Daisendari was energetic and said, "Soldiers, there are the Uighurs ahead. I am friends with the Khan of the Uighurs. They will definitely welcome us with kindness." After that, he took the lead in getting on the horse, and everyone followed him.

Daisendari saw several followers packing the tents and said, "No need, when we arrive at the Uighurs, we will have a new tent."

After saying that, he rode forward and everyone followed him and galloped forward.

The Orhun River is covered with thick ice, with thick snow on the ice surface. The river banks on both sides are full of yellow artemisia, swaying constantly in the cold wind.

Daisendari and his group stepped onto the ice and marched towards the opposite shore.

Suddenly, a row of sharp arrows shot out from the artemisia on the opposite bank, and then dense arrow rains shot out from the artemisia on both sides, and the Xueyantuo people fell down one after another and became a mess.

The enemy was very immoral. They did not show up and just kept firing arrows. Daisendari and others were exposed to the wilderness, with nowhere to hide, and heavy casualties.

Under the cover of the guards, Daisendari was lucky to be unable to be shot. He quickly judged the situation. There were enemy troops on both sides of the left and right, and there were large groups of pursuers chasing here behind. Only by fighting forward to break through the enemy's obstacles was the only way out.

Daisendari shouted loudly: "Follow me and rush over." As he said that, he rode his horse towards the opposite shore, and his men followed him desperately to escape.

The rain of arrows continued to shoot, the Xueyantuo warriors kept falling, and the rest were still running forward.

The river was covered with thick snow, and the horse's hooves did not slip when they stepped on it. Daisendari and others were very fast and quickly came to the middle of the river.

Suddenly, the ice layer made a "crack" sound, and Daisendari was the first to fall into the cold river. The other Xueyantuo warriors could not control their running horses and kept falling into the river.

"Kill." The enemy finally appeared. They were dressed in thick Xueyantuo warriors and rushed towards the remaining hundreds of Daisendari's men.

The battle ended soon.

Asuncang looked at the body of the Xueyantuo warrior in the river and smiled and said, "Nao, you are more and more aware of war now. Our people are basically without casualties."

It turned out that Zhang Baogui and others were ambushed here in advance according to the instructions in Li You's letter. After they discovered the traces of Daisendari and others, they poked many holes in the ice layer in advance, smashed many cracks, and the snow covered on it again completely led to the destruction of Daisendari.

Soon, the soldiers came to report that the body of Daesendarri was found.

Asuncang said with some regret: "What a pity, I can't let the princess take revenge with her own hands."

Zhang Baogui was also a little regretful, but Li You's letter told him not to live, and he didn't know why. However, Daisendari died and their mission was completed.

He said, "Cut off the head of Desendarri and withdraw his troops."

Chang'an City, morning court, Tai Chi Hall.

Zhang Liang, Minister of War, said: "Your Majesty, I received a military report from General Li Jing last night, saying that Daisendari was fighting against the Tang army with the support of the rest of his troops. Daisendari might receive assistance from the Uighurs. Zhang Baoxiang led an army of 80,000 to continue fighting against the enemy. There was no more food and grass in front, so I asked the court to transport food and grass in front again.

Li Shimin asked, "How many people in Xueyantuo are left?"

Zhang Liang said: "The military newspaper did not say that. I asked the person who sent the letter. He said that there were about 60,000 enemies."

Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied with this result, and he said, "Since that's the case, Prince, you should continue to transport food and grass ahead."

Li Chengqian said: "My son obeys the order."

After the morning court ended, Li Chengqian said to Li You: "Fifth brother, it's really the same as you."

Li You smiled bitterly and said, "The trouble with this matter is still to come. Don't say a word now. Take the time to get familiar with the contents in the material."

Not long after, Zhang Baogui sent someone to send a secret letter saying that Daisendari had been eliminated and Li You blocked the news.

In early April, Li Jing and others returned to Chang'an.

Anyone who has read "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" will be impressed by Xu Maogong in it. Later, he was given the surname Li for his merits and changed his name to Li Ji. He was a general as famous as Li Jing. Before this expedition to Xue Yantuo, he had been the governor of Youzhou and had not returned to Chang'an for many years.

During the morning court this morning, Li Shimin announced a dinner for the generals who went to Xueyantuo. Li Ji visited several relatives and friends in the morning and returned to the temporary Longwu Guard camp at noon.

As soon as Li Ji entered the living room, he saw a group of generals waiting for him. These people not only had the Youzhou generals who followed him to conquer Xue Yantuo this time, but also their former subordinates in Chang'an. They had already prepared a banquet and were waiting for Li Ji.

Seeing Li Ji come in, everyone saluted and said, "Master."

When Li Ji saw his old subordinates, he was very happy and started drinking with them.

Everyone toasted Li Ji one after another, and Li Ji said, "Tonight, Your Majesty will hold a dinner for us. Let's drink less at noon and continue drinking in the evening."

When the generals heard him say this, they looked at each other and put down their wine glasses together. Just as Li Ji was curious, a general said, "Master, please look at this." As he said that, he handed him a memorial.

When Li Ji opened it, he saw that it said "Suggestions on Establishing a Recruitment System." He immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The Tang Dynasty implemented the system of military troops, and its basic form was similar to the current military sub-district. It had a certain organization in the local area, and the soldiers were taken turns by locals.

The military system has three major characteristics:

(1) There is no cost to raise troops, but it is useful for more troops.

The organizational form of the military system is the military farming system. When soldiers serve, they have to rely on farming to support themselves and conduct military training during slack farming. After retirement, they still retain their identities, similar to reserve services, and the imperial court recruited them as needed during wartime.

2) All soldiers have professions, and there is no disadvantage of homelessness. Before serving, soldiers were all professions civilians. After retiring, they returned home to continue to manage their professions, and the court did not have to be responsible for resettlement.

(3) Generals and generals cannot hold troops and respect themselves. The Tang Dynasty implemented the separation of soldiers and generals, but they only drew troops from the government to participate in the war during the war and temporarily appointed generals. There was no interest or emotion between the generals and soldiers, and they did not have strong control over the army.

The ancients were very smart. This method was both cost-effective and safe. The disadvantage was that the military training level was not high, the running-in level was poor, and the combat effectiveness was relatively weak. However, in ancient times, there was no high technology in wars, and it relied on a large number of people and did not require high quality of soldiers. Therefore, the military system of the palace was an effective military system for the Tang Dynasty.

The recruitment system is similar to the modern military system. The army is a professional army. The soldiers have a high level of training and strong combat effectiveness. The disadvantage is that they are too expensive. In addition, the generals have strong control over the army and are prone to self-respecting.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the generals have repeatedly proposed to implement the recruitment system, but they have been opposed by Li Shimin and civil servants. Why do they still need to implement the recruitment system?

At the beginning of the founding of any dynasty, it was based on the army and the status of soldiers was the highest. However, once it entered a peaceful era, it would have a phenomenon of focusing on culture and neglecting military affairs, and the status of soldiers would decline, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception.

As the situation around the Tang Dynasty became more and more stable, the war was moving away from the Tang Dynasty, and a large number of military generals became idle. For example, generals such as Li Jing, Cheng, Yaojin, and Qin Qiong were in a semi-retired state when they did not fight, and they were in a semi-retired state without military positions, and they all felt extremely disappointed. They all hoped to implement the recruitment system. If there were soldiers, they would have a sense of existence, and if there were corresponding social influence.

When Li Ji saw the content of the memorial, he was shocked. He asked calmly: "Why should I mention this again?"

The generals complained to him, saying that they had been fighting for the court for many years and were covered in wounds, but now no one paid attention. They wanted to take advantage of this time to take charge of the troops again, put pressure on the court, and force the court to agree to improve their treatment.

Li Ji was the commander of the battle formation for a long time. His political wisdom was far higher than that of General Li Jing. During this war, he discovered many doubts, just as Xue Rengui suspected, there was something wrong with it.

Now, he completely understood.

In this war, why did Li Jing change his original combat plan? He did not want to wipe out the Xueyantuo people, and left Daisendari to raise the enemy's own weight. After defeating the main force of the Xueyantuo people, there were only a few thousand people left by Daisendari, but Zhang Baoxiang lied that the enemy still had tens of thousands of troops, so he left 80,000 troops to continue to stay in Xueyantuo.

Zhang Baoxiang deliberately did not chase after Daisendari, but just sent troops to follow them from afar and force him to flee to the Uighurs, in order to keep him and continue to threaten Xueyantuo area and increase bargaining chips to increase the influence of the military.

Li Jing and others led other troops back to Chang'an. Zhang Baoxiang was holding heavy troops outside, which was to create strong pressure to force Li Shimin to make concessions and make him agree to implement the recruitment system.

The generals' behavior of forcing the palace is not far from mutiny.

What happened next made Li Ji even more embarrassed. A general turned the second page of the memorial, with many signatures of generals below. He said: "Master, please sign on it."

"Yes, Grandmaster, you still need to take the lead in this matter." All the generals looked at Li Ji expectantly.
Chapter completed!