It’s still the festival hall, the atmosphere today is a bit more solemn than usual, the snow stopped yesterday.
The government soldiers who crossed the river on Guannai Road to support also arrived.
According to the previous plan, the Xiang army and the Taoist soldiers in Guannei stayed in Dingbeicheng.
Tiance's Eighth Army is about to detach a cavalry force and set off.
As for who will go, the four cavalry generals among the eight generals have their own plans in mind.
After cutting off the food road, we still have to resist the swarming enemy troops and escape. This is undoubtedly a fierce battle.
Everyone understands the principle of meritorious service in a fierce battle. Among the four cavalry armies, the left and right leopard guards and the left and right eagle guards, the left and right leopard guards ride in the middle. Because this cavalry army has no food road, who should they choose?
There are only two answers, choose one from the left and right Yingyang Guards.
On the right, Xue Qianren, the general of Yingying Yangwei, flicked the armor blades on his body with his fingers and closed his eyes slightly. On the left, General Yuan Ling of Yingying Yangwei held a cup of tea and sipped it in small sips.
Zhao Zaicheng asked to clear his throat: "General Xue, General Yuan, please give me an accurate answer."
"Come back to the commander, Zuo Ying Yang Wei can do it!" General Yuan Ling, Zuo Ying Yang Wei, put down the tea cup. Regarding Zuo Ying Yang Wei, General Yuan Ling was still confident enough to take on this job. He was whipped for half a year.
His own soldiers knew this, and his tone was very firm. At this point, there was no reason to give in.
"Prince, I just want to say that Youying Yangwei had the most casualties on the way here. If Xue can't earn any merit, I'm sorry for the loss of my son on the way.
He holds the position of general, is in his fifties, and has gray hair. This should be Xue's last battle. They are all wearing uniforms in the army. Give Xue a chance." Xue Qianren, the general of Right Eagle Yangwei, stood up straight and looked around.
The other people sitting on the chairs around him bowed heavily.
Last year in Chang'an City, Xue Qianren's second son participated in the persecution of the East Palace and was killed outside the East Palace by the cavalry of the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya. Xue Qianren could not hold his head up for more than half a year. Others called him the father of the rebels.
Poor God, he has been fighting for the country for more than thirty years, and has been king for three dynasties. The arrow clusters he dug out from his body amounted to a liter, if not half a bucket.
When he was getting old, the second oldest child in the family got into big trouble. In order to get the position of General Youying Yangwei, Xue Qianren acted mischievously in the Ministry of War. In the end, it was Qi Duke Jiang Bu who spoke for him and "snatched" the position.
Others do it for merit, but Xue Qianren does it for the face of Xue Shi of Daizhou. Among the twelve generals, the Xue family was humiliated.
Prince Zhao Zaicheng did not nod in agreement, and placed all the plans on Yijun. In Zhao Zaicheng's mind, this candidate was Yuan Ling, who was more suitable. After all, Yuan Ling came from the Andong Protectorate in his early years and was good at intermittent operations in winter.
But looking at Xue Qianren with tears in his eyes, Zhao Zaicheng couldn't bear it. The other seven generals of Tiance's Eight Army were all under fifty years old, which was the best age for a general. Xue Qianren was probably fifty-six years old this year.
Already.
Zhao Zaicheng felt uncomfortable in his heart when he was still enjoying his old age, but he was implicated by a young man who didn't know how to do it. However, his face remained as usual.
"Prince, Xue's body was wrapped in horse leather in this battle. I hope that the shame of the Xue family in Daizhou can be washed away. I beg the prince to give the Xue family in Daizhou a chance. Xue's generation is known as the Eight Heroes of Daizhou. Seven of them fought for the country and donated money.
To serve the country, for the sake of the loyal Xue family in Daizhou, let Xue go this time. Xue issued a military order today and will not allow any soldier or cavalry to escape from the grassland." After Xue Qianren finished speaking, he knelt down on one knee.
You look like you're not responding, so I won't be able to kneel down.
Zhao Zaicheng allowed Xue Qianren to join his Tiance Army, and he knew this general very well. Xue from Daizhou was the most respectable, but this old general in his fifties was competing with other generals a generation younger than him.
The hardships of being the leader of an army are indescribable to outsiders.
"Gu, I agree. You know that the whole army's plan depends on you. If you win this battle, I will allow you, Xue, to be the founding prince of the country. Go down and prepare. Tonight, when I leave the city under the stars and go to Langyan Mountain,
If I want to see you, go!" Zhao Zaicheng helped Xue Qianren up without any pretense, but gave him a promise.
The prince personally campaigns to establish his authority and win the hearts of the army.
In fact, no matter which one of the other seven, Zhao Zaicheng will also give him a title, but the Xue family in Daizhou is the best, because of the Xue family in Daizhou, 30% of men are unmarried, because they die young, and they can only reach fifty after six years, because
Wrapped in horse leather, a loyal family, these four words are what the Xue family of Daizhou can afford.
At night, the south gate of Dingbei City opened, and Youying Yangwei, one man and four horses, fully equipped with a month of dry food and three times of arrows, left the south gate of Dingbei City in groups in the middle of the night. They had to go around a lot.
road.
The second prince, Zhao Zaixiao, stood on the south gate tower and watched the right eagle Yang Wei leave.
By evening, his men had wiped out all the enemy spies around the south gate.
However, eight people died, which made Zhao Zaixiao heartbroken. Although he meant to make a fuss out of a molehill, everyone could be sacrificed for the sake of General Xue Qianren, the right eagle and the general of Wei.
Xue Qianren, the general of Right Eagle Yangwei, left with 20,000 light cavalry.
The other seven armies also began to prepare for the battle. The Minister of the Ministry of War came from Chang'an and took control of Beicheng. He controlled the Fu soldiers and Xiang troops in Guannai Road. Although he was a civil servant, every civil servant in Daqian came from Zhechong Fu.
Come out.
Moreover, the Minister of War came here to take charge of the back of the Tiance Army. The Tiance Army had hundreds of thousands of people on the 500-mile road, and the military equipment losses needed to be replenished to ensure that the army could fight. Therefore, a capable person was needed.
A lot of people come here.
At the same time, Su Ce also knew what he was going to do next.
One hundred thousand wooden boxes were transported to the camp of the Luben Army. These are the general jars. The Luben Army will search for the corpses of his comrades on the grassland with the Daoxiang Army in Guan Nei.
Su Ce understood that this was the prince's plan, and he wanted to create souls for Lu Ben's army. The prince's ten commanders had always been regarded as show-offs, because Lu Ben lacked an inexplicable soul. This was why Su Ce commanded Lu Ben.
After joining the army, there was no reason to change the color of the armor.
Every soldier is proud, and no one is willing to throw away the pride that has been built up by soldiers for hundreds of years.
At night, Prince Zhao Zaicheng asked Su Ce to wait in his study. He had some things to tell him.
Su Ce was sitting in the study room. The door of the study room was opened. One person was for private and two were for public. Standing outside the door were Xiang Hao and Jiang Lan.
Su Ce did this for more than half an hour, and then Prince Zhao Zaicheng returned home.
"Do you know why Gu asked you to come?" Zhao Zaicheng picked up the teapot on the table and drank a cup for himself, regardless of the fact that the water in it was already cold.
"Come back to the commander, Su Ce doesn't know!" Su Ce stood up as soon as the prince entered the door.
Although Su Ce already knew why the prince asked him to come, he could guess some of the specific details, but not all.