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Four thousand cavalry

Cuiping Mountain in the late autumn night, the wind is quiet, and one or two movements are heard from time to time in the depths of the forest, crossing the stone bridge, coming to the gate of the Dragon Villa, seeing that the guards at the door are standing straight, patrolling on the wall, Li Pojun nodded slightly, the defense is okay, it seems that Su Dingfang has not relaxed.

"People stop coming". The guards saw that several horsemen were coming in the dark, and they were also vigilant with guns and shouted in front of the door.

Chen Kang stepped forward to announce that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived, and the guards were busy welcoming Li Pojun in.

Came to the conference hall to sit down, served tea, and after a while, Su Dingfang and a few people hurried over in clothes, and they were both curious and happy to see Li Pojun coming late at night.

Seeing that Li'an was seated, Li Ran was the most jumpy, and asked directly: "Lang Jun, is there anything important about your coming over at night?" ”

Su Dingfang, Zhu Cheng and others also looked at it with anticipation, and Li Pojun said bluntly: "There is indeed an important matter, and it is a matter of life and death."

Everyone was also solemn when they heard it, Su Dingfang thought for a while and said straightly: "General, is it about the Turkic war?" ”

Li Pojun nodded when he heard this, and said directly: "I believe you have also got the news, the Turkic Chen soldiers on the north side of Weishui, the troops are pressing Chang'an, and when the city is at stake, it is inevitable that the people of Gyeonggi will suffer from the military disaster in vain, and tomorrow the saint will drive out of the city to negotiate with Jieli, and then we and other soldiers and horses must be behind to cheer and increase the momentum."

Everyone was also excited when they heard this, and Su Dingfang said bluntly: "The six thousand new soldiers handed over to me by the general before leaving have all been trained into soldiers, and they can all go to war."

Li Pojun nodded, "How many soldiers and horses does the Shence Army have now?" ”

Generals Su Dingfang and Liang Baiwu looked at Zhu Cheng, because Zhu Cheng was the only civilian official in the whole army, in charge of the roster and rewards and punishments.

Seeing this, Zhu Cheng went straight and said: "There are a total of 8,500 soldiers in the Shence Army today, including 3,500 heavy infantry troops of the Tiger Wing Battalion under General Su, 1,000 archers from the Crane Battalion under General Liang, 2,000 cavalry troops from the Feixiong Battalion under General Zhai, and 1,000 cavalry troops from the Longxiang Battalion under the command of the general."

Li Pojun was taken aback when he heard this, raised his eyebrows, and asked directly: "Why do the cavalry have 3,000 people?" Where are all these horses? But the training is formed? ”

Zhu Cheng looked at Su Dingfang when he heard this, and retreated silently, because the training work was handed over to Su Dingfang, and Su Dingfang also came out to worship and said: "The general forgot, when the rebellion was leaving, the 1,000 war horses given by the mountain saint had been transferred, and the war horses were purchased according to the general's orders, and a total of more than 600 were obtained.

Speaking of this, Li Pojun understood, these more than 1,600 horses, plus more than 2,000 good horses brought back from Youyan, were reorganized into 3,000 cavalry, which was really an unexpected joy, 8,000 Shence troops have 3,000 cavalry, this is really rich, you must know that where Li Shimin raised his troops, there were only three or four thousand Xuanjia cavalry in total.

"Tomorrow at three o'clock in the morning, beat the drums, the whole time the soldiers and horses, sharpen the armor, do not make the armor bright, the banner is clear, see the Chang'an soldiers, go with me to cheer, the army should be prosperous, in order to raise the prestige." Li Pojun instructed directly, three o'clock is about four o'clock, and he must get up early to prepare.

When they heard this, they were also in high spirits, and they responded solemnly, and they went down to prepare, just waiting for the hour to come.

Li Pojun also took out the black gold armor, took a cloth and wiped it carefully, the wipe tile was shiny, Li Ran came over at this time, and asked directly: "Lang Jun, that Matong has been shouting to see you since he brought it back yesterday, you said that you want to be polite, I can't lock him up and discipline him, I can only let him."

Li Pojun raised his head when he heard this, thought for a while, suddenly smiled, and said straightly: "You go and bring him over."

Behind him, Chen Kang also smiled when he saw this, "His Royal Highness deliberately kept the Ma Tong hidden, just wait until today."

Li Pojun smiled when he heard this: "Fu Wenchang is not worried about his life, this Matong is also a fierce general, if he is killed like this, it is a pity, it is better to leave him useful to serve the Tang Dynasty."

As he spoke, with a burst of heavy footsteps, Ma Tong came in in an ordinary linen clothes, and the coarse cloth clothes were worn on his body, but he looked more wild and strong.

With that beard, it looks even more sturdy.

Seeing this, Li Pojun nodded, and Ma Tong walked to the front of the steps and said, "A certain Ma Tong has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought him here?" Dare to ask where is a certain big brother? ”

Li Pojun got up and went down the steps to help him up, led Ma Tong into his seat, did not answer a few of his questions directly, and asked directly: "General Ma has also seen this Dragon Guardian Villa, he must have seen my Shence Army, what does General Ma think of the Shence Army?" ”

Ma Tong was stunned when asked, scratched his head and said: "It turns out that the military name is the Shence Army, it deserves this name, the Shence Army is strict and orderly, and the action is the same, it is really powerful, and there are few armies in the world that can do this."

Li Pojun was very satisfied when he heard this, and nodded with a smile, but the words changed again, "General Ma knows that you are committed to the thief with General Fu, although it is excusable, but the law is intolerable, and you rebel and seek rebellion...... But it's a crime to kill the head of the clan."

Ma Tong was stunned for a moment, then sat up with a pout, his eyes widened, and he was angry, "You...... A certain family knows that it is not a pity to die...... It's just, what's wrong with a certain big brother? Isn't it ......? As he spoke, Ma Tong stared at Li Pojun with wide eyes, his eyes flashed red, as if he was afraid that Li Pojun would say the news that he didn't want to hear.

Li Pojun was greatly relieved when he saw this, no matter how bad such a righteous person could be, how bad could he be, and immediately comforted: "Don't worry, General Fu is fine."

Then he took a sip of tea. Straight said: "Rebellion and rebellion is a big crime of killing the head, but the saint and the princes of the court and General Fu are loyal, their feelings are pitiful, they did not betray the death penalty, but they were exiled for 2,000 miles, General Fu is only forty years old, his body is healthy, and the journey of 2,000 miles is unhindered, I will send another message to instruct General Fu to not receive grievances all the way, and he will be able to return in less than two years."

Ma Tong was happy when he heard this, looked at Li Pojun, knelt down and bowed: "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving your life." Although Matong is a rough mine, but he is not a fool, although Li Pojun said so, but Matong knows that it must be Li Pojun who mediated it, otherwise Fu Wenchang will definitely not be sentenced to such a "light" betrayal for the crime of rebellion from thieves, in Matong's view, exile for two thousand miles, isn't it just to walk two thousand miles, maybe the old man scribe can't walk so far, it's a little dangerous, but Matong is clear about Fu Wenchang's situation, Fu Wenchang is a Confucian general, he can hold a gun on a horse, he can hold a pen when he gets off a horse, and his body is also very good. It's no problem to walk 2,000 miles.