The scene of the reunion between grandparents and grandchildren is particularly touching.
Li Ji opened his mouth to take down his grandson. Li Qinzai was stunned and stood in front of Li Jima and looked at him with wide eyes.
It makes my heart feel cold, just like the gourd boy who has gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers to get into the monster's cave. He is about to rescue grandpa, but he finds that his dear grandpa and the snake demon are in love. You farm and I farm, and grandpa still... He thought the gourd baby was in the way, so he ordered the baby to be captured and stewed in a medicine jar to make a tonic.
When grandparents and grandchildren meet, shouldn't they be like running around, hugging each other, holding them high, and spinning around in circles?
Fortunately, Li Ji's people were all members of the Li family and were old acquaintances. No one listened to Li Ji's orders, and everyone looked at his grandfather and grandson with smiles.
Li Qinzai stepped forward, bowed in salute, and said with a wry smile: "Grandpa is really... the older he gets, the more naughty he becomes."
The army continued to move forward. Li Ji laughed, turned over and dismounted, strode up to Li Qinzai, looked at him with red eyes for a while, and then patted him hard on the shoulder.
"Good boy, I have read the military reports you sent, and you did a good job!" Li Ji smiled happily: "In the past, when you were in Chang'an, making those new gadgets, others said that there was a successor to the Li family, but I never came out. sound."
"There are real successors. You have to show your true skills and let your military exploits speak for themselves. This time you finally earned face for our Li family, haha!"
Li Qinzai blinked, he knew the meaning of Li Ji's words.
During this expedition, Li Qinzai led a partial division, which took down the Japanese country and the Silla army in Baekje. After going north and entering Goguryeo, he made great achievements. He fought several beautiful battles and wiped out tens of thousands of enemies. The eastern part of Goguryeo was swept through and the set strategic goals were completed.
Even if Li Qinzai was suddenly transferred back to Chang'an by Li Zhi today, based on his current achievements, he would still be among the top three generals in the entire Eastern Expedition.
Li Ji was not only happy that after this battle, the Li family would become more and more dazzling in Chang'an City, but he was also happy that Li Qinzai's outstanding performance on the battlefield gave Datang a greater chance of winning in this Eastern Expedition, which was related to the national destiny.
In fact, the grandfather and grandson have cooperated tacitly and have occupied half of Goguryeo's territory. As long as they proceed steadily and advance step by step, the destruction of the country is imminent.
"Let's go and set up camp in Liaodong City first, and then you and I can have a good chat." Li Ji happily patted his shoulder and smiled.
Li Qinzai rode a horse and rode side by side with Li Ji, and soon they arrived outside Liaodong City.
A hundred thousand troops set up camp, and the white tents stretched for dozens of miles without end. Li Ji's commander's tent was pitched at Zhengzhongxin of the camp, and the surrounding tents of the personal guards and generals formed a plum blossom shape to protect the commander's tent.
When the soldiers were setting up camp, Li Ji and Li Qinzai went directly into the commander's tent.
Just as the grandfather and grandson were about to talk, heroic laughter came from outside the handsome tent.
As soon as the light at the door dimmed, a burly figure like an iron tower blocked the door. Li Qinzai stared at it and hurriedly stood up to salute.
It turns out that this person is Qibi Heli.
After saluting, he straightened up. Several people came in one after another after Qi Bi Heli. Li Qinzai found that they were all old acquaintances. In Chang'an City, they were the ones who could pick up his collar and kick his ass.
There is no way, they are all elders, and Li Qinzai's seniority can only be seen in this handsome tent at the moment.
So Li Qinzai had no choice but to keep saluting.
"Boy, pay homage to Grandpa Qibi..."
"Boy, meet Uncle Xue..."
"Boy, pay homage to... uh, pay homage to this unnamed grandpa..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he got a hard kick on the butt.
Li Qinzai stared at him with a serious face: "You bastard, do you have any manners in front of your elders? Do you force me to use military law on you?"
Li Qinzai blinked innocently.
There are several elders whom I really don’t recognize. For example, the one in front of me is a picky-looking person with a curly beard and rough facial features. I can only vaguely tell that he should be the same generation as Li Ji and looks highly respected.
A veteran killer who can appear in the commander's tent and is very old must be a ruthless character, and Li Qinzai must respect him.
"Uh, I'm sorry, I didn't ask this grandpa for advice..."
The highly respected Lao Shacai stroked his long beard, laughed, and said: "I, Gao Kan, saw you in Chang'an many years ago. However, I have been guarding the border for many years and have not returned to Chang'an for a long time. It is reasonable for my grandnephew to forget about me. "
Li Qinzai was startled and hurriedly bowed and saluted again.
Gao Kan is another famous general.
During the Zhenguan period, he attacked the Turks, captured the Turkic Khan Ashina Chebi alive, and sent him to the Imperial Ancestral Temple as a prisoner. He made Li Shimin look good and was named General Wei.
Later, Li Zhi ascended the throne, and Gao Kan was transferred to Yingzhou as the governor. Yingzhou was a border town between Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo.
Gao Kan had served as the governor of Yingzhou for many years. Gao Kan was basically responsible for all the various low-level tasks ordered by the court elders to harass Goguryeo, destroy its farmland, capture its civilians, burn its houses in the mountains and forests, etc.
As a result, Goguryeo's food production has decreased in recent years, its population has plummeted, and the people are in dire straits. This shows how... wicked this person is?
It has to be said that this famous general who is the same generation as Li Ji is also a ruthless character. He has been the governor of Yingzhou for many years and has done a lot of business of killing people, stealing goods, destroying fields and burning houses. Li Qinzai always felt that Gao Kan exuded a fierceness. The gangster spirit is a bit stronger than Cheng Yaojin.
Seeing Li Qinzai bowing respectfully, Gao Kan happily stroked his beard. After laughing, he subconsciously touched his arms and took out a jade bracelet stained with blood and handed it to him.
Li Qinzai looked at him in shock.
"I'll give you a greeting gift. Yesterday, my general encountered a Goguryeo family who had fled. They probably had a lot of money, so they were not polite. They chopped up the whole family and accepted the family property. This bracelet is the wrist of the mistress. It looks like it’s worth some money, so I’ll give it to you.”
Looking at the blood stains on the jade bracelet, Li Qinzai could imagine where this bracelet came from, and his face couldn't help but look a little ugly.
Although he is a bit greedy for money, but... Boss, you should clean it up before giving it away. This bloody appearance makes people panic.
Before Li Qinzai took it, Li Ji behind him cursed dissatisfiedly: "Old killer! You don't even give gifts, and you haven't even wiped off the blood. Can my grandson want it? Qinzai doesn't take it. It's very unlucky. He's going to turn around." Let this old killer find something valuable and bring it to you."
All the generals in the handsome tent laughed.
Gao Kan didn't mind either, he laughed a few times, took the jade bracelet back into his arms, and said: "I was very happy to see your grandson, I will find some clean ones to give to you later."
Li Qinzai breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked him for his humility.
It could be seen that Gao Kan seemed to really appreciate Li Qinzai. He grabbed his neck and whispered in his ear.
"I've heard about your kid's many deeds. You're a character. He's a bastard, but he's also capable of doing things. Being your grandfather's grandson is too unworthy. How about you think about it, how about being my grandson?"
Li Qinzai smiled bitterly and said: "Back in Chang'an City, Grandpa Liang Jianfang said the same thing as you..."
"and after?"
"Later, my grandfather let the dog chase him for five streets. Grandpa Liang still has the teeth marks on his buttocks from the dog bite."
Gao Kan was stunned and turned to look at Li Ji, then at the serious Li Qinzai.
After a long time, Gao Kan laughed angrily and slapped him on the back.
"He is indeed a bastard, even I dare to lie to you!"