lying down

In the wilderness outside Chang'an City, several winter birds were pecking on the ground, when a muffled thunder sounded, the birds frightened everywhere.

I saw a horse flying from a distance, its whole body was fiery red, and its speed was like the wind.The snow was flying from the place where the four hooves were flying, like a red cloud shot by electricity.

A horse is a good horse, and its rider is also a god.The person sitting on the horse let out a long roar, and suddenly dodged to the left with both hands holding the rein, leaving the horse's back, his feet quickly touched the ground and jumped up violently.Waiting to jump up in the air, he didn't sit still, but put one hand on the horse's back and dodged to the right, making another extremely thrilling action.Doing this repeatedly is as easy and skillful as playing, without any effort.

When he was enjoying himself, he stood on the saddle with both feet, half squatted and held the rein with one hand, and it was like walking on flat ground while the fierce horse was galloping!

The horse galloped from far to near, and the man on the horse roared again, rushing towards the crowd not far away from him.

Seeing that he was about to charge into the crowd, the rider suddenly lifted the reins, and the red horse "Herod" let out a long neigh and stood up like a bow, stopping the charge for a living.He jumped off the horse with a smile and walked towards the crowd leading the horse.

The leader of the crowd was about sixty years old, with a slender figure, standing there as tall and straight as a green pine, not angry and majestic.He gently stroked his beautiful beard from the beginning to the end with one hand, with a smile on his face, and respectfully shouted to the people who came: "Your Majesty!"

"Brother Jing! The good horse you bred is really good!" The rider laughed loudly, his face was full of spirits, as if he liked the red horse very much.He is Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty today.

"No matter how good a horse is, it needs a good rider to run fast! Looking at your skill, I think of the King Qin who led hundreds of horses straight to Dou Jiande's company camp under the Hulao Pass!" That was said by Li Shimin. The man called "Brother Jing" is Li Jing, the No. 1 military officer in the Tang Dynasty today.He saw that Li Shimin had been on the throne for three years, and the horsemanship skills he had practiced in the battle had not been lost, and his pride gradually arose, so he couldn't help but recall the past.

Li Shimin's smile became wider when he heard it, and he said in a loud voice: "Actually, what I miss the most are those days and years of turmoil. Yesterday I received the report from Hou Junji. A small group of bandits. In the future, there will be fewer and fewer opponents to compete with me!"

The two walked arm in arm, walked into the camp not far away, and sat on the low stools to express their feelings.In front of the two of them was a huge map about one foot long and three feet wide, which depicted the mountains, rivers, rivers, towns and place names of the Tang Dynasty and surrounding countries.Li Shimin put away his enthusiasm and stared at the map for a long while, silent.Seeing his expression from the side, Li Jing said: "It seems that the emperor is going to prepare for the Northern Expedition this winter!"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows, and sighed, "Even if we don't want to fight, Jieli won't let us! Three years of recuperation have begun to pay off, and our most difficult breath has passed. I sent my grandson Wuji to inspect the spring plowing in various places." If there is a good harvest this year, I will use my strength as a teacher of the Tang Dynasty to attack Jieli in the north and get rid of this serious trouble in the north."

What he said was exciting, but his tone was not very passionate, rather flat.

Li Jing frowned when he heard the words, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, I advise you to give up this year!"

Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard this, but he didn't expect that his confidant pillar would actually sing the opposite tune.Without raising his head, he said, "Why did you say that?"

Li Jing pondered for a moment, wondering if he should speak out what he thought in his heart to the emperor in front of him.He looked up at the cavalry who were patrolling outside the tent, and couldn't help recalling the past, as if he had made up his mind, he turned his head and cupped his hands and said, "Because I can see from the eyes of the emperor that this battle will definitely be defeated! I will follow you." You have been with me for more than ten years, and I can see the hope of victory in your eyes when you are the drums of war. But now you are forced and helpless in your eyes. The reason why you want to go to the Northern Expedition is because you are a big Emperor Tang, you have to make an explanation to the world. Facing Xieli, who has ruled the north for many years, you dare not even think about the word 'victory'!"

Li Shimin put his hands on his knees, his face was a little gloomy.Although Li Jing hit his heart, but facing the number one god of war in the Tang Dynasty who has been a minister, friend and brother for more than ten years, he couldn't bear to blame him no matter what, let alone tell a lie.

He sighed softly and said, "Brother Jing, that means you can see my thoughts. I have never told anyone about this. For several years, I often woke up in nightmares. In that nightmare, 20 Wan Huqi's iron hooves made the whole world tremble, including my heart..."

Li Jing stared into Li Shimin's eyes, and there was a slight fluctuation on his resolute face: "Your Majesty, if you have such fear in your heart, how can you expect the soldiers to charge forward and fight the enemy bravely?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin stood up, turned his hands behind the giant picture on the ground, closed his eyes and did not want to say anything, and only uttered one sentence: "Why don't I know this?"

Li Jing saw that the emperor was actually timid, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart. This is no longer like the King Qin who looked down on all directions in the army in the early years.He felt more and more oppressed in his chest, and there was nothing he could do. Why was the emperor so depressed?

"Your Majesty, for more than ten years, Xieli ruled the grassland with iron and blood, and used countless fallen human heads to establish his supreme majesty. However, the more this happened, the weaker his seemingly powerful alliance became. Now everyone understands that, The grassland has become the grassland of Xieli alone, so the war has become the war of Xieli alone. How can one person survive the dynasty of the same enemy? Your Majesty, when you think of all this, your Will there still be fear in my heart? As long as there is no fear in the emperor's heart, this seemingly mighty giant will definitely be completely defeated by us!" Li Jing was quite excited when he said this, and he swung down everything with one hand like a knife. It seems that Turkic has been smashed by himself.

Li Shimin looked at the unparalleled confidence in Li Jing's eyes, and the more he listened, the more reasonable he felt.He turned his eyes sharply, and finally heard a person laugh out loud.

He grabbed Li Jing's arm and said, "Brother Jing, your words really enlightened me!" After finishing speaking, he hurriedly took out a well-preserved piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to Li Jing, continuing to say: " These are the ten strategies Fan Xing gave me before he died, you two really have a good understanding, heroes see the same thing!"

Li Jing was startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly took the paper, unfolded it and read it three times from beginning to end, his eyes lit up instantly, and he said with great joy: "Your Majesty, this is really a brilliant strategy! Fine cavalry, driving thousands of miles straight to the dragon court. As long as the Jieli banner falls, the enemy army will be leaderless. Hundreds of thousands of cavalry will be defeated."

Li Shimin nodded, took a slender stick from the table, walked to the super large map and pointed it a few times: "It has always been Jieli who took advantage of the advantage of long drive and maneuvering to bypass our heavy troops stationed at the border and attack us. In order to tear apart our army's overall defensive deployment, Fan Xing's "Ten Strategies for Pinghu" is doing the opposite. I dare say that this is absolutely unimaginable in Xieli's mind!"

He also felt thirsty when he was excited, took the marching water bag on the table and drank it "gudong gudong".

Li Jing thought about it for a while and added: "Your Majesty, this cavalry force must be able to travel thousands of miles, no matter how difficult and difficult the conditions are. It’s also unsustainable.”

Li Shimin squinted his eyes, remembering Li Jing's words in his heart.I already had an idea in my mind: "Time is tight, this matter needs to be done immediately, and the strange soldiers need to use strange generals. Who do you think should be organized and trained for this broken army?"

Li Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you remember Hou Junji's Flying Tiger Army back then? Why don't you transfer him back to Chang'an? Hou Junji's military training skills are superior to mine, and he is unrivaled in the world. Besides, Jieli is better than him. He has suffered a lot, if Hou Junji set up such a big banner and set it up in Chang'an, Jieli would feel terrified when he saw it!"

"Brother Jing, you've done the right thing! The bandits in Ding Jie will be suppressed by someone else, and Hou Junji will come back. Du Ruhui, who is in charge of the right servant of the military department, is sick now, and I plan to let Fang Xuanling, the left servant, be more worried." If you have some burdens, you can mediate this matter." Li Shimin made up his mind, and looked up at Li Jing, both of them stroked their beards and smiled...

Two days later, Hou Jun gathered in the mansion.

Li Shimin pointed to the crude objects in Hou Junji's hall and pointed to a young general standing beside him, "Chi Deli!"

The young general cupped his hands and said solemnly: "The last general is here!"

"Why does your adoptive father still have this little property?"

Chi Deli lowered his head when he heard the words, and replied, "In the Battle of Bianqiao, only 11 of the [-] Flying Tigers survived. The adoptive father saved all his salary to care for the old family members. There are only four kinds of pickles!"

Li Shimin's face was gloomy when he heard the words, as if he remembered the scene of the return of the 11 people he had witnessed with his own eyes.He said to Hou Junji, "You man, what can I say about you!"

Hou Junji puffed up his cheeks, unwilling to recall the scene that broke his heart: "Your Majesty, those eight hundred flying tiger troops are all soldiers who came out of their hometown with the minister. If the debtor is not paid, who will pay it?"

Li Shimin was speechless, stood up and patted Hou Junji's shoulder, took out the paper that Li Jing had seen from his bosom, and handed it to him, "The Ten Strategies for Ping Hu were written by Fan Xing dipped in his own blood before he died. .How do you see it?"

Hou Junji glanced at it suspiciously, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "It's really a clever plan, enough to secure the world!"

Li Shimin pushed open the window of the hall with his back to everyone, and sighed: "Looking at Pinghu Shice, I remembered the Flying Tiger Army back then. This time, in the name of General Youwei, I transferred you back from Jingxiang to take charge of the Imperial Army , that’s Mingxiu plank road secretly going to Chencang, I want you to bring me another flying tiger army, as long as we have it, the Northern Expedition to destroy the captives will be half successful!"

Hou Junji stood there stunned. He never thought that Li Shimin's reason for calling him back would be for this purpose, let alone that the Flying Tiger Army, which originally had only 11 members, would be rebuilt. He couldn't help but feel inexplicably excited.

Li Shimin glanced at Ma Xuanliang, the guard standing beside him, and Ma Xuanliang immediately took out a printed box from his bosom, held it in his hand, and placed it in front of Hou Junji.

Hou Junji glanced at it, opened the printing box, and saw that the contents inside were tightly wrapped in golden silk, and asked aloud, "Your Majesty, what is this?"

Li Shimin said solemnly: "The Flying Tiger Army will seal it!"