Just when Li Hao and Xue Rengui were chatting, Hou Junji and Niu Jinda had already led an army of 30,000 to leave Chang'an.

Li Hao began to pack his luggage at home, although he and Zhi lost his strength and left the morning after tomorrow, but as the main general, he had to go to the barracks in advance, in the afternoon, he took the Blade Special Combat Team and the Sharp Knife Special Combat Team from home, and Zhu Ruihuan went with him, because he felt that Zhu Ruihuan's training was enough, and what he lacked now was actual combat experience.

As soon as he stepped out of the courtyard door and was about to get on the horse, he suddenly felt that his calves were tight, and it seemed that some animal was crawling along his legs, the speed was extremely fast, and he climbed onto his shoulders in an instant, and when he turned his head, it was a dead monkey, Li Hao couldn't help crying and laughing, and turned his head to find Pei Miao smiling at himself.

Li Hao's heart moved, thinking that Pei Miao had been staying in the mansion since he came to Lantian and must have been bored, so he asked: "Pei Miao, if you are bored at home, go out for a walk with me." ”

Pei Miao smiled and bowed: "I also have this intention, so good." ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "Explain in advance, it's very tiring to march and fight, don't complain when the time comes." ”

"No, it won't." Pei Miao smiled and shook his head.

Li Hao picked up the monkey and put it on the horse's back, then turned over on the horse, patted the monkey's head gently, and said, "You can ride the horse with me, who let us be fellow villagers." ”

The monkey crossed over with him, so he was his fellow countryman, and the only one of them.

A group of people and horses set out, slowly drove out of Shanghe Village, towards the direction of Chang'an, before sunset, Li Hao arrived in the barracks, just happened to lose his thinking and had just arrived, the two met and simply greeted each other, and each went to his own barracks.

As soon as he entered the tooth tent, Li Hao began to check the camp books in the army, arranged to be on duty, and the two special combat teams were organized into his own personal guards, although the number was not large, but it was absolutely elite.

Early the next morning, Li Hao practiced martial arts on the school and practiced the soldiers, which was a practice. On the third day, Li Hao's school field was pointed, he set out to fight, crossed the Ba Bridge, came to the ten-mile long pavilion, and found that there were some people standing on the side of the long pavilion.

Since Li Hao was the head of the march this time, Cheng Yanjin didn't dare to mess around, after all, he was also a military general, and he knew that as a chief general, he needed to establish prestige in the army.

Li Hao ordered the army to stop resting, and he came to Changting with his own guards, only to see a few old acquaintances here, only one civilian official, Ma Zhou, and some other bigwigs did not come, think about it and feel sad, when he went out with the army to Tuyuhun, a group of bigwigs saw him off, although he was just a small captain at the time, but many bigwigs still greeted him with a smile, and now none of them came, even the eldest grandson Wuji, who had been trying to win him over, did not come.

He also knew that although he came out, he was a threat to many people in the court and became unpopular, but it didn't matter, he didn't care, even if the Manchu Dynasty didn't want to see him, he didn't care, geniuses were born to be jealous.

There were not too many outsiders present, this farewell came relaxed and happy, everyone drank happily, drank, or drank, Li Hao wondered why the ancients liked to drink so much.

drank three bowls of wine in a row, but was spilled two and a half bowls by Li Haohuang, Li Haohuang's work has grown again, but these people present are Li Hao's good uncles, except for Cheng Biting Jin, no one cares about him, while he was drinking, Li Ji suddenly personally served the wine to Li Hao, Li Hao stretched out his hand to take it, but found that there was a folded paper at the bottom of the bowl, he quietly put away the note, and continued to drink with everyone.

Although Li Hao doesn't like to drink, but the amount of alcohol is okay, after drinking half a catty of spirits, his mind began to dizzy, although he did not drink drunk in this era, but he did not want to delay the march because of his drinking, so he stopped drinking, and made a farewell salute to the elders, and the farewell ceremony ended.

Songzhou is located at the junction of Longyou Road and Jiannan Road, adjacent to Tuyuhun, at the same time, there are many Qiang people here, but most of these Qiang people have returned to the Tang Dynasty, so Songzhou is a detention state, the so-called detention state, refers to the ancient imperial court in the remote minority areas set up the state, this kind of place because of the special situation, must be governed by customs, the customs here, refers to customs, belongs to the special administrative region.

The supreme governor of the state is generally the Tang people, in order to be able to effectively control those foreign peoples, Songzhou is the prefecture, and the governor of Songzhou is called Han Wei.

Li Hao analyzed the battle situation in Songzhou along the way, although Han Wei went out of the city to meet Tubo and returned defeated, but Li Hao thought that the fault was not Han Wei, because Tubo sent 70,000 troops this time, and the logistics supply troops were removed, and the combat force was about 50,000 people, and Songzhou Mansion was only a lower government, with limited troops, according to Li Hao's preliminary estimate, Songzhou's troops would not exceed 10,000, and it was impossible for Han Wei to take away all the troops of Songzhou when he went out of the city, that is to say, he only brought a few thousand soldiers and horses, and it was not ashamed to lose the battle.

Strange is why Han Wei went out of the city to meet the enemy, obviously there is a city, why not hold on, even if Songzhou only has 8,000 men and horses, according to Songzhou, Songzhou, as the prefecture, must have high walls and thick walls, sufficient grain and grass, and it should not be a problem to defend it for two or three months.

Li Hao didn't bother to delve into these details, after all, he was not present at the time, and now he is guessing out of thin air, and he can't think of it if he wants to break his head, the Tubo army is brave and good at fighting, in this cold winter weather, the combat power is not inferior to the Tang army, it can be expected that this will be a tough battle.

On the first night of the march, Li Hao picked up the lamp in the tooth tent, opened the note that Li Ji secretly stuffed to himself, and saw five words written on it, "Be careful of Hou Junji".

Li Hao was stunned when he heard this, and then pursed his lips and smiled, it seems that Li Ji is really on his side, and he can actually think of reminding himself to be careful of Hou Junji, Li Hao has carefully checked Hou Junji's information, this person's character is really not very good, according to historical records, Hou Junji was very exaggerated when he was young, he couldn't learn bow and arrow, and he also claimed to be brave.

It can be seen from this that Hou Junji likes to talk about it and brag very much, such a person, Li Hao has seen a lot in his previous life, usually this kind of person has no real skills, and he likes to brag around.

However, Hou Junji still has some ability, he has a very good set of wars, and he has made a lot of military exploits with Li Shimin, in fact, his ability is due to one person, that is, Li Jing, Hou Junji has learned the art of war with Li Jing, but he has not obtained his true inheritance, it is regarded as learning a little three-legged cat work, but it is such a three-legged cat work, it is enough for him to make countless military achievements, and then, Hou Junji said to Li Shimin, saying that Li Jing has the intention of rebellion.

Li Hao really didn't understand, how did Li Jing fall in love with Hou Junji at the beginning, teach him the art of war, and finally be bitten by this product, Hou Junji's character really made Li Hao dare not compliment.

Through Hou Junji's deeds, Li Hao made a summary of Hou Junji, this is a person with a strong sense of vanity, although he is very impetuous, but he is very self-motivated, but he is not big-minded, a little dark-bellied, likes to pit acquaintances, and if he gets too close, there is no good end.

Li Hao put the small note on the lamp and lit it and burned it to ashes, thinking that he had an unpleasant thing with Hou Junji in the prison of the Criminal Department, he had guessed that this expedition was probably not just as simple as fighting, with Hou Junji's narrow mind, it was estimated that he would wear small shoes for himself.

Li Hao's expectation was not bad at all, more than 20 days later, Li Hao led the troops to reach the city of Songzhou, the Tubo army was stationed in the west of Songzhou fifty or sixty miles, but the gate of Songzhou was closed, Li Hao sent people to call the door outside the moat, after a while, the city gate opened, the drawbridge was lowered, a soldier in armor walked across the drawbridge, came to Li Haojun, hugged his fists and bowed his head and saluted: "Meng Qing, the lowly commander of Songzhou Zhichong, visited Li Xianhou, the head of the Taohe Road march, and met the general of the Bailandao march. ”

Zhi Sili raised his hand and said, "General Meng doesn't have to be polite, can we enter the city." ”

Meng Qing said: "Passing on the military order of the great governor of Hou, General Zhi Sili led the army into the city, and the Hou of Li County held the military order of the general manager and went to Railzhou to borrow 10,000 stones. With that, he handed over a military order.

"What?" Li Hao and Zhi Sili glanced at each other in surprise when they heard this, and Li Hao suddenly frowned and asked, "Is there no grain and grass in Songzhou?" ”

Meng Qing said: "I don't know about this humble position, the humble position is just to convey the military order of the general manager of Hou. ”

Hearing this, he frowned and said: "Even if you want to requisition grain and grass, you should send a message to be escorted by the grain and grass team, why let Li Hao borrow grain, is it true that there is not much grain and grass left in Songzhou, and the situation is critical?" ”

Li Hao saw that this was the little shoes that Hou Junji was wearing for himself, he grinned, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's okay, I'll borrow grain, General, you go to the city first." ”

Zhi Sili frowned and said: "I don't have a surname, I am a Turk, and my name is different from the name of the Tang people, you can call me by my full name." ”

Li Hao nodded: "Okay, General Executive." ”

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Looking at the stubbornness and strength to enter the city, watching the city gate closed and the drawbridge closed, Li Hao's soldiers in the army suddenly whispered, but they were not allowed to enter outside the city, and the soldiers were very confused.

"Hou Junji, there is really yours." Li Hao sneered and muttered to himself, turned his head to face the troops in the rear, and said loudly, "Under the military order of the Grand Governor Hou, I will go to Railzhou to borrow 10,000 stones of grain, don't talk about anything privately, otherwise the military law will deal with it!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone didn't dare to talk nonsense, but everyone's hearts were still full of doubts, they were combat forces, not logistics troops, why should they be responsible for borrowing food, doubts were doubts, but Li Hao ordered not to talk about it, and everyone obediently shut up.

At this moment, it was getting late, Li Hao could only camp outside the city, although the Tubo army was dozens of miles away, but Li Hao felt that they didn't have the courage to dare to rob the camp, after all, they were on the edge of Songzhou City, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a trap deliberately laid.