Xue Wanshu can be regarded as an upright person. Although he was unwilling to lose to Quan Xu, he did not take the opportunity to say bad things about Quan Xu. Instead, he nodded and said with a serious face: "Quan Xu does have some abilities, and he can't lose to him in both civil and military affairs."
Chen, Wen Bichen’s second brother is not bad at all, and Wu Bichen’s third brother is not bad at all.”
Li Yuanji looked at Xue Wanshu with surprise on his face and said: "Your second brother Xue Wanshu's literary talent and strategy should be considered the best among your brothers. Your third brother Xue Wanjun's martial arts should also be considered the best among your brothers."
The best of them all.
For Quan Xu to be praised like this by you, it seems that it is more than just something."
Xue Wanshu nodded with deep approval and said: "It is indeed not just as simple as having something. It should be said that he has a great talent, which is not inferior to that of my brothers."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully, but did not continue to say anything more on this topic. Instead, he changed the topic and said: "You have been in Youzhou for many years, have you ever seen a team that spends all day in front of you?"
The soldiers and horses of the Jiashi people?"
Xue Wanshu was stunned for a moment, his face changed slightly and he said: "Your Highness is talking about Youyunqi?"
Li Yuanji was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "Youyun Cavalry? Youyun Eighteen Cavalry?"
Xue Wanshu said blankly: "What are the Eighteen Riders of Youyun?"
Without waiting for Li Yuanji to answer, Xue Wanshu introduced himself: "Youyun Cavalry is an iron cavalry under His Royal Highness King Yan, with a total of 1,200 people, divided into six cavalry formations.
When facing a strong enemy, you can form a cavalry formation of a thousand people to charge, or you can divide it into six cavalry formations to charge from the left and right.
Quite powerful.
Even if we are faced with an army array of tens of thousands of people, we can still deal with it calmly."
Xue Wanshu's tone became much heavier at the end.
It can be seen that the Youyunqi he mentioned left a deep impression on him.
It is very likely that he has witnessed Youyunqi's actions, or has cooperated with Youyunqi, and witnessed Youyunqi's tyrannical strength.
However, Li Yuanji's focus is not on this yet. He is still struggling with the difference between Youyun Cavalry and Youyun Eighteen Cavalry.
If Li Yi has a cavalry called Youyun Eighteen Cavalry, and privately he is nicknamed Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, then he will have to re-examine the world.
Fortunately, the cavalry under Li Yi's command is called Youyun Cavalry, and there are 1,200 people. It does not match the names and numbers of Youyun's Eighteen Cavalry and Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry.
"They are all equipped with visors, and they also like to show off their visors?"
After Li Yuanji found out that this Youyun Cavalry was not the other Youyun Cavalry, he asked about the characteristics of Youyun Cavalry.
Xue Wanshu nodded and said solemnly: "They are indeed equipped with face armor, and they also like to show off their face armor to others. The reason for this is because they are all recommended from Youzhou and Yunzhou, and they are year-round.
It is located in Youzhou and Yunzhou.
In order to prevent them from being reluctant to attack someone who is related to them, and to prevent them from being approached by their enemies for revenge, His Highness King Yan equipped them with face armor so that they can show off to others all year round."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Xue Wanshu say again: "Of course, this is just an external statement, internally it is to hide his identity."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "Then why have I never heard of their names? My father, my second brother, and even most people in the Tang Dynasty have never heard of them?"
Xue Wanshu took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "This starts with them hiding their identity from the inside."
When Xue Wanshu said this, he paused for a moment, and a trace of hesitation and a trace of struggle flashed across his face.
Li Yuanji did not rush to ask, but quietly waited for his next words.
After hesitating and struggling for a while, Xue Wanshu looked at Li Yuanji and said with a bitter smile: "Logically speaking, I have served His Highness King Yan before and should not reveal these secrets that His Highness King Yan has issued a silence order.
However, since His Highness mentioned Youyun Cavalry, it means that His Highness King Yan really used Youyun Cavalry and sent it to places that would threaten or cause harm to His Highness.
Then I can no longer hide it for him."
Li Yuanji pondered and said nothing.
From what Xue Wanshu said, this Youyun Cavalry seems to be different from regular soldiers and horses, and it cannot be used easily, so it is difficult for outsiders to know.
Li Yi also issued a hush-hush order on the insiders. Before Li Yi completely lost power, the insiders should not be willing to risk offending Li Yi and being endlessly hunted by Li Yi's people to betray Li Yi.
Therefore, without insider disclosure, outsiders would never know the existence of such a force.
But even so, it is impossible that there will be no news at all.
After all, as long as there are soldiers and horses, as long as they exist, as long as they have participated in a certain battle, they will leave many clues.
Even if Li Yi issued a hush-hush order, and those who knew about it did not dare to speak out because they did not want to offend Li Yi, others would still find out the clues.
But Li Yuanji searched through his predecessor's memory and couldn't find any relevant information.
Li Yuanji was convinced that there should be no relevant news from Li Yuan and Li Shimin.
This is a bit incredible.
There is actually a tyrannical army in this world. Under Li Tang's rule, it can hide from Li Tang's eyes and ears?
Li Yuanji didn't know whether to say that Li Yi had hidden his secrets deeper than anyone else, or whether to say that Li Yi was worthy of being the only king with the surname given to a separate territory in the Tang Dynasty.
Xue Wanshu didn't know what Li Yuanji was thinking, so he continued, "On the surface, this army of soldiers and horses does not actually exist. Because they do not have a fixed camp or a fixed identity.
So if they don’t show their faces, no one will know who they are or what their identity is.”
"Um?!"
Li Yuanji looked at Xue Wanshu in astonishment.
Xue Wanshu smiled bitterly and said: "That's true. I saw them gathering and fighting once with my own eyes, so I was sure that they really existed.
Before that, I had always thought that they did not actually exist, and it was a lie made up by His Highness, King Yan, to scare people."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yuanji sounded a little disappointed, as if he was in a fog, but he did not interrupt because he believed that since Xue Wanshu had spoken, he would not hide it.
It will definitely be made clear.
Xue Wanshu said with emotion: "Although they were recommended by His Highness King Yan from Youzhou and Yunzhou, they were not recommended from the young men of the two places, but from the soldiers of the two places.
Every innocent Youzhou soldier or Yunzhou soldier, after two or three years of fighting, as long as he has achieved certain meritorious service and is outstandingly brave, will have the opportunity to participate in the secret selection. After passing the recommendation, someone will secretly inspect him.
Teach them for a period of time, and when they complete the inspection and receive instruction, they will be considered a member of the Youyun Cavalry.
However, after they join the Youyun Cavalry, they will not be transferred, but will stay with the original troops and serve in a series of positions such as corps commander, commander, and even school lieutenant.
And will be given the power to supervise the superiors."
When Li Yuanji heard this, he suddenly realized, "Are you saying that they usually hide among the other soldiers under Li Yi's command and never gather together, and no one knows who they are?"
Xue Wanshu nodded slowly and said: "That's right, so if they don't gather together, no one knows their existence at all, and even if they know, they don't know who they are.
I have been in Youzhou for many years and have only seen them gather once.
It was that time that I was sure that they really existed.
It was also at that time that I was given a silence order by His Highness King Yan."
Li Yuanji pondered: "In other words, their selection is also carried out secretly, and there is probably a rotation system, and they will not be gathered together unless it is absolutely necessary.
It is very likely that it will be used only once every three to five years, and it is very likely that it will only be used once every eight or nine years.
The turnover of ordinary soldiers is very fast. Some soldiers may not even see them gather once from the time they join the army to the time they leave the army, let alone know their existence.
Even if someone violates Li Yi's silence order and publicizes the matter, most people will only listen to it as rumors.
So even people inside Youzhou may not dare to confirm the existence of Youyunqi, let alone outsiders like us?"
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Xue Wanshu nodded and said: "That is indeed the case. It is precisely because of this that no one spreads this matter around, and outsiders do not know about it."
Li Yuanji understood what Xue Wanshu meant.
Most people in Youzhou may not be able to confirm the existence of Youyunqi, so no one dares to regard this as intelligence or a message to outsiders.
It is also difficult for outsiders to know.
Just like if Li Yuanji had not learned about the existence of such a troop through Ling Jing, and someone came over to tell him that Li Yi had a cavalry that had not shown up for three to five years, Li Yuanji would not have believed it.
Maybe the guy who provided the 'false' information will be punished.
It is precisely because of this that without thoroughly understanding whether Youyunqi really exists, almost no one dares to speak about this matter at the risk of offending Li Yi and offending the people who bought the information.
Because of this, Youyunqi completely hid himself.
Perhaps Li Yi thought of this when he founded Youyunqi and made full use of it.
"If we were to face Youyun Cavalry, how many troops do you think we would have to prepare to have a chance of winning?"
After Li Yuanji figured out why Youyunqi was hiding so thoroughly, he stared at Xue Wanshu and asked.
Xue Wanshu hesitated and said: "Your Highness is also the leader of the army. You should know how much force to use to fight against a strong enemy. It depends on whether it is infantry or cavalry, and you have to adapt to local conditions.
If we were to face Youyun Cavalry on flat ground, the infantry would cost at least 20,000, and the horse pawns would cost 15,000.
If we were to face Youyun Cavalry at the pass, the infantry would be at least five thousand.
If we were to face Youyunqi in the mountains, we would need at least 10,000 infantry."
Speaking of this, Xue Wanshu also specifically explained: "It's not that I deliberately exaggerated the power of Youyun Cavalry, but Youyun Cavalry is really powerful. If we don't have enough troops to fight, we may not be able to win."