Chapter 16: Tangled
(At this moment, my mood is like the name of this chapter, tangled!) I have a thankless feeling of doing my best, and I don't dare to ask the brothers for red tickets, as long as the brothers don't care about me, I'm content! )
"Li Lingfeng!" After returning to the village, Xiao Tianjian stood in the Juyi Hall where the banquet had been withdrawn, and shouted to Li Lingfeng who was standing below.
"The little ones are here!" Li Lingfeng originally wanted to kneel down and answer, but when he thought that Xingtianjun didn't seem to advocate this rule, he quickly straightened his waist and responded loudly.
"You did a good job today, take credit once, and be promoted! Fifty taels of silver! Another pair of iron armor, are you satisfied? Xiao Tianjian said to him.
Li Lingfeng hurriedly clenched his fists and replied, "Thank you for the great reward!" How dare there be dissatisfaction! ”
Xiao Tianjian smiled at this time, nodded and said: "I have long known that you have good kung fu, and you can read and write, you can be regarded as a person who can write and martial arts, the reason why you are trained in the new barracks is to sharpen your temperament, and it is not deliberately suppressed by you, I hope you can understand!"
There are rules for rewarding and punishing crimes in the Heavenly Army, and it is very unfair to others to be promoted to you without merit! It's not just against you, it's the same for everyone, and that's the only way to convince the public!
You've earned it for yourself today! So don't thank me for anything, do it well, with your ability, the team will not be difficult to get! It's up to you! ”
Li Lingfeng was quite emotional in his heart, to be honest, he was not happy during this time, he thought that his kung fu was good, with his ability, change places, at least he could be a leader, but Xiao Tianjian still let him polish in the new barracks, the last time he questioned Xiao Tianjian's method of training, but after passing the martial arts exercise, he was defeated, so he had to admit defeat and honestly go back to the new barracks to start from scratch.
This time, the personnel selected from the recruit battalion were added to the soldiers, Li Lingfeng was the first to be selected, and he was directly selected to Shi Ran's scout team, that is, the day before yesterday, he had just been promoted to captain, and there was still some imbalance in his heart.
Today he was also outside to watch Luo Li's competition with the mountain tiger, he has been observing the fight between the two, from the beginning it was clear that the mountain tiger is probably not Luo Li's opponent, when the mountain tiger fell to the ground, he noticed the expression of the mountain tiger, so he was wary of him, really let him guess well, this mountain tiger was annoyed and angry, he actually brazenly pulled out a knife, wanted to sneak attack and kill Luo Li, so he shot at the most critical time, knocked over the mountain tiger with a stick, and saved Luo Li's life.
And after listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, he has nothing to say, Xingtianjun is indeed very fair, even if it can't be absolutely fair, but it is much better than anywhere he knows, even his identity as the leader of Xingtianjun's dignified plate, every day he and his subordinates line up to eat, never do anything special for personal reasons, with other officers, it's the same, the big guy eats whatever he has, as long as he can give it to the people below, Xiao Tianjian never spares it, so the food level here, So far, everyone is satisfied.
Another obvious example is that among the old brothers who followed Xiao Tianjian at the beginning, some people became sentry generals, and some people became team generals, but there were also people who served as soldiers at the bottom, but all those who were promoted were gradually promoted because of their merits, and they didn't talk about nepotism at all, which he believed could not be done in many places!
And there is another article in the Xingtian Army, that is, the relationship between officers and soldiers, although Xiao Tianjian is extremely strict, but he can achieve clear rewards and punishments, and Xiao Tianjian is also very strict with the officers, and no one is allowed to abuse his subordinates for personal reasons without authorization, and the officers and subordinates are required to be strict and careless, which makes him feel very comfortable staying here, so he has nothing to complain about.
And Xiao Tianjian is right, since he is a capable person, why can't he jump up? Today is a good example, as long as he is willing to do it, are you afraid that he will always be a big soldier below?
"Thank you, General, little understand! The small ones will never live up to the general's expectations! Li Lingfeng replied loudly.
After a while, Luo Li followed Li Lingfeng out of the Juyi Hall, grinning and pulling Li Lingfeng's arm, laughing: "Happy!" What a joy today! That subordinate surnamed Gao actually looked down on us, and this time it was a sign that they knew how powerful we were! Brother Li, I Luo Li owes you a life today, if I have the opportunity in the future, I Luo Li will definitely repay you this favor! Don't say anything else, this time I Luo Li got the two hundred taels of silver from the king of Gao Chuang, the two hundred taels of silver from the big boss, I don't want it, the big boss rewarded me with a few jars of good wine, don't say anything else, I'll treat you tonight, let's have a good drink......"
Xingtianjun is very strict, as long as it is okay in normal times, Xiao Tianjian rarely allows the soldiers and generals to drink in private, but today is different, although he and Gao Yingxiang have a very unpleasant quarrel today, but because of the performance of Luo Li and Li Lingfeng, they have greatly earned face for their Xingtianjun, so that Xingtianjun is very face-saving, so he simply rewarded Luo Li with a few jars of wine and asked him to find someone to drink in private, as long as he didn't make trouble because of drinking, it was nothing.
And at this moment when the Xingtian Army was happy, in Gao Yingxiang's camp outside the village, it was a different scene, in Gao Yingxiang's big tent, the mountain tiger was lying on the ground, his buttocks and thighs were beaten by military sticks to the flesh and blood, and he was almost not interrupted.
And Gao Yingxiang's face was pale, sitting on the big chair in the middle, coldly looking at the mountain tiger lying not far in front of him, and seeing that the mountain tiger had eased up at this time, he snorted coldly and said angrily: "Mountain tiger!" I'll ask you. Have you ever known this Xiao Tianjian before? ”
The mountain tiger lay on the ground and shook his head and said, "Back to the words of King Chuang!" I don't know! I've never seen him before! ”
"Bastard! Since you don't know that Xiao Tianjian, and you know that Xiao Tianjian generously gave us so many materials, this is a charcoal in the snow, do you know? And why don't you know how many times you refute his face, and you are against him? As far as I know you, you weren't that kind of person before, so what is it for this time? You bring me the truth! Gao Yingxiang slapped the armrest of the chair angrily, and asked angrily to the mountain tiger.
The mountain tiger lay on the ground and grinned, his face was about to be out of shape, his hands pressed on the ground, he propped up his upper body slightly, gritted his teeth and looked at Gao Yingxiang and said to him: "King Chuang!" Although his subordinates didn't know that Xiao Tianjian, his subordinates had a big enmity with him! King Chuang didn't know anything, when you were a little one who followed King Chuang, there was a cousin who also followed you to do things! And when King Chuang led us through here the year before last to go to Shanxi, my cousin stayed here because he was sick!
In the past two years, there has been no news between me and that cousin, and this time when I came back here, as soon as I entered the boundary of Fengxiang Mansion, my subordinates sent people around to inquire about his news, but it wasn't until yesterday that my subordinates learned from the mouth that my cousin was actually killed! And the person who killed him was this surnamed Xiao!
You must know that my Zhang Dapan died of his father and mother since he was a child, and then he was able to survive and grow so big, all because of my aunt's stay, so I lived, and then after the drought, my aunt and my uncle-in-law starved to death, leaving only me and my cousin, although my cousin is not a complete weapon, some idle, but also my aunt's only seedling!
I heard that my cousin stayed here, and after he got well, he also pulled up a pole, but I didn't think that for some reason I offended the one surnamed Xiao, and was knocked on the door by the surname Xiao, killed my cousin, copied his old nest and swallowed his men, and cut off his head and hung it above the mountain gate to show the public! With such a big revenge, how can his subordinates not take revenge? So when I saw the surnamed Xiao today, my subordinates were angry, but when he showed favor to King Chuang, his subordinates still suppressed their anger, and they didn't immediately turn their faces at him and seek revenge on him!
But that guy didn't give the king face at all, and let his subordinates be like this...... Today, it is the incompetence of his subordinates, who has disgraced King Chuang, please punish King Chuang! There are no complaints from subordinates! ”
After Gao Yingxiang listened, his body slowly leaned back on the back of the chair behind him, frowning, he only now understood why the Mountain Tiger was so unkind to Xiao Tianjian, and he had to go against Xiao Tianjian everywhere! It turns out that there is such an enmity between them.
But he is also an understanding person, after all, he also started from a young age, like between poles, this kind of mutual annexation can be said to be a very common thing, so Xiao Tianjian can rise rapidly in the area of Huangyang in a short period of time, it is impossible to say that he did not annex a few peers, but how did he kill Zhang Dapan's cousin? That's a real coincidence!
If you want to say that the mountain tiger can't be wrong, no one can be happy if their relatives are killed, he is against Xiao Tianjian so everywhere today, it seems that there is indeed a reason.
Today, he can be said to be very embarrassed because of this incident, because the trouble of the mountain tiger not only failed to deter the Xingtian Army, but made the morale of the Xingtian Army soar, and he was not prepared to just forget about this matter.
And at the moment, he still hopes to pull the Xingtian Army under his command, after all, he has just lost a lot of elite soldiers in the carriage gorge, although the current strength has recovered some, but many of them are just wandered in, and there is no combat effectiveness at all, and the generals of the Xingtian Army have obviously experienced several battle formations, and the training seems to be quite sufficient, compared to the thousands of soldiers under his command, it seems that it is not bad, if the Xingtian Army can be recruited under his command, Then his strength will immediately increase a lot, but after today's trouble, I am afraid that the person surnamed Xiao will not agree to follow him to do things.
After thinking of this, Gao Yingxiang had a headache, and had the intention to kill this mountain tiger, and used his head to show favor to Xiao Tianjian to make up for the rift between them, but after thinking about it, it didn't work, this mountain tiger has followed him for so many years, it can be said that he is loyal, and he has fought with officers and soldiers all times, he has charged forward, quite brave, and his body has been injured for countless times, for such a loyal subordinate, how can he not kill him to show favor to an outsider, if he does that, it will definitely make his subordinates cold, In the future, if you want your subordinates to give him their lives, I'm afraid it will be difficult.
So why don't you turn your face with Xiao Tianjian, take advantage of Xiao Tianjian's coming to the camp for a banquet tomorrow, take the opportunity to kill Xiao Tianjian, and then forcibly coerce his soldiers into the gang? Gao Yingxiang suddenly thought.
But then he immediately dispelled this idea, not that he didn't dare to do this, but he couldn't do it, thinking that he Gao Yingxiang from the beginning of the incident to the present, in all walks of life in the accumulation of such a reputation, is it not because he has chivalrous benevolence and righteousness to gain such a reputation, this time Xiao Tianjian is clearly taking the initiative to show favor to him, giving him materials and soldiers, not only is he not grateful, but he took the opportunity to ambush and kill him, once the news spreads, then he Gao Yingxiang has accumulated this fame in his life, It's a complete finish! Can you expect someone to come to him in the future? It is estimated that as long as anyone with some ability hears his name, they will quickly take a detour and leave, so no matter how Xiao Tianjian refutes his face this time, he can't turn his face and kill him!
Left and right, it really gave Gao Yingxiang a headache! After thinking about it for a while, he finally made up his mind.
"I see! But today's matter is still yours, your grievances are your business, not to mention that Xiao Tianjian killed your cousin, there may be other reasons! And you have no regard for the overall situation, and you have made such a fuss that we are disgraced! You must know that Xiao Tianjian took the initiative to promise to send us a large number of supplies this time, as my subordinate, you treat him like this, it will definitely make him and his subordinates unhappy!
You must know that we need more people like them to augment our strength and work with the government! is so troublesome, but it seems that my subordinates are not strict, and my subordinates are arrogant and rude! It is also because of this reason that I beat you today, do you have any complaints? Gao Yingxiang took a deep breath, looked down at the mountain tiger lying on the ground and said to him, but his tone softened a lot.
The mountain tiger is actually not a stupid person, today's incident is only because he suddenly heard such news, and was blinded by hatred, so that he did such a thing that made Gao Yingxiang unable to come to the stage, and he was lying on the ground and had been carefully observing Gao Yingxiang's expression, seeing Gao Yingxiang's eyes flickering just now, and his hand involuntarily clenched into a fist, he guessed that Gao Yingxiang had murderous intentions towards him just now, thinking carefully about Gao Yingxiang's situation now, Gao Yingxiang has actually shown that he wants to encircle this Xiao Tianjian today. And he ruined his big thing, thinking about his own since the death of his second team leader, there is no one to take care of him, although in the past two years because of his bravery, he has won the trust of Gao Yingxiang, but after the battle of his subordinates in the carriage gorge, there are less than two hundred people left, two hundred and two thousand compared to him, of course he knows which is more important.
Gao Yingxiang killed him and used his head to show favor to the surnamed Xiao, in exchange for the surname Xiao to follow him, it is not impossible, so thinking of this, the mountain tiger suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, knowing that today's incident is a big deal, if Gao Yingxiang doesn't remember his old relationship with him over the years, then he will be considered to have lived to the end.
After thinking about this, the mountain tiger didn't dare to go down anymore, and quickly gritted his teeth and kowtowed to Gao Yingxiang on the ground: "King Chuang beat me, my subordinates have nothing to say, today's things are indeed too much for subordinates!" I also hope that Wang Nian will follow you in the face of your birth and death in the saddle of the saddle and the horse under his subordinates over the years, and spare the small this time! In the future, the little ones will never dare again! ”
Gao Yingxiang saw that Zhang Dapan had admitted his mistake, so he waved his hand and said, "Since you know your mistake, it's good!" ……”