After listening to the general's answer, it turned out that these Tang people were actually the leaders of the beggar army near Luoyang, and Pu Mao was immediately happy.

The leaders of the beggar armies who bowed down and saluted gave their names.

Only then did he attract Pu Mao's attention, and the strong and burly man was the first to speak, and said calmly: "Villain Li Ji, meet the Heavenly King." ”

The remaining three people followed by their names, the shortest of the several people was called Wang Nong,—— this person was really short, at most five feet or so, compared with everyone present, like a villain in Lilliputian, but although he was short, his behavior was extremely agile; The other two are two brothers, but they are Feng Tai and Feng Yu who were killed from He Hun's evil camp and joined the Luoyang beggar army.

This Li Ji is the commander of the Luoyang Beggar Army, and Wang Nong is the top general under Li Ji's account. The names of the two of them are Pu Mao, who has been in Xianyang all the year round. As for Mrs. Feng and Feng Yu, their brothers were newly invested in Luoyang, although they were valued by Li Ji because of their respective strengths, their reputations had not yet spread, and Pu Mao had never heard of them.

I haven't heard of Mrs. Feng and Feng Yu not worrying, knowing that the burly and sturdy man in front of him is Li Ji, the beggar of Luoyang, Pu Mao was overjoyed, he personally stepped forward, helped Li Ji up, and asked Wang Nong and the other three to get up.

Pu Mao and Li Ji are about the same size.

Pu Mao looked up and down carefully, and said, "Jun is Li Seng Shiye!" I have heard the name of the king for a long time! Do you know, I sent someone to Luoyang Mountain to look for you the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect that the person sent out had not yet returned, and you had already arrived! ”

Monk Shi is Li Ji's word.

Li Ji has two thick eyebrows, a Chinese face, and a dignified appearance, which should be because he has lived in the mountains for a long time and has been beaten by wind and rain, and his skin looks very rough, but this roughness not only does not affect his appearance, but also adds a bit of simplicity to him.

It's no wonder Pu Mao is so happy, Li Ji's name is too big.

He can be said to be the most famous military commander of the various beggar armies active in the Wei State today.

Speaking of which, there are really many branches of the beggar army in various parts of the Lower Wei State, and there are also quite a few famous commanders, but why is this Li Ji famous? This starts with the origin of the beggar army. Although the scope of their activities is mainly in Hebei and the Central Plains, their full name is "Bingzhou Begging", which is because the original members of the Begging Army actually fled from Bingzhou to Hebei and the Central Plains.

Nearly a hundred years ago, when the world was in turmoil, the Xiongnu Zhao clan was in its prime, invaded and annexed the state, wantonly slaughtered and plundered, and the people of the state were cornered, in order to beg for a bite to eat, then under the leadership of the history of the state at that time, about 20,000 people, officials and soldiers fled to Jizhou. More than 20,000 households, almost 100,000 men and women, were the predecessors of the beggar army.

From then to the present, the begging army has risen and fallen, there have been times when the wind and clouds have been turbulent and the momentum has been huge, and there have been times when the momentum is slightly smaller, but no matter how big or small, the leaders of their various branches and the backbone of each branch are still the descendants of the people who fled from Bingzhou to Hebei, so the name of "Bingzhou Begging" has not changed.

The reason why Li Ji's name is the most famous among the beggar armies under his current command is because of this, his ancestor, that is, the Bingzhou assassin who led the people of Bingzhou to flee to Ji. In other words, the begging army was brought out by his ancestors, and if the begging is to be compared to a power group, then Li Ji is the rightful heir and leader.

Of course, this heir and leader, only in name, is impossible to achieve in reality.

Since Li Ji's ancestors were killed in battle and killed by the Huns, there were serious differences within the beggar army on the basis of where the future of the group should go and where it should be based, and it was divided into several groups. The Xiongnu Zhao clan perished, Murong Xianbei rose, after decades of continuous attack and suppression by the Zhao clan and the Murong clan, until now, and even the former center of Na Chen has not been able to keep it,—— because there is also a beggar who was forced to move to Luoyang, not to mention any heirs and leaders.

But then again, despite this, at least in terms of fame, Li Ji's fame is still above that of the beggar commanders.

Li Ji half-bent over, in a respectful state, and said: "The villain is ugly, how can a cheap name be enough to pollute the Heavenly King!" Did the king send someone to the mountains to find the villain? But the villain doesn't know. The villain took the liberty to come today, because he admired the good name of the king of heaven, the Murong clan was tyrannical and unreasonable, and the people of Hebei had suffered for a long time. Although the villain is rude, he knows a little about Luoyang's reality and dares to ask for a modest effort to help the king conquer Luoyang. ”

As mentioned above, although the predecessor of this beggar army was a refugee group, and the foundation was an armed group of displaced people, the members of the beggar army were quite complex, including ordinary people, soldiers, down-and-out nobles, officials in the old days, local heroes, and county gentry, so the descendants of the beggar army, according to the different identities of their ancestors, have been passed down to the present, and they are also different in terms of knowledge and knowledge.

Li Ji's ancestor is the history of the state assassin, an out-and-out important minister of the Tang Dynasty, a celebrity of the scholar family, although he is in Shandong, his family education has not been broken, so Li Ji as a "beggar" military marshal, it sounds like the leader of the flower child, and his modesty is "ugly", but he is quite cultured, treats people and things, and speaks, without being rude at all.

Pu Mao said happily, "Have you heard of the name of my righteousness?" ”

Li Ji said: "The benevolence and righteousness of the king of heaven are sown in the sea, although the base is in Luoyang, how can they not hear it!" ”

Pu Mao looked at Meng Lang and said with emotion: "As Li Jun said, Murong is tyrannical, and not only Murong is tyrannical!" Since the Xiongnu rebellion, in the past hundred years, those in power in Hebei have been doing everything to the remnants of the people! Master Meng, I only practice the way of benevolence and righteousness, and take the maintenance of all people as my own responsibility, but in this view, it has already worked! ”

Meng Lang is so smart, he heard Pu Mao's words at once, which was not only a self-promise, but also a hint to him, don't doubt this and that, always stare at Yao Tao, these generals, and make some golden knife tricks and other moths, at the same time, there is probably a sense of exculpation for Pu Mao himself for "because he didn't listen to Meng Lang's advice to kill Zhao's father and son, Zhao Xing will eventually rebel", so he said: "The king is wise and powerful, has insight, knows the destiny of heaven, knows the will of the people, the ancient sages and saints, and the Ming monarch, but that's it!" ”

Pu Mao touched his beard, smiled, and turned his gaze to Wang Nong, if he looked at Li Ji with full joy, then when he looked at Wang Nong, his eyes revealed a little curiosity.

He asked Li Ji and said, "This Wang Nong, is that Wang Shi slave?" ”

Lee Ki replied, "Exactly." ”

Pu Mao named his name, Wang Nong was not as respectful as Li Ji, standing with his head upright, although he was short, he had a proud posture, as if he was standing on the top of Mount Tai.

Pu Mao was amazed and said: "I heard the rumors in the Xianbei army that 'thousands of troops and horses should avoid the king and stone slaves'. The name of Wang Jun can be described as a powerful and humble thing! But I didn't mean that I was so short. ”

Wang Nong said proudly: "Although the farmer is short, he can swallow the sky!" ”

Pu Mao clapped his hands and praised, saying, "What a strong man! ”

Outside the camp was not a place for a long time to talk, so Pu Mao no longer observed the enemy's situation, and invited Li Ji and others to return to the camp with him and have a happy conversation.

Li Ji came from Luoyang Mountain this time, not only Wang Nong, Feng Tai, and Feng Yu, but he brought most of his parts in the mountain, about 3,000 people. Pu Mao asked him to build another camp on the edge of the Qin army's camp and stay there for the time being.

That night, Pu Mao held a banquet to entertain Li Ji and others.

The next day, Pu Mao issued an order, Ren Li Ji for a four-rank general, Wang Nong for a five-rank general, and Feng Tai and Feng Yu brothers as generals and captains. The generals are all lieutenants, who are also five ranks, and they are under the generals.

The fourth and fifth grades are not low-level positions, which shows Pu Mao's attention to Li Ji and others.

But it was just under Pu Mao's will to appoint several of them to official positions that Wang Nong made a fuss.