If Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang could divide the work and cooperate with each other, they could save a lot of effort.
"From now on, you will be in charge of the troops in various places, and Su Dingfang will be in charge of the forge."
Li Yuanji thought for a while and then gave the order.
Since Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang have already divided the work, he doesn't mind further dividing the work between the two and letting them take charge of the military affairs within Weize Pass.
Xie Shufang and Su Dingfang are both rare talents, and they are capable of handling the military affairs within Weize Pass.
Therefore, he could safely hand over the military affairs within Weize Pass to them, and there was no need for him to do everything himself.
Xie Shufang more or less understood Li Yuanji's personality and knew that Li Yuanji was the kind of person who liked to work with his mind but not with his hands.
So when he heard Li Yuanji's words, he didn't feel surprised at all.
"I understand."
Xie Shufang bowed and agreed.
Li Yuanji nodded and warned: "If you find any traces of Turks around Weize Pass, you must tell me in time."
Xie Shufang's expression became serious, "I know the seriousness of this matter."
Li Yuanji gave Xie Shufang a few more instructions before letting him leave.
After Xie Shufang left, Li Yuanji had nothing to do and wandered around the house leisurely.
In the northwest corner of the house, Li Yuanji discovered a library.
In addition to a large number of military maps and military books, there are also some miscellaneous notes.
Among the miscellaneous notes, there are serious descriptions of the beautiful scenery the author has personally seen, as well as serious nonsense.
For example, in a book called "Meeting the Immortals", it is said that when the author was traveling to the Western Regions, he happened to meet Emperor Mu riding his eight steeds to Kunlun Mountain. The author was appreciated by Emperor Mu and was given a horse that could gallop 90,000 miles. He followed Emperor Mu to Kunlun and met the extremely beautiful Queen Mother of the West.
The Queen Mother of the West said that he had no fate with immortality and did not grant him the fruit of immortality. She only tacitly allowed him to be a casual couple with a beautiful fairy for a few days.
As soon as Li Yuanji saw that I encountered the Eight Horses of Emperor Mu, he knew that I was talking nonsense.
The so-called casual relationship with a beautiful fairy was either a dream or a fantasy.
If it weren't for the few half-hidden illustrations inside, which were so lifelike, he would have thrown the book into a corner long ago.
Li Yuanji spent hours studying illustrations, military books, and maps in the library.
Time passed quickly and seven or eight days went by.
Everything was normal inside Weize Pass, without any disturbance at all.
However, a fierce battle broke out on the Shizhou front after Li Xiuning arrived.
Relying on his prestige and generous rewards, Li Xiuning gathered a team of more than 30,000 people from the people of Shizhou. Together with the 20,000 troops under Li Shentong and Li Shiji, and the 6,000 troops led by Li Xiuning himself, he formed an army of 60,000.
The moment the army gathered together, Li Xiuning decisively issued the combat mission.
She was stationed in Shizhou to resist the attack of the Turks, while Luo Shixin and Li Shiji each led 10,000 troops to raid Fangshan where the Turks were stationed from Mengmen Pass in Dinghu and both sides of Xiaowen Mountain in Shizhou.
The Turks did not expect that under the pressure of their own 200,000 troops, the Tang army would dare to take the initiative to attack.
Therefore, Luo Shixin and Li Shiji won the first battle, killed 4,000 Turks in battle, rescued tens of thousands of people from Lanzhou, Daizhou and other places who were captured by the Turks, and seized 2,000 war horses.
The morale of the soldiers inside and outside Shizhou was greatly boosted and high.
Li Xiuning reversed Shizhou's decline with just one battle.
The pressure was put on the Turks.
Without saying a word, the Turks launched a fierce attack on Shizhou.
Relying on the 60,000 troops under his command, Li Xiuning not only blocked the fierce attack of the Turks, but also sent troops out for raids from time to time to cut flesh from the Turks.
“There’s something wrong with the Turks.”
Shizhou is away from Shicheng.
Li Xiuning, dressed in military uniform, sat steadily in the main hall of the Lishi City government office with a frown on his face.
Zhang Shigui was reporting to Li Xiuning about the spoils of his raid on the Turks in Lishichuan, but when he heard Li Xiuning say that something was wrong with the Turks, he immediately shut up.
Li Shentong stroked his long beard, looking thoughtful.
Li Shiji, Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui all thought of something, but did not speak.
Only An Yuanshou said carelessly: "We have been fighting the Turks for several days, and it seems that we haven't seen the Turks' wolf-head banners."
The Turks who are currently invading the Tang Dynasty are actually the Eastern Turks.
The wolf-head banner is the symbol of the Eastern Turkic Khan.
Since the day the Eastern Turkic Khanate was founded, it has become a custom for the Eastern Turkic Khan to erect a wolf-head banner in front of the Yamen.
Wherever there is a wolf-head banner, there must be the Eastern Turkic Khan.
Where there is no wolf-head banner , there is definitely no Eastern Turkic Khan.
There is more than one Khan in the Eastern Turks now. In addition to the Great Khan Jie Li Khan, there is also the Lesser Khan Tuli Khan, and the Great Pilgam Khan Liang Shidu who was enthroned by the Eastern Turks.
Liang Shidu was based in Shuofang, not far from Shizhou. If the Turks invaded the Tang Dynasty, they would definitely take him with them.
Therefore, there must be three wolf-head banners in the Turkic army.
Whenever the Tang Dynasty's soldiers fought against the Turks, they could always see a wolf-head banner.
But since Li Xiuning arrived in Shizhou, the Tang Dynasty's soldiers seemed to have never seen the Turkic wolf-head banner again.
When Li Xiuning heard An Yuanshou's words, her brows furrowed even more.
Li Shentong looked at Li Xiuning, stroked his long beard, and said thoughtfully: "The pressure that the Turks have put on us in recent days is far less than before.
Judging from the Turkic tents set up at the foot of Fangshan Mountain, there was no sign that the Turkic military strength was decreasing.
But the number of troops that the Turks have deployed to the battlefield in recent days has not increased.”
Li Shiji, Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui all nodded.
The Turks have 200,000 soldiers and horses. If they rush forward at once, they will be overwhelming.
Even if they can block it, they will feel a lot of pressure.
But although the Turks seemed to be attacking Shizhou City frantically in recent days, they did not feel much pressure, nor did they see the entire Turkic army being dispatched.
Li Shiji said in a deep voice: "The Turks went south this time to help Liu Heita. Now Liu Heita has been defeated and is fleeing in Hebei Province.
If the Turks wanted to save Liu Heita, they would never attack Shizhou like they are doing now."
The Turks will definitely go all out to tear a gap in the defense line arranged by the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible, and march south to support Liu Heita.
Li Xiuning's brows suddenly wrinkled into a "川" shape, and he looked around at everyone and said in a heavy voice: "So?"
Li Xiuning already had some guesses in her mind, but she didn't say them out loud.
Zhang Shigui said solemnly: "It is very likely that the Turks left behind some troops to confuse us here. The real army has already gone somewhere else!"
Li Shentong, Li Shiji, Luo Shixin and others hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Li Xiuning gritted her teeth and said, "Then tell me, where can the Turks go?"
Li Shentong and others looked at each other, and their expressions became extremely solemn.
Where else could the Turks go? They must have gone to Weize Pass.
Li Xiuning, the pillar of stability, left Weize Pass and was replaced by Li Yuanji, the famous "waste snack".
If the Turks do not take this opportunity to raid Weize Pass, then they have something wrong with their brains.
The Turks' initial target was obviously Shizhou, but during the attack on Shizhou, after suffering heavy losses at the hands of Li Xiuning, they immediately realized that Shizhou might have additional reinforcements.
The Turks would quickly send people to track down where the reinforcements came from and who led them.
Li Xiuning also has great prestige in Shizhou, so the fact that she went to Shizhou could not be hidden.
After the Turks find Li Xiuning, they will definitely go after the new guard of Weize Pass.
After finding out that it was Li Yuanji who replaced Li Xiuning and was in charge of Weize Pass, he would definitely have evil intentions.
"Uncle Wang, Mao Gong, you will continue to guard Shizhou while I lead the army back to Weize Pass."
Li Xiuning gave the order decisively.
Wang Shu was addressing Li Shentong, and Mao Gong was addressing Li Shiji, whose courtesy name was Mao Gong.
Since the main force of the Turks went to Weize Pass, Weize Pass became precarious.
With the limited military force at Weize Pass, it is a bit difficult to stop the attack of the main force of the Turks.
If Li Xiuning were in Weize Pass, she could still deal with the situation with her own means.
But now she is not at Weize Pass, and the one guarding Weize Pass is her fourth brother who does not have much ability.
Li Shentong and Li Shiji nodded heavily.
Based on their understanding of Li Yuanji, it was impossible for Li Yuanji to guard Weize Pass.
If Li Yuanji lost Weize Pass and allowed the Turks to march straight south, the people of the Tang Dynasty would suffer.
If Li Yuanji lost his life in Weize Pass, they would also suffer.
Given Li Yuan's temper, he will never give up until one or two of them die.
So when Li Xiuning said he wanted to take his men back to Weize Pass, Li Shentong and Li Shiji did not stop him at all.
"Pan Ren, Wu An, gather your troops immediately and follow me back to Weize Pass."
Li Xiuning suddenly stood up and gave orders to He Panren and Zhang Shigui.
He Panren and Zhang Shigui stood up together to receive the order.
Li Xiuning left Luo Shixin and his troops in Shizhou to prevent the Turks from making a plan to divert her and attack Shizhou again.
Luo Shixin was a little reluctant to stay in Shizhou. When Li Xiuning was about to leave the main hall of the Shicheng government office, he suddenly caught up with Li Xiuning and said solemnly: "Your Highness, I want to go back to Weize Pass with you."
Li Xiuning paused and frowned.
Luo Shixin said seriously: "I owe His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi a life..."
Li Xiuning said in a deep voice: "I know you owe Yuanji a life, but because of this, I can't take you back."
Li Xiuning was afraid that Luo Shixin would be too concerned about Li Yuanji's safety and act on impulse.
The most taboo thing on the battlefield is to act on impulse.
Luo Shixin knew what Li Xiuning was thinking, and immediately assured him, "I will never act on impulse."