Chapter 78

"Since the alliance has been established, our Great Han will spare no effort to assist the Great Yuezhi! However, I wonder how His Majesty wishes us to help?"

After putting away the alliance, Li You felt a great weight lifted from his heart.

"I want General Chen to help our Great Yuezhi command the army in the battle against Wusun!" The King of Yuezhi said eagerly, "With General Chen's assistance, our Great Yuezhi will surely defeat Lijiaomi!"

"Your Majesty seems to be simplifying the matter a bit!" Since there were not many people involved in the alliance, Li You spoke frankly, "General Chen is, after all, an outsider, and has only been in the Great Yuezhi for ten days! How can he have the prestige to command the Great Yuezhi's hundred-thousand-strong army? Moreover, this hundred-thousand-strong army comes from the five tribes of Mi, Shuangmi, Kushan, Pandon, and Dumu. There are many conflicts among these tribes, and even Your Majesty may find it difficult to unite them, let alone us outsiders?"

The King of Yuezhi had been momentarily excited, but now, after Li You's words, it felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head. He immediately calmed down and couldn't help but laugh bitterly, "Does this mean our Great Yuezhi is bound to lose this battle?"

"Not at all, not at all!" Having just shattered the King of Yuezhi's illusions, Li You gave him new hope, "Although General Chen cannot help your country command the entire army, he can still do something!"

"Please, envoy, speak quickly!" The King of Yuezhi was completely led into Li You's rhythm. In this short time, his mood had risen and fallen sharply, like a roller coaster.

"Although General Chen does not have the prestige to command your country's hundred-thousand-strong army, no one can deny his expertise in military strategy, right?" Seeing the King and his ministers nod in agreement, Li You continued, "In that case, General Chen can help your country formulate military strategies and provide advice to Your Majesty. Your Majesty can then command your army based on General Chen's strategies!"

"En, en! This method is excellent!" Hearing this, the King of Yuezhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. This way, they could make use of Chen Qingzhi's talents without worrying about the army falling under someone else's control.

"If this method is used, Your Majesty must follow General Chen's advice! Especially when the generals have doubts about General Chen's tactics, Your Majesty must stand by General Chen!" Li You reminded. Chen Qingzhi was now serving as the Great Yuezhi's advisor, but if the commander did not adopt the advisor's suggestions, even the best tactics would be useless.

The King of Yuezhi immediately swore to their revered deity that he would follow Chen Qingzhi's advice. Li You nodded and continued, "Additionally, although General Chen cannot command the entire army, he can command several thousand elite cavalry! I suggest that several thousand cavalry be assigned to General Chen's command! Your country can first engage in a standoff with Wusun to test the waters, and when the right opportunity arises, General Chen can command these several thousand elite cavalry to deliver a decisive blow!"

Sometimes, it's not the case that the more troops one commands, the better! Quality is more important than quantity. It's better to command several thousand elite troops who can act like an extension of one's arm than to command a hundred-thousand-strong army that is like a loose collection of sand. Moreover, Chen Qingzhi has limited experience in commanding large armies; several thousand cavalry is his forte. Therefore, after arriving in the Great Yuezhi, Chen Qingzhi and Li You discussed and came up with this strategy.

As for the source of these several thousand cavalry, it was even easier to arrange! First, the thousand cavalry trained over the past ten days could serve as the core. Additionally, the two thousand cavalry led by Vessishka today were also quite capable and could be fully integrated into Chen Qingzhi's command, which Vessishka would be more than happy to do!

The remaining three to four thousand should preferably be recruited from the Kushan tribe. First, the original three thousand were from the Kushan tribe, and bringing in troops from other tribes might cause conflicts and affect overall combat effectiveness. Second, Chen Qingzhi had already won over Vessishka and Hu Vessishka, two highly respected young leaders of the Kushan tribe, so there would be no issue with their leadership. Third, this was a small consideration of Li You's. The various countries in the Western Regions were often untrustworthy, frequently rebelling and surrendering. Now, the King of Yuezhi was humble because he needed the Great Han, but after defeating Wusun, he might not be so humble! At that time, the Great Han could use its relationship with the Kushan tribe to achieve its goals!

Despite the King of Yuezhi's vigilance about the elite cavalry all coming from the Kushan tribe, he had no response to the first two reasons Li You presented! He could only agree to transfer Vessishka and Hu Vessishka to Chen Qingzhi's command and have them select four thousand more elite troops from the Kushan tribe to be under Chen Qingzhi's jurisdiction.

"General Chen, since that's settled, we will go and gather the troops! However, this force is quite different from the other Yuezhi armies, and their uniforms should also be distinct. What kind of military uniforms would General Chen like them to wear?" After reaching an agreement, Vessishka asked.

Chen Qingzhi was momentarily lost in thought, as if he was recalling a certain memory. After a long time, he hesitantly said, "Could they be made into white robes?"

Vessishka and Hu Vessishka exchanged a smile and firmly replied, "No problem, we will prepare them immediately!"

Li You smiled silently on the side. Was Chen Qingzhi trying to replicate his White Robe Corps in the Western Regions hundreds of years ago?

The Yuezhi was a major country in the Western Regions with many merchants, so the issue of white battle robes was quickly resolved! A few days later, on the training ground in the city, weapons and flags were abundant. Under the leadership of Vessishka and Hu Vessishka, the seven thousand elite Kushan troops selected from the Great Yuezhi's hundred-thousand-strong army stood in neat rows, awaiting Chen Qingzhi's inspection.

The white long robes, silver-white light armor, and snow-white blades gave a sense of solemnity and lethality! Before Lijiaomi led his sixteen-thousand-strong army to arrive, these troops would undergo rigorous training under Chen Qingzhi, with the goal of achieving at least thirty percent of the combat effectiveness of Chen Qingzhi's original White Robe Corps!

Yes, as long as they could achieve thirty percent of the White Robe Corps' combat effectiveness, they would be enough to defeat Lijiaomi and sweep through the Western Regions! But could they do it?

During this period, Chen Qingzhi became extremely busy, training the army on the training ground and going to the King of Yuezhi to formulate corresponding strategies based on the latest news!

A month later, the Great Kunmi of Wusun, Lijiaomi, finally led his army to clear the harassment along the way and arrived near this city! The great battle between the Great Yuezhi and Wusun was about to begin! At this time, Pan Feng also returned to Li You's army and would become the vanguard of the new White Robe Corps!

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