At the beginning of Tianbao's fifth year, the war machine formed by the four towns in Anxi was finally mobilized. Gao Xianzhi ordered the soldiers to train and prepare logistical support. He personally sent a letter and called Li Siye from Shule Town to Qiuci.
Li Siye and his soldiers had just changed their way to the city and were marching in the Kubera Desert. On the way there, they could see a steady stream of soldiers transporting grain and grass.
A grain truck got stuck in the sand pit. Four or five soldiers worked together to push it, but nothing happened. Li Siye immediately ordered the soldiers to dismount and help, and he himself jumped down and carried the rear of the truck on his shoulders.
"One, two, push!"
Two people pulled the wheel upwards to help, and one person held the cattle hard. With the combined efforts of everyone, the grain cart finally got out of the sand pit.
Just as the escort team came forward to salute and thank them, Li Siye shook his sleeves filled with dust and asked him: "Where are you going to transport this military rations?"
"Shule Town, Shule Army Camp."
He nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that Gao Xianzhi adopted the method used by Tian Renwan and Gai Jiayun to advance to the granary. Maybe he had other plans. He could only explain it clearly after meeting him in person.
I remember that when Fumeng Lingcha conquered Hemo Dagan, he used a long-distance pack transport method of one horse per person. This was his initiative to try and complete the two-month long-distance operation. Of course, food and cured meat were included.
The shelf life also varies in different climate environments. The climate in Congling is dry and cold, which does have advantages in food storage. However, the enemies it faces are more complex, the journey is longer, and it is fought in a cold zone with extremely high altitudes.
Perhaps due to the subtle changes brought about by the flapping of his butterfly's wings, Fumeng Lingcha's crusade against the sudden cavalry Shi Huang was moved a year earlier, and the mobilization of the expedition to Xiaobolu was also moved a year earlier. Is it possible that the sheep thieves will rebel in the future?
When the time comes, it also needs to be one year in advance?
When Li Siye was thinking about the problem, he forgot to ride the horse, and the fat black man continued to kick the wind and sand forward. The maid Daorou grabbed the horse's reins and followed him, took off the water bag from the horse's back, pulled out the cork and handed it over: "Alang, Alang!
Alang!"
He finally came to his senses, took the water bag from her hand and took a sip before feeling something was wrong with the taste: "Is this wine?"
"This is what I went to the Sanle Winery in Shule City to drink specially for you."
"Well, I'm serious about it." Li Siye praised him, and a smile flashed in Daorou's eyes. He then said: "You don't have to think so hard in the future. I'm very happy that you can do your job as a life assistant."
Her smile gradually faded, and the horse she was riding fell behind. After she readjusted her mood, she followed his pace again.
Five days later, they entered Kucha City. Li Siye arranged for everyone to stay at the post office while he went to see Gao Xianzhi alone.
Entering the inner courtyard of the Duhu Mansion, there were soldiers waiting outside. Li Siye followed them to the outside of the main hall. Gao Xianzhi stood under the eaves with his hands behind his hands, with a confident and warm smile on his face, as if he was not looking down at Li Siye, but looking up.
There was a ray of rising sun in the sky. Li Siye even knew what was going on in his heart when he looked at that rising sun. He must have wanted to say: "The time in Qixi that belongs to me is finally coming."
Li Siye bowed and crossed his hands: "I will see General Gao at the end of the day."
Lao Gao now has five or six titles, including Deputy Protector of Anxi, Military Envoy of Duzhi, Deputy Envoy of the Four Towns, and Military Envoy of the Expedition to Anxi. In order to make his name justifiable, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty specially ordered the Supervisory Army Bian Lingcheng
He brought him flags and banners, and all the soldiers and horses in the four towns were mobilized to kill and reward him.
Gao Xianzhi walked down the steps with a smile, grabbed Li Siye's wrist and said: "You and I, brothers, should work together to complete the important task of the expedition to Xiaobolu. Let's go and talk slowly in my study."
The two entered the hall, bypassed the screen and turned to the right. Gao Xianzhi stood in front of the door and opened the partition door with his own hands. Li Siye followed him in. A maid in green was kneeling in the study making tea.
The study room was covered with sheep felt. The two took off their shoes at the door and sat opposite each other in front of the table in the middle. The maid sat sideways and picked up the tea spoon to scoop two cups of tea for Li Siye and Gao Xianzhi respectively.
Gao Xianzhi lowered his head while sipping tea and said: "I have decided to appoint you as the deputy envoy of the Marching Camp and Marching Sima for this expedition. At the same time, I have decided to mobilize 5,000 people from the Kucha Army, 2,000 people from the Replacement Battalion, and 5,000 people from the Shule Army.
There are more than 12,000 people in total. The mountains and rivers between Coongling and Tanjuling are dangerous and crisscrossed by deep ravines, which is not conducive to formation fighting. Therefore, the forwards of this expedition should be the Tiaodang Camp and the Tiaodang Camp of the Kucha Army and the Shule Army.
War vanguard. When encountering an enemy on a narrow road, the war vanguard can charge forward and kill horses with a mosaic of swords. The war vanguard can attack and break the city. If the two rely on each other and work step by step, our army will win without a doubt."
Gao Xianzhi picked up the tea cup, with high energy and confidence: "The key to winning this battle really lies in the front team. I want to combine the two front teams into one, and I also ask you to recommend two Mo Dao to me."
Will be the vanguard."
Li Siye raised his head and thought carefully, then knocked on the teacup and said, "Tian Zhen has extraordinary physical strength, and can be considered one of them for being brave and good at fighting."
"Say one more."
"The only one left is myself."
Gao Xianzhi shook his head and laughed: "You are now the envoy of Shule Town. Is it suitable for you to rush to the front to kill?"
"Why is it not suitable? I am really good at wielding the Mo Dao. Besides... what is the most fearful thing about a lone expedition? The most fearful thing is the unstable morale of the soldiers. The soldiers are far away from the rear and are in a difficult and desperate situation. What do they rely on to maintain their courage?
?No one is a fool. At this time, someone needs to lead them forward to kill instead of driving them to fight. Although the two have the same purpose, the results are completely different. You are the leader of an army, so of course you cannot take risks, but
If a fourth-rank officer takes the lead and bravely fights to the death, it is telling the brothers that we are determined to win. The whole army, top and bottom, starts with oneself, and everyone fights for their lives first. How can we be invincible?"
"Well said," Gao Xianzhi looked at Li Siye in surprise: "I still remember the first time we met in the past. At that time, you were the envoy of Congling and I was the envoy of Qiuci. The cotton you planted in Congling produced cotton-padded jackets and quilts.
Come and relieve the cold crisis in the four towns. At that time, you only had a raw and cunning look on your face, like a businessman who was always willing to spend money. But now you are well versed in leading troops and can be a general guarding one side. If you win this battle,
If I become the military envoy of the four towns in Anxi, I will recommend you as the deputy military envoy, and you will be known as the military envoy."
Siye pursed his lips and laughed: "It's too early to talk about getting an official position and getting rewards. How do you solve the problem of food and grass supply?"
"Biluo, get me a map." Gao Xianzhi ordered the maid who was pouring tea. Li Siye turned to look. The maid had fair skin and a loose double-ringed bun on her head. Her downturned brows and submissive look looked very much like Dao Rou.
"Here."
She slowly stepped back, took out the wooden tube from the bamboo basket in the corner, opened the lid of the wooden tube, took out the map scroll, and handed it to Gao Xianzhi.
Li Siye cleared the tea cups on the desk, and the two of them spread out the Shule defense map drawn by Feng Changqing on the desk. Gao Xianzhi stroked the horizontal and vertical lines of the drawing and smiled: "I didn't expect that Feng Changqing was dedicated to practical matters.
He really put a lot of effort into drawing this map. I used to have a poor eye and was unable to recognize talents, but you missed it."
Li Siye pursed his lips and didn't want to say anything. In fact, he was not picking up the leaks. In some cases, he was cutting off Hu. He was cutting off Gao Xianzhi's Hu and Chang Qing's Hu. If Gao Xianzhi knew that Feng Changqing was drawing the map, he would be
If he doesn't do his job properly, he is really powerful when he leads and uses troops. I don't know what to think. If Feng Changqing knew that he would rise faster by following Gao Xianzhi, he doesn't know what to think.
Unfortunately, the trajectory of events has changed, and all the impossible have become possible.
Gao Xianzhi thought he was really thinking about the map, and pointed at the map and said: "There are three nodes in the expedition march. The first node is from Qiuci to beyond Qingling in Congling. The journey is thousands of miles, but it is the easiest section.
The second node starts from Qingling to Bomichuan. This section of the road should be more than 200 miles, but there are high mountains and dangerous mountains, and the valleys are crisscrossed, making it more difficult. The third node is from Bomichuan to Bomichuan in front of Lianyunbao.
Lechuan is less than a hundred miles away, but there are snow-capped mountains and cliffs, icy peaks and cliffs. Even the lowest deep valley bottoms are ups and downs and difficult to navigate. Once the road is blocked, it will be impossible to fly even with wings, so I plan to divide my troops into three groups.
Meet in front of Bolechuan."
"As you can see, it is particularly difficult to supply supplies on such a long journey, so this expedition will last more than three months. Whether it is accompanied by a large group of baggage in the past, or the newly promoted method of carrying supplies by one person and one horse, it is not suitable."