After a fair and equitable draw of lots, the first round of the military exercise was between Su Guo Gong Cheng Yaojin and Yi Guo Gong Qin Qiong, followed by Chai Shao against Zhang Shigui, and Liu Hongji had a bye. As for who Liu Hongji will face next, naturally It's a rotation. In fact, this rotation is just that. Basically, everyone will play against each other once.
"Second brother, I didn't expect that our two brothers would face each other first!" Cheng Yaojin burst into laughter looking at the result of the lot drawing, "Second brother, you have rarely taken action in so many years, can you still go into battle with your body like this?" Huh? Can we also have a 'Pegasus Planting Gun'?" Cheng Yaojin looked at Qin Qiong and asked.
"Would you know if you try it then?" Qin Qiong did not answer Cheng Yaojin's words. Instead, she raised her eyebrows slightly, stroking her beard and looking at Cheng Yaojin with a smile.
"Then let's get real results on the battlefield! Second brother!" Cheng Yaojin looked eager to try, looked at Qin Qiong and said with a smile.
"See you on the battlefield then!" Qin Qiong smiled and nodded.
Although Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin are talking now, the faces of the other people are also full of eagerness to try. After all, since ancient times, "No one is first in civility, and no second in military affairs." Don't look at it as just a small "exercise." , but the competitive spirit among these generals will naturally not be reduced, and they cannot use real swords and guns. However, above this "exercise", a fight with each other is what this group of people wants.
Next, of course, according to the initial allocation, each prince led his "own team" to his own camp. Don't forget that Lu Chen held 15,000 acres of land around Chang'an in his hands.
Lu Chen chose the areas around Lujiazhuang for all these lands. Of course, the land in the back mountains, including the hills above the poisonous salt mine, was also collected by Lu Chen. It can be said that Lu Chen is now a veritable "landlord" class”.
Therefore, these five princes and their respective teams also have stations.
After such a long period of training, even though it was the first time for these gentlemen to take charge of the team, everything was carried out in an orderly manner. Soon several camps were almost built, and even big flags were erected in the camps. The eye-catching characters "Qin", "Cheng", "Chai", "Zhang" and "Liu" fluttered in the wind.
As the princes set up camp, the news came naturally to the Chang'an City side. After all, such an eye-catching flag could be seen from a long distance. After receiving the report from the bad guys under his command, Chang Bao immediately lifted up his robes. Duan Dai hurriedly went to report to Li Yuan.
As for other aristocratic families and princes, they also received reports from their servants.
"Put up the flag? Or those young masters?" After hearing the report from the housekeeper Xiao Huan, Xiao Yu, who was sitting in the study and reading, put down the book in his hand and looked at Xiao Huan with some surprise.
"Lord Qi, there are indeed several big flags erected outside Lujiazhuang, with the surnames of those young masters on them!" Xiao Huan nodded respectfully, with a hint of excitement in his words.
"Haha! This Lu Chen is getting more and more outrageous!" After hearing Xiao Huan's report, Xiao Yu sneered, "It's a big taboo to let the father-in-law lead troops to conduct military exercises privately!" Xiao Yu looked a little confused. He said sinisterly, but his tone still contained a hint of excitement.
You must know that in this era, all large-scale "military exercises" and "military parades" are the power of the emperor, especially such military exercises involving the confrontation between two armies. Under normal circumstances, even if these princes are in charge The army only practices military formations on weekdays. Most of them are individual training and small team training. There is no such formation fighting drill.
Moreover, most of this kind of battle drills were for the emperor to watch, and there was no such thing in daily life. Moreover, even if there were private exercises, most of them were trained by these princes themselves. With so many princes like Lu Chen participating, Only the emperor can do that. Lu Chen obviously went overboard by doing this.
Xiao Yu thought about it for a while, with a gloomy look in his eyes, and stood up directly, "Change clothes and prepare the car! I want to enter the palace to see Your Majesty!" Xiao Yu stood up directly and gave instructions to Xiao Huan.
"Yes!" Xiao Huan bowed and accepted the order, turned around and left the study to prepare clothes and a car for Xiao Yu to enter the palace.
"This guy really dares to fight!" Of course, Li Xiuning also received the report from the people below at the Princess Mansion, but Li Xiuning didn't take it seriously, "I am very curious about what the soldiers trained by the military counselors look like!" Li Xiuning After thinking about it for a moment, she stood up and asked Ye Zhu to change her clothes. Of course, she was not going to the palace, but was going to Lujiazhuang to watch the excitement.
"There really isn't anything this guy doesn't dare to do!" Li Daozong also received the report. Hearing that Lu Chen actually asked several princes to help him train soldiers and conduct military exercises, Li Daozong also became curious about who the soldier carrying Wei Wei was. What's going on? Although everyone knows that Li Yuan gave Lu Chen three thousand backwei guards, these soldiers are basically lying down in Lujiazhuang. They can only hear drill slogans every day. What is their specific quality? People had seen it before, so when he heard about it, Li Daozong was also full of curiosity. At the same time, he asked his steward Fan Lin to prepare a horse for him. He was also going to Lujiazhuang to see the excitement.
"My lord, aren't you worried about Mr. Lu?" Fan Lin said with a worried look on his face while ordering people to help Li Daozong change his clothes.
"Worried? Why should I be worried? It's just a military exercise!" Li Daozong looked at Fan Lin in surprise, and for a moment he didn't understand what Fan Lin meant.
"Your Majesty, asking these princes to lead and train troops is somewhat overstepping the limit! If someone is interested in going to His Majesty..." Fan Lin whispered in Li Daozong's ear, but before Fan Lin finished speaking, Li Daozong and Li Daozhong Even with a slight raise of his dark sword eyebrows, he understood the meaning of Fan Lin's words.
"I have really been negligent!" Li Daozong was startled when he was reminded by Fan Lin. Those literati were all guys with "sharp lips and teeth like daggers". Now that Lu Chen has done something like this, he will definitely be detained. " The label of "exceeding the control", let alone related to military matters, is somewhat taboo.
"I will enter the palace first!" Li Daozong thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
Soon, Li Daozong arrived at the entrance of the palace. As a result, when Li Daozong walked into the palace, he found that Xiao Yu was also walking into the palace under the guidance of the chamberlain.
When Li Daozong looked at Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu also saw Li Daozong. Although he was the minister's right servant, Li Daozong was actually a prince with military power, and in terms of rank, Li Daozong was also better than you, the minister. Pu She was standing high, Xiao Yu didn't know the purpose of Li Daozong coming to the palace, but Xiao Yu still raised his hand to Li Daozong.
Soon, the two met at the door of Nuange Palace. "I have met King Rencheng!" Xiao Yu said salute to Li Daozong.
"There's no need to be polite to Xiao Pushe! We haven't seen each other for many days, and Xiao Pushe seems to be getting stronger with age!" Li Daozong looked at Xiao Yu and said haha.
"Thanks to the prince, I am in good health, but the prince is still handsome!" Although Xiao Yu was very reluctant to see the prince who almost wore a pair of pants with Lu Chen, but he still said respectfully on the surface.
"Well! Xiao Pushe has no illness or disaster, which is really a blessing for me in the Tang Dynasty!" Li Daozong responded in a nonchalant manner.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Pushe, Your Majesty has summoned you two!" At this moment, Chang Bao walked out of the palace, first saluted Li Daozong, and then raised his hand to Xiao Yu before saying.
"Thank you, Governor Chang!" Li Daozong nodded towards Chang Bao, while Xiao Yu cupped his hands towards Chang Bao, and they both said in unison.
"It's your job! Don't keep His Majesty waiting too long!" Chang Bao said in an urging tone, but although he said so, Chang Bao looked at Xiao Yu and did not look at Li Daozong. .
After Li Daozong and Xiao Yuzheng had fluttered their sleeves, they took off their boots, followed Chang Bao into the main hall, and went straight to the Nuan Pavilion.
"Your Majesty, King Rencheng and Xiao Pushe are here!" When they arrived at the door of Nuange, Li Daozong and Xiao Yu consciously waited at the door. Chang Bao went in to report that Li Yuan and the two had arrived.
"Pass!" After hearing Chang Bao's report, Li Yuan put down the imperial brush in his hand and said to Chang Bao.
"You two, come in!" After Li Yuan agreed, Chang Bao let the two of them into the Nuan Pavilion.
"My lord, Li Daozong, pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"My lord, Xiao Yu, pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"No gift!" Looking at the two people giving the gift, Li Yuan responded directly. Li Daozong and Xiao Yu then sat down opposite Li Yuan.
"Is there something that we can't discuss tomorrow morning, so why do you need to see me at this time?" Li Yuan looked at Li Daozong, then at Xiao Yu, and then asked.
"Your Majesty, I am eager to start the memorial, so I am asking to see your Majesty!" Xiao Yu said with a bow to Li Yuanshen.
"Oh? What is it that makes Shi Wen so eager to tell me?" Li Yuan looked at Xiao Yu in surprise. After all, he knew Xiao Yu's character very well. If it wasn't an urgent matter, he wouldn't be so eager to see him.
In fact, in addition to Xiao Yu being an old minister around Li Yuan, the two of them are also relatives. Xiao Yu's wife, Dugu's wife, Xiao Yu's wife, is the niece of Empress Dugu in the literature. Li Yuan is the nephew of Queen Dugu of Wenwen, and Li Yuan and Xiao Yu's wife are cousins.
Therefore, in terms of kinship, Xiao Yu is still Li Yuan's brother-in-law.
"Does Your Majesty know that Mr. Lu County has asked several princes to lead troops for military exercises around Lujiazhuang?" Xiao Yu said straightforwardly without any hesitation.
The main reason why Xiao Yu was so eager to tell the matter was the pressure from Li Daozong next to him. When he entered the palace, seeing Li Daozong's appearance, Xiao Yu knew that this prince was probably doing it for Lu. It came about Chen's "military exercise" in Lujiazhuang.
