Zhang Xian and Jiang Yong finished the handover of grain and grass, and settled the people and families, and followed Lu Wenhuan to a delicate courtyard, where two rows of majestic soldiers stood at the gate of the courtyard, their faces were engraved with indifference and vicissitudes, Zhang Xian knew that this was Lu Wenhuan's most elite soldier in a hundred battles, and this was the last capital for Lu Wenhuan to save his life.

Lu Wenhuan saw that Zhang Xian looked at his own soldiers very carefully, and he was also proud in his heart, these were all personal soldiers who were killed with his corpse and blood, even if the Tartar elite cavalry came, he could walk a few times under them without being defeated, Lu Wenhuan was very happy that others looked at his personal soldiers with envious eyes, and asked with a smile:

"I don't know what Officer Zhang Liangliang thinks of these sergeants?"

Zhang Xian nodded and said:

"Elite soldiers, all of them are elite soldiers of a hundred battles, if my Great Song Dynasty is such an elite soldier, it is just a gesture to destroy the Tartars! General Lu is really a strong general, and there are no weak soldiers under him! ”

When Lu Wenhuan heard what Zhang Xian said, he felt very useful in his heart, and in terms of psychological distance, he couldn't help but get closer to Zhang Xian again, and said:

"Little brother has good eyesight, these generals are pro-soldiers, and they will follow the generals to fight bloody battles with the Tartars in Sichuan, and the ordinary Tartars are really not opponents! However, if Ben will not guess wrong, the little brother's family is also a good player. It's strange to say, the little brother's family members are all well-trained and forbidden strong soldiers, but there is no strong murderous aura on their faces, I don't know why? ”

Zhang Xian smiled, according to the standards of the army in later generations, after a period of intensive training, whether it is physique or spirit, it is not comparable to ordinary soldiers in this era, but at present, this group of family members has only experienced two battles, and there are many family members who have not seen blood and killed people with their own hands, and the mountain bandits have been exterminated, to be honest, in Zhang Xian's eyes, these are not real enemies and opponents at all, such a weak enemy cannot arouse everyone's blood and the murderous aura exuded in their bones! Zhang Xian had no choice but to talk about him left and right, and said:

"General Lu didn't know that when he was studying in Jizhou, he just learned some art of war and training under the teaching of Mr., and he practiced these family members when he had nothing to do. But after all, the family of the lower officials is only a method of empty learning and practice, except for the extermination of a group of mountain bandits, but has never really gone into battle to fight with a strong enemy, so it can only resemble but not look like, compared with General Lu, these real strong soldiers in a hundred battles, the gap is like the light of the faint star and the light of the bright moon. ”

Lu Wenhuan laughed out loud after hearing this, but Lu Wenhuan is not stupid, if you want to say that Zhang Xian is an ordinary family, then he will not believe it anyway, the physique of these families is definitely the standard of a general's personal soldiers, let me ask, which family chooses all the strong men with big shoulders and round waists? However, Lu Wenhuan has been fighting on the battlefield for decades, and these words will not be spoken, saying:

"What the little brother said is very true, if these family members become the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty and fight once or twice on the battlefield, the one who can survive is definitely a top elite soldier, definitely no worse than my brother and my own soldiers! Fang Cai was about to see the little brother's family, there were some blood stains on his body, it should be the little brother said that it was left by the fight to exterminate the mountain bandits, right? ”

Jiang Yongcheng walked with him, and saw Lu Wenhuan and Zhang Xian becoming more and more affectionate, from the beginning of Zhang Liang's salary officials were called little brothers, from calling himself a general to calling himself an elder brother, to be honest, Jiang Yongcheng felt a little jealous, but no way, who called himself not a powerful family team, thinking about Zhang Xian's family team can actually exterminate the mountain bandits, it is really incredible! .

Zhang Xian looked at Jiang Yongcheng, who bowed his head and was silent, and took over the conversation and said:

"General Lu has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he naturally understands that on the way to escort grain and grass this time, Xia Guan exterminated a group of hundreds of mountain bandits by the way, so some of the sergeants are stained with blood, Xia Guan and Brother Jiang are both young people, and they have a passion for serving the country, but they are not allowed to enter the door, and I hope that the general will carry them more in the future!"

Lu Wenhuan actually didn't know that Zhang Xian was a meritorious tribute, emphasizing literature and light on martial arts, which was the national policy after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, because Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin seized power through the Chenqiao Mutiny and established the Song Dynasty, and at that time, the phenomenon of subordinates overthrowing their bosses and seizing power and claiming power as emperors was quite common during the Five Dynasties period, so Song Taizu was very uneasy about the generals, and he used a glass of wine to release the military power, and used generous treatment to remove their potential threat to the central imperial power.

Later, the civilian clique increasingly controlled the government, and the military generals were excluded everywhere, and there were few scholars or people with lofty ideals in the world who wanted to write and follow Rong. Therefore, Lu Wenhuan thought that Zhang Xian should be an ordinary scholar, and he became a food and salary official because he was a little powerful in his family, so he said freely:

"It's easy to say, brother, I'm stationed in Junzhou now, it's the time to employ people, if the two scholars are willing to serve the imperial court, I definitely recommend it to the imperial court!"

Just as Lu Wenhuan was talking, the soldiers brought wine and food, the style of the army was rough and bold, the beef and mutton were very large pieces in a large plate, and a jar of wine was placed in front of one person, and Lu Wenhuan beckoned the two to drink bitterly.

Jiang Yongcheng was once again inadvertently brought into the middle of the topic of conversation between the three of them by Zhang Xian, with a sense of gratitude, but Jiang Yongcheng did not want to join the army for the time being, his grandfather was an important minister in the court, if he joined the army easily, he would have to be killed when he went home, so Jiang Yongcheng said with embarrassment:

"The lower officials thank General Lu for their kindness, but grandpa and father are both meritorious people, and they want to continue their studies and gain fame, and this time they came to Ezhou to escort grain and grass, which is really the result of the subordinates' begging in every way, so I dare not take General Lu lightly, and I hope to forgive me!"

Lu Wenhuan chuckled in his heart, but thinking about it, these days, there are very few scholars who are really willing to join the army, and even fewer are talented.

"Little Brother Jiang, it's okay, it's okay, it's all about serving the country, and it's the same for studying! It's going to be abrupt! ”

Zhang Xian didn't expect Jiang Yongcheng to go home to study and gain fame, and said with a little embarrassment:

"General Lu is polite, abruptly, I think Brother Jiang also wants to put pen to paper, but it's just because of the elders in the family! The lower officials are willing to put pen to paper, but their qualifications are shallow, and they are not allowed to enter! Although the lower officials have mediocre qualifications, they also have a family and country in their hearts, and if they want to join the army, they will only join the army that really kills the Tartars, and those chaotic troops who will only oppress the people, the lower officials are naturally disdainful. As General Lu said, both civil and military are to serve the country! I'm waiting here to salute General Lu with a bowl! ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, as soon as he raised his head, he swallowed a bowl of wine, not at all weak as a scholar, but he looked extremely bold.

Lu Wenhuan shouted hello and said:

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect Brother Zhang to be so bold, I will understand what you mean, the reader wants to put pen to paper, abandon the text and follow the military, it has always been a rare thing, if there is no certain military rank, presumably it will not be able to ask for a talent, this time the little brother transported the military food in time is a merit, and the extermination of the mountain bandits is also a merit, this will ensure that you are from the six products of the jurisdiction, in charge of the state and county to command the army, training, teaching, and supervising the arrest of thieves, the little brother from a state and county government grain officer to the military post to the jurisdiction, in the local training of three or five thousand people, It's almost the same as the orthodoxy in the army, no one should chew their tongues, come, I'll wait to drink this bowl of wine! ”

Lu Wenhuan raised his head, entered his stomach as soon as the bowl of wine was full, and said to Jiang Yongcheng, who had just put down the wine bowl:

"Brother Jiang, listen to what you said, Ling Zun should also be a person in the court, I don't know Ling Zun's surname? If you want to study and serve the country, you will not be able to reproach, but at present, there are few literati in the DPRK and China who really do practical things, and there are many literati who are divorced from reality, and there are many literati who form parties for personal gain, find faults, and talk loudly. ”

Jiang Yongcheng saw that Lu Wenhuan rarely took the initiative to talk to him, and immediately replied:

"General Huilu, Xiaguan's grandfather Jiang Wanli, and father Jiang Xuan, they also taught Xiaguan to be upright, to be worthy of the people, and never to do evil, form a party for personal gain!"

After Jiang Yongcheng finished speaking, Lu Wenhuan and Zhang Xian were taken aback, Lu Wenhuan stood up, clasped his fists at Jiang Yongcheng, and said:

"It turned out to be a bachelor of Duanming Palace, and the grandson of Jiang Wanli, a member of the Privy Council and a guest of the prince, was disrespectful, although Jiang Wanli was in the Jia Dao curtain, but he really won a lot of assistance for my Xiangyang defenders, and he has always been the main force to resist the Yuan, and the general is admired tightly in his heart! Come, Ben will once again salute Master Jiang with a bowl of wine! ”

Jiang Yongcheng rarely smiled and said to Lu Wenhuan:

"What Grandpa did, what he asked for was peace of mind! General Lu guarded the border passes, regardless of life and death to fight against the Tartars, and the lower officials returned a bowl of wine for General Lu for his grandfather! ”

Zhang Xian watched Lu Wenhuan and Jiang Yongcheng drinking, and sighed that the world is so small, this Jiang Yongcheng should be the son of his stand-in, and it stands to reason that he is a brother and sister, Zhang Xian had no choice but to stand up with a wine bowl and said:

"The world really has its own fixed number in the dark, I didn't expect to meet my senior brother today! Senior brother I am Mr. Lingzun Jiang Xuan's student Zhang Xian, a year ago for some reason was killed by gangsters, lost his memory, originally planned to hand over the emperor's errand, after returning home to visit Mr., I didn't expect to meet the senior brother here. ”

Jiang Yongcheng was also taken aback when he heard it, and said:

"Ahh Is it really a junior brother? I've heard my father say that there is a student missing, but I never thought it was the junior brother in front of me! It's really fate.,This time I went home.,For my brother, I should tell my father the good news.。 ”

Lu Wenhuan was dumbfounded and asked:

"Since you are senior brothers, why don't you know each other?"

Zhang Xian couldn't answer this, because he didn't know it at all, except for the guise of amnesia, which was a panacea, there was no way to explain anything else. Jiang Yongcheng was excited, took Lu Wenhuan's question and said:

"It's like this, General Lu, Xiaguan's grandfather and father have been officials in the court, and the Bailuzhou Academy founded by grandpa is taken care of by my father most of the time, because Xiaguan is the eldest grandson of my son-in-law, and my grandfather has been training by himself, otherwise my father will ask, so Xiaguan has spent more time with my grandfather since he was a child, so I don't know much about my father and students!"

Lu Wenhuan nodded and said:

"I see, since you are still brothers and sisters, you should drink heartily today, come here, and send three jars of wine in! After having fun, Ben will have an extremely important matter, I would like to ask two young talents! ”