Li Chengqian and his entourage basically entered the wasteland after passing through Yanzhou, which was very sparsely populated, and there were only some post stations set up by the imperial court along the way.

Because of the hot weather, Li Chengqian and his entourage only traveled in the morning and afternoon, and usually found a place to camp and rest at noon, which made them completely different from the rhythm of the march of the other Tang troops, so many times they could miss the post station of the imperial court without beauty.

Fortunately, when Li Chengqian came out this time, the materials he prepared were very abundant, and whether there was a post station or not did not have much impact on them.

Every night after setting up camp in the wilderness, Li Chengqian would take turns to go to each camp to have a bonfire night talk with the soldiers, which made the relationship between him and the accompanying Donggong soldiers quickly closer.

Sometimes he would tell the soldiers about the new policies of the imperial court, such as: meritorious soldiers can go to the Royal Military and Political Academy to study, and then they can become officials......

He would also ask some soldiers about the situation in their homes and hometowns, which were recorded by Xu Jingzong.

At dusk on this day, Li Chengqian and his entourage walked to a small lake, and after asking Su Dingfang and Wei Chigong for their opinions, Li Chengqian decided to set up camp here.

On this side of the small lake is a wasteland, which is overgrown with weeds, and on the opposite side of the small lake is a forest, and a faint light smoke has risen in the woods through the small lake, and the shadows are full of shadows to increase the sense of mystery.

After the generals set up camp, Su Dingfang assigned guards from all over the place, and the generals of each battalion handled the affairs of their own battalions in each battalion.

Wang Fangyi was in charge of handling the affairs of the big tent of the Chinese army where Li Chengqian was located, so as soon as he settled down, Li Chengqian took Wei Chigong and Xu Jingzong to a camp built next to the lake on the outskirts of the camp.

This is a military camp below Xue Rengui, and as soon as Li Chengqian arrived, Xue Rengui also came here to accompany him.

Li Chengqian and the soldiers sat by the bonfire by the lake, facing the cool breeze blowing on the lake, looking up at the bright starry sky, and talking to these young soldiers about what the future Datang should look like.

"In the future, there are only two kinds of people who can be officials in Datang, either those who have meritorious service to my Datang, or those who have passed the Jinshi exam......

In the future, my Datang will continue to expand overseas, there are many big islands in the South China Sea, and there are also natives there, but they are all stupid, let them grow food for our Datang, so that my Datang will never be short of food, and will never starve to death again......"

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Li Chengqian's description of the bright future of the Tang Dynasty made the soldiers very excited, and some of them were enthusiastic, thinking that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be a god in the sky, and he was thinking about the world and the people......

I must always be loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and serve His Royal Highness......

As he was talking, he suddenly heard Cheng Wuting, who was in charge of guarding on the other side of the lake, shouting loudly: "Who is it? ”

Then I heard a few muffled noises, and then I heard someone crying out in pain......

When Li Chengqian's people heard this, they were all startled, and all the soldiers got up and looked over there, but across the small lake, they could only see a black rumbling woods, and nothing else could be seen.

Wei Chigong, who was beside Li Chengqian, also jumped up, and with a "snort" sound, he pulled out his waist knife to protect Li Chengqian behind him, and looked at the other side of the lake with bright eyes.

Xue Rengui, who had been wearing armor, ordered his generals to sound the gong to warn him, and when he turned over and got on his horse, he had to make a detour to the other side of the lake to check the situation.

But I heard "Boom Boom ......" from the gong Wei Chigong scolded loudly: "Bastard thing, His Royal Highness the Prince is here, where are you going?" ”

When Xue Rengui heard this, when he turned around and saw that there were only more than 300 people around Li Chengqian, he was shocked and hurriedly turned his horse's head and came to Li Chengqian's side, jumped off the war horse and clasped his fists with both hands and said to Li Chengqian: "The minister should forget the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, please punish His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Chengqian has also been paying attention to Cheng Wuting's movements, but at this moment, when there is movement here, he can't hear the voice over there.

Hearing this, he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't worry about it, quickly send someone to see what happened to Cheng Wu?" ”

When Xue Rengui heard this, he turned around and arranged for the commander of this battalion to ride over to support, and the generals of other battalions also came to this camp one after another with people to protect Li Chengqian.

Wei Chigong saw that there were many people coming, and asked about the other camps that were all normal, so he escorted Li Chengqian back to the Chinese army's big tent first.

On the way back, he saw Su Dingfang who came to the rescue, and Li Chengqian ordered him to investigate it in person.

Li Chengqian returned to the central camp and saw Wang Fangyi standing at the door of the big tent with a serious face, all the soldiers were guarding everywhere in helmets and armor, and there was not the slightest sign of panic in the camp.

Wei Chigong looked at it and nodded unconsciously: "There is really the style of a general." ”

Wang Fangyi welcomed Li Chengqian into the big tent of the Chinese army and waited for news from Su Dingfang, and after a while, he heard that Li Chengqian's return to the Chinese army tent He Li and Li Simo also came to see him with armor.

As soon as the two of them saw the ceremony, they heard Su Dingfang's voice coming in from outside the tent.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, Cheng Wuting found a few Turkic hunters in the grove on the other side of the lake."

Everyone in the big tent subconsciously glanced at Li Simo when they heard this, and Li Simo heard that it was the Turks who were also frightened, and his face changed color, so he hurriedly walked out and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked the minister to go out to see, who is so bold and dares to surprise His Royal Highness the Prince, and the minister will be severely punished." ”

Li Simo's words actually killed Tengteng in the end, and it can be seen that if Li Chengqian really let him out, he would never be soft on these Turkic hunters.

It's just that Li Chengqian wanted to clean up the Turkic relics before he set off, how could he let him go out and erase this matter at this time?

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Simo and didn't speak, and directly said to the people outside the tent: "Bring them in!" ”

After that, I saw Su Dingfang leading, and several sergeants walked in with five Turkic people with disheveled heads.

As soon as several Turks stopped, they kowtowed to Li Chengqian lying on the ground.

Li Chengqian saw that these bodies were very thin, and in June and July, several of them were still tied with tattered old sheepskins, and they were obviously middle- and lower-class Turks.

Then he said to them with a pleasant face: "Don't be afraid, although you disturb the lonely king, but in the end it is unintentional, and the lonely king does not blame you." ”

Several people listened to Li Chengqian's words as if they didn't hear them, and continued to kowtow, Li Chengqian glanced at Xu Jingzong who was standing next to him, and Xu Jingzong was busy telling him to understand Turkic and ordered him to translate.

The people who knew Turkic in the tent were busy translating for Li Chengqian, and those people raised their heads and looked at Li Chengqian in horror, obviously not believing it.

Li Chengqian knew that it was difficult to explain clearly to them in this way, so Wang Fangyi said: "Send someone to find Xuanzang." Then he waved his hand and signaled that the Turks should be escorted out first, so as not to scare them to death in the tent of the Chinese army.

After the sergeants escorted a few Turks out, Li Chengqian asked Su Dingfang, "General Su, where did Rengui and Wu Ting go?" ”

Su Dingfang hurriedly bowed down and said, "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, General Xue and General Cheng are still searching in the grove. ”

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Let them see if there are no other abnormalities, let them withdraw their troops as soon as possible, this is still in the territory of Datang without all the grass and trees." ”

"Yes!" Su Dingfang said to go out and make arrangements.

Li Chengqian looked up at He Li and Li Simo in the tent again: "There's nothing to do here, you should go back early to rest, and you have to get up early tomorrow to hurry." ”

"Yes!"

Qi Bi He Li and Li Simo hurriedly bowed and withdrew from the big tent.

After they all went out, Li Chengqian looked back at Wei Chigong and said, "Shouldn't the Turks graze in the north at this time?" ”

Wei Chigong had been sitting behind Li Chengqian with an expressionless face just now, and when he heard this, he also showed a look of doubt, and after thinking for a while, he said: "According to Turkic customs, this is indeed the case, why these people can only be known after the trial is here." ”

Li Chengqian nodded thoughtfully, and was about to speak when he saw a sergeant report outside: "Xuanzang asks to see." ”

Xu Jingzong saw Li Chengqian nodding, so he said loudly: "Take Xuanzang to the Turks he just caught, and let him talk to them well." ”

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Early the next morning, Li Chengqian summoned all the civil ministers and military generals accompanying him to the tent of the Chinese army.

As soon as the ministers came in, they saw Li Chengqian sitting on the tiger skin chair angrily, and when they saw the ministers saluting him, they waved their hands impatiently and said, "It's all free!" ”

When the ministers stood up, they said loudly: "How can this really be true? ”

"I don't know how to provoke His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be angry?" Xu Jingzong said cautiously.

"Humph! The Qulu sobs of the Turkic mountains are simply brutal and unkind! ”

Hearing this, Li Simo hurriedly stood up and bowed down and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, since Qu Lu of the Turkic Lan Mountains has provoked you to be angry, the minister personally went to tie him up and hand him over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his whereabouts. ”

Li Chengqian waved his hand when he heard this: "No need, the Lone King has already sent Xue Rengui to open the way, and the Lone King wants to go over and see it in person." ”

Li Simo was shocked when he heard this, and said pleadingly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Turkic affairs should be handled by the ministers!" ”

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian sneered when he heard this, and said very domineeringly: "Although they are Turkic, they are also subjects of the Tang Dynasty......

As soon as Li Chengqian's words came out, Wei Chigong sighed secretly in his heart, and said in his heart: When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the temple was the place of the Tang Dynasty, the Buddhist temple in Chang'an was destroyed by him, and now it is the turn of the Turks...... I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~