Chapter 416: The Shule Army Returns
Gao Xianzhi often discussed with Li Siye on the way to move the division about the logistics supply of light armor and heavy armor expeditions, and the matching of jumping and fighting in the front team during mountain battles, especially in complex terrain, the Six Flower Array could not work, so two or three types of troops were needed to fight together without formation. A more serious problem is that many officers of the Don Army will not fight once they are out of formation.
Li Siye also put forward many constructive suggestions, such as a more flexible method of separating from the phalanx, and using a team of 50 people to disperse and command the battle alone, but those who can be trained to this extent are all elites in the army.
Li Siye knew that Gao Xianzhi had already begun to make long-term plans for Xiao Bolu, the pinnacle battle of his life, which made Li Siye fascinated and entangled. It is expected that there will be no way to overtake in corners in the next few years. He knew in his heart that as long as Gao Xianzhi didn't make any obvious mistakes, it would be impossible for him to bypass him. If you find a private route and plan to bribe Yang Guifei, the result may be to be transferred to Hexi or Beiting. How can this be! He has been coming to the west since the twelfth and fifth years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, and he has been working hard since the capture of the envoys, and his network resources and career plans are here, if he is transferred to another feudal town, it will mean that he is not familiar with the place, and he has to develop from scratch, so he can't go anyway - unless he is asked to be a first-hand festival envoy.
So at present, it is the best way to take the top position with Gao Xianzhi. As people often say in government agencies, if you want to sit in the position of leader, you can only let the leader be promoted, and he can vacate the position for you.
The expedition to Xiao Bolu is a battle in which Gao Xianzhi is about to reach the peak of his life, and Li Siye certainly hopes that he will quickly reach the peak and then end quickly. It's still a good saying, this era doesn't stop you from shining, but you don't want to cover up the brilliance of others.
Since the packing of the Turks can be advanced, then the expedition to Xiao Bolu can also be advanced, as long as the conditions are ripe, this matter will definitely be on the agenda.
On the way back, the military rations were captured sheep, and dozens or hundreds of them had to be slaughtered every day, with some compressed biscuits that had not yet deteriorated, so there was no need to worry about food shortages. In addition, on the way, there were constantly messengers sent from various post stations to deliver news, and once there was a shortage of food, they could send a message to Qiuzi as quickly as possible, so that they could quickly deliver food.
Six days later, when the army returned to the camp in the city of Change, Fmonelchencha held a small meeting and ordered the armies to go their separate ways and return to their respective stations. The seized property is also subject to a one-time distribution. The distribution of the Shule army was 1,200 horses, 4,000 yaks, 6,000 sheep, and all kinds of looted gold, spices, and money. This is indeed an excellent opportunity to replenish the Shule army, which is not very rich in war horse resources.
These are nothing, the key is that Li Siye himself also got an excellent horse. This horse was the mount of the dead Khan Hemo surnamed Huang, named the Jade Lion of the Night. Originally, it was a BMW given to Sulu by the king of Shiguo, but after Mohe attacked and killed Sulu, he also took the horse as ordered, and now it has become a capture by the Tang army.
Originally, it was owned by Fu Mengling, but Li Siye's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the snow-white hair, and he couldn't move it anymore. It is said that this jade lion does not have a trace of variegation, can travel thousands of miles in a day, and even more importantly, it can emit silver-white light at night, just like the reflective strip on the protective clothing.
He could imagine what it was like to ride on this horse, better than the prince, overshadowing Tang Seng, and chasing Liu Bei, comparable to Zhao Yun. It's just that I'm too embarrassed to open my mouth to ask my husband for Lingcha, so I have to take a look the next day, comb the snow-white horse's mane with my hands, and sigh that this horse is really good.
"Don't touch it, you can take it back."
Fermon Lingcha stood behind him and suddenly spoke up.
Li Siye hurriedly turned around and crossed his hands, shook his head and said: "This is Zhongcheng's mount, how can Siye win Zhongcheng's favor." Besides, this horse is just pretty, and it may not be able to run, and besides, the last general just stopped by to take a look, and he didn't want it. ”
"Nonsense! You don't want to come and run six or seven times a day, I will reward you with this horse, if you don't want it, then I will give Wang Zhengjian and Ma phosphorus. ”
Li Siye didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly led the horse and ran back, so that his mount formation had three good horses, the black fat with a black body, the green horse, and the jade lion of the night, which could be regarded as satisfying the wish of this collector.
At the end of July, the Anxi army began to march from the city, and Li Siye's Shule army stayed at the end before leaving, and they led their horses in front of the city gate to send off Fu Meng Lingcha, Gao Xianzhi, Wang Zhengjian, Ma Phosphorus and other generals.
Fu Meng Zhongcheng stared down at him on the horse and said: "Li Siye, this year, I will go back to Chang'an with me to Xugong, and I will not inform you in a public document at that time, and come to Qiuci as soon as possible before the end of November." ”
"Whoa."
I want to go back to Chang'an, if it's really like a shuttle, I remember that the last time I went back to Chang'an was just changed to Yuan Tianbao, and so on this time I went back, once the first month passed, it was Tianbao for three years.
Zhongcheng turned around, Gao Xianzhi and the others followed behind him, and six horizontal banners blocked their figures, followed by the four-way flag of the order, the five-element flag, and the group of war horses lined up along the desolate Gobi Ancient Road to the direction of Qiuzi.
In the afternoon, Li Siye also began to move back to Shule, and the person who sent him off was naturally Jia Chonghuan, the host. In this attack on the Tucai surnamed Shi Huang, Jia Chonghuan's replacement battalion was incorporated into the front army of the left wing, and his performance in the battle of Kadan Mountain was remarkable, so the mistakes he made before the grain and grass were burned should be forgiven.
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On the second day of the eighth month, the gate of Shule City was padded with new soil, and the city guards intercepted the passing merchants boringly, checking whether they had the commercial tax vouchers issued by the Governor's Office, and the soldiers at the head of the city stared at the scorching sun and stood guard, and sometimes sneaked to the gap between the female wall and the beacon tower to squat down to avoid the sun, and then looked up to see the end of the brown poplar forest in the oasis, with a crimson flag fluttering.
He looked at the old man for a long time, waiting for more and more flags to appear in the poplar forest. The marching peaked helmets reflected the sun's glow, and the shawls under the helmets were like dense reflectors, and the horses they led were embedded in the center of this reflector, and the dust kicked by the horses' hooves drifted in the air, and even the tapping sound of thousands of men and horses was enough to match the rushing river.
The soldier came out of the shadows, ran to the other end of the wall, leaned on the battlements, and shouted with his hands as trumpets: "Ladies, your Aaron has returned victoriously!" ”
His voice was high-pitched and long, more flavorful than the oil buyer who walked the streets, and he could also reach the opposite side of the city wall, and he could bounce back: "Ladies, Ah Lang is back!" ”
The lady who was wrapped in a thick robe and dragged by the horns in the sheepfold let go of her hand, wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead, and looked up at the city wall. The lady standing in front of the cake stall stretched out her hand to take the money and hung in the air, looking up into the distance. The high-haired lady wearing a hairpin in the town envoy's mansion sat quietly in front of the makeup dowry, and also looked up at the window.
The lady quickly closed the door of the sheepfold, ran back to her own earthen house, lifted the straw mat on the thick couch, took out a ball of packages from it, opened it layer by layer, took out the Huadian and copper hairpins inside, ran to the water tank, lowered her head and tied the copper hairpin in a bun, and Huadian pasted it on her forehead.
The lady who sold the hu cakes was about to close the window sash and block the last two guests who came over: "I'm sorry, the stall is closed today."
"Little lady, did your family return from the expedition?"
The lady glanced at the corner of her eye, pursed her lips and continued to close the stall: "Who did you listen to?"
"I heard the shouts of the soldiers at the head of the city, and the Shule army has returned from another victory."
"That's right." She couldn't hide the smile lines at the corners of her mouth, and reached out to hand out two Hu Biscuits: "Oh, here you go, I don't want your money."
The guest took the Hu Cake: "Someone has a hot quilt tonight."
"Death," the lady slammed the window sash shut, and didn't bother to clean herself up, but bowed her head in the wooden basin on the ground and washed her face with both hands in the water, and then stroked the bun on the top of her head with her wet palms, and then turned around and closed the door and went out of the yard.
Li Niangzi inserted all six pairs of hairpins on the cloud bun, only pasted Huadian on her forehead, and tapped her fingers in the lip fat box, evenly applying them to the center of the upper and lower lips. Li Mei'er had already pushed open the door with a bang and broke in, walked up to her and dragged her arm: "Sister-in-law, let's go, my brother is back."
"Really?" The lady continued to apply lip grease.
"Didn't you hear anyone shout?"
"I didn't hear that."
"Let's go, hee-hee."
Accompanied by Wu Niangzi and Chen Niangzi, they walked out of the gate of the town envoy's mansion, but stopped at the door to look at it.
"We'll just wait here."
"Why don't you meet you at the city gate, so that you can see Brother Sooner?"
Twelve Niang pursed her lips and nodded Li Mei'er's forehead, shook her head and said, "They went out to fight this time, and there are always some people who can't come back." Their lady was also waiting at the gate of the city, and if she got the bad news from Lang Jun, she would inevitably cry bitterly. Our family is happy to be reunited, let them see it, and it hurts their hearts even more, it is better to wait here, no one can see it, and it will not be dazzling. ”
Although she said this, she still walked a few dozen steps forward, and when she saw the city gate, she hurriedly retreated.
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