20,000 imperial troops were willing to follow, unexpectedly.

Qin Huaidao told Zhi Zhi to lose his thinking force, and signaled that after he left, he asked people to call Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai and Luo Zhang, 20,000 people can be reorganized into three divisions, and Luo Zhang will give priority to selecting people who are good at riding to form a light cavalry division, and the rest of Cheng Chumo and Fang Yiai will be divided equally.

The three of them were overjoyed and quickly rushed to take over the army, because of the mixing, the original command system was in chaos, but the three of them already had experience, and adopted the previous methods to let everyone form their own teams, and people who knew each other were more united together, and they were more able to form combat effectiveness, and then let the captain compete to select the chief and deputy battalion commanders, the chief and deputy regiment commanders and deputy division commanders, and select people who are experienced and understand the art of war, but are slightly older and are not suitable for fighting on the battlefield to enter the battalion, regiment and division levels as staff officers.

In one night, 20,000 people were in order, and the ban was enforced.

Early the next morning, the large army marched out and headed west.

Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin found that the imperial army not only did not return to their hometown, but followed, and the military formation was completely different from the past, so they were curious to inquire and learned that they were incorporated, and the way of incorporation was strange, which was incompatible with the imperial court, and it was Qin Huaidao's request, but it was a pity that Qin Huaidao had already led the troops to take the first step, so they pestered Cheng Chumo to ask.

There was nothing left and right, and Cheng Chumo explained the changed military system one by one.

The two have fought all their lives, and they know the military system best, so they naturally understand that the mixed arrangement of multiple arms is actually not conducive to large-scale fighting, and the battle formations are opposed, such as the most commonly used cold weapons, the most difficult to break the goose-shaped array, the eight-array diagram, the mandarin duck array, the dragon gate array, the tiger formation, etc., how do you break the enemy?

However, after the artillery weapon came out, it was different, and the formation was a live target, and the bombing was finished, and the mixed organization was different, but it could be teamwork, and the advantages of multiple arms complemented each other, and the combat effectiveness was greatly increased.

The two of them savored the pros and cons, and the more they tasted it, the more they felt that it was not simple.

……

And the end of the royal city.

The golden sunlight shrouded the ancient city of the end of the king, the banners swayed in the wind, slapping the faces of the defenders, the mud-tamped earthen walls were stained red with blood, and they were full of feathered arrows, like hedgehogs, and the corpses under the walls were piled up, and the stumps and flesh were all over the ground, exuding a foul smell.

A tide of Turkic death squads retreated, all dressed in rudimentary coarse cloth and hats, armed with spears with wooden handles, or large wooden bows, and no one cared about the cries for help from their fallen comrades, and their morale was low.

For several days, the attack could not be carried out for a long time, and the Turkic army lost the arrogance and pride it had when it first arrived.

Xue Rengui held a horse lance in his hand, staring coldly at the Turkic army that fled back, he couldn't remember how many attacks he had killed, he had fought for several days in a row, his body was exhausted, and he couldn't bear it, but he didn't dare to fall, and he couldn't fall, and the soldiers in the city were watching.

"General Xue, are you okay?" Li Dejian walked over quickly, his eyes full of concern.

"It's okay, why are you here?" Xue Rengui responded, staring at the Turkic army's eyes without blinking, but a flash of worry flashed in his eyes, and he didn't know how long he would last?

"The Turkic army is gathering more and more, although it is not good at attacking the city, but there is a crossbow in hand, our losses are not small, continue to fight like this, and at most we can hold on for a month, when the feather arrows are exhausted, the casualties are too large, and the morale will inevitably plummet, I am worried that the Turkic army in the city will rebel, and it has to be like a way." Li Dejian reminded.

"You are the chief of staff, in the words of the young master, you are a military advisor, if there is any good way, just say it."

Li Dejian did not hide his selfishness, and said bluntly: "I remembered a method used by the Han King when he attacked Goguryeo, which was to build a shed on the city wall, with wood as a pillar, and a smaller strip of wood on it, and stack the stone slabs, the stone slabs are hard and can prevent feather arrows, and the earth bags are stacked on the stone slabs, which can slow down the impact of feather arrows and ensure that the arrows are not broken, and they can continue to be used to make up for the lack of feather arrows in our army." ”

Xue Rengui's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "This method is feasible, why didn't you say it earlier." ”

"That's what I just remembered, I'm so sorry." Li Dejian looked apologetic.

"Forget it, don't talk about this, quickly arrange people to build the shed you said, the Turks may attack again at any time, time is not waiting, the materials are not enough, they will be collected all over the city, but they cannot be robbed, give some grain and silver money to buy, stabilize the people's hearts, and avoid chaos."

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it." Li Dejian agreed.

At this time, Li Jingren hurriedly ran over and said excitedly: "General Xue, Chief of Staff Li, King Han sent a message that Zhangye County was taken overnight, and the army set off and was on its way." ”

"Great!" Li Dejian clapped his hands excitedly, and hurriedly said: "Twenty days for Zhangye County to come here is enough, and it will take at most half a month to travel day and night, and the last city will be saved." ”

Xue Rengui asked cautiously: "Zhangye County is garrisoned by 100,000 troops from Tubo, and with the convenience of the city, it was conquered overnight, how is this possible?" Are you sure the information is correct? ”

"Don't worry, the information is absolutely correct, the password is used, there are only three people in the whole world who know this password, one is me, one is my sister, and the other is King Han, I am in the city, it is impossible to leak the password, and it is even more impossible for Xiaomei and King Han." Li Jingren said solemnly.

Xue Rengui thought about it, but he still couldn't believe it.

Li Dejian also reacted, that is 100,000 Tibetan elites, even if it is 100,000 pigs, it will take time to kill, how can it be done overnight? But when he thought of the various miracles created by Qin Huaidao, he smiled and said: "Others definitely can't do it, but King Han is different, maybe King Han has some kind of big killing weapon that we don't know." ”

"Zhangye County, which took 100,000 people overnight to garrison, is definitely not within the power of manpower, and there is only this explanation, but it is really a good thing for our army, as soon as the young master arrives, the Turkic army outside the city is not worried, it must be defended, Jingren, tell the young master and the end of the city is in hand, don't worry, chief of staff, quickly build a shed."

"Obey!" The two solemnly clasped their fists and left.

Xue Rengui looked at the Turkic camp in the distance, the people were roaring, the momentum shook the world, but the worry in his heart was swept away, and the strong fighting spirit broke out, and he said coldly: "Come on, the young master will destroy the 100,000 army overnight, Lao Tzu thinks he can't do it, but it is still possible to block you miscellaneous pieces and ensure that the city is not lost." ”

The voice is low, confident, and domineering!

A generation of military gods is full of momentum!

……

Almost at the same time.

Sunshine, a pass west of Dunhuang.

Luo Tong led the army to kill in a hurry, and saw that the Tang army's banner on the city wall had changed color, the earthen city wall was stained with blood, and there were crossbows that had not been cleaned up, and countless Turkic soldiers were waiting with their bows open, their eyes were fierce, and they couldn't help scolding: "These beasts, let's be one step late." ”

After speaking, Luo Tong looked at the deputy commander Lin Ping and asked: "Yangguan has been lost, the defenders in the castle seem to be about 3,000, and the strong attack is not very sure, what do you think?" ”

"Our army has been killing all the way, the soldiers are tired and tired, and there are no siege equipment, so it will not be able to take it in a short time, and the last general is more worried that the defenders in the city are bait, and there may be more Turkic cavalry hidden around, please think twice." Lin Ping cautiously reminded that he was born as a bandit, and he was the most sensitive to danger, and he was also used to not fighting uncertain battles.

The two are brave and cautious, and they complement each other.

Luo Tong nodded in agreement after hearing this, his eyes couldn't help but search around, looking around, the terrain was flat and desolate, which seemed to be unfavorable to the Tibetan soldiers, but what if?

"General Luo, why don't you cut off the grain?" Lin Ping was really afraid that Luo Tong would have a violent temper, so he didn't care about attacking Yangguan.

"Grain?" Luo Tong was a little tempted.

Lin Ping hurriedly explained: "The Turkic army is divided into two ways, one way to block our pursuit, the other way to seize Yangguan, the blocking Turkic army has been all killed by us, the Turkic army that seized Yangguan is to grab time, Yangguan is a surprise, it will inevitably go into battle lightly, the grain and grass are not enough, and there will not be much food in Yangguan, suddenly there are three thousand more people who are definitely not enough to eat, and follow-up support is needed. ”

"It makes sense, leave a team of scouts to keep an eye on the situation in Yangguan, report at any time, and the others will come with me and go north to intercept and kill the Turkic grain road, and Lao Tzu will not believe it." Luo Tong roared murderously and rode away.

Lin Ping hurriedly arranged for a scout to stay in the eye, and then quickly chased after him.

At noon, the team came to a river valley.

The riverbed had dried up, and a Turkic army was slowly moving along it, with a large number of pack horses and camels, all carrying bulging packages, and a large herd of cattle and sheep, with a strength of about 2,000.

Luo Tong was overjoyed after getting the scout's report, and quickly rushed over to investigate, and after making sure that it was correct, he was not at ease, so he scattered the scouts out within a radius of ten miles to investigate, in case it was a trap, and followed the team for a while, and rushed up without hesitation after making sure that there was no ambush around.

What kind of generals bring out what kind of soldiers.

The soldiers also roared and rushed forward, their swords glistening in the sun.