-- The military meeting drew up the operational arrangements, and after the army rested for another five days, and after replenishing weapons, supplies, and other materials, all the generals led their troops to their respective attack directions, and Pei Xingjian led the remaining about 60,000 men and horses to quickly advance to the north.

Although the weather is still a little cold, but there is no snow, the snow in front of it has quickly melted away, plus the field of vision is full of dead grass, the field of vision is better than when the grassland is green in summer, the vast Anbei grassland is still very suitable for the rapid movement of large corps dominated by cavalry and cavalry infantry.

Two days later, the army arrived in the area of the Purple River, took advantage of the ice of the river, quickly crossed the Purple River, and camped on the north bank of the river.

After the rest of the armies moved separately, Liu Yi and Zhang Qianmiao's more than 1,000 men and horses were stationed at the front of the entire army, and they were camped on the northeast and northwest sides of the camp to serve as a vigilance.

After Liu Yi set up camp with the army, he was taking his personal guards to inspect his camp, and a personal guard in front of Pei Xingjian's tent hurriedly came to summon him, saying that the commander had convened the generals to discuss the matter.

The sky is about to get dark, and several butter candles have been lit in Pei Xingjian's big tent, but the camp tent is very large, the lights are not very bright, and the whole big tent looks a little dark.

The generals who followed Pei Xingjian have all arrived, and many senior generals have been sent out by Pei Xingjian, and the only senior generals who followed Pei Xingjian's headquarters are He Jiami, the general of the right guard of the inspection school, and Liu Jingtong, the general of the left guard of the inspection school, and there is a special person named Quan Xiancheng, who is the grandson of Quan Gai Suwen, the former minister of Goryeo, the son of Quan Nan, and the son of Quan Nan, who leads the left leading army to the general of the guard. When our army went to Goryeo, his father Quan boy belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and Quan Xiancheng also followed his father to live in Chang'an, because he showed good talent and was reused by the imperial court, and was appointed to the post of general of the left army.

Except for these people, the others are all middle and low-level generals like Liu Yi.

After Pei Xingjian arrived at the summoned generals, he also immediately informed the generals of the latest situation.

"According to our scouts, about one hundred and fifty miles ahead, we found more than 2,000 Turkic cavalry!" Pei Xingjian had a calm face and announced the situation he had just discovered, "This Turkic cavalry is coming south, if it is not unexpected, it will be encountered with our army at the latest..."

"This is the lone army of the Turks, judging from the situation investigated, it is a small group of Turkic troops who came out to loot property, and no other Turkic men and horses were found nearby, so this commander ordered that all the Turks should be annihilated, and they should not be allowed to find out the whereabouts of our army, nor should they affect the march of our army!" Pei Xingjian's face was full of murderous energy.

Before the start of the attack on the enemy, Pei Xingjian would not allow his carefully designed war operations to be forced to change because of the appearance of a small group of Turkic people.

When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other in surprise, but Liu Yi was surprised for no reason, the war was finally about to start, and he wanted to snatch the task of this battle no matter what.

Pei Xingjian continued: "The way of using troops, appeasing the soldiers is more important than sincerity, and dealing with the enemy requires a variety of ways. Last time, the military rations transported by Xiao Siye were plundered by the Turks, and the soldiers were cold and starved, so that the army's heart was unstable, and the Turks collapsed when they attacked the camp, so it failed, and now the Turks will use the same strategy to transport grain and grass to our army's convoy, and they will inevitably use the same strategy to loot our army's grain and grass again, and this commander feels that they should use a strategy to deceive them, annihilate all this Turkic lone army, and not let them affect the march of our army!"

Pei Xingjian said with a gleam in his eyes, deliberately glanced at Liu Yi a few times, and then said: "This marshal plans to disguise the grain truck, lure the Turks to move, and take the opportunity to attack and kill them, who is willing to lead the army to carry out this task?" ”

"Great commander, the last general asks for an army to attack and kill this Turk!" Liu Yi strode out of the ranks and asked Pei Xingjian for his life.

Zhang Qianmiao on the side also stood up at about the same time to ask for his life.

Then the other generals also stood up and asked Pei Xingjian to hand over the task to them.

Pei Xingjian's eyes swept over the generals who came out to ask for his life, maybe he had already made a decision, and there was no hesitation, that is, he ordered: "This marshal ordered the former army generals Liu Yi and Zhang Qianqiao to carry out this task, and set up 300 grain trucks, Zhang Qianqiao led an army of 1,500 people, and five sergeants lurked in each car, each holding a big sword and a strong crossbow, and sent hundreds of old and weak soldiers to follow the car," Pei Xingjian pointed to the map, "Liu Yi led a thousand of his troops to ambush in this dangerous place in the mountains seventy miles north of the Zihe, waiting for the enemy to hijack our camouflaged grain carts here. Together with the sergeants hidden in the grain carts, they will annihilate all the 2,000 Turks, and not a single one will be spared!"

"Respectfully the commander's order!" Liu Yi and Zhang Qianqiao immediately stepped forward and bowed their hands to receive the order.

The two also glanced at each other, and both saw a competitive look in each other's eyes, the leaders of the two people in this battle should cooperate with each other, and it also depends on who performs better, if one side performs wrongly, not only can not annihilate the two thousand Turks, it is likely that thousands of soldiers on the mission will be surrounded and annihilated by the Turks; In addition, the requirement of this battle is that not a single Turk can be let go, and there must be no difference in the coordination between the two divisions, otherwise if one person escapes, the movement of our army will be detected by the Turks earlier, and even the movement of the army marching from other directions will be affected.

Hundreds of thousands of troops marching on the Anbei steppe will eventually be detected by the Turks, but the later the detection time, the better the sudden surname of our army's attack, and the more serious the blow to the Turks, if the army assaults outside the Turks' tent and is discovered by them, the Turks may not have a chance to counterattack, and the Turks will be defeated immediately by tens of thousands of soldiers of our army.

After Pei Xingjian finished assigning the task, he ordered the generals to disperse, leaving only Liu Yi and Zhang Qianqiao.

After the other generals left, Pei Xingjian paced in front of Liu Yi and Zhang Qianxuan, and his eyes were shining at the two of them, "General Zhang, General Liu!" This is the first battle against the Turks in this expedition, we must fight well, and strive to completely annihilate the Turks in one battle, so as to boost morale, and at the same time prevent the news of our army's march from being detected by the Turks, you two must cooperate well, General Zhang's headquarters is hidden in the grain cart, and cannot be discovered by the Turks, and General Liu's headquarters must arrive at the ambush place at the specified time. If the Turks hijack our grain carts and reach the ambush of our army, they must stop and rest, this is the best chance to annihilate their troops..."

Pei Xingjian explained in detail to the two generals how the battle was carried out and how the two departments cooperated.

The selected place to start is a valley, the only way for the Turks to return from the grain robbery, from this low-lying place, there are mountain roads in a row, the Turks must rest here, and then go over the mountain, this is the best opportunity for my side to do it, if it is not for a big mistake, the Turks basically have no way to escape.

"Your two departments will take a break after they succeed, and wait for further orders from Ben Shuai!"

"The last general understands!" After listening to Pei Xingjian's narration, Liu Yi and Zhang Qianqiao responded in unison.

"Those who have made meritorious contributions in this battle should be rewarded heavily, and report to His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven; If there is anyone who delays the military aircraft, no matter who it is, they will be held responsible," Pei Xingjian's cold eyes swept over Liu Yi and Zhang Qianqiao, and Liu Yi, who had always been unfazed, also felt the chill in Pei Xingjian's eyes.

"Yes, Dashuai!" Liu Yi and Zhang Qianqiao clenched their fists again and answered loudly.

"Good!" Pei Xingjian saw that the two generals had no fear on their faces, praised loudly, and then shouted to Zhang Qian: "General Zhang, you go to make preparations first, and set off tomorrow morning with the three hundred grain trucks arranged by the commander!"

"Yes, Dashuai, the last general will retire!" Zhang Qianqiao saluted again and turned to leave.

Only Pei Xingjian and Liu Yi were left in the tent.

"Virtuous nephew, this battle is your first battle since joining the army, Ben Shuai will give you such an important task, I hope you will not disappoint Ben Shuai!" To tell the truth, Pei Xingjian still has some worries in his heart, although Liu Yi gives him the feeling of bravery, and the very calm way of doing things makes him quite appreciative, but Liu Yi has never experienced a war, and no one dares to guarantee whether he will be cowardly in battle, he originally planned to send Liu Yi alone to carry out this mission, giving Liu Yi a chance to make great contributions, but in the end, in order to prevent accidents, he still ordered Zhang Qianqiao to lead 1,500 soldiers to hide in the grain cart, and Liu Yi was responsible for the task of annihilating the Turkic grain grabbing troops.

Pei Xingjian also hopes that after this battle, he can further understand Liu Yi's talent in military operations, with Pei Xingjian's many years of experience in knowing people, as well as Liu Yi's ability to command polo matches, Pei Xingjian believes that Liu Yi will not let him down.

In the face of Pei Xingjian's penetrating gaze, as well as what he said just now, Liu Yi did not have a trace of panic and uneasiness, the expression on his face was very calm, and he replied decisively: "The last general will definitely complete the task assigned by the marshal excellently, will not let the marshal down, and will never let a Turk escape from our sword!"

"Good!" Pei Xingjian's face softened slightly, and he still looked at Liu Yi, "If you succeed in this battle, Ben Shuai will definitely fly to Chang'an, and report the news of your first contribution to this battle to His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven, and ask for credit for you in front of the two saints!"

"Thank you, Marshal," Liu Yi got up and saluted, and said again: "Marshal, the last general still has a little unrealistic idea, if our side annihilates this Turkic food grabbing team, can we let the last general lead his troops to pretend to be Turks, take the opportunity to sneak attack the Turkic camp, and then lead the army to cover the killing, so that the Turks can be dealt a blow!" Just now, Liu Yi felt that his idea was a little too bold, so he didn't put it forward when the generals were on the agenda, and he stayed alone with Pei Xingjian, and he also mustered up the courage to say it.

Pei Xingjian showed a surprised expression on his face, stared at Liu Yi for a while, and then said, "Well, it's not easy to have this idea... After this battle is won, Ben Shuai will have a new order to issue!" Pei Xingjian looked at Liu Yi with meaningful eyes.

"Yes, Dashuai!" Liu Yi was overjoyed, it turned out that Pei Xingjian had already had this plan, but he couldn't understand why he didn't arrange it before the war, was he afraid that he and Zhang Qianqiao would not be able to succeed? Or are you going to personally lead the army to storm the camp?

Pei Xingjian's expression had returned to normal, and he waved his hand to Liu Yi, "You go, get ready, set off in an hour, you must rush to the ambush place before dawn, and you can't let the Turks detect it!"

"Yes, Dashuai, the last general will retire!" Liu Yi bowed and strode out of Pei Xingjian's big tent!

(To be continued)