The heavy snow fell all night and day, and it did not stop until the evening of the third day after Liu Yi returned to Chang'an.

As far as the eye can see, a silver-white world, the entire Chang'an is covered with thick snow, and the various buildings that were originally arranged in an orderly manner have lost their sense of hierarchy, and they can't even see the boundaries that distinguish each other.

The people in the house, when the snow has not stopped, are there to sweep the snow constantly, outside the gate of the house, the passage in the house, are to be cleaned, so as not to slip when the people in the house go in and out, such a snowy day, there are still a lot of people in and out of the house.

After Liu Yi rested for two days, early in the morning after the snow stopped, he immediately entered the palace to report to the official office of the military department, preparing to perform his duties.

Although it is the queen of heavy snow, the military department and the official office located in the Taiji Palace are still very busy, not only the officials of the military department, the household department, the Ministry of Industry, and the official department are busy, but even the officials of the nearby guards are also a busy scene, and these departments in charge of military affairs are running with extremely high efficiency, preparing for this large-scale expedition after the year.

The officials who had followed the imperial chariot to Luoyang, but needed to prepare for this expedition, had already returned to Chang'an, each performing their own duties, busy in their respective offices, the snow on the passages in the Taiji Palace had been cleared, and the sergeants who were constantly being ordered to ride horses in and out of these muddy roads after the snow melted.

Liu Yi came to the Ministry of War to report to the time, and saw Pei Xingjian talking with Cen Changqian, the secretary of the Ministry of Guards, Pei Xingjian entered the palace last night and was in the palace all night, fulfilling his duties as the commander of the army.

After the edict of the army to go out to quell the rebellion was issued, the military department also issued a conscription order at the first time, and a large number of government soldiers near the Beijing division were recruited, as well as those who were recruited near Chang'an, and the standing soldiers who were different from the government soldiers were also recruited to the guard camps outside the city in the shortest possible time.

As soon as he saw Liu Yi coming into the house, Pei Xingjian immediately beckoned Liu Yi over.

"Yi'an, this time the front army you led has 6,000 people, all of them have been recruited, and now they are stationed in the camp of the Right Guard, and you will go with the officials of the military department to receive them in a while, and immediately start training," Pei Xingjian instructed Liu Yi, who was standing in front of him with a straight chest, "The troops who went out with you last time are about 2,000 people, and they are still under your leadership, and the other is the 4,000 people recruited from the left guard, the right guard, the left military guard, and the right military guard, and there are two Zhonglang generals below you, one is your former partner Zhang Qianxuan, There is also one person who is Yang Yuanyan, the general of the right military guard, and the four generals Li Jingjia, Hua Dazhi, Jinghui, and Huan Yanfan..."

Pei Xingjian instructed Liu Yi very carefully about the situation, the configuration of generals and sergeants, as well as the equipment of ordnance and weapons, and some other things that must be paid attention to as a leading general, all of which he instructed Liu Yi in front of Cen Changqian.

Jinghui and Huan Yanfan, the two warriors who participated in the martial arts competition in the same year as Liu Yi, were also just promoted to Lang Generals, on the way back to Chang'an from Luoyang, Liu Yi once proposed to Pei Xingjian that he hoped to lead his former troops, and also directly put forward which generals he hoped would be placed under his leadership. Today, I heard Pei Xingjian say that the configuration of the generals of his department, except for one Yang Yuanyan, the other major generals all made requests to Pei Xingjian on their own, although this is only the most preliminary configuration, but after the expedition, such a configuration will basically not change, unless his own department suffers heavy losses, most of the troops are lost, or other important generals are killed, and the army is integrated again, it is possible to change.

This is also as the commander of the army Pei Xingjian can do within the scope of his authority, Liu Yi is happy that Pei Xingjian can meet his wishes, there is still almost a month before the expedition, and the time is not short, Liu Yi plans to spend most of the time in the barracks, and conduct high-intensity training for the sergeants who have been assembled, so that they can exert the strongest combat power in combat.

Pei Xingjian instructed Liu Yi about the general matter, and Cen Changqian on the side also took over the topic and said to Liu Yi: "Virtuous nephew, in this expedition to counter-insurgency, we all hope that you can make more military achievements and establish your prestige, your father's three-year filial piety period is almost coming, I hope you can use your proud military exploits to comfort your father under Jiuquan..."

Liu Yi straightened up his already straight body again, and shouted loudly: "The last general will definitely live up to Cen Shangshu's expectations, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, protect the family and the country, do my father's unfulfilled ambition, and raise my Tang prestige, I believe that under the leadership of Pei Shangshu, our army will be invincible and invincible, and we will soon be able to quell the rebellion of the Turks!"

"Okay, go ahead, Cen Shangshu and I still have a lot of things to discuss, and someone will report to you if there is something!" Pei Xingjian gestured.

"Yes, the last general will retire!" Liu Yi bowed his hand and withdrew from the house where Pei Xingjian and Cen Changqian were.

There was already a soldier waiting outside the house, and when he saw Liu Yi coming out, he immediately came over to salute, saying that he took Liu Yi to the left guard camp.

Liu Yi led his large contingent of personal guards to rush wildly on the streets with few pedestrians, ready to leave the city.

Such a large number of men and horses were stopped by the sergeants guarding the city when they were out of the city, and the sergeant of the left guard guarding the city intercepted the group as if they were facing a great enemy, and it was not until Liu Yi and the Lang Zhong of the military department showed the official disc and the order of the military department that the sergeant of the guard of the prison guard let them go out and saluted them.

The snow outside the city is thicker, and even the road is not clear, because it is still early in the morning, there are basically no personnel in and out of the city in such weather, the sergeant has been requisitioned a few days ago, and there is no action today, and there is no trace of personnel marching outside the city, Liu Yi immediately ordered his personal guards to open the road, and in the case of such heavy snowfall, it is to test the ability of his personal guard to act in extreme weather conditions.

The guards lived up to Liu Yi's expectations, according to the situation of the snow paved on the ground, and some surrounding scenery, they quickly found out the road, and the leader of the guards, Liu Ben, led the way in the front, led the team of nearly 100 people, stepped on the snow that almost did not exceed the knees of the war horse, and it didn't take much time to arrive outside the camp of the Right Guard.

I don't know if it's because of the heavy snow, or because the sergeants in the camp were originally not very vigilant, when Liu Yi and his party arrived outside the camp gate, there were no vigilant sergeants appeared, until Liu Yi and his party walked to the closed camp, and after calling there for a while, a few sergeant-like people came to ask, this situation still made Liu Yi a little surprised and disappointed, the army is about to go out, and most of the people living in it are the sergeants who want to go out with themselves to quell the rebellion, and the vigilance is so lax, it really shouldn't be.

After Liu Yi entered the camp of the Right Guard, he ran to the barracks, only to see several untidy sergeants running out of the camp and coming to them, and when he got closer, Liu Yi saw that it was Zhang Qianqiao, Li Jingjia, Hua Dazhi and others, and there was an unknown general walking in front, this should be Yang Yuanyan, the general of the Right Guard, who had made great achievements in the last battle.

Several people stopped in front of Liu Yi, and the Liu Yi looked at the general who was one step ahead and saluted Liu Yi, "The last general, Yang Yuanyan, the general of the right military guard, has seen General Liu..."

Because Yang Yuanyan is the lieutenant general of the Right Guard, and these recruited and transferred sergeants under the leadership of Liu Yi are stationed in the camp of the Right Guard, he is responsible for most of the affairs of the sergeants, and because he has not met Liu Yi, he preemptively greeted Liu Yi first.

Zhang Qianqiao and other generals also stepped forward to greet Liu Yi.

Liu Yi took out the majesty of a general, swept the faces of the generals with sharp eyes, and then returned the salute: "The generals are exempt!" This general is now under the orders of Chief Pei and Cen Shangshu to take over military affairs! Looking at the lax defense in the camp now, it really doesn't look like a military army that is about to go to war... The general led nearly a hundred sergeants to approach the camp, but no one was discovered, and only after calling in the camp for a while did anyone come out to inquire, if we were the enemy troops attacking the camp, then our camp had been broken by the enemy at this moment..."

Hearing Liu Yi's face change a little, the faces of the generals changed a little, especially Yang Yuanyan, the chief officer in charge of the guard task in the camp during this time, was a little shocked in the face of Liu Yi's questioning, Liu Yi said that they knew that as the chief general in charge of the safety of the camp, Yang Yuanyan felt that in such bad weather, there would be no abnormal situation, and Liu Yi or other people who came to the camp to give orders could not come early in the morning, so they did not specifically order their sergeants to strengthen their vigilance, and they were questioned by Liu Yi face to face.

"Back to the general, this is the dereliction of duty of the last general, the last general must be instructed to go on, and the task of vigilance must not be slackened!" Yang Yuanyan hurriedly admitted his mistake. Although Liu Yi is younger than him, he is now their main general, not to mention that there is an irresistible majesty in his compelling gaze, which makes people inexplicably scared and dare not defend anything.

At this time, Yan Huaidan, the general of the Right Military Guard, who was ordered to be on duty in the camp and should hand over military affairs with Liu Yi, rushed over with a few entourage.

"I've seen General Liu!" Facing Liu Yi, who is young but a celebrity in front of the two saints, and a general ordered by Pei Xingjian, Yan Huaidan did not dare to be rude.

"I've seen General Yan," Liu Yi, who had already dismounted, also hurriedly returned the salute, "The last general was ordered to come here today to hand over military affairs!"

The accompanying Lang Zhong showed Yan Huaidan the order of the Ministry of War, and Liu Yi and Yan Huaidan also handed over military affairs in front of the official of the Ministry of War, chatted a few words, and then Yan Huaidan and this Lang Zhong of the Ministry of War also left one after another.

After the two of them left with their entourage, Liu Yi also immediately issued an order, asking the sergeants who were gathered here to go to the training ground immediately, he wanted to give a lecture, and immediately led these sergeants to train...

(To be continued)