"Master, the situation is a bit bad." This is the first sentence Su Yan said when he saw Liu Yu.

The sun rose, and Liu Yu, who had not been asleep all night, was a little sleepy. After hearing these despicable words, he couldn't help but glance at Su Yan without saying a word.

Soon Li Mi and Sui Yi rushed to the chess building. Although Hu Xuan could not go to Wanzhou, he also came to see him off.

He rode a carriage to the military camp in the east of the city. Before the soldiers returned from training outside, Liu Yu checked the food and weapons first. Su Yan followed him with a little nervousness and kept saying something to bother Liu Yu.

"No mistake is a meritorious job. Is there anything bad or not?" Liu Yu was really upset by Su Yan's muttering and said angrily.

Su Yan was stunned by the words and had no idea what Liu Yu was saying.

Before he was fourteen, Su Yan received royal orthodox education and invited great Confucianism courses in Chinese studies. However, he was like a young man who dropped out of junior high school and wandered around outside, and his knowledge was limited to what he had learned before.

Li Mi smiled and patted Su Yan on the shoulder and explained to him. It was generally said that the errand to Wanzhou would be garrisoned. As long as there were no deserters on time, even if the task was completed, Su Yan would be included in the subsequent credit book. Even if the Turkic cavalry really visited most of the Central Plains and killed in Wanzhou, there would be nothing Su Yan had to do. It would be better to just throw his legs and let go directly.

After Li Mi finished explaining, Liu Yu turned his head and showed an encouraging smile to Su Yan, saying, "Actually, this is the gift from the emperor to you. It is obvious that you are favored. You should naturally be awarded a title that is not big or small afterwards."

Su Yan was surprised and immediately became sad again: "What should we do if the Turkic Iron Cavalry really captured Chang'an?"

Liu Yu shook his head and continued to say angrily: "Then wait for you to set up another mountain outside and grant yourself the great marshal of the world's military and horses. Maybe you will be the next emperor."

The generals who went out to practice came back soon. Liu Yu looked at it and found that as Su Yan said, the situation was not very optimistic. Originally, there were thousands of soldiers in the first battalion, but now they just put two cavalry regiments together and regarded them as the first battalion, with less than 300 people.

The cavalry of the Dashun Dynasty was based on regiments, with a group of one hundred and fifty cavalry. These two regiments were obviously left after being selected. They could not be called old and weak, but they were not strong in fighting. They were all like eggplants that evaporated dry water, as if they were evaporated as soon as the sun was sunny. The two regiments were not satisfied, and the group of people was only 120 to thirty.

Once the original chief lieutenant of the two cavalry regiments were promoted, they were the chief lieutenant and deputy chief lieutenant of this battalion. The official rank was still the original rank, from the sixth rank.

The chief lieutenant was named Qi Fang. He was from Chang'an in the thirty years of the year. He was reported to be from a scholarly family. Unfortunately, his family was in the army. He had not married until he was thirty years old. The main reason was that he was in the army all year round. The lady in Chang'an City looked down on him, and he looked down on ordinary rural girls. He was typically not as good as high or low. The more than ten acres of land obtained from military achievements were released to collect rent to support his elderly mother.

After chatting, when Qi Fang learned that Liu Yu was the son of Liu Zhao, the Marquis of Dingguo, his mood changed a little. It turned out that the young man in Qi Fang had a prestige and made great contributions. However, when he was practicing, he was "exiled" to the preparatory camp by Liu Zhao and lost the opportunity for promotion.

"Liu Shenzuo, don't worry, I won't have any prejudice against you because of some things."

Assistant is not an official position, but a title for generals, officials and staff in the army, which means assistant.

Vice Captain Zhang Wuzhu was a cheerful man, a carefree man. He was a country man who was not good at writing and had children at home. He only spoke in a strong Guanzhong accent, which made Liu Yu feel uncomfortable.

"Can you get the money and money?" Liu Yu asked Qi Fang. Su Yan didn't understand these things at all, so he could only arrange them. This trip would take some time, and the money paid needs to be collected in advance and paid on time.

"I have collected everything and put it on the carriage. There are also some supplies in place." Qi Fang replied.

Liu Yu went to see the carriage, which was filled with pots, pans, basins, saddles, whip, tents, etc. In addition to ordinary military rations, there were also some pickled fish and meat, which was better than expected.

Liu Yu looked through several carriages, turned to Qi Fang, and asked, "Is there any...those things?"

Qi Fang asked inexplicably, "What is Liu Shenzuo's words?"

"It is the medicine for treating injuries, bandages, and some other medicines."

Did Qi Fang say: "There are cloths that are injured and bandaged with wounds, and other medicinal materials... are not supplied."

Liu Yuxin said that this job is really fooling people. It doesn’t seem like going to fight a war, but it seems like going to retire.

The Ministry of War ordered the order to set off before noon. Seeing that the sky was almost over, the group packed up their luggage and asked Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu to order the troops. The group left the barracks and headed east.

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As he left the area of ​​Chang'an City, he received a definite war report from the military station along the way.

Shaowu Pass was indeed lost as the rumors. This happened on February 25th. Later, as the rumors said, a Turkic cavalry tore a hole from the border and rushed towards Tongguan, because this Turkic cavalry was fighting with a fighting style that completely ignored the front and the future. The speed of movement was very fast, and it had approached Tongguan in just a few days.

On the one hand, the border defenders stabilized the situation in the border, and on the other hand, they organized a very powerful "pursuing army". The army of various routes had more than 100,000 troops, and opened a large net from all directions to chase the Turkic Iron Cavalry Legion, with a number of people ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry.

Liu Yu always felt that the war report was even more mysterious than the rumors. If the war report was true, it would be that the Turks were crazy. Without the supply of food, grass and supplies, they could only rely on cavalry to capture cities and land? This was completely the situation of the Qing army looting the Central Plains, but this was not the late Ming Dynasty in another world. If the Turkic cavalry was really attacked by more than 100,000 border troops, no matter how strong the combat power was, they would have to fall into hard battles. In the absence of logistics supplies, let alone plundering, even self-protection would be a problem.

However, those cavalry battalions with more than 200 people were far away.

After leaving Chang'an, they did not need to pass Tongguan, but walked the southern line to the valley entrance, and the journey was smooth. In two days, they had already left Guanzhong and headed towards Wanzhou City in the direction of the Huaihe River.

After leaving Guanzhong area, you can immediately feel the tense atmosphere of war. It is easy to see deserters fleeing from the north on the official road. These deserters were deliberately avoiding when they saw the established cavalry battalion, but Liu Yu still confirmed a piece of news from them that Tongguan was in a hurry.

Liu Yu was very skilled in riding. He usually hid in the carriage and looked at his marching map. This marching map was based on ordinary military maps and was adapted based on his understanding of China's geography. The comparison of mountains, rivers and rivers through military maps is also clear.

On March 3rd, the fourth day after leaving Guanzhong, the cavalry battalion had arrived in Huaixi County. After six days, half of the journey was passed.

I also heard a lot of things about refugees and bandits on the way, but these had nothing to do with them.

On that night, the Cavalry Battalion was stationed in a river valley, and Liu Yu summoned people. This was also the first real military meeting of this cavalry battalion.

Not many people attended the meeting, except Liu Yu, Su Yan, Li Mi, Sui Yi, Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu, standing around the only wooden table in the army.

As the host of the meeting, Liu Yu spread his military map and said bluntly: "Now, there are two roads in front of us. One is to go to Wanzhou according to the established route. This is a merit, but the merit is minimal. Staying is equivalent to exile. It is still unclear when we will return to Chang'an."

Sui Yi said in surprise: "Does Brother Liu have a better choice?"

Liu Yu smiled slightly, and his expression became heavier: "There is another way, which is to put your head on the belt and fight. I believe that in a few days, we will face the Turkic cavalry head-on, avoid it, go to Wanzhou, stay, and opportunities and crises coexist."

Everyone present looked at each other, obviously not understanding Liu Yu's meaning. Because the Turkic cavalry was still on the way to Tongguan at this time, no matter how you look at it, Huaixi County, which is more than 300 miles away from Tongguan and is still in the heart of the Central Plains, has nothing to do with the Turkic cavalry.
Chapter completed!