisions about the battle in different capacities of commander and general, how to arrange and deal with these things during the march, as well as how to coordinate and arrange the generals of the department, how to arrange the subordinate departments, and so on.

As the distance from the front line is getting closer and closer, the war is also imminent, Pei Xingjian often discusses with Liu Yi some key issues in this upcoming war, as a commander, how to master and analyze the enemy situation, how to make decisions, how to dispatch various departments, what is the task of each department to attack, the target location that needs to be assaulted, how to start the battle, which part to use to start the attack first, and so on.

For all these questions, Pei Xingjian carefully asked Liu Yi's opinions, and asked Liu Yi to answer the reasons for such consideration, and then told Liu Yi his own thoughts, analyzed and discussed the pros and cons of their respective plans, and how to deal with some unexpected situations that would occur during the battle.

Liu Yi also told Pei Xingjian all his ideas, and asked Pei Xingjian to correct, Pei Xingjian was very surprised by Liu Yi's unique views in many aspects, and praised Liu Yi for being thoughtful, but also corrected Liu Yi's inexperienced, or relatively immature layout in some aspects, which benefited Liu Yi a lot.

Pei Xingjian's words and deeds also made Liu Yi very moved, he didn't know that Pei Xingjian had never given such detailed guidance to any other young general, even other people who Pei Xingjian appreciated such as Wang Fangyi and Zhang Qianqiao were far from giving Liu Yi such detailed guidance. Judging from Liu Yi's opinions on the war, Pei Xingjian felt that this was a rare general, and he hoped that Liu Yi could personally command the victory of a war to prove that he was not Zhao Kuo who could only talk on paper, but Li Mu, who could command the army to victory.

Pei Xingjian is also preparing to give Liu Yi one or several opportunities to command the battle alone, so that Liu Yi's ability can be demonstrated in the battle, and his judgment of Liu Yi will be verified in the war commanded by Liu Yi-

About a month and a half after the departure from Chang'an, the army arrived in Shuozhou.

At this time, Li Wenjun, the governor of Youzhou, Zhou Daowu, the governor of Yingzhou, Cheng Wuting, the governor of Fengzhou, Cao Huaishun, the general of the left Jinwuwei, and Cui Xiantun, the general of the right Wuwei, all according to Pei Xingjian's order, led the various armies under them to advance to the set target, and the 300,000 troops were basically in place, arranged on the broad front from Fengzhou to Youzhou, which could basically echo each other, and Pei Xingjian also received news from other armies.

The 180,000 troops who set out from Chang'an were stationed in Shuozhou to recuperate, and Pei Xingjian sent scouts everywhere to spy on the movements of the Turkic rebels, and at the same time held a military meeting in Shuozhou to arrange the following war arrangements.

After arriving in Shuozhou, they joined the headquarters led by Pei Xingjian, Cao Huaishun, the general of the Left Jin Wuwei, Cui Xiantun, the general of the Right Guard, and Li Zhishi, the general of the Right Guard, Qiu Shenxian, the general of the Left Jin Wuwei, the general of the Left Guard, Quan Xiancheng, the general of the Left Guard, He Jiami, the general of the Right Guard, and Liu Jing, the general of the Left Guard, as well as some middle-level officers such as Zhang Qianqiao, the general of the Left Guard, and Liu Yi, who followed Pei Xingjian.

Li Wenjian, Zhou Daowu, Cheng Wuting and other generals, because the army under their command was far away from Shuozhou, and there were still hundreds of miles away, they could not rush over to attend the military meeting, and only Pei Xingjian and other generals discussed the results of the next action arrangement, and then sent someone to inform them.

Pei Xingjian's big tent was crowded with the summoned generals, Pei Xingjian stood in the middle of the tent, facing a huge military map drawn on parchment and depicting something with a pen, and the military commander Shi Luobin Wang was also in the tent, ready to record the content of the military meeting.

Liu Yi, who was standing at the bottom of the tent, also stretched his neck and looked at the map, wanting to see what Pei Xingjian had drawn on it, in order to guess the next action plan of the army commander.

Today's military maps are still very simple, but there are some important place names, as well as mountains, river valleys, etc., the distance between the names of various places is impossible to judge, and it is not drawn according to the actual scale at all, the distance between the places marked on the map looks about the same, in fact, the distance between some two places is much farther than the other two places marked with the same distance on the map.

Nowadays, the level and conditions of surveying and mapping are limited, and there are only maps of this level.

After receiving the report from the guards, all the generals arrived, Pei Xingjian also turned around from the map and stood facing the generals.

Pei Xingjian took a stick in front of the case, pointed to some place names marked on the map, and said to the generals in the field: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to our previous information and the return of the scouts sent out, there are about 120,000 people from the Turkic Ashid Staff, about 60,000 fighters are stationed in the area of Montenegro, about 120,000 people in the department of Ashdwin Fu, and about 60,000 people who can fight on horseback, about 500 miles northeast of Montenegro, and its puppet Khan Ashina is familiar with the area between these two parts, with about 100,000 clansmen and about 40,000 combat troops. The three parts become the trend of leaning on the angle. At present, the Turks have not yet discovered that our army is heading north, and they have not made effective precautions, and they still send a small number of troops to the south, waiting for an opportunity to loot our supplies and the property of the people..."

"The Turks have not discovered the actions of our army, and now the grass on the Anbei grassland has not yet germinated, the Turks are thin and weak, and many tribes have gathered because of the war of the previous year, and the transition after spring has not yet been carried out, this is a good time for our army to attack, you can say what good strategy you have to attack the enemy!" Pei Xingjian said and looked at the generals in the tent, waiting for their opinions.

Li Zhishi, the general of the right guard, was the first to stand and came again, "Dashuai, the last general has some ideas!"

"Speak!" Pei Xingjian motioned for Li Zhishi to step forward and speak.

Li Zhi walked to the map in ten steps, pointed to the place names marked on the map and said: "The last general feels that this time our army has gone out of 300,000 troops, compared with the Turkic rebels, the strength of the army has a great advantage, at this time the Turks have not yet discovered the movement of our army, it is the time for our army to launch a full-scale attack, the last general thinks that it is possible to use the northeast direction of General Li Wenhui and General Zhou Daowu to quickly advance and attack the headquarters of Ashdwin Fu in the northeast direction of the moraine, and the headquarters of General Cheng Wuting in the northwest direction, and concentrate on attacking Ashid in the area of Montenegro, and the headquarters led by the marshal concentrated most of the forces to attack the Ashina Nishu Division, which was closer to the Asid Duty Department, and divided another part of the army, and several parts of our army in the northeast and northwest, to flank the Turks left and right, if a few troops can advance to the established place before the Turks are unaware, then they can destroy the Turkic rebels in a battle..."

Liu Yi's eyes moved on the map with Li Zhishi's gestures, although this map can not intuitively show the distribution of the forces of each department, but it can also roughly point out the direction of each department, according to Li Zhishi's statement, all parts of our army attacked, respectively, to attack the Turkic rebel army, but the main thing is to concentrate troops to capture the Ashina Nishu Department with the title of Khan, there is a certain truth in the statement.

"Marshal, the last general thinks that what General Li proposed is very feasible, and he will hit the enemy first!" Cui Xiantun, the general of the right military guard, came out of the ranks, "The last general is willing to lead the command and take on the task of attacking Ashina's mud and creeping tooth tent..."

"Dashuai, there will be a different opinion in the end!" Zuo Jin Wuwei General Qiu Shenyun stood up and said loudly.

"Speak!" After the generals expressed their opinions, Pei Xingjian did not have any expression on his face, and it was the same here, and he ordered in emotionless words.

"Marshal, although the plan proposed by General Li is feasible, our armies are marching from several directions, and it is not easy to coordinate with each other, and there is no guarantee that they will attack the Turks in about the same time. Qiu Shenyun said, with a worried look on his face, "The Turks' posture is like a pocket, waiting for the army in my middle to attack, taking the opportunity to counterattack our army from all directions, the last general feels that this situation should be avoided, and our army should be ordered to attack the enemy in the east and west first, and when the Turks are panicked, divide the troops to support, and when the middle road is empty, our army will take advantage of the situation to take its tooth tent, which can play a role in getting twice the result with half the effort..."

After thinking about the map for a while, a few people stood up to support Qiu Shenyun's suggestion, and others put forward different opinions, and for a while, there was a lot of noise in the tent, and some generals were arguing loudly there in order to explain those who disagreed.

The generals expressed different opinions, Pei Xingjian did not express his opinion on any of the opinions, but when he saw the noise in the tent, he couldn't help frowning, and coughed a few times, and the generals came back to their senses, stopped the noise, and waited for Pei Xingjian to decide the final battle plan.

"Does anyone else have an opinion?" Pei Xingjian's cold eyes swept the faces of the generals in the tent almost one by one, and stayed on Liu Yi's face for a while.

"Dashuai, the last general has an idea!" Liu Yi stood up.

"Speak!" Pei Xingjian was still expressionless.

"The last general feels that my armies from all walks of life are basically in position, and it is precisely when the Turks do not notice that our army is moving forward and attack quickly from all directions," Facing the gaze of Pei Xingjian and other generals in the field, Liu Yi behaved very calmly, and said eloquently, "The soldiers are very fast, and the enemy is even more surprised, if you can attack the Turks before they are prepared, they will attack in front of them, the Turks will definitely collapse before fighting, and our army can take advantage of the situation!" Moreover, the commander of the headquarters led by the commander had already surpassed the Turkic soldiers and horses, so the last general believed that no matter whether our army could arrive in time on the east and west routes, our headquarters should launch an offensive before the enemy discovered our army's movement, and the general felt that the headquarters led by the commander should divide the troops reasonably, attack the three Turks at the same time, prevent them from cooperating with each other, and make a rapid advance on the east and west roads, strive for a flank attack in the east and west, and defeat the Turkic rebels as quickly as possible..."

After Liu Yi finished speaking, under the somewhat surprised gaze of the generals, he bowed his hand and returned to the queue.

After Liu Yi finished speaking, no one stood up to speak again.

Pei Xingjian motioned for the generals to calm down, "You have all said your opinions, and they are all very reasonable, and I will also talk about the views of this commander," Pei Xingjian picked up the stick again and pointed to the map, "There are more than 200,000 people in the headquarters led by this commander, and compared with the Turkic army, it is completely advantageous to the Turkic army, so this commander thinks that we can completely divide our troops to launch a surprise attack on the Turks when they have not discovered the movement of our army," Pei Xingjian said and glanced at Liu Yi, and then continued, "The following commander will arrange the battle plan in combination with your discussion..."

"General Li Zhishi led 30,000 troops, marched from Shuozhou to Shengzhou, and then to the west of Qingshan, the target was the west side of Ashide's service department, General Cui Xiantun led 40,000 troops, and attacked northward from the northeast direction of Shuozhou, the target was Ashina's mud and silk, and Cao Huaishun's general department attacked north from the east of Qingshan, leading 45,000 people, straight through the real water, and inserted into the middle of Ashina's mud and Astewin Fu's department, General Qiu Shenxun led 45,000 troops, attacked in the northeast direction of the Jinhe River, and directly attacked Ashdwin's Fu department, and the rest was personally commanded by Ben Shuai, attack to the Yinshan area, and the first battle will eliminate Ashide Servant..."Pei Xingjian pointed to the map and announced the order.

Every general who was called by name loudly answered the order and accepted the task.

"All generals need to strictly abide by the military order, within the specified time, move forward lightly, arrive at the target of the attack at all costs, and form an encirclement of the Turks," Pei Xingjian had a chill on his face, "If there is anyone who disrespects the order or delays the military situation, don't blame the commander for not being merciful!" There are those who escape, and there is no mercy!"

Pei Xingjian's last sentence was said murderously, gathering Cao Huaishun and Cui Xiantun, the army led by Pei Xingjian was already more than 220,000, and if such a superior force could not defeat the Turks, it would be too insulting to his reputation.

In the previous war, it was the commander Xiao Siye's escape from the battle, which led to the defeat of our army, and tens of thousands of generals were killed and wounded, but fortunately, Li Jingjia and Hua Dazhi led their troops to resist desperately, so that the whole army would not be defeated, but these two generals were also unlucky with Xiao Siye and were dismissed, but they were luckier than Xiao Siye and were not exiled, and now they are still in the army, serving in the army in vain.

"Respectfully the commander's order!" The generals responded in unison.

Pei Xingjian has always been known for his strict management of the army, and when he was in office, all the generals were concerned, for fear of being punished by Pei Xingjian if he made a mistake, and now the war will start, Pei Xingjian issued such an order, no one dared to disobey the order, if he violated the military order, or escaped from the battle, Pei Xingjian, as the commander, had the power to be beheaded on the spot.

Pei Xingjian gave another order, ordering Li Wenyun of Youzhou and Zhou Daowu of Yingzhou to lead the army to gallop to the northwest, and Cheng Wuting of Fengzhou to lead the army to attack in the northeast direction, Pei Xingjian also strictly ordered them to arrive at their respective attack targets within the specified time at all costs and launch a comprehensive attack on the Turks.

Judging from the positions of the various armies marked on the simple military map and the direction of the mobile attack, the attack plan arranged by Pei Xingjian this time has a large army attacking from the east, west, and south, and there is also a large army attacking in a roundabout way in the north.

The headquarters concentrated on the Turks, and even if they could not completely annihilate the Turks, as long as the men and horses from the east and west arrived, the defeated Turks would not be able to escape.

Such a large-scale military arrangement can only be made by a few commanders like Pei Xingjian, and this may also be the military arrangement that the generals of the pharmacist department are best at, just like the similar arrangement when Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun, and Su Dingfang destroyed Baekje and Western Turks.

This battle is slightly different from the war commanded by Li Jing and Su Dingfang, that is, in terms of troops, this time it is our army that occupies an absolute advantage in numbers, compared with Li Jing and Su Dingfang's disadvantage in terms of troops, the conditions for the total annihilation of the enemy army are more mature, which also makes Pei Xingjian, as the commander, more sure.

Seeing that the generals were receiving orders in unison, Pei Xingjian showed a little satisfied smile, slowed down, and still looked at the generals and said: "The generals will arrange their own affairs, and the divisions will set off in two days and rush to their respective attack targets!"

"Yes, Dashuai!" The generals were ordered to disperse, and each went to make arrangements...

(To be continued)