Chapter 106: Into the Desert
The sky is vast and wild, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.
The vast and infinite earth, the endless grassland, and the fresh air make people feel relaxed and happy, and they unconsciously have a sense of relaxation and freedom.
Li Xun and the others walked all the way, walking for five or six days, there were few people, and some small tribes of the Hu nationality did not dare to approach when they saw such a large group of people, and avoided them from afar.
At night, everyone set up camp.
Li Xun sat in front of the fire, his face was full of wind and sand exhaustion, and he was indeed tired enough after a day's journey.
Several soldiers brought the food, and Li Xun took it and ate it in a big gulp.
"And then."
A coquettish cry came, Li Xun looked up, and saw that Li Qingying had already come to him and threw a leather pot in his hand.
Li Xun hurriedly reached out and grabbed it, opened the lid of the leather pot, and a smell of wine came out.
It turned out to be wine, Li Xun's spirit was shocked, he raised his head and took a big sip, the hot feeling was pulled into a straight line, and the fatigue of his body suddenly disappeared a lot.
"Good wine."
Li Xun's eyes brightened, wiped his mouth, and laughed.
Li Qingying glanced at Li Xun with disdain, sat down in front of him, took out a leg of mutton, and gnawed it directly.
Looking at Li Qingying's beautiful face, and now holding a leg of mutton and nibbling on it, Li Xun couldn't help but shake his head, this woman is really a daughter and a man's heart, there is no trace of delicate air on her body, they are all a little unbearable after a day's journey, she is a woman, she is still so lively and in good spirits, from this alone, she has to be admired.
"General Li, where did you get this wine?"
Li Qingying likes others to call her general, Li Xun has always called her by her name before, so Li Qingying looks at her differently and always targets, she is Li Zhong's daughter, Li Xun can't beat her, can't scold, and finally can only give in and call her General Li, which makes Li Qingying's attitude towards him a little better.
Li Qingying gnawed on the leg of mutton and said vaguely: "From Liu Xiangguo, this wine is good!" ”
Listening to Li Qingying's words, Li Xun had a wry smile on his face, saying that it looked a little familiar, it turned out to be stolen from Liu Ji, among the thousands of carriages, there was a carriage that was more special, and the whole car was filled with imperial wine in the palace, which was to be given to the Khan of the Hu clan, and during the march, he couldn't drink, if Liu Ji knew about this, he would definitely punish himself, this Li Qingying was simply pheating himself!
Seeing the wry smile on Li Xun's face, Li Qingying frowned and said unhappily: "Give you wine to drink, are you still unhappy?" Give it back. ”
With that, reach out and grab the leather pot.
Li Xun dodged and said with a smile: "Such a good wine, in my hands Li Xun, if I want to go back, it will be difficult." ”
Li Xun continued to drink, he had already drunk anyway, and it was impossible to return it, so he just hoped that Liu Yi would not know.
Drinking wine, Li Xun said: "This time the envoy is deserted, and he actually let the left minister of the current dynasty go out in person, this specification is really high enough." ”
Li Qingying had already finished eating the leg of mutton, wiped his mouth clean, listened to Li Xun's words, and said disdainfully: "This time not only to send an envoy to Mobei, but also to go to Monan, its real intention is to appease the Mobei Hu tribe and explore its movements, and the other is to win over and stabilize the Mo Nan Hu tribe, let it continue to abide by the covenant, and contain the Mo Bei Hu tribe from behind, so as to ensure the safety of Anbei, the entire Great Jin Dynasty, except for my father, only Liu Yuxiang has this ability and prestige, you can't even see this, I really don't know how you got into the position of general. ”
Li Xun smiled awkwardly and asked, "I only know that Liu Yu Xiangguo is quite knowledgeable about military affairs, as for his past, he really doesn't know very well, can General Li introduce one or two?" ”
A person like Liu Yi has a good official reputation, a good reputation, high prestige, and high status, so in private, few people discuss things about him, and Li Xun didn't care about these before, because of the existence of Li Yi, an aunt who is a concubine, Li Xun only needs to be good to the emperor Zhao Zhi alone, and his future does not need to be promoted through Liu Ji.
"General Ben is in a good mood today, so I'll tell you about it."
Li Qingying said proudly.
Li Xun coughed dryly: "Then talk about it, listen to it in the next ear." ”
Liu Wei is seventy and three this year, the same age as Yang Daosi, the two are the same year of Jinshi, the same young man's ambition, extraordinary background, the difference is the officialdom experience of the two, Yang Daosi is a long time in the local office, has served in many states, when he is almost fifty years old, he entered the central government, and soon entered the political hall, and Liu Ji is different, has been serving in Fengjing, and in Jing Zhaoyin, the most likely to offend people, the most prone to accidents, a full ten years, and achieved very outstanding political achievements, in his early forties, It was to enter the political hall as a governor of political affairs, and then because his personality was too upright, he was fierce and did not know how to compromise, he offended the favored ministers of Pingzong's cronies, and was falsely expelled from the political hall and transferred to Anbei.
At that time, Longyou, only Liangzhou was left, Shanzhou, Lanzhou and Langzhou were in the hands of Tubo, the Momeng Hu people were even more like a thorn, the ambition of the Central Plains was getting bigger and bigger, and there was the possibility of sending troops to attack at any time, Anbei only had tens of thousands of defenders, the soldiers were weak and outnumbered, if the Hu people came to attack, they could not resist at all, in the face of such a crisis, Liu Ji took advantage of the fact that the old Khan of the Hu tribe had just died, and the new Khan had just ascended the throne, and the Hu tribe of the major tribes of Momeng was provoked and divided, and finally succeeded. The powerful Momenghu tribe was divided into two parts, Mobei and Monan, and the internal fighting and containment made the Momenghu tribe lose the strength to enter the Central Plains in a short period of time.
Liu Wei became famous, and he ruled Anbei for eight years, not only defeated Tubo and recaptured the land of Lang, Shan, and Lanzhou, but also moved hundreds of thousands of people from the interior with land, and won more than 100,000 soldiers, which greatly enhanced the military strength of Anbei and laid a firm foundation for Li Zhong to resist the invasion of the Hu people in Mobei in the future.
As soon as Pingzong died, Zhao Zhi succeeded to the throne, and immediately transferred back to Liu Wei, gave him reuse, promoted to the middle of the service, the military department was still the book, and the political hall was the left minister.
After Li Xun listened, he nodded and exclaimed: "Liu Xiangguo is indeed not simple, almost single-handedly, bless Anbei for more than ten years of peace. ”
Li Qingying snorted twice, stood up, and patted the dust on his body: "General Ben has rested, and now he is close to the hinterland of Mobei, Liu Xiangguo has already sent people to inform the Hu people, but they have not seen any action, and their attitude is unknown, Li Xun, you send more people to keep vigil tonight, it is best for you to sit in person, don't be careless." ”
After speaking, Li Qingying yawned and turned to leave, obviously preparing to go to bed.
Looking at Li Qingying's back, Li Xun rolled his eyes, I am also a serious general, you are a woman, what qualifications do you have to criticize yourself?
Li Xun also snorted twice, stood up, entered his camp, and went to sleep directly.