After leaving Wude Hall, Qin Mubai was not in such a beautiful mood. Looking at the familiar imperial city, everything in the past was still vivid in my mind. I still clearly remembered the first time I entered the palace and participated in the preliminary selection of the Hundred Horsemen.
Thinking of the group of iron-blooded men who entered the military camp at the same time as him, Qin Mubai felt a lot more relaxed. His feet unconsciously headed towards the Baiqi camp.
The Baiqi camp has not changed much compared to the past. The gate of the military camp seems to have been renovated, making it taller and more majestic than before.
As soon as Qin Mubai appeared at the gate of the camp, several Baiqi soldiers who were patrolling there came forward, solemnly clasped their fists, and said solemnly: "Who are you? This is the important place of the Baiqi military camp. No one is allowed to trespass!"
Qin Mubai was startled, then smiled: "Are you... new here?"
Instead, he asked several of the other side's soldiers for a moment, and they nodded together: "I am the new recruit who joined Baiqi this year."
Qin Mubai nodded and smiled: "No wonder. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been sent to look at the gate."
The recruits looked at each other, probably realizing that the man in front of them who was about the same age as them was no ordinary character. Originally, who could act arbitrarily in the palace
"Your Excellency... your surname is Gao? Without the handwritten letter from the Hundred Riders or His Majesty's order, it will be difficult for us to let you go. Please don't make things difficult for us," they said.
"Me..." Qin Mubai chuckled, "It's really good. Although he is a new soldier, he is very energetic and can carry out military orders. Well, even if you don't know me, I won't make it difficult for you. Excuse me. Go in and report that an old friend wants to see Cheng Huaibi, deputy envoy of Baiqi."
The soldiers each looked suspicious and clasped their fists: "Please wait a moment."
Then someone went in to report.
Qin Mubai strolled leisurely at the gate of the camp with his hands cut behind his back. He glanced at the familiar military camp from time to time and couldn't help but sigh that things were different. After leaving Baiqi for a year or two, people here actually don’t know me... the founder of Baiqi!
At this moment, a group of soldiers turned around a corner of the palace and walked towards this side. A man trotted over from a distance and shouted in surprise: "Brother Qin?"
Qin Mubai looked sideways and saw that it was Yuchi Baoyun, another Baiqi deputy envoy.
"Brother Yuchi!" Qin Mubai greeted him with a chuckle, "Long time no see!"
"Haha! What kind of happy wind brought Brother Qin to Baiqi today? Hey, why are you standing at the gate of the camp? Come in quickly!" Yuchi Baoyun frowned and glared at the gatekeepers. Soldiers, "Are you blind? How dare you block General Qin from the door!"
"Ah!" The pawns were dumbfounded and froze.
Qin Mubai smiled and said: "That's all, I am just an inspector of Baiqi now. I have been away from Baiqi for a long time. They are new recruits, so it is normal for them not to know me."
"That's unreasonable! Get away!" Yuchi Baoyun yelled, which scared the few soldiers to the side in silence, holding their breath and concentrating without daring to come out. They looked at Qin Mubai with infinite shock in their eyes. and awe.
They never imagined that this young man would actually be Qin Mubai, the legendary "Supreme Commander" and "founder" of the Hundred Cavalry Army who founded the Hundred Cavalry Army!
Yuchi Baoyun patted Qin Mubai on the shoulder and said very affectionately: "Brother Qin, after finally coming back, you have to have a good reunion with your brothers. We have all heard about your stay in Lanzhou. It's really embarrassing for Baiqi! Now, the general of the Sixteenth Guards has to be half as tall as he saw us. Don't mention how happy we are - please, please, please! Your office has always been vacant! Yes, Li Junxian didn’t even move in!”
"Okay." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, and walked in with him. When he passed the recruits, he turned around and smiled and said, "You guys did a good job. Baiqi, discipline comes first."
"Thank you, General Qin, for your compliment!" Several recruits suddenly beamed and were greatly inspired.
"What a joke!" Yuchi Baoyun shouted, "From now on, I will highlight my tricks. It doesn't matter if I don't know the emperor's relatives, but I don't even know General Qin, the Hundred Cavalry Commander. Next time something like this happens, I will I took out your dog’s eyes!”
"Yes, yes..." The sergeants were obedient.
"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed and said arm in arm with Yuchi Baoyun, "Brother Yuchi, you still have such a hot temper!"
"That's right!" Yuchi Baoyun also laughed, "Since you left, no one in Baiqi can bully me anymore, and my temper has become more and more like my father!"
"Ha ha!"
The two laughed together and walked towards the camp.
Just when he met Cheng Huaibi trotting out, he shouted in surprise from afar: "Brother Qin! Haha! It's true that Third Brother Qin is back! Our true god of Baiqi is back!"
The three of them gathered together and headed to the office surrounded by a group of veterans of the Hundred Cavalry. Soon after, Li Junxian, who was applying for a job in the palace, also rushed over after hearing the news. He held a banquet in the official office where Qin Mubai used to work. All the fine wine and meat were brought in. The veterans and recruits came in one after another to pay homage to Baiqi. Make it very lively.
During the chat, Qin Mubai learned that Baiqi Zhi had not appointed a new Baiqi envoy since he left. Three deputy envoys were in charge of all matters in the army. Li Junxian also held the post of chief historian, which was considered a de facto the highest officer. Every six months, Baiqi conducts an assessment. Weed out the inferior and bring in fresh blood.
During this period, the emperor also repeatedly sent promising military officials to Baiqi for "further education", and then sent them to the Sixteenth Guards to hold important positions in the military. Nowadays, more than 60 hundred cavalrymen have entered the Sixteenth Guards, holding various officer positions, and all of them have made great achievements. As a result, the military concepts and training methods left by Qin Mubai, especially the extremely high military literacy, gradually penetrated into the regular army of the Sixteenth Guards.
Nowadays, Baiqi is no longer the pure royal guard that it was at the beginning. It has suddenly transformed into a place similar to the Imperial High Military Academy. Young people with outstanding qualifications continue to enter the Hundred Cavalry to be trained and improved (and also gilded), and then enter other Sixteenth Guards armies, and they will have a sense of superiority and pride in their bones. At the same time, most of them will be greatly used and have a bright future.
In the minds of these people, Qin Mubai, the founder and the "old principal" are simply god-like existences. Especially the great achievements he has made over the years can already be regarded as a "legend".
This is really unintentional. After hearing these things, Qin Mubai couldn't help but feel a little funny and excited at the same time. I thought that at the beginning, Baiqi was nothing more than a royal guard, but I didn't expect that it would now become the cradle of military talents for the Tang Dynasty!
As time goes by, more and more Baiqi enter the army, and Baiqi's advanced concepts and superior qualities continue to penetrate into all the armies... By then, Qin Mubai's status and prestige in the army will be by no means ordinary. The general is comparable!
Thinking of this, Qin Mubai's heart was so excited that he couldn't help but tremble in his hands. This is far more meaningful than capturing ten Dafeichuan!
He now understood why the emperor only downplayed the matter of beating Li Yuanchang. It is true that he gave Qin Mubai wealth, wealth and status; but now, Qin Mubai has gained a lot of invisible power in the army, which forced Li Shimin to consider him more when deciding the matter. “Image” and influence. A dispensable and notorious brother of the Dog and Horse Emperor, he was beaten as soon as he was beaten. There was no way that Qin Mubai's reputation and status could be shaken by such a family embarrassment.
It is easy to destroy a god, but it is extremely difficult to create a god. Li Shimin certainly understands this truth. The empire's army needs a god as a spiritual leader, such as Li Jing at the beginning of the founding of the country; after Li Jing retired, he urgently needed someone to replace him. Li Ji was originally the perfect candidate, but he was too low-key and cautious. Although he was capable and had excellent records, he did not have the temperament of a spiritual leader.
Therefore, considering the right time, place and people, Qin Mubai is an extremely suitable candidate for the young military god Hou Yuanren.
At this time, Qin Mubai finally understood why he had been away from Baiqi for a year or two, and the Baiqi envoy was still not officially appointed to anyone else, but he held the title of "honorary principal" of the Baiqi envoy. .
This time he accidentally came back to take a look, and he felt the enthusiasm and admiration that he had never felt before when he stayed in Baiqi. Everyone treated him with enthusiasm and awe as an idol.
People are no longer in Baiqi, but their spirit remains in Baiqi. This point is obviously irreplaceable by Li Junxian, Cheng Huaibi and Yuchi Baoyun. Even if they, the actual leaders, are jealous, they can only be convinced.
After hanging out in the Baiqi camp for a while and enjoying the warm hospitality of the Baiqi soldiers, Qin Mubai left here half-drunk, ready to go home and fall asleep. Cheng Huaibi had the deepest personal relationship with him, so he took a few close friends and hundreds of knights to escort him out.
The two walked and chatted, and Qin Mubai also learned a lot of information from him that was difficult to find out outside. For example, when the imperial court discussed various matters in Lanzhou, who supported and opposed them. Also, the movements of the two people Qin Mubai cares about most.
One, of course, is King Wu Li Ke. As early as the beginning of the year, the Korean Peninsula was not very peaceful. At this time, the Korean Peninsula was dominated by the power of the Three Kingdoms. They are clearly the most powerful Goguryeo, the ancient kingdom Baekje, and the emerging kingdom Silla. Baekje was at odds with its neighboring Silla, and was wary of Silla's growing strength, so it united with the powerful Goguryeo to deal with Silla. Silla could not bear it and sent people to ask for help from Tang Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty devoted most of its energy and financial resources to the entanglement between the Western Front and Tubo at this time, it temporarily refused to send troops to intervene.
At this time, Li Ke, who had been lurking for a long time and had no interest in government affairs, suddenly jumped out and took the initiative to request an order to go to the Korean Peninsula to mediate and mediate the tense situation there on behalf of Datang.
No one has ever doubted Li Ke's ability. He is more representative and more intimidating than any minister or general serving as an envoy. After detailed discussions and considerations, Li Shimin finally agreed to Li Ke's request. He was asked to take the Tang Dynasty delegation of only more than a hundred people to the Korean Peninsula, which was thousands of miles away.
So far, it has been half a year.
Qin Mubai was shocked when he heard the news. He never thought that Li Ke would suddenly have the idea to leave the capital and take on such a highly dangerous job. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the three kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. However, the powerful Goguryeo was always unconvinced and did not really take the Tang Dynasty as its "sovereign state" seriously. It became king and hegemony on the Korean Peninsula. Tang's decrees simply didn't work there. Apart from paying some dispensable tributes every year, Datang did not have much influence there.
In other words, the Three Kingdoms of Korea were nominally vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, but they would not pay much debt to the Tang Dynasty. In particular, the failure of the former Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goryeo made them more vulnerable and feared that they would not be able to defeat them. This is almost universally known to the world. The so-called Goryeo Three Kingdoms all belonged to the Tang Dynasty is just a beautiful lie.
But Li Ke only took one or two hundred people with him and went without hesitation...
Qin Mubai was very worried about him. As long as he sets foot on the Korean Peninsula, Li Ke may face death at any time. Three wild dogs are fighting, and one person is in the middle to persuade them. The danger level is self-evident. But Qin Mubai also understood Li Ke's intentions and difficulties - just after returning, Qin Mubai felt a sense of tension. The competition between the crown prince and the king of Wei for the heir apparent has entered a fierce stage, and even Li Shimin was exhausted from the torment. There are no eggs left after the nest is overturned. Li Ke would rather go to the dangerous Korean Peninsula than escape Chang'an, the place where trouble occurred. He is really helpless!
Another person Qin Mubai was more concerned about was Jiangxia King Li Daozong.
Not long after Li Ke left, Li Daozong came back again, went to Youzhou, and was promoted to the governor of Youzhou.
The Metropolitan Governor's Office in Youzhou was the gateway of the Tang Dynasty in the northeast. It directly controlled Liaodong and faced the Turks, Khitan, Mohe and other Beidi tribes as well as Goguryeo. At the same time, it was also an important military town. He corresponded with Li Ji in Bingzhou and supported half of the Tang Dynasty in Hebei.
From these two personnel changes, Qin Mubai had a vague smell: Li Shimin, I'm afraid he wants to take some action against Liaodong and Korea! If it weren't for the constant restlessness on the western front and the instability in the backyard caused by the disturbance of the prince, he might have sent troops long ago - this is in line with his personality.
Regardless of his inclination to expand territories, forge ahead, and aspire to create unparalleled great achievements, Li Shimin has always had a knot in his heart that he must completely surpass the former Sui Yang Emperor. If Yang Guangdong failed to conquer, he would definitely succeed - Li Shimin even vaguely expressed this intention once after drinking. This is an open secret.
Historically, Li Shimin did personally conquer Goryeo, but... he, who had been invincible in his life, suffered a defeat in Goryeo.
Knowing this, Qin Mubai couldn't help but secretly took a long breath: The Tang Empire was not as peaceful as imagined...
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