Li Chengqian dealt with the affairs of the soldiers and gold mining in Mobei, and then sent troops to Mobei to bring the women and children of various departments in Mobei to the Tang Dynasty.

After Li Shiji went to report to Li Shimin, Li Shimin decided to send 10,000 troops to Mobei.

The Khitan and other falling troops in the north of Yanshan are easy to deal with, they are too close to the Tang Dynasty to do too much, but the Turkic Helu Department is north of Yinshan and can flee to the Western Turks at any time, if the two armies meet, the other party will not show mercy, so the Tang Dynasty must be prepared.

The day before the army set off, Li Chengqian summoned Xue Rengui and a group of East Palace generals to a tavern in Lingzhou City to practice for Xue Rengui.

A few days in advance, Liu Kui sent someone to take over the tavern, and all the things that should be served and applied were transferred from the line.

On the day of the banquet, more than a dozen large square tables were set up in the lobby of the tavern, and one hundred and ten generals felt that it was novel and interesting to see such an arrangement.

More than ten years ago, Ah Q-style scholars jumped out and said that the ancient Chinese practiced a separate meal system, and hygiene or something......

This is due to the influence of the modern West, first of all, the culture is not confident, and they think that eating together is unhygienic, so they found out from the old paper pile that the ancient Chinese were divided into meals, and so on.

In his past and present lives, Li Chengqian didn't believe in this, and he wouldn't eat noodles because foreign countries thought they were eating noodles like pigs.

After Li Chengqian crossed over, he found that the distribution of meals in the Tang Dynasty was mainly subject to the level of furniture production, and how to share meals without a big table at that time?

There is also the restriction of etiquette, in the Tang Dynasty, the people who had the money and ability to hold banquets were all hierarchical families, and people of different ranks were not allowed to eat at the same table?

Even if Li Chengqian has made a generous table since he crossed over, how many people are there who are worthy of eating with him?

Except for extremely private banquets, whenever Li Chengqian participates in banquets, they are all on a high platform and a single table, far away from everyone.

Today, Li Chengqian arranged for 100 people to hold more than a dozen tables of banquets, all of which were spread out in the lobby of the tavern without a single table on a high platform, which made all the generals feel flattered for a while.

Under the guidance of the chamberlain, the generals took their seats, and Li Chengqian's table was in the middle, and the generals on the surrounding tables were guarding like the sun among the stars.

According to Li Chengqian's request, all the generals came in civilian clothes today.

Most of the people who can enter the East Palace as guards are children of families, and they usually wear military uniforms and are not obvious, but they put on a brocade robe and jade belt. Each one of them is elegant and chic in the wind, but also has iron blood and steel fortitude, but it is much stronger than some of the current heavenly groups.

At noon, Li Chengqian, who was dressed in a sky blue silk robe, led today's protagonist Xue Rengui, who was dressed in a white robe, as well as Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, Wang Fangyi, Cheng Wuting and others to the tavern.

The generals who came first came out of the tavern to greet Li Chengqian at the door.

Li Chengqian waved his hand with a smile and said, "Zhu Qing is flat!" Go in with the Lone King. ”

Walking into the tavern, Li Chengqian sat at the middle table, motioned for Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, Wang Fangyi, Cheng Wuting and others to share a table with him, and the other generals went back to their seats just now and sat down.

At first, all the generals were still a little nervous, first everyone got up and toasted three times in a row, wishing His Majesty good health, wishing the prince good health, and wishing Datang Wansheng......

After three glasses of wine, everyone sat down, Li Chengqian picked up the wine glass and stood up to everyone: "You have worked hard all the way to protect the lonely king and came to Saishang, and later fought with Mobei several times, and even sacrificed your life and death to protect the lonely king and establish meritorious deeds.

The lonely king can remember the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, can remember the ordinary soldiers, and will not forget you.

This cup of wine is a tribute to all of you for your brave and heroic efforts to kill the enemy. ”

As he spoke, he raised his wine glass and raised his neck to drink the wine in the glass.

Seeing this, the generals suddenly stood up and held the wine bowl high with both hands, and also raised their necks to drink the wine in the bowl.

He put down the wine bowl and said loudly: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" ”

Seeing this, Li Chengqian suddenly became angry in his chest and shouted: "Okay! He turned back to Liu Kui and said, "Give the lonely king a big bowl too!" ”

Liu Kui hesitated a little and brought a big bowl, Li Chengqian took the bowl, and Cheng Wuting hurriedly lifted the wine jar and poured him a bowl full of rice wine.

Li Chengqian raised the wine bowl and said loudly again: "This bowl of wine is still respectful to you, the Lone King Autonomous Army has always been strict, especially in the past year since the expedition, the prohibition of alcohol in the army has been very strict, and all the soldiers are very slanderous.

Therefore, today, the lonely king specially greeted the British duke, he will take care of the barracks, you just drink hard, get drunk, find a place to sleep, and re-enter the barracks tomorrow. With that, Li Chengqian raised the wine bowl and drank it all.

"Good!"

There was a thunderous cheer in the hall.

But it's the sound of grunting wine.

Li Chengqian still stood waiting for everyone to put down the wine bowl, Li Chengqian put his wine bowl in front of Cheng Wuting and asked him to pour wine, and then raised the wine bowl again and said in a deep voice: "When we came, the mountain was high and the road was far away, relying on the soldiers all the way to cut through thorns and thorns to get to today, and when we went back, the mountains and rivers were the same, and the soldiers needed to open the road and build bridges in the mountains and rivers, so as to smooth the ups and downs for my Datang Kangzhuang Road. ”

Saying that, Li Chengqian and the generals held the wine bowl high together, and the whale swallowed the dragon and drank the wine in the bowl as soon as possible.

Put down the wine bowl, and the generals walked out of the banquet together under the leadership of Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, and hugged their fists towards Li Chengqian and said: "The last general will wait for His Royal Highness the Prince's appreciation, and I am willing to die for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The voice came out loud, indicating the mood of the generals at this time, and they bowed deeply to the ground.

"All the generals are flat!" Seeing this, Li Chengqian raised his hands and said excitedly.

After the generals got up, they said proudly: "From now on, the lonely king orders you to go to your own seat, eat and drink freely, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return, hahaha......"

The generals laughed and returned to their seats.

Cheng Wuting ran back to his seat and poured a full bowl of wine for Li Chengqian very doggedly, put his hands up and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you salute us three bowls of wine, and the minister also salutes you a bowl!" ”

The generals who had just sat back looked over when they heard this, and some of them even brought up their wine bowls, and they also went to toast when Li Chengqian drank Cheng Wuting's wine.

Li Chengqian looked at Cheng Wuting and lowered his face and asked, "You want to get me drunk?"

"Uh......" Cheng Wuting was asked.

The scene was immediately quiet, and the atmosphere became tense, and only a few people at the same table with Li Chengqian looked at Cheng Wu with smiles in their eyes, which was quite embarrassing. They all know that Li Chengqian has always regarded Cheng Wuting as a brother, so Cheng Wuting is also much more casual in front of Li Chengqian, so he is often reprimanded by Li Chengqian.

Seeing Cheng Wuting at a loss, Li Chengqian said angrily: "Why don't you let me rest and drink again." ”

Cheng Wuting swept his eyebrows when he heard this, and was about to put down the wine bowl, but he didn't want Li Chengqian to suddenly say: "Don't put it down!" ”

Cheng Wu looked at Li Chengqian in confusion, only to hear Li Chengqian say lightly: "Drink for King Gu." ”

Seeing Cheng Wuting drink the bowl of wine with great grievances, the generals burst into laughter, and then sat down and drank and ate happily.

Only Cheng Wuting watched Liu Kui with great resentment and replaced Li Chengqian's wine bowl with a wine glass.

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"King Gu once heard people say, 'If you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a hero', Rengui will definitely pass through the Great Wall of Qin when he goes to Mobei, and he can be called a hero." Li Chengqian said while picking up a braised rabbit head.

Everyone at the table was stunned when they heard this, and they couldn't remember who said the sentence 'If you don't go to the Great Wall, you are not a hero', but they were embarrassed to ask, so they just waited for Li Chengqian to say it awkwardly.

Li Chengqian didn't see the embarrassment of the generals, he was lowering his head and pulling the rabbit's head, tearing off a piece of meat from it and putting it in his mouth to chew and swallow.

Only then did he look at Xue Rengui and said: "Rengui is going to Mobei to take the women and children of the Mobei tribes to the Tang Dynasty, and also to take a good look at the ruins of the Great Wall of Qin for King Gu, and when the King of Goguryeo is destroyed, he will use Goguryeo's slaves to build the Great Wall." ”

"Ahh

When all the generals at the table heard this, they all felt a thunderclap in their ears.

Although Li Chengqian said calmly, if this matter spreads, it will inevitably cause an uproar.

The conquest of Goguryeo and the construction of the Great Wall were both things done by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, these things were considered to be things that brought disaster to the country and the people.

Li Shimin's eastward expedition to Goguryeo was not once or twice, but each time he was blocked by the Shandong clan, and Li Chengqian was also clearly opposed to Li Shimin's sending troops before.

Building the Great Wall is something that even Li Shimin thinks is unnecessary, Li Shimin once said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Great Wall and wasted national funds and people's wealth, but could not stop the Turks, and he had a Li Shiji who could deter the north and south of the desert.

However, Xue Rengui, as a diehard loyalist of Li Chengqian, could only obey Li Chengqian's orders unconditionally, and after hearing the slightest hesitation, he immediately got up and solemnly hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ordered his ministers to die forever." ”

Li Chengqian stretched out his oil hand to signal Xue Rengui to sit down, and said with a faint smile: "Goguryeo and Tibet are the two major external troubles of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that Your Majesty is the lone king, and he will destroy them." ”

"Building the Great Wall seems to be a waste of national funds and people's money, but you must know that if you don't build the Great Wall, the northern border of the Tang Dynasty will be heavily guarded at any time.

Heavy troops are also required to calm down the grain, grass and military resources, and the most terrible thing is that one day the imperial court is slightly weaker, and these heavy troops will do more harm to the Tang Dynasty than any foreign race.

The Tang Dynasty was fortunate to be able to boost China's decline for 400 years since the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is deeply foresighted and admired, and he is willing to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with all his heart." Several generals at the main table had no doubts when they heard this, and they all saluted solemnly.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded and picked up a glass of wine and said, "Come and drink this cup." ”