Tang's dining table

The one who hurriedly sticks to someone as soon as they say hello is called a licking dog.

Those who take the initiative to join in when someone treats you a little better are called worthless bitches.

However, if you don't go when people come to invite you to the battlefield again and again, you are called a coward.

Therefore, there is a big difference between going and not going.

The licking dog is not qualified to impose conditions, such as being in charge of his own people.

A bitch has no right to make unreasonable demands like gunpowder from a boss.

It's the same on the battlefield. The initiative lies with you, let alone yourself. The difference is very big.

Back then, when he was in Kucha City, the Kucha Grand Pass Command Yamen led by He Yuanshan belonged to the type of people who did not have any autonomy.

Therefore, except for Yunchu who survived by chance, everyone else died.

Where is the army?

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that military orders are like mountains. Since they are all mountains, there will be no reason to explain when they come down.

What's more, the military is not a place where you can reason.

The timing was perfect now. Not only did he show the boss and the emperor that he had no ambitions for the army, he also placed himself in the army as a rare commodity, so that he would not easily become cannon fodder.

Ever since Wannian County received the military order to recruit 3,100 soldiers, Yunchu had been ready to participate in this war to destroy the country, because he knew that he could not avoid it at all.

Li Ji hoped to see Xue Rengui, Pei Xingjian and Yunchu emerge in his lifetime. The destruction of Goguryeo this time was a war that tested Li Ji's vision.

In a grand narrative, Li Ji's will has included the will of everyone in the Tang Dynasty. With everyone's support, Yun Chu's personal will is insignificant.

When Yun Chu was about to leave home and garrisoned in the military camp, wearing armor, Yu Xiurong and the whole Yun family congratulated Yun Chu on his triumphant return.

They looked very proud and showed no sadness. Only Naha, who had seen the post-war scene, cried like a baby. To this day, she still remembers her brother going to fight and locking her in a dark tunnel.

"Don't cry!" Yu Xiurong shouted. Although she was also very scared and worried about her husband, a Guanzhong woman couldn't cry when she sent her husband off to fight. Once she cried, it meant that her husband would never come back.

Naha quickly covered her mouth with her hands, but tears still flowed down in strings.

Yun Chu smiled and touched Naha's head, then smiled at Yu Xiurong. Without saying anything, he picked up Yun Jin and kissed them on their faces. He said to Fei Jiu who was guarding the door: "We are at home. Please.”

Fei Jiu cupped his fists and saluted, "Don't worry, Mr. Lang."

Yun Chu looked at the excited Liu Yida again and said, "What needs to be said was already said yesterday. During my absence, we will just carry out what we agreed upon."

Liu Yi bent down and saluted: "Wei!"

Yun Chu finally handed the child to Yu Xiurong and said, "I'll be back soon."

After speaking, he left home accompanied by his deputy Zhong Kui.

Today is the day when the generals from all walks of life enter the military camp. At this time, there are many officers saying goodbye to their families. The same scene and the same etiquette, but I don’t know how many of them will be able to come back when they return in triumph.

The jujube red horse came onto Zhuque Street. Yunchu and his party were riding with hooves. Zhong Kui held a dark red flag in his hand and wrote a letter to General Dingyuan Yun.

When passers-by saw the red tassels on the flag, they knew it was the expedition flag of General Dingyuan. Passers-by stopped, saluted and gave way.

After a while, there were many such flags on Zhuque Street, but the content written on them was different.

Behind General Dingyuan is General Mingwei, behind General Mingwei is General Ningyuan, and behind him is General Huaihua Zhonglang. When Yunchu saw the flag of General Xuanwei from the fourth rank, he was furious. Come to one place.

Because it was Pei Xingjian under the flag.

Pei Xingjian was followed by his lieutenant general Wang Fangyi. When he saw Yun Chu, he even handed him over, but Pei Xingjian looked arrogant and pretended not to see Yun Chu.

Gradually, the flags on Zhuque Street became denser. The flags of General Yunhui, General Guide, General Huaihua, General Huaihua, and General Champion appeared one after another.

However, what was able to walk in the middle of Zhuque Street was an uncovered four-horse carriage. Li Ji, who was dressed in armor, was sitting on the carriage, holding a sword in his left hand and a small pennant in his right hand. , behind his carriage, there were two bodyguards as strong as bears, one holding a flag, and the other holding a box of command arrows.

There is a huge handsome character written on the flag, and there is nothing else except dense tassels.

Since Li Ji's handsome flag appeared, the originally chaotic flags immediately formed a neat team.

Behind the handsome flag is the flag of General Huaihua, the champion general, and behind it is the flag of General Huaihua and General Guide. Although Yunchu’s flag of General Dingyuan is not at the front, it is not at the back either. After all, there are many sixth-grade flags. , the flag of the seventh-grade general is at the bottom.

Xue Rengui's armor was very cool, bright silver, and he stood out among a group of generals wearing black armor.

Yun Chu threw a stone with his backhand. The stone was thrown quickly. Even in the noisy environment, Xue Rengui still heard the sound of the stone breaking through the air, and let the stone hit his armor and break into powder.

Xue Rengui glanced at Yun Chu, turned his head, and continued on his way in a serious manner.

When Yun Chu came out of home, the people in Chang'an City just cupped their fists and saluted. When Li Ji appeared, the people in Chang'an began to kneel down and worship.

This is what a very humane minister looks like.

After leaving Chang'an City, the generals dispersed with a bang and headed straight for their military camps.

Naturally, Yun Chu did not dare to neglect him. Everyone in the army knew that Li Ji had the habit of killing people and sacrificing flags before war.

It's just that this time his son-in-law won't come even if he kills him, and he doesn't know which unlucky guy he will choose to sacrifice the flag.

If you don't want to be the unlucky guy, the first thing you have to do is not to be caught by Li Ji.

Don't think that offering sacrifices to flags is just a joke. It's true that someone would have his head chopped off and hung on the camp gate as a warning to others.

Yun Chu hurriedly entered his military camp. Marching Commander Shi Wenrou had already integrated the troops and was waiting for Yun Chu and Zhong Kui to arrive.

"Quickly, the meeting place is in the east of the city. Anyone who fails to do so after three drums will be killed! After His Majesty goes to the altar to pay homage to the general, the army will immediately march for thirty miles."

As soon as Wen Wen finished speaking, a hundred scouts had already left the camp gate on horseback and headed straight to the east of the city.

As soon as the scouts left, the baggage that had been loaded slowly set off amidst the shouts of the soldiers, followed by the infantry, and behind them came Yunchu's cavalry team.

There is no need for Yun Chu to worry about the march. This is all a matter of the long history of Wen Wen. In fact, there is no need to worry about Wen Wen. Yun Chu also has two Zhiguo captains, ten Yuhang captains, and thirty Renyong captains under his command. These talents are the generals who are responsible for managing the army on weekdays.

This is the military law of the Tang Dynasty. Normally Dingyuan generals like Yunchu are useless and do not even have the power to command any soldiers.

Not to mention General Dingyuan like Yun Chu, even Li Ji, a second-rank general who suppressed the army, did not have this qualification.

In wartime, the Ministry of War will naturally assign Yunchu, the general of Dingyuan, with government troops. This is called a general who does not know his soldiers, and a soldier who does not know his generals. Although it is not very good, it can effectively prevent military personnel from causing rebellion.

Seeing the army leaving the barracks in an orderly manner, Yunchu felt that this method was really good. However, later on, a fool emperor gave Jiedushi too much power, which led to the disaster of overthrowing the country.

Yunchu's army was stationed in the south of the city, not far from the east of the city. When he heard the first drum beat, he had already seen the high general worship platform.

At this time, there were only four ceremonial officers in complicated clothes standing on the four corners of the platform, and in the middle there was a huge cauldron emitting thick smoke.

Many troops have already arrived around the general worship platform, and the scouts sent by Yun Chu earlier have used their positions to mark the gathering location of Yun Chu's army.

For some reason, when Yun Chu saw the big cauldron emitting thick smoke, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.

The army is over 10,000 and boundless, and the army that left Chang'an this time has a total of 50,000 people. Now they are all standing around the general worship platform, so vast that it can almost cover the sky and the sun.

It was not until this moment that Yun Chu had a clear understanding of Datang's strength.

As the three drum beats ended, the crowd of more than 50,000 people immediately fell silent. Except for the occasional neighing of war horses, there was no sound anymore.

A band of one hundred people in colorful clothes came out from the gap in the north with playing and playing. Behind these drummers were hundreds of officials in full official uniforms. Behind the hundred officials were the emperor's robes. The line of support reaches more than 200 meters.

Li Zhi, who was wearing a long coat, came down from the carriage. Li Ji stepped forward to greet him, bowed and bowed, then waved the big robe that was worn outside the armor and took a step forward, then one step back, and then one step forward, kneeling down as if dancing. Li Zhi three times.

After the third kneel-down was over, Li Zhi helped Li Ji up, and the two of them stepped onto the platform to worship the generals step by step.

Immediately, flames that were two feet high rose up from the giant cauldron, and then a large group of ceremony officials threw various sacrifices into the giant cauldron one by one.

The distance was too far, and Yun Chu couldn't hear clearly what the bearded official was reading. It was probably a document to worship heaven, because after he finished reading, he threw the copy of the edict in his hand into the giant cauldron.

That's right, the emperor is the emperor. Before fighting, it is best to inform the emperor first.

"The east wind rises——"

"The south wind rises——"

"The west wind rises——"

"The north wind rises——"

The ceremony officers standing in the four corners of the southeast, northwest and northwest probably used their whole life's strength, so that their roars could be clearly heard by Yun Chu who was far away in the team.

Li Zhi, holding the incense candle in his hand, personally threw the incense candle into the burning giant cauldron. Then, facing due east, just like Li Ji just now, he danced and worshiped the sky.

Then Li Ji, who was holding incense and candles, repeated Li Zhi's actions just now. It seemed that he was also praying to heaven.

Then the two stood facing each other. This time Li Zhi actually extended a salute to Li Ji, and Li Ji accepted it calmly.

Every time Li Zhi bent down, Li Ji would yell - He will definitely live up to his trust.

After three times, Li Ji knelt on the ground and raised his hands. Li Zhi took out a seal ribbon from the plate held by the ceremony officer. He first held it high, then showed it to all directions, and finally placed it in Li Ji's hand.

Then, Li Zhi left the platform to worship the generals and watched the ceremony with all the officials under the platform.

The ceremony officials also left one after another. When Li Ji was the only one left on the stage, he raised his seal and ribbon high for all the soldiers to see clearly. Finally, he stood due north and shouted to the whole army: "Your Majesty has an order." , conquer Goguryeo and destroy this imperial food!"

The 50,000 people under the stage clasped their fists and saluted, shouting loudly: "Here! Destroy this imperial meal!"

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