Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1537 Falling Goose Before the Formation, Young Good General!

"If Wu Jie wants to escape Datang in the shortest time, the route it takes is nothing more than starting from Chang'an, passing through Yongzhou, to Ningzhou, Gyeongju, Jiangzhou, and Shuofang, and then from Huaiyuan to the grassland! Judging from the speed of the grandmaster, Wu Jie may have passed Binju, or even arrived in Gyeongju!

What we have to do now is to set up an ambush in advance at the must pass from Gyeongju to the grassland! Wu Jie would never expect that the state capital soldiers and horses in the north of Datang would react and act so quickly! "

After cleaning up 30,000 soldiers and horses who are skilled in the battle formation, Li Zexuan led a large army quickly out of the city and headed straight towards Jiangzhou in the west.

On the way, Li Zexuan analyzed Xu Tingda beside him.

Since there are no familiar generals around him, and now he has no time to get acquainted with the people around him, Li Zexuan can only do everything by himself, and slowly cultivate a tacit understanding with these soldiers from Bingzhou. Only after knowing the abilities of the people around him, Only then can he gradually delegate power and leave things to others to take care of!

But fortunately, Xu Tingda, the captain of the Zhechong Mansion, is quite capable and has rich experience in battle formations. The most important thing is to be obedient. There is no rebelliousness that most veterans have. Li Zexuan says every word he says. Listening carefully and hearing the words, he clasped his fist and said:

"Hou Ye's statement is reasonable. The closest route from Chang'an to the grassland is this one! However, it is estimated that this Wu Jie may not take the official road in order to avoid the chase of the court, and 80% will take some small roads. We just need to keep it. Some critical hurdles that he must pass through will definitely be able to stop him!"

Li Zexuan nodded, and after a while, he asked: "Xu Duwei has guarded Bingzhou for many years. He must be more familiar with some passes in the north than Ben Hou. In Xu Duwei's opinion, Ben Hou should be divided into those passes. Send soldiers and horses?"

In fact, he had a Map of the Tang Dynasty in his mind. He clearly knew some of the passes in the north. The reason why he had to ask like this was because he wanted to consider Xu Tingda's thoughts.

Of course, Xu Tingda himself is very willing to accept such considerations. Li Zexuan has already said the purpose of this deployment of troops-to round up Wu Jie. For him, this is an excellent opportunity for meritorious service! If he can perform better in this battle and get a little support from Li Zexuan, then he is likely to be promoted to the next level!

Don’t look at Xu Tingda’s appearance as a big boss, but he is careful. In the past year, Li Zexuan’s promotion speed has been the same as that of a rocket. He has become the most dazzling upstart in the court in recent years. No one can beat it! Besides, aside from official positions, Li Zexuan is still a martial arts master, even if he has never been on the battlefield, Xu Tingda dare not have any contempt, so he has always been serious and cautious to wait on the side!

"Hui Hou Ye, the final will think we should first set up an ambush at Longmen Pass, which is the nearest to Gyeongju, and secondly, Madou Pass, Yonghe Pass, and even Yanmen Pass should send a small amount of troops to prevent witchcraft from this. Longmen Pass has been passed for a while, and secondly, if we fail to stop Wu Jie at Longmen Pass, the remaining three passes can also be delayed for a while!

The most important thing is that these four passes have been a must for military strategists since ancient times. They are the necessary checkpoints to go to the grassland and the necessary checkpoints to enter the Central Plains from the grassland. If you want to go around, you must have more witchcraft. It's at least five or six hundred miles away, so it's impossible for him to go around! "

Xu Tingda thought for a while, then hugged Li Zexuan.

In ancient times, there were many battlefields for military strategists. Some modern people may not understand why there are battlefields for military strategists, and why it is necessary to spend a huge amount of troops to capture those tactical battlefields? Isn't it enough to just go around?

In fact, such strategically important places are generally divided into two categories, one is a pass, and the other is an important town. The pass is the "critical pass". Under normal circumstances, the terrain on both sides of the pass is high mountains and cannot be bypassed. Important towns can be bypassed during the march, but such important towns are not attacked, but bypassed. In the past, it made the entire military operation meaningless, and it was easy to be attacked back and forth and making dumplings!

The Longmen Pass, Madou Pass, Yonghe Pass, and Yanmen Pass mentioned by Xu Tingda are all dangerous passes of the former type!

Hearing this, Li Zexuan's face couldn't help showing a hint of approval. He nodded and smiled: "Yes! In Wu Jie, the prefectures in the north of Datang have not received any news from the imperial court that he is wanted by the court. Organizing troops to stop him, in this case, he will not deliberately go around the switch gate and go a long way!

In that case, Benhou will now take ten thousand troops to Longmen Pass. Xu Duwei, you will take the remaining twenty thousand troops to the north, holding Benhou’s warrant and imperial decree, and go to Madouguan and Yongheguan in turn. , Yanmen Pass fortification, when necessary, you can let the soldiers and horses of the nearby state capital assist you! Benhou wants to lay a net of heaven and earth to make it difficult for the Witch Tribulation to fly! "

After several considerations, Li Zexuan discovered that Xu Tingda is still a talented general. Although he has not heard of this person in history books, it is impossible for every capable person to be able to leave a name in the history of China for five thousand years. Right? Those buried in the long river of history are not necessarily incompetent!

It was based on this consideration that Li Zexuan decided to let Xu Tingda lead his own army and go north to defend! But having said that, now he is the only general who can be used by his side and can be alone. It is estimated that Xu Tingda is the only one. If he doesn't choose this person, who else can he choose?

Xu Tingda's heart suddenly shook, and a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes. He hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your trust! However, the general suggested that Lord Hou lead an army of 20,000 to guard Longmen Pass, and that his subordinates led 10,000 elite soldiers to the north to deploy defenses. After all, Wu Jie is now probably still in the area of ​​Gyeongju, and in the area of ​​Longmen Pass, a fierce battle will soon be ushered in! In comparison, the three passes in the north are not prone to danger!"

He was worried that there were too few soldiers and horses left, and Li Zexuan might be in danger!

Li Zexuan thought for a moment, and finally shook his head: "You don't have to worry about Benhou here! Even if Wu Jie has not yet reached Longmen Pass, the ten thousand horses brought by Benhou are enough to guard here! Let you take the other two. Ten thousand soldiers went to the northern pass not all to prevent the witches from fleeing, but to prevent the Turkic army from the north!"

Hearing this, Xu Tingda couldn't help being shocked, and he said with a look of horror: "Master Hou, do you mean that the Turks will send a large army to invade the border of my Datang?"

This is "big news". Although there are occasional "frictions" between Datang and Turks, they are all small frictions on a local scale. Once the Turkic army formally invades the hinterland of Datang, it means the two countries. Full-scale war is about to begin!

The Weishui alliance in Wude's nine years was because Datang had just experienced internal friction at the time and had no strength to take over this tough battle, so it chose to compromise. But today, Datang’s national strength is unprecedentedly strong, and everyone can understand. Seeing that within three years of the Tang Dynasty, the enemy of the soldiers who came to the city will be reported. Now, after hearing Li Zexuan say that the Turkic army may attack several passes in the north, Xu Tingda instantly felt that the national war was about to come!

Li Zexuan nodded thoughtfully, "Very likely! Do you know what Wu Jie has stolen from Datang? He stole the most important batch of confidential information from Yanhuang Academy. Turkic people only need to learn the above things. In one year, the Turkic national power will be at least twice as powerful as it is now. At that time, Datang will have no power to fight the Turkic! You said that for such an important thing, Jie Li may not send troops to respond to the witch robbery. ?"

When Xu Tingda heard the words, his expression was solemn, and he solemnly clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, the final general will guard the northern pass, and will never put the Turkic army into the land of Datang!"

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Well! It's best! You quickly bring 20,000 elite soldiers to the north!"

Xu Tingda clasped his fists and responded loudly: "Here~! The final commander!"

Having said that, he turned around, facing the soldiers behind, shouted: "The soldiers of the four camps of C-character, D-character, E-character, and Ji-character camp will immediately go to Madouguan with the book! "

"Yes~!"

Twenty thousand soldiers promised loudly, and then diverted violently, and ran toward the north with Xu Tingda.

And Li Zexuan, with the remaining 10,000 troops, continued to drive towards Longmen Pass.

"quack--"

When the army reached a hillside in Longmen County, there were two "quack" sounds suddenly heard from the sky. The sound was a bit like an elongated goose call. Li Zexuan looked up and saw a big goose from the top of his head to the southwest. Fly away!

But at this moment, when only a "shoo" sound was heard, a sharp arrow shot out from the woods on the hillside and ran straight towards the lone goose. No, to be precise, it was towards the lone goose. Run away!

"Gah—"

The sharp arrow entered the body, and the lone geese let out a mournful cry, and suddenly fell from the sky, and it happened to land three feet in front of Li Zexuan!

"Call~!"

Li Zexuan quickly stopped Dabai, the soldiers behind saw this and immediately stopped. Several sergeants around Li Zexuan thought they were in an ambush, and hurriedly shouted: "There is an assassin! Protect Hou Ye!"

"Swish~!"

The soldiers drew out the Mo knives around their waists and scattered them around Li Zexuan, staring at the hillsides on both sides with vigilant faces.

Li Zexuan waved his hand helplessly, and said, "All back!"

Before he wanted to come, this should be someone shooting a wild goose on the mountain, who had a relationship with the assassin? These people are a little too nervous!

Everyone looked at each other and had to put away Mo Dao.

Li Zexuan jumped down from Da Bai at this time, walked to the front of the wild goose, and looked intently, but was shocked, only to see that the sharp arrow that had just happened to shoot into the wild goose's mouth!

Since the yet-to-be Orion took advantage of the moment when the wild goose opened his mouth, he accurately shot the arrow into the wild goose's mouth. This timing control ability and arm strength are absolutely impossible for ordinary people!

Master!

Li Zexuan didn't expect to meet a master of this level in this poor country!

He couldn't help but grimace, and rushed to the right hillside and shouted: "Which strong man shot the wild goose? Take it back quickly!"

But the mountain forest was quiet, and no one responded. It is estimated that the hunters on the mountain saw such a battle under the mountain and were so scared to come out!

After a while, just when Li Zexuan was about to leave, the hunter on the mountain finally said, "Can you really take it away? You won't catch me?"

There was a bit of immaturity in the voice, but it sounded quite imposing.

Li Zexuan couldn't help being a little surprised, because listening to this voice, the man on the mountain was not very old!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but become more interested in the orion on the mountain, so he shouted: "The strong man is joking. How can I arrest the people for no reason? Just come down and take the wild goose! This wild goose is harmless. , The arrow was shot from the mouth, it is a rare open goose, it should be able to sell for a good price! Don't waste it!"

The so-called open goose is to shoot the arrow from the goose’s mouth at the moment the goose opens. This will ensure that the goose’s fur is not damaged and it will be easier to sell for a good price!

Perhaps it was this "good price" that moved the hunters on the mountain. After a while, there was a sway among the bushes on the hillside. A young man dressed in coarse linen, with a very ordinary appearance, but with a heroic look in his eyebrows, holding a long bow. , Carrying a quiver, walked down from the hillside!

The young man saw that Li Zexuan was young, but stood at the forefront of the army. He was obviously the leader of the whole army, and he vaguely remembered that Li Zexuan seemed to call himself a lord, which made him feel slightly surprised. When he came back to his senses, the young man quickly stepped forward and saluted Li Zexuan with his fists:

"I have seen this general! Xiaomin just wants to go hunting in the mountains and buy some copper for rice~www.ltnovel.com~ No offense, please forgive me!"

Decent, neither humble nor overbearing, Li Zexuan couldn't help but nodded again and again, and he waved his hand and said, "It's okay! Benhou just led an army through this place, and your hunting didn’t interfere with Benhou. Why should you blame him? "

Hearing this, the young man felt a little more open, and at the same time he couldn't help but develop a slight affection for Li Zexuan, because Li Zexuan was more easy-going than those officials in the county!

"Thank you Lord Hou!"

The boy arched his hands and wittyly changed his mouth to call Hou Ye directly.

Afterwards, he bent down and prepared to pick up the wild goose on the ground. After seeing that the wild goose was indeed intact, his face could not help showing a trace of joy, because such an open goose also depends on luck. He didn't. Not every time!

"Haha! This brother is really good at archery. I don't know where to live? Who is the teacher?"

Li Zexuan took the opportunity to ask at this moment.

But the boy's words almost shocked him.

I saw the young man mention the wild goose, then looked at Li Zexuan, and said, "Going back to Master Hou, Xiaomin Xue Li lives in Longmen County, and Xiaomin doesn't have a master!"

Xue Li! Xue Rengui! This young man turned out to be Xue Rengui, the famous Datang general who set Tianshan by three arrows!

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(End of this chapter)