Chapter 177: My Liu Shishan is back in Mingzhou

The most inexpensive thing in the world is smart people. Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were fighting each other, and he gradually understood. Since Li Yuan was afraid of Li Jiancheng's contribution and prestige, even if he could defeat Li Jiancheng and become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he would still not be able to sit steadily as the crown prince.

So he calmed down and developed Hedong with peace of mind. Chen Ying received the news that since the spring plowing ended in the sixth year of Wude, Li Shimin began to build large-scale construction in Hedong to build river embankments such as Sanggan River, Hutuo River, and Zhang River.

The newspaper in the residence contains a special report from Li Shimin to Beijing. Li Shimin plans to start from the mouth of Heyanggukou, Yuanzi, Shuozhou in the west, along the Sanggan River, Shanyin, Yingxian to Xin, and the whole journey is 278 miles.

It was not surprising that Li Shimin won over the morale of the military in Hedong by giving military merits to win over the morale of the military. Li Shimin excluded officials appointed by the Eastern Palace or the court, such as Li Shiji, Feng Li, and other officials appointed by the Eastern Palace or the court, and inserted all the 24 prefectures of the Bingzhou General Administration into the Qin Wangfu. Chen Ying was also not surprised. It was just that Li Shimin attached importance to water conservancy projects and began to focus on Hedong, which was something Chen Ying did not expect.

The jurisdiction of the Bingzhou General Administration was generally in the scope of Shanxi Province in later generations. Although the Bingzhou General Administration is not a scarce freshwater resource, the more than 1,000 large and small rivers under the Bingzhou General Administration are basically seasonal rivers with very large seasonal changes. Especially the Sanggan River, the upper section of the Sanggan River flows through the arid Loess Plateau in northern Shanxi, which is called the Sanggan River. The lower reaches of its often suffer from floods, so the river channel is often changed, so it was originally commonly known as Wuding River.

"I'm sorry, the bones by Wuding River are still people in the spring boudoir dream." They are talking about the lower reaches of the Sanggan River. In the northern part of Bingzhou, the weather is dry, but every rainy period and flood season, the Sanggan River will also flood. It seems surprising that the drought northern part of Bingzhou will also flood. Of course, Li Shimin's political significance is far greater than that of practical significance in building ditches.

Dry land, if the yield per mu of stone can be called fertile land. Once the ditches are built, millions of mu of dry land will be transformed into high-yield paddy fields, which is of great significance to strengthening Li Shimin's foundation in the Hedong region. Of course, what is important is that Li Shimin intercepted the taxes of the 24 prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Bingzhou General Administration on the grounds that he built the ditches.

This made Chen Ying deeply feel taboo.

Chen Ying pointed to the Tang Zhuan of the Dibao, looked at Li Xiuning and said, "Do you know who is behind His Highness Qin to give him advice?"

Li Xiuning looked at Tang Zhuo and said in surprise: "Erlang has grown up and knows to share the worries of the court..."

Just then, Li Xiuning found Chen Ying's strange look and asked in confusion: "Isn't this good?"

Chen Ying had a thousand years of understanding, and it is easy to see that Li Shimin was implementing the overall strategy of "building high cities, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king". Li Shimin, who was far away from Chang'an and left Taiyuan, not only did not dispel his purpose of fighting for the throne, but instead took action.

Now that Li Shiji and Feng Li have checked and balanced Li Shimin in Hedong, Li Shimin has become the king of Taiyuan. Now Li Shimin has soldiers, food, and someone, and the stubborn spirit of never giving up. It’s really hard to say who will win.

If it doesn't work out well, the Tang Dynasty has no Xuanwu Gate and the "Jingnan" of the Tang Dynasty. I really don't know how many years it will take for the brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to decide the outcome.

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning with a little excitement and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Li Xiuning smiled helplessly and said, "I'm thinking about the fact that when I was a child, why did the eldest brother and Erlang... have changed all now?"

"A man is in the world, but he is just a reason!" Chen Ying said: "This is not a problem between brothers at all.

Li Xiuning said: "What's the problem?

Chen Ying said: "This is a problem between the Eastern Palace and the Qin Palace."

Li Xiuning was even more confused and looked at Chen Ying in a daze.

Chen Ying sighed and explained: "If the prince takes the initiative to seek peace in this matter, then the Qin Palace will be suppressed by the Eastern Palace in the future. If the Qin Palace takes the initiative to seek peace, then the Eastern Palace will be riding on the Qin Palace from now on. Even if His Highness the Crown Prince or His Highness the Qin Palace wants to be harmonious with his brothers, they will not agree with the people from the Eastern Palace and the Qin Palace!"

It’s not that Li Xiuning doesn’t understand the truth, but that she really doesn’t want to accept this reality.

However, Li Xiuning also understood that the prince and the King of Qin might not be able to survive alone.

Li Xiuning leaned over Chen Ying's chest and murmured: "Chen Lang, I'm so tired and annoying..."

"Don't be afraid!" Chen Ying stroked Li Xiuning's apostate, "I'm in everything!"

Li Xiuning was silent for a while and suddenly asked Chen Ying: "Is the position of Prince Chen Lang... in danger?"

After Li Xiuning asked, he stared at Chen Ying tightly, and his breathing became cautious unconsciously.

Chen Ying shook his head gently and said, "Everyone is wrong. The prince's status is as stable as Mount Tai."

Li Xiuning let out a long sigh, but the smile he had just revealed froze on his face again.

Chen Ying said bitterly: "Actually, I am the one with a precarious position!"

Li Xiuning widened her eyes, looked at Chen Ying in disbelief, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Impossible!"

Chen Ying murmured: "Wang Shichong is finished, Dou Jiande is finished. Now even the only remaining Du Fuwei is already a residence in Chang'an. The country is unified, and the world is Chang'an and the Tang Dynasty are no longer needed Chen Ying..."

Water mist was accumulated in Li Xiuning's eyes, and she looked at Chen Ying in disbelief.

Chen Ying smiled and said, "Sanniang, don't worry, I will not accept my fate or admit defeat. If the Tang Dynasty cannot accommodate Chen Ying, Chen Ying will stay away from the Tang Dynasty and go to the west or outside the sea. As long as we are all together, wherever we are, we are our home. Even if there is no home, I can still kill my family!"

The next day, the sky was just dawning. A thick sound of war drums suddenly sounded, and the soldiers of Anxi Army understood that it was time to get up! The officers would kick the door and rushed into the dormitory with a whip made of fine sand poured into the thin strips of cloth, and rudely kicked them out of the dormitory. Seeing who was stuck on the bed, they would whip it hard. If this thing hits the body, it would not hurt the muscles and skin, but it hurts the bone marrow. Those who have been whipped will not be willing to get the second whip in their lifetime!

When they gathered in a mess, what awaited them was a fully armed five-kilometer cross-country long-distance race. The soldiers of this era had much better physical fitness than the children of later generations. Even if they were wearing armor and holding weapons, these soldiers were still running like flying. During the five-kilometer cross-country long-distance race, no one fell behind, which disappointed Chen Ying.

Chen Ying yelled while riding a horse and jogging: "Whether cavalry or infantry, it is necessary to have a pair of iron feet. The war horse will be exhausted. At that time, if you can't escape the enemy, you will have no way to die!"

The food in Chen Yingjun was very good. At least the first meal of the Anxi Army recruits felt that it was worth selling their lives for this stutter. Breakfast included steamed buns, big meat buns, salted egg porridge, and by the way, there were buckets of hot milk soup cooked.

Of course, there is no cow in the army, so fresh milk is not to be thought of. These milk are made into dried cheese harder than bricks and preserved. Every morning, the cooks will take out some dried cheese and put it in boiling water to boil. Each soldier will drink a cup before eating breakfast.

After a beautiful meal, I didn’t necessarily have good food for the New Year. Everyone started to conduct a queue training that was very disgusting.

A group of unscrupulous instructors stood in front of them with grim smiles and shouted quickly: "Turn left."

“Turn right…”

"Turn back..."

"Step on the spot..."

For a group of Anxi Army recruits who couldn't even tell the left and right feet, the simplest four-sided method quickly made them dizzy and could not tell the difference between the east, west, south and north.

If you can't tell the difference between the east, south and north, you can stand in a military posture. Some hateful guys specially brought them to the grass with many mosquitoes. In less than a minute, three colorful mosquitoes lay down at the tip of their noses. They sucked with relish and were so itchy that they could not beat them. They would kill mosquitoes or make small moves... Ducks would take care of them! By the way, there was also the damn housework. Only then did they know how these unscrupulous instructors did it. The quilts were folded like tofu blocks, and all the items were neatly arranged. There was absolutely no extra thing in the dormitory, and the floor and windows were spotless. Then... everyone followed this standard and felt good if you couldn't do it!

What these Anxi soldiers don’t understand most is that, as new recruits, they rarely need to practice crossbows, archery, equestrians, swordsmanship, spears, and joint attacks? After turning around, can they kill the enemy?

Chen Ying would not explain, and the unscrupulous veterans began to deal with these new soldiers in Anxi Army.

The new soldiers of the Anxi Army were tortured to death in just one month of queue training. When these tortures could be over in the future, they did not wait until the end, but instead waited for more rigorous training.

Ten kilometers of armed cross-country in the morning, carrying 40 to 50 kilograms of sandbags in the morning, and starting to exercise endurance. Run five kilometers before meals in the afternoon as an appetizer. After dinner, you have another 150 push-ups because the instructor cares about your body. Sometimes, you kick people onto the carriage in the middle of the night and pull them ten miles away to make people walk back in the dark because they are afraid that everyone will be too bored. Is it okay to have some fun for everyone?

The training of the Lancers and the Modao Army was even more painful. The internal affairs requirements of these two branches of the military were not that strict, but the training was so strict.

In addition to queue training, armed cross-country training and fighting training, the Modao Army soldiers also have special training for large and small muscle groups, barbells, dumbbells, elastic ropes, etc. They have become their good friends. The purpose of training is to fully mobilize the strength of every muscle in their body, so that they have stronger explosive power, longer endurance, more agile skills, and stronger will. This kind of training is undoubtedly very painful. Often, after one day's training, there is no joint on the body the next day, and there is no pain in the pain that the muscles are not piercing, and even the palms cannot be opened.

The worst thing is that this kind of training does not take ten days or half a month, but it will accompany them for several years. As long as they are still serving in the military camp and their physical conditions allow, they must be trained like this.

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Outside Mingzhou City, Liu Shishan, dressed in a blanket on the official road, looked up at the tall and majestic Mingzhou City wall.

Beside Liu Shishan was a team of merchants dressed in Turkic people, and some Hu Shangyi had already entered the city.
Chapter completed!