Chapter 121 Jiangdu Bow Crane

Today, the Youwu Military Academy once again became the focus of attention. At the beginning of the year, the poor results of the Jianghuai martial arts industry in the martial arts examination caused Li Longji to be dissatisfied, which caused twenty-four border generals to go to Jianghuai to train troops. Nearly half a year passed, and today it was the day to review the results.

The Youwu Military Academy was neatly packed two days ago. As soon as dawn, teams of Yulin Army entered the school, searched for dead corners, cleared hidden dangers, and guarded the inspection station like an iron barrel, preparing for the arrival of Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty.

It was already dawn, and all the senior officials from the third rank and above have arrived at the school site one after another. Although they were notified in advance to participate in the inspection, everyone knew that they might take this opportunity to decide the tone of the Hehuang Battle. Almost all the important officials have arrived, and the ministers on the inspection and inspection stage were whispering in groups of three or five.

Zhang Yun, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, sat down next to Pei Kuan, and asked in a low voice: "Shangshu Pei, I heard that Ling Sun was bullied by the Yang family a few days ago. Is there any such incident?"

Pei Kuan snorted heavily without answering. Zhang Yun looked at both sides and lowered his voice: "Jingzhao Yin has reported this matter to the palace, but the emperor has not made any statement. Pei Shangshu, the emperor's silence is profound!"

Pei Kuan still didn't say anything. He understood what Zhang Yun meant. The emperor intended to indulge the Yang family's actions, but he didn't understand what Zhang Yun meant to say these words to him?

"Shangshu Zhang, this matter has passed, I don't want to mention it again."

Zhang Yun smiled slightly and said, "This morning, the Hanlin Academy has begun to issue an edict. Yang Zhao was named the chief minister of Jiannan Jiedu Prefecture and the governor of Yaozhou. Have you heard of it?"

Pei Kuan was stunned. He hadn't heard of this. He finally couldn't help asking: "Shangshu Zhang, can this matter be taken seriously?"

"Of course it's true. The edict will be issued tomorrow at the latest. Alas! The Yang family is in great power."

Zhang Yun sighed, "Guo Xu, the governor of Jiannan, was named Yunnan Pacifier yesterday to mediate the civil strife in Nanzhao. But at this critical moment, Yang Zhao was named the chief minister of the Jiannan Jiedu Palace. The emperor's intention is self-evident!"

"What Zhang Shangshu meant is that the emperor planned to use Yang Zhao as the governor of Jiannan?"

Zhang Yun nodded, "Maybe not now, but by next year, Yang Zhao must be the governor of Jiannan, and the emperor appointed him as the governor of Yaozhou, whose intention was to let him be in charge of Nanzhao affairs."

Pei Kuan sneered and said, "Behind Nanzhao is actually the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. Does Yang Zhao have this ability?"

"I think so too, but the emperor thinks he has the ability, so what can I do? Shangshu Pei, it's enough for you and I have a clear idea of ​​this matter. I guess someone still wants it!"

After saying that, Zhang Yun glanced at Li Linfu who had just walked into the observation deck.

"His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

At the entrance, the guards shouted, and all the ministers stood up together. A large group of guards rushed into the entrance. After a moment, Li Longji walked in wearing a dress of golden armor, which surprised all the ministers present. Everyone looked at each other and suddenly realized that the emperor was wearing armor to express their determination to launch the Hehuang Battle.

"See Your Majesty!"

Li Longji glanced at everyone with majestic eyes, waved his hand and said, "Dear friends are free from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"You all must have seen my outfit. That's right. Today, I am here to review the exercises of the Jianghuai Regiment Training Camp, and I also want to take this opportunity to discuss the arrangements for the Hehuang Battle with you. I hope I can make a decision today."

Li Linfu catered loudly and said, "Longyou is not protected, He Ning in Guanzhong? The Battle of Hehuang was decided in the second year of Kaiyuan. Your Majesty, this matter is no longer discussed."

Li Longji appeared in armor, and Li Linfu talked about the second year of Kaiyuan. Several doubtful ministers did not dare to say anything. Even Pei Kuan, who originally wanted to point out that all the famines were in various places this year, was silent. Everyone could see that Li Longji had made up his mind. The so-called discussion with the ministers was just him.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Longji nodded with satisfaction, "Since you have no objection, the overall situation of launching the Hehuang Battle has been decided. I would like to discuss the specific details below."

Seeing that Yang Shenjin was about to speak, he waved his hand and smiled, "No hurry, everyone should first look at the generals' training, and discuss slowly while watching."

Li Longji said to Chen Xilie again: "The Left Prime Minister can start."

"Abide by the order!" Chen Xilie hurriedly ran off the stage.

Outside the west gate of the school ground, the twelve regiments were arranged neatly. They were neatly dressed and disciplined. For half an hour, one thousand two hundred statues were 1,200 statues, not moving at all. Even more than a dozen officials of the Ministry of War sighed. Are these soldiers from the Jianghuai River? This kind of solemn and murderous aura is clearly only the frontier soldiers who have experienced wars.

Li Qingan was also wearing a armor today, with a horizontal knife that Gao Xianzhi was given to him on his waist and a large black bow on his back. Behind him, one hundred soldiers were neatly dressed and armed with long bows in their hands and quivered backs. They all had serious expressions, waiting for the upcoming review. Their war horses stood quietly beside their masters, and their horses kicked gently on the ground from time to time.

At this time, Li Qing'an looked at Li Siye next to him, and Li Siye also looked at him. The two of them nodded understandingly. Today, it was not only a competition between the twenty-four border generals, but also a competition between several major military frontiers.

Li Siye trained the infantry soldiers, Mo Dao Army. Although there were no Mo Dao in Jianghuai, everyone held a special big knife, with a sharp sword and a murderous intent.

At the front, Li Guangbi's Wu Jinzhang was trained by spearmen. One hundred soldiers stood with iron spears in their hands and held their heads with their heads held high.

At this time, the drum sounded rumbling, and all the soldiers looked at the corner tower on the left, and the red flags were waving on the corner tower.

Li Guangbi shouted softly: "Get on the horse!"

One hundred spearmen turned over their horses, controlled their horse speed, and slowly headed towards the west gate of the schoolyard. More than 20 Yulin soldiers were guarding here. Seeing the first team coming, they dodged to both sides. The cavalry team ran faster and faster, and rushed into the military exercise field.

As a hundred cavalrymen galloped into the schoolyard, there was a slight commotion on the observation and inspection table. The soldiers controlled their horse speed and rushed towards the observation and inspection table in an orderly manner. Suddenly, they stopped abruptly and saluted Li Longji together.

Li Guangbi shouted loudly, "Get out the gun!"

After browsing the ground, hundreds of spears stabbed out, and hundreds of cavalrymen practiced the formation of hundreds of spears. The spear technique was sophisticated, like pear blossoms flying, with a powerful aura and invincible momentum. Li Longji nodded and smiled at Li Linfu: "Prime Minister, this is the son of the Jianghuai River, this is the elite of my palace soldiers. It seems that the government soldiers in the heart of the Central Plains are not weak soldiers. The key is that generals, and the generals are strong. This Li Guangbi is good, a bit like his father."

Li Linfu also pondered for a moment and said, "I have been considering the battle of Hehuang against Tubo in the past few days. Although Anxi won the big victory of Xiaobolu, I actually won by surprise. In Xiaobolu, I basically did not fight a hard battle with Tubo. I have terrain advantages in Anxi. Maybe I can do this, but the eastern front is different. Tubo lost in Anxi. How could it be that it is possible to defend the Chiling line without heavy troops to protect their Jiuqu logistics land? I think that it is impossible to win in Hehuang with the army of Longyou alone, and reinforcements must be transferred from abroad."

Li Longji nodded slightly, "The Prime Minister said it well. Chiling is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I am also worried that Longyou is short of troops. I am planning to transfer 30,000 Hexi Army and 30,000 Shuofang Army to support Longyou. As long as I can take down Chiling, I am willing to pay no matter how much the price I pay."

At this time, the drum sounded again, and the sword army of Li Siye of Anxi entered the venue. One hundred burly Shouchun soldiers were wearing heavy armor, with helmets tightly protecting their faces and noses, revealing only a pair of cold eyes. They held a wide-mouth sword about ten feet long and lined up in four rows, pushing forward like a wall. Li Siye held the real Mo sword in his hand and squeezed into the front row.

They were unhurried, and each step was as heavy as a pounding force. The sound of footsteps shook like thunder, and they walked towards the observation and inspection table step by step. This murderous aura caused many officials sitting in the front row to change their faces slightly, and they couldn't help but stand up.

Li Longji said nothing, staring at the formation of the imitation of the Mo Dao Army. He had seen the Mo Dao performance of the palace guards before, but it was not as shocked as the force of this army to cut Huashan. He suddenly found that the key was Li Siye, who was nearly ten feet tall in the middle. He was the eye of the entire army. It was precisely because of his existence that the entire army seemed to have a soul.

"How might it be! Anxi Army." Li Longji couldn't help but blurt out.

Li Siye lowered his order, and the sword army turned to the east. There were dozens of wooden dolls placed on the east side. The sword army lined up and the blade slashed by, and the puppets were shattered.

There was a lot of cheers on the inspection and Li Longji let out a sigh and smiled at Li Linfu: "I have learned the power of Anxi Mo's sword army for the first time."

"Your Majesty, this is not the real Mo Dao Army. When I heard that when I attacked Lianyun Castle, the Mo Dao Army lined up, and the huge trees and rolling stones of the Tubo people could not hurt them. The Lianyun Castle, which was claimed to be as solid as a god, was taken down by them in one fell swoop."

There was a strong hint in Li Linfu's tone. Seeing that Li Longji was thinking, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty might as well look at the Anxi Army's cavalry and shooting."

After saying that, he made a gesture to Li Lin, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War. He waved the red flag on the corner tower, and the sound of horse hooves came like thunder. A team of archers rushed into the schoolyard like lightning. Li Qing'an took the lead. His one hundred elite cavalry lined up into a geese formation and followed closely behind. The formation continued to change, sometimes forming a crescent bow formation and sometimes forming a diamond shape. He rode his horse in the schoolyard, stirring up rolling yellow dust.

The team gradually formed a large circle with a diameter of 200 steps. They ran like a lantern, and stood a wooden man about seven feet high in the center of the circle. Li Longji suddenly understood. He stood up suddenly and watched nervously the movements of the Jiangdu Archers.

The archers held a hard bow in their hands, but no one drew an arrow. Suddenly, Li Qing'an shouted, the hundred archers were almost synchronized, and a hundred steps away, drawing arrows, shooting, and completing them in one go. A hundred arrows roared at the puppet. With a 'dong!', one hundred arrows were nailed to the puppet at the same time, and the puppet turned into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye.

This neat and uniform magic arrow won applause, but it did not end. The archers only ran ten steps and shot the second arrow again like flowing water. This time, they changed hands and opened the bow at the same time. The puppet's chest and abdomen were also covered with dense arrow feathers, and none of them were shot. Although there was a collision between the arrow clusters, there was no deviation due to their strong force.

"It's worthy of being Anxi's first arrow!"

Li Longji gently stroked his beard and praised: "Not only is his personal archery skill, but he can also bring out a sharpshooting camp in just a few months. This shows that his commander's ability is extraordinary, and he is a general!"

The strong momentum of shooting arrows from Jiangdu Camp made the guards of the Yulin Army uneasy. The general of the Yulin Army Chen Xuanli lowered his order, and 300 Yulin Army infantrymen held shields to guard Li Longji.

After two rounds of shooting, the Jiangdu archers began to change again. They returned to the geese formation and ran around the school ground. Several guards ran in with a large iron cage, with thirty flying pigeons inside.

At this moment, all the officials stood up and their eyes showed great interest. They had never seen such archery shooting.

At this time, a guard pulled the cover, and thirty flying pigeons flapped their wings out. They rose rapidly and flew eastward. But as soon as they flew twenty feet, hundreds of archers rushed past them, bent their bows together like a full moon, and arrows were like flying locusts. Hundreds of arrows rose through the air, intertwined into a net of arrows. Thirty flying pigeons fell from the air, but a flying pigeon escaped from the arrow net, flapping their wings and flying towards the northeast, and instantly flew fifty feet away. At this time, Li Qing'an pulled out an arrow, and the black bow suddenly pulled away, aiming the tip of the arrow at the gradually distant gray shadow. With a sound of bowstring, a sharp arrow chased the flying pigeon that was already seventy feet away like lightning. The flying pigeon was about to fly high, but an arrow shot through the chest and a belly, falling from the air, and fell at the feet of Li Longji.

Several feathers floated down scatteredly in the air, and the observation table was silent. Everyone had an association. Li Qing'an could shoot the dove flying high in the sky with one arrow. If his arrow was lowered a little bit just now, not aiming at the dove, but at the current emperor, what would be the consequences?

General Chen Xuanli's face was even more pale. At this time, he discovered the terrible loophole in their guards. They could only guard against ordinary archers and assassins. But if the assassin also had magical arrows like Li Qing'an, who could protect the emperor?

At this time, Li Qingan turned over and got off the horse, ran over, and half knelt down to apologize: "I offend Your Majesty, I deserve to die!"

Li Longji bent down and picked up the flying pigeon. He looked carefully and laughed: "I didn't expect General Li is also a person who killed all the people."

Gao Lishi behind him smiled and said, "This is exactly the style of a general. How can there be a woman's kindness in front of the two armies?"

"The General is right."

Li Longji handed the pigeon to the guards. He slowly walked to the first row of guardrails, bowed to Li Qing'an and smiled: "General Li, you really have the talent of a general. The prime minister just now reminded me that in the battle of Lianyunbao, since the Anxi army can conquer Xiongbao in one fell swoop, you can also participate in the battle of Shibao City. General Li, are you willing to go to Longyou to participate in the battle?"

"I am willing to serve Your Majesty, but I am a general of Anxi and must obey the orders of Gao Dazheng."

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of Jiangdu Camp are willing to go to Anxi to guard the border. Please forgive me!"

Li Longji smiled slightly and asked Li Linfu again, "What do the Prime Minister think?"

Li Linfu pondered for a moment and said, "The Central Plains Prefecture lacks enough troops. Generally speaking, they advocate the border troops recruiting troops on the spot. However, the twelve regiments have not many troops, which does not affect the overall situation. If Jianghuai can become famous generals, it would be a good talk. I can accept General Li's feelings."

"Okay!" Li Longji nodded and agreed, "Not only your Jiangdu Camp, but all regiment training camps, as long as the soldiers are willing to be athletes in the Long March, I will not stop them. In addition, I will order Gao Xianzhi to transfer three thousand elite troops in Anxi to Longyou to assist in the battle."

At dusk, Rushi Ruhua's sisters were busy packing their things with Xiaolian, and they would return to Anxi with Li Qing'an. Both sisters were very excited and filled with their longing for future life.

"Sister, I once had a dream when I was a child. I dreamed that I would grazing on the grassland in the future, but I didn't expect that my dream would come true."

Ruhua looked at the clouds floating in the sky, and in her beautiful big eyes, she seemed to see her holding a sheep whip in her hand, driving groups of white sheep. In the distance was an endless grassland, and a leather tent bloomed on the grassland like flowers. There was a small tent among them, which was her home.

"Silly girl! What are you thinking about?"

Rushi smiled and said, "Didn't you hear Xiaolian say it? We both live in the city, which is almost the same as Chang'an, but there are more Hu people on the street."

"How are you three doing?"

Li Qingan walked in with a smile, and saw a large bag of small bags filled the room. He shook his head and smiled, "I have brought too many things, there is no need. We will buy them in Anxi at that time."

Xiaolian shook her head and smiled, "Brother, don't I know Anxi's things yet? The things are not good and they are very expensive. Let's bring more good things to send to the neighbors, so that everyone can get along with them in the future."

She pointed to several big boxes and said, "These are all given to us by Gong Gao, Shouzhou's yellow porcelain, Yuezhou celadon, Suzhou's Fang Wenling, Bashu Mengding tea balls, Shu brocade, rouge powder from Ziyanzhai, Luoyang's Er Zhao family jewelry. These things are not available in Anxi. The eldest brother can give them to his colleagues and superiors. Wu Niang must also like them, so let's bring them with you!"

When Li Qingan heard her full of reasons, he could only smile and said, "You little girl, always have a reason. You just need to do it quickly. We will set off early tomorrow morning."

"Don't worry! We won't delay."

"Then I'll go to the military camp and come back later."

Li Qingan smiled, turned around and walked outside. He had just walked a few steps, and Rushi called him, "Brother!"

She ran up and whispered, "Miyi asked Yu Nu to come just now."

Li Qingan was excited and asked quickly: "Have she said something?"

"Muyi asked her to send the piano score, and nothing else said."

"Oh!" Li Qing'an felt a little disappointed. He forced a smile and said, "Then you guys practice well!"

"But her piano score was not given to us."

"Why?" Li Qingan was a little stunned.

Rushi took out a piano score from the cloth bag and handed it to Li Qing'an and smiled and said, "Brother, you'll know it if you look."

Li Qingan hesitated to take the piano score. The piano score was not printed, but composed by hand. It can be seen that it had just been copied for a while, and there was a faint fragrance of ink on the paper, but Li Qingan didn't recognize the score on it. He smiled and asked, "What is this?"

"Brother, look at the last page and you will know."
Chapter completed!