Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 84
Since killing Zhang Yu, the three thousand soldiers and horses have obviously become much more obedient.

Of course, they were obedient not because they affirmed Qin Tian from the bottom of their hearts, but because they were afraid of Qin Tian's favor from Li Shimin and Qin Tian's subordinate Hu Shiba.

For this situation, Qin Tian himself is also clear.

If you want the soldiers to be convinced by you, you can't rely on grace or force alone. You must also let them see your own ability.

Only when they recognize their own abilities, will they respect themselves from the bottom of their hearts.

However, at this time Qin Tian didn't have time to think about how to win the respect of the soldiers. He only needed to let the soldiers see his own strength when he attacked Yunzhou.

Now he has more important things to do.

Although the soldiers no longer had any doubts about his orders, during the march, he found that the physical fitness of the three thousand soldiers and horses was obviously much worse than that of the seven thousand soldiers and horses led by Li Shimin.

Apparently, in order to protect Li Shimin as much as possible, the person who assigned the soldiers and horses took away the elite of the [-] soldiers and horses, leaving Qin Tian with only [-] weaker ones.

These people's physique is not good, and they will feel tired after walking for a while, and most importantly, a large part of them have never been on the battlefield, let alone learned fighting skills.

People like them are very likely to die on the battlefield.

"Brother Tian, ​​these people are too weak to kill the enemy at all." After discovering this, Qin Wu immediately became worried. If soldiers and horses are not good enough, if they go to Yunzhou, they will die.

When he said this, Qin Wu glanced at Hu Shiba. He knew that Hu Shiba had fought in war before, and he wanted Hu Shiba to agree with his words.

But Hu Shiba curled his lips in disdain: "Everyone is weak, including you."

In Hu Shiba's eyes, there is no strong person at all, including Qin Wu. This made Qin Wu a little embarrassed. He wanted to refute, but when he thought of Hu Shiba's strength, he could only bear it. .

But no, I am also a weak person with Hu Shiba.

He felt that Hu Shiba was boring.

"Brother Tian, ​​what should we do now?"

Qin Tian pondered for a moment, and said: "If your strength is not enough, then train your troops and improve your strength."

"Training soldiers? But we don't know how?" Qin Wu also knows some fists and kicks, so he can train soldiers there.

Qin Tian smiled and said: "You won't, I will, inform our soldiers and horses that we will train our troops while we are resting."

"Here!" Qin Wu didn't question, and immediately agreed.

And Qin Tian here is thinking about how to train troops and how to improve his strength.

According to the training method of special forces of later generations, it is naturally feasible, but that method cannot be practiced overnight. Now they are pressed for time, and there is no time for special forces training.

Even ordinary military training is too late, they have to hurry, no time to run, no time to stand in military posture.

Therefore, we can only start with the art of war.

From ancient times to the present, there are many art of war left by China, and the existence of art of war is to be able to defeat the strong with the weak. If the strength is strong enough, why do you still learn the art of war?
The weak have always been good at learning the art of war, because they want to win more with less, and want to beat the strong with the weak.

Now Qin Tian and the others are weak, so they can only learn the art of war to enhance their own strength.

The art of war includes many things, including battle strategies, and some formations during battles. What Qin Tian wants to teach those soldiers now is the formation method.

If the array is used well, it can increase its strength several times.

Qin Tian used his golden finger to find several military books to read, and after reading them, he was basically able to comprehend them.

After understanding, he took advantage of his spare time to teach these formations to the soldiers and let them practice and drill a lot.

After walking like this for a few days, the three thousand soldiers and horses have already mastered four or five formations.

But at this time, the attitude of these soldiers towards Qin Tian was quite different.

"I thought that this Qin Tian was able to lead us only because of King Qin's favor, but I didn't expect him to be really capable, and he even knows the art of war."

"Who says no, it seems that we have underestimated him before."

"Naturally, His Royal Highness the King of Qin can misjudge people. We will just follow Qin Tian in the future. Maybe we can really make great achievements."

"That's right, that's right. I think the formations he taught are very powerful. It may not be difficult to conquer Yunzhou when the time comes."

The soldiers began to admire Qin Tian in private, and Qin Wu occasionally heard a sentence or two, and his admiration for Qin Tian increased even more.

"Brother Tian, ​​it's not easy!"
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Just as Qin Tian was training towards Yunzhou, Li Shimin was getting closer to Luzhou.

Liang is to the west of the Later Sui Dynasty, so Li Shimin and the others must have arrived in Luzhou first.

And just as Li Shimin was marching towards Luzhou with seven thousand Tang troops, Jiang Tong, the guard on Luzhou's side, had already received a secret report from the spies.

"General, Li Shimin, the king of Tang Dynasty and Qin Dynasty, led seven thousand soldiers and horses to our side."

After hearing the news, Jiang Tong chuckled: "This Li Shimin really takes himself seriously. Seven thousand soldiers dare to attack me in Luzhou? It's beyond self-control."

Jiang Tong had [-] soldiers in Luzhou, although it was not many, but Li Shimin only brought [-] soldiers and wanted to attack Liang Guo. He felt that Li Shimin was too self-righteous.

If it was just the two armies fighting, he wouldn't say anything, but he had Luzhou City to defend, and Li Shimin didn't have troops several times his own, so he didn't even think about breaking through Luzhou City.

"Pass down the order and wait for it. As soon as there is news, report it immediately."

"Here!"

Liang Guo's soldiers and horses were guarding the town of Luzhou, and only Li Shimin's soldiers and horses came.

Li Shimin walked here for another three days, and finally came to the territory of Luzhou.

"Auxiliary machine, what good strategy do you have for Luzhou City?"

Changsun Wuji thought for a while and smiled: "My lord, in fact, our purpose is to encircle Wei and save Zhao, not to destroy Wei and save Zhao, so my subordinates feel that it doesn't matter whether we can capture Luzhou City or not, as long as we let Liang Shidu on the Lingzhou side Just feel that Liang is in danger."

Li Shimin nodded: "What does the auxiliary machine mean?"

"We don't want to capture Luzhou City, but we must make the defenders in Luzhou City feel dangerous, and make him unconsciously want to ask Liang Shidu for help, so what the subordinates mean is that they can attack, but don't have the intention of breaking it. "

After Li Shimin finished listening, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The auxiliary machine makes sense."

"Then the prince agrees with his subordinate's proposal?"

Li Shimin shook his head: "No, since I'm here, I'm going to capture Luzhou City and include it in our Tang territory, so that even Master Liang in Lingzhou will feel a real crisis."

Changsun Wuji was stunned, smiled wryly, and was speechless.

(End of this chapter)