On the ninth day of the first month of February, it is advisable to break ground, get married, and avoid traveling, today is not an auspicious day for sending troops, the 80,000 soldiers led by Li Xiuning disembarked at the wharf of Changle Town because of a holy decree of Yang Guang, and gathered in the racecourse in the southern suburbs of Changle. Luo Yu sent more than 20 special combat team members, every group of five, to investigate in all directions, but has not received any unfavorable news so far.

This kind of concentration of concentration camp, in the enemy is not clear on the battlefield is very undesirable, this place is less than 100 miles away from Yuncheng, has reached the forward position of Dou Jiande's rebels, if it is discovered by the enemy, there is a rocket rain, at this moment lack of clothes and horses and back to the Yellow River, the whole army is likely to be annihilated. But there is no other way now, in February in the north, the temperature is still very low, it is impossible not to camp and sleep in the wilderness, and it is not advisable to reduce the number of troops without war.

It turned out that it was good to receive grain and grass in Kaifeng, but now the situation has changed, and it is impossible to go east, according to what Zhang Gonggong said, the military department will arrange all the necessary materials to come to the army, but until the camp is completed, there is no waiting for the arrival,

The supervising army Sima and Wuli Sima and all kinds of military caoes sent by the court have returned to their own formations to supervise the battalions, and all the military caoes are waiting for the materials from the military department to be sent over, and Changle Town, which is not far ahead, has been affected by the war. Obviously, if the sprouts are not extinguished, they will become a prairie fire. Therefore, Yang Guangcai ignored everything that had been arranged, redeployed troops, and hurriedly pacified Wang Bo of the Eastern Expedition.

But this change was a bit unexpected, and it was originally planned for Li Xiuning to gather after the Youwu army arrived in Kaifeng, distributed a number of supplies, and then practiced on the march to Huaibei, so as to achieve a thunderous momentum to destroy Wang Bo in one fell swoop, and then go north to Goguryeo.

At present, it is impossible to transfer materials from Kaifeng, and Taiyuan City is beyond the reach of the whip, and the right military army has nearly 100,000 sets of armor alone, not to mention horses, grain and grass, medicine and various weapons, in this way, Shanxi's strategic materials are definitely not enough, don't forget that Li Yuan is still staying in Taiyuan to prevent the Turks and Mongolia from going south.

After studying the map, Luo Yu found that such a large number of military quarters were not so fast to the right army by land, no matter where they went, unless they took the waterway, and the waterway could only go down the river from the direction of Tongguan, and it was too difficult for the ships at this time to go upstream.

Li Xiuning saw Luo Yu frowning and looking at the map, so he said, "Are you worried about when the supplies will arrive?" Luo Yu nodded and said: "Yuncheng is only a hundred miles away from our army, although Dou Jiande does not know that our army has camped here at this time, but in order to avoid long nights and dreams, our army still gets all the military supplies as soon as possible and then moves north, otherwise it is not a way to always be afraid to guard against the sneak attack of the Dou army." ”

Li Xiuning said: "There are arsenals in Weinan and Huayin, if they can only be transferred from the direction of Chang'an, these two places will be the best choice, I believe that the Holy Lord will give us an explanation for the right army, and there is no way to do it in a hurry." ”

Luo Yu nodded, the clothes on his body were very thick, but they were still very cold, at this time the cotton had not been made into clothes, and he couldn't help sighing in his heart: "Why is life so bad?" Do you have to catch up with this big war? There's still a lot to do! ”

Luo Yu thought for a while, and then said: "My subordinates asked Liu Xin and Zhang Yang to take five special combat team members to Yuncheng each, there should be news back soon, you better wait for them to have news before deciding how to act!" ”

Li Xiuning nodded, her military uniform was worn on her body a long time ago, a white light armor, a red tasseled general hat, a crimson cloak, a long sword hanging from her waist, plus her tall figure, she looked heroic and sassy, which made people happy, Luo Yu was embarrassed to look at her again, so he thought about how to march and fight after the military quartermaster arrived.

Li Xiuning smiled, proud in his heart: "I'm afraid that your kid won't be moved!" "But it seems a bit inappropriate to say this now, I don't know how long this battle will last, human life is the least valuable on the battlefield, and sometimes it is possible to sacrifice anyone in order to complete the task.

She is the center of this army, but in the military department and Yang Guang, it is not so important, everything will wait until the end of the war, otherwise, it will only increase the troubles.

Luo Yu guessed her thoughts, and said lightly: "Drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't smile, a few people have fought in ancient times, and the bones of the loyal are buried everywhere in Qingshan, why do you need to return the horse leather shroud to the ......" inadvertently plagiarized a famous poem by Wang Da Poet through the ages, his face was a little red, when can he read his masterpiece.

Li Xiuning's eyes flashed with tears, her eldest brother Li Yuanji was shot into a sieve on the battlefield, Yang Lin didn't save him when he saw death, but he couldn't say anything, he thought it was carefully planned.

As soon as Luo Yu wanted to say something, a special combat member outside the tent shouted a report, which was a little bad taste of Luo Yu, and he failed to be a soldier in later generations, so he added the "report" to it when training this group of special combat personnel. The man waited for Li Xiuning's permission before lifting the curtain and walking in, holding a light yellow bamboo tube the size of a thumb and about three inches long, and retreated after handing it to Luo Yu.

Luo Yu checked the secret mark on the bamboo tube, and after confirming it, he unscrewed the lid with glue and poured out a roll of white silk from it, and after opening it, he found that the white silk was the size of a palm, and dozens of numbers were densely written on it in small letters, I don't know what kind of mother book this batch of bastards uses, Luo Yu can't understand it now, this is a typical church apprentice, starving to death master.

After handing over the white silk to Li Xiuning, he lifted the curtain and walked to the special combat member who had just delivered the information, and saw that he was looking up and looking like a soldier, and said with a smile: "Xue Li, are you very proud?" ”

Xue Li hurriedly said: "Don't dare!" After speaking, he immediately took out a thin book from his arms and handed it to Luo Yu, and then said: "This is the mother book, instructor, please put it away!" ”

Luo Yu said solemnly: "Military affairs, no jokes, before the mission in the future, ask your captain to inform me and the general, on the battlefield, it is changing rapidly, you are the clairvoyant and ear of our army, your intelligence is very important to our decision-making, remember!" ”

Xue Li was in a cold sweat, he originally wanted to make a joke with the instructor and the general, but he didn't think about it so far-reaching, and he almost missed the big thing! Luo Yu saw that he was miserable, and the lesson was enough, so he said: "You are two years older than me, if you don't have this military relationship, it's understandable for me to call you Brother Xue, heroes don't ask where they come from, and they don't ask about age here, think about it!" ”

After speaking, he will not care about him, the famous word side by side king in history, the right-hand man of Tang Taizong's Eastern Expedition, I believe that he is not a person who does nothing, he is only eighteen years old now, young and frivolous, a little juvenile, now he is the only one in the military camp who is closest to the general, knows the mother's book, originally wanted to see how the instructor cracked the secret letter, but did not expect to provoke such a comment that does not know the seriousness, I was very annoyed and regretted at the time, but what the instructor said later made his heart warm, yes, although I Xue Li is not as sick as the champion Hou Huo, but I am also a hero, Compared with so many people, the ability to hammer out from practicing Sanfu in summer and Sanjiu in winter is not just to join the army to kill the enemy, fight for fame, and seal his wife and son?

Looking at Luo Yu's back when he lifted the curtain, Xue Li secretly swore that she must be worthy of the general and instructor, she is still waiting for me to go back at home! Thinking of this, the hand holding the spear tightened again, and his eyes flashed with determination.

Li Xiuning took the mother book handed over by Luo Yu, and said with a smile: "Instructor Luo, when will you be able to change your problem as a good teacher?" ”

Luo Yu said embarrassedly: "This kid is a talent, but he is still young, naïve, believe it or not, in time, he will definitely become a feudal official who is in charge of himself." ”

Li Xiuning smiled, raised the thread-bound book in his hand and the letter full of numbers, and said softly: "I don't guess him in the future, leave it to time, now, how to translate this?" ”

Luo Yu didn't say anything anymore, took the book, and after looking at it, he felt helpless: "These bastards, in order to facilitate their coding and writing letters, compiled the commonly used words into a book, and the content of the book is not incomprehensible at all, but compared to the coding, it is very convenient to decode, it seems that the wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated." Thinking of this, I took the letter, looked at the book one by one, and wrote it on the paper, a total of seventeen words: "Yuncheng is worry-free, Dou Jun is for the people, and then, one-third of the power can be taken down in one drum." ”

Is this too high a view of oneself or underestimating tens of thousands of Dou troops? Although I don't know what the so-called three-thirds of the power means, it is by no means a rotten persimmon that falls in one go, and I don't know how they are judged.

After reading the letter, Li Xiuning straightened the short hair in his ear: "The military newspaper said that Dou Jiande captured the three counties of Yuncheng, Jincheng and Linfen, and the finished glyphs were dragged by each other, coercing more than 100,000 rebels, wrapping more than 400,000 people, fighting against the Celestial Empire, and I don't know what happened to my father's side, he resisted Tumeng in the north, and Dou Jiande in the south, and the enemy was on his back......"

Luo Yu thought for a while: "If you want to solve the danger of Tang Gong, only our army will go north, attack Dou Jiande, and then join forces with Tang Gong to fight against the northern enemy, but the current situation does not allow our army to stay in Taiyuan, but to go east to Huaibei to help Shengshang to destroy Wang Bo's rebels." I have a less mature idea at the job......"

Li Xiuning's eyes flashed: "Please say that if you can solve the dilemma in front of you, you have to try any way......

Luo Yu said: "It's actually very simple to go to the army to fight, but the strategy of attacking the east and the west is only used two or three times, if the first time it works, the second or third time can be used." After Luo Yu finished speaking, he took out a thin volume from his arms and handed it to Li Xiuning.

The military supplies finally came, and the Changle wharf became hot again, people shouted and neighed, not afraid of alarming the scouts of the Dou army, and the troop transport ship became a material flow point, loading supplies upstream, and unloading ships at the nearby wharf where there was a need downstream. There is no way, in the territory of the Great Sui, there is already gunsmoke everywhere, and there are rebels in the north, south, east and west.

The light of the torches illuminated the wharf, in order to speed up the flow of materials, Luo Yu ordered someone to build an additional wharf, and the long knives, horse lances, Mo knives and other weapons were carried to the temporary weapons depot by the sergeants one by one, that is, a large and flat lawn.

The supervising army Sima is counting the materials, and it is not an easy task to distribute so many things to the battalions, the horseshoe has not yet become popular, and now only Li Xiuning and a few army leaders have it, otherwise, twenty or thirty thousand military horses with shoes will step on the ground together, and there is no need to think about that battle.

With 30,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and 20,000 small arms of various functions, Luo Yu asked all the people of the special combat team to be scattered around the big tent of the Chinese army, just in case.

Xue Li came in with another bamboo tube, Luo Yu translated it and handed it to Li Xiuning, after she saw it, the two exchanged a look, Li Xiuning nodded, Luo Yu pulled Xue Li out, and said to Xue Li who was confused: "I'll give you a task, remember, you must complete it!" ”

Xue Li hurriedly raised his head and straightened his chest, and the left hand that grabbed the weapon burst out of green tendons, Luo Yu saw that he was so nervous, and said with relief: "Relax, I have discussed with the general, no one is more suitable for this task than you." After speaking, he handed Xue Li a small cloth bag the size of a palm,

And said: "You and Xu Mao led five thousand cavalry to the east in the starry night, to the flat land and then to the north, after dawn along the official road to march quickly, can create a big momentum, at the tail of the horse tied to the branches, etc., along the way may encounter the Dou army, do not love the battle, on the battlefield, adapt, by your full command, take the army to Dongguo, and then hide on the spot, after seeing the fireworks in the direction of Yuncheng, the two of you will lead the troops to Xia County, the granary of the Dou army to the end, in order to prevent the Dou army from being prepared, you will open this cloth bag when you arrive in Xia County, and it will tell you how to do it. Remember? ”

Xue Li nodded and said, "Remember!" But ......"

Luo Yu said: "Don't worry, Li Juntou has his task, and the general will explain to him, now, you call Liu Wen to come over, stand guard for you, and then go to Li Juntou." ”

Xue Li promised loudly, turned around and strode away, this was his first time leading the army, and because of Luo Yu's arrangement, this historical general appeared in the history books earlier.

Xu Shiji said to the thirty sergeants in front of him: "Put down the spear in your hand, pick up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone under your feet, every group of five, led by two special combat members, set off first, your task is to draw all the mountains, rivers, lakes and various landforms you see along the way, and then hand it over to the team leader until the order is lifted, remember?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, reluctant to put down the spear in their hands, and had to obey the order, after everyone was ready, twelve special combat team members in black armor rushed out from behind Xu Shiji, in groups of two, each led five people, rode on war horses, and disappeared into the boundless night with torches.

Xue Li led the war horse to Xu Shiji, and saluted: "My subordinates have seen the military leader!" Xu Shiji looked at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old tall boy in front of him, and he didn't know what the general thought, so he handed over the five thousand elite cavalry to him for command, but he also knew that the military orders given by the two were different, and there was no interference except for their peers.

Xu Shiji turned his head to look at the five thousand elites who were gathering behind him, and said to Xue Li: "Military order!" Xue Li hurriedly handed Xu Shiji a palm-sized bronze medal in his hand, which was a token given to him by the general, with a descending tiger engraved on it.

Li Xiuning and Luo Yu no longer looked at the five thousand cavalry horses, accompanied by Xu Shiji, Xue Li would complete the task, the two returned to the Chinese army's big account, the ugly drum had been beaten, the materials had been sorted out, and the Sima of each battalion was counting the materials, distributing and equipping.

Luo Yu took a bite of the pot helmet and drank mutton soup, it is only February now, and if you want to eat green leafy vegetables, it is simply delusional in this era, and when you come back from the expedition, find a place to build a greenhouse to try, there should be a hot spring in Chang'an.

The cavalry's movements were always so swift and violent, facing the rising sun, Changle went to the official road to Yuncheng, the dust was flying, and the hooves of more than 20,000 war horses and the neighing sound of different sounds frightened the birds and beasts to flee in all directions. The trap camp has already built the road very smoothly, the infantry followed behind the cavalry, and then behind Li Xiuning's Chinese army, followed by various small arms, this time it was a bit special, there was no use of people to transport supplies, one was too late, and the other was that there were not so many people available, the whole territory was fighting, and Yang Guang alone took away more than one million people to transport military supplies.

Therefore, everything can only be solved by himself, Luo Yu only scored 10,000 sergeants of all kinds to the logistics operation of grain and grass and various military supplies, with the change of time, the army will consume more and more things, and there will be no need for so many people at that time.

Jiezhou town has long been occupied by the Dou army, this is the south gate of Yuncheng, because of the perennial war in Shanxi, the city wall of this town is built very high, the iron gate is about one zhang high, there are two inches long nails on it, densely inlaid with iron gates, there is a moat with a width of two zhang, only two fingers wide protrusion against the city wall, if you want to attack the city, you can only fill the moat or put down the drawbridge, and then open the city gate. It's still the dry season, and there is no rolling waves, but it is still a little difficult to cross the river and break the door.

The city wall is full of archers, more than a dozen arched cabins should be placed with powerful eight-bull crossbows, long arrows with thick arms can shoot three hundred steps or even more with the blessing of the mechanism, the human body is in front of it, just like tofu, this thing has a more terrible place, if you replace it with a small siege crossbow, it will cause greater damage, fortunately, after changing the siege crossbow, there is no accuracy, it is generally directly nailed to the city wall, so that the soldiers can climb the city wall along the siege crossbow nailed to the wall, and seize control of the city gate.

This thing is relatively bulky, there are more parts to assemble, and it is very complicated, the current smelting technique is far from reaching the level of 100 steel, and the most important steel bracket mechanism will break after a long time, which may also be the reason why the Eight Bull Crossbow is not used all over the sky, otherwise, all the equipment, what kind of war?

Luo Yu kept translating the information sent by the special combat team, and gave the useful ones to Li Xiuning for her decision-making. There was such a big movement along the way, the Dou army did not send troops out to intercept and harass, it turned out that the direction of Jincheng had been surrounded by Zhao Kuangyin's army, and it was attacking day and night, and Li Yuan also sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to Li Yuan in the direction of Linfen to be stationed outside the city, ready to attack the city at any time.

These circumstances made Dou Jiande dare not divide the troops to go out, and now he finally knows the so-called three-point power, when Dou Jiande raised the army, he had the help of the gentry of Linfen and Jincheng towns, in order to win the hearts of the people, he had to divide part of the power with them, of course, there are also threats and compromises in it, politics is a thing, if you don't play well, you will die without a place to bury.

There is also good news, the guard general of Xie Zhou is surnamed Wei Chi, the single name is Gong, the word Jingde, the famous general of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and has made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. This time in Luo Yu's hands, I don't know if I can subdue him.

The main commanders of the cavalry were Li Xiaogong and Yue Yun, with ten partial generals, thirty squads, and one thousand cavalry each, because they were taken away by Xue Li with five thousand cavalry, and now there are only twenty-five squads.

When Li Xiuning and Luo Yu came to the front of the army, hundreds of sergeants in the trap camp were facing the rain of arrows of the Dou army with iron shields and dumping earthworks into the moat.

Four hundred steps is theoretically safe in this era, but it is not absolute, a feather crossbow with a sound of breaking the air towards Li Xiuning, this is an elongated thumb-thick feather arrow, with the blessing of the eight bull crossbow, it came to Li Xiuning.

A cry of pain resounded across the battlefield, Luo Yu turned around, and saw that Li Xiuning had fallen off the horse, and there was no blood on his body, and there was a guard with a shield lying next to her, the feather arrow had not entered half of the iron shield, and the tail of the arrow was still vibrating, and the sergeant was twitching, spitting blood in his mouth, and he was not alive when he saw it.

Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly hugged Li Xiuning and retreated, and the sergeant who blocked the arrow was also taken away, and Li Xiaogong hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Captain Chi Gong on the city wall of the Dou army wondered in his heart, so he killed the other party's main general? Looking at the sergeants who raised their arms and cheered at the city wall, he couldn't believe it was true.