In the livestock camp outside Luoyang City, Xiao Rui has been traveling in casual clothes these days, following Da Sinong as a 'student'. No one knows his true identity. In fact, even Hou Junji has to listen to his moves.
As for the agreed upon 10,000 troops, Su Lie will lead them for training. train? No, that's not training. This army of soldiers and horses is different from the others. There is no daily equestrian riding and shooting training. Almost all the work is to raise and train horses. In the eyes of other soldiers, this is a group of complete grooms.
There were even rumors that General Hou was suffering from Li Xin Madness. Do you think that sending 10,000 more people as grooms and taking care of one horse day and night can encourage these war horses to produce more and immediately increase the number of war horses?
As for Su Lie, a third-grade general, he could no longer hold his head high in the military camp and was nicknamed General Bi Mawen. Everyone thought he was the head horse breeder. Su Lie didn't care about this. Only he knew Xiao Rui's real trump card.
That's the saddle and stirrups. If these two artifacts are built, they can be equipped to 10,000 people. Do you still need to practice riding and shooting every day? A powerful cavalry force can be trained as a surprise in three to five days.
Therefore, it is right to follow the arrangement of the Marquis. I only need all my soldiers to have a good relationship with the war horses. When they go to the battlefield in the future, the war horses will be every soldier's closest comrade. As for what others think now? unimportant! They cannot understand, so they are best suited to deceive others.
As for the harsh words of the groom, you should turn your grief and anger into strength. When you go to the battlefield to prove yourself in the future, this is your morale!
"Hey, General Sun is here? What? You never thought that training soldiers would be so easy, right?" Xiao Rui teased Su Lie.
Su Lie was too lazy to defend himself. Even the Marquis called me General Bi Ma and Wen Sun? What else? A fight? I couldn't beat him before, but now I dare not. Let me, Su Lie, bully a powerless civil servant. I cannot afford to humiliate this person.
"What's wrong with Bi Ma Wen? Monkey Sun will be the Great Sage Sun who can cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace in the future. One day we, the horse soldiers, will be able to prove ourselves on the battlefield." Su Lie said confidently, patting his chest.
"Yes, yes, the future Sun Dasheng, how can he find me when he has time?" Xiao Rui motioned for the other party to take a seat.
Su Lie was not polite, he sat down by himself, picked up the tea cup and drank tea, "For that matter, can you recruit a group of more craftsmen? Or hand over the work to the veteran factory outside Chang'an City, so that in Luoyang Secret production, too slow.”
Xiao Rui sighed: "Saddles and stirrups are easy to be imitated once they appear in the world. So you must not show the slightest clue. This must be a surprise soldier that can change the situation of the battle. The reason why I leave it to you, not others, is It’s because you have the talent of a general and are absolutely calm. No one else would be able to endure loneliness."
"Not to mention anything else, no one in the civil and military dynasties could bear to be ridiculed for Bi Ma Wen."
Su Lie smiled bitterly and said, "Master Marquis, you are mocking the cowardice of the general."
"On the contrary!" Xiao Rui said seriously, "General Su, not to mention the civilian officials, among the generals, you are the only one who does not strive for fame and fortune, and does not take these false reputations too seriously. This is what I admire most about you..."
Before he finished speaking, a figure rolled and crawled into the tent. Su Lie subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
"Master Marquis, Master Marquis! You have to go out in person. The old slave is not doing his job well, and the prince is lost again."
It was the first time that the chamberlain Lao Gao lost his composure like this. He returned to Luoyang in a state of embarrassment and found Xiao Rui holding his thigh and crying.
Xiao Rui helped Lao Gao up in surprise, "What, what's going on? What happened and why is it so embarrassing? Lao Gao, didn't you go to Qinghe County in person to take charge? You wrote me a reply not long ago. , we have found traces of Cheng Qian, how come it only took so long?"
Li Junxian brought the tea cup to Lao Gao, and Lao Gao sipped the tea while telling the story.
After listening, everyone present fell silent. Isn't this prince's fate too bumpy? Jinxiulou works as a turtle slave and is about to be bullied to death. After finally escaping, he went to work as a kitchen handyman at the Cui family in Qinghe. After a few days of quiet life, he was forced to flee to Youzhou. After spending half a month in the mountains and forests, he finally arrived, and now he was captured by a foreigner. The scouts kidnapped...
Xiao Rui almost cried, "I've been away from home for two months. I just wanted to hide for a while and go back when the queen returns to the palace. But it's because of this kid that I don't dare to go back when I have a home..."
"This time I have packed all my luggage, and now he has been abducted by human traffickers again. You must be sincere, he has tricked me to death!"
"My miserable son, I can't see you being born as a father. Poor Xiangcheng, you must be safe and sound..."
Forehead……
Li Junxian pushed Xiao Rui and said, "Sir, it's better to find a way to save people quickly. If the prince really lives in a foreign country, it will be troublesome."
Xiao Rui came back to his senses and was so angry that he slapped the table and cursed: "How dare they? Among the small barbarian countries around, who dares to lay a finger on me, the Prince of the Tang Dynasty? I will command my troops to destroy them."
Su Liexin said, Mr. Hou is domineering.
Lao Gao, the chamberlain, reminded: "We are not afraid of the small Siyi countries, but we are afraid that after they catch them, they will sell him to the Turks Jieli. In the last war, we exchanged the eldest prince from Jieli for a lot of benefits. If the prince falls into Jieli, In Li's hands, Jie Li is afraid that he will retaliate and blackmail us severely."
Here……
Xiao Rui's momentum stopped, and he looked at Lao Gao resentfully, thinking, "Can't you just let me pretend for once?" It's just poking at my weakness, so I can't do anything about the Turks.
"That's all, I can't go back home. Fifth brother, please clean up. I have to go to Youzhou myself. This kid Cheng Qian is really worried..."
He was scolding the prince with his mouth, but he was scolding himself in his heart. I was really free, what bad idea did I give the emperor when I had nothing to do? If it weren’t for my suggestion to banish the prince for training, there wouldn’t be anything like today…
In one word - you're a bitch! Deserve it.
A few days later, Emperor Li Er received the news and was so worried that he didn't eat for two days. This time he kept it secret from the queen, otherwise the whole court would be shaken if the queen knew that something had really happened to the prince, not to mention the harem. The queen’s family is not vegetarian either.
Half a month ago, she received news that the prince was studying at the Cui family in Qinghe. The queen was relieved and stopped asking. Emperor Li Er has only had a few days of peaceful life.
It's good now, but within a month, the person was dumped in another country again...
However, paper cannot cover the fire after all. Moreover, the gang of Goguryeo traffickers, with the intention of claiming credit, kidnapped the Tang prince and gave it to the Goguryeo court. What they think is their credit is actually their reminder.
The emperor and prime minister of Goguryeo are not stupid. We in Goguryeo are nominally a big country at the same level as the Central Plains court. The Sui Dynasty fought three wars in the past, with no winner or loser, establishing its status as a big country.
But in fact, Goguryeo was barely surviving. If the Tang Dynasty invaded, Goguryeo would never be a match. In front of the Tang Dynasty, our strength is frighteningly weak.
You, a small country, kidnapped the prince of a big country? What do you want to do? Looking for death? Why don't you send it back politely? Would you like to lose a single hair on your body?
But when the meat reached the mouth, it would be detrimental to Goguryeo's prestige to just give in and send it back.
So the emperor and ministers of Goguryeo worked together to divert the disaster eastward. Kill those knowledgeable businessmen from this country. Then he sent the meat tickets to Turks and gave them directly to Jieli. I think Jieli would like this generous gift very much. At that time, Goguryeo will still be able to reap many benefits.
Just when Xiao Rui and others arrived in Youzhou and met with the governor Chai Shao, news came out from the northern grassland: Jieli Khan invited the Tang Dynasty Prince to the grassland as a guest!
Xiao Rui's body went limp and he slumped down on the chair, muttering: "It's over, it's too late. Get ready for war. A war is inevitable."
