Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 753 Literary Talent

Yang Lue's intelligence was correct. Tuoba Shiyijian stayed in Danhan Mountain for more than 20 days, and then he sent 20,000 cavalry eastward and penetrated directly into Liaodong.

According to the information obtained through careful investigation, most of the 20,000 horses were equipped with armor, at least one piece of leather armor. They also imitated the Black Cloud Knights and made wooden stirrups, and some of the horses were also covered with leather armor.

Xuanjia's army immediately turned to Youzhou, passed through Yanshan from Sanzangkou, and followed the enemy.

Just waiting for the cavalry to cross the Zimeng River, they closed the door and beat the dogs.

"Tuoba Shi Yijian is still in Danhan Mountain?" Li Yue checked the enemy and friend situations on the map.

"The bandits have gone south to plunder Daizhou." Xie Xuan cupped his hands and said.

The 50,000-strong army marched south, and it was difficult for the more than 10,000 soldiers in Daizhou to resist.

"End this war as soon as possible, recuperate, and launch a massive counterattack after next autumn." Li Yue felt quite tired. As soon as a man turns forty, his energy begins to decrease.

In the southern expedition to Jiangdong, the national strength has not yet recovered.

The budgets of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, based on the surplus in the treasury, can support a maximum of 60,000 troops for half a year's campaign.

If most of them are cavalry, the number of troops should be at least half.

Now that more than 10,000 Xuanjia troops have been dispatched, there are even fewer troops available to march north.

Once the army moved, the consumption of logistics and food channels was extremely terrifying. During the Southern Expedition, various waterways such as the Han River, Yangtze River, Ying River, and Huai River were used for transportation, which alleviated the logistical pressure.

Now, if we want to fight north, the logistics and supplies need to go over high mountains and mountains, and most of the journey relies on human and animal power.

To transport one kilogram of grain to the front line, at least four kilograms of grain must be lost.

If Tuoba Shi Yijian retreats, more food will be consumed.

The logic behind war is all about economics.

"Since we can't fight for the time being, just scare it away." Wang Mengyun said lightly.

Xie Xuanchong raised his hand to Wang Meng and said, "May I ask the general's plan?"

"Tuoba Shi Yijian's main force is in the east, and the battle is also in the east. Daizhou is just a feint attack and harassment. It can be attacked by the Taiyuan and Xiangguo towns. Another five thousand cavalry are sent out from Luoyang, carrying His Majesty's banner, with great fanfare. , advanced with great noise, claiming to have an army of thirty thousand, then I Tuoba Shi Yijian retreated."

Even if Tuoba Shi Yijian was brave enough, he would not dare to have a big battle in Daizhou.

Fifty thousand cavalry sounds bluffing, but whether there are even 10,000 who can actually fight is a question.

"I am willing to lead the Beifu army to the north. If there are any flaws in it, I will calm it down." After Xie Xuan entered Luo, he became very active.

Li Yue guessed that he wanted to support the Xie family again.

The same is true for the Huan family. Huan Chong and Huan Mi also actively offered suggestions many times without being unreasonable at all.

Both families claim to be natives of the Central Plains.

Li Yue did not interfere too much, as long as there were no in-laws clinging to each other. The Eight Kings Rebellion and the fall of China had little to do with the Huan and Xie families.

The Huan and Xie families were at their peak of talent. Now that they had surrendered, Li Yue dared to use them.

"Yes." Li Yue obeyed his request, "But I will change my words in the future. There will be no Beifu Army, only a large number of soldiers."

"I was negligent for a moment. Your Majesty forgives me."

Deterring the enemy is a technical job that generals like Zhang Hao and Liu Laozhi cannot do, so Xie Xuan is the most suitable.

The Southern Army was originally the essence of Jiangdong, and it itself had gone through a level of abolition.

Xie Xuan selected five thousand elites and put them on beam-style armor. They all had two horses. The empty horses carried straw men with flags on them. The horse tails were wrapped around the branches, and the smoke billowed northward.

Also on the expedition were Huan Shiqian, Tan Xuan, Mao Anzhi, Mao Husheng, Zhu Chuo and other Jiangdong brave generals.

It felt like they were not there to frighten Tuoba Shi Yijian, but to risk their lives... The newly returned soldiers from the Southern Army held their breath and wanted to make a splash.

In the Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties, soldiers had a low status and acted like military slaves. Ordinary people did not even want to marry their daughters to them.

But when he arrived in Daliang, his status jumped up. He was divided into fields and houses, as well as social status. He had military merits and titles, and he didn't have to bow to local officials when he met them.

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

A series of incentive measures have allowed this historically powerful army to complete a new tempering.

Li Yue paid special attention to the ideological education of his soldiers, dispatched a large number of local officials to various places, and carefully arranged their families, so that the soldiers would have no worries as much as possible.

Emperor Li Yue of Daliang, the emperor's eldest son Li Yi, Shangshu Ling Wang Meng, as well as major officials from the three provinces and six ministries such as Huan Chong and Fang Mo all went out of the city to see him off and create more momentum.

"The Jiangdong soldiers are so powerful!" Fang Mo sighed greatly.

Li Yue secretly smiled in his heart. If he knew that Di Qin, who was at the peak of history, was defeated by this horse, he didn't know what he would think.

"I have a hunch that there may be unexpected gains here." Wang Meng said, stroking his long beard.

"It would be better if it were this way." Li Yue actually had this hunch.

The main force of the Northern Army fought fiercely for a long time and was often exhausted, while the Southern Army was newly established and full of vigor.

Although the task given to Xie Xuan was to scare off Tuoba Shi Yijian, there was no restriction on what he could do.

Whether Xie Xuan can be promoted to a first-class general depends on this battle.

"There are many polices in the border town, and many captives and cavalry are migrating. Yu Xi comes from the north and mounts the high embankment with force. He drives past the Xiongnu, leaving Gu Ling Xianbei on his left. If you abandon yourself at the edge of the edge, your life will be safe!" Li Yi beside him chanted in a measured tone. got up.

Li Yue glanced at him sideways, "Okay, stop howling. If you have the ability to compose a song of your own, how can you be considered a celebrity if you copy someone else's?"

Being a real celebrity is not easy, you also need to have real talent.

Li Yi laughed dryly and said, "Then I will be embarrassed."

Everyone around looked at him in surprise. Among the princes, the eldest son was the least conspicuous, but today he was uncharacteristically serious.

Li Yi shook his sleeves, coughed twice, pointed to the north, rolled his eyes around, but didn't say a word for a long time.

"Can you do it?" Li Yue suddenly felt disappointed. Maybe the incense was not burned in the ancestral graves of the old Li family. It was only suitable for hacking people with a horse-drawn sword, not suitable for reciting poems and composing poems.

Martial arts also require literary talents. A dynasty that only knows how to kill people is really a bit irritable.

Li Yi faced the wind, stamped his feet, coughed loudly twice, started dancing, as if he were a dancing master, and finally chanted, "Hu Chen comes from the north, and the beacon smoke rises from the frontier. There are talented people in the east of the Yangtze River who can eliminate this harm for the country. The wind is blowing. , The iron armor of the Yan Dynasty is rising, the auspicious snow is all over the world, the three armies should be victorious."

"Good poem, good poem, your highness is of great literary talent, and he is worthy of the glory of the Han Dynasty!"

"In the past, Cao Zijian was a man of great talent, but today, His Highness has an unparalleled poetic talent..."

Li Yue blushed for Li Yi after being flattered one after another.

This poem is fairly fluent in both literature and science, and quite appropriate to the situation, but it would be an insult to them to be compared with Yang Xiong and Cao Zhi.

But having said that, Li Yi still had some talent in being able to compose such a poem that fit the occasion in a hurry, and it was not in vain that he had been hanging out with the so-called "celebrities" in the past few years.

"How do you think of Erchen's poem?" Li Yi was smiling, looking forward to Li Yue's evaluation.

"Not bad." Li Yue smiled slightly. It's not bad to be able to achieve this level.

Better than those celebrities who spend all day among women.

"Thank you, Father." Li Yi smiled playfully, a bit cynically.

(End of this chapter)