Changan.

"If the war is unfavorable, the Guiyi army and others can retreat to Liangzhou when necessary. With the two towns of Hexi and Lingwu as backups, the Guiyi Army and the Forbidden Army want to hold Liangzhou, which is basically a matter of nine out of ten. ”

Li Ye rubbed his eyebrows and said to Li Zhen, Cui Keli and others in the hall. Recently, the situation has been tense, and he has been sitting in Zhongshu Province to facilitate consultations with officials at all levels.

"If Wang Jian can't hold the Steamer Gorge and Wuchi Road, he can also take a step back to guard Yizhou, this is the bottom line, no matter what, the land of Shuzhong cannot be filled with beacon fire. Ensuring that Hexi and Shu are not lost is what we must guarantee in this battle. ”

After saying this, Li Ye stopped, picked up the teacup and moistened his throat.

Since the first Nanzhao and Yangguan defeat reports were returned, there have been continuous reports of defeat in the two places recently, although not as serious as at the beginning, but not to be underestimated. As a veteran of the battlefield, Li Ye certainly knows that this is inevitable, just like after a violent earthquake, there will always be aftershocks.

Whether it was the loss of Yangguan, the loss of a major barrier by the Guiyi army, or the heavy losses of Wang Jian's main army, it would create a war situation in which one side would eliminate the other's strengths, and it was undoubtedly unrealistic to block the onslaught of the superior troops of the Nanzhao and Uighurs when the position was not stabilized.

Only by waiting for the monks dispatched by Li Ye to rush over can they help the two sides stabilize the situation. Li Ye synthesized the situation in all aspects, calculated the process of affairs, and finally formulated the bottom line that Liangzhou and Chengdu could not lose.

After everyone retreated, Li Ye closed his eyes and quietly thought about the current situation.

Although the victory or defeat of the Immortal Domain can feed back the battle situation in the mortal world, Li Ye does not dare to say that he is completely sure whether the battle of the Immortal Domain can be won. No one knows if there will be an accident if there will be an accident yet, even in his heart, the strength of the alliance of Shimen, Daomen, and the Demon Clan is more than that of the Khitan, Uighur, Nanzhao and other immortal armies.

In order to avoid the situation of chickens flying eggs when putting eggs in one basket, Li Ye's arrangement of the mortal war must also work hard in the direction of victory.

It is not difficult for the battle situation in Hexi and Shuzhong to stabilize, but the challenging battle is still in the north.

Defeating the Khitan will lead to victory in this war, this is Li Ye's judgment since the beginning of the war, and he is still judging this when the situation has developed to the current situation.

Li Maozhen dispatched elite cavalry to Shangguan Allure, and the other party was preparing to attack Mobei in Yunzhou, this action plan Li Ye had agreed, and now what he had to consider was how to maximize the victory of Shangguan Allure.

If the 70,000 elite cavalry of the Wolf Tooth Army were still there, and they attacked Mobei to break the deadlock, there would be almost no surprise to Shangguan Allure. However, an army under the command of a non-soldier general, the main general's control over the battle array is much weaker, and there is not much time for Shangguan to run in with the soldiers.

Li Ye had no way to solve this problem, so he could only order Shangguan to do what he could when he went to war. Beyond this question, what he can do is to increase the strength of this army as much as possible.

The monks in the Tang Dynasty have now gone to all sides of the battlefield, even the Tsing Yi Yamen, if not, Li Ye will not be able to stabilize Hexi and Nanzhao. The main force of Wukong Shimen returned to Liangzhou, and the main force of Quanzhenguan went to Shuzhong, and the two sides also had to guard against the remnants of the Tubo nobles.

With Chu Nanhuai and Su Emei in a foreign country, there is not much monk power that Li Ye can use at the moment.

Just when Li Ye was thinking about these questions, an official hurriedly came to report, saying that a large number of students had gathered outside the gate of the imperial city, and they were kneeling down to ask for their lives, asking to fight for the country, and also handed in a letter of invitation.

"Students of the Cultivation Academy?" Li Ye took the petition and glanced at it, frowning, "At this time, what kind of mess are they coming?" ”

Last fall, the Chang'an Cultivation Institute officially recruited students, and now it is less than an academic year, and there are only 8,000 students, although there are many who are about to achieve the real realm, but most of them are in the early stage of Qi training, a group of fledglings whose wings have not yet grown, how can there be a reason to go to the sky now.

For Li Ye, the Chang'an Cultivation Institute is the foundation of his national policy of implementing national cultivation, and the students in it will also be of great use in the future, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the future of the Tang Dynasty. Although the current war situation is stiff, it has not yet reached the point where it is necessary to send "young people" to the battlefield.

Li Ye didn't want to pay much attention to this matter, so he just asked a minister to come forward and let them go back, but after thinking about it, the blood and spirit of the "young man" could not be discharged, so he asked the official who came to report the news to bring in a few students led by them.

As Li Ye expected, among the several students led by him, there were indeed Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng. Looking at their walking positions and eyes, Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng are still the absolute leaders.

This is not surprising, both of them fought bloody battles in Hexi and Yangguan, and made military contributions for the country, whether it is talent or status, it is not so difficult to become student leaders.

"If you want to fight for the country, after graduating from the academy, although the dynasty is at war on all sides, the imperial court can still handle it well, and it is not at all to the point where you need to send the cubs to the battlefield. If you want to make meritorious contributions, you should practice as good students in the academy and go to the battlefield in the coming days, so as not to defeat the army and humiliate the country. ”

Li Ye recognized the other party's belief in serving the country loyally, and also expressed his attitude.

Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng glanced at each other.

The former hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness has taught you that ordinary academy students should indeed be good students, but we are different. We were battlefield warriors before, and now that the country is in trouble, how can we have the mind to study with peace of mind, please let me go to war. When the enemy is destroyed, we will come back and continue our studies!"

Chu Zheng hurriedly answered: "The Chang'an Cultivation Academy cultivates soldiers and officials for the use of the country, not a group of scholars who need to be protected. Now that the whole world is attacking Tang, if we don't fight,

In the future, the students of the college are afraid that they will enjoy peace and forget what it means to serve the country.

"At present, when the college is first established, it is a critical time to establish rules and traditions, and we must let later students know that when they enter the college, they will be at a place to serve the country, and they must be ready to fight for the country at any time. Only in this way will future students know why they want to enter the academy and what they do when they enter the academy!"

Several other students also expressed their resolute attitude.

Most of the students of Chang'an Cultivation Academy are meritorious men in the army, and the most important thing is the courage of flesh and blood.

Li Ye groaned.

He didn't want his students to fight, feeling that it was a lack of love for them.

But Li Ye also had to admit that what Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng said was very reasonable.

Chang'an Training Academy is not an ivory tower, but a preparatory "military camp", and the students who come out of it, whether they are officials or generals in the future, need most to understand their mission.

The mission of the Tang monks is, of course, to fight for the country, whether they are engaged in the battlefield or political affairs, they are their battlefields everywhere.

Establishing such a mission and tradition is indeed beneficial and harmless to the future of Chang'an Academy and even to the future of Datang. It's just that this is more or less cruel for these students.

However, it was a cruel process for the dynasty to prosper for a long time, which meant that many soldiers needed to shed blood on the battlefield to kill all coveted enemies for the dynasty, and also needed officials to manage internal affairs.

It's not easy to cultivate these things.

Li Ye was silent for a long time.

When it was over, he said with blazing eyes: "I will give you two days, and after two days, I will go north to Yunzhou, report in front of the main general of the Wolf Tooth Army, Shangguan Chengcheng Army, and listen to his dispatch." Remember, I only have 3,000 people. ”

Zhang Changan, Chu Zheng and others looked at each other with great joy, and hurriedly thanked each other, and at the same time indicated that it would not take two days to start tomorrow.

As long as 3,000 students play, there are many students who don't have a chance, and Li Ye's choice is of course to highlight the preciousness and glory of this matter. After Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng went back, they naturally selected the elite of the academy, which could establish a sense of advancement.

Only 3,000 people are allowed to fight, and it is also Li Ye in order to preserve the strength of the academy, if the war is unfavorable, at least the academy can still do it, and there is also the possibility of a comeback in the future.

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Shangguan Chengcheng led the army to attack Mobei, which is an important matter that cannot be delayed, and there is no reason to delay the fighter, but at the moment of the stalemate in the war, this battle has not reached the level of burning eyebrows, and the preparations that should be made must be done first.

For example, with the 30,000 elite cavalry secretly dispatched here, carry out the necessary running-in training, try to eliminate the stagnation in the battle formation coordination, and improve the power of the soldiers' battle array as soon as possible. Even if it can't be compared to the elite cavalry of the Wolf Tooth Army, at least it must be done in the details and in a big way.

Because these trainings take a certain amount of time, Zhang Changan and Chu Zheng took the three thousand academy disciples to Yunzhou day and night, and they could still follow the 30,000 elite horsemen to get acquainted with them for a few days.

For the three thousand monks sent by Li Ye to support him, Shangguan Allure was extremely surprised.

To tell the truth, it is very difficult to go out of the customs with 30,000 elite horsemen, and when the logistics cannot be effectively guaranteed, it is very difficult to find the enemy army in the vast grassland, keep fighting, and avoid the sight of the Khitan army and defeat all the enemies encountered. Even if it is Shangguan Allure, he can't feel half relaxed about this.

30,000 elite horsemen, in the final analysis, the combat power is still limited.

And if there are too many people, the goal is too big.

The arrival of the three thousand academy monks has undoubtedly greatly enhanced the strength of this army, and under the existing conditions, their combat power has been maximized. You must know that the reason why the elite cavalry of the Wolf Tooth Army is called the best in the world is that the proportion of monks in the army is ridiculously high, which is far from being comparable to other Chang'an forbidden troops.

These 3,000 academy students are basically from the army, and they are very familiar with the things on the battlefield and the way of the battle formation, and they are fully competent to serve as officers at all levels in the army, and the strangeness will be eliminated quickly.

If an ordinary monk does not know the way of the battle formation, he will not be able to enter the army to take up a position, otherwise once the battle is fierce and various contingencies are needed, he will first be out of order, and it will cause disaster.

This is also the reason why Li Ye agreed to the students of the academy to fight and sent them to Shangguan Allure.

When Shangguan Chengcheng led this elite cavalry of more than 30,000 people to leave Sangqianguan in Yunzhou and enter the Mobei grassland, Li Maozhen, who saw them off at the head of the city, was already quite confident in the battle of their trip.