The capital city of Kaifeng, the mansion of Linping Hou Shi is trustworthy.

"Second son, drink this cup full, let's change another group of singers." Shi Shouxin tried his best to tie up Li Zhongyi's second brother Li Zhonghao.

Li Zhonghao held a beautiful singer close to Quanguo in his arms, his eyes were drunk, and he said inarticulately: "Full ...... Fill this cup...... Again...... Change ...... again"

Although Li Zhonghao is not angry, he is Li Zhongyi's half-brother after all, and in the entire Kaifeng City, don't look at some powerful people who know the inside story and look down on him, but there is another group of powerful people who are afraid that they will not be able to tie him.

Shi Shouxin, Shi Guangyun, is a member of the old military circle who is afraid of not being able to tie up.

This Shi Shouxin was originally the commander of the holy army, and he was quite appreciated by the model, and his official fortune was excellent and his power was great.

However, after Li Zhongyi entered Kaifeng City, Shi Shouxin was inexplicably deprived of his military power, and he has been hanging the title of the envoy of the Yicheng Army Festival, and he lives idle at home.

On that day, it was also a coincidence that Shi Shouxin went to visit the theater and happened to meet Li Zhonghao, who had his purse stolen.

Shi Shouxin, who has a bold personality, took the initiative to help Li Zhonghao pay the bill after knowing the situation, and then gained Li Zhonghao's great favor.

Li Zhonghao, who came and went like this, and was very depressed every day, actually became a friend with Shi Shouxin who had nothing to say.

Shi Shouxin was very greedy for money, in the past, as long as the army led the army to fight outside, every time he took a land, he would definitely take the opportunity of war and chaos to loot the wealth of the rich squires.

Therefore, the Shi family is really very rich, how to say it, it is enough for Shi Shouxin's family of more than 100 people, chewing on the rich family foundation of more than 100 years.

After Li Zhonghao returned home from the northwest, under the strict constraints of Mrs. Li, he paid money directly from the account and went out to spend all day drinking, which has long been a thing of the past, and the good days are gone forever.

Shi Shouxin and Li Zhonghao, one is trying his best, and the other enjoys free offerings, and it just happens that the two are combined into a good, and the relationship is very good.

Li Zhonghao is now a frequent visitor to Shifu, and the beautiful singers in Shi Shouxin's family have long been played by him.

Since Shi Shouxin said that he would change a group of singers, with his personality of never talking empty before, Li Zhonghao has every reason to believe that fresh goods will definitely be sent to him.

"Second son, don't drink so much, if Ling Zun and Brother Ling know, then there will be big trouble." Shi Shouxin narrowed his drunken eyes and deliberately stabbed Li Zhonghao.

What Li Zhonghao hates the most is Li Zhongyi, his father Li Dahe always likes to compare him with the so-called eldest brother, his ears are almost grinding out of cocoons, and he still refuses to make endless noise.

"What Brother Ling? That's just a son of a cheap servant, I'm sorry, how can he dare to take care of my business? Li Zhonghao drank too much thoroughly, his brain was completely uncontrollable, and then poured out all the bitter water on weekdays.

"I think at the beginning, my mother just saw that the cheap maid was a little beautiful and very well-behaved, so she allowed my father to let her in. However, that bitch and Li Zhongyi's bastard actually kicked my mother out of the house, this hatred and hatred are not shared, and it will be avenged after a long time! Li Zhonghao's extremely vicious words made Shi Shouxin, the initiator, sit on pins and needles, and curse secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to pick out the scolding, which was really heartwarming.

Shi Shouxin completely grasps Li Zhonghao's low status in the old Li family, but, no matter what, Li Zhonghao is Li Zhongyi's half-brother.

In other words, no matter how Li Zhonghao scolded Li Zhongyi, it was their old Li family's housework, and Shi Shouxin, a pure outsider, didn't dare to talk to him at all.

If Shi Shouxin also echoed and scolded, hehe, once the news leaks out, isn't he afraid of being raided and exterminated?

"Idiot!" Shi Shouxin really couldn't listen to it anymore, and hurriedly interjected, "Second son, today is a beautiful day, don't mention those words that are interesting and irrelevant." ”

Shi Shouxin hurriedly wanted to extinguish the fire, and then, Li Zhonghao, who was holding back too much, did not give up the idea of scolding at all.

"Why? Why should I be demoted from the eldest son to the second son? Li Zhonghao suddenly pushed away the fruit girl in his arms, and roared loudly with his back to the sky.

Shi Shouxin was almost scared to death, he hurriedly ran to Li Zhonghao's side, raised his hand to cover his mouth, "My living ancestor, can you be quiet, if outsiders hear it, how can we live?" ”

In fact, Shi Shouxin was only worried about his personal safety.

As long as Mrs. Li is still alive, no matter how much Li Zhongyi looks at Li Zhonghao's displeasure, he will not make a righteous move to kill his relatives.

"Come on, hurry up and serve the sobering soup, hurry up and serve the sobering soup, the second son is drunk......" Shi Shouxin covered Li Zhonghao's mouth to prevent him from continuing to make trouble, and hurriedly called someone to help.

After a lot of tossing, Li Zhonghao finally quieted down, lay down on the couch, and fell asleep deeply.

Shi Shouxin wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, turned his head and asked the chief butler, "That person is still in the inner study, right?" ”

The chief butler hurried to Shi Shouxin's ear and whispered: "It's always there, saying that I won't see your true face and never leave." ”

"Okay, you go and tell him, and I'll see him as soon as I change my clothes." Shi Shouxin clenched his nose, lest the stench of wine stains on the sleeves of his robe would smoke and vomit him.

Li Zhongyi sat upright on the command car, holding a monocular in his hand, carefully observing the arming situation in front of the Niangzi Pass.

The danger of Niangzi Pass is mainly reflected in the fact that the path in front of the pass only allows two carriages to run in parallel.

If Li Zhongyi plans to attack strongly, then, in the case of a drop of more than dozens of zhang, the lady only needs to throw down a big stone to smash the attacking team to pieces.

Therefore, after being surrounded for several days, the officers and soldiers of Jinyang who were closed by the lady did not have the slightest fear at all.

After all, Niangzi Pass is known as the male pass and stands in the way, and it is not a wasted ornament.

This so-called, one husband is the key, and ten thousand people are not open!

It was precisely because of the dangerous terrain of Niangzi Pass that Li Zhongyi just ordered people to build two artillery forts with large sandbags in the mountains about sixty zhang away from the front of the wall.

At first, the defenders on the Niangzi Pass did not know the power of the fortification. After the 6-pounder cannon was dragged up and began to bombard the wall, the defenders of the gate woke up from a dream and rushed down the hill with their lives, trying to seize and destroy the fort.

However, the commander of the artillery battalion, Li Yongtang, was a guy with a bad stomach. He deliberately waited for the defenders to rush to the fort before he lit the guns that were reloaded with shotguns, and the defenders of Jinyang were bombarded with corpses all over the ground and their souls scattered.

Duan Chang, who was guarding the pass, failed to make a plan, and he ordered someone to push the wooden barrel filled with tung oil along the rugged mountain road to the fort of the Li family's army.

Li Zhongyi had long been wary of the Jinyang defenders taking the form of fire attack, and the entire perimeter of the fort was padded with large stones, and the inner layer was full of sacks filled with mud and sand, and the fire could not be burned at all.

In view of Li Jiajun's protection situation, he simply pushed a large pile of thick wood down the mountain first, and then pushed the barrel full of tung oil.

The fire was indeed very large, but the bronze artillery was buried in the sandbag, so it was only necessary to remove the powder keg and let the fire burn, at most tossing and tossing the artillery battalion, so that Li Yongtang would have to spend more time on it.

The battle for distance outside Niangzi Pass has been staged bloodily almost every day, however, there has been no movement at the Jingcheng Pass, and it has been peaceful.

"Lord, the little one hasn't figured it out, why don't you take the Niangzi Pass in one go?" Li Anguo was like a curious baby, determined to break the casserole and ask to the end.

Li Zhongyi nodded secretly, the more Li Anguo used his brain, the happier he was.

"Zhengqing, you're still too tender." Li Zhongyi picked up the teacup that was resting aside, and said with a smile, "The key to this battle is not Niangzi Pass, nor Jingcheng Pass, but whether Brother Yelu Xiu plans to go to Youzhou, or does he want to help Liu Jun keep Jinyang?" ”

"Lord, forgive the little stupidity, uh, I really don't understand." Li Anguo did not pretend to understand, which made Li Zhongyi very pleased.

Li Zhongyi took a sip of the thick tea soup, gently put down the tea cup, and then said slowly: "Our army is assembled in Zhenzhou, whether it is the Khitan people going south, or the Jinyang army going east out of Niangzi Pass, no matter what you do, you can't get around Zhenzhou Pass." ”

However, the Khitans are different, if their main force goes to reinforce Jinyang, only a few passes such as Yanmen Pass can pass freely. This Yanmen Pass is at least more than a thousand miles away from Youzhou. Hehe, after entering the soldiers and horses of Jinyang, it is not so easy to return to Fangyouzhou. When Li Zhongyi said this, he deliberately sold the guanzi, picked up the tea cup again, and waited for Li Anguo to ask.

Li Anguo touched his head, pondered for a while, and suddenly exclaimed: "I understand, I understand, this is a conspiracy, this is definitely a conspiracy that Brother Gou Yelu was fooled by." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that? Let me see what you understand? Li Zhongyi smiled and encouraged Li Anguo to express his guess.

"Back to the Lord, although our army has also divided its troops, Zhenzhou is only more than 400 miles away from Xiongzhou and Bazhou, at best, and it is also a wide road in the Great Plains, and it will be at least three days faster than the Khitan people's return to defense." Li Anguo's analysis made Li Zhongyi have to be impressed by him.

Hehe, one of the four tyrants in Kaifeng City, in the melting pot of the army, has become a resourceful imperial officer, the world is really unpredictable!

"Well, your analysis is roughly correct. However, I still have to test you, will Jeruxiu be fooled? Li Zhongyi had the intention to cultivate Li Anguo to become a talent, and deliberately left this big problem for him, so that he could use his brains more, there are only benefits and no harm.

Li Zhongyi walked down the escalator and got off the command car, Chu Xiong stroked the handle of the knife and followed him tightly on his left side, Li Anguo, who was supposed to be protecting the right side, stood on the car in a daze, looking down at the floor, alone in a daze.

Son, teachable!

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