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In Li Congjing's conception, the core value of the army is loyalty and patriotism, the standard of behavior of the army is to obey orders, and the basic spirit of the army is to pursue military merits and glory.

Yes, even in Li Congjing's cognition, the most important criterion for shaping an army, to get to the bottom of it, is combat effectiveness. It's just that this kind of combat power is not a simple sense of bravery, which can defeat the opponent on the battlefield, but a real command, a sharp blade that will not hurt itself, and a violent means that can always become the empire's reliance.

In a word, the army has become the patron saint of the empire, and the empire has given glory to the army, which is the goal of Li Congjing's army building thought.

The Hundred Battles Army is the first version of this kind of thinking, and the Martial Arts Academy is the basic means to ensure this kind of thinking. Knowing the etiquette and the law and knowing right and wrong is the most basic meaning of education, and it is also the basic original intention of Li Congjing to popularize education in the Hundred Battles Army.

The army is not a group of hooligans, and the soldiers must not only know how to fight for their lives, but also bully and humiliate the people at the slightest position, from the commander to the soldiers, they must understand what they are fighting for, they must know their own destiny, and they must understand the meaning of their existence. Otherwise, the army of troubled times can only be the army of troubled times, and cannot become a weapon to create a prosperous era and then become a weapon for the empire to conquer the four seas.

Zhao Hongyin once said to An Chongrong that he did not know the meaning of being a soldier, nor was he angry at the injustice of the soldiers who shed blood on the battlefield and could not be known by the world, so his dream was to become a generation of famous generals, famous all over the world, and remembered by the world.

And now, Li Congjing wants to give every soldier in the Tang Dynasty, the meaning of them becoming soldiers, and establish a lifelong pursuit for them - these things, scholars have had, scholars have had, and they have indeed become the backbone of the nation for a time - at this level, Li Congjing wants to make every Tang officer a scholar, a scholar, and every soldier in the Tang Dynasty knows etiquette and law, knows right and wrong, and he wants to become the backbone of this nation and empire through the Tang army established by his hands!

Of course, Li Congjing also wanted the people of the empire to respect and love their warriors.

It is from this idea that the stone head erects a monument, builds a cemetery, and worships the heroic souls.

Of course, to realize this idea, it is not a simple construction of the army can be achieved, it includes all aspects of social construction, not to mention an overnight effort, but Li Congjing is not in a hurry, in his lifetime, he firmly believes that he will be able to do this, this is his crossing, all the way to become the commander of the Hundred Battles Army, become the Tang Dynasty Qin King, and later become the Tang Dynasty Emperor, to this era, to this nation!

Li Siyuan just said that 50,000 royal teachers can't be obtained in two or three years, and the reason for this is also this. Judging from the current momentum of the new policy, two or three years later, it is not that Datang will not be able to feed the 50,000 central army, but it will not have time to shape a forbidden army with a number of up to 50,000 that meets the standards of the king's division.

A large part of Li Congjing's contribution to the Hundred Battles Army is also due to this. The current Hundred Battles Army is the kind of army that is closest to the needs of the empire, with the Hundred Battles Army as the foundation, and with the students of the Martial Arts Academy as the backbone, within two or three years, the empire will be able to pull up such an elite forbidden army.

- Of course, what is said above is the soft power of the forbidden army, and the hard power forbidden army will naturally not fall, whether it is weapons and equipment or various configurations, the forbidden army will not only not fall, but should and must crown the empire.

With this kind of forbidden army to attack Shudi, Li Congjing was absolutely sure that he would win cleanly.

"Now, all the countries in the world have generalissimos, but I have no position in the Tang Dynasty, now we have to select the forbidden army, reshape the guards and the six armies of the Son of Heaven, and improve the armaments, no one can lead this matter, I will, I will crown you as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, know the world's military affairs, the prime minister's affairs, are you willing to bear this burden?" Li Siyuan finally made a decision on this matter, originally Li Congjing Jingnan's trip was successful, and he should be rewarded, and this position can be said to be legitimate.

Li Congjing is unreasonable.

Li Siyuan said with a smile: "By the way, now Congrong and Conghou have reached the age of service, especially Congrong, who will be crowned in two years, I have accidentally let his brothers lead the army, and I am worried that they have not been tempered, I am afraid that they will not be competent. ”

Li Congrong and Li Conghou, one is seventeen or eighteen, and the other is fourteen, and they have indeed reached the age of use, especially the former. When Li Congjing and An Chongzhu fought last year, Kong Xun married his daughter Yu Li Congrong, and Li Congjing has always felt ashamed in this matter.

The eldest brother cultivated the younger brother, so naturally he had nothing to say, and Li Congjing accepted it one by one.

As for the rest, Li Congjing really doesn't worry about anything, Li Conghou doesn't say anything, he is too small, even Li Congrong has no capital to compete with him in the future.

A few days after Li Congjing returned to Luoyang, the envoys of Wu also arrived in Luoyang.

The reason why the other party moved so fast was because when Li Congjing had not yet entered Jiangling, Li Siyuan was angry that Wu Guoxing attacked Jingzhou, and sent Wu Guo to rebuke each other and issue a war letter. Now that the matter of Jingnan is over, there is no need to mention the matter of the national war, and the Wu envoy came to Luoyang, more to redeem Xu Zhihe and others.

Datang naturally had no intention of holding Xu Zhihe, according to the prior discussion between Li Siyuan's father and son, Li Siyuan reprimanded Wu Guo for being unkind and unjust, and used swords and soldiers to enter the Tang Dynasty without permission, interfering with the national politics of the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, he asked for Wu Guo's ransom for Xu Zhihe's affairs, and was ready to slaughter Wu Guo fiercely, so that Xu Wen's old puppet knew how powerful he Li Siyuan was.

As for the alliance between the two countries to reconcile and not to revive the military revolution, although it is what the Tang Dynasty wants most at the moment, Wu Guo originally had no intention of fighting with the Tang Dynasty, but just wanted to steal Jingnan secretly.

The Tang Dynasty wants to cut down Shu, and Wu also has state affairs to be busy, I heard that Xu Wen has not been in good health recently, and it is estimated that he has a premonition that his time is running out, and he is taking three steps and two steps, stepping up to pick up Yang Pu, the king of Wu, to be the emperor, so as to force Yang Pu to the throne again, he is naturally the emperor by himself, and he can't take care of stumbling with the Tang Dynasty for the time being.

Li Congjing thinks that he has traveled to this era, and many things are taking advantage, first of all, he is a father who is also picking up cheapness to become the emperor in a large sense, and then among his several big opponents, a generation of heroes Yelu Abaoji and Xu Wen are all about to wrestle with them when they are about to wrestle with them, time is running out, and I don't know whether to congratulate myself on my good luck, or regret that I failed to catch up with the other party when they are in their prime, and compete with them head-on.

The envoy sent by Wu was Yan Keqiu, and Li Congjing was ordered to receive it.

Yan Keqiu is famous for his resourcefulness and good decision, and he is well versed in military affairs, which is quite similar to Mo Li, the two have a similar temperament, and they feel like they are familiar at first sight, and they are warm and close to each other.

Of course, the closeness of the two is actually full of invisible swords and shadows. There is no other reason, the two people with unusual identities know that judging from the development situation of Datang and Wu, each other is very likely to become rivals of life and death in the future.

On the one hand, the two show each other false information, and on the other hand, they want to find and analyze what is useful to themselves from the other party's false information.

At first, it was the war between Yan Keqiu and Mo Li, with the passage of time and the deepening of contact, Song Qiqiu took the lead and couldn't hold back and joined the battle group, and then, Sang Weihan took the lead and acted as a helper for Mo Li, and in the end, the characters on both sides, whether it was the official who received the person or the official who was received, all joined the battle of words.

And because, since each other is an official who contacts other countries on the table, all of them are very human, not to mention their quick thinking, and they know a lot of national information, you are willing to make a move, I am willing to fight, and every time we meet, it is difficult to solve.

In this case, whenever there is a banquet or a trip, the two groups of people almost do not move chopsticks, nor do they enjoy the scenery, they take care of spraying each other's faces, and when they talk about the excitement, there is no shortage of times when they roll up their sleeves and can't help but want to fight hand-to-hand, and they sweep the floor one by one.

However, no matter whether the people around him were fighting for red ears and red eyes, or praising each other with haha, Li Congjing and Xu Zhihe, the two main masters, stood together lightly, or pointed out the scenery and things, or raised a glass to drink and talk about the current situation, and they were very content.

With the passage of time, the battle between the scribes and staff of the two sides gradually shifted from the battle of wills and tentative actions to the main topic, which means that Xu Zhihe is also about to leave Luoyang.

On this day, the palace feasted, and somehow, the two groups of people talked about the question of how much Wu Guo had to pay to redeem Xu Zhihe, and they only had to fight.

"I heard that Xu Xiangcai is a high eight bucket and has a strategy, and he is a rare hero in Yang Wu's world, I don't know if this is the case?" It was Sang Weihan who said this.

"Xu Xiangzhicai, my acquaintances in Wu don't know, acquaintances don't know" Yan Keqiu patted Xu Zhihe's sycophant.

"In the world of great contention, military competition is the first. I don't know Xu Xiang's talent, can you be a 10,000 heroes? ”

"Nonsense! Hugh said that 10,000 male divisions are 100,000 male divisions, and it is difficult to be comparable to Xu Xiang! ”

"Good! I believe that Xu Xiang can be a 100,000 male division, in this case, it is not an exaggeration for your country to redeem Xu Xiang and pay the price of 100,000 heroic divisions for ten years of military funds, right? ”

"Joining the army is a strong word, how can there be such an algorithm in the world, something is unheard of!"

"Oh? Your envoy meant, is it said that exchanging 100,000 male divisions for ten years of military resources to return Xu Xiang is not cost-effective for Wu State? ”

"I didn't have this intention, I joined the army and spewed blood! How can the pillars of the country be the same as the silver and white things! Your Excellency's words are unreasonable, could it be that if my Wu State gave you 100,000 military funds, you could buy His Royal Highness the King of Qin? ”

"Hmph, millions of male teachers, it is difficult to be His Royal Highness the King of Qin, if your country wants to buy His Royal Highness the King of Qin, I am afraid that the whole country will have to change it!"

"You"

The two gangs began to spit again, even if Li Congjing and Xu Zhihe were far apart, they would inevitably be affected, and they really couldn't continue to live in the same room with these Sven sweeping guys, so they simply walked out of the hall together and went to the courtyard to breathe.

The moon and stars are scarce, the summer is coming, but there is almost no cold at night, the two of them walk slowly among the green grass, their demeanor is calm, they talk freely, and their demeanor is fluttering, compared with those people in the house, it is simply the style of a national soldier.

Out of the secluded path, cross the rockery, see a lake, there is a pavilion in the lake, walk along the bridge, look down on the lake waves swaying at the foot of the foot, smell the fragrance of lotus flowers by the lake, look at the full moon in the center of the lake in the distance, and the footsteps are frightening fish and shrimp flying.

The two of them went to the pavilion and watched the lake by the railing, such as facing the heaven and the earth, and seeing the universe.

Li Congjing then asked people to put wine in the pavilion.

The two sat opposite each other under the moon, tasting fine wine, and talking about the world.

Xu Zhihe said: "After entering Luo for a long time, I can see the style of the ancient capital, which makes people feel happy. The matter of your country's new policy is the policy of strengthening the country in the past dynasties, and it will not take a few years to impress the world. In the past, Li Yazi destroyed Shu in March, and the heroes trembled, but it was a pity that he could not get his power, otherwise he would have changed the color of heaven and earth. What His Royal Highness has done today, continuing the old business, opening a new sky, leaving a name in history, is not a problem, every time I think of this, I can't help but congratulate His Highness. ”

Li Congjing sighed: "Xu Xiang's mind makes Congjing admire, and Xu Xiang's talent makes Congjing's heart tremble." Entering can be good at fighting for the world, retreating can lean on the pavilion to listen to the rain tide, the upper can be a major policy for the country, and the lower can make people lose their lives. This is called Xu Xiangye! King Wu has Xu Xiang, if the country has Guan Zhong and Fan Li, how fortunate. ”

Xu Zhihe suddenly smiled and said: "His hero, my enemy." ”

Li Congjing smiled even more, "Yidi has a king, it is better to die in Zhuxia." ”

Xu Zhihe was stunned at first, then shook his head dumbly, and said, "When it comes to mind, how can you compare with Your Highness?" ”

The two of them talked, one said that you Datang is very strong and promising, and I will always be wary of you in the future, and the other said that you are indeed very talented and powerful, but I can clean you up no matter how much you can jump.

Three days later, Xu Zhihe returned south.

In exchange, Wu paid the price of 100,000 male divisions for a year's military resources, of course, this is only enough for 50,000 royal divisions for a year according to the standards of the Tang Dynasty, but Rao is so, and it is also a profitable deal.

Xu Zhihe returned to Wu, and he had to fight with Xu Zhixun for a while in the future, and Datang just took this opportunity to use troops against Shu.

As for Xu Zhihe's price to buy back Lin Anxin, it is just an addition to Li Congjing.

When Xu Zhihe was leaving, Li Congjing went to see him off.

When the two hugged their fists and said goodbye, they knew each other, and in their lifetimes, there were also times when they fought and met.

The so-called enemy of fate is nothing more than that.