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Li Shimin finally arrived.

In the cold wind of November, the horns are melodious and the drums are noisy.

Li Tang, who was in full swing, made several consecutive games in Hebei, which attracted everyone from all over the court to attach great importance to the Hebei rebels. Li Killing God finally appeared, and everyone was hoping for the elite Guanzhong to fight all the way to Hebei.

In Liyang City, Li Shiji was already gathering generals while beating drums.

"Follow me to go out of the city twenty miles to welcome His Highness Qin!" Li Shiji wore neatly, with mountain civilization light armor, phoenix winged horns, and a sliver belt of the sliver of the lion, a scarlet cloak on his back, and a sword pressed on his waist with his hands, the sound was like a bell.

Zhang Chao also put on his own clothes. He originally wanted to wear that set of silk armor, but Qin Qiong insisted on him wearing the bright light armor. The weight of dozens of kilograms was pressed on his body, and Zhang Chao had to hold the 15-kilogram bright silver spear, feeling a little breathless.

He was low in his position, and he had no place in the big tent. He only stood outside far away from the big distance, and could vaguely hear the words in the tent. The north wind was blowing, and Zhang Chao felt very cold. His feet were frozen, his hands were frozen, and his face was even colder. He regretted not bringing some homemade face cream and lip balm when he came.

Li Shimin has a great pomp and a strong momentum.

This time, he brought tens of thousands of large troops.

Li Shimin brought three legions, each of which had 14,000 combat troops and 6,000 logistics auxiliary troops. Each legion was divided into the Central Army, the Left Yu Hou Army, the Right Yu Hou Army, the Left Front Army, the Left Back Army, the Right Front Army, and the Right Back Army Seventh Army.

Among them, there were 4,000 central troops, 2,800 left and right Yuhou troops, and 2,600 left and right front and back four armies.

This army, drawn by elite Guanzhong soldiers, was reorganized in Chang'an.

Three people have a squad, three squadrons and one squadron, five squadrons, one captain, one deputy, one officer in charge of military law and secretary, and two flag bearers to form a brigade of fifty people.

There are 4,000 people in the central army, with fifty-six brigades. They are divided into five battalions: crossbowmen, archers, horsemen, jumping and surprise soldiers.

There are four hundred people in the crossbowman camp, four hundred people in the bowman camp, five hundred people in the jumping camp, five hundred strange barracks, and one thousand horse barracks. Each battalion is divided into two to four regiments.

Zhang Chao has made up for the Tang army's combat organization these days.

The soldiers of the palace were usually scattered in various cavalry and chariots, but the previous and the expedition were all drawn, and they rarely mobilized the entire military mansion directly.

These soldiers were drawn to war and would reorganize after they assembled at designated locations.

For example, Li Shimin led his troops to fight this time, and it was a large army. Each army had 20,000 troops, 14,000 soldiers and 6,000 auxiliary soldiers, and each army had seven armies. Each army also had several battalions and regiments, with teams below.

This kind of legion organization is not simply divided into the number of soldiers in the palace, but also has various profession combinations, such as archers, crossbowmen, horse soldiers, etc.

Among them, the jumping soldiers are the Tang army's vanguard commando, which is usually made by sword players.

The crossbowmen team is considered a multi-purpose infantry, the archer team belongs to the front light infantry, the jumping team belongs to the first-line heavy infantry, and the surprise team belongs to the second-line reserve heavy infantry.

It was precisely because of their clear division of labor and relatively advanced equipment, coupled with the system of unity of soldiers and farmers, that the Tang army won many battles.

If we add the vanguard army of the eight general managers including Qin Qiong and Li Shiji's Liyang garrison army, the Tang army dispatched five legions.

The three armies brought by Li Shimin alone have a total of 42,000 elite combat soldiers. There are also 18,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians. Tens of thousands of troops arrive, which does feel overwhelming.

Zhang Chao followed Li Shiji and others out of the city to greet him, and rode a horse for a long time before he saw Li Shimin's army.

Looking around, there are people everywhere.

Li Shimin's three legions and twenty-one army arrived one after another. These troops lined up in long queues, followed by logistics and supplies auxiliary soldiers, feeling that they could not see the beginning or the end.

It is said that when Yang Guang conquered Liao, he built more than one million troops and sent an army every day. As a result, it took a month to complete the troops, and the army lined up hundreds of miles long.

Looking at this dazzling unit, Zhang Chao had to admit that it should be the strongest army today. Judging from their momentum, their equipment, and especially the high fighting spirit of these people, you can tell how powerful this unit is.

These soldiers were fearless or even expected of fighting. The young and strong from all over Guanzhong were extremely strong, without old and weak, without old men or boy scouts, and were generally strong.

Only those good people in Guanzhong who are of medium or above and have a large number of strong and strong are qualified to be selected as the government soldiers. If you want to be an ordinary person, you are not qualified yet.

Because many of the soldiers in the palace were self-cultivated farmers and were exempted from taxes from the court, they had the money to buy equipment such as horizontal swords, bright light armor, bows and arrows, and could also provide a group of six mules, greatly increasing the combat effectiveness of the Tang army.

"Liu Heita is really looking for death!"

Zhang Chao looked at the army and sighed, "No matter how dissatisfied with Guanzhong's rule, it would be useless." Li Shimin came and brought the elite Guanzhong royal army. This was not the mob that brought surrender in the Central Plains that Li Shentong and Li Xiaochang led.

Li Shimin was very domineering. He met Li Shiji and Qin Qiong outside Liyang City. After listening to their reports, he directly issued an order. The army did not stay in Liyang City, but advanced directly to the north and rushed towards Liu Heita's old nest Mingzhou.

Li Shimin didn't want to get into trouble with the rebels, so he was ready to capture the thief and first capture the king.

"With Shubao and the eight generals of Jingde as the vanguard, Maogong and Li Yi led the headquarters to cooperate, and I led the army closely behind."

On that day, Li Shimin's army camped outside Liyang City for a day, but the army did not even enter the city.

Zhang Chao had been struggling outside the city for a long time, and finally returned to the city's slandered barracks. After just baking, he would get a fire. As a result, he received the order from Li Shiji, and sent his personal soldiers over.

"Duke Cao asked Zhang Zongjun to clean up and set off with the army tomorrow morning."

"Let's go, where to go?" Zhang Chao was stunned.

The veteran said with a smile, "Of course I'm going to Mingzhou."

"Mingzhou? The general manager agreed to me at the beginning, and I'll just be in charge of the wounded barracks here."

"Then I don't know this. I only know that the general manager has an order and ask me to pass it on." After saying that, the veteran didn't leave, "Sanlang, do you have anything delicious here? Come and have some ham and sausages."

"Just go there and find your Li Sanlang."

Zhang Chao was a little lost. He went to the battlefield. I am the most unwilling to go to the battlefield.

Why is Li Shiji like this? He agreed at the beginning. No, let's go to him to reason.

Zhang Chao rushed to the General Administration Office, and Li Shiji was waiting for him with a smile.

"I knew you would come to me, why are you not happy?"

Zhang Chao sighed, "I just think I'm more suitable in the wounded barracks."

"The wounded barracks are almost gone, why are you still here? Besides, I don't mean to ask you to go to Mingzhou. The King of Qin also heard about the wounded barracks and praised you specifically. It was the King of Qin who wanted to go to Mingzhou to accompany the army. That's the King of Qin's intention, and I can't help it."

Zhang Chao was so angry that his teeth were itchy, but as Li Shiji said, if it was Li Shimin's intention, then no one could do anything about it.

Back at the wounded barracks, Zhang Chao could only clean up his things honestly.

As a result, as soon as he entered the house, he found that Cheng Chumo had already packed all the things for him. As for their own things, they had already packed them up.

Looking at their excited faces, they were still very excited.

Damn, I will take you here to have delicious food and drink every day. I don’t know how good your life is. You just want to go out to drink the northwest wind?

Cook at the fourth update and camp at the fifth update.

Before dawn, the horn had sounded, and the army set out.

Zhang Chao rode his horse in the morning frost wind and walked in the snow, looking back at the smaller and smaller Liyang City.

Although Cheng Chumo and others advised Zhang Chao to wear the bright light armor, Zhang Chao would not agree to it even if he was beaten to death. Usually, he could burn his bags and wear such heavy armor, but he would be exhausted even if he was tired. If he really encountered an enemy attack or something, Zhang Chao would not expect the armor to have much effect. He sacrificed mobility in exchange for defense. Zhang Chao felt that it was the most unprofitable.

If you really want to be attacked, you should run faster in light silk armor.

Thirty-six strategies, don’t you say that leaving is the best strategy?

Zhang Chao had many kinds of possessions, but fortunately, Li Shiji specially pulled a batch of mules for him, and Cui Yan and Li Bi's two regiments also acted with him.

Only some civil servants were left in Liyang City to take care of the wounded there, and other doctors and civil servants who had received training and became skilled medical workers were all with the army. Although my father was seriously injured, he was still staying in Liyang City to take care of him.

Zhang Chao's medical battalion was kept intact, but he was no longer under Li Shiji's command, but was directly transferred to the central army. The entire medical battalion company's escort force followed Li Shimin's central army.

The central army is still good. There are vanguard troops such as Qin Qiong in front to open the way, and Li Shiji's troops are protected on the flanks.

The army is not fast, only about thirty miles a day.

Zhang Chao rides a horse every day, and it’s really easy to travel thirty miles.

Li Shimin has already admitted that Li Shiji had appointed Zhang Chao as the military position. After seeing Li Yang's wounded barracks, he listened to the reports of Li Shiji and others, and personally saw the excellent results of the alcohol and white medicine produced by Zhang Chao, he directly appointed Zhang Chao as the military doctor leader in the army.

He fully supports Zhang Chao's idea of ​​a field hospital proposed by him.

The officer was still a seventh-rank military officer, but Zhang Chao now manages dozens of doctors and hundreds of civilians, as well as two regiments of war guards to assist in cooperation.

During the march, Zhang Chao did nothing.

Although many soldiers have frostbite, can frostbite be called injury?

Anyway, even the soldiers themselves don’t take it seriously. What a big deal about having frostbite is it? As long as you don’t have frozen ears or toes, it’s not a big deal.

Zhang Chao had no choice but to send a notice to the generals of each battalion, asking them to inform everyone to boil the water and drink it, especially not to eat snow directly. Even if there is no water, the snow should be put into a pot and let the snow melt and drink it after a while.

Such a dull and somewhat boring march, repeated for many days, day after day, Zhang Chao kept ambushing with great concern, and things like attacking the camp had never happened.

Until this day, the order was sent before, and the entire army camped on the spot.

Mingzhou City is not far away, and ahead is Mingshui City.

"I heard that the wealthy families in Mingshui City are afraid of Tianwei and have surrendered to the city."

"Ah, Mingshui City is the gateway to Mingshui City. Once Mingshui is obtained, Mingshui City is within reach."

"That's certain, maybe we can still rush home to celebrate the New Year." A group of soldiers in the palace smiled quite optimistically.
Chapter completed!