Li Shimin, one emperor through the ages

Chapter 11: Ready to Go (3)
"Okay, okay, I offer you a toast." Li Shimin raised his glass and drank it down with Duan Zhixuan.Forget it, looking at the elder Sun Shunde, that gaze clearly asked: What are you going to do.

"I want to go further, and I want to ask Second Young Master to give me someone to go with me."

"Who?" Li Shimin asked.

The eldest Sun Shunde didn't say a word, he only cast his eyes on Liu Hongji, and asked with a smile, "Would you like to go with me?"

"Of course!" Liu Hongji said loudly.

"With Hongji walking with me, after one month, if I don't recruit tens of thousands of warriors, it's my Shunde bragging."

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, picked up a glass of wine and said, "Uncle Yue, I believe in you and wait for your good news. Come! Liu Hongji, I offer a toast to both of you. I wish you success and return in triumph." After finishing speaking, The three looked at each other, smiled, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Just you guys drinking here and there, we don't even have to drink, I'll do my own thing." Hou Junji joked on the side.

"I suggest," Changsun Wuji stood up holding the wine glass and said, "Let's have a drink together and wish the three of them a successful start and a fruitful return."

"It's not too bad, come on!" Hou Junji raised his wine glass and was the first to respond.

"Okay, let's toast together and wish them a successful start and a fruitful return!" Li Shimin said happily.

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In less than half a month, Duan Zhixuan had recruited more than a thousand people and returned. Li Shimin had just resettled them happily, and the elder Sun Shunde and Liu Hongji returned again. They brought back a mighty team of more than 3000 people.The Li family father and son were very happy to see them, and they placed the recruits in a camp outside Taiyuan City, supervised by Li Shimin himself, and stepped up their drills every day.

Outside of Taiyuan in winter, the mountains are already frozen, and the clouds in the sky are so frozen that they have lost their former vitality. There are no more red flowers and green trees on the motionless land, only straight poplars, standing proudly, not paying attention at all. This winter's indifference.

Inside the walls of an ancient courtyard, the bitter cold wind unscrupulously beat a group of young people.But they didn't care, there was a majestic cry of killing, the cold wind was just cheering for them, blowing away the heat from their young bodies.Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji watched the recruits' drill on the high platform of the playground, and occasionally moved their limbs. Seeing the recruits flushed and sweating, Li Shimin couldn't help but also took off his cloak and came down from the high platform. Drill with recruits.

Hou Junji and Liu Hongji, as well as Duan Zhixuan, Yin Kaishan, and Changsun Shunde were all appointed as coaches. They shuttled among the recruits, constantly giving pointers and demonstrations.Hou Junji was correcting a recruit's movements, he turned his head to one side and looked at him, following his gaze, he saw Li Shimin flying the long sword in his hand.He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, although he had been with Li Shimin for so long, it was the first time he saw him dance with a sword. He didn't expect Li Shimin's swordsmanship to be so superb!He forgot to teach the recruit for a moment, and stared wide-eyed at Li Shimin's sword dance.After a while, the recruits formed a big circle around Li Shimin, and everyone watched him dance sword with great joy.

When Li Shimin saw it, on a whim, he chopped, stabbed, pointed, and slashed. The sword was like flying wind, light and agile, chic and elegant.Then Li Shimin stopped, looked at everyone and said, "I came to see you practice martial arts, why are you all watching me dance sword?"

"Second Young Master's sword is really amazing. Yin Kaishan is eye-opening." Yin Kaishan walked up to Li Shimin and said respectfully, "If Second Young Master can spare time, he will come to dance swords for us every month from now on. I believe that everyone's martial arts will definitely improve a lot."

After hearing this, Hou Junji, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji and others all asked Li Shimin to come and dance the sword once a month.After hearing this, Li Shimin said happily:
"At that time, I will definitely find a way to come. I hope that our team will be invincible and invincible!"

Just as he was talking, he suddenly saw Li Yuan leading Liu Zhenghui, followed by more than a dozen fat and strong soldiers, walking slowly.Liu Zhenghui was originally the Sima of Yingyang Mansion in Taiyuan, and Li Yuan was left behind in Taiyuan, so he led his troops back to Li Yuan's command.Liu Zheng would be loyal to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan also trusted him, so he brought him to Taiyuan Xiaowai to check on the training of Li Shimin's new army.

Wuji sneered at Li Shimin, Li Shimin followed Wuji's gaze, saw his father brought Liu Zhenghui, hurriedly went up to him, and took them to the tent to entertain them.Li Yuan introduced Liu Zhenghui to Li Shimin, and then asked about the training of recruits.

"Hou Junji, Liu Hongji and the others trained in person, and all the recruits worked very hard. I believe that after two months of forced training, they will be able to go to war." Li Shimin said.

Li Yuan listened, nodded, and said, "We must give them good treatment, adequate food and clothing, and let them become my Li family's own army."

"My son understands. My son..." Li Shimin was speaking confidently, when Tang Jian hurried over, alone and on horseback, and hurriedly stopped talking.

Tang Jian's ancestors, like Li Yuan's ancestors, were ministers of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The Tang family and the Li family had a good relationship. After Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan, Tang Jian came to seek refuge. Li Yuan regarded him as his confidant. It is entrusted to him.This time when he came back to visit the recruits in the suburbs, it was inconvenient for outsiders to know his whereabouts, and he was worried that if something happened in the mansion, he would not be able to take care of him, so he told Tang Jian about his whereabouts, and if there was something urgent, he could come and tell him.Therefore, as soon as Li Yuan saw Tang Jian coming, he knew something was urgent, so he gave up on Li Shimin and turned his attention to Tang Jian.

"Something happened. The northern Turks invaded and surrounded Mayi County. Wang Rengong, the governor of Mayi County, sent people to ask for help." Tang Jian said anxiously.

"Well, let's go, let's go back right away." Li Yuan nodded to Li Shimin after speaking: "You train the recruits well."

"The child must live up to his father's entrustment."

"Okay!" Li Yuan patted Li Shimin on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "To convince everyone to obey you, father has gone."

"The child knows, please take care of the father!"

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin affectionately, turned around and jumped on his horse, followed by Tang Jian and his own soldiers, and the group left in a hurry.

The sky is cold and green, and the north wind is called dry mulberry.The eyes of Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji followed Li Yuan's trace, until they could see nothing, they still stayed in the direction of passing away for a long time.

"Tell me, if my father goes here, can he defeat the Turkic soldiers in one fell swoop?" Li Shimin asked his eldest grandson Wuji.

"The Turks are nothing compared to the rebels. They are all battle-tested devils." Changsun Wuji said with some worry.

"You mean my father might not win this fight?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head.

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Mayi County is located in the north of Taiyuan, at the southwest end of Yanbei area in Shanxi. place.

Li Yuan returned to Liushou Mansion and urgently summoned Gao Junya and Wang Wei to discuss the strategy of retreating the enemy.

"Mayi is the gateway to Taiyuan. If the Turks occupy this place, Taiyuan will never be peaceful again." After listening to the military report, Wang Wei expressed his views.

After hearing this, Li Yuan smiled lightly, and thought: This is something that everyone knows, so there is no need to talk about it here?I thought so in my heart, but said on my mouth: "Vice Wang left behind is absolutely right, but I don't know how to break the siege of Mayi?"

"Here, I think we can quickly send a powerful force to go to support before we can break the siege."

"Who should be the commander in chief?" Li Yuan asked again.

Wang Wei blinked his eyes, unable to answer for a while, so he turned his eyes to Gao Junya for help.Because when the two of them came to Taiyuan to be Li Yuan's deputy, the emperor had a sage saying: If something happens, the two should discuss with each other.

Gao Junya saw Wang Wei's eyes asking for help, thought for a while, and said to Li Yuan:

"Junya is not talented, and I would like to lead the army to relieve the siege of Mayi as the commander-in-chief."

Li Yuan listened, bowed his head and thought: Wang Rengong was originally a brave general, with more than ten thousand defenders under him, and he also defeated the Turks in a row in the past.It was only because of becoming greedy recently that it was defeated by the Turks.Since Gao Junya asked to go, let him go.Give him more troops and make sure he returns victorious.Thinking of this, he raised his head, looked at Gao Junya and said:

"Deputy Gao stays behind and wishes to go. Li Yuan is really grateful. I will give you [-] elite soldiers to go to rescue the siege. It's just that this battle is of great importance. Please stay behind and be careful."

"Thank you Liushou for your trust. Junya must be cautious when he goes, and break the siege of Mayi in one fell swoop, and live up to the trust left behind."

The next day, Gao Junya led [-] troops to Mayi.Li Yuan and Wang Wei, as well as Liu Zhenghui, Tang Jian and others all came to see him off. The grand scene was very touching.Gao Jun's elegant soldiers went to Mayi, where they met Wang Rengong, the governor of the county, to discuss the strategy of defeating the enemy.

(End of this chapter)