Chapter 279 is unavoidable

At the front of the procession, there was a long row of tables, and more than a dozen civilian and military officers were registering and selecting young men in turn.

Regardless of their background or household registration, as long as they are not disabled, young and strong, and can afford to hold up the test stone lock, they can serve in the army and eat food.

That is to say, whether it is a fugitive slave or a former traitor and thief, they can also join the army, clear their identities, and regain their freedom, which is undoubtedly a great temptation for slaves and sinners hiding in Taiyuan County and the surrounding areas, so they have come to join the army.

On the street, a team of more than 300 cavalry soldiers rushed quickly, led by Li Shimin, after he led the private army to occupy the three county seats, he temporarily handed over the affairs of the private army team to his henchmen Sun Wuji and Pei Zhilin, but he was recalled by his father Li Yuan to guard the camp.

Today, he was on Li Yuan's order to inspect the recruitment situation of the recruiting points at the four major city gates of Taiyuan City to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble.

At this moment, a burst of cheers came from the recruiting office at the city gate, "Good! Good strength! ”

Li Shimin looked up and saw a big man participating in the recruitment was dancing the stone lock, the big man was wearing a black linen shirt, more than eight feet tall, long hands and feet, big shoulders and round waist, slightly dark skin, and two eyes with a god!

The stone lock weighing dozens of pounds was like a light weight in his hand, like a child's small toy, flying up and down, throwing it high, and catching it steadily, causing bursts of cheers.

After the big man finished dancing with the stone lock, his face was not red, he was not panting, and he arched his hand and asked: "I am ugly, I don't know if I have passed the assessment?"

"Passing ......"

The recruiting officer was about to reply, but at this time, Li Shimin had already urged the horse to approach, and the recruiting officer immediately stopped talking and hurriedly stepped forward with other recruiters to salute.

Li Shimin nodded, but his eyes looked at the big man and said with a smile: "A strong man is good at martial arts, may I ask your surname, where is your name?"

Seeing that Li Shimin had an extraordinary temperament, wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, and holding a pole and a horse lance in his hand, Dahan immediately knew that this was a general with a very good background.

Dahan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly clasped his fists, "In Xia Li Junxian, a native of Wu'an, Wei County, has been practicing martial arts since childhood, I heard that Li Gong recruited troops to suppress bandits, and I came to sign up for the army." ”

"Can you ride a horse?"

"Yes, skilled in riding and archery, skilled in horsemanship."

Li Shimin nodded, looked him up and down again, and asked, "Are you willing to be my personal soldier?"

Li Junxian was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "The grass people are willing to serve the general!"

"Good!"

Li Shimin turned his eyes to the recruiting general and said, "Arrange a war horse for him!"

"Yes!"

The recruiting general agreed, and immediately asked people to bring a war horse that was originally used to test the cavalry skills of the recruits, and handed it to Li Junxian.

"Let's go!"

Li Shimin gave an order, Li Junxian turned over and got on his horse, followed behind Li Shimin with three hundred cavalry soldiers, and drove to the next recruiting point.

……

At night, Taiyuan stayed in the house.

In the study, Wang Wei, who was left behind in Taiyuan, was discussing Li Yuan's affairs with Gao Junya, Zhang Mingwei and several other henchmen.

Gao Junya was originally just a tiger tooth general, the chief general of the city guard army in Taiyuan City, and later after leading the army to Yanmen Guanqin Wang to rescue the driver, he was appointed by Emperor Yang Guang of Sui as the deputy town guard of the Taiyuan town guard battalion.

However, now, like Wang Wei, he doesn't have much presence in the town guard camp, he is a marginal figure, and even his old nest city guards have now been controlled by Li Yuan, and he has become the chief general of the city guards in name only.

"I have already received the secret decree from the Holy Lord, but now that our strength in the army has been eaten away by Li Yuan, it is not appropriate to fight with him again, I plan to do it at the rain prayer meeting in three days, what does the general think?"

Taiyuan County has been dry for several months, and seeing that this season's crops are about to be lost, Wang Wei complied with the call of the people and prepared to hold a rain prayer meeting in the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan City three days later.

Gao Junya nodded, "This is indeed an opportunity for us, Taiyuan County has been dry for several months, and the rain prayer meeting in three days will definitely attract many people to pray for blessings and rain, Li Yuan is ambitious, and he will definitely not miss such an opportunity to buy people's hearts." When the time comes, the adults can read the secret decree of the Holy Lord in public at the venue, and in front of the public, Li Yuan has no way to deny it, so he can only be arrested. Moreover, there are people coming and going at the venue, and our people can also go to the scene in casual clothes and make various preparations in advance! ”

"The general's words are very much in line with me!"

Wang Wei pondered for a moment, and then said: "In the secret decree given to me, the Holy Lord did not mention who would take over as the general of the town guard, I am now a little worried about the matter of the town guard camp, I don't know if the general can be sure to control the 70,000 town guard army afterwards!"

"Don't worry, adults! I also received a secret decree the day before yesterday, and the Holy Lord asked me to temporarily act as the general after Li Yuan. ”

"That's good! As long as the general can control the 70,000 garrison army afterwards, our operation can be guaranteed to be foolproof! ”

Next, several people discussed the details of the operation, and after more than half an hour, Gao Junya and a few others left the left-behind mansion one after another.

……

Guarding the camp, Li Yuan was just about to change his clothes and rest, but his second son Li Shimin hurriedly walked in.

Seeing his son's solemn face, Li Yuan felt bad and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"Neiying has just heard the news that Wang Wei and Gao Junya are plotting in the Liushou Mansion tonight, preparing to attack their father at the rain prayer meeting in three days."

Li Yuan's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly asked people to summon several of his sons, as well as Pei Lin and other confidants.

Li Shimin told everyone the news from Neiying again, and everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they all lowered their heads to think about countermeasures.

"Father, in three days, the child will go to the rain prayer meeting on your behalf, and the father will stay in the camp to guard!"

"The eldest prince's plan is not enough."

Liu Wenjing shook his head and said, "Escape can only hide for a while, and it can't solve the problem, and besides, there are not a few soldiers in the army who are loyal to the court, if Wang Wei and they read the secret decree in the army in public, it will definitely cause chaos in the army, even if we can successfully calm it down in the end, the garrison army will lose a lot." ”

Pei Lin nodded, "I also agree with Lord Liu's analysis!" The secret decree in their hands is a big killing weapon, if Li Gong stays in the barracks, they can read the secret decree in public, remove Li Gong from his position, and then swear to cause civil strife in the army, but if Li Gong is not in the barracks, they can also read the secret decree in public in the army, and take the opportunity to relieve Li Gong of military power! ”

Li Yuan's face suddenly changed greatly, "Doesn't this mean that we have no way to avoid it, and there is no way out?" ”