Chapter 198 (1/2)
Wei Ran was puzzled when he heard it. Before, because of the whip injury, he simply untied his armor, took off his coat, and simply wiped some golden sore medicine with the help of Li Guangsi. CHIGUO followed the march all the way with his body. At this time, the wound had already scabbed, and Wei Ran put on his clothes and armor.
”Who is Princess Shouning?” Wei Ran asked suspiciously.
Li Guangsi knew that his eldest brother's physique was different from that of ordinary people. At the moment, the injury was estimated to be almost better. He replied: ”she was the six princesses most loved by his majesty. Before the drought in Hedong, she took the initiative to go to Hedong for disaster relief. Until the victims reacted, she never returned to Beijing.”
”Willful?”
”Guess so, and first listen to what's going on.”
Zhang Zhen loudly scolded the left behind in Luoyang and many bureaucrats. It turned out that Shouning princess heard that a group of victims she had helped took refuge in the anti thief and rebelled in Hanoi County, so she privately convened the local regiment of guards and soldiers to attack these victims who had defected to the enemy.
As a result, before reaching Hanoi County, they encountered an ambush on the way. The whole army fought and retreated, and did not know where to go. The soldiers who returned to Dongdu for help also died of serious injuries at the moment, and could not ask for more effective information.
Zhang Zhen lacks experience in leading the army. In case of such a thing, he just gives a loud order and is ready to let the whole army start immediately and go to the place where the princess falls in love for rescue.
But before he finished, Li Chengye saw it in advance, quickly took his arm and whispered, ”Zhang Shuai! When marching and fighting, we should avoid changing orders day and night. We have just ordered the whole army to camp and rest on the spot. At the moment, suddenly letting the whole army move at the same time will make the soldiers wonder what is going on and panic. ”
Zhang zhennu said, ”it doesn't matter what the soldiers think! The important thing is that the princess may fall to the enemy! You also know the position of Princess Shouning beside her majesty. If something happens to her, you and I will have no good fruit to eat! ”
Li Chengye frowned. He didn't care about the life and death of Princess Shouning. Although strategists pay attention to faithfulness, benevolence, courage and strictness, this benevolence is not the benevolence of women. If you are a mere woman and encounter an ambush, which greatly damages the lives of soldiers, it is against the benevolence and righteousness of the military family.
But at this time, he can't talk about these great principles with Zhang Zhen. Zhang Zhen talks about interests. Naturally, he can only convince each other from interests.
”There are many soldiers in the army. This March will not cause complaints in the army, but the speed of the soldiers may not arrive in time. The last general meant that instead of asking the whole army to attack, it would be better to choose 3000 elite cavalry in the army and ask elite scouts to explore the way ahead. In this way, we can not only ambush the enemy, but also quickly support the royal highness of the princess, which will not affect the morale of the whole army. ”
Zhang Zhen calmed down a little and said suspiciously, ”can three thousand fine riders be enough? You should know that the exile rebels gathered a small number of ten thousand people. ”
Li Chengye said with a smile, ”at the end of the past, the general once led three thousand elite cavalry in the army to break through the coalition forces of Tubo. It's just anti thief. Compared with Tubo, tujiwa dog is better. ”
Zhang Zhen also heard about these things. Seeing that Li Chengye was so confident in the cavalry, he nodded, ”is the county Marquis willing to lead the army?”
Li Chengye joined the army as a recorder and had no actual command, but now that Zhang Zhen was so generous, he certainly wouldn't refuse. He bowed his hands and said, ”don't disappoint Zhang Shuai!”
Then he took the talisman, took his two sons and all his own soldiers back to the barracks, and brought out 3000 men and horses.
Seeing that the invincible God of war of the Tang Dynasty was in charge of them, the discontent in their hearts immediately dissipated and fell into excitement.
Li Chengye calmly arranged the task. He asked Wei Ran and a team of scouts to explore the way and perform two tasks.
1、 Explore the whereabouts of the princess and the battlefield;
2、 Reconnaissance of enemy ambushes and numbers;
This is the first military task Wei Ran received. Naturally, he knows that his adoptive father wants to sharpen him, so that he can act together with a group of Scout veterans. It is most suitable to convert written military experience into practical combat experience.
The scouts are at least one person, two horses, or even three horses, so as to keep the investigation range far enough. Therefore, Wei Ran also took two tall Hexi war horses and set out with these veterans.