The news of Xihejun's victory soon reached Jinyang, and at the same time, Li Yuan's five concubines and sons-in-law all came to Jinyang.

The Tang Mansion suddenly became lively, of course, the happiest was Wang Yu.

For this righteous sister who is deeply loved by her father, Li Yuan's five concubines gave a lot of gifts, which made Wang Yu make a small fortune.

Two days later, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin returned to Jinyang with the army.

Hearing that the two brothers conquered Xihe County almost bloodlessly, and fought so beautifully in the first battle, Li Yuan was overjoyed and praised Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin heavily.

It took eight days before and after, and Li Yuan was overjoyed, and couldn't help but say: "Using such a method to command the army is enough to run rampant in the world." ”

On the second day, Li Yuan summoned all the officials and generals in Jinyang and said to everyone with great pride: "Heaven has mercy and has entrusted us with the heavy responsibility of Kuang Fu Sheji.

"Since we shoulder the responsibility of stabilizing the world and saving the common people, we must cut off everything in the past and start anew."

Li Yuan paused and announced loudly: "From today onwards, I will be the Great General and open the Great General's Mansion." ”

He took a piece of paper from the guard's hand and read: "Pei Lin is the history of the general's mansion, Liu Wenjing is Sima, and Wen Daya and Tang Jian are the secretary."

"With Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Longxi and the Governor of the Left Leading Army, he commanded the Third Army of the Left, and the Left Commander Army under his command was Liu Hongji, and the deputy commanders were Cheng Zhijie and Xu Shiyun.

"With Li Shimin as the prince of Dunhuang County and the governor of the right leading army, he commanded the three armies on the right, the right commander of the army under his command was the eldest grandson Shunde, the deputy commander was Li Jing and Qin Shubao, and Chai Shao was the governor of the right leading army.

"Samurai Tong is the armor of the general's mansion, and Yin Kaishan is the general's mansion Peng......"

All the officials and generals present had new official positions, and their blood was boiling, and they were excited and looking forward to the new journey they were about to embark on.

Wang Yu looked around, listening to Li Yuan reciting the names one by one and giving official positions, she silently counted in her heart, and half of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion had been gathered.

Six of them came to Li Shimin's side in advance because of her, and a sense of pride arose.

Later, Li Yuan announced the opening of a warehouse for grain relief, and young and middle-aged people from near and far came to join him when they heard the news, and thousands of people joined Li Yuan's rebel army every day.

Soon, Li Yuan's rebel army increased by tens of thousands.

Pei Lin immediately opened the treasury of Jinyang Palace, offered 50,000 pieces of variegated colors, 90,000 pieces of grain and grass, and 400,000 armor for military use, and dedicated 500 palace maids in Jinyang Palace to Li Yuan.

At this point, the people, horses, materials, grain and grass have been prepared, but the worries have not been solved.

Within a few days, Shibi Khan sent his minister Kang Sheli to Jinyang.

In addition to the letters of the Khan of Shibi, Khamali also brought a thousand horses.

When the officers and soldiers of Jinyang saw it, their eyes were full of excitement.

Wang Yu was also very excited to see so many war horses, the Turkic war horses were strong and powerful, and the combat effectiveness was bursting, and these thousand war horses could increase the combat effectiveness of the army dozens of times, or even hundreds of times.

But she soon became overjoyed, because she saw Li Yuan's face become gloomy after reading Shibi Khan's letter.

And Kang Sheli began to explain the intention: "General Li, the Khan knows that you must need war horses for your uprising, so he specially ordered me to come and sell these war horses to you to relieve your urgent needs. ”

"Sell?"

The officers and soldiers around were dumbfounded, it turned out that it was not a gift.

Kang Sheli curled the corners of his lips, glanced around, and said, "That's right, a war horse is 30,000 copper coins." ”

So expensive?

Wang Yu smacked his tongue, no wonder some people said that raising a horse in ancient times could raise more than 20 people, and no wonder no one in ancient times was willing to raise horses.

Because ordinary people don't need to travel with horses at all, and they don't have to fight, who wants to spend so much money to raise a useless thing?

Wang Yu approached Li Shimin and whispered, "Erlang, do you think Aya will buy these thousand horses?" ”

Li Shimin immediately became vigilant: "I don't bet with you." ”

Wang Yu: "......"

Li Shimin was depressed when he thought that he had made a bet with Wang Yu and lost eight times out of ten.

In particular, Wang Yu always likes to use sleeping with the eldest grandson as a bet, which makes him even more depressed.

Now that the expedition is imminent, he is about to leave Jinyang, but he doesn't want to sleep in a separate room with the eldest grandson.

Wang Yu raised his head and glanced at Li Shimin, knowing what he was thinking, so he said, "I won't bet with you this time, let's just discuss it." ”

Hearing her say this, Li Shimin's whole body relaxed, and analyzed: "The horses of the Central Plains are not as good as the Turkic war horses, if we can have these war horses, it will undoubtedly greatly increase our strength."

"So, I think Aya will definitely buy these horses."

Wang Yu always felt that these war horses were too expensive, and it would take a huge amount of money to buy them all. Li Yuan is so stingy, he shouldn't be willing to pay this money.

However, the Turkic war horses are very tempting......

"What do you think?"

Seeing that Wang Yu was silent for a long time, Li Shimin gently patted her head.

Probably thinking about things too much, Wang Yu was in a trance for a moment, and didn't notice his movements at all, she said: "I think, Aya won't buy it, at least not all of them." ”

I have to say that Wang Yu has a half-thorough understanding of Li Yuan's temperament.

I saw that after Li Yuan hesitated for a long time, he said to Kang Sheli: "These thousand war horses are not bad, and I also need war horses."

"I don't need so much, though.

"Well, I'll buy five hundred."

Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Wang Yu, and really let her say that Aya really didn't buy them all.

Li Jiancheng stood next to Li Shimin, and he also heard the conversation between Li Shimin and Wang Yu. Seeing that Wang Yu guessed his father's mind correctly, he couldn't help but look at her with admiration.

Subsequently, Li Yuan picked the strongest five hundred horses and paid the money.

Khamali was a little dumbfounded, the Khan asked him to sell all the horses, but now he only sold half of them, what should he do with the remaining half?

Could it be that it will be thousands of miles back to Mobei?

No, it's too troublesome, not only troublesome, but also having to face the shame of his colleagues and the reproach of the Khan when he goes back.

So, Kang Sheali tried his best to persuade Li Yuan: "General Li, if you want to send troops to fight, war horses are indispensable.

"Moreover, once the war starts, the war horses will also be consumed, and your five hundred war horses will definitely not be enough.

"Why don't you buy the remaining five hundred war horses?"

Li Yuan made a shy look and laughed dryly: "Haha, I would like to, but I don't have enough money." ”

As soon as they heard Li Yuan say that the money was not enough, the officers and soldiers below thought that Tang Gong's military expenses were not enough, and someone said: "Tang Gong, we are willing to raise some money to buy these war horses." ”

Li Yuan hurriedly waved his hand: "Eh, no need, our war horses are enough." ”

Before they could be persuaded again, Li Yuan hurriedly said, "There is no need to say more, this matter will end here." ”

Then he smiled and said to Kangsari, "The messenger has come from afar, so it is better to rest for a while, and I will set up a banquet for you in the evening to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”