In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor Li Xuan was a puppet, and Bai Yunqi, Li Xuan's uncle, who stood on Li Xuan's side, was also a general in name only.
When he went to Jiguan Mountain to face the Ming army some time ago, in order to control the real power, Li Xuan not only increased the training of his own guards, but also gave Bai Yunqi the title of commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty's standing army and asked him to form a
The rear army of the standing army of the Tang Dynasty.
It is a pity that most of the tough bandits in Huangzhu Mountain have joined the left and right armies, and the temporarily mobilized young men have also been incorporated into the front army under Chen Tufu.
Bai Yunqi picked through the remaining people in Huangzhushan but could not find many suitable ones. In the end, he only selected six or seven crooked melons and cracked dates to join the rear army.
This time, so many Ming army prisoners were captured, and these Ming army prisoners were all young and strong. Li Xuan and Bai Yunqi paid attention to these prisoners.
Even if only a small number of Ming army prisoners were willing to surrender and join the Tang Dynasty's standing army, there would be at least a dozen people. By then, the standing army's rear army under Bai Yunqi would be able to have twenty or thirty people.
What's more, Bai Yunqi and Li Xuan plan to slowly persuade these prisoners and strive to recover them all.
In this way, Bai Yunqi can have more than fifty soldiers, enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.
This plan was decided after Li Xuan and Bai Yunqi discussed it for a long time.
Today, Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren and the others are not here, and even Chen Tufu and Wang Danxu are not here. Among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, only Bai Yunqi is left.
As for Liu Bagou and Wang Wenhua, they were all civil servants and didn't care about this. Therefore, naturally no one opposed Bai Yunqi's plan to slowly recover these prisoners by taking the opportunity of guarding them.
After settling the matter, Li Xuan felt much better. After dealing with a few trivial matters, today's court meeting was considered over.
After the court meeting, Li Xuan returned to the backyard and looked at Dong Yunyun.
Dong Yunyun has not been in good health these days. Before the Ming army attacked a few days ago, Li Xuan took her to enjoy the early winter night. As a result, she contracted a cold after that night.
Although it wasn't too serious and I didn't have a fever or cough, I felt weak and wanted to sleep all day long.
If she had stronger health, she would probably be cured in a day or two, but her body bones are already weak, just like Lin Daiyu in Dream of Red Mansions. She took medicine for several days after the cold.
I lie down and rest every day, but it doesn't feel better.
Seeing Dong Yunyun lying on the bed, looking exhausted and speaking much softer, Li Xuan sighed inwardly, then took two steps forward and sat beside her bed, and took a cup from Zhu'er's hand.
Bowl of meat porridge.
While stirring the porridge to make it cool faster, he said: "I just heard from Zhu'er that you haven't eaten anything today. This is not good. Your health is not good to begin with. How can you get better if you don't eat?"
Although Dong Yunyun was tired and sleepy, she was still very awake. She glanced at Li Xuan with squinted eyes, and then said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "I'm not hungry, and I have no appetite, so I can't eat!"
Li Xuan glanced at her as he listened, then filled the porridge with a spoon and brought it to her mouth: "You have to eat even if you don't want to, otherwise you won't be nutritious and your body's immunity will be even worse!"
Although he didn't know what Li Xuan meant by immunity, the spoon Li Xuan was holding had already reached his mouth. Although he still had no appetite, he still opened his mouth obediently.
After swallowing a mouthful of meat porridge, before she could take a breath, Li Xuan handed the spoon to her mouth again, so she opened her mouth and swallowed it again.
Then again...
At this time, Dong Yunyun rolled her eyes at Li Xuan, then turned her face slightly!
When Li Xuan saw her tilting her head, he thought the porridge was hot and immediately said, "Isn't it a little hot?"
Dong Yunyun said feebly: "Slow down!"
Hearing this, Li Xuancai smiled slightly: "Well, okay, then take your time!"
Slowing down and continuing to eat the porridge, Dong Yunyun would occasionally raise her head to look at Li Xuan, and then quickly lower her head.
It's just that this is not the first time being fed porridge by him, and her face is no longer flushed like the first few times. Now she is used to and enjoys Li Xuan's attentive service.
Pearl outside glanced inside, and then murmured in her heart: "I still have a bad appetite, isn't this a very happy meal?"
She felt that her young lady had become depraved in the past few days. She said she had no appetite all day long and refused to eat. Even her Zhuer fed her and refused to eat. However, when Li Xuan came over to feed her, she ate with great joy.
Didn't she just want Li Xuan to feed her? Si Zhu'er could see this clearly!
But then again, Pearl was quite envious of her young lady for being able to have a man feed her porridge himself, and she could do this for several days in a row.
These days, the status of women is very low, even for ladies. Pearl also saw the Dong family's wife and young mistress when they were sick. Although the master and the eldest young master would visit them at that time, they
At most, it was just a greeting, and he would never do anything like feeding his wife with a bowl in hand.
As for Li Xuan, his attitude towards Dong Yunyun is actually similar to pursuing his girlfriend in his previous life. How he pursued his girlfriend in his previous life is how he treats Dong Yunyun now!
And Li Xuan's attitude had a huge psychological impact on Dong Yunyun Zaicheng.
A woman, especially a lady who stays in a boudoir all year round, even if they talk about the four obediences and five virtues, in their heart they still yearn for the story of a 'talented man and a beautiful woman'.
Having beautiful fantasies about love is not the exclusive domain of those nymphomaniac girls in later generations. The ladies of ancient times also longed for these things.
If it weren't for Li Xuan's attitude, how could Dong Yunyun have changed so much during this period, and how could she have let Li Xuan feed her porridge obediently, instead of holding the scissors and saying: 'Don't come over here, come over and I'll stab her!'
Even if it is good.
After eating a bowl of lean meat porridge, Dong Yunyun seemed to be in better spirits. Seeing her like this, Li Xuan felt relieved, turned to Zhuer and said: "Take good care of you young lady, I'll come back in the evening!"
Pearl nodded and said yes.
After coming out of Dong Yunyun's place, Li Xuan ran to his mother, Mrs. Bai, and had lunch with the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty and his younger sister, Princess Huichen.
This simple meal was very enjoyable, because next to me there was Hui Chen, who was eating meat with great joy. Just watching her eat made her appetite better.
After eating and waiting for the old woman who was waiting next to her to take Huichen down, Li Xuan talked to Mrs. Bai about today's court meeting, mainly talking about Bai Yunqi's control of the prisoners.
After hearing what Li Xuan said, Mrs. Bai said: "Well, you did a good job this time. When your uncle recovers those prisoners, you won't be afraid of Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren and others messing around!"
Although Mrs. Bai was not directly involved in this matter, Li Xuan also knew that there must be Mrs. Bai's instruction behind this matter.
If not for anything else, it was because Bai Yunqi could not think of such a conspiracy and plan to fight for power and gain in his arrogant mind.
Only Mrs. Bai, the landowner's wife who is not willing to let her son be a puppet and wants to make her son live a better life, would plan these things.
And Bai Yunqi is the one who helps her execute these plans!
However, recovering the prisoners and incorporating them into the standing army rear army is still just wishful thinking of Li Xuan, Madam Bai, and Bai Yunqi. As for how many of the Ming army prisoners are willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, it is still unknown.
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Now Bai Yunqi has also faced the first peak challenge in his life, using various methods to 'persuade' those captives to join his standing army rear army and serve as the vanguard for Emperor Li Xuan of the Tang Dynasty.