The whole army goes out to fight is not as simple as saying a word, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and this sentence is not an exaggeration to be used in all wars.

Gaochang, located about 100 miles east of Turpan, is surrounded by the famous Flame Mountain, of course, in Datang, the Flame Mountain is not called the Flame Mountain. The Tang Dynasty fought against Gaochang, and after discussion among the ministers, it was decided to appoint Hou Junji as the general manager of the Jiaohe Road March, leading the Longyou garrison to conquer Gaochang.

Until the beginning of winter, that is, two months after Qin Xuan proposed to conquer Gaochang, Li Shimin practiced for Hou Junji in Chang'an, that is, the oath meeting, the imperial capital Chang'an had no army except for the Qianniuwei who guarded Kyoto, and Hou Junji, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at the time, could only lead three thousand Tang Mo sword soldiers to prepare to set off.

East of Chang'an City, thirty miles.

The war horses neighed, and the three thousand elite sons and daughters were neatly aligned, raising their heads and chests to form a phalanx. On the temporary stage of the general, Li Shimin was wearing a splendid robe, and his heroic face was full of surging blood. The strange sword soldiers in front of him that terrified the enemy, but Li Shimin proposed and was fully responsible for the preparation, which is the testimony of Li Shimin's half of his life.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand and stroked the hem of his robe, took a step forward, looked around at the three thousand Mo sword soldiers from east to west, breathed a deep sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to pause forward, and then said loudly and encouragingly: "All the soldiers listen to the order!" ”

"Drink! Drink! Cheer ......" The three thousand men shouted in unison, and the Mo knife in his hand that proclaimed honor also waved forward again and again.

Just a few times of drinking made Qin Xuan on the side a little excited, and the true colors of the man hidden in his heart slowly surged into his heart from the deepest part of his heart. Looking at the three thousand burly soldiers, Qin Xuan suddenly felt that his blood was also surging, and he suddenly found that he also had the desire to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

Li Shimin didn't pay attention to Qin Xuan, nor did he pay attention to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs around him, at this moment. The only thought in Li Shimin's heart is to encourage and cheer up the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in front of him. With both hands stretched out, and after a slight pause, the Mo Dao soldier who was originally drinking suddenly put away the Mo knife and stopped shouting.

Such a well-trained elite soldier made Li Shimin very satisfied, the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, and he said: "The soldiers of Tang obey the order, Gaochang is a small country." Qu Wentai went to Qin and Twilight, betrayed his righteousness and ingratitude, was not against his will, and went through the West Turk to disturb my border. Kill my people, this unkind one. I will not allow myself to remain in the world. I want to go to the sky, go to Gaochang, to secure the border, to warn the loyal people. ”

After a slight pause, Li Shimin then asked: "Soldiers, you will tell me." What should such a thief do? ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill ......" was another roar that resounded through the heavens and the earth, but it was more bloody and angry than before.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand and paused forward. Sideways eyes and said in a deep voice: "Hou Junji listens to the order!" ”

Hou Junji, who had already changed into a golden armor on the side, clenched his fists with both hands, paroded forward, knelt down on one knee, his eyebrows were extremely serious, and he said loudly: "The minister is here!" ”

"I have appointed you as the general manager of the Jiaohe Road March, and I will lead the Xichang army this time, if this expedition fails, come and see you!" Li Shimin stretched out his hand, and someone was holding a wooden case, on which a piece of red cloth fluttered in the wind, on top of the red silk cloth, half a tiger talisman was quietly placed on it, and there was a sword inlaid with gems on the side.

Hou Junji's face was solemn, not because of his timidity in fighting Gaochang, but because of the importance of this trip, and Hou Junji was not allowed to be sloppy.

In fact, there is another point to explain here, why Li Shimin will choose the main general before the swearing-in meeting, mainly because he is worried that if the main general is timid and retreats during the swearing-in meeting, it will have a great impact on the army's heart.

Hou Junji did not step forward to take over the wooden case, it was not that Hou Junji was timid. Seeing Hou Junji stretch out his hand, a personal guard stepped forward, hunched his waist, and took the wooden case.

Li Shimin nodded, and then said in a deep voice: "Qin Xuan listens to the order!" ”

Qin Xuan was still a little enthusiastic, and when he heard Li Shimin's words, he immediately came out of the ranks, knelt down on one knee and said, "The minister is here!" ”

"I have appointed you as the supervisor of the battle against Gaochang this time, and assisted Hou Junji in the campaign against Gaochang!"

"The minister obeys the order, does not break Gaochang, and swears not to return to the court!" Qin Xuan had been infected by such a passionate side, and he actually made a verbal military order on the spot!

The three thousand tiger and wolf divisions under the command heard Qin Xuan's lofty words, and immediately echoed: "If you don't break Gaochang, you swear not to return to the dynasty!" If you don't break Gaochang, you swear not to return to the dynasty! If you don't break Gaochang, you swear not to return to the ......"

The voice was high, but there was no lack of heroic spirit, and it spread to the surrounding mountains, and it swirled non-stop.

Seeing Qin Xuan doing this, Li Shimin was really impressed by Qin Xuan in his heart, and there was a trace of relief in his heart. Nodding slightly, he turned his head and stepped back, sitting on the dragon chair in the center.

After all, Hou Junji has fought several times, how could he not know that at this time, he should open his mouth to encourage the morale of the army, and immediately gave a salute to Li Shimin, who was already sitting on the dragon chair. Immediately afterwards, he turned back to the army of three thousand tigers and wolves, and said loudly: "Zhong Erlang, the words of the Qin Supervisor Army are the meaning of the general, not to break Gaochang, and to swear not to return to the dynasty!" ”

Although Hou Junji is a scholar of the Tang Dynasty and is considered a civil official, Hou Junji is not as good as Qin Xuan in inspiring the army, Qin Xuan's words just now made Hou Junji's originally prepared speech embarrassed to take it out, and he could only repeat Qin Xuan's words just now.

The atmosphere was ignited by Hou Junji again, and the army of three thousand tigers and wolves was also more enthusiastic, Hou Junji suddenly thought of Qin Xuan's words just now, which had a very obvious effect on encouraging the morale of the army, so he stretched out his hand and signaled: "Next, please Qin Jian Jun!" ”

Hou Junji didn't say what he asked Qin Xuan to do, but the soldiers present, including the officials behind him, Li Shimin, all understood what Hou Junji meant. Qin Xuan naturally understood, maybe Qin Xuan had already prepared, but he saw Qin Xuan take two steps forward and said, "Honglin, Qingrui, put the table up!" ”

Qin Xuan's sudden action made Li Shimin and the others, who had no idea, couldn't help but be interested, of course, they didn't think that Qin Xuan would make any abnormal moves, they knew that Qin Xuan must have some purpose in doing this.

Xing Honglin and Li Qingrui, who were wearing the armor of Qianniuwei, carried a table that usually drank and placed it in front of Qin Xuan, so they saluted Qin Xuan, and then returned to Qin Xuan and stood on both sides.

Qin Xuan took a step forward and said sharply: "Self-levy, copper coins!" ”

Li Shimin and the others saw that Qin Xuan had set up a table again, and he wanted copper coins again. Although he didn't understand, he was very curious, and his eyes stared at Qin Xuan, for fear of missing something.

Li Zizheng, who was standing under the stage, held a wooden case and walked up slowly. Qin Xuan didn't talk to Li Zizheng either, but said to the officers and soldiers of the three armies: "As a civil official, this official was appointed by His Majesty as the supervisor of this expedition against Gaochang, although he was a little worried, worried that he would not be able to do well. dragged the officers and men of the three armies back! ”

Hearing Qin Xuan say this, Li Shimin's brows couldn't help frowning. In his heart, he couldn't stop slandering Qin Xuan: "This Qin Xuan, the officers and men of the three armies are about to go on the march, isn't saying these words that affect the morale of the army disturb the morale of the army?" ”

When Li Shimin was secretly slandering. Qin Xuan then changed his words and shouted, "But." The officer will not back down. It is our honor to go out for the country! ”

The officers and men of the three armies were originally a little surprised by Qin Xuan's words, but when they heard this, the original reason for this moment turned into a shout: "Win glory for the country, we are glorious!" Win glory for the country. We are glorious! Win glory for the country, we are glorious ......"

Seeing the momentum of the three armies, Qin Xuan once touched the highest peak, and Li Shimin frowned. Slowly stretched out, and then looked at Qin Xuan, his eyes were full of relief, appreciation, and a sense of recognition.

Qin Xuan stretched out his hand and paused forward, and then said: "Going to Gaochang, this official is the same as the soldiers of the three armies, they are all fighting for victory!" However, no one knows about victory or defeat except heaven! ”

Li Shimin and the others frowned again, but Li Shimin still believed that Qin Xuan must have something to say, and he would definitely not let the morale of the army be lowered like this.

Sure enough, Qin Xuan did not disappoint Li Shimin, looking at the soldiers of the three armies a little gloomy, Qin Xuan then said loudly: "The soldiers of the three armies, don't be impatient, since this official said, since God knows the victory or defeat of Gaochang in this western expedition, then this official will ask the heavens in front of the soldiers of the three armies!" ”

Speaking of this, Qin Xuan smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and then said: "Perhaps, the generals still don't know that this official has practiced Taoism with a high-ranking monk, and he knows a lot about the art of asking hexagrams!" ”

When the officers and soldiers of the three armies heard this, they all stretched their necks to look at Qin Xuan, whether it was the curiosity about what Qin Xuan had just said, or the curiosity about the victory or defeat of Gaochang in this Western Expedition, in short, everyone's interest was raised by Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan saw that things were going exactly according to his plan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Self-levy, ask for the heavenly copper coin!"

When Li Zizheng heard this, he hurriedly held the wooden case and wanted Qin Xuan to go. Qin Xuan glanced sideways at the officers and soldiers of the three armies, and then said: "In order to let the officers and men of the three armies see clearly, this official will ask the sky in the simplest way!" ”

As he spoke, Qin Xuan stretched out his hand and pointed to the wooden case in Li Zizheng's hand, and then said: "On this wooden case, there are 7749 copper coins instilled by this official in Taoism, and the copper coins are 9981 in total!" Wait, the official will be the ninety-nine eighty-one copper coins, sprinkled on the table, if the 'Kaiyuan Tongbao' upward, then it means that God is telling the official and all the soldiers, this expedition to the west of Gaochang will definitely win! ”

As soon as Qin Xuan's words fell, the civil and military officials behind him, including Li Shimin, couldn't help frowning, but they clearly knew in their hearts that only one side of the copper coin at this time was the four characters of Kaiyuan Tongbao, and the other side was either a word representing time, or some symbols of special significance. So it is too low to make ninety-nine eighty-one copper coins, and the four words of Kaiyuan Tongbao are facing up.

The three thousand Mo sword soldiers under the general also thought so, and they all stared at the newly appointed overseer.

The surprised gazes of the surrounding officials and soldiers, Qin Xuan didn't ignore it, stretched out his right hand, and slowly walked towards the wooden case that Li Zizheng had picked up. Although Li Shimin trusted Qin Xuan very much, he also knew how low it might be to let the ninety-nine eighty-one copper coins be all Kaiyuan Tongbao Dynasty.

Everyone's hearts were raised, Qin Xuan grabbed a handful of copper coins from the wooden case and scattered them to the table. When the copper coins were still, the people on the platform, including Li Shimin, took a few steps towards the table, and when they saw that the copper coins on the table were all Kaiyuan Tongbao upwards, they all widened their eyes, and their hearts were inexplicably full of joy.

Qin Xuan didn't care about the officials around him at all. Including Li Shimin, one by one, he sprinkled the copper coins on the wooden table to the table, and after all the ninety-nine eighty-one copper coins were scattered on the table and stopped, everyone's faces showed a trace of indescribable joy.

Qin Xuan breathed a deep sigh of relief and shouted: "Heaven has already revealed, Qingrui, Honglin, raise the table and let all the soldiers take a look!" Suddenly, Qin Xuan seemed to think of something, and his expression was extremely solemn: "Qingrui, Honglin, these ninety-nine eighty-one copper coins, don't touch them, otherwise the heavens will be displeased, and the hexagram will not work!" ”

Li Qingrui and Xing Honglin clasped their fists and said, "Yes, my lord!" ”

The officers and soldiers of the three armies saw the table table raised by Li Qingrui and Xing Honglin, especially on the table, all of which were pictures of Kaiyuan Tongbao facing up. On his cold face, he couldn't help but have a hint of joy.

After all the soldiers finished reading, they shouted even louder: "Victory!" Win! Winning ......"

Qin Xuan saw that his insect carving skill had worked, and the original worry in his heart disappeared in an instant. After the soldiers of the three armies shouted for a while, Qin Xuan paused his hands forward, and then said: "The soldiers of the three armies, this is the protection of God for my Datang, this is the benevolence of Your Majesty, and the blessing of God to Your Majesty, this is the testimony of the growing strength of my Datang from now on!" ”

Suddenly, Qin Xuan stopped talking, turned his head, knelt down in front of Li Shimin and bowed: "Congratulations to my emperor, son of the world, long live Your Majesty!" ”

The scene paused slightly, and then the surrounding officials, including the officers and soldiers of the three armies in the audience, knelt down together and shouted to Li Shimin: "Congratulations to my emperor, the son of the world, long live Your Majesty!" Long live Your Majesty, the Emperor, the son of the world! Long live Your Majesty, the Emperor, son of the world......"

Li Shimin was still a little stunned by Qin Xuan's troubles, knowing that Gonggong Feng beside him reminded him, he came back to his senses, first glanced at Qin Xuan with relief, then got up, stretched out his hand to pave, and said loudly: "Zhongqing is flat!" ”

After the officers and soldiers of the three armies and the officials on the stage got up together, Li Shimin then spoke: "This time the western expedition to Gaochang, the heavens have already made it clear that the victory has been decided, and the three armies can go out!" ”

"Drink! Drink! Drink ......"

When the officers and soldiers of the three armies stopped shouting, Qin Xuan shouted loudly at the right time: "Your Majesty, this ninety-nine eighty-one copper coins are dedicated to Your Majesty to ensure the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty!" ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin's heart was even more excited, he originally wanted to pocket Qin Xuan's copper coins, but unexpectedly, Qin Xuan dedicated himself to himself, the corners of his mouth were slightly curved, and he said: "Okay, Qin Aiqing will put away the Wentian copper coins, and I will take them back to the palace to treasure!" ”

(To be continued......)