Chapter 320: The cool breeze is coming

Li Wei is still in Chang'an.

With his personality, he wanted to build a harmonious society, but this was never possible. If a lecturer was a little cautious, and if a village man pulled up his elbows and was more ruthless than being thicker, it would not be the case in the court.

The dispute between Li Jingxuan and Liu Rengui was witnessed with his own eyes and had to be careful.

So he stayed in Chang'an and asked for all kinds of supplies, food, tents, weapons, horses, vehicles, armor, tools for camping and building fortifications, medicinal materials, clothes, defense and offensive equipment. In fact, Li Jingxuan was also afraid and asked for a group of them, but he didn't understand and didn't want them all. Li Wei took the list and chased them every day.

At this time, we cannot take into account the financial pressure of the country. We can transport the things to Qinghai first, so that we can feel at ease. Otherwise, there will be villains behind us and withhold supplies. 180,000 people, not 18,000 people, and the trouble will be really big. It is not impossible, but very likely.

When people were in Chang'an, wearing the prince's skin, my father felt guilty, and it was better to ask for it. So a large number of supplies, countless civilians, and livestock vehicles rushed to Shanzhou in a vast way. So I didn't know if I didn't fight and command myself, but if I did, I didn't know how much pressure the country would have on the finances of this major battle. It would be fine if I won, but if I lost, even the Tang Dynasty would be extremely unbearable.

Then, some of the troops from all over the country were intercepted.

If a person does not care for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. There are 180,000 people on the front line. If you really go by yourself, you will be able to surrender all the generals? Therefore, there must be a powerful army as a confidant army. Those who are intercepted are all the heroes among the soldiers who rushed to Qinghai from all over the country. Of course, the Yulin Imperial Guards in Chang'an and Luoyang are the main ones.

After having a brief conversation with Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong, Li Wei summoned these soldiers, a total of more than 6,000 people. Some even followed him to Nanzhao to make military achievements and get promoted. What a spectacular scene would it be if 180,000 people were together? I don’t know. The battle outside Yaozhou City that night was 70,000 or 80,000 people were already boundless. Even the more than 6,000 people in front of him were already very spectacular.

When the assembly was over, Li Wei asked, "Do you know where you are going to fight?"

"Qinghai!"

The sound was loud, but Li Wei didn't believe it. In the battle of the southwest, he witnessed it with his own eyes that in terms of the neat formation, the Yulin Army should be the first, and usually use ceremonial guards as the main content of training. But when the fight started, it became messy, and even was at a loss, not as good as those old fried dough soldiers who looked loose.

He also said: "But Gu is very worried. Although Gu does not often ask, he heard many people's discussions saying that you rely on your ancestors to enter the Yulin guards, just want to get married. They usually fight, eat, drink, gamble, bully good, fight cocks and dogs, and even many ordinary people think that joining the army is ashamed of joining the army, but not honored. Do you think this is the case?"

No matter how loud the voice is, no matter how loud the voice is, there are no sound. Therefore, a messenger repeated it one by one to convey Li Wei's original words.

After a moment of silence, some were ashamed and some were dissatisfied, and finally replied: "It's not like this!"

"Is it? I will wait and see. You are all children of the two capitals. You are usually proud. Yes, there is a reason to be proud. You are disciples of the Tang Dynasty and descendants of meritorious deeds. Why are you not proud? But now the small Tubo is extremely arrogant in the borders of our Tang Dynasty. What do you think you should do?"

"Blow, beat his mother!"

"But you can't win by just saying that you can fight, so from now on, we will train with Gu."

It stimulated morale and began to train soldiers vigorously.

These big men are the most difficult to control. They are rebellious and have loose military disciplines. Therefore, it is not useless to put them all under their own jurisdiction. There are many soldiers, grandfathers and fathers, who are both generals, are skilled in bows and horses, and are also very proud. They are two-faced swords, which hurt others well, but not easily hurt themselves. But overall, the combat effectiveness of personal guards is worse than that of each generation.

Then the intercepted heroes were stuffed in. When he left, the army reached more than 12,300, and they chose the most powerful soldiers, and chose 1,500 of them as Modao's hands. Modao can be said to be the most fierce weapon in this cold weapon era. If his arm strength is good, he can cut a war horse in half with one knife. But as Modao's weapon, he has very high requirements for candidates. If he is not a strong man, he will never stop dancing Modao. Moreover, Modao directly deals with the cavalry, so he must not be afraid of death.

These soldiers were already selected and selected. Even the personal guards were selected. After all, the two capitals needed more personal guards, but in the end, they could only select 1,500 heroes suitable for Modao. Then they divided half of them, half as heavy cavalry, and half as light cavalry. They set up camp at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain and trained every day. Even the Modao warriors also had to train riding skills, which was to avoid storing the speed of the army. Other soldiers had cavalry, martial arts, archery, and practical experience. The time was short and they did not play much role, but just like Li Wei reading maps and intelligence, it was better to practice than not.

The military training was handed over to Xue Na, and Li Wei continued to ask for supplies. After staying for more than ten days, Liu Rengui rushed to Chang'an.

Originally, he was "seriously ill" and was about to stay in Weizhou to recuperate. When he heard the imperial edict from the court, he was shocked and immediately set off from Weizhou and rushed to Chang'an.

After meeting, he immediately said, "Your Highness, it was me who harmed you."

Not only him, but there were many reasons for this expedition. However, Liu Rengui and Li Jingxuan fought in internal battles and forced Liu Rengui to return. When Li Wei and Pei Xingjian talked about military affairs, they all felt a pity. The two talked about the use of coaches in Qinghai. Heige Changzhi, Li Jinxing was a powerful general, but being a general was not suitable. First, Hu Yi was worried, and second, it was difficult to convince the public. As for others, Li Wei and Pei Xingjian did not consider it. If they were convinced, they would not go to convince the public, but went to fight. Or the other candidates, although Xue Rengui was defeated, he might not have lost so badly if it were not for Guo Zhifeng to restrain him. This time, there was more soldiers, wider, and prepared to fight. There was also a famous example in history, Qin Yong Meng Mingshi.

However, there are also disadvantages. Xue Rengui's personal martial arts are excellent, which destined that he likes surprise soldiers to take risks and is prone to entering the network of Lunqinling, which is well-organized by troops. Moreover, Xue Rengui's method of using troops is not very suitable for commanding a large army of more than 100,000. Ei Pei Xingjian, Pei Xingjian likes to wait for opportunities, but the court cannot wait, and he has low prestige and is not suitable. Only Liu Rengui's only candidate is left to argue with Lunqinling.

The two of them were just empty talk. This was Pei Xingjian’s teaching him how to use generals if he had the opportunity to be the emperor in the future.

"I don't blame you. There is a reason for Gu's promise to his father this time." Li Wei briefly said what happened before and after.

"Who is it?"

"I didn't think it out."

"But your Highness, this time is not like the last time I went to Yaozhou."

"Gong Gong Liu, I know that at least I will not be arrogant and I will not be greedy for this contribution."

"That's good," Liu Rengui still blamed himself. He just avoided trouble, but he didn't expect to drag the prince down and felt very ashamed.

"But you are here just right, let me tell you what you think." I can't tell you why Li Jingxuan has been in Qinghai for ten years, but Liu Rengui can see a lot of truth in Qinghai. When he heard Li Jin use the empty city timing, Li Wei was stunned and said, "He is so brave."

"This person is a brave general. When His Highness goes, he must use this person."

"Gu knows...but Gu has a plan..."

...

Liu Rengui stayed in Chang'an again, and even looked at the situation of the training of the soldiers "sick" and then found Li Wei and made some suggestions. Few people knew about the latter, but Li Wei went to Hu Ying's mansion in casual clothes.

Hu Ying left for a long time, and even Li Wei thought that Hu Ying was in danger in the West, might die or become a slave to a certain country. He felt guilty in his heart, and someone asked the door. The doorman poked his head out and asked, "Who is it?"

Then he looked at Li Wei in confusion: "Your Excellency is..."

"I am the prince."

The doorman hurriedly opened the door, then stumbled in to report. A young man came out and bowed to salute. Li Wei helped them up, walked into the mansion and said, "You are Hu Ying..."

"The subject is his unfilial son Hu Sheng."

"Is there any news about Lingzun?"

"No."

"I've harmed him alone."

"Your Highness said this and killed us. Although my father was confused by life and death, it is also an honor for the Hu family to be entrusted by Your Highness to do his business for you."

"Overseas are far away, and it may not be pessimistic... I know what I know and will make compensation in the future."

"Subjects dare not."

"I came alone and I had another thing to ask for, but it won't be too long once."

"Please give your orders."

"Hu Sheng, you don't have to be restrained. Let me ask you something, is your family in contact with the Tuyuhun nobles now?"

"Yes," Hu Sheng was a little confused. His family was a Hu man from the Jiu surname of Zhaowu. Hu Ying was originally generous and made many friends, including Tuyuhun. Later, the imperial court opened the Guanshi. In fact, in the Chiling area, the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun had always had mutual trading in the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun. Because the law did not stipulate and was a little chaotic, after the official opening of the Fanshi, although he had to pay a batch of taxes, his personal protection was not subject to blackmail, and the mutual trading was more prosperous. When Tubo people saw the benefits, they also learned to copy them. However, the Tang Dynasty did not allow Han people to go abroad. Most of the merchants returned were powerful people from Tuyuhun and Tubo. They did not collect much taxes, but instead increased a lot of commotion out of thin air. In the end, Qinling was afraid of affecting the stability of Tuyuhun, so he ordered the levy to stop taxes.

The Hu family occupies a share in Haishi, but its foundation is still in Guanzhong. It does not attach much importance to it, and it still trades from the Silk Road. The trade in Qinghai is also an important income of the Hu family. I just don’t understand, so the prince wants to ask what this is done?

"I want to ask you to do something. The court is about to fight against Tubo, but the war horses are insufficient. Lingwu and Longyou have horses, but these horses cannot adapt to the climate of Qinghai, and their speed and momentum are not as good as Qinghai horses."

"This subject can do it. I wonder how many horses your highness wants?" I was still unhappy. After all, my father has no whereabouts yet, but he is the prince. He is so humble, and he has less resentment. There is also the case of Liang Jinzhu. In order to support Liang Jinzhu, the prince did not hesitate to cause such a big storm. It is conceivable that once the prince ascended the throne, the future of Liang Lu and the other two was moved by Hu Sheng again.

"Of course the more, the better. Not only this matter, the war is imminent, you are worried that the trade between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun may be interrupted, so you cooperated with others and raised a large amount of money before the war, bringing the porcelain, tea, silk and silk needed by Tuyuhun and the Tubo people to Shanzhou. But because the goods were too much, the Fan City could not digest them, so you entered Tuyuhun and used your father's connections in Tuyuhun to lobby them to send more horses, cattle, sheep, mules, donkeys, and camels to trade with you. But the army was triggered, and many Tuyuhun nobles were worried about the result of war horses pouring into our dynasty, so you gave a lot of money to bribe and win over the relationship. Do you understand the meaning of the lonely one?"

At first he didn't understand, but afterwards, Hu Sheng reacted and asked, "Does Your Highness want me to be a scout?"

"It's not only scouts, but also heavy use. If you can do it yourself, Gu will give you a military post when he arrives in Qinghai. But given your father, Gu will not let you take risks."

"Subjects are willing."

"Remember, not only horses, but only horses, Tuyuhun people will doubt it."

"Here!"

Li Wei left the Hu Mansion. The military funds were not easy to adjust, so he transferred 100,000 yuan from the East Palace to ask Hu Sheng to purchase goods, and secretly sent people to assist, including providing livestock vehicles, so that Hu Sheng could immediately bring the goods to Qinghai. The vacancy had to wait for Hu Sheng to return the principal when he returned.

No one knew about this. What he saw was that the prince was still training troops in Chang'an, either asking for supplies, so that prices in the capital would soar. Fortunately, the Guangtong Canal was completed, the spring water began, and the canal transport continued to send supplies from Jianghuai River, south of Hebei, to Guanzhong. At this time, the middle reaches of the Danshui Canal were completed again. Li Wei also rode over to see that the river was open to navigation because the water source was small and it was still very shallow, but it was much better than before. Even a thousand stone ship could sail smoothly as long as you were careful. There was no way to go up. He continued to use mules and horses to pull the goods to Chang'an from land. Only when this batch of Jianghan cargo arrived, the prices in Chang'an gradually subsided.

But the time went by, and at first some people thought that the prince was afraid of the enemy. When he arrived in Chang'an, he changed his hexagram and deliberately stayed in Chang'an and refused to move forward.

Just as the discussion was heard, on May 18th, early in the morning, the city gate opened, Li Wei and his guards left the city. He came to the camp and faced the cool morning breeze and said, "Come to camp."

After training for a long time, it may not be useful when fighting with real swords and guns. However, it is better to practice than not. With a command, the three armies immediately took action and began to set up camps.

After a while, the camp became empty.

Li Wei said again: "Set out!"

If you don’t leave, someone will probably be making a fuss on it.

The sound of the warrior began to float passionately in the gauze-like morning light. More than 10,000 troops, with the necessary supplies, ran towards the west. The vast group of people slashed the ground with broken rice pearls, and then dewdrops rolled into the mud and disappeared.

The departure was very fast, with only a few people watching. Originally, the people in Chang'an City were planning to come to see him off like Luoyang, but when they all got up, they could not see anything outside the city gate.
Chapter completed!