In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Prince Li Jiancheng, the only person who has the strength to go to war at this time is Qin King Li Shimin.
However, the fierce competition between these two people in the court also made Li Yuan look very ugly.
The so-called fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond. When the prince and the King of Qin were fighting over who should go out to annihilate Liu Heitai and add to his military exploits, many civil and military ministers finally decided that it would be the prince Li Jiancheng. Take action.
Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin proudly, "King Qin, just assist your father in handling the affairs of the court. As the crown prince, you can come and go."
Although Li Jiancheng had been confirmed as the commander-in-chief, Li Shimin didn't care. He looked at him and said, "I'm afraid that when the prince goes down, he will lose his troops. Xue Wanche, the most brave man under the prince's command, has been captured by the enemy. Who else is there now?" Can you charge into battle for His Royal Highness?"
Seeing that the scene was about to get more intense, Li Yuan slapped the table and said, "That's enough. Now is the time to discuss important matters, not a battle of wills. The Crown Prince doesn't have enough manpower to dispatch from Tiance Mansion. Liu Hei must be eliminated no matter what." Ta."
At this moment, Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed, "The generals in my father's Tiance Mansion are all his subordinates' troops. It's better to let them go on an expedition and let his subordinates lead the troops."
Li Shimin suddenly said this, and the civil and military officials in the court were a little surprised for a moment. Now when it is time to destroy the Liu thief for the country, why is it involved in who is going to fight?
But before they could express their opinions, Li Yuan continued, "That's enough! Didn't I tell you everything? Prince Li Jiancheng is going to war, so you can stay in Chang'an. As for the generals in your Admiral Tiance's mansion, they are ready to be dispatched to the front line at any time." . First of all, they are the generals of the Tang Dynasty, and secondly, they are the generals of your Tiance Mansion. You must distinguish them clearly."
Li Yuan's merciless words made Li Shimin furious, but what Li Yuan said was the truth, and Li Shimin had no way to refute, so he couldn't help but think hard here.
"Liu Heitai, no matter what you look like or who goes on the expedition, I really regret that I didn't deal with you last time, but this time when I, the general of Tiance Mansion, go on an expedition, there will be no way for you to survive."
When the Tang Dynasty was dispatching troops and generals, and guard after guard of elite soldiers gathered towards Hebei, Xu Yunyan once again appeared in front of a remote village with his army.
Just before he appeared in this village, Wang Laiyun started to complain, "Captain, my good governor, can we stop playing like this? If we continue to take such detours, we don't know when we can escort the grain and grass to the frontline camp. "
Wang Laiyun was complaining here, and Xu Yunyan laughed: "Wang Laiyun, why are you complaining? We are not joking, how did the hundreds of people added to our team come from?
It’s still the same, I’m waiting here, you hurry up and bring people in to publicize our recruitment conditions, and use real money and silver to ask those who want to join the army to follow us. As for those who want to fool us with our money, find a way to give them to them. I'll drive you away, we're not just kidding around. "
After Xu Yunyan arranged the task, Wang Laiyun nodded very displeasedly, "Okay, my Lord Commander, I will take people in to recruit troops now."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm optimistic about you!" Xu Yunyan looked at Wang Laiyun, who was a little bit in pain, and gave him a thumbs up.
But Wang Laiyun had just taken a few steps forward, and before he could disappear at the corner of the street, Wang Laiyun heard a strange and weird tone in front of him, like a dancing master. Then Wang Laiyun turned to look at Xu Yunyan with a puzzled face.
"Captain, there seems to be some activity in this village, why don't you come and take a look?"
What Wang Laiyun said also aroused Xu Yunyan's curiosity. Xu Yunyan entered the village under the protection of several guards and walked forward with Wang Laiyun.
This small, remote village was indeed remote enough. Not many people passed through this place, but it also ensured his safety.
Hundreds of people gathered in a large square in the middle of the village, looking at a man in colorful clothes with a handful of unknown bird feathers on his head, shouting weird slogans and holding a A rope tied with a colorful ribbon was bouncing there.
As for a person tied to a wooden frame in the center of the square behind him, with firewood piled underneath.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Wang Laiyun said to Xu Yunyan here, "Captain, have you never seen such a thing? It must be another son of a good family who is possessed by a ghost. Now we need to use fire to drive away the ghost. Otherwise, this demon-possessed son of a good family will do harm to others."
Hearing this, Xu Yunyan looked at Wang Laiyun with disdain, "What are you talking about? Why are you possessed by ghosts and burned with fire? Regardless of whether this has driven away the ghosts who don't know whether they exist or not, isn't it just destroying people?" Burned to death too? There must be something wrong, let’s not worry about it for now, let’s save the people first.”
When Xu Yunyan said this, Wang Laiyun was indeed surprised: "Captain, no! Save this person, if the ghost is separated from the body, it will cause a huge disaster."
Xu Yunyan ignored Wang Laiyun, "If you don't go, I will! You guys go with me."
After Xu Yunyan finished speaking, he whipped the horse's butt with a whip. The horse neighed in pain and rushed forward quickly. Xu Yunyan shouted "Stop!" while charging forward.
The people in the village looked at the Heavenly Master who was dancing the Great God here. They suddenly heard such a sound and turned to look in the direction of the sound. A group of cavalry riding tall horses, wearing armor and holding swords rushed over. They were instantly frightened. He jumped and dodged in all directions.
This suddenly opened up a path for Xu Yunyan, allowing him to come to the center of the square without causing any harm to the villagers. After circling around the man who was tied to the wooden pillars and the pile of firewood, Look at them and say.
"What are you doing? Do you want to take human lives in broad daylight?"
Seeing that the people rushing over were serious officers and soldiers, no matter whose subordinates they were, as long as they were not robbers, their safety could still be guaranteed.
The lively scene in the village just now gradually subsided, but the Celestial Master was still standing nearby and showed no fear of Xu Yunyan and the others.
Just when the two parties were in a stalemate, an old man walked out of the crowd and gave an old soldier a fist.
"This military gentleman, our village is getting rid of the disaster. I wonder if this military gentleman can be convenient and get out of the way first, so that our village can eliminate the disaster, and then entertain the military gentleman. Is that okay?"
