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    "Does Your Highness know the Xuanjia Army of the Tang Dynasty?" Aunt Hu did not directly introduce the Hutou Army, but asked a question first.

    "Of course I know this." Li Min nodded. The so-called Xuanjia Army was actually a super powerful cavalry directly controlled by Li Shimin. It was led by powerful generals such as Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde, and made great achievements for the Tang Dynasty.  One of the most famous battles was when Li Shimin personally led 3,500 Xuanjia troops to defeat Dou Jiande's main army of more than 100,000 men.  This battle not only severely damaged Dou Jiande's vitality, but also frightened Wang Shichong out of his courage. He led all the civil and military officials to surrender to the Tang army, which suddenly expanded the power of the Tang Dynasty several times and laid the foundation for the Tang Dynasty to annex the world in one fell swoop.

    After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Xuanjia Army was split. One part became the palace guard force, named "Hundred Cavalry", and the other part remained in the army. Later, it was used as the ace unit during Li Jing's war to destroy the Turks.  It can be said that the battle was invincible and all attacks were invincible. Among them, Su Dingfang led two hundred horsemen to ride on Jieli Khan's tent. These two hundred horsemen were the Xuanjia Army.

    Seeing Li Min's matter-of-fact look, Aunt Tiger suddenly sighed and said a little dejectedly: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. Now the world only knows the Xuanjia Army of the Tang Dynasty, but several groups that were as famous as the Xuanjia Army back then are  The elites have all been forgotten, and probably no one except some elderly people will remember Liang¡¯s Tiger Head Army anymore.¡±

    Hearing Aunt Hu's words, Li Min was immediately shaken. The meaning of her words was very clear. The Tiger Head Army was actually the same level of elite as the Xuanjia Army. If this was really the case, then he had found a treasure today.  .

    "How is the Tiger Head Army doing now?" Li Min asked anxiously.  Although the three commanders of the Tiger Head Army are here, if there are no soldiers.  That's no use either.

    "Your Majesty, our Tiger Head Army did not have many people to begin with. At most, we only had 1,500 people. Later, when the Liang Kingdom was destroyed, in order to protect the imperial concubine and princess, we lost some more. In addition, in the past ten years or so,  , some people are old or injured. Some of them have withdrawn one after another, and now there are only less than 800 people left, almost half of them." At this time, Huli also sighed and said.

    When they went to sea, the Hutou Army was put in charge of him.  But after so many years, the Tiger Head Army, which dominated the world at that time, has been reduced to pirates. Coupled with the lack of fresh blood input, several old brothers quit every year, and he does not want to lower the admission standards of the Tiger Head Army.  Therefore, the Tiger Head Army is already in decline. It is estimated that in a few years, the Tiger Head Army may completely become history.

    "There are less than 800 people, which is indeed a little less!" Li Min said to himself thoughtfully.  "But it doesn't matter. As long as you are here, I believe that with the financial, material and manpower of my palace, it is only a matter of time before the Tiger Head Army can be reorganized."

    Hearing that Li Min planned to reorganize the Tiger Head Army, Aunt Hu and Hu Li immediately rubbed their hands in excitement. Even though Aunt Tiger was a woman, she was the one who created the Tiger Head Army, and she has the most affection for the Tiger Head Army.  It is profound, and Hu Li is also involved from beginning to end.  Therefore, both siblings do not want the Tiger Head Army to be lost in the heap of history.

    After understanding the talents of Lu Qing and the others, Li Min finally decided to first transfer Hu Li and Zhou Long to the palace guards to serve as military guards, and also serve as Aunt Hu's subordinates. Last time Su Dingfang took away 300 people, and there were exactly two  The Dian army also left with them. Now there is a vacancy in the palace. As for the more than 700 tiger-headed troops, they have all been sent to guard the palace.

    As for Lu Qing's arrangement, it was a bit troublesome, because there was no naval force in the palace. Finally, Li Min thought for a long time, and at Aunt Hu's reminder, he temporarily reorganized the 20,000 navy soldiers brought by Lu Qing into direct subordinate units.  The palace's slave-catching team, as for Lu Qing himself, has taken the position of Qi Wangyou with a high enough rank. From the fifth rank, it is a false position and has no rights, but now he is in charge of the palace's slave-catching team.

    Lu Qing and others are also very satisfied with their respective arrangements, and judging from Li Min's arrangements, he also has great trust in people like him, otherwise he would not have transferred more than 700 tiger-headed troops to the guard.

    At the same time, Li Min also told them that he would go to the front line of Goguryeo in a few days, and he could take them with him then.  This matter immediately aroused the interest of Hu Li and Zhou Long. Both of them are the kind of war madmen who get excited when they hear about war. Although there are fights as pirates in the south, it is nothing compared to the real battlefield.  At this level, the bloodthirsty lust in his body has been suppressed for more than ten years, so now that he hears that he is going to the battlefield, he can't wait to leave immediately.

    After arranging for Lu Qing and others, Li Min made some preparations for leaving for Goguryeo that day. He just wanted to go back to the inner house to talk to Wen Xin about Lu Hong and the others, but Lu Hong found Li Min instead, as if there was something important.  ?

    At that moment, Li Min took him into his study room and asked everyone around him to step back. Before he could sit down, Lu Hong suddenly stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, you did something wrong today."

    Li Min was stunned for a moment after hearing this, a littleHe gave Lu Hong a strange look and asked, "Oh? What did I do wrong?"

    "Your Highness, after the battle in Dengzhou, the merits of the second brother and the others have been reported by His Highness. But if His Majesty knew that the second brother and the others had become His Highness's personal slave-catching team, would he have any other ideas? After all,  There are more than 20,000 people, and their combat power is comparable to that of the regular army. Will a prince holding such a force in his hands arouse His Majesty's suspicion?" Lu Hong said with a sincere face. Although he had just surrendered, he did  I want to do something good by Li Min's side, so when I see Li Min making mistakes or omissions, I naturally want to remind him.

    "Well, that's right. What other faults do I have?" Li Min smiled slightly after hearing this and asked again.

    Seeing Li Min's performance, Lu Hong was also stunned. In fact, based on his understanding of Li Min, Li Min should have been able to think of such an obvious mistake.  And from the tone of his words, it seemed that he already knew that he had made more than one mistake.

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    Lu Hong couldn't figure out what Li Min meant for a while, and the second mistake was even more obvious. As long as Li Min was not a fool, he would have noticed it, so he was a little undecided, not knowing whether to say something or not?

    "Haha, Mr. Lu wants to say that my second mistake was to put nearly 700 tiger-headed troops among the palace guards. Adding the original 700 guards, there are nearly 1,500 people. According to the  Tang law stipulates that the number of guards in the prince's palace is not allowed to exceed a thousand, right?" With a smile on his face, Li Min explained Lu Hong's second mistake.

    "Your Highness is wise!" Lu Hong bowed and replied.  But at the same time, I felt even more strange. Since His Highness already knew where he was wrong, why did he still do that?  Is there some hidden secret in this that I don't know about?

    Seeing the confused expression on Lu Hong's face, Li Min was very proud. It was a great sense of accomplishment to be able to make a think tank confused about his own intentions.  But it's normal that Lu Hong couldn't figure it out, because it related to a secret of Li Min, a secret that not even Yan Bei knew except himself.

    Li Min walked back and forth in the study room twice, and decided to reveal something to the newly attached Lu Hong first, not only to show his trust, but also to shock him and let him know that following him would lead to a better future.  More vast.

    Thinking of this, Li Min stopped, turned around and said to Lu Hong with a smile: "Lu Hong, the reason why I did what I did today is actually because my father gave me two permissions when I came to Dengzhou!"

    When he heard that it was about Li Shimin, Lu Hong was also stunned and hurriedly asked: "What kind of permission?"

    Li Ming smiled and stretched out one finger and said: "First: Because Dengzhou is close to Goguryeo, in order to ensure my safety, the number of palace guards can be increased to 2,000!"

    When Lu Hong heard this permission, he was immediately shocked. In the past, he only knew that Li Shimin doted on His Highness King Qi, but he did not expect that he would dote on His Highness King Qi. When Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident and killed his brother to win the throne, in order not to  Letting his sons follow their own old path, he strictly ordered that the number of guards in each palace should not exceed one thousand. Unexpectedly, this rule was broken for Li Min. Did he really believe that his son would not rebel?

    Li Min turned a blind eye to Lu Hong's shocked expression, and still smiled and stretched out his second finger: "Second: I am allowed to recruit private troops, but the number must not exceed the total number of troops stationed in Dengzhou. If it exceeds, it is fine, but it cannot be stationed in large areas."  In Tang Dynasty!"

    "What~" Lu Hong almost screamed when he heard the first permission. His face turned red and his eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

    In fact, it is no wonder that Lu Hong is so surprised. Recruiting private armies has always been a taboo for the royal family. If anyone dares to do this, he will definitely be labeled as a rebel, no matter how noble the person is.  As for the emperor allowing the prince to recruit private soldiers, it would only happen during times of war and chaos. However, in the entire Tang Dynasty, except for Goguryeo, there have been no wars at all. How could Li Shimin allow his son to recruit private soldiers during such a period?  What about recruiting private soldiers?  Thinking of this, Lu Hong couldn't help but have a look of doubt on his face.

    "What, you don't believe it?" Li Min asked with a smile, and then without waiting for Lu Hong's answer, he turned around and took out a box from the bookshelf, opened it and took out an imperial edict, then handed it to him and motioned to Lu Hong to open it and take a look.

    When Lu Hong opened it, he found that it was indeed Li Shimin's permission for Li Min to increase his bodyguards and recruit private soldiers. At the same time, it was also covered with a national jade seal, which could not be faked in the slightest.  But after seeing this imperial edict, Lu Hong became even more confused.  I wonder if Li Shimin is an old fool, why would he give such great rights to a son? Is he really so relieved about Li Min?

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