is worthy of being the head of the leading family, Li Changshan and Li Changfeng brothers are very calm, neither asking Liu Ziqiu who he is waiting for, nor afraid that he will be taken hostage, but living in Xiping with peace of mind.

Li Mingyue was in turmoil. At that time, early marriage was common, and girls who married at the age of twelve or thirteen abounded. But the family has its own family style, even if they marry an eleven-year-old girl, it is impossible for them to marry their daughter before the age of fifteen. Li Mingyue is already in her prime, and she is no longer the kind of ignorant little girl. But Li Changfeng's criteria for choosing his grandson-in-law were very strict, so he kept delaying.

Now that he has reached the age of talking about marriage, at the banquet just now, Li Mingyue couldn't help but look at Liu Ziqiu a few more times. To be honest, Liu Ziqiu is tall and handsome, with sharp edges and hard lines on his face, but unfortunately his demeanor is rough, and he is really not the type she likes. But the feeling of being rejected in person three times and twice was even more uncomfortable, especially when he didn't want to be his concubine, which deeply hit Li Mingyue's self-confidence.

For a whole day, Li Mingyue stayed in the house and vented all her anger on the tea leaves. The two bags of tea that Liu Ziqiu gave to Li Changshan's brothers were brewed by her. However, after drinking a few cups of tea, she was fascinated by the fragrant taste. Not only her, but also the Li Changshan brothers also liked this method of drinking tea.

is not his own granddaughter, Li Changshan naturally doesn't pay much attention to her life's events, all he cares about is how much benefit the Li family can grab. Li Changshan took a sip of the fragrant tea in the celadon tea cup, and said with a smile: "Mingyue, if you can really learn the method of frying and killing green tea that Lord Liu said, our Li family will definitely have another way to make money." When the time comes, you will have made a great contribution to our Li family. ”

Li Changfeng knew his granddaughter's thoughts, he picked up the tea cup, admired the clear tea soup and green tea leaves, and couldn't help but admire: "The one who can come up with this way of drinking tea is definitely an elegant person." I heard that Lord Liu is not only outstanding in martial arts, but also quite accomplished in poetry and writing. ”

Li Mingyue was very surprised, and asked repeatedly: "Grandpa, what kind of poetry does he know about that rough man?" ”

Li Changfeng just wanted to attract his granddaughter's attention, and Liu Ziqiu didn't know how to understand poetry and writing, so he responded casually: "It's just hearsay, it can't be true." ”

Li Mingyue bit her lip lightly, lowered her head and was silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

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Another day passed, and at the moment, someone suddenly came to urge Li Changshan and his party to pack their bags and prepare to set off. It was getting late in the northwest, at the darkest time before dawn, and it was pitch black all around. The girl was sleepy, and when she heard Li Changfeng's call, Li Mingyue drilled into the quilt again, and muttered: "This Liu Ziqiu, I don't let others sleep peacefully, what the hell is going on." ”

Complaining is complaining, as the daughter of the family, the rules still have to be followed, not to mention that in this case, she dare not lie in bed. Otherwise, everyone else is gone, leaving her alone in Xiping, it will be miserable. The sooner she returned to Longxi, the sooner she could rest assured.

Liu Ziqiu set off so early, of course, he had a reason. The period before dawn is the most sleepy time of the day, and it is also the time when people sleep the deepest. The army left Xiping at this time, so that it would not attract attention, and it could avoid the eyes and ears of such a spy. In fact, Zhao Ling specially trained a team to be responsible for detecting spies. But there are many spies, where can they be caught in a while? And Liu Ziqiu also wants to keep these spies, and there is some news that he still needs to release through these spies.

Outside Xiping City, Liu Ziqiu's army has been assembled. 100,000 people lined up outside the city, but they were silent, and they couldn't even hear the neighing of war horses. As one of the seven great families, the Li family naturally also raised a lot of warriors, especially during the period when Liu Ziqiu handed over Longxi County to their autonomy, the Li family's private army quickly expanded to 30,000. The Li family has money and food, and these 30,000 soldiers are fully equipped with armor, and with a little training, they are a great arm.

But in the face of Liu Ziqiu's 100,000 army, the Li Changshan brothers felt an invisible pressure. 100,000 people stood there like a mountain, no one made even a small move, let alone exchanged heads, that momentum would never be able to reach even if their Li family's private soldiers were trained for a year.

The Li brothers did not know that every recruit in Liu Ziqiu's army had to go through a month of extremely strict queue training. Standing, resting, walking in unison, although these actions are simple, but the requirements are extremely strict, each step has a fixed size, one more point is not good, one less point is not good, even the quilt must be folded squarely. After such training, the soldiers have reached the point of unconditional obedience to the orders of their superiors, and the real orders are forbidden, and the soldiers' spirit, energy, and spirit have reached an unprecedented height. After a month of queue training, the soldiers were trained in battle formations, assassination, shooting, horsemanship, etc., and the results were surprisingly good.

Another point, Liu Ziqiu ordered all the clothes and armor to be dyed black, even the beautiful Mu Duoli was no exception, and she also changed into black clothes. Black represents solemnity, calmness, and solemnity, which in itself can bring pressure to the enemy.

After the team was assembled, Liu Ziqiu rode his horse to Li Changshan and Li Changfeng brothers, and said, "Two old gentlemen, today is the day when the second dragon raises its head in early February. From now on, Liu is going to make my dragon Da Sui soar into the sky! ”

The dragon has a special meaning, the emperor is called the true dragon son of heaven, Liu Ziqiu said "I am the dragon of the Great Sui", the meaning is a bit intriguing. Li Changshan and Li Changfeng, the two brothers, are both old-fashioned, glanced at each other, and said together: "The old man wishes Lord Liu success!" ”

"Borrow the auspicious words of the two old gentlemen!" Liu Ziqiu laughed, waved his hand, and ordered, "Let's go!" ”

In the carriage, Li Mingyue quietly looked at Liu Ziqiu through the curtain of the carriage, and was really heroic, if he knew poetry and writing, wouldn't he be an all-round talent? Thinking of this, Li Mingyue couldn't help but feel a little melancholy, but when she thought of the falling flowers intentionally and the flowing water was ruthless, she couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

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There is still a difference between Liu Ziqiu's emphasis on the speed of soldiers and the speed of soldiers in the art of war. He emphasized not only the concealment and suddenness of the strategy, but also the high mobility of the procession. Eighty thousand of the 100,000 troops were infantry, but the speed of these 80,000 infantry was not slow at all, and they almost trotted all the way to Jincheng County.

Li Changshan looked at it in the carriage and nodded secretly, no wonder Liu Ziqiu boasted that he would go to Haikou and promise to pass through Longxi County within three days, looking at such a marching speed, only two and a half days would be enough, but I don't know why his soldiers are so good at running. Of course, Li Changshan didn't know that the first thing all the soldiers did after getting up every day was to go on a 20-mile cross-country run with their full armor, and those who couldn't run down would not have breakfast. In order to be able to drink a bowl of hot mutton soup and eat two fragrant white flour steamed buns, the soldiers will show the strength to eat milk even during training. After a few months of training, these soldiers have long been trained to be made of steel and iron.

At dusk, the army arrived outside Jincheng Pass and set up camp. Although it was on their own territory, the soldiers built arrow towers, laid out deer barricades, sent out ranger scouts, and everything was done in an orderly manner. Li Changfeng saw it and praised it endlessly: "Lord Liu really manages the army well, such an elite soldier, the old man has never heard of it for decades." ”

Li Mingyue said unconvinced: "Grandpa, Mingyue has never seen you leave Longxi, and this time in Xiping is probably the farthest place you can go." How many armies have you seen? Maybe there are more armies in the world than him. ”

Li Changfeng laughed and said: "Grandpa traveled well when he was young, and he used to travel all over the world, otherwise how could the position of the head of the family be given to your second grandfather." The eight Shangzhu countries of the Northern Zhou Dynasty each had elite soldiers, and the private soldiers of the Yang family and the Dugu family were brave for a while. Later, Yang Jian inherited the unification, Pingxi Liang, and Zhengnan Chen, and the soldiers were strong and strong, and his grandfather also saw it with his own eyes. Last spring, Yang Guang conquered Tuyuhun, and the 500,000-strong army was even more powerful. But if they encounter Lord Liu's army, I'm afraid they will all be vulnerable. ”

Li Mingyue said in disbelief: "Grandpa, is his army really so powerful?" If he rebelled, wouldn't anyone be able to stop him? ”

Li Changfeng waved his hand and said, "Silly girl, isn't he just rebelling." He has such a powerful army, and he does not exclude us from the great family. In my opinion, sooner or later he will be able to accomplish great things. Believe in grandpa's vision, you can't be wrong to marry him, even if you are a concubine, you won't suffer. ”

Li Mingyue's face flushed, and she snorted: "Grandpa, don't say it, people don't look down on Mingyue at all." ”

Li Changfeng laughed and said, "Silly girl, what do you know." Sooner or later, he will be the emperor, the emperor has seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, if he can't even rank in our family's bright moon, where else can he choose so many excellent women? ”

The camp was completed, and the chariots and horses of the Li Changshan brothers also lived in the camp. Their retinue was also a carefully selected warrior, and one by one they seemed to be tired and scattered, and they were paralyzed in the tent and didn't even want to move. However, the carriage of the Li Changshan brothers was specially made, soft and comfortable, and the two old guys were still in good spirits after a long journey. After sitting in the car for so long, I inevitably want to walk around the camp.

As soon as he got out of the tent, he was stopped by a squad of soldiers patrolling. One of the leaders shouted: "The barracks are heavy, and no one is allowed to move around at will!" ”

Although they were an independent camp, the Li family's guards were too tired to get up, so Liu Ziqiu sent them another team of guards. Li Changshan looked at this group of young soldiers, although their faces were tired, their eyes were extremely firm, and there was even a hint of excitement. Li Changshan did not believe that after such a long march, these soldiers still had enough combat effectiveness. The soldiers who were sent to serve as the Li family's guards may have been carefully selected by Liu Ziqiu, and Li Changshan just wanted to go to other places in the barracks to know the true strength of Liu Ziqiu's army, and to decide whether the Li family would finally tie up Liu Ziqiu's chariot.