Man Tanghong

Chapter 446

Xue Wanshu can be regarded as an upright person. Although he was unwilling to lose to Quan Xu, he did not take the opportunity to speak ill of Quan Xu. Instead, he nodded and said seriously: "Quan Xu is indeed capable. Chen, Wen Bichen's second brother is not bad at all, and Wu Bichen's third brother is not bad at all."

Li Yuanji looked at Xue Wanshu with a face full of surprise and said: "Your second brother Xue Wanshu's literary talent and strategic strategy should be regarded as the best among your brothers, and your third brother Xue Wanjun's martial arts should also be regarded as the best among your brothers. the best of them all.

Quan Xu can get such an evaluation from you, it seems that it is not just a simple thing. "

Xue Wanshu nodded approvingly and said, "It's not just as simple as having something, it should be said that he has a great talent, which is not inferior to the brothers and sisters."

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully, but did not continue to say anything more on this topic, but changed the topic: "You have been in Youzhou for many years, have you ever seen a whole day? Armored soldiers and horses?"

Xue Wanshu was stunned for a moment, his face changed slightly and he said, "Your Highness is talking about You Yunqi?"

Li Yuanji was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "You Yun Qi? You Yun Eighteen Qi Qi?"

Xue Wanshu asked in a daze, "What Youyun Eighteen Riders?"

Before Li Yuanji could answer, Xue Wanshu introduced himself: "The Youyun Cavalry is an iron cavalry under the command of King Yan, with a total of 1000 taels, divided into six formations.

When facing a strong enemy, you can form a cavalry formation of a thousand people to charge, or you can divide it into six cavalry formations to charge from left to right.

The strength is quite powerful.

Even against an army of tens of thousands of people, they can calmly deal with it. "

At the end of Xue Wanshu's speech, his tone became a lot more serious.

It can be seen that You Yunqi in his mouth left a deep impression on him.

It is very likely that he has witnessed You Yunqi's attack with his own eyes, or cooperated with You Yunqi, and witnessed You Yunqi's tyrannical strength.

However, Li Yuanji's focus has not been on this for the time being, he is still struggling with the difference between Youyunqi and Youyun Shibaqi.

If there is an iron cavalry under Li Yi's command called Youyun Eighteen Cavalry, and another name in private is Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, then he has to re-examine this world.

Fortunately, the iron cavalry under Li Yi's command is called Youyunqi, and there are 200 people. It does not match the names and numbers of Youyun Shibaqi and Yanyun Shibaqi.

"They are all equipped with face shields, and they also like to show off their face shields?"

After Li Yuanji found out whether this Youyunqi was that Youyunqi, he asked about Youyunqi's characteristics.

Xue Wanshu nodded, and said solemnly: "They are indeed equipped with visors, and they also like to show people with visors. The reason for this is that they are all recommended from Youzhou and Yunzhou, and they are all year round. Most of them are entrenched in Youzhou and Yunzhou.

In order to prevent them from having the heart to attack people who are related to them, and also to prevent them from being approached by their enemies for revenge, His Royal Highness King Yan equipped them with face masks to show them off all year round. "

Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully, and just about to speak, he heard Xue Wanshu say again: "Of course, this is just an external statement, and internally it is to hide his identity."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "Then why have I never heard of their names, my father, my second brother, and even the vast majority of people in Datang?"

Xue Wanshu took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "This starts with their hiding their identities inside."

When Xue Wanshu said this, he paused, a trace of hesitation and a trace of struggle flashed across his face.

Li Yuanji did not rush to ask, but quietly waited for his next words.

After hesitating and struggling for a while, Xue Wanshu looked at Li Yuanji with a wry smile and said, "It stands to reason that I have served His Royal Highness King Yan before, so I shouldn't tell the secrets that His Royal Highness Yan has issued a gag order.

However, since His Highness mentioned Youyunqi, it means that His Highness King Yan really used Youyunqi, and sent it to a place that would threaten or cause harm to His Highness.

The minister couldn't help him hide it anymore. "

Li Yuanji was silent for a while.

According to Xue Wanshu, this Youyun Cavalry seems to be different from conventional soldiers and horses, and it will not be used easily, so it is difficult for outsiders to know.

Li Yi issued another gag order to the insiders. Before Li Yi completely loses power, the insiders should not be willing to risk offending Li Yi and being chased and killed by Li Yi's people endlessly to betray Li Yi.

Therefore, if there is no insider's disclosure, outsiders will never know the existence of such a soldier.

But even so, it is impossible that there will be no rumors at all.

After all, as long as it is a soldier, as long as it exists, as long as it has participated in a certain battle, it will leave many clues.

Even if Li Yi issued a gag order, and the insiders dare not speak out because they don't want to offend Li Yi, people will still be aware of the clues.

But Li Yuanji searched and emptied the memory of his predecessor, but did not find any relevant news.

Li Yuanji was sure that Li Yuan and Li Shimin should not have any relevant news.

This is kind of incredible.

There is actually a tyrannical army in this world, who can hide it from Li Tang's eyes and ears under Li Tang's rule?

Li Yuanji didn't know whether to say that Li Yizang was deeper than anyone else, or whether he should say that Li Yi was worthy of being the only surnamed king alive in the Tang Dynasty who ruled in one place.

Xue Wanshu didn't know what was going on in Li Yuanji's mind, so he continued, "On the surface, this army does not exist. Because they don't have a fixed camp, nor a fixed identity.

So if they don't show their heads, no one knows who they are or what their identity is. "

"Um?!"

Li Yuanji looked at Xue Wanshu in astonishment.

Xue Wanshu smiled wryly and said: "That's true, I also saw them gathering and fighting with my own eyes, so I was sure that they really existed.

Before that, I always thought that they didn't exist, it was a lie made up by His Highness King Yan to scare people. "

Li Yuanji sounded a bit relentless, as if he was in a cloud, but he didn't interrupt, because he believed that since Xue Wanshu had spoken, he would not hide it, and would make it clear.

Xue Wanshu said with emotion: "Although they were recommended by His Royal Highness King Yan from Youzhou and Yunzhou, they were not recommended from the young and strong of the two places, but from the soldiers of the two places.

Every Youzhou pawn or Yunzhou pawn with an innocent net worth, after two or three years of fighting, as long as he has achieved certain merits and is brave, he will have the opportunity to participate in secret selection. After passing the selection, someone will secretly investigate, Teach them for a while, and after they complete the investigation and receive the instruction, they can be regarded as a member of You Yunqi.

However, after they join You Yunqi, they will not be transferred away, but will stay in the original soldiers and horses, serving as a series of positions such as corps commander, division commander, and even school lieutenant.

And will be given the authority to supervise the superior. "

When Li Yuanji heard this, he suddenly realized, "You mean they usually hide among the other troops under Li Yi's command, and they don't gather together, and no one knows who they are?"

Xue Wanshu nodded slowly and said: "That's right, so they don't gather together, no one knows their existence, and even if they do, they don't know who they are.

I have stayed in Youzhou for many years, and I have only seen them gather once.

It was that time that Chen was sure that they really existed.

It was also at that time that the minister was given a gag order by His Royal Highness King Yan. "

Li Yuanji pondered and said: "That is to say, their selection is also carried out in secret, there may be a rotation system, and they will not be gathered together unless it is absolutely necessary.

It is very likely that it will be used only once in three to five years, and it is very likely that it will be used only once in [-].

Ordinary soldiers are replaced so quickly that some soldiers may not be able to see them gather once from enlistment to departure, let alone know their existence.

Even if someone violated Li Yi's gag order and publicized the matter, most people would only listen to it as rumors.

So even people inside Youzhou may not dare to confirm the existence of Youyunqi, let alone outsiders like us? "

Xue Wanshu nodded and said, "That's true. It's also because of this that no one has publicized this matter, and outsiders don't know about it."

Li Yuanji understood what Xue Wanshu meant.

The vast majority of people in Youzhou may not be able to confirm the existence of You Yunqi, so no one dares to take this as information or pass it on to outsiders.

It is also difficult for outsiders to know.

It's like if Li Yuanji didn't learn about the existence of such a troop through Ling Jing, and someone came to tell him that Li Yi had an iron cavalry that hadn't shown up for three to five years, Li Yuanji would definitely not believe it, saying Might as well punish the guy who provided 'false' information.

It was precisely because of this that almost no one dared to risk offending Li Yi and the people who bought the news by talking about it without thoroughly clarifying whether You Yunqi really existed.

Because of this, You Yunqi completely hid himself.

Maybe Li Yi thought of this when he founded You Yunqi, and made full use of it.

"How many soldiers and horses do you think we have to prepare to have a chance of winning if we face You Yunqi?"

After Li Yuanji figured out why You Yunqi was hiding so thoroughly, he stared at Xue Wanshu and asked.

Xue Wanshu hesitated and said: "Your Highness is also the leader of the army, you should know how much troops to use to fight against a strong enemy, it depends on whether it is infantry or horse pawns, and you have to adapt to local conditions.

If you are facing You Yunqi on flat ground, the pawns will cost at least [-], and the horse pawns will cost [-].

If it is said that it is against You Yunqi at the pass, the pawns must be at least [-].

If it is said that it is against You Yunqi in the mountains, the pawns must be at least [-]. "

Speaking of this, Xue Wanshu also specially explained: "It's not that I deliberately exaggerated the power of You Yunqi, but that You Yunqi is really powerful. If you don't have enough troops to fight, you may not be able to win."

(End of this chapter)