Chapter 85: Military Power
"Brother Sheng'er, give!"
Li Chengqian casually threw something to Zhang Zheng, and Zhang Zheng grabbed it in his hand.
If you look closely, it looks like a fish but not a fish. It is the fish talisman used by the Tang Dynasty to transfer troops.
After Emperor Li Yuan ascended the throne, he avoided his grandfather Li Hu's ridicule and regarded the tiger talisman as a fish talisman, so the military talisman of the Tang Dynasty was different from that of other dynasties.
"Tsk, it's ugly."
Zhang Zheng glanced at it with disgust, this big-headed fish has no majesty at all, won't he be laughed at if he uses this thing to transfer troops?
Seeing Zhang Zheng's disgusted look, Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and couldn't laugh a little, and explained:
"Brother Zheng'er, your focus is really strange. This is the talisman of the two Zhichong Mansion in Jinyang, does it matter what it looks like? ”
", two folded mansions, two thousand people, Your Majesty is so generous?"
Zhang Zheng asked in disbelief.
Li Shimin was willing to give Li Chengqian the right to transfer troops to the two Zhechong Mansions, which really surprised Zhang Zheng.
Today's Jinyang is the third largest metropolis in the Tang Dynasty after Chang'an and Luoyang.
The soldiers of Zhichong Mansion stationed in Jinyang are naturally the elite of the elite, the real full-fledged light cavalry.
There are 2,000 light horsemen in Zhichong Mansion, plus 1,000 people from the prince's personal guards.
It is equivalent to Li Chengqian now holding 3,000 elite light horses in his hands.
With the current power of the Tang Army, three thousand elite cavalry is enough to destroy a small country.
No wonder Li Shimin said that he had already made arrangements.
"Yes, Brother Zheng'er, you heard it right, it's two Zhechong Mansions."
Li Chengqian squeezed his eyebrows at Zhang Zheng, with a reserved smile on his face, extremely embarrassed.
"Tut-tut, Your Majesty is really willing."
Zhang Zheng looked at the talisman in his hand, and exclaimed loudly.
I played with it in my hand for a while, and then returned it to Li Chengqian.
"You take it, my father said, this time I went to Jinyang mainly to save my brother's opinion, let me listen and watch more."
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said.
"And this is a good thing, then I'm welcome."
Zhang Zheng grinned, heard Li Chengqian say this, and unceremoniously stuffed the fish talisman into his arms.
patted it lightly twice, this is what went to Jinyang this time to protect the lives of Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian.
In fact, in a real sense, this right to transfer troops was not so much given to Li Chengqian by Li Shimin.
It is better to say that Li Shimin lent Li Chengqian's hand to Zhang Zheng.
Because the division of labor between Zhang Zheng and Li Chengqian was very clear, the will given to Zhang Zheng was to inspect Hedong and Hebei.
The identity is the dethroned envoy, and the official position from the five grades, although it is not a permanent official, it happens to correspond to Zhang Zheng's title.
And the will given to Li Chengqian is to patrol Jinyang on behalf of the sky.
To put it simply, one sings white face and the other sings red face.
And Zhang Zheng, a fifteen-year-old boy, directly holds the military power, which will inevitably cause an uproar in the world.
That's why he turned such a corner and lent Li Chengqian's hand to Zhang Zheng, which was very reasonable.
When the emperor of the dynasty, he gave his son 2,000 men and horses to protect himself, which is the imperial history, and he can't find anything wrong.
Zhang Zheng felt from the bottom of his heart that in fact, Li Shimin, the emperor, was quite tired.
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As the sun sets, the shadow of the long Qincha procession is also long.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, it will be late, and Zheng County is twenty miles ahead, do you want to speed up your journey and enter Zheng County for the night?"
Outside the carriage, the voice of Duan Heng, the leader of the prince's personal guard, came.
Zheng County was the seat of Huazhou in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also a Linxian county in Weinan.
Out of Zheng County and go further along Weishui, it is Huayin County.
And after Huayin County, it is the natural danger of the Yellow River of the world's civilization, and the throat of the Guanzhong Tongguan.
The prefectures and counties of Datang are divided into grades according to their geographical situation, area, population, products and other conditions.
The state is divided into auxiliary, male, hopeful, tight, upper, middle, lower seven, etc.
The prefecture is divided into Kyoto (Kyoto City) and Ki (Kyoto suburban county), and Weinan is Kyoto's suburban county, Wang, Tight, Upper, Middle, and Lower Seven.
Because Huazhou is 180 miles east of the capital Chang'an, it is a major place in, so it is designated as Shangfu, and Zheng County, where Huazhou's seat is located, is Wangxian.
"No need, let's camp on the spot, pass the order down, don't go into the city before entering Jinyang."
Li Chengqian's voice came from the carriage.
"Yes, the last will obey."
Duan Heng ordered the camp to begin, and Li Chengqian and Zhang Zheng also got down from the carriage.
All are doing things in an orderly manner.
In ancient times, camping was actually exquisite, and water, terrain, import and export, etc. all needed to be taken into account.
A general's ability to govern the army can actually be seen from the barracks.
Although the prince's personal guard was not a standing soldier, they were also meticulous in camping.
Duan Heng found an open flat land on the edge of Weishui, the camp was facing the water at its back, and the front of the camp was arranged to reject horses.
The other two sides were covered with wooden fences, and the large camp was spread out in plum blossom clothes around the small camp, and the camp was soon set up.
At least from the point of view of camping, Duan Heng can be regarded as a general.
The men who accompanied the army began to live and cook on stoves.
And Li Chengqian and Zhang Zheng's meals were naturally contracted by the chefs from the Guogong Mansion.
After a while, curling smoke rose from the edge of the Wei River.
Li Chengqian and Zhang Zheng walked on the edge of the Wei River, where the amount of water was almost half less than in previous years, followed by Chang Yan, Chen Yu and the others.
Due to the small amount of water, the scene of thousands of sails competing on the Wei River in previous years has also disappeared.
Only a few small fishing boats are still moored in the center of the river.
As it gets late, the fishermen on the boats speed up their oars.
After a while, it disappeared from the sight of several people.
Li Chengqian casually pinched to death a locust that flew to his shoulder, and his face was not particularly good-looking.
trampled a locust under his feet to death, and asked Zhang Zheng:
"It's September, why are there so many locusts?"
"When the bark and leaves are gnawed away, there is nothing to eat, and it will naturally disappear."
Zhang Zheng flicked a flying locust that flew into the palm of his hand, and said casually.
When Li Chengqian heard Zhang Zheng say this, he remembered that these locusts were the main culprits who had to go to Jinyang.
I couldn't help but be angry in my heart, and I raised my foot, and one foot was a locust.
There was a burst of pulp on the edge of the Wei River.
"Tsk, disgusting."
Zhang Zheng glanced at Li Chengqian, who was happily stepping on locusts, and pouted in disgust.
Looking at this scene, in fact, the four people on the edge of the Wei River were not in a very good mood.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Shao Langjun, it's time for dinner."
The person who came was Liu San, one of Zhang Zheng's personal guards.
"Knowing Liu Sanbo, let's go back to the camp."
Zhang Zheng responded and beckoned a few people back to the camp.
Naturally, there are only two people who can be treated preferentially, Li Chengqian and Zhang Zheng.
Others, such as Duan Heng, Chang Yan, Chen Yu, Liu San and others, could only eat a big pot of rice with other soldiers.
This is the case during the march, although Li Chengqian and his party are Qincha, at most, there are a few more pieces of fat in the cauldron than other troops.
"Anyway, we have to eat along the way, so it's better to let the soldiers collect the locusts that can be collected along the way, and improve everyone's food."
Zhang Zheng said to Li Chengqian over and over again while holding the noodles in his mouth.