The grassland in August is the harvest season, the grass is harvested, and the war horses are fat. Herdsmen are busy packing up this season's wool and waiting for merchants to come and buy it, and all kinds of grassland specialties are also preparing in a hurry.

"Tahi has seen the lord." This lush grassland at the northern foot of Yin Mountain, the temporary garrison of the Tiance Army, and the Flying Eagle Brigade, which has not appeared for a long time, gather here. Su Xiaohu brought Taxi who he found in Yanran Mountain to Li Xuanqing.

"Get up, get up." Li Xuanqing helped up Tahi, who had almost changed his appearance in front of him, pulled him to a small lake in front of him, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's good to be back." What the hell is going on? What about the two of them, Wutu and Dinghu? ”

Tahi was able to escape and ascend to heaven through hardships, and when he saw Li Xuanqing, he suddenly had the feeling of seeing his relatives. If he thought that Li Xuanqing was the master because of the needs of the situation, then when Li Xuanqing was able to send people to travel thousands of miles and spend months looking for him, even if he was an iron man, he was moved.

Li Xuanqing could also understand Tahi's mood, so he smiled slightly, waved his hand, and suddenly several women dressed in grassland clothes and a few half-grown children suddenly walked behind him.

"Father Khan, Great Khan, Husband." This is Tahi's wife and concubine and son, and when he saw Tahi coming back alive, he hurriedly came over.

Li Xuanqing saw Taxi's family meeting and walked away quietly, inviting Su Xiaohu.

"Xiaohu, I haven't seen you in the past few months, but I've grown a lot. During this time, there was a lot of fun on the grassland, right? Li Xuanqing looked at his former personal guard commander and smiled.

Su Xiaohu touched his head and said with a smile: "The lord said that he was joking, during this time, in order to find Taxi, the Flying Eagle Brigade almost turned over the grassland, and we even went to Kyoto once in the old nest of the Khitans, and almost beat their Great Khan Guards." ”

"You went to Shangjing? Did you still fight with the Great Khan's Guard? Li Xuanqing groaned slightly: "Tell me about the situation you saw along the way, did the Khitan people find out anything inside?" ”

Su Xiaohu nodded and said, "Actually, the casualties of the Khitans in the last battle in the Youbei Grassland were not small. Because its main branch, the Yelu clan, was the main force on the battlefield, so it was counterattacked by the Tunjas, killing and wounding more than 50,000 people, and almost half of the elite were lost. Yelu Hanxiong is now busy trying to keep his position and suppress dissidents. After saying this, he suddenly smiled and said: "The Khitans are very strange, their Great Khan seems to be elected, once every five years, this is not a reason and excuse for those opponents to fight a civil war." I don't know what these guys think in their heads. ”

Li Xuanqing nodded, this system of the Khitan is the most primitive democracy, but in this era it brought great trouble to the Khitan, so that later Yelu Abaoji met with his relatives and brothers twice for this reason.

As Su Xiaohu continued to tell, Li Xuanqing also knew the general situation, and he was finally relieved, he didn't want to face the charge of hundreds of thousands of Khitan cavalry just after he fought against Li Keyong. It seems that the benefits of the first battle of the Huangjia people in Youbei are much better than imagined, and according to Su Xiaohu, they can delay the pace of the Khitans for at least five years. Thinking that they also had to recover the branch tribes in the north and the Bohai Kingdom in the east, the time added up was enough to unify the world by themselves. At that time, according to the power of the Central Plains, this strong enemy can naturally be subdued in a few years.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing smiled and continued to ask, "Did you only find Tahi?" What about the two of them? There won't be any surprises, right? ”

Su Xiaohu's face was slightly gloomy, "We didn't find the two of them, we didn't even have any news, after the Khitans attacked the Khitans, Tahi was separated from the two of them, so we don't know anything about the specific situation." Lord, if I take the Flying Eagle Brigade to look for it again, maybe I will escape to their royal tent. ”

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said, "Let Tahi deal with this matter." If it is really in the royal court, with the identity of the two of them, it may backfire if we come to the rescue, so let them come forward themselves. ”

"Okay, the Flying Eagle Brigade will rest in Fengzhou for a few days first, and then go south to Chang'an, and the chief of staff will have an order for you at that time." Li Xuanqing patted Su Xiaohu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Chang'an has treasure, don't be slow, don't run away when the time comes, the rich man Xiaosi will find you to settle accounts." ”

When Su Xiaohu heard this, he immediately became interested, and said with a smile: "I will immediately let the Flying Eagle Brigade gather, we have itchy hands in the grassland for several months, how can such a good thing be without me Su Xiaohu." After saying that, he immediately took out the horn and summoned the Flying Eagle Brigade.

Looking at the Flying Eagle Brigade in front of him, Li Xuanqing also sighed a little emotionally, he didn't expect to achieve the formation of today's iron-blooded team by an unintentional move. The Flying Eagle Brigade already has a trace of the shadow of the special combat team of the future, and the number of members has gradually increased from the initial 100 to 500. This elite unit has now gradually formed a complete system from selection to training to final retirement.

After Su Xiaohu led the team to salute Li Xuanqing neatly, he roared: "The eagle strikes the sky, invincible." The neat shouting sound made Li Xuanqing also emotional, and the clear voice came out far away on the grassland: "Brothers, in the past few months, everyone has worked hard, going out of the grassland, wandering in other places, and there is no news of his family, and the enemy is always lurking in the eyes of the enemy. I'm so proud of you. It is precisely because of your existence that the majesty of my Tang Dynasty is expected to reappear, and only then can the Chinese people hope to get rid of suffering. Brothers, you will soon go to Chang'an with your commander. Everyone knows Chang'an, right? That is the capital of my Tang Dynasty, you have to go and take down all the fierce gods and evil spirits who ride on the heads of the people and bring back the people's fat and ointment they have looted. It is the blood and tears of our fathers and fellow villagers, and we must leave it behind and return it to the people. ”

"God bless the Tang Dynasty, the Han army is mighty." The neat sound appeared on the grassland, the earth was empty, and the sound spread far and wide, shaking the four fields.

The Eagle Brigade was as silent as ever, but there was a hint of mountain-like heaviness when it stood there. Li Xuanqing nodded, raised his right hand, and all the Flying Eagle Brigade got on their horses, saluted Li Xuanqing, and then galloped south.

"My lord." Just when Li Xuanqing saw the Flying Eagle Brigade go away, Tahi had already come to Li Xuanqing's side after reuniting with his family.

"How about not spending a little more time with your family?" Li Xuanqing turned his head and saw that Tahi had calmed down, and took him as he walked.

"Don't dare to delay the lord's affairs. Tahi has a request for something, and he asks the lord to agree. Tahi suddenly bowed to his knees.

"Say, anything, as long as I can do it, I will promise you." Li Xuanqing nodded, looking at Tahi with a smile.

Old Tahi's face flushed, and he said a little teasingly: "I have three sons, and the eldest son has grown up, and I hope that the lord will help me take it with me and teach me a thing or two." and Utu and Tuhu, and their sons, also asked the lord to take them in with him. ”

Li Xuanqing groaned slightly, nodded and said, "I will take care of them, you will arrange for them to find the commander of the pro-guard team later, and stay in the pro-guard team for a while, and then you can go to the martial arts hall." After a pause, he continued: "It's a long way to go to the royal court, and now that the royal court has been defeated, your royal court tent will move north at any time, just do your best in some things, don't be yourself." ”

"Lord, lord......" Tashi finally couldn't hold back himself, he fell to the ground suddenly, crying, dozens of years old people couldn't hold back themselves anymore, crying: "Lord, I'm sorry for them, the two of them were lost to protect me, when we were attacked by the Khitans, there were too many enemies, and we ran into the main force of the other party." It was these two old fellows who pushed me away and rushed up with someone himself...... Lord, it's me who deserves to die, it's me who is cowardly, and I'm sorry for them. Tahi wiped a handful of tears, and said in a faint voice: "Don't worry, my lord, I, Tahi, will find them back even if I die." The man on the steppe can't just die. ”

Li Xuanqing didn't speak, just listened quietly on the side, and it wasn't until Tahi said these things that he picked him up and said, "Don't die, it's not okay if you die and throw their families to me." If you can't find it, you have to take on your own responsibilities, the responsibility of being a father, and take care of their families instead of them. ”

Tahi was stunned, and suddenly realized something, only to hear Li Xuanqing continue: "I am an orphan myself, so I know best what these children need most. Since their father can't be found, then you can't even know what happened? From today you are their father, the father of all children, give them a full childhood. ”

Li Xuanqing didn't care whether Taxi could understand these theories of later generations, he just finished saying his feelings, and said with a smile: "Okay, for three months, I will wait for you in Chang'an, and when I get married, you remember to come." With that, he left on his own, leaving Tahi alone.

"My lord, I understand, I will do my best to find them, if I can't find them, then I will be their father, take care of them, and let them grow up well." For a long time, Tahi looked at Li Xuanqing's back and muttered to himself.

After Li Xuanqing settled the matter of Taxi, he returned to Tiande City with his personal guards. On the way, he looked at the slightly thin figures in his personal guard team, and after a little silence, he began to ask the guards around him to call the three and a half children over.

After a while, the three of them rode their horses and quickly followed, saluting Li Xuanqing and said, "Baixin, Lei Tong, and Huanjiu will meet the lord." ”

Li Xuanqing waved his hand to signal everyone not to be so solemn, and said with a smile: "In this way, did you feel homesick when you left the tribe and followed me?" ”

Among the three, Wutu's son Baixin is the oldest, he is fifteen years old this year, only four years younger than Li Xuanqing, and he is also the most calm, with a pure Tang dialect, it seems that he has been taught by someone since he was a child. At this time, instead of the two of them, he saluted Li Xuanqing on the horse and said: "Report to the lord, Baixin and the two younger brothers have grown up, and my father Khan said that you can't be homesick with the lord." ”

Li Xuanqing smiled slightly and said, "Okay, I won't tease you, at the end of the year, I will have someone send you home, and your father Khan will come back to see you when the time comes." Learn martial arts in the Guards and don't disappoint your father. ”

"Enlighten the lord, the General Staff report urgently." Just when Li Xuanqing was about to have a good chat with these three little guys, Qianwei arrived with a Xuanying guard.

Li Xuanqing took the information about Li Maozhen's actions sent by Xu Tianxiang and looked at it, nodded thoughtfully, and said with a slight smile: "Immediately order the whole army to speed up and go all out to rush back to Tiande City." ”

As soon as the words fell, the neat pace of the guards began to accelerate, and the war horses galloped, quickly crossed the Yinshan Fortress, and galloped towards Tiande City.

At this time, Chen Fan, the supreme general of Tiande City, also received an urgent report from Li Xuanqing, and the army began to assemble, and the war suspicions on the northern front began to continue to gather in Hetao. The newly arrived 20,000 party cavalry made Tiande City gather two infantry battalions, three cavalry battalions and one heavy cavalry battalion at once, and a huge army formation of more than 60,000 people gathered in Tiande City, which also made the Zhenwu army in the east dare not slack off. Li Keyong's army was originally heading towards Helian Duo, but at this time, he also received news that he was urgently dividing his troops.

"It seems that the battle of Guanzhong is about to be decided." Chen Fan looked at the military order sent by Li Xuanqing, nodded at the map, and said with a smile: "Everyone, our northern front is going to be decided this time." The army was all assembled, and the lord was at once. Let's break the backbone of Rick's use in a fight. ”

The drums of the war outside the city were tense for a while, the blood of the soldiers was mobilizing, the morale was rising, and all the generals were waiting, waiting for the arrival of Li Xuanqing, and also waiting for the arrival of this battle.