So far, Xiao Tang has met countless people in the Water Margin and people who have left their names in history, but when he heard the name Wu Jue, he still couldn't help but be shocked.

After all, this is a great victory that led the monk Yuan, Xianren Pass, etc., so that the Jin people never dared to peep into Shu, and the outstanding military exploits they made were more qualified to be worthy of the title of "Zhongxing Four Generals" Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, together with his brother Wu Lan, are listed in the Southern Song Dynasty because of the most significant results in the anti-Jin war in Gaozong and was posthumously named one of the seven kings Wu Jinqing!

Although Wu Jue also conspired against Zhang Jun to frame Qu Duan for rebellion, resulting in the stain of the persecution and tragic death of the famous general who also had some friendship with Xiao Tang... In fact, when Qu Duan resisted the invasion, he also had a disagreement with another anti-Jin general, Li Yanxian, and refused to send rescue troops in consideration of preserving his own strength, which led to the death of the heroic martyr who led the righteous and brave occupation of Shaanzhou to resist the Jin State for two years; Even the old and small clan uncles, the famous generals of the previous generation of the seed army, also simply stood still in the Song-Xia War during the Yuanfeng period, resulting in Xu Xi, who was hostile to him and insisted on going his own way, and tens of thousands of Song army soldiers were killed by the Xia army in Yongle City......

Human nature is complex, and no one is perfect. In fact, there are many famous generals who are determined to serve the country, but they may not be saints who can be called moral models. On the contrary, many generals who sacrifice their lives to go to the national disaster at the same time, if they encounter colleagues who hate each other and have grudges with them, they do not hesitate to use some cruel and vicious means to get rid of the stumbling blocks in front of their eyes, and this behavior does not seem to be contradictory to them.

Therefore, when Xiao Tang saw this Wu Jue, who was still in the army, he was not disgusted and wary, on the contrary, Xiao Tang was very curious about this King Fu who was posthumously named Wu'an in the official history to protect the land of Shu.

At this time, Cai Ying listened to Wu Jue, a low-level military attaché, talking politely and politely, so he squinted his eyebrows and asked Wu Jue arrogantly: "You guy, but you are from a good family?" ”

Although Cai Yan put on a condescending posture, Wu Jue did not dare to slack off at all, he hurriedly replied to Cai Ying: "It is good to teach Cai Xianggong to know that although the villain joins the army, he has no talent to help the world. However, he was taught by his father, and since he was a child, he has read some scriptures and learned some etiquette and teaching. ”

Originally, the good family in the army in the Qin and Han dynasties meant that the soldiers were not the heirs of the Seven Branches (referring to the untouchables, prisoners, slaves, etc.) or doctors, witches, merchants, and hundreds of workers, and a large proportion of the soldiers in the army in the Song Dynasty were thieves who were sent to the army one after another, idle men who were hungry in various places, or displaced people who were affected by disasters. So when Cai Yan heard that Wu Jue was a good son in the army, his face softened a lot, and Cai Yan bowed his head slightly, and said: "Yes, you just have to act according to the military order, and when there is a share, the official will call you." ”

Wu Jue immediately responded when he heard this, and Xiao Tang, who was watching from the sidelines, watched his every move in his eyes, and seemed to understand a little why the Shangguan of Wu Jue's trilogy didn't seem to treat him very well.

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In the following days, Xiao Tang also had a certain understanding of the current situation in which the Song army began to attack the Xia Kingdom from Wu Jue's side. Long before Xiao Tang led the Song army from Gyeonggi and western Beijing out of Beijing, the Xia State had already begun to consolidate the fortresses it now occupied, strengthen the city walls, widen the moats, and repair various fortifications to prepare for war, and on the other hand, it sent several troops and horses to harass and invade the border counties and towns under the control of the border of Yanyan Road and Jingyuan Road, and the war had even spread to the counties and towns north of Yan'an Prefecture.

Why did the official family appoint Cai Yan as the main supervisor of the army, Xiao Tang as the deputy supervisor of the army, and several bigwig-level figures sitting in the Western Army naturally knew that since the local war had begun, and the frontline area of the Song-Xia War, Hengshan, as the birthplace of the Western Xia regime, Hengshan Qiang was also called the mountain, and its tribesmen were not only the main force of the Xia State's over-the-top and far-reaching, light-footed and good foot marching infantry army, but also entered and exited the border from time to time in the mountainous area that stretched for nearly a thousand miles. It is also impossible for the commanders of the various departments in the Western Army to stay in the jurisdiction and wait for the arrival of Xiao Tang and others, and then continue to encroach on the Xia army step by step in accordance with the strategy of shallow attack and stationing implemented by the Great Song Dynasty in the past to attack the Xia State.

Xiao Tang also understood the thoughts of the commanders such as Tong Guan and Lao Xiaozhong, anyway, the so-called supervising army was just an official family who wanted to teach Cai Ying and others a white-collar work, as if he was a general who had been the commander and supervised the army, it was okay to say, as for that Cai Ying...... What kind of inspector general's prison angel, honestly sit in the rear, don't block Lao Tzu when fighting.

But in this way, Xiao Tang, who could have had some friendship with Tong Guan and Lao Xiao, could be regarded as implicated, and was left behind behind the front by those bigwigs in the army.

It's just that when Cai Yan heard that the Xia army of the guerrilla surprise attack had invaded the Song Realm, and even the surrounding area of Yan'an Mansion was not peaceful, his face changed suddenly.

What's more, as the supervising officer of the Western Army, even if the general in the army only regarded him as an eye-catcher in the rear, Cai Yan and Xiao Tang could not distance themselves too far from the Song army fighting on the front line. The army has entered the border of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, and the prison officer is still in northern Shaanxi and is in the capital of Luzhi. There is no such cheap thing as picking up war exploits for nothing. Therefore, after only a brief rectification in Yan'an Mansion, Cai Ying, Xiao Tang and others still need to go north to Linxia City, Suide Prefecture to station, where they wait to meet with Liu Fa, the chief general of the Western Army, who is leading his troops to fight the Xia army in the Wuding River area.

Suidezhou originally belonged to the Great Song Dynasty Yongxing Military Road, and then it was broken and occupied by the Xia State, and it was recaptured by the Song army in the third year of Song Xining. As soon as Linxia City heard this name, it was also a military town built by the Song State in the tug-of-war with the Western Xia in the border court, and it has only been 20 years since it was built...... Cai Yingxin said that if something went wrong, wouldn't he be folded in the hands of those barbarians who were as ferocious as tigers and wolves?

Wu Jue saw that Cai Ying's face was different, so he immediately said: "Now that my Great Song Xiong soldiers are echoing each other in three ways, it has made it difficult for the summer thieves of the Hengshan tribes to take care of each other. In Linxia City, the urn city, the arrow tower, the crossbow platform, the moat and other defense repairs have long been complete, Rao is a summer thief who crossed the mountain road to sneak attack, the city is impregnable, how can it be easily broken? What's more, Kerong, Mizhi, Zhenbian, Qingbian and other villages also have our people and horses in the corner of the enemy, Xia thieves attack any place will be surrounded by Suidezhou several infantry and horses, will be able to keep the border court fortress not lost. ”

Although Cai Yan didn't say anything after listening to Wu Jue, he was relieved. And Xiao Tang also noticed that Wu Jue talked politely and politely, and there was always a gentle smile on his face, even Cai Ying, who was very indifferent to the army of the marching army, seemed to have a better impression of him, but the temperament exuded by Wu Jue always seemed to be a little out of place in the Western Army, which was mostly a reckless man.

It's like gathering in the mountains and forests, and the green forest strongman who is reckless and the rotten Confucian who is very angry and easy to talk about all day long is almost impossible to match. Xiao Tang could also find that Wu Jue had been consciously or unintentionally stammering Cai Ying with himself in these days, and obviously he was not the same person as his Shangguan Pei Zhong. Although he was also born with a tiger's back and a dignified body, in the eyes of some upright and reckless military men, Wu Jue seems to lack the brightness and open-mindedness of iron-blooded men, not only his behavior of welcoming the powerful may make some colleagues in the army look at it, Xiao Tang always feels that he will make people feel an inexplicable sense of oppression when he comes into contact with Wu Jue.

Rao is Wu Jue's Shangguan Pei Zhong seems to be very despised for his seemingly three-headed and two-faced behavior, and Cai Ying also seems to regard Wu Jue as a martial artist who wants to flatter himself and ascend to the position, they don't know what kind of person Wu Jue will become, what kind of big things he will do, but Xiao Tang is very clear.