Chapter 62: The Great Military Training of the East Palace

Li Chengqian didn't plan to go out today, and stayed in the East Palace to play with their brothers at Li Xiang's request, but when Li Chengqian got up in the morning, Li Xiang's brothers hadn't gotten up yet, and the crown princess Su wanted someone to wake up their brothers, but Li Chengqian stopped them.

A few days ago, Li Chengqian used the excuse that Su Dingfang's training was too noisy and Lizheng Hall couldn't sleep well, so he moved directly to the Cheng'en Hall where the crown princess Su lived, and he has been studying and building villains every night for the past few days.

Li Chengqian moved to live in the Cheng'en Palace, and the most happy people in addition to the Su family were the Li Xiang brothers, these two brothers have always been educated as the embodiment of etiquette, and Li Chengqian's mind was not on them in the past, and it didn't matter how a group of eunuchs and palace maids tossed.

After Li Chengqian crossed over, he was very fond of these two little Zhengtai, who called him his father, and always took them to play with him whenever he was free, told them stories, and asked them to make food and fun for them.

Since Li Chengqian moved to live in Cheng'en Palace, he was not allowed to wake them up in the morning, and they had to sleep until they woke up naturally.

This made Li Xiang and Li Ju not only not afraid of Li Chengqian, but also very sticky, Li Chengqian even had to be the crown princess behind, and Li Chengqian had to mention any requirements.

Li Chengqian was very happy about this, and he was willing to meet the demands of the two brothers as long as they were not excessive.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been spoiling them more and more recently, and if they don't look like them in the future, they will be laughed at." Su Shi complained while combing Li Chengqian's hair.

"They are still young and can't be pushed too quickly, our children will have to do big things in the future, but they can't become prodigies like Kong Yingda." Kong Yingda was able to sue a thousand words a day when he was eight years old, but now it has become a negative case in Li Chengqian's mouth.

Su Shi heard that our children are going to do big things, so he was so excited that he still had the heart to debate with Li Chengqian, smiled happily, and continued to comb Li Chengqian's hair.

Li Chengqian had breakfast in the Cheng'en Palace, and before the Li Xiang brothers got up, Li Chengqian went out to the Jiade Hall in front, where Su Dingfang was training the East Palace Ten Rates.

Su Dingfang's name is Su Liezi Dingfang, and he is now fifty-three years old, he has been serving under Dou Jiande before, and he only joined the Tang Dynasty in the early years of Zhenguan.

Up to now, the only merit he has made in the Tang Dynasty is that Zhenguan led 200 people to break through the Geely Khan's tooth tent when he destroyed the Eastern Turks with Li Jing in the fourth year of Zhenguan.

So now Su Dingfang gives people the impression that he is a fierce general, but when he arrived in the Gaozong Dynasty, he destroyed Baekje and the Western Turks, and opened up the Western Regions to defend Tibet.

Moreover, Su Dingfang was extremely brave, and when he was sixty-four years old, he could lead 500 people to rush into the enemy camp and kill more than 1,500 enemies.

Su Dingfang is also Pei Xingjian's master, Li Jing's military book was hidden by Li Shimin's secret pavilion no one can see, it is said that Su Dingfang learned the art of war in Li Jing and then passed on to Pei Xingjian.

Su Dingfang had tended to be a master of the art of war at this time, and before he came to the East Palace, he had heard Pei Xingjian say that Li Chengqian had written a new method of military training, and the training of soldiers had an excellent effect.

He was transferred to the East Palace by Li Chengqian to see Pei Xingjian training the four rates of the East Palace, so he said to Li Chengqian: This training method can indeed train soldiers to obey military discipline and strict military formation, and can strengthen the prestige of our army, but it is not practical to charge on the battlefield, and the training of battlefield charging and killing should be added on this basis.

Li Chengqian knew nothing about ancient warfare, and his advice to military masters like Su Dingfang was naturally as good as good.

So Su Dingfang assessed the soldiers trained by Pei Xingjian, and all the soldiers who passed the assessment were pulled aside for battlefield charging and military formation training, while those who had not been trained by Pei Xingjian must first train on Pei Xingjian's side and pass the assessment before they can carry out battle formation charging training.

All of a sudden, the East Palace was divided into three classes for training, and thousands of people trained together at a time, not to mention that the East Palace Lizheng Hall was also noisy in the Lizheng Hall of the Taiji Palace. Li Shimin knew that Li Chengqian was training troops in the East Palace every day, but he just smiled contemptuously, he had his own pride in the military array, and he was not worried that Li Chengqian's soldiers could defeat him.

Li Chengqian came to the front of the Jiade Hall and saw Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, and Pei Xingjian all riding tall horses in the square to inspect the military array.

Thousands of soldiers are carrying out their own drills in full swing according to their training arrangements.

I felt comforted in my heart, in history, Li Chengqian's rebellion was actually just talking, that is, Li You's rebellion failed, and Li Chengqian, who was under too much pressure, commented with his ordinary henchmen: Li Youren is too far away from Chang'an in Qizhou, and the failure of the rebellion is inevitable, and if the lone king rebels, the west wall of the East Palace is only a few dozen steps away from the Taiji Palace, which is much more convenient than Li You.

Then his general henchmen began to give him ideas, and all kinds of strange ideas were available, but they didn't put them into action.

Su Gan Chengji was an outlaw, who was accepted as an assassin by Li Chengqian, and he didn't know how to get involved with Li Youmou, who was far away in Qizhou, and he deserved to be convicted and killed, and then he exposed what he heard at Li Chengqian's secret meeting, and Li Chengqian was tried in a different way.

After Li Chengqian crossed over, he found that Li Chengqian's rebellion in history could only be talked about, because he had no strength to rebel at all, and he couldn't even command the six rates of the East Palace.

If it is now, Li Shimin will let go of the ten rates of the East Palace to train him because Li Chengqian took the initiative to hand over Yan Liren, and there is still the possibility of a battle.

Li Chengqian was thinking that Li Ke and Li Su were coming, Li Ke and Li Su had been living in the Yichun Palace of the East Palace these days, and a few days ago it was because Li Chengqian had transferred all the guards of their palace out of Chang'an City, and they lived in the East Palace for protection.

The day before yesterday, Li Daozong came back and returned the guards of the various provinces to the provinces, but Li Ke offended Li Shimin because he supported Li Chengqian's calculations and Li Tai, and Li Shimin did not invite him after entering Beijing for more than ten days.

And Li Su has been following Li Ke all the time, and the East Palace has made a lot of fresh food according to Li Chengqian's practice, and he can go to the Eight Winds Hall to listen to music when he has time, and he is happy to stay in the East Palace.

However, in the past few days, Li Chengqian has demanded that their brothers must come to Jiade every morning to practice, which makes Li Ke quite unhappy, but Li Ke has long wanted to see how Li Chengqian trains his troops, but he just resisted the urge to come to study in order to avoid suspicion.

Now Li Chengqian took the initiative to let him come to learn how to let go of such a good opportunity, not only did he come by himself, but he also forced Li Cheng to come with him every day.

"Big brother!"

"Big brother!"

Li Ke and Li Su, who were wearing strong suits, came to Li Chengqian and hugged their fists to say hello.

"Why are you here?" Li Chengqian sank his face and said.

"Isn't that just a time to get up?" Li Yu grunted.

"I'm just getting up now, you're embarrassed to say!" Li Chengqian rebuked loudly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's younger brother knows that he is wrong!" Li Ke hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Huh?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Ke and didn't speak.

"The eldest brother is the younger brother's mistake." Li Ke hurriedly bowed down and admitted his mistake.

Li Chengqian paused for a moment before continuing: "The purpose of letting you train with them is to hone your will, now you can come when you want to come and what else are you going to practice?"

The two didn't dare to say anything, and Li Chengqian continued: "Forget it today, go and get a set of military uniforms in the afternoon, and from tomorrow onwards, you will eat and practice together like these sergeants, until you pass the customs assessment from Pei Xingjian." ”

"Ah, can you eat those things?" Li Su said in a low voice.

"Why can't you eat it, I've eaten all the canteens in the East Palace, and all the cooks who don't do well have been kicked out by me, and I can eat the food I cook now." Besides, I have already ordered the generals and soldiers of the East Palace to eat together, and we can all eat as much as you can?" Li Chengqian looked at the reluctant Li Su and reprimanded him unceremoniously.

"The eldest brother and the younger brother knew that they were wrong, and the younger brother went to change into a military uniform today and train with the soldiers and eat together." Li Ke's handsome face was already as red as the rising sun.

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Go!" ”