Man Tanghong

Chapter 40 When happiness knocks on the door
With a decision in his heart, Li Yuanji began to think about how to improve himself.

As soon as I thought about it, I thought about the third watch.

At the third watch, someone in Hangu Pass had already woken up and was already busy with the new day, so Li Ji realized that he hadn't slept yet.

He Yi lay on the bed, closed his eyes, most of the day passed.

When the sun began to slant westward, Li Yuanji was woken up by someone shaking him.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Xie Shufang standing in front of the bed.

"What? I just slept for a while."

Li Yuanji felt that he just took a nap, just for a while.

Xie Shufang made a bitter face, bowed and said, "Your Highness, it's already past noon. You have been asleep for most of the day."

Li Yuanji narrowed his eyes, a little dazed.

Xie Shufang continued: "The coach said before leaving that we have been delayed in Hangu Pass for a long time, and we should hurry on our way."

Li Yuanji blinked, "Is it that important whether I can hurry?"

He has handed over all the power to supervise the transportation of grain and grass to Han Liang, which means that he has nothing to do.

It was Qu Tutong's duty to guard Luoyang, not his duty, and he could not do it for him.

"Hebei urgent report, Liu Heita has conquered Xingzhou, Weizhou, and Shenzhou one after another in the past few days, and killed Pan Daoyi, the general manager of Weizhou. Liu Heita has completely restored Dou Jiande's old land, and his troops are directly targeting Ming, Prime Minister and Wei Sanzhou.

Huang Junhan, the new chief of the Zuo Army, may take a few days to arrive at Hangu Pass. We must first lead the troops of the Zuo Army to Luoyang in case of emergencies. "

Xie Shufang said with a bitter face.

Yin Qiao's illness delayed her for a few days and caused a series of chain reactions.

The person to replace Yin Qiao has not yet arrived, so Li Yuanji, as the highest commander of the place, naturally has to shoulder part of the responsibility.

"I always feel like..."

Li Yuanji spoke subconsciously, and stopped after speaking halfway.

He felt that Li Shimin was afraid that he would be too involved with Yin Qiao if he stayed here, so he urged him to hurry.

Compared with him, Qu Tutong is obviously more suitable for commanding soldiers and horses.

"Since it's a military order from Commander-in-Chief, let's pack up and get ready to go."

Li Yuanji pouted and said.

The corner of Xie Shufang's mouth twitched, and he said in a low voice, "The army is already ready to go, just waiting for His Highness."

Li Yuanji looked embarrassed.

After working for a long time, he has already lagged behind.

Li Yuanji got up in a hurry, washed up briefly, and ordered the guards at the door to help him put on his armor, and left the barracks with a horizontal knife and a horse.

The guards carried some trivial things that Li Yuanji left in the barracks, as well as Li Yuanji's hard bow and quiver, and followed closely behind.

When Li Yuanji arrived at the school grounds, soldiers and horses of nearly 10,000 people had already stood in line, waiting for him.

The [-] armored soldiers from the Qi Palace are at the top, followed by the [-] soldiers from Shanzhou and the [-] soldiers from Guozhou.

Qu Tutong took his trilogy and part of Yin Qiao's trilogy and stood aside.

The iron armor of Prince Qi's Mansion is obviously different from the soldiers and horses of Shanzhou and Guozhou.

The iron armor of Prince Qi's mansion, all the iron armor, all the cavalry.

Among the soldiers and horses in Shanzhou and Guozhou, there are only more than 200 cavalry, most of them are also wearing leather armor, and only some generals are wearing iron armor.

The armored weapons of Prince Qi's Mansion are relatively uniform, while the soldiers and horses of Shanzhou and Guozhou have a variety of weapons, and they can take anything.

As soon as Li Yuanji showed up, Qu Tutong led the two governors of Shanzhou and Guozhou to meet him.

"See His Royal Highness King Qi."

The three of them clasped their fists together and saluted on horseback.

Li Yuanji just nodded his head slightly, and said flatly: "This march will be led by General Qu Tu, and everyone will follow General Qu Tu's orders."

Marching tens of thousands of soldiers and horses is not a simple task.

When to go, when to stop, how to march in a hurry, how to prevent people from fleeing in fear of battle, how to distribute the food and grass in hand, there is a lot of knowledge in it.

Li Yuanji didn't understand it very well, but his predecessor did.

But judging from the memory of the predecessor, the predecessor is obviously inferior to Qu Tutong in this respect.

Therefore, it is more appropriate to hand over this matter to Qu Tutong.

Now that Liu Heitai has occupied Weizhou and other places, the day when he becomes king is not far away.

Datang must teach Liu Heitai a lesson when Liu Heitai is king and hegemony.

Otherwise, once Liu Heita's banditry rises, there will be no one knows how many people in the world will follow suit.

At that time, Datang will become even more chaotic.

Therefore, the soldiers and horses of Datang must rush to Luoyang as soon as possible.

Seeing that Li Yuanji had entrusted him with the task of supervising the march, Qu Tutong did not refuse, and immediately cupped his fists and said, "Here!"

The two general managers of Shanzhou and Guozhou were also very convinced of Qu Tutong, so naturally they would not refuse, and immediately agreed with their fists.

Qu Tutong rode his horse back to the front of the army, and after a few brief explanations, a scout rode out of Hangu Pass first.

After the scouts sent back the news that the official road was smooth, Qu Tutong asked Li Yuanji to take the lead, and led the remaining soldiers and horses out of Hangu Pass.

As soon as he left Hangu Pass, Li Yuanji saw that Yin Qiao's men followed him out, and surrounded him intentionally or unintentionally, he was suspicious, and immediately summoned Qu Tutong.

"General Qu Tu, this is?"

Sitting on horseback, Li Yuanji pointed to Yin Qiao's trilogy not far away, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Qu Tutong rode his horse and followed Li Yuanji, and said with a smile: "The sage appointed Yin Qiao to accompany you to Luoyang, and now Yin Qiao cannot afford to be ill, so naturally he must send a trilogy to stand by your side.

Yin Qiao told Chen that you have saved his life, and you can send these parts at will, even if you ask them to go to the battle, they have to obey. "

Li Yuanji was happy, "Yin Qiao is a person who knows how to repay his kindness."

He saved Yin Qiao just at the right time, and he had no intention of recruiting Yin Qiao, let alone plotting anything against Yin Qiao.

So he doesn't really care whether Yin Qiao will repay him or not.

But judging from what Yin Qiao meant now, it was obvious that he wanted to repay him.

For him, it is also a good thing.

Seeing that Li Yuanji didn't dislike Yin Qiao's people following, Qu Tutong smiled and said, "If he was ungrateful, he wouldn't come with us, would he?"

Qu Tutong used the 'we' well.

He secretly praised Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji knew it was flattery, but he accepted it with a happy smile.

"When did my second brother leave last night?"

Li Yuanji asked with a smile.

Qu Tutong was stunned for a moment, and said: "The coach stayed with me for a long time before the Kaishan bed, and only left at the third watch."

Li Yuanji smiled and nodded, with emotion on his face, "Second brother values ​​Yin Qiao. When I was struck by lightning, second brother didn't even visit the house."

Li Shimin really knows the way to win people's hearts. When there is a misunderstanding and makes the people under him feel uneasy, he really can't come in a hurry and leave in a hurry.

In that case, the people under him will still be a little worried.

Li Shimin stayed by Yin Qiao's bed for most of the night, not only reassuring Yin Qiao completely, but also showing kindness.

It is not without reason that Li Shimin can gather a lot of outstanding people around him.

Among those people, not everyone values ​​glory and wealth.

For example, Luo Shixin values ​​friendship more, while Yu Chigong cares more about trust.

Li Shimin can't win over them with glory and wealth, Li Shimin must give them what he cares about.

Qu Tutong was embarrassed when he heard Li Yuanji's words.

It is indeed an embarrassing thing that Li Shimin treats his subordinates better than his younger brother.

It was even more embarrassing for Li Yuanji to say it so openly.

Qu Tutong hurriedly changed the subject, cupped his fists at Li Yuanji and said with a smile, "I want to thank Your Highness."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, then asked questioningly, "Thank you for what?"

Qu Tutong smiled and unbuttoned the sleeve armor, revealing a piece of cloth sleeve. The sleeve was very thick and was obviously filled with stuff. In order to prevent the stuff inside from piling up into a ball, there were relatively dense stitches on it.

This is... the Tang version down jacket he instructed Qu Tutong to make earlier?
Li Yuanji said in amazement: "Did you really do it? And put it on?"

Qu Tutong tied up his sleeve armor, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I will definitely believe it. After Your Highness said this, I immediately ordered people to prepare it.

In the past few days at Hangu Pass, the people under my subordinates have done several things.

Chen has been taking care of Yin Qiao, so I didn't have a chance to try it.

After Yin Qiao got better, the minister gave it a try.

Unexpectedly, the two-sided cloth, stuffed with pheasant feathers, is so warm, not stuffy, and can support the minister's armor. "

Speaking of this, Qu Tutong clasped his fists at Li Yuanji again, "Your Highness has really bothered you, how can I not thank you."

Li Yuanji waved his hand, "Since the effect is good, then wear it all the time."

He instructed Qu Tutong to make the down jacket of the Tang Dynasty, but it was pitiful for Qu Tutong at his age. In order to be majestic in front of the soldiers, he tortured himself with leather clothes and did not want to repay him.

Then, after hearing Li Yuanji's words, Qu Tutong said with a serious face: "I think that this uniform should be presented to the commander's account, or to Chang'an, and given to the commander or a saint.

If Shuai Zhang has a way to get more of these clothes, the battle damage of my Datang expedition this time can be reduced by [-]%. "

It is the twelfth lunar month, and the weather in the north is surprisingly cold.

There are many people with cold face, cold ears and cold toes.

Many people were frozen to death.

The army is going out to fight, running around in the severe cold, and the chance of frostbite is even greater.

Battle losses also increased.

Leather armor and iron armor can't keep out the cold.

If everyone can be given a Datang version down jacket, it will indeed reduce the battle damage.

Qu Tutong's proposal is good.

But it's useless for Li Yuanji to take the credit.

Do you want him to take the Tang version of the down jacket and run to Li Shimin and Li Yuan and say, "Look, I made a good thing that can keep out the cold in winter and reduce war damage. Do you have to give me a title or something?" .

In that case, he is not a drop in price, but a fool.

He has basically reached the end of his title and official position, and such small credits are of no use to him.

Li Yuanji thought about it, and shouted at Xie Shufang who was behind him.

"Thank Uncle Fang?!"

Xie Shufang hastily rode forward.

Li Yuanji ordered decisively: "The cold-proof clothing that General Qu Tu wears, but you created it?"

"what?"

Uncle Xie was a little confused.

Li Yuanji didn't give Xie Shufang a chance to respond, and said carelessly: "This suit has a miraculous effect on keeping out the cold, and can reduce the battle damage of my army. I will report it to the commander's account and my father to ask for credit for you."

(End of this chapter)