The area here in Hedong Town is in the northern part of Jin, and its capital is in Taiyuan Prefecture.

Its main defense target was the Turks in the north, with a military silence of 55,000 troops.

In the residence of the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, Wang Xiao, dressed in war armor, ranks first, and the civil and military officials below stand in two rows in a solemn manner.

"An Lushan did a good thing."

Wang Xiao sent Guo Ziyi's military information report still on the table, looking around, "An Lushan drove away the grassland Zahu Qiang to attack Yuguan, and now Zahu has killed and injured tens of thousands of people. These are all young and strong tribes."

There is no filial piety on the grassland. The elderly are usually abandoned, and women and children can live.

Those who are truly the core players are all those young and strong.

Once a tribe loses a large number of young and strong people, it will be not far from destruction.

After passing Yanshan Mountain, the climate in the north is very cold.

When white snow falls in winter, even the entire tribe will completely disappear into the heavy snow.

Living conditions are so difficult, it is not easy to support a young man.

Now An Lushan drives away the core young and strong people of all tribes and big and small to attack Yuguan, and the tragic casualties caused will not be recovered in a few decades.

For Wang Xiao, this is indeed a good thing, and he even wanted to leave An Lushan a complete body.

"His Majesty."

As the nominal general of the army, Gao Xianzhi was the first to speak, "Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered under Yuguan, and I am afraid that Yuguan will not last long."

Wang Xiao did not respond to him, but looked at Wang Zhongsi, "How long will it take to get to Pinglu from Hedong?"

Wang Zhongsi, the current governor of Hedong Town, thought for a while and responded, "Your Majesty, if the army goes to fight, it will take more than a month."

He then explained, "The main reason is that the army is large, there are many followers, and there are many military and civilians and massive supplies. Moreover, he has to pass the territory of the Turks when he leaves Yanmen, Daizhou in the north."

"The bullshit Turkic territory!"

Wang Xiao was furious and immediately slapped the table, "Where are the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, they are all the land of China!"

The civil and military officials in the hall hurriedly saluted together, "Your Majesty said so much."

The Turks were originally destroyed, but during the reign of Emperor Gaozong's Li Zhi, the Turkic tribes on the grassland rebelled and re-established the Turkic national name.

Later, Wu Zetian came to power and simply appointed his Khan as the Duke of Returning, allowing him to occupy a large area of ​​grassland.

After Wu Zhou was finished, the Turks rebelled again and still controlled the northern grasslands.

These Turks are also the main targets of Hedong Town, Fanyang Town and Pinglu Town.

After years of continuous heavy damage, the Turks were originally about to completely die out.

But then An Lushan had the idea of ​​raising the enemy to respect himself, and secretly supported the Turks, which made them persevere until now.

This time when An Lushan rebelled, the Turks also followed him by shaking flags and shouting.

For Wang Xiao, the Turks will become a historical term in no time.

“There is not so much time to spend on the march.”

Wang Xiao made a decision on the spot, "Gao Xianzhi, go and select a group of elite soldiers, the number of people is no more than 50,000. Take the rations with the army for 20 days, and minimize the number of followers to the military and civilians. Then you can set off and go out to Yanmen to go directly to Pinglu!"

Gao Xianzhi said in his heart, "I am the marching chief appointed by Your Majesty."

Of course, he didn't dare to say these words. All he could say was "I obey the order."

Afterwards, Wang Xiao looked at Wang Zhongsi, "You will go out to Fanyang to support Guo Ziyi with the remaining troops and supplies."

"I give you two days, and I will set out to Yanmen immediately after two days."

"Your Majesty, time is too urgent, can you be a little lenient?"

"Your Majesty, you should not come to the dangerous place with a golden body."

"Your Majesty, it's almost dark now. Two days will be morning or evening in two days."

"His Majesty"

A group of people shouted at Wang Xiao, telling their own difficulties and making a quick shot of the dragon's fart.

After all, this is a marching war. If there is any mistake, it will be ruthless military law.

This is no different from the court, where there is room for maneuvering in everything you do.

Things that were not done or were not done well on the battlefield were all direct marching.

However, no matter how everyone calls, only Wang Xiao turned around and left behind.

Everyone had no choice but to do their own business.

Two days later, Gao Xianzhi, who had finally fallen down for a while, woke up by his own soldiers.

"What's the matter?"

"Master General, Your Majesty has sent troops!"

"What?!"

Wang Xiao strictly followed his promise. After having a simple breakfast in the early morning, he turned over and took the elite cavalry of the Sixth Army of the North Ya and rushed out of Taiyuan Prefecture with a loud bang and headed straight for Dai land in the north.

Behind him, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Wang Zhongsi and others hurriedly gathered their troops and chased after them one after another.

Many civil officials followed, such as Li Bai and Du Fu, who were riding horses and galloping.

For a moment, the road from Taiyuan Prefecture to Daidi was crowded with people riding horses and walking.

After the mountains in the Dai land, there are endless grasslands.

Wang Xiao on the horse's back glanced at this place where he had been to many times. "The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast. The wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep."

Li Bai forced himself to smile and lowered his head, fearing that Wang Xiao would notice it.

There are no cattle and sheep here? Under the continuous attack of the Tang army, the Turks had already run north to some unknown place.

Everything you see is pale yellow dead grass, and the dark clouds in the sky look like it is going to rain, which is completely inconsistent.

"Just laugh if you want to laugh, how hard you can endure it."

Just as Li Bai was complaining in his heart, a sentence suddenly came to his ears.

Li Bai suddenly shuddered and saluted with a solemn expression. "Your Majesty, I am moved by your Majesty's talent. I am inexplicably moved. How can I smile?"

After being worn by Wang Xiao for a long time, Li Bai has long been practicing to become an immortal.

If you are perfunctory, you will just open your mouth.

"Hmph."

Wang Xiao glared at this old fried dough stick, withdrew his gaze and rode his horse again, "Li Bai leads the team first, set off!"

Fortunately, Li Bai followed a group of local guides drawn from Hedong Town. Otherwise, if he brought the wrong path, he would definitely be engaged in military law.

The army rushed all the way, and in more than ten days, it crossed the vast grassland and successfully fought to Pinglu Town.

The main legions of Pinglu Town have been taken to Yuguan City by An Lushan, and are still desperately attacking Chengguan.

Although they had thought that the Tang army would come, they had never thought that they would come so quickly!

The Tang army arrived first and only 20,000 people came, and in order to ensure the retreat, An Lushan left a large army of 60,000 to 70,000 to garrison in Pinglu.

In terms of numbers, the rebels have the advantage.

Moreover, the Tang army came from afar, and they were in a low position from their spirit to their horsepower to their physical condition.

The one who stationed here was An Lushan's son An Qingzong, the one who married the princess in history.

Wang Xiao attaches great importance to this aspect, so he not only does not have external marriages, but also does not have any miscellaneous marriages.

Anqingzong escaped because of this and did not stay in Chang'an City and was sacrificed by a shark.

At this time, Anqingzong, who was stationed in Pinglu, learned that the Tang army was coming from afar and the number of people was not large, immediately summoned the defenders from all over the country and prepared to swallow the Tang army in one bite.

An Lushan has many sons, and An Qingxu, who was by his side, was most favored.

Anqingzong is here to make contributions and compete for favor with Anqingxu.

Looking at the rebels who began to line up in the distance, Wang Xiao smiled and shook his head, "I don't know how to defend the city, but I go out to the city to fight to the decisive battle. Who do you look down on?"

Those who can follow Wang Xiao to reach Pinglu first are all real elites.

Especially the elite cavalry from various military towns in Anxi Beiting, almost all came.

This is an elite cavalry of 20,000 yuan. A guy like An Qingzong who has never been to the battlefield since he was a child, really looks down on people.

"Try it."

Wang Xiao called Gao Xianzhi and others to "kill them and seize Pinglu."

"Receive the order!"

The real elite and main force of the rebels were transferred to the front line.

The combat effectiveness of those stationed in Pinglu is very average.

If they take over the city, there would be no good idea for Wang Xiao, who was mainly cavalry.
To be continued...