After more than half a year, Wu Huaiyu left Beijing again to fight.
The last time, he was a small medical officer who inspected the medical school of Longyou camp as the right guard of the East Palace Prince and led the palace from the ninth rank to join the army.
But this time, he led the army as the Prince Xima of the Economic Affairs Bureau of the East Palace, a bachelor and the owner of the Chongwen Hall, an envoy to the Yanzhou military, and the governor of Yanzhou. He also held a secret position, Six Gates Criminal Constitution
Si Yuanwai Lang.
Two thousand elite soldiers from Guanzhong broke out and set off for the expedition, followed by 800 heavy civilians.
Zhao Xin followed Huaiyu on horseback and said with great emotion, "This is much better than our previous hospital army."
This military attache who was born in Chang'an Ya was now appointed by Huaiyu as the fourth chief of Shuofang Bureau, codenamed Nine-Headed Bird. Huaiyu chose him because he grew up in the market as a child and later became a
Tooth merchants know the bottom of the market very well, and they know very clearly the people at the bottom, such as traffickers and lackeys.
On February 2, the dragon raises its head.
The weather is fine and the sun is shining brightly.
More than two thousand people and horses marched in neat ranks on the official road. The soldiers carried knives and spears and marched lightly. The donkeys carried the armor, arrows, dry food, etc. of the soldiers. The baggage carts behind were loaded with food, arrows, and arrows.
Medicinal materials and spare armor, etc.
Officers generally have mounts, and some wealthy soldiers also provide their own mounts. The entire team has more war horses, mounts, pack donkeys, draft horses, etc. than there are soldiers.
Strong soldiers and strong horses.
Compared to last year's trip to Longyou, the morale this time was higher. Last year, we had to face a large-scale invasion, continuous deepening, and arrogant Turkic army, but this time we only faced rebels like Liang Shidu.
They were quite happy to choose to go to Shuofang to serve as guards and soldiers in the state, which meant they could perform meritorious services and grab trophies.
Last time Huaiyu led twenty-four chapters, this time it is no less than last year.
If he hadn't repeatedly refused, Fan Xuanfu, Runniang and the others would have really arranged for Huaiyu to be followed by Jianyi and the others, and even planned to let Huaiyu bring the Wu family music class with him.
The cold wind howled, but the soldiers and horses were in high morale and sang as they walked.
The song was sung by Huaiyu on his expedition last year.
Four tall and burly Kunlun slaves, holding the double banners and double knots given to Huaiyu by the emperor, were very conspicuous in the team.
The two sons of the second uncle Samurai Rang all joined the army this time. The eldest Huai Liang served as the leader of the three guards and helped Huai Yu carry the three-pointed two-edged sword.
In honor of Huaiyu, he carried the jade sword given to Huaiyu by the emperor.
Those four Kunlun slaves are as black as coal. They are definitely not natives of the South China Sea Islands, or local soil obtained from Zhanla, Jiaozhou, or even Tianzhu. They are truly African materials transported from the Red Sea and the Mediterranean with maritime merchants.
Black slave.
Tall, burly, and shiny black.
These guys are as strong as cattle, but they are as tamed as old oxen. However, these guys have a high level of strength. They can outrun a galloping horse with bare feet, and they are even more powerful with javelins.
The nobles of Chang'an like to use this kind of Kunlun slaves to follow the carriages, thinking that thieves have face.
Behind these four black coals is Huaiyu's personal army, a hundred people in total, but they did not take up the two thousand troops, because these are not soldiers, but subordinates and disciples arranged by the Wu family, Fan family and others.
Huaiyu acts as a personal soldier here, learns and practices along with him, becomes a gold medalist, and maybe even gets some credit along the way.
There are also many families with good relations. This time, they also responded to Huaiyu's invitation and sent tribesmen or stewards to lead the team and follow the baggage team to go to Yanzhou to open salt marshes and sell salt.
The total number of troops arranged by each family to go to Yanzhou exceeded the 800 people in the transport camp. They had more horses and mules, and more supplies. They even made a cameo appearance as a merchant group accompanying the army, doing some things along the way.
Buy and sell to provide some rich commodities for this march of soldiers and horses.
Huaiyu's personal soldiers, fifty tribes, fifty children from various families, these carry rations and prepare their own war horses and weapons. There are only a few dandy children. They are all selected elites of the clan. If they want to go to Shuofang, at least they will.
Those who are good at riding and shooting have no experience or qualifications except being young. They are actually little roosters with high spirits.
Along the way, these people were very excited. They looked left and right, hoping that there would be a big robber blocking the way or a blind bandit on the road.
They didn't even think about it. Their team had only two thousand regular soldiers and eight hundred militiamen, and then the servants and disciples led by the officers, as well as the merchant corps accompanying the army, totaled more than a thousand, and there were also
Thousands of prisoners who were exiled to the army, totaling more than 5,000 people, were winding on the road like a dragon, and one could not see the end or the end.
You have to be such a blind thief to dare to seek death like this.
But they didn't know that there was a great fame waiting for them along the way.
Huaiyu required that he march eighty miles every day and then set up camp early in the morning. This was no different from when he commanded the hospital camp.
Huaiyu had even become very experienced. While marching on the road, he became more familiar with flags and drums, and he had to set up camp strictly after the march every day.
He even set up medical camps and accompanying medical schools in the army.
Although various Tangqi were sent out for reconnaissance, everything was very stable for several days. After all, they were marching in Gyeonggi Province.
Starting from Chang'an, we cross the Weishui River and go north, passing Liquan and up the Jinghe River. We are only about 500 miles away from Jingzhou. This road is relatively easy to travel. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Western Regions, he took this route.
This road goes north to Guyuan, bypasses Liupan Mountain, enters Jingyuan in the west, and leaves the Western Regions via the Hexi Corridor.
Marching is dull and boring.
Half a day of marching and half a day of camping, Huaiyu also held a meeting with the officers every day.
Most of the time, Huaiyu was studying the information about Li Yi that the flying snake Li Wujie kept sending with Chen Sheng, Li Dejiao, and Zhao Xin.
On the third day of departure, they approached Binzhou City.
The sun had just set in the west and Huaiyu had ordered the camp to be set up. As soon as the troops stopped, the flying snake Li Wujie came to see him dressed as a middle-aged man.
"Li Yi issued an imperial edict and claimed that he was entrusted with the secret edict. He led his troops into the DPRK and led the Jingzhou troops southward. Today they arrived at the foot of Binzhou City. Binzhou Sima Zhao Cihao came out of the city to greet him. Li Yi took the opportunity to seize Binzhou City and control Zhao Cihao. Li Yi
To force Zhao Cihao to attack Chang'an together..."
Huaiyu counted the time.
"The time of Li Yi's rebellion is indeed the same as what you said before. Purple Qi came from the east, Meng Gui from Jingzhou, and within ten days, King Yan Longfei. Li Yi doesn't really believe this, right?"
Li Wujie told Huaiyu that Li Yi had an arrow on his bow and had no choice but to take action. He raised his troops and sent his troops southward, not because he really wanted to attack Chang'an, but because Li Yi had received news and the court already knew that he wanted to unite with the Turks to rebel.
Yang Wei, the commander-in-chief stationed in Binzhou, has received orders from the Ministry of War and is recruiting government troops to march north to Jingzhou at any time. The emperor also wants to send Changsun Wuji in command, with Yuchigong as his deputy, to lead the army to attack.
Li Yi's original plan was to wait until the Turkic soldiers and the Liang divisions allied forces to move south before launching the attack. Now that the situation was urgent, Li Yi had no choice but to raise his troops in advance. He chose to falsely pass on the imperial edict and say he was ordered to lead troops to Beijing, but it was to raid Yang Wei and seize Binzhou.
, to stabilize the Bin and Jing areas and wait for reinforcements from the Turks and Liang divisions to arrive.
Li Yi did have some skills in using troops, and this move was very successful.
But he didn't know that all this was actually the emperor's intention, which was to make Li Yi leave Jingzhou, and even more to make him actually start a rebellion.
The battlefield to quell the rebellion is preset to be in Binzhou, and Li Yi will also be terminated in Binzhou. When Li Yi's head is sent to Chang'an, no one will doubt Li Yi's rebellion anymore, because Li Yi is Jingzhou.
The governor of the state showed up in Binzhou with his troops without any reason.
"Zhao Cihao should be someone who has been arranged there by the imperial court. Even Zhao Cihao deliberately opened Binzhou City to welcome Li Yi into the city. Otherwise, if Li Yi couldn't get the military deployment order and military talismans, how could Zhao Cihao let him go with his secret edict?
He led troops into Binzhou City?" Huaiyu said with a smile.
One link after another.
This is just like hunting. Li Yi didn't know that he had become a prey long ago, and thought he was smart, but he didn't know that every step he took was actually a series of traps that had been prepared for him.
"Zhao Cihao is the younger brother of the late consort Zhao Cijing, and his wife Changsun is the cousin of Empress Changsun. He was originally installed last year with his brother-in-law Li Keshi," Li Wujie said with a smile.
Li Shimin's cousin-in-law is naturally Li Shimin's man.
"Where is the commander-in-chief Yang Wei?"
"Yang Ji has more than a thousand soldiers. He is an old subordinate of Li Jing. He also served in the Prince of Qin's Palace before. He also followed Li Keshi to Binzhou last year. He was promoted to the commander-in-chief just a few years ago and garrisoned the Tuqiao of Binzhou, which is far away from the city.
Not far."
Huaiyu understood that this person was also a chess piece that had been arranged long ago.
In order to hunt Li Yi, the emperor really had good intentions.
It's a pity that Li Yi hasn't been able to notice it yet, and still thinks about taking refuge with the Turks, or even thinking about founding a country and proclaiming himself emperor. Isn't this crazy?
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, you surrendered to the Turks, and like Liu Wuzhou and others, you used the power of the Turks to become an emperor and build a country. It is estimated that many people followed, but when is it now?
Joined Chiang Kai-shek in 1949?
Zhao Cihao deliberately lured Li Yi into the city, and then joined forces with Yang Qi. In fact, both of them were enough to capture Li Yi.
But the emperor acted very steadily, and the emperor made full preparations.
When Zhao Cihao and Yang Ji launched the first wave of attacks, it didn't matter if they couldn't take down Li Yi, because Wu Huaiyu happened to be passing by at this time, and two thousand elite Guanzhong soldiers were guaranteed to kill him with one strike.
Even Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, and Li Xiuxing, the governor of Huizhou, had already received the secret order. If Li Yi escaped, they would intercept him from the north and would never let Li Yi escape to the Turks.
"When will Zhao and Yang launch their attack?"
"They are waiting for my news, and I am waiting for Wuhou's decision,"
Huaiyu looked at the sky and saw that it was still quite early.
"Now go back and tell Zhao Cihao and Yang Wei that at midnight today, we will work together inside and outside to attack the city and capture the traitor Li Yi!"
After seeing Li Wujie, Wu Huaiyu immediately summoned a group of officers and announced that the camp was closed and the camp was suspended. Everyone was preparing for battle and resting, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Facing the officers' inquiries, Huaiyu did not tell them the reason, but only asked them to prepare for an emergency march after dark.
Although this action seemed to be a sure thing, after all, he was facing the prestigious Li Yi, so Wu Huaiyu still did not dare to underestimate the enemy.
