The First Division led by Di Qing had 46,500 people, and the Cavalry Division led by Huo Qubing had 40,500 people, totaling 87,000 people. This was the elite Xia Kingdom that Li Jing commanded the expedition this time, and there were also 100,000 servants and 100,000 militias.

In fact, when Li Jing went to war, Yang Song decided to send a regiment of the Imperial Guards to serve as a guard, but Li Jing refused. According to Li Jing's meaning, it was not necessary. With so many troops, his security was not a problem.

Another excuse for Li Jing to refuse Yang Song was that the Imperial Guard belonged to Yang Song's personal army and was not suitable for being sent out. In the end, Yang Song felt that what Li Jing said was reasonable, so he did not force Li Jing and did not force him to send troops.

At this time, it was early June of the 17th year of the Apocalypse, with the scorching summer and the rain flooding. Logically speaking, it was not a good time to send troops, but since it was for training troops, these difficulties were needed.

The army in Pingguan City has already completed its entire team. A regiment sent by Di Qing and a thousand-person team of the minion army have already set out as a vanguard, and the remaining main legions are about to go out.

Just like the military strategy formulated by Li Jing before, the first expedition was suppressed by the entire army. While attacking the enemy's vitality, it also trained the Xia army's large army to fight.

Originally, during the final military discussion, Huo Qubing fought for the vanguard mission from Li Jing and Liu Ji, but Li Jing and Liu Ji had a decision long ago that they would not change their minds because of Huo Qubing's enthusiasm.

In the end, the two decided to let Huo Qubing's cavalry division guard the two wings of the First Division and serve as the exploration force of the main force. Di Qing led the remaining army and the minion army of the First Division, marched according to the normal marching array.

As for the first goal of the entire army, Li Jing has also found it, that is, Yili United, which is 400 kilometers away from Shanhaiguan in the north.

Li Jing and Liu Ji were the supreme commanders of the entire army. Naturally, they followed Di Qing's division headquarters and integrated the division headquarters of the cavalry division into the army to form a general command center.

Anyway, neither the Cavalry Division nor the First Division will fight alone this time, and the establishment of two divisions alone is not very meaningful. Even in Li Jing's plan, even Di Qing and Huo Qubing are members of this command.

In other words, the Army went on a war all the way, and there was no such thing as the First Division and the Cavalry Division. There was only one whole, and the commands under it were also dispatched according to the regiment.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Jing refused the guards sent to him by Yang Song. If he accepted the imperial guards sent to him by Yang Song, he would have to form a command center separately, and there would be two separate divisions under it.

Even if Li Jing integrated the Cavalry Division and the First Division's division headquarters, who was Huo Qubing? He was unwilling to be a staff officer in the rear, so he failed to succeed and another plan came into being.

When Li Jing was dispatching tasks at the meeting, Huo Qubing learned that there was no difference between the First Division and the Cavalry Division, he turned his eyes and stood up and clasped his fists at Li Jing and Liu Ji, "General, Chief of Staff, the last general leads a regiment of soldiers as vanguards."

Since there is no difference between the two divisions, isn’t it said that Huo Qubing can lead the infantry that originally belonged to the First Division? Anyway, it’s not possible to stay in the command center. He might as well lead a regiment of soldiers to the front to open the way for the entire army.

Di Qing had this idea as well. He was about to say it and Huo Qubing took the lead. But how could Di Qing be willing to do so? He hurriedly stood up and said, "General, Chief of Staff, the 11th Regiment was originally commanded by the Mo General, and the Mo General is most familiar with him. It is better to let Mo serve as the vanguard in the future."

"General Di's words are a bit wrong." Huo Qubing didn't expect that someone would come to compete with him for the position of vanguard and commander. He immediately became anxious. He debated: "The king has an order. This time the troops are used for training. Because this general leads cavalry, this training is not only about training soldiers, but also generals should train them."

"General Huo's words are reasonable." Di Qing did not expect that Huo Qubing actually carried Yang Song out, but he still argued: "As General Huo said, we generals should also train, but General Huo had never commanded the infantry before, so he should learn more from the general and the chief of staff. Moreover, the vanguard position is an important position in the entire army. Let me serve as the general first. After General Huo learns more from the general and the chief of staff, we should replace him."

Just when Huo Qubing was about to argue again, Li Jing spoke: "Okay, okay, don't argue anymore, the two generals." Li Jing interrupted the two's argument.

In fact, when Huo Qubing and Di Qing were arguing, Li Jing and Liu Ji heard the arguments between them and found that their arguments made sense and had a lot of inspiration for him about this training plan. However, we still need to pay attention to the military discipline, and it is impossible for the two to continue to argue like this.

When Di Qing and Huo Qubing saw Li Jing say something, they shut up at the same time. They noticed their respective rudeness, so they folded their fists and apologized, "I will be guilty."

"Two generals sit down first." Li Jing certainly didn't care about this little thing, so he waved his hand and let the two sit down, and then said: "The two generals make sense, but there is only one Pioneer."

Seeing that the two men who heard him wanted to say something, Li Jing raised his hand to stop them. He continued: "As General Huo said, this time, the training of troops was not only 'soldiers', but also 'generals'."

Following Li Jing's words, looking at Huo Qubing's satisfied look and Di Qing's anxiety, Li Jing continued to say: "General Di is right. General Huo is not familiar with infantry warfare, so let's wait first for the vanguard."

Hearing this, Di Qing and Huo Qubing's expressions suddenly changed. At this time, their expressions seemed to have changed, but they looked at Li Jing's gaze and did not dare to speak and argue, but waited for Li Jing's next words.

"It is precisely this principle that in order to practice the 'general', General Di also stayed with us to learn the usage of cavalry." Li Jing said that neither of them had any chance.

"I dare to ask the general, who will be the vanguard?" Although Huo Qubing knew that he and Di Qing had no chance, he still wanted to know who was qualified to be the vanguard general.

"Haha~!" Li Jing couldn't help laughing twice when he heard this, and said, "Didn't you just say that this battle is also for training the 'general'. Of course, the vanguard is the leader of the 11th Regiment."

What he saw and thought of was Huo Qubing, Di Qing and the others. He not only had to take good care of the generals, but also the officers and even the soldiers at the bottom.

Isn’t the reason why Xia State established two military academies to cultivate more generals? If there is only the existing generals to do anything, how can the officers below grow up?
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