"Have you talked privately about when to send troops?" Li Gong asked again.

"I've talked, I've talked about it; I've talked about which day is the best to send troops." Yang Keshi replied: "After the celebration banquet last year, everyone thought that the war would start after the spring of this year, and they would definitely talk about it together. The two days that my subordinates mentioned were the ones that most people agreed with after many discussions."

"Oh." Li Gong agreed gently and said that he had heard it. He no longer asked questions about when to send troops. He continued to watch the soldiers' training while chatting.

At this time, they came to a corner of the school ground where Yang Keshi's group trained. Yang Keshi sued Li Gong and walked in to command the soldiers' training. At this time, everyone had just completed this training and were sitting on the school ground to rest. He was quite puzzled when he heard that Yang's command to get up.

And somehow, one of the three team coaches and three of the six teams were not there. It was difficult for Yang Keshi to face more than a dozen fire chiefs. It took him a while to train the soldiers.

"Protector, the command of the soldiers is not good, please punish the guardian." After the soldiers retrained, Yang Keshi walked up to Li Gong and apologized.

When he apologized for guilt, he felt that his skin was frying. When was it bad, but at this time, the Protector did not perform well when he came to the army. He really felt that he had no face to talk to the Protector again.

"They should have just rested after the training. Before the usual rest time has come, they ordered the soldiers to retrain. Naturally, they don't want to. This is not your fault. And there is no need to let the soldiers rest less in order to let me see the soldiers' training in the future." Li Gong said.

He just saw this matter seriously. Although he did not stop it for the purpose of maintaining Yang Keshi's prestige in front of the soldiers, it does not mean that he likes to see such things. Face Project has been present in all dynasties, both in the East and the West, and he has experienced it several times in Beijing. However, the Tang Dynasty had not yet established a victory in the battle with the Dashi Country, and it was not time to pay attention to the Face Project.

"Yes, I remember it." Yang Keshi agreed.

"I'm very surprised at one thing. Why are Cao Fanghao, Renault, Mitt and Danff not there?" Li Gong asked again. He was more concerned about this than what was just now. He was very worried that some generals who had made contributions would not take the rules seriously and would not obey military orders in their daily training. This means the beginning of the corruption of the army, and he will never tolerate it.

But Yang Keshi said: "You are the Protector. The four of them reported to their subordinates early this morning, saying that they would go out to the market today to buy things in the city market. As the customary, three cups of tea were separated by the two training sessions, which was enough for them to travel between the military camp and the market, so the subordinates agreed. But they didn't expect that the Protector would just see them."

While speaking, Yang Keshi apologized to Li Gong again, hurried back to the barracks and took out a notebook, showing it to the guru: "They do report to the camp."

"Why do they want to leave the camp?" Li Gong saw the report and knew that the four people had not violated military discipline. He felt relieved and asked curiously.

"Protector, you have officially announced that February 13th is a good day, and the wedding of His Highness Princess Xiping and Deputy Protector Liu is held. The four of them are old acquaintances of Deputy Protector Liu, and they were invited by Deputy Protector to attend the wedding and needed to buy gifts. Because they heard that the merchants brought a batch of goods from Kucha Town today, they were scheduled to go to the market to buy gifts today."

"So that's it." Li Gong laughed after hearing this, "It turns out that it's because of this, it turns out that it has something to do with me."

"Why, he didn't invite the other four people from the same fire, only four acquaintances? And you and Su Zhongqing, didn't invite you?" He asked with a smile.

"In the past, my subordinates did not recognize the deputy guardian and were not considered old acquaintances. How could they be invited? Xia Chuantao, Cao Fangfeng, Song Wu and Shi Nai were also invited to attend the wedding."

"This is not good, you should all attend the wedding." Li Gong said. He likes lively, but his acquaintances are not there in Anxi. In order to make the number of people more lively, he can only invite soldiers in the army to attend. He has made up his mind that all generals of the rank of the school lieutenant and above will attend. He has given wine to him at the celebration banquet, and all the soldiers who have made great contributions will also attend.

"Yes." Yang Keshi didn't like the excitement, let alone the gifts. He had no interest in attending the wedding between Liu Qi and Li Bixiao, but he personally invited him, so he could not refuse and could only agree.

He was just agreeing when he suddenly saw the deputy guru Liu Qi coming over. Liu Qi came to Li Gong, saluted and asked, "Protector, why are you in the mood to come to inspect the camp today?"

"The subordinates took their leave." Before Li Gong answered, Yang Keshi said first, turned around and left near them, and entered the schoolyard.

"I'm so busy that I'm so busy that I'm so busy that I finally have some free time today, so I came to the military camp to inspect it." Li Gong replied.

"I have just watched about six or seven regiments of soldiers training, and then caught Yang Keshi who happened to pass by as a guide and introduced him. I feel that the soldiers have indeed been trained into elite combat soldiers, and their combat power may still be above Duan Xiushi's soldiers.

Although there are only 12,000 people, it is winter and it is really hard for you to train soldiers into elite soldiers in a short time."

'I don't work hard, my life is hard.' Liu Qi subconsciously wanted to answer this. But although Li Gong was kind to him, he would become his inner brother again in the next ten days, but after all, Liu Qi didn't dare to answer this way as soon as he got to the post. He could only say: "This is not all my credit, and it depends on the life of the soldiers."

"Hey, I know this, but you are the general in charge of this matter. Of course, you will be the first to be the first to be successful, and you will be the first to be successful if you have any achievements. Now that you are doing a good job, of course you will be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to be the first to

"Since the Protector said this, my subordinates will be disrespectful." Liu Qi also agreed with a smile.

"That's right." Li Gong also smiled.

"You rushed over, what's the matter with me?" he asked again.

"The Protector, there are two things. One is about the inventory of grain." Liu Qi said as he took out a small wooden board from his sleeve to show Li Gong. "The Protector, the number above is the inventory of grain, and the number below is the reduced grain last year."

"I ate so much food last year?" Li Gong was also surprised.

"It is. Protector," Liu Qi said the reason for the large reduction in food, and said: "Subordinates believe that farmers in Kucha and other places should no longer be recruited for training; this year, anyone can cultivate local fields in Luzhou, and landlords are not allowed to charge land rent."

"Yes." Li Gong immediately agreed. Food is the foundation, and there must be no food. In order to ensure the amount of food, you can give in to other things.

"Hey, although I won the war last year, the losses were too great. Not only did the soldiers die in battle, but they suffered too great losses in all aspects." He sighed again.

"Fortunately, the Battle of Luzhou was won. As long as they defeat the Great Cannibal again at Gukou, they would have to withdraw from Anxi, and they would not be harmed by the war with the Great Cannibal." Liu Qi said.

"That's right." After Li Gong said this, his heart moved, and he wanted to test his views on the war between Datang and Dashi, and whether he should continue to attack the land of Dashi Country after completely subduing the lost territory. But he thought that it was still too early to mention this matter, and he had to wait until the Battle of Gukou and swallow the words he was about to say.

"The second thing the subordinates want to say is when it is more appropriate to send troops." Liu Qi said again: "After thinking repeatedly, and discussing with his staff and other generals, he felt that it would be best to choose around the end of February or March 15th."

After saying this, he wanted to explain why these two days were. But before he could say anything, Li Gong smiled and said, "I already know this."

"The Protector already knows?" Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, remembering where they were, and suddenly realized: "Someone in the army mentioned it to the Protector."

"Since someone has mentioned it to the Protector, I won't repeat it. May I ask the Protector, when should he send troops?" He paused and said, "If you choose to send troops at the end of February, you must prepare from today and from February 7th and 8th at the latest."

"Which day do you think is better?" Li Gong asked back.

"The subordinates cannot make a decision. If they send troops at the end of February, not only will it be a little hurry, but the ice and snow have not melted yet, and it will be difficult for the soldiers to march, and the food, grass and weapons must be carried by the soldiers. It is too physically exhausting, and I think it is not cost-effective.

As for the attack on the big cannibals, it was not easy for their subordinates to catch them off guard. After the defeat in Yuluzhou, even the arrogant big cannibals would not dare to underestimate our Tang Dynasty soldiers. They would definitely pay attention to the weather that could greatly affect the war. Even if they do not understand the local weather, they can always recruit a few people who understand the local weather. It is too difficult to attack the big cannibals, and they will not be able to do so if they are slow.

As for sending troops around March 15, the advantage is that the weather is naturally warm, and the rivers can use ships to transport food, grass, and weapons, and even some soldiers; the disadvantage is that it is easier for the cannibals to build defense lines after the weather is warm, and they can prepare more fully."

"Since that's the case, it's better to send troops around March 15th." After listening to Liu Qi's analysis, Li Gong made a decision. He originally preferred to send troops at the end of February, mainly to give the cannibals a "surprise". But after listening to the analysis, he felt that it was not easy to give them a "surprise", so it would be better to be safer.

And he thought of one thing: he had to prepare for the troops at the end of February, and February 13th is the wedding day. I am afraid that some people will not be able to attend the wedding, so that the wedding will not be too lively. For the sake of lively, he had to postpone the troops.

"We really have to choose to send troops around March 15th?" Liu Qi asked again.

"really."

"Since that's the case, after returning, my subordinates immediately issued orders to the generals." Liu Qi bowed and said.
Chapter completed!