General Qian Shixiong is by no means a qualified teacher, or in other words, he is suspected of taking revenge for personal gain. Within five days, he made Li Xu fall off the horse at least twenty times. Fortunately, as the weather got warmer, the ground had begun to
When they softened and exchanged blows, the two men's weapons were wrapped in a thick layer of white felt. Otherwise, they would not have had to participate in the Liaodong Battle. Now Li Xu can retire due to injuries.
But these somersaults were not in vain, at least they made Li Xu understand the difference between fighting on the battlefield and fighting in ordinary times. Thinking about how bold he was to replace Liu Hongji in the competition that day, he kept laughing at himself for being stupid. If it hadn't been for Qian Shixiong's ambition that day
With the intention of reconciliation, even three Li Xus could not support five meetings.
"The body, the body and the war horse cooperate. Movements, movements must be accurate, not fast, but accurate. Don't worry about moves, moves are dead, people are alive. Be careful, the enemy is here again!" Qian Shixiong yelled
It was a satisfying fight every time. Confucianism can be taught, this was his evaluation of Li Xu. Judging from the exchanges between each other, he knew that Li Xu did not lay the foundation since childhood. This young man can achieve great results on bow and horse.
Today's achievements are all due to his own hard work and later meeting the famous coppersmith. Therefore, Qian Shixiong did not teach Li Xu any tricks. He just took Ma Shan's common tricks and repeatedly dismantled them to cultivate his skills.
His reaction speed and adaptability on the battlefield.
A battle between two armies is different from a private fight. Unless the hearts of the generals on both sides are filled with lard, a fool would leave a large number of soldiers unused, instead of rushing up and challenging them to a duel. Therefore, it is more important than exquisite tactics.
The degree of cooperation between the horse and the horse and the speed of personal response. Being able to react correctly at the moment when the two horses meet is the key to saving life and winning. If the two horses are staggered, no one is qualified to pursue the outcome. There is something new ahead of you.
Enemies, the opponents you missed will naturally be greeted by your teammates.
With this idea in mind, Qian Shixiong's men naturally used some of the most commonly used and most powerful moves on the battlefield. He has been fighting with the army for many years and has killed countless people. The same moves used by him are more powerful than ordinary people.
.Li Xu can deal with these tricks, and he will not die easily due to lack of experience on the battlefield in the future. In this way, no matter how many times he falls off his horse, no matter how hard he falls, it will not be unfair.
After witnessing the encounter between Qin Ziying and his fiancée, Li Xu determined in his heart to build something good so that his wife, children, and children would not be bullied by others in the future. So no matter how hard he was thrown by Qian Shixiong or how painful the beating was, he gritted his teeth and persisted. This is the case
Over the past few months, his martial arts skills have not improved much, but his ability to adapt to the situation has become better and better day by day. At the beginning, Qian Shixiong could use 70% of his strength to dismount him within ten encounters. Later, he
If you want to get Li Xu down, you have to put all your efforts and put in a lot of effort.
During the free time between the two of them, Qin Ziying and Li Waner also came over to join in the fun. Qian Shixiong felt guilty for forcing Qin Ziying's fiancée away that day, so he readily agreed. What is impressive is that Qian Shixiong, who was born in a civil service,
Although Qin Ziying's body is not as strong as Li Xu's, his perseverance is even more amazing than Li Xu's. On the school grounds, no one has ever heard him cry out about tiredness or pain. Occasionally, Qian Shixiong made a strong move and knocked him off his horse. In a moment, everyone was gone.
You can see him wiping the dirt off his leather armor, gritting his teeth and climbing onto the saddle again.
Although Li Waner is a woman, she is also very serious when learning martial arts. In addition to learning some coordination skills from Qian Shixiong and experience in fighting between the two armies, she usually draws all the opponents she can find to fight. Liu Hongji, Wang Yuantong, Li
Xu, anyone who could be pulled to practice with her was harassed by her almost every day. Everyone saw that she was young and merciful because she was a girl, but she often found a flaw and chased her and beat her.
Within a few days, Wang Yuantong and Qi Poning became afraid of the second young lady of the Li family, and ran away when they heard her laughter. Only Liu Hongji and Li Xu couldn't defeat her, and had to spend some time with her every day.
She practices.
"Brother Zhongjian, you will protect me, right!" When there were few people around, Li Waner would raise her neck and ask frequently. It seemed that if she didn't remind her every few hours, Li Xu would forget about his responsibilities. No matter what Li Xu got,
Whether she answered in the affirmative or made perfunctory remarks, she would smile brightly, wave the weapon in her hand and add: "I will also protect myself. I will also protect my father, Shimin, Yuanji, my mother and my eldest brother."
Li Xu smiled and smoothed Wan'er's wind-blown hair. He knew very well why Li Wan'er suddenly became obsessed with martial arts. On the day of the conflict between the government soldiers and the food guards, Tang Gong Li Yuan clearly showed his old age.
Although it was only a short moment, for a sensitive girl, it already made her understand that she had to grow up. Looking at Wan'er at this time, Li Xu was like looking at Wan'er before leaving Yixian.
When one day they find that their usually tall and burly father is no longer as strong as a giant tree, all children will force themselves to grow up as quickly as possible. In this regard, there is no difference between the children of common people and the children of princes.
Usually when everyone is drinking together, Qian Shixiong and others always like to talk about some topics about this expedition to Liaodong. Regarding him, Meng Jincha, Mai Jie and other senior generals of the imperial army, the preparations made by the Sui Dynasty for the Eastern Expedition
, the position of the army and the movements of the imperial court are all very common topics of discussion. But for the two auxiliary corpsmen Li Xu and Liu Hongji, these topics of discussion are secrets that are very difficult for them to access. What is "His Majesty the Emperor is here?"
"Two altars of Sheji were built on the Sanggan River in the south of Jicheng City, and square walls were set up to perform social etiquette." What about "the army gathered in Zhuojun on the Xinsi day of the first lunar month (the first day of the Lunar New Year), and everyone had not celebrated the New Year, so they accepted His Majesty's review", what about "Right
Geng Xun, the supervisor of Shangfang Department, tried to stop the Eastern Expedition and was demoted from his post to serve as a civilian." And so on.
Through these conversations at the wine table, Li Xu vaguely inferred the general movement of the army. His Majesty the Emperor officially issued an edict on the second day of the first lunar month of this year to announce the crusade against Goguryeo. The specific number of the army was 1.13 million.
There are two wings on the left and right, with twelve armies on each wing. The first army on the left takes the carved square road, and the second army takes the Changcen Road, which is flattened on the map to the Lelang Road of the 12th Army. The same goes for the 12th Army on the right.
, from the Nianchan Road taken by the First Army to the Lelang Road taken by the Twelfth Army. Twenty-four troops swept in like a mighty tide.
What confuses Li Xu is that on the map of Liaodong he currently describes based on the Khitan hunters, there are no twenty-four roads to follow. The west side of Mazi River (Yalu River) can be said to be somewhat flat.
After crossing the Mazi River, Khitan hunters said that the mountains there are close to each other, and the total number of roads that can be walked is no more than three. How can the twenty-four armies march together to move mountains and fill the sea? I am afraid that only the wise and powerful can
Your Majesty knows.
Doubts were doubts, but Li Xu didn't dare to raise these questions to anyone. From the year before last to the present, he has experienced too many turmoils at a young age. With each experience, he will become more cautious. Although
In the eyes of others, he was still a silly boy who didn't understand things at this time. But Li Xu himself knew that he was no longer the ignorant boy back then. Sometimes, when he thought of himself back then, he could even face it.
The thin figure in the memory smiled knowingly, although this smile occasionally contained a bit of desolation that was not commensurate with his age.
According to Qian Shixiong and others, the emperor's Liao army set out from Zhuojun on the third day of the first lunar month. Each army was forty miles apart, and the company camp was gradually advanced. The front of each army carried an agitation unit, a large drum, a small drum and a long drum.
There are eighteen instruments each for Ming and Zhongming, two each for gongs and drums, and two golden cymbals. The rear carries one cymbal for blowing, two cymbals, four singing flutes and bamboo instruments, one festival drum, one Wu blowing bamboo flute, and one horizontal flute.
Four, eighteen big horns and several small horns. They were playing and beating, in order to make the Goguryeo monarchs and ministers hear the drum music across the sea, know the power of the Sui Dynasty, and come to surrender without fighting (Note 4).
Because the military appearance must be maintained, the soldiers and horses cannot move too fast. On the fourth day of February, His Majesty set up an altar at Tuli Mountain in Wanghaidun (Liaoxi County, Jinzhou) to worship the Yellow Emperor and the gods of the past dynasties. On the fifth day of February, the army rested for one day on the way, and continued on the sixth day of February.
Moving forward. Li Xu calculated based on the speed of the army from Zhuojun to Wanghaidun that His Majesty the Emperor would be able to complete the last more than one hundred miles and arrive at Huaiyuan Town, the last stop on the west bank of the Liaohe River, by the middle of next month at the earliest.
"This is a real long-lived imperial conquest. As long as you have military exploits, no one will dare to swallow you. Boy, you are so accurate in shooting bows and arrows. Don't you want to come back with some fame?" Every time he goes to a banquet, Qian Shixiong always borrows it.
He was drinking heavily to fan the flames. Although Li Xu had clearly rejected the promotion offer from General Mai Tiezhang, he was not willing to let him be buried in the food protection army. The young man in front of him was the best choice for his character and martial arts.
, with Old General Mai as the backing, achievements can only be made in a matter of days. There is no suspense in the battle of Liaodong. It would be a pity not to take the opportunity to make achievements under the eyes of the emperor and to be dragged down by Li Yuan, a fallen prince.
Li Xu smiled and stopped talking. He didn't believe that the imperial commander's personal military exploits would not be deprived of his military achievements. Back then, Uncle Jiu followed the former King of Jin, and now the emperor is marching south. Whoever deprives him of the merit of shooting the flag will
It's hard to say. Anyway, if Marshal Gao Ying, who is known for his fairness, can show favoritism, his position must not be too small.
It is true to say that one can gain fame immediately. However, in the Battle of Goryeo, from Xu Dayan to Old Master Yang, no one thought that the Sui Dynasty had a good chance of winning.
In Li Xu's young dream, he wanted to be a general. But before becoming a general, he wanted to live in peace. For his young dream, and for how long his father could maintain the respect he received from the Li family in Yi County.
Live peacefully in heaven.
In the spring and March of the eighth year of Daye, the Eastern Expedition army finally arrived on the east bank of the Liao River. The armies stretched more than eighty miles in front and back, and the smoke and dust brought up by the horses' hooves covered the sky and the sun. Soldiers and horses from all walks of life set up camps around Huaiyuan Town in turn.
Afterwards, he dispatched fine cavalry to protect the official road, and mobilized the people to re-level the road that had been trampled by horses and horses with loess, and used clean water to wash away the dust on the tree trunks on both sides of the road. After everything was sorted out, the emperor camped with the twelve guards.
In front of the Sixth Army, 20,000 foreign soldiers, wearing silver helmets on their heads and colorful silks on their chests, walked into the south gate of Huaiyuan Town to the sound of rumbling war drums. (Note 5) (To be continued)
