At the beginning of the year, the dismal results of the Jianghuai martial arts students aroused Li Longji's dissatisfaction, and this triggered 24 border generals to go to Jianghuai for military training.

As soon as dawn, a team of Yulin troops stationed in the school yard to search for dead corners, clean up hidden dangers, and guard the inspection platform like an iron bucket to prepare for the arrival of Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty.

The sky has been bright, all the senior officials of the imperial court from the third grade or above have arrived at the school one after another, although the advance notice is to participate in the review, but everyone knows that today I am afraid to take this opportunity to set the tone of the Hehuang Battle, all the important ministers have almost arrived, and the ministers on the inspection platform are in groups of three or five, whispering.

Zhang Yun, the head of the household, sat next to Pei Kuan, and he asked in a low voice: "Pei Shangshu, I heard that Ling Sun was bullied by the Yang family a few days ago, but is there such a thing?" ”

Pei Kuan snorted heavily, did not answer, Zhang Yun looked to both sides, and lowered his voice again: "This matter Jing Zhaoyin has been reported to the palace, but the saint has not made any statement, Pei Shangshu, the silence of the saint has a long aftertaste!" ”

Pei Kuan still didn't speak, he understood what Zhang Yun meant, the saint was deliberately indulging the Yang family's actions, but he didn't understand what Zhang Yun meant by saying these words to him?

"Zhang Shangshu, this matter has passed, I don't want to mention it again."

Zhang Yun smiled slightly, and said: "This morning, the Hanlin Academy has begun to make an edict, Yang Zhao was named the governor of Jiannan Jiedu and the governor of Yaozhou, has Pei Shangshu heard about it?" ”

Pei Kuan was stunned, he really hadn't heard of this matter, and he finally couldn't help asking, "Zhang Shangshu, is this matter serious?" ”

"Of course it's true, at the latest tomorrow, the edict will be officially issued, hey! The Yang family is powerful. ”

Zhang Yun sighed, "Jiannan Jiedu envoy Guo Xu was appointed as the Yunnan pacification envoy yesterday to mediate the civil strife in Nanzhao, but at this juncture, Yang Zhao was named the governor of Jiannan Jiedu, the intention of the saint is self-evident!" ”

"What does Zhang Shangshu mean is that the Holy Lord intends to use Yang Zhao as the envoy of the Jiannan Festival?"

Zhang Yun nodded, "Maybe not now, but next year at the latest, Yang Zhao must be the envoy of the Jiannan Festival, and the saint named him the governor of Yaozhou, and his intention is to put him in charge of Nanzhao affairs." ”

Pei Kuan sneered and said: "Behind Nanzhao is actually a contest between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, does he Yang Zhao have this ability?" ”

"I think the same way, but the Holy One thinks he is capable, so what can be done? Pei Shangshu, you and I just know this matter in our hearts, I guess some people can't ask for it! ”

After speaking, Zhang Yun glanced at Li Linfu, who had just walked into the observation platform.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

At the entrance, the guards shouted, and all the ministers stood up together, only to see a large group of guards pouring into the entrance, and in a moment, Li Longji actually walked in wearing a golden armor, which surprised all the ministers present, and everyone looked at each other, and suddenly understood that the saint was wearing armor to express to them the determination to launch the battle of Hehuang.

"Your Majesty!"

Li Longji's eyes swept at everyone majestically, and he waved his hand and said, "Everyone, Aiqing is exempt from courtesy. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"You Aiqing must have seen my outfit, that's right, I am here today to review the Jianghuai regiment's training camp, and at the same time, I want to take this opportunity to discuss the arrangements for the battle of Hehuang with all Aiqing, I hope to make a decision today."

Li Linfu shouted and pandered: "Longyou is not guaranteed, Guanzhong He Ning?" The Battle of Hehuang had already been decided in the second year of Kaiyuan, Your Majesty, there was no need to discuss this matter anymore. ”

Li Longji appeared in armor, and Li Linfu said things in the second year of Kaiyuan, and several doubtful ministers did not dare to speak up, and even Pei Kuan, who originally wanted to point out that all parts of the country had suffered from famine this year, were silent, and everyone could see that Li Longji had made up his mind, and the so-called discussion with the minister was just a matter of talking.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Longji nodded with satisfaction, "Since all of you Aiqing have no objections, and the overall situation of launching the Battle of Hehuang has been decided, I would like you Aiqing to discuss the specific details." ”

He saw that Yang Shenjin was about to speak, so he waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, let's watch the training of the generals first, and discuss slowly while watching." ”

Li Longji said to Chen Xilie again: "Zuo Xiangguo, you can start." ”

"Yes!" Chen Xilie hurriedly ran off the stage.

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Outside the west gate of the school field, the twelve regimental training camps were neatly arranged, they were neatly dressed and armored, and the discipline was strict, for half an hour, 1,200 statues of 1,200 people, not moving at all, even more than a dozen military officials sighed, is this a soldier from Jianghuai? This kind of murderous atmosphere can only be found by frontier soldiers who have experienced war.

Li Qing'an was also dressed in a suit of armor today, carrying a horizontal knife given to him by Gao Xianzhi at his waist, a big black bow on his back, behind him, a hundred soldiers were neatly dressed and armored, all holding longbows and oblique quivers, all with serious expressions, waiting for the review that was about to begin, their war horses stood quietly beside their masters, and the horses' hooves gently kicked the ground from time to time.

At this time, Li Qingan glanced at Li Siye next to him, and it happened that Li Siye also looked at him, the two of them touched their eyes and nodded knowingly, today, it is not only the competition of twenty-four border generals, but also the competition between several major border armies.

Li Siye trained the infantry Mo knife army, although Jianghuai did not have a Mo knife, but everyone was specially made of the big knife, the knife was bright and murderous,

At the forefront of the line was Li Guangbi's Wujin battalion, which trained spearmen, and a hundred soldiers stood with iron guns in their hands.

At this moment, the drum rumbled, and all the soldiers looked at the corner tower on the left, and the red flag waved on the corner tower.

Li Guangbi shouted in a low voice: "Get on the horse!" ”

A hundred spearmen turned over their horses, controlled the speed of their horses, and slowly walked towards the west gate of the school field, where more than 20 Yulin soldiers were guarded, and when they saw the first team coming, they dodged to both sides, and the cavalry team ran faster and faster, rushing into the military academy.

As the 100 cavalry galloped into the school yard, there was a slight twitch on the observation platform, and the soldiers controlled the speed of their horses and rushed towards the inspection platform in unison.

Li Guangbi shouted, "Shoot!" ”

Brush the ground, a hundred spears pierced out, a hundred cavalry practiced a hundred spear formation, the marksmanship is wonderful, such as pear blossoms flying, majestic, indestructible, Li Longji nodded, and smiled at Li Linfu: "Xiangguo, this is the Jianghuai disciple, this is the elite of my government soldiers, it seems that the government soldiers in the hinterland of the Central Plains are not weak soldiers, the key is still the general, the general is fierce, the army is strong, this Li Guangbi is good, a bit like his father." ”

Li Linfu also muttered and said: "These ministers have been thinking about the battle of Hehuang against Tubo, although Anxi has won a big victory in Xiaobolu, but in fact it is a surprise victory, in the country of Xiaobolu basically did not fight a hard battle with Tubo, there is a terrain advantage in Anxi, maybe you can do this, but the eastern front is different, Tubo lost in Anxi, how can it not be a heavy army to defend the first line of Chiling, in order to keep their Jiuqu logistics place, the minister thinks that it is impossible to win the victory of Hehuang with the army of Longyou alone, and it is necessary to transfer reinforcements. ”

Li Longji nodded slightly, "Xiangguo is right, Chiling is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I am also worried about the lack of troops in Longyou, I am ready to transfer 30,000 Hexi troops and 30,000 Shuofang troops to support Longyou, as long as I can take Chiling, I am willing to pay as much as I want." ”

At this time, the drum beat again, Anxi Li Siye's big sword army entered, a hundred tall and burly Shouchun soldiers were wearing heavy armor, helmets tightly protected their faces and noses, only revealing a pair of cold eyes, they held a wide mouth knife about a zhang long, lined up in four rows, like a wall to advance, Li Siye held a real Mo knife, squeezed in the front row.

They were not moving fast, each step was as heavy as a thousand pounds, and the sound of their steps shook like thunder, and they walked towards the observation and inspection platform step by step, and this murderous momentum made the faces of many officials sitting in the front row change slightly, and they couldn't help but stand up.

Li Longji didn't say a word, his eyes were firmly fixed on the formation of this imitation Mo sword army, he had also seen the Mo knife performance of the palace guards in the past, but he did not have the shock of this army's power to split Huashan, he suddenly found that the key was in the middle of Li Siye, who was nearly a zhang tall, he was the eye of the whole army, and because of his existence, the whole army seemed to have a soul.

"Great! Anzai Army. Li Longji couldn't help but blurt out praise.

Li Siye gave a low order, the sword army array turned to the east, and there was a row of dozens of wooden puppets placed in the east.

There was a burst of cheers on the observation platform, Li Longji sighed softly, and smiled at Li Linfu again: "The power of the Anxi Mo Sword Army, I have learned it for the first time. ”

"Your Majesty, this is not the real Modao Army, the minister heard that when the attack on Lianyun Castle, the Modao Army lined up, and the huge wooden rolling stones of the Tubo people could not hurt them, and the Lianyun Fort, which was known as impregnable, was taken by them in one fell swoop."

Li Linfu's tone had a strong hint in his tone, and when he saw that Li Longji was thoughtful in his eyes, he smiled again: "Your Majesty might as well take a look at the cavalry of the Anxi Army again." ”

After speaking, he made a gesture to Li Lin, the squire of the military department, the red flag waved down on the corner tower, the sound of horses' hooves rushed like thunder, and a team of archers rushed into the school field at a gallop, Li Qingan took the lead, and his hundred elite horsemen followed closely behind in a wild goose formation, and the formation continued to change, sometimes becoming a crescent bow formation, sometimes becoming a diamond-shaped, galloping horses in the school field, stirring up rolling yellow dust.

The team gradually formed a large circle with a diameter of two hundred steps, they rushed like a marquee, and in the center of the circle stood a wooden figure about seven feet high, Li Longji suddenly understood, he stood up suddenly, and watched nervously every move of the Jiangdu archers.

The archers were holding hard bows, but none of them drew arrows, and suddenly, Li Qing'an shouted, and the hundred archers were almost synchronized, a hundred steps away, drawing arrows, opening their bows, shooting, all in one go, and a hundred arrows whistling towards the puppet, 'Boom! With a bang, a hundred arrows were nailed to the puppet's upper body at the same time, and the puppet turned into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye.

This neat and uniform arrow won a round of applause, but it was not over, the archers only ran ten paces, and once again shot a second arrow, this time at the same time, the bow was opened at the same time, and the puppeteer's chest and abdomen were also nailed with dense arrow feathers, none of them missed, although there were collisions between the clusters of arrows, but because of the strong force, there was still no deviation.

"It deserves to be the first arrow in Anxi!"

Li Longji gently stroked his beard and praised: "Not only is his personal archery skills proficient, but he can also bring out a sharpshooter battalion in just a few months, which shows that his commanding ability is extraordinary, and he is a talent!" ”

The strong momentum of the Jiangdu Battalion's 100-step arrows made the Yulin army guarding uneasy, and Chen Xuanli, the general of the Yulin Army, gave a low order, and 300 Yulin Army foot soldiers held shields to protect Li Longji's side.

After two rounds of shooting, the Jiangdu archers began to change again, and they recovered into a wild goose formation, running in circles in the school field, and several guards rushed in carrying a large iron cage, which contained thirty flying pigeons.

At this moment, all the officials stood up, and their eyes showed great interest, arrows shooting flying pigeons, such archery they had never seen before.

At this time, a guard pulled the cover, thirty flying pigeons fluttered their wings out, they rose rapidly, and flew eastward, but they just flew twenty zhang, a hundred archers galloped under them, together bent the bow like a full moon, the arrow went like a flying locust, a hundred arrows broke through the air, intertwined in the air into an arrow net, thirty flying pigeons wailed and fell from the air one after another, but there was still a flying pigeon escaped from the arrow net, flapped its wings and flew away to the northeast, and instantly flew out of fifty zhang away, at this time, Li Qingan pulled out an arrow, and the black bow suddenly pulled away, The tip of the arrow was aimed at the distant gray shadow, and with the sound of a bowstring, a sharp arrow chased the flying pigeon that was already seventy feet away, and the flying pigeon was about to fly high, but it was shot through the chest and abdomen by an arrow, and fell from the air, just falling at Li Longji's feet.

A few feathers in the air floated down sporadically, there was silence on the observation platform, and everyone had an association, Li Qingan could shoot down the pigeon flying high in the air with an arrow, if his arrow was a few points lower just now, not aiming at the pigeon, but aiming at the current emperor, what would be the consequences?

The general Chen Xuanli's face was even pale, and at this time, he discovered the terrible loopholes in their guards, they could only defend against ordinary archer assassins, but if the assassins also had a magic arrow like Li Qing'an, then who could protect the saint?

At this time, Li Qingan turned over and dismounted, galloped over, and half-knelt down to plead guilty: "The minister offended His Majesty, and the crime deserves death!" ”

Li Longji bent down to pick up the flying pigeon, he looked at it carefully and smiled: "I didn't expect that General Li was also a person who killed everything." ”

Gao Lishi behind him smiled: "This is the style of a general, in front of the two armies, how can there be a woman's kindness." ”

"The general is right."

Li Longji handed the pigeon to the guard, he slowly walked to the guardrail of the first row, leaned over and smiled at Li Qing'an: "General Li, you really have the talent of a general, just now Xiangguo reminded me, the battle of Lianyunbao, since the Anxi army can conquer Xiongbao in one fell swoop, then you can also participate in the battle of Shibao City, General Li, are you willing to go to Longyou to participate in the battle?" ”

"The minister is willing to serve His Majesty, but the minister is a general in Anxi, and he must obey the dispatch of the tall commander."

Speaking of this, Li Qingan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the sergeants of the Jiangdu Battalion are willing to go to the border of Anxi, please allow Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji smiled slightly, and asked Li Linfu again: "What does Xiangguo think?" ”

Li Linfu sighed and said: "The Central Plains government is short of soldiers, generally speaking, it is advocated that the border army recruit troops on the spot, but these twelve regiments do not have many training battalions, and it does not affect the overall situation. ”

"Good!" Li Longji nodded and agreed: "Not only your Jiangdu battalion, but all regimental training battalions, as long as the soldiers are willing to be the athletes of the Long March, I will not stop them, in addition, I ordered Gao Xianzhi to transfer three thousand Anxi elites to Longyou to help in the battle." ”

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At dusk, the picturesque sisters are busy packing up their things with Xiaolian, and they will also return to Anxi with Li Qing'an, and the sisters are excited, and their hearts are full of longing for their future lives.

"Sister, I once had a dream when I was a child, I dreamed that I would graze on the grassland in the future, but I didn't expect it to come true."

Looking at the clouds floating in the sky, her beautiful big eyes seemed to see herself holding a sheep whip, driving flocks of white sheep, in the distance is an endless prairie, a top leather tent blooms like flowers on the grassland, among which there is a small tent, that is her home.

"Silly girl! What's going on in your mind? ”

Rushi smiled: "Didn't you listen to Xiaolian? We all live in the city, which is about the same as Chang'an, but there are more Hu people on the street. ”

"You three, how are your things packed?"

Li Qing'an walked in with a smile, and saw that large bags and small bags were piled up in the room, so he shook his head and smiled: "I brought too many things, there is no need, we will buy them in Anxi at that time." ”

Xiaolian shook her head and smiled: "Big brother, don't I know anything about Anxi?" Things are not good, and they are sold very expensive, let's bring more good things, we can send them to neighbors, and everyone will get along well in the future. ”

She pointed to a few large boxes and said: "These are all given to us by Gao Weng, the yellow porcelain of Shouzhou, the celadon of Yuezhou, the Fang Wenya of Suzhou, as well as the Bashu Mengding tea group, Shu brocade, the rouge incense powder of Ziyan Zhai in Beijing, and the jewelry of the Erzhao family in Luoyang, these things are not available in Anxi, the eldest brother can give them to his colleagues and bosses, Wu Niang must also like it, let's bring it!" ”

Li Qing'an listened to her full of reasons, so he had to smile and said: "You little girl, there is always a reason, whatever you want, just hurry up, we will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

"Don't worry! We won't delay. ”

"Then I'll go to the barracks and come back later."

Li Qing'an smiled, turned around and walked outside again, he had just walked a few steps, Rushi stopped him, "Big brother! ”

She ran up and whispered, "The dance clothes let the jade slave come just now." ”

Li Qing'an perked up and hurriedly asked, "Did she say anything?" ”

"The dance dress asked her to send the sheet music, and she didn't say anything else."

"Oh!" Li Qingxin was a little disappointed, he smiled reluctantly: "Then you can practice hard!" ”

"But she didn't give it to us."

"Why?" Li Qingan was a little stunned.

Rushi took out a sheet of music from the cloth bag, handed it to Li Qingan and said with a smile: "Big brother will know if you look at it." ”

Li Qingan hesitated to take the piano score, the piano score was not printed, but a hand-copied score, it could be seen that it had just been copied not long ago, and there was a faint ink fragrance on the paper, but Li Qingan didn't know any of the scores on it, he asked with a smile: "What is this?" ”

"Big brother, just look at the last page."

Li Qing'an turned to the last page, he froze, only to see a line of beautiful small words written on the last page: 'Sad Spain. ’

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(To be continued)