(3rd Watch)

Qian Yuanqian was silent for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "However, the inheritance of the throne needs to be promised by the imperial court, no matter what the victory or defeat of the war, it cannot affect the replacement of the throne in Qiantang." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

This is also the meaning of Qian Hua, if you don't even have this requirement, it will inevitably be too bottomless.

The next day, Li Congjing sent someone to the post house to pick up Qian Yuanqian and Qian Hua.

It is said that it is a more martial arts, but it is actually a big training in the army, and the location is in the camp of the guards and the army by the Luoshui River, when Li Congjing took Qian Yuanqian and Qian Hua into the camp, it was already the middle of the day, and all the preparations in the camp had been completed, and most of the 15,000 guards and soldiers who had been trained earlier, and the 30,000 new soldiers recruited later, were mostly gathered here.

Tens of thousands of soldiers, ironclad forests, guns like a forest, neatly lined up on the school field, is a sea of slaughter, even people who don't know anything about military affairs, standing in front of the military formation, can feel the oppression brought by the other party, the powerful power is always terrifying, and the killing machine that can destroy everything is terrifying.

Qian Yuanqian is an expert, so he will not be frightened, but the sophistication of the Tang Army's armor and ordnance still makes his eyes awe-inspiring, especially the rows of strong crossbows arranged in front of the armor, at a glance, there is no end in sight, a rough estimate, no less than five thousand, this is still a big crossbow that has not been carried by the armor, Qian Yuanqian knows very well, when these strong crossbows exert their power together, what kind of destruction can they have.

There are so many strong crossbows in front of him, so how many strong crossbows does Datang have in the Jianghuai and Chudi armies?

If these powerful crossbows were gathered together, even if it was just a salvo at Qiantang City, the damage caused would be immeasurable.

Qian Yuanqian shook his head and left this unreliable thought behind.

Today, Li Congjing is neatly draped, the iron armor is prominent, the horizontal knife is terrifying, and he stands high on the platform, like a god in the sun.

This is the first time I have seen Li Congjing wearing armor, thinking of the other party's various achievements, Qian Yuanjun's heart is slightly cold.

With a bang, Li Congjing pulled out his horizontal knife and gave the order for the army's big training, and suddenly the drums sounded, and tens of thousands of soldiers moved in unison, which made the generals tremble, watching the sea of iron armor in front of him turn into a torrent of iron armor, quickly and neatly changing formations and leaving the camp, Qian Yuanqian had a deeper understanding of the Tang Army's well-trained training.

Qian Yuanqian discovered an unbelievable fact, the soldiers of the Tang Army were all wearing armor.

Armor can be worth more than knives and guns, called the country's heavy weapon, it is also a lot of trouble to manufacture, Qian Yuanqian knows that Qiantang can mobilize 50,000 troops, but he can never take out 50,000 armor, the army can have half of the armor is good, and most of them are leather armor, iron armor is a precious thing - if more people wear armor, you have to take out cloth armor, bamboo armor.

But here in the Tang Army, the iron armor seems to be the most worthless thing on the street.

Qian Yuanqian saw clearly that among the Tang army, only scouts and light horsemen wore leather armor.

"Most of these tens of thousands of soldiers are newly recruited braves this year, who have been trained and have not been in battle." Li Congjing introduced the composition of the army to Qian Yuanjun, "Today's martial arts is mainly a battle formation drill, and the highlight is the confrontation of the military formation. ”

Hearing this, Qian Yuanjun's heart trembled slightly, can the new pawn wear iron armor? Isn't it true that only the elite soldiers who have gone through the war can wear iron armor? Did the Tang army find some treasure and dig up the armor that was buried in the ground a hundred years ago?

Li Congjing keenly captured the change in Qian Yuanjun's eyes, knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Soldiers are not expensive, Datang has always pursued the strategy of elite soldiers, not seeking to have a million troops, but to have 500,000 elite armor!" ”

Naturally, you might as well brag about it.

Qian Yuanqian tried his best to make his smile look natural, "When the soldiers of this dynasty were at their peak, the soldiers were armed, I'm afraid it was nothing more than that!" ”

"It's pretty much the same in the big picture, but it's a little different in the small way." Li Congjing did not elaborate, "The envoy seems to be interested in our army's armor, and since this is the case, you might as well ask the envoy to see our army's new armor." ”

"New armor?" Qian Yuanqian immediately cheered up.

Li Congjing asked people to bring a pair of cold-forged armor that was still being improved, propped it on the wooden frame, and introduced it to Qian Yuanjun: "A complete pair of armor, with a total of more than 3,000 armor pieces, is two-thirds of the ordinary iron armor, but the defense power has increased by one-third, so you can try it." ”

After that, let someone bring a bow and arrows.

Qian Yuanqian couldn't hide his shocked look, first went to observe nearby, then weighed his weight, and finally shot it with a bow and arrow, and was a little stunned.

Li Congjing didn't give Qian Yuanqian time to react, nor would he tell him about the equipment rate of the cold forging armor, and pulled the other party down the platform, "The martial arts have begun, and the envoy will come with me." ”

Riding out of the barracks, Li Congjing took Qian Yuanqian to gallop on a dirt bag, climbed a watchtower, and watched the army practicing in the wilderness outside the camp.

"It's just a drill, why do you need to work so hard, Your Highness is not afraid of casualties?" Half-ringing, Qian Yuanqian held back a sentence.

Li Congjing said lightly: "Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime, bleed more in peacetime, and lose your life less in wartime." ”

Qian Yuanqian was speechless.

Of course, he knew that Li Congjing invited him to watch the Tang Army's martial arts, and what he saved was the meaning of showing off his might and intimidating people's hearts, but Qian Yuanqian was not a layman, and the quality of the soldiers' armaments and battle formations could not be faked.

Back at the post house, Qian Yuanqian and Qian Hua were relatively silent again. This time, they couldn't even take care of food.

Qian Hua said: "The strength of the Tang Army is worthy of its reputation. ”

Qian Yuanqian said: "If the court insists on not agreeing to let me inherit the throne, what should I do?" ”

Someone copied the newspaper and presented it to Qian Yuanjun, but after Qian Yuanqian read it, he couldn't say a word.

There is a good news written in the Di newspaper: Wu sent the elite Midu general to the north, and went deep into the hinterland of Chuzhou in a roundabout way, intending to attack the Tang army's grain route and disrupt its rear, but this move was discovered by Mo Li in advance, and I don't know where he dispatched thousands of elite horsemen to lay a trap for the Wu army in Chuzhou, and the Wu army was defeated by the Tang army before it could play a surprising winning tactic.

The next day, Qian Yuanqian went to the palace gate early to ask for a saint, and promised to unconditionally send 50,000 troops to attack Wu.

Li Siyuan summoned Qian Yuanjun, this time he didn't have a straight face, but just asked lukewarmly: "Send troops to Huainan, have you thought about it?" ”

Qian Yuanqian bowed and saluted, his tone respectful, "Your Majesty ordered, the ministers dare not disobey, the army of 50,000 will attack Huainan at any time!" ”

Li Siyuan looked at Qian Yuanqian and seemed to smile, "Don't I want to transport money, food, and ordnance to you?" ”

Qian Yuanqian hurriedly said: "The ministers are panicked! Loyalty to the country, it is the duty of the ministers, how dare you ask the court to give food, although Qiantang is not rich, but gritting his teeth, he can still get grain and grass. ”

Li Siyuan put down the brush and said seriously: "It is okay to collect grain and grass, but you can't lean taxes and miscellaneous taxes, let alone levie and extort excessively, the people's lives are not easy, how can you add a burden to it?" ”

Qian Yuanqian hurriedly bowed, "Don't dare!" ”

The heart said that I was full of food and held on before I went to the rampant extortion, do I still want the Qian family to rule in Qiantang? Besides, what if you are given the handle to catch the fish and meat people, and you will use this as an excuse to send troops to Qiantang in the future?

Li Siyuan walked out of the imperial case, personally helped Qian Yuanqian up, laughed, and his face was full of kindness, "I have said a long time ago, King Wuyue is a loyal minister, and now that the court has an order, how can he not obey it?" The virtuous nephew is also Qiantang Junyan, who has always been sensible, and has the righteousness of his family and country in his heart, and he will not let me down! ”

Qian Yuanjun's face was full of panic, "Let Your Majesty worry, the ministers are guilty." ”

Li Siyuan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "No guilt, no guilt, today I will hold a banquet in the palace, and you and I will float together!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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Qian Yuanqian and Qian Hua left Luoyang, and Li Congjing sent them off.

Out of the city gate, looking back at the capital, Qian Yuanqian was full of emotion in his heart.

When he came, he was full of ambition, although he had a request for others, but he was not without confidence, and he still wanted to let the court give money and food, and made a promise to let him inherit the throne, preferably to give a county king or something now. Now it's good, half a cent is cheap, and I have to rely on loyalty to win the recognition of the court, as if begging to send troops to Huainan, for fear of missing the opportunity to establish meritorious deeds and be valued by the court.

"The public is the humerus of the country, there are public officials who do their best for the country, why worry that the rebel thief can not be quickly extinguished, the palace is waiting for good news in Luoyang, and when the great work is completed, the Japanese palace will definitely go to Qiantang in person, and congratulate the public." Sent to the long pavilion, Li Congjing stopped and drank farewell wine with everyone.

"Your Highness stays, if His Highness comes to Qiantang in the future, the ministers will sweep the couch to greet him." Qian Yuanjun's sharp thorns have all disappeared, and there is no arrogance in his eyes, so he can only say in his heart: You still don't come in person, I'm afraid that you will not come to give me a crown at that time, but to take my land.

Looking at the envoy procession in the distance, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Congjing's mouth.

With King Wuyue sending troops, Yangzhou is easy to get.

When leaving the long pavilion, Meng Songbai asked Li Congjing in a low voice, "Qian Yuanjun went north this time, except for receiving an errand, but he didn't get anything, since King Wu Yue wants to send troops to Huainan, why doesn't Qian Yuanjun want the court to inherit King Wu Yue's promise after the matter is completed?" ”

Li Congjing stepped on the horseback and said lightly: "For the minister, first make meritorious service, and then reward, this has been the case since ancient times." ”