After entering the city, Li Shentong kept looking at Xu Yunyan curiously.
"I didn't expect that the preparations you made were quite appropriate."
When Li Shentong spoke, Xu Yunyan scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I didn't do it properly, but I still embarrassed myself in front of the general."
Although Xu Yunyan has set up camp next to Yunzhou City, all the supplies are quite complete, and the equipment is ready.
Soon more than ten thousand soldiers were fully armed.
However, even though there were soldiers, they could not give orders and prohibitions, which Xu Yunyan could not accept.
Even if he, Anbei Army, has one person with two horses and one horse, these ten thousand people are all cavalry. But there is still a fundamental difference between elites and idiots.
At first, the tens of thousands of cavalry wearing Tang army armor were very impressive, but they couldn't even tell the difference between left and right, so what's the use of them?
Should he be sent to the battlefield to block the way for his own elite, or should he be sent to kill the enemy?
Some ridiculous things kept happening while setting up camp, which made Xu Yunyan very helpless, but Li Shentong was finally able to laugh at Xu Yunyan at such a time.
"You are just too demanding. As long as they can listen to your orders and follow you with weapons to kill the enemy, they are good soldiers."
Li Shentong didn't know what a good soldier in Xu Yunyan's heart looked like, although Li Shentong was right.
As long as he can go to the battlefield with weapons and kill the enemy, he is a good soldier in name. However, to Xu Yunyan, this is just a recruit who can go to the battlefield.
As for other times, it is impossible to do a good job as a soldier?
Now the training camp is on the agenda again. They must be allowed to become a team that can be commanded by themselves?
Xu Yunyan had his own idea and began to research according to his own idea, but the first step now was to be polite with Li Shentong.
After waiting to see if he could get a little more help from Li Shentong, he left to do what he should do.
When Xu Yunyan and Li Shentong arrived and entered the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion, Xu Yunyan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion that had been transformed from a wealthy family's courtyard in Yunzhou.
"This general just knows how to enjoy it!"
But as soon as he finished his courtesy, Li Shentong looked at him with a somewhat unhappy expression.
"You're saying that I only care about enjoying myself every day, right?"
After Xu Yunyan heard Li Shentong also say in front of him that he was not a general who enjoyed himself, he looked embarrassed.
"General, look what I said is wrong. How can I say that you only care about enjoying yourself? I know what I am like. How dare I say that, General?"
Xu Yunyan also racked his brains to think of excuses. After finally telling Li Shentong that he should set an example and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, Li Shentong looked at him and smiled.
"The secret of the champion is this. I have also read your new performance book. Now I understand what your soldiers should look like."
At this moment, Xu Yunyan knew in his heart that Li Shentong was definitely the most hardcore among Li Shimin's iron men. Otherwise, this art of war, which everyone admired, should be kept secret. Only a few people had seen and knew the books that could appear in Li Shentong's words, and it seemed to be casual. What can be seen is ordinary, which shows Li Shimin's trust in Li Shentong.
As for what Xu Yunyan said, this is also human nature. After all, Li Shentong is a member of the Li Tang clan and is also a general.
But this also put Xu Yunyan in a dilemma. Should he tell him about Li Shimin's plan?
While Xu Yunyan was stunned here, Li Shentong looked at Xu Yunyan who had not spoken for a long time and asked curiously.
"Champion Hou, what's going on? Could it be that you have some thoughts in your heart that you don't know whether to speak out or not?
In fact, that's all you said. I understand what's going on even if you don't tell me. I know the show your Majesty is doing. "
The implication behind the words was that he knew everything Li Shimin did, and what Li Shimin said and did was no secret at all in front of Li Shentong.
Li Shentong said this, how much more energy can Xu Yunyan carry?
Then Xu Yunyan sighed.
"It seems that His Majesty deliberately arranged for General Li to be stationed in Yunzhou to guard against certain villains."
Li Shentong smiled and nodded.
"Is that right? I am also optimistic about the Crown Prince. Although it does not mean that my son follows the Crown Prince, I must support His Highness the Crown Prince, but what His Highness the Crown Prince is doing now is indeed for our Datang, and he is a rare wise king of our Datang. Am I going to abandon Mingjun and ignore him?"
Li Shentong also said it very straightforwardly. Xu Yunyan and Li Shentong were quite happy talking to each other. In addition, there were no outsiders around, so the two of them quickly understood the current situation. It was surmised.
When Xu Yunyan was about to conquer the Western Turks, he might launch a surprise attack at any time when the Tang Dynasty was not paying attention. Li Shentong drew a map directly on the table with his hand dipped in tea.
This hand-drawn drawing is a skill that comes easily to generals like them. After Li Shentong finished drawing, he looked at the map and asked Xu Yunyan.
"Are you sure that the Western Turks may come to attack the Tang Dynasty? And in such a crisis, why do you want to remove the soldiers and horses of your Anbei Protectorate?"
After Li Shentong asked this question, Xu Yunyan shook his head.
"There are various signs that Zhi Si Li may have to march directly to Chang'an, and there are several Tang troops here who can stop him.
Presumably, after His Majesty relied on these teams to delay the Turks, he was able to figure out the Turks' true intentions, gather troops and horses, and catch them all in one fell swoop.
Regarding the location of my Anbei Protectorate, I may want to use coercion and inducement.
As long as we achieve a great victory, the numerous Turkic tribes where our Anbei Protectorate is located will definitely have some ideas.
At that time, it was the most concise and effective way to seize the land that was originally Tuli and Jieli without bloodshed. "
Xu Yunyan told his guess, and Li Shentong nodded.
Although Li Shentong understood what Xu Yunyan said about the Western Turks' plans, he was still very worried about the Anbei Protectorate.
"What should we do if some unwanted situations occur in your Anbei Protectorate when the Western Turks troops move?"
Xu Yunyan smiled.
"Even if there is an accident in the Anbei Protectorate, although the Anbei Army may suffer heavy losses, it can still fight for a while.
Even if the Anbei Army is really defeated, as long as we defeat Zhisi Sili, they will have to carefully consider the price they will pay for betraying us, the Tang Dynasty. "
Li Shentong nodded.
"yes!
Since we can defeat Jieli and Tuli and turn their original land into the current Anbei Protectorate, we can defeat them again.
At that time, these short-sighted shortcomings will have to pay a heavy price. "
Xu Yunyan nodded.
"This requires General Li to pay more attention. If the north is really unstoppable, General Li must take action from here."
Li Shentong didn't have any other ideas, so he just nodded and said.
"I believe there won't be any accidents in the north. I'm just worried about whether Zhi Shisi will come, but he won't get any benefits if he comes.
Since I am in Yunzhou, if he dares to walk from here, I can attack his flank from the side, and there is a general at this position. "
"oh?"
Xu Yunyan was stunned at this moment. But after learning about Li Shimin's arrangement, Xu Yunyan was also very happy.
"It seems that His Majesty is not unprepared."
"Of course, didn't His Majesty also work hard to arrange for the public to convey the message, so that General Hou can send troops north to join His Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible? He is subject to His Highness the Crown Prince's control."
Xu Yunyan was a little curious at this moment.
"What's going on? Do you want to defend Chang'an City?"
Li Shentong looked at Xu Yunyan, "You don't know this? His Royal Highness has decided to lead the army and has already begun to gather his troops.
Not long ago, many Tiance Guard generals were arranged to go out on campus. Maybe they have not arrived yet and have not started their work, so they will return for another visit. "
Xu Yunyan suddenly remembered something.
cement!
That was researched by him, Li Chengqian and others, and when Li Chengqian researched cement, he arranged for some Tiance Guard generals to arrange their trusted people to build temporary fortresses in dangerous mountains and rivers in various places.
Wait until Tiance Guard forms a new Tiance Guard force there.
What does Tiancewei look like now? Xu Yunyan didn't know, he just hoped that the heirs of these generals or the heirs of civil servants had many connections and could easily pull out an unexpected team.
??????????????? Now that he knew Li Chengqian's plan, Xu Yunyan raised his fist towards Li Shentong.
"I'd like to thank General Li for informing me. Now that things are like this, the general will take his leave."
Just as Xu Yunyan was about to say goodbye and leave, Li Shentong hurriedly held his shoulders.
"Why is the champion leaving in such a hurry? You didn't even order food from my place. Do you think I'm not treating guests well?"
What's more, there are still some things that have not been discussed properly. If what you mentioned really happens, we still need to study carefully how we can coordinate the attack. "
As soon as Li Shentong finished speaking, he looked at Xu Yunyan with a look like "I was wrong, I should have listened to General Li" and couldn't help but smile.
"Don't look at me like that, it's all for my sake, Datang. It doesn't matter if anyone thinks more about it."
After Li Shentong finished speaking, Xu Yunyan hurriedly sat down.
"That's true. Now I have to talk about General Li. I wonder what kind of entertainment General Li can give me?"
Although Xu Yunyan and Li Shentong were joking there, Li Shentong didn't pay attention to it. Instead, he really discussed with Xu Yunyan how to coordinate and agreed on some code words to save the Turks from being prepared when they came. , they were deceived by the gaps.
After Xu Yunyan came out of Yunzhou City after being well fed, Li Shentong assigned hundreds of skilled craftsmen to Xu Yunyan and provided them with corresponding carriages.
Yes, these skilled craftsmen cannot ride war horses at all. If they want to march with Xu Yunyan's team, they have to find a way.
Li Shentong was worthy of being a member of the Li Tang clan. He could easily bring out hundreds of carriages, but Xu Yunyan looked a little unnatural when he left.
After Li Shentong sent Xu Yunyan away, he laughed and returned to the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion. The first sentence is, come here, find all the craftsmen near Yunzhou City. I will make something interesting.
If outsiders saw the few drawings sketched by Xu Yunyan in Li Shentong's hand, they might not be very happy.
They may not know what it is or what it does.
However, if future generations come to see it at a glance, they are beyond imagination, oversized toy-like building blocks that can be spliced together to form a solid city at any time.
When there are many infantry in the Right Xiao Guard fighting against the cavalry, the best thing is to rely on the favorable terrain to fight.
It may be too late to find the cavalry when setting up a temporary camp, but these things inserted together can form the most effective defense. Play an unexpected role.
