Yang Guang was noncommittal to Er Pei's words, and then turned his head and asked the other person, "Mrs. Li Yuan, Dou Shi, has there been any changes recently?"

Just behind him, an old man with a white beard and a purple robe stood sideways. That is none other than Wang Chonggu, the embroidered ambassador of the embroidered clothes, and he is also the only divine master in the world who is ranked by martial arts.

When Pei Yun heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he asked himself, he understood the mind of the Son of Heaven. If this person was really suspicious of Li Yuan, he would not have waved back the ministers, leaving only him and Pei Ju.

But why did the Son of Heaven ask the embroidered ambassador about this Dou clan at this time? Could it be that there is anything unusual about this Duchess of Tang Kingdom?

"Nothing out of the ordinary!"

Wang Chonggu looks old, but his sound quality is majestic and heavy: "Since the Son of Heaven succeeded to the throne, the Dou family has been considered a duty. At least I embroidered the clothes and guards, and I didn't notice anything unusual about this woman over the years. ”

Yang Guang was relieved at this time, and continued to face the two important ministers in front of him: "Two Aiqing, can you talk about it, who is the most suspicious person in the court in this rebellion?"

Pei Yun had been prepared for this, and immediately replied: "According to the minister's expectations, there are more than 20 families who can mobilize 4,000 private soldiers in Guanzhong. And the most suspicious of them are none other than the martial arts Li clan, the Hongnong Yang clan, the Dugu clan, the remnants of the former Zhou Yuwen family, the Lanling Xiao clan, and even the King of Qi——"

"King Qi?"

Yang Guang couldn't help frowning, and was about to ask what was going on, when he saw a sudden commotion outside the hall. Soon after, someone knelt in front of the palace and said: "Your Majesty! There is a battle report from the front, and Liaodong City not only closed its doors to our army, but also shot nearly 1,000 of our troops with 10,000 arrows!"

Yang Guang was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious, and he pressed his sword in his hand and walked straight outside the hall.

Behind him, Pei Yun and Pei Ju couldn't help but glance at each other, and there was a hint of worry in their eyes.

Before that, Liaodong City was not far from the city, but on the grounds of asking for surrender, the troops under Liaodong City did not dare to continue to attack, which also made the Son of Heaven very proud, and once said in front of the ministers that at most within two or three months, Goguryeo would be flattened.

But now Liaodong City has been repeated, not only making the results of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Sui attacking in recent months completely watered, but also delayed this war until midsummer.

It is conceivable how angry the Son of Heaven who is disappointed in this period will be.

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Li Shimin didn't know that he had been knighted and the founding son. At this time, he was receiving new recruits from Yuwen Shi and his side.

The latter really did what he said, and in just one day, he sent the names and records of more than 300 seventh-grade armor divisions in the army to the Tang State Mansion for Li Shimin to choose. Among them, they are all people with solid foundations and skilled skills, and it is rare to be innocent. Not only did there be no record of violating military discipline in the past, but it also had nothing to do with the family lords in the Kanto and Kansai regions.

Li Shimin carefully selected some of them, and then handed them over to Yu Wenshi and came forward, so that the son of the 'Taiwei' of the dynasty would recruit them on his behalf.

It must be mentioned here that in the border army and government army of the Great Sui, a seven-grade armor division is already qualified to serve as a team leader, or even a brigade commander, commanding a team of 100 people, or a brigade of 300 soldiers.

But in fact, except for some people who have special honors, only the children of noble and high-ranking families can be awarded these Zhengyin military positions. And the children of the Han Sect, even if they do have the cultivation of the seventh grade, most of them can only serve as adjutants such as team deputies, or they have been condescending to the fire chief and the other for the rest of their lives.

But even if he is a fire commander in the army, he is better than being Li Shimin's personal soldier. Not to mention the latter, which is now being rewarded by the black market and is in a precarious situation. By this person's side, there is a fear of life at any time.

So now, it should be difficult for him to recruit these seventh-grade armor masters. But the fact is that Li Shimin, as long as he passes through the Yu Wenshi and sends an invitation, he is invincible, and few people will refuse.

This is because Li Shimin's salary is indeed rich. In addition to the salary offered by the imperial court, he himself provided an additional salary of three times.

The second is the various martial arts inherited by the Li clan of martial arts, which are extremely attractive to some young people who are interested in martial arts. And this time, Li Shimin promised to open some of the Li family's middle martial arts, and let these soldiers choose two courses to practice. In addition, there is also the body refining pill provided by the Li family, which cannot be bought outside if you want to.

The third is because of the signboard of the Tang State Mansion and the martial arts Li family, don't look at the low position of this pro-soldier, but as long as they can stay here with Li Shimin for two to three years, and when they return to the border army of the government army in the future, they can wear the label of the martial arts Li family on their heads, and their future in the army in the future is far from comparable to the past.

And even Li Shimin himself is enough to be the object of their clinging. At a young age, he has already shown the appearance of a famous general, not only promoted to Qianniu Reserve, but also a celebrity in front of Empress Xiao. It is not an extravagant hope to be the general of the Weifu in the future.

What's more, in addition, there is also the emperor's son-in-law, Yu Wenshi and personally solicited,

And when these sixty personal soldiers were all in place, Weiwei Temple also happened to send people to send twenty sets of demon tiger armor and forty sets of dragon tendon armor to the mansion.

This time, his father, Li Yuan, did not have the slightest intention of avoiding suspicion. These armors transferred from Weiwei Temple are not only new armors produced in recent years, but also have excellent performance. It is also a special enhanced and transformed version, with powerful combat power, far exceeding the same level. In addition, all kinds of weapons and combat equipment are also available.

However, Li Shimin did not have time to train these pro-soldiers. There was another decree in the palace, and Jin named him the founder of the country, and he had 200 households.

Li Shimin did not hesitate to recruit the number of his own soldiers to 100 on the same day. According to the regulations set by the first emperor, the founder of the country can also have fifty personal guards.

However, the imperial court will not provide salaries for these guards, and they must be supported by the vassals themselves.

But for Li Shimin now, the most important thing is his own safety. If you can't even save your own life, what do you need money for?

However, the money in his hands is indeed starting to be tightened.

Previously, His Royal Highness Empress Xiao rewarded him with 30,000 yuan, and his father also gave him 50,000 yuan of silver and asked him to recruit his own soldiers and attendants.

But now just the four three-rank seniors under his command are a huge number.

Except for Yang Yun, the strongest of the four, who was actually provided by the embroidered guard, the other three needed him to support himself.

And the salaries of these people, plus pills, food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as daily ink armor repairs and other expenses, are at least 80,000 yuan a year.

In addition, those pro-soldiers who have cultivated to the seventh rank also need 80 guan per month, and 100 people add up to 8,000 guan, and 96,000 guan in a year.

If it weren't for Li Shimin's now, he had mastered the assembly skills of handsome-level armor, and he wouldn't be able to support this personal guard at all.

In fact, his father, Li Yuan and Dou, intended to allocate some money from the public to reduce his burden, but Li Shimin refused.

He thinks that he is already such a big person, and he is not good at bothering his family. What's more, the family business in this mansion will be inherited by the four brothers in the future after all. At this time, he used the money in this duke, maybe the eldest brother and Li Xuanba have no opinion, but the sister-in-law Zheng and the fourth brother may not have no ideas.

Besides, it's not that he can't afford to raise it now, it's just that he is cramped for a while.

Therefore, after getting acquainted with these 100 personal soldiers, Li Shimin handed over the training to Li Xin and Li Yan to be responsible.

The former is a martial arts Li carefully cultivated general, not only profound martial arts, but also proficient in the method of battle formation, plus Li Yan's assistance, training the scale of a hundred people in the battle formation, easy to freehand.

And Li Shimin himself locked himself in his small courtyard and buried himself in the production of ink armor.

Just two days ago, Li Shimin took another risk to go to the black market, and used the only remaining funds in his hand to buy a large number of ink armor parts.

He is ready to do his best to build one or two more handsome ranks during this holiday to alleviate his financial scarcity.

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Time flies, and three days are fleeting.

On a school field to the east of the Tang Mansion, a hundred armor soldiers with bright clothes and armor were practicing the formation under the scorching sun.

Li Shimin stood in a corner of the school yard, looking at it carefully, and as time went by, a look of satisfaction gradually appeared on his face.

"This is our martial arts Li Clan's unique four-elephant demon array, which was originally obtained from Buddhism, but after Emperor Wu of Zhou destroyed the Buddha, it has been lost in Buddhism——"

Behind Li Shimin, Li Yan's face was full of pride: "With this killing array, an ordinary killer will never be close to the body of the son." If there are a few good hands who have cultivated the true yuan, they are strong people at the third or fifth king level, and they will not be able to hurt the son in the slightest. ”

Li Shimin bowed slightly, and looked at the two behind him with appreciation: "I practiced well, thanks to you two." ”

Li Xin hurriedly bowed down and clenched his fists: "Gongzi's words are serious! It's that these people themselves are not weak, and their subordinates don't dare to take credit,"

What he said is not true, the reason why this four-elephant demon formation can take shape in just three days is indeed because these pro-soldiers are skilled in battle formations and master a military formation.

All they need to do in the past seven days is to get used to the characteristics and formation changes of the Four Elephant Demon Formation.

"But if it weren't for your Li Xin's proper explanation, where could you practice so fast?"

Li Shimin smiled and patted Li Xin's shoulder: "Then the next butterfly mandarin duck array and Tiangang Beidou array will also be handed over to you." ”

Just in case, he prepared to let his own soldiers drill three small battle formations this time. Unlike those formations commonly used in the military, the former is more suitable for small-scale battles, especially against the top powerhouses in martial arts.

Through the formation, as well as the help of special magic spears and bows and arrows, low-level warriors can also pose a threat to king-level and even god-level powerhouses.

Among these three formations, the Tiangang Beidou Array and the Four Elephants Demon Suppression Array are mainly aimed at martial artists, while the Butterfly Mandarin Duck Array can be used to suppress magicians.