Chapter 464 Your Majesty is trapped in Yanmen, and the king of soldiers and horses is ordered
Chapter 464
"The war horse can just wander around for the past two days. Remember to feed good beans for every meal to keep the horse's strength up."
Li Jing was walking in the horse stable in the military camp, observing the condition of the horses, and said to Cheng Yaojin and Xu Shiji, who were in charge of the cavalry.
"I will obey your orders," Cheng Yaojin and Xu Shiji quickly replied loudly.
"You two, if we really want to go north to rescue you, the cavalry will be the most likely to arrive in time.
You must be careful and don't let any accident happen and ruin the prefect's important affairs."
Cheng Yaojin raised his neck and said with high morale.
"General, don't worry, our brothers don't even dare to take a sip of wine these days. They keep a close eye on you and don't dare to slack off at all."
"...Well, as long as you know, it's fine. If something happens, you're the only one to ask."
These days, no bandits have appeared, and the Jiangdu Army has resumed its former practice of conducting drills in the Jiangdu Camp every day.
Li Jing and others had received the news from Yang Qian a few days ago, and they knew that it would take anywhere from a few days to ten days for the emperor's messenger to reach Pengcheng County.
The thought of this army having to go north to Yanmen County to rescue it. Such a long journey would be impossible for other troops of the Sui Dynasty today.
But Jiangdu Army was the only one, because it benefited from the long-term and persistent march training, so it was quite confident that it would take more than ten or twenty days to get to Yanmen County from here.
Now everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.
Li Jing glanced at the soldiers who were wearing heavy armor, holding wooden sticks in one row, and swords and shields in the other row, and were engaged in combat training, and his heart was full of pride.
The vast majority of this army are former thieves and bandits who have undergone almost a year of training.
The past banditry habits have faded away, and every soldier appears to be so brave and good at fighting.
Moreover, Li Jing can proudly believe that this army can be said to have the highest literacy rate since the founding of the Sui Dynasty.
On average, each soldier can read and write three to five hundred words, and every morning, there will still be a study class, and every soldier must be present to continue learning.
What they studied was not just the Four Books and Five Classics, but all books on the art of war, and they were all translated into vernacular by their erudite nephew Yang Qian.
Let every soldier understand and absorb the knowledge contained in the military manual.
According to Li Jing's own opinion, if these soldiers were allowed to continue training like this for three to five years.
It is impossible to say that many low-level generals can be selected from them, and even in three to five years, there will not be much problem in letting these ordinary soldiers serve as county captains of a county.
Although Li Jing was sincerely convinced, he could not understand the thoughts of his little nephew, but he also felt a vague sense of expectation.
Compared to the brilliant and capricious Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, my nephew was naturally a better choice.
It's just that these meanings, in their small circle, still belong to the stage that can only be understood and cannot be expressed.
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Laizheng sat in the tent, took a sip of wine and asked Yang Qian curiously.
"It's still half a month away. Zijing, why are you so anxious to ask Governor Zhao to prepare dry food and other luggage for you?"
Yang Qian's legs were still on the couch, maintaining a leaning position, and he took the chopsticks and threw them into his mouth.
"If we prepare earlier, it will be more convenient when we break camp and return to Jiangdu. We don't have to disturb Governor Zhao's peace anymore."
"Brother, how is your army resting now?"
"It's okay. After resting and reorganizing for almost a month, the soldiers are full of energy and full of fighting spirit.
Now, it depends on the arrangement of the court, whether to let Lai return to the Eastern Capital or go to other places to quell the rebellion."
"Why, Brother Lai doesn't seem to have a high fighting spirit..." Yang Qian looked at Laizheng with a smile, looking at him with an indifferent expression.
"How high can it get?" Lai Zheng took a big gulp of wine and rubbed his face, which was filled with bitterness.
"My father, my fifth brother, and I put our lives at risk in Goguryeo and made many military exploits, but we couldn't save my second brother's life..."
"Now it seems that my father's favor has not diminished, but how dare your Majesty let him lead the army alone again?"
"That's why I came home. Only I, the youngest, can still lead the army to fight against the thieves. As for my father and third brother, they both stayed in front of the emperor."
"Brother, please..." Yang Qian sighed helplessly, letting the other party drain the wine in one gulp, while he only took a shallow sip to keep him company.
The second brother who came to correct the problem, that is, the second son Lai Yuan who came to protect the children, was involved in the Yang Xuangan Rebellion.
In fact, Lai Yuan was only on good terms with Yang Xuangan's younger brother, Yang Jishan, and did not participate in the rebellion.
However, it was discovered that during Yang Xuangan's rebellion, his brother Yang Jishan left many letters urging him to join him in opposing Yang Guang.
Lai Yuandang was executed together with many ministers who had secret connections with Yang Xuangan's family. During that time, more than ten thousand high-ranking officials and their family members were executed throughout the Eastern Capital.
Not to mention, at that time Yang Xuangan raised troops to capture the eastern capital, occupied the Luokou warehouse, and opened the warehouse to stockpile grain to attract people's support.
As a result, after Yang Guang returned to the Eastern Capital, he killed tens of thousands of people who had obtained food from Yang Xuanxian...
It is for this reason that Yang Qian, who had some good impressions of Yang Guang, the emperor, was completely disappointed in him.
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"Lai made a blunder after drinking. It's better for you to respect your virtuous brother and not blame him." Lai Zheng exhaled and saluted Yang Qian.
"Brother, you don't have to be like this. You and I have known each other for several years, and we have a life-and-death friendship. You are not outsiders.
When these words come out of your mouth and into my ears, no third person will know."
Lai Zhengshen nodded in agreement, and just as he was about to speak, he saw the curtain being lifted up, and Li Shimin striding in, holding an official document with Bai Yu stuck on it in his hand.
"Your Majesty, Yanmen is trapped, and calls upon the world's soldiers and horses to be diligent."
"What?!" Lai Zheng and Yang Qian stood up almost at the same time. However, Lai Zheng had a look of shock on his face, while Yang Qian was filled with surprise.
Damn it, I finally didn't wait in vain, I finally got news from Yang Guang.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in trouble, and I am calling all the troops to go to Yanmen to rescue you." Li Shimin took a deep breath and replied loudly again.
"Zijing, in your opinion, what should we do?" Laizheng finished reading the military report that had been rushed from 800 miles away and looked towards Yang Qian.
"Brother Lai, Qian thinks that you and I should quickly raise troops and go to Yanmen to rescue him."
"..." Laizheng glanced at Yang Qian, who had a very serious expression, and it took him a long time to confirm that this guy was not joking with him.
"Are you sure we want to go? This is the land of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. It is more than a thousand miles away from Yanmen County in our northern Sui frontier?"
"I'm afraid that His Majesty's predicament will be solved before we can reach Yanmen County."
"Brother Lai, your thinking is wrong."
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