"Uncle, the front is the boundary of Dengzhou. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

A scribe in his thirties, wearing a scarf and a round-necked gown, looked like a scholar, pointed to the official road in front of him, and said aloud to a young general next to him.

"Haha, Xianting, we ran for two days, and finally arrived at Li Xiao's territory, go, go straight to Dengzhou City with this soldier, and meet Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang!"

The young general, who was wearing a green jade bundle and a golden crown, dressed in a silver-white high-ranking military attache uniform, and wearing a dark pattern woven red silk cloak, replied with a loud smile, and drove away with a loud shout.

On the official road leading to Dengzhou, a group of people and horses galloped, raising smoke and dust all the way, and headed east.

The scribe who pointed the way was the son of Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, named Fang Guangchen, who was in his Chinese New Year's Eve at the time, shrewd and strategic, and later befriended Wu Sangui and served under his account.

In real history, Fang Guangchen has always served Wu Sangui loyally, repeatedly giving advice to him, and is the top strategist under his account. Because of his wisdom and loyalty, Wu Sangui trusted him a lot and had a very good relationship with him.

After Wu Sangui's death, Fang Guangchen gathered a group of cronies and supported his grandson Wu Shifan to ascend the throne and change the Yuan to Honghua. In the twentieth year of Kangxi (1681), Wu Shifan was defeated and died, Fang Guangchen was captured, and was Ling Chi in the city.

And the young general next to him is a well-known historical figure in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui, the word Changbo, the word Yuesuo, a native of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, his ancestral home is Gaoyou (now Gaoyou, Jiangsu), the son of Wu Xiang, the former chief soldier of Liaodong, and the nephew of Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of the forward battalion. Readers are basically aware of its well-known history, so I won't go into too much detail here.

At this time, Wu Sangui was just twenty-seven years old. At the beginning of the year, under the joint recommendation of his father-in-law Gao Qiqian and the governor of Liaodong, Fang Yizao, he succeeded his father Wu Xiang and continued to serve as the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment.

Wu Sangui, who is sitting on a tall and handsome white horse with no variegated colors all over his body, is majestic, magnificent, white and handsome, with plump foreheads, distinct ears, thick black eyebrows, a pair of bright Danfeng eyes like autumn water, with his tall nose bridge and angular lips, he is really a handsome and brave young man!

The only flaw on his face was the not-so-obvious scar on his nose.

This scar was cut by a Qing soldier in his early years in order to rescue his father who was trapped in battle.

It is said that whenever Wu Sangui was in a bad mood or disagreed with his words, he would subconsciously touch this scar and "touch his nose", so later his colleagues and subordinates, as long as they saw his action, knew that the king of Pingxi was unhappy, so they immediately retired.

In this battle to aid Shandong, Wu Sangui and Zu Dabi were transferred from western Liaoning to Shandong. He, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and Zu Bi, the deputy chief soldier of the forward battalion, were all arranged to be stationed in the area of Luzhong.

After arriving in Shandong, Wu Sangui mainly proposed to lead his troops and horses to garrison Jinan and guard the provincial capital. Unexpectedly, Jinan has been regarded as a forbidden place by Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and he will not allow others to get involved. In the end, the two exchanged heated words and made a very unhappy quarrel.

In the end, under the transfer of Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, Liu Zeqing was stationed in Jinan, Zu Dabi was stationed in Yanzhou, and Wu Sangui was stationed in Jiyang County, north of Jinan, which solved the contradiction of garrisoning.

After settling the camp, because the Qing army had not yet entered Shandong, Wu Sangui and his 2,000 soldiers and horses were bored in Jiyang County.

So, he decided to go to Dengzhou before there was a big war and meet Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang Guo, who was already well-known in the world.

Coincidentally, Li Xiao is also twenty-seven years old this year, just the same as himself, but now Li Xiao is the title of Duke of the country, which is much stronger than his own son Ning Yuan's general soldier.

Wu Sangui and others rode horses all the way, and as soon as they entered Dengzhou, they felt that the land of Dengzhou was very different from other places in Shandong.

At this time, it was the end of June, on both sides of the official road, among the neatly planned fields, the sorghum poles had grown tall, looking at the past, like a turquoise ocean, swaying and swaying in the blazing summer wind, setting off bursts of green waves.

Seeing this boundless sea of sorghum, Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen were very emotional.

Along the way, they saw that in this beautiful early summer weather, on both sides of the official road from Jiyang to Dengzhou, there were large fields abandoned, and the corpses that had fallen but had not yet been buried could be seen along the road. From Luzhong to Jiaodong, all villages are sparsely populated, and the occasional people in villages and towns are all ragged and dish-colored. All the way, it was a depressed and dilapidated atmosphere.

"Uncle, I can't imagine that this Tang Guogong Li Xiao, as a military general, will govern this city of Dengzhou so vigorously, this person is really not to be underestimated." Fang Guangchen stroked his beard and admired.

A faint hint of jealousy flashed on Wu Sangui's face, and he also sighed: "There is a way that is self-explanatory, and the bottom is its own." The Dengzhou countryside under Li Xiao's rule is much stronger than the prefectures and counties in Shandong. This made the soldier want to meet him more and more. “

Fang Guangchen smiled and said: "Uncle, according to what I heard below, Tang Guogong once made a gift to the imperial court, saying that he hoped that he would lead the situation in Shandong and lead all departments to join the reinforcements to fight against the Qing captives who entered the court. Do you know how the court reacted? ”

Wu Sangui smiled lightly and said, "I also know about this matter, Li Xiao's suggestion has been politely rejected by the imperial court. Only Li Xiao was responsible for the actions and arrangements of his subordinate Tang Army, and Shandong sent reinforcements to the troops and horses, because Governor Lu had already died in battle, so the imperial court arranged Liu Yuliang, the first assistant, to be responsible for the deployment and command. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui had a contemptuous smile on his face, and replied: "Liu Yuliang is a mediocre person, he has no courage, and he has no ability to command the army. And such an incompetent person, who among the following generals can obey him? ”

Fang Guangchen smiled and said: "Uncle Chang, according to the students' knowledge, that Liu Yuliang, although he was appointed as the nominal commander-in-chief of the Shandong reinforcements, but he had only just left the Beijing Division. ”

Wu Sangui shook his head and sighed: "Alas, how can such a mediocre person be entrusted with military affairs!" The imperial court misemployed people and entrusted them to non-people, which would only make the Ming officials and soldiers more disrespectful of their desire to serve the country. ”

Fang Guangchen also sighed: "Yes, this Liu Yuliang doesn't dare to come to Shandong, the land of Shandong, but he can't be without a leader." In desperation, the imperial court could only let Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, take charge of the reinforcements and horses, which could be regarded as a rush to the hospital. It's just that Na Yan Jizu is also a civilian official who has never been on the battlefield, and he has never had the experience of leading troops to fight. ”

Wu Sangui replied with a wry smile: "Let's stop talking about state affairs." How to arrange the imperial court, I will wait for the subordinate generals, but I will obey the order, so why say more! Alas, now that the enemy is coming, my Ming officers and troops are still scattered, each with their own thoughts, this battle of Shandong is really unpredictable! This soldier does not expect to be able to make any military achievements, but only hopes to end the Shandong war as soon as possible and return to Liaodong, which is enough for his wish. ”

The two chatted and gossiped all the way, and before they knew it, they were outside Dengzhou City.

Seeing the huge city in front of them, which was tall and wide, with a circumference of twenty miles, both of them exclaimed: "What a majestic city!" ”

Subsequently, Wu Sangui and others quickly ordered people to go to the city. The group got off their horses and waited outside the city.

Not long after, a civil official came over and came to the team of Wu Sangui and others to pay homage to Wu Sangui and others.

"The student is Tang Junzan, Chen Zilong is also, and he has seen Ning Yuan's general soldiers."

"Oh, Tang Guogong can be in the city? This soldier came to Dengzhou, but it was specifically to visit Lord Li. ”

"Tang Guogong just returned to Dengzhou from Beizhili two days ago, and General Wu and you came in time and entered the city with the students."

"Okay, it looks like I'm waiting, it's just in time." Wu Sangui showed a bright smile on his face: "Then please ask Mr. to lead the way." ”

After following Chen Zilong and entering Dengzhou City, along the way, the two took a good look at this magnificent and brand-new Dengzhou City.

They saw that the entire outer city of Dengzhou was extremely large, and the preliminary estimate was that the circumference was about 20 miles, but it was enough to compete with the provincial city of Jinan.

The four city walls of Dengzhou are all extremely wide and thick, all of them are designed to be 6 meters wide with a horse face, and the city is as high as 15 meters with rammed earth as the base and blue bricks as the outer surface, which is quite strong and durable.

In addition to the north gate leading to the north water, the east, west and south gates of Dengzhou were all built outside the city gate. On the city wall, such as pheasant moats, female walls, corner towers, fort towers, sheep and horse walls, forts, perforations and other defensive measures, all built according to the system, all available, the defense capacity of the city wall is considerable.

And in the outside of the whole Dengzhou City, outside the east, south, west and three city walls, a moat was dug around the ring, because the whole Dengzhou City presents a trend of high in the south and low in the north, just using the Huangshui River in the east of Dengzhou City and the Pingchang River in the south, from which the river water is introduced, and it is filled in the moat, so that it passes around the city and flows into the sea water in the water city.

After seeing the exquisite and well-conceived design of Dengzhou City, the two were amazed.

Subsequently, when passing through the city gate and moon road, they saw that the city gate of Dengzhou was no different from the ordinary city gate on the outside, but the inside was designed to hide the way of the jack pendant.

Wu Sangui sighed secretly in his heart, this Li Xiao, in order to make this Dengzhou City impregnable, really spent money like running water.

When they entered the inner city of Dengzhou, the two saw that the structure of the inner city of Dengzhou was completely different from that of other states and counties in Daming.

In the whole city of Dengzhou, four wide and straight central avenues are planned, and these four central avenues plan the entire city into four regions: northeast, northwest, southwest and southeast.

The northeast and northwest districts were all used by the Tang Army's naval divisions, of which the northwest area was the sailor camp, and the northeast area was a very eye-catching large shipyard.

In the southwest area of Dengzhou City, all kinds of barracks such as barracks, stables, school yards, arsenals and other barracks were built, and a large number of Tang soldiers shouted and practiced in them.

As for the entire southeast area, there are weapons depots, armor depots, gunpowder depots and huge granaries, all of which are closely guarded by military soldiers. Looking at these warehouses with tall appearances and closed doors, Wu Sangui secretly said in his heart, this Li Xiao has so many material reserves, if he guards the city, I am afraid that it will be no problem to guard it for a few years.

After accompanying Wu Sangui and his entourage around the outer city of Dengzhou, Chen Zilong took them into the core area of Li Xiaojun, the inner city of Dengzhou.

It is an inner city with a circumference of 2 miles, and the walls are the same size as the outer city, and there are also various defensive measures.

Subsequently, a group of people walked into the inner city, and Wu Sangui saw that there were important government offices such as the national mansion, various government offices, and silver treasury and money warehouses with a wide base in the inner city, and there were many civil and military officials in different clothes who shuttled through the inner city to handle matters.

"Li Xiao has built such a majestic city with just one strength, and can form such a strong army like the Tang Army, compared to Wu, isn't it a slight firefly compared to Haoyue?" Wu Sangui kept sighing in his heart.

Just when he was sighing, Li Xiao had already walked out of the Guogong Mansion with several relatives and walked slowly towards them with a smile.

Seeing Li Xiaoxing, who was wearing a python robe and jade belt, approached, Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Xia Ningyuan regiment, has seen Master Li."

"Fang Guangchen, a staff member of the student Ning Yuan regiment, has met Tang Guogong."

"You don't have to be polite, please get up quickly." Li Xiao smiled and helped the two of them up.

Seeing Wu Sangui, who was handsome and brave, looking like a beautiful young man, this very famous traitor in history, standing in front of him with a respectful face, Li Xiao had an extremely strange feeling in his heart.

Regarding Wu Sangui's famous traitor history, Li Xiao was quite familiar with his inglorious history in his previous life.

It's just that Li Xiao also knows that his current self can no longer look at this famous figure in the late Ming Dynasty from a historical perspective.

After all, since they came to this world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the fate of these people has gradually changed, and they will no longer be exactly the same as the original history, but will embark on a new historical trajectory.

If now, if we insist on forcibly substituting Wu Sangui, a young man of the same age as himself and who has just become the chief soldier of Ningyuan, into real history and treat him as the king of Pingxi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who has led the Qing soldiers into the customs, it will inevitably make a ridiculous mistake in metaphysics.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao coughed lightly and said with a smile: "My father has heard people say that the eldest uncle is both wise and brave, heroic and extraordinary, and he is the most young hero." See you today, and you will not be bullied. ”

Wu Sangui saw Li Xiao praising himself like this, and his heart was filled with joy, so he arched his hand and said loudly: "In the middle of the foolish people, Tang Guogong is so falsely praised, how can he be decent." ”

Li Xiao laughed, walked over slowly, and smiled at the two: "The two of you have come to my Dengzhou thousands of miles away, and my father really welcomes you." Now that the house has prepared a thin banquet, please invite the two of you to sit with Ben Bo quickly, but today I want to have a drink with the two of you to do the best of our hospitality. ”