Suddenly, it was late autumn.

The squeaking autumn wind flew past Guo Tao, wearing half-armored armor, and his breath condensed into a ball of white mist. In the red light shining from the rising sun, it reflected his slightly clear but a bit strong and serious cheeks.

The morning mist around was like rolling silver waves. Under the rising sun, the soldiers' armor and swords and guns shone brightly. In the morning light that was constantly strengthening and extending, the silver waves extended to all sides, the sky gradually became brighter, and the frost dew on the ground shone brightly under the red sun, crystal clear. Dawn came and a new day began.

The white mist gradually melted, and the heroic posture of the soldiers gradually appeared. Among the thousands of troops were generals with cloaks and soldiers holding spears. At the order of the King of Qin, countless soldiers left their hometowns and military camps, gathered here one after another.

In front of this huge camp, there are towers built with stones. Behind the tower are black rock bricks, which is the Yanshan section of the Great Wall. The entire Great Wall is like a giant dragon winding and hovering on the ridges of the high and undulating Yanshan Mountains.

A few days later, the day when His Highness of Qin King climbed up the stairs and inspected the Northern Expedition Army, the shouts of the soldiers of the three armies still resounded in Guo Tao's ears.

At the military parade that day, Guo Tao and his companions' young soldiers of the First Preparatory Army shouted the slogan "Long Live My King" in the middle of the military parade with excitement and fanaticism. The voice still echoed continuously. At the beginning, I couldn't remember who shouted the slogan first, but he must have never discussed and arranged the matter in advance. Some young soldiers couldn't help but shouted the first sentence, and then someone soon followed. After hearing this, Guo Tao quickly shouted. Not only did he shout. He also asked the 1,000 brothers in the front wing of the First Preparatory Army under his command to shout together. In the end, the entire young army summoned a total of 30,000 young soldiers of the six soldiers who accompanied the army this time to shout "Long Live My King"!

Then, on the plain under the Great Wall, countless swords and guns were waving the country in the air. The 150,000 troops gathered here cheered in unison. The shouts of the ten-mile field were shaking the sky. One army was shouting from one army to another, and finally the entire army fell into a feverish shout.

The shouts of "Long Live" come one after another. The roars in the fields rushed towards the clouds.

Afterwards, as the young army who were the first to make unqualified calls, the Northern Expedition Camp verbally ordered reprimands, but in fact there was no actual punishment. On the contrary, three days later, early this morning, the camp issued a military order, which specially commended the outstanding performance of the young army officers, including Guo Tao, for this time, and were promoted and commended.

Guo Tao, the commander of the front wing of the First Army of the Young Reserve Army, was specially promoted to the deputy commander of the Sixth Army of the Independent Cavalry of the Young Reserve Army. Not only was he promoted from commander to the level of Duzhi Military Commander, but he also went from the commander of the infantry wing to the deputy commander of the cavalry and the commander of the cavalry. This step was an important step. Although this was only a position in the young army.

During this Northern Expedition, a total of 30,000 people were selected from various military academies and scout academies, and six armies were formed to join the Northern Expedition. This was also an important practical test. The young soldiers were only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the older ones were only seventeen or eighteen years old. They had been training and studying in the military academies for two or three years, which was the first time they participated in a battle. Although the camp may not really put them on the battlefield, it was also an extremely rare opportunity.

The 30,000 young army was formed alone, with only a few instructors and officers being dispatched by the Staff Academy, and the rest were young soldiers in positions at all levels. But no matter what, this group of people is also a star of the future. Today, the young army can be promoted to deputy army leader and officially join the war army after they become adults. That will never be low.

Guo Tao held a scimitar in his hand, and the snow pattern on the black blade immediately revealed that it was an extremely precious Damascus scimitar. Because this knife was made of Uz steel, it was extremely rare, and what was even rarer was his construction technology. Although the Qin army's military instrument workshop had long possessed this casting technology, the output still could not be improved. Every Damascus knife is a fine product, and the Qin army had long stipulated that the Damascus knife was designated as a honorary knife, and only the soldiers who received the honor could be given permission to wear it.

Next to Guo Tao, several young men, who were a little older, about 17 or 18 years old in the front wing of the Sixth Army, were also interested and looked at the newly awarded sword in his hand with envy. This time, the Grand Shop awarded the 18-year-old young officer, one of which Guo Tao was one of them. Not only was he awarded the commendation, but he also received the Tiger Ben Medal. This is a sixth-class special medal that is higher than the Eight Cavalry Medal, even if it is only the lowest in the Sixth Class, it is amazing. There are two types of medals in the Qin army, one is a commemorative medal. After each battle, the soldiers participating in the war can receive a commemorative medal of the battle, which is very honorable. The other medal is the Eight Cavalry and six special medals. These medals are usually extremely difficult to obtain. Each recipient represents great honor, and can also obtain a medal knife and corresponding medal, becoming a glorious noble.

Guo Tao is only fourteen years old this year. He is a young soldier officer who is still in the reserve army. However, he has already obtained the Tiger Ben medal that countless generals in the war soldiers are envied by them. He is given a sword and becomes a jazz, and immediately becomes a little noble.

"This honor knife is so beautiful. An Lan, let's borrow some of us to wear it for a few days."

An Lan is Guo Tao's name. Boys usually have their crowns at twenty years old. However, in this year's era, wars are frequent, and men have to bear many responsibilities earlier. Now they are also advocated for early marriage. Generally, they have to add crowns before getting married. This also makes the crowns increasingly advanced. The crown prince of the royal family can add crowns at the age of twelve, and the sons of princes and ministers also start to get crowns at the age of 15. The same is true among the people. Guo Tao and others are orphans and young soldiers. Therefore, these young soldiers usually start to add crowns around the age of 15, and then are given the words "expression" by the division commanders.

Guo Tao is only fourteen years old this year and is not at the age of winning the championship. However, this time, he received a commendation and received the medal. He even received the title of Qin King's personal name, together with the other seventeen young men who received the honor, Guo Tao was given the title of Anlan, and even the title of Qin King presided over the collective title ceremony for eighteen of them.

"This is the King of Qin who personally gave the sword. The sword is there, and he will never leave his hands." Guo Tao is not a stingy person. On the contrary, he is usually very generous in the army. Otherwise, he would not have been promoted continuously in the past two years, and now he has been promoted to the deputy army leader. Even if this is just a temporary military position in the reserve army, it is inseparable from his ability and personality.

Guo Tao replied with a chuckling, looking at the Great Wall looming in the distance.

After the military parade, the 150,000 troops gathered here, and the vanguard troops had already left the camp and left the customs first. The 150,000 troops, the 30,000 reserved young troops, and there were 30,000 elite combat soldiers and cavalry. In addition, 100,000 township soldiers were mobilized, including 20,000 cavalry. The entire Northern Expedition Army had 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry soldiers. This time it was more of a training and experience. They were more responsible for the auxiliary soldiers of the army, escorting supplies, food, and observing the battle.

The first unit to leave the day before yesterday was Guo Chongtao, the former general of Shatuo, who had just been surrendered. Now he is the leader of the military army. He has two thousand Shatuo light cavalry and one thousand Han cavalry under his command. Among the 100,000 township troops, like Liu Rengong Dingwu Army, who also has two thousand Uighur cavalry and one thousand Han cavalry, they are all relatively strong troops among the township troops. This time, Guo Chongtao and Liu Rengong volunteered, and even the generals of the original Lu Long took the initiative to fight. However, in the end, Lu Long's six troops were transferred to Jianghuai, Shandong, and only Guo Chongtao and Liu Rengong were in the Northern Expedition troops. Guo Chongtao was the first to leave the customs and serve as the vanguard to explore the way.

Guo Tao's elder brother Guo Wei was just promoted to the position of the Xiaowu Army. He served as the deputy commander and the commander of the middle box of the Xiaowu Army. He commanded a thousand Han cavalry and has now left the pass. Guo Tao's second brother Guo Wei is currently stationed in Xuzhou. He did not show any performance in the battle of Xuzhou and made military achievements. He is now promoted to the commander of the battalion with 500 infantrymen.

The three brothers of the Guo family performed very well in the army. The eldest brother became the deputy army leader. The last time he was awarded the title, he was named the founding county. The second brother also received the flying cavalry medal and a hero. Even he received the Tiger Ben Medal and a jazz. Just thinking that the three brothers were all in the army and were far away from their parents and sisters at home, he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

In this Northern Expedition, the King of Qin wanted to deal with the Khitans in one fell swoop. But the Khitans were not weak. They had just ended the civil strife and destroyed the Yinshan Tatars and Xixi. Now they have conquered Dong Xi and the Mobei Shiwei Tatars. In addition, the Khitans have joined forces with Shatuo people and towns in Hebei. This is not an enemy that can be underestimated. According to the war report, the Khitans now have 200,000 elite string control cavalry, and they can also be soldiers of the whole people, and can arm up to 500,000 cavalry. In addition, the Xi tribe and the Mobei Shiwei have become vassals of the Khitan, and the two tribes can also support 100,000 cavalry for the Khitans.

It can be said that the Khitans have always dared to challenge the King of Qin because in the northern and eastern deserts of the desert, they are indeed local snakes and have extremely strong power. However, the Khitans did not have a strong center in the past, and the civil strife, so they could not challenge the King of Qin. But now, the more they fought, the stronger they became. The eldest brother went out for the vanguard first, and stayed in a Shatu surrender army, and the Khitans and Shatu were allies. Guo Tao was really worried about his elder brother. The eldest sister-in-law gave birth to a son and a daughter for the elder brother, and the two little nieces were so cute...

"We have to perform well this time, show our skills, and strive for a medal, and have to use the medal." The other teenagers couldn't help but speak. Their Sixth Army was the only cavalry unit in the 30,000 young cavalry, and a total of 5,000 young cavalry. This is definitely a big deal. As long as they can seize the opportunity, they are indeed able to make military achievements.

In early October of the sixth year of Qianfu in the Tang Dynasty, King Li Jing of Qin assembled 150,000 troops under Shanhaiguan to attack the Khitan in the north.

Li Jing had many soldiers who could use. In addition to guarding against Jianghuai and Hebei, Li Jing could summon another 300,000 troops and attack the Khitan in large numbers. However, Li Jing did not do this. The more troops there were, the more mobilized they were. In the end, the more flaws they were, the more they were. Either the logistics dragged the army, or the army could not be closely mobilized, and they were finally defeated by the enemy.

Especially this battle was an expedition to the Khitan outside the Great Wall. The Khitan was still a nomadic grassland tribe. On the vast grassland, supply was the biggest problem. The more troops and horses, the more unfavorable the action. When Yang Guang conquered Liao, he used more than one million troops at a time, but he finally returned with great defeat. The famous Battle of Feishui in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Battle of Chibi in the late Han Dynasty were the same. There were few victories in the battle of more than 500,000 troops.

Li Jing only used 150,000 troops this time, including 30,000 young soldiers as auxiliary soldiers and some rural troops. What Li Jing really used to fight was the 50,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of elite infantry. The soldiers and horses that were to deal with hundreds of thousands of Khitans seemed to be a little too small, but Li Jing insisted on his combat plan. This time, although Li Jing said on the surface that he wanted to fight the Khitans and destroy them once and for all. However, Li Jing knew it in his mind that this was difficult to achieve. In fact, the real purpose of Li Jing's dispatch of troops was not the Khitan, but the Dongxi and Wei of the Mobei Shi in the Khitan.

First remove the branches and leaves, and finally cut down the main trunk.

War is always a contest of deceit. Li Jing made a sound and wanted to go straight to Huanglong and go deep into the grassland to fight the Khitan. It was just to disrupt the audio and video. The real purpose was to take down Xi. Xi was just north of Yanjing. Now Li Jing regards Yanjing as the political and military center of the Qin vassal state. However, although there are three barriers here, the Yanshan Mountains, the Jundu Pass, Shanhai Pass, and Lulong, the defense still seems a bit weak and lacks strategic depth.

Especially in the south there is Chengde, Li Keyong, Khitan, Xi, and Yanjing is not a good situation.

To stabilize Hebei, Youzhou is the most important thing. To stabilize Youzhou, the first thing to bear is to strengthen the depth of the Yanshan Mountains.

In the three directions of south, west and north, Li Jing directly aimed the target first at Xi in the north. He was the weakest among the enemies around Yanjing. If you pinch the seeds, you have to pick the soft ones.

"Speaking east and attacking west, can we really take Xi this time?" He Yu, deputy commander of the front wing, asked Guo Tao.

Guo Tao nodded, his eyes full of light, "The Khitans thought we were going to find him this time. According to the Khitans' fighting practices between the Central Plains, they would immediately move the tribes back to strengthen the walls and clear the fields and increase our logistics burden. At the same time, they would send cavalry to hide in a certain place and ambush us when they were at the critical moment. If they missed a single blow, they would flee again. This is the usual tricks of the Khitans, even the entire grassland tribe, fighting with the Central Plains. But this time we did not go directly to them. We were going to fight Xi, so what would happen?"

The other teenagers couldn't help but nodded, and someone said, "What if Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong suddenly attack Li Quanzhong or Hebei during our northern expedition?"
Chapter completed!