Chapter 347: Hundred Horses

Although such a disappointing thing happened, it did not spoil the atmosphere of the whole banquet.

The natural dwelling is still staggered, noisy and earth-shattering. Until all the guests are full of wine and food, and say goodbye, the feast is over.

"Brother Yang, that person just now seems to be called Wen Yuan, and I don't know if it's his character or his name!" Liu Wu was very grateful to Yang Chang for coming forward to solve this matter, and watching the guests gradually leave, Liu Wu whispered to Yang Chang beside him.

Yang Chang was half a head taller than Liu Wu, and he only heard him say softly: "It doesn't matter if he is Wen Yuan or something else, he dares to speak wildly as a small seventh-grade official, if no one is instigated behind him, where would he be so bold!" Hmm, you go back and tell Zhang Yunwen's kid and let him pay attention! ”

The latter sentence was said to Yang Shi.

Yang Shi nodded, indicating that he understood.

Things here were busy until it was almost dusk, and it was done. Yang Chang still carried a pot of wine, and slowly went up to the third floor of the natural residence, and after Yang Shi said goodbye to Liu Wu, he first rode away in the direction of Zhang Yunwen's mansion.

"Hehe, it's just a small role, and it's nothing to worry about. It would be too wishful thinking to provoke contradictions between those officials and me with just a few words! Zhang Yunwen hugged Zhang Ji and said with a smile, "Don't you know that among these officials, those who are as clear as torches and those who are sloppy and slap horses care about what kind of treatment is good!" ”

Yang Shi saw that Zhang Yunwen didn't take it to heart, and was about to remind him again, but he heard Zhang Yunwen sigh: "Okay, maybe this matter will spread all over Chang'an tomorrow, I'd better go to Your Majesty first and take the initiative to state it, so as not to be passive and disadvantaged when I get it!" ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen say this, Yang Shi suddenly relaxed.

Immediately, while it was still dark, Zhang Yunwen got up and walked towards the palace.

After coming to the palace, Zhang Yunwen didn't spend much effort to find Li Shimin. When the latter saw Zhang Yunwen, he immediately smiled and said: "Hehe, Yunwen, you came just in time, I just heard some news about you, and you came over, what a coincidence!" ”

Zhang Yunwen's heart sank, it seemed that someone told Li Shimin about the natural residence.

At this time, Li Shimin said: "You must also know about this matter, it is what happened in the center of nature!" ”

Zhang Yunwen secretly said "sure enough", and then half knelt on the ground and said to Li Shimin: "Please also ask Your Majesty to open the net, that Yang Chang is a straight person, and it is an unintentional crime to offend court officials between words, please forgive him!" ”

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Yunwen's half-kneeling appearance, and said, "You get up, when did I say that I would punish him?" If you want to cure the sin of the Confucian who spoke wildly, you must also cure it! Hmph, a little seven-rank attendant dares to speak wildly, treating you, the county prince and the general, as nothing! “

Hearing the meaning of maintenance in Li Shimin's mouth, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but be secretly happy.

"Actually, it comes down to the fact that your house is too small to accommodate so many guests. In this way, I will give you another big mansion, which you can use when you marry the royal woman in a few days! Li Shimin continued, "You are a county prince, if you don't even have a good house, wouldn't you lose face in the court?" ”

Zhang Yunwen shook his head: "This mansion is forgotten." Wechen is preparing to buy a nearby house and rebuild it, which is more than enough and spacious enough! ”

Li Shimin saw that Zhang Yunwen had his own opinions, so he didn't say anything about it, and instead said: "By the way, Yunwen, I will select a hundred horsemen from the camp soldiers, and you can tell me how to select and train these hundred horsemen?" ”

This matter of 100 horsemen was originally Zhang Yunwen's idea for Li Shimin, but now that he heard Li Shimin ask, he smiled and said: "These 100 people are His Majesty's personal guards, and their training is different from that of ordinary soldiers and even reconnaissance battalions, and what needs to be trained is their protection ability." In other words, if the reconnaissance battalion is a sword, these hundred horsemen are a shield to protect Your Majesty! ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his face was uncertain: "I am also a veteran of the battlefield, do I still need someone to protect me?" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is a golden body, of course you need someone to accompany you." Your Majesty, rest assured, these hundred horsemen will not be worse than the original reconnaissance battalion when they are trained! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen's assurance, Li Shimin nodded: "Okay, since Yunwen said so, then tomorrow I will announce this matter in the court!" ”

After coming out of the palace, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but look back at the brightly lit palace behind him, but there was a wry smile in his heart, Li Shimin is really a good person, he originally wore many hats, and now he let himself train a hundred horses, this is simply calling himself as a cattle!

On the second day of the court meeting, when Li Shimin announced that he would form a hundred cavalry as his own soldiers, the following generals suddenly showed excitement. This is a good opportunity to get close to Li Shimin.

"Wechen is willing to train and command this army for His Majesty!" Before Li Shimin announced that Zhang Yunwen was in charge of training, a figure had already come out of the queue and hugged Li Shimin with his fist.

Zhang Yunwen was slightly overjoyed when he heard that there was someone who automatically asked for help, but when he saw who this person was, he suddenly felt unhappy in his heart. This person is the military department Shangshu Hou Junji.

Li Shimin glanced at Hou Junji, and indeed smiled faintly: "Hou Aiqing can volunteer, this heart is commendable, but Hou Aiqing is the head of the military department, he is usually busy with official business, and he has little free time, so this training is not up to Hou Aiqing to do!" Hou Aiqing should lead the military department well! ”

Hou Junji's black face suddenly turned red, but this red is not so obvious under the black name! He raised his wat board with stiff hands and saluted, and slowly retreated into the queue.

Seeing that Hou Junji's requests were all rejected, the rest of the generals look at me, I look at you, but they never volunteered to come forward and say that they were helping Li Shimin train Baiqi.

At this time, Li Shimin said: "Zhang Yunwen stepped forward to listen to the order!" ”

Zhang Yunwen said slowly: "Weichen is here!" ”

"I ordered you to temporarily lead a hundred horsemen and train for me! Take out the strength of your training reconnaissance camp back then, and train a strong army for me! ”

Zhang Yunwen immediately picked up the wat board and hugged his fists and said: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

However, just as Zhang Yunwen returned to the queue, a cold gaze stared at him. The owner of this gaze was none other than Hou Junji, who had previously asked Li Shimin to train a hundred horsemen but was rejected.

Zhang Yunwen didn't care, and returned to the queue by himself.

After the court meeting was dispersed, Zhang Yunwen was about to rush to the military police camp camp on the edge of the Xuanwu Gate and start the selection of 100 horsemen, when he suddenly heard someone stop him. Looking back, it was Yu Chigong and Cheng Biting Jin.

"Yunwen, are you going to the Yu Military Police Battalion? Come on, the two of you will accompany you on a journey! Wei Chigong said.

Zhang Yunwen knew that they must have something to say to him, so he nodded at the moment and slowly walked next to Wei Chigong.

"Yunwen, Hou Junji is narrow-minded, this time he took the initiative to ask Ying to train a hundred horses, but was rejected by His Majesty, and entrusted the responsibility of training a hundred horses to you. Hou Junji doesn't dare to complain to His Majesty, I'm afraid he will be angry with you! Wei Chigong said with some concern.

Na Cheng Yanjin also echoed on the side: "I have dealt with people up and down in the court, this Hou Junji is indeed not a good bird, Zhang boy, you have to be careful!" ”

Zhang Yunwen waved his hand disappreciatively: "Master and General Cheng are too worried, although there is some dirtiness between me and that Hou Junji, but no matter how bold he is, he doesn't dare to mislead with personal grudges." Besides, Your Majesty's trust in me is not under Hou Junji, so there is no need to worry about this matter! ”

When Wei Chigong and the others heard this, they also felt that there was some truth, so they had to say: "Since Yunwen has a plan in your heart, then I won't say anything more!" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled and thanked: "Even so, I still want to thank Master and Lao Cheng for your reminder!" ”

After saying goodbye to the two, Zhang Yunwen came directly to the military police battalion.

This gendarmerie battalion is actually the original cantonment battalion, that is, the place where the more than 6,000 people led by Li Daoxuan were stationed. In this military reform, the cantonment battalion soldiers were directly organized into military police battalions, but the camp has not changed and is still here.

Although the name has been changed, in the eyes of this group of cantonment soldiers, they are still the "Yuancong guards" of Emperor Gaozu, and they are still the cantonment soldiers stationed at Xuanwu Gate and guarding the north of the imperial city. So when Zhang Yunwen began to take over the gendarmerie battalion, he saw arrogant faces.

Zhang Yunwen didn't say a word, and directly asked these cantonment soldiers to nominate the most powerful two hundred people, and then fought with Liu Cheng and the other hundred people who brought. It's a big scuffle. They fought from morning to noon, and in the end, the reconnaissance battalion finally let all the 200 cantonment soldiers lie on the ground with more than 50 people lying down.

This big scuffle even attracted Li Shimin's attention, but when he listened to the report of the chamberlain, he waved his hand, smiled, and said, "Let them go!" Zhang Yunwen will be measured! “

After this scuffle, these cantonment soldiers admired the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion, and began to accept Zhang Yunwen slowly. Besides, Zhang Yunwen has been here several times, and he is familiar with these soldiers, so he is not too unfamiliar.

After getting acquainted with these people, Zhang Yunwen told Li Shimin that he wanted to form a hundred cavalry, and immediately there were enthusiastic applicants, and almost everyone signed up. In the end, Zhang Yunwen had to use the method of assessment, from the hand-to-hand combat of the riding swordsmanship and the sword, and after the assessment one by one, he selected a hundred people to form a hundred horsemen.

These 100 people were carefully selected by Zhang Yunwen, and there were marksmen, sword masters, riders, those with infinite strength, and those with ape-like bodies, which were matched with each other, and if they were trained, they would definitely be able to form a strong combat effectiveness.

From Li Shimin's announcement of the hundred horsemen in the court to Zhang Yunwen's final selection of the hundred horsemen, it took three days.

Three days later, when Li Shimin came to express his condolences to these selected hundred horsemen, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

When Zhang Yunwen saw Li Shimin's face, he suddenly couldn't help but feel worried, isn't there something that doesn't conform to Li Shimin's mind?

When the two of them were alone, Li Shimin asked with a slight dissatisfaction: "I said Yunwen, how can there be such a short body or thin person among the hundred horsemen you selected?" ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly realized that Li Shimin was dissatisfied with the hundred horsemen he selected. He immediately explained: "Your Majesty should not despise these people, like the thin soldier, this person is a master of horsemanship, proficient in horse language, and when he was assessed, he rode a bad horse and ran first." There is also that person, who is short in stature, but when it comes to digging tunnels, even those Jinjin lieutenants who are mixed in Du Ling can't catch up with him! ”

"Captain Touch?" Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

"Well, it's a grave robber!"

After listening to Zhang Yunwen's explanation and explain the cooperation of various soldiers, Li Shimin couldn't help but admire: "This way of cooperation is also applied in the army, but it is not as detailed as Yunwen's. From the cooperation of two people to the cooperation of three people and five people, and then to the cooperation of these hundred people, this cooperation is really vividly interpreted! ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled modestly and led Li Shimin to visit other places in the gendarmerie camp.

After Li Shimin left satisfied, Zhang Yunwen called the hundred cavalry and said with regret: "Everyone, Your Majesty is very dissatisfied with you!" ”

When these soldiers heard this, their hearts suddenly cooled.

Zhang Yunwen said again: "If I hadn't stopped it with all my might, I'm afraid Your Majesty would have selected another person to be a hundred horsemen." In the end, His Majesty gave me three months, and if you do not meet Your Majesty's requirements within three months, you will be in the other army, and you will choose another hundred horsemen! ”

As soon as Zhang Yunwen's words came out, the hearts of these soldiers became heavy, three months, this time is not a long time!

Zhang Yunwen saw that the heat was almost over, and immediately shouted: "But don't be discouraged, as long as you can train every day according to my requirements, after three months, you will definitely be able to meet Your Majesty's requirements!" ”

Hearing this, the soldier was a little skeptical: "Really? General, can it really work? ”

Zhang Yunwen shook his head disdainfully: "When the reconnaissance battalion was on the battlefield in the Tiger Prison, Lao Tzu had only trained them for less than a month, but they still made meritorious contributions!" ”

At this time, all the soldiers were relieved, and they all said: "Okay! As long as we can meet His Majesty's requirements, we will go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire to complete the tasks assigned by the general! ”

The corners of Zhang Yunwen's mouth slowly showed a cruel smile: "Since this is the case, then from today onwards, you will train with your life!" “