Chapter 66: War Horse Roar
On the sixth day of the second month of the fifth year of Tianfu, King Li Yu returned to the fiefdom.
It took him a few days to hand over the military formalities with the military department.
He left the 50,000 Jingxiang and Jingnan soldiers he brought in the Beijing Division, and returned to Nanyang with a total of about 50,000 people with the Musket Regiment Thunder Car Battalion and the returned Nanyang Qingzhuang.
Early in the morning, after Li Yu went to the palace to bid farewell to his father and queen mother, Princess Pingyuan had already packed her package and followed behind Li Yu with two personal palace maids.
"After King De goes back, let's live in peace!"
Li Ye looked at his eldest son who was kneeling away, and felt faintly uncomfortable.
Of course, he knew that it was unfair for his eldest son to do so, but what could he do?! You can't put the prince in an embarrassing situation for the sake of fairness, right?
Besides, aren't you also unsure?
Since virtue is at a loss first, it is better to go home and live a good life, and don't get mixed with these political matters.
In Li Ye's mind, he was also for Li Yu's good, saving the court from complaining about him. At this time, he had long forgotten the original intention of letting King De move to Nanyang, and only thought that this son was a threat to the imperial power.
"Obey my father's orders."
"Brother Huang, say goodbye today, when you and my brother see each other again, I'm afraid that it's already a year, and the royal brother is reluctant, I hope the royal brother will take care of it~"
The crown prince Li Zuo said goodbye to Li Yu with a sincere face.
"The crown prince will assist his father well, and I will be relieved when I go back."
Li Zuo gritted his back molars, he was leaving, and he was still thinking about assisting his father, hum, I don't know what to say.
"Brother Huang rest assured~"
The tone of the response was much colder.
Li Yu doesn't care, as a son of man, his responsibilities and obligations have been fulfilled, so let's go our separate ways in the future.
"My son~"
Empress He walked closer, took Li Yu's hand, and looked up and down carefully, as if she wanted to engrave Li Yu's appearance in her mind.
"Mother~"
When Li Yu saw his mother like this, he couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes.
In the whole Chang'an, he only cares about his biological mother.
Empress He, a native of Zizhou, was the wife of Li Ye when he fled to Shuzhong with Xizong.
In this life, he followed the emperor and Li Ye to live a good life.
In today's situation, the mother and son are separated, and the reason is a mess, thinking of these, Queen He can't help but burst into tears.
Li Yu stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on his mother's face, but the tears were like pearls with broken threads, sliding down in a flutter.
"Mother, be happy every day, eat and drink enough, don't treat yourself badly, take care of your body~"
"Eh, eh......"
I wanted to say a few more words, but I couldn't say the words.
You must know that the vassal king cannot return to Beijing without authorization, otherwise he will be punished as a conspiracy.
This time, Li Yu came to Beijing under the pretext of escorting tribute, which blocked the mouths of the ministers, but he was still driven out of the capital.
It's really hard to say whether I will be able to come back in the future.
Queen He held her son's hand and refused to let go, in her heart, Yu'er would go or say goodbye forever, and she would never see him again.
"My son......"
Like a cuckoo crying blood, like a crane losing its companion.
Empress He endured her grief, but she couldn't hide her sobbing.
Li Yu was also reluctant to give up to his mother, but he had to go.
"Mother will have a period later."
Li Yu turned around ruthlessly, walked out of the palace, stepped on the war horse, and pulled the reins, the Malaysians of the Western Regions stood up, and the rhythm of the law neighed, and the sound shook the four fields, like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring.
The princess of the plains got into the car.
The group chased after the team.
At this time, the front team had crossed the Baqiao Bridge and rushed east along the Ba Shui.
Li Yu did not have no harvest when he returned to Nanyang this time, and during this time, he seized thousands of truckloads of military grain and grass in various places.
These are not nothing, the biggest gain is the war horse.
You must know that in the towns of Guannai, the cavalry is the main force.
After a few major battles, 10,000 horses were captured.
In today's musket regiment, everyone has a horse, and there is still a surplus.
As for those young people, they can only walk with their legs thrown off.
Fang Liang's outpost camp was no longer what it used to be.
At the beginning, he was a battalion of 500 people.
Although it is still called a battalion now, the number of people has long exceeded 1,000.
By them exploring the way forward, Li Yu was relieved.
There are 3,000 young and strong men in the musket regiment, who are also riding tall horses at this time, and their hearts are full of pride.
He also became the musket army of the German king, and this honor is not available to everyone.
Li Huaixian, Gao Shi, and Wang Houxie followed Li Yu's side, although they were a little dissatisfied with this return to Nanyang, but this was a matter of the heavenly family, and they couldn't dominate it.
However, looking at the military vehicles and horses that could not be seen at a glance, Gao Shi and Li Huaixian looked at each other and smiled.
"Lord, lord."
Chen Ban rode his horse and hurried over.
"What's the matter with Sima Chen?"
Li Yu restrained the war horse.
"Lord, the minister has thought about it, and the family will go to Nanyang."
"Okay, are the family keeping up?"
"Already in the back line."
"Follow the group."
Chen Ban learned that King De was going back to his fiefdom and knew that his good days were over, so he resigned from his post as the commander of the Su Guard Army and wanted to follow Li Yu back to Nanyang.
For Chen Ban, who is bent on taking refuge in himself, Li Yu certainly can't slack off.
Since King Deng has a fief with the king, let Chen Ban be the Sima of King Deng's mansion, anyway, the level is not low, just enough to arrange him.
Li Yu strongly persuaded him to bring his family with him, and Chen Ban was grateful. As soon as he made arrangements, he came to report.
The army arrived in Lantian County in one breath and camped on the spot.
The next day, we set off and went straight to Lantian Pass.
There were many chariots and horses in the army, and the movement was slow, and Li Yu was homesick, so he wanted to go first.
These tens of thousands of young men have been town soldiers for several months and have basic military training, so they don't need to be protected by others.
Li Yu asked Li Huaixian to lead the brigade to walk slowly behind, and he led a group of civil and military forces and musket tooth soldiers to ride first.
By the time Li Huaixian's army arrived at Lantian Pass, the vanguard of King Li Yu had already left Guancheng for two days.
Seven thousand musket and tooth troops, plus Li Yu's guards and civil and military, did not exceed eight thousand, and dozens of carts of grain and grass followed.
This little bit of food and grass is not enough for them to consume. In order to hurry, Li Yu borrowed grain along the way and asked the follow-up Li Huaixian to repay it, so that they could travel lightly.
The army galloped all the way, along the post road when it came, and went straight to Shangluo.
At this time, the snow on both sides of the post road was still there, and the dead branches and trees on both sides flashed.
When the sun is shining, it is still warm, but when you turn the shady slope behind the mountain, there is a piece of ice and snow, and the people and horses spit white air.
On February 20, a group of people arrived at Shangluo, repaired here for two days, and marched towards Wuguan.
Shangluo climbed all the way to Wuguan, but it was difficult for horses to walk, and it took seven days to reach the pass of Wuguan.
The men were sleepy and the horses were scarce, and the army prepared to repair in Wuguan for three days and feed the horses with fodder.
Wuguan's order is no longer Feng Xuan, but Feng Xingxing is interesting enough to himself, and he has a green light all the way.
The new Wuguan Order is also the nephew of the Feng family, who was very polite to Li Yu, and set up a banquet that night to give Li Yuzhong a civil and military reception.
You must know that today's King Li Yu is terrible.
The world is crazy, Li Yu went down to earth for the Upper Realm Wuqu Xingjun, didn't you see the 60,000 Bianjun in the Guannai saying that they would be exterminated?
Some feudal towns have never defeated so many enemy troops in their lives, not to mention that this is Li Yu's two-month record?!
Feng Xingxi once again praised his vision.
Sure enough, I read it right.
Although the imperial court did not treat Li Yu very well, as a feudal town, he knew that he had to pay attention to his strength in everything he did now, and the imperial court left Li Yu, and he was not a fart.
I still live next to King De, so I must have a good relationship.
The reception was drunk at the banquet, and a small colonel came in to tell him that the messenger of Nanyang Kingdom wanted to pass the customs quickly.
Guan Ling looked at Li Yu, waiting for King De's meaning.
After all, he is the messenger of Nanyang Kingdom.
"Bring it in."
After little effort, the messenger entered the lobby.
"You are the messenger of Nanyang Kingdom?"
"Yes, the villain Nanyang Guofu Post Courier."
"What's the urgency?"
Li Yu saw that the messenger was in a hurry, and there must be something important.
Gao Shi said to the messenger: "This is King De, tell me quickly." ”
"Oh, His Royal Highness King De atonements, the villain doesn't know."
"It doesn't matter."
"This letter is addressed to Your Highness."
"Oh? Present. ”
Opening the letter, Li Yuteng stood up.
All the civilians and warriors stopped eating and drinking, not knowing what had happened.
Li Yu's face was gloomy, and he reconfirmed the signature and seal of the letter, and sat down slowly.
"That's all for today's banquet, let's disperse."
Out of the lobby, Li Yu summoned everyone to his bedroom.
"Something happened at home."
In a word, it lifted everyone's nerves.
"Zhu Wen sent a large army to attack Fangcheng Pass. It is estimated that it will be difficult to hold on. ”
"What?"
Fang Xing and the Zhao brothers both stood up.
"Lord, let's hurry up and help."
"Repair overnight, early tomorrow morning, the army will set off for Fangchengguan."
Li Yu was anxious, but he couldn't show it, and he had to pretend to be calm.
Everyone immediately received the order and arranged for their soldiers to feed the war horses and rest early.
After everyone left, Li Yu lay down in his clothes and had insomnia all night.
He examined his strategic arrangement, the main force was brought to the Beijing Division, and Nanyang was empty, which was his own mistake.
The sky is faintly bright.
The guards picked up their horses, and Li Yu turned over his horse and ran to the gate.
The eight thousand knights looked at the slowly opening door, with determination and eagerness in their eyes.
"Let's go."
Fang Liang's sentry camp was the first to break out of the gate and disappear into the misty light.
Watching a team of knights rushing to the front, Li Yu felt pride in his heart.
My life is up to me.
In this troubled world, watch me play a good game!