"See the general!"
At the foot of Lanzhou City, Su dingfang and other generals who took the lead had already waited at the gate of the city. Seeing Li Jing leading a large army, they quickly reported to the police.
"No gift!"
Seeing the tall Lanzhou city wall, Li Jing nodded with satisfaction. The Lanzhou city wall is high, the city is thick, and there is plenty of food and grass. It is the bridgehead for the imperial army to attack Tuyuhun in the future. It can be said that it is the top priority.
Lanzhou has long become an important military town, with huge granaries and military barracks.
"All the officers and men of the six guards enter the city to repair, and no one is allowed to disturb the people." Li Jing ordered.
"Yes!" a messenger went down immediately.
In addition to the 70000 troops brought by Li Jing, coupled with the elite transferred from the local government, more than 100000 people gathered in Lanzhou city. In addition, the indigenous people in the city all entered the city, and the whole Lanzhou city was immediately crowded.
Merton led the firearm supervisor into Lanzhou city. Seeing Su dingfang waiting at the gate of the city, he couldn't help boxing gratefully: "thank you for your help, brother su. I'm very grateful."
If it were not for Su dingfang's tireless support, Merton was three days behind and wanted to catch up with the army, it would be impossible.
"Brother Mo is polite. Brother Mo still gives advice on the strategy of grain transportation. Now Brother Mo borrows it once. It's nothing to mention such trifles." Su dingfang said brightly.
Su dingfang raised his face greatly in front of the imperial court for the delivery of military grain this time. Naturally, he was very grateful to Merton.
"Brother Mo, please! The imperial court has long issued a secret order. The firearm prison is an important weapon in the army. I have found a good place for brother Mo in the city." Su dingfang said kindly.
Merton nodded knowingly and marched into Lanzhou City under the leadership of the soldiers arranged by Su dingfang.
Walking on the brand-new brick road just laid in Lanzhou City, Merton couldn't help but look curiously at this famous western central city in the future. The importance of Lanzhou began to appear in the Tang Dynasty. Most of the transactions between mainland businessmen in the Tang Dynasty and all ethnic groups in the western regions are concentrated in Lanzhou city. Although the army is under martial law and there are no pedestrians on the street, there are many shops on both sides of the street, You can see the prosperity of Lanzhou.
But now the war will begin, and almost all commercial activities have stopped.
The firearm supervisors came to the residence arranged by Su dingfang. Su dingfang really bothered. The firearm supervisor was assigned a large warehouse with several houses nearby, just enough for the firearm supervisors to live.
"At last, there is a place to store gunpowder." Merton looked at the warehouse with satisfaction. The firearm supervisor was not only lighting gunpowder, but also a steady stream of gunpowder. The warehouse was just enough.
Merton, who had been driving all day and night, was already exhausted. He simply arranged for the firearm officers to camp and immediately fell asleep with his clothes.
As soon as Merton slept until dawn, he suddenly heard the sound of drums, thunder, a sudden shock and suddenly rose.
"Is this?" Murton hesitated.
The door suddenly opened, and Xue Rengui, who was full of armour and stomach, said in a loud voice, "Lord sacrifice, this is the drum! Please go to the Chinese army tent quickly."
It is the most solemn thing in the army to light the drum. There are three links. If the three links fail, the chief General will execute the late general on the spot, and no one dares to say anything?
Of course, the point will drum is not inhumane. Every pass will sound for enough time, and the Lord will have war horses. If you can't catch up with the horse, it can only show how domineering the late general is and didn't pay attention to the Lord.
Merton just didn't understand his armor. Without hesitation, he immediately followed Xue Rengui out of the barracks, stepped on a good horse and went towards the Chinese Army's big account. The place arranged by Su dingfang was very convenient. As soon as the first pass point will stop, Merton had entered the Chinese Army's big account.
"See you, general!" Merton raised the Chinese Army's big account and saluted Li Jing.
"No gift!" Li Jing nodded with satisfaction when he saw Merton open the military account.
"Thank you, general!" Merton Yu Guang swept away and saw that he was not the first to arrive. Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin and other 16 guard generals had arrived, but there were still many positions in the Chinese Army's big tent. Obviously, there were generals who had not arrived. He found a position in the most corner and stood there waiting.
When the second pass point stopped the drum, Su dingfang hurried and stood in front of Merton.
Soon, the drum of the third pass point will ring, and two rough, crazy and tall generals will come in a hurry.
"Gao Zhensheng, see General Li!"
"Li daoyan, see General Li!"
When Merton heard the two men's report, he suddenly realized that Gao Zhensheng was an old minister of Li Shimin's Qin palace and was deeply trusted by Li Shimin, and Li daoyan was the son of Li daoyan, the king of Huainan, and the son of the imperial clan.
They didn't arrive until the three-way point was about to drum. Obviously, they were a little arrogant.
Li Jing didn't answer, but looked at them calmly. They suddenly regretted why they didn't come quickly. You know, they are facing the famous military God of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, they can be easily ignored.
Li Jing said slowly: "on the battlefield, the fighter plane is fleeting. If there is a slight neglect, it will harm people for the time being. If you delay the army, how to explain to your soldiers, how to explain to your majesty, and how to explain to the people all over the world."
When they heard the speech, they broke into a cold sweat and apologized again and again, but they were more and more dissatisfied.
However, they did not violate the military order. Li Jing did not care, but said faintly: "get up! Since everyone has arrived, the military discussion will begin!
They were relieved and stood on one side bitterly.
Li Jing slowly glanced at the generals and shouted: "The western expedition is of great importance. If the Tang Dynasty wins, it can continue to frighten all parts of the northwest. Everyone knows that the northwest is very dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty's elimination of the East Turks. They think that the Tang Dynasty is taking advantage of the danger of others and making a sneak attack. The western expedition is a good opportunity to prove the national strength of the Tang Dynasty. We only need to win and not lose this war, otherwise, let alone our general's ruthlessness, that is to arrive at the imperial court There is no turning point. "
Everyone was awestruck. They naturally knew that Li Jing did not exaggerate. The reason for the western expedition was that Tuyuhun repeatedly violated the border, and the king asked the king to marry Princess Changle directly, but they completely angered Li Shimin. They spent countless money and built a 1500 mile brick road. They spent so much effort. If they were defeated, they would all bear Li Shimin's responsibility Anger.
"The end will understand!" all the generals shouted in unison. Even Gao Zhengsheng and Li daoyan couldn't help shaking their hearts. All their glory came from Li Shimin. They had a chance to offend Li Jing. If they angered Li Shimin, I'm afraid no one could save them.
Seeing the performance of the generals, Li Jing nodded with satisfaction. Even if some generals were not satisfied, at least no one would hold back until they won Tuyuhun.
Li Jing nodded slowly, pointed to a huge Tuyuhun map behind him, threw it to the ground and said in a voice: "the purpose of this war is Murong Fuyun! Life wants to see people, death wants to see corpses."