The evening breeze is gentle, and the moon is like a hook.
On the edge of the mountain pond behind Lijiazhuang, several men are carrying a large jar of wine and talking happily.
"Big brother, this time I will fight the Tibetans, let's go with you."
Zhang Long said, his eyes drifted to the white horse Xiren beside him.
Li Tan raised the wine jar in his hand to the sky, opened his big mouth, and took a big sip of the uninhibited "Gollum", and said: "No need to" looked at the two brothers Zhang Long with solemn eyes, and said seriously, "I have another important task to entrust."
"Although the eldest brother commands, Zhang Long will send as much as he wants" Zhang Long's tone was a little excited, he knew that the man in front of him said nothing, and he didn't mention the matter of joining the army.
Zhao Hu and Bai Ma Xiren also looked at Li Tan seriously, with a full face and beard in front of them.
"Hmm" Li Tan nodded, and said directly, "Taking advantage of the time I left, you will bring You Long and some small forces in Jiazhou to me, and ask them to surrender to our Emei Villa, I don't need to teach you the method, if it can't be solved, I'll talk about it when I come back."
Zhang Long shook his head, his eyes were blazing, his face was full of radiance, and he replied solemnly, "Entrusted by the eldest brother, it will be achieved."
After a pause, he said excitedly, "Just like the eldest brother once said to our brother, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome, and there is no opponent that cannot be defeated."
"Smack" Li Tan freed up his hand, high-fived it, raised his head to look at the bright moon, bowed up, stood on the boulder, and suddenly felt full of pride, and shouted "Okay" "In the future, I will let people from all over the world, whether it is royal relatives and nobles, gentry and landlords, and people from all major factions and factions know about me."
Huo Ran turned around, the corners of Li Tan's mouth raised, and he held the long arm of the wine jar in the air, and the wine in the jar was swaying, but it couldn't stop Li Tan's pride and grandeur "drinking" When everyone heard this, they were also full of confidence and hope for the future, and they got up one after another, collided the jars in their hands, and shouted "drink" in unison "Peng" Several wine jars were shattered, several people left one after another, and the endless stream on the waterfall still poured down from the cliff wall of dozens of zhang.
In the courtyard late at night, the candles in the house were shining, shining on the long and graceful back of the quiet Yi standing in the window, which seemed a little cold.
Under Chen Ruoxi's cold and arrogant face at this time, her heart was still very chaotic.
"Hey, I don't know if the choice was right or wrong, if it was me that night" "No, without him, Emei must also be in Qianzhen and the Zhang brothers" Before she could figure it out, a pair of big hands suddenly hugged her from behind, she smelled it and knew who it was, and turned around leisurely, Minglu's eyes fell on the man's face.
"I made some mistakes before, it's late at night, go to sleep," Li Tan leaned into the beauty's crystal delicate ear and whispered softly.
Chen Ruoxi's body trembled slightly, the stubble beard on his face, and the heat on his ears made his heart ripple.
Ten days later.
On the official road, a team of horses galloped, and the sound of 200 horses galloping like war drums thundered "dong dong", rolling up billowing smoke and dust, and it was Li Tan who took the lead.
"Healing" Li Tan was wearing a military uniform, and when he saw a tea shop on the side of the road, he tightened the reins and stopped.
"Everyone rest, eat first, drink saliva before going on the road" A sturdy middle-aged man rushed out of the tea shop, it was the boss, he saw this long list of people, big deals, his face couldn't help but be happy, hurriedly carried the teapot and ran to Li Tan, and said enthusiastically, "Hey, the military master is here to drink tea, rest your feet" "Gollum" "Well, bring up the delicious food, how long is it from Weizhou here" Li Tan said as he sat down on the bench.
When the boss heard this, he poured the hot tea and handed it to Li Tan, and replied with a smile, "Haha, military master, you came from Jiazhou, here is Pujiang Longhu Mountain in Qiongzhou, and there are still thousands of miles away from Weizhou, you go to Maozhou or Baoning Duhufu" Li Tan took a sip of water, went to the bottom, glanced at the person in front of him with interest, and said with a smile, "The boss really knows the goods, and he can see which way we are."
"When" Li Tan took out a silver ingot from his bosom and put it on the table, and the boss stared at it with his eyes full of greed.
"Guess again, let's go to the third branch of Pingrong City or to Jialiang City" At this time, the Tang Dynasty army expanded dramatically to a million lions through the Wuzhou period, and there were twelve Weifu campuses in the world, each of which could accommodate nearly 100,000 troops at the same time, but under each Weifu, there were several armies, mixed with cavalry and infantry, and they were stationed in the small school camps at the border gates.
The boss turned his eyes away from the silver, looked at the pack horse, and said confidently, "Master Jun, your baggage can be eaten for seven days, let me dare to guess, whether the Pingrong Army in Jialiang City, Yazhou is right?"
"Crunch" Li Tan raised his hand to move the silver in front of this person, and said with a smile, "Hehe, I have the eye to reward you."
Jialiang City in Yazhou is the junction of the Tang Dynasty and Tibet, and the merchants are prosperous, but every winter, there are often Tusi entanglement in Tibet to plunder across the border, so it has been stationed in a tiger division for many years, the Pingrong Army, and an elite soldier under the command of the Tang Baoning Protectorate.
The boss neatly put the silver into his arms, and asked curiously, "Master Jun, let me ask again" "Say," Li Tan said.
Although the boss was stunned, but his heart was really meticulous, and when he saw only 200 people, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Master Jun, my eldest brother also joined the army, and I know some things about the army.
Li Tan's eyes lit up, and he praised loudly, "Have eyesight, continue" The boss touched his head and said, "Jiazhou territory, I see thousands of troops every year, cavalry and infantry march in groups, rush to various school fields, in order to fill the soldiers, you 200 people are cavalry, and there is not much hay with you, the horses will eat for a few days at most, Baoning City is not afraid of heavy snow in January, it must not go there, Yazhou Jialiang City has abundant water and grass along the way, and the horses can eat grass on their own at night, they must go there" "Pemba" Li Tan tapped his fingers on the dilapidated tabletop, his face sank, and he said coldly, "Talking about business, how do you know who we are, and what is the use of you inferring this, when you are Di Renjie" "Haha, what the military master said is right, the villain is too talkative" The boss saw Li Tan's temperament, blinked and changed his face, hurriedly made amends, and sneered "Master Jun, Jiazhou is Zhongzhou, there are more than 20,000 households, and you have more than 200 horses, you should come from a county, more than 2,000 households in Zhongxian, almost so many soldiers, I infer that you should be from Jiajiang."
When Li Tan heard this, he raised his head and drank the tea, smacking his lips and said, "No, you guessed wrong, okay, I'm a dragon man, by the way, where is your eldest brother in the army, and what are the taboos of the Pingrong Army in Jialiang City, you tell me" Tang to more than 40,000 households for Shangzhou, more than 20,000 households for Zhongzhou, less than 20,000 households for Xiazhou, Jiazhou belongs to Zhongzhou, but Youlong has more than 7,000 households, so it is Shangxian, according to 10 households and a soldier, naturally more than 700 soldiers, the entire Jiazhou should produce 2,000 soldiers, but General Tang Xiujing forced Taishou Wang to send out 3,000 people "The famous Tiger Army of Pingrong Army Jiannan Road" The boss said proudly, and mysteriously possessed himself in front of Li Tan, his eyes rolled, and said, "I think the military master should be the first time to lead the army, let me remind you, if you go to Baoning, there are all our Tang people, and in the Pingrong army, there are Qiang people, Xianbei people, and Tang people, there are many veteran soldiers, and a small number of Tibetan people, I heard others say, these people can fight on the battlefield, but there are also people who kill people and seize money, and do bad things" Li Tan's eyes swept over this person's disgruntled face, and he secretly thought in his heart, "According to what this person said, Wang Li deliberately sent me to Jialiang City, I'm afraid I didn't have a good heart, it is estimated that the Pingrong Army is a group of mercenaries in nature, mixed with soldiers of all ethnic groups, and it should be extremely aggressive in peacetime, and likes to bully recruits, but this person said that it is a tiger, I am afraid that the person who really leads the army above is extraordinary, I would like to see who can integrate this group of soldiers and ruffians into a good training."
It turned out that Li Tan did not stay at home for three days, and Taishou Wang Li couldn't wait to send troops to order them to go to the border passes of Jiannan Province to garrison, and then train after they arrived at the border army.
It is not what Li Tan thinks will gather the troops for training first, and then rush to the time when the battle is about to start.
It is even more clear that Qi Ying may not be easy to see, because Datang is the defender, and he will not necessarily concentrate his forces, but divide tens of thousands of troops into several teams to garrison the border passes.
Jiannan Road from the north to the south, bordering Tibet, Fuzhou, Songzhou, Yazhou, Lizhou, etc., more than ten prefectures and counties are important defensive places, and the Jialiang City he is going to is also an important strategic deployment place.
The two chatted for a while, and Li Tan also knew more about the Pingrong Army, but he didn't believe it, so he could only be sure I am afraid that the Pingrong army is not good at stubble, and there is a strong iron-fisted general who is extremely good at governing the army, so that he can tolerate it in his spare time and rub the army together in wartime. t1706231537: