Chapter 742

He just felt that the conflict between the Great Tang Imperial Princes had happened in Changancheng.

Accustomed to the mindset that family scandals should not be aired in public, he felt his face burning and very ashamed!

Qin Mu smiled slightly.

"It won't make me laugh! Anyway, the upper beam is not straight, so the lower beam is crooked; looking at your Great Tang Huang, it's no surprise to have such sons!" Pfft!

Old Li felt as if his heart had been stabbed with a knife.

Fang Xuanling and Li Ke also changed color.

Only the two of them knew Old Li's true identity was the Great Tang Huang.

Saying such things to his face was nothing but rubbing salt into a wound!

But the one rubbing the salt was the Great Qin Emperor, and they were helpless.

Li Ke said.

"Your Majesty, since the Great Tang envoys are here, why not let them see the majesty of my army?"

He was already an official of Great Qin.

But Li Er was his biological father after all, and he could not just ignore him.

So he changed the subject.

Li Ke's original intention was to make his father weigh things carefully and not easily take action against Great Qin.

But to Old Li's ears, these words had another meaning.

"Li Ke, could it be that you want to use military force to intimidate my Great Tang?"

Fang Xuanling was also somewhat dissatisfied with Li Ke's words.

Everything was fine, and suddenly he wanted them to see the Great Qin army—wasn't this just showing off military might?

Only the high and mighty Qin Mu knew what Li Ke was saying.

"Alright, stop arguing. I will take you to see the new recruits Great Qin has just enlisted."

Qin Mu had already reminded them that Great Qin knew about Great Tang and the Harsha Empire's joint plan to attack Yelang.

The purpose of the visit was to warn them not to easily take action against Great Qin.

Qin Mu had spoken.

Fang Xuanling and Old Li dared not disobey.

They followed Qin Mu to the new recruit barracks in the north of the city.

Great Qin was recruiting new soldiers and had already enlisted many.

Upon entering the barracks, the new recruits were practicing marching in formation, lining up in squares, and walking back and forth.

Old Li did not know what he was there to see.

If it was just the lively scene of military recruitment, he had already seen it before entering the city.

These new recruits had no combat effectiveness; there was nothing to see.

Fang Xuanling, however, discovered a clue.

He pointed into the distance.

"Your Majesty, those people look a bit strange; they don't look like people from our Central Plains, do they?"

Hearing Fang Xuanling's question, Old Li also saw those people.

Sure enough, the clothes they wore were rarely seen. They looked like barbarians living in remote places.

Qin Mu saw that they had noticed and spoke up.

"Those are all Yelang people."

"Yelang people?"

Old Li and Fang Xuanling looked at each other.

Both saw the shock in each other's hearts.

Why would there be a Yelang army here?

Their appearance here could at least explain one problem: that the Yelang people might have already informed Great Qin of the Harsha Empire's intention to invade.

"Your Majesty, why does the Qin army want to recruit Yelang people?"

Qin Mu raised his hand and brushed off the non-existent dust on his body.

"Yelang people are skilled in mountain warfare. These are just here to train the new recruits. Later, when the army marches to Yelang, the large-scale recruitment will officially begin."

"Large-scale recruitment?"

Old Li and Fang Xuanling asked in unison.

Qin Mu was very satisfied to see their shocked expressions.

"Yelang people are poor, and they are fierce in battle; why not recruit them? In the future, I will also have the army march into the Harsha Empire, and the Yelang people will be the best vanguard!" Li Er was secretly alarmed.

He knew Qin Mu a little and knew it was no surprise he would have such thoughts.

Once the Harsha Empire went to war with Great Qin, Great Qin would definitely want to attack the Harsha Empire's home base.

But could Great Qin handle the Harsha Empire's many war elephants?

Never mind the catapults.

Catapults were too cumbersome and not at all suitable for field battles.

In the mountainous terrain of Yelang, they could not play much of a role.

"Then how many Yelang people does Your Majesty intend to recruit?"

Qin Mu smiled.

This question was clearly probing for Great Qin's intelligence.

But it didn't matter.

"The more, the better!"