Chapter 22: The Great Guardians’ Status Conference - Interrupted!

The second day after the meeting of the Broken Leafs, at the second hour of the Chen Shi, the first Anxi Grand Guardians' Statue Conference was held after Zhang Mai established his identity as a special envoy.

Although the Broken Leaf Society sets the four major goals of "Save Tang people, contact Chang'an, restore the Western Regions, and comprehensively revitalize the Tang Dynasty", when thinking about the current situation of the Anxi Tang army, those who are more mature think that these four major goals are just slogans to cheer up morale.

The old people think that only 800 soldiers are a joke about restoring the Western Regions and revitalizing the Tang Dynasty. Even contacting Chang'an is a nearly impossible task under the current situation.

Yang Dingguo and others all believed that the most important thing at the moment was how to survive.

The new scattered Ye City has been destroyed. Even if the city is built again, the fields are opened, and the grass is re-grazed, it will be impossible to do it because the Uighurs may make a comeback at any time.

In other words, this land has to be given up. The military and civilians of Anxi are destined to migrate. The question now is: Where will the Tang army in Anxi go after giving up this land?

At the meeting, Guo Shidao first issued a new military personnel appointment.

The Anxi Tang Army in Xinxuye City is divided into two divisions: military and civilian divisions. The military headquarters is the combat troops, with 800 people. After the defeat of Shuye City, the army withdrew into the Spark Fort. During the period when Zhang Mai was practicing martial arts, Guo Shidao and Yang Dingguo adjusted the population of the Tang army, reducing the productive population, and selected 250 strong men from it to transfer them to the combat troops. These people had the qualities of militia. When Shuye was still alive, the combat troops were usually trained, and helped produce when farming and animal husbandry work was busy, and they were on standby to attack. These civilians were usually responsible for production, but after training, they could get horses, bows, swords, and kill people when they encountered the battle. I believe that after actual combat baptism, they would soon become a strong soldier.

At the same time, Yang Dingguo presided over the prisoners and picked out 150 of them after An Shoujing's training and invaded the original troops. In this way, it happened to be a Dazhechong Mansion, with four battalions, totaling 1,200 people.

At this time, Guo Shidao issued an appointment, among the four battalions: the first battalion, the Feixiong Camp, Guo Shidao, was the general of Guo Shidao; the second battalion, had Yang Dingbang as the captain; the third battalion, Yingyang Camp, was appointed Guo Luo's clan uncle, Guo Shiyong as the captain; the fourth battalion, was appointed An Shoujing as the captain.

The reorganization of these four battalions has been completed in the Spark Fort, and now the appointment ceremony has been completed in front of the special envoy Zhang Mai.

Then, Guo Shidao explained that the main topic of this meeting was to decide the future development ideas of An Tang army. An Liu was the first to speak, and he proposed that there would be a rather hidden valley to live in three hundred miles west and four hundred miles north. "Although it is more difficult than here, if you move there, the Uighurs would not be able to find us in a year or two."

However, this new Thunder Leaf City is already a bitter and cold place. Even Maswude thinks it is a place where "birds don't shit". If it goes three hundred miles west and four hundred miles north, what place will it be!

"Do you really want to be a savage in the mountains?" Yang Yi said softly. An Liuyi felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, but several young generals couldn't help laughing out loud.

"But we have no choice. Although there are better aquatic plants to the southeast and the weather is not that cold, it is too close to the Uighurs and it is impossible to farm and herd sheep." An Liu said. The old man was the oldest in the entire military tent meeting, but he had an angry young man's mentality. The young men were so enterprising but not able to retreat and laughed, but he did not think it was offensive at all.

Guo Shidao and others also thought this was a dilemma. Yang Dingguo sighed: "Actually, our Broken Leaf is already a good place. The water and soil can be used for farming and farming, and the weather is still tolerated. You can also obtain some supplies across the Broken Leaf Desert in the south." He paused at this point, "It's a pity that he has been discovered now."

Between avoiding the enemy's eyes and resting, this new shattered Ye City is at the best balance point.

However, as an outsider who has traveled through thousands of years, Zhang Mai has the advantage of being a bystander, and has more than a thousand years of historical experience. After repeated repetitions last night, he had another thought in his heart about the future of the Anxi Tang Army!

"I think," Zhang Mai said: "The previous ideas of our Anxi Tang Army should probably be adjusted."

Hearing that Zhang Mai was about to express his own opinions, Guo Shidao, Yang Dingguo and others turned around and looked over, while the young generals were even more full of expectations.

Although he didn't sleep all night last night, Zhang Mai's spirit seemed very strong and his voice was loud: "Yes, we shouldn't think about farming and pastoring, we shouldn't just think about hiding, trying to stick to it, and defending and counterattack when we encounter enemy invasion - that was what we did when we were in the Central Plains, but now we don't have that condition."

Guo Shidao asked: "What should we do if we follow the special envoy's meaning?"

"I think..." Zhang Mai was about to continue speaking, but Ding Hanshan broke in. Logically, when the meeting of the Great Guardians' tent was held, he could not enter without any incident. However, Ding Hanshan brought a terrible news that was enough to plan for the meeting: "Eighty miles southeast, light cavalry was discovered!"

"What! How could it come so quickly!" Guo Shidao was moved in a panic. The old man, who was in his 50s, had his eyes drooped, and he issued an order like a cannon: "Yang Dingbang, Guo Shiyong!"

"exist!"

"Baotao Camp, Yingyang Camp set out immediately! If there are few enemy soldiers, try to wipe out them all! Don't miss one! If the enemy is powerful, try to hold them back! Before noon tomorrow, you must not let them enter within thirty miles!"

Yang Dingbang and Guo Shiyong immediately took the order.

"Are the Xiaoqi Camp, the Qilu, and the traps ready?"

An Shoujing said: "It's already prepared."

"Okay, if the enemy is powerful, Baotao and Yingyang cannot resist it, the Xiaoqi Camp will act as a confusing army and be responsible for luring the enemy into the wrong path!"

To lead the enemy into the dilemma, it is equivalent to fighting for your own life to gain time for the main force! Those who confuse the army will die for a lifetime! But An Shoujing did not hesitate: "Yes!"

"Yang Dingguo!"

"exist!"

"Immediately send an order, everyone in the Civil Affairs Department will get on the horse, waiting for the order at any time - as for those who cannot get on the horse..." Guo Shidao sighed in grief: "Let's retreat to the Spark Fort."

Zhang Mai was upset. Yang Dingguo had already taken the order. An Liu said, "Don't let the Spark Fort?"

"The military affairs must not be repeated! It is impossible for the same rabbit cave to hide from the fox twice in a row." Guo Shidao said.

An Liu asked: "Then where should we evacuate?"

Guo Shidao pondered for a moment and said, "Let's live in the valley you have spotted first."

After everyone went out, there were only two people left in the military tent. Seeing that everyone had something to do, Zhang Mai was idle, he said, "Old Guo, let me arrange some tasks too."

"This... Special Envoy, you are a daughter-in-law, don't move easily, so it's better to stay in the tent." Guo Shidao said.

What a daughter-in-law. Although Zhang Mai was also afraid of death, he felt that he had become a bystander again at this moment. This made him feel uncomfortable.

When he opened the curtain, everyone outside became busy in an orderly manner, but he was idle. This feeling seemed to be back when he had just entered the Thunder Ye City.

At a glance, Tang Renxiao was still by his side - he was Zhang Mai's guard captain, and he was not far away at this time.

"Be kind and filial!"

"exist!"
Chapter completed!