Xu Youchang rode his horse to the front and glanced at the officer who was covering his face.

"If I hadn't thrown the whip just now, your head would be gone by now, you know?"

As he spoke, he turned over and dismounted, and hugged Li Jiangyao: "Hahaha, brother, I finally saw you!" ”

Li Jiangyao was so hurt by the other party's iron armor that he hurriedly pushed him away: "Lao Xu, you really know how to step on it, I didn't see you come so timely a few days ago on Chechi's side." ”

Xu Youchang felt joy from the bottom of his heart: "I have been chasing the Turks in the east, and I heard that it is not far from you, so I immediately asked my deputy to lead the team and find an excuse to come and see you." Just now, the sentry of your scout camp said that the dignified captain had gone to fight with someone, so I searched all the way. What's going on here? Why do it? ”

Li Jiangyao snorted coldly: "Are you embarrassed to ask?" Do you Xuanjia Army want to have a face? Not only did you snatch my booty, but you also wanted to put a Turkic spy on Lao Tzu and kill him on the spot? I'll have to settle this account with you. If you don't give me three or five hundred taels of silver, I'm afraid it won't be easy to settle the ......."

Xu Youchang looked at the Xuanjia warriors who were beaten by Li Jiangyao and had blue noses and swollen faces, pretended not to hear anything, turned around and asked, "Who will tell me, what is going on?" ”

When the officer leading the team heard his inquiry, he hurriedly endured the pain in his face and stepped forward to report.

It turned out that an hour ago, their team completed the pursuit mission and returned to the camp to rest as planned. But unexpectedly, halfway through, the Xuanjia soldiers encountered a fierce battle.

On one side of the battle was Du Jian, who was the protector of the Zhenjiang Prefecture, and on the other side was the remnants of the Turkic soldiers guarding several carriages.

At that time, the people of the capital were at a disadvantage, and they were pressed back by the Turks, and they were about to be unable to support it. Seeing this, the Xuanjia army did not say a word, and immediately joined the battle, outflanking the enemy from the flank.

When the Xuanjia Army and the other party got started, they found that things were not simple.

Those Turkic soldiers were not only strong in martial arts, but also fearless of death, even if they were attacked by the soldiers and horses of the Holy Tang Dynasty, they still resisted very resolutely.

Fortunately, the Xuanjia army had the advantage in strength, and it also stabilized the opponent's momentum and finally subdued these remnants after losing more than 20 brothers.

But they never expected that as soon as the battle was over, the blood on the knife had not been wiped clean, and Du Jian and the others were eager to pull away the prisoner convoy.

Originally, the Xuanjia Army didn't care about this little trophy. It's just that they reached out to help in time, and they also killed and injured so many comrades, but the other party didn't even mean to be grateful and humble, so they couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and made a few sarcastic words on the spot.

Du Jian and the others are actually not rare any trophies, but because of the fierce battle in Chechi Wangcheng before, all the people up and down the palace have a lot of complaints about the Xuanjia soldiers, and now when they heard the other party's ridicule, they immediately went back.

So, the two sides gradually scolded each other.

Everyone is a fighter on the battlefield, and the common principle of "never quarrel if you can do it", so after a few words of scolding, the two sides couldn't help but fight. The Pegasus scouts suffered a loss in numbers, and they couldn't really see blood, so after a few rounds, they were crushed by the powerful Xuanjia army, and they were thrown into Hulin.

After Li Jiangyao listened to the cause and effect of the whole thing, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he couldn't help but secretly scold Lao Du for fooling around.

Hu Fei reprimanded the officer: "Bastard! Is there still a face to argue about this? Obviously, it was the brothers of the Metropolitan Protectorate who intercepted the enemy first, and the spoils of war should have belonged to others, what sour words did you say? For the sake of vindictiveness, he shot at his comrades, is there any military discipline? When you return to the camp, you will go and get twenty military sticks yourself! ”

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Xie Guang finished purifying his face, wiping his hands with a silk handkerchief, while staring at the clear water in the copper basin, but his thoughts had already flown back to the imperial capital thousands of miles away.

This aid to the western frontier is of great significance to him, and the position of the Shangzhu State rewarded by the emperor is even more unusual.

Saint Tang Shangwu, famous generals. However, there are no more than 20 people who are qualified to be a first-class military marquis and also serve as the Shangzhu State in 800 years.

Shangzhu State is equivalent to the highest military attache of the Holy Tang military. Although this official position is now just an honorary title and has no corresponding actual military power, the meaning behind it is still not trivial.

In the minds of the soldiers of the Holy Tang Dynasty, Shangzhu Kingdom is synonymous with the "God of War".

Seven hundred years ago, Zhuge Sheng, a generation of famous generals who defeated the Daliang regime and opened up the twelve northern states for the Shengtang Dynasty, worshiped the Shangzhu State.

Five hundred years ago, he swept across the four islands of Dongying and forced the shogunate to bow his head and profess the naval governor Cui Lie, and the official worshiped the pillar country.

Three hundred years ago, after a long-distance expedition of 2,000 miles, he killed Rouran Da Danyu and killed Liu Changjie, a flying general who had 50,000 enemy cavalry, and also worshiped the Zhuguo.

These people are all well-deserved "gods of war" of the Holy Tang Dynasty.

And now, he is thanking Guang too.

At the same time, the most powerful army of the dynasty, the Xuanjia Legion, was also firmly in his hands. Not only that, Feng Yiwei, the commander of the Long Knife Army, Ren Shanhe of the Zhongwu Army, and Yang Sheng of the Pingnan Army, all respected him as the eldest brother and looked forward to him.

Nearly one-third of the governors, including the twenty-eight states of Middle-earth, were his protégés.

After years of painstaking management, it has finally come to fruition.

The famous generals of the dynasty, now there are only three people left who can compete with Xie Guang: Xu Lie, He Jingming, and Bao Yuchun.

Xu Lie is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his level of fighting is average, but his qualifications are unmatched. There are even more old troops in the Holy Tang Army than Xie Guang, and the Qilin Legion in his hand is also on par with Xuanjia. However, the old guy is seventy-eight years old this year, and he doesn't have many days to count, so when the time comes, he kicks his legs, and he doesn't have to worry too much.

He Jingming is different from Old Man Xu, this man is a leader in the Holy Tang Dynasty, and he is also one of the people Xie Guang fears the most. Although the two major military systems of Fierce Blade and Zhenjiang under his command are not as famous as Xuanjia, their combat power is also not to be underestimated. It's just that He Jingming has been in trouble for a long time, and I'm afraid that his lifespan is not as long as Xu Lie.

As for Bao Yuchun, the governor of the navy, he has been with Xie Guang less than a pot, he has 80,000 horses under his command, and the strength is not remarkable, but 6,000 advanced building ships and fighting ships can easily block all the waterways in the entire southeast, which is definitely a pivotal existence. Fortunately, this person has been stationed in the open sea of Eastern Xinjiang and rarely returns to the imperial capital, so it is difficult to have much impact.

Aside from the three of them, Xie Guang could almost control the entire Saint Tang military.

And the plan he hid deep in his heart was finally about to surface.

Twenty years ago, the first emperor Li Chengwen died suddenly, leaving an unprecedented crisis for the once-prosperous dynasty.

Due to the untimely death of the emperor, the crown prince Li Bingshang was still in infancy, and who should inherit the throne became a difficult problem that the important ministers of the court had to face at that time.

For a baby to succeed to the throne, two choices must be made, either the queen will listen to the government or the prince regent will be appointed.

But no matter how you choose, the court situation is likely to fall into chaos because of the fall of imperial power.

After repeated debates and repeated trade-offs, the group of important ministers headed by Shang Shuling Nian Jinsong made a decision to honor Li Chengwu, the younger brother of the former emperor Li Chengwen, to ascend the throne and become the new monarch of the dynasty.

At the same time, Nian Jinsong suggested that the imperial court and Li Chengwu reach a holy covenant, and still appoint Li Bing as the crown prince, and a hundred years later, he will still be a descendant of the first emperor Chengwen.

Li Chengwu was originally reluctant to take over his brother's throne, but he couldn't withstand the day and night persuasion of a group of courtiers such as Nian Jinsong, so he finally had to go to work hard, and signed the Holy Religious Covenant.

However, I never expected that before Li Chengwu's enthronement ceremony was held, Li Chengxing, the king of Jin, jumped out to oppose it fiercely.

At that time, Li Chengxing, in addition to his royal status, was also the commander of the Red Blood Legion, and he personally led 8,000 personal guards to block the Chengtian Gate of the palace and expressed his opinion to the imperial court:

Now that the crown prince is alive, why does the imperial power allow people?

At that time, Xu Lie, He Jingming and other military generals all supported Shang Shuling's proposition, and seeing that the King of Jin was forcing the palace, of course they would not sit idly by.

Soon, the Qilin Army and the Fierce Blade Army also marched into the imperial capital one after another to confront the Red Blood Legion.

The king of Jin saw that he was alone, so the hero did not suffer the immediate loss, and immediately left the imperial city, returned to the army garrison in Shuozhou, and raised the banner of resistance. Overnight, Shuo, Henan, Wei, Zhang, and 21 counties in five prefectures all supported King Jin and participated in it.

Since then, the Holy Tang Dynasty has begun a nearly decade-long civil strife.

The major military departments of the Holy Tang Dynasty are divided into two distinct forces-the Xinjun faction and the princeling faction. The two sides have been fighting fiercely, and there is no place for peace in the twenty-eight states of Middle-earth.

Later, the forces supporting Li Chengwu gradually gained the upper hand, and Li Chengxing, the king of Jin, was defeated in Beishanguan and was forced to commit suicide, while the powerful Red Blood Legion also dismantled and disappeared after surrendering to the imperial court.

At that time, Xie Guang was serving in the Xuanjia Army, he personally participated in and witnessed the rebellion of the King of Jin, and also made great contributions in the process of attacking the King of Jin, so he was promoted all the way, and finally sat in the position of the commander of the Xuanjia Army.

And in this process, Xie Guang gradually realized the weakness of the Holy Tang Dynasty.

Success is also a strong army, defeat is also a strong army.

The glory and strength of the Shengtang come from the army that can fight well, and the flaws and fragility of the Shengtang also come from the army.

Whoever holds the military power is the real emperor of the Holy Tang Dynasty, no matter if your surname is Li, your surname is Nian, or your surname is Xie.

It was also from that time that Commander Xie Guang Xie planted a seed in his heart, a seed that laid out the world.

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Du Jian held his head high and strode closer: "Boss, the brothers didn't disgrace our scout camp!" ”

Li Jiangyao glanced at the brothers who were following Du Jian, frowning, and patted Du Jian on the shoulder: "Old Du, you cheeky magic skills, you are refining in cultivation!" ”

"Hehehe, my lord has won the prize......"

Li Jiangyao ignored Du Jian, who was smiling hippie, and raised his eyes to look at a Turkic carriage that was led by the Xuanjia Army.

The car looked quite luxurious, especially the gold badges hanging from the sides of the car.

Lion!

Li Jiangyao couldn't help but beat wildly a few times in his heart. Because he knows very well that the sacred totem of the Turkic Blood Wolf Clan is an unruly wild wolf, and the mighty male lion is the symbol of the Golden Clan.

This badge represents the new royal family of the Turks!

He turned his head and glanced at Du Jian, and finally understood why this guy was fighting with the Xuanjia Army, and he must also grab this trophy: Lao Du is good enough!

Du Jian also looked at him, smiled and winked, but didn't say anything.

The door of the carriage was slammed open by a Xuanjia soldier, and the eyes of everyone present couldn't help but widen.

After a moment, under the gaze of the Shengtang soldiers and horses, two people got out of the car.

Two women.

The one in front, about twenty years old, was dressed in a gorgeous robe, with jet-black braids neatly coiled and adorned with precious jewels. She has a high nose and shining eyes, even when surrounded by enemy soldiers, she still maintains a graceful bearing, full of vitality and charm unique to foreign beauties.

The girl who followed her was a little younger and equally beautiful, but judging from the costumes, she should be a maid.