Chapter 96
As soon as Liu Che finished speaking, the generals in the sand table room raised their heads, and their eyes were shining with excitement! This Western Expedition, with new horse harnesses such as high bridge saddles, stirrups and horseshoes, plus a complete map! This battle will definitely win. Whoever can get the opportunity to lead will make a contribution to the title of marquis! How can they not be excited?
Among them, Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi are most eager. In their opinion, Dou Ying and Tian Fen have too high status and do not have to compete with them for these contributions. Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao are too young and have no prestige to command an army of 20,000! Although Li You is familiar with things in Hexi, he lacks the experience of leading the army. He commands as an assistant to participate in the Western Expedition and will never become a leader. So among the Han ministers who participated in the Western Expedition plan throughout the entire process, they were the most suitable leaders!
"Your Majesty! I think this is the first battle for the Han Dynasty to fight back against the Huns. This battle must be cautious. Cheng Buzhi general uses troops safely and should be the best candidate for the leader!" After thinking for a moment, Dou Ying came out and said, he was a little old, and he was thinking in his mind that he would first gain a foothold in this battle and then seek victory.
"Wei Qihou's words are wrong, because this is the first battle between the Han and the Han counterattacking the Huns! Therefore, only by winning this battle can we wipe out the previous shame and shock the Huns! If we spend countless money and food, we end up in an unbeaten situation! What's the benefit of this battle?" Wu'an Marquis Tian Fen stood up to oppose Dou Ying's opinion. "I think that when Li Guang, the guard of Weiyang Palace, fought against the Huns many times when he was in the prefect of Renling West, Yanmen, Daijun, and Yunzhong, he won a lot of money! If he led the army to the west, he would definitely defeat the Huns!"
The two important officials supported different generals, which made Liu Che a little embarrassed. Listening quietly to the arguments of the ministers, Liu Che kept thinking in his heart that if he didn't know the use process, he would not lose this battle anyway. However, it would probably be difficult to win if he used Li Guang, the hope of winning would increase greatly, but it would also be a hidden danger of losing. What should we do?
At this time, Liu Che was a young man with a strong spirit. He spent so long to prepare and had a map brought back from the Western Regions through many hardships. If he could only win and not defeat, then this battle would be meaningless! Since Li Guang was not safe enough in his military use, he would send a safe general to help him!
Liu Che slowly stretched out his right hand and signaled the ministers to stop arguing, and then turned his eyes to Li Guang, as if he had made a decision, "General Li!"
"I'm here!" Li Guang quickly came out of the crowd and responded respectfully. At the same time, his heartbeat began to accelerate. Does Your Majesty want to hand over this important task to me?
"If I hand over 20,000 elite troops to General Li to be in charge of the Western Expedition, I wonder if General Li can bring me a big victory?" Liu Che stared at Li Guang for a long time before saying slowly.
"I will surely be able to wipe out the land in Hexi for Your Majesty, and take the heads of King Xiu Tu and King Kun Xie before Your Majesty!" Li Guang's head exploded with a buzzing sound. Seeing that the title of Marquis was right in front of him, he quickly knelt down on the ground and replied loudly. Cheng Buzhi, who was beside him, sighed secretly, "Are you going to lose this opportunity?"
"That's great!" Liu Che praised, "I passed the order and conferred the Weiyang Palace Guard Li Guang as the General of the Cavalry, and was ranked third in the position, and commanded all matters in the Western Expedition! The Shizhong Wei Qing was the General of the Cavalry, and Gongsun Ao was the General of the Cavalry, and he was under Li Guang to participate in the Western Expedition! Zhang Qian, the Taizhong Doctor, led the remaining troops of the former Han envoys as guides to assist the General of the Cavalry!"
The military system of the Han Dynasty was very chaotic, and various general titles emerged one after another. The appearance of Li You made the title of General Cavalry appear for more than ten years, and the first person of this title also changed from Huo Qubing to Li Guang! Judging from Liu Che's arrangement, this title has a very high status and should be second only to the general among military officers! The title of General Cavalry and General Cavalry are permanent titles, which are probably lower than General Cavalry! However, considering the identity of Wei Qing's relatives and his relationship with Gongsun Ao, if the two unite, they can limit Li Guang.
This is Liu Che's plan. He used Li Guang to lead the army to use his talents to defeat the Huns, and he also sent Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao to Li Guang's subordinates to avoid him making mistakes! With these three generals and Li You, who is familiar with things in Hexi, as a guide, you will be able to rest assured in this battle.
As soon as Liu Che's decision came out, Tian Feng looked happy, and Dou Ying felt relieved considering that Wei Qing, Gongsun Ao and Li You were walking with Li Guang! Everyone was very happy in the sand table room, but Cheng Buzhi was depressed. All the generals involved in the Western Expedition plan were sent. Why did Your Majesty miss him?
"Chen Weiwei of Changle Palace?" As he was thinking, Liu Che's voice sounded again!
"I'm here!" Cheng Buzhi hurriedly stepped out!
"If our Han invades Hexi in this battle, the Huns will definitely not give up! The military ministers and soldiers will definitely gather troops to imitate the plan of besieging Wei to save Zhao, harassing our Han's Henan and Hebei! Forcing our Han to retreat from Hexi!" Liu Che walked to the edge of the sand table and pointed at these two places with a thin stick.
Cheng Buzhi realized that Your Majesty did not forget himself, but had other arrangements! Sure enough, after a little conspiracy, Liu Che expressed his own arrangements, "I have decided on a strategy of attacking the west and defending the east! General Li led his troops to fight in the Hexi area to defeat King Xiu Tu and King Kun Xie, and recover the land in Hexi! And to the east, I plan to let General Cheng lead his troops to garrison the border and block the attack of the Huns. I wonder General Cheng might do it?"
"Please rest assured by your Majesty! I am here to breathe, and I will not let the Huns cross the border with one horse!" Cheng Buzhi was so excited that he almost whimpered, and hurriedly bowed and thanked him!
Liu Che's arrangement is a good use of people, Li Guang, who is good at attacking and is unconventional in his troops, has great hope of winning a great victory and making the troops cautious. Cheng Buzhi, who is indifferent to water, is responsible for the defense on the east side, and can also maintain the stability of the border and make the Huns who come from afar return without success.
It is indeed worthy of being the Emperor Wu of Han who has been famous in history! Li You, who is in the next head, is also very impressed.
The leading general has been confirmed that the Han Dynasty began to accelerate the operation of war machines. In Shanglin Garden, the workshops garrisoned heavily were making saddles, stirrups and horseshoes day and night! Li Guang led Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao to select joint soldiers and officers from the Han army and began to train them to become familiar with new horse harnesses! A team of convoys of vehicles continued to come in and out of Chang'an City, transporting mountains of food, cotton coats, soldiers and other materials
In the spring of the following year, all the preparations before the expedition were completed, and we were waiting for Liu Che's decree!
Chapter completed!