When Li Xiu and Ma Ye and Qin Qiong were chatting about Liaodong, suddenly a person named "Xue Xiaowei" asked to see, this Xue Xiaowei was none other than Xue Rengui brought back by Li Xiu from Shanxi, he first came to Chang'an in Li Xiu's house as the head of martial arts for Li Jin and several other children, and later went to study in the military academy, and just graduated from the military academy this year, because of his excellent grades, plus he used to help quell the Turkic rebellion from Zhao Deyan, so he served as a captain in the forbidden army.

The military system of the Tang Dynasty stipulates that ten people are tithes, five tithes are gangs, three gangs are teams, and five teams are battalions, and the generals of each battalion are called captains, in charge of 750 people, it seems that the official position is not high, in fact, in the entire military camp, the captain can be said to be the most junior officer in the army, and a non-commissioned officer can only be promoted to the captain before he can be called out of the ranks of non-commissioned officers.

In the past, school captains were generally selected from the army on the basis of military merits, but with the development of military schools in recent years, as long as they graduate from military academies, they will be assigned to the military to serve as captains.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a difference between the school captain and the school captain, for example, the school captain in the forbidden army is higher than the school captain in the general government soldiers, this is not only because the forbidden army is the emperor's pro-army, but also because the forbidden army is a professional soldier, which is generally not produced, while the government soldiers are half soldiers and half people, and the combat effectiveness of the two sides is also hugely different.

The reason why Xue Rengui was able to serve as a captain in the forbidden army was because he performed well in the military academy, and secondly, because he had made military merits, and because he was recommended by Li Xiu, so he could serve as a captain in the forbidden army.

It was a good thing to be able to serve in the forbidden army, but there has been no big war in Datang in recent years, even if there are some wars on the border, but it is enough to mobilize the local army, and there is no need to use the forbidden army at all.

Ma Ye and Qin Qiong are also very familiar with Xue Rengui, when Xue Rengui first came, Ma Ye also pulled each other to compete, and the result was naturally a miserable loss, Qin Qiong even instructed Xue Rengui's martial arts, and he served in the military academy, which is half of Xue Rengui's teacher, so Li Xiu immediately asked Xue Rengui to come.

After a while, I saw the tall Xue Rengui walking quickly like a gust of wind, with a happy look on his face, and he said loudly before he came in: "Don Ma, is the imperial court going to prepare for war?" ”

As soon as Xue Rengui's words fell, the person entered the hall, and immediately saw Ma Ye and Qin Qiong sitting there, which made him stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly, and then stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen General Ma and General Qin!" ”

"No need to be polite, how do you know that the imperial court is going to prepare for war?" Ma Ye was the first to speak at this time, although the imperial court decided to use troops against Goguryeo, but it was only just decided, and it must have been kept secret at the beginning, with Xue Rengui's position, it was definitely impossible to receive the news so quickly.

"Hehe, General Qiqi Ma, today our boss ordered us to step up training, and even the ordnance has been replaced with new ones, and I also heard that the upper authorities have allocated a batch of firearms for us for training, if it is not for war, I am afraid that the court will not be so generous." Xue Rengui smiled again, although he didn't know about the decision of the imperial court today, he guessed something from some movements in the forbidden army.

"Haha~, sure enough, he is a good student who graduated from our military academy, so guess again, where will the imperial court use troops this time?" Qin Qiong couldn't help but laugh when he heard Xue Rengui's words, Xue Rengui was a protégé who graduated from their military academy, so this time he also wanted to take this opportunity to test him.

"This ......" Xue Rengui saw that Qin Qiong was going to test himself, but he hesitated for a moment, and then said tentatively, "General, if I guess correctly, can you leak the news above to me a little, don't worry, I will definitely not spread it!" ”

"No problem, as long as you guess correctly, I will tell you about today's decision in the court!" Qin Qiong said very happily, he knew Xue Rengui and knew that the other party's mouth was very strict, so he didn't have to worry about him leaking the news.

"Hehe, in fact, it's not difficult to guess, our forbidden army will not be used easily, if it is just an ordinary small battle, we will not be needed at all, and the surrounding countries worthy of our forbidden army to dispatch, one is Goguryeo, and the other is Tubo, but General Hou has already led his troops to the southwest to encircle and suppress Tubo, so the only thing that can let us dispatch is only one Goguryeo!" Xue Rengui smiled again at this time.

"Haha~, your military academy students are really amazing!" Seeing that Xue Rengui suddenly guessed the goal of Datang this time, Ma Ye couldn't help laughing and praised, although their generation is old, but the young generals of Xue Rengui's generation have also grown up slowly, and Datang is not afraid of no successors.

"The imperial court is really going to use troops against Goguryeo!" Xue Rengui also shouted in surprise when he heard Ma Ye's words, although he guessed Goguryeo, but after all, there was no real evidence, and now it was finally confirmed from Ma Ye's words.

"Yes, Your Majesty has personally decided today that you will use troops against Goguryeo next year, and then it will be the time for Rengui to show your talents!" Li Xiu also smiled at this time and said, Xue Rengui is a natural general, just putting it in Chang'an is indeed a bit of a waste, if he can make a contribution to Goguryeo this time, and then transfer to the border to exercise in the future, he will definitely be able to grow into a pillar of the Tang Dynasty.

"Great!" Xue Rengui also shouted in surprise at this time, he joined the army to glorify the lintel, when he just graduated from the military academy, he also dreamed of going into battle immediately to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but he didn't expect to be assigned to the forbidden army, except for drills, he didn't have the opportunity to go to the battlefield at all, which made him feel very depressed, and now this time he finally had the opportunity to go to the battlefield.

"Rengui, the battlefield is not child's play, although you participated in the counterinsurgency against the Turks before, but at that time the Turks had lost their minions and were not the real enemy at all, and this time we have to face Goguryeo, which was defeated three times before the Sui Dynasty, so you must not be careless!" Qin Qiong saw Xue Rengui's excited appearance, afraid that he would only care about military merits and forget the danger, so he reminded him.

Qin Qiong's words also made Xue Rengui calm down, and he saluted again at the moment: "Thank you for the reminder, it's the student Meng Lang!" ”

"It's normal for you to be excited when you first enter the battle this time, but you have to remember that being greedy for merit on the battlefield is a taboo for soldiers, of course, you young people should not be afraid to do things, there is a degree of this, you must learn to grasp it yourself!" Qin Qiong taught again at this time, although everyone seems to understand these great truths, there are not many people who can really do it.

"Students should remember!" Qin Qiong also saluted again very seriously, Qin Qiong was half of his teacher, and after he entered the military academy, Qin Qiong took care of him in many ways, so he also respected Qin Qiong very much.

"Uncle Bao, don't put your military academy on the shelf, I think Rengui's kid is still very good, you have to be brave and brave to be strategic, the key is to be steady, and you will never do anything greedy and rash, and even I have a hunch that Rengui will definitely shine when he goes to Liaodong this time!" At this time, Ma Ye interrupted Qin Qiong's lecture to Xue Rengui with a smile.

Li Xiu couldn't help but praise Ma Ye when he heard Ma Ye's words, I have to say that Ma Ye really has a vision, in history, Xue Rengui was brilliant when Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo, so as to enter Li Shimin's sight, and even Li Shimin said after the war that although he failed to defeat Goguryeo, he got a fierce general like Xue Rengui, and compared with Xue Rengui, the price he paid before was worth it.

Of course, although Li Shimin said the above words to comfort himself, it also shows that he values Xue Rengui, but Li Shimin was old at the time, so he left Xue Rengui to his son, and the result was that Xue Rengui guarded the Xuanwu Gate for several years, and it was not until Li Zhi used him again that Xue Rengui really embarked on the road of a famous general.

Since Xue Rengui came, Li Xiu immediately invited him to the table, and then asked people to prepare more meals, because Xue Rengui is a well-known big rice bucket, when he served in the mansion before, he had to eat a bucket of rice every time, Li Xiu's cook in the family likes him the most, because no matter what she does, Xue Rengui can eat well, if it weren't for Xue Rengui's marriage contract, I'm afraid the cook would have to marry his daughter to him.

Since Xue Rengui had already guessed that he was going to use troops against Goguryeo, Li Xiu and Qin Qiong did not hide it, and told them in detail about today's events in the court, but Xue Rengui was also very excited, as long as he waited for another year, this time next year would be the time for him to show his talents.

In the next period of time, the news of the use of troops against Goguryeo next year also began to circulate among the high-level of the Tang Dynasty, especially those military generals, one by one to occupy a position, although there is news that Li Shimin wants to drive the expedition in person, but as the emperor, he naturally cannot personally command, so he must need a competent commander to be responsible for leading the army.

Hou Junji went to the southwest, Cheng Yanjin thought that the position of commander belonged to him, after all, Li Jing's credit was too great, it was impossible for him to lead the troops anymore, and Qin Qiong would not fight with him, and the remaining generals were either too old or not as senior as him, so he also ran to the palace twice in three days during this time, in order to persuade Li Shimin as soon as possible to give him the position of commander.

However, what Cheng Yanjin didn't expect was that just when he thought that the position of commander was in his pocket, another accident suddenly happened.