Li Siye quickly waved his hand to stop the soldiers carrying spears, walked towards Gao Xianzhi, smiled and crossed his hands: "General Gao, why are you here in Diazhuang City, and why are you dressed like this?"
Gao Xianzhi smiled indifferently: "The new Qixi Jiedu envoy Gai Jiayun has demoted me to the deputy envoy of Khotan Town. I was on my way to take office. Anyway, it was still early, so I simply took a long detour.
Let’s visit various cities in Anxi first and then talk about it.”
"Since the general has come to my one-third of an acre of land, I naturally want to treat you to a drink as a landlord."
Gao Xianzhi waved her hand and refused: "There's no need to drink. Why don't you walk with me on the streets of Dialhuang City? I just have something to give you."
Li Siye ordered Tian Zhen to continue supervising the competition. He took the horse and walked out of the school field with Gao Xianzhi.
Merchant traffic in the city was frequent, and many Han merchants from Dunhuang, Lanzhou and other places were preparing to go to Dashi to sell silk cloth. Gao Xianzhi took off the bamboo hat on his head, pointed to the city head and said: "Diaohuan City is the hub of westward expansion. Go to Suiyehe
The Shule Passage must pass through, so it is a battleground for military strategists. If you and the Eighth Regiment are stationed here, you will not have to worry about gaining military exploits."
He said that Li Siye still had some headaches. The Eighth Regiment was indeed good. It had gathered a group of veterans of many battles, but these people had ideological problems because of unfair treatment. This was the crux of the problem.
When a team with unified thinking goes to the battlefield, it can't even guarantee the safety of its back, so how can we talk about fighting?
Gao Xianzhi saw through his worries and said with a wry smile: "You and I are in the same boat. I am not used by Gai Jiayun, but you have led a regiment that has enmity with Gai Jiayun. So Siye, you must act in a certain way in the future.
Make a decision and act, never fall into a desperate situation."
Gao Xianzhi's words really alerted Li Siye. Not only did he have to beware of people in the Eighth Regiment causing trouble due to resentment, but he also had to avoid attracting Gai Jiayun's attention.
"Oh," Gao Xianzhi took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Li Siye and said, "I heard that you are well trained in weapons, but this is not enough. A leader must not only be brave and good at fighting, but also know the art of war and be good at winning. This
I give you two books, one is Sun Tzu's Art of War and the other is Wei Gong's Art of War. Sun Tzu is the holy book of military strategists. After reading many principles and chewing them carefully, you will be able to understand them all. However, Wei Gong's Art of War is a must-have for all generals of the Tang Dynasty.
Read, from handling troops to using troops to fighting tactics and formations, everything is listed one by one. If you want to truly master the way of using troops, you must defend the art of war.
Gao Xianzhi is right. Sun Tzu's Art of War is a military theory, but Wei Gong's Art of War is a combat guide based on the actual situation of the Tang army. Li Jing and Li Wei Gong wrote this book just after the Turks were pacified during the Zhenguan period. There are battle formations specifically for the nomadic cavalry.
When the cavalry charges to 150 steps, the crossbow troops launch arrows. When the enemy charges to 60 steps, the archers start firing arrows. When the enemy charges to 20 steps, the heavy infantry blocks the enemy with long spears to slow down the enemy's momentum.
At this time, it was the Modao team's turn to appear, forming a line formation like a wall to advance and chop. If the front attack did not go smoothly, they would jump and rush out. If the enemy army was defeated, the cavalry would take advantage of the situation to charge and pursue.
This method of warfare and military thought had been finalized in the early Tang Dynasty, and it has remained almost unchanged for hundreds of years. All the generals of the Tang army followed the tactical thinking of Wei Gong's art of war. Of course, now there is another Li Siye.
Li Siye held these two books in his hands and said with a smile: "Sun Tzu's Art of War is theory, and Wei Gong's Art of War is practical operation."
"That's right. If you can understand it thoroughly and apply it, you will be able to calm down when encountering enemies in the future."
The two led their horses to the post station under the west city wall. Suddenly they heard a shout from outside the door: "Urgent report from the front! Open the city gate quickly!"
People on the city wall hurriedly lowered their heads and shouted to the soldiers at the city gate: "Open the city gate quickly!"
The city gate guards quickly let go of the spears in their hands, and three or four people quickly lifted the door stop, and the city gate slowly opened. The man on horseback did not slow down, and the war horse passed through the city gate like a shuttle of light and shadow. The messenger had three sides behind him.
When Chen Qi rushed to the inn, he quickly stopped his horse. The horse's hoofs made a mark on the ground, and dust suddenly flew up.
"Change horses!"
The messenger roared, this was his moment to exert his power.
Yi Cheng did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered someone to lead a green horse out of the stable. At the same time, the other two people installed saddles and stirrups respectively, and the other person led the messenger's horse back to the stable. The skilled and tacit cooperation reminded Li Siye of the formula racing field.
mechanic.
He asked the messenger loudly: "What happened ahead?"
The messenger turned his head and saw that the person who asked him was an officer wearing a crotchless robe. He replied with excitement on his face: "The sudden cavalry caused internal strife and Sulu Khan was killed!"
The messenger got on his horse, struck the horse's buttocks with his whip, and galloped towards the east city gate.
After hearing this, Gao Xianzhi was also full of joy: "The situation is really changing so fast that it is unimaginable. Sulu Khan used to dominate Tingzhou and Anxi, but he was overthrown by his subordinates in the blink of an eye?"
Li Siye also lamented: "We are going to fight again."
Gao Xianzhi asked with a smile: "Why did Si Ye say that? Sulu was the root cause of the war in the Western Regions. Once Sulu died, wouldn't the war be about to subside?"
"General Gao didn't know that Tuqi Shi was secretly divided into two groups: Hei and Huang. The Hei family was the orthodox Feng Chebi Shi Sulu, and the Huang family Feng Suoge Khan was the authentic one. When Sulu was assassinated, it was the Huang surname who had the Tuqi Shi
In the struggle for the power of the Great Khan, now that the black and yellow surnames have officially broken up and are attacking each other, they must ask for help from the outside. How can Gai Zhongcheng give up the credit that is so easy to obtain once in a lifetime? He must send troops to support one and kill the other. "
Gao Xianzhi listened with great interest, clasped his hands and praised: "Shan, I didn't expect you to know so much about Tu Qi Shi's situation. It seems that you have put in a lot of effort, Si Yelang, you always make me admire you."
Li Siye smiled modestly: "No, I just have a good memory."
Gao Xianzhi only thought that he could remember the information he learned, so he didn't ask any more questions.
The two people threw their horses under the city wall and walked up the stairs to the top of the city. They looked at the clear blue sky in the northwest and the endless snow-capped mountains. It seemed that there were green or black smoke ribbons rising, maybe from cooking smoke or from fighting.
Gao Xianzhi walked down the steps from the city wall, clasped his fists at Li Siye and said, "Today, the delegation in Diazhuan City has benefited a lot. I hope you and I can take advantage of the clouds to cheer up and see you again in the future."
Li Siye sent Gao Xianzhi all the way out of the city. They stood on the dry rocks and raised their eyes to see each other off. The other party hid himself in a bamboo hat and was surrounded by only an old servant, a horse and a camel.
Thinking of the letter just now, he felt that time really waits for no one. He still planned to spend a few months to slowly win over the hearts of the Eighth Regiment, but now it seems that Gai Jiayun will soon lead his troops to Suiye for battle.
Switching between several groups in the city is naturally the first to bear the brunt.
With the current spirit and state of the Eighth Regiment, let alone fighting against the Tuqi Shiren, there is a possibility that they could seize Jiayun's back from behind, and then he, the regimental captain, would have to bear the blame.
Gathering the hearts of the Eighth Regiment became a top priority, and Li Siye had to find a way. Perhaps he could use money to supplement military pay in order to gain the support of some people, although he could not gain true loyalty.
This money has to be captured from Congling. There are still a lot of gold cakes in the box of gold cakes given to him by the great cannibal Mansour. There are still more than two million cloth and copper coins in Congling's treasury. Really?
He really couldn't bear to take it and give it to the so-called Eighth Regiment.
He was about to return to the school grounds. At the east city gate in the distance, a large food caravan dressed in white entered slowly. The white camel in the lead had a golden bell hanging from its neck. The leader of the caravan was riding on it, holding a symbol
It carries the white crescent flag of the Uyama Dynasty, and below it is a scepter made of wool.
Li Siye's eyes lit up. This was an official and businessman supported by the Caliphate family, equivalent to the so-called imperial businessman in later generations. They probably didn't know that Tuqishi was already in civil strife. In this case, it was extremely serious to lose some goods during an attack on the way.