The water in September is undoubtedly extremely beautiful, although it is the dry season, but the river is still flowing endlessly, the bushes of wild chrysanthemums on the bank of the river bloom brilliantly, the golden leaves are floating in the wind, like colorful butterflies flying, occasionally a fat fish jumps out of the water, can always stir up the ripples of the river. For thousands of years, the beautiful Bashui has always meandered in the south of Chang'an City, but today's Bashui River is a little unusual - quiet, too quiet, not to mention that the birds and finches that used to always fly in the air in groups of three or five in the air disappeared at this time, even the insects that were always singing endlessly in the grass were also silent at this time, only a solemn atmosphere was entwined and hovering on the riverside - soldiers, at this moment, the open space on the bank of the Bashui River was full of soldiers with bright armor and swords and guns, and tens of thousands of troops were divided into dozens of phalanxes, The formation was lined up along the open space by the Bashui River, so many people and horses gathered together, that there was not a single sound of conversation, except for the occasional snort of the horses, there was no murmur, only a murderous aura.

Gradually, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, a puff of smoke and dust in the distance, thousands of iron horsemen are rushing towards this place quickly, hundreds of colored flags in the queue fluttering in the wind, swaying out of a faction of slaughter, the first side of the bright yellow and fashionable, on the book a big "Li" word, under the big fashion, a generation of emperor Li Shimin is galloping with a cold face, more than 100 civil and military ministers closely followed behind.

Cold, yes, the look on Li Shimin's face is really cold and terrifying, the anger there can be seen as long as he is not a blind man, of course, Li Shimin has reason to be angry - at the peak of the Tang Army, there are still people who dare to touch the tiger beard of the Tang Dynasty, and they also picked a time when Li Shimin sealed Mount Tai to commit a crime, which is tolerable or unbearable! This extremely hateful guy is the Khan Yinan of the Xue Yantuo Tribe.

Xue Yantuo, the name of the northern grassland tribe, was originally one of the Tiele tribes, which was formed by the merger of Xue and Yantuo. Initially, in the Tula River valley of Mobei, he was engaged in nomadic herding and belonged to the Turks. The water in September of Sui is undoubtedly extremely beautiful, although it is the dry period, but the river is still flowing endlessly, the wild chrysanthemums on the bank of the river are blooming brilliantly, the golden leaves are floating in the wind, just like the colorful butterflies flying, occasionally a fat fish jumps out of the water, can always stir up the ripples of the river. For thousands of years, the beautiful Bashui has always meandered in the south of Chang'an City, but today's Bashui River is a little unusual - quiet, too quiet, not to mention that the birds and finches that used to always fly in the air in groups of three or five in the air disappeared at this time, even the insects that were always singing endlessly in the grass were also silent at this time, only a solemn atmosphere was entwined and hovering on the riverside - soldiers, at this moment, the open space on the bank of the Bashui River was full of soldiers with bright armor and swords and guns, and tens of thousands of troops were divided into dozens of phalanxes, The formation was lined up along the open space by the Bashui River, so many people and horses gathered together, that there was not a single sound of conversation, except for the occasional snort of the horses, there was no murmur, only a murderous aura.

Gradually, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, a puff of smoke and dust in the distance, thousands of iron horsemen are rushing towards this place quickly, hundreds of colored flags in the queue fluttering in the wind, swaying out of a faction of slaughter, the first side of the bright yellow and fashionable, on the book a big "Li" word, under the big fashion, a generation of emperor Li Shimin is galloping with a cold face, more than 100 civil and military ministers closely followed behind.

Cold, yes, the look on Li Shimin's face is really cold and terrifying, the anger there can be seen as long as he is not a blind man, of course, Li Shimin has reason to be angry - at the peak of the Tang Army, there are still people who dare to touch the tiger beard of the Tang Dynasty, and they also picked a time when Li Shimin sealed Mount Tai to commit a crime, which is tolerable or unbearable! This extremely hateful guy is the Khan Yinan of the Xue Yantuo Tribe.

Xue Yantuo, the name of the northern grassland tribe, was originally one of the Tiele tribes, which was formed by the merger of Xue and Yantuo. Initially, in the Tula River valley of Mobei, he was engaged in nomadic herding and belonged to the Turks. In the first year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty (605), the Tiele tribes rose up against the Western Turks*, and jointly promoted the leader of the Xue Yantuo tribe, Yi Lost Bowl, as the Yezha Khan. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Sun Yinan, who lost the bowl, united with Hui Hui to send 200,000 troops to help the Tang Dynasty conquer and destroy the * Turk, took the opportunity to sit big, set up a tooth tent in the south of the Orkhon River Yu Du Jun Mountain (Hangai Shandong Branch), the territory of the Khanate starts from the Great Xing'an Mountains in the east, reaches the Altai Mountains in the west, borders the Hetao in the south, and reaches the Selenge River in the north. In view of this, in order to prevent Xue Yantuo from becoming a new border trouble, the Tang Dynasty adopted the policy of helping Hui to suppress Xue Yantuo, which caused great dissatisfaction among Yi Nan and gradually became separated from the Tang Dynasty; In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, Li Simo, a clansman of Tang Lijieli Khan, was the khan, built a tooth tent in the south of the river (set), nominally made it rule the old department of the south of the Hetao, in fact, it was to monitor Xue Yantuo, causing the suspicion of Yi Nan, so in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, he took the opportunity of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to seal Mount Tai, and ordered the eldest son to set up a rate to return to the Great Wall in the name of pursuing Li Simo, and the soldiers went straight to Shuozhou, Shanxi, and Li Shimin, who was sealing Zen in Mount Tai, had to rush back to Chang'an, ready to meet the enemy, and the anger in his heart can be imagined.

"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"

"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"

…… With the arrival of Li Shimin, the horns and the passionate battle trumpets of the soldiers sounded in turn in the various army formations, and bursts of pride rose into the sky, startling the flocks of geese that were moving south from the south in the sky. Li Shimin reined in the galloping war horse, slowly walked in front of the army, inspected the military appearance of each army, and followed the avenue left by the army straight to the Dianjiangtai by the Bashui River.

"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers have been sharp, invincible, and invincible everywhere they go, but now there is a little thief Xue Yantuo who dares to violate my border, kidnap my people, all the soldiers, what can I do?" On the high platform, Li Shimin glanced at the soldiers of the army under the high platform, and asked calmly.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Hundreds of thousands of soldiers shouted angrily at the same time, and murderous anger rose to the sky.

"Good!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "The military exercise has begun!" As soon as the words fell, Li Ji, the commander of the expeditionary army who had been waiting for a long time in his hand, strode to the front of the stage, and waved the flag in his hand calmly and powerfully. There was only one person who seemed extremely calm, and that person was Li Zhen.

It's been almost fifteen years since he came to this dynasty, fourteen years and nine months to be precise, Li Zhen is already a tall and strong man, standing together between the brothers, he is stunned to be a head taller than others, if it weren't for the fluff on his lips that leaked the heavenly secret, I'm afraid that no one can see that he is only less than fifteen years old. At this time, Li Zhen did not say that he had already passed the age of Jianya, that is, the number of years of the official was more than enough, but Li Zhen never built a government, nor was he an official - since Li Zhen said that he did not build a government, seven years have passed, but Li Zhen has never built a government, as for the official, Li Zhen has been on a lot of this chapter, and the official who invited himself came, but unfortunately the old man has never been approved, and there has never been a statement, not only did he not let Li Zhen go to the official, but after Zhenguan transferred Li Zhen to the king of Yue for ten years, From time to time, Li Zhen is brought with him, whether it is to Luoyang, the eastern capital, or to inspect other places, Li Zhen's share is always indispensable, that is, this Taishan Feng Zen did not fall, in fact, Li Zhen is the only prince who followed Li Shimin during the sacrifice to the sky, that is, the prince did not follow.

Li Zhen didn't know what the old man was thinking in his heart, and he didn't want to figure it out, but the current situation Li Zhen couldn't be clearer - because of Li Zhen's favor, plus there was money in his hand, and he still had printing and wine-making in his hands, Li Zhen's life had begun to tighten, and a group of fighting heirs had already focused their eyes on Li Zhen. Although Li Zhen has never formed a gang, nor has he made personal friends with courtiers, let alone deliberately compete for favor, and has always remained neutral among his brothers, the problem is that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and the brothers are worried that Li Zhen will fall to competitors or stand on his own, and they have begun to secretly join forces, ready to put Li Zhen down first, this Li Zhen already knows it through the "Rising Sun" in his hand, and at this point, Li Zhen also has to seek self-protection.

If you want to protect yourself, it is not impossible to win over the courtiers with Li Zhen's current status, but the movement is inevitably too big, not to mention that the brothers will not sit and watch Li Zhen rise up, even the old man can't explain it, the only feasible thing is to develop in the army, and having a gun is the king of grass. Of course, it is not a simple matter to develop the power in the army, even if Li Zhen's two masters are among the best generals in the Tang Dynasty, without him, the most important thing in the Tang Dynasty army is military merit, there is no military merit in hand, no one will take you as a green onion if your martial arts are in the world, so Li Zhen can only hit the idea of this expedition, but it is not easy to get the opportunity to go on the expedition, so Li Zhen must wait, waiting for an opportunity for the old man to refuse.

Datang adopts the government soldier system, the country is divided into 634 folding mansions, each government has 800-1200 soldiers, except for the army and take turns to garrison, the rest of the time are at home farming; During the agricultural gap, the commander of the capital of Zhichong taught the art of attacking and fighting. In the center, there are 16 guards to dominate the soldiers and horses of the world, namely the left and right guards, the left and right horse guards, the left and right military guards, the left and right Wei guards, the left and right leading guards, the left and right Jinwu guards, the left and right prison guards and the left and right Qianniu guards. In addition to the prison guards and the thousand cow guards, the other twelve guards are divided into the military palace to Chang'an on the guard of the guard, these sixteen guards are in the south of the palace, so it is called the South Ya Army, is the national army, and the North Ya of the emperor's private army Yulin Army corresponds, each guard has a general, two generals, subordinates have a long history, join the army, Lang general, Lang general, soldier Cao, cavalry Cao and so on. The central authorities have also set up a military department to carry out the responsibility of transferring troops.

The essence of the government military system is the balance of military power - each guard has the right to lead the army but has neither the right to transfer troops, nor the appropriateness of training, the government has the right and responsibility to train troops, but there is no authority to use troops and transfer troops, the military department has the right to transfer troops but there are no soldiers available, only the emperor's holy decree can unite the three, in order to make the army go to battle, this kind of check and balance looks good, both can check and balance all parties, not to be dominated by one side, and can have soldiers available when they want to use troops, however, in fact, there is a big hidden danger in the government military system - no matter how much soldiers are used in training, If it weren't for the Tang Dynasty, whether the generals or the officials of the Zhichong Mansion were all strong generals from a hundred battles, the military of the Tang Dynasty would have been ruined long ago, even so, a very bad sign has appeared - a large number of veterans, no rookies.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there are veterans who can act as commanders, Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Zhijie, Su Dingfang, Hou Junji, etc. How can you still play the role of a small pioneer officer, therefore, in addition to showing the strong military might of the Tang Dynasty to the outside world, the main thing is to select the pioneer officer candidates for this expedition, which is also a helpless move.

"Your Majesty, the exercises of the various armies have been completed, can you start the vanguard battle, please make it clear to Your Majesty." After the military drills were completed, Li Ji strode up to Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and asked for instructions in a loud voice.

"Okay, let's get started." Li Shimin was still immersed in the excitement of the military exercises of the armies in front of him, his complexion was excellent, and when he saw Li Ji coming to ask for instructions, he waved his hand and agreed without thinking.

With the waving of Li Ji's order flag, the sound of the horn in the army sounded again, and twenty or thirty young generals rushed out of their own teams on their horses, gathered under the point general's platform, and everyone raised their spears to Li Shimin on the high platform and bowed to the military salute, waiting for Li Ji to wave the order flag, and the first round of competition officially kicked off.

There is the heaviest cavalry archery of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is the princes and nobles, or the children of the family, all of them are good at this, that is, those who are full of learning can also get on the horse, and they can make meritorious contributions, as for the soldiers in the army, it is even more unscrupulous, everyone is a good hand at this way, and the first competition is the ability of riding and archery - divided into eighty steps, one hundred and twenty steps, one hundred and fifty steps, each target position shoots an arrow, and only those who have three arrows in the heart can be selected for the second round.

Not to mention, this group of young generals selected from the Nanya army are all good hands, after a round of competition, there are fifteen people who have three arrows in the red heart, even those generals who were eliminated are also three arrows in the target, but one or two of them are out of the red heart, a total of four of the most outstanding people in the selection - Hou Guozhong (the eldest son of Hou Junji), the right Xiao cavalry guard general Qin Huaiyu (the son of the late Hu Guogong Qin Qiong), the right Jin Wuwei riding Cao He Long, the left Wuwei riding Cao Liang Zhenwu, These four people not only hit the red heart with three arrows, but also have the strength to penetrate the bull's-eye, which is a rare talent. The wonderful performances of the generals made the officers and men of all armies cheer and applaud, and even Li Shimin was very happy to see it, and the smile on his face was extraordinarily bright.

Here's the opportunity, grandma's, whether it will be successful or not depends on this time! After the generals' test firing was completed, while Li Ji had not yet announced the start of the next round of competitions, Li Zhen, who had always stood silently on the side, took a deep breath, strode out of the princely queue, came to Li Shimin's seat, knelt on the ground, and said in a loud voice: "Qi Father, the son has been quite accustomed to arching horses since childhood, and he is also willing to try his skills on the field, please ask my father for permission." ”

As soon as Li Zhen said this, the audience was shocked, on the high platform, everyone's eyes were all focused on Li Zhen's body, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then frowned, and looked at Li Zhen silently for a while, but never spoke......