Li Ji was obviously respected in the military tent, because after he sat down, the noise in the military tent automatically disappeared.
Li Ji glanced at the Chinese military tent with his eyes that flashed like the cold light of a chainsaw. People standing in the military tent could not help but lower their heads and did not dare to look at him.
It seemed that he didn't find anyone who could hold the flag for sacrifice. Li Ji snorted dissatisfiedly and said, "I won't go into details about the rules in my tent. Those who know the way of nature will understand it before beheading those who don't."
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My military mission this time is to destroy Goguryeo. As long as Goguryeo is destroyed, no matter what dirty deeds you have done, you can blame it on me.
We can't destroy Goguryeo, even if you are brave enough to defeat the three armies and kill countless enemies, when I feel uncomfortable and want to behead you to vent my anger, don't complain!"
At this time, Li Ji had already transformed from a respectable old man into an old bandit leader who was prolific in killing people.
However, if you think about his background, you will understand that he is a bandit leader himself, and he is the kind of bandit leader who is invincible.
After Yun Chu followed the other generals and shouted "Here", he continued to stand upright and waited for Li Ji to continue his lecture.
Unexpectedly, Li Ji turned to look at Su Dingfang and said, "Old Su, all the generals are here, but you can take away whatever you like."
Su Dingfang then opened his eyes and said: "Baekje is only a small area and does not need many elite soldiers. However, you will have a hard time with the dangerous mountains and rivers along the way. You can just allocate some to me."
It's very rude to say this.
After watching the two people muttering at the top for a while, the marching commander Shi Jiangke took out a piece of paper filled with people's names and began to call the names.
Finally, Pei Xingjian's name was called, and he followed Su Dingfang directly out of the Chinese army's tent. Looking at Pei Xingjian's retreating back, Yun Chu was very envious, because as long as he walked to Chengshan, he could take a boat to fight in Baekje.
Yunchu remembered clearly that it only took them thirty days from the time they landed to the time they destroyed Baekje.
Thirty days, for the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Road March, he had not yet reached the edge of the Great Wall of Goguryeo.
I also heard that there was a Liaoze area more than 200 miles wide there - the Great Northern Wilderness of later generations.
At this moment, Goguryeo is a really big country, with a population of 700,000 households. Including the wild people, the number of people who control strings will not be less than 600,000, and there will be even more if you add Heishui Mohe.
It is the most powerful country east of Liaodong, and its territory is more than ten times the area of Silla and Baekje.
The Tang army only had 260,000 soldiers, and even the number of civilians accompanying the army would not exceed 400,000.
After Su Dingfang left with his troops, Li Ji looked at the generals and generals standing below and said, "They are all experienced in many battles. They are all familiar with how to fight on the battlefield.
Remember, in this battle, I don’t want you to have any whims or make your own decisions, as long as you complete my military orders.
As long as you fulfill your military orders, even if you die in battle, I will take credit for you. Anyone who dares to have a whim or make his own decisions will not be spared, even if he wins a big victory.
As long as we carry out this battle according to the established strategy, there is no reason for failure.
This is my last lecture to you. From now on, I won’t say anything, I will only watch your actions.
Now Changshi will train you for the first time."
Li Ji didn't talk much, and he didn't seem to have issued many military orders. However, this kind of thing was the most difficult to handle.
Generally speaking, as long as you abide by the military orders issued, you can do other things without any taboos. Now, Li Ji has only set an ambiguous rule, which is very difficult to do here, because you don't know what you have done.
He will be beheaded.
The person who served as the commander-in-chief of the march in Liaodong Road was General Zuo Xiaowei Pang Tongshan.
Yun Chu was not very familiar with this person, having only met him a few times.
After listening to the military training orders he issued, Yunchu discovered that Xue Rengui belonged to Qibi Heli and belonged to the former army.
The Chinese army was controlled by Li Ji himself.
Yunchu was assigned to Hou Gaokan's rear army in Pingyuan County without any surprise.
After receiving the order, everyone left one after another. Only Yun Chu stayed where he was. When only Li Ji and others were left in the military tent, Li Ji looked at Yun Chu indifferently and said, "You want gunpowder?"
Yun Chu nodded and said: "The general needs gunpowder very much."
After Li Ji asked everyone to leave, he looked at Yun Chu and said, "Were you responsible for the Xianyang Bridge massacre?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "No."
Li Ji asked again: "Were you responsible for the massacre of the Tibetan envoys?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "No."
Li Ji hesitated and asked again: "Did you also bury the gunpowder under the general's stage?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "No!"
Li Ji sighed and said: "The first two cases were apparently done by Qiu Xinggong and his son..."
After a moment of silence, Li Ji said again: "If you weren't the one who put the gunpowder on the platform, then this matter would be very serious."
Yun Chu said softly: "Originally, the dianjiang platform was frozen. Later, when I went up to the dianjiang platform to capture the flag, I found that the dianjiang platform was rebuilt."
Li Ji seemed not to have heard what Yun Chu said. He clasped his fingers on the table and said, "We have gunpowder, and there is no shortage of thunder and fire bombs, but we only have them after crossing the Liao River."
When Yun Chu heard this, he raised his hands and stepped back.
When Wen Wen saw Yun Chu, she found that he didn't bring the gunpowder. She was very disappointed and whispered: "You won't give it?"
Yun Chu said: "I will give it after crossing the Liao River."
Wen Wen said again: "The general of the rear army, Gao Kan, has sent a messenger to order you to go to the rear army's tent to discuss matters."
Yun Chu glanced at the soldiers who were eating, and then hurried to Gao Kan's military tent again.
Gao Kan was always known as an old hen in the military.
He was the kindest and most talkative general in the Tang army. When Yunchu arrived at the military tent, he found that he was the last one to arrive. After he apologized, he found a place to sit down.
Gao Kan said with a smile: "Everyone says that the magistrate of Wannian County is an invincible general who shuttles among millions of troops. In this Eastern Expedition, he will show off the majesty of a strong general to defend our rear army.
Build morale and show prestige."
Yun Chu knew that the military was not a place for you to speak modestly. This place only recognized the strong.
Then he cupped his hands and said, "General, as long as you have a mission, Yunchu will definitely move forward bravely."
Gao Kan pressed his hands and said: "Sit down, sit down, we are all brothers who stir food in the same pot from now on, no need to be polite."
When Yunchu sat down, Gao Kan continued: "Everything else can be laughed off, and I am willing to share some of the burden with my subordinates. However, marching and fighting are the only things that are not humane.
Are you fighting? You are all people who have been on the battlefield. You know that those who advance live and those who retreat die. I don’t want to see the soldiers under my command die under the sword of the supervising team. If possible, I am willing to send you off personally.
A journey..."
Gao Kan also did not stipulate military discipline here, which is consistent with Li Ji's approach.
Yunchu could imagine that this was instilling pressure on the people present. He could even imagine that this march might not be an easy journey.
Both Li Ji and Gao Kan have to put an end to the shortcomings of the army's generals who don't know their soldiers and their soldiers who don't know their generals on this long journey.
Moreover, this is not only a matter for Li Ji and Gao Kan, but also the leading generals such as Yun Chu have this need.
After all, to Li Ji, generals at the level of Yun Chu were unfamiliar to him, and to Yun Chu, those brigade commanders and captains who personally led troops were also unfamiliar to him.
All need to be slowly adjusted in the future.
On this day, Li Ji took more than 50,000 people to eat two meals in Wannian County.
Before dawn, Su Dingfang left with 10,000 people. He and Li Ji were both marching generals, so it was not easy to stay in the same military camp.
Before leaving, Pei Xingjian wanted to ask Yunchu for some medical officers. Naturally, Yunchu would not overstep his authority in such a matter. Pei Xingjian's request was sternly rejected by Lao He. He also wanted some craftsmen, but Lao Huang sternly rejected it.
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It's not that Pei Xingjian's army didn't have medical officers or craftsmen, but it just didn't have the senior ones like Yunchu.
In the end I had to leave sadly.
When Li Ji marched, he did not show any tricks and was very disciplined. During the march, he ate twice a day and traveled eighty miles a day.
Day after day, no matter the wind or rain, there is no obstacle.
Gradually, we moved away from Tongguan, Hangu Pass, Jinzhou, Bingzhou, and naturally also Chang'an.
When Yunchu vaguely saw some dilapidated Great Walls on the distant mountains, the army had already entered Hebei Road.
Along the way, the army always followed the main road, instead of taking the straight road along the route that Qin Shi Huang used when he visited Qinhuangdao.
Because the states and counties on both sides of that road are no longer wealthy and cannot provide enough food and supplies to the army.
When they arrived at Hebei Province, Li Ji's army already numbered 120,000.
The army marched endlessly, covering a distance of thirty miles.
Less than a hundred miles away from Yanzhou, Li Ji once again issued an order to station troops.
Because of marching under the scorching sun, Yun Chu's face once again returned to 70% of its appearance in the Western Regions.
After watching the soldiers hammering wooden stakes into the ground to build the camp for a while, Yun Chu returned to his military tent and said to Wen Wen who was taking the time to make tea: "Do you regret it?"
Wen Wen shook her head and said, "Don't think of me as a speculator. This battle is too important for me not to come.
If I don’t come, I will regret it for the rest of my life.”
Yunchu took a cup of tea and whispered: "What do you think of Hebei Road?"
He took a gentle sip of strong tea and said, "If you ask this question, you might as well ask me directly what I think of Shandong."
Yun Chu held the small teacup in both hands and said, "I'm too poor and too miserable."
Wen Wen sneered and said, "This is what Chang'an needs, isn't it?"
Yun Chu rubbed the tea cup in his hands and said, "My family's steward Cui once said that the land occupied by nobles in Shandong is so big that you can barely see the edge. In other words, there are many slaves in Shandong and few farmers.
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Wen Wenwen continued to sneer: "The national policy of tired Shandong, poor Shandong, and trapped Shandong has been going on for many years. It was even like this in the Sui Dynasty. What kind of intentions are you thinking now?"
Yun Chu smiled and said: "I want to know now, do you and I count as Guanlong or Shandong?"
Wen Wen looked into Yun Chu's eyes and said, "My hometown is in Bingzhou, and your hometown is who knows where, so neither Guanlong nor Shandong people want us."