The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 45: Thousands of miles to fight, crossing the mountains and hills like flying

Penglai Palace.

It was still quite cold at dawn when the weather was still cold. Li Ye put on his clothes and walked out of the quiet bedroom. He looked around the hall. In the corner, Zhao was lying on a pile of documents, breathing lightly. She was not a concubine of the emperor, and she could not sleep with the emperor without the emperor's request.

It seems like it’s another day when I don’t want to go back to the Palace.

Li Ye took the blanket and draped it over her.

Just as he was about to leave, he thought of the melodramatic TV dramas he had watched in his previous life, and suddenly he felt a sense of evil interest. He leaned over and gave Zhao a light kiss on the face.

So slippery.

So tender.

So fragrant...

Touching his lips, Li Ye turned and left Penglai Palace.

The bright and cold moon hangs high in the sky, but the sky and the earth are still dark and chilly.

"Traveling thousands of miles to the battlefield, crossing the mountains and hills like flying. The cold wind blows the sound of the golden watchtowers, and the cold light shines on the iron armor. The general died in a hundred battles, and the warrior returned after ten years..." Looking at the gloomy palace in the night, Li Yeqing recited a poem unconsciously.

Oh shit.

This scene is a bit like dying.

Li Ye decisively put away his emotions.

He walked out of Xuanwu Gate with a heavy heart, and Concubine He brought a group of concubines to see him off.

Since the sage had made up his mind, He did not say much. In times of peace, the emperor ruled with ease, while in times of chaos, the emperor used weapons and guns. She had figured it out. When the country was broken and the mountains and rivers were in danger, how could there be a emperor of peace?

It’s just that after going through ups and downs together for more than ten years, it’s inevitable that you’re worried.

"Take care, Your Majesty." He said with red eyes.

"I will." Li Ye forced a smile.

"May the Saint return victorious soon." Lady Chen stroked Li Ye's hair and sighed deeply, "I have written to my father, asking him to bring his two thousand men to Chang'an. If the Saint is defeated, I will ask my father to lead the troops to pick you up."

"That's thoughtful, but let's forget it." Li Ye stroked Lady Chen's cheek and said with a complicated expression, "Take care of yourself. I'm leaving."

He also looked at Zhaoyi Li Jianrong, Talented Lady Yuwenrou, Concubine Pei Zhenyi, Talented Lady Zhao Chongyan, Chongyi Yang Kezheng, Xiuyi Chen Cailian and other women.

To be honest, there is not much emotion.

Having been here for so long, he has only broken his rules a few times with Concubine Chen.

But these women seemed to care about him quite a lot.

Pei Zhen narrowed his eyes, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.

Yuwenrou pinched her palm.

Yang Kezhen showed no signs of fluctuation and looked calm.

Zhao Chongyan had talked to him twice. She was a very knowledgeable woman, but now she felt a little lost.

Chen Cailian stood there, staring at the moonlight in a daze, her mind not on the saint.

Li Ye had some impression of this woman. She was always calm and relaxed, and understood everything in the world. She liked to appreciate the falling leaves and winding water and practice calligraphy.

Judging from the current rank, she should be the Wei lady Chen who was forced to give to Li Keyong in history.

"Take care," the saint said goodbye and left them alone.

Looking at the saint's back, He cried again, covering her mouth and saying, "Official..."

Outside Chongxuan Gate.

The Grand Marshal led the civil and military officials to see him off. Wang Congxun was riding on a horse fully armed, with several horsemen holding torches. In the distance, a large group of Guanglu Temple officers stood in silence.

"Your Majesty..." Thinking of the King of Zhou who died in the Han River while conquering Chu, Du Rangneng was speechless. The inviolable emperor had fallen to the point of leading his own troops to fight. This was a sign of the extreme decline of the country, a sign of the country's demise, and the result of the ministers' incompetence.

"We are guilty." As if they had rehearsed it, all the ministers bowed down to the saint with expressions of reluctance on their faces.

"Alas..." The saint waved his hand and left without saying a word.

The sound of crying was heard downstairs in Chongxuan Tower.

"Your Majesty, please get in the carriage." Pei Yan, the Lieutenant General of the Left Feathered Guards, and Chen Quan, the Lieutenant General of the Huben Guards, led the warriors to stride up to the saint, opened the carriage, and invited him in.

"Let's go." Li Ye jumped into the carriage and drove towards Gwanghwamun under the escort of hundreds of palace guards.

By then, the sky was already gray and dawn, and the officials and people in the capital had not yet known that the emperor had left the city. However, unlike many other sunset events in Chang'an, this time the emperor quietly left the city not to escape, but to fight against the enemy.

Three miles outside of Gwanghwamun, the Long Jie Army had already formed up with their war horses, and both the men and horses were wearing iron armor, looking like a black tide.

It's an exaggeration to say that it covers the sky and the sun, but it is indeed quite oppressive. With just a few thousand wild horses charging forward, the force could cause the sky to collapse and the earth to split.

Considering the convenience of running away in case of emergency, Ximen Chong weighed his family's wealth and spent a lot of effort to build these 6,000 Dragon Knights. He also sent envoys to Xiasui, Shuofang, and Hedong to buy war horses, and sent his trusted warriors to select people who were good at riding.

And the configuration is extremely luxurious.

Six thousand knights, each with two horses.

War horses are not like coolie horses, they are all fat and strong.

Even when not fighting, they had to eat three or four liters of feed a day. When they went to war, they had to eat fine feed. A mixture of millet, beans, bran, sorghum, wheat bran, alfalfa, grass, salt, etc. To ensure fat and physical strength, they had to be fed at all times until they could not eat anymore.

Li Ye had previously asked the horse-raising officials of the Imperial Household Department, and they said that on average, a warhorse would eat six or seven liters a day during wartime, and some could eat up to ten liters. This amount of food was enough for four or five soldiers.

What about the consumption of the knights?

On one horse and one rider, the baggage of these 6,000 Longjie troops is almost equivalent to four times that of the infantry.

"Saint, the Long Jie Army is ready." Liu Xianyuan, a general of the Long Jie Army dressed in full armor, came up and reported, holding a horse spear and waving a whip.

Li Ye looked at the pitch-black lance in his hand, which looked scary.

About four or five meters.

If hundreds or thousands of knights charged with such long lances, it would be hopeless and even the Jiannu would not be able to stop them.

Recovering his mind, Li Ye nodded and said, "Ask for the name, I will give you the reward."

"Ask for the names!" Liu Xianyuan rode his horse to the front of the battle formation, pointed his spear at his ten generals and shouted, "Quickly, check the names again. Anyone who doesn't respond will be killed!"

"Here!"

When the knights heard that the saint was going to give them a reward, they became noisy and shouted excitedly: "Hail! Hail! Hail!"

Long live money?
Damn it.

Li Ye felt like a hot sheep. When he spent money to please the fairies, they said his husband was so good.

It is really time to let these butchers experience the daily life of the Zhu family’s military households, and learn what it means to receive pay on the parade ground tomorrow without having to bring weapons and armor.

What a year without seeing a penny.

After a while, Liu Xianyuan reported back: "All of them are in line with the requirements."

very good!

The rewards for the departure had been prepared long ago, with each soldier being given four rolls of silk, but this was just a measure of value, not all of it was actually silk. Money, salt, clothes, shoes, cloth, and so on, all sorts of things, anyway, the total value was four rolls of silk.

Don’t be picky about what is posted.

The court is actually living a relatively good life these days.

Li Keyong, that fellow, went to war and touched the enemy's corpses on the spot... I'll reward you after it's over.

After receiving the rewards, the knights were immediately overjoyed, cheered again, and shouted that they would swear allegiance to the emperor until death.

The saint was in a very unhappy mood.

In one go, he sold out various goods worth 24,000 pieces of silk, not counting the rewards that would come later...

It’s really expensive!
Among this group of grandfathers, who is rich enough to afford a war?
He is now eager to restore production in Guanzhong so that he can form a good army as soon as possible. This makes him realize that farmers are the most precious wealth of the rulers!
"Your Majesty." Wang Congxun came hurriedly and replied, "The five thousand soldiers of the Yingwu Army have also been rewarded."

Li Ye shook his yellow robe and got into the carriage: "Let's go!"

Many people had gathered on both sides of the road. I didn't know if they were soldiers' families or someone else, but they didn't seem afraid when they saw the warriors.

"Brother, fight hard! Show your strength in killing officials in Caizhou, and get more rewards so that you can bring parents to the capital to live in their old age."

"Xu Lang, don't wear the new clothes I made for you when you're fighting, and remember not to wear your new shoes when you're wading in water."

"I don't have to worry about my family. The county has allocated land to me, so I have no shortage of work."

"If you can't win, run away. Don't lose your life."

"Take me with you? I escaped from Fengxiang. I can lead the way for Master Wang."

"Me too! I'm a hunter and I can shoot arrows."

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(End of this chapter)