Will Ming

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Everyone discussed and finalized the details, so Li Xian went to the Sui army camp alone first, while the others waited at the reserved place.He did this because Li Xian wanted to raise conditions, but he didn't expect that he was worried that his subordinates would be separated by Xin Shixiong. Who knew that Xin Shixiong made such a stupid decision that he didn't even have a chance to raise the conditions.When he arrived at the camp, he was stopped by You Qi. Li Xian said that he had an appointment with Xin Shixiong, the general of Zuo Tunwei, so You Qi escorted Li Xian into the camp, and left Li Xian waiting at the gate. Go in and report.

The company camp was too big, and the man came back after waiting for an hour and brought Li Xian in.

Horses are not allowed in the camp, Li Xian walked obediently and followed the leader.Zuo Tunwei's camp was on the side close to Liaodong City, far apart, and it took half an hour to get there.Although Li Xian behaved very well along the way, he still took a close look at the scene in the Sui army's camp.

The barracks were neat and orderly, and the soldiers were trained seriously. I didn't see a single person laughing, beating and scolding, showing a chilling air.

Walking all the way to Zuo Tunwei's camp, the soldier who led the way turned around and said politely to Li Xian, "You stay here later, I'll go in and report to the general."

Li Xian nodded and said, "I'm sorry."

After a while, the man came out from the big tent and said to Li Xian, "The general is discussing the promotion of the tent, you wait for a while, you must not wander around in the barracks."

Li Xian nodded his thanks, and the man turned and left.

After waiting for half an hour, Li Xian did not appear restless, nor did he show any anger or dissatisfaction. Instead, he stood at the door and watched the soldiers practicing in the open space not far away, as if fascinated.In the open space, there are thousands of spearmen and simple swordsmen practicing formation, and another place is where archers are practicing archery. Li Xian stood there watching the combined practice of simple swordsmen and spearmen for a while, and his eyes finally fixed on On those archers.

The soldiers of the Sui government were well-trained, and as far as the archers alone were concerned, there was absolutely no one who was shoddy.Li Xian watched carefully. He found that there were so many archers, and those who shot alone could almost hit the target within seventy steps.As for the archers who practiced together, following the command of the general, they either scattered or shot, and the general commanded the soldiers like arms and fingers.

After only watching for a while, Li Xian was quite shocked.He knew that the strength of the soldiers of the Sui government was unparalleled in the world, so he could imagine that these soldiers must have been training hard on weekdays.Although what he sees is almost the same as what he thinks in his heart, but he is shocked that whether it is the individual combat ability or the cooperation between soldiers, the performance of the soldiers is really amazing.

For example, Li Xian's eyes almost widened when he watched the coordinated drill between the Spearman and the Mo Daoist.

There are several rows of straw figures in front, symbolizing the enemy army.The spearmen rushed up in a row, the first row, the second row, and the third row. Three consecutive rows of spearmen formed the first offensive, and the two rows of straw men in front were immediately thrown to the ground.At this time, from the gap deliberately left by the spearmen, Pu Daomen swarmed up, and knocked down the grass man behind him to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables.Then, Pu's swordsman shrank, and after the spearman was broken, he slowly retreated in a phalanx.

Spearman is the cheapest unit among the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty.Each of them only has a half-length leather armor on their bodies, without a battle skirt, and even the half-length leather armor can barely protect their vitals.Their weapon is a spear with an iron tip installed on a wooden stick. It is cheap to manufacture, but there is no doubt that they are the fastest-moving unit of the Sui army except for the light cavalry. All top choices.Moreover, although they are very cheap, they are the most feared arms of cavalry.If the spears with a length of one foot and eight were arranged in a spear array, even heavy armored cavalry would not dare to hit them easily.

Although Li Xian was not a military enthusiast in his previous life, he was also an idler who wandered around various forums.He remembered that he once saw a post, which mentioned that Swedish pikemen are the nemesis of cavalry, and they can also block feathered arrows by swinging their spears in a dense formation. It is said that [-] to [-]% of the feathered arrows can be swung go out.I don't know if it's true or not, but it's clear that since the Song Dynasty after the Five Dynasties, weapons such as lances and horizontal knives have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history, and spears have become the kings on the battlefield.

Li Xian could actually guess that the reason why Xin Shixiong kept him waiting for so long was simply to give him a bad impression.A few months ago, Eighteen Cavalry stole the limelight on the east bank of the Liaoshui River, snatching back the body of General Mai Tiezhang of Zuotunwei in front of tens of thousands of soldiers from the Sui government on the west bank of the Liaoshui River.This can be regarded as revenge for Mai Tiezhang, and this revenge should be avenged by Xin Shixiong, Mai Tiezhang's successor.He took over the Zuo Tunwei, and the best way to convince the crowd was to avenge Mai Tiezhang, even though he personally led the army to charge and kill them in the battle of crossing the river on the second day, and did not keep any prisoners, and beheaded all the surrendered soldiers. He won the respect of the Zuo Tunwei soldiers, but after all, he still had some regrets.

Li Xian knew that his amazing appearance that day must have left a deep impression on the people of Zuo Tunwei, and Xin Shixiong must also know this.

Therefore, as a person who is about to be promoted to a general, in order to have absolute control over the Zuo Tunwei, how could he not show his prestige to the arrival of a guy like Li Xian who made the Zuo Tunwei soldiers grateful?

Although, Li Xian was personally ordered by His Majesty to come to his Zuo Tunwei.

Li Xian was not in a hurry, anyway, he had something to do, so it was a reward to watch the training of the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty at such a close distance.

General Xin Shixiong of Zuo Tunwei stood at the door of the big tent, opened a gap in the curtain and looked out.Seeing the young man standing not far away, staring intently at the soldiers practicing in the open field, not in a hurry, he admired the young man's temperament.His Majesty suddenly appeared in the barracks last night, but Yu Wenshu and the others were terribly frightened.Then His Majesty convened the courtiers to discuss matters overnight, and ordered Yu Wenshu to be the marching officer, and Liu Shilong to be the supervisor of the army, to mobilize the left guard, the left martial guard, the right guard, the left Xiao guard, and the left guard guard, totaling more than [-] troops. Five days later, he set off and made a long-distance attack. He joined General Laihu'er who led the navy to land, and attacked Pyongyang City.

Thinking of His Majesty's thunderous anger last night, Xin Shixiong still has lingering fears.

He had never seen His Majesty get so angry.

Speaking of which, this time Yu Wenshu still commanded the expedition of 30 troops as the marching chief, and Liu Shilong was still in charge of the army. It seems that the two people's holy relatives are still grand, but it is obvious that His Majesty is giving them a chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds.Especially Liu Shilong, the supervisor of the army, if he makes any mistakes again, his official career may come to an end.However, this long-distance attack by partial divisions should not be a problem in common sense. The navy that came to protect the general has already landed. Pyongyang City?At that time, there were so many strong cities in Nanchen and the natural moat of the Yangtze River, couldn't they also stop the great soldiers of the Sui Dynasty?

It's just that it's already July, and there is not much time left for the Sui army to fight in this bitterly cold place in Liaodong.According to common sense, there will be snow in this place in September, and the army will work hard to mobilize many expeditions, and the supplies will not be able to keep up. If Pyongyang cannot be taken within two months, they will have to retreat and return.

Thinking of this, he hated Liu Shilong until his teeth itch.If it weren't for this bastard supervising army who doesn't know much about military affairs to stop him again and again, Liaodong City would have been destroyed long ago. How could it be delayed for three months by the army of millions?Therefore, Xin Shixiong was very helpless and dissatisfied that His Majesty still used Liu Shilong as the supervisor this time.It's just that the civil servants are the supervisors of the army, which is the court practice, even if he is not satisfied, he can't say anything.

His Majesty only gave five days to prepare, and this was an expedition without logistical supplies. Each soldier had to carry about three stones of food on average, which was definitely not a small burden for the soldiers.The mountainous roads in Goguryeo are difficult to navigate, and it is indeed a helpless choice to carry so much food for the expedition. However, the army has crossed the Liaoshui River and has been doing nothing for three months. If you don’t catch Pyongyang before winter, you will be ridiculed. ?

Xin Shixiong understood His Majesty's difficulties, but he didn't understand why Liu Shilong, a literati who didn't understand military affairs, had to dictate.

He was already depressed, but last night His Majesty left him alone and told him that Yan Yun, who killed the enemy and seized the corpses on the east bank of the Liaoshui River, was going to work under his tent, and he became even more depressed.

Looking at Li Xian standing outside, Xin Shixiong couldn't help thinking sourly, this kid is lucky to be favored by His Majesty!

Thinking that I have been in the army for so many years, the old General Mai Tiezhang died, but he is still General Zuo Tunwei, not the justifiable General Zuo Tunwei!

Xin Shixiong originally wanted to make things difficult for the young man, but after all, this person was sent by His Majesty himself, if he made things difficult, wouldn't it embarrass His Majesty?

Seeing him standing in a daze at the door of the big tent, Chen Qi, his staff member, knew what the general was embarrassing, so he took a few steps forward, coughed and said, "The general is embarrassing how to arrange Yan Yun?"

Xin Shixiong glanced back, sighed and said, "What is Xuanmou's strategy?"

Chen Qi is from Boling, his style name is Xuanmou, he is a flexible mind, and he has won the trust of Xin Shixiong. That day, he was the one who persuaded Xin Shixiong to take the lead and rush to the front, not to accept the Goguryeo prisoners. , won the respect of Zuo Tunwei soldiers, Xin Shixiong will take over Zuo Tunwei so smoothly.

"What's so difficult about this?"

Chen Qi stroked his beard and said with a light smile, "Since this young man is someone His Majesty values, the general only needs to lift him up."

Xin Shixiong didn't expect Chen Qi to say nonsense, and he said impatiently: "Could it be that I should fix him?"

Chen Qidao: "General, what I mean is... Your Majesty appreciates him, so the General will also praise him, give him a vacant position that is neither high nor low, and treat him with courtesy, but he is not allowed to touch military affairs If this person has been in the army for a long time and has not made any merits, if the general will accuse him of being arrogant and rude, will he be able to survive for a long time? I am afraid that His Majesty will be extremely disappointed at that time. "