Li Er and others still decided to send troops to Songzhou, because the location of Songzhou is too important, and now the army of Tubo is attacking Tuyuhun, and Songzhou must not be heavily guarded, so Duan Zhixuan is the main general, and Niu Jinda is the deputy general to lead an army of 50,000 to the west of Shu to capture Songzhou, and what surprised Li Yong is that he also led his scum battalion to the expedition this time, but only in the rear army is responsible for transporting grain and grass, Li Er's purpose is to let his son-in-law go to mix up some credit. Li Yong also wanted to go on an expedition to make Li Lizhi almost find his father's theory, but was stopped by Li Yong.

"Don't worry, there is no danger in this expedition, in fact, I have already investigated the situation in Songzhou, there are only about 20,000 defenders in Tubo, Duan Zhixuan and Niu Jinda are both generals in the army, there will be no problem, I am also transporting grain and grass in the rear, to put it bluntly, your father asked me to get some light."

"But after all, it's a battlefield, and the last time you were in Turkic, you were injured."

"This time it's different, we just attack a Songzhou, and then hold it there, and also, I will also let the Xishan Army dispatch to cover me in the dark, now you can rest assured, right?"

Under Li Yong's persuasion, Li Lizhi was not so nervous, after all, no woman was willing to let her man go to the battlefield, not to mention that the two had just made a marriage, if Li Yong had an accident on this expedition, what should she do. After Li Yong appeased Li Lizhen, when he left the palace, it was already the curfew of Chang'an, and it was only for the common people, and it was like a fiction for them, nobles and officials, after returning to the courtyard, he took two hot baths comfortably, and then thought about this expedition to Songzhou in the study, Zheng Liwan took a bowl of hot tea and sent it into his study.

"Come back so late, is Her Royal Highness the princess reluctant to let you go?"

Li Yong took the hot tea in Zheng Liwan's hand, blew it and took a sip, and glanced at her from the corner of her eye, Zheng Liwan is already an eighteen-year-old girl, and now she is becoming more and more gorgeous, a proper royal sister type, and she is wearing a revealing big-sleeved shirt as always. This kind of leno is used as a material for women's clothing, especially if you don't wear underwear and only cover your body with light gauze. The long skirt of the gauze dress shows the graceful posture of the woman. Usually Li Yong didn't dare to look at her for a while when he saw Zheng Liwan, he couldn't stand it, the nosebleed was not enough, and then he was together for a long time, and he slowly got used to it, but he just didn't look like that for a while and couldn't stand it, this big night dressed like this, this is not Li Yong's old life, Li Yong once wanted to give Zheng Liwan many times not to dress like this, but he saw that in the Tang Dynasty, this kind of dress was all over the street, but Zheng Liwan was charming and charming, and it was more suitable for such clothes, so Li Yong shut up, after all, the times are different, Can you still control the climate that is changing the times?

"I'm going to Songzhou in a few days."

When Zheng Liwan heard this, her body couldn't help but tremble, but she didn't play a little like Li Lizhen, this is also the side of her mature personality, and Li Yong took a fancy to this, so he handed over everything at home to her, of course, a woman is unwilling to let her man go to war, Zheng Liwan also didn't react on the surface, but in her heart it was the same as Li Liqian, she sat opposite Li Yong quietly, and said calmly.

"Is there anything I need to do here?"

Li Yong took a sip of hot tea, and then looked at the beauty in front of him, and felt very guilty in his heart, Zheng Liwan was also a hard-working person, he was divorced by the emperor, and no one in the world dared to marry her, and finally followed him with a dead face, supported himself in Chang'an alone to lay an economic foundation for him, and then followed him to Suzhou without regrets, and finally returned to Xishan, and was busy with the things between him and Changle, just so that he could finally become a family with Changle and Changle, no matter what he did, Zheng Liwan silently supported him behind his back, which made Li Yongjue feel that behind every successful man there will always be a woman who silently pays for him.

"Come here, sit here."

After Zheng Liwan heard Li Yong's words, she covered her small mouth in disbelief, this was the first time she had followed Li Yong in two years, seeing that Zheng Liwan just covered her small mouth and did not take a step, Li Yong said with a smile.

"Don't want to?"

"I do."

Zheng Liwan threw herself into Li Yong's arms like a milk swallow returning to the nest, Li Yong sat with her in her arms, Zheng Liwan's soft and boneless body made Li Yong very comfortable to hold, and the faint fragrance on her body made Li Yong almost unable to hold it.

"I've worked hard for you all these years, and you also know that only you can sort out the affairs of the family, and the beautiful temperament is not suitable for doing this, Xue Yan's big personality makes it okay for her to go to the Xishan Army, so I can only wronged you to bear such a heavy burden alone."

"No, I actually like to do these things too, like you said, everyone has everyone's talent and character, like Sister Lizhi and Snow Goose, plus I'm willing to do all this for you."

"Okay, wait a minute, you can also find some trustworthy people to help you, this time I will go out with the army, although I am responsible for the grain and grass in the rear, but nothing can go wrong, if Songzhou can't take it and can't hold it, then in the near future, our Datang will be wiped out."

"Is it so serious?"

Zheng Liwan raised her head buried in Luoyang's arms, the distance between the two of them was almost close to each other, and the two of them were beating faster all of a sudden, and in the end they didn't know who kissed whom, anyway, after kissing, Li Yong almost forgot about it, thinking that it was really a knife on the head of the word color.

"Ahem~ You arrange for the Intelligence Bureau and Xue Rengui to come secretly tomorrow, it's getting late, so you can go and rest."

After speaking, Zheng Liwan, who was sitting on his lap, got up, and walked out of the study as if nothing happened, but as soon as he walked out of the study, he slipped away and disappeared, Zheng Liwan covered his mouth and snickered. The next day, the Xishan Intelligence Bureau and Xue Rengui, who received the message, secretly infiltrated Chang'an to meet Li Yong, Li Yong took the two of them to the study, and then opened the secret room.

"I called you here today, in fact, the sage has decided to take Songzhou today, in the previous intelligence of the Intelligence Bureau, there were only 20,000 defenders in Songzhou, I don't know if this information is accurate?"

Now the person in charge of the intelligence bureau is called Yang Liu, originally he was a ranger in the rivers and lakes, especially his makeup is even more superb, no one has seen his true face so far, he was chased and killed by the enemy once, he happened to be rescued by the black army that was encircling and suppressing bandits, and finally joined Li Yong's intelligence bureau, he got acquainted with a lot of ranger gangs on the rivers and lakes, which gave him an advantage in intelligence, plus he was perennial in the rivers and lakes, and he was cautious, so the position of the person in charge of this intelligence bureau fell on his head, the intelligence bureau led by him, It also made Li Yong's intelligence network huge, and many things that could not be done before were expanded, Li Yong also sighed. "It's still a professional person doing professional things!"

"Childe, according to the intelligence of his subordinates, the situation in Songzhou may have changed somewhat, and recently the Tubo army has not only continued to attack Tuyuhun, but also faintly sent an army of 30,000 to Songzhou, and it seems that they are also aware of the importance of Songzhou."

"Lu Dongzan is really difficult, this time you went out with the army with me as a personal soldier, you pay close attention to the situation in Songzhou, and you must report every day."

"Yes!"

"Rengui, how is the reorganization and training of the Xishan Army?"

"Commander, Xishan Army, no, it should be said that the new black army has been trained, and it is all trained according to the tactics of firearms, and it can go out to fight at any time."

"This time, you led the black army Qiao to pretend to be a civilian man transporting grain and grass materials, and the weapons, equipment and materials can be mixed in it to get out of the customs together, and after you leave the customs, you will break away from the army, and I will maintain a bright and dark battle, and cooperate with the army."

"Yes! I will go back today to let the troops enter the preparation for battle, and when I receive your order, I will follow the commander at any time. ”

"Okay, this time it's still the old rule, leave a company guard and some logistics support personnel, go and prepare."

"Yes~"

Yang Liu and Xue Rengui got up and walked out of the secret room with Li Yong, and then secretly left Chang'an one after the other, after Xue Rengui returned to the Xishan camp, he held an officer mobilization meeting, and when he heard that the war was finally fought, those officers who had been holding back for a long time were like stimulants.

"The battle order has been issued, after you go back, cancel all personnel vacations, and those on leave must return to the team within three days, so that your company immediately enters a state of readiness for battle, ready to go out at any time, and the soldiers' minds must also be ready. Then the logistics support must be done well, especially in terms of ammunition, it must be equipped with sufficient, and if it is not enough, place an order with the military workshop, whether the use of guns and artillery is safe, don't go over there, the fight starts, there is a problem with the guns and artillery used by our soldiers, and the ones that should be replaced must be changed according to the actual situation, and orders cannot be placed randomly from them, understand? ”

"Understood!"

All the people stood up straight at the same time, and the Xishan Army, which had received the order, began to enter a state of readiness, and the officers and logistics support counted the materials, registered some of the guns and artillery that had been overused, and then replaced, and sent all the replaced ones to the military workshop for recuperation, and the military workshop made them overnight according to the new order, and the two musket and artillery workshops were producing at full capacity, and the gunpowder workshop also took out the inventory in the warehouse to produce ammunition. On the playground, the Xishan Army was completely new, walking neatly to the beat of the drums beating on the side, and then shouting from the commander.

"Array~"

There was a rush of drums, and the soldiers who were still advancing all stood still, and finally the drums stopped, and they also stopped neatly and stood upright, and then began to list three rows of formations as they usually trained, they don't know how many times they have practiced this kind of training, this is Li Yong's kind of platoon gun shooting style according to the European style, the military discipline of the Xishan Army is originally strict, it is not very difficult to practice, it is difficult to be difficult, and many recruits have been added to it, these recruits have never seen blood, have not been on the battlefield, unlike those veterans who have battlefield experience, So Xue Rengui according to Li Yong's meaning, is to practice their courage, the old-style black army is to fight in the way of light cavalry and heavy cavalry impact, but the new black army is to fight by firearms in situ attack, that is to say, in the past, they can chase others to fight, but they also have to risk serious casualties, after all, how can there be no casualties in a short meeting, even if the Xishan armor is invulnerable, but if it touches a blunt weapon, it will also die, and the new black army has lost its high mobility, but the power of firearms allows them to destroy the enemy at a long distance, The chance of a short-term encounter is greatly reduced, and in order to make up for the mobility of the new black army, Li Yong is equipped with special troops such as dragoons to protect the perimeter of the musket phalanx in battle, and after defeating the opponent, he can also pursue the enemy at high speed. In order to train the courage of the new black army, Xue Renguirong dragoons attacked the musket phalanx, and the oppression of the cavalry impact made many recruits scared on the spot, but with the help of comrades and instructors, these recruits slowly overcame the fear in their hearts, because those instructors and officers continued to brainwash them, you are the brave and invincible Xishan Army, you must believe in your comrades-in-arms, believe in the muskets in your hands. The new black army has only been trained, and now it is necessary to accept the baptism of war and use the fire of war to test this firearms unit with the most advanced weapons in the world.

"Raise the gun~"

All the musketeers in the first row neatly removed their muskets from their shoulders, raised their spears and aimed ahead, waiting for the order to shoot.

"Shooting~"

"Bang ~ Bang · ~" flint musket shot made a sound like fried beans resounded throughout the shooting training ground, the wooden target in front was beaten to sawdust, after the shooting was completed, the first row of soldiers heard the order of "change ~", quickly detoured from both sides to the back of the line, the soldiers of the second row skillfully raised the musket in their hands to aim ahead, after the shooting order was issued, and the original first row of soldiers the same, shooting, turned to the back. This kind of training can be seen everywhere on the huge training ground, Xue Rengui takes the company as a unit, a company is a small phalanx, and the direct distance between the company and the company will not be very far, so that the speed will be faster when it is convenient to rotate, and the entire large phalanx is composed of these small phalanxes, and the firepower will form a cross fire, so the firepower is more intensive, Li Yong has to say that Xue Rengui is a military genius, no wonder he is a famous general in history. The Xishan Army has changed, of course the ghost special forces have also changed, the military workshop and Li Yong have studied for a long time, and carved rifling on the barrel, but the equipment and technical problems can only be reluctantly carved, but the efficiency is particularly low, only ten rifled barrels can be carved out in a month, these rifled muskets are all equipped with ghosts, because these muskets not only shoot far, but also have a particularly high accuracy, the muskets of the Xishan Army are rifled with lead bullets, and the ghosts are rifled with mini bullets, although there are not many guns, However, it is possible to snipe enemy generals and important people in PvP.