Skirmishes erupt every day.

The army of the Tuyuhun Khanate was slowly advancing towards Lukou Mountain.

The delaying tactics advocated by Bai Song had some effect.

But the skirmishes were temporary, and when the enemy overwhelmed the foot of Lukou Mountain, a major battle would inevitably break out.

Lukou Mountain is the only highland within a radius of 100 miles, easy to defend and difficult to attack, occupying Lukou Mountain, and the situation on all sides is unobstructed.

Therefore, the location of Lukou Mountain is very important, no matter how you want to retreat, you can't let the army withdraw from Lukou Mountain.

By the time the enemy reached the foot of the mountain, a real battle was about to begin.

The Shenwu artillery has not yet reached the front line, and it is initially estimated that it will take a month at the earliest.

Because Bai Song delivered the parts of the cannon to the blacksmiths in three places for the sake of the confidentiality of the drawings, it was inevitable that time would be delayed.

When it will be delivered, Bai Song doesn't know.

It is possible that the Shenwu cannon has not yet arrived, and the war has already broken out.

This is one thing that Bai Song is more worried about, but fortunately, the Tang army is now also equipped with crossbows.

It is believed that it will not be difficult to garrison the high ground and fight the enemy with a crossbow.

Bai Song was an outsider, did not participate in the war, did not enter the front line to fight, and retreated to the rear.

He really looked like an official who came to the barracks to gild, and although he invented the sand table and the horseshoe, it was impossible to convince the public.

One day, Li Jing summoned Bai Song.

"How long have you been in the barracks?" Li Jing asked.

"Eight days? Nine days? It's almost ......."

"You've been in the barracks for 11 days."

"Is there one?"

"You've brought a lot of people with you, but have you done anything practical lately?"

Bai Song shook his head, he really hadn't done anything practical.

Li Jing gradually became serious: "You can't do this, don't forget the task given to you by the old man." ”

"I remember it all."

"It's not enough to just remember, but to act. The old man has a mission here, ready for you to participate in the containment mission with General Li Daoran tomorrow. The task is simple, pin down the opposing rangers and eliminate the small forces of the enemy in the ambush of our army. There won't be much danger, as long as you are careful, it will be a small credit. You need to make meritorious contributions now and create an image for everyone. ”

"I'm not going!" Bai Song replied very decisively, he didn't want to go to the battle, and every day when he heard the number of deaths in the battle, Bai Song's heart was furious.

Because of one of his plans, hundreds of people were killed the next day, which made Bai Song a little resistant, he was very satisfied with the current situation, if he had to stay in the army, it would be best to hide in the rear and wait for the outcome of the war.

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Bai Song to behave like this, a manly man, he didn't have a bloody body in the barracks, but was so cowardly!

If he was his own son, he would definitely have slapped him in the face.

However, this person has a special identity, so he can only say patiently: "You were able to rush to the front line in Chengdu before, why is it different when you get here?" ”

"Once in Chengdu, I was carried away, and now I want to regret it."

"You...... How can you convince people like this? ”

"What the general wants is nothing more than to serve the people, and the only way to serve the people is to go into battle and kill the enemy. It is also important to stabilize the rear. ”

"Steady rear? What do you take to be secure? ”

"I don't have anything else, but I have a lot of money. Calculating the time, the materials I donated to the army should be almost there, and I don't believe that I spent 100,000 taels of military expenses, which is not as good as killing a few enemies in battle! ”

"100,000 military spending?" Li Jing was a little confused, 100,000 military expenses is not a small amount, if there were really 100,000 military expenses and materials, he should have received the news a long time ago.

But he didn't hear any wind.

Bai Song nodded calmly: "General, I think you understand one thing, I can give advice, but I am really not suitable for going into battle to kill the enemy." To be honest, the last incident in Chengdu has caused me a lot of psychological shadows. If you want me to go to war, I'll probably faint in fright. I can only do what I am good at, and I can guarantee the logistical supply of an army of 100,000. The 100,000 military expenses are all my personal contributions, including equipment and food. My idea is simple, even if we keep cowering here, we can wear the enemy to death. ”

Li Jing can see that Bai Song is a conservative, and he is even more conservative than him.

Li Jing's use of troops is very stable, this is a well-known thing in the world, and in Li Jing's opinion, Bai Song is more stable than him in using troops, this kid can shrink and never attack, all the previous suggestions are carried out around safety.

In fact, this kind of road is more in line with Li Jing's preferences.

Besides, people privately funded 100,000 military spending, with this sincerity, who in the whole army can say that there is anything wrong with it?

If 100,000 supplies really arrived at the front line, it must be very vigorous, right?

Hearing Bai Song say this, Li Jing was a little relieved, and now he just needs to wait for all the supplies to be in place.

……

Two days later, the first batch of supplies from Youzhou arrived in Lukoushan, with a total of one million catties of grain, including rice, soybeans, flour, potatoes, and sweet potatoes......

Among them, potatoes are the most, full 500,000 catties.

After six years of development, today's Youzhou has the prototype of the world's granary.

Because six years ago, Bai Song Dynasty hoarded land, and a batch of genetically excellent seeds were sown, and after six years of brewing, the scale of Youzhou's field production has exceeded people's imagination.

Youzhou has no longer been famine for four consecutive years, and every household has surplus grain, and now the surplus grain is even more excessive, and it is exported to all parts of the country.

Bai Song is not in Youzhou, but the people of Youzhou remember the merits of Bai Song, and it is because of Bai Song that Youzhou has a good life now.

This time, it was Bai Song who sent back the news and collected grain from the people of Youzhou.

The people of Youzhou all responded, and in just half a month, they scraped together the first batch of one million catties of grain and sent it to the front line, and more than half of them did not spend a penny.

Because it was Bai Song asking for grain, the people knew that all the grain in Youzhou was sown by Bai Song and Bai Gongzi, and this time the son came back and harvested.

The people can't be stingy, this grain levy is more like giving Bai Gongzi and the Tang Dynasty the results of Youzhou.

The army was shocked.

A million catties of grain may not be too much in front of the eyes of the 100,000 army.

It's only half a month's worth of expenses.

But this was brought by the strength of one person, and only a month passed from the beginning of the grain collection to the arrival of the grain and grass.

This kind of speed and efficiency cannot be achieved even by the imperial court.

The team promised that this was only the first batch of expedited food, and that there would be a second and third batches after that.

As long as there is Bai Song and Bai Gongzi in the place, no matter how many people there are, the people of Youzhou can feed them.

Today, Hou Junji went out to fight and killed a lot of enemies and made great contributions.

But in front of Bai Song's millions of catties of grain, it was overshadowed.

Bai Song's generosity shocked everyone, and Jian Thirteen couldn't help but ask: "Do you want to raise an army by yourself?" ”

It is obviously impossible for one person to raise an army.

Compared with the grain and grass provided by the imperial court, one million catties is only a drop in the bucket.

But Bai Song's next move was even more surprising.

Of the 100,000 troops, 10,000 were assigned to dig the fields on the spot and plant potatoes.

Potatoes grow fast, have no requirements for climate, and have extremely high yields per mu.

It only takes three or four months to harvest.

The army is self-sufficient and ready for long-term operations.

The army of the Tang Dynasty has fought quickly and resolutely since the beginning of the uprising of the previous dynasty, and has not experienced similar long-term battles.

The army farms on the spot, and most of them have heard it in the stories of storytellers.

Recently, the most heard is the Three Kingdoms, and there are many similar tactics in the descriptions of wars in the Three Kingdoms.

This is not unique to Bai Song, but it is certainly very rare.

And it's farming on the grassland, can this be done?

Even inexperienced people know that grasslands are overgrown with weeds, and it is difficult for crops to ripen.

I just don't know if the potatoes can be measured by ordinary crops.

There is no doubt about the importance of grain and grass.

One more day of food can change a war, and what Bai Song did was to increase the fault tolerance rate of the army without limits.

In the days that followed, there was a noticeable improvement in the army's food, and at least the soldiers were well fed, not to mention how good the food was.

In addition, Bai Song led a team to concentrate on logistics, and no one in the army could have any opinions now.

After all, eating people has a short mouth, no matter what arrogant general, when he sees Bai Song, he has to respectfully call a military advisor.

News in the Tang army will always leak, Bai Song is here to lead people to open up wasteland and farm, and the Tuyuhun Khan army seems to feel the pressure.

Battles on the east were becoming more frequent, and the enemy forces were closing in faster.

The rangers reported that an elite enemy army in the south was trying to bypass Lukou Mountain and go deep into the steppe, probably with the aim of cutting off the Turkic coalition forces that came to support them from the rear.

The elite troops numbered about five thousand, and the march was extremely fast, and by this time they had reached the rear of the large army.

Li Jing convened the generals to discuss the countermeasures, and decided to use elite troops of equal strength to pursue from the rear and try to form a flanking attack with the Turkic coalition forces.

Once the battle plan is specified, the rest is the battle candidate.

A shrunken Bai Song took the initiative to ask Ying, and he wanted to lead the team to attack.

The reason is simple, because Bado is in it.

He can always be a turtle with a shrunken head, but he can't let his women rush in front of him.

Li Jing was a little surprised, but soon thought that this kid had a rather high status among the Turkic tribes, and immediately agreed to his request.

But Bai Song is a nominal military advisor after all, and there is no position, and the main general in the army will be Li Miao.

During the battle, the two men jointly commanded the decision.

After that, the two quickly mobilized 5,000 light horsemen and led the team out of the camp overnight.

The people brought by Bai Song poured out of the nest, and their task was very simple, to ensure Bai Song's safety.

……

Under the starry night, Li Miao looked back at Bai Song's entourage, and he felt the extraordinaryness of these people.

Especially Sword Thirteen, who has been following Bai Song's side.

"If there is an encounter, let this one act as the vanguard and disrupt the situation of the war, and we will work together to besiege one place and break them one by one."

"Uncle, this is my personal bodyguard, who is only responsible for my safety, not a vanguard army."

"Don't be so stingy, our family, everyone will have a light on their faces when they go back after making meritorious contributions."

Li Miao said this, obviously because he was very confident in this trip.

Just the dozens of people behind Bai Song, without an army of 10,000 people, I am afraid it will be difficult to eat.

He had already heard from his sister that Bai Song was born afraid of death, and he had been secretly searching for martial arts masters, and this time he finally had the opportunity to see one or two.