Under Qiu Niang's reminder, Li Wenyuan remembered that he had been kidnapping Yuan Taizuo's baby daughter, and he had forgotten about it one after another before. At this time, he hurriedly went to Xue Ju to inquire about the news of Yuan Gai Suzhen.

When Xue Ju took over the prisoners of war from Li Wenyuan, he noticed that this woman was a little extraordinary, and after asking the people who accompanied him, he learned that this person was Yuan Taizuo's daughter, so he found a safe place near his military camp and took care of Yuan Gai Suzhen.

Li Wenyuan came to the outside of Yuangai Suzhen's tent, knocked on the door and said inside: "It's me, Li Wenyuan, is it convenient for you to say a few words now?" ”

Li Wenyuan said, only to hear the sound of footsteps inside, and then the voice came from the door curtain: "Come in and talk." ”

Li Wenyuan heard that Yuan Gai Suzhen's voice was tired, and now that he entered the camp tent, he saw Yuan Gai Suzhen's appearance clearly. She lost a lot of weight, and her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just cried. Li Wenyuan sighed in his heart, the most helpless thing for the children of rich and noble families is that they can't help themselves.

"Are you used to living here?" Li Wenyuan was the first to break the silence.

"Thank you General for your concern, the concubine is here under the care of General Xue, and everything is still very accustomed." Yuangai Suzhen said.

"Previously, I arranged for the evacuation of the army in Liaodong, and then I was ordered to be the king of Qin, and I never got out, so I accidentally detained the princess until today." Li Wenyuan smiled wryly and said, "If you want to go back to Goguryeo, I will arrange for someone to send you back." ”

When Yuangai Suzhen heard Li Wenyuan talk about Goguryeo, his eyes turned red again, and he hurriedly turned his face away. Li Wenyuan faintly felt something in his heart, but he couldn't say the specifics, so he had to ask: "Or are you unwilling to go back to Goguryeo?" ”

Yuangai Suzhen said: "My father has always asked me to marry Gao Cheng to strengthen the connection between the family and the royal family and take charge of Goguryeo together, but my brother wants to kill Gao and set up a puppet to take sole power. ”

Li Wenyuan nodded and motioned for Yuan Gai Suzhen to continue.

Yuangai Suzhen continued: "My brother has never been subordinate to the Great Sui, if he takes power, I am afraid that he will cause turmoil in Tianwei and invite military disasters, how many people in Goguryeo can fill the battlefield?" I have tried to persuade me many times, but to no avail. If it weren't for the reluctance of his father, he would have left Goguryeo and come to Dasui to be a commoner woman. ”

Yuangai Suzhen still didn't say a word, that is, at the edge of Liaoshui, his brother's arrow made her completely determined to leave Goguryeo.

Li Wenyuan muttered: "Ordinary people will inevitably have to work all their lives to fill their stomachs, you can't do it, now I will show you a clear way, I don't know if you are willing to go to the Western Regions with me and do things by my side." ”

Yuan Gai Suzhen said: "The general dares to use me? I'm the daughter of an enemy general. ”

Li Wenyuan said with a smile: "It's not in the way, isn't the Great Sui and Goguryeo already having a truce now." ”

Seeing that Li Wenyuan did not doubt him, Yuangai Suzhen was also deeply moved, stood up and gave Li Wenyuan a big gift in the tradition of helping people, and said: "The general treats me with sincerity, and I should return it with sincerity." Today, I swear to the heavens here, from now on, I will abandon the surname Yuan and follow the general, until I die, and ask the general to give the name of the little girl. ”

This made Li Wenyuan stunned, and it took a long time to react, and he pulled up Yuan Gai Suzhen and said: "The surname is originally determined by heaven, but the name is given by your parents, and from today onwards, you will still be called Gai Suzhen." ”

Then Li Wenyuan explained to Gai Suzhen to find Qiu Niang, and he went to the barracks with Zhang Juntai, who had been waiting in front of the door for a long time.

On the way, Zhang Juntai said to Li Wenyuan: "The general is suitable for me to wait." ”

Li Wenyuan smiled and said: "Juntai, there are some things that you and I have said more than once, this time I will ask you one last time, if Sui loses its deer, if I want to win the Central Plains, are you willing to break through with me?" ”

Zhang Juntai also smiled: "Didn't the general find out my origin, as a criminal minister, I was arrested on the way to the Turks, transferred to the military camp for training, and used some means to confuse the position of a thousand commanders." Later, I almost lost my life in Liaodong, but the general rescued me and survived, and the general revoked my criminal slavery and returned me to freedom. But anyone who has some conscience will not repay his grievances with virtue, not to mention that there is a dragon in front of me waiting for me to take it? ”

Li Wenyuan laughed when he heard this: "From the dragon? Juntai, you are a little narrow-minded, I have prepared you far more than you think. ”

The two talked happily, and soon they arrived outside the barracks, where 3,000 soldiers stood in a neat row on the training ground in the barracks.

Accompanied by Zhang Juntai, Li Wenyuan climbed to the high platform on the training ground, looked at the soldiers standing solemnly in the field, turned his head and said to Zhang Juntai: "Let's start, announce the new establishment, and let the soldiers line up according to this." ”

After Zhang Juntai received the order, he stepped off the high platform and turned over his horse, and said along the entire team: "The queue is scattered, and each fire is ten steps apart. ”

The soldiers scattered one after another according to the order, and Li Wenyuan, who was watching, secretly smacked his tongue, this Zhang Juntai training really has a set, and his trip to Liaodong was not in vain, and he really picked up a treasure.

Zhang Juntai rode his horse and urged the soldiers to stand in line, and then ran back to the front of the line to explain to the soldiers below the establishment that he had discussed with Li Wenyuan.

"All soldiers shall still be made of ten men for one fire, ten fires for one battalion, five battalions for one regiment, two regiments for one brigade, three brigades for one division, and commanders at all levels shall remain long."

The method of re-establishing the establishment was proposed by Zhang Juntai, and the border fortress is different from the mainland, which does not implement the government military system, but has the governors of each frontier to set up their own official ranks, but the court will not pay for these official ranks.

Li Wenyuan has been envious of the Western Regions for a long time, but he is lonely, and he has no time to cultivate his descendants to form an army loyal to him, but he is fortunate to get Zhang Juntai, who can withstand thousands of troops. After Li Wenyuan told Zhang Juntai about his difficulties, Zhang Juntai smiled and told Li Wenyuan: "The army is newly organized, and salaries should be paid on time, and it is enough to train the troops strictly, and to be lenient with the soldiers." ”

Only then did Li Wenyuan refer to the military establishment of the previous dynasties in later generations, and then combined with the actual situation of the present, he studied this set of establishment with Zhang Juntai, promoted officers in the line of fire, and then abandoned nepotism, and only used military merit ratings and awards to win over lower-level officers, quickly stabilize the army, and let the soldiers see the hope of promotion and wealth, and slowly lean towards themselves.

Before Li Wenyuan went to Liaodong, he collected a group of dead soldiers, all of whom were felons exiled by the imperial court, almost all of them were Xianbei people, which was also a slow move by Yang Guang to eliminate the Sinicization of Hu. Li Wenyuan selected a shrewd and capable person among the exiled criminals who passed through Jincheng every year, and adopted him as a righteous son according to the rules of the Xianbei people.

After many years of accumulation, it took more than 100 dead soldiers to be saved, and it finally came in handy at this time.