Chapter Twenty-Six: A Good Start

Fang Xuanling's words fell, and Li Shimin took over and said: "Hmph, this is with the heart of a villain, the belly of a gentleman, how can my dignified Tang prince go back on his word, it's just a joke." They won two games in a row with 1,000 soldiers, exalted the prestige of our country, and deserved to be commended. Those horses are what they deserve, let them replenish the army. ”

He continued to read, his brows couldn't help but curl, he stopped talking, handed the official document to Fang Xuanling, dragged his chin, fell into deep thought, and showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Fang Xuanling looked at the official document, it turned out that in addition to sending cattle and sheep, he also selected all the mares and sent them to breed war horses, and at the end of the letter he said a lot of good things, and finally asked them for 4,000 sets of new clothes.

Du Ruhui and eldest grandson Wuji watched it successively.

"It's not easy!" Du Ruhui, who cherishes words like gold, took the lead in saying three words.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Highness, it seems that the Great General has recruited a great person." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed his head and said: "I also think so, although the general is both civil and military, but he is always a resolute and decisive general, his mind is not so delicate, and there should be capable people to help." ”

Li Shimin also smiled: "We all have the same thoughts, I lack horses in the Tang Dynasty, every general wants to go crazy when he thinks about horses, where do you care about the male and female, just be able to go into battle and kill the enemy." But he thinks in the long run, and when he picks out the mare, he must be guided by others. There are also these 4,000 sets of new armor, not 5,000 or 3,000, but the maximum limit of 4,000 that I agree with in my heart is a talent ......"

He thought for a moment and said, "Xuan Ling." You tell the Armoryman to make eight thousand soap armors first...... The cattle and sheep sent by the general could be exchanged for four thousand soap nails, but the value of the talent he found. But it is far better than four thousand skin soapnails, and there is not much money in hand to operate, so I wronged them! Saying that, he personally repaired the book, and did not be polite with Luo Shixin, and directly asked who gave him attention.

The reply letter was passed to Luo Shixin, and Luo Shixin looked at the bright eight thousand skin soap armor, and had to obey Li Shimin's courage. It's because a talent has been discovered. In this way, he worked hard to mobilize the people, and directly raised the four thousand to eight thousand, and explained it in his heart. If it weren't for the limited funds, it would meet the needs of all the leather soapnails of the Governor's Mansion.

Luo Shixin did not hide it, and returned Ma Zhou's personal information to Li Shimin as a reply, and emphasized in the letter: "Ma Zhou has Wang Zuozhi's talent." ”

The idea of exchanging cattle and sheep for soapnails. It was Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou didn't guess Li Shimin's mind. Instead, he has a super political vision that sees through the current situation in Datang. At present, the key to Datang lies in the development of agriculture, and the importance of cattle and sheep, especially cattle, to agriculture is self-evident. And the cattle and sheep have no role in Luo Shixin's hands at all, they are soldiers who have no time to raise cattle and sheep, and Datang will not sit idly by and watch them waste materials, and will inevitably stretch out their hands. Rather than passively waiting for them to reach out and grab it, it is better to send the cattle and sheep that they don't need, ensure the safety of the horses, and then ask for some new armor called the leather soap armor.

This took their cattle and sheep. Naturally, the imperial court will not fail to express it.

Everything is as Ma Zhou thought, but he is extremely intelligent, and he has entered Li Shimin's eyes because of this.

Luo Shixin replied to the letter. He also handed over the letter written to him by Li Shimin to Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou glanced at it, his eyes were a little moved, and then handed the letter to Luo Shixin, and dealt with the official document in his hand in a down-to-earth manner, and then did not continue.

Luo Shixin smiled "hey", now he can't do without Ma Zhou, a political expert, but it is not easy for Li Shimin to pry him into the corner.

"General, it should be almost exciting, and you can implement the next plan." Liu Renliang had recently been observing the morale of the border soldiers in Qing, Sui, and Yan prefectures and came to a conclusion.

"Good!" Thinking about the current situation, Luo Shixin replied: "I also think it's almost over, you immediately let Su Dingfang, Xue Yong, and Mo Hu'er announce it." Half a year later, the three armies held a martial arts competition, and those who achieved excellent results were awarded leather soap armor and became the first target for the next hunt. This selection is not based on the previous candidate. He said this, full of confidence in the future.

In life, the grass and trees are autumn, and what you need is nothing more than fame and fortune.

The pursuit of fame and fortune is the goal of most people's lives, and how many people can really be indifferent to fame and fortune?

The soldiers who followed Luo Shixin to the north to plunder gained fame and fortune in a short instant, how can this not make others envious.

In the past, the people in the north were treated indiscriminately, but all the border troops were treated as nothing, and over time, the face of the border army was like a city wall, and they were indifferent. Nowadays, the people in the north know that there are also brave men among the border soldiers, and the border soldiers wearing ordinary clothes and armor are two different concepts.

Everyone knows that the former is a waste of waste materials waiting for death, while the latter is a warrior who dares to go deep into the Turkic hinterland to break the Turks.

Walking on the streets, the former is spurned, the latter is praised; Back at home, the former's family shrunk their heads and was depressed, while the latter showed off with joy, especially those with children. The child's first role model is his own father, looking at the same soldier, other people's fathers are praised by thousands of people but their own father is the object of contempt, the lost heart is naturally self-evident.

People are ashamed, shameful and courageous.

At this point, no one is laughing at the soldiers who are willing to unconditionally accept twice the training, in the daily training. After the required training was over, many of the soldiers continued to join the excess training spontaneously, training with the original ones.

Especially after Luo Shixin released a martial arts competition, and announced that he would go to the Turks to hunt at a certain time, and then he would bring more soldiers, and he would definitely bring brave men, with his own strength as the top, and only bring strong people with a certain strength.

Those soldiers who had already tasted the sweetness were naturally unwilling to be brushed down, and they trained even harder. Those soldiers who missed an opportunity were also full of strength when they saw that they were expected to wash away the shame on their bodies and had the opportunity to receive the same treatment and benefits. For daily training, the border army is no longer perfunctory, but will spontaneously accept daily excess training, and privately do not stop practicing to make up for their own strength, and strive to achieve good results in the competition after half a year, and get a place in the next "hunting".

It is difficult to say the border soldiers of Qing, Sui, and Yan Prefectures, and the fighting spirit and courage that are crucial factors in fighting the war, but at least they have begun to change in a good direction.

Especially in terms of self-consciousness, the border soldiers of Sanzhou have gradually gained the consciousness of soldiers, no longer being as lazy as before, they can endure hardships, they can bear hard work, and they have a good start. (To be continued......)

PS: The second update!