Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Zhang Yang's "Gashawk" has been running in for more than half a month, and it has basically reached the preliminary running-in goal. At the same time, the team has passed Yuanzhou and arrived in Xiaoguan.

Today, the Xiaoguan is undergoing major renovation, because tomorrow the army will leave Xiaoguan and head towards Lingzhou in two directions. They will leave Xiaoguan and Anlezhou, along Anlechuan, pass through Gaolanzhou, enter Lingzhou City, and enter Lingwu.

He left Xiaoguan all the way, passed Tongxin, followed by Weiruosu, passed Gaolanzhou, entered Lingzhou City, and finally entered Lingwu.

However, for Zhang Yang, Qin Shubao and Hou Junji, who had already known the target of this operation, those who passed through Gaolanzhou, entered Lingzhou City, and finally entered Lingwu to resist the Eastern Turks' southward army, were all empty. At most, they would only arrive in Gaolanzhou and return.

Because the decisive battle was designed outside Xiaoguan, Tongxin County was held along the Weirushui line to the open area between the border Great Wall.

Therefore, now it is not worth the loss to go to Lingwu. There is a long distance between Xiaoguan and Lingwu. Even if it is a speed of Hou Junji's vanguard, the entire cavalry army, it will take a lot of time to run one side. It is inevitable that this army that went north to fight against the Eastern Turks and went south to the border will not have any problems.

This army only has only 100,000 people. Although they are all elite soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, after the division of the army, there are only 70,000 people left. With a one-to-three gap in military strength, even if this army is elite, it will be difficult for this army to defeat the 200,000 Eastern Turks led by Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan in the field. These 200,000 people are also elite troops of the Eastern Turks!

The 30,000 vanguard cavalry led by Hou Junji have been resting in Xiaoguan for more than ten days, and in addition, there have been war reports in the eastern border of Lingzhou recently. The Eastern Turks have strengthened their temptations on the eastern border of Lingzhou, and a war is about to happen.

This forced Hou Junji's 30,000 vanguard army to go first. Anyway, these people have been rested and have been held in Xiaoguan for enough time. It is time to go to the Lingzhou border, kill the Eastern Turks, and use their passion to clean up their hatred for the border disturbances of us and others.

This group of vanguard troops are now very uncomfortable and are shouting every day to kill the Turkic people.

It is when morale is high and blood is high, and without movement, the vicinity of Xiaoguan will no longer be peaceful.

So today, after Qin Shubao led the main force of the 70,000 army of 100,000 Lingzhou to reach Xiaoguan, Hou Junji ran to Qin Shubao to discuss and continue to divide the army like this, and their 30,000 vanguard army headed north to Lingwu first.

So when Qin Shubao, Zheng Rentai and Zhang Yang arrived at Xiaoguan and had just arranged the army to station, Hou Junji anxiously made the three of them start to discuss this matter. This made Qin Shubao, Zheng Rentai and Zhang Yang not prepared at all.

After receiving the summons from Hou Junji sent his guards, Zhang Yang hurriedly told Wu Mingliang, Baoxing, Nangong Hongbo, Zhu Maocai, Wei Honglang, Pei Chengen, Yan Jinglun, and Sikong Hongmiao that he followed the guard to meet Hou Junji.

He didn't even have time to say hello to Qin Huaiyu, Hou Zanjun, Cheng Huaimo and others, which shows how anxious Hou Junji is.

When Zhang Yang first walked into Hou Junji's vanguard camp, he had already found that Qin Shubao and Zheng Rentai had arrived, which made him even more confused. However, although Zhang Yang was very confused, he still had to enter the etiquette he should have. Then he saw Zhang Yang saying, "The last general, 'Gaoying' Zhe Chongxiafu' Zhe Chong Duwei, Zhang Yang met the general, General Hou, General Zheng!"

"Okay, okay, there are no outsiders here. You kid, don't be like a poor pedantic, so much courtesy, and you will be the general, General Hou, General Zheng, when will you be so polite to us? Just pretend!

Don’t think that after you have written a few good poems and written a few good articles, you have become a pedantic. Can you deceive outsiders and still deceive us? Look at the things you do, how many of them are what the saints and disciples should do, you can do it!"

After hearing Zhang Yang greet him, Hou Junji waved his hand and asked all the soldiers on the side to go down.

Zhang Yang was so embarrassed that he could only scratch his hair awkwardly and smiled at Hou Junji, Qin Shubao, and Zheng Rentai. He was really hard to refute Hou Junji. As Hou Junji said, although he was famous for his talent and knowledge, he himself knew that he was not a scholar. As for famous scholars, it was far from the difference. If he did something privately, it would definitely be a disgrace to be gentle!

"Okay, disciple, you don't need to do this. Your move can only deceive outsiders. The one here is not your elder, and I don't know how thick you are! You will be embarrassed by your uncle Hou's words in such a simple sentence, we won't believe it!

Besides, your uncle Hou is still telling the truth. Don’t act anymore. The main thing is important. Junji, you are so anxious to ask us to come to you, saying that there is something important about it. What is it? It makes you so anxious. This is not like your usual behavior!"

"That's right, Uncle Hou, what's the urgent matter? Look at me, I've just arrived at Xiaoguan. My 'eagle' Zhe Chongxiao Mansion had not even been stationed yet, so I called me here. I haven't even sat in my butt yet warmed up!"

After Qin Shubao finished speaking, Zhang Yang asked Hou Junji. As for Zheng Rentai beside him, although he was also very curious about what Hou Junji called them in such a hurry, since Qin Shubao and Zhang Yang had already asked questions, he had no courage to ask.

After hearing Zhang Yang's words, Hou Junji realized that he was too anxious and did not consider that they came to Xiaoguan. He had not even finished garrisoning the military camp. This made him feel a little embarrassed. He had been resting in Xiaoguan for a long time.

"Seeing that I was so anxious that I forgot this point, hurry up! Sit here, everyone here is my own people, and the army will sit casually."

After seeing Qin Shubao, Zheng Rentai, and Zhang Yang, after he finished speaking, Hou Junji sat down and said again: "In fact, this is not a very urgent matter. I just wanted to discuss it with you. I forgot you and arrived.

That's right. This time, our 100,000 army went north to Lingzhou to assist the Lingzhou Grand Governor Rencheng King to resist the incident of the Eastern Turks going south to attack the border this year. It has long been spread throughout the northern desert. Although both we and the Rencheng King knew that this was just a reason for the purpose of sending troops this time and to confuse the Eastern Turks' spies in the Tang Dynasty, they mistakenly thought that we had deployed heavy troops in Lingzhou and were empty behind.

But ordinary soldiers and civilians don’t know the plan and purpose of our northbound combat this time. So recently, my 30,000 army has been resting in Xiaoguan for more than ten days, and the passionate members of my 30,000 vanguard army have already complained."

"Oh! That's right. But to be honest, Junji is not a difficult problem for you!

It is quite simple to solve, and this shouldn’t be an urgent matter you asked us to discuss today!”

"Yes, if it's just like this, it's very simple. Just train them hard, so they're so tired that they don't have any extra strength. They're thinking about it all the time, but now the situation is more than that.

The first thing I did was to station in Xiaoguan. When I was resting, the order I issued was to adapt to the northern climate and soil and water in Xiaoguan. This area of ​​water and soil nourishes people. It is normal for us soldiers to have a slight misconformity to the north.

Before this, a small number of soldiers were slightly unacceptable due to physical reasons. However, after taking the medicine prescribed by the military doctor and drinking the soil from their hometown that they brought to water, it would be fine in two or three days.

The physical fitness of these soldiers is really beyond words. Even if they have a slight reaction of being unacceptable to the local environment, they will be very good.

After a few days of rest, someone came to the will of the people to continue to set off and move towards Lingzhou Lingwu.

But you and I know the importance of this Xiaoguan. Even if Xiaoguan is the northern gate of Chang'an City, if Xiaoguan is broken, the entire inner road and Gyeonggi Road will be exposed to the invaders' eyes. The entire Tang Dynasty's stable and prosperous interior will be allowed to run freely.

The purpose of my leading 30,000 troops to Xiaoguan in advance was to prevent the Jie Li Khan and Tuli Khan of the Eastern Turks from launching a conspiracy to move south in advance. Raid attacks on Xiaoguan, exposing the entire Guannei Road and Gyeonggi Road to the iron hooves of the Eastern Turks who went south."

"Yes, this is the purpose of our troops being divided at Xiwei Bridge after we left Chang'an, and you will lead your 30,000 vanguard cavalry army first!"

"Yes! My goal is to guard Xiaoguan and ensure that Xiaoguan is safe from sudden attacks by the Eastern Turkic army heading south.

But I know the purpose of rest here, but the other ordinary soldiers and middle and lower-level generals don’t know it!

After only five days of rest in Xiao Guan, he was completely accustomed to the climate and environment of the north, so those boys who didn't know the inside story could not stop and could not stay in Xiao Guan. They planned to go to the Lingzhou border to fight the Eastern Turks with real swords and guns and make achievements."

"No, even so, Uncle Hou, with your prestige, you should be able to suppress the 30,000 vanguard troops under your command!

This can't be a reason for you to ask us for a meeting to discuss it! With my military discipline in the Tang Dynasty, you don't have to worry about it!"

Zhang Yang asked when he heard Hou Junji say that those soldiers who didn't know the inside story were planning to fight to Lingzhou to resist the Eastern Turks and make achievements.

This problem is obviously not a problem, it is not what Hou Junji should be worried about, and he is so anxious to call them.

"Well, Nephew Zhang, at the beginning, I didn't take this matter seriously, nor did I worry about it. You all know that the 100,000 troops we led this time were all elites of the Tang Dynasty, and their obedience was very good, so I didn't worry about it at first.

But you don’t know what I didn’t expect. After another four or five days, I came to petition me and accelerated the speed of the northward towards Lingzhou and suddenly there were many more people. It caught me off guard. Many of them were veterans and veterans!”

When Qin Shubao heard Hou Junji sigh and said this, he was a little strange, so he asked while Hou Junji was drinking water: "No! Junji said that you, the chief officer, ordered a rest in Xiaoguan. Even if there were lower-level officers, generals and soldiers, they did not understand your order very much, and complained, and came out to ask for your order, but there should not be veterans and veterans involved!

At most, some new recruits are making noise and joking with veterans. Veterans are used to obeying commands and seeing all kinds of strange orders. At the same time, they are not as passionate as new recruits, and they are eager to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy.

They have seen the cruelty of the battlefield and know that no one can guarantee that they can survive 100% when they arrive on the battlefield. They no longer have the initial yearning for the battlefield. In their eyes, they no longer have the initial impulse to make achievements. They all know that if they want to survive on the battlefield, they are too impulsive, which is a behavior of seeking death. They must be calm in order to live longer and longer on the battlefield."

"Yes. I was very surprised and surprised when I learned that there were veterans and veterans involved and came out to call for the death together!"

"Uncle Hou! How did you deal with this problem at that time? You see, you are still resting in Xiaoguan now, so it must be perfect, right?"

Zhang Yang was also a little surprised to hear Hou Junji and Qin Shubao say this, so he asked Hou Junji curiously.

"Well! Although I was a little surprised and surprised at that time, I didn't know what was the specific reason and made them so impulsive, this matter did not make me feel too harsh. Just find a reason to deal with it.

So after he was willing, I found a reason to tell them the importance of Xiaoguan as the northern gate of Jingji Province, Chang'an City, and the Guannei Road. At the same time, I told them that only when Xiaoguan is in our hands can they fight the Eastern Turks with peace of mind.

Now when I was resting in Xiaoguan, I suddenly found that Xiaoguan had been damaged due to peasant uprisings at the end of the Sui Dynasty, riots from all directions, and frequent disturbances from the Eastern Turks to the south. Therefore, I extended the rest time in Xiaoguan and strengthened Xiaoguan during the rest period."

"Do they believe it so easily? If they believe you so simply, Uncle Hou, those veterans and generals should not be able to make trouble!"

"Boy Zhang, you're wrong. As soon as I said this, they really believed it. They no longer asked for life and rest in Xiaoguan with peace of mind!"

"No! Uncle Hou, if they believed it so simply, they shouldn't have asked for a call at first, there must be something wrong here!"

Zhang Yang was even more confused now. Not only Zhang Yang and Zheng Rentai were a little regretful. Qin Shubao smiled after hearing this, thinking that he knew what the reason was.

"They couldn't help but believe this, because after I arrived at Xiaoguan and started to rest, I began to order some soldiers to start repairing Xiaoguan. If there is a fact, they can't believe it!"

After hearing Zhang Yang's questions, Hou Junji explained to him why this happened. As soon as he said that the soldiers were no longer restless.

"Oh, so that's it. Then later, if it were that simple, Uncle Hou, you wouldn't be in a hurry to ask us to have a meeting!"

"Well, although I suppressed the restlessness of the soldiers and lower-level officers at that time, I felt very strange about their restlessness. Based on my understanding of the veterans and veterans, they should not do such a thing!

So that night I called all the officers above the Zhechong Commander to the barracks to see the meeting. The first purpose was to let them do a good job in the grassroots officers and ordinary soldiers below, so that they could rest and recuperate in Xiaoguan with peace of mind and wait for the arrival of the main army.

The second purpose is to ask them to go downstairs to inquire about what exactly caused them to be restless. Such restlessness is very abnormal. There must be some special reason that plays a key role in it!”

"After that, Uncle Hou, don't lose our appetite here. Be careful that I will wear little shoes for Brother Zan Jun!"

"You dare, if you dare to do this, after this mission is completed, I will take care of you like this!

After that, it was very simple. The next day, the Zhechong Commander reported to me that someone was spreading rumors in the army, saying that I was afraid of the enemy and war, and that war was happening on the border. The Eastern Turks' army of attacking the border south had gathered outside Lingzhou and was preparing to attack the border south, and had already fought several battles with the Lingzhou border army of the King of Rencheng!

After a day, these rumors began to spread throughout Xiaoguan. I was surprised that I, as a vanguard, had not received any news yet. Some people in the army received such military information before me, and even the common people knew it first.

I also said that I was afraid of the enemy. Isn’t this a joke? My Hou Junji followed His Majesty to fight in the east and west. No matter in the environment of evil, he never frowned! These words are speechless, and there are still people who believe it!"

"It seems that the enemy is anxious now, otherwise such rumors would not be released. Isn't this a warning to the enemy?"

"Well, Jie Li Khan seems to be unable to wait anymore, so he should launch an offensive recently. Thank you for your hard work, it's time for you tomorrow..."

After discussion, Qin Shubao, Hou Junji, Zheng Rentai and Zhang Yang discussed it, it was finally confirmed that Hou Junji led his 30,000 vanguard army to set out tomorrow, leave Xiaoguan, and go to Anlezhou, along Anlechuan, and arrive in Gaolanzhou. After resting for two days, it will turn around again, return to Anlezhou, and go to Tongxin.

At that time, it was already the 70,000 main force led by Qin Shubao, Jie Li Khan and the 200,000 Eastern Turks led by Tuli Khan, and the 200,000 Eastern Turks headed by Tuli Khan, and the extremely fierce battle was extremely fierce. At this time, the sudden invasion of 30,000 elite cavalry led by Hou Junji could suddenly enter, which could play a role in determining the universe in one battle. Even if we could not defeat the Eastern Turks in this battle, we could still make the balance of victory fall to the Tang Dynasty.!~!
Chapter completed!