The shouts of hundreds of thousands of people shook the sky!

Even if he was far away in the capital, Li Shimin in the palace heard these voices, but they were a little blurry, and he said to the little eunuch beside him: "You go out and listen, what kind of sound is this?"

The little eunuch walked out of the imperial study, listened intently for a while in the direction where the voice came from, and finally heard the specific content of those voices, he turned back to the imperial study, and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, this seems to be the voice from the north of the capital, the slave guessed that it should be from the army led by Rong Guogong, and they seem to be shouting the eight words of safe return and invincible." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"Invincible? Want to return safely? Hehe! Li Shimin laughed, but this smile was a little chilly.

Outside the capital, the place where the two guards assembled.

When the eldest prince heard Yang Shen say that even if he made a great feat, it would be useless, he couldn't help but feel a little gritted his teeth.

What is this guy's exploits in the imperial court, is it child's play?

Listening to the shouts of the soldiers of the two guards, the eldest prince also had a piercing feeling.

Slowly, the good cries subsided.

The eldest prince felt that his time had come, he walked up to Yang Shen and said, "Your Majesty has a decree, please ask Lord Yang, the general of the Rongguo Gongzhen Army, to accept the decree."

Yang Shen naturally wouldn't scare the holy decree as much as last time in front of the public, he bowed slightly and said, "Minister Yang Shen accepts the decree."

The eldest prince spread out the holy decree in his hand and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor summoned and said: Yang Shen, the prince of Rongguo, is ordered to go on an expedition... If you return victoriously, I will not hesitate to reward you, and I will appreciate this! ”

Yang Shen took the holy decree with both hands: "Weichen obeys the decree."

The eldest prince waited for Yang Shen to finish receiving the holy decree, and did not say anything more, he turned around and retreated into the distance.

He had already brought a horse for Yang Shen with his own soldiers, and Yang Shen shouted: "Go!"

"Woo woo" The desolate and distant horn sound sounded under this sky, and as Yang Shen set off, all the relatives and soldiers surrounded him in the middle and slowly followed him.

After that, there were two guards and 80,000 troops.

Zhang Facai and Zheng Chenggong returned to their respective armies and looked after their advance.

The 100,000 people walked for a whole hour before disappearing from the eyes of the great prince, and he looked at the direction where the army had left for a while before he said to the old eunuch beside him, "Let's go back to the palace."

The crowd turned on their horses, and as the horses neighed, they gradually disappeared into the distance.

There are a total of 80,000 people in the army of the two guards, many of them are old and weak, and the speed is naturally impossible to be fast, Yang Shen will occasionally turn to the army to take a look, and find that those old and weak among them have signs of physical exhaustion, so he will order the army to rest in place.

Originally, Yang Shen wanted to march quickly to exercise the physical strength of these soldiers and get rid of their inertia, but gradually, he completely stopped this thought.

There is no other reason, what Yang Shen really values is those young and strong, and wants to exercise their physical strength, but how can the physical strength of those old and weak in the army be compared with these middle-aged people? Before these middle-aged people can exercise the effect, those old and weak are often exhausted.

So after only trying this twice, Yang Shen no longer considered this option.

After all, he can't let those old and weak not die on the battlefield, but die of exhaustion in their own training.

It was like this, and by ten ten noon, the army had not gone far at all.

The scouts in Yang Shen's army reported to him the surrounding terrain, the nearby lakes and streams, and he simply ordered the army to camp in an open area by the roadside to rest, and to make a fire and cook.

This time, the 80,000 men in the army had food and grass, some of which were carried by each sergeant of the army, and some of which were transported by a small number of soldiers in chariots and horses, following the rear of the army.

Naturally, there is nothing to praise about the food in the army, and the food carried by the soldiers is boiled on a fire and eaten in the stomach, which is naturally enough to satisfy hunger, and the taste cannot be forced.

Yang Shen took Ye Lingbo and called the three of them Huaxiang above, walked into a forest next to him, and shot a few hares and pheasants.

After Fang Huaxiang lit the fire, he processed a few game, set them up with cleaned branches and roasted them on the fire.

Ye Lingbo quipped: "Husband, as a commander, haven't you thought about sharing weal and sorrow with the soldiers?" Even if you look like it! ”

Yang Shen shook his head slightly: "Since there are conditions for yourself to live a better life, why should you wronged yourself? Although I want to be loyal to these soldiers, it does not mean that I have to be wronged. I will not be stingy with rewards for their meritorious deeds; If they make a mistake, I will punish them according to the law, and that's enough. Even if I need to buy the loyalty of my generals and soldiers, I will do it in other ways. ’

Ye Lingbo nodded slightly: "Although I don't agree with what my husband said, it does have a point. ’

Fang Huaxiang suddenly said: "I have heard General Yang Jifeng talk about the way to govern the army, in fact, what the head of the family said is very reasonable. When it comes to buying the hearts of the military, it only takes one thing to do, and the rewards and punishments are clear. If you can do this, your subordinates, whether they are generals or soldiers, will be happy with you, and many other means, but they are not trivial, and it doesn't hurt if you don't have them. ’

Yang Shen first nodded, then shook his head slightly.

Several people were very confused by his action, but Ye Lingbo's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he seemed to have guessed.

Fourth Uncle Yang Xiaoshun asked directly: "What does the head of the family mean, why did he nod first and then shake his head?" ’

Yang Shen gently picked up a few dead branches from the ground next to him and threw them into the fire, before he spoke: "If we are truly loyal to the imperial court, then it is enough to do this step, but I am not!" ’

He sighed softly: "Since the day our ancestor Yang Guo forced Emperor Taizong to make a poisonous oath, my Yang family has taken over the enmity with the Li family, and they have been entangled with each other for more than 200 years, and this hatred has been precipitated into the bones, and there is no possibility of resolving it. ’

His gaze looked at the resting place of the 80,000-strong army: 'The three hundred years of the Li family's rule has taken root in the hearts of the people, and even if these soldiers are convinced by me, they are still the army of the country, and the Emperor's decree alone is enough to cause most of them to turn against me. ’

His tone was very light, but he said it firmly: 'This way, no! ’

Ye Lingbo asked softly, "Husband, do you have any good ideas?" ’

Yang Shen shook his head slightly: "Although there are some preliminary ideas, the specific method of implementation has not been thought out for the time being." ”

Fang Huaxiang looked at Yang Shen and said: "The head of the family doesn't need to be too anxious, at this speed, it will take at least a month to go to the Northern Xinjiang station, and your subordinates will have time to come up with a good way." ”

Yang Shen nodded slightly. (To be continued.) )