Volume 11 The Storm in the Western Regions Chapter 3 The Way of Balance
The majestic sound of war drums resounded in the summer clear sky of Chang'an City. The drums beat like thunder in the sky over the largest city in the world, the battle horn sounded at dusk, and the desolation was like a call from the wilderness. It makes people tremble, it seems that a veteran who has returned from a hundred battles is telling a heart-wrenching story, and it is like a young man and woman at the time of parting, telling each other their hearts. Under the background of the desolate horn and the blood-gushing war drums, the gate of Chang'an City suddenly opened, and a horse walked out of it.
The war horse, which is nearly a foot tall, is black and shiny, and it is like the top silk, and the limbs of the war horse are slender and powerful, and the muscles are bulging, containing great strength. There is a circle of snow-white hair on the four horses' hooves, like the white clouds on the horizon, stepping on these four clouds, this war horse is like a heavenly horse only on the heavenly palace, and the divine horse is not like a mortal thing. The horse's long mane was scattered and shiny black, and seemed to be softer than most women's hair. The saddle is a simple score, with no ornamentation, except for a longbow and a pot of arrows straddling the saddle diagonally. The sound of the horse's hooves only reached the ears of the nearest people, but the sound of the horse's hooves colliding with the bluestone slabs on the ground was as crisp as the collision of swords.
On horseback, a young man sat on it, with a black armor on his body, showing a kind of heavy like a mountain, the armor looked quaint, there was an inexplicable momentum, like a solid city wall, people only felt that the defensive power of this armor was absolutely beyond everyone's imagination, and in the various joints of this armor, a hideous spikes flickered with the young man on the horse's back, these spikes were not sharp, just like decorative ornaments. However, this piece of armor seems to have become a peerless murder weapon. Because the person wearing this armor is a peerless master. His strength is beyond people's imagination, and these little spikes look inconspicuous. However, in his hands, he exerted a shocking and powerful attack power. Because every move he makes, there is an explosion of unparalleled power.
Walking out of the city gate, Li Kuan completely saw the army gathered outside the city of Chang'an, this is a strong team with strict discipline, although he still doesn't know how many people there are, because he can't see the edge from this perspective. But it's definitely a lot, because there are thousands of people in his line of sight. The men stood together, though in silence. But it was like a mountain. Such an army is definitely a super strong soldier in the Tang Dynasty, and no army can compare with it, even if it is the wolf warrior horse trained by Li Kuan himself, or the army that has been trained overseas to sweep the Japanese slave country and Goryeo, it is difficult to compete with it, this is not the strength of the equipment or the soldiers, but a kind of morale, a kind of invincible strong spiritual will.
Li Kuan didn't know what they had experienced in this army, and he didn't know how Li Er had trained over the years. But judging from the fact that they were all riding their horses and standing still, it seems that these people have all been gathered together to train during these years, because there is no long run-in. It is impossible to achieve such uniformity, this is the power of the group, and this is the ability that makes the leading generals the most happy on the battlefield. Because once the tacit understanding between the soldiers is cultivated, then this army is completely twisted into one. Such an army is an upright and invincible army, and such an army is a predator who will never mutiniate when the battle is lost.
So when Li Kuan heard that Li Er asked him to lead this army. There are some surprises, because this army can be said to be the real hole card in Li Second-hand, and it will never easily fake other people's things, and this force is the most reassuring only in his hands. But Li Er handed over such a powerful army to him like this, even in front of this city full of civil and military forces, then this shows that Li Er has more far-reaching plans, or the power under his control far exceeds the strength of this army. And no matter which one it is, but all this shows that Li Er is extraordinary, whether he has his own plans, or this army strength is not worth mentioning in his eyes, all in all, Li Er's hole cards are hidden deeper.
Li Kuan didn't understand these things, and he didn't want to understand, he only knew that he was now the commander of the most powerful army in the Tang Dynasty, and these disciplined soldiers in front of him would be his subordinates in the future, obey his command, and would soon represent the Tang Empire to make his voice to the world.
"This king is Li Kuan, the king of Chu in the Tang Dynasty, and you will be the commander in the future, so from now on, this king will lead you to fight on the battlefield and raise the prestige of my Tang Dynasty, can you dare to meet the heroes of this world together?" Li Kuan rode a horse to a fan-shaped circle surrounded by this army, behind him was the city wall of Chang'an City, here, he felt a powerful aura, this momentum is indescribable, only under the encirclement of this momentum, can he feel its heavy sense of oppression like the top of Mount Tai, which makes him feel a sense of confrontation with all the people opposite.
So under this powerful oppression, Li Kuanlang shouted, his voice was clear, like a thunderclap, but it didn't seem deafening, so it spread out plainly, as if he was speaking softly like this, but it completely covered the camp in front of him that surrounded him. This hand alone is enough to make all the generals who have experienced the front of the Ten Thousand Armies feel very gratified, because only when they have personally opposed such an army can they experience the kind of silent pressure. This is a kind of 'momentum' formed by the connection and condensation of each other's qi after countless soldiers gather together, which cannot be seen or touched, but it is overwhelming. And Li Kuan's current position is the most powerful point of this oppression, because all the soldiers are facing here, everyone's eyes are focused here, and the people standing here are subjected to the powerful oppression of all the soldiers united. Therefore, Li Kuan's ability to speak softly now, but let everyone hear clearly, is not something that ordinary people can do, but it is Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong, who will use their powerful voices. Directly roared out the sound and exploded into everyone's ears like thunder. Instead of doing the same thing so lightly. This is the difference in style between Li Kuan and the two of them.
As a general, you have to have your own style. Because whether it is a rough direct siege of the city, or the use of stratagems and surrender without a fight, it is a desirable way, because there is only victory or defeat in war, nothing is unfeasible, but as a general, you must have your own unique side, because only by forming your own style can you be regarded as a real famous general, and only by forming this style. Only in this way can the soldiers under his command exert 12 percent of their strength under their own command, and only in this way can they defeat the strong with fewer enemies, and only then can they be regarded as real generals. Otherwise, generals who will only follow the experience of their predecessors will often die under the experience of these predecessors, because that is the path of the predecessors and sages themselves, not your path as a general. You can learn from it, but don't copy it, all generals in the army know this.
"Li Kuan, King of Chu. I haven't heard of it, I don't know what I can do, and I actually served as our general directly? "As the most elite army of Datang, as a group of people who have been silently dedicating themselves to Datang all these years. These people are all proud, and they are proud enough to say to the whole world that their lives are completely for Datang, because no one knows better than themselves what price they have paid over the years. And how much benefit all this has brought to Datang, and how many crises Datang's enemy actions have been resolved in secret. All these things from all these years are now swirling in their minds. They can't forget the comrades-in-arms who fought with them, and they can't forget the ups and downs they have experienced over the years. This is what they have paid for Datang, and this is their pride. But now that they finally returned to Datang and returned to this hot land where they were born and raised, a stinky hairy boy came out directly and said that it was their commander, which made these men who were dedicated to the country a little reluctant in their hearts, but the strict discipline made them not say half a word, and they all promised loudly.
"Gentlemen, you may still have a lot of doubts in your hearts, but I assure you that this is my best son, and with him leading you, it will be the greatest blessing for Datang, and I hope that you can lay a huge territory for Datang, so that the prestige of my Datang will completely resound throughout the world!" Li Er stood on the city gate tower, at this time all the Zhenguan celebrities around him appeared, except for the deceased Ding Du Ruhui, such as Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong and others have all gone to the city gate, when Li Er announced that Li Kuan was the commander of this army, they dismounted directly and went up to the city gate tower, because they knew that this time so many troops gathered outside Chang'an City, it was Li Er's deliberate arrangement, because this was Li Er's best choice to make a balance.
In front of all the important ministers of the court, entrusting such an army to Li Kuan shows that this is supporting Li Kuan, but it also handed over the affairs above the court to Li Chengqian, isn't it an obvious thing? This is training two princes, one in politics and the other in the army. Li Er is now at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, why would he make such a decision? No one knows this, but now that it is clear that it is the separation of military and government, what is to be implemented, everyone does not dare to speculate, only Li Er knows best in his heart. All of this seems to have the balance of the emperor hidden in it. As a court, there can be no dominance of one family, because Yiyantang is often the source of the greatest disaster. So no matter which dynasty or generation, there will be at least two factions of emperors above the court, because of the balance, but some emperors play very well, such as Li Er, such a monarch is the Ming Jun who has been recited through the ages; Some played very badly, so that the good rivers and mountains were directly buried in a short period of time, such as Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Such a monarch is a faint monarch who has lost his country.
At this time, Li Er is playing balance, balancing the power of the prince, because many of the ministers in the court are already secretly standing behind the prince, which is understandable, after all, the prince Li Chengqian is the prince, the emperor of the empire in the future, but the bad thing is that Li Er is still young, but he has just reached the prime of life, and there are too many people around the prince, not only the civil officials in the court, but also the military generals with heavy troops, so that the balance above the court will be broken, this is not what Li Er wants to see, Hence the decision. (To be continued......)