In the stable cabin, a tall middle-aged man slowly pulled out the horizontal knife in his hand. This knife has been with him for ten years. Since he got the knife from his master at the age of thirty, he has

Never changed the knife again. This knife is indeed a good knife. He used this knife to follow his master to go to the desert. There were countless Turkic people who died under his knife. Perhaps the battle was too much

It was tragic, and the knife drank too much blood, so there was a dark red ray in the gap on the hilt of the knife. It was the dry blood of the enemy and could not be washed away.

The middle-aged man was named Li Shi, who was the family general of Duke Wei Li Jing. He has been following Li Jing since he was a teenager. It can be said that as long as the war Li Jing participated in, he would participate without losing all of it, especially in ten years.

In the previous battle to destroy the Turks, he followed Duke Wei to defeat Dingxiang, the old nest of Jie Li Khan, and welcomed Li Yan's grandmother, Queen Xiao's family, back to the Tang Dynasty. In that battle,

Li Shi led the way, countless Turkic people died at his hands, and even blocked three arrows for Duke Li Jing of Wei, but he almost died. He was very successful in his military achievements.

After the war, Li Jing originally wanted Li Shi to be a general in the army to find a wife and son for himself, but Li Shi refused the good intentions of his master, but said that he had no intention of being a general.

, I only want to stay in the mansion and be a family general, guarding the Duke's Mansion for generations. Li Jing was also quite moved by such a loyal and righteous Li Shi, so although Li Shi was named the family general of the mansion, Li Jing had long been

He has already regarded him as his nephew, and all the family and divisions in the mansion are under the control of Li Shi.

After Li Shi slowly pulled out the horizontal knife, he picked up the wine pot beside him, took three big sips first. Then he slowly poured the remaining strong wine on the knife, and finally picked up a piece next to him.

Soft cotton cloth, gently wiped the wine from the knife. At the same time, murmured to myself: "Old guy, I haven't drunk blood for ten years. I guess you're hungry. This time, the master finally sent me to lead the troops again

, Although the opponent is just a small Japanese country, you can finally let you drink blood again!"

As soon as Li Shi finished speaking, the door of the cabin was suddenly pushed open. A guy with a low head but extremely strong head broke in. Seeing Li Shi taking care of the horizontal knife again, he immediately curled his lips and said, "Brother Li."

Although the sea is wet, there is no need for you to maintain your knife three times a day, right?"

The person who came was named Xu De, who was a little younger than Li Shi. He was the only family general on the boat except Li Shi. In addition to the boatman, there were a total of 402 people on the boat, including Li Shi and Xu De.

In addition to the general, there were 400 troops. The two led 200 people respectively. In addition to their ship, there were many other ships around, and the boats were also homes of wealthy nobles from Chang'an.

The generals and troops were of varying number. They all came to Siqi to help Li Qi attack Japan at the invitation of Li Qi.

Li Shi was the family general of Duke Wei Li Jing, who was carrying two hundred poems. In addition, there were three generals of Duke Wei's mansion on a small boat next to him. He brought one hundred people each, which means.

The Duke of Wei's mansion released a 500-man army. Xu De, who had just entered Li Shi's cabin, was the family of British Duke Li Ji. He also participated in the battle to destroy the Turks, so he was old with Li Shi.

I know that the two often drink together and have a very good relationship.

Seeing Xu De who never knew how to knock on the door, Li Shi was lazy to talk about this old man again. He just carefully wiped the horizontal knife of his hands and feet again, then he sheathed the knife and said, "We have already gone to sea, we are about to go

I'm about to go to Siqi to see His Highness King Qi, but I wonder if His Highness is really as heroic as the legendary one?"

Xu De walked to Li Shi, picked up the wine pot just now and took a few sips, then laughed and said, "I don't know if Your Highness is really heroic and intelligent, but I can make the Duke and the little ones."

The person that the prince admires very much is definitely not a simple person!”

The Duke and the Duke in Xu De's words refer to Li Ji and Li Jingye. Li Jingye is the best among all Li Ji's children and grandchildren, and almost inherited most of his military skills, so he has long been designated as the next one.

The British Duke, so Xu De and other generals are called young masters.

After hearing this, Li Shi nodded. When he was in Chang'an, he had never had the chance to meet Li Yan, so he could only appreciate the style of His Highness the King of Qi from the legend. However, he thought that Wei Gong mentioned this King of Qi in peace.

At that time, everyone showed admiration. With Duke Wei's ability to recognize people, those who could get him appreciated naturally would not be like the princes in Chang'an City, who only knew to fight around the throne.

Li Shi and his men's sails were filled with wind, and the fleet was very fast. In a few days, they arrived at the outer sea of ​​Siqian City. However, at this moment, they found a fleet of ships parallel to them, and they were also one.

Fleet of transporters.

Li Shi and Xu De were the heads of the Duke of Wei and the Duke of England respectively. After hearing the news, they immediately left the cabin and walked to the side of the ship to look at the fleet on the right side of the fleet. They found that the other party

The fleet is larger than theirs, and there are also people on the deck of the ship, but the distance is too far, so I can't see who the other party is.

"Brother Li, the other party is the fleet of the King of Qi's mansion, with the flag of the King of Qi on it!" Xu De was a sharpshooter, his eyes were much sharper than ordinary people, so he could see at a glance that the ships on the fleet were all inserted into the King of Qi's mansion.

banner.

After hearing this, Li Shi nodded and reached out to take out the telescope in his arms. This was given to him by Duke Wei Li Jing when he left Chang'an. Although the telescope is not a rare object now, it is usually only military generals and sea ships.

Only the captain can possess it.

With the help of the telescope, Li Shi finally saw clearly the people on the other party's boat, but what surprised him was that there were actually many children playing on the decks of many ships on the fleet, and these children

His face was red and black, and he was wearing clothes made of sheepskin and linen. He could tell at a glance that he was a prairie man.

At this time, Xu De next to him also used his telescope to see the people on the deck without any place. As a result, he also said strangely: "Why are they all grassland Hu people? Could it be that the arrested grassland slaves were transported to sell them.

of?"

Regarding Xu De's guess, Li Shi shook his head disapprovingly and analyzed: "The Hu slaves on the grassland are usually only middle-aged men. Of course, there are some beautiful young women, but not only have children on the other party's boat, but I also

When I saw a few elderly and women, these people had no value in selling. I guess no one would catch them as slaves!"

Li Shi was not only brave, but also as a master of military tactics and the general of the Duke of Wei Li Jing, he also learned a lot of master's abilities. He was very calm and his analysis was very reasonable. Xu De nodded after hearing this, but

I was even more confused. I couldn't guess what the purpose of this fleet full of grassland people was?

The other ships next to Shi Shi were also very interested in the fleet next to him. For this reason, Li Shi also gathered all the generals on the ship. Everyone discussed it, but in the end, they could not discuss any results. It was just someone provided it.

One information is that when it was on the Yellow River, it seemed that the fleet was not far from them, but there were too many ships on the river at that time and no one paid attention to it.

The two fleets arrived in Siqi almost at the same time, and Li Yan, who was in Siqi City, also received the news and rushed to the port to greet him immediately. Of course, he was not going to welcome the grassland people, after all, those Hu people were destined to be him.

A tool that is not worthy of his personal greeting. Li Shi and other family generals are different. Although family generals are also considered the owner's private property and have a lower political status than the benefactor, they can represent their own owner outside, as Li

The relationship between Yan and various wealthy nobles can be greeted in person and show his sincerity.

Among these family generals and divisions, the most were from the Duke of Wei and the Duke of England. In addition, Li Shi and Xu De were also very famous generals at the time, and the generals of each family were also the generals of the government.

They were both convinced, so Li Shi and Xu De naturally became the leaders of this time.

When Li Shi, Xu De and his generals from various prefectures got off the boat, they immediately saw a tall and sleek youth standing on the port, surrounded by many local officials. Li Shi and Xu De immediately guessed that

This young man should be His Highness, King Qi, and he didn't dare to neglect at the moment, so he immediately stepped forward to see him. Li Yan also smiled and let everyone not be too polite.

After a few words were made with Li Shi and others at the port, Li Yan immediately asked the troops to arrange for them to go to the military camp that had been prepared long ago, and there were also wine and meat there to welcome everyone.

As for the generals of Li Shi and Xu De, Li Yan personally welcomed them in the palace to show their importance to them.

Li Shi and others are all rough people. Seeing that the famous King of Qi is so enthusiastic, they naturally relaxed their minds and drank. In addition, Li Yan arranged Hu Li and Zhou Long and other groups of generals to accompany him, so this

The reception banquet was very lively, and Li Yan also took this opportunity to get to know Li Shi and the others who came this time.

According to Li Shi, the wealthy nobles in Chang'an have produced many people in each family for this attack on Japan, and together there were 6,400 people. Although it seems that the number of people is not large, they are all.

Many of the most elite family members have joined the main family on the battlefield, and their combat power is much stronger than regular soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, even if the opponent has ten times the enemy, they have the courage to fight with them.

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Li Yan did not doubt the other party bragging about Li Shi's words, because he also knew that when the generals of the Tang Dynasty went to the battlefield, the personal soldiers around him were all served by these family generals and troops, so for the sake of his own life safety,

The combat power of these divisions is indeed stronger than that of ordinary soldiers. In addition, the divisions have been soldiers for generations and are usually raised by the master's family. When men reach age, they have to participate in training. It can be said that they are professional soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

It is normal to have stronger combat power.
Chapter completed!