Chapter 38: Li Hao joined the army

Li Shimin is the most powerful man in the world today, but his majesty has been repeatedly provoked by Tuyuhun, he can no longer bear it, and issued an edict to conquer Tuyuhun, with Li Jing as the general manager of the Xihai Road march, Jiedu all the armies, the military department Shangshu Hou Junji as the head of the Jishi Road march, the criminal department Shangshu Rencheng King Li Daozong as the head of the Shanshan Road march, the Liangzhou Governor Li Daliang as the head of the last road march, the Minzhou Governor Li Daoyan as the Chishui Road march, the Lizhou Thorn Shi Gao Yongsheng as the Yanze Road march chief, as well as the Turkic, The soldiers and horses of the Chebi parted ways to attack Tuyuhun.

This is Datang's luxury lineup, which also shows that Li Shimin is definitely really hot.

When Li Hao heard the news, he was not surprised at all, why, because he knew history, but when he was lying on the recliner in the courtyard and eating dates, a holy decree suddenly came, knocking him into a state of confusion.

It was an old acquaintance who came to pass the decree, Huang An, and when Li Shimin asked Huang An to pass the decree to Li Hao, Huang An wanted to refuse, but he didn't want to lose his head, so he didn't dare to resist the decree.

Li Shimin's will is very simple, roughly speaking: Li Hao, you are our five good young people in the Tang Dynasty, and you have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and now that the country has military affairs, as an outstanding young man, should you come to participate, young people, you should go through the experience, what is the matter with being lazy at home every day, well, it was so happily decided, go out with the army, follow the account of Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, and be a captain from the ninth grade, well, that's all, thank you.

For this holy decree, Li Hao also wanted to refuse, but he, like Huang An, was afraid of death, so he could only accept the decree with grievances, he wondered, he was so good at home that he was bored and rich, how could Li Shimin think of letting himself go out with the army, could it be that as an emperor who was idle all day long and had nothing to do, he was thinking about himself, this is not scientific, is the dignified Khan so idle every day?

With a stomach full of questions, Li Hao went to the Lu Guogong Mansion with a generous gift to find Cheng Biting Jin, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard Cheng Biting Jin's demonic laughter, and then without waiting for him to ask, he first pressed the position to come up with a bowl of wine, yes, it was his home-brewed immortal brew, fifty-two degrees.

After half a bowl of wine, Li Hao's face turned green, and he hurriedly asked his own questions while the wine was still strong.

Cheng Yanjin laughed out loud after hearing this, and laughed for a long time before raising his eyebrows and saying, "Stinky boy, do you really think that you can still stay in Chang'an after stabbing the coal business of the eldest grandson's family?" ”

Li Hao was shocked when he heard this, and the wine he just drank turned into a cold sweat and flowed all over his back: "Is it the ghost of the eldest grandson Wuji?" ”

"What is a troublemaker?" Cheng Yanjin rolled his eyes, "You kid doesn't like to listen to the old man, the eldest grandson Wuji is at most just beating you and giving you a warning, if he really wants to deal with you, I'm afraid that the old man will sit on your grave and talk to you now." ”

Li Hao was immediately relieved when he heard this, since the eldest grandson Wuji did not harm him, then he could go out with the army with peace of mind, otherwise he was really afraid that he would wake up in the barracks and find that his head was missing, with the power of the Changsun family, it was not like a joke to install a few killers in the barracks.

However, for the sake of safety, Li Hao still said to Cheng Yanjin: "Uncle Cheng, please help me pass a message to Uncle Eldest Sun." ”

Cheng Yanjin glared when he heard this: "What, you call him uncle, call the old man uncle, you dare to look down on the old man!" ”

Li Hao suddenly had a black line on his face, and hurriedly explained: "Uncle Cheng misunderstood, in fact, at your age, uncle is far better than uncle, after all, every inch of time is gold, hehehe......"

Cheng Yanjin suddenly felt comfortable when he heard this, he was right, Lao Tzu was younger than the eldest grandson, Lao Pifu, he died earlier than Lao Tzu, happy, really happy, this little bastard is really good at talking.

Getting back to business, Li Hao continued: "Please Uncle Cheng help me bring a message to Uncle Changsun, just say that the junior has no intention of messing with his coal business, I feel very guilty, sorry if the junior doesn't say much, when I return from the war, the junior will give the eldest grandson's family a more profitable business than the coal business." ”

Cheng Yanjin's eyes lit up when he heard this: "What kind of business, how many dirty ideas are you kid holding back, quickly say it and let me hear it...... No, if you give the business to the eldest grandson, then my old Cheng family won't be able to make any good money, no, never. ”

Li Hao said with a smile: "Uncle Cheng, don't worry, I still have a good business to cooperate with the Cheng family, and I will keep it for you, there will be no shortage of you, you put your heart in your stomach, just wait to count the money." After speaking, he raised his eyebrows.

Cheng Yanjin was happy now: "Okay, it's really the old man's nephew, come, do a bowl!" ”

Li Hao: ......

Li Hao was drunk again, and he was drunk and unconscious, this time Cheng Yanjin did not leave him overnight, but sent a carriage to send him all the way to the door of the house.

Li Hao woke up the next day, with a splitting headache, remembering yesterday's incident, Li Hao secretly sighed: "Damn, I will never go to Cheng's house in the future, it is simply a tiger's den, you are not allowed to leave if you are not drunk, Lao Tzu is only fourteen years old...... Ah, no, it's over the New Year, fifteen years old. ”

The holy decree set the date for the army to march out tomorrow, Li Hao must go to the barracks this afternoon to report, and if he goes, he will not be able to come back, and he will leave Chang'an with the army tomorrow.

Before this, Li Hao naturally had to make some preparations, go to war, and naturally bring weapons, because the Tang Dynasty was a government military system, and the government soldiers usually worked for the peasants who cultivated the land, trained in agricultural gaps, and fought in the army during wartime, and the government soldiers brought their own weapons and horses to participate in the war.

When Li Hao received the holy decree yesterday, he asked Du Hong to buy a war horse and a Tang knife for him, and he also packed his bags, bringing some change of clothes, a military binocular, a compass, a fish dart slingshot, a steel ball slingshot, five fish darts, and eight catties of steel balls.

Li Hao's slingshot is now a ten-strand rope, which is very powerful, the effective killing range of the steel ball slingshot can reach 70 meters, and the effective killing range of the fish dart slingshot reaches a terrifying 100 meters, almost catching up with the bow and arrow.

If in the past, with his arm strength, he could also pull the four-strand rope slingshot, but now it is different, after the crossing, the body changes, the strength becomes so great, it is not a problem to lift a hundred pounds of stone lock with one hand, and it is naturally easy to pull the slingshot of the ten-strand rope.

Ready everything, Li Hao rode on his horse and went to Chang'an, the family stood at the door to watch him leave, Hu Dahai looked at Li Hao's distant back, and couldn't help but shed tears, when he turned his head to look at the others, he found that they were all red-eyed, obviously reluctant to Li Hao to leave.

Li Hao didn't seem to do anything during this time at home, but he has made everyone feel the existence of home, that kind of happiness can only be enjoyed between family members, it is obvious that they have a sense of belonging to this family, and Li Hao has naturally become the backbone of this family.

When Li Hao arrived in Chang'an, he saw that there were an unknown number of troops stationed outside Chang'an City, and the camp tent that could not be seen at a glance was like a vast ocean, and Li Hao was in a daze.

After being stunned for a long time, Li Hao began to look for his own military camp, he was assigned to Li Daozong, Li Daozong was the head of the Shanshan Dao march, he first went to the military camp in the south and asked, this is Li Jing's Xikaidao military camp, and asked them, the Shanshan Dao military camp was the second in the east, and Li Hao rode a horse to the east, and finally found his own military camp.

The guards were startled, it was the first time in their lives to see the holy decree, and they hurriedly knelt down in front of the holy decree, and then took Li Hao to report to the garrison, receive military uniforms, and arrange duties.

The military garrison arranged Li Hao in Li Daozong's personal guard, Li Hao was stunned for a moment when he heard this duty, and then smiled, knowing that this must have been arranged by Li Daozong.

The personal guards of the main general in the army have always been the most elite soldiers, they do not need to know what art of war and tactics, but they must all be masters, because they want to protect the safety of the main general, when the personal guard needs to be dispatched, it means that the life of the main general has been threatened, or it is an extremely difficult task, the personal guard is the last line of defense around the main general, and the personal guard is naturally the safest compared with other positions.

However, the threshold of the pro-guard team is very high, first of all, it is required to have a strong martial arts, must be skilled in bowing and horses, and then have a clean family background, and must confirm that it is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to the main general.

Li Hao obviously can't reach the threshold of the bow horse's proficiency in martial arts, the reason why Li Daozong incorporated him into the pro-guard team is clearly to protect him, why, because Li Hao is a young hero designated by the emperor to go on the expedition, why would the emperor do this, Li Daozong doesn't know, but he knows that Li Hao can't have an accident, otherwise he will have trouble, this trouble can be big or small, he doesn't dare to take risks, in this case, it is better to put Li Hao into the pro-guard team and stay by his side, first, to ensure his safety, and secondly, he also wants to meet this Li Hao for a while, Because Li Hao's reputation in Chang'an is not small recently, first pacified the plague, and then injured the eldest son of Lu Guogong Cheng Biting Jin, and then offered a prescription to stabilize the eldest grandson's stubborn illness for many years, and then strangely cooperated with Cheng Biting Jin to rob the eldest grandson's coal business, no matter which of these things is not a trivial matter, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy can make such a big move, he must not be an idle person, he really wants to see what this young man who is so valued by the emperor is like.

Li Hao's residence was divided into the camp tent of the guards, there were a total of seven people in the camp with him, four of them were on duty, and three of them were resting in the tents, Li Hao's arrival surprised them, although the captain of the guards told them that there would be a new guard, but they did not know that the person who came would be a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.

Li Hao stood alone in the tent, and the other three people looked at him blankly, the scene was very embarrassing for a while, but Li Hao was not the king of the cold field, after he laughed a few times, he suddenly asked: "Comrades-in-arms, have you eaten?" ”

For this greeting, the three guards were instantly stunned, why, because it was just after noon, there was no habit of eating lunch in the Tang Dynasty, and the same was true in the army.

After being stunned for a long time, an old guard with gray sideburns replied worriedly: "Now...... It's just past noon, what kind of food are you eating? ”

"Lunch!" Li Hao raised his eyebrows, unloaded his backpack, took out an oiled paper bag from it, and unfolded it to see that there were seven or eight yellow-orange Huangqiao baked cakes wrapped in it, and a fragrance suddenly came to his nose.

Li Hao generously spread the oiled paper bag on the case, and said with a smile: "Come, everyone come and eat baked cakes." ”

Three guards, you look at me, I look at you, and none of them stepped forward.

Li Hao tried his best to behave very well, smiled and took the Huangqiao baked cakes for one person and two, stuffed them into their hands, and then picked up two of them and ate them, and ate two bites, seeing that they were still looking at him in a daze, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said: "Eat, it's delicious, I guarantee that you haven't eaten it." ”

They really haven't eaten it, in Datang, let alone Huangqiao baked cakes, even ordinary crispy and sweet baked cakes have not come out, only Hu cakes.

Li Hao's hospitality made the three guards a little embarrassed, and the old guard with gray sideburns couldn't help but take a bite, and then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he shouted in surprise: "Well, it's delicious!" It's so delicious! After snoring, he devoured it, and instantly stuffed all the Huangqiao baked cakes into his mouth, and the speed made Li Hao stunned.