Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 78 Recruitment
After Li Shimin yelled, Cheng Yaojin suddenly shut up a little aggrieved.

In his opinion, Prince Li Jiancheng should suffer a little bit, so why save him?
But Li Shimin frowned and said: "The grievance between the crown prince and this king is a personal grievance. How can we disregard the safety of the country and the safety of tens of thousands of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty because of personal grievances, not to mention the Duke of Yi and the Duke of Ying and the others are also following the prince. , do you think the prince will let his own people go if there is danger?"

Li Shimin's words were deafening, after Cheng Yaojin heard it, he never dared to mention what he said just now.

"My lord taught me a lesson in time, so we must recruit troops as soon as possible, and then rush to the border." Cheng Yaojin also became a little anxious at this time, then Qin Shubao had a good relationship with him, and he didn't want anything to happen to Qin Shubao.

Li Shimin nodded: "Soldiers and horses must be recruited, but it's not easy. Before the prince led the troops to Lingzhou, he had already recruited once. If he recruits again now, there may not be many Guanzhong children left."

"What's the matter? There are still many people in our respective fiefs. Let these people gather and take up arms to defend the country with us."

Changsun Wuji made such a suggestion, maybe there are not many soldiers who have really been trained, but all the disciples of the Tang Dynasty are soldiers, as long as they are young and strong, they can fight the enemy.

Although their fiefdoms are not large, maybe a village or a county or something, it is not particularly difficult to recruit some people from these places.

Li Shimin nodded after listening to Changsun Wuji's suggestion: "Okay, then leave this matter to you, the auxiliary machine. Within five days, ten thousand soldiers must be recruited."

"Here!" Changsun Wuji may not be very good at fighting, but he is comparable to Xiao He in the Han Dynasty. Few people are better than him in preparing food and recruiting soldiers and horses.

Changsun Wuji withdrew after agreeing in this way, and Cheng Yao, Jin Chaishao and others also retreated intentionally. After all, the people in their own fiefdom still need them to talk about it themselves.

But when Cheng Yaojin was about to leave, Li Shimin suddenly stopped him: "Go to Qin's Village and let the strong men of Qin's Village go out with the army. It's best to persuade Qin Tian to go too."

Cheng Yaojin was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly agreed.

Everyone retreated, Li Shimin finally heaved a sigh of relief, this battle might not be easy, he always had a premonition that if Qin Tian also followed, maybe he could turn things around.

But even he himself didn't know why he had such an idea. After all, that Qin Tian was just a commoner. Before that, he had never fought a war, and he had never even left the capital.

The men in Guanzhong are passionate, and a large part of them are keen to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, because this is the only way for most of them to advance and change their destiny.

Coupled with Changsun Wuji's call and rewards, there was an endless stream of people from Guanzhong children who came to sign up to join the army.

It's just that no matter how many people keep coming, there are not many strong men in Guanzhong who meet the conditions for conscription.

This afternoon, after Cheng Yaojin arranged for the strong men in his fief, he went directly to Qin's Village.

After entering Qin's Village, Cheng Yaojin saw a group of men rushing towards Qin Tian's manor.

"We have to go to the imperial conscript this time." Qin Wu walked in front, looking very excited.

"That's right, tell Brother Tian this time, we must go."

"The last time I went to Lingzhou to fight, I didn't make it. This time I have to go for everything."

After all the people said this, Cheng Yaojin rushed up from behind: "Haha, you really are a good man in Guanzhong, you all want to fight?"

Qin Wu and others have known Cheng Yaojin since they followed Qin Tian. When they saw Cheng Yaojin, they quickly saluted: "Lu Guogong, we are all going to fight."

"Okay, you can go if you want, whoever dares to stop, the old man will slap him."

With Cheng Yaojin's words, Qin Wu and others became more and more excited, so they followed Cheng Yaojin to the manor.

When they entered the manor, Qin Tian was resting. He had also heard about the recruitment of soldiers by the imperial court, but he felt that it had nothing to do with him.

He is a single passer and does not meet the conditions for serving as a soldier. Moreover, he is weak and frail, so he is really not suitable for serving as a soldier.

But when he was thinking this way, Cheng Yaojin came with a group of people.

"Xiaotian, come out."

Qin Tian rushed out to greet him and said, "Duke Lu, why are you here?"

Cheng Yaojin was very straightforward with Qin Tian, ​​and he didn't talk nonsense, he said: "King Qin has an order, this time you will go to the expedition."

After saying this, Qin Wu and the others were taken aback for a moment. Why didn't Cheng Yaojin say anything when he came?

But then, Qin Wu stood up and said, "Grandpa Lu, there is only one male left in Brother Tian's family, and he doesn't meet the requirements for conscription. How can he go out with the army?"

Qin Wu knows Qin Tian's ambition, so he must ensure Qin Tian's safety, and only staying in Chang'an City is safe. These people have no skills, so they can only go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but Qin Tian is different, he is Qin Shubao's adoptive son, and he is also very smart, can do everything, and can be an official without fighting.

It is best to learn from those aristocratic families, study and take the imperial examination, and enter the court as an official.

But the battlefield is different. On the battlefield, accidents are prone to occur, which is extremely unsafe.

After Qin Wu finished speaking, the other strong men in the Qin Family Village also shouted. Qin Tian was very grateful to see these people like this. To be honest, although he wanted to have a passion, he also knew that he had no hands The power, that can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, go to the battlefield, only as cannon fodder.

However, when these people were yelling, Cheng Yaojin suddenly yelled: "What are you yelling about, you think the Duke of the country wants him to go, this is the order of the prince, now is the time when the country is in crisis, who can shirk it? "

With a shout, everyone fell silent and turned their eyes to Qin Tian. Qin Tian's heart sank when he saw this situation, but he also knew that Li Shimin had already spoken. I'm afraid he will also be on Li Shimin's blacklist.

Seeing this, Qin Tian straightened his waist and said: "********,********, I will be the soldier."

"Brother Tian..." Qin Wu and the others couldn't understand what was said before, but they only knew that Qin Tian was going to follow, so they couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

Cheng Yaojin was not very knowledgeable, and he couldn't understand the polite words in front of him. Seeing that Qin Tian agreed, he laughed: "A good man, with courage, a man should be like this. Well, since you agree, Uncle Go and report to His Highness King Qin, don't worry, as long as you go, uncle will keep you safe."

After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he didn't stop at Qin's manor, and after he got on his horse, he rushed to the Qin Palace.

(End of this chapter)