Chapter 1 The daily life of the ancestors of the second generation
Sunshine always comes after the storm, and clarity comes after the crisis.
The weather in the fourth year of Zhenguan was much better than the previous three years. The drought weakened and the locust plague disappeared.
There is no doubt that this year has started off quite well.
Feng Yi.
"Shubao, Jingde, I will send you here." Li Zhiyun said to the two big men in front of him.
Yuchi Gong clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the general will protect the boys."
"I believe you." Li Zhiyun said: "However, if possible, you must make these boys familiar with the battle formation as soon as possible and teach them well."
"Yes." The two of them responded in unison.
Li Zhiyun turned sideways and lifted Li Chengjing over.
"I will leave this boy to you."
The children who went on a 'study trip' to the grassland this time were all of a certain age, and Li Chengjing barely met the standard.
Li Zhiyun also hopes that this frail eldest son can learn to be strong in the grassland. He does not expect Li Chengjing to become powerful, he only hopes that he can grow up.
"Young man, I pay my respects to the two governors." Li Chengjing bowed.
"Your Highness, please rise. I dare not accept it." Qin Qiong hurriedly helped Li Chengjing up, and then said solemnly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will protect the King of Mayi County to the death."
Currently, among Li Zhiyun's sons, the only ones with royal titles are the four grandsons who were granted titles by the late emperor during his reign. The other sons do not have titles and are just princes.
Li Zhiyun was not worried that Qin Qiong could not protect Li Chengjing, so he said with a smile: "With Shubao and Jingde here, even if Jieli comes back from the dead, he is not worth mentioning. In fact, I also want to visit the grassland."
This is not a good idea, Your Majesty.
Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong were panicked. If His Majesty followed them to the grassland, the prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall would spray them into sieves.
After a pause, Li Zhiyun patted his eldest son on the head and said: "When you go to the grassland, everything will be based on what the two chief governors say. Do not violate military discipline, otherwise I will not be lenient to you."
"Yes, please keep this in mind," Li Chengjing said seriously.
This trip to the grassland, called a study tour, actually allowed them to experience the hard work of the Tang Army in the grassland in advance and let them see the cruelty of the grassland.
Therefore, the necessary hard training will not be reduced.
At most, they would take care of the nutrition of these powerful second generation ancestors and provide them with a few good doctors.
Concubine Yin De also came to see her son off, and after giving many instructions, she reluctantly watched her son mount his horse and follow the large army to the grassland.
Seeing the team gradually disappearing, Concubine Yin couldn't help crying in Li Zhiyun's arms.
"What's wrong? I see that when you taught Chengjing a lesson before, you were not so delicate. Now that the child is going to travel far away, you can't bear to leave it?" Li Zhiyun hugged Concubine Yin De and teased.
Concubine Yin De pouted and said: "This child has been growing up by my side. This is the first time that he has left me and gone to the grassland. How can I not feel distressed or worried?"
"Don't worry, he has become sensible. He is protected by Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong, so nothing will happen to him."
"Um."
Traveling far away for the first time was a novel experience for Li Chengjing, and the same was true for Li Jingheng beside him.
The horses the two of them rode were small ponies, which were not very fast, but seemed a bit like playing for fun. At the beginning, the students were still talking in small groups. In the past two days, no one was talking, and all the students were talking.
With a grimace, he gritted his teeth and endured the agony of the journey.
The mental torture is secondary, but the main reason is that riding a horse is too painful and the pain in the buttocks is severe. In the past, these children could not ride horses for more than an hour. But now, they only rush when they are on the road, spending every day on horseback, and the pain in the buttocks is severe.
However, Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong remained silent, and no one dared to let the students rest in the carriage. Everyone could only continue to move forward with the large army.
Chai Zhewei never thought that one day he would find riding a horse a kind of torture.
Gulu gulu.
Picking up the water bag and filling his mouth with water, Chai Zhewei looked at the mountains and jungles, feeling that this was nothing like the journey he imagined.
There was no welcome from the common people, no flags waving, and no ease in inviting friends and company.
There are only two words.
stuffy.
pain.
The atmosphere is stuffy, the mood is stuffy, and people are stuffy. Legs hurt, buttocks hurt, hands hurt, and the whole body hurts.
This is completely different from fighting as promised.
After thinking about it, he slowly crouched down on the horse, like a chicken or duck that had been infected by the plague, without any energy at all.
I miss home, my grandma, and those beautiful maids.
Snap!
The sound of a whip exploded in Chai Zhewei's ears. He was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse and hurriedly grabbed the reins to steady his body.
"Can't stand it anymore?" Chai Shao rode a big horse and approached him, the whip in his hand still waving gently.
"No." He replied grimly.
Chai Shao could tell at a glance that his son was showing off, and he said sternly: "Do you think you are domineering in school because you are powerful?
wrong!
That's because others let you.
Don’t you want to be a general? Now that you have joined the army, how do you feel?”
Chai Zhewei swallowed and did not dare to answer.
"What do you think fighting is?" Seeing that his son was silent, Chai Shao simply said for him: "Silver robes and spears, whizzing back and forth, so free and easy?
wrong!
This is fighting.
Marching over mountains and ridges, rushing day after day, guarding against possible enemy attacks, this is war!"
Chai Zhewei remained silent, unable to refute.
This was completely different from the bloody war he imagined.
And he was so proud of his martial arts that he couldn't even ride a horse on the road.
Not only Chai Zhewei, but Qin Huaiyu not far away was also mercilessly attacked by Qin Qiong. Qin Huaiyu was speechless and could only bow his head and admit his mistake.
The same was true for Li Chengjing, and the person who taught him a lesson was Yuchi Gong.
"Look at how soft you are, like a girl, and you can fall off a horse. You are nothing but bullshit!"
Yuchi Gong wanted to continue to attack His Highness the Prince, but he did not dare to say any harsh words, so he just kept saying those few words.
Li Chengjing, on the other hand, kept admitting her mistake and apologizing.
He is inherently slow-tempered and realizes his own shortcomings, so he won't talk back.
Seeing that His Highness the Prince was so knowledgeable, Yuchi Gong could not say anything more, so he turned around and taught his son Yuchi Baolin a lesson.
As they traveled farther and farther, the children gradually became accustomed to sleeping in the open air and riding horses day and night. However, the physical pain and mental torture could not be eliminated for the time being.
After passing through Taiyuan, the team was almost approaching the grassland.
Chai Shao said: "In my opinion, they should be familiar with it soon. It's time for them to learn something from the scouts."
"That makes sense." Qin Qiong said: "But they are still young after all. What I mean is to place scouts on the outside and let them move inside to avoid accidents."
"I agree." Yuchi Gong said.
"I have no objection either." Chai Shao said.
Soon, new types of training from Qin Huaiyu and others followed one after another.
Follow the scouts to get information.
"drive!"
"drive!"
"drink!"
The sound of horse hooves echoed loudly through the forest.
"Qin Huaiyu, your voice is too loud. Before you can get close to the enemy, you have been discovered by the enemy's scouts!"
"Cheng Chumo, I asked you to tie the horse's mouth. What did you do to make the horse scream? We will have nothing to hide from the enemy!"
"Chai Zhewei..."
The experienced scouts attacked these boys frantically, leaving them so ashamed that they had nowhere to hide. They did not dare to argue with the scouts, because their father was watching from behind, and if they quarreled with the scouts, they would definitely be beaten.
After all, the first rule in the military is to obey orders.
For those second-generation ancestors who disobeyed orders, several of them were beaten to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.
Only now did the second-generation ancestors understand that they were not going to the grassland to play, but to train.