Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 115 Li You's Change

If there is regret medicine for sale in the world, then Li You will buy it no matter how hard he tries.

"I'm so stupid. A good prince doesn't want to do anything. If he insists on rebelling, I blame Yan Hongliang and the others. If I have the chance to meet them, I will definitely not make them feel better..."

Shirking responsibility is the habit of many people, and Li You is not exempt, but his wish is doomed not to be realized, because Yan Hongliang was secretly executed on the first day he entered Chang'an. As for his cronies in Qizhou , and all ran away with their families.

As the so-called "trees fall and monkeys scatter", after Li You was taken away by Li Goudan and the others, even Princess Qi had already run back to her natal family. How could the others stay in Qizhou waiting to die?
But Li You didn't know these things. At this moment, his attention was completely focused on this barracks.

Ever since he was sent to this barracks by Gao Ming, Li You discovered a very serious problem, that is, the soldiers here are not only physically strong, but also have a frighteningly high force value, not to mention generals like Zhang Sizheng, even if they are The most common soldier has a stronger force value than those generals in Qizhou.

In Li You's view, with such soldiers, if the imperial court wants to break through Qizhou, it can dispatch up to 5 people to kill his Qizhou's so-called "one hundred thousand soldiers and horses". When that time really comes, his life might really be over.

Li You didn't know that Gao Ming's barracks was different from other barracks in Datang.

Datang practiced the Fubing system. When there is no war, the soldiers go home to farm. When the war is fought, these soldiers go to Zhechong Mansion to get weapons and go to fight. It can be said that the soldiers of Datang are part-time farmers, whether it is Qizhou Or other states and counties are the same.

But the barracks where Li You is located is different, because here are clever private soldiers, and the predecessors of these soldiers are dead soldiers. They train every day besides training. They are real full-time soldiers, even the elite of full-time soldiers. Not too much!

These soldiers are undergoing hard training every day, and at the same time, they eat better than the soldiers on one side. Of course, their force value is much higher than the soldiers in Qizhou.

But Gao Ming only had more than 200 soldiers like this, but Li You didn't know this, he thought that there were such soldiers everywhere in Chang'an.

Have to say, this is a wonderful misunderstanding.

As the so-called "three fires for new officials", not long after lunch, Zhang Sizheng yelled for everyone to train, but this time the sweetness he threw out was really tempting.

"Monkeys, you are all practicing hard for me. Whoever practices well, I will take him to the East Palace to be on duty. When the time comes, there will be delicious food and spicy food. If anyone is lazy, don't count on this month's military salary!"

As soon as Zhang Sizheng's voice fell, he immediately attracted the attention of all the soldiers.

Everyone saw it when Zhang Sizheng and Li Goudan ran to receive the decree just now, and they also knew that Zhang Sizheng is now a member of the prince's family, and the guards of the East Palace will be under his control in the future. As long as he can enter the East Palace, he can see the prince Yes, at that time, when the time comes, it is not impossible to get promoted and get rich!

Thinking of this, almost all the soldiers' eyes lit up, and everyone trained harder.

Seeing this scene, Li You's mind also started to turn.

"Since they can go to the East Palace to be guards, as long as I work hard, maybe I can do it too? As long as I can enter the palace, I will find a chance to beg my concubine at that time, maybe I won't have to come here again!"

Thinking of this, Li You cheered up, endured the pain all over his body, picked up an iron gun, and started training with everyone.

The training of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty was not as diverse and complicated as that of later generations. In the Tang Dynasty, there were only three kinds of training items for soldiers.

Running, military formation, individual combat.

Running is to train soldiers' physical strength. This is what soldiers of all dynasties must train. Only with good physical strength can they meet the needs of combat. In the era of cold weapons, a soldier's physical strength is directly linked to the survival rate.

The military formation is to train the cooperation of the soldiers and the execution of the general's orders, so as to cause the greatest damage to the enemy with the least casualties. Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that "aggression is like fire, and immovability is like a mountain". It is worth the change in the military formation.

As for individual combat, let alone, if a soldier cannot make good use of his weapon, he will not be far from death after entering the battlefield. It can be said that the art of combat is the most important thing that every soldier needs to master. It is related to the life and future of every soldier.

The soldiers in the barracks were born as dead soldiers, so they easily adapted to these three trainings, but Li You has been pampered and pampered for 20 years, and it is not a matter of getting used to this kind of training overnight, not to mention anything else, just the morning training Running almost cost him half his life.

Zhang Sizheng took his soldiers to run around Chang'an City in the morning, and the circumference of Chang'an City is about 35 kilometers. Generally, soldiers who don't train often can't complete it, let alone Li You. After reaching one-tenth of the distance, I couldn't run anymore, and was finally supported by several soldiers and ran back.

The content of the training at noon was the drill of the army formation. Since they used real iron spears, after less than half an hour of training, Li You's hands were covered with blood blisters, and there was even a It was worn out, and he grinned in pain.

If running and military drills were painful beginnings for Li You, then the training content of individual fighting can be called Li You's nightmare.

Now everyone in the entire military camp already knew Li You's identity. To these soldiers, Li You, the prince who had been demoted to a commoner, had an extraordinary attraction, which made them want to ravage him uncontrollably.

"Anyway, His Royal Highness has already said, as long as he doesn't kill or maim him, he can do whatever he wants!"

This is also in line with the old saying, "Pick up the soft persimmons and pinch them". When it was time for fighting training, Li You became a "fragrant bun". Just as Zhang Sizheng ordered the fight to start, everyone flocked to Li You immediately. Yu, and then beat him in various ways in the name of training.

Under such circumstances, fighting alone is simply a nightmare for Li You.

The more gentle ones just trip him up, but there are also some manic ones who like to lift him up, then throw them to another person like a sandbag, and then be thrown back by the other party in the same way. Occasionally, if someone misses, Li You will also enjoy an experience like falling objects from a height.

Li You guessed that if the field had not been covered with a layer of sand, he might have been thrown to death.

However, in order to get rid of this kind of life, Li You did not back down, but gritted his teeth and persisted.

"As long as I can enter the imperial palace in the name of the guard of the Eastern Palace, I will be able to beg my mother and concubine, and then I won't have to live such a life..."

With such thoughts in mind, Li You actually persevered.

A month later, even though Li You still couldn't run around Chang'an City completely, and couldn't practice the formation as skillfully as other soldiers, even during the fighting training, he was still tortured to death by other soldiers. But it is undeniable that great changes have indeed taken place in him.

The daily exposure to the wind and sun made his originally pale skin darken, and the high-intensity training made him lose a lot of weight. Most importantly, his temperament has changed a lot.

Li You, who has been polished in the barracks for more than a month, has almost faded away from the weakness he had at the beginning. Instead, he has a rough aura of a soldier. Even people who are familiar with him can hardly recognize him at this time. him.

Li Shimin is one of them.

Ever since Gao Ming said that he sent Li You out of the palace last time, Li Shimin clapped his hands and went down to inquire. When he learned that Gao Ming sent Li You to the barracks, Li Shimin was surprised.

"Only that kid Li You is expected to be a soldier?"

Li Shimin felt that it was a mistake for Gao Ming to send Li You to the barracks, but as the days passed, Li Shimin had more and more doubts in his mind, until today he couldn't bear it anymore.

"No, I have to go and see!"

So, after leaving the early court, Li Shimin changed into civilian clothes, took Liu Bing with him and went directly to the barracks.

Before coming here, Li Shimin thought about many possible situations, such as Li You hiding in a corner of the barracks crying, or dawdling around like a walking dead, but he never thought that Li You would become a qualified soldier!

Looking at the black and thin figure waving an iron gun in the army formation, Li Shimin suddenly showed disbelief on his face.

"This is Li You?"

In fact, this barracks really surprised Li Shimin. He didn't expect that Gao Ming's private soldiers would be such an elite group, and what made him even more unexpected was that Li You, who had only been here for a month, would find out Such a big change.

Li Shimin has led soldiers for decades, so he knows the soldiers very well, so he can be sure that Li You at this time has reached the standard of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty!
In other words, even if Li You is taken to fight now, as long as the generals don't make strategic mistakes and the strength of the enemy and the enemy is not too disparate, Li You has a great chance to come back alive.

This can be called a miracle, so Li Shimin was shocked.

"How did Gao Ming do it?"

Li Shimin didn't know that what Gao Ming did was to throw Li You into the barracks and not give him any privileges, because with the passage of time, the big melting pot of the barracks would naturally make Li You's "broken copper" into pieces. "Iron" is tempered into steel!

Li Shimin didn't go up to meet Li You, after confirming Li You's current situation, Li Shimin returned to the palace.

After returning to the palace, Li Shimin immediately made a decree to separate the "Ideological and Political Department" from the military department and change its name to "Hundred Cavalry Guards". He was only responsible to the prince, and his salary was the same as that of Donggong Qianniu.

Is this justifiably serving as the prince's personal soldier?

Li Shimin's edict caused an uproar in the court, but what made everyone feel strange was that Hou Junji, Minister of the Ministry of War, didn't say anything, as if he didn't care about his business.

Looking at Hou Junji with a calm face, Gao Ming suddenly felt a little more vigilant in his heart.

(End of this chapter)