Don't be a prince

It's useless to continue to be afraid. Instead of sitting still and waiting for death, it is better to take the initiative to attack.

Facing Li Jing's menacing arrows, Li Chengqian remained unmoved. The strange lineup of squares was divided into two, each of which maintained its original appearance.

But from this gap, cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty and five small arrow arrays sprang out.

It is the same formation as the Turks.

After seeing Li Dejian's first battle, Li Chengqian consciously slowed down the Tang cavalry.But even if the speed was slow, the five arrow formations were still like annoying flies, harassing Li Jing very much.

When the enemy came, we retreated, and when the enemy retreated, we fought. We just didn't give Li Jing time to breathe a sigh of relief, and didn't give Li Jing a chance to penetrate the army formation.

After dozens of rounds between the two, taking advantage of Li Jing's flaw, Li Chengqian mobilized two front arrow cavalry to cut off a large part of the Turkic army.

Li Jing, who was frowning deeply, showed a wicked smile.

Although they were cut open, the two cavalry teams also fell into his encirclement.

The smirk only lasted for a moment, the vigilance from years of experience made Li Jing turn his eyes away from his own team and focus on the [-] square formation.

I don't know when, the [-] troops have crossed a long distance and are approaching!

The reunited army formation easily ate up Li Jing's cut-out team.

It looked like a group of people were hunting desperately, constantly feeding the gluttons behind them.

Li Chengqian, who was immersed in the battle situation, became more and more addicted to playing, and even asked: "Wei Gong, I ate your Turkic troops, can I exchange [-]% of the horses for this part of the troops, and convert my infantry into cavalry?"

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Li Jing and his son were speechless. Only now did they dare to be sure that the crown prince was not a monster, but a child who didn't even know common sense.

Li Dejian reminded: "Your Highness, the Turkic horses are fierce. Although they may not recognize their masters, we cannot directly use the horses captured on the battlefield."

Li Chengqian let out an "oh", and then moved his troops with a smile on his face.

Seeing Li Jing not moving for a long time, Li Chengqian raised his head and asked in doubt: "Duke Wei?"

Li Jing sighed, and scrambled the Turkic chess piece: "Your Highness, the old man admits defeat. The Turkic's two moves can't deal with this formation at all."

Hearing his father admit defeat, Li Dejian's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

You know, although the Turkic people only have those "two skills", under the control of their father, they can still abuse his son with one hand.

But such a father, with both hands out, still can't help the prince's formation.

What exactly is this?

The same question was also asked by Li Jing.

Li Chengqian touched his chin: "Let's call it a wave formation. Look at the ups and downs of this formation, don't they look like waves?"

Li Jing asked in surprise, "Is this the formation that the crown prince came up with temporarily?"

Li Chengqian nodded.

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The father and son were relatively silent, especially Li Dejian, who was already embarrassed to bear the title of "senior brother".

What about studying?Why did you abuse the master just after learning for a while?

Prince, you are so awesome, does His Majesty the Emperor know?

After clicking on the part where the wave team sieges and devours the Turkic team, Li Jing said helplessly: "What wave formation, in my opinion, should be called the gluttonous formation. Your army formation is really greedy, it's like waiting A beast to eat. Then, Your Highness, why don't you use the Liuhua Formation taught to you by the old man?"

Li Dejian also wanted to ask the same question.

Liuhuazhen is well-known, since the crown prince is smarter than him, he must have a deeper understanding than him, but why not use it?

Li Chengqian casually used stones to form a Six-Flower Formation, and said: "Although Wei Gong's Six-Flower Formation is well-known, I think the advantage of the Six-Flower Formation is greater in defense than in offense. It can gather all the troops together. But facing the Turks who come and go like the wind, the aggressiveness of the Liuhua Formation is really not enough..."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian raised his head, faced Li Jing and said hastily, "Mr. Wei, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that Liuhua Formation is not good. These are all my own thoughts."

Unexpectedly, Li Jing nodded.

"The crown prince is right, the Six Flower Formation is indeed not aggressive enough!"

Looking at the stones that were thrown into disorder by himself, Li Jing didn't know what to say for a while.

Fortunately, at this time, the cook of the military camp gave an assist, and before I knew it, it was already lunch time.

In order to ensure the training efficiency of the crown prince, Li Chengqian arbitrarily changed the rule of two meals a day to three meals a day.

Repressing what he wanted to say, Li Jing said: "Let's eat first, Your Highness, Dejian, I have to write a letter in the afternoon, so you can go about freely. Especially Dejian, now Changsun Chong and the others are in the barracks, you are naturally introverted , You have to learn to build a good relationship with them."

Both Li Chengqian and Li Dejian nodded in agreement.

Seeing his father leaving, Li Dejian stretched out his hand and tugged at Li Chengqian, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, how did you do it? You are the first person I have ever seen to make my father helpless when it comes to military drills. "

Li Chengqian smiled: "That's because Mr. Wei is playing a Turkic man, Turkic man, he wouldn't suddenly rehearse a long snake array, a six-flower array or something like that!"

As for the reason why Li Jing was helpless...

Li Chengqian can't just say that his math scores in later generations have always been very good!

The six-flower formation, with a circular interior, ensures the shortest circumference while occupying the largest area. The six petals of the "Le Lo triangle" not only ensure stability, but also do not lack mobility.

Although it is a bit arrogant to say so, Li Chengqian still feels that the so-called battle formation can be interpreted by mathematics.

The wave array, no, the gluttonous array is the same.The wavy four sides have good pressure resistance, and can let the attacking enemy penetrate into our formation, and then close it, attack more and less, and disintegrate from the inside.The semicircular waves can easily re-encircle and lock the enemy inside.

Thinking back on his temporary enlightenment, Li Chengqian couldn't help feeling complacent.

After lunch, Li Chengqian continued to practice swords, while Li Dejian joined the training with Chang Sun Chong and others.

Li Jing, on the other hand, took out several blank sheets of paper and recorded in detail what happened in the small shed today.He even drew a picture of the formation of troops afterwards.

After finishing writing, Li Jing carefully blotted the ink dry, put it in an envelope, sealed it with wax, and took it to the prince's sword training device.

On the periphery, there are imperial guards who never relax their defenses for a moment.

Scanning around among the guards, he locked onto a familiar guy, and Li Jing walked up to him with the envelope.

"You don't need to report your name, the old man knows that all your names are made up. Don't explain, the old man doesn't want to know your real identity, just let it be tacit. You just need to bring this old man's handwritten letter and hand it over to me. Your Majesty, even if you have completed your mission."

The guard, who was familiar to Li Jing, took the envelope, turned around and left the barracks without any nonsense.

Chapter 95 Talking on paper

Although Baiqisi is a secret, how can someone like Li Jing not guess their existence.In fact, almost every wise and mighty emperor secretly fiddled with intelligence organizations.

And finding out the most suspected one among the guards of the forbidden army is not too simple.

He found that almost every time he taught the prince, this guy would find a place to rush to the prince's side as soon as possible.This is not intentional, but subconsciously, he will put the crown prince's safety first.

It took less than half an hour for Li Jing's letter to reach Chang'an City from the Wei River.

Although the Baiqisi is kept secret, it has a hundred thousand emergency tokens similar to the Red Ling Jishi. When the switch is turned off, it can even run day and night, infinitely overdrawing the horsepower of the posthouse.

In the afternoon, it happened to be the time when the emperor could take a little leisure.Li Shimin, who had some free time, didn't watch singing and dancing or anything, but huddled in the Liangyi Hall where the queen was, playing chess with the queen.

"Feng Deyi couldn't survive this winter after all. The imperial doctor said that if he could survive until spring, he would still have a glimmer of life. As a result, alas."

After leaving a son, the queen said sadly: "Your court has more old courtiers. People like Fang Xuanling can still accompany you for a few years, but some old courtiers from the Sui Dynasty will inevitably wither gradually."

Another son fell, and the emperor smiled and said: "This is a generation of new people replacing the old ones. Not to mention their courtiers, after three or fifty years, won't I be replaced by Chengqian? The Secretary of Baiqi reported that the prince is in the Qinling Mountains. In the mountain, I met Chang Sun Chong’s hunting team. In the crisis situation regardless of friend or foe, Li Jing was so anxious that he was sweating. As a result, our crown prince stood upright and ordered the soldiers to calm down to avoid accidentally injuring friendly troops. Hehe, This courage is up to him!"

The queen laughed dumbfounded: "Are you bragging? However, you are so cruel that you actually let Chengqian go out of the palace and learn the art of war from Li Jing on the banks of the Weishui River. He is the prince, and he is destined to help you deal with government affairs in the future." Yes, are you willing to let him lead the battle?"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "It's really possible, Cheng Qian obviously has the talent in this area, otherwise Li Jing wouldn't have chosen him as his disciple, in my opinion..."

Before the emperor could finish speaking, the gate of the Hall of Erectile Dysfunction was pushed open, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army, who had already disarmed, entered quickly and knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent letter from Baiqisi."

Upon hearing that it was a letter from Baiqisi, the queen put down the chess pieces in her hand and was about to retreat to the apse.Although she is a queen, she is very accurate in certain matters.As long as it is something outside the harem, unless the emperor takes the initiative to mention it to her, she will never be curious.

Seeing that the queen was about to leave, Li Shimin reached out and grabbed her: "Don't back away, this letter should be about Chengqian."

"Bring it up."

Following the emperor's order, an eunuch walked out of the corner, took the letter, fumbled for a while to make sure it was safe, and then handed it to the emperor.

Hearing what the emperor said, the queen did not leave, waiting to see what the letter said.

Although it is a letter, the thickness is a bit unexpected.

After unpacking the sealant, Li Shimin took out a thick stack of papers from the envelope.

Don't look at the first one, look at the last one first.Seeing that the signature was "Li Jing", Li Shimin showed a smirk before seriously reading the contents of the letter.

Since it was the prince's business, the queen no longer avoided suspicion, and sat beside the emperor to watch it with her husband.

The words on the letter were a bit messy, but to be honest, the words didn't look like Li Jing's at all.Although he is a military commander, Li Jing's writing is as stable and dignified as a civil servant, whether it is a memorial or a military newspaper.This is the first time Li Shimin has seen a font like today's.

Turn to the second page, the third page, especially the fourth page where the drawing record begins....

The more he turned, the more dignified Li Shimin's face became.

If the queen can understand words, then pictures are not her forte.

Seeing the solemn expression on the emperor's face, the queen couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Majesty, what is Li Jing's painting? But it has something to do with Chengqian?"

Li Shimin nodded, and then laughed loudly: "Queen, you don't know, Li Jing used wood chips as Turkic soldiers, Chengqian used stones as Tang soldiers, and practiced the battle again. In the end, Chengqian's gluttonous array made Li Jing not fight. And surrender, hahahaha! Boy, you did a great job! I don’t think Li Jing is upset once or twice!”

Seeing the childish emperor, the queen couldn't laugh or cry.

Looking at the end of the letter again, the queen asked: "Your Majesty, what does Li Jing mean by talking about war on paper?"

After receiving letters one by one, Li Shimin explained: "The queen doesn't know something. Li Jing's talk about war on paper originated from Zhao Kuo in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period. Zhao Kuo was familiar with military books, and when he spoke, no one in the State of Zhao was invincible. However, when he actually went to the battlefield, he didn't know how to be flexible, he only knew how to copy it, but he was defeated by Bai Qi, and led Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops to the road to Huangquan.

Li Jing's talk on paper is just giving me advice.The prince is really talented in battle.This gluttonous formation, even I can't think of a way to break it for a while, it can be seen from this.But if you don't go to the battlefield and don't experience the actual situation first-hand, you will become the same as Zhao Kuo sooner or later. "

The queen said in horror: "You mean, ask Chengqian to accompany the army?"

Li Shimin nodded.

But unexpectedly, the eldest grandson directly sang the opposite tune to him: "No, how old is Chengqian? Eight years old, how can you be so determined to let him join the army? He is a prince, and in the future he wants to study government affairs and become a monarch. , instead of fighting in all directions like you. When you fought in many ways, you know how tormented it is to be in the mansion? No! Now that the Tang Dynasty is stable in all directions, the only situation where we can send troops is probably only foreign enemies. But no matter which foreign enemy, It's impossible to win easily. You can't torment him like this!"

Seeing the excited queen standing up, Li Shimin couldn't laugh or cry.

After waving his hands to let the soldiers and eunuchs leave, Li Shimin stretched out his arms and hugged his eldest grandson, and said with a smile, "You still don't understand what I mean, Chengqian is going to send troops, but I will only let him go out with Li Jing. What's more , the prince is in the army, so he definitely has no chance to go to the battlefield. Will such an outstanding prince go to the battle?

Avalokitesvara, you are overthinking.I only intend to let Chengqian really see the battlefield, not to let him go into battle.The reason why I agree with Li Jing's advice is because I don't want to bury Chengqian's talent.You are not a general, so you don't know how happy you are to see Cheng Qian, an outstanding young man.Even if he didn't personally experience the battlefield, as long as he experienced it a few times, he would no longer talk about it on paper.If he can leave behind a better art of war than Li Jing's Liuhua Formation, hehe, it will be a treasure that can be passed down to future generations! "

Chapter 96 I finally remembered

At this moment, Li Shimin was extremely satisfied in his heart. From Li Chengqian, he seemed to see the epitome of himself in his youth.

Back then, he never slackened in martial arts training, and he was also quite talented in the way of leading troops.

Just like what the queen said, Li Chengqian, who is now the crown prince, absolutely cannot fight everywhere like him, the "Admiral Tiance".The status of the prince caused him to be protected by a large number of troops even if he went out to fight.

One cannot become a qualified general without going into battle in person.Li Shimin is naturally aware of this.However, what he needs is not a general prince, but a prince who can write military books.

After telling the queen about his plan, Li Shimin felt that the person in his arms was no longer so excited.

Letting go of the queen and walking out of the Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin said to the soldiers waiting on the side: "Go back, since you have exposed your identity, after the crown prince returns to the East Palace, you can be transferred to another place."

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Li Chengqian didn't know that what he did was stabbed to Chang'an by Li Jing. At this moment, he was worrying about the blistered palms.

Unlike when slashing, the reaction force brought by the tip of the sword poking a wooden post cannot be offset by grasping tightly.

Not long after practicing, blood blisters appeared on the palm of his right hand.

As a last resort, he could only hold the sword in his left hand and practice using his left hand to strike the sword.

Chang Sun Chong, who had practiced rock climbing more than a dozen times, leaned not far from Li Chengqian covered in sweat, watching him practice sword.

After watching for a while and regaining some strength, Chang Sun Chong walked up to him and said, "Chengqian, why don't you wrap your hands in sackcloth? This way you won't grind the blood blisters."

After being shaken back again, Li Chengqian shook his head: "Using foreign objects to achieve the goal, after all, is a little short of the goal. It's just grinding and bleeding, it's nothing. But you, cousin, let me tell you , When I first designed this rock climbing wall, I took into account the factor of practice makes perfect. So, hey, tomorrow is the day when the rock climbing wall will change its structure, can you maintain your speed today?"

"Ah?" Chang Sun Chong was immediately dumbfounded.

Chai Zhewei and the others are the eldest sons. Now that they have come to the military camp for training, they are secretly competing with each other.