The north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the snow flew in August.

When Li Shimin of Chang'an lamented that the Eastern Crusade was not easy, he prepared for the Eastern Crusade in an orderly manner; The crown prince Li Jiancheng, who was here, was very bored, and at this moment he was walking with a cadre of civil and military officers to inspect the camp;

It is said that the northern Hudi, which began to snow in August, is even more white when the year is approaching. For newcomers, you may also feel that the white expanse between heaven and earth is quite interesting; But if you stay here for a while, you will find that in addition to white, people want to vomit blood.

At this point in time, just in time for the army to eat, smelling the smell of meat wafting from the camp, Li Jiancheng smiled and said to Wei Zheng, who was accompanying him:

"Wei Qing, the food in the army today is good, there is meat!"

Wei Zheng had a constipated expression on his face: "Your Highness, the heavy snow is blocking the road, and the grain and grass of the three armies are unsustainable; In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the minister ordered the quartermaster to prepare a large amount of meat to distribute to the sergeants; Most of this meat is horse meat that died in battle, but after more than ten days, the dead horse meat is not enough; A batch of captured cattle and sheep had to be slaughtered. "For killing live cattle and sheep to make meat for the sergeant to eat, it is very painful.

Li Jiancheng didn't care about this bit of wealth, and said with a smile: "The property seized from the Turks will be killed if you kill it; We must not let the soldiers go hungry! ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "That's the case, but the East Palace costs a lot to open the mansion and build a government, although there is industrial income, money and grain can also be allocated from the treasury, but there is not much surplus money in the mansion; This seizure is quite large, if you can use the balance as the income of the prince's mansion, it is a lot of money. It is beneficial to the great cause of the prince! ”

Li Jiancheng didn't take it seriously, shook his head and said: "Money is a dead thing, what's the use of storing it in the treasury?" It is better to give the soldiers a full meal; Is it not more useful for a soldier to receive my soul for my sake than to have a dead thing in the treasury? ”

Wei Zheng thought about it, so he didn't say anything more and continued to follow Li Jiancheng to patrol the camp; All the way to the station of the mecha unit.

When the spacecraft returned to Chang'an, trainee captain Su Lie only went back with the spaceship, but the mecha unit stayed under Li Jiancheng's strong request. After all, the army is deep into the enemy's territory, and the divine thunder is seriously out of stock, and it needs a trump card to suppress the possible Turkic uprising or something; That's why Li Jiancheng urgently needs organ A, even if it's just a dozen or so.

Originally, this organ was the emperor's private army, and it was already a big mistake to assist the prince in attacking the Turkic court; It is even more undesirable to be under the command of the crown prince; It's just that Emperor Li Yuan is already over the age of six, and with the current level of medical care, he can imagine the rest of his days, and the commander of the mecha unit is thoughtful, thinking of taking this opportunity to deal with the current prince and the future son of heaven, and the prince will ascend the throne in the future, so he will not be driven down as a former courtier, so he only half-pushed and half-agreed.

Seeing Li Jiancheng appear at the camp, Wang Yifeng, the commander of the organ armor, hurriedly came to salute with a group of subordinates.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Excuse me!" Li Jiancheng raised his hand and raised his hand, and after watching Wang Yifeng and the others stand up, he asked kindly: "Are you still used to it here?" Are you eating well? ”

"Your Royal Highness Xie hangs the note, the last general is ashamed!"

How can you have a bad time? In order to win over the actual commander of the mecha unit, Li Jiancheng not only set aside a comfortable camp for them, but also gave them the best supplies; I ate and drank well every day, and I didn't assign them any tasks. If it weren't for the fact that it was freezing here and there was no pastime, it would have been more comfortable than they had in Chang'an City.

"The last general, Yuan Peng, greets His Highness!" Another person came out of the camp and saluted Li Jiancheng.

"Excuse me!" Li Jiancheng waved his hand again, and after Yuan Peng stood to the side, he asked, "Yuan Peng, have you learned anything from the Wang's command?" ”

This Yuan Peng was the Longzhou guard who insisted on Longzhou when Li Jiancheng captured Jieli Khan. His loyalty and courage were seen by Li Jiancheng, and he received it by his side after that battle, and he always took it with him as a confidant, and now he was sent by him to Wang Yifeng's mecha unit to visit and study, in order to master some of the core skills of the mecha people.

According to Li Jiancheng's idea, even if the Prince's Mansion can't have a mecha army, it's always good to find some weaknesses in the mecha!

"Your Highness, with the careful guidance of the king's commander, the last general has learned how to manipulate the machine armor people!"

Li Jiancheng was very happy and nodded: "Excellent!" Be sure to humbly ask Wang Tongliu for advice and study wholeheartedly. ”

Just as he was happy, several horses leaned over to this side, and the prince's guards hurriedly protected Li Jiancheng, stretched their bows and pressed their swords, and looked nervously at the approaching cavalry.

Before the person arrived, he heard the excited shout of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi:

"Unbelievable! Disastrous! Big brother. ”

Hearing that it was the crown prince's hardcore brother, King Qi, everyone relaxed a little.

Hearing the excitement in Li Yuanji's words, Li Jiancheng shouted with a smile: "Why are you so happy? ”

After two sentences, Li Yuanji had already come to the front and said: "It's amazing, big brother, there are several groups of people who came in the wind and snow today; Left and right, all of them are Hu people's business! I'll make another profit. ”

"Oh?" Li Jiancheng was surprised and said, "I don't know which one is coming today?" For the sake of just two silver, he actually ignored the cold? ”

A rider who came with Li Yuanji explained: "This time, it is the servants of the Taiyuan Wang clan and the Fanyang Lu clan. His Majesty issued an order to build a straight road to the northern Turkic royal court, and the Taiyuan Wang family wanted to get a piece of the pie and bought 20,000 Ding of strong Turkic eunuchs to build the straight road. The king of Qin wanted to go east to Goguryeo, and the Fanyang Lu clan was entrusted with the purchase of horses, cattle and sheep, and the more the better. ”

Li Jiancheng is far away from Chang'an and doesn't know much about it, he only knows that building such a road is very beneficial to the central government's control of Hudi, but that's all, he has to return to Chang'an to be his crown prince in the future, and he will be the emperor in the future; It doesn't stay in Turkic lands, so there's no need to pay too much attention to it; If you want to pay attention, you have to wait for him to be the speaker of this country.

On the contrary, when he heard something related to the Qin Palace, he immediately cheered up.

The ass decides the head! King Qin is the biggest obstacle to his ascension to the throne as a crown prince, and now it involves a big family like the Fan Yang Lu family, so he can't help but care, and asked:

"Do you know what the Lu family has to do with the Qin Prince's Mansion?"

Wei Zheng said: "The location of the Fanyang Lu clan is the place where the Eastern Expedition must pass, and the army crosses the border, regardless of the clan and the common people. Lu's move, isn't it a move to deal with the Eastern Crusade? The meaning of the words is that it is estimated that the Lu family bought cattle and sheep to pay protection money.

Li Jiancheng thought about it, this Fan Yang Lu clan is quite bullish, even Emperor Li Yuan dares not to bird, basically there is no possibility of taking the initiative to befriend King Qin; Only the guess of avoiding military disasters is reliable.

As soon as Li Yuanji heard that there was a chance to hit Li Lao'er, he hurriedly proposed: "In this case, eldest brother, it is better for me to refuse the Lu clan and let him fight with the Tiance army!" ”

Regarding Li Yuanji's suggestion, Li Jiancheng's eyes lit up when he heard it; Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "King Qi's move is inappropriate, the matter of the Eastern Expedition is the focus of His Majesty's attention, and if he pulls his legs, it will inevitably cause His Majesty's dissatisfaction; For the crown prince, the gains outweigh the losses. It's better for the prince to be generous and help King Qin. Let Your Majesty see the side of His Royal Highness's brothers, friends and brothers. ”