At this time, Ni Cheng, the prefect of Yanzhou on the side, smiled and said, "Li Qianhu, haven't you seen the county king yet?" ”

Li Xiao reacted quickly, according to the records of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, this young aristocratic son, the county king that Ni Cheng said, should be the county king Zhu Yipai in the Lu Palace. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the trend of real history, Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, died in the ninth year of Chongzhen, because he had no children, he succeeded the king of Lu, and was his younger brother Zhu Shouyong, the king of Taixing, Zhu Shouyong died after more than three years of succession, and then his eldest son Zhu Yipai was sent to Chongzhen in the twelfth year of my succession as the king of Lu.

This Zhu Yipai was even more ill-fated, only two years as the king of Dolu, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, because the Qing army entered Koushan Shandong to conquer Yanzhou, in order not to fall into the hands of the Qing soldiers, hanged himself. The eldest son Zhu Hong and his younger brothers Zhu Yiyan and Zhu Yijiang were martyred together. Two years later, his younger brother Zhu Yihai became the heir. Later, it became the famous Lu Jian State in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Humble Li Xiao, I have seen the king of the county. Where the lowly armor is on the body, and the etiquette is not good, it is not strange to hope that the king of the county. Li Xiao made a half-kneeling posture and bowed to Zhu Yipai with a solemn expression.

When he saw this ironclad and solemn army passing in front of him, Zhu Yipai felt a little awesome in his heart. He thought to himself in his heart, but he didn't know what kind of person the commander Li Xiao was, so he could train such a strong army.

Now I can see Li Xiao, who is dressed in white tooth armor, is so young, but he is so respectful in his face, Zhu Yipai's heart is inexplicably refreshing.

In recent years, with the outbreak of war, these Ming clans scattered all over the country can feel that the attitude of the local generals towards them is becoming more and more coarse and arrogant.

Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, is a typical example.

Some time ago, the Black Scorpion Sect invaded Yanzhou in the north, burning and looting in Shanxian County, and all parts of Yanzhou were very afraid. Almost every day, there were rumors that the Liukou was about to go north and take Yanzhou City directly, which made the whole Lu Wangfu even more frightened.

Zhu Shouhong personally wrote to Li Maofang, the governor of Shandong, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, begging them to send troops to quell the Kou as soon as possible, but he never received a positive reply.

The reason for this is that the governor Li Maofang was unable to mobilize those domineering generals who were in line with the yang and the yin, while the general soldier Liu Zeqing was bent on only playing his own small calculations, wanting to preserve his strength, and sneered at the request of Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu.

The reason Liu Zeqing found was the same as what he said to Li Maofang, either the soldiers and horses were damaged and not yet in order, or the food and salary were insufficient and the army had no fighting spirit, which made Zhu Shouhong feel a lot of dust.

When Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, almost helplessly wanted to ask the imperial court for reinforcements, Li Xiaojun, who was far away in the land of Denglai, was like a tiger out of the mountain, attacking thousands of miles, and actually wiped out this rampant rogue for a long time in one fell swoop.

When the news that the Black Scorpion Department had been wiped out reached the Lu Wangfu in Yanzhou, Zhu Shouhong, who was very anxious, finally fell to the ground with the stone in his heart.

And when he heard that this leading general Li Xiao was only in his twenties, he was in a very good mood, and he was not only grateful, but also full of curiosity.

I didn't expect that in my Ming Dynasty, there would be such a young celebrity, which is rare!

Zhu Shouhong decided in his heart that this Li Xiao, although his official position was low, was a figure who could be befriended with his heart. If this person's strength can be used as the borrowing and protection of Lu Wangfu, it is a good thing.

Due to the regulations of the ancestral system, the clan is not allowed to leave the city without permission, and Zhu Shouhong can't go to see this Li Xiao. And since they have no contact with each other, Li Xiao's rank is too low, and it doesn't seem appropriate to ask Li Xiao to come to King Lu's mansion for no reason.

After learning that Li Xiao was about to send troops to Beizhili or Xuanfu Town to defend the Beijing Division, Zhu Shouhong finally found an opportunity to get acquainted with Li Xiao.

He sent the county king Zhu Yipai, and when Li Xiaojun passed through Yanzhou, he used the method of sacrificing the army to get acquainted with Li Xiao, and hoped to use this meeting to establish a relationship with each other.

Another important point is that he asked Zhu Yipai to pay attention to secretly observing this Li Xiao and seeing this person's words and deeds, so as to speculate on this person's future prospects.

After all, this is just a tentative contact, if Li Xiao can really get ahead and even soar in the future, Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, will also come up with more ways to win over this up-and-coming young celebrity.

Li Xiao's respectful attitude now undoubtedly left a good initial impression on Zhu Yipai.

"Li Qianhu doesn't have to be polite, please get up quickly." Zhu Yipai helped Li Xiao for a while, and after he got up, he said with a smile: "Li Qianhu serves the country, travels thousands of miles, and first fights the thieves and then resists the Tartars, which is really admirable." The Wulu Palace's heart is to get acquainted with Li Qianhu, and now it is preparing a little wine and meat to reward the soldiers of the whole army, and I hope that Li Qianhu will accept it with a smile. ”

"The kings are polite, Li Xiao, as a military general of the Ming Dynasty, is really his duty to serve the country. The soldiers marched so far, it was because of hunger, and the existing county king spent so much money to reward our army, which really made Li Xiao feel impressed. Li Xiao smiled and thanked him again.

Seeing that the two of them were talking very happily, the prefect Ni Cheng on the side smiled and said: "Okay, now that the sprinklers are ready, let's invite the king of the county and Qianhu to sit together." ”

Soon, hundreds of large tables were set up along the banks of the Surabaya River, and the whole army was already hungry and feasting.

Zhu Yipai noticed that although Li Xiao's entire army ate happily, no one dared to drink without permission. This made him feel a little more respect for Li Xiao, who was sitting at the same table.

Not long after, the banquet was over, Zhu Yipai proposed to Li Xiao, inviting him to rest in Yanzhou City, but Li Xiao urgently refused with military information, and then Li Xiao once again thanked Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, for his hospitality, and Zhu Yipai Nicheng and others said goodbye and continued to lead the army to the north.

Seeing Li Xiaojun disappear into the distance, the prefect Ni Cheng sighed: "It is really a blessing for the people that I have such a strong army stationed here in Yanzhou." ”

Zhu Yipai didn't speak, but a faint smile appeared on his face.

When he was in the southern economic mansion, the governor Li Maofang sent Chen Zilong to send 100 stones of grain and grass in his personal name. Seeing that it was sent by his friend Chen Zilong in person, Li Xiao was in a very good mood and smiled.

"Li Qianhu, this time to go to Beijing, but you need to be careful." Chen Zilong told him solemnly.

Li Xiao could understand his eyes, and he replied in a low voice: "Wozi, don't worry, this official is going here, and he has his own measure." ”

Chen Zilong then walked with Li Xiao and accompanied him for a long journey.

Li Xiao stopped the horse's hooves, patted Chen Zilong on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Wozi, send each other for a hundred miles, there will be a farewell, you can go back." And when the official returns, I will have a good drink with you then. ”

Chen Zilong laughed: "Although the student is not strong enough to drink, he will definitely sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman!" ”

Leaving Jinan Mansion, at dusk five days later, Li Xiaojun, who had accelerated the speed of the march, finally came to Wuding Prefecture and arrived at the place where Yao Wenchang was garrisoned.

Li Xiaojun traveled from here, everyone was tired, and they hurriedly set up camp without mentioning it. And Li Xiao himself, with Tian Wei, the chief of General A, and Duan Shidi, the deputy chief of the general department, went to Yao Wenchang's camp to meet this Yao general.

"The last general, Li Xiao, see the general." Li Xiao entered the account and bowed to Yao Wenchang who was sitting on the chair.

"Oh, it turns out that you are that Li Xiao." Yao Wenchang's deep voice had a metallic rustle.

"Exactly down there."

Li Xiao squinted at a glimpse of the image of General Yao in front of him, who was wearing tight-fitting clothes, was really not good, with a collapsed nose, provocative ears, a pair of round eyes with long eye folds, a thin chin like a wedge, and all kinds of incongruities concentrated on his face, which looked quite funny.

Li Xiao even heard Tian Wei's slight snickering behind him.

Li Xiao coughed lowly, and Tian Wei choked back the laughter back into his stomach.

After Li Xiao secretly looked at Yao Wenchang, Yao Wenliang also carefully watched Li Xiao with a calm face.

This Li Xiao, so young, was able to defeat Zheng Longfang that day, which is strange.

Yao Wenchang is one of the "Four Golden Steels" under Liu Zeqing. The so-called four golden steels refer to the four most powerful four high-ranking generals under his command.

These four people are Deputy General Li Hongji, Deputy General Shi Fengyi, Staff General Huang Guoqi, and Staff General Yao Wenchang.

Zheng Longfang, the general who led the 3,000 horse infantry army to attack Li Xiao's Chifeng Fort a few months ago, was much worse than the above four in terms of military merit and prestige.

He can be promoted to a general, all because his sister is a side room favored by Liu Zeqing, with this nepotism and pillow wind, Zheng Longfang has risen to the top of the ladder and has risen all the way to the position of general.

On that day, everyone thought that attacking Chifeng Fort, which was guided by a traitor, was really a matter of being captured. Thinking of the capture of Chifeng Fort, the large amount of property in the fort is simply like red. The naked beauties were waiting on the bed for themselves to pounce, and the generals were all salivating, vying to express their desire to unify the army.

In the end, Zheng Longfang relied on her sister's bed kung fu and her good advice to Liu Zeqing, and finally managed to find this beauty difference.

It's just the result of the battle that made all Liu Zeqing's generals dumbfounded.

When I saw that Zheng Longfang, a general who was dirty, had unkempt hair and beard, and even had his armor stripped off, was redeemed and returned to Jinan in a gloomy manner, these four golden steels all laughed at Zheng Longfang with a sad face in their hearts.

Zheng Longfang and a group of defeated soldiers returned to Jinan, Liu Zeqing wanted to punish him severely, but fortunately his sister repeatedly begged Liu Zeqing, and Zheng Longfang escaped. Although he still retains the post of general, he no longer has the opportunity to lead the troops, and he has become a complete waste.

Yao Wenchang decided that the reason why the battle of the sneak attack on Chifeng Fort was so big was that Zheng Longfang, who was already short-witted and short-sighted, was obsessed with money and made his mind faint. Otherwise, how could Zheng Longfang easily fall for Li Xiao's tricks, but was defeated by the generals.

Yao Wenchang believes that if he changes himself, he will never fall for such a shallow plan, and maybe, now Li Xiao's Chifeng Fort has already become his own territory.

Hong Meng, the captain of the family next to him, coughed softly a few times, allowing Yao Wenchang to come back to his senses from his contemplation.

"You've come all the way, but it's hard work, watch and sit."

Yao Wenchang waved his hand, made a gesture of false welcome, and then ordered the sergeant to serve tea.

After everyone sat down, Li Xiao took the lead in speaking: "Lord Yao, how our army should act next, please also ask the general to show me." ”

Yao Wenchang heard Li Xiao's question, although his face was still calm, but there was a sneer in his heart.

This Li Xiao doesn't seem to know Lord Liu's strategy at all. The 5,000 soldiers and horses of our army are just to deal with the imperial court, and they will return unscathed. And you, Li Xiao, are afraid that you will lose all your lives in that border land.

Yao Wenchang coughed lightly twice, and he replied lightly: "Li Qianhu, don't be anxious. Now that your army has arrived here, tomorrow after dawn, you will go on the road with our army and go to the capital division. After arriving in Beijing, there was an imperial decree arrangement. ”

Li Xiao sighed, which was a response.

When the two were saying some polite words, there was a sudden noise outside.

Yao Wenchang frowned and glanced at Hong Meng, the captain of the family on the side.

Hong Meng hurriedly went out of the tent, and soon, he quickly returned to the tent, first glanced at Li Xiao, and then loudly said to Yao Wenchang: "My lord, the quarrel outside, but it is Li Qianhu's soldiers who are fighting with our army for the place to settle down, and the two sides are fighting inextricably, and it seems that they are going to fight." ”

Yao Wenchang twitched his eyebrows, stood up, and said loudly to Hong Meng: "Oh, there is such a thing? Take Ben to see it. ”

Li Xiao and Tian Wei Duan Shidi quickly looked at each other, and they also got up hurriedly and followed Yao Wenchang out.

Not far away, Yao Wenchang's face was already full of shock, and he unconsciously gasped.

He saw that Li Xiao's soldiers not far away were in an extremely neat formation, with the shield soldiers in front and the spearmen behind, forming a gun and shield battle formation in a straight line, and behind the two sides of the gun and shield battle array, there were cavalry with a wedge-shaped battle formation and Lu Mi gunners with light arquebuses, and they were already in a tight formation.

Li Xiaojun, who was silent and solemn, although the number was not large, gave people a strong sense of coercion.

Yao Wenchang is a person who is used to leading soldiers, of course he knows that in this short period of time, he can put out such a strict military formation so quickly, then, these soldiers can definitely be called a rare strong army in the Ming Dynasty!

And the 5,000 soldiers and horses in front of them, although they are also holding weapons and scolding non-stop, they are scattered and chaotic. Although the number of people is several times that of the opposite side, it does not have the terrifying deterrent momentum of Li Xiaojun at all.

An inexplicable loss came to Yao Wenchang's heart.

I can't think of it, I am so ashamed that a person who claims to be used to leading soldiers makes this hairy young man Li Xiao compare with him so obviously.

Originally, Yao Wenchang was still dissatisfied with Li Xiaoman, but the moment he saw Li Xiaojun's battle array, the original dissatisfaction was immediately replaced by sincere respect.

Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, and when he sees a military general who is stronger than himself, every general will have respect from his heart, even if he will not show it on his face.

It seems that Zheng Longfang was defeated by Li Xiao, but it is understandable.

"Stop! How can there be a reason for the Ming officials and soldiers to fight in the same room! ”

Yao Wenchang shouted loudly, making the subordinate generals in front of him stop scolding. When everyone saw that it was their own master who was coming, they turned around and knelt down.

At this time, Li Xiao had also asked Tian Wei to pass the order, so that Li Xiaojun on the opposite side could lift the hostility and return to the camp.

Yao Wenchang secretly rejoiced in his heart, if he hadn't come out in time, the 5,000 soldiers under his command would really fight with Li Xiaojun, who was in a solemn battle formation on the opposite side, and the possibility of losing the battle was quite large. If this is the case, I am afraid that I will not have the face to end up.

Yao Wenchang's round eyes flickered, and he quickly made up his mind, this Li Xiao, not only could not turn his face against him, but he had to work hard to have a good relationship with this person.

Being friends with the strong is the most correct way to deal with people.

As for the secret military order given to him by Liu Zeqing to attack and kill Li Xiao after Li Xiaojun returned to Shandong, Yao Wenchang secretly thought that unless Li Xiaojun was seriously damaged, he would never be able to do such a self-defeating thing.

Yao Wenchang caught a glimpse of his own family captain Hong Meng, and his face was also scornful at this time.

"Hong Meng, pass on my military order, but anyone who has just taken the lead in making trouble with the friendly Li Xiaobu will be beaten with ten army sticks!" Yao Wenchang shouted the order.

"Order!"

Yao Wenchang turned around and apologized to Li Xiao with a bright smile: "The soldiers under him, I don't know how to be polite, Li Qianhu don't want to be surprised." Now this matter has been revealed, everyone, and please enter the account with this official, this official will set up a roasted whole sheep banquet to entertain you, and tonight I will get drunk with Li Qianhu! ”

Li Xiao looked at Yao Wenchang with burning eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay!" Thanks to Lord Yao for such kindness, I will have a good drink with Lord Yao tonight! ”