Chapter 198

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The soldiers of the Sui army who are far away on the northwest prairie are about to spend the first spring festival in their life that is not spent at home. Tomorrow is new year's Eve. Except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else happens to find familiar friends to chat together. The difference between the Han people in the Central Plains and the Mengyuan people in the eastern Chu is not only in appearance, but also in personality. Han people love their families and their parents do not travel far.

The people of Eastern Chu are used to traveling from south to north. They regard traveling and doing business as a life. In their concept, home is just a word. The Mongolian Yuan people lived by grass. They were used to driving cattle and sheep and living a nomadic life. Even if they can't get out of the tribal fiefdom, at least thousands of miles of grassland is enough for them to go back and forth.

The soldiers got together to discuss what the people in their hometown were doing at this time. Some people lick their lips and say they really want to eat a mouthful of dumplings. This sentence has aroused the resonance of many people. Soldiers in Jiangnan have no strong feelings for pasta, but soldiers in the North love dumplings more than food. In their view, dumplings represent more than just a kind of food.

There were people coming and going in the camp with a radius of more than 20 miles. In order to make the soldiers feel a trace of age, the generals even tried to find some red cloth and decorate it carefully in the camp. I don't know where the Quartermaster turned out some bright red lanterns and hung them outside several large tents of the Chinese army. They looked very kind.

The soldiers talked until it was almost dark, and then they were surprised to find that everyone could get half a kilo of cooked meat for today's dinner. For the troops who went on an expedition and didn't capture any cattle, sheep and horses, it's worth cheering that everyone can get a full half catty of cooked meat. You know, these pork were transported from the pass all the way. In order to supply 700000 troops, the manpower and material resources consumed by this meal are astronomical.

General Li Yuanshan inspected his camp at night. As the main general in the northwest of the imperial garrison, he played an important role in this war. Moreover... The biggest advantage of youxiaowei compared with other guards is that Li Yuanshan, a great general, has tried his best and means over the years to form a heavy armored cavalry with a scale of 2000 people.

The heavy horse of youxiaowei is the first heavy horse since the founding of the Sui Dynasty.

Equipped with armored horses, they are invulnerable to weapons and arrows. When charging into the array, they can easily crush the enemy into powder like a heavy tank. This heavy cavalry of 2000 people, the treatment enjoyed by each cavalry is unmatched by other soldiers. Each of them had two squires who belonged only to themselves. In addition to a tall and majestic war horse, there was also a young horse carrying personal belongings. After all, they can't wear at least 40 kilograms of heavy armor all day, and their horses are much bigger and heavier than ordinary soldiers.

The Jingbu camp is the standard configuration of every guard, which is nothing remarkable.

But because youxiaowei is the army stationed in the northwest, the number of soldiers is also more than that in the hinterland of the Empire. According to the military system of the great Sui Dynasty, there were 36000 soldiers and 8000 auxiliary soldiers per guard, and the total number of people in other military positions was less than 50000. Youxiaowei has the emperor's special purpose. It can recruit 12000 more soldiers and 2000 auxiliary soldiers. In terms of scale, a youxiaowei has almost one-third more troops than other guards.

For the whole Sui Dynasty, the only combat team that can be compared with the right Xiaowei and is more huge is the left avant-garde stationed in the southwest. Therefore, some people in the dynasty have said, for example, Li Yuanshan in the northwest and Luo Yao in the southwest are two Optimus Prime in the west of the Empire.

Li Yuanshan was ordered to be the vanguard of the western expedition, and his army has always been at the forefront. But after several successive battles, the loss of youxiaowei is not too great. The men and horses recruited by the emperor from all directions of the Empire are also controlled by several major generals. On the battlefield, these soldiers and horses transferred from all over the country are the real pioneers. No major general will be foolish enough to fight his own soldiers.

Including the first war, although the 5000 troops led by Li Xiaozong were under the banner of youxiaowei, the soldiers of youxiaowei would be a broken camp.

"General, let's fight the first war after the new year... It's unfair. Let's work hard in front, and they pick up ready-made bargains in the back!"

Yan Baoshan, one of the seven tiger generals under Li Yuanshan, said with some dissatisfaction.

Li Yuanshan waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, with the right Xiaowei as the vanguard, we naturally rush to the front. Don't just look at the loss. If the war is won, the vanguard will get much more than other people. Don't you forget Luo Yao? In the war of Empire's destruction of business, Luo Yao's left Vanguard has always rushed to the front. When more than 40000 people and horses conquered Yongzhou, there are less than 15000 left, which is really a heavy loss But now? Both the former Emperor and his majesty feel that they owe Luo Yao and indulge him in every way. Who knows how many people Luo Yao has now? "

"After our right Xiaowei has fought this battle, the loss of death and injury will not be small, but the glory of those who survive will not be small, even greater than Luo Yao's left avant-garde!"

Li Yuanshan said calmly, "I've always told you to look longer. Even if you don't see it in ten years, you should try to see it in three years and five years. The longer you look, the greater your future will be."

"My subordinates understand."

Yin broke the mountain and hung his head.

Li Yuanshan shook his head: "you don't understand. I know your temperament best. It's not much easier for you to think about these things than for you to have a child. Of the seven of you, Xu Xiao is the most calm. Now, there is little difference between Li Xiaozong and Xu Xiao. That's why I give him the vanguard of the vanguard army, not you."

"The great general's praise is absurd. His subordinates are the body to treat sin..."

Li Xiaozong, who followed him, hung his head and said.

"What is your sin?"

Li Yuanshan smiled: "the first war was fought like this according to my will. If you are guilty, don't I also be guilty?"

"But..."

He paused and said, "the first battle in years will be more beautiful. The king's Flying Pigeon sends a message. Let's act more realistically. First fight a few victories to cheer your majesty, and then be happy and then disappointed. Your Majesty's anger will be greater. So you should remember that you can fight as you want in the next battle. If you lose people again, I'll pick the guy you eat first."

"Here!"

Several generals bowed their heads.

Li Xiaozong hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "general, please allocate another 5000 troops to his subordinates. His subordinates will play beautifully this time."

"You're tired"

Li Yuanshan waved his hand: "let Xu Xiao fight the next battle. You have a few more days to rest."

Li Xiaozong's face changed fiercely. There was a touch of resentment in his eyes, which flashed away. This hatred is like the night that cannot be melted. Although fleeting, but particularly clear. Li Xiaozong promised with his head down to hide his dissatisfaction, but there was a fire burning in his heart.

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More than a dozen people in black night clothes walked as fast as beasts in the grass, stepping on the moonlight chopped by the clouds. Instead of covering their faces with black cloth, they even wrapped their heads tightly, revealing only a pair of bright eyes. These dozen people are like fish swimming in the sea. The vast grassland is their home. Therefore, even if the night is getting darker and darker, their forward speed has not slowed down.

The man in black, who was the first, suddenly stopped running and made a gesture. A dozen people in black immediately fell to the ground and lay motionless in the grass. Not long after, more than twenty war horses passed by from their hiding place, and the black armor of the knight on the horse's back announced their identity.

It's a ranger of the great Sui Dynasty.

This place is less than three miles away from the Sui army camp, and the number of patrols by the Sui army is becoming more and more intensive. The dozen men in black carefully moved forward all the way, and their speed decreased a lot after avoiding the team.

The leading man climbed a high slope and lay down in the grass, looking at the brightly lit Sui army camp not far away. In such a deep night, the lights for 20 miles are like a shining Lake wave. The undulating barracks are the waves of the great lake.

"The flag leader said that the Sui people's new year's Eve is as important as our Ramadan. Sure enough... You see..."

The man in black pointed to the Sui army camp and said, "although it seems that the defense is still tight, those mobile torches in the camp are patrol soldiers, which seems to be much less than before."

The man in black beside him sneered and said, "commander, the Sui people have the face to claim to be the nation that knows the war best. You see, there are red lanterns hanging outside the big tents of the Chinese army. It's like telling us that those tents are the residence of the commander of the Sui army."

The leader's commander, akudamu, is a capable general under the Manchu wolf of nirvana. Although he is young, he has deep cultivation and a cold and ruthless temperament. He kills people without blinking an eye.

"It's a habit that's hard to change."

Agudamu whispered: "General, you once sneaked into fangucheng as a herdsman and knew what the Sui people used to do. Every new year's Eve, the Han people would hang red lanterns in front of their homes. They would also eat a kind of food called dumplings and set off firecrackers. It was like we had Ramadan. On this new year's Eve, the Sui people were almost defenseless. Their soldiers also had to drink and eat Meat, even criminals in prison, will get wine and cooked meat. Especially on New Year's Eve, they are the least wary. "

"This time, even if we can't win all, the Sui people were caught off guard and didn't run."

Another man in black.

Agudamu shook his head and said, "you can't be careless. Even though the Sui people have many habits that are difficult to change, you see real soldiers in front of you, and there are too many of them."

"Ten thousand sheep can't stop the attack of a wolf."

A man in Black said with a smile, "wait. Tomorrow night we'll let those Sui people taste the machete."

Agudamu gave a sound, pointed to the front and whispered, "press forward a hundred steps to see if you can no longer see clearly. Spread out. Each candidate has a good place to hide. When the hourglass in your hand is exhausted, return here and gather immediately. We have to go back and report to the young flag leader and general before dawn."

"Hoo ha"

The man in black whispered, and then each chose a direction and dispersed.

Agudamu didn't move and stayed on the high slope.

On another high slope less than 150 steps away from him, there were several people tied with dead grass lying in the grass. Their hats and clothes were camouflaged. Even if they walked in front of them in such a night, they could not easily find their existence.

One of them put down his thousand mile eyes and asked a petite man around him in a low voice: "Lord Qianhu, do you want to arrest one and torture him?"

The man called Qianhu shook his head slightly and habitually took off a piece of woolly grass and held it in his mouth: "let them watch as much as possible and inform the Rangers to catch a few when they leave. If they are so easy to let them go, they will be suspicious. Let's just keep an eye on whether anyone is close to the camp. The matter of catching people on the battlefield is not in the charge of the bodyguard."

Listen to her, it's a woman.

"Here"

The questioner answered, raised his eyes again and looked at the opposite slope.

Lying on the grass, the female thousand households looked up at the moon blocked by clouds, gently wriggled their lips and chewed the hairy grass. The grass has withered and yellow, so there is no bitter taste.

She thought of the boy far away in Chang'an City, and her heart was sweet. That guy, when he was very young, knew to camouflage with weeds, wear clothes of different colors in different environments, paint some ugly colors on his face, and even stay motionless in one place for a day without moving his urine in his pants. He said it was a means of survival. She looked down on him at that time. Later, she slowly realized that these means were really easy to use.

Dressed in yellow clothes of withered grass, they would not be noticed even if they hid in the grass during the day. Under the camouflage of this color, the people in the inner guard office approached the camp of guomandu flag many times.

What's he doing?

She was thinking.

There was no shadow of him in the moon, but she was so absorbed.