It's too late, it's too soon.

Before everyone could react, the swords of the two had already intersected.

Bang!

A crisp sound rang out.

Under Li Mao's powerful attack, the long sword in Li Bai's hand had already broken.

The tip of the broken sword flew three feet away.

I almost clicked on one of the unlucky people who were watching.

Li Bai had already flashed out of the way with his skill.

Feeling that his right hand was numb, he directly abandoned the broken sword and admitted defeat.

"Your Majesty's martial arts are strong, I don't think I'm an opponent."

"Hahaha!"

Li Mao laughed and directly threw the long knife on his waist to Li Bai.

"Li Taibai, your swordsmanship is indeed superb, and you can definitely be regarded as the world's first-class."

"If I hadn't taken me by surprise and had taken advantage of the weapon, I would never have been able to defeat you easily."

"I know you want to serve the court."

"However, the difference between being an official and being a human being is like a sword and a sword, there is a world of difference."

"The way of the sword is: it is better to take it straight than to seek it from the song."

"The way of the knife is: brave and diligent, momentum overwhelming, who else can I be."

"This is the difference between being a man and being an official."

"Li Taibai, when you have practiced the knife, you will bring this knife to the palace to find me."

After Li Mao finished speaking, he turned over and stepped on the war horse.

"Gone!"

The guards gathered their swords and went away.

Only Li Bai was left standing in place, holding the long knife and falling into deep thought.

The other people didn't understand the emperor's meaning at all, thinking that Li Bai was about to rise to the top, and they came to set him up one after another.

Li Mao took the lead and walked along Suzaku Street towards Mingde Gate.

Zhao Gao and Yang Guozhong followed.

After the battle just now, the number of people who came to watch suddenly increased.

Under the spread of ten, ten and hundred, the people in Chang'an City rushed to see, like an emperor like a martial arts master.

Middlebury Gate.

At this time, it has been occupied by Pei Kuan and used as a temporary headquarters.

The remnants of the 16 guards and 40,000 troops of the Southern Ya are always on alert.

I am afraid that the three thousand Xuanjia iron horsemen under the city tower will secretly attack.

Under Li Mao's order, all the houses near the southern city wall have been demolished.

As a result, a square the size of ten acres of land was formed under the Mingde Gate.

If the enemy dares to come out of the city gates, gather in the square.

The three thousand Xuanjia Iron Riders will definitely make them look good.

The new Beiya Four Guards had been formed, and the soldiers were all selected from among the captives.

Excluding the old and infirm, the main general Lu Bu selected more than 10,000 people.

These people are now training outside the range of enemy troops.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

A loud shout was like a thunderbolt, striking the hearts of the enemy troops in the city.

Li Mao has arrived.

But the voice sounded to him like fairy music.

It's much better than the cheap old man's neon clothes and feather clothes.

When Lu Bu saw the emperor, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

"This is the battlefield, and the enemy can attack at any time."

"It's too dangerous for you to get here!"

Li Mao waved her hand.

He glanced around before he spoke with a smile.

"It's okay, the sword mountain and the sea of fire have all come over, how can it be possible to capsize in this small gutter?"

"Fengxian, how many soldiers are there in the four guards of the Northern Ya now?"

Lu Bu took out the roster and handed it to Zhao Gao.

"The last general will select a total of seventeen thousand three hundred men who can fight."

Li Mao didn't look through the roster after taking it, and threw it back to Lu Bu directly.

"You call all the soldiers, I have something to say."

"The last general obeys!"

Lu Bu's tone was full of gratitude.

The emperor trusted him so much that he didn't even turn over the roster of soldiers.

A feeling of death for a confidant suddenly rose in his heart.

Li Mao nodded, but she was smiling secretly in her heart.

What if you look through the roster?

Is it really one by one?

It's better to pretend to be generous and show trust in the commander of the army.

Moreover, Li Mao didn't believe that Lu Bu was the kind of person who ate empty salaries.

Even if Lu Bu pulls the flag and changes his banner tomorrow to join Li Longji, it will never be possible to eat empty salary.

The already well-trained soldiers were assembled very quickly.

It only took half an hour to form a huge phalanx of 10,000 people.

Li Mao climbed onto the high platform that had just been erected and looked down.

Looking at the soldiers with excellent spirits, a sense of pride suddenly surged into my heart.

"I have such warriors, why worry about the world?"

"Your Majesty, the Beiya Forbidden Army should have reached 17,300 people, but it actually reached 16,500 people."

At this time, Lu Bu had already ridden his horse to the front of the high platform.

"Where did the people who didn't arrive go?" Li Mao asked.

Lu Bu arched his hand and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, every 800 people who arrive are monitoring the enemy army at the other two city gates. ”

Li Mao nodded and said loudly: "Okay! You step back first, and I want to talk to the soldiers of the four guards of the Northern Ya. ”

"Yes!"

Lu Bu retreated.

Li Mao took two steps forward and came to the edge of the high platform.

Under the scorching sun, sweat flowed uncontrollably.

However, Li Mao did not mean to reach out and wipe it.

The same is true for the four guards of the North Ya in the audience.

They were well-trained, and they would not make small movements when the emperor ordered troops.

After waiting for almost three minutes, Li Mao spoke.

"Soldiers, are you hot?"

"Hot!"

Nearly 20,000 people shouted in unison, and the sound was earth-shattering.

Li Mao then asked, "Do you want to go home and rest?" ”

"Yes!"

"I don't want to!"

It's not neat now.

The person who says he thinks is blurting out his true thoughts.

Those who say they don't want to are obviously deceiving people, probably for fear of being hated by the Lord.

At this time, nearly 20,000 people looked at each other.

They are blaming each other for not shouting the same slogan as themselves.

Li Mao smiled, not angry at all.

"Those who say they don't want to are fools."

As soon as these words came out, laughter suddenly came from the audience.

I didn't expect the emperor to curse.

"To tell you the truth, I also want to go back to the palace to rest."

"In such a hot summer, wouldn't it be much more comfortable to pick up a watermelon and cool off in the water than it is now?"

"But someone doesn't want us to rest!"

"It's the thieves behind you who don't want us to rest!"

Following the direction of Li Mao's finger, the soldiers in the audience looked back one after another.

After seeing that the enemy could still hide under the castle tower to cool off, everyone's eyes showed hatred.

Seeing this, Li Mao nodded with satisfaction and continued to speak.

"Today, I came here for only one thing."

"That is to give you this month's military salary in advance, as well as the reward for the meritorious soldiers who killed the enemy yesterday."

Military salary?

All the soldiers present were full of question marks about these two words.

According to the Tang military system.

The Beiya Forbidden Army is a hereditary father-son soldier.

The imperial court allocated them a piece of land to farmland, exempted them from a part of the tax, and only needed each family to serve as soldiers.

Therefore, they have never received military salaries, so naturally they do not know the meaning of these two words.