In the following days, in addition to being on duty at the government office, Li Yuan was immersed in the school field in the front yard of his house, leading his two good brothers and a group of personal soldiers to follow the ebony special service exercises day and night.

As the leader of this generation of Uighurs who migrated south, in addition to the innate condition of being tall, he was also proficient in all kinds of weapons, especially making him a good marksman, and because of the factor of blood, his immediate kung fu was a must.

I saw him galloping back and forth on the school field, wielding a spear freely in his hand, stabbing and reversing, all in one go, and the heads of the straw men standing on the field flew down one by one. After sprinting back and forth for more than a dozen times, the ebony special service still had the strength left, and explained to everyone without a red face and a heartbeat, the so-called "one eyebrow and two hands, three shoulders and four elbows." Five piercing the chest and six piercing the knees, and seven piercing the strange python wearing the crotch walk", everyone was dumbfounded, and they called it wonderful!

Since coming to this era, Li Yuan has often been distressed by his martial arts, he has no brute strength, but no one to guide him, so he has to follow the martial arts essence issued by the army to paint cats and tigers, and the results are naturally not ideal. After all, after all, to lead the army to fight, in addition to the way of using soldiers, martial arts are particularly important, as a general, if the martial arts are mediocre, will not be laughed at!

Li Yuan picked up a spear in his hand and asked, "Ebony, what weapon do you think I should use?" ”

"Yu Hou, I'm afraid the spear is not suitable, Yu Hou should use the sword as well!"

Li Yuan was helpless for a while, this ebony special service practiced marksmanship for a long time, and it was the time when the interest was high, you said this in front of everyone, where do I put my face?

Looking at the upright appearance of the ebony special service, Li Yuan smiled awkwardly: "Then I'll use the sword!" "Since the Tang Dynasty, the sword has been in its heyday, in addition to being widely used in the army, the court has also flourished sword dance, and the people have more masters who are proficient in swordsmanship. The former first sword of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Min, his swordsmanship and Zhang Xu's wild grass and Li Bai's poems were called "the three uniques of the Tang Dynasty" by later generations.

Li Yuan is very active when he urinates, although his fist and foot skills are average, but the only thing he can do is his swordsmanship, which is not outstanding, at least it is enough to resist the enemy on the battlefield.

The ebony agent was on the side, and after carefully observing Li Yuan's swordsmanship, he nodded while looking at Li Yuan's figure. After a while, he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Yu Hou's swordsmanship is proficient, and he can easily resist the enemy in foot combat, but it still takes some time to polish the horse battle!" ”

Li Yuan wiped the sweat on his forehead, took off his shirt directly, revealing a rather strong tendon meat, and said with a smile: "Then get on the horse, Ebony!" Hurry up and teach me how to fight horses! ”

The ebony agent smiled and said: "Yu Hou has a fate, and the last general should obey it!" It's just that the mastery of horse warfare can't be achieved overnight, in addition to the confrontation of horse weapons, more importantly, is the art of riding horses! In wartime, if the horses do not obey the call, no matter how clever the weapons are, they will be burdened by them, and it will be useless. ”

After hearing this, Li Yuan nodded approvingly and said, "If it makes sense, then please ask Ebony to teach me the art of riding a horse!" ”

The ebony special service was not verbose, his legs were slightly exerted, the wind under his crotch jumped lightly, and he only had a vigorous movement of turning over and getting on the horse, and he taught Li Yuan to sigh: "It's really worthy of its reputation!" No wonder the Uighurs changed their name to Uighurs, Uighurs and Uighurs, and their maneuvers are as light as falcons! ”

Looking at the Ebony Secret Agent riding slowly and calmly, Li Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Ebony, in your opinion, how long will it take for me to be as skilled in horse control as you?" ”

"Yu Hou, you can be regarded as talented, with a thick lower body and strong legs, as long as you practice diligently according to the instructions of the general, you can control it freely in a month or two!"

Li Yuan looked down when he heard this, it was true, he thought that after he bought this big mansion in Jinling, the first thing he did was to go to the room to find a bronze mirror and observe his appearance and figure.

looks like he didn't live up to his expectations, after all, he was young, his facial features were three-dimensional and his lips were red and his teeth were white, so it was no wonder that Young Eunuch Liu called him handsome when he first met! And the figure is also first-class, according to the standards of later generations, almost 1.85 meters tall, full of muscles. Especially the lower limbs, I don't know if they are often beaten and run away in Wangjiazhuang, they are the most strong and powerful.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan smiled with satisfaction: "It can be practiced in a month or two?" Ebony is really a prairie eagle! ”

Suddenly, he became curious and asked, "I wonder how long Ebony has been practicing at the beginning?" ”

"The last general learned it at the age of five."

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As the fallen leaves in Jinling City began to fly all over the city, the cold wind from the south began to howl uncontrollably, and the wealthy people in the city had already burned charcoal fires, even if they were located in the southeast, they could not withstand the cold of the river. Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was almost a year.

After returning home today, Xu Kuangheng brought Li Yuan a long-awaited good news.

After receiving Li Yuan's order before, Xu Kuangheng, who is now the only think tank in Li Yuan's mansion, led the ebony special service back to Changzhou.

The Ebony Secret Service was extremely efficient, and in just five days, he ordered people to spread the message everywhere, and most of his tribe were scattered in the Southern Tang states, and a small part went to the neighboring Wuyue Kingdom. After receiving the order from their leader, these Uighurs did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent the able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 40 to Changzhou to assemble in accordance with the wishes of the Ebony Special Service.

In contrast to the calmness of the Ebony Special Service, Xu Kuangheng was extremely nervous and excited as he watched the rows of Uighur warriors move in front of him. I thought that this abandoned tribe that had long disappeared from the world's population should now be withered, and I never thought that after the Ebony Special Service carefully selected it a few times, there were still 8,000 people left!

These Uighur warriors will be a great help to Li Yuan! So Xu Kuangheng did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered his sergeants to distribute the rewards according to the heads of these Uighur warriors, and then the Ebony special service praised that Li Yuhou again. When these warriors saw that the leaders had spoken, and that everyone had gained a lot of benefits, of course they all pledged their allegiance.

After that, Xu Kuangheng, together with the ebony special service, led the 8,000 people, divided them into several groups, and advanced all the way to avoid the official road, and finally led these people to Tianyin Mountain in the south of Jinling City, a huge courtyard that Li Yuan had already ordered someone to secretly build.

After that, Xu Kuangheng returned to the city non-stop to report to Li Yuan. Li Yuan listened quietly, and then smiled knowingly, with the 8,000 Uighurs of the Ebony Special Service in his hands, he had a powerful hole card in his hand after that. Then he lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Xu, you have made a great contribution this time, I have ordered someone to buy a house for you near here, and give it to Mr. together with ten maidservants!" After that, I have to sir, more effort! ”

Xu Kuangheng couldn't hide his excitement at this time, since these days, he has gotten along with Li Yuan and others, and his feelings have become deeper and deeper, and Li Yuan has also let go of some important but "secret" things to him, and this full sense of trust makes him extremely comfortable. Some of the discomfort and worries I had before were gradually forgotten, and I hurriedly arched my hand at this time: "Yu Hou Daen, remember it in my heart!" Since following Yu Hou, it is like reinvention in the next, how dare you say it? ”

Li Yuan rubbed the table with one hand and muttered, "Mr. Xu, I will hand over all the money and food needed for these 8,000 Uighur soldiers!" I have told the treasury that you can withdraw it from your book. But remember, don't let the news slip away! This is a great crime to raise private soldiers, and we must be cautious and cautious! ”

Then Li Yuan took out another letter and handed it to Xu Kuangheng. This letter was sent from Yangzhou, and this old-fashioned but sonorous and skillful font naturally came from Li Yuan's father-in-law, Zhou Zong.

Xu Kuangheng read it roughly, and Zhou Zong's attitude in the letter was as amiable as ever. Li Yuan had written a letter before, but he only truthfully explained to Zhou Zong that if His Majesty wanted to send troops to Chudi again after the New Year, he might lead the army to the battle. And vaguely expressed his intention to form a private army, so he asked him if he could contact those Khitan merchants who traveled by sea, and wanted to buy some war horses and weapons.

Zhou Zong has been running Huainan for a long time, and he controls the power of salt and iron, not only the wealth of his family is second to none, but he is also familiar with all kinds of business and trade. When he received the letter at the beginning, he was deeply confused, it stands to reason that the purchase of war horses and weapons must be reported to the Privy Council, and Li Yuan is only a general of the forbidden army, and he is not a festival envoy of the defending side, why should he purchase it privately? It's really weird. Then seeing what Li Yuan wrote below, he immediately deduced that he had the intention of forming a private army, and then Zhou Zong withdrew and thought about it alone in the room for a long time.

Throughout the military disasters in recent years, especially in the Central Plains, most of them were military generals who privately recruited troops to occupy the localities, and eventually caused chaos. Could it be that his promising son-in-law has such rebellious thoughts at a young age? After thinking about it again and again, Zhou Zong repeatedly remembered Li Yuan's bold words with himself that "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband", and then remembered the tragic picture of Huainan finally falling into the northern army described by Li Yuan, and finally thought of the turbulent situation hidden in the DPRK and China in recent years...... After a fierce struggle, he finally sighed and made a decision in front of the portrait of the ancestor of the Zhou family.

In the end, Zhou Zong replied with a letter, he had no objection to Li Yuan's request, and even mentioned that he would buy 3,000 Khitan war horses for Li Yuan in the near future, as well as the corresponding weapons and armor, and at the same time send 100,000 yuan of money, which will go straight down to Runzhou along the waterway, and will be contacted and sent to the place designated by Li Yuan. If you still need it in the future, you can write it. Finally, he also reminded him, "Jinling trees are deep, don't give birth to branches"!

Xu Kuangheng couldn't help but exclaim: "God! Yu Hou, Master Zhou is really your nobleman! There is no anger in the slightest, but so helpful? And as soon as you make a shot, it's 100,000! And a lot of war horse armor! The name of the richest man in Huainan is well deserved! Since then, we can expect big things and big things! ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan immediately raised his hand to stop it quietly, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Xu be quiet!" My father-in-law is a man who understands righteousness, and he has since handed over the matter of dealing with the cargo ship to you! I have asked Erhu to go to Tianyin Mountain from today to take over the military affairs with the Ebony Special Service.

Mr. Xu, you must always instruct the Ebony Special Service to restrain the tribe and not cause trouble. Without my military order, you must not step out of Tianyin Mountain! If the black sheep is a black sheep, you need to be decisive in killing! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless! My father-in-law is right, the Jinling tree is deep, don't have branches! ”

Xu Kuangheng nodded again and again, and took the order with a serious face.

The maidservant beside him brought a cup of freshly brewed tea, Li Yuan stretched out his fingers, touched the rising heat, and said with a faint smile: "This wheel of fate, from today on, I will push it......"