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Chapter 62 Departure

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It is already early autumn, and the weather in the previous few days is still as hot as summer, and the wind blowing is hot.

It took a shower and the wind brought the coolness of autumn.

The autumn wind is not only cool, but also brings the breath of war. At this time, it is an eventful autumn that conflicts with the nomads.

When Xue Chongxun put on the Hundred Refining Armor given by Princess Taiping, he felt the killing aura of Qiu Xiao.

He walked out of the living room with a sword on his waist and covered in steel skin. As soon as he walked, the sound of metal rubbing sounded.

A bunch of women were reluctant to leave, and even the big man with a broken arm came to see him off.

Some of them asked him when he would come back with red eyes, and some asked him to pay attention to safety, which made Xue Chongxun feel soft and almost chanted a sentence that was heartbroken since ancient times, and that was even more neglected by the Qing Autumn Festival. However, when going to the battle is different from other separations, you need to be lucky. You can't say too bleak words. He thought about it and sighed: Home is a besieged city.

After saying that, he walked away with great strides and said again without looking back: I will return after winning the battle. It’s not long, don’t send it to you.

But Sun still brought a group of beauties to the front mansion.

Pang Er brought a tall horse over. Xue Chongxun turned over and thought about it and said: I was in charge of my mother-in-law during these days when I was not at home. If I can’t decide on foreign affairs, I will tell my mother.

This time is different from the last time I went to Longyou to be the governor. I could take care of my concubine last time, but now I am in charge of military power and the concubine's wife. It is ridiculous.He didn't bring the pine carriage he often took, but rode a horse to carry.

Pang Er led the horse, and Sanniang Fang Yuzhong and other guards also rode their horses to follow. When they left the gate, they saw that the Flying Tiger Regiment guards were ready to go on the street.

At this time, the civil and military officials such as Wang Changling, Zhang Jiuling, Yang Sixu, and Zhang Wulang also came out of the prince's kingdom, and they all rode horses and did not ride cars.

A knight dismounted and said: Report to the prince, Your Majesty and Princess Taiping led all officials to Mingde Gate.

Xue Chongxun nodded and waved goodbye to the gate, then shouted: Let's go!

A group of iron armored knights followed him towards the gate of Anyifangfang.

When passing by the gate of the Prince's Kingdom, many officials were standing at the door. Seeing Xue Chongxun riding a horse and bowing to the side of the road, Xue Chongxun ignored him and led his troops away.

When I arrived at Mingdemen, I saw a whistle guard standing around and there were all the people from the palace and court officials waiting to see him off.

Xue Chongxun's trip was more than 300,000 troops and was far away in the northwest. It was the top priority of the country, so it naturally attracted the attention of all civil and military officials in the court.

In front of the emperor's ceremonial war, Li Chengning was still sitting in the middle, and he was the emperor in his name.Princess Taiping and Empress Dowager Gao could only sit on one side.

After some etiquette, Li Chengning said: Come and give me wine. I wish the King of Jin a triumphant victory as soon as possible.

The eunuch came up with two golden cups. Xue Chongxun took the wine cup and said loudly: "My... Unexpectedly, a full of breath said, just as he said a word, he suddenly frightened the emperor. He heard a clang of the golden cup in Li Chengning's hand fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the ministers were upset, and Xue Chongxun said in surprise: I... thank you, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's heavy trust.He then realized that he was scared by the emperor and said, "Your Majesty is frightened."

Li Chengning smiled and said: I didn’t hold my hand firmly. I don’t blame you for your dear, please get up quickly.

I saw two people facing each other, one was handsome but weak, and the other was wearing steel armor like an iron man, with a large group of cavalry behind him.The people around him were silent when they saw this.

The eunuch hurriedly changed the emperor to a wine glass and finally drank with Xue Chongxun.

Princess Taiping said a few words to Xue Chongxun, and then called the Muchen beside him to instruct them to do their jobs steadily.

Then Xue Chongxun said goodbye to the royal relatives and took the Flying Tiger Regiment Guard to the Shence Army Camp to dispatch troops.

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The Shence Army originally had 4,000 people who returned from disaster relief and did not enter the city. They built a military camp in the outskirts of Chang'an City. Later, the newly recruited heroes were sent to the other place to organize troops.

There were more than 12,000 people in total, and there were still Yin resignations as generals. After the court decided to use troops against the Quanrong, in addition to conquering the strong men, they also allocated a large number of war horses to achieve the equipment of elite troops, and even infantrymen had horses.

The soldiers' armor, long, short, weapons, bows and arrows were all new, but they were not as attractive as arrays when they marched.

Each fireman has at least six mules, horses, camels, and the baggage army has various large and small carts, and it is as vast as a migrant herder.

The destination of Xue Chongxun's march this time is still Shanzhou. Shanzhou is the base camp of countless military towns in Longyou and a distribution center for the transportation and dispatch of military supplies from all over the country.

However, the supply of food and supplies from the Shence Army from Chang'an to Shanzhou was not a problem. Before sending troops, the court issued a decree to the prefectures and counties along the way to prepare food and supplies.

It was easy for the Tang soldiers to march in the country and could get supplies everywhere along the road.

The full team of horses was also very mobile, and they entered the Longyou territory in mid-July.

At this time, the soldiers' heads looked similar to those of the Northwest herdsmen. They all had a curtain on their helmets, which looked a bit like people from the Western Muslim world.

Because the wind and sand are strong here, it is not as good as this. If the weather is bad, the mouth will be filled with sand as soon as you open your mouth.

However, the cavalry mostly wears bright light armor with heart protection glasses, which makes the difference big. The young civilian armed forces rarely wear such armor, and they are obviously Tang soldiers.

The more you go west, the colder the weather becomes, and the temperature in Helong area is significantly lower than that in Chang'an.

When I first came out of Chang'an, I would sweat a single piece of clothing with armor. Now, if I put soft fur on the armor, I wouldn't even heat up even if I put it on the cloak.

The cloak is also black. The costumes of the Shence Army continued the style of its original establishment, and after the scale grew, it was still the Shield Army.

One evening, the army cut down trees and camped according to the usual rules, but Xue Chongxun and the senior generals did not have to work and sat around the fire in the central army to barbecue.

He took off his Frost and Snow Knife and played with it. He pulled out the knife to see that the blade was sharp and strong, but he didn't like the scabbard very much.

Due to personal taste, Xue Chongxun doesn’t like this kind of yellow Cancan’s too ostentatious and gorgeous thing, but the Tang people generally like gold jewelry for decoration, and the wine glasses that the nobles like to use the most are also made of gold.

He thought about it and handed the scabbard to the eunuch Yang Sixu on the side and said: Try to put your knife in it.

Yang Sixu took it casually, pulled out his knife and put it in. It seemed that it was almost the same.The sizes of various weapons in the Tang system are not much different, so it is no wonder they can be used.Xue Chongxun smiled and said: I'm giving it to you.

Yang Sixu recalled that there were other generals and staff members on the left and right, and hurriedly refused: I have not made any contribution, how dare I receive this precious thing for nothing?

It's just a scabbard.Xue Chongxun said calmly, Mr. Yang followed me to fight for the first time, so he regarded it as a meeting ceremony.If you make meritorious service in the future, how can you take a small scabbard?

Since he said this, Yang Sixu was inconvenient to refuse.Xue Chongxun took down another jade pendant and handed it to Zhang Jiuling: It is the first time Zishou has gone abroad with me.A gentleman is like jade, and the jade pendant is just right for you.

Zhang Jiuling took it openly and said with a smile: Xue Lang praised me, don’t dare to take it or not.

Li Kuiyong said a depressed sentence: I came too early.After hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

The mutton on the fire was almost roasted outside, so the generals cut the meat on it with knives, cut off the cooked ones outside, and continue to roast inside, so that they can eat it while roasting.

Of course, there is not much gentlemanship in this kind of camping. Zhang Jiuling, who just now called a gentleman, also had a mouth full of oil.

At this moment, a soldier walked over and said, "Your Majesty, the messenger from Liu Jun of Shanzhou has been sent by the emperor."

The Liu envoy he mentioned was Liu Ne, who had been an official in the northwest border prefecture for many years. Last time Xue Chongxun went to Longyou, he was still there and was transferred to Shanzhou as the governor.

Xue Chongxun asked him to call the messenger in.Just as the sergeant was about to go out, Li Kuiyong grabbed a piece of mutton with his hand and handed it over. The sergeant hurriedly took the bill.

After a while, a man with a tight face was brought in and handed the letter.

Xue Chongxun scraped Kaifengqi and took out the letter to browse it, then handed it to Zhang Wulang, and said seriously: The Jishishan stronghold in the south of the Yellow River was leveled by the Quanrong, and Liu Ne received the news that the Quanrong was known to be 500,000 this time, and it was quite powerful.

Zhang Wulang said: The troops mobilized from Shuofang and Hexi towns are still on the road and have not yet formed an army. We don’t have to hurry. We will deal with them after we meet up... The Quanrong can attack Tuyuhun after leaving Jishishan, for fear that Tuyuhun people will not be able to resist.

At this time, Yang Sixu's godson Yang Meng said: I heard that Tuyuhun is known to control more than 100,000 strings, and it is ridiculous that he can't stop it even for a month and a half.

Zhang Wulang nodded: The Tuyuhun people knew that our Tang Dynasty would mobilize troops to reinforce, and they should be able to hold on for a while. The key is to rely on the outcome of our great battle with the Quanrong. If they are frustrated, the Tuyuhun people will definitely pay the money to the Quanrong again.

His face was a little solemn, because the Tang army gathered at most 100,000 troops from all over the country this time.

Although Xue Chongxun claims to have more than 300,000 troops, military strongholds in various places still need people to be stationed, and the north must guard against other tribes. It is good to be able to gather 100,000 troops.

Of course, Tubo is also known as 500,000. Many slave herdsmen among the sweeping horses were not capable of fighting, and even so, there were always much more than the Tang soldiers.

It was a few times more than himself, and the generals looked a little solemn.

At this time, Xue Chongxun comforted: Most of the people coming to Quanrong are their advantages, but nomads also have fatal weaknesses. They cannot bear too much loss because they have very slow recovery ability.In contrast, our Tang Dynasty has strong potential for war in the ten thousand miles of territory. As long as we make up our minds to fight it to the end, the Quanrong will be defeated!

The situation in the northwest at this time seemed to be a cycle of reincarnation.

When Tubo just rose, the east of the West Sea (Qinghai) was full of Tang Dynasty controlled areas; the Xianbei territory (Tuyuhun) to the west was a vassal of the Tang Dynasty and served as a buffer zone.

What Tubo wants is to annex the plump land of Tuyuhun and the Yellow River region.

Later, Tubo became more and more powerful, and successively annexed Tuyuhun and the fortresses with dangerous terrain in the east, constantly plaguing the Helong Plain. The Tang Dynasty was in an extremely passive state.

Finally, in two years, he won a great victory with Xue Chongxun, and took advantage of the victory to capture the dangerous areas of Shibao City, recover Tuyuhun, and occupy the Yellow River Basin north of Jishishan. The situation was reversed.

This time, Tubo wanted to re-capture the entrance of Tuyuhun and the Helong Plain. Only in this way can the eastern line be opened and a certain deterrent to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty; otherwise, the Tang Dynasty would be fearless and could support other places in time, and it would be difficult for Tubo to make achievements in the Western Regions and the southwest battlefields.