Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 619 The Ancient Marching Sizi Appears
Marching in ancient times is a very complicated job, but it is not like a game where you can go away with a mouse click, there will be a lot of work to do.

The first thing to do is to dispatch Tangqi. This Tangqi can be understood as scouts + signal soldiers, and what they do is to detect the enemy's situation and report information during the march.

In the morning, when the first trumpet is sounded in the barracks, all ministries will pack up their items and military uniforms, and then follow orders to cook and eat.

After counting the dry food and supplies, they did not set off after finishing, but sent Tangqi out to investigate first.Tangqi is organized in ponds, and there are five people in each pond. When investigating, these five people should pay attention to looking at each other and not lose their sight.

Everyone is equipped with a signal cannon to call the army in case of an emergency.

When the army is marching, no matter how many routes it divides into, each route must set up a pond rider.There are 24 Tang cavalry on each road, each of these Tang cavalry is one mile apart, and the maximum spread can reach more than [-] li.

It can be said that Tang Qi is the eyes and ears of the army.

Each of Li You's Tangqi is equipped with a waist knife, a pair of bows and arrows, and as a signal soldier, there is also the most important flag.It is said that the flag is actually a flag gun, the gun is three meters long, and a small flag thirty centimeters wide is placed under the gun head.

If Tangqi finds the enemy team, he will shake the flag left and right, and the Tangqi behind will send information to the general after seeing it.

If the enemy is still far away and it is not a sudden encounter, then you only need to move the flag slowly.If the enemy's large army is aggressive, then draw a circle and wave the flag.

If it is a terrain problem, such as no way to go, narrow water, etc., there is no need to wave the flag, and word of mouth will do.

In order to prevent the enemy from expulsing the Tangqi, and the information was interrupted, the military law stipulated that the Tangqi could not retreat completely, but retreated according to the enemy's expulsion force.

For example, if the enemy's deportation team approaches, the first Tangqi will retreat to the other Tangqi's place one mile behind. If the enemy returns, they will retreat one by one like this. I retreat from the enemy and I advance, and each pond proceeds in turn.

Li You also formulated the colors of the flags according to modern rules. For example, if you encounter an enemy, you will wave the red flag; confused.

This can greatly improve the accuracy of the information. In addition, Li You stipulated that the information obtained by Tangqi should only be passed on to the general. If any Tangqi returns to the camp to report the investigation information, no matter whether it is important or not, the officers and soldiers along the way are not allowed to intercept For cross-examination, you only need to go directly to the Chinese army to report to the general, and then the general will call the officers of the various departments to discuss.

If someone dares to intercept Tangqi to interrogate information on the way, he will be dealt with by military law.

This is the rigor of Li You and the essence of the art of war. Information is the most important thing in a war and must not be leaked out. However, this is a plain, so you can use Tangqi.

After arriving in Lingnan, the role of Tangqi will not be so great. Everyone in Lingnan also knows that the mountains and rivers are steep and the waterways are criss-crossing.

So Li You decided that after Ruguilian arrived in Lingnan, it would merge with Tangqi. Whenever they encountered steep mountains and places where cavalry could not go up, the soldiers of Ruguilian would go up the mountain with five-sided and five-color flags to investigate. Valleys and dense forests are not to be missed.

This is Li You's advancement layer by layer, because Li You didn't dare to be a little sloppy when he suppressed the rebellion for the first time. Fortunately, there were Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang beside Li You. Li You doesn't need to worry too much about things.

Just like the marching order of a large army, Xue Rengui himself formulated a detailed and reasonable marching formation. The front troops are the cavalry of various departments. Because the cavalry is fast, they will quickly advance to a place two or three miles away from the camp after leaving the camp, and then stop and stand. Be alert after the queue.

Afterwards, the various units of the infantry went out of the camp in turn according to the position and direction, and formed a guard on all sides at a distance of [-] steps from the camp.

Finally, the baggage team left the camp.After all left the camp, the order changed again. The infantry closed the formation and passed the cavalry to walk in the front, and then the cavalry escort led the baggage team to march at a distance of two miles from the infantry.If it is snowing heavily, the cavalry will step on the snow to clear the way, and the infantry will follow behind.

The sixth elder brother Mei Qi is in charge of Li You's logistics. This Mei Qi used to manage the logistics and military supplies of an army of [-]. In addition to supplies and supplies, he also gave each soldier, and each soldier prepared fried yellow rice. Two liters, one liter is ground into powder, and one liter is packaged separately; there is also one liter of Wuhe flour, of which Wuhe is made into steamed cakes with sesame oil, Wuhe is used to make fried noodles and soaked in shochu, and Wuhe is used to make fried noodles and soaked in salt and vinegar. Pack them up and take them with you for emergencies.

This is not something that an ordinary army or an ordinary quartermaster can do, because it is too expensive, but the chances of saving your life will increase if you spend the money. With this food, even if there are soldiers who fall behind, they can survive for a long time. long time.

If there is a big river blocking the way, and the water is deep and there are no boats, Li You also recruited a group of sailors. The sailors will swim to the opposite bank with the thick ropes in the army, and then the ropes will be erected and fixed on both banks.

Then the soldiers cut down the bamboo and made it into a raft and put it on the rope to make a suspension bridge.If there are no woods nearby, then use a spear as a temporary material, tie it up and put it on a rope, and then lay armor on it as a road emergency.

In order to avoid being attacked by half-crossing or setting up an ambush by the enemy, after the suspension bridge is built, not all of them will cross the river, but first select elite troops to cross the river, and then arrange formations to guard and protect the troops crossing the river behind, and then occupy every time a team crosses the river. Form a team on favorable terrain and cross the river one by one.

Hey, any details, any coping methods, Li You had discussed clearly with Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang beforehand. For this Lingnan counter-rebellion, Li You can be said to have made the most complete preparations.

During the march, if there is something that needs to be suspended for three to five days or a period of time, in addition to setting up camps and arranging fortifications, beacon piers must be built within a distance of one or two miles outside the camps as a clear warning post.

Seeing the enemy army coming to attack the village, light the beacon according to the number of people. Generally, ten people light small torches, 200 to 400 people light large torches, 1000 to [-] people light two torches, and [-] to [-] people light three torches. Increase accordingly.

If the enemy came to attack the stronghold due to strong wind and sand and low visibility, then Li You would give repeated orders not to allow all troops to go out to fight, mainly to prevent the troops from being hindered by the wind and sand and being unable to cooperate, and being defeated one by one by the enemy with cavalry.

Comprehensive, pervasive.

"Ah!" Li You sat in the carriage and stretched. It has been almost a day since he left Chang'an City. The army now has Xue Rengui as the vanguard to open up mountains and roads, and Su Dingfang as the logistics to stabilize the morale of the army.

Li You is in the Chinese army, but there is not much to do. Everything is going according to schedule, but Li You does not know that at this time in the Chang'an Palace, Li Shimin found a letter left by Li Mingda. The content of the letter is: Father, I am now Already in Fifth Brother's army, I want to get back what belongs to me. I made it clear at the beginning that I will help you organize a meeting to recruit a son-in-law, and you will let me go to Lingnan.

But the fact is that Fifth Brother is going to Lingnan, but you want to keep me together, I am very angry, so I choose to follow secretly, father don't look for me, if you want to bring me back by force, I will go back to the hunger strike, this time I am not joking, I will do what I say.

Then he drew the head of an angry little girl at the back. This little girl's head was Li Mingda at first glance. After seeing this left letter, Li Shimin panicked at the first moment. He subconsciously prepared He ordered Li Mingda to be called back.

But when I think about it, if I call Li Mingda back at this time, if the little girl really fights my hunger strike, then what should I do? You must know that Li Shimin knows Li Mingda's character too well, just like Queen Changsun. Empress Changsun's mother looks all over the world, but her character is very stubborn.

Take the matter of Changsun Wuji as an example, no matter what Li Shimin explains, Empress Changsun just doesn't want her brother to be a high-ranking official. You know, during that time, Changsun Wuji was really just a small official However, Li Shimin did not dare to entrust him with important tasks.

From here, you can see the stubbornness of Empress Changsun. If Li Mingda is brought back by himself, and Li Mingda is really on a hunger strike, then Li Shimin can only be at a loss, so the will is not given, but the will is not given, how do you know Li Mingda? Current situation.

As a last resort, Li Shimin didn't dare to reveal his purpose, so he could only send Yang Qu to chase after him. Yang Qu chased Li You after running for a day and a night.

"Your Highness!" Just when Li You was doing nothing, Yao Yu suddenly came from behind and said, "Your Highness, Neiguan Yang is here!"

Li You clacked. At first, Li You felt that he had heard wrongly. Yang Neiguan came. You must know that Yang Qu is Li Shimin's close minister. How could he come here, and what is he doing here? , Could it be that Li Shimin wanted to monitor him?
Li You frowned slightly, but the frown is a frown, and people still have to greet him immediately, but what Li You didn't expect was that after seeing Yang Qu, the news he got was actually a person that made Li You frown even more matter.

It turned out that Yang Qu came to find Li Mingda.

"What...? The sis got mixed up in my Huben Guard?" Li You really didn't know what to say. After listening to Yang Qu's report, he immediately ordered the army to investigate suspicious persons, even if they dug three feet into the ground Li Mingda finds out.

After the order was issued for about half an hour, finally, Li Mingda, Yan San, Di Renjie, Xiao Baoer, the four guys were directly searched out by Li You. These four guys originally hid in the baggage camp and hid in the carriage However, if Yan San was not too big, he might not be able to find it.

"Your Highness, Princess!" Seeing Li Mingda dressed as a soldier, Yang Qu hurried up to help Li Mingda tidy up his clothes.

On the contrary, Li Mingda shouted angrily: "I won't go back, I will definitely not go back, fifth brother agreed to take me to Lingnan, I want to see my gold mine, fifth brother lied to me, fifth brother is a big liar. "

Frowning, Li You was speechless, and the other party sent his army directly.

(End of this chapter)