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Facing the newborn rising sun, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui rode a war horse into the barracks. Behind him, followed by Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yu Wenkai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Wei Wensheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Duguxue, Liu Shilong, the right man of Shangshu, Ma Yu Wenshi, and Yang Xiong, the king of Guande, and other humerus ministers.

Hundreds of civil and military officials and royal guards marched past the phalanx of soldiers, and amid the cheers of a landslide and tsunami, they hugged His Majesty the Emperor to the platform. A eunuch moved to Hu Bed, and His Majesty the Emperor refused to sit down. Dressed in military uniform, he pushed away the guards, "Teng, Teng, Teng" took a few steps forward, and his eyes swept over the audience like lightning.

"See Your Majesty!" More than 30,000 soldiers shouted in unison, clenched their fists, stood solemnly, and placed a military salute in front of them. (Note 8)

"Soldiers, hard work!" His Majesty the Emperor clenched his fists, stood solemnly, and returned with the same military salute.

"Go to the soup and go to the fire, don't give up!" Everyone shouted in unison, waves of resonance were heard in the wilderness, and countless people burst into tears in the cry of the stormy waves.

At this moment, almost everyone was excited. The strong man in military uniform in front of him is the Great Sui Emperor, the great hero Yang Guang, who broke the Turks at the age of sixteen and led an army of 500,000 at the age of 20 to sweep away more than 100 counties in 30 states in the south of the Yangtze River. Dressed in military uniform, he looked much more dignified and heroic than the one hiding in the golden palace, and although he lacked a bit of mystery, he instantly won the respect of 30,000 soldiers and 1,200 soldiers guarding grain.

On the stage, Yang Guang waved his hand, and the cheers stopped abruptly. Looking around again, he said loudly: "I am here today to see what the strong men who have been stationed here for me for more than a year are like. I came here today to take a look at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains on both sides of the Liao River. I came, I saw it, and I wasn't disappointed! Then he pointed to the east and shouted, "Brothers, can any of you tell me what is the place over there?" ”

"Liaodong!" The crowd replied in unison.

"Across the river, can you take that territory for me?" Yang Guang smiled lightly and asked again.

"Fight, fight, fight!" The soldiers raised their arms and shouted, and their voices resounded through the field.

"Zhuqing, did you hear that?" His Majesty the Emperor's gaze withdrew from the faces of the soldiers and turned to the civil and military forces beside him.

"I am willing to be a pawn for Your Majesty, and die nine times without regrets!" Ma Yu Wenshi and, Shangshu Youcheng Liu Shilong took the lead and said. A few old ministers who were cautious about the conquest of Goryeo in advance did not expect His Majesty the Emperor to summon up the fighting spirit of the soldiers so easily, bowed down and clenched his fists, and replied in a low voice: "The ministers waited for today, and only then did they know that Your Majesty's strategy is far away!" ”

"The land of Liaodong is fertile for thousands of miles. Whoever takes it will be a great trouble for me. I don't want to leave trouble on my descendants, so I'm here myself! Yang waved his hand in a wide range of degrees and explained to the crowd in a low voice. After a while, he raised his head again and shouted at the generals in front of a phalanx on the left: "General Mai, if I remember correctly, you are fifty-five in sixty this year, right?" I don't know the iron rod in my hand, have you ever been old? ”

When Mai Tiezhu heard that His Majesty the Emperor was the first to point to him, his heart was inexplicably moved. With a slight belt of horse reins, the horse hurried a few steps to the front of the general's platform, hugged his fists and raised his head, and responded: "Long live Shengming, the last general is indeed fifty in sixty this year, but compared to Zhao Zhilianpo and Huang Zhong of Han, he is in the prime of life." The iron rod in his hand is not old, and the ambition of the last general is not old! ”

"I know that your majesty will not diminish back then." Yang Guang stood solemnly and returned with a military salute: "He will beat the drum and wave the flag for the general every day, and he will be strong!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty Hongen, the last general must first march on the enemy's land to raise the prestige of my Great Sui army!" The vows of the iron rod were loud and sounding. In the morning breeze, his white beard flew and he was majestic.

His Majesty the Emperor watched the old general return to his team, then turned his head to the central phalanx, smiled, and asked in a loud voice: "I don't know if General Yuwenshu, who was in Pingwu, broke through Tuguhun, and took advantage of my Great Sui National Prestige in Lingnan and raised my Great Sui troops in the Western Regions, can still eat?" ”

led tens of thousands of soldiers to sweep down the war in Sanwu and stabilize half of the south of the Yangtze River; The first war broke Tuguhun and opened up the four counties of Shanshan, Jimo, Xihai and Heyuan for the Great Sui, with a territory of tens of thousands of miles, which was the most proud work of Zuo Yiwei and his chief general Yuwenshu in his life. At this moment, listening to His Majesty the Emperor personally mention it, more than 10,000 elites were boiling with enthusiasm. (Note 9)

"Old Minister Yu Wenshu, it is still for His Majesty to drive!" Yu Wenshu also rode out of the horse and came to the front of the point to answer.

At this moment, the mood of the more than 30,000 soldiers who were read in the audience had already stirred like boiling oil on a hot fire. "Fight! War! War! Countless people struck their shields with steel swords and roared hoarsely, hoping that an army of millions would immediately cross the river. Even if the east bank of the Liao River is a sea of swords and fires, as long as the emperor gives an order, everyone will jump down without hesitation.

In the midst of a heavy shout, Yang Guang, the Great Sui Emperor, finished reviewing Zuo Wuwei, Zuo Yiwei and Zuo Tunwei soldiers in turn. When the war horse of Xin Shixiong, the general of Zuotunwei, returned to his team, Yang Guang's eyes were withdrawn from the faces of the loyal and brave soldiers, and he looked at the ministers again, and asked loudly: "The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." Do you know, who is the one who raises grain and grass for me in Liaodong? ”

His voice was not very high, and it was precisely between the rise and fall of the cheers that reached the ears of the food guards. The soldiers immediately straightened their waists, raised their heads with their chests straight, and only felt that all the hardships they had suffered in this wasteland were worth it when the emperor asked them like this.

"It's Tang Gong Li Yuan and his 1,200 brothers!" Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, came out of the column and replied.

"Tang Gong Li Yuan, my grain and grass can be used for the army's eastward crusade?" Yang Guang waved his hand and ordered Duan Wenzhen to return to class, walked to the edge of the point and asked in a loud voice.

Li Yuan hurriedly stepped forward on horseback, first saluted on horseback, and then replied in a loud voice: "Back to Your Majesty, Huaiyuan Town has a total of 10,000 catties of military rations, which can be used for the needs of the army in March." Liucheng, Yanjun, and Yitun have the same amount of grain as promised, and within a year, the three armies will have no worries about food and clothing! ”

Hearing this, His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor nodded with satisfaction, bowed his hand, and returned the salute solemnly. Then, he raised his voice slightly and ordered: "You cut and tell me how many soldiers and horses you used to protect thousands of catties of grain and grass on the front line!" ”

"Long live Hui, the last general is the treasurer and governor, and there are 1,200 soldiers under his command. Thanks to the care of General Xin, General Yuwen and General Mai Lao, they ensured that the military rations were not lost at all! Li Yuan thought for a moment and replied loudly.

"Twelve hundred!" Yang Guang pointed to Liaoshui and laughed. "I sent a good general to guard the food of the army with more than 1,000 recruits, but Gao Yuan clown 200,000 soldiers did not dare to cross the river to fight. Brothers, you say, our million-strong army is approaching, does Gao Yuan clown dare to go against our army? ”

"Don't dare! He didn't dare! ”

"Fight, fight, fight!" The shouts rose higher and higher. Li Yuan took more than 1,000 recruits to inspect Huaiyuan Town for more than half a year, and Goguryeo did not dare to fight with the Great Sui once openly. The only time he sent troops to attack the granary at night, he was also killed by a brigade leader under Li Yuan, and he was defeated and lost. Thinking about the enemy's combat effectiveness being so poor, the soldiers naturally had a little more confidence in defeating the enemy.

Yang Guang's hands pressed down, temporarily stopping everyone's cheers. In front of all the soldiers, he loudly announced: "General Li has made meritorious contributions to protecting grain, and I will not forget it." The three guards guarded the land for me, and I didn't dare not be unpaid. After today, I will record your name and place of origin one by one, and have a place to send the message. Let the county and county ask questions from the family, so that the brothers have no worries and glorify the township! (Note 10)

"Hometown fathers, I will be proud of you!" Yang Guang opened his arms and shouted at more than 30,000 soldiers.

"Go to the soup and go to the fire, do not give up, go to the soup and go to the fire, do not give up!" The soldiers answered the emperor's friendship with an oath, and some of the recruits were so excited that their faces were full of tears, but no one bothered to wipe them with their hands.

With the shouts of the soldiers, the three generals Mai Tiezhu, Yu Wenshu and Xin Shixiong stepped forward together, vying to be the pioneer of crossing the river. Li Yuan was only a five-grade treasurer lieutenant in the army, and he had few soldiers in his hands, so he naturally couldn't compete with a few generals for the limelight. After Yang Guang finished comforting the generals, he once again gave a military salute to the front and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the last general has no courage and no strategy, and he will not dare to fight for the first merit of Liao." I am willing to sacrifice thirty Turkic horses for Your Majesty to trample on the land of Liaodong! ”

"Turkic horses? Where, bring me to see! After listening to Li Yuan's words, Yang Guang happily ordered. Someone sacrificed a horse in battle, which is a great auspicious omen. Therefore, he couldn't wait to show the horse to the crowd to inspire the ambition of the soldiers to conquer the city.

Li Yuan had already prepared, confessed first, and bowed down. After a while, he and Jiancheng, father and son, drove thirty horses slowly to Dianjiangtai. The thirty horses were selected from the good horses offered by Liu Hongji and Li Xu, and they were recuperated through a winter, all of them had smooth coats and strong bones. Seeing a thousand miles of good horses without saddles and no connections snorting and snorting at the point to cut sand and trample the soil under the stage, everyone on the stage couldn't help but smile with joy.

"This Ma Naima will have two strong men under his command come all the way from the Turks and entrust the last general to present them to the emperor!" Li Yuan jumped off the war horse, touched the brown fur of a good horse in the front, and said proudly.

There are "savages" to ride in the battle, which is an auspicious omen. When the Great Sui Emperor heard this, his heart became more and more happy. Nodding his head, he asked in a low voice, "I don't know which two strong men they are, can Li Qing tell me the names of the strong men!" ”

"Your Majesty, it is the son of the late assassin Liu Sheng, the right servant Liu Hong and the son of Shanggu Liangjia Li Xu, both of whom are now in the army to protect food!" Li Yuan arched his hand and replied with a straight face.

"I handed over the horse to the head of the inner palace and received it, and I kept it to reward the meritorious soldiers. Call the strong men forward, and I will reward them personally! Yang Guang nodded and ordered with a smile.

An internal guard had already stepped forward to help Li Yuan take care of the war horse. Hearing this order, everyone slowly drove away, and drove the horse to a corner of the school field in the envious eyes of everyone. The Yellow Gate official gave an order, and several guards alternately passed on the latest will of the Great Sui Emperor.

"There is a decree on the saint, Xuan Youxun serves Liu Hong, and Li Xu, the son of a good family, comes forward to see him!" The long voices of the guards spread to every corner of the school yard in an instant.