After saying goodbye to his wife and children, Li Qinzai went directly to the backyard study.
Li Ji stood in the yard outside the study, stroking his beard and looking at him with a smile, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
Li Qinzai strode forward and knelt down on one knee: "Grandpa, my grandson is going to war. Grandpa, please take care of yourself."
Li Ji nodded and said with a smile: "I'm used to your dissolute appearance. Suddenly I saw you wearing a suit of armor, and you looked very heroic, like a young general on the battlefield."
Li Qinzai was a little surprised and said cautiously: "Grandpa, if you are good at this, when your grandson returns home in triumph, he will wear armor and dangle in front of you every day..."
Li Ji laughed loudly: "You little bastard is so pleased with me, what do you want?"
Of course I want an inheritance...
After all, Li Qinzai still didn't dare to say it. As a bastard, he felt that these words were too bastard.
Li Ji's smile gradually faded and he said in a deep voice: "Be careful when you go to Japan. From the tribute paid by Japanese envoys, it can be seen that although Japan has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, its leader is not willing to do so. He wants to get rid of the Tang Dynasty. Take control, maybe there is some conspiracy brewing."
"After you go to the Japanese country, don't trust any Japanese people. The only people you can really trust are our family and the 10,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Qinzai lowered his head: "My grandson understands. Don't worry, grandpa. With your grandson's shrewdness, he will definitely not suffer a big loss. But the leader of the Japanese country is different. He cannot afford to fail, not even once."
Li Ji's eyes flashed and he said slowly: "If something happens to the Japanese country and the situation is urgent, you can make a decision at the opportunity. You can kill everyone including the leader of the Japanese country. I can take care of it for you in front of your majesty."
"Under the control of the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter who is the leader of the country."
Li Ji also gave some instructions on military and state affairs. The lifelong experience accumulated by a generation of veterans on the battlefield was taught to Li Qinzai without reservation.
Li Qinzai respectfully wrote them down one by one.
After the instructions, Li Ji was silent for a moment and waved his hand freely: "Go ahead, I'm waiting to join forces with your troops in Goguryeo."
Li Qinzai whispered: "Grandpa, the battle to conquer Goguryeo is more dangerous than the Japanese. Grandpa, you must be careful and take care. You are old. Don't be impulsive. If you accidentally fall into the enemy's way, it is important to save your life. Run away if you can, and stay behind." Deqingshan is here..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Ji was already furious: "You bastard! I have fought countless battles in my life, how can I lose the battle when I am old..."
Li Qinzai said seriously: "Grandpa, what you said is wrong. General Li Guang of the Han Dynasty also spent his whole life fighting, and he was still in old age, and he was captured alive by the Huns..."
Li Ji's eyelids twitched, and then he looked around in a familiar manner.
Li Qinzai sighed. Fortunately, he was not destined to be the emperor. Otherwise, he would be a coward, unable to listen to any unfavorable advice...
"Grandpa, calm down, grandson, I'll say goodbye now!"
Li Ji angrily flipped his sleeves: "Get out!"
After Li Qinzai left, the courtyard was quiet. Li Ji stood alone in the courtyard, his tall and upright figure unknowingly bowed down.
At the end of his life, the famous general was old, and with thousands of lives in his hands, he could not bear to be separated from his family at this moment.
Why are you secretly in ecstasy?
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He hugged his wife and children one by one, and amid their tears, Li Qinzai turned away decisively.
Hundreds of members of the Li family, wearing armor, stood quietly outside the Duke's Mansion. Seeing Li Qinzai step out, Liu Asi and others all bowed with their swords drawn.
A chilling atmosphere filled the air outside the house, and countless passers-by stopped to avoid him with respectful expressions.
Li Qinzai took the reins from Steward Wu and was about to mount his horse when he suddenly heard a bold passerby among the crowd of onlookers raise his voice and ask: "General, are you going to fight for the country?"
Li Qinzai hesitated for a moment, then smiled at him and said, "That's right, I'm going to fight for the country."
Strange passers-by immediately bowed to Li Qinzai and saluted.
"May the general be victorious, the soldiers return in triumph, and the Tang Dynasty be victorious!"
"The Tang Dynasty is victorious!"
Li Qinzai got on his horse, waved to the crowd, and said loudly: "The Tang Dynasty will be victorious!"
After saying that, he shook the reins and, surrounded by his tribe, the group of people galloped out of the city gate.
Outside the Duke's Mansion, passers-by still stood still. Until Li Qinzai and his subordinates disappeared, they still maintained their bowing posture, as if this was the only way to express their inner respect for the soldiers who went on the expedition.
After a long time, people came and went again outside the Duke's Mansion.
Strange passers-by talked to each other.
"The general just now was so young and so brave. I wonder whose handsome son he is?"
"You're so dumbfounded, don't you know how to read? I haven't seen anyone coming out of the British Duke's mansion. Of course they are the children and grandchildren of the British Duke."
"Your Majesty has many children and grandchildren. The one just now was..."
"That one is the most promising grandson of Duke Ying. Haven't you heard of 'one family and two sons'? The one just now is the fifth grandson of Duke Ying, Li Qinzai, who was granted the title of Duke of Weinan County."
"You're in your twenties, but you're already a county official and a figure!"
"He is a character. He was forged on the battlefield with swords and spears. I heard that that man also made a lot of achievements back then. Otherwise, do you think that the title of County Duke fell from the sky? Now he has to go to the battlefield again.
Come, earn face and grab land for our Datang..."
"After many veteran generals in the Tang Dynasty, there are new rising stars. Haha, continuing the past and opening up the future, there are many talented people in the country. It seems obvious that tonight I asked my mother-in-law to add a dish and drink two bowls of fermented glutinous rice. I wish the young general a victory."
Li Qin took a group of people out of the city and sped towards the camp in the northern suburbs, thirty miles outside the city.
The imperial army's official eastward expedition to Goguryeo has not yet started, but Li Qinzai must take the first step.
Laying out the layout of the Japanese country, building good harbors, recruiting the young people of the Japanese country, etc. These preparations are very tedious and take a long time. Li Qinzai must first arrive at the Japanese country and deal with it personally.
The group soon arrived at the northern suburbs camp. Li Qinzai reined in his horse outside the camp, and the tribesmen stopped one after another.
When the smoke and dust in the sky cleared, Li Qinzai suddenly discovered a woman wearing a plain dress outside the camp gate. Her baby-fat little face was rosy, her eyes were big and bright, her red lips were slightly pursed, her temples were flicking, and she was waiting with a dull expression.
Outside the camp gate.
Li Qinzai smiled, threw the reins to Buqu, stepped forward and said, "Xiao Baga, you are very beautiful today."
Luye Zanliang bowed his head and saluted Li Qinzai: "My slave, I pay my respects to the Fifth Young Master."
Li Qinzai smiled and said: "Come with me on this expedition. As the eldest daughter of the Japanese emperor, you don't need to call yourself a slave."
Wuye Zanliang was silent for a moment and said: "I dare not overstep my bounds, but I have a request."
"You can say it, but I won't agree anyway."
Kono Sanliang: “…………”
"Haha, I'm just teasing you. Just tell me and I'll listen first."
Only then did Kono Sanliang say softly: "Five Young Masters are going on an expedition for the country. The victory has been decided. Whether you have slaves or not, it will not affect your overall situation. So I ask you, can I not allow my slaves to accompany you on the expedition?"
Li Qinzai didn't seem surprised and said with a smile: "Look, we are really in tune with each other. Your request troubles me. I really won't agree to it..."