Chapter 61: The Martial Arts Begins
are all surnamed Changsun, and the others are not the princes of the country and the county, only he is a general of the four-rank prison gatekeeper, and he was given an oversized mansion, but he was not knighted, this is the emperor and the queen humiliating themselves.
Thinking of this, the eldest grandson Anye was even more indignant, and left the Qi State Mansion without going back, and went to the inn. Every day is drunk and dreams of death, and even the daily life of Xuanwumen is not managed, and for a while, the Changsun family has become a laughing stock in Chang'an.
Time passed little by little, Cai Cong was busy preparing for the competition with the Xuanjia Army, and he turned a blind eye to King Yi'an and Zhang Liang who came to beg for mercy. He only promised the eldest grandson a way to live, but he didn't promise not to retaliate against them, and it was not time to stop yet.
Zhang Liang is also a person who died, seeing that his own industry is not as good as day by day, he took people to storm Taibai Building in a hurry, and smashed it. Although the veterans are disabled, they are not dry, and sneak attacks often work with one trick, killing seven or eight on the spot.
The next day, Li Shimin scolded Zhang Liang in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, and finally fined him for one year and ordered to compensate for the loss of Taibai Building. At the same time, Li Xiaochang, the king of Nghe An, was ordered to return to the fiefdom on the same day and not stay in Chang'an without reason.
Zhang Liang, who had lost his face, was indignant, and it wasn't until Du Ruhui intentionally or unintentionally revealed that the big proprietor behind Taibai Mansion might be one in Qingning Palace, that he was frightened into a cold sweat and secretly rejoiced.
Cai Cong's treatment was not much better, Li Shimin sent someone to announce the decree, scolding Cai Cong from ruthless and unrighteous to disloyal and unfilial, and even the great unfilial Cai family was counted on his head, and finally ordered him to be grounded in the barracks, train well, and don't cause trouble everywhere.
Cai Cong is called a depressed, Lao Tzu wants to do something embarrassing and get a few babies to raise, but how old is Lao Tzu? I don't carry this pot, but I have to carry it if I don't carry it, so I can only honestly carry it in the barracks.
January passed quickly, and the end of February came in a hurry, I didn't want to say anything about the Lantern Festival, and it had nothing to do with Cai Cong's wool, and he was still torturing the poor men in the barracks.
February 28 This is a day of great attention, the whole Chang'an is waiting for a big war, Comrade Li Er wants to verify the achievements of Cai Cong's strong army, civil and military officials want to see Cai Cong's jokes, and the people of Chang'an burn incense and worship Buddha for Cai Cong, they all bought Cai Cong's team to lose, pray to God and worship Buddha in the hope that there will be no accidents.
On the main hall, Cai Cong asked to simulate the confrontation between the two armies, each with grain and grass and the situation of the camp, to have a real combat competition. Li Shimin had no choice but to agree, and Li Ji took the initiative to ask to participate in the war as the commander of the Xuanjia Army.
When Cai Cong was imprisoned by him before, the two talked a lot, and Li Ji lost in return, he wanted to tell Cai Cong what it means to talk on paper this time, it is useless, and the war is made by fighting.
The place for the martial arts exercise was chosen by the Weishui River, and the two sides faced each other across the bank, so that the people of Chang'an could also see it. There were no arrowheads, no spearheads, all wrapped in thick cloth with red dye on them, and the swords were replaced with clubs to ensure that no one would be killed.
"Boy, the old man must let you know what it means to talk on paper and harm Zhao Bing this time. Anyway, you want to pick that one? Li Jiyin said predictively, as a famous general through the ages, he would not be able to do anything in the selection of venues. Let Cai Cong choose first to show his generosity.
"Hehe, your subordinates are defeated, don't cry for a while! Let's choose this one! The other side is given to you, now set up camp, how about the game start at noon? ”
Cai Cong said with a smile, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all watching the excitement on the city wall. Outside the city is full of onlookers from afar, but you have to look carefully, whether you eat meat or bran this year depends on this time.
"Eh~ How can there be a competition in a marching war? According to the old man, it starts now, as long as the camp is settled, no matter whether there is a good situation on the other side, you can launch an attack, what do you think? ”
"That's fine, let's get started!" Cai Cong said that he led his troops to the river, and Li Ji was not ambiguous, and crossed the bridge with the majestic Xuanjia army and began to set up camp.
On the city wall, Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji and other bigwigs were talking nonsense, Du Ruhui shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is not overestimating Uncle Chang'an, you see that the camp of the Xuanjia Army has been repaired at the moment, and the rejection of horses is almost set up." But look at Chang'anbo's side, the camp is also a prototype, the soldiers have no military discipline, everything is messy, those people actually go to the river many times to draw water, is it because they can't cook? ”
"I think Mao Gong is right, Chang'an Bo is a Zhao Kuo who talks on paper, what does he know about the real war?" Zhang Liang sneered, he could see Cai Cong embarrassed, and he would not miss this kind of opportunity.
"What does the pharmacist think?" Li Shimin smiled and turned his head to look at Li Jing. The people under the city have already clapped their hands happily, yes, it should be useless, General Li has already set up a pontoon bridge, and the camp on Chang'anbo's side has not been done well, and even the formation to meet the enemy is in a mess, and there are still people who can't find their own position, and the people are laughing when they see it.
"The fighter planes on the battlefield are fleeting, and I think that until the last moment, I can't make a conclusion." Li Jing's smile was unfathomable, and Qin Shubao, who was standing beside him, frowned, as if he had discovered something but didn't say a word.
Li Ji, who was across the river, looked at Cai Cong, who was anxious to whip the soldiers, and tears of laughter came out. Just this kind of ability, it's embarrassing to call the Xuanjia Army?
Eight hundred Xuanjia troops crossed the river, and rode their horses to kill with spears, they all had fire in their hearts, and they actually let such an army fight against them, and it was an insult to themselves not to defeat them back and forth.
What they didn't expect was that the other side actually disdained them, and someone actually spat on them. They were furious, whipping their horses and speeding up their sprints.
Gan Xinda, who was standing at the front, looked at the Xuanjia Army coldly, and suddenly saw him wave his hand down, and the soldiers behind him pulled the rope violently, and the ropes that were buried in the ground were tightened, and the Xuanjia Army that rushed to kill was more than ten centimeters high, half a meter high, and one meter high, with clear layers.
This scene not only made the Xuanjia army scramble, but even the people on the city wall were surprised, when were these ropes buried?
The Xuanjia army didn't have time to stop at all, the legs of the horses in front hit the rope directly, and the horses in the back hit the horses in front, and for a while people turned on their backs.
"Shoot the arrows!" Lao Meng, who had been waiting for a long time, said coldly, and all the archers raised their bows and shot arrows with a brush, and their movements were neat like a person.
The Xuanjia army is not a dry meal, they are all old men on the battlefield, as early as when they fell their horses, they blocked the horses in front of them, took the shield and put it on their heads, except for a few unlucky people who moved slowly, no one else died.
As soon as the rain of arrows passed, everyone carried their shields and carried wooden clubs to kill them. It's just that they deserve to be unlucky, Cai Congbu, who was originally in a panic even lining up to meet them, actually formed a formation in an instant, with the shield hand in front, the knife hand on the side, and the spearman inside.
With a sound of commands, block attacks, move left, retreat right, neatly like a person. Even if someone is unfortunate enough to be injured, he will immediately be dragged into the formation and someone else will take his place.
The entire Cai Congbu is like a killing machine, and every time it attacks, someone is deemed to have lost its combat effectiveness and withdraws from the battlefield. Li Shimin looked at the moving phalanx below on the city wall, his mouth couldn't be closed for a long time, and only at this moment did he believe what Cai Cong said.