He only served as a general under Yun Dingxing for a period of time, but before he could adapt to his status as a general, he was summoned to Taiyuan by Li Yuan.
By the time Jinyang raised troops, he had already broken away from the category of general and was directly appointed as the commander-in-chief of the right-leading army.
By the time he left Li Yuan and officially took command to go on an expedition, he was already the commander-in-chief of an army.
Therefore, in his long military career, the title of general was just a transition. He did not stay in the army in this capacity for long, nor did he achieve many meritorious deeds in this capacity.
If his status as commander-in-chief is considered as that of a general, then he is qualified to be called the best among generals.
But treating the commander-in-chief as a general, doesn’t that lower the status of the commander-in-chief?
Obviously, he himself did not want to classify the commander-in-chief as a general, so he did not refute, but his chest hurt with anger, and he puffed his beard and said with eyes wide open, "Although I am not the best among generals, most of my subordinates are the best among generals."
Outstanding!"
This is true. He did have many outstanding generals under his command, and many of them went down in history with him, becoming role models among generals and praised by many people in later generations.
But the problem is...
"Where are they now?"
Li Yuanji asked with a smile.
Hou Junji knew how to cooperate and said, "Of course they are all under the command of His Highness King Yong!"
Li Shimin was so angry that he couldn't live anymore. He glared fiercely at this one, blew his beard at the panting one, threw up his sleeves, and walked away breathlessly.
A posture of 'I can't afford to offend you, and I can't even hide from you'.
Li Yuanji looked at Li Shimin's hurried away figure and joked a little funny: "My second brother is not only good-looking, but also refuses to admit defeat!"
But if you admit defeat, you won't be able to become an emperor for eternity.
The emperors throughout history seemed to refuse to admit defeat or compromise, and finally established a majestic and glorious empire.
Ying Zheng was like this, Liu Che was like this, and Li Shimin was like this.
They refused to admit defeat or compromise, and finally defeated all enemies step by step.
Brothers like Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi only gained half of their country in the end just because they were willing to admit defeat and compromise.
In fact, everything about Zhao and Song was doomed as early as when Zhao Kuangyin drew the jade ax as the boundary on the Dadu River.
Once a country loses its coveted territory and becomes content with the status quo, it is destined not to be too strong, let alone to be able to suppress the hegemon of an era.
Therefore, emperors should have the spirit of not admitting defeat and not compromising. Only in this way can they develop a true grand hegemony.
So what about brutality, so what about military force?
When I am invincible in the world and achieve supremacy, who dares to speak out? Who dares to stand in front of me and speak loudly?
Why don't you have to crawl silently at my feet and let me take my permission and kill you?!
"Your Highness, it's time to leave!"
Zhao Chengyong didn't know when he appeared next to Li Yuanji carrying a big flag and reminded him in a low voice.
Now that I have decided to greet Li Jing in person, I should leave early.
From the Chinese army camp to the location five miles away, it would not take long if we rode on horseback and took the official road.
However, there are no official roads in the Turks, and there are now cattle, sheep, and horses outside the Chinese army camp. Therefore, when riding on the road, not only cannot gallop, but also have to move forward slowly, and have to wait until the front army or scouts drive the cattle, sheep, and horses away.
Only when you have to move forward can you move forward, so it takes a long time.
"Um!"
Li Yuanji responded and led Zhao Chengyong and his guards towards the gate of the camp.
When they were about to reach the camp gate, Li Shimin also appeared at the camp gate.
However, his anger has not subsided, so he always raises his head slightly when looking at people. He does not speak when he needs to speak, he just hums back and forth.
The grooms had already prepared their horses. After snorting a few times, Li Shimin got on his horse and left the gate of the camp first.
Li Shiji and others who were guarding the gate of the camp looked at a loss.
As Li Yuanji mounted his horse, he smiled and said to Li Shiji: "Don't worry about him..."
Li Shiji nodded hesitantly, but still sent someone to follow Li Shimin.
Although Li Shimin now has no official title and is still a low-level commoner, he still does not dare to neglect, let alone Li Shimin, who really does not dare to disappear on horseback among the cattle and sheep all over the mountains and plains.
If anything happens to Li Shimin, Li Yuan will worry about it, and that is something he can't afford.
"lets go!"
Li Yuanji didn't care about Li Shiji's little moves. After riding on the horse, he directly ordered Li Shiji to set off.
Li Shiji agreed, and led a group of generals under his command, as well as his own troops and the troops of a group of generals, to the northwest in a mighty manner.
The scouts were sent out early by him, leading a few grooms who were proficient in horse herding to clear the way ahead.
Although driving cattle, sheep and horses seems simple, it is actually a technical job.
If people who don't know how to herd horses and herd sheep drive cattle, sheep and horses, not only will they not be able to drive the cattle, sheep and horses away, but there is a high chance that they will be surrounded by cattle, sheep and horses.
So this kind of thing must be done by a groom who is proficient in herding horses and sheep.
The scouts can only help from the side.
With the joint efforts of the scouts and grooms, the cattle, sheep and horses dispersed to both sides like a tide, making way for a highway.
Li Yuanji, Li Shiji and a group of thousands of people walked along this road and arrived at a hill five miles away.
There was a top horse sitting on the hillock. It was very arrogant. When it saw the army coming, it wanted to occupy the hillock. Instead of moving, it neighed and shouted at the army. There were also some who led their horses to compete with the army.
mean.
It was Zhao Chengyong who rode his horse through the group of horses and caught it with a horse pole, thus avoiding a battle between man and horse.
The horses led by the leader dispersed decisively after the leader was captured.
The army also successfully occupied the hill.
Standing on the hill and looking down, there are horses, cattle and sheep everywhere.
Millions of cattle, sheep, and horses are hoarded here, which cannot be accommodated within five miles of land. Therefore, looking down from the hillock, the cattle, sheep, and horses seen are no different from those in the Chinese army camp.
It was still a swarm of people with no end in sight.
"Dispose of these cattle, sheep and horses as soon as possible, otherwise it will easily cause disaster."
Li Yuanji looked at the groups of cattle, sheep and horses and sighed sincerely.
One of the captains asked blankly, "What kind of disaster..."
Without waiting for Li Yuanji to answer, Li Shiji gave the guy a whip and scolded him with a straight face: "What a shame. The cattle, sheep and horses here all come from different places. Who knows which one of them is carrying
plague.
If they were hoarded together for a long time and spread the plague, all the cattle, sheep and horses here would be burned to death.
Do you think this is a disaster?"
On the grassland, the two most terrifying disasters are the white plague, which is the snow disaster, and the plague, which affects cattle, sheep, and horses.
No matter which of these two disasters occurs on the grassland, it will be a disaster for the grassland people.
The white disaster will freeze to death a large number of livestock, making it impossible for the grassland people to survive the extremely cold winter, and the grassland people will die in droves.
The plague will also cause a large number of livestock to die. The grassland people will lose their source of food and die in droves.
So people on the grasslands are very afraid of white plagues and plagues.
Once there is a white disaster or plague, a grand sacrifice will be held to pray for God's forgiveness.
And this kind of sacrifice is usually very bloody.
Either they killed a large number of slaves and sacrificed their bodies and blood, or they selected specific people and cut out their hearts and livers to sacrifice them.
And this kind of specific person is usually an untouched girl.
This certainly proves the barbarism and cruelty of the prairie people, but it also proves the prairie people's fear of white disasters and plagues.
In fact, not only the grassland people, but also the people of the Tang Dynasty were very afraid of the white plague and the plague. Everyone in the world who had seen the terrifying places of the white plague and the plague were very afraid of the white plague and the plague.
It's just that compared to the vast majority of barbaric, uncivilized, or semi-civilized races, the Tang people have sufficient experience in dealing with this kind of disaster, so they are not so ignorant or so extreme when dealing with this kind of disaster.
The captain heard Li Shiji's reprimand and realized that he had said something wrong. He quickly apologized and said, "It's because of ignorance of the humble position. Please punish me by the deputy commander."
Li Shiji took a special look at Li Yuanji. Seeing that Li Yuanji had no intention of blaming him, he stared at the captain and said fiercely: "Since you have just become an official and are young and ignorant, I will let you go this time. Next time, you will
Just go find a stable and be a groom."
The captain nodded repeatedly, promising not to do it next time, and kept glancing at Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji could tell that the captain had just become an official. After all, the captain's face shrouded in a helmet was too immature. He thought that his father should be a certain martial artist in the court, and he was from a noble family. He used to stay in Miguan.
Guanli, so my experience is very shallow, and I don’t understand many things that experienced people know.
This is just like Emperor Hui of Jin who said, "Why not eat minced meat?"
It's not that I'm stupid, it's that I have too little experience and too little knowledge.
"I have discussed some countermeasures with my second brother, and have ordered the Army Sima and Lingzhou Army Sima to assist the doctor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to do it. You can also find someone to cooperate here to rescue the people.
Disperse them as soon as possible, and disperse the cattle, sheep and horses here as well."
In order to prevent the captain from scaring himself to death, Li Yuanji deliberately found a topic to talk about with Li Shiji to show that he didn't care and wouldn't care about what happened just now.
The captain was visibly relieved when he heard this.
Li Shiji actually breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
This made Li Yuanji a little bit interested in the origin of the captain.
You must know that Li Shiji was a ruthless man who would even kill his son-in-law. Anyone who could be taken care of by him must have a higher status in his heart than his son-in-law.
However, Li Yuanji didn't ask.
Because now is not the time to ask that.
What if Li Shiji said a name that everyone was familiar with, and then everyone met the school captain's father or grandfather. When talking about this matter, the school captain's father and grandfather's faces would not be bright.
"Well, I will send someone to take care of it after I get back."
Li Shiji adjusted slightly and bowed solemnly.
Li Yuanji nodded, said nothing more, and led everyone to wait for Li Jing.