"Li Yi is a natural general, good at riding and shooting, brave in battle, well versed in the art of war, and very strict in running the army. You must be extremely careful."
In front of Xiande Hall.
Li Shimin was teaching Prince Cheng Qian archery, and asked Huaiyu to compete with the Prince.
Sixty pace target.
At a young age, Cheng Qian was trained by Li Gang, Kong Yingda, Lu Deming and others in his studies, but he was still good at shooting arrows.
Huaiyu, on the other hand, only hit six out of ten arrows at such a close distance, which made Li Shimin shake his head.
The emperor reminded Huaiyu not to underestimate the enemy and underestimate Li Yi.
"Li Yi has a group of Youzhou Cavalry under his command. Although they are not many in number, they are very elite. Be careful."
Youzhou cavalry is famous. It first emerged in the Yan State. Later, the Han and Huns fought for a long time. In order to be able to fight against the Huns cavalry, the Han Dynasty established a powerful cavalry force in the Liaohe area. Youzhou, which was on the northern border at that time, was also at war.
In the process of training, an elite cavalry team was trained, the Youzhou Assault Cavalry.
Later, the three elite troops founded by Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty were collectively known as Bingzhou Bingqi, Liangzhou Dama, and Youzhou Tuqi, and they became famous all over the world.
Yan and Zhao have many heroes since ancient times.
Youzhou has produced red horses named Diao since ancient times. The heroes of Yan and Zhao were matched with Youzhou red horses, thus creating the Youzhou assault cavalry that can charge and break formations to attack the enemy.
Later, at the end of the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Zan's White Horse Yicong and others were all his representatives.
When Li Yi was in his twenties, he worshiped General Hu Ben Zhonglang for his bravery and bravery, and led troops to garrison in Peiping. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil. Even the generals Li Jing and Xue Shixiong who controlled Youzhou were killed by bandits. Only Luo
Yi continued to attack, defeating one bandit after another. Others were beaten by the bandits and hunkered down in the city and starved, but Luo Yi went around killing the rich bandits.
He even often took the initiative to attack outside the fortress and defeated the Turks. Xi Qi and other barbarians led their troops to move far away and did not dare to approach at all. But even so, Luo Yidu often went out to the fortress to trouble these barbarians, saying that he was suppressing them.
When thieves fight against bandits, they actually go to steal horses and cattle.
Luo Yi is so awesome. In addition to being a general of troops, he is also related to the Youzhou Cavalry under his command.
The Youzhou assault cavalry under his command back then was extremely impressive, and there was even an armored cavalry among them.
With this ability and his troops, Luo Yi later took advantage of the chaos and separatized Youzhou.
When Luo Yi separatized Youzhou and called himself the general manager, he was only in his twenties. Now he is actually only thirty-nine years old.
In terms of bravery alone, powerful generals such as Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Wang Junkuo may not be as good as him.
It's a pity that there were too many heroes in Hebei at the end of the Sui Dynasty, such as Gao Kaidao, Tan Sheng, Sun Anzu, Gao Shida, etc., and there were Liu Jizhen, Liu Wuzhou and others in Hedong next door. Although Luo Yi was better at fighting, he was not as good as Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou and others in the end.
He had no choice but to take the initiative to express his surrender to Li Yuan of Chang'an.
Later, when Li Jiancheng and Liu Heitai were defeated, Luo Yi led his troops to assist Jiancheng and tried hard to win over him. So Luo Yi joined the East Palace, and then entered the court, was promoted to a higher rank, and then stayed in Guanzhong.
At the height of the fight between Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Luo Yi secretly mobilized 300 Youzhou cavalry for Jiancheng to enter the capital. This was also the trigger that forced Li Shimin to take the risk and initiate the palace coup. If he waited any longer, Li Shimin would really have no choice but to die.
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Luo Yi was on Li Shimin's blacklist, and his performance during the Turkic invasion last year made Li Shimin determined to kill him.
"After you defeat Li Yi, I will give you one thousand soldiers and horses under his command."
The emperor was very generous, "I will give you three hundred armored cavalry from Youzhou."
The armored cavalry were the most powerful fighting force in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. They were few in number and each one was the best among the best.
Three hundred cavalry are enough to change the outcome of a small battle.
The emperor specially told Huaiyu that Li Yi must die and all he had to do was send his head to Chang'an.
I mean don't capture them alive, don't send them back to Chang'an alive.
The emperor clapped his hands,
Zhang Ananda came in and asked, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"Go get the slapping knife that I collected."
Xumi, the skinny butler Zhang Anan came in carrying an extra-long sword.
The knife was three feet long, and the blade was over a meter long. It was thick and large, especially its shape, which was a relatively rare three-pointed two-edged knife.
It’s Erlangshen’s magic weapon.
It is unimaginable that the skinny Zhang Anan could easily carry this big knife in. It is a bit like Song Jiang carrying a simple knife.
Li Shimin took it and his painting style changed immediately.
The tall and majestic emperor, with a long sword on his body, became murderous. The emperor, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, danced the long sword with great power. The sword shone like snow and silver light splashed everywhere.
Cheng Qian watched with fascination and admiration on his face.
Huaiyu also looked a little dazed. He had long heard that Li Shimin was a sharpshooter like Li Yuan and could shoot a very powerful bow. He also heard that Li Shimin was better at using a broadsword than Li Yuanji was good at using a horse.
It was really a pleasure to watch him dance with his sword today.
Fan Xing and Fan Xuanfu are also good at using swords, but they are good at using the horse-killing broadsword, which can also be called the Mo sword, which is more slender.
As for this Paidao, the handle is longer, the blade is also long and wide, with three points and two edges, and it is more murderous.
After finishing a set of sword dances, Li Shimin didn't even take a breath.
"Do you know who the previous owner of this knife was?"
Huaiyu shook his head, he couldn't be Erlang Shen.
"The previous owner of this sword was Kan Leng, the adopted son of Du Fuwei, Duke of Wu State."
Du Fuwei, Duke of Wu, was the largest rebel king in the Jianghuai separatist regime at the end of the Sui Dynasty. In the fifth year of Wude, Li Tang successively pacified Wang Shichong of Luoyang, Dou Jiande of Hebei, Liu Heitai of Dou's remaining tribe, Xu Yuanlang of Shandong, and Chen Bing of the Tang army on the border with Du Fuwei.
Jiangbiao and Lingnan had also been captured by the Tang army. Du Fuwei saw that the situation was settled, so he wrote to Li Yuan to request to enter the court. After Du Fuwei entered the court, he was named the crown prince and Taibao, and was granted the title of Li by the King of Wu. Together with another man who had been in Jiangnan
Emperor Wu and Li Zitong, who proclaimed themselves emperor, were both in Chang'an.
But in the seventh year of Wude, Du Fuwei's good brother Fu Gonger rebelled, and Du Fuwei died suddenly in Chang'an. The court announced that Du Fuwei was obsessed with the way of immortality in Chang'an, and he took pills and was poisoned.
shoot.
Death from poisoning is certain, but it is not simple to be poisoned or poisoned by taking the wrong elixir.
After Du's death, his two adopted sons Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan were originally known as the Jianghuai Heroes. After Fu's rebellion, Wang Xiongdan was killed by Fu, and Kan Leng followed Li Jing and Li Ji to pacify Fu Gong'er.
Kan Leng was tall, burly and powerful, so he had this long sword specially made for him. Every time Kan Leng went into battle, his sword would kill both men and horses. He was the governor of Yuezhou, and he was still the vanguard in the fight against Ping Fu.
However, while he was conquering the rebels at the front, Li Xiaogong confiscated Kan Leng's property in the rear. Kan Lang angrily questioned Li Xiaogong, but Li Xiaogong killed Kan Leng for treason, and then wrote to Li Yuan, saying that Du Fuwei was behind the rebellion.
Mastermind.
Therefore, although Du Fuwei died suddenly in Chang'an early, Li Yuan still deprived Du Fuwei of his official title and his family, and demoted his son to a slave.
After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he rehabilitated Du Fuwei and Kan Leng, posthumously awarded Du Fuwei the title of Duke of Wu, ordered his son to inherit the title of Duke, and granted the title of Duke to the son of Kan Leng and Wang Xiongdan.
However, Kan Leng's ten-foot-long slapping knife became one of Li Shimin's collections.
"you try!"
Huaiyu took the knife, which was extremely heavy. Looking at it up close, he could feel the ferociousness of the knife. The blade was both thick and sharp.
"Your Majesty, this sword should be considered a Mo sword, right?"
"It is much stronger than the standard Mo Dao in the army. If it is in the hands of a strong general, a man and a horse can fight against each other. I heard that you are not good at horse-killing. You used a horse-killing sword on the battlefield of Longyou. This slap-dao is better than a horse-killing sword.
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"Give it to you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"I will give you another sword."
The emperor turned around and took out a sword, a very gorgeous sword. It was a jade sword. The sword head, sword check, sword ring, and sword ring were all carved from fine jade.
A gentleman has no reason, and the jade will never leave his body.
There are still dragon patterns on the jade.
This is the emperor's sword.
Li Shimin handed it to Huaiyu, "This sword is one of my swords. I give it to you as a special reward. When you go out to Yanzhou, with this jade sword, you can kill unjust generals in the state who are civil and military officers below the fifth rank. I will give it to you."
Yanzhou has inherited the privilege of worshiping and enfeoffing, and officials and generals in the state can directly reward their merits and punish their demerits."
Ministers do not have the power to be directly ennobled. Even governors and governors generally have to report to the court according to procedures for promotion and dismissal.
However, the emperor now emphasizes that the frontline is special during wartime, and rewards cannot be delayed. In order to strengthen the authority of the chief official, he has specially granted this privilege of worship. Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded directly, and those who have made mistakes will be punished directly. There is no need to waste time on the way back and forth, waiting for the court's approval.
This kind of power is very special and is usually only granted temporarily. For example, Li Jingping in Lingnan had this privilege. Chai Shao also had this power in Longyou.
When Li Shimin was still King of Qin, he also obtained this power many times.
Now that Huaiyu was just a governor, the emperor gave him this privilege in Yanzhou.
From now on, Wu Huaiyu could directly reward and punish the officials of prefectures and counties in Yanzhou, as well as the officers of prefectures and towns. This is a bit like the later Jiedu envoys who gave double banners and double festivals, and the banners were dedicated to rewards and the festivals were dedicated to killing.
Wu Huaiyu, the governor, originally followed the practice since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and also added a special envoy-chijie, which was originally a jingjie given by the emperor to exercise local military and political power on the emperor's behalf.
There was even a hierarchy in the past, with Chijie as the superior, Zhijie as the second son, and Jiejie as the inferior. In the Jin Dynasty, the envoy Chijie had to kill less than two thousand stones, and he had great power.
However, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the titles of envoy Chijie and Chijie were all empty. The governor-general conferred envoys Chijie, and Chijie conferred the title of governor. In military states along the border, some governors also conferred envoys Chijie.
This envoy festival has lost its original function.
Now that the emperor has given Huaiyu the jade sword and the privilege of making it, it is actually equivalent to restoring the original authority of the envoy.
Sure enough, after receiving the privilege of accepting the title of worship, the emperor gave Huaiyu Jingjie, which was dedicated to rewards, and the festival was dedicated to killing. In the future, when the rewards and punishments were over, the emperor would ask for the Jingjie given by the emperor. This was the same as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The King's Mandate Flag Card has the same effect.
As for the jade sword, it is naturally the Shang Fang Sword.
"The Bachelor of Martial Arts is so majestic. A bachelor serves as a governor. As a governor, he has the privilege of being granted a title. He can also get banners and jade swords. These are things that ordinary governors cannot get. Saints really appreciate bachelors.
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Prince Cheng Qian was sent out of the Xiande Palace by the Emperor Cheng Qian. He admired the young East Palace official very much. Wu Huaiyu had not been in the East Palace for a long time, but unlike other East Palace officials, he never scolded the prince in reverse. He would not
Always tell the truth to him.
Among the officials in the East Palace, Cheng Qian only liked Pei Ju and Huaiyu, but it was a pity that such good officials in the East Palace had to leave the capital.
"The greater the trust of the saint, the greater the responsibility of the minister. I cannot live up to His Majesty's expectations,"
"When will the bachelor come back? There are not many interesting people in the East Palace. People like Li Gang are so boring. It will be even more boring now that you are gone."
"I will return to the East Palace once Liangshidu is pacified."
Huaiyu had nothing to say to the prince. He couldn't say that you should not take old guys like Li Gang seriously and treat their words as fart. If he dared to say such things, it would definitely be miserable if Li Shimin found out.
"Your Highness, please stay. I will leave!"
Cheng Qian reluctantly stood at the door to say goodbye. It was rare to see an interesting East Palace official, but he left again.
Outside the palace gate, Zhang Anan was waiting for Huaiyu with his arms folded.
"Your Highness likes Marquis Wu very much."
Huaiyu chuckled, "Supervisor Zhang, do you have anything else to say?"
