Li Siye hurriedly waved his hand to stop the soldiers with spears, walked over to Gao Xianzhi and crossed his hands with a smile: "General Gao, why did you appear in this city, how could you be dressed like this?" ”

Gao Xianzhi smiled indifferently: "The new envoy of the Jiedu in the west of the city, Gai Jiayun, has demoted me to the deputy envoy of Khotan Town, I am on my way to the post, anyway, it is still early, so I simply took a long detour and visited the cities of Anxi first." ”

"Since the general has come to my one-third of an acre of land, I naturally want to invite you to drink and do your best as a landlord."

Gao Xianzhi waved his hand and refused: "It's not necessary to drink, it's better to walk around the streets of the city with me, it just so happens that I have something to give you." ”

Li Siye instructed Tian Zhen to continue to supervise the competition, and he led his own horse and walked out of the school field with Gao Xianzhi.

Merchants in the city come and go frequently, many Dunhuang, Lanzhou and other places of Han traders camel teams are ready to go to the big food to sell silk cloth, Gao Xianzhi took off the hat on his head, pointed to the city and said: "The city is the hub of the west, to the broken leaves and Shule passage must pass through, so it is a place where soldiers must fight." You are stationed here with the Eighth Regiment, and you don't have to worry about not being able to get your military achievements. ”

Hearing him say that this Li Siye still has a headache, the Eighth Regiment is indeed good, and it has gathered a group of veterans of a hundred battles, but these people have problems with their thinking because of the unfair treatment. This is the crux of the problem, bringing a team without a unified ideology to the battlefield cannot even guarantee the safety of the back, let alone fighting.

Gao Xianzhi saw through his worries, and said with a wry smile: "You and I are considered to be in sympathy with each other, I am not used by Gai Jiayun, but you have brought a group that has a grudge against Gai Jiayun, so in the future, you must plan and move, and don't fall into a desperate situation." ”

Gao Xianzhi's words really alerted Li Siye, not only to beware of the people of the Eighth Regiment from causing trouble due to grievances, but also to avoid attracting the attention of Gai Jiayun.

"Oh," Gao Xianzhi took out a cloth bag from his arms, handed it to Li Siye and said, "I heard that you have good weapons training, but this is not enough, the leader of the army must not only be brave and good at fighting, but also know the art of war and be good at winning." These two books are given to you, one is the Art of War of Sun Tzu and the other is the Art of War. Sun Tzu is a sacred book of soldiers, and after reading many truths, chew them carefully and understand them. Wei Gong Art of War is a must-read for my Tang Dynasty generals, from the command of the army to the use of soldiers to the battle method formation, no matter how big or small, one by one, if you want to really master the way of using soldiers, you must Wei Gong Art of War.

Gao Xianzhi is right, Sun Tzu's Art of War is a military theory, but Wei Gong's Art of War is a combat guide combined with the reality of the Tang Army. Li Jing and Li Weigong wrote this book after the pacification of the Turks during the Zhenguan period. When the enemy cavalry charges to 150 paces, the crossbows throw arrows, and when the enemy rushes to 60 paces, the archers start to shoot arrows, and when the enemy rushes to 20 paces, the heavy infantry blocks the enemy with spears and slows down the enemy's momentum. At this time, it was the turn of the Modao team to appear, forming a line of formation like a wall to advance and slash, if the front attack did not go well, jumping, strange soldiers and horse troops rushed out in a roundabout way, such as the enemy rout, the cavalry took advantage of the situation to charge and cover the pursuit.

This tactics and military thinking have been finalized in the early Tang Dynasty, and there has been almost no change after a hundred years, and all the generals of the Tang Army have pursued the tactical thinking of the Weigong Art of War, of course, and now there is another Li Siye.

Li Siye pinched these two books in his hands and said with a smile: "Sun Tzu's Art of War is a theory, and Wei Gong's Art of War is a practical operation. ”

"That's right, if you can integrate and apply it, you will be able to calm down when you encounter enemies in the future."

The two led their horses to the vicinity of the post station under the west city wall, and suddenly heard a shout outside the door: "Urgent report ahead!" Open the gates! ”

The city wall hurriedly poked his head down and shouted to the soldiers at the city gate: "Open the city gate quickly!" ”

The city gate guard hurriedly let go of the spear in his hand, and three or four people hurriedly lifted the door stall down, and the city gate slowly opened. The man on the horse did not slow down, and the war horse pierced through the city gate like a shuttle of light and shadow. The messenger carried three banners on his back, and when he ran to the post station, he quickly stopped his horse, and the horse's hooves made a mark on the ground, and in an instant the dust flew up.

"Change horses!"

The messenger roared, and this was his moment of power.

Yi Cheng did not dare to slack off, and quickly ordered one of the green horses to be pulled out of the stable, while the other two installed saddle stirrups, and the other led the messenger's horse back to the stable. With the skillful and tacit understanding, Li Siye reminded him of the mechanics on the formula racing track.

He shouted to the messenger, "What's going on?" ”

The messenger turned his head and saw that it was an officer in a shirt with a missing robe who asked him, and replied with excitement on his face: "The Turks are infighting, and the Sulu Khan has been killed!" ”

The messenger turned on his horse, struck his horse's hips with his whip, and galloped toward the east gate.

After Gao Xianzhi heard this, his face was also full of joy: "The situation is really changing rapidly, it is unimaginable, Sulu Khan used to dominate the two places of Tingzhou and Anxi, but he was killed by his subordinates in the blink of an eye?" ”

Li Siye also sighed: "It's going to be a war again." ”

Gao Xianzhi asked with a smile: "Why does Heiye say this, Sulu is the root of the war disaster in the Western Regions, and once Sulu dies, isn't the war about to subside?" ”

"General Gao didn't know that Tuqi Shi privately had two branches, the black surname Fengchebi Shi Sulu was authentic, and the Huang surname was Fengsao Ge Khan as authentic. The assassination of Sulu was the struggle for the power of the Yellow surname against the Great Khan of the Turgish, and now the two surnames of Black and Yellow have officially broken up and attacked each other, and they will inevitably ask for help from outside. How could Gai Zhongcheng give up the once-in-a-lifetime merit at his fingertips, and he would inevitably send troops to support one and kill another. ”

Gao Xianzhi listened with relish, clasped his hands together and praised: "Good, I didn't expect you to know so much about the situation of Tuqishi, it seems that you usually work hard, Si Yelang, you always impress me." ”

Li Siye smiled modestly: "Where, I just have a good memory." ”

Gao Xianzhi only thought that he could keep the news he heard firmly in mind, so he didn't ask any more questions.

The two threw their horses under the city wall, walked up the staircase to the top of the city, and looked at the blue sky in the northwest, and the snow-capped mountains were endless, and there seemed to be green or black smoke bands rising, perhaps cooking smoke, or soldiers marching dust.

Gao Xianzhi walked down the steps down the city wall, clasped his fists at Li Siye and said: "Today, I have benefited a lot from changing the city, I hope that you and I will meet again when we ride the clouds and cheer up." ”

Li Siye sent Gao Xianzhi all the way out of the city, standing on the air-dried rocks and raising his eyes to see him off, the other party hid himself in the hat, with only an old servant, a horse and a camel by his side

Thinking of the letter just now, I feel that time is really waiting for no one. He also planned to spend a few months slowly gathering the hearts of the Eighth Regiment, but now it seemed that Gai Jiayun would soon lead his troops to Broken Leaf to fight, and the transfer of a few regiments in the city would naturally bear the brunt.

With the current mood and state of the Eighth Regiment, let alone fighting with the Turgish people on the field, it is possible that the nest will copy Gai Jiayun's back, and then he will be the captain of the regiment to blame.

Gathering the hearts and minds of the Eighth Regiment has become a top priority, and Li Siye must find a way, perhaps using money to supplement the military salary, in exchange for the support of some people, although it cannot be exchanged for true loyalty.

This money has to be taken from the Green Ridge Guard, there are still a lot of gold cakes in the box of gold cakes given to him by the big cannibal Mansur, and there are more than two million cloth and copper coins in the treasury of the Green Ridge, and he is really reluctant to take it to this so-called Eighth Regiment.

He was about to return to the school grounds, and in the distance, at the gate of the East City, a large caravan dressed in white slowly entered, led by a white camel with a golden bell hanging from its neck, and the leader of the caravan rode on it, holding a white crescent moon flag symbolizing the Uyama Dynasty, and below it was a scepter made of wool.

Li Siye's eyes lit up, this is the official businessman raised by the Caliph family, which is equivalent to the so-called imperial merchant in later generations. They probably didn't know that the Turkish had already been in civil strife, and in that case, it was very common for them to lose some goods in an attack on the way.