After Li Chengqian and his party passed Yanzhou, they basically entered the wasteland. The place was very sparsely populated, and there were only some post stations set up by the imperial court along the way.

Because the weather is hot, Li Chengqian and his party only travel in the morning and afternoon, and usually find a place to camp and rest at noon, which makes them completely different from other Tang army traveling, so many times they can miss the imperial court's post station without any beauty.

Fortunately, Li Chengqian prepared a lot of supplies when he came out this time, and there was no impact on them or not.

After setting up camps in the wild every night, Li Chengqian would take turns to the camps to have campfires with the soldiers at night, which quickly brought his relationship with the soldiers of the East Palace who were accompanying him.

Sometimes he would talk to the soldiers about the new policies of the court, such as: meritorious soldiers can study at the Royal Military and Political Academy, and then become officials...

I will also ask about the situation of the soldiers’ homes and hometowns, which were recorded by Xu Jingzong.

At dusk that day, Li Chengqian and his group walked to a small lake. Li Chengqian asked Su Dingfang and Yuchi Gong about his opinions and decided to set up camp here.

On this side of the small lake is a wasteland full of weeds, and opposite the small lake is a forest. Looking through the small lake, the light smoke has risen in the woods, and the shadows have added a bit of mystery.

After the generals set up camp, Su Dingfang dispatched guards from various departments, and the generals of each battalion handled the affairs of the battalion in each battalion.

Wang Fangyi was responsible for handling the offices of the Central Army where Li Chengqian was located, so as soon as he settled down, Li Chengqian took Yuchi Gong and Xu Jingzong to a camp built next to the lake outside the camp.

This is a military camp under Xue Rengui. When Li Chengqian arrived, Xue Rengui also came here to accompany him.

Li Chengqian and the soldiers sat by the bonfire by the lake, faced the cool breeze blew from the lake, looked up at the dazzling starry sky, and told these young soldiers about what the Tang Dynasty should be built in the future.

"In the future, there are only two types of people who can be officials in the Tang Dynasty. They are either meritorious soldiers who have been to my Tang Dynasty, or people who have passed the Jinshi exam...

In the future, our Tang Dynasty will continue to expand overseas. There will be many large islands in the South China Sea, and there is also an indigenous person there, but they are all stupid. Let them grow food for our Tang Dynasty, so that our Tang Dynasty will never be short of food and will never starve to death..."

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Li Chengqian's description of the bright future of the Tang Dynasty made the soldiers very excited. Some of them were excited and thought that His Royal Highness must be a god from heaven, and he was thinking about the world and the people...

I must always be loyal to His Highness the Crown Prince and serve His Highness...

As he was talking, he suddenly heard Cheng Wuding, who was in charge of the vigilance on the other side of Xiaohu, shouting loudly: "Who is it?"

Then I heard a few muffled sounds and heard someone crying in pain...

Everyone on Li Chengqian was shocked when he heard it, "Huh" and all the soldiers stood up and looked over there, but through the small lake, they could only see a dark forest, and nothing else was seen.

Yuchi Gong beside Li Chengqian also jumped up, pulled out his waist knife and protected Li Chengqian behind him, with bright eyes looking at the other side of the lake.

Xue Rengui, who had been wearing helmets and armor, ordered his subordinates to beat the gong to warn him, and he turned over and took a detour to the other side of the lake to check the situation.

But he heard "Yuanshou..." Yuchi Gong cursed from the gong: "Your Majesty the Crown Prince is here, where are you going?"

When Xue Rengui heard this, he turned around and saw that there were only more than 300 people around Li Chengqian. He was shocked and turned his head to Li Chengqian, jumped off the horse and clasped his fists and said to Li Chengqian: "I should forget the safety of His Highness the Crown Prince. Please punish him."

Li Chengqian also kept paying attention to Cheng Wuting's movements, but now he can't hear the sounds there when there is any movement here.

He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't be too troublesome, send someone to see what happened to Cheng Wu?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Rengui turned around and arranged for the head of this battalion to ride a horse to support him. The generals of other battalions also brought their people to this battalion to protect Li Chengqian.

Seeing that there were too many people coming, Yuchi Gong asked about the other camps that were not abnormal, so he protected Li Chengqian and returned to the central army tent first.

On the way back, he saw Su Dingfang who came to rescue him. Li Chengqian ordered him to go and investigate clearly.

Li Chengqian returned to the central camp and saw Wang Fangyi standing at the door of the tent with a serious expression. The soldiers were guarding everywhere with their helmets and armor. There was no sign of panic in the camp.

Yuchi Gong looked at it and nodded unconsciously and said, "It's really like a general."

Wang Fangyi welcomed Li Chengqian into the central army tent and waited for news from Su Dingfang. He suddenly heard that Li Chengqian had returned to the central army tent, and he and Li Simo were also wearing armor to come to see him.

As soon as the two of them saw the greeting, they heard Su Dingfang's voice coming in.

"Your Highness the Prince, Cheng Wu stood in the woods across the lake and found several Turkic hunters."

Everyone in the tent subconsciously looked at Li Simo when he heard this. Li Simo was frightened and his face changed color when he heard that it was a Turkic man. He hurriedly walked out and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince asked me to go out and see who is so bold and dared to shock Your Highness the Crown Prince. I will definitely punish him severely."

Li Simo said that in the end he was killed. It can be seen that if Li Chengqian really asked him to go out, he would never be lenient with these Turkic hunters.

But Li Chengqian wanted to deal with the Turkish subordinates before leaving. How could he let him go out and erase this matter?

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Simo without saying anything, and directly spoke loudly to the person outside the account, "Take them in!"

After saying that, Su Dingfang led several soldiers, escorting five Turkic people with disheveled hair, walked in.

As soon as several Turkic people stopped, they lay on the ground and kowtowed constantly.

Li Chengqian saw that these people were very thin. In June and July, several of them had tattered old sheepskin tied to their bodies, and they were obviously middle and lower-class Turkic people.

Then he said to them with a kind look: "Don't be afraid. Although you disturb the Lone King, it is unintentional. The Lone King will not blame you."

After hearing Li Chengqian's words, the few people continued to kowtow as if they had not heard them. Li Chengqian glanced at Xu Jingzong who was standing next to him. Xu Jingzong hurriedly understood Turkic words and ordered him to translate.

The person who knew Turkic words in the tent hurriedly translated for Li Chengqian. The people raised their heads and looked at Li Chengqian in horror, obviously not believing it.

Li Chengqian knew that it would be difficult to explain it to them clearly in this way, so Wang Fangyi said, "Send someone to find Xuanzang." Then he waved his hand and signaled to take these Turks out first to avoid scaring them to death in the central army tent.

After the soldiers took out several Turkic people, Li Chengqian asked Su Dingfang: "General Su, where has Rengui and Wuting gone?"

Su Dingfang hurriedly bowed and said, "Go back to the crown prince, General Xue and General Cheng are still leading them to search the woods."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Let them see if there are no other abnormalities, let them withdraw their troops as soon as possible. This is still the case in the territory of the Tang Dynasty."

"Abide by the order!" Su Dingfang said that he went out to make arrangements.

Li Chengqian looked up at Qi Heli and Li Simo in the tent and said, "There is nothing here. You should go back early to rest. You have to get up early tomorrow to rush."

"Abide by the order!"

Qi Bi Heli and Li Simo hurriedly bowed and left the tent.

When they all went out, Li Chengqian looked back at Yuchi Gong and said, "Aren't the Turks grazing in the north at this time?"

Yuchi Gong had just sat behind Li Chengqian expressionlessly. At this time, he also looked puzzled when he heard this. He thought for a while before saying, "According to Turkic customs, this is true. Why do these people know after being examined here?"

Li Chengqian nodded deeply when he thought it was about to speak when he saw a soldier outside reported: "Xuanzang asked for a meeting."

When Xu Jingzong saw Li Chengqian nodding, he shouted: "Take Xuanzang to the Turkic people he just caught and let him talk to them well."

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The next morning, Li Chengqian summoned all the civil officials and military officials to the tent of the Central Army.

As soon as the ministers came in, they saw Li Chengqian sitting on a tiger-skin chair angrily. When they saw the ministers saluting him, they waved their hands impatiently and said, "All of them are spared!"

After all the ministers stood up, they shouted: "Is this really unreasonable?"

"I wonder why His Highness the Crown Prince was angry?" Xu Jingzong said carefully.

"Hmph! Qu Luchu from the Turkic Lanshan tribe is simply cruel and unkind!"

Li Simo hurriedly stood up and bowed, "Your Highness, the Prince of the Turkic Lanshan tribe has aroused your anger and went to tie him up and hand him over to your Prince."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "No, the Gu Wang has sent Xue Rengui to open the way. The Gu Wang Wang wants to go over and see it in person."

Li Simo was shocked and begged, saying, "Please leave the matter of the Turks of His Highness the Crown Prince to deal with it!"

Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian sneered when he heard this and said very domineeringly: "Although they are Turkic, they are also subjects of the Tang Dynasty..."

As soon as Li Chengqian said this, Yuchi Gong sighed in his heart and said to himself: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the temple was the place of the Tang Dynasty, and the Buddhist temple in Chang'an was destroyed by him. Now it is the Turkic turn...
Chapter completed!