The night falls.

Li Chao stood at his big tent with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky. Tonight, the stars were sparse and the sky was dim.

Tuli had crossed the Yinshan Mountains and crossed the actual boundary between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. The Turks had crossed the boundary and the war had officially begun.

Li Chao was not surprised at all about this news. No matter how good the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks were in the past, or how friendly Li Shimin married the Tang Dynasty princess to Tongye Hu and became the nominal brother-in-law of Tongye Hu, all this would not change the current situation.

Behind Li Chao, a group of students were writing on the roll of paper with the butter candle in the tent.

There are both old disciples such as Cheng Chumo, new students such as Wang Xuance, and a group of loyal young generals of the Li family, such as Erniu and Zhuzi.

During the march, Li Chao would open a night shift every night to teach these students. Sometimes not only these students and their family members, but also select some team leaders and leaders who perform well, so that they can also listen.

Li Chao gave lectures, and he was full of imagination and said everything. The contents of different students were different. For example, Su Lie, he was a county magistrate or a third-rank general, and had rich experience in battle formations. Li Chao told him more about strategies and tactics. For example, Cheng Chumo Niu saw the tiger, they were county magistrates and fourth-rank generals, and they were middle and senior generals. Therefore, Li Chao told them targetedly about tactics and team management.

For example, Wang Xuance talked about them, they were only seventh-rank military officers and were considered low-level military officers. Li Chao told them more about team management and team tactical cooperation, etc.

Tonight, Li Chao did not give a lecture, but instead gave these students a question, asking them to write their own strategy for the abrupt situation in front of them.

Although they can't interfere in the national strategic situation for the seventh-rank military officers such as Wang Xuance, Li Chao felt that they could write their views on war and cultivate an excellent officer, of course, they had to cultivate their overall awareness.

Compared to the focus of martial arts skills, Li Chao paid more attention to knowledge, which is the cultivation of their strategy, tactics, and command art. No matter how hard a person can fight, he cannot be a general with a hundred enemies. But an excellent commanding officer does not need to be able to fight, but with his command ability, he can command thousands of troops.

In the army, these command-type officers are most needed, and what they need are staff officers, and the most important thing is those warriors who can beat ten. Warriors are good for training, but good command is rare.

This is exactly what the ancients said that a thousand troops are easy to obtain, but a general is hard to find. This general is not a powerful general who can defeat, but a general who can lead troops.

Establishing a staff office in the army and cultivating a group of staff officers has always been the result of Li Chao's hope.

Li Chao hopes that one day, the court's martial arts will become a real selection of military talents. Regardless of their background, whether they are children of generals or poor children, those young and healthy teenagers can participate in the martial arts examination, and the selected outstanding teenagers will be sent to the youth military academy for teaching, starting from childhood.

When they reach the age of sixteen or seventeen, they will be able to study in a higher level military academy, study in different subjects, and become professional and excellent officers. Students from these military academy can take the martial arts examinations at all levels, and if they pass the child, they will be able to enter the young military academy. If they pass the scholar, they will be able to enter the non-commissioned officer school, they will be able to enter the military academy, and if they pass the Jinshi, they will be able to become students in the martial arts lecture hall.

The combination of military academy and military examination systems has enabled officers to become professional talents, professional soldiers and even excellent soldiers.

After looking at the stars for a while, Li Chao turned around and returned to the account.

The students have finished a thousand-word essay.

Li Chao sat in front of the desk and looked through the students' articles. In general, the longer the students who followed Li Chao, the better they wrote, the more they reached the point. And those low-level military officers like students wrote just the same.

But each of the views is simple.

"Everyone answered well." Li Chao said lightly, and the group of students below listened quietly to Li Chao's comments.

"However, although your strategy theory is very brave, your grasp of strategy is still very immature. There are several others who scold the Turks in the strategy theory for betrayal, etc. In fact, it is very normal to be intrigue between countries. It is about the law of the jungle and the prey of the weak. In short, it is just a sentence. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. All these are unreliable. Remember, the agreement is signed to tear down that day. Axiom and justice are only where the iron hooves of our Tang Dynasty can be stepped on and the battle flag can be inserted."

"The warlike will perish, but be prepared for danger in times of peace, and forget to fight will be dangerous. You are all soldiers, so you must remember one thing that you want to make peace in the world, not to enter the Kuma and release the Nanshan Mountain, but to let the Tang Dynasty have an elite army that will come at any time, come and fight, and fight will win."

"The Turkic commander Ye Hu betrayed the oath between us. It doesn't matter. We will fight him and beat him until he is subdued, and let him give us another oath of covenant."

A group of young military officers were very excited to hear Li Chao say these words.

"I ask you, the current situation is that the enemy is strong and I am weak. How should we defend our country and protect our country, protect our country and the people?"

Su Dingfang stood up unswervingly, "Strategically, we should avoid a full-scale war with the Turks at this time. No one can get any benefit when fighting. But from a tactical perspective, if we want to avoid a full-scale war, we have to win one first. Therefore, I think that at this time, we must first try to win a war. As long as we win one, we can shock the Turks and let them return to the negotiating table. Therefore, although the enemy is strong, as long as we concentrate our troops, choose a battlefield, and fight a beautiful battle on a preset battlefield home field, and cause heavy damage to the Turks, we can achieve our strategic goals and prompt peace talks."

"Very good, these words prove that you are becoming more and more aware of the overall situation now. Yes, the Turks are strong, and the Turks have many soldiers and powerful forces, but there is also one thing: Tongye Hu came from the east, although Tiele was defeated in the north and Turks in the south, the time was still short, and these followers did not see much sincerity. If Tongye Hu was defeated, the people below him might have different plans, and even the Tiele people in the north were determined to fight Tongye Hu again."

"Tongye Hu might think of seizing Hetao or even under the Great Wall, but our goals are different. Our goal is to avoid a full-scale war with them. We just need to concentrate our efforts and plan to give him a heavy blow and let him get our strength."

"Now, tell me, under such a big policy, how should we fight this battle with the Turks?"

Zhuzi stood up and said, "Prime Minister, we won't fight with them in Hetao. We will lead them down to the Great Wall to fight. Relying on the dangerous pass of the Great Wall, let's deal with him once."

Li Chao nodded with a smile.

"Look, Zhuzi understands the truth. This battle seems dangerous, but it is actually quite easy to fight. The Turkic people are powerful and will definitely underestimate the enemy. We will take the initiative to give up Hetao, Debei, and lead them southward and find an opportunity to deal with them."

After the night shift, the students said goodbye and left.

Sitting in the tent, Li Chao couldn't sleep for a moment. Thinking about it, he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Changsun Wuji, Li Jing, Li Ji, Chai Shao and others.

In the letter, it is mainly about telling them your strategic intentions, not taking the initiative to attack, just let them defend themselves.

Especially in the letter to Li Jing, he explained his intention in detail, so that Li Jing could evacuate Dingxiang, let him return to Daizhou and guard Yanmen.

Even if Ye Hu was smart and cautious, he had the Great Wall Pass Castle and other support, then the Tang army would still have great confidence in fighting a defensive battle. As long as the wild waves were avoided, the Turks had no advantage in fighting city defense.

Li Chao was worried that Li Jing would not obey the command.

Li Jing is very good at fighting, but the more powerful Li Jing is, Li Chao is worried that people with great abilities will have some temper. If Li Jing has his own plans and does not want to listen to Li Chao's command, it will be troublesome.

If Li Jing lost in Daibei and the elite Hedong was left outside Yanmen Pass, then Daibei would be gone, and it might even endanger Taiyuan and other places in Hedong. At that time, the Turks would go south, whether they would go to Hetao, Hebei or the hinterland of Hedong, it would be quite easy.

After dawn, several fast horses set out from the military camp, galloped on the official road, and rushed to the various roads in Hebei Pass, Longyou, Shuofang, Hebei.

When they were a little later, Li Chao also set out.

Liu Hongji stood on the side of the road and saw him off.

"Duke Ren Guo and Sulphur saltpeter, please help me collect it and then send someone to escort north." Li Chao said to him immediately.

"Don't worry, I will do this."

Li Chao smiled, "Remember to keep it confidential."

"Well, I, Old Liu, don't worry." Liu Hongji patted his chest and promised.

Li Chao bowed his farewell and left on his horse.

Liu Hongji stood there and watched the team leave.

"Sir, do you think Li Chao can win by going north?" Liu Hongji's son asked.

"What do you think?" Liu Hongji asked his son.

"I think it's difficult to have 100,000 enemies and 400,000 enemies. This is an impossible task. The Turkic cavalry has always been fierce."

Liu Hongji snorted, "War is not about the number of people, so what if 400,000? At that time, Khan Khan surrounded Yang Guang, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops, but he still raided Yang Guang around Yanmen Pass, but what if the result was that hundreds of thousands of troops had broken through all the cities around Yanmen Pass, but he could not break through Yanmen Pass. Besides, the Khan Murong Fuyun of Tuyuhun led his army to attack Longyou. His Majesty was eager for rescue at that time, but he was trapped in Longxi County, with one army and one city. What was the result? Murong Fuyun had a 100,000 army, and he could not take over Longxi City. There were too many variables in this war."

"At that time, Yang Suneng launched a cavalry battle with more than 100,000 Turkic cavalry on the grassland with 80,000 cavalrymen, but he was still able to win. There were also hundreds of thousands of Shibi Khan surrounded Yang Guang in the lonely city of Yanmen, but he could not break it. Li Chao, a man who created many miracles. Although he was a literati, he was really convinced of his ability to lead troops. Besides, he still had so many magic weapons. If you want me to tell me, this time, the Turkic people would fall into a big fall in his hands."

Liu Hongji's son said in surprise, "No way?"

"Hmph, what can't be done? If you don't believe it, then let's go and see. I still remember a few years ago in Hebei, this boy entered the city alone. At that time, Liu Heita had tens of thousands of rebels in the city. At that time, I thought, maybe this interesting boy would never come out again and would never see him again, but in the end, not only did he come out, but he also instigated the rebel general. His Majesty attacked the difficult situation and the long-term encirclement was taken down by him. Isn't it strange?"

Liu Hongji's son nodded, "This Li Chao sometimes really makes people convinced."
Chapter completed!