Chapter 223: Killing Decision

Another Spring Festival passed in a blink of an eye, and Li Su will be 18 years old soon. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Just before the Spring Festival, when Li Su wanted to relax, he was entangled by Li Jing and Fang Xuanling.

Li Su temporarily set up a special combat team in the Western Regions, and as a result, in the process of conquering the Western Regions, he played a huge role and attracted the attention of Li Jing and other high-ranking military officials.

Li Jing recommended to Li Shimin at that time and asked Li Su to come up with a plan for forming a special combat team.

Before the Spring Festival, Li Su wrote a plan for the formation of the special combat team and handed it to Li Jing, who had already served as the first chief of staff of Datang at this time.

After Li Jing read the plan, he immediately suggested to Li Shimin that a special forces command be set up and recommended Li Su, the king of Liang, as the commander.

Li Su said that he would not accept the appointment at all, he said that he was not good at military affairs, and only wanted to be the deputy director of the research institute, and even pretended to be sick to turn off this errand. In the end, he recommended the crown prince Li Chengqian.

Li Su personally approached the eldest grandson, Wuji, and suggested that he persuade the crown prince to take up this position. Both the eldest grandson Wuji and the crown prince were very happy, because this was a good opportunity for the prince to directly control the army.

After the recommendation of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Su, the king of Liang and others, Li Shimin also intended to exercise the prince's ability to master the army.

After the establishment of the Special Forces Command, 3,000 outstanding soldiers were selected from all over the army and a special operations corps was formally established. Li Shimin personally named the Special Operations Corps the "Flying Tiger Army." ”

After the news of the establishment of the Flying Tiger Army came out, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty thought that there would be no war now, and there was no danger. Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally controlled the Flying Tiger Army, and everyone thought that it was a promising place, so everyone looked for various relationships, found the crown prince Li Chengqian, and asked to send themselves or their relatives and friends to the Flying Tiger Army.

Li Chengqian thought that this was a good opportunity to buy people's hearts, so he agreed to their request, and as a result, the Flying Tiger Army became a place where the children of the powerful gathered.

At the beginning, Li Chengqian was very enthusiastic and confident, and he went to the barracks every day to supervise training. When the soldiers saw the presence of the prince, they were also very face-saving and trained very hard.

However, it didn't take long for Li Chengqian to lose interest and patience, so he rarely went to the barracks. The next thing was to embarrass him.

There are many children of nobles in the special combat team, and officers from poor backgrounds can't control them at all. Soon, the training of the army began to relax. Many gentlemen began to soak in the barracks and even gambled.

The officers reported the situation to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian was furious and immediately came to the barracks in person.

Special operations barracks.

In one room, several soldiers were gambling, and the crown prince Li Chengqian came in. When he saw this, he was furious and shouted, "What are you doing? ”

The soldiers were on their heads, and they didn't lift their heads. One of the soldiers said, "Get out of the way, can you handle it?" ”

Li Chengqian was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Li Chengqian's guard captain Fu Lian shouted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." ”

At this moment, the soldiers were frightened and hurriedly stood up and saluted Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian said angrily: "You don't train well, you dare to gamble here, come on, drag me down, it's a big 20 board." ”

Several guards immediately went up to arrest the soldiers.

A soldier knelt down and begged: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spares his life, the little one will not dare anymore." ”

Li Chengqian saw that this person's name was Hu Qun, and he was the son of Hu Qun, who was in the military department. This Hu Pu is Li Shimin's general, the old man of the original prince's mansion, he followed Li Shimin to fight, three of his four sons have died, and this Hu Qun is his only son.

Seeing Hu Qun pleading, Li Chengqian couldn't bear it, and because his father was Li Shimin's retainer, he said: "Forget it, don't take it as an example, I will send you this beating, and if you do it again next time, you will not be merciful." ”

The officers of the special operations team who followed him all shook their heads secretly.

The situation of the special combat team soon reached Li Shimin's ears, and he was very disappointed and began to think about replacing people.

The rest is even more interesting.

One day, the servant of Li Tai, the king of Wei, wandered the streets, and when he passed by the horse market, he saw a soldier selling horses, so he secretly followed and found that it was the Flying Tiger Army who was selling horses.

It turned out that this soldier was none other than Hu Qun. He lost money in gambling, and in a hurry, he stole the war horse of the Flying Tiger Army and sold it.

Li Tai got the news, and of course he would not let go of this good opportunity to hit the crown prince. He had a lot of eyes, so he didn't come forward himself, and sent someone to inform Wei Zheng of the matter.

Wei Zheng doesn't rub sand in his eyes, and he won't sit idly by for this kind of behavior. So he immediately came to the barracks of the Flying Tiger Army.

Wei Zheng saw Li Chengqian and reported the matter to him. Li Chengqian immediately followed Wei Zheng to Hu Qun's room.

At this time, Hu Qun had money selling horses and was gambling with several soldiers.

Li Chengqian was really angry this time.

On the playground of the Flying Tiger Army, Hu Qun was tied up and knelt on the ground, and the prince ordered Hu Qun to hit 30 boards. Wei Zheng said: "Stealing and selling military supplies and gambling in the barracks, is it punished like this?" ”

The prince gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, hit 40 boards." ”

At this moment, someone shouted, "Your Highness, please be merciful." ”

Li Chengqian saw that it was Hu Qun's father, Hu Qun, who came, and he knelt down and begged: "Your Highness, the three sons of the old minister all died for His Majesty's conquest, and the minister is left with only this one son, please let His Highness's subordinates be merciful and let him go." ”

Li Chengqian was embarrassed, he really couldn't bear it, and he didn't dare to deal with Hu Qun. He looked at Wei Zheng, and Wei Zheng looked at him coldly.

Li Chengqian said: "Then hit him with 20 boards." Then he asked Wei Zheng and said, "Lord Wei, do you think this is okay?" ”

He didn't dare to get Hu Qun, so he asked Wei Zheng if he was doing it for Hu Qun. It means that I didn't want to punish Hu Qun, it was Wei Zheng who forced me to do it.

Wei Zheng was really speechless, and said in his heart: "With such courage and courage, how can you inherit the foundation of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Those officers also laughed at this scumbag prince in their hearts.

At this moment, Li Su, the king of Liang, came.

It turned out that Li Shimin and Li Su were talking about things, and when they received the report, they were extremely dissatisfied with the prince in their hearts. He originally wanted to go over and deal with it in person At this time, when he saw Li Su in front of him, he suddenly wanted to see how he handled this matter, so he sent him over.

When the crown prince Li Chengqian saw that the king of Liang Li was coming, he was like grasping a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "Sixth brother, you came just in time, how do you think this matter is handled?" ”

Li Su briefly asked what happened. He asked, "Hu Qun, do you admit the above things?" ”

Hu Qun said: "I admit it, please forgive me this time." ”

Li Su shouted: "Military judge! ”

The military judge came out and said, "The minister is here! ”

Li Su asked: "What is the crime of gambling in the army?" ”

"Hit 50 military sticks." The military judge replied.

"What is the crime of stealing and selling military materiel?" Li Su asked.

"Capital offense." The military judge replied.

Li Yu shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze? Behead the criminal Hu Qun on the spot! ”

Yang Kang and the others went up and held down Hu Qun.

Hu Yu was frightened, and hurriedly begged Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, for the sake of the minister's loyalty to the emperor's face, save the minister's son?" ”

Li Chengqian said to Li Su: "Sixth brother, look, did you bypass him this time?" ”

Li Su said: "Ci is not in charge of the army, this is a military camp, not a vegetable market." After speaking, he shouted: "Execution!" ”

Yang Kang's hand fell, and Hu Qun's head fell to the ground.

Everyone in the flying army was in awe. Wei Zheng nodded secretly.