It's another new day. I came to Xuanwu Gate to inspect the training of the soldiers.
As Xu Yunyan conveyed the news about the whole-army drill here, it spread throughout the Xuanwu Sect, and the speed of the spread was getting faster and faster. It didn't take long, and it reached Li Yuan's ears after half a day.
Li Yuan read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Xu Yunyan and looked forward to Xu Yunyan's military training.
"I have always heard that Xu Yunyan has a set of military skills, and he has achieved great results, but I have never seen it. Now I finally have the opportunity to see the effect of his military training in Chang'an City. Thinking about it, I think it is a beautiful thing.
After Li Yuan learned the news that Xu Yunyan was going to train troops, he looked directly at Pei Ji next to him.
"How about we go to Xuanwumen together to see how this soldier is doing?"
Pei Ji hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "What your Majesty said is true. Go and have a look. Hasn't your Majesty been itching about this?"
"You old fox, you guessed it again."
Pei Ji easily expressed what Li Yuan was thinking, and then Li Yuan was a little helpless, but he still smiled and chatted with Pei Ji for a few words before going to study how to reasonably go to see this military training scene.
Just after Li Yuan raised this question, Pei Ji started performing again.
"Your Majesty, you are really impressed. You are the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The entire Tang Dynasty is yours. These brave warriors are also yours. Do you still need to make excuses? You can watch them practice. Not only can you inspire them Isn't it a good thing to encourage them and make them serve His Majesty to the death?"
Pei Ji's words suddenly made Li Yuan realize, "Yes, this world is mine, the whole world is mine, and these soldiers are even more mine. I go watch their training and drills. Isn't this right?"
Just after Li Yuan thought clearly, a decree was directly conveyed to Xu Yunyan's hands.
Xu Yunyan scratched his head as he looked at the imperial edict in his hand.
"I am just practicing military training. Is it necessary to make it so formal? I am still coming to the civil and military capital to watch the ceremony. Do I want to put myself on the fire? Am I so good? Can I do something like this? Crazy thing?"
However, Li Yuan had already issued the decree, and then Xu Yunyan gathered all the soldiers of Xuanwu Sect. He saw that the people standing in formation under the city wall had changed greatly. They were full of murderous intent, as if they were ready to rush up to chop or stab themselves at any time. Xuanwumen soldiers. Xu Yunyan raised the imperial edict in his hand high.
"Have you seen it? This is the decree issued by our Majesty. We will conduct a drill in the next two days. Your Majesty will come with all the civil and military officials to observe the ceremony. It is not a problem to have those who perform well to be promoted to a higher position. As for the one who performs best Too bad, I think asking you to clean the military toilet is a bit too easy. If you are not good, what will happen to the group with the worst performance? Hum, you should make plans in your mind."
What Xu Yunyan said here was very harsh, but when the Xuanwumen soldiers were in front of them, they took the initiative and filtered Xu Yunyan's words over and over again.
They only remembered one sentence.
If you perform well, you will be promoted to a higher position!
Get promoted to a higher position!
Get promoted to a higher position!
Get promoted to a higher position!
This is great news for them, the top soldiers, or the officers who serve as captains and brigade commanders in the Xuanwu Sect.
Stationed at Xuanwumen, there was no war to speak of, and it was extremely difficult to get promoted. However, their general fought for such an opportunity for them. They looked at Xu Yunyan gratefully, but Xu Yunyan did not see their eyes from above. change, waved his hand, and asked them to go down and get ready.
After Li Yuan gave the order that His Majesty wanted to visit the Xuanwu Gate for military exercises, the whole court was in an uproar.
What's the point? Why do you suddenly want to go to Xuanwumen to see how this soldier is training? The Xuanwumen are a group of veteran soldiers. They look strong and mighty, but how can they compare to the troops who have just retreated from the battlefield if they have never been on the battlefield?
Some people were confused here, but Li Yuan meant this, and they couldn't say anything.
By the time Li Yuan agreed on the date to watch the soldiers' drill, the Xuanwu Gate where Xu Yunyan was located had already changed drastically under Xu Yunyan's arrangement.
A large amount of grass and trees were transported from unknown sources to the flat school grounds to create a mountainous terrain, including some rockeries, woods, ponds, etc.
When Li Yuan and others came to the city with hundreds of civil and military officials and looked at the flat ground of Xuanwu Gate, which had changed greatly, they were filled with doubts.
"What...what's going on? Why did the flat Xuanwu Gate turn into a mountain-like forest in just a few days?"
Just when Li Yuan and others were confused, except for the fifty soldiers who looked alert and looked like the elite and extraordinary Xu Yunyan, all the other soldiers on the Xuanwu Gate disappeared.
When Li Yuan saw this, along with all the civil and military officials, he felt very humiliated.
He turned to look at Xu Yunyan who was coming to greet him.
"Xu Aiqing, why is this happening? Where are the people from the Xuanwu Sect?"
Although there was a great scene when Li Yuan came to Xuanwu Gate, many noble guards stood around and around the city wall.
However, they only cared about protecting Li Yuan and the civil and military officials at court, and did not care about anything else. Only after Li Yuan spoke did these people realize it later.
"Yes! Where has this person gone?"
Xu Yunyan came to Li Yuan and kowtowed to Li Yuan amidst the doubtful looks of all the civil and military officials.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers of Xuanwu Sect are all in the square below."
"What? They're all in the square below. Are you lying to me? There's obviously a hill you built below. Are they still under the ground?"
Li Yuan said here, Xu Yunyan shook his head hurriedly.
"Your Majesty! They are not underground. Instead, they are lying down in the mountains and forests, hiding, preparing to give the enemy a fatal blow."
"Oh? Is that so?"
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, Li Yuan couldn't help but refute Xu Yunyan's face, and then nodded to indicate their presence.
Xu Yunyan took a step forward after receiving Li Yuan's instructions and shouted, "All troops pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor."
As Xu Yunyan finished speaking, the original mountainous forest-like terrain did not change at all, except for the loud and clear voices of the emperor paying homage to Li Yuan. Li Yuan's body sitting on the high platform could not help but tremble.
"Okay, okay!"
As the compliment ended, Li Yuan knew that all the soldiers were hiding below, but where were they? I couldn't ask them regardless of my dignity.
However, Li Yuan deserves to be an emperor. Even if he couldn't ask these soldiers seriously, as soon as his head shook and his eyes rolled, an idea appeared in his mind. He hurriedly asked the prince who was closest to him. Li Jiancheng.
"Prince, look what's going on? Have you seen these thousands of soldiers hiding somewhere?"
Li Jiancheng came as soon as he opened his mouth.
"It's all down there."
Xu Yunyan looked at Li Jiancheng with a strange look.
Hou Junji, who was very close to Xu Yunyan, touched his clothes and asked, "What do you mean by this expression?"
Xu Yunyan watched his senior brother whisper something in his ear, and Hou Junji was doubly surprised.
"real?"
"real!"
After getting confirmation from Xu Yunyan, Hou Junji hurriedly and quietly moved a few steps to Li Shimin, who was next to the general, and whispered to him next to him.
When Li Shimin heard Hou Junji say this, he turned his head and glanced at Xu Yunyan.
There were inquiries and doubts, but in the end, he nodded under Hou Junji's repeated assurances.
