"General Xu Xiao, how is this person?"

Early in the morning, when eating breakfast, Li Ruyu asked an unprecedented question during the meal, which made Xiahou Chi and Hua Xiaodao, who knew Li Ruyu's temperament very surprised, and were a little uncomfortable with Li Ruyu's change in details.

After hesitating, Xiahou Chi said angrily: "It's not good." ”

Li Ruyu put down his chopsticks and was puzzled, "What do you say?" ”

It is said that as a general, it is the best choice to have the vision to see through the next battle situation and take the initiative to attack, and he should be very talented, so as not to become a talent who is not very good in Xiahou Chi's mouth.

Hua Xiaodao pulled two mouthfuls of porridge, and then said carefully: "You don't know, Xu Xiao has no ability, I heard that he was very low-key and introverted in the early years, and he studied very hard, but in recent years, he only knows how to accumulate wealth and study contacts, and his official position as a general is bought by money." ”

Li Ruyu was stunned, "This is okay?" ”

Hua Xiaodao snorted disdainfully, "You can just find a random person to ask about this matter, but no one can afford to provoke the person who sold the official to Xu Xiao, and everyone doesn't dare to say it tacitly." ”

Li Ruyu frowned, "Who sold it?" ”

Hua Xiaodao glanced at Xiahou Chi, and Xiahou Chi said angrily: "Tian Shun." ”

The forbidden army is commanded by Tian Shun!

The supreme commander of the Daliang Forbidden Army, second only to the three ministers of the Privy Council, is the person who also wants to eat his white eyes in the six Shangshu, and now he is also sitting in Yuzhou City with An Xianggong.

With such a high-ranking character, Xiahou Chi and Hua Xiaodao couldn't even see each other, of course they were helpless.

Li Ruyu was silent and thought for a long time, without squeaking.

This matter can only be ignored for the time being, if there is no conversation last night, Li Ruyu is likely to choose to let Xiahou Chi remove Xu Xiao from the position of general, if Xiahou Chi does not have this position, then go to An Xianggong himself.

But now there is another glimmer of hope for Xu Xiao.

Xu Xiao's vision is still above Xiahou Chi and Hua Xiaodao, so there is no need to think that Xu Xiao, who is buying an official, is incapable.

There is a way that heroes don't ask where they come from.

After eating breakfast, Li Ruyu, Xiahou Chi, and Hua Xiaodao inspected the military camp together, and by the way, they encouraged the morale of the army - 3,000 defeated soldiers, just one of the three generals commanded a thousand.

Li Ruyu thought about it for a while, and proposed to Xiahou Chi and Hua Xiaodao that one person should be responsible for a thousand people, and see who could cheer up his subordinates as soon as possible.

There is not much time, and troops will be sent the day after tomorrow at the latest.

The two had no objections.

Of course, Li Ruyu chose the 1,000 people led by Xu Xiao and walked the same way last night, and the military camp led by the other two generals was still relatively quiet.

A defeated soldier is also a mourning soldier.

However, this is not the worst-case scenario, after all, these defeated soldiers are still under control, and they have not completely lost their principle of being soldiers, let alone deserters.

However, when he walked to Xu Xiao's department, Li Ruyu was a little surprised.

It was quiet.

It was excessively quiet, and there was no sound at all.

Li Ruyu walked in, looked at the empty barracks, and his heart sank.

What is the situation?

Could it be that Xu Xiao dragged these thousand people to defect to Li Pingyang, why didn't there be a single figure in the barracks......

I was surprised, but I suddenly heard the sound of vigorous footsteps outside the barracks, and before I could react, I saw several columns of soldiers dressed in neat clothes and armor with swords and shields running in columns.

Immediately, a thousand soldiers who were full of energy and exuded a strong fighting spirit gathered in the school field.

Refreshed.

Not to mention the defeated soldiers, that is, these thousand people are the elite of the elite of the Great Liang Forbidden Army, Li Ruyu believes it.

What is the situation?

Li Ruyu looked at the young man who walked in at the end, "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Xiao had a saber at his waist and looked indifferent: "As you can see, I don't have the right to let the three thousand defeated soldiers be reborn, but I can let the thousand sons and daughters under my command rebuild hope." ”

Li Ruyu grinned, his face turned cold, and he snorted coldly, "Is it also bought with money?" ”

Xu Xiao was stunned and immediately smiled.

Full of self-deprecating laughter, "I never hide this, my subordinate was originally bought, do you want to hear how I bought it?" ”

Li Ruyu's gaze fell on the thousand soldiers.

Everyone is like a javelin.

In them, there is no trace of the decadence of the defeated Changzhou, nor the dirtiness of the rout, and the robes and armor are as clean as new, if you look closely, you will find that most of the people's clothes are even wet.

Obviously, these clothes were washed last night, and they were worn on their bodies before they dried today.

In this group of people, Li Ruyu saw the high fighting spirit and the courage of shame.

So he whispered, if you want, talk about it.

Xu Xiao pressed the knife, his eyes were low, and he rarely revealed complex emotions, and talked about the incident.

The Tiance army was first ordered to march westward, and did not fight with the western army when it was on the west road in Guangnan, Zhao Changyi ran to Shuzhong to split the land as the king, Xu Xiao, as an ordinary soldier of the Tiance army, had no chance to make meritorious contributions at all.

Subsequently, the Privy Councillor An Meiqin and the Forbidden Army both commanded Tian Shun to lead part of the Tiance Army into the Yuzhou Defense Area, and Lu Xiangsheng, the Privy Councillor who signed the letter, went to Guangnan West Road to lead the army to garrison.

Xu Xiao's unit was also transferred to the Yuzhou Defense Zone.

Xu Xiao knew that the war was inevitable, and he wanted to make contributions and become a hero like Yue Pingchuan, but he didn't have a chance, as an ordinary soldier, it was difficult for him to get ahead and be favored by high-level officials.

There is only one way.

Before he arrived at Changzhou City to garrison, Xu Xiao observed day and night, and probably figured out the commander of the forbidden army to make Tian Shun a fixed daily itinerary in Yuzhou.

On a rainy winter evening, the commander of the forbidden army was about to go out to the most famous restaurant in Yuzhou City to attend a banquet of local celebrities, and in the garden of the front hall, he saw Xu Xiao in military uniform.

Beside Xu Xiao, there were two wooden boxes, and the boxes were not gold and jade, but ordinary silver ingots.

It's heavy.

Xu Xiao held a house deed and a few meetings in his hand.

This is all the family property he has accumulated by various means over the years, not much, 800 taels of silver ingots, a deed of Shaoxing Mansion, and a 300 taels of huizi.

In total, it is no more than 10,000 taels at most.

It is said that these Qian Tianshun are not eye-catching.

But Xu Xiao said: "You give me an official position, and I will give you a hundred times the reward in the future." ”

Tian Shun smiled, "Why should I believe you?" ”

Xu Xiao did not hesitate to kneel, kneeling in the mud, "I swear by my Xu Xiao's personality." ”

Tian Shun looked at this young man kneeling in the mud with his waist still straight, and he didn't know why, but he always felt that this tall figure was a little familiar, very similar to a person he had seen back then.

But he is the commander of the forbidden army, and he is the most powerful person in the world except for a few ministers and empresses, how can he be easily moved by a wealth of less than 10,000 taels and a vague oath.

Shaking his head, "I can't see it." ”

After speaking, Tian Shun went out and ignored Xu Xiao, who was kneeling in the mud.

However, no one drove Xu Xiao away.

Xu Xiao knelt in the rain for three hours, until the end of the hour, when Tian Shun returned drunk, Xu Xiao was already soaked, hungry and cold, kneeling there, and never moved.

Seeing Tian Shun returning, Xu Xiao said again, "I, Xu Xiao, have only one life." ”

Tian Shun got off the sedan chair, came to Xu Xiao drunk, raised his leg without warning, kicked Xu Xiao into the muddy water, and then stepped on Xu Xiao's face, and said coldly: "Your life is very valuable?" Joke! I have hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, can't I take Shuzhong without you Xu Xiao? ”

Xu Xiao didn't speak.

Tian Shun snorted with satisfaction, "I don't want your life, I want Zhao Changyi's life, can you do it?" ”

Xu Xiao spat out a mouthful of muddy water, "Give me a general!" ”

Tian Shun shook his head, "It's going to be impossible." ”

Removed his foot and let Xu Xiao stand up, Tian Shun looked at the rain curtain in the night, "I accepted the money, you go to Changzhou City, serve as a general under Xiahou Chi, and lead a thousand soldiers." ”

Xu Xiao can only accept it, in fact, this is his desired purpose.

Tian Shun continued: "This is a deal between the two of us, a deal between a commander of the forbidden army and an ordinary soldier, I hope that after Shuzhong is pacified, I can get a hundredfold return as you said, I hope that you can come to see me with Zhao Changyi's head, understand?" ”

Xu Xiao didn't speak, turned around and went out, "Just wait." ”

When he went out, Xu Xiao shed a tear.

He will always remember the shame when Tian Shun stepped on his face......

After telling this story, Xu Xiao laughed a little self-deprecatingly, "I am not you, there is a teacher of poetry and sword immortals, and there is a fiancée of Chen Jun Xie, and she is favored by the empress, and you will have a great future waiting for you as soon as you arrive in Lin'an." ”

"I'm just a normal person."

"But what I Xu Xiao wants to do, I will definitely not lose to you Li Ruyu!"

After Li Ruyu listened, he was silent for a long time before he said softly: "I will also kill Zhao Changyi, his head, I will not give it to you." ”

Xu Xiao sighed, "Really? ”

Li Ruyu turned around and walked to the outside of the barracks: "Tomorrow, the army will depart." ”

Xu Xiao is the dragon among people.

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In Yuzhou City, in the official office of the cardinal minister converted into the yamen of the Yuzhou Prefecture, Da Liang with a thin face and deep eyes, wearing a Confucian scarf, stood in front of the huge sand table, silently watching the situation above.

The forbidden army commanded Tian Shun to stand aside.

In the back position, there are many young scholars who are either from the imperial examination or from families, these are staff officers, or military aircraft.

An Meiqin is very thin.

But everyone knows that this An Xianggong is thin and thin, and his personal strength is not low, not only is he a good hand at killing people with a sword, but he is unparalleled in the world when he carries a gun.

An Meiqin's gaze fell on Longshui Town.

Tian Shun coughed on the side and said, "An Xianggong, all the 8,000 troops of Bishan rushed to Longshui Town, and let that Li Ruyu lead the army, which seems a bit inappropriate." ”

An Meiqin nodded, "Are you worried that Qin Yujing will lead follow-up reinforcements and won't be able to stop Meng Heng's army heading south from Hezhou?" ”

Tian Shun nodded, "No, once Qin Yujing is defeated by Meng Hui, Yuzhou City will have to face the soldiers, although we have a military advantage, but in case Li Pingyang kills him, plus Li Su of Yongchuan...... The city of Yuzhou will not be in danger, but in this way, the morale of the forbidden army on the entire defense line will suffer a fatal blow. ”

An Meiqin snorted, "I'm not worried about Qin Yujing, after all, the additional reinforcements for him are 30,000, and I don't worry about Li Su, the Piercing Cloud Army of the Junzi Banner nailed him to Yongchuan City, and the new 20,000 troops are also heading to Jiangjin in the south of Yongchuan." I think that after Li Ruyu waits for 8,000 reinforcements, it will be difficult to resist Li Pingyang and defend Longshui Town, this female general should not be underestimated, besides, I am also worried that Li Ruyu will not be able to let Zhao Kuo's kid obey the public. ”

Zhao Kuo is the general who led the army to reinforce Longshui Town.

It's not a small source.

Tian Shun nodded, "Indeed, Li Pingyang has the style of pear blossoms in Northern Barbarians. ”

keenly avoided the topic of Zhao Kuo.

When it comes to An Lihua, An Meiqin's expression is a little complicated, after all, they are all members of the An family, but one of the ancestors of the An family was an official in Kaifeng, and the other was a wang clan in the territory of the Northern Barbarians.

Counting up, An Meiqin and An Lihua are still cousins.

An Meiqin suddenly remembered a question: "I remember that An Lihua and Zhao Sa once appeared in Lanshan, and then Zhao Sa disappeared, and An Lihua seems to have gone down to the south of the Yangtze River?" ”

Tian Shun smiled bitterly, "This is the matter of the Fusi of the North and South Towns, Zhao Xin and Zhao Jin only know, but I have vaguely heard about it, it seems that An Lihua did not go to Jiangnan." ”

"And where did she go?"

"Then the hell knows."

An Meiqin smiled, "Yes, there are some things that the ghost knows." ”

Tian Shun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "An Xianggong, Ming people don't say dark words, you are talking about Xu Xiao." ”

An Meiqin hesitated, "After all, this matter is rumored to spread the morale of the army, besides, Tian Du is the commander, don't you worry that Your Majesty will know about this matter." ”

Tian Shun laughed, "If I really have a heart, how can this matter be known to outsiders, An Xianggong can rest assured, the money Xu Xiao used to buy officials, I would have already sent it as a military salary, if An Xianggong doesn't believe it, you can check the account book, in addition, I also wrote an excerpt on this matter and sent it to Lin'an to inform Your Majesty." ”

An Meiqin was puzzled, "Then why do you want to give Xu Xiao a general." ”

Tian Shun was silent for a long time before he said softly: "Xu Xiao can endure unbearable humiliation, and has ambitions, I always feel that this person is unusual, when he kneels in the mud, An Xianggong, you probably don't know, I didn't feel that he was kneeling at the time, but there was a sense that he was high up and looking down at me." ”

After a pause, "It's a lot like a person." ”

An Meiqin was surprised, "Like whom?" ”

Tian Shun's gaze looked at the north, then retracted his gaze, and said: "Li Ruyu seems to have sent the princess Su Su to Yuzhou City, and An Xianggong should not have neglected her." ”

An Meiqin understood, "Yue Pingchuan?!" ”

Tian Shun nodded, "So, I gambled once with an official position as a general." ”

If you win, Daliang will have one more Yue Pingchuan, which is a blessing for the world in the upcoming war.

lost, the empress herself was informed that Xu Xiao's money for buying officials was used as military salary, and it did not affect him in his career, and what Da Liang lost was just an official position of a general.

And he will only be infamous as a corrupt official.

But a corrupt official is infamous, if he can exchange for Da Liang and another Yue Pingchuan, why not?!

Ahn Meiqin laughed.

In fact, he has always looked down on Tian Shun before, and always felt that he relied on his relationship to reach the position of commander of the forbidden army, but now it seems that he is short-sighted.

Raising a green seedling with a bad name, this kind of integrity is not inferior to my generation of readers.

Tian Shun deserves the praise of the humerus of the family and country!