On 16 February, Xiao Yu led a team to patrol the northern border.

This patrol was not eye-catching, because the Hexi Metropolitan Governor's Office had a routine patrol every spring and autumn, but the time and order of the patrol were decided by the season. This time the patrol Xiao Yu did not make much fanfare, as usual, there were hundreds of guards and pro-army subordinates, and there were four martial cavalry generals who were transferred to the guard by the Chinese army, as well as several Dongzhen Realm masters of the Xiao family, a team of only more than 100 people, all the way fast, Xiaoxing stayed overnight, camped in the field at night, did not enter the city, encountered business travelers on the way to avoid, and did not attract the attention of passing merchants, but after the army passed, he smiled and said: "The metropolitan governor has started patrolling again." ”

Due to the neat march, it only took four or five days to reach the northern border, the garrison of the Wasion Army, Weizhou.

To the north of Weizhou is the Yan Zhou Dynasty.

The military master of the Weisheng Army is no longer Wei Yun, after Wei Yun transferred to the capital of Andong, the position of the military master was raised from the original left deputy army advocate, because of his military exploits in the battle of extermination, and he was naturally promoted. This is the success of Xiao Yu's plan. At this point, the upper-level generals of the Weisheng Army are all from the Xiao faction. Therefore, there is nothing to hide during the military meeting, in view of the fact that Oghuz is about to send troops to Yan Zhou, in addition to implementing the decisions of the imperial court, the Hexi army must also consider the interests of Hexi - is it to participate in the war with all its might, or to preserve its strength?

If the imperial court decides to participate in the war, in addition to the Anbei Army and the Hexi Army, the Central Army will definitely be dispatched, so how can the Hexi Army fight this war in order to maximize the interests of Hexi? This is a matter of careful consideration and forethought.

This was actually discussed in detail at the military council of the Governor's Palace. Xiao Huan's two major strategic directors, Xun and Gu Di, are both strategists with a sense of the overall situation, Ren Xun is good at politics, Gu Di is good at military, and there is also a group of military staff officers in the staff department of the Governor's Office.

The strategy has been decided, but the details of the implementation have to be supplemented by the generals on the front line, after all, they are the ones who command the specific operations of the army, and sometimes the thinking of the generals is different from that of the strategists and staff officers, because the focus and consideration are different, as the governor of Hexi, we must coordinate and take into account these two kinds of thinking, and we cannot just take one theory.

Xiao Cong learned a lot from his father, three years ago he joined the army from Bing Cao to the staff department as a staff officer, and he has made great progress in military strategy, and has followed his father for many years, the most important thing is not to learn the handling of military affairs, but to learn the art of commander-in-chief, just like every chess piece on the chessboard, they have their own positions and functions, and to become an excellent superior, they must be clear about their respective positions and thinking from the position, coordinate and weigh in order to make the most appropriate decision. Father said that the best decisions were not necessarily the most appropriate...... Xiao Cong is still understanding this.

He used to keep a diary, which could also allow him to reflect on it later—after the military meeting of the Jietang he wrote:

"Conspiracy can make people sophisticated, but it can also make people ruthless. The farther the position is from the soldiers, the greater the number of men and horses of the army becomes the data in military analysis, completely free from feelings and pity for life, only fine and cold calculations. This will undoubtedly lead to more accurate decision-making and fewer mistakes. But there will also be less and less pity and reverence for life. ”

When he wrote this, he shuddered on his back and wrote four words heavily: "Don't! Avoid!! ”

Xiao Yan did not attend the military meeting in the festival hall. The master said, "Those who focus on martial arts, don't get too involved in military schemes, those will only distract you." Why is it that the generals in the army, even if they have command talents, will not become generals with troops? Before becoming a grandmaster, a warrior can go to training, and leading soldiers is also an experience. But after becoming a grandmaster, those are 'chores'. What the grandmaster has to do is to make himself an iron sword, and in the furnace of the battlefield, he will continue to temper it. It is also in the iron and blood environment of the military camp that I temper my own mind. ”

Be still.

Xiao Yan's most important thing now is to recover his divine sense.

Her divine consciousness that was damaged by Xiao Cong's entry into the Dao has not yet been fully recovered, and most of the time after entering the barracks is spent playing body quenching boxing, using shouting mountain tricks to repair her divine consciousness. Because of the enormity of her divine sense, it is certainly not easy to recover her perfection.

It wasn't until early April that she fully regained her senses.

And by this time, war had broken out.

***

On the fourth day of the fourth month of April, the Oghuz Khanate launched a surprise attack.

In just one day, the Huoling Army in the northeast of Yanzhou fell.

In just five days, the Kudal Prefecture in the north of Yanzhou fell!

The Yan Zhou Dynasty still followed the state and county system of Yuwen and Northern Zhou, and the status of the state was equivalent to the Tao of the Tang Dynasty, although there were not too many cities under the jurisdiction of the border states, but the speed of this march was really terrifying, and the Yan Zhou army was not papery.

When Li Yuzhen convened the Privy Council meeting, all the former pillars of the army, and now the Privy Council scholars who are still old and strong, were stunned.

This speed, this speed......

It's lightning fast!

Immediately after, the eyes of all the old generals became feverish, and while listening to the battle report, both eyes stared fiercely at the northeast end of the huge map on the mobile screen shelf in the south of the cabinet, which was the Kudal Prefecture of Yanzhou's "Northeast Road".

Yan Zhou followed the system of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and set up military towns on the border, while there were two military towns in the north: the Aze military town in the northwest and Oghuz were separated by a large swamp, and there were crocodiles and unknown beasts lurking in the swamp. And the Huoling military town in the northeast, separated by mountains and rivers, is of course a more suitable choice for attack. However, Oghuz rarely attacked the northern border of Yanzhou, because it was cold and barren, and it did not benefit him except for a piece of land that could not be grazed and cultivated. - So the wars between the two countries have always taken place on the eastern border of Yan Zhou.

But this time, Oghuz chose to attack differently than before, and Yan Zhou was caught off guard.

But was it really unprepared and unprepared?

The battle report came in a hurry, and it was not detailed, and the Privy Council quickly finished reading the war report, saluted the crown prince behind the throne, turned around and strode to the map of the south of the cabinet, and talked about the analysis of the Privy Council:

"According to the transfer of the Yanzhou army in the first three months obtained by the Jing'an Division: one of the Central Taiwan Army was transferred to Huoling Military Town, and three of them were transferred to three military towns in the east. According to the time of the border war between the two countries in the past years, it usually takes place in September and October, the summer wheat has already been harvested, and the Korshu River on the eastern border of Yanzhou has also formed ice. "But in April, at the turn of spring and summer, the ice in the upper reaches of the Korshu River has just thawed, and the river is carrying ice down, even if the boats cross the river, there will be a lot of danger for boats to cross the river, not to mention that there will be dense arrows and trebuchets on the opposite bank, and as soon as they cross the river, they will be attacked by the high-speed impact of the opposing cavalry......" The Oghuz army would not have chosen to cross the river in the spring and summer if it was wise.

But why did the Yan and Zhou Dynasty mobilize the central army to increase the military strength of the border towns at this time?

Moreover, the Huoling military town in the north also added a capital army.

What does this mean? It shows that the Yan and Zhou court's attack on Oghuz was prepared.

"Yan Zhou is prepared."

Li Yuzhen's thin ice-like cool voice suddenly sounded, and all the privy ministers immediately turned around and sat upright, staring and listening.

"Oghuz's civil war last year, in terms of internal and external rhetoric, was the new emperor's purge of the remnants of the army and forces of the two former princes. But even if the spy reports of the Yan Zhou people are blinded, it is impossible to make all the internal purges of Oghuz, it is not so easy to kill by nature, as long as one of them escapes to Yan Zhou, it is impossible for Oghuz's westward expansion plan to be hidden. ”

All the cardinals nodded, but their expressions became more severe.

The most senior cardinal said: "Your Highness, under the condition that the Yan Zhou army has already prepared, the Oghuz army can still break the military town in one day and the next state in five days, which really surprises the ministers and others." ”

Another old and dignified cardinal said: "Yan Zhou has not been at war with my Tang Dynasty for five years, and the Privy Council must reassess their strength. Oghuz has achieved such a shocking result - is it the sharp decline in the combat effectiveness of the Yan Zhou army, or is it the fault and ineffectiveness of the command? Is it because the army that Oghuz launched the raid is the best of the best, or is the Oghuz army increasing in combat effectiveness, or has more powerful weapons in the army? All of this, the Privy Staff Department must obtain updated information and analyze it......"

The Privy Counsellor took notes like a flying pen.

As soon as Li Yuzhen said "um", the privy secretary immediately circled this passage and included it in the decision-making of the meeting.

Updating military intelligence is what the Jing'an Division and the Privy Counsel Division have to do, but for the Privy Councillors who used to be great generals, reasoning about the battle process based on the results of the battle is what they are most passionate about, because this is a tactical confrontation, and even if it cannot be fought on the battlefield, this kind of tactical deduction is also a hearty command encounter.

Of course, the Privy Council is not only to deduce the battle process, but more importantly, through the battle deduction, to more accurately grasp the military combat effectiveness of the two warring countries, so as to speculate the subsequent war, as well as predict the direction of the march of the Oghuz army, and make decisions for the dispatch of troops to the Tang Dynasty.

The strategy and strategic objectives will be formulated in a definitive programme at the Privy Council meeting.

Eventually, it will turn into a torrent of the advance of the Tang army.

***

On April 17, immediately after the Privy Council, the Imperial Military Decree was issued with the seal of the Imperial Seal and signed by the Privy Councillor.

On the surface, the decree was that a war broke out between Oghuz and Yan Erguo, and the edict ordered the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei and Hexi Province to prepare their military and strictly guard the frontier; Secretly, he ordered the armies of the two places to prepare for battle; A total of 100,000 troops of the Longwu Right Army and the Huben Left Army of the Central Forbidden Army also drove to Hanoi Road through the military road and the railway track, and countless heavy grain and grass were also transported more quickly through the railway track, and a large number of people were not dispatched for conscription.

Li Yuzhen wrote in the edict of the Anbei, Hexi, Longwu, and Huben armies:

"This war is not a war between one country or two countries, nor is it a war for land, resources, and population, it is a war to overthrow backwardness and decay and open up a new world, it is a war for the rising sun and advancing forces, and it is a war that will surely fight with the backward and conservative forces!"

……

On May 15, the Tang Empire declared war on the Yan and Zhou dynasties.

On June 24, the Euroton Empire declared war on the Tang Empire and the Oghuz Khanate.

On July 27, the Great Food Empire and the Turkic Khanate jointly declared war on the Tang Empire.

Known as the "Battle of Qiming" by later generations, the Great War that swept the entire world broke out in full force in this year.

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Writing this chapter is stuck~~ I thought about it for a while in the morning.,It's better to update it first.,Let's read it first.。

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