Seeing the large number of soldiers in front of him who were tired and lying on the ground like dogs, Cheng Yanjin's depressed mood for several days was finally alleviated. Liu Wenjing, who was reading books at zero o'clock and sent the Turkic envoys, has not yet returned, and Cheng Yanjin, who was waiting, was already a little impatient.

Originally, he also planned to take advantage of the free time in the past few days to close a small pass, cultivate martial arts, and improve his internal strength. But no matter what method he used, he couldn't calm down, and he couldn't wait to leave everything far away. After staying in the house for a long time, getting more and more irritable, Cheng Yanjin came to the barracks to train these soldiers. Since grandpa is not happy, then these bastards can't be happy. As the saying goes, share the blessings and share the difficulties!

Looking up at the sky, it was almost time for this group of rabbit cubs to rest, and Cheng Biting Jin was about to beckon these soldiers in front of him to get up and continue training, when a herald rushed out from the side, bringing an order from Tang Gong Li Yuan, asking Cheng Biting Jin to go to the Shuaifu to gather.

Concentrated? Isn't it just a meeting? Cheng bit Jin and scoffed. Li Yuan's old guy seems to be a sullen guy too! In the past few days, I have frequently asked my subordinate generals to gather, talk useless nonsense, and listen to the flattery of those generals who are more numb than the other.

However, it is not surprising, because just a few days ago, the brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji from Hedong came to Jinyang, and they came with bad news that made Li Yuan grief-stricken, Li Yuan's fifth son, Li Zhiyun, the son born to the concubine Wan, and Li Jiancheng were separated, and they were caught by the imperial court and cut off their heads.

Li Yuan was sad and crying heartbreakingly. Seeing Li Yuan's appearance, Cheng Yanjin was embarrassed to tell him that in fact, when Li Jiancheng left, he didn't take Li Zhiyun with him at all, so Li Zhiyun was caught by the court officers and soldiers. It is estimated that when the child was caught, he was still confused!

However, considering that Li Jiancheng didn't even bring out his own son, Cheng Yanjin also understood that he fled for his life with a large group of women and children, and he would be discovered by the officers and soldiers after walking a few miles.

Just because Li Yuan and his sons were not in a very good mood during this time, the officials of Jinyang Mansion were afraid that Li Yuan would give up after this huge blow, and the officials of Jinyang Mansion ran to Li Yuan's Shuai Mansion if they had nothing to do, and put the old man's hat on Li Yuan's head, hoping that he could cheer up and don't leave everyone here to fend for themselves.

Ordering those soldiers to train on their own, ignoring the group of guys who were happy and seemed to have escaped, Cheng Yanjin followed the herald and ran towards Li Yuan's marshal mansion. Before he entered, Cheng Yanjin faintly heard fierce words in his ears, hey, this group of guys is patting their ass to the level, and they actually know that they are grandstanding!

After taking a few more steps, Cheng Yanjin's brows furrowed, and now the voice that came to his ears was already very clear, no matter how he listened to it, he was not putting a high hat on Li Yuan, but scolding a guy named Gao Deru. Listening to the movement inside is so chaotic, isn't Li Yuan here? That's why these officials are herding sheep and making a fuss?

When Cheng Yanjin walked in, he was really taken aback, who was not Li Yuan sitting at the top? Looking at his appearance, he was obviously a little unhappy, but he just endured it and didn't have a seizure. Cheng Yanjin was a little puzzled at the moment, looking at the scolding appearance of these officials, it seemed that the guy named Gao Deru killed their son and slept with their wife, and the two sides formed a life-and-death feud!

Seeing the scene, it seemed that it would be difficult to calm down for a while, Cheng Yanjin plucked up his internal strength, coughed, and suddenly the entire hall shook, and all the officials closed their mouths, turning their heads and looking at Cheng Yanjin angrily. Among them, a few masters who had also stepped into the martial arts wanted to fight back, but looking at the bright axe in Cheng Yanjin's hand, they immediately dispelled their minds.

Although these people have not been in contact with Cheng Yanjin for a long time, they have figured out his temper, and if they are angry with him now, it will inevitably turn into a fight in the future. Cheng Yanjin can now be regarded as a celebrity in front of Li Yuan, and now he has tens of thousands of horses stationed in Jinyang City, even if he wins the battle, he will not be able to please him.

What's more, they have also seen the mysterious axe technique of biting gold in the process, so they naturally know that it is powerful. Therefore, for Cheng Yanjin, as long as he doesn't go too far, these people don't want to mess with him.

Seeing that the scene was quiet, Cheng Biting Jin cleared his throat, "Everyone, what happened?" Why is it so noisy? Don't you forget, this is the marshal mansion of the Duke of Tang, not your private residence, what kind of system is it so noisy? This is the wicked person who sued first, and at that moment, all the officials hurriedly asked Li Yuan for his guilt.

Li Yuan is also a well-behaved person, and he never forgets to buy people's hearts, "Haha, it's okay!" Anyway! Your mood can be understood, that Gao Deru is indeed too hateful, and when our army sets off, we will first break this old horseman into pieces! ”

Just when Cheng Yanjin was confused and wondered where Gao Deru was, Li Shimin next to him came up and told him the matter concisely. Only then did Cheng Yanjin know that this Gao Deru was the county guard of Xihe County. This person's relationship with Li Yuan was originally okay, so Li Yuan sent an envoy to Xihe County, wanting to persuade Na Gao Deru to join him.

Unexpectedly, when the envoy told Li Yuan's meaning, the Gao Deru was furious, ordered the sergeant, tied the envoy with forty military sticks, and drove him out of the camp. Then he added troops to the gates of Xihe to defend, selected generals to recruit troops, and prepared to fight Li Yuan to the death.

When Cheng Yanjin heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately jumped up, "Tang Gong, this Gao Deru dares to despise us and others, so rampant, how can he be allowed to live for three or five more days?" In Xia Bucai, he is willing to lead some people to Xihe County to kill him now! Look at who else in this state will dare to ignore the prestige of Tang Gong in the future? ”

Li Yuandeng, who was the head of a group of officials and officials next to him, was stunned, Cheng Biting Jin's reaction was so big, it was as if he was being insulted, and his attitude was so positive that it was really confusing.

At that moment, there was a big man who was not used to it, and retorted: "Now that Tang Gong has not officially started an incident, if he rashly uses troops to Xihe, how can he explain it to the people of the world?" ”

Cheng Yanjin hadn't spoken yet, and Li Shimin next to him interjected, "It's not difficult!" Na Gao Deru used to be the guard of the Son of Heaven, and once, when he saw two peacocks flying to the court, he went to lie to the Son of Heaven and reported that he had found a bird representing good luck. As a result, when Yang Guangxing rushed to watch, the peacock had already flown away, and he couldn't figure out the authenticity.

Despite this, the elated Yang Guang still rewarded Gao Deru and built a Yiluan Hall at the place where the peacock settled to commemorate, which is the origin of the idiom "referring to the bird as Luan". Like this villain who deceived the king, we just eliminated him openly on the charge of 'hoeing traitors and ansui rooms', which can not only kill chickens and monkeys, give your father and you anger, but also take the opportunity to beat our name. ”

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Cheng Yanjin gave a thumbs up next to him, and said in his heart: Okay! I can't see it, your doll is heavier than my murderous spirit, we are just bored and panicked, and I want to go outside and have fun killing a few villains by the way. Hey, it's good for you, you just go straight to the name of righteousness, and by the way, you also package yourself as the righteous party, which is really a set.

The officials next to him also looked at Li Shimin with some surprise, he could so easily label his enemies as traitors, and then destroy them with righteousness, it really deserves to be the seed of Tang Gong! However, you have to be careful in the future, don't offend the father and son, otherwise you will be labeled as a villain to meet your ancestors one day.

Li Yuan, who was sitting at the top, also nodded and smiled, his son's idea was brilliant, not only to deter those officials who were still waiting, but also to justify and legitimize the purpose of his own incident. In this way, it will be able to explain clearly to the people of the world why the people of the "An Sui Room" want to fight the Sui army: because the other party has been controlled by traitors. Only by eliminating traitors can the country be stable and the common people live a happy life again.

Besides, Li Yuan was hit by the pain of losing his son, and the anger in his heart also needed to be vented. At that moment, Li Yuan gave the order, let his subordinates kill cattle and horses, sacrifice to heaven and earth, and choose the sunrise division. With Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's two sons as the marching governors, the eldest grandson Shunde as the left wing, Liu Hongji as the deputy general, and Yin Kaishan as the vanguard, he led 3,000 men and horses to Xihe County.

As for Cheng Yanjin, it was inconvenient to show his head at this time, so he had to cover himself tightly with armor aggrievedly, and temporarily set off as Li Shimin's personal escort. The two conspicuous big plate axes were also put aside, but fortunately, Cheng Yanjin had learned some kung fu using the horse lance from the dead old boxer Wang, that is, the son of Chen Houzhu, and he was about to get there.

Originally, Li Yuan didn't want Cheng Yanjin to follow, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind. The military horses on this trip were not people borrowed from Cheng Yanjin, but newly recruited newcomers. Although these soldiers have been trained for a period of time, he has no idea how much combat effectiveness he has.

Moreover, this is the first time that his two sons have taken on such a major event, although he sent a few experienced generals to assist, but Cheng Yanjin, who has experience in rebellion, followed, and things will definitely be smoother.

However, Li Yuan also knew about Cheng Biting Jin's bad temper, so he simply sent Taiyuan County Ling Wen Dayou to travel with him. Let Wen Dayou, who is known as a good old man, reconcile with it, so as not to let Cheng bite Jin and those generals to fight among themselves. Especially the eldest son Li Jiancheng, there is still a place where Cheng Biting Gold can be used, but Li Jiancheng, who is sad in his heart, can't fight with Cheng Biting Jin.

The so-called horse lance, in fact, is the nickname of the Zhangba spear, Cheng Yanjin has not touched this thing for a long time, therefore, on the march, Cheng Yanjin pulled those generals to practice, so as to pick up the skills that were about to be forgotten again.

However, Cheng Biting Jin's thoughts seemed to the few generals who were beaten with spears by him with blue noses and swollen faces, and it was clear that this bastard was making fun of a few of his own people. If it weren't for the fact that Xihe County arrived in the blink of an eye, and there was Wen Dayou maneuvering around, I am afraid that those generals would have been unable to resist leading the army to reason with Cheng Yanjin.

The cannons rang out in the sky, and the gongs sounded on the ground. The army marched to Xihe County, camped ten miles away from the city, buried pots to cook, and beat people and horses. Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng brothers were neatly dressed, accompanied by Cheng Yanjin, led a few generals, ordered all the men and horses, and fought under the city.

What surprised Cheng Yanjin a little was that Gao Deru did not defend the city, but opened the city gate and led the men and horses to meet him. Cheng Yanjin sighed a little secretly at the moment, this Li Shimin's luck is too good, how can he meet such a fool. It's been a few years since I rebelled, and I haven't encountered anything so cheap!

If this Gao Deru can't defend it, even if the army captures Xihe City, it will lose a lot. But this Gao Deru is extremely stupid, can he think that he thinks that there are not many people led by Li Shimin's brothers, so he can underestimate it? It's so much fun.

Seeing that the forwards of the two armies had already fought, Cheng Yanjin raised the spear in his hand and killed Gao Deru. Although he didn't work much on this horse lance, the tricks that Old Boxer Wang taught him at the beginning were extremely powerful, and it was the most suitable to kill people on the battlefield. Therefore, relying on the internal strength in his body, Cheng Yanjin's subordinates did not have a single general, and he let him kill in front of Gao Deru in the blink of an eye.

After a few rounds of fighting with Gao Deru, Cheng Biting Jin actually caught him. Looking at Gao Deru in his hand, Cheng Yanjin still couldn't believe it, how could they all be people who had been Yang Guang's guards, and the difference between Gao Deru and Li Yuan was so big? Although Gao Deru is also a master of martial arts, but in Cheng Yanjin's opinion, he is not worthy of lifting shoes for Li Yuan, this guy dares to argue with Li Yuan with such a little ability, I really don't know how to write the word dead!

Gao Deru was captured, and his soldiers were in chaos. Just as Cheng Yanjin was carrying Gao Deru back, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court had already laid down their arms and surrendered one after another. When Li Shimin entered the city with the army, Cheng Yanjin rushed towards the place where Gao Deru placed the money and grain. There is no way, this has become Cheng Biting Jin's habit.

Waiting for Cheng to bite the gold and load all the money and grain into the carriage, Li Shimin has also hung up the list of Anmin, appointed officials to guard the city, and cut off Gao Deru's head and put it in a box. So, the army immediately packed up and returned to Jinyang.

A group of generals went to Li Yuan to ask for merit in high spirits, Li Yuan was naturally overjoyed, and praised at the moment, "My son raises troops to fight thieves, and it only takes nine days to go back and forth, so with soldiers, you can run rampant in the world!" At that moment, Li Yuan strengthened his determination to send troops to the pass, and ordered Pei Lian to open a warehouse and release grain on a certain day to expand the number of people.

When things were done, Li Yuan established the General's Mansion openly and proclaimed himself a general. With Pei Lin as the long history, Liu Wenjing as Sima. He also named the prince Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Longxi, the governor of the left leading army, and the three armies of the left. The second son, Li Shimin, was the Duke of Dunhuang, the governor of the right leading army, and commanded the three armies on the right. The rest of the core members such as the eldest grandson Shunde, Liu Hongji, Wen Dayou, Liu Zhenghui, Wu Shiyan and others were also rewarded and performed their duties.

Li Yuan originally wanted to reward Cheng Yanjin, but Cheng Yanjin couldn't live or die, the master still has a large number of people in Wagang, if you let the master appear in front of the stage, I'm afraid that the tens of thousands of horses will be lost. At that moment, Cheng Yanjin used this to persuade Li Yuan, and when he brought those tens of thousands of horses, it would not be too late to accept the reward from Tang Gong. Anyway, he Cheng Biting Jin and Li Yuan were already grasshoppers tied to a hemp rope, and Li Yuan was not afraid that Cheng Biting Jin would break his promise, so he agreed.

Seeing that Li Yuan's side had already shown the banner with a clear sword and a gun, Cheng Yanjin was immediately relieved, even if this Li Yuan was scheming, at this point, he couldn't change his mind if he wanted to. Now that the wood has been completed, Cheng Biting Jin cleaned up a little, and rushed towards his hometown in a hurry, Li Mi has already led the Wagang army to recapture Luocang, and now is the time to take his mother to his side, so as not to be like Li Jiancheng, who was only spared at the critical moment, but his relatives around him were slaughtered.