Chapter Ninety-Nine: Yanyun Eighteen Riders
"What, got news from Du Sheng?" Zhang Yunwen looked at Lin Ran opposite and asked in surprise.
"Hmm!" Lin Ran said with a serious face, "According to the report of the investigation institute who arrived in Youzhou, half a year ago, Luo Yi led troops to raid a shop, arrested Du Sheng and more than 30 others, and then secretly detained them!" Claim to be killed! ”
Zhang Yunwen suddenly pondered, and after a while, asked, "Have Du Sheng and the others been rescued?" ”
Lin Ran nodded: "However, according to Du Sheng's confession, he has already told Luo Yi everything!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Yunwen suddenly became angry: "What, what the hell is going on with Du Sheng, doesn't he remember what I said!" Ning Yuan's order is not to keep secrets, this is the basic quality of an intelligence officer! ”
Lin Ran was silent.
Zhang Yunwen also knew that he couldn't anger others, so he said immediately: "You go and deal with Du Sheng and them, remember, be clean and don't leave any traces!" Anyway, Luo Yi said that he had already killed them! ”
Lin Ran took the order and left. As soon as he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around: "By the way, dean, why didn't you report the rebellion of Luo Yijing Prefecture to Your Majesty?" ”
Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "It's not that I don't report to Your Majesty, but I don't report to the imperial court!" As soon as this Luo Yi matter is over, the question of the ownership of our investigation institute will come out! ”
Lin Ran suddenly understood.
The officials attending the court meeting today arrived very early. For no other reason, Luo Yi rebelled in Jingzhou, occupying Jingzhou on the one hand, saying that he was ordered to rebel, and on the other hand, he forcibly recruited men into the army to raise grain and grass. According to this news, the merchants who came and went to Guanzhong had brought him to Chang'an. Suddenly, it was the Jingshi vigilance again.
However, it was known earlier than ordinary people that were several officials of the Ministry of War. There was a fast horse report, and on the second day of Luo Yi's army, the officials of the Sixth Department knew the news.
The one who knew earlier than the officials of the Sixth Ministry was Li Shimin. On the afternoon of Luo Yi's army, a pigeon flew to Chang'an, so Li Shimin knew.
What he knew earlier than Li Shimin was that Zhang Yunwen already knew it when he read "New Tang Dynasty Book" and "Zizhi Tongjian".
"Your Majesty, Luo Yi is a traitor, under the pretext of an edict, he has committed a rebellious act, and he should send someone to suppress it as soon as possible!" The eldest grandson Wuji said first.
The ministers all expressed their approval, while some of the generals enthusiastically asked for battle, while others remained silent.
The generals who asked for war seemed to be the old men of the Qin Palace, and the silent ones were some veterans of the East Palace, King Qi and Li Yuan, they all had some friendship with Luo Yi more or less, and when the swords and soldiers met, they were inevitably embarrassed, so they were simply silent.
Li Shimin listened to the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, looked at the reactions of His Royal Highness's ministers, and was silent for a long time before he said: "After all, the soldiers led by the king of Yanjun are my people of the Tang Dynasty, fighting each other, I can't bear it!" ”
All the ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous! ”
Zhang Yunwen secretly rolled his eyes, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, you Li Shimin fought in the east and west, and fought in the south and the north, why didn't you see you say something like being a big Han people, and you can't bear to kill.
Although this kind of verbal saying two words of benevolence and righteousness is a well-known hypocrisy, those Confucian scholars, like Kong Yingda and the like, are smiling and admiring.
Li Shimin listened to the words of the ministers, and immediately said with a smile: "Eldest Sun Wuji, Wei Chigong listen to the order!" The eldest grandson Wuji was appointed as the head of the Jingzhou Road march, and Wei Chigong was the general, and they jointly sent troops to fight for it! ”
The two men hurriedly went out to receive the order.
At this time, Zhang Yunwen suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that there is a cavalry squad under Luo Yi, named 'Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry', they are dressed in cold clothes, wearing scimitars at their waists, wearing masks on their faces, wearing black scarves on their heads, only showing their eyes, and wearing long black cloaks on their outer bodies, stepping on Huren horse boots, riding boots equipped with daggers, everyone carries big bows, carries eighteen arrow clusters, and everywhere they pass, there is no grass. I am willing to lead the troops to fight with one! ”
The courtiers listened to Zhang Yunwen's words, and immediately looked at this young general who was not as weak as the crown in surprise, and then there was silence for a while.
And Li Shimin listened to Zhang Yunwen's words, pondered for a long time, and then said quietly: "Back then, the backer king Yang Lin once commented on the 'Eighteen Rides of Yanyun': 'Fast as the wind, as fierce as fire, wherever you go, there is not a single grass left. Strong bow scimitar, good at riding and shooting, with one enemy hundred, never tasted defeat. It can be seen that these eighteen horsemen are powerful. But Yunwen, the eighteen horsemen who followed Luo Yi to conquer Saibei and killed tens of thousands of Turks are no longer there. In the fourth year of Wude, Liu Heimin made a rebellion, and King Huai'an and Luo Yi attacked at the same time to attack Liu Heimin, but they were defeated and returned. Luo Yi's 'Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry' was defeated by his adopted son Su Lie in the battle with Gao Yaxian, and the Eighteen Horsemen were all here. Luo Yi rode back to Youzhou alone! After speaking, he sighed, "Back then, Liu Heimin was defeated, Gao Yaxian died in battle, then Su Lie was hidden in the people, if he served the imperial court, wouldn't there be another young general like Yunwen!" ”
Zhang Yunwen was suddenly a little disappointed.
Then Li Shimin said again: "However, that Luo Yi later reorganized the Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, which was composed of the descendants of the Eighteen Cavalry back then, and the combat effectiveness is not trivial!" ”
Zhang Yunwen was excited, but he looked at Li Shimin quietly, for fear that he would have another "but".
Li Shimin said solemnly: "Zhang Yunwen listened to the order, and ordered you to lead the reconnaissance battalion to go out with the army, and you will definitely capture Na Luo Yi alive!" Plus, you'll have to take those new weapons from the equipment yard and test them on the battlefield, and at the end of the day, write an explanation! ”
"Whoa!" Zhang Yunwen hugged his fists.
After the court meeting was dispersed, Zhang Yunwen was about to leave the Lin De Hall and walk towards the military camp where the reconnaissance camp was stationed, when a big hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder. Looking back, it was Cheng Biting Jin.
"The last general will see the general!" Zhang Yunwen saluted.
Cheng Yanjin waved his hand and said a little depressedly: "Oh, Yunwen, you are the general of my right guard, and my general has not been dispatched yet, why are you dispatched?" ”
Zhang Yunwen knew that he was complaining purely, so he had to accompany him, and after he said nearly a stick of incense, he bowed down and said, "Well, the general, the last general still has some things, go first!" ”
Cheng Yanjin stared at Zhang Yunwen's back, and couldn't help but whisper: "Well, this kid looks so steady and down-to-earth, unlike those boys in my family!" It seems that they should be exposed to more contact! ”
As soon as Zhang Yunwen arrived at the gate of the barracks, he was stopped. Zhang Yunwen took out a gold medal with the word "reconnaissance" written on the seal, shook it in front of the soldier, and it was unimpeded.
After the reconnaissance battalion embarked on the road of regularization, it not only had a separate barracks and training grounds, but also had its own military flag. I saw a flag fluttering on the big tent in the center of the barracks, and an eagle on the flag was about to fly.
At this time, Li Yang was in charge of this military camp, and there were a total of 164 veterans and 926 new recruits in the barracks.
As soon as Li Yang told Li Yang about the news of the troops, Li Yang immediately selected 50 veterans to come out. That Wu Peng, as well as Yang Chang's son Yang Shi, were impressively listed.
"Ma Wangshan is responsible for training recruits in infantry archery, mounted archery and other training, so I transferred Wu Peng to you!" Li Yang said, "But, boss, according to the rules, you have to bring all three things before you can transfer troops!" At the end, Li Yang smiled a little.
Sure enough, Zhang Yunwen forgot to go to the Dao Soldiers Department to get the paperwork.
At this moment, I saw a small official standing at the door of the barracks and shouting: "General Zhang, General Zhang!" ”
Zhang Yunwen looked at the official uniform of the little official, and immediately smiled: "Li Yang, look, the paperwork is here!" ”
Walking up to the little official, after the little official handed over the paperwork, he said solemnly: "Du Shangshu saw that the general was in a hurry, so he asked me to send the document to the general." At the same time, he also told the general that since the rules are established, don't break them easily, once the opening is opened, the order behind it will be messed up! ”
After hearing this, Zhang Yunwen immediately hugged his fist to the little official: "Thank you for telling this adult!" At the same time, I bother you to help me tell Du Shangshu, just say that I, Zhang Yunwen, am a person who knows the rules, and I will never break the rules for a little convenience! ”
The little official nodded, turned and left.
Zhang Yunwen raised the paperwork in his hand and sneered: "Hehe, Lord Li, now this general can transfer troops!" ”