Riding horses along the Jinghe River, Li Shan, who fell behind, was a little nervous. After all, this was not a flat sunbathing area, nor was it a comfortable grassland.
"Don't be nervous, don't use your legs too hard."
The big man on the side smiled and pointed out, "The whole body is tense, and the horse is also uneasy."
"Thank you, Uncle Guo, for your advice." Li Shan forced a smile.
Guo Pu was a general in the Li family. He accompanied Li Keshi on the campaigns in the north and south. He went through life and death several times. He was also ordered to teach Li Kai and his brothers martial arts. He was highly respected by Li Kai.
Guo Pu came closer, stretched out his hand to take the reins of Li Shan's dismounted horse, and patiently pointed out, "Silang's dismounted horse needs to be ridden for many years to be free and easy. It's better for you to buy a strong horse with a soft tongue..."
Li Shan listened carefully, adapted little by little, and the situation was better than before. He thought that the test was really difficult. No matter how difficult it was in the previous life, it only lasted three months. In this life, three years is enough, and at most it is just impossible to fall.
"Pillar of smoke?"
Li Shan looked up and saw three large and small smoke pillars in the distant sky, which looked particularly dazzling in the clear blue sky.
The people in front also reined in their horses and talked a lot. Li Shan heard Yuchi Baolin shouting loudly, asking his followers to go and inquire.
They are all descendants of the Prince of Qin. Their fathers and ancestors have experienced wars. There are even figures such as Yuchi Baolin and Li Kai who have gone into battle to kill the enemy. Although the entourage around them cannot carry horses, they also bring some long knives, bows and crossbows.
And the longer wooden stick that I tried.
"Something happened in Changlepo?" Li Shan jumped off his horse, "It can't be a foreign enemy. I'm afraid there are bandits causing trouble."
Li Kai nodded in agreement, "Liu Heitai returned more than a month ago. King Huaiyang and Shi Wanbao, in charge of the march in Hebei Province, stayed in Hebei. King Qi led his army back to Guanzhong. It cannot be a foreign enemy."
This is a very simple judgment. Changlepo is only twenty or thirty miles away from Chang'an. It is impossible for foreign enemies to attack. Changlepo fell and the capital did not know about it.
Changsun Chong suddenly said: "I heard that Liu Heitai has conquered Dingzhou and Yingzhou."
Li Shimin was idle last year. Except for Li Xiaogong and Li Jing who were still conducting military campaigns in Jiangnan and Lingnan, Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng tried their best and sent out almost all the famous generals except the Prince of Qin's Palace, but no victory was achieved.
Everyone around him fell silent. Now that the world is generally peaceful, Liu Heitai was like a poisonous thorn that stabbed into Li Tang's back, making people uneasy.
Li Shan said slowly: "More than two months ago, Li Dayen was defeated and died..."
"Huh?" Gao Jingcheng's expression tightened, "Brother Li, what do you mean?"
"The scout is back." Li Shannu pursed his lips.
Yuchi Baolin sent four scouts, all of whom were elite soldiers who had experienced the battlefield. Two of them came back with injuries, cursing and wrapping up their wounds.
The crowd gathered around the leader of the scouts. Li Shan did not move forward, but stood quietly on the spot, motionless.
"The refugees are just revolting. Now in early August, it is the time when the Turks are moving south to invade the border." Yuchi Baolin said loudly: "Although I don't have a horse or a horse, I have a fast horse and a sharp knife, and it is easy to kill the refugees."
"That's not right. The son of a rich man cannot sit down in court." Fang Yizhi shook his head and said, "We all have mounts. It is only right to return immediately and inform Chang'an of the order."
Although there was no separation of civil and military families during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong were both brave generals who fought on the battlefield. Although Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling also experienced battles, they were only those who made suggestions after all. The children in the family naturally followed their fathers.
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Changsun Chong hesitated for a while, looked at Gao Jingcheng, then at Li Kai, and then looked back at Li Shan.
"The son of a rich man cannot sit down in the hall, and the six-foot-tall body must know his destiny." Li Shan said calmly: "But I can't leave even if I want to."
At this moment, the shouts of the scouts outside sounded, "Lang Jun, there are dozens of riders coming this way from the town."
Li Kai jumped on the horse, and with the support of his entourage, he stood on the horse and looked out, and shouted with a sullen face: "Get ready for war."
Cheng Chumo explained to Li Shan in a low voice, "Even if you have a fast horse, you will have soldiers chasing behind you..."
"No need to say more." Li Shan adjusted his horse. He also understood this truth. If you rush into the formation, you may not lose. If you run away...if you are caught up, you will have almost no power to fight back.
The surrounding entourage were all elite soldiers of the Qin Palace, and several of them were from the Xuanjia Army. They loudly ordered everyone to form formations.
Changsun Chong, Gao Jixiong and Li Shan were arranged in the most central position. The first two were because of their noble status, while Li Shan was because of his weakness.
Li Shan held the waist knife that Guo Pu had given him, thinking that he should have brought Zhou Zhao with him if he had known...
In the front were Yuchi Baolin and Cheng Chumo, who led their entourage to take the lead, with Li Kai taking command in the middle.
Following Li Kai's command, more than fifty riders moved forward slowly, and soon they could see dozens of riders approaching from the front.
Li Shan squinted his eyes and took a closer look. The figure was very blurry, and he was wielding a long knife in a threatening manner. He could vaguely see a large blood stain on a white horse.
"No horse!" Yuchi Baolin shouted: "One round of bows and arrows!"
Guo Pu on the side relaxed his hands, threw away the reins of Li Shan's horse, took off the long bow from the side of the mount, and bent the bow to set an arrow.
Following Li Kai's command, dozens of feather arrows pierced the sky and scattered forward.
Li Shan heard the buzzing sound of the bowstring bouncing in his ears, and he didn't know what effect this round of arrows would have. He only heard someone shouting in front of him, "Spears and sticks are ready, speed up!"
"Uncle Guo, protect Brother Li." Li Kai took a moment to give an order while he was busy, using his legs hard, holding a spear and speeding up his horse.
There is a strange feeling that fills Li Shan's heart, like the first fight in high school, the first independent surgery in the hospital, or the first time receiving a patient in the emergency room...
Countless pictures flashed through his mind, and he seemed to be able to hear the sound of wind in his ears, and he seemed to have heard the thought of the clash of weapons ahead. When Li Shan came to his senses, he lowered himself on the horse and heard several sounds in his ears.
There were screams and the muffled sound of a horse falling to the ground.
The elites of the Prince of Qin's Palace lived up to their reputation. When they faced each other, less than half of the more than thirty enemy cavalry were knocked down, and only two people were lost here. Yu Chigong reined in his horse with satisfaction, and looked back, his expression changed drastically.
When cavalry rushes into battle, they either focus on moving forward without hesitation, or they focus on drifting thousands of miles. The former has a very important prerequisite. The cavalry must have excellent riding skills and be able to calmly bypass obstacles once they encounter them.
Therefore, when Li Shimin led the Xuanjia Army to charge into battle, he would not throw down all the cards in his hand at once. Instead, he would divide the left and right armies into two armies and support them from the front and back. On the one hand, he could quickly expand the results of the battle, and on the other hand, he would not let himself fall into a stagnant state.
The same was true for this charge. Yuchi Gong divided the fifty-odd knights into two parts, the front and rear. Li Shan was left in the center at the back. Li Kai specifically asked Guo Pu to take care of him, in order to avoid the knights who fell to the ground after the charge.
The horses were too much for Li Shan to handle.
Unexpectedly, Li Shan was fine, but Changsun Chong fell off his horse, and while accelerating into the formation, he accidentally bumped into an unridden horse that had missed the front line.
After all, he was only fifteen years old. When he encountered a dangerous situation, Changsun Chong was thrown to the ground in a panic. He didn't know what to do for a moment.
At this moment, the knight who was on the last horse lowered his body and stretched out his hand.
"Reach out!"
"Come up!"
Cheng Chumo was delighted to see Yuchi Baolin in the distance, and Zhang Sun Chong grabbed the opponent's outstretched palm reflexively.
The next moment, there was nothing on the horse's back.
Li Shan, who was pulled off his horse by Chang Sun Chong, pulled out his sword with an expressionless face and stared at the men who gathered around him.