Near the outer city of Bianjing, dust was flying all around, and rows of soldiers could be seen walking by everywhere.
This is where the base camp of the guards in charge of peripheral defense is located.
As he walked, Gao Qiu looked around, nodding his head a few times from time to time, showing a leadership style, and smiled at Li Qi beside him: "Li Qi, when the emperor asked you to come to Sanya, you are so unique and incredible. Not impressed."
"That's an honor, Lieutenant." Li Qi smiled modestly.
Gao Qiu chuckled and said: "However, you suddenly invited me here today. I'm afraid it's not just a simple walk here."
Take a walk? Don't you know how to use the word inspection? Li Qi nodded and said: "Actually, the reason why I invited the Taiwei to come this time is mainly for the Forbidden Army exercises at the end of this year."
Gao Qiu couldn't help but think of last year's military exercise again and said, "Have you come up with any good ideas again?"
Li Qidao: "Well, I do have some ideas."
Gao Qiu said: "Say it."
Li Qidao: "That's it. I plan to conduct a large-scale military exercise with the theme of defending Tokyo this time."
"Defend Tokyo?"
Gao Qiu frowned slightly and asked curiously: "Is there any special meaning in this?"
Li Qi explained: "Lieutenant, the responsibility of our Imperial Army is to defend Tokyo. This is the meaning of the existence of the Capital Imperial Army. We should train with this as the center. Otherwise, I'm afraid the soldiers will forget the meaning of their existence. And , I hope that we can find some defense loopholes in the military exercise, and then we can make additional deployments based on the actual situation."
In fact, the reason why Li Qi proposed this idea was to change the capital's defense system.
Gao Qiu nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, so what are you going to do?"
Li Qidao: "I plan to mix the foot guards, horse guards, and palace guards together, and divide them into two major camps: offensive and defensive. Taiwei, you also know that these three yamen have always not interfered with each other, whether in terms of management or management. In terms of training, there is no tacit understanding between them at all. This military exercise is an annual one. I think it is necessary to hold a joint military exercise every year. To train their tacit understanding, after all, protecting the capital is their common responsibility. Based on At this point, they should help each other and become a group instead of fighting separately."
Although Gao Qiu didn't understand military affairs, he was not stupid. He said: "This is indeed a major loophole of the Forbidden Army. During the military exercise last year, the front department was no match for the guards' steps and guards' horses. This is not good. Okay, I I promise you, but I have to report this to the emperor first, but it shouldn’t be a big problem. You will be solely responsible for this military exercise."
Li Qi cupped his fists and said, "I obey my orders."
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After getting Song Huizong's approval, Li Qi immediately summoned the officers and soldiers of the three yamen and held a large round table meeting, and the meeting location was arranged in the front office of the palace.
After Li Qi exchanged greetings with the soldiers one by one, he stood in the middle of the round table and said with a smile: "I won't say any more nonsense. I'm calling you here today mainly for this year's joint military exercise. I believe you all are too. I have been notified that the Lieutenant Commander has given me full authority to take charge of this year’s joint military exercise.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone below murmured: "It won't be another boring little trick like going up mountains and down rivers."
It was He Chong who spoke.
Li Qi blurted out and wanted to say, you are so bad at playing such a boring little trick, and you still have the nerve to say it. But in the end, he endured it. Firstly, the current situation is really not suitable for fighting in the nest anymore. Secondly, why?
The brothers are descendants of Zhao Huan. Now they are one family. They have to look at the Buddha's face even if they don't look at the monk's face.
Before he could speak, He Guan suddenly stood up and shouted angrily: "How dare you, second brother, why did you talk to Bu Shuai? I order you to apologize to Bu Shuai immediately, otherwise you will be dealt with according to military law."
Only then did He Chong remember that Li Qi was now a popular person in front of Zhao Huan. He quickly stood up and clasped his fists and said, "He Chong was so quick to speak, so I hope Bu Shuai will forgive me."
He Guan said again: "Commander Bu, my second brother is a fool. Don't argue with him."
You two brothers are singing in harmony, what else can I care about? Li Qi chuckled: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, let's have a meeting. I can't be the only one to talk about it. That would be boring." After that, he said to He Chong: "House.
Please rest assured, Deputy Commander, this time it will never be those boring tricks again. On the contrary, this joint military exercise is very exciting and interesting, and it will be something you will never forget."
Yue Fei, Niu Gao and others understand Li Qi's character very well. Seeing him say this, then after this joint military exercise, he will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.
Sure enough, Li Qi smiled and said: "The slogan of this joint military exercise is--defend the capital."
"Defend the capital?"
All the soldiers were stunned.
Then Hu You said: "The duty of our imperial army is to protect the capital. We do this every day. Isn't this exercise unnecessary?"
Many people nodded.
What do you know, a guy whose head was kicked by a donkey? Li Qi smiled and said: "That's what I said, but what Ma Shuai said about defending the capital every day is when there are no enemies. Let me ask Ma Shuai, in this situation
Well, how do you know whether we are up to the task?"
Hu You was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
Li Qi added: "The main purpose of this military exercise is to find out the loopholes in the defense of the outer city of the capital, as well as the ability of our imperial army to adapt to changes, and to see if we can make the fastest response when the enemy suddenly attacks.
The most correct choice is to perfectly defend the capital. In addition, it is also necessary to remind the soldiers what their mission is?"
He Guan said: "Could Bu Shuai mean to conduct a confrontation exercise?"
Li Qi nodded and said: "Yes, for this joint military exercise, I will form a mixed formation of bodyguard infantry, bodyguard horses, and palace guards, and then divide them into black and white camps, black to attack and white to defend."
He Guan also nodded and said: "It should be so, I have no objection."
The other soldiers were very excited when they heard this and nodded in agreement. This kind of military exercise is really new.
He Chong said: "Since it is a mixed formation, who will command the two camps? Moreover, how will the forces of the two sides be distributed?"
Li Qi stretched out his hand and said: "The specific plan has been placed in front of you. The black side will be led by the old general Zhongshi Dao. Fan Xin will be the deputy commander, He Chong and Yue Fan will be the left and right vanguards, and the white side will
The palace commander will be the commander-in-chief, Marshal Ma will be the deputy commander-in-chief, and Yue Fei and Niu Gao will be the left and right vanguards."
He Guan looked at the plan in front of him for a while, frowned and said: "Commander Bu, this distribution of troops is too unfair. The troops of the three yamen are originally stationed in the capital. You divided the upper and fourth armies into two. This is not good for us."
As far as the defenders are concerned, it is already extremely unfair. Moreover, you allowed General Zhong to dispatch garrison troops from Gyeonggi Road, and the strength will be twice that of our defenders. How can we still fight?"
When he heard that he was going to fight against Zhongshi Dao, he was already a little scared. Now that he saw the distribution of troops, his side had no advantage at all. He was even more frightened. The battle had not even started yet, and he wanted to admit defeat.
But when Niu Gao and Yue Fei heard that they were going to fight their master, they seemed extremely excited and gearing up.
Li Qi waved his hand and said, "The Commander-in-Chief may have forgotten that you still have the city and the Fourth Army to help you. After all, you are still the dominant side."
He Guan frowned slightly, but when he saw Yue Fei again, Niu Gao was so excited that he couldn't speak. He thought to himself, none of them had any objections. If I say more, I might be laughed at. So he gritted his teeth and agreed.
Come down.
Hu You said again: "But Bu Shuai, this plan of yours is too simple. Look, it only says it starts on the first day of November, but it doesn't say when it will end. Needless to say the rest.
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Li Qi chuckled: "I arranged it this way on purpose. The first day of November is the beginning of the exercise, but it does not mean that Black will attack on this day. Whether it is the distribution of troops or anything else, it is full of uncertainty.
All in all, Black's purpose is to attack the outer city of the capital, while White's is to defend the capital. As for how to attack and how to defend, there is no standard. It's all up to you to think of a way. The help I can give you is
Let me tell you, you still have about twenty days to prepare."
Niu Gao said hehey: "Yes, yes, is this interesting? Otherwise, it would be too fake."
He Chong was reluctant to compete with his eldest brother, and said: "Commander Bu, you deliberately separated our brothers and brother Yue Fei, aren't you afraid that we can communicate with each other?"
Li Qi opened his hands and said: "Of course we can communicate! Why should I be afraid?"
Everyone was stunned. Niu Gao said depressedly: "If we can communicate with each other, then what's the point of this exercise? Who wins and who loses, can't they be manipulated secretly?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Niugao, if you meet the enemy, will you make an appointment with the enemy in advance and we are not allowed to send agents to the other party to find out information?"
Niu Gao scratched his head and said, "But this is a drill."
"Exercises are actual combat." Li Qi glanced at everyone and said: "I solemnly declare here that I do not object to you using any means, but you may also be punished for it, such as leaking information and falsely instilling energy.
Asking He Chong to tip him off is a tactic that is absolutely reasonable and reasonable. It is also a method to test General Zhong's counter-detection. However, if He Chong's whereabouts are discovered by General Zhong, then General Zhong can also use military law.
It's not possible to be beheaded, but it's possible to drive out the Forbidden Army or give him hundreds of whips. It depends on what old general Zhong's attitude is towards this situation. I don't know, but I really want to
You know, maybe you can answer this question for me."
When He Chong heard this, he didn't dare to say a word. If he lost his official position just for a drill, it would be a big loss.
"Do you have any other questions?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Okay, you go and get ready. If you don't do something that alarms the people, you don't have to report it to anyone. I have other things to do, so that's it for now. I wish you all the best. Let's adjourn the meeting.
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After leaving the front office, Li Qi immediately found Ma Qiao and asked, "How was it?"
Ma Qiao said: "According to reports from those people, the Salt and Iron Envoy is currently having dinner with several officials in Fanlou."
"It's almost noon, and I'm just in time to go to Fan Lou for dinner. Let's go."