Datang romantic little landlord

If it was because of his personal reasons that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty lost troops and generals, Li Wangyou might have a bad conscience for the rest of his life.

After instructing the dudes not to take it lightly, 2000 people galloped towards the northwest.

It was only 500 miles from Chang'an to Jingzhou. Li Wangyou and the others had a new type of military rations, so they didn't need logistics at all. They marched lightly, so they moved quickly. It took only three days to reach Jingzhou.

Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun had already received the news, and they left the city thirty miles early to meet Li Wangyou and his party.

Li Wangyou couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive, although the two of them are the deputy chief executives in name, Niu Jinda and Xue Wanke are both his elders.

From his Niu Jinda, his legitimate sons Niu Zhengping and Li Wangyou, and a bunch of dandies, they are brothers who are called brothers.

Niu Jinda is the only legitimate son, but because of his foot disease, he basically has no possibility of career development. In the future, it is estimated that he can only inherit Niu Jinda's title and dawdle.

Therefore, Niu Jinda also saw very clearly that the key to his son's well-being after his death lay in Li Wangyou and these dudes.

From when Li Wangyou was born, within a few years, he was promoted from a humble person to the founding Duke of the country, which made Niu Jinda and those who knew Li Wangyou admire him.

Even in Niu Jinda's view, if Li Wangyou was not too young, based on his achievements, he should at least be the founding father of the country.

Although Xue Wanjun is not familiar with Li Wangyou, he also understands Li Wangyou's ability and status.For Xue Wanjun, he valued Li Wangyou's status as the prince's emperor teacher and His Majesty's nephew more.

But no matter what, neither Niu Jinda nor Xue Wanjun put any airs of elders in front of Li Wangyou, but really regarded themselves as his subordinates.

After seeing Li Wangyou, Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun immediately bent down and cupped their fists to salute, but Li Wangyou was so startled that he immediately jumped off the horse and supported them.

"Uncle Niu, General Xue, don't be so polite, it's really embarrassing my nephew."

Niu Jinda laughed loudly and said: "It's not like in Chang'an City, the army has its own rules in the army, the general manager should not be polite, just order me to wait."

"Uncle Niu, you are being polite. You also know that my little nephew, who is the general manager of the march, was forced to put ducks on the shelf by His Majesty, so he had to do it. But when it comes to marching and fighting, it is the first time for a young lady to get on the carriage. Therefore, my little If there is anything wrong with my nephew, I ask Uncle Niu and General Xue to just point it out."

Li Wangyou's posture is very low, and he is not the kind of person whose eyes are above the top. He knows what his strengths and weaknesses are.

He is an amateur in such things as marching and fighting, even if he is involved in the matter of a marching chief, it is better not to participate indiscriminately.

Leave professional matters to professionals.

This is also the management method taught to him face-to-face by the beautiful boss before he set off.

In Su Changqing's view, managing a western expedition army of 15 people is no different from managing a large company.

Even if the "Chairman" Li Wangyou doesn't know anything, but if he uses the right person, there will be no worries.

For Li Wangyou, the easiest thing is to delegate power.

Just hand over all military affairs to Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun.

What's more, it is impossible for a 15 army to advance in a swarm. It must be divided into three armies: the forward, the central army, and the rear army, echoing each other.

At that time, Xue Wanjun will lead the striker, Niu Jinda will be in the middle army, and Li Wangyou will just lead the rear army slowly.

Historically, before Hou Junji's army arrived, the vanguard army led by Xue Wanjun had already frightened King Gaochang to death and attacked Gaochang City.

After Li Wangyou and others arrived in Jingzhou, they rested for a day, and the 15 troops finally broke out again and marched towards the Western Regions...

998 Seeing the Desert for the First Time

From Jingzhou to Dunhuang County, more than 3000 miles away, the 15 Western Expeditionary Army went smoothly, and it only took more than a month to arrive at Dunhuang County.

The army was marching in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhechong Mansions from all over the country assisted in setting up camp along the way, so naturally there was no trouble.But starting from Dunhuang County and heading west, the army will no longer get any convenience.

This long-distance march involved Li Wangyou and a group of dudes, but it was a lot of trouble.

Even though Li Wangyou is used to riding horses now, he has been tossing and tossing on horseback for a month, but it still makes him complain unceasingly.

It's different from him and Su Changqing's family traveling in the middle of Sichuan. It's a trip to the mountains and rivers. It's delicious and delicious, and they're not in a hurry. Naturally, it's not that hard.

However, when the army marches, how many miles it runs every day, and how long it takes to camp, there are all fixed numbers.

Although the whole army, including Niu Jinda, Xue Wanjun, and other dudes, were full of praise for those new military rations, Li Wangyou would never like to eat them.

The devil wants to eat instant noodles, luncheon meat and rice balls every day to satisfy his hunger.

After a month, Li Wangyou felt sick to his stomach when he saw those new military rations.I hate myself very much, why did I "invent" these unpalatable things.

Thinking of having to continue to eat that damned military ration for a long time, Li Wangyou felt that life was gloomy.

Riding on horseback every day, not eating well, not sleeping soundly, and thinking about his pregnant wife at home, Li Wangyou has worked hard for the past month.

He even wondered if his legs would become bow-legged after riding a horse for a long time when he returned to Chang'an City from the Western Regions?

Niu Wu tried to persuade him many times to sit in the carriage, but Li Wangyou was concerned about his status as the head of the army, so he gritted his teeth and rejected Niu Wu's offer.

In fact, he thought too much.

With his current status, no one would dare to make irresponsible remarks even if he had a few concubines by his side, not to mention riding in a carriage.

This time when Li Wangyou went to the Western Regions, Su Changqing originally wanted Afuluo to follow Li Wangyou and serve him with daily necessities.

However, Li Wangyou finally gritted his teeth and rejected this "tempting" proposal.

After all, it has been a tradition in China since ancient times that "there are no women in the army". Whether it is the female relatives of soldiers or concubines and maidservants, they are forbidden to enter the army.

Li Wangyou didn't want to break the military discipline, so he could only decline Su Changqing's kindness.

Of course, it is not absolute that there are no women in the army. There is also a very special kind of women in the army, called Ying prostitutes.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Gou Jian, King of Yue, tried his best to improve the morale of the army. In order to improve the morale of the army, he found many young widows and asked them to go to the army to comfort the soldiers and improve the morale.

In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the war was protracted. In order to stabilize the morale of the army and improve morale, "camp prostitutes" were established to "treat the sergeants without wives".

During the Tang and Song dynasties, prostitution was even more popular.

This is not only true of China, but also of many armies in the ancient world.

The Holy Roman Empire, Napoleon's Expeditionary Army, etc. all had a certain number of camp prostitutes accompanying them.

Most of these camp prostitutes are poor people, and Li Wangyou was very annoyed when he learned about this.

However, he is powerless to change this kind of thing for the time being, so he can only order the military officer in charge of logistics as much as possible to treat those camp prostitutes as much as possible in terms of supplies, and don't let them be abused wantonly.

When the army arrived in Dunhuang County, Li Wangyou breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't wait to order the army to rest in Dunhuang County for half a month.

It's not just that Li Wangyou wants to take a rest, but to adapt the Western Expeditionary Army to the desert environment and climate.

This was also the decision Li Wangyou made after discussing with Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun.

Different from later generations, with the current traffic conditions in Datang, people's vision and experience are always limited. Among the 15 troops on the Western Expedition, there are only a handful of people who have seen the vast desert with their own eyes.