Li Xu was young, and although he had experienced many hardships, his mind was far from mature to the point of wisdom and peace. He once saw with his own eyes the heads of Paoze people in Liaodong being built into pagodas by the Goguryeo people, so it was inevitable for a long time in his life
They will be blinded by hatred. But the civil and military ideas of the Manchu dynasty cannot be as extreme as young people. The Sui Dynasty's crusade against Goryeo was in the name of taunting the people and crippling the country. If they blindly burned, killed and looted in the other side's territory, it would make people
The entire Eastern Expedition lost its moral fulcrum. His Majesty the Sui Emperor's image as a saint and emperor would also collapse as a result.
Yu Shiji, the remonstrating doctor, had a "Bodhisattva" heart and immediately stood up to oppose. "Long live General Li, kill him..."
"Don't worry, Yu Aiqing. I will send him a supervisor. Shiji, you will follow General Li Lang this time. Give him more advice on the march and the battle, and don't let him kill innocent people indiscriminately!" Yang Guang interrupted with a smile!
Yu Shiji’s advice.
"Your Majesty, I respect your order!" Yu Wenshiji, who had been hiding behind all the civil servants, quickly stepped out of the queue and accepted the order happily.
"What matter, you two will discuss and decide. The army will set off tonight, and I will order all the officials to cooperate with you in making preparations!" Yang Guang looked at Li Xu, who was full of disappointment, and then looked at Yuwen Shiji, who was eager to try, and whispered.
Advice.
"Yes, I respect your order!" Li Xu had no choice but to step forward to receive the order. It was really not what he wanted to let Yu Wenshiji serve as the supervisor. The son-in-law of the current emperor had a forked tongue, and he
Since the two met, Li Xu has never heard a pleasant word from this person's mouth.
Sure enough, as soon as they left the Chinese military tent, Yuwen Shiji's sarcastic words came to him. "Haha, General Li is indeed a good man who values love and justice. He doesn't give up on the wealth and wealth within his reach. He will never forget it.
But it is the uncle-nephew relationship with Mr. Tang! Hey, I just don’t know when Mr. Tang gave the general the armor, what he was thinking about was more family affection or more price!"
"As long as I don't think about the price, it will be fine!" Li Xu glanced at him and replied sternly. "If you receive a drop of kindness from someone, you should repay it with a spring. Even the virtue of the recommendation of the old general Yuwen, Li would not dare to
forget!"
Tang Gong Li Yuan's gift of gold and armor must have been for the purpose of attracting people. Li Xu had already thought clearly about this after drinking. But at the same time, he clearly realized that without Li Yuan's exceptional promotion and recommendation, he would not be where he is today.
.Besides, no matter what others say, you can never give up on your principles of being a human being.
"Ha, a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water! But I wonder if some people have lost their own future, what can they do to repay others?"
"We'll talk about the future in the future. Now Li is trying his best to open up an escape route for General Yuwen, which is the reward within his ability!" Li Xu knew that he couldn't beat Yuwen with his bickering, so he simply pulled out the task at hand to parry. The commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army is Yuwen.
As for his father, he believed that no matter how stupid this person was, he would not take his father's life as a joke.
As soon as these words came out, Yuwen Shiji's mouth was blocked. Although he was full of counterattacks, the Prince Consort was really afraid of annoying Li Xu and causing the other party to deliberately fail to do his job. He held it in for a long time.
, he muttered and added: "I don't see what's so good about Li Yuan. This big tree is obviously about to fall, why are you still clinging to it like a vine?"
"If Li is a vine, he will naturally climb the branches early!" Li Xu smiled and replied lightly. He understood the intention of Yuwenshu and his son to win over each other. In the Sui Dynasty, the strength of the Yuwen family was far greater than that of the Li family.
.But he doesn’t want to be a vine, and he doesn’t want to live relying on the gifts of others. He wants to fight for his own sky. Maybe for various reasons, he is destined not to become a towering tree. But he can at least choose to be a weed.
, weeds that can breathe freely in the sun without looking at anyone’s face.
"General Li Lang has great ambitions!" Yuwen Shiji's words sounded more mocking than admiring.
Li Xu shrugged and refused to continue arguing with this person. The nephew of the Duke of Guo will never understand the thoughts of a civilian boy, just like he can't understand why he must swear allegiance so that the Yuwen family and his son can feel at ease with him.
When Yu Wenshi saw that Li Xu was silent, he also lost the fun of bickering. At the moment, rescuing the Eastern Expedition army was more important, so those family disputes could be put behind him for the time being. Thinking of this, his thoughts slowly got on the right track again, and he remained silent.
After a moment, he asked in a low voice: "Tell me, what do I, the supervisor, need to do before departure?"
"Gather the war horses as much as you can." Li Xu nodded and handed over the most difficult problem to Yuwen Shiji to deal with.
An hour after Li Xu returned to his military camp, Yuwen Supervisor officially took office. As a descendant of the Yuwen family, he lived up to expectations and asked for fifteen thousand high-quality war horses from Lord Pei Jing, who was in charge of military supplies.
In addition, for the sake of General Yu Wenshu, Lord Pei Jing also provided 5,000 auxiliary cavalry light armor and more than 1,000 long branches to the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion as support for this rescue operation.
"I wonder if these war horses can meet the needs of General Lang?" Yu Wenshiji asked proudly after sitting in the general's position.
"Of course it's enough, Mr. Yuwen has such a good trick!" Li Xu praised with a smile.
"If you want to do something, you have to reach a certain position!" Yu Wenshi shrugged his shoulders and started his routine persuasion and education again.
Li Xu smiled, turned around and went out of the tent to check the preparations of the soldiers. The best way he could find to deal with Yuwen Shiji was to remain silent. Anyway, the rescue target this time was his father, and he was not afraid of him.
Unwilling to do his best.
People in the military camp were shouting and shouting, and it was already in chaos. The news that there was no need to attack Liaodong City made everyone very excited, although the danger they would face tomorrow might be greater than before. The messengers quickly galloped around the military camp, beating their horses.
, sent orders from generals at all levels to every corner. Xiaoguo, who was from an ordinary family, happily took the newly acquired war horse and eagerly wanted to jump on the horse's back. Those who brought their own good horses to join the army laughed and cursed.
They were giving pointers, as if they had been promoted to riding instructors and had an army full of disciples. Some proudly put their newly minted cavalry light armor on their shoulders and walked back and forth to show off their good bodies. Others looked on with envy.
He stared at the long spears that the officers had received, and wished he could rush forward to grab them and play with them...
"I'll try to bring them back as soon as possible!" Asahi thought as he walked. The sunshine in June was very poisonous, causing his forehead and nose bones to ache a bit, but he refused to hide in the shade of the trees, and straightened his body.
, slowly patrolling the army.
"General!" A soldier saw the young general and took the initiative to salute him.
"No courtesy, everyone, hurry up and prepare. If you are not good at riding or have poor physical strength, please take the initiative to report it to your team leader!" Li Xu returned the salute and warned with a smile. Is this considered mature and calm?
He wasn't sure. But he forced himself to behave like a trustworthy general.
"Sir General, you are so brave!" A familiar voice came from behind, forcing Li Xu to stop his lame performance. It was Li Jiancheng. Xuzi heard the joke in the words, turned around, and saw several familiar pictures.
face.
Liu Hongji, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Samurai Xun obviously came in a hurry from Huaiyuan Town. Everyone was covered in dust. Black mud sweat painted countless stripes on their faces, which looked strange from a distance.
He looked like a kid who had just escaped from hell. But the smile under the mud was very warm. Li Xu strode forward to greet him and greeted several friends one by one.
"I didn't expect His Majesty to ask you to lead the army alone so soon!" Liu Hongji's words were far more worried than envious. "Try to be careful. Several cities along the way were not captured by the army!"
"I'll try my best!" Li Xu smiled and nodded, not thinking that Liu Hongji's words were a slight on his ability. Although the relationship between the two has slowly begun to drift away, deep down in his heart, he still regards Liu Hongji as a mature and prudent person.
's brother.
"Don't fight hard when you can feint a shot. Although the Xiaoguo under your command all look big and thick, their combat effectiveness may not be as good as that of the veterans in our food protection army!" Warrior Yu moved forward and suggested.
"Thank you!" Li Xu agreed in a low voice. He glanced at the warrior Yu's upper body and found that the other party's breastplate, helmet and shoulder pads still had the brigade's logo hanging on them. "Come into my tent and sit down, I will let you."
I'll go get you some face wash!" He stepped forward and grabbed the reins of Li Jiancheng's horse, "There's still some time before we set off, so you guys just want to give me some advice!"
"No need to wash it. It's too hot. Besides, you'll have to get dirty when you rush back later!" Li Jiancheng shook his head and looked around. He found that Li Xu's soldiers and subordinates were hiding in the distance in a low voice.
He said in a loud voice: "If you can leave as early as possible, leave as early as possible. Go as early as possible and come back as early as possible. Try not to stop when you come back. This mission is not that easy. If it were easy, I wouldn't leave it to you!"
"What happened?" Li Xu lowered his voice and asked. In the morning at the Chinese army's tent, all the civil and military officials discussed for a long time, but no one told him the specific reason why the army wanted to withdraw from Liaodong. And he and Yu Wenshiji also talked about it for a long time.
We can't talk about it. We just forgot to get inside information from the Prince Consort and the Supervisor.
"You send us out of the camp, let's talk as we walk!" Liu Hongji, Li Shimin and others jumped off their horses one after another, sandwiching Li Xu in the middle.
Li Xu waved his hand back, indicating that the soldiers did not have to follow him. Then he turned around and grabbed Li Shimin's upper arm, "Second Young Master has become a lot stronger again. It seems that he has endured a lot of hardship in martial arts training recently!"
"It's boring if I don't practice against you!" Li Shimin shook his head and sighed, pretending to be young and mature.
The five people walked out of the camp gate laughing and joking, and circled away from His Majesty the Emperor's central army. After walking about two miles, they saw that there were no strange faces around. Li Jiancheng stopped and said in a very low voice: "
The Minister of Rites, Yang Xuangan, rebelled, and what happened happened on the third day of this month. Now, the news of Liyang and Dongdu arriving here has been cut off, and no one knows what the rebels are going to do next!"
"Ah!" Li Xu felt his head buzzing, and Old Master Yang's face instantly appeared in front of his eyes. If Yang Xuangan summoned the Master to assist him in the rebellion, with the Master's personality, he would definitely serve the son of his old master with all his heart. It's just that
At this moment, almost all the troops who conquered the country are concentrated in Liaodong. Even if Yang Xuangan rebels, how sure is he of success?
"Li Mi is also under the command of Yang Xuangan. This man is very talented and vicious. If that guy gives Yang Xuangan advice, he will definitely suggest that he go north to attack Zhuojun and cut off the army's retreat!" Liu Hongji looked around and said,
Analysis in a low voice. "The military rations hoarded in western Liaoning are only enough to feed the army for two months, so you must rush back early!"
"The Emperor promised that before I come back, he will continue to attack Liaodong City!" Li Xu blurted out. After he finished speaking, he realized that he was reckless. When he agreed to his conditions, His Majesty must have known about the shortage of military rations. The reason why he
He promised without hesitation that he could go to meet the old general Yu Wenshu with peace of mind. If the army could not return within the scheduled time, His Majesty the Emperor would have to withdraw his troops to the Great Wall for the sake of the country and the country. At that time, 300,000 Dong
Zhengjun and his Xiaoguo camp became abandoned again. Thinking of this, cold sweat dripped down Li Xu's back.
"The emperor sometimes has to listen to the advice of hundreds of officials!" Liu Hongji knew what Li Xu was thinking and enlightened him with a wry smile. "I shouldn't have told you this news. It's because Duke Tang was afraid that you would suffer a loss..."
"Thank you, Mr. Tang!" Li Xu bowed his hands to everyone.
"Don't be so polite!" Li Jiancheng smiled and returned the gift for his father. "My father is also leaving Huaiyuan Town. The emperor temporarily granted him the position of guarding envoy, and asked him to go out of the town to promote the city and mobilize the northwest troops to prevent rogue bandits from various places.
Something happens!"
"Congratulations to Mr. Tang for me!" Li Xu gave another salute and congratulated him very happily. The envoy is a very powerful military position and can mobilize local troops and horses from all directions near the location. Judging from the arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor,
His suspicion of the Li family has gradually weakened. If this continues, life for Mr. Tang's family will become easier and easier.
"My father said that if you need anything in the future, you can come to Honghua to see him at any time!"
"When I come back from Liaodong, I will come to congratulate Shibo!" Li Xu assured everyone. "You guys should also be careful..."
"We are definitely safer than you! Hi, kid!" Liu Hongji punched Li Xu on the shoulder, his words filled with regret. He still can't let go of Xu Zi's departure.
"I'm trying not to embarrass Mr. Tang!" Li Xu smiled and covered up his embarrassment. Now is not the time to talk about these regrets. He needs to know as much as possible about the situation in the Central Plains. Master Yang is in the hands of the rebels.
, Xu Dayan's home is not far from Liyang. "Where did Yang Xuangan get the soldiers? Can they actually threaten the security of Dongdu?"
"The soldiers are all boatmen on the canal and the people who protect the food. Everyone said that if the 300,000 government soldiers were here last year..." Samurai Yu hesitated for a moment, and habitually finished the remaining half of the sentence.
The words were swallowed back in his stomach.
Half a sentence of news was enough for Li Xu. If the 300,000 soldiers from the government did not bury their bones in Liaodong last year, it would be difficult for anyone to shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. But it is different now. The rebels are commanded by a group of temporarily recruited farmers.
, also in the emperor’s hands.
If he were Yang Xuangan, he would definitely block the Liao army outside the Great Wall. There were rebels in front and Goguryeo people in the back. No one in the million-strong army could escape! Li Xu felt that his heart was getting colder and colder.
He fell heavily. Suddenly, he thought of a person, as if he saw sunshine after the rain, and joy was written all over his face.
"General Luo Yi is in Zhuozhou, and the emperor's two expeditions to the east failed to bring out the tiger and horse cavalry!" He shouted in a low voice, as if he had discovered some shocking secret.
Those five thousand cavalry can be said to be the most elite troops in the entire Sui Dynasty. With them around, Yang Xuangan may not dare to go north.
"Luo Yi?" Everyone was stunned at the same time, and surprise burst out on their faces at the same time. The flat plains near Zhuojun were a good battlefield for the Sui Dynasty's armored cavalry to exert their power. Yang Xuangan had untrained farmers in his hands. If he brought
He led the newly armed peasants into a head-on collision with the Sui Dynasty's tigers and cavalry. No matter how much the difference in numbers between the two sides was, what awaited him would be a bloody end.
"I will ask Mr. Tang to convey your analysis to the emperor!" Liu Hongji promised happily. Shaking his head, he found that Li Xu seemed to have grown up a lot without knowing it.
"With this condition, the army won't have to retreat in such a hurry!" Li Shimin looked at Xuzi, who was not much older than himself, with admiration on his face. "You must come back safely, and I will ask you for advice on riding and archery!"
"I will definitely live up to the expectations of the second young master!" Li Xu hugged Shimin's shoulders hard and said with a smile.
Everyone laughed at the same time, feeling the friendship flowing in their hearts. Li Jiancheng, Liu Hongji, Li Shimin, and Samurai Xun jumped on the horse one after another and turned the horse's head in the direction of the setting sun.
"Second sister originally wanted to come across the river to see you off, but she had something to do and couldn't get away!" Li Jiancheng rode around on horseback, whispering messages for others. "She said I wish you a safe journey and return with honor soon."
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After that, he shook the reins and ran out first.
"Wan'er?" Li Xu murmured as if he remembered the name in his memory. How is Wan'er doing now? Is she going to get married? The feeling in her heart is soft, a little painful, and more
It's a pity to miss it.
"I forgot something that the brothers brought you!" Warrior Yu followed the crowd and ran for more than a hundred steps, then found an excuse to bring his horse back. Looking back, he saw that no one was following him back. He leaned down from his horse.
He leaned close to Li Xu's ear and said, "Wan'er will get married next month, and the Chai family has sent someone to pick her up."
He raised his head and looked at Li Xu's calm face, "Wan'er asked me to bring you a message. She said that she has never been angry with you!"
"I know! Congratulate her for me!" Li Xu opened his mouth and laughed happily. Until Samurai Yu ran far away, his smile was still frozen on his face.
Under the setting sun, young people's hearts are like autumn water. (To be continued)
