In the early morning, in the valley outside Lingwu City, there were bursts of "knock ......" and "one, two, three, four......" trumpets.

The loud sound of the trumpet over and over again shook the surrounding white valley and responded again and again.

A team of guards from the East Palace and the soldiers of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were all dressed in single clothes with a strong masculine atmosphere, lined up in a neat queue on the thick snow, running around the school field.

It's their morning workout, and it's been going on for almost a month.

Li Chengqian, the governor of Lingzhou, Zhao Daoxing, did not understand this person, and handed over a battle related to success or failure to him.

Therefore, as soon as Li Chengqian settled down here, he sent people into the city to summon Zhao Daoxing, detain him in the barracks, and then ordered the main force of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to secretly transfer 30,000 soldiers and horses to the valley where he was, and directly assigned to Wei Chigong's men to start training.

Li Chengqian's order and Wei Chigong's prestige, the soldiers and horses of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion naturally obeyed his orders obediently.

However, Li Chengqian's clean dismissal of the military power of the governor of a place still made the generals around him feel terrible.

After obtaining 30,000 soldiers and horses from Lingzhou, Li Chengqian sent people to investigate the movements of the Turkic Li Simo and Xue Yantuo Yinan, and at the same time seized the time to train these soldiers and horses in the valley.

Li Chengqian brought over this time were all elite soldiers among the elite soldiers, but the number was too small, and after splitting the troops with Xue Rengui, there were only 10,000 left, and a few thousand were Qiang.

wanted to use such a small number of troops to completely eliminate Xue Yantuo and Li Simo's troops, even after they were both defeated, Li Chengqian could not do it.

Therefore, the 30,000 garrisons of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion have become the main force of his battle, so he must take advantage of the fact that the two sides have not yet started a war to step up the run-in between these soldiers and the generals of the East Palace.

When he got up early in the morning, Li Chengqian walked out of the big tent and looked at the clouds in the sky, and it was almost overhead, knowing that it might snow heavily again today.

I secretly complained in my heart: In the later generations, there was a drought in the north, why did there be so much snow in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian walked around the barracks a few times at will, and waited until his body was hot and he loosened the white fox Qiu on his body before calmly walking towards the school grounds.

This is the homework that Li Chengqian must do every morning before going to see the troops, in order to keep his body warm, so as not to shrink into his fur coat and show the soldiers who are training in the heat of the day.

Li Chengqian walked into the school field and saw that the soldiers had already stood in the school field and started the formal training, so he turned around and asked Liu Kui in a low voice: "Did the lonely king get up late today, why did they finish running?"

"Yesterday, the wind and snow subsided a little, and the slave maid couldn't bear to wake you up when she saw the incense of the prince's palace." Li Chengqian was also a little moved when he heard this, but he still said with a calm face: "Now we are marching and fighting, we can't be negligent at all, we must wake up the lonely king on time in the future, and if you dare to disobey, you don't have to stay by the lonely king's side." ”

Seeing that Li Chengqian was serious, Liu Kui hurriedly lay down in the snow and admitted his mistake: "The slave is wrong, the slave and the maid don't dare anymore." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Chengqian stared at the soldier who was training, and waved his hand to signal him to get up.

At this time, the soldiers on the school field were training the spear formation of the Tang Dynasty, and a row of soldiers would raise their long iron guns and walk forward with firm steps.

In this way, the black spear forest formed by the iron spear advanced like a mountain of mountains.

Li Chengqian walked slowly around the school yard while paying attention to their training.

He found that after nearly a month of training together, the guards of the East Palace and the soldiers of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion cooperated more and more tacitly, and they could no longer distinguish the troops they originally belonged to for training together.

Originally, the soldiers of the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were more powerful than the East Palace guards, but because of their relatively weak discipline, they were defeated in several military confrontations, which made them have to train with the East Palace guards.

Moreover, these people were originally the elite people of Datang, and after more rigorous training, the temperament of these people has changed significantly, in addition to the original toughness, there is more of a taste of steel and iron blood.

Li Chengqian walked slowly around the school grounds, thinking about how to win this battle, and the soldiers in the school field occasionally floated over and felt warm in their hearts when they saw Li Chengqian with them.

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About half an hour later, the military cupboard pushed dozens of cars into the shed next to the school yard.

There was a steaming breakfast on the small cart, and Li Chengqian screamed when he saw his stomach from a distance.

Liu Kui endured it when he heard it, and finally said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Prince, will you order the cupboard to make another one for you tomorrow?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and said as he quickened his pace and walked forward: "No! ”

In his previous life, Li Chengqian read a lot of stories about people who encountered a war or a disaster after crossing over, and on the surface they ate with the soldiers and disaster victims, but behind the scenes, they must rely on their power to get something delicious to show their cleverness.

It seems that he feels that he is a fool if he doesn't behave like this, and Li Chengqian originally wanted to do the same, but when he had dinner with the soldiers for the first time and saw the eyes of the soldiers looking at him, he couldn't have such an idea anymore.

It was a very real burning look, and every time Li Chengqian thought about it, he felt that if he took a bite secretly, his heart would be burned by that kind of eyes.

The shed next to the school yard is very simple, and rough wooden tables and chairs are placed underneath it, which is used for soldiers to eat and engage in some cultural and artistic activities.

Now that it's breakfast time, all the formations on the school field have stopped training and lined up to go into the shed to eat and eat.

When Li Chengqian and his entourage walked to the bottom of the shed, all the soldiers in the shed greeted Li Chengqian very warmly.

Looking at their expressions of kindness and reverence, Li Chengqian knew that these people were already very loyal to him.

Li Chengqian smiled and said to everyone: "It's all flat!" You don't have to be formal. ”

Then he walked towards his table.

Although Li Chengqian eats the same food as these soldiers, he has a special dining table under this shed.

Originally, Li Chengqian also wanted to learn from other traversers to line up to eat by themselves, but in this way, the attendants around him were very embarrassed, and the soldiers did not dare to line up in front of him, which seemed to maintain order, but in fact destroyed the order.

Li Chengqian simply sat behind his special table and waited for the chamberlain to eat, as long as the soldiers saw that the crown prince was eating the same thing as them, the soldiers' hearts would be very satisfied.

After breakfast, Li Chengqian took the people back to his own big tent to handle official business, while the other soldiers continued to train on the school grounds.

This kind of training was originally very tiring, but because of the appearance of Li Chengqian, all the officers and men were greatly encouraged, so no matter how hard and tired they were during the training, no one was left behind.

Li Chengqian walked into the big tent and saw that Wang Qun was already waiting for him, so he went directly to the main seat and sat down.

"The ministers and kings see His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Flat!"

When Li Chengqian saw him get up, he asked directly, "But Li Simo moved." ”

Hearing this, Wang Qun stepped forward and said, "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, it was Li Simo who moved, and he led the Turkic army to the north. ”

Hearing this, Li Chengqian hurriedly asked, "But have they found Yi Nan's hiding place?"

Li Chengqian's training here is waiting for Li Simo to find Xue Yantuo to start a war, and now that Li Simo is leading his army to the north, he must have explored the place where Xue Yantuo Yinan was stationed.

Wang Qun shook his head when he heard this, and said, "The minister is not sure yet, but the spies under the minister have already found Yi Nan's hiding place. ”

"Where's Yi Nan?"

"The Xue Yantuo Khan tent led by Yi Nan is now at the place where Kongdui ditch enters the Yellow River."

Li Chengqian listened to the big head, and hurriedly pointed to the map hanging in the tent and said, "Point it out to the lonely king." ”

Wang Qun hurriedly walked over and pointed out a place on the map, and Li Chengqian saw that it was the plain area on the south bank of the Yellow River, near Ordos in later generations.

Judging from the map, it is more than a thousand miles away from his current location, and they are also separated from Li Simo's station by more than a hundred miles.

Li Chengqian squinted his eyes and stared at the map tightly, slowly stood up, put his hands behind his back and slowly ordered: "Pass on the order of King Gu, and today the whole army will go north." ”

This will be the most important battle for Li Chengqian to go north, and if this battle is won, it will usher in a great opportunity for him and the Tang Dynasty to govern the north.

If he loses, the blow to his prestige will be difficult to recover, let alone participate in the governance of the Northlands.

(End of chapter)