Hedong, Jiangzhou.

The original Jiangzhou Thorn Mansion has actually become the Jinzhou Road Marching Governor's Office, that is, where the Tang Army is located.

The comings and goings of generals and the heavily guarded defense make this place full of busy and murderous atmosphere.

When Pei Lin came to see Li Shentong, Jiangzhou Beijia Wen Xianda had just left.

Now holding the power of the army, the high-spirited General Right Yiwei, the head of the Jinzhou Provincial March, Yongkang King Li Shentong's face has not disappeared.

Pei Lin knew what Li Shentong was annoyed about, and he asked when he met Wen Xianda just now.

Under the gathering of large armies, it is inevitable that the disaster will be harmed.

Speaking of which, the military discipline of the Tang Army is not bad, among the large army under their command, the Kansai soldiers they brought are naturally two pro-army, and the military discipline is not very good, but under the strong restraint of the two, there is no disturbance to the people.

After all, this is the ancestral home of the Pei clan in Hedong, and the Jiangzhou assassin envoy is the lord of the Pei clan in Hedong, so everyone has to weigh it before they mess around.

The soldiers and horses from Tongguan can ...... It is said that it is the Tang army, but it is better to say that it is Li Mi's rebel general, from Xu Shiyun downward, not long ago it was a chaotic army on the ground in Henan.

These people have extremely poor military discipline, petty theft is light, adultery and plunder is their style, and within a few days of coming, they clashed with other departments, and then committed several bloody cases.

Jiangzhou Don't Drive came to Li Shentong to complain, and I don't know if it was Pei Shiqing's intention.

Thinking of this, Pei Lian's heart was a little pantothenic, since that conversation, the two brothers broke off contact, obviously, Pei Shiqing was very dissatisfied with his cousin, and he was also full of complaints about his cousin's fear, so it became a situation where they couldn't see each other.

Fortunately, the Pei clan is still the same as ever, and they contribute when they should contribute, and they are not hindered by anyone, otherwise, it is possible for the two brothers to turn against each other.

But since there is a thorn in my heart, I will naturally think more about it.

For example, these incidents mentioned by Wen Xianda, Pei Lin felt that he should report to him first, and then he would discuss with Li Shentong, this is the order that should be, after all, here in Jiangzhou, Hedong, he Pei is the master.

When it comes to local matters, talk to him Pei Lin first, and he will naturally return to protect him as appropriate, which is much better than reporting directly to Li Shentong.

Since he had such a little caution, he was not interested in asking questions about the matter.

After chatting with Li Shentong for a few words, he got down to business directly, "General Jiang is back, how do you want to treat him?" ”

Li Shentong smiled, he and Li Yuan actually felt the same, and it was very comfortable to talk to Pei Lian, because this person never hid his words, and he was very clear about the priority and priority.

Of course, dealing with the world is one thing, and the difference between him and Li Yuan is that he feels that Pei Lin does not pose any threat to his military power, which is the fundamental reason why the two have gotten along so far.

Hearing Pei Lin ask about Jiang Baoyi, Li Shentong smiled, "Did he go to ask for the disciple of the virtuous brother?" ”

Pei Lin nodded with a smile, not embarrassed at all.

Li Shentong stroked his neat beard, "What does Brother Yixian mean?" ”

Pei Lin arched his hand and said with a smile: "Xuan Zhen is just asking for a favor, and he doesn't want to mess with military discipline and law." ”

Li Shentong bowed his head slightly and said: "The general of the defeated army, damaging the prestige of our army, I wanted to cut it off with the three armies, but I can read his loyalty, and he can return thousands of miles after defeat, so I should escort Chang'an to wait for the imperial brother to deal with it." ”

Pei Lin said it very lightly, but this was not the result he wanted.

The Jiang family is thin and has little to do with the Kansai lords, otherwise, at Jiang Baoyi's age, he would not have been promoted so quickly, and he would have to have a heavy responsibility.

This is undoubtedly the emperor's favored person.

Pei Lian's eyes flickered, and after thinking for a moment, he smiled and said: "The strict discipline of the public army is really admirable, and when General Jiang returns to Beijing to regain his high position, he will definitely not forget the grace of Duke Li not to kill." ”

Li Shentong smiled and waved his hand, just wanted to be humble, but after thinking about it, he felt that the taste was a little wrong.

Looking at Pei Lian, there was a little coldness in his smile, "Brother Xian, do you want me to kill him as soon as possible to prevent future troubles?" ”

Well, this is not a deep city person, and his sharpness is a little too much, of course, this may be the consequence of excessive military power, but it can be seen that his efforts in Chang'an are indeed reckless.

Obviously, Li Shentong is an authentic Kansai general.

Pei Lin was startled, this rhythm was also a bit unexpected to him, and it reminded him of Liu Wenjing, whom he hated the most.

Instinctively, the smile on his face gradually faded, and he shook his head slightly and said: "General Jiang is very much the emperor's heart, it is not appropriate to cut it......"

Speaking of this, he felt that there was something wrong with his tone, and some of the words that came to his lips were immediately swallowed back, and by the way, he also erased the stiff elements in the words afterwards.

"Gong is the lord of an army, the army also has its own law, the silence should not be said much, can be for Li Gong's future plan, or to say a few more gossip, this is the time of employing people, General Jiang is known as a loyal martyr, this defeat is not a crime of war, why not open the net, leave him in the army, in the future, General Jiang will feel Li Gong's kindness, or help in the future, it is not known."

Li Shentong finally had some intentions, he was indeed a little disdainful of Jiang Baoyi, and more than 30,000 Tang troops were all trapped in Jiexiu, and only one Jiang Baoyi escaped.

No matter how much rhetoric there is, according to the established rules in the war, it is only right to kill immediately.

The reason why he can still be allowed to ask for help everywhere is not because Li Shentong is soft-hearted, nor is it because he said before, for Jiang Baoyi's loyal sake, let alone Jiang Baoyi's family background, just because this person is not only the deputy head of the Jiezhou march, but also the general Zuo Wuwei.

In terms of actual grade, he is not slightly worse than him Li Shentong, such a general in the army, even if Li Shentong is stubborn, he can't kill him casually.

Therefore, Pei Lin is so sure that what he asks for is not to leave Jiang Baoyi with his life, but to leave him in front of the army to serve and give him a chance to make meritorious contributions.

And Li Shentong is also very willing to be a favor and give Jiang Baoyi a way out.

It's just that Pei Lian's mind is not enough, and what he said in a few words is not very appropriate, which backfires and makes Li Shentong really move to kill.

Turning the conversation back at this time, Li Shentong felt that what he said made some sense.

What is the reason? Only on Pei Lian's last sentence, there will be help in the future......

You must know that Li Shentong's stroke in the DPRK was a bit bad, which was obviously the sequelae left by Chang'an's struggle for merit, which offended Li Sanniang not to mention, but also made others wary of him, and even a little disgusted.

No one wants to partner up with such a ruthless person who fights for merit, and the more those generals are, the more they think like this, which is extremely unfavorable to Li Shentong.

In fact, he had already regretted it, he shouldn't have competed with Li Xiuning in the first place, but he didn't get much of a bargain after that, and the big bargain was taken away by his two nephews, but the stigma remained on him.

Now it seems that Li Xiuning has no desire to fight for merit at all, he has been a villain in vain, and he has gained very little, why bother?

Therefore, he finally moved after lacking the help of friends in the DPRK.

And there is also Pei Lian's intercession, such a thing that kills two birds with one stone, there is really no reason to refuse.

The laws in the military that the two of them kept saying have all been replaced by selfishness.

Li Shentong laughed, "What Brother Xian said is reasonable......

Speaking of this, Li Shentong paused, rolled his eyes, and then continued: "Since the virtuous brother intercedes for him, and General Jiang is indeed a loyal martyr, the defeat is also excusable...... It's not as good as this, recently, the soldiers led by Xu Shiyun, the Duke of Laiguo, have loose military discipline, and there have been a lot of incidents, and people like General Jiang are needed to rectify it, and the virtuous brother thinks this is good? ”

Pei Lian's face remained unchanged, but he said in his heart, you said okay, such a yin method of transferring flowers and trees, you can think of it.

Pei Lin scolded while bowing his hand and smiled: "This is very good, Xuan Zhen thanked General Jiang on behalf of him." ”

Li Shentong waved his hand and smiled quite strangely, "Xu Shiyun is newly surrendered, and he really needs to be more controlled, but the soldiers under his command are all warriors, and they still need their efforts when they are about to fight, don't be too strict, chill everyone's hearts, this is the truth, it takes people like Brother Xian to understand, Brother Xian has to worry a lot." ”

Yes, this is a desire to eat fish, but also do not want to get more fishy, this kind of thought, sounds quite dexterous, can be used to govern the army...... Even if Pei Lin didn't know much about military affairs, he felt that something was wrong.

But he didn't say anything, just scolded a few words in his heart for the villain's treachery, and then agreed with a smile.

As for what happened to Xu Shixian, the two of them didn't care too much, the new person was trembling, and his family background was so low, the so-called Lai Guogong was just a coincidence, otherwise, such a person would be a lot of people in Guanxi, how could he let this person lead a heavy army in front of the army?

Jiang Baoyi's whereabouts have been decided, he will not live above Xu Shiyun, he is Xu Shiyun's deputy, but he has the fact of overseer.

In fact, Jiang Baoyi's return, in addition to bringing useless bad news, made Li Shen's communication doubly heartfelt.

Jiexiu fell, it was not because the thief army was too sharp, but because of internal strife.

Under Li Shentong's careful questioning, he felt that what Jiang Baoyi said might be exaggerated to cover up the responsibility for defeat, but Li Zhongwen was afraid that the enemy would flee first, and Zhang Lun's repeated things should not be false.

In this way, it is reasonable that the thief army did not take advantage of the victory to go south.

Under the first battle, it was impossible for the thief army to be undamaged, and it may have felt that it was not easy to attack the city, so after occupying the key point of the Bird Mouse Valley, and knowing that the army in front of it was gathered, he was unable to move forward.

Thinking of this, Li Shen's heart increased greatly, but he also felt that Li Ding'an had a false name, if he had the benefit of cavalry under his command, how could he go to a place like the Bird and Mouse Valley? Wouldn't that be a matter of sacrificing the long and using the short?

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )