On the ninth day of February, it is appropriate to break ground, get married, and avoid traveling. Today is not an auspicious day for sending troops. Due to an imperial edict from Yang Guang, 80,000 soldiers from the government disembarked at the Changle Town Pier and gathered at Paomaping in the southern suburbs of Changle. Tens of thousands of soldiers
The top military tents were densely erected on the lawn, surrounded by horses on three levels outside the tents, and patrol sergeants kept going inside and outside the camp. Luo Yu sent more than twenty special forces members, each in groups of five, to explore in all directions. So far, no confiscations have been confiscated.
received bad news.
This kind of concentration camp is very undesirable on a battlefield where the enemy and we are unknown. This place is less than a hundred miles away from Yuncheng and has reached the forward position of Dou Jiande's rebels. If the enemy discovers it and a rain of rockets comes, there will be no shortage of people at this moment.
Yi Shaoma has his back to the Yellow River, so the whole army may be annihilated. But there is no other way now. In February in the north, the temperature is still very low, so it is impossible not to camp in the wild. It is not advisable to reduce the number of troops unless fighting.
It was originally promised that they would collect grain and fodder in Kaifeng, but now the situation has changed and it is impossible to go east. According to Eunuch Zhang, the Ministry of War will arrange for all the necessary materials to come to the army, but until the camp is completed, no one has arrived.
Sima Supervisor, Sima Wuli, and various sergeants sent by the court have all returned to their own formations to supervise each battalion. All sergeants are waiting for supplies from the Ministry of War to be delivered. Changle Town, not far ahead, has been affected by the war.
, will the common people who have not lived in peace for long become the victims of this war again? It is obvious that if the signs are not extinguished, they will become a prairie fire. So Yang Guangcai ignored everything that had been arranged, re-deployed troops and generals, and quickly quelled the situation.
Haodong conquers Wang Bo.
But this change was a bit unexpected. The original plan was for Li Xiuning to lead the Youwu Army to Kaifeng, gather together, separate supplies, and then practice on camera during the march to Huaibei, so as to achieve a thunderous momentum and destroy the king in one fell swoop.
Bo, and then went north to conquer Goguryeo.
Now it is impossible to transfer supplies from Kaifeng, and Taiyuan City is beyond reach. The Youwu Army needs nearly 100,000 sets of armor alone, not to mention horses, grain, medicine and various weapons. As a result, Shanxi's strategic supplies are definitely not enough.
Useful, don't forget that Li Yuan is still staying in Taiyuan to guard against the Turks and Mongols moving south.
After studying the map, Luo Yu found that such a large amount of military supplies could not reach Youwu Army quickly no matter where they went by land route, unless they took the water route, and the water route could only go downstream from Tongguan direction. At this time, ships would have to go against the current.
But going up is too difficult.
Seeing Luo Yu frowning and looking at the map, Li Xiuning asked, "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 doesn't know that our army has camped here at this time,
But in order to avoid long nights and long dreams, our army should obtain all military supplies as soon as possible and then move northward, otherwise it is not an option to always be on guard against Dou's army's sneak attacks."
Li Xiuning said: "Weinan and Huayin have arms depots. If we can only mobilize from Chang'an, these two places will be the best choice. I believe that the Holy Emperor will give us an explanation for the Youwu Army. This matter is not urgent."
Method."
Luo Yu nodded. The clothes on his body were thick, but he was still very cold. At this time, cotton had not been made into clothes. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Why is life so bad? Do you have to catch up with this war?"
There are still a lot of things that haven’t been done!”
Luo Yu thought for a while and then said: "I have asked Liu Xin and Zhang Yang to each take five special forces members to Yuncheng. News should come back soon. You should wait for them to get news before deciding what to do!
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Li Xiuning nodded. She had already worn her military uniform. She was wearing white light armor, a red tasseled general's hat, a scarlet cloak, and a long sword hanging from her waist. With her tall figure,
She looked so heroic and heroic, which made people happy. Luo Yu was embarrassed to look at her again, so he thought about how to march and fight when the military supplies arrived.
Li Xiuning smiled and felt proud: "I'm afraid you won't be tempted!" 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. Sometimes in order to complete the task
, it is possible for anyone to be sacrificed.
She is the center of this army, but to the Ministry of War and Yang Guang, she is not that important. We should wait until the end of the war to talk about it, otherwise, it will only increase worries.
Luo Yu guessed her thoughts and muttered softly: "Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have returned from battles in ancient times. Loyal bones are buried everywhere in the mountains. Why return corpses wrapped in horse leather..." He inadvertently plagiarized another famous poem by the great poet Wang.
Chapter, my face is a little red, when can I read my masterpiece?
Tears flashed in Li Xiuning's eyes. Her eldest brother Li Yuanji was shot into a sieve on the battlefield. Yang Lin refused to save him, but people couldn't say anything. He thought it was a careful plan.
Just when Luo Yu was about to say something, a special operations team member outside the tent shouted a report. This was a little bit of Luo Yu's bad taste. He was not able to serve as a soldier in later generations, so he added "report" when training this group of special operations members.
Go in. After Li Xiuning gave permission, the man lifted the curtain and walked in. He held a light yellow bamboo tube about the size of a thumb and about three inches long in his hand. He handed it to Luo Yu and then left.
Luo Yu checked the secret mark on the bamboo tube, and after confirmation, he unscrewed the glue-covered lid and poured out a roll of white silk. After opening it, he found that the white silk was about the size of a palm, with several numbers densely written on it in small regular script.
Ten numbers. I don’t know what motherboard these bastards used. Luo Yu can’t understand it now. This is a typical church apprentice who starves his master to death.
After handing the white silk to Li Xiuning, he opened the curtain and walked up to the special operations team member who had just delivered the intelligence. Seeing that he had his head raised and his chest raised, he looked like a soldier, so he smiled and said, "Xue Li, are you very proud of yourself?"
Xue Li hurriedly said: "I don't dare!" After saying that, he immediately took out a thin book from his arms and handed it to Luo Yu, and then said: "This is the mother book, please keep it, instructor!"
Luo Yu said seriously: "There is no room for jokes in military matters. From now on, I will ask your captain to inform me and the general of the information before going out on missions. The battlefield is changing rapidly. You are the clairvoyants and ears of our army. Your intelligence is very important to us."
Decision-making is very important, remember it!”
Xue Li had a cold sweat on his face. He originally wanted to make a joke with the instructor and the general, but he didn't think so far and almost missed the important event! Luo Yu saw that his bread was miserable and he had given him enough lessons, so he said: "You are two years older than me.
If you don’t have this military relationship, there’s nothing wrong with me calling you Brother Xue. Heroes don’t ask where they come from, and here I don’t ask about age. Think about it!”
After saying that, I will leave him alone. The famous "One Side by Side" King in history and an effective general in Emperor Taizong's Eastern Campaign, I believe he is not a mediocre person. He is only eighteen years old now, young and frivolous, with a bit of youthful spirit. Currently, there are only three people in the military camp.
He was closest to the general and knew the mother's origin. He originally wanted to see how the instructor decrypted the secret message, but he did not expect to receive such insignificant comments. He was very upset and regretful at the time, but what the instructor said later made his heart warm again. Yes,
Although I, Xue Li, am not as good as the champion Hou Huo Qubing, I am still a hero. I was selected from so many people. I have developed my skills by practicing Sanfu in the summer and Sanjiu in the winter. I am not just for joining the army to kill the enemy, fighting
Do you want to gain fame and become your wife and son?
Looking at Luo Yu's back as he lifted the curtain, Xue Li secretly vowed to be worthy of the general and instructor. She was still waiting for me to go back at home! Thinking of this, the hand holding the spear tightened again, and her eyes flashed with perseverance.
light.
Li Xiuning took the mother copy handed over by Luo Yu, smiled and said: "Instructor Luo, when will you change your habit of being a teacher?"
Luo Yu said sheepishly: "This boy is a talented person, but he is still young and has a naive mind. Believe it or not, given time, he will definitely become a responsible official of the frontier."
Li Xiuning smiled, raised the thread-bound book and the letter full of numbers in his hand, and said softly: "I won't guess him in the future, just give it time. Now, how can I translate this?"
Luo Yu said nothing more and took the book. After taking a look at it, he felt helpless: "These bastards, in order to make it easier for them to code and write letters, they compiled the commonly used words into a book. The content of the book cannot be understood at all, but compared with
It is very convenient to decode the code. It seems that the wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated." Thinking of this, he took the letter and found it one by one in the book. He wrote it on the paper, a total of seventeen words: "Yuncheng
Don't worry, Dou's army is for the people. However, one-third of the power can be taken with one drum."
Do they think too highly of themselves or underestimate the tens of thousands of Dou troops? Although I don’t know what the so-called three-thirds of power refers to, it is by no means a bad thing. I don’t know what they base their judgment on.
Li Xiuning read the letter and straightened the short hair beside her ears: "The military newspaper said that Dou Jiande captured the three counties of Yuncheng, Jincheng, and Linfen. The finished glyphs depended on each other, and he took more than 100,000 rebels and more than 400,000 civilians.
I don’t know what happened to my father when he was fighting against the Chinese Empire. He was fighting against Mongolia in the north, and Dou Jiande was in the south, so he was attacked from both sides..."
Luo Yu thought for a while: "To relieve Tang Gong's crisis, the only way is for our army to go north, attack Dou Jiande, and then join forces with Tang Gong to fight against the northern enemy. However, the current situation does not allow our army to stay in Taiyuan, but to go east to Huaibei."
, to help the Holy Lord quell Wang Bo’s rebels. I have an immature idea..."
Li Xiuning's eyes flashed: "Please join the army. As long as it can solve the current predicament, I will try any method..."
Luo Yu said: "It's actually very simple to attack with troops. It's just that the strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west is repeated two or three times. If it works the first time, it can only be used the second and third time." After Luo Yu finished speaking, he took out a bag from his arms.
The thin volume was handed over to Li Xiuning.
The military supplies finally arrived, and the Changle Pier once again became lively, with people shouting and neighing without fear of alarming Dou Jun's scouts. The troop transport ship became a material flow point. Materials were loaded upstream, and ships were unloaded at nearby wharves wherever needed downstream.
There was no other way. The territory of the Sui Dynasty was already full of smoke, and there were rebels from the north, south, and east.
The light of the torch illuminated the dock brightly. In order to speed up the flow of materials, Luo Yu ordered people to build an additional dock. Bundles of long knives, horse knives, mo knives and other weapons were carried endlessly by the sergeants to the temporary dock.
The weapons depot is a large, flat lawn.
The supervisor Sima is counting the supplies. It is not an easy task to distribute so many things to each battalion. Horseshoes have not become popular yet. Now only Li Xiuning and a few military leaders have horses. Otherwise, twenty to thirty thousand people
The hoofed military horses stepped on the ground together, and there was no need to think about the battle.
This right military army has 30,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and 20,000 small units with various functions. Luo Yu ordered all the special forces to be scattered around the Chinese army's tent, just in case.
Xue Li brought another bamboo tube in. Luo Yu translated it and handed it to Li Xiuning. After she read it, the two exchanged looks. Li Xiuning nodded, and Luo Yu pulled Xue Li out and looked at the confused
Xue Li said: "I will give you a task, remember, you must complete it!"
Xue Li hurriedly raised his head and straightened his chest, and veins appeared in his left hand holding the weapon. Seeing how nervous he was, Luo Yu comforted him: "Relax, I have discussed it with the general, and there is no one more suitable for this task than you." After that,
Then he handed Xue Li a small cloth bag as big as his palm.
He also said: "You and Xu Maogong lead five thousand cavalry to the east at night. When you reach Pinglu, turn north and march quickly along the official road after dawn. You can create a big momentum. You can tie branches to the horses' tails. You may encounter Dou along the way.
The army must not be reluctant to fight. On the battlefield, adapt to changes. You have full command to lead the troops to Dongguo and then hide on the spot. After seeing the fireworks in the direction of Yuncheng, you two will lead the troops to Xia County and take Dou
The army's granary has been carried. In order to prevent Dou's army from being prepared, you can open this bag when you arrive in Xia County and it will tell you what to do. Do you remember it?"
Xue Li nodded and said: "Remember! But..."
Luo Yu said: "Don't worry, Li Juntou has his mission, and the general will explain it to him. Now, you ask Liu Wen to come over and stand guard for you, and then go find Li Juntou."
Xue Li promised loudly, turned around and strode away. This was his first time leading an army, and because of Luo Yu's arrangement, this famous 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 at your feet. Form a group of five people, led by two special forces members, and set off first. Your task is to capture everything along the way."
Draw all the mountains, rivers, lakes and various landforms you see, and then hand them over to the team leader until the order is lifted, remember?"
Everyone looked at each other, reluctant to put down their spears, but had to obey the order. When everyone was ready, twelve special forces members wearing black armor came out from behind Xu Shiji, in groups of two, each leading five people.
He mounted his horse, held a torch and disappeared into the endless night.
Xue Li led the war horse to Xu Shiji and saluted: "I have seen the military leader!" Xu Shiji looked at the tall boy of seventeen or eighteen years old in front of him and didn't know what the general was thinking. He handed over five thousand elite cavalry to him.
He commanded, but he also knew that the military orders given to the two men were different, and there was no interference except for the two men traveling together.
Xu Shiji turned to look at the five thousand elites who were gathering behind him, and said to Xue Li: "Military order!"
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Li Xiuning and Luo Yu no longer looked at the five thousand cavalry and horses. With Xu Shiji accompanying them, Xue Li would complete the task. The two returned to the Chinese army's main account. Chou Shi's watch drum had sounded, the supplies had been sorted, and the commanders of each battalion were counting the supplies.
,distribute ,equipment.
Luo Yu took a bite of the pot helmet and drank the mutton soup. It was only February, and wanting to eat green leafy vegetables was simply a delusion in this era. When he came back from the expedition, he would find a place to build a greenhouse and try it. There should be a hot spring in Chang'an.
The cavalry's actions are always so fast and fierce. Facing the rising sun, on the official road from Changle to Yuncheng, dust is flying. The hoofbeats and different screams of more than 20,000 war horses startle birds and beasts to flee in all directions. The camp is trapped in the ground.
The road has been smoothed out a long time ago. The infantry followed the cavalry, followed by Li Xiuning's Chinese army, and then various small units. This time it was a bit special. Civilians were not used to transport supplies. Firstly, there was not enough time, and secondly, there was not enough time.
There were many civilians available, and wars were going on all over the country. Yang Guang alone took away more than one million civilians to transport military supplies.
Therefore, everything can only be solved by himself. Luo Yu only allocated 10,000 sergeants of various types to the logistics operation of grain and various military supplies. As time goes by, the army will consume more and more things, and then there will be no need
There are so many people.
Jiezhou Town has long been occupied by Dou's army. This is the south gate of Yuncheng. Because Shanxi has been in war all year round, the city wall of this town is very high. The iron gate is about one foot high, and there are nails two inches long on it.
It is like a structure, densely covered with iron gates, and a moat about two feet wide. There is only a two-finger-wide protrusion on the side of the city wall. If you want to attack the city, you can only fill in the moat or lower the suspension bridge, and then open the city gate.
.It is still the dry season and there are no rolling waves, but it is still a bit difficult to cross the river and break through.
The top of the city wall is covered with archers. There are more than a dozen arched cabins where the powerful eight-oxen crossbows should be placed. The long arrows with thick arms can shoot three hundred steps or even further with the blessing of the mechanism. The human body is in it.
In front of you, like tofu, there is another scarier thing about this thing. If you replace it with a small siege crossbow, it will cause greater damage. Fortunately, the siege crossbow has no accuracy and is usually nailed directly to the city wall.
Go up, so that our soldiers can climb up the city wall along the siege crossbow nailed to the wall and seize control of the city gate.
This thing is relatively bulky, requires a lot of parts to assemble, and is very complicated. Today's smelting technology is far from reaching the level of steel refining. The most important steel spring mechanism will break after being used for a long time. This may be the reason why the Eight Bull Crossbow
There is no reason to use it all over the sky. Otherwise, with all the equipment, why fight?
Luo Yu kept translating the intelligence sent by the special forces and gave the useful information to Li Xiuning for her to make decisions. There was such a big movement along the way, but Dou Jun did not send troops to intercept and harass. It turned out that the troops in the direction of Jincheng had been led by Zhao Kuangyin.
They were surrounded and attacking day and night. Li Yuan also sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to Linfen to station outside the city, ready to attack the city at any time.
These circumstances made Dou Jiande afraid to divide his troops and go out again. Now he finally knew about the so-called three-thirds of power. When Dou Jiande raised his army, he had to help the gentry of Linfen and Jincheng. In order to win over people's hearts, he had to give them part of the power. Of course, there were also
There are elements of threat and compromise in it. If politics is not played well, there will be no place to die.
There is also good news. The guard general of Jiezhou, whose surname is Yuchi, whose single name is Gong and whose given name is Jingde, is a famous general in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. This time he is in the hands of Luo Yu. I don’t know if he can be conquered.
The main generals of the cavalry are Li Xiaogong and Yue Yun, with ten generals and thirty squads, each with one thousand cavalry. Because Xue Li took away five thousand cavalry, there are now only twenty-five squads.
When Li Xiuning and Luo Yu arrived in front of the army, hundreds of sergeants in the camp were holding iron shields and dumping earth into the moat in the face of Dou's army's arrows. From time to time, some unlucky ones were hit by random arrows and lost their lives.
Protected by an iron shield, he was shot into a hedgehog in just one breath.
Four hundred steps is theoretically safe in this era, but it is not absolute. A feather crossbow came towards Li Xiuning with a sound of breaking through the air. It was an elongated thumb-thick feather arrow. With the blessing of the Eight Bull Crossbow,
Immediately he arrived in front of Li Xiuning.
A cry of pain echoed through the battlefield. Luo Yu turned around and saw that Li Xiuning had fallen off the horse. There was no blood on her body. There was a guard holding a shield lying next to her. The feather arrow had been halfway into the iron shield, and the tail of the arrow was still there.
It was vibrating, and the sergeant was twitching, vomiting blood from his mouth, and dying at the sight.
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly surrounded Li Xiuning and retreated. The sergeant who blocked the arrow was also taken away. Li Xiaogong hurriedly sent an order to Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.
Yu Chigong, who was on the wall of Dou Army, was confused. Did he kill the opponent's general in this way? Looking at the sergeants cheering on the wall, he couldn't believe it was true.