Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 405 Difficulties (Ask for a monthly pass!)
In the early morning of the next day, Liang Xiao strode into Weiyang Palace wearing the military uniform bestowed by the emperor and carrying a jade sword.

The Lang officials at the gate of the palace lined the road to welcome, and they did not hide the envy in their eyes, and even a little bit of jealousy.There are quite a few people who joined the army with their hair and hair, and there are only a handful of people like Liang Xiao who can become a marquis after a few years in office, and there are more people like Li Guang who have fought for a lifetime and have no hope of being a marquis.

To be a marquis at a young age, to be appreciated by the emperor, and to be favored by beauties is the greatest ambition that most people can imagine, just like countless people in future generations hope to become CEOs, marry Bai Fumei, and reach the pinnacle of life.

Liang Xiao stopped, greeted the Lang officials, and made a few jokes.

"Bo Ming, after you come back from meritorious service this time, you have to marry the Lord Huainan, right?" A Lang official squeezed his eyes and said with a smirk: "Don't let the beauty wait too long, otherwise, you won't be allowed to marry me on the wedding night." go to bed."

"You thought it was you." Another Lang Guan pushed him away, looked Liang Xiao up and down, and clicked his tongue. "Look, people rely on clothes, and wearing this armor is really majestic. If you walk around Chang'an Street, I don't know how many girls will be pregnant."

"Bo Ming earned it with his life. If you are jealous, earn it yourself." An older Lang Guan came over and pushed his companions away. "Bo Ming, go in quickly, don't keep His Majesty waiting. What can you say to these rabbit masters? They are cowardly, jealous, and worthless."

The Lang officials laughed together.Liang Xiao also smiled, waved his hand, and walked into the palace gate.If he hadn't entered the palace, he wouldn't have dressed so flamboyantly.In this era, it is the privilege of successful people to travel in brocade clothes and return to their hometown. Otherwise, it is not enough to comfort their lives.But he is not very used to it, he always feels a bit like a villain who gets rich as if he suffers.

It has to be said that although he has been reborn in the Han Dynasty for four or five years, his appearance is no different from that of ordinary Han people, but he still has not fully adapted psychologically.

When they arrived near the front hall, the officials said that the emperor was discussing matters with Yan Zhu and other close ministers in the Chengming Hall.Liang Xiao hurried to Chengming Hall again.Seeing Liang Xiao's bright armor, the emperor's eyes lit up, and he praised: "This is my son of the Han family."

Liang Xiao bowed and saluted. "This is His Majesty's favor, I dare not forget it for a moment."

The emperor smiled. "Just wear this armor and go to Longyou, and tell the soldiers that the imperial court has prepared generous rewards, just waiting for your triumphant return. Liang Xiao, I have ordered the Beique to be cleaned up, and you can catch more prisoners and bring them back. I will hang their heads on the gate of the palace to pay homage to the ancestors of the past generations."

Liang Xiao said with emotion: "With His Majesty's trust, I dare not serve you with death."

"Very good!" The emperor encouraged Liang Xiao a few more words, and then let Liang Xiao out of the palace.

After leaving the palace, Liang Xiao got on his horse, led his personal guard knights, walked along the street, went out to the city gate, and left without dust.

He traveled day and night with two horses alone, and arrived in Longxi in just six days.

After leaving Longguan, Liang Xiao felt the atmosphere of the battle.Teams of servants can be seen at any time on the road, driving cattle and horses, pulling carts of freshly harvested grain and various supplies, and rushing to the front line.Most of them are dark complexion, shabby clothes, haggard face, taciturn.Seeing Liang Xiao and his party in fresh clothes and angry horses, they didn't see much excitement in their eyes, instead there was some fear or deep disgust.

Liang Xiao knew that for these ordinary people, war meant a heavy burden, especially the corvee, the government did not pay them, and sometimes they would even deduct their meals when meeting bad officials.The cattle and horses are also their own, and if they die, it will be an unbearable loss.They paid a price, but they won't gain anything. If they win a battle, the reward is for the soldiers, and it has nothing to do with them.

At this moment, Liang Xiao couldn't care less about pity them.In his opinion, the only thing he can do for them is how to relieve the threat of the Huns at the lowest cost, so that these people can live in peace and contentment without worrying about the threat of the Huns.

Liang Xiao came to the Sheriff's Mansion and saw Li Guang, Li Xi and others.

Li Guang was busy, and was surrounded by a group of subordinate officials to report various data. It was obvious that he was not very impatient.Li Guang was literate, but he was not educated. He had been an official for many years, and he had served as the prefect of the border county for many years, but he still refused these trivial tasks.Seeing Liang Xiao, he immediately stood up, as if he had found a scapegoat, and showed a relieved smile.

"You came so fast, you arrived just two days after the paperwork arrived."

Liang Xiao hurriedly saluted. "I've seen the two generals. The big battle is about to start, and one day earlier, we can get familiar with the situation earlier. General, how are you preparing?"

"Ask them." Li Guang waved his hand and pulled a scribe to Liang Xiao. "I'll leave it to you here. If you don't understand anything, just ask General Li Xi. He has been stationed in the border for many years and is very familiar with the Huns. I still have something to do. I want to go out." Li Guang laughed, and patted Liang Xiao's with his big hand. Armor, whispered again: "Boy, are you provoking me on purpose?"

"No way, it's the emperor's edict." Liang Xiao shrugged helplessly. "You don't need to be jealous, the general. After this battle is over, you should also be named Marquis."

"I hope so." Li Guang raised his eyebrows, turned and left.Li Gan hurriedly followed, Li Jiao wanted to run too, but was grabbed by Liang Xiao. "You can't go too far in life. You father and son have all run away. Leave this mess to me alone?"

Li Jiao grinned and begged for mercy: "Bo Ming, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I'm not good at this."

"You're not good at it, but I'm good at it?" Liang Xiao said angrily, "Are you a brother? If you're a brother, you have to share the difficulties."

While speaking, Li Gan had already rushed to the door, leaving Li Jiao with a gloating grimace.With a bitter face, Li Jiao had no choice but to stay.

When Liang Xiao was chatting and laughing with the Li family father and son, Li Xi had been sitting quietly by the side, but now he stood up and cupped his hands. "Once Liang Junhou arrives, the morale of our army will definitely increase, and we will be able to defeat the enemy in one battle."

Liang Xiao didn't dare to neglect, and hurried forward to salute.Li Xi is not well-known in history, but he is actually an experienced titan.This time the emperor accepted his suggestion and focused his attack on Hexi and Henan, and then he called Li Xi to help.Li Xi is a native of the Northland and has commanded troops for many years. He is very familiar with the terrain here and has experience in commanding operations.

"The general won the award, but the boy dare not be. Sneak attack and harassment can be based on blood and courage. When the two armies confront each other, they need to rely on a veteran general like the general to command."

Li Xi smiled slightly. "Junhou is humble. Junhou has become famous as a young man, but he has such a heart, which really makes us ashamed."

Liang Xiao smiled all over his face, and hurriedly said a few words modestly.

From the moment he received the emperor's order to go out in uniform, he knew that he was pushed to the forefront.The officers and men in the army are mainly composed of the six counties in the northwest. Li Guang and Li Xi are both young men who joined the army. They have fought for half their lives and have not yet had the opportunity to be named a marquis. He is a young man from the east, and he was named a marquis in the first battle. .The emperor ordered him to be so flamboyant, and let him be Li Guang's assistant general instead of Li Xi, a veteran general.

There is no way, at this time, I can only lower my posture and try my best to build a good relationship with my colleagues.He flattered Li Xi with half-truth and half-fake, and revealed the meaning inside and outside the words. In name, he was the second only to Li Guang's general, but in fact he was just the supervisor sent by the emperor. Xi is the master.This is an opportunity created by the emperor for them to become marquises, you should seize it and don't be arrogant.

Although Li Xi is not a cultural person, he is not as neurotic as Li Guang.He heard the warning from Liang Xiao's seemingly modest attitude, and of course he was unwilling to act rashly, which not only offended the emperor, but also wasted this good opportunity to become a marquis.Since Liang Xiao was so low-key, he wouldn't be angry with a young man and have trouble with his own future.

With the help of Li Xi and Li Jiao, it took Liang Xiao two days to basically understand the preparations for the battle in Longxi.The officials in the prefect's mansion and the military mansion are similar to Li Guang's father and son, not like civil servants, but more like warriors.There is no way, there are too few people who can read here, who can write their own names, and those who can add and subtract within one hundred are considered literati.Faced with a large number of tens of millions, they were all a little bit blind.

The results of the statistics were very bad, and many supplies were not in place according to the planned time.The biggest problem is the strength of the army. The expected 2 army has only reached more than [-], the cavalry is only [-], and the number of war horses is insufficient, only more than [-].

Liang Xiao was puzzled. "Isn't there nearly [-] horses in the Longxi Pastoral Garden? Why did they provide more than [-] horses?"

Li Jiao explained.There are [-] registered horses in Muyuan, but it is impossible to have [-] horses that can be used.There are too many places to use horses, except for the young horses and stallions that must be kept in stalls. It is a metaphor that the knights accompanying officials at all levels should be equipped with war horses, the postmen in various places should have spare horses, and the generals’ personal guards should also be equipped. horses.These [-] horses are already the maximum capacity of Longxi Muyuan.

If you are not in charge of a family, you don't know how expensive it is. Liang Xiao knew how extravagant he was before when he came into contact with these affairs for the first time.According to his previous habit of one man and three horses, [-] horses can only equip a maximum of [-] knights.But if you want to fight against the main force of the Huns, let alone five thousand riders, even if you have ten thousand riders, there is not enough chance of winning.

Liang Xiao pondered for a moment: "How many knights have you recruited?"

"There are probably more than 3000. Although they have more horses, they are not enough for one person and two horses."

Liang Xiao shook his head, this is still not enough.According to the predetermined battle plan, as the West Route Army, they not only wanted to take all the Xiutu land, but also crossed the desert, and cooperated with the other two armies to take all the land in Henan.After that, depending on the casualties and war damage, if there is still energy left, go deep into Hexi and sweep the Hexi Corridor.

Chang'an had already been cautious enough when making the plan, but it was still difficult to actually implement it, and it had to be compromised everywhere.Although Liang Xiao had some mental preparations, he was still very worried when he saw these numbers.

He decided to report to the court immediately.

Li Jiao stopped him. "You are too cautious. For us, these are enough. Although the number is insufficient, the morale is strong and the hearts of the people are available."

Liang Xiao glanced at Li Jiao, signaled the officials to go out first, closed the door, and said to Li Jiao in a low voice: "Brother Li, there is something that I think I need to remind you again."

Seeing Liang Xiao so serious, Li Jiao didn't dare to be careless. "you say."

"This battle is a good opportunity for the general to become a marquis. I can understand the urgency of your father and son. But because of this, we must be more cautious. Even if this battle is postponed for a year or so, the general can afford to wait. But in case Once defeated, it will be impossible to launch such a large-scale war within three to five years, or even ten years, can the general afford to wait?"

Li Jiao frowned, doubtful. "As for what? Not to mention that we have at least a [-]% or [-]% winning rate. Even if we lose, the losses are limited. It won't mean that we won't be able to fight again in ten years."

"It has nothing to do with strength, it has something to do with the face of the emperor. This is the first battle after the emperor took office. It took so much talk to barely win the support of the courtiers, especially the queen mother. If he loses, the prestige of the emperor will be damaged, and opposition will rise again. The empress dowager is in power, just like the empress dowager when she was alive, what should I do? Since it is the first battle, I either don’t fight, but I must win if I fight, and I want to win beautifully. If you are not sure, it’s better not to fight.”

Li Jiao fell silent.The empress dowager is the emperor's grandmother, she is dying and should have died long ago.The Queen Mother is different. She has just passed 50 years old. Under normal circumstances, she will live for another ten or twenty years without any problems.

However, Li Guang couldn't wait any longer.

Li Jiao didn't dare to make a decision, and went to find Li Guang with Liang Xiao.Li Guang's attitude was the same as that of Li Jiao's. At first, he was a little hesitant. After listening to Liang Xiao's reminder, he also realized that the risk was far greater than he imagined.However, he was unwilling to give up this opportunity.

This might be his best chance yet.

The Son of Heaven not only gave him the chance to act alone, but also asked Liang Xiao instead of Li Xi to be his general.Generally speaking, General Xi is not only a substitute for the main general in case of an accident, but also a check and balance and monitoring of the main general.Because of this relationship, it is not uncommon for the general to compete with the main general, and even to falsely accuse the main general.

Liang Xiao was different. Although Liang Xiao was deeply trusted by the emperor, he was his subordinate. He had a close relationship with their father and son and would only help him, not harm him.This is naturally the emperor's compensation for his unrewarded work last time.If you miss this opportunity, you don't know who will be arranged next time.

Li Guang said that this battle must not only be fought, but also won, and won beautifully.
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