Capital Datang

In the stable cabin, a tall middle-aged man slowly pulled out the horizontal knife in his hand. This knife has been with him for ten years. Didn't change the knife either.And this knife is indeed a good knife. At the beginning, he used this knife to follow his master on an expedition to the desert. Countless Turkic people died under his knife. There was too much blood, so there was still a dark red streak in the gap on the handle of the knife. It was the dried blood of the enemy, and it couldn't be washed off.

The name of the middle-aged man is Li Shi, he is the general of Wei Guogong Li Jing, and he has followed Li Jing since he was a teenager. It can be said that as long as Li Jing participated in the war, he also participated in every battle, especially in ten years. In the previous battle against the Turks, he followed Duke Wei to defeat Dingxiang, the old nest of Jieli Khan, and welcomed Li Yin's grandmother, Empress Xiao's family, back to the Tang Dynasty.It is also true that in that battle, Li Shi took the lead, and countless Turkic people died in his hands. He also blocked three arrows for Wei Gong Li Jing, but he almost died.

After the war, Li Jing wanted Li Shi to be a general in the army, so that he could find a family background for himself, but Li Shi rejected his master's kindness and said that he had no intention of being a general. , I only wish to stay in the mansion and be a general, guarding the Duke's mansion from generation to generation.For such a loyal Li Shi, Li Jing was also quite moved, so although Li Shi was called the family general of the mansion, Li Jing had already regarded him as his nephew, and all the family generals and trilogy of the mansion belonged to him. Li Shi restrained.

After Li Shi slowly pulled out the horizontal knife, he picked up the jug beside him.I drank three gulps first, and then slowly poured the rest of the spirit on the knife.Finally, he picked up a piece of soft cotton cloth next to him, and gently wiped off the wine on the knife.At the same time, he murmured to himself: "Old man, you haven't drunk blood for ten years. You must be starving. This time, the master finally sent me to lead the army again. Although the opponent is only a small Japanese country, I can finally let you go again!" Drinking blood!"

As soon as Li Shi finished speaking, the cabin door was suddenly pushed open.A guy who is not tall but extremely strong broke in, and seeing Li Shi maintaining his horizontal knife again, he curled his lips and said, "Brother Li, although the sea is humid, you don't have to do it three times a day." Do you maintain your knife all the time?" Capital Datang 368

The person's name was Xu De, and he was a little younger than Li Shi.He was the only family general on board besides Li Shi. Apart from the boatman, there were a total of 200 people on board, and besides Li Shi and Xu De, there were another [-] people on board.The two commanded [-] people each.In addition, apart from their boat, there were many other boats around. The people on the boat were all the generals and tribes of the rich and noble families in Chang'an.He came to Sibi to help Li Yin attack the country of Wa.

Li Shi is the general of Wei Guogong Li Jing, and he has two hundred plays under his command.In addition, on a small boat next to it, there were three generals from the Duke of Wei's mansion, each with 100 people, that is to say, this time the Duke of Wei's mansion sent out a 500-man trilogy.And Xu De, who just broke into Li Shi's cabin, is the general of British Duke Li Ji, who also participated in the war against the Turks, so he and Li Shi are old acquaintances, and the two often drink together, and their relationship is very good.

Seeing Xu De who never knew how to knock on the door, Li Shi was too lazy to talk about this old brother, but carefully wiped the horizontal knives of his brothers and feet again, and then put the knives into the sheath and said: "We have already gone to sea, immediately I'm going to Sibi to meet His Highness King Qi, but I don't know if His Highness is really as brave and intelligent as the legend says?"

I saw Xu De walked up to Li Shi, took a few sips of the jug just now, and then laughed and said: "I don't know if His Highness King Qi is really brave and intelligent, but it can make the Duke and the young The person whom the father-in-law admires very much is definitely not a simple person!"

The lord and young lord in Xu De's mouth refers to Li Ji and Li Jingye. Li Jingye is the most outstanding among all Li Ji's descendants, and has almost inherited most of his military skills, so he has long been designated He is the next British Duke, so Xu De's family will all be called Little Dukes.

Li Shi also nodded after hearing this. When he was in Chang'an, he never had a chance to meet Li Yin, so he could only appreciate the demeanor of His Royal Highness King Qi from the legend. From time to time, there is always time to show appreciation. With Wei Gong's ability to know people, those who can get his appreciation will naturally not be like those princes in Chang'an City, who only know how to fight for the throne. fight to go.

The sails of Li Shi and the others were full of wind, and the speed of the fleet was very fast. In a few days, they reached the sea outside Sibi City. fleet of people.

Li Shi and Xu De are the generals of Wei Guogong and Ying Yinggong respectively. After hearing the news, they immediately got out of the cabin, walked to the side of the ship and looked at the fleet on the right side of the fleet, only to find that the other party The fleet is bigger than them, and there are also people on the deck of the ship, but the distance is too far, and it is impossible to see who the other party is?

"Brother Li, the opponent is the fleet of Prince Qi's Mansion, with the flag of the Palace on it!" Xu De is a sharpshooter, his eyes are much sharper than ordinary people, so he saw all the ships on that fleet at a glance. 』Handing the banner of Prince Qi's Mansion.

Li Shi nodded after hearing this, and at the same time reached out to take out the binoculars in his arms. This was given to him by Wei Gong Li Jing when he left Chang'an. Although binoculars are not rare items nowadays, they are usually only used by military generals and sea ships. Only the captain can have it.

With the help of the binoculars, Li Shi finally saw the people on the other ship clearly, but what surprised him was that there were quite a few children playing around on the decks of many ships in that fleet, and these children His complexion was red and black, and he was wearing clothes made of sheepskin and linen. He could be seen as a prairie man at a glance.

At this time, Xu De, who was next to him, also used his binoculars to see the people on the Nowhere deck clearly, but he also said to himself strangely: "Why are they all grassland barbarians, could it be that the captured grassland slaves were transported to sell?" of?"

Regarding Xu De's guess, Li Shi shook his head disapprovingly, and began to analyze: "Human slaves in the grassland generally only want mature men, of course there are some beautiful young women, but there are not only children on the other side's boat, but also I I saw a few old people and "women", these people are not worth selling at all, no one will catch them as slaves!"

Li Shi is not only brave, but also as a master in the art of war and the general of Wei Guogong Li Jing, he has also learned a lot from his master. His mind is very calm, and his analysis is very reasonable. Xu De also nodded after hearing this, but I was even more confused, wondering what the purpose of this fleet full of prairie people was?

The other ships next to Li Shi were also very interested in the fleet next to him. For this reason, Li Shi called all the generals on board and discussed it, but in the end there was no result. One piece of information, that is, when they were on the Yellow River, it seemed that this fleet was not far from them, but there were too many boats on the river at that time, and no one paid attention to it.

The two fleets arrived at Sibi almost at the same time, and Li Min in Sibi City also received the news and immediately rushed to the port to greet him. Of course, he was not going to greet the grassland people. After all, those Hu people were destined to become him A tool for him is not worth his personal visit.The family generals like Li Shi are different. Although the family generals can be regarded as the private property of the master, and their political status is lower than that of the beloved, they can represent their own masters outside. Greet it and show your sincerity.

Among the family generals and trilogy that came from this batch, those from Duke Wei and the Duke of England had the most. In addition, Li Shi and Xu De were also very famous fierce generals at the beginning, and the generals from each mansion were also very famous. They were all convinced, so Li Shi and Xu De naturally became the leaders this time.

When Li Shi, Xu De and their families disembarked from the boat, they immediately saw a tall and well-dressed young man standing on the port, surrounded by many local officials.Li Shi and Xu De immediately guessed that this young man should be His Royal Highness King Qi, and they didn't dare to be negligent, so they immediately stepped forward to see him, and Li Yin also smiled and told everyone not to be too polite.

After chatting with Li Shi and everyone at the port, after all the tributaries disembarked, Li Yin immediately asked them to arrange for these tributaries to go to the already prepared military camp, and wine and meat were also prepared there to welcome everyone Xichen, as for Li Shi and Xu De's family generals, Li Yin personally entertained them in the palace to show how much he valued them.Capital Datang 368

People like Li Shi are rough people. Seeing the enthusiasm of His Royal Highness King Qi, they naturally open their hearts to drink. In addition, Li Yin arranged for a group of generals such as Hu Li and Zhou Long to accompany him, so this The welcome banquet was very lively, and Li Yin also took this opportunity to get to know Li Shi and the others who came this time.

According to Li Shi, the rich and noble families in Chang'an had a lot of people from each family for this attack on the Wa Kingdom, and there were a total of 400 people in total. Many of the most elite family generals of the family have followed the main family to the battlefield, and their combat power is much stronger than that of the regular army of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, even if the opponent has ten times the enemy, they still have the courage to fight to the death.

Regarding Li Shi's words, Li Yin did not suspect that the other party was bragging, because he also knew that when the generals of the Tang Dynasty went to the battlefield, the soldiers around them were all served by these family generals and trilogy, so for his own safety, The combat power of these trilogy is indeed stronger than that of ordinary soldiers. In addition, the trilogy are soldiers from generation to generation. They are usually raised by the master's family. Men have to participate in training when they reach the age. It can be said that they are professional soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, so It's normal to have stronger combat power.

After the banquet, Li Yin had just sent Li Shi's drunk guy to the barracks, but suddenly received news from the officials who resettled the Hu tribe that something big happened there! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (aoye.) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)