Chapter 85: Lin Weize
Li Yuanji thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out what Li Shimin's intention was, so he gave up thinking about it.
"Your troops have suffered heavy casualties, and Jiangzhou's troops are still in Quzhou. How can you come with me?"
Li Yuanji stared at Luo Shixin and asked again.
Luo Shixin is now actually no different from a commander without troops. Only twenty or so of his two hundred men are left after their deaths. The troops from Jiangzhou were taken to Quzhou by Li Shimin.
Is Luo Shixin going to take more than twenty people with him to Weize Pass?
It's impossible for Li Shimin to let Luo Shixin lead his troops, right?
All his troops were his personal soldiers.
If Li Shimin let Luo Shixin lead his personal army, he would wake up laughing in his dreams.
Li Shimin should not be that generous.
Luo Shixin bowed and said, "The commander has issued an order for Zhang Shigui to lead the troops of the Right First Army of the Prince of Qin's Palace to rush to Weize Pass and obey the orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and An Yuanshou will lead the troops of Jiangzhou to accompany them.
After I arrive at Weize Pass, the troops of Jiangzhou will naturally return to my command."
Li Yuanji asked in surprise: "My second brother also sent Zhang Shigui and An Yuanshou?"
Zhang Shigui was from a prominent family. His family had served in the military for generations and had held high positions.
Zhang Shigui's own abilities were also outstanding. Although he was not very prominent under Li Shimin, he was Li Shimin's confidant.
An Yuanshou was also from a famous family. His father was Gong Xinggui, the governor of Liang Province who helped the Tang Dynasty pacify Liangzhou. He was one of the sixteen heroes during Li Yuan's Wude period.
Li Shimin not only sent Luo Shixin, but also Zhang Shigui and An Yuanshou. Li Yuanji roughly guessed Li Shimin's intentions.
Li Shimin asked him to guard Weize Pass, which means literally, he really asked him to guard Weize Pass.
But Li Xiuning will be released.
Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui and An Yuanshou went to Weize Pass, not under his command, but under the command of Li Xiuning.
"good……"
Luo Shixin didn't know what Li Yuanji was thinking, so when he heard Li Yuanji's question, he answered immediately.
Li Yuanji sighed in his heart.
Li Shimin wanted him to go to jail.
Li Xiuning was an extraordinary woman with strategies in her mind. She had been imprisoned in Weize Pass for four years and must have been tired of it. The strategies in her mind were about to burst out.
He went to exchange Li Xiuning. Li Xiuning would never return to Weize Pass until she was satisfied.
There is a high possibility that he will stay in Weize Pass for a long time.
"Just go to jail."
Li Yuanji sighed in his heart.
As long as the Turks can be kept firmly outside the borders of the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter if I have to sit in jail for a few months.
Who made him the least capable among his brothers and sisters with the same father and mother?
"Okay, I know about this. Go down and prepare. We will set off for Weize Pass after dawn tomorrow."
Li Yuanji glanced at Qu Tutong and gave instructions to Luo Shixin.
Qu Tutong and Luo Shixin both bowed in agreement.
Li Yuanji said this to Luo Shixin and also to Qu Tutong.
The message to Qu Tutong was that I have taken on the task and you can go back and report.
After bowing in agreement, Qu Tutong and Luo Shixin left the room.
Li Yuanji began to think about what he could do during this trip to Weize Pass.
…
No words were spoken that night.
Early the next morning.
Luo Shixin, wearing armor and holding swords, led a group of soldiers and waited outside Li Yuanji's door.
Su Dingfang also gathered his troops and prepared to go on the parade ground in Mingshui City.
After Li Yuanji washed and dressed neatly, he left the room, said a simple hello to Luo Shixin, and headed for the parade ground.
When he arrived at the parade ground, he saw more than 3,000 soldiers gathered together, quietly waiting for him.
Li Yuanji frowned slightly and asked Su Dingfang who was standing at the head of the team, "The people you recruited haven't arrived yet?"
After the battle of Mingshui City, only more than 2,000 soldiers were left under his command.
Su Dingfang recruited more than 3,600 surrendered soldiers and generals, which added up to almost 6,000 people. Now there are only more than 3,000 people. It must be that the surrendered soldiers and generals recruited by Su Dingfang have not yet arrived.
The guards of the Prince of Qi's mansion, the officers and men of the Zuo Erjun Mansion, and the few remaining soldiers from Shanzhou could not have been absent.
Therefore, those who were absent could only be the newly recruited surrendered soldiers and generals.
When Su Dingfang heard Li Yuanji's question, he hurriedly explained, "All the people have arrived, but they have not yet been selected by the General Military Office, so I have not issued them weapons and leather armor, nor have I allowed them to enter the city."
Li Yuanji's brows relaxed, and he suddenly realized, "Then let's take them on the journey together. When we have free time on the journey, we can test their martial arts skills."
Su Dingfang nodded solemnly.
Li Yuanji didn't say any more nonsense and immediately ordered the entire army to march out.
More than three thousand people followed him out of Mingshui City.
When they reached the outside of the city, the team had grown to more than 6,000 people.
Walk north along Mingshui City.
Qu Tutong did not follow the army this time, so Li Yuanji handed over the marching affairs to Luo Shixin.
With Luo Shixin taking care of the march, he became a hands-off boss.
To get from Mingzhou to Weize Pass, you must first enter Xingzhou, pass Qingshan, then go north along the Taihang Mountains, and finally you will arrive at Weize Pass.
After leaving Mingzhou and entering Xingzhou, Li Yuanji saw what a chaotic world was like.
Bandits were everywhere, thugs were rampant, and the people were suffering.
Although Xingzhou was recovered, the new officials of Xingzhou had no say at all within the territory of Xingzhou.
The order in Xingzhou is maintained by a few wealthy families.
Places that are beyond the influence of wealthy families become a paradise for bandits to wreak havoc.
Li Yuanji didn't know how many bandits he had surrendered. Anyway, when he left Xingzhou, the newly recruited surrendered soldiers and generals had been completely integrated into the Prince of Qi's Palace, and the rudiments of an army had already been formed.
There were dozens of fewer horse-drawn carriages transporting grain, and instead there were dozens of carriages filled with gold, silver, jewelry, swords, spears, and halberds.
Swords, spears, swords and halberds can be used now, but Li Yuanji really has no idea what the gold, silver and jewelry are for.
If it is left in Xingzhou, it will only benefit the wealthy families, but it will be a bit of a burden to carry it around.
"For the first time, I felt that gold, silver and jewelry were also a burden."
At the foot of Taihang Mountains.
After Li Yuanji watched Su Dingfang and his men behead a group of horse bandits, he said to Luo Shixin with a strange look on his face.
Luo Shixin and Li Yuanji were squatting on a big rock. Hearing Li Yuanji's words, he said with some amusement: "When a war breaks out, gold, silver and jewelry are nothing but clouds. Only food and weapons can save lives.
Although Xingzhou has been reconquered, it has not yet been stabilized and is still in chaos, so gold, silver and jewelry are useless.
Only food and weapons are fundamental. "
Luo Shixin walked with Li Yuanji from Mingshui City to Taihang Mountains, and gradually got to know Li Yuanji's temperament. He knew that Li Yuanji had changed and became much more easy-going, so he liked to chat with Li Yuanji in his spare time.
Li Yuanji nodded in agreement and casually stuffed a palm-sized ivory carving in his hand into Luo Shixin's arms.
Luo Shixin was a little amused but didn't stop it.
Li Yuanji was not trying to bribe him, it was just a daily behavior.
He is used to it.
When Li Yuanji had nothing to do, he liked to look for some strange and bizarre things among the "stolen goods", play with them in his hands, and when he had played enough, he would casually put them into the arms of the person closest to him.
At the beginning, everyone was a little flattered, but after a long time, everyone got used to it and looked at Li Yuanji with more eagerness. When there were bandits around, a group of people gathered around Li Yuanji.
Although Li Yuanji's behavior was a bit wasteful, his family business could afford to lose it.
Not to mention just stuffing a few strange and odd things into the people around you, even if you stuffed whole truckloads of them in, you wouldn't be able to destroy their entire fortune.
Among the things Li Yuanji had been playing with recently, the only one that he had not stuffed away was a transparent cup.
When Li Yuanji found the cup, he found the craftsman and whispered to him for a long time.
The craftsman has been elusive these days.
"How long will it take to reach Weize Pass?"
Li Yuanji asked.
Luo Shixin roughly calculated the time and said, "It will take another two days."
Li Yuanji looked around and said, "This place is relatively flat. Let's set up camp here and have a good rest. We will continue our journey tomorrow."
The officers and soldiers of the Zuo Er and Zuo San Military Headquarters have been traveling and suppressing bandits in recent days. They are very tired and need a good rest.
Luo Shixin also knew that the soldiers of the Left Second and Left Third Military Commands of the Prince of Qi's Palace had a difficult time, so he nodded immediately and ordered the soldiers to set up camp.
After a good night's rest at the foot of Taihang Mountain, the soldiers continued on their journey.
In the next two days, the group did not encounter a single bandit.
It can be seen that although Li Xiuning's people are in Weize Pass, their tentacles have spread to hundreds of miles around Weize Pass.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for the group to avoid encountering bandits.
…
Two days later, Weize Pass.
Li Yuanji sat on the horse's back and admired the scenery of Weize Pass.
Weize Pass was built by the water, with water on one side and a city wall that stretched as far as the eye could see on the other.
The pass was built on one side of the city wall, and there was a spring flowing down on the side of the pass.
Amid the puzzled looks of Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang, Li Yuanji quietly took out a cylinder made of pure gold, slowly stretched it out, and held the cylinder towards the direction of Weize Pass.
Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang were a little curious about what the cylinder in Li Yuanji's hand was, but Li Yuanji had no intention of sharing it with them, so they could only guess in their hearts what the cylinder was used for.
Li Yuanji held the cylinder, stared in the direction of Weize Pass for a long time, and then slowly put the cylinder away.
Through the cylinder, he saw a red shadow on the city wall of Weize Pass, and it seemed to be looking at him.
When Li Yuanji saw the red shadow, he guessed who she was.
When my predecessor was a child and was naughty, he was often punished by her.
My predecessor was a little bit afraid of her.
"Your Highness?"
Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang saw that Li Yuanji had arrived at Weize Pass but was hesitating to move forward. Su Dingfang could not help but call out to him.
"Enter the customs!"
