In the following days, apart from being on duty at the government office, Li Yuan was immersed in the school field in his front yard, leading his two good brothers and a group of soldiers to practice diligently with Wumute day and night.
Wumu Teqin lived up to Li Yuan's expectations. As the leader of this generation of Uighurs who migrated south, in addition to being tall and congenital, he was also proficient in various weapons, especially good at marksmanship. Due to his bloodline, his horse Kung Fu is even more outstanding.
I saw him galloping back and forth on the school field, swinging a spear freely in his hand, thrusting and lifting, all in one go, and the heads of the straw men standing on the field flew off one by one. After sprinting back and forth for more than a dozen times, Wu Mu Teqin still had enough energy to explain to everyone without blushing and without a beating heart, the so-called "One pierce the eyebrows, two pierce the hands, three pierces the shoulders, four pierce the elbows. Five pierces the chest, six pierce the knees, and seven "The weird python penetrates the crotch and walks away", everyone was stunned and exclaimed that it was brilliant!
Ever since he came to this era, Li Yuan has often been troubled by his martial arts. He only had brute strength but no one to guide him. He had to follow the martial arts skills issued by the army to imitate cats and imitate tigers. The results were naturally very unsatisfactory. In actual combat, it was as above Back in Huangmuling, facing the bandit leader Ma Liu, he could only manage a few blows, and then he couldn't resist. After all, he has to lead the army in battle. In addition to the way of using troops, martial arts is also particularly important. As a general, if his martial arts skills are mediocre, wouldn't he be ridiculed by others?
Li Yuan weighed a long spear in his hand and asked, "Ebony, what weapon do you think I should use?"
"Hunter Yu, I'm afraid a spear is not suitable for you. It would be better for Hou Yu to use a sword!"
Li Yuan was helpless for a while. This ebony agent had been practicing his marksmanship for a long time, and he was just getting excited. If you say this in front of everyone, where can I put my face?
Looking at Wumu Teqin's upright appearance, Li Yuan smiled awkwardly and said: "Then I will use the sword!" Since the Tang Dynasty, swords have been in great prosperity. In addition to being widely used in the army, the palace has also flourished. In sword dance, there are also many masters who are proficient in swordsmanship among the people. The former number one swordsman of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Min, his swordsmanship, along with Zhang Xu's Kuangcao and Li Bai's poems, were called "Three Wonders of the Tang Dynasty" by later generations.
Li Yuan was prone to urination. Although his boxing and kicking skills were average, the only thing he could excel at was his swordsmanship. He couldn't be said to be outstanding, but he was at least good enough to fend off enemies on the battlefield.
Ebony Teqin was on the side, carefully watching Li Yuan perform a set of sword skills, and then nodded while looking at Li Yuan's figure. After a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Yu Hou is proficient in swordsmanship. He can easily defeat the enemy in foot combat, but he still needs some time to polish in horse combat!"
Li Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, took off his clothes, revealing a pair of strong tendons, and said with a smile: "Then get on the horse, Wu Mu! Quickly teach me how to fight on horseback!"
Wumu Teqin smiled and said: "Yu Hou has an order, and the general must obey it! It is just the proficiency in horse warfare that cannot be achieved overnight. Apart from the confrontation of weapons on horseback, what is more important is the art of horse control! If the horse does not obey the command during the war, , No matter how clever the weapon is, it will be useless if it is burdened by it."
After hearing this, Li Yuan nodded in agreement and said, "That makes sense, then please ask Wu Mu to teach me how to control a horse!"
Wu Mu Teqin was not verbose, his legs were slightly strengthened, and the wind was blowing from his crotch, he jumped up lightly, and with only one vigorous movement of turning onto the horse, Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "It's really well-deserved! No wonder Uighur changed its name to Uighur, Uighur-Uighur, the pirouette is as light and agile as the Uighur. Falcon!"
Seeing Wu Mu Te diligently and calmly riding a horse slowly, Li Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Wu Mu, according to you, how long will it take to practice for my horse control skills to be as skillful as yours?"
"Yu Hou, you are considered talented. You have a thick lower body and strong legs. As long as you practice diligently according to the general's guidance, you will be able to control it freely in a month or two!"
When Li Yuan heard the sound, he lowered his head and looked at it. It was indeed true. After he bought this big house in Jinling, the first thing he did was to find a bronze mirror in the room to observe his appearance and figure.
His appearance did not live up to his expectations. After all, he was young, with three-dimensional facial features, red lips and white teeth. It was no wonder that Mr. Liu called him handsome when they first met him! And his figure was also first-class. According to the standards of later generations, he was almost 1.85 meters tall and his whole body was muscular. Especially the lower limbs, maybe because they were often beaten and ran away in Wangjiazhuang, they are the strongest and most powerful.
Thinking of this, Li Yuan smiled with satisfaction: "It can be practiced in a month or two? Ebony is really a prairie eagle!"
Suddenly, he became curious and asked, "I wonder how long Wu Mu had been practicing?"
"I learned it at the age of five."
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As fallen leaves began to fly all over the city of Jinling, the cold wind from the south began to howl uncontrollably. The wealthy families in the city had already lit charcoal fires. Even though they were located in the southeast, they could not withstand the coldness near the river. Time passes day by day, and in a blink of an eye, the past few years have passed.
After returning home today, Xu Kuangheng brought the long-awaited good news to Li Yuan.
After receiving Li Yuan's order earlier, Xu Kuangheng, now the only think tank in Li Yuan's mansion, led Wumu Special Qin back to Changzhou.
Wumu Teqin was extremely efficient. In just five days, he ordered people to spread the message everywhere. Most of his tribes were scattered in the states of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and a small number of them went to the neighboring Wuyue Kingdom. After receiving the leader's order, these Uighurs did not dare to neglect at all, and quickly followed the instructions of Wumu Teqin, secretly sending the strong men between sixteen and forty to Changzhou for assembly.
Very different from the calmness of Ebony Special Qin, Xu Kuangheng felt extremely nervous and excited when he witnessed the rows of Uighur warriors walking in front of him. This abandoned tribe, which was originally thought to have disappeared from the world's population, should now be in decline. Who would have thought that after Ebony Special Qin carefully selected it several times, there would still be a full 8,000 people left!
These Uighur warriors will be a great help to Li Yuan in the future! So Xu Kuangheng did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered his sergeants to distribute rewards one by one according to the heads of these Uighur warriors. Then Wumu Teqin praised Li Yuhou. These warriors saw that their leader had spoken out, and everyone had benefited a lot, so of course they expressed their allegiance.
After that, Xu Kuangheng, together with Wu Mu Teqin, led the eight thousand people into pieces and divided them into several groups. They avoided official roads and finally led these people to Tianyin Mountain in the south of Jinling City. Li Yuan had already ordered A huge courtyard built secretly.
After that, Xu Kuangheng returned to the city non-stop to report to Li Yuan. Li Yuan listened quietly, and then smiled knowingly. With the eight thousand Uighurs of Ebony Special Qin in hand, he now had a powerful trump card in his hand. Then he lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Xu, you have done a great job this time. I have ordered someone to buy a house for you nearby, and give it to you together with ten maids! From now on, you will have to ask for more, sir." Take the effort!”
Xu Kuangheng couldn't hide his excitement at this time. Over the past few days, he had gotten along with Li Yuan and others, and his relationship had become increasingly deeper. Li Yuan also let him go and handed over some important but "secret" things to him. This kind of full The sense of trust made him extremely comfortable. Some of the discomforts and worries I had before were gradually forgotten. At this time, I hurriedly cupped my hands and said: "I will bear in mind the great kindness of Yu Hou! Ever since I followed Yu Hou, I have been reinvented. How can I dare to claim my merits?"
Li Yuan rubbed the desk with one hand and muttered: "Mr. Xu, I will hand over all the money and food needed for these eight thousand Uighur soldiers to you! I have already explained it to the warehouse, and you can withdraw it according to the book. But. Remember, don’t let the news leak out! Raising private soldiers is a serious crime, so you must be more cautious!”
Then Li Yuan took out another letter and handed it to Xu Kuangheng. This letter was sent from Yangzhou. This old-fashioned but powerful and skillful calligraphy naturally came from Li Yuan's father-in-law Zhou Zong.
Xu Kuangheng read it roughly, and Zhou Zong's attitude in the letter was as friendly as ever. Li Yuan had written a letter before, telling Zhou Zong truthfully that his Majesty would like to send troops to Chu again after the year, and he might lead the army to do so. He also vaguely expressed his intention to form a private army, so he asked him to see if he could contact Khitan merchants who traveled by sea and wanted to buy some war horses and weapons.
Zhou Zong has been running Huainan for a long time and controls the power of salt and iron. Not only is his family's wealth second to none, he is also familiar with all kinds of business transactions. When he first received the letter, he was deeply confused. Logically speaking, the purchase of war horses and weapons must be reported to the Privy Council. Moreover, Li Yuan was only a general of the Forbidden Army and not a military governor of the garrison. Why did he purchase it privately? It's really strange. Then when I saw what Li Yuan wrote below, I immediately deduced that he had the intention of forming a private army. After that, Zhou Zong dismissed everyone and thought about it alone in the room for a long time.
Looking at the military disasters in recent years, especially in the Central Plains, most of them were caused by military generals privately recruiting troops to segregate the local areas and eventually causing chaos. Could it be that his promising son-in-law had such rebellious thoughts at such a young age? While thinking over and over again, Zhou Zong repeatedly recalled Li Yuan's heroic words to himself that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." He also recalled the tragic scene Li Yuan had painted of Huainan finally falling into the hands of the Northern Army. Finally, he thought of In recent years, there has been a turbulent situation in the DPRK... After a fierce struggle, he finally sighed and made a decision in front of the portrait of the ancestor of the Zhou family.
In the end, Zhou Zong wrote a letter and replied that he had no objection to Li Yuan's request. He even mentioned that he would first buy three thousand Khitan war horses and corresponding weapons and armor for Li Yuan in the near future, and also give him 100,000 yuan in money. These money and materials will be Go straight down to Runzhou along the waterway. Someone will come to contact you and deliver it to the place designated by Li Yuan. If you still need it in the future, you can write to me. Finally, he reminded me, "The trees in Jinling are deep, so don't grow branches"!
Xu Kuangheng couldn't help but exclaimed: "My God! Mr. Yuhou, Mr. Zhou is really your noble man! How can he be so helpful without being angry at all? And the price is one hundred thousand coins! There are also a large number of horses and soldiers! He is the richest man in Huainan , Well deserved! From now on, we can expect great things, great things can be expected!"
Speaking of this, Li Yuan immediately raised his hand calmly to stop him, and whispered: "Mr. Xu, please be quieter! My father-in-law is a man who understands justice, and from now on, he will also leave all the matters of contacting the cargo ships to you! I have asked Erhu to go to Tianyin Mountain starting today and take over the military affairs together with Wumu Special Qin.
Mr. Xu, you must always tell Ebony Special Forces to keep the tribe in check and avoid any trouble. Without my military order, you must never step out of Tianyin Mountain! If there is a stray horse, you need to be decisive in killing it! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rebellious and heartless! My father-in-law is right, the trees in Jinling are deep and there should be no branches! "
Xu Kuangheng nodded repeatedly and took the order with a serious face.
The maid next to him brought a cup of freshly brewed tea. Li Yuan stretched out his fingers, touched the rising heat, and said with a faint smile: "From today on, I will push the wheel of fate... ..”
