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Li Shimin finally arrived. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the cold November wind, the trumpets are melodious and the drums are noisy.

Li Tang, who was in the middle of the day, made several defeats in Hebei, which caused the Manchu dynasty to attach great importance to the Hebei rebels. Li Killing God finally appeared, and the long-awaited one took the elite of Guanzhong all the way to Hebei.

In Liyang City, Li Shiji was already beating drums and gathering generals.

"I will go out of the city twenty miles with this to meet His Royal Highness King Qin!" Li Shiji is neatly draped, the mountain civilization is bright, and the phoenix wings are in his pocket. The unicorn swallows the lion's belt, wears a scarlet cloak on his back, and presses the sword on his waist, and the sound is like a bell.

Zhang Chao also put on his own cloak, originally he wanted to wear that set of silk armor, but Qin Qiong insisted that he wear Mingguang armor. With dozens of catties of weight on his body, Zhang Chao still had to pestle the fifteen-pound bright silver gun, only feeling a little out of breath.

He was a lowly official, and he had no share in the big tent, so he only stood far away from the big tent, and could vaguely hear the words in the tent. The north wind was blowing, and Zhang Chao felt that he was very cold. Frozen feet, frozen hands, and even more frozen faces. He regretted that he hadn't brought some homemade creams and lip balm with him.

Li Shimin's pomp and circumstance are very large and more imposing.

This time, he brought tens of thousands of troops.

Li Shimin brought three corps, each with 14,000 soldiers and 6,000 logistics auxiliaries. Each corps is divided into seven armies: the middle army, the left Yu Hou army, the right Yu Hou army, the left front army, the left rear army, the right front army, and the right rear army.

Among them, there are 4,000 people in the Chinese army, 2,800 people in the left and right Yu Hou army, and 2,600 people in the left and right front and rear armies.

This large army, which was drawn from the elite soldiers of Guanzhong, was reorganized in Chang'an.

A squad of three people, a squadron of three squadrons, a squadron of five squadrons, a captain and a deputy of the squadron, an officer in charge of the military judge and secretary, and two flag bearers, form a brigade of 50 people.

The Chinese army consisted of four thousand people and fifty-six brigades. It is divided into five battalions: crossbowmen, archers, horse troops, jumpers, and odd soldiers.

There were 400 crossbowmen in the battalion, 400 in the archer battalion, 500 in the jumping battalion, 500 in the odd soldier battalion, and 1,000 in the horse battalion. Each battalion was divided into two to four regiments.

Zhang Chao has made up for the combat establishment of the Tang Army in the past few days.

The soldiers of the government are usually scattered in various hussar mansions and chariot cavalry mansions, but the last time and the expedition are all part of the transfer, and it is rare to directly transfer the entire military government together.

These government troops are drawn to the battle, and after they are assembled at the designated place, they will be regrouped.

For example, Li Shimin commanded the troops to go out this time, that is, the establishment of a large army corps, each corps has 20,000 horses, 14,000 soldiers, 6,000 auxiliary soldiers, and each corps is composed of seven corps. Each army was also organized into several battalions and regiments, with teams below.

This kind of legion establishment is not simply a division of government soldiers according to the number of people, but also a variety of professional collocation. Archers, crossbowmen, horse soldiers, etc.

Among them, the jumping soldiers are the forward commandos of the Tang Army, which are generally prepared by sword and card players.

The crossbowmen are considered multi-purpose infantry, the archers belong to the forward light infantry, the jumping team belongs to the first line of heavy infantry, and the odd team belongs to the second line of reserve heavy infantry.

It was precisely by virtue of their clear division of labor, relatively advanced equipment, and the system of integrating soldiers and peasants that the Tang army won many battles.

If you add the vanguard corps of Qin Qiong and other eight commanders, and Li Shiji's Liyang garrison corps, the Tang army dispatched five corps.

The three major legions brought by Li Shimin alone had a full 42,000 elite soldiers. There are also 18,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilian soldiers, and tens of thousands of horses have arrived, which really feels overwhelming.

Zhang Chao followed Li Shiji and others out of the city to greet him, and rode a horse for half a day before he saw Li Shimin's army.

As far as the eye can see, there are people everywhere.

Li Shimin's three corps and twenty-one corps arrived in turn. These troops lined up in a long line, followed by logistics and heavy auxiliaries, and it felt like they were missing the front and the tail.

It is said that Yang Guang conquered Liao that year, got more than one million horses, and sent an army every day, but it took a month to send it out, and the army was hundreds of miles long.

Looking at this dazzling army, Zhang Chao also had to admit that this should indeed be the strongest army today. Looking at their momentum, looking at their equipment, and especially the high fighting spirit of these people, you can know the strength of this army.

These soldiers were fearless and even expectant of battle, young and strong from all over Guanzhong, all of them were extremely strong, there were no old and weak, no old men and no boy scouts, and they were generally strong.

Only those good citizens of Guanzhong who are above the middle level and are strong and strong are eligible to be selected as government soldiers. Ordinary people, you don't want to be qualified.

It was precisely because many of the government soldiers were the children of landlords and were self-cultivated farmers, and they were granted free land by the imperial court, so they had the money to buy equipment such as horizontal knives, Mingguang armor, bows and arrows, and also provided a group of six mules, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Tang army.

"Liu Heimin is really looking for death!"

Zhang Chao looked at this army and sighed, no matter how dissatisfied the people of Hebei are with Guanzhong's rule over them, it is useless. Li Shimin came, with the elite Wang Shi of Guanzhong, this is not the rabble of those Central Plains places brought by Li Shentong and Li Xiaochang.

Li Shimin was very domineering, met Li Shiji and Qin Qiong and other generals outside Liyang City, and after listening to their reports, he directly gave an order that the army would not stay in Liyang City, but advance directly to the north, and kill Liu Heimin's old nest in Zhouzhou.

Li Shimin didn't want to entangle with the rebels more, and was ready to capture the thief and capture the king first.

"With Shubao and Jingde Ba as the vanguard managers, Mao Gong and Li Yi will lead the headquarters to cooperate, and the king will lead the army to follow."

On the same day, Li Shimin's army camped outside Liyang City to rest for a day, and the army did not even enter the city.

Zhang Chao tossed outside the city for a long time, and finally returned to the wounded barracks in the city, and just baked a fire. As a result, after receiving Li Shiji's order, he sent his own soldiers over.

"Cao Guogong asked Zhang to join the army to clean up and set off with the army early tomorrow morning."

"Go, where are you going?" Zhang Chao was stunned.

The veteran smiled and said, "Of course, I'm going to Zhaozhou." ”

"Zhaozhou? The manager told me at the beginning that I would only be in charge of the wounded barracks here. ”

"Then I don't know this, I just know that the manager has an order, let me pass it on." After speaking, the veteran didn't leave, "San Lang, do you have anything to eat, ham and sausage or something." ”

"Just go over there and find your Li Sanlang by yourself."

Zhang Chao was a little distracted, going to the battlefield, I don't want to go to the battlefield anymore.

Why is Li Shiji like this, he said it at the beginning. No, go to him and reason.

Zhang Chao rushed to the governor's mansion, and Li Shiji was waiting for him with a smile.

"I knew you were going to come to me, what's the matter, upset?"

Zhang Chao sighed, "I just think I'm more suitable for the wounded barracks." ”

"The wounded barracks are almost empty, what are you still doing here. Besides, I don't mean to ask you to go to Zhaozhou. King Qin also heard about the wounded barracks, and specially praised you. Transferring you to Zhaozhou to join the army, that's what King Qin meant, and I can't help it. ”

Zhang Chao's teeth itched with hatred, but as Li Shiji said, if it was Li Shimin's meaning, then there was really nothing anyone could do.

Back in the wounded barracks, Zhang Chao could only honestly pack up his things.

As a result, as soon as he entered the house, he found that Cheng Chumo's guys had already helped him pack up his things, and as for their own things, they had already packed them.

Look at the excited look on their faces, rub, they are still very excited.

Damn, my brother takes you to eat and drink here every day, I don't know how cool the life is, you just want to go outside to drink the northwest wind?

The fourth watch cooks, and the fifth watch pulls out the camp.

It was not yet dawn, the trumpet had sounded, and the army had set out.

Zhang Chao rode a horse and walked in the snow against the frost wind in the morning, looking back at the smaller and smaller Liyang City with great nostalgia.

Although Cheng Chumo and others persuaded Zhang Chao to wear Mingguang armor, Zhang Chao did not agree to be killed. Usually, you can occasionally burn the bag and wear it, but this field march, wearing such heavy armor, is tired to death. If you really want to encounter an enemy attack or something, Zhang Chao doesn't expect this armor to have much effect, sacrificing mobility in exchange for defense, Zhang Chao feels that it is the least cost-effective.

If you really want to be attacked or something, you should run faster in light silk armor.

Thirty-six plans, don't you also say that you go for the best plan?

Zhang Chao has a lot of various belongings, but fortunately, Li Shiji specially pulled out a batch of mules for him, and the two regiments of Cui Yan and Li Bi also acted with him.

Only a few people were left in Liyang to take care of the wounded there, and the rest of the doctors and men who had been trained to become skilled medical workers were with the army. Although my father was well injured, he still stayed in Liyang City to raise him.

Zhang Chao's medical battalion remained intact, but he was no longer subordinate to Li Shiji, but was directly transferred to the Chinese army. The entire medical battalion and the escort force all followed Li Shimin's Chinese army.

The Chinese army is still good, with Qin Qiong and other vanguard troops in front to open the way, and Li Shiji's troops on the flanks to protect them.

The speed of the army is not fast, it is about thirty miles a day.

Zhang Chao rides a horse every day, and the thirty-mile journey is really very easy.

Li Shimin had already admitted that Li Shiji had given Zhang Chao the post of military officer, and after seeing the wounded barracks in Liyang, listening to the reports of Li Shiji and others, and personally seeing the excellent effects of the alcohol and white medicine made by Zhang Chao, he directly appointed Zhang Chao as the head of the military doctor of the army.

Zhang Chao put forward the idea of a field hospital, and he fully supported it.

The official is still a member of the military of Qipin, but Zhang Chao is now in charge of dozens of doctors and hundreds of people, and there are two regiments of soldiers to assist in the guard.

During the march, Zhang Chao didn't do anything.

Although there are many soldiers with frostbite, can frostbite be called an injury?

Anyway, even those government soldiers themselves don't take it seriously, it's a big deal to have some chilblains or something, as long as you don't freeze your ears and toes, it's not a problem.

Zhang Chao had no choice but to send a notice to the generals of each battalion, asking them to inform everyone to boil the water and drink, especially not to eat snow directly. Even if there is no water, you should put the snow in a pot and let the snow melt before drinking it after a while.

Such a dull and somewhat boring march, repeated for many days in a row, day after day, the ambush that Zhang Chao has been worried about, and nothing like attacking the camp has happened.

Until this day, an order was handed down from the front, and the whole army was encamped on the spot.

The city of Zhaozhou is not far away, and in front of it, is the city of Zhushui.

"I heard that the rich people of the city are afraid of the power of heaven and have surrendered the city."

"Ah, the city is the gateway to the city, once the water is obtained, isn't the city also within reach?"

"That's for sure, maybe we'll be able to rush home for the New Year." A group of government soldiers smiled quite optimistically. (To be continued.) )