Don't be a prince

The anxious old man kept patting the armrest of the wheelchair.

This was the first time Li Chengqian saw the old gentleman so impatient.

It is customary to eat and drink things that come in from outside the palace.

Fang Sheng, as Zhao Yongsheng's introducer, naturally "grabbed" the right to drink.

He poured a glass, raised his head and poured it into his mouth.A moment later, Fang Sheng covered his neck and coughed violently, as if he had eaten a knife.

Seeing Fang Sheng's reaction, the guards immediately drew their knives and sat on the ground paralyzed in fright from the work of delivering the wine.

"It's okay, just wait a minute."

Unlike the nervous guards, Li Chengqian was very calm.

After coughing, snot and tears came out, Fang Sheng gradually recovered, opened his eyes, stretched out his thumbs, and praised: "This wine is really the best! It's just that it's really not suitable for drinking in big gulps, it's best to sip lightly. "

"So fierce?"

Li Chengqian found a chopstick, dipped it in some wine, and tasted it.

The smell of alcohol is indeed very strong, but it is about [-] degrees Celsius. Although it is a little higher, it is not at the level of prohibition.

Seeing the old man secretly stretching out his claws, Li Chengqian slapped the old man's hand with his chopsticks, and said seriously: "Mr. Li, although this wine has a high alcohol content, you can drink at most one glass a day. If there is too much, it will be harmful to your health."

Although he was beaten, Li Gang still got the wine glass.

Glancing at Li Chengqian, the old gentleman said angrily: "They are all called Master Li, and you are still young enough to beat the teacher? Just allow the old man to have a drink? You might as well kill the old man. Do you know that you died of drunkenness?" , That is the most elegant way to die. I don’t know how much more comfortable than this old man’s getting thinner and dying of old age!”

After hearing the old man's words, Li Chengqian couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth.

It was all started by that bastard, Liu Ling, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove!The bastard likes to get drunk all day long, and tells the servants that if he dies from drinking, he will be buried right away.Such a stupid approach did not have much repercussions in the Western Jin Dynasty, but now, it is praised by countless people.

In Li Chengqian's view, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest are clearly seven nerds who have gone to extremes, and they are synonymous with decadence.

Seeing the old man holding the cup and sipping intoxicatedly, Li Chengqian quickly picked up the jar and handed it over to the job.

Pointing at the entrance of the East Palace, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Go back and tell your shopkeepers that the production of high-quality wine is already at its limit. In the future, the wine sent to the East Palace will be mixed with ordinary white wine in the same amount before sending it in. !"

After the battle just now, how dare you wait too long for work, and quickly trot away with the wine jar in your arms.

Seeing the running away work and Li Gang enjoying himself, Li Chengqian felt a little guilty in his heart.

The appearance of high-altitude wine in this era of the most respected wine is really like adding fuel to the fire.I don’t know if Li Bai, who was born 80 years later, can be more excited after encountering this high level of alcohol, and leave more must-recite ancient poems for future generations of friends?

The eldest grandson Baoqing turned his head silently, just a moment ago, he suddenly found that the prince's smile was a bit evil.

At the same time, he did not believe in what the prince said before.Once such a wine appears on the market, it will definitely continue to be popular.At the same time, copper coins will continue to flow into the East Palace.He, who is in charge of the Eastern Palace's finances, might really get tired of counting money.

Early the next morning, Yongsheng Distillery delivered two carriages of copper coins.Although the wine has not been officially sold, Zhao Yongsheng is full of confidence in it.Hearing that the crown prince would be in a hurry to spend money recently, he and Li Dahai paid out a cart full of copper coins without hesitation.It is not counted as a share, it is regarded as a gift to the prince.

With the money, Li Chengqian was finally able to purchase military supplies for the barracks.

Such a systematic method of training troops will consume a lot of physical strength of the soldiers. If the nutrition cannot keep up, problems will easily occur.

Li Chengqian was full of hope for his intimacy, so he naturally did not allow them to be harmed.

Pork, millet, vegetables, wound medicine, and bathing herbs for relaxing tendons and activating blood, were pulled into carts to the military camp by the Weishui River.

After the three-day holiday, the soldiers all returned to the barracks, and none of them flinched.

Chapter 62 The Great Coach

Although Li Chengqian had explained to them the hardships of training before, none of these soldiers was willing to let go of this opportunity under the double temptation of military pay and brick houses.

When it came time to start the training camp, Li Chengqian went to the palace to pick up Li Tai and Li Ke, and then went to Weiguo Duke's mansion to invite Li Jing.

Since Li Jing came to the door himself, Li Chengqian would naturally not let this super coach go.

Although he knew all kinds of fancy training methods, Li Chengqian was not even qualified to compete with Li Jing in the serious formation of troops.

In addition to Li Chengqian and Li Gang, there was also a pot of white wine with about forty degrees in the carriage.

After getting into the car, although Li Jing was saluting Li Chengqian and Li Gang, his eyes were fixed on the wine jar.

Li Chengqian accepted Li Jing's courtesy, and then returned the courtesy seriously.

In terms of the court, Li Jing is a courtier, he is the prince, and he should receive a gift.But with the relationship between master and apprentice, Li Chengqian had to give apprenticeship again.

It has to be said that the ancients were simply pathological in terms of relationships. They had strict rules about who they should treat and what kind of courtesy they should give.

Li Gang took out two cups, handed one to Li Jing, and said, "From now on, when the three of us are alone, we don't need to salute like this. The prince is not big or small, even the old man wants to drink alcohol, hehe."

Even though he said so, Li Gang still enjoyed his apprentice's care.

When the carriage started to drive, Li Gang poured Li Jing a glass of wine for him to taste.

Liquor with more than 40 degrees will not make people cough and speechless.

After drinking a cup, Li Jing frowned, but gave a thumbs up: "It's really top quality, even Sanle Porridge from the Western Regions can't compare, but drinking too much wine is really not good for your health, Master Li should drink less Better."

Li Gang nodded, and put half a glass of wine in his hand on the table.

Alcohol addiction is just his appearance. In fact, the old man has a high level of self-discipline.

The carriage was driving on the road, but there was no wine spilled from the wine glasses on the table.

Li Jing let out a light sigh, opened the door curtain, and looked under the car with his head.

Seeing that Li Jing was interested in the shock absorber, Li Chengqian said, "Mr. Wei, if you want to see it, you should wait until you get to the barracks. Now that the carriage is driving, if you fall, it will not be worth the loss."

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Li Jing returned to the carriage, looked at Li Chengqian suspiciously and asked, "This carriage was also designed by His Royal Highness?"

Li Chengqian nodded: "That's true. When Master Li complained about the bumpy carriage, I thought about it. The vines of beans are spiral. If you take off a large part, you will find that it is full of elasticity. So Gu just thought, what would it look like if a stronger thing was used to make the spiral shape? Could it reduce the bumping of the carriage?"

"This... Your Highness is really smart, I have never thought of this."

Seeing Li Jing's ashamed expression, Li Gang was no longer surprised.

Wheelchairs, spring beds, carriages with shock absorption, every invention is so shocking.However, the reason is just the result that the prince summed up from his daily life and extended it.It is impossible for a genius to be born with knowledge in this world, but it is not a kind of talent to draw inferences like the prince.

The current prince is only seven years old, if this spirituality can last until the age of 17 or 27, what will it be like?

Li Gang, who was tired of living like a disabled person, suddenly had a strong desire to survive at this moment.I just want to live a few more years and see Li Chengqian's future.

The old man made an agreement with Li Chengqian that he could only drink one glass of wine a day, so the rest of the wine was cheaper for Li Jing.

Li Jing was not restrained, and felt that it was not elegant to hold the jar, so before leaving Chang'an City, he went to a roadside restaurant and bought a big jug, filled the jug with wine, and took a sip from time to time.

It was still a long way from Chang'an to Weishui, especially to take care of the old man, the speed of the vehicle was very slow, and it took two hours for the carriage to arrive at the Weishui military camp.

It was almost noon, but the kitchen hadn't opened yet, and the soldiers led by the prince were jumping up and down around the training area that had been built.Everyone was already sweating, and a few seemed to be overtrained, and although they were lying on dry ground, sweat soaked a large area of ​​​​the ground.

Really desperate!

Jump off the carriage, first help Li Gang down, and then go to the second carriage and call Li Tai and Li Ke down.

It was the first time for Li Tai and Li Ke to leave Chang'an City, especially when they saw the soldiers training, which seemed to be fun, and they were eager to try.

After knocking one by one, Li Chengqian said dissatisfiedly: "Don't even think about it, you are too young to play this, why don't you go to the kitchen to boil water and make tea for the old man?"

Li Tai naturally followed the good advice, and dragged Li Ke to the kitchen.Behind them, Concubine Yang and the eldest grandson's personal maids and guards hurried to catch up.

Let the cooks in the carriages behind come down, Li Chengqian said seriously: "You are all the cooks of the imperial dining room, and I don't know how many years it will take to get to the position of chef. Go to the palace, but if you prepare the meals well and let the soldiers train more vigorously, you will be rewarded a lot. But if you don’t wash your hands clean and let the soldiers eat up their stomachs, hehe, you don’t have the taste of army sticks People want to try it!"

The leading cook immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, we all know how to do it. It's not too late, let's start cooking now!"

Li Chengqian nodded, and ordered the military cook in the kitchen to lead the cooks to prepare lunch.

Li Jing had already walked into the training ground, rolled up his sleeves and tried barbells and other equipment.

After sweating a little, Li Jing nodded in satisfaction.In his opinion, each of the equipment designed by Li Chengqian has its own special function; each of them can have an exercise effect on a certain item of the human body.

Hearing the smell of meat already in the kitchen, Li Jing didn't believe that this kind of training could not make a team of tigers and wolves.

Seeing Li Jing nodding, Li Chengqian walked up to him and asked, "Is Duke Wei satisfied with this place?"

Li Jing made no secret of his admiration: "Naturally satisfied, under the high-intensity training, even if this team can't beat the Xuanjia Army, it's about the same."

"Duke Wei thinks the Xuanjia Army is very powerful?"

Li Chengqian didn't believe it. Under such training, Li Jing still thought that the prince's pro rate was at most [-]-[-] in the Xuanjia army?

Sitting on the wooden steps of Leapfrog, Li Jing said with a chuckle: "It's incomparable, Your Highness, you must know that the individual strength of a soldier can hardly have any impact on a large-scale battle. Even if the prince personally leads the two thousand Soldiers, with the full training of His Highness, there is still an irreparable gap between them and the Xuanjia Army."

Chapter 63 Team building

Li Chengqian still had to listen carefully to Li Jing's words.Since Li Jing said that there is a gap between the crown prince's personal lead and the Xuanjia army, there must be.

Arching his hands, Li Chengqian humbly asked: "Dare to ask Wei Gong, what is this gap?"

Li Jing was very satisfied with Li Chengqian's modest attitude.

He signaled Li Chengqian to sit beside him, and after he sat down, Li Jing said: "The combat effectiveness of an army, in addition to the individual quality of the soldiers and the quality of the weapons and armor, is also very important, that is, the strength of the army. cohesion, or belief."

Hearing Li Jing's words, Li Chengqian was immediately surprised.

This is the Tang Dynasty. I never imagined that such an idea would exist as early as this time.

Li Jing didn't notice Li Chengqian's surprise, but went on to say: "Actually, there are many examples of the cohesion of the army in our Tang Dynasty. Among the generals, Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin and E Guogong Wei Chi Gong are full of fighting spirit They led the Zuo Wuwei and You Wuwei, and gradually became the most powerful army in the Tang Dynasty. The Xuanjia Army was formed by His Majesty himself. In the wars since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Xuanjia Army was dispatched , must be invincible and invincible. Even if the battle in the overall situation is defeated, the Xuanjia Army must have killed a thousand enemies, and its own damage is weak. This has nothing to do with the equipment of the Xuanjia Army. What works is the Their invincible belief."

Speaking of this, Li Jing pointed to the soldiers in the training ground, and said to Li Chengqian: "In comparison, these recruits of yours are still a little too immature. In the Xuanjia Army, they are all elite soldiers who have experienced wars. You A recruit who has never seen blood, wants to compare with the Xuanjia Army, hehe, pure training is not enough!"

Li Chengqian nodded clearly: "What you mean is that in addition to training, they should also be sent to the battlefield."

Seeing the soldiers sweating profusely in the training ground, Li Chengqian suddenly couldn't bear it.Just because of the reason of improving the combat power, is it necessary to send them to the battlefield?What should I do if it is damaged?His prince's personal rate, if the battle loss rate is famous, how can he recruit recruits?

As if seeing Li Chengqian's concerns, Li Jing said in a low voice: "For soldiers, death in battle is the real destiny. Your Highness, don't say it's them, we top generals, every time we go out, we have to explain it in advance. What happened after the death? Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the army was strong and strong, so few high-ranking generals died in battle. In the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, you can hear about the fall of an invincible general every few days!"

Looking at the lonely Li Jing, Li Chengqian suddenly didn't know what to say.

In later generations, when he was watching TV, he always fantasized that he could also experience the battlefield in person and turn the world upside down.However, fantasy is fantasy after all.In the real battlefield, how can there be so many one-sided situations?A few days ago, the Turks invaded the territory. Although Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong killed more than 1 of their soldiers and horses, the death figures of the soldiers and civilians in Gaoling Jingyang were not announced.

In the case of the same combat strength and the same strength of ordnance, it is just like that sentence.

Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred!

In this era, the battlefield is synonymous with cruelty.Any woman's benevolence will only attract ridicule and merciless blows in this area filled with gunpowder.

After changing his mentality, Li Chengqian also straightened his spine involuntarily.

Ever since he finished speaking, Li Jing has been staring at Li Chengqian's expression.Originally, he was afraid that Li Chengqian was too young to comprehend such a deep meaning.But seeing Li Chengqian's straightened back, Li Jing still smiled knowingly.This shows that Li Chengqian understood the cruelty of the battlefield, and at the same time strengthened his belief.

Looking at the soldiers in the training ground who were training hard while smelling the smell of meat and drooling, Li Chengqian said, "Wei Gong, I still can't just watch them go to death, but if they are willing to fight for it... Gu also can help them eliminate their worries. At least, they won't let their family members die of cold and hunger!"

Li Jing smiled and said: "That's enough. What do you think the soldiers are fighting for? Among other things, if you can make their families feel safe in the future for these 2000 people. I can guarantee that even if it is Now you order them to wipe their own necks, and they are absolutely unambiguous!"

"lets change a topic."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and called Yu Tai over.

Asking Yu Tai to sit aside, Li Chengqian said to Li Jing: "Mr. Wei, the crown prince is now my real soldier. Since old man Fang has no intention of asking the court to fund this army, I will find an opportunity to tell the Ministry of War about these things." The records of the soldiers are all erased. Yu Tai is the highest officer of this team, and this rule cannot be changed. Besides, how to build the team is our own business. What is your opinion on the distribution of the team? ?"

Taking the paper and charcoal from Li Chengqian's hand, Li Jing drew a straight line on the paper, and then drew six branched lines.

After finishing the painting, Li Jing said: "Your Highness, in fact, one of the family studies of Weichen is the famous Eight Formation Diagram. Moreover, based on the experience of leading troops over the years, Weichen deduced the eight formation diagram on the basis of It is called the "Six-Flower Array". Like the Eight-Flower Array, the Six-Flower Array is both offensive and defensive, and unpredictable. If it is feasible, I want to thoroughly implement the training of the Six-Flower Array under the leadership of the prince. Proficient After this formation, the two thousand soldiers led by the crown prince may not be defeated against ten thousand troops!"

If it was any other general, he would definitely not be able to boast of such a big mouth.The difference between two thousand and ten thousand is not five times, but eight thousand!

A person with high martial arts skills may not fail to fight five, but if two thousand fights ten thousand, if it is a normal situation, he will only end up being wiped out with low losses.

Li Chengqian cupped his hands: "How to build a team, how to train, please donate to Duke Wei, I don't have any opinions!"

Li Jing nodded and continued to draw on the paper.

After finishing the painting, Li Jing said to Tai: "These two thousand soldiers will be divided into 66 teams with 30 people in each team. And these 66 teams will be combined into six teams with eleven teams in each team. Such an organization, It is completely different from the normal organization of our Tang Dynasty, so the title of the position is called the brigade and the squad! As for the 20 people who have been left out, they serve as the prince or your bodyguards on weekdays, and serve as messengers in wartime."

Yu Tai took the paper from Li Jing's hand, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wei, this afternoon, I will finish the formation of the team!"

Seeing Yu Tai's full confidence, Li Chengqian doubted whether he could complete the task.

This is a fine division of 2000 soldiers. These soldiers don't know each other absolutely. How can they be separated in such a short time?

Chapter 64 Technical Specialization

But during lunch, Li Chengqian managed to spit out a piece of lean meat.