The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 898 Chapter 880 Seven: The army arrives at the border

The time is not too long, and a sumptuous banquet is served.

Li Shimin had dinner with Duan Wuji, and Duan Wuji got up to leave!

When the eunuch was cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, he saw that almost everything on the table had been eaten, and there was almost nothing left!

The eunuchs smiled.

Xin said: This person is too good to eat, this person can eat at least five or six people!It's much easier to pack the dishes and chopsticks.

When Li Shimin saw that Wuji was so edible, he couldn't help but also laughed.

"My dear brother, you are so edible, you are really amazing!

From this point of view, your consumption this year is really indispensable!

To be honest, it is a blessing to be able to eat this!

I don't even have the blessing of your second brother! "

Duan Wuji grinned and said: "Second brother, don't laugh at me, as a general, who can't eat it?

If you don't eat, how can you have strength?
I entered the palace once, and touched this delicious food, can I not eat more, if these things are left over, don't I have to throw them away?

I came here today to lick your plate. "

Li Shimin laughed out loud.

"I said, Brother Xian, you are too good at making jokes. There are really not many people who can make jokes like you."

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Second brother, I also went to this banquet. When we come back triumphantly, let's drink the celebration bar together!"

"Okay! Let's make a deal, and we are looking forward to your triumphant return!"

Duan Wuji cupped his hands and retreated from the palace.

Duan Wuji returned home, waiting quietly for the day to send troops.

Three days later in the morning, people came to the palace again, Li Shimin announced Duan Wuji to go to the palace, saying that he had something important to discuss with him.

Duan Wuji followed the visitors and went straight to the palace, entered Zhuque Palace and saw that the main hall was crowded with people, including civil servants and military generals.

Everyone stood on both sides of the main hall, and the atmosphere was quite grand.

Li Shimin sat in the middle, and the time was not too long, and many people arrived one after another.

Li Shimin cleared his throat, and then said loudly: "My dear friends, all of us here are important officials who are going to go to war. There are not only generals who are good at fighting, but also ministers who are capable of governing the world. It can be said that You are the elite among the elites of my dynasty.

I brought you here today to tell you that all the elite cavalry dispatched from various provinces have arrived.

At Maoshi tomorrow, I will visit the Jiaojun Field in person and personally send the generals on an expedition.

Today I will explain the expedition team to all of you!

For this expedition, I mobilized 25 cavalry and another 12 infantry. I divided these troops into five armies.

These five armies are fighting alone, but you all have to be restrained by Prince Duan.

The five-way army was coordinated and commanded by Prince Duan, and everyone cooperated in the battle.

If the army dared to disobey Prince Duan's command, they must be punished for disobeying military orders.

Did you hear me clearly? "

"Your Majesty, we all understand that all actions follow orders. Although we have a certain degree of autonomy, coordinated actions are also necessary."

"Well! It's good to know! Now let me talk about the main configuration of the various people!
Chai Shao, Yu Chigong, and Hou Junji are in the army along the way, and you four, Ma Sanbao, Yin Kaishan, Duan Zhixian, and Liu Hongji, are also in the army with them.

This passer-by Ma Chaishao is the main general, and he is fully responsible for this team.

Yuchi Gongyou is the first deputy, and Hou Junji is the second deputy.

Duan Tieniu was in charge of the second group of troops, Wang Ke was his deputy, and the main officers under him were Duan Changqing, Duan Changhong, and Duan Changhao.

The third group of troops is led by Li Jing and Li Yaoshi, with Zhang Gongjin as his deputy, and the main officers under him are Ye Qiusheng, Zhuang Ziqin, Yang Xiu, and Wu Jianfeng.

Su Dingfang is in charge of the Fourth Army, and his main generals are Su Long, Su Hu, Cao Qiubao, Jin Jia, and Tong Huan!
The fifth army was commanded by Prince Duan himself, and the main officers under him were Cheng Yaojin, You Junda, Qi Guoyuan, Li Ruhui, Fan Hu, Lian Ming, Qu Tutong, Qu Tugai, and Wei Zheng served as the deputy of this army. "

I, Li Shimin, is the chief food security officer. This time I have made a decision. I want to personally go to the front line. I want to go to the front line in person, and the governor of all the troops. For the sake of the stability of my Li family, I want to go to the front line in person.

All civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty who have not been named by me will go to my account to listen to orders.

Let Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao guard this city of Chang'an. The old man has been in poor health recently, so leave this job to him!
Promise!I don't know if you have anything else to say? "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"My colleagues, I didn't want to say anything more, but since His Majesty asked me, I'll say a few words too!
If you follow me, Duan Wuji, to fight, cheer me up, if anyone is greedy for life and afraid of death, you will stay with me.

Once you are on the battlefield, then don't think about retreating. If anyone dares to retreat, don't blame me for being ruthless.

How to fight this battle!I have already told you about the main generals.

I will not repeat it again today, all generals, I wish you all the best.

Kill the enemy without leaving a piece of armor, as for what is the enemy?
Today I will repeat to you again, as long as they are Turks, they are our enemies.

For the enemy, we must not be polite, if we can kill them, we must not leave a breather.

If you are kind-hearted and soft-hearted, then you might as well not send troops with me, I, Duan Wuji, can't afford to lose that person.

Let me just say these two sentences today, and I won’t say too much. "

Li Shimin applauded and laughed.

"Okay, let's go here today!

Tomorrow morning, let's meet again at the military field!

Everyone is ready to go back, but don't miss out on our expedition tomorrow. "

These people withdrew from the palace and all went home.

Everyone knows that once a war breaks out, whether they can come back alive or not, I really dare not say!

Duan Wuji returned to the mansion, asked for his snakeskin armor from Princess Mingzhu, and put it beside him.

Duan Wuji picked up his youngest son, kissing again and again!

This father and son are separated, can it not be like this!
It was not until dinner time that Duan Wuji handed over his son to the maid.

After dinner, Duan Wuji went to rest early.

Princess Mingzhu also knew that her husband was going to lead the army to fight tomorrow, so she didn't dare to disturb him. "

In the morning of the next day, Duan Wuji ate a few mouthfuls of breakfast in a hurry, and then put on his snakeskin armor. His steed had already been prepared by the servants at home.

Big sticks, bows and arrows, nothing is bad!

Duan Wuji got on his horse and rode straight towards the school military field outside Chang'an city.

When I arrived at the school military field, I saw that the soldiers had already lined up. These people's all-in-one cavalry almost filled the entire school military field!

These teams are roughly divided into five teams, and each team has as many people as possible. Li Shimin has already made full preparations.

Generals from all walks of life stood at the front of the team.

In a short time, Li Shimin arrived.

Li Shimin made a very brief speech, and then ordered these soldiers to go to the front.

Duan Wuji led the team at the front of the team, and headed straight for Shanxi.

According to Li Shimin's arrangement, Duan Wuji's army is in the middle, with Tieniu and Li Jing's army on the left, and Chai Shao and Su Dingfang's army on the right.

Seven or eight days later, Duan Wuji's army arrived at the north of Datong Mansion.

Duan Wuji hid the team on the front south slope of a big mountain. After Duan Wuji set up the camp, he wrote a letter to Chai Shao and Su Dingfang himself, and sent the soldiers Xingye there.

The contents of the letters are almost the same, nothing more than telling them that a war is about to start, and let them kill as many as they can regardless of the enemy's soldiers and civilians during the battle.

Don't distinguish between soldiers and soldiers, as long as they are Turks, they are the enemies of my Tang Dynasty, and you must not be polite to them.

After sending out the letter, Duan Wuji relaxed slightly.

(End of this chapter)