Tibet

Participating in the military means taking charge of military affairs. There are real and fictitious officials. Li Ye's appointment as a subordinate to join the military actually means Li Chu's staff officer. It is usually used to appoint confidants.

Participating in the military involves both literature and martial arts, and Li Ye naturally falls into the category of military generals.

Li Ye immediately returned to the station and said goodbye to his men. He handed the captain's sign to Yu Chiguang, "I told His Highness King Guangping that you will be the captain. His Highness agreed. From now on, the brothers will leave it to you. Be kind to everyone.”

Yu Chiguang was really moved and bowed deeply, "The team is upright and righteous. Yu Chiguang will bear this in mind. If there is another chance, I am willing to continue to work hard for the team!"

Li Ye patted his arm and said with a smile: "There will definitely be another chance!"

Several soldiers stepped forward to say goodbye to Li Ye, and Yang Li choked with sobs: "After this farewell, I wonder if I can see the captain again?"

Li Ye said to several soldiers: "Please take good care of yourselves. If one day Li Ye becomes prosperous, he will definitely not forget you. I believe we will see each other again!"

At dawn the next day, the team set off to the north. Li Ye said goodbye to the people. Magistrate Wei and tens of thousands of people knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Ye, thanking him for his rescue. Li Ye was also quite sad and said to the people He waved goodbye, turned his horse's head and galloped away to the north.

After catching up with the team, Pan Xiangying stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, please invite Li Junjun to come over!"

Li Ye nodded and urged his horse to catch up with Li Chu. Li Chu smiled slightly and said, "Do you want me to tell you tomorrow and appoint you as the magistrate of Anle County?"

"Your Highness is joking!"

Li Chu was indeed joking. As soon as he changed the topic, he said to Li Ye: "Grandpa You said that your thinking is quite clear, and you have competed with Tong Luo Jun and know each other better. I want to hear your battle ideas?"

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "First of all, I want to remind your highness not to underestimate the enemy. The Tongluo cavalry are very fierce. They are not afraid of death. They know that if they step forward, they will die, but they still charge without their lives. They are also well-trained. They are not afraid of death when they retreat." He turned around and ran away, but held up his shield and retreated facing the city wall. The equipment was also very well-equipped. The soldiers were almost as well-armed as the Tang army. More importantly, all the 30,000 Tongluo army were cavalry. His Highness had considered how to deal with the impact of the cavalry. ?"

Li Chu's expression became serious, "I have considered the cavalry, armor and equipment you mentioned, but I did not expect that the Tongluo army would be so brave and fearless of death. We have 55,000 soldiers, of which only 10,000 are cavalry." , if a fierce battle breaks out between the two armies, I am really not sure of victory, do you have any suggestions?"

"Your Highness, I am going to attack the enemy with my troops. I think it is better to use strategies to cooperate, such as cutting off their retreat and destroying their food camps. This will greatly affect the enemy's morale."

Li Chu nodded, "Heroes think alike. Guo Ziyi also gave me the same advice. He also planted a hidden nail in the enemy army. He is Albus's nephew. Once little Albus dies, his nephew will be reused. , This is very beneficial to us, I am also considering attacking the enemy's logistics and food fodder, but there is no specific plan, and we know nothing about the enemy's logistics."

Li Ye pondered for a moment and said: "Your Highness can deploy normally, but I am willing to use your troops to destroy the enemy's food and fodder for Your Highness!"

Li Chu actually meant this. He knew that Li Ye was highly skilled in martial arts, calm and resourceful, and could rescue his son from the enemy camp single-handedly. He would also be able to surprise the enemy's logistics and supplies.

Li Chu was overjoyed and said: "If you successfully attack the enemy's food and fodder, I will definitely report it to the emperor and give you a promotion."

"The humble position also requires an assistant who is strong in martial arts and proficient in Tongluo language."

Li Chu nodded, "Do you still remember Luo Jin who went to rescue the little prince with you? He is actually a barbarian, proficient in Tiele language, and is agile and can help you."

Li Ye immediately went to make preparations. He and Luo Jin brought another soldier to guard the horses. The three of them left the team and rushed north.

In the afternoon, Guangping King Li Chu received news that Abusi led a main force of 30,000 people to Mingsha County, 30 miles away, and set up camp south of Mingsha County, posing for a decisive battle with the Tang army.

Li Chu immediately ordered the three armies to stay in place and summoned civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures in the commander's tent.

In the big tent, General Longwu Dugulie said: "Tongluo mainly uses cavalry, so they will inevitably use cavalry to attack our infantry. We should use heavy crossbows and spears to fight against the enemy. In addition, we can deploy military chariots to resist the enemy's attack. Although the grassland barbarian cavalry are fierce, they are not good at long-term battles. As long as we withstand the enemy's attack and continue fighting with the enemy with infantry, we will definitely have a chance of victory."

Li Chu nodded and asked Pugu Huai'en: "General Pugu, you are familiar with the Tongluo Army. Can you tell us how to deal with it?"

Pugu Huai'en bowed and said: "General Dugu was right just now. The Tongluo cavalry has a strong impact, the crossbows are extremely powerful, and the heavy arrows are very lethal to the cavalry."

Chief Shi Cuihuan interrupted Pugu Huaien and asked: "Let me interject, since the equipment of the Luo army and the Tang army is the same, they should also have shields. Are heavy arrows useful?"

Pugu Huai'en smiled and said: "Cui Changshi didn't know that heavy arrows are mainly used to deal with war horses. After ordinary arrows hit the war horses, the war horses can continue to run, and the impact is not big. However, the heavy arrows are very powerful, and the war horses are hit by arrows." It’s bound to fall.”

"It makes sense, General Pugu, please continue!"

Puguhuaien continued: "The spear army must form a square formation to deal with the cavalry. With the square formation, the cavalry cannot get close to the soldiers. As for the Tongluo army not being able to fight for a long time, this statement is reserved for the humble position. The humble position has trained the Tongluo army. The cavalry is also very powerful in protracted warfare. Whether they retreat mainly depends on the degree of attrition. Once the loss of soldiers reaches about 30%, the Tongluo Army will give up the battle and retreat. This is their rule."

Lai Yi, who recorded the affairs and joined the army, said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I would like to say a few words despite my humble position!"

Li Chu nodded, "Please tell me if you want to join the army!"

Lai Yi bowed and said: "The enemy only has 30,000 cavalry, so there won't be many troops to defend the camp. Can we sneak attack the enemy's logistics camp? For example, when the two armies are fighting, the enemy's logistics camp needs food and grass." If a fire breaks out, it will be a heavy blow to the enemy's morale, so my humble suggestion is to send a cavalry force to sneak attack the enemy's logistics camp."

Lai Ai's suggestion received unanimous support from everyone. Li Chu made a prompt decision and said to Dugu Lie, who was in charge of the cavalry: "General Dugu can send three thousand cavalry to make a detour and sneak attack on Tongluo Camp!"

Li Ye is a secret soldier sent by Li Chu. He will not bring it up in this military situation discussion.

In the evening, Li Ye and three others appeared in a forest ten miles east of the enemy camp. Luo Jin asked in a low voice: "Master Li, will the enemy's rations be sheep?"

Luo Jin is not a Han, he is a Huihe, and his status among the guards is not high. The last time he saved the little prince Li Shi, Pan Xiangying was promoted, and he only received a reward of one hundred taels of silver.

Luo Jin knew the details of Li Ye. The grandson of Prime Minister Li Linfu was awarded the title of Captain Xuejie and Viscount of Wugong County by the emperor, so he had great expectations in his heart when he followed Li Ye this time.

Li Ye was also worried that the other party's food would be sheep or mutton, which would be troublesome. He thought for a while and said: "Let's hunt an enemy patrol sentry and ask for a confession!"

Li Ye had a target for a long time. There were three Tongluo cavalry patrolling south of the woods. They were patrol posts, but more like fixed sentries, patrolling back and forth in the south of the woods.

Li Ye asked the soldier Liu Xing to look at the war horse, while he and Luo Jin went to the south of the forest.