From Yuechi County to Nanchong County, there is a small village. In a small courtyard in the village, Li Cunliang, who was wearing a green silk mesh scarf and a gold belt around his waist, was standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back and staring at the sky in a daze under the gaze of his servants.

After serving as the deputy commander of the National Defense Army for two months, Li Cunliang commanded the army independently for the first time. As soon as He Zengzhi left, he immediately felt unprecedented pressure.

The enemy Li Cunliang faced was not a prisoner who was locked up in an edict prison awaiting trial, but a vicious local tyrant; The area searched is not a street or a few squares, but the Jincheng Mountains, which stretch for 300 miles from the Jialing River to Qu County. The only troops that he could use were the twelve and thirteenth battalions. How to discover the enemy's situation, how to deploy the army, how to organize the attack, how to provide support, everything is knowledge. The clever Li Cunliang immediately understood that the gap between talking about troops on paper and actually using troops is more than 108,000 miles!

Li Cunliang can be in a daze, but his dog-legged Li Er doesn't dare. Li Er's public identity outside is Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi, but in front of Li Cunliang, he is the second generation of family slaves.

Why did the young master become like this after receiving the letter from the prince? Li Er looked at the young master in a daze, so he had to respond to all changes with no change, and carefully waited for the young master to speak.

"Two dogs!" Li Cunliang bent his index finger and hooked Li Er to his side.

"What are the meanings of the son's letter?" Li Cunliang asked.

Li Er hurriedly spread out the letter in his hand, carefully tapped it twice, and then reported:

"The prince said three points in the letter.

The first point is that no matter how powerful the army is, it is not as powerful as the eyes of the common people, and the suppression of bandits must rely on the people, so that the local tyrants will fall into the vast sea of the common people;

The second point is that Wang Guangxing is Wang Guangen's younger brother. Wang Guangen had surrendered to the imperial court, so Wang Guangxing was only allowed to be captured alive and not harmed. Once captured, they are not allowed to be interrogated on the spot, and they must be rushed to Boryeong Province and sent to the Military Intelligence Bureau;

As for the third point......"

Li Er stared at his master's face and felt that the risk was not great, so he said, "The prince scolded you and Head He." It is said that you are blind, you can't distinguish the key points, and your eyes can't always jump out of the small circle of one thing at a time, one city, one place, one regiment and one battalion. The source of the thousands of soldiers in the Invalides Hospital is at best a meatless bone, and you can't see the real feast.

Young master, the little one feels that although the status of this son is precious, he can't speak without weight! Anyway, you are also a genuine national uncle! He scolded you for falling in love with bones, not for scolding you for being like a little......"

"Good scolding!"

Li Cunliang ignored Li Er's sowing discord, but rubbed his hands with great interest, a smile on his face.

"Scold refreshed!"

However, the smile on Li Cunliang's face had not faded, and he turned his face to the dog leg in a blink of an eye:

"Ergou, you have followed Young Master Ben for more than ten years, and you haven't grown at all! Young Master Ben asked you a few meanings, and you answered three points, which is called the cow's head is not the donkey's mouth! What are the meanings of several layers, do you understand? ”

"I don't understand." Li Er shook his head with a shy face.

"The first layer is that Zhu Pingjin wants to build the army among the people. The army is the people, the people are the army, the army and the people are one, and the flesh and blood are connected. The so-called 'suppression of bandits must rely on the people' is just a euphemism for the integration of the military and the people! ”

"The little ones still don't understand. What's wrong with this integration of the military and the people? ”

"Fool!" Li Cunliang scolded, "The integration of the military and the civilian population is amazing. Think about it with that lump of elm on your shoulder! The army can kill them all, but can the people kill them all? If the people can't be killed, then the army will be reborn! Can such an army be defeated? Why do thieves keep fighting? How many ministers of the DPRK and China can't see clearly? Just because the thieves are the people, the people are the thieves, and they are the army and the people! ”

"yes!" Li Er thought about it, nodded hurriedly, and hurriedly shook his head: "Master, the thieves are not a combination of military and civilian!" A thief is a thief of the people! ”

Li Cunliang ignored Li Er's reminder and continued to expound with great interest his deep understanding of the letter from the prince.

On the second floor, Zhu Pingjin fixed his eyes on Yunyang! Wang Guangen is known as the King of Xiao Qin, and his ability to fight is not under the sacrifice. He surrendered to the imperial court, and Gao Doushu, the Huguang envoy who garrisoned Yunyang, and Xu Qiyuan, the prefect of Yunyang, were both capable ministers. will be harmonious, then Yunyang will be an iron golden city......"

"Young master, Yunyang Mansion has been in chaos for ten years, and it was robbed by Zuo Liangyu last year. I heard Brother Weili say that in addition to 4,000 soldiers, there are only 4,000 people left in Yunyang (Note 1)! Why is the son of the world still staring at that broken place? There is also Yunxi County, I heard that it was broken by Zhang Xianzhong, and the eldest daughter-in-law of the left army ......"

"You just think about the eldest daughter-in-law and the little girl all day long!" Li Cunliang's two knuckles struck Li Er's forehead crisply, "Thieves, Zuo Jun, what if they robbed Yunyang, they can still snatch a piece of land?" Take away half an inch of land? With the fields, there are men, soldiers and food! Zhu Pingjin is eyeing that Yunyang, and sooner or later the two state capitals of Hanzhong and Xing'an are Zhu Pingjin's! ”

Li Er's hand covered the sore spot, his eyes glanced at the master and asked, "Young master, why did you go to Shaanxi again?" ”

"If you don't learn and don't know how to do it all day, it's no different from two fools!" Li Cunliang was too lazy to bother with Li Er. He let out a long sigh and found himself a horse shelf (Note 2) and lay down half-lying.

Seeing that Li Cunliang was really angry, Li Er hurriedly came over to redeem it.

"Young master, my second dog is your follower, or is it thanks to you that I put on this official skin ,......"

"It's not my blessing! It's my father's blessing! My father exchanged his life for two skins from you and me! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! It's a blessing to the master! Li Er leaned his face closer and smiled.

"Think about it," facing Li Er's flattering smiling face, Li Cunliang lowered his voice and said his thoughts, "Yunyang is the east gate of Hanzhong and Xing'an, and if you occupy Yunyang, the thieves will not be able to go west; The prince blocked several passes in the Qinling Mountains again, and the Hanzhong Basin was Zhu Pingjian's meal in the morning and evening! Occupying Yunyang, it can also threaten Shangnan, Xichuan (XI) and Neixiang to the north, and can cut off the mouth of the West Gorge at any time and block the passage of Qin thieves in and out of their lair; To the east, it threatens Nanyang and Xiangyang, and can enter and exit the hinterland of the Central Plains at any time......"

Li Er's breathing was a little short.

"Young master, you mean the prince ......"

"Lao Tzu didn't say anything! Only you, the second fool, would say! Li Cunliang glared at the tip of his nose and scolded Li Er's approaching face.

"Yes, yes! Young master, the little one doesn't say anything! ”

"Zhu Pingjin's second meaning is to use Wang Guangxing to fish out his brother Wang Guangen! As soon as Wang Guangen takes the bait, then Yunyang is at your fingertips! Then, Xing'an, Hanzhong, and Jingzhou, the trend of the Three Kingdoms has become a success. The emperor, and the group of officials who are the number one in the world in moral articles, well! When they quarreled clearly, they found that the whip was beyond reach, and it was too late! ”

"Then we ......"

"That's why Young Master Ben laughs!" Li Cunliang laughed, "Zhu Pingjian's third meaning is not to scold us, but to invite us to do it with him!" What is the antonym for rat eye? It's about looking at the world! ”

"Seeking ......" Li Er stopped his mouth in time.

Li Cunliang leaned back in his chair and tilted his head to the sky.

The sky was gloomy, as if everyone in the world owed God the money and did not pay it back.

Li Cunliang suddenly gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice: "What is the rebellion? He Chongzhen is ruthless and unrighteous, forcing my father to death, this blood debt will be counted sooner or later! He thought that the death of a prince would be enough for two? No way! ”

"What about the old lady? The old lady is still in Beijing, and she must be talking every day that the young master will return to Beijing early, marry the girl from the Chengguo family, hug the grandson as soon as possible, and continue our Wuqinghou lineage ......"

"What is in the family of Chengguo! What Wu Qinghou's family! Li Cunliang scolded sharply, "The girl in Chengguo's family, I heard that Zhu Chunchen was drunk and advocated by You, and then her mother died, and she was about to live on the street, hindering the face of the mansion, so she was accepted into the mansion!" The Chengguo Mansion has never treated her as a young lady, she is all called as a slave! Cheng Guogong's family used such characters to marry me, which was to treat us as a shambled and humiliated! The Wuqing Hou family is even more hateful to do my......"

Li Er knew that his mouth was fast, and he uncovered the young master's scars.

Li Cunliang, as the head of the house, is in the same vein as the concubine who inherited the title. In the past two years, the old lady has been anxious about Li Cunliang's marriage, but the bride price is a big problem. The family's income is only Li Cunliang's little money and the rent of dozens of acres of farmland on the outskirts of the city. Li Cunliang also has the problem of a rich brother's extravagance, and when he received the money, he invited the brothers in Weili to set up a flower building, visit the kiln, eat and drink in the mountains, and buy some useless objects. It's long before the family can be done,

The old lady was reluctant to sell the Zhuang Tian left by her deceased husband, so she went to the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion to fight the autumn breeze, but she didn't borrow a penny of silver, and she fell into a sneer.

Li Er muttered that he didn't know how to persuade him, so he had to move out of the ancestor's will: "Young master, you understand what you said!" But this family affair was decided by the old man in advance, and the old lady ......"

"What's the matter, Lao Tzu Lai won't go back in Sichuan, can they tie Lao Tzu back?"

Speaking of the word "bundle", Li Er suddenly had a flash of inspiration: the young master must have fallen in love with the rude Taiping County Lord!

On that day, the small county lord was escorted to the Yuechi regiment headquarters and ran away while the people were unprepared. The soldiers were dumbfounded, and they didn't dare to use force when they surrounded them. As a result, Li Cunliang was on fire, and personally used the capture technique of Jinyiwei to catch people, and a thick hemp rope tied the county lord like a silk rabbit in Shu. The county lord shouted that he wanted to seek revenge on her brother, but Li Cunliang flashed the brocade clothes and waist card, saying that Lao Tzu's hereditary nobles and the Son of Heaven's personal soldiers were taken by lawless clans like you. If you shout again, Lao Tzu will directly send you to the capital and throw you into the edict prison, see how your son and brother come to save you!

Unexpectedly, Li Cunliang's use of strength really frightened the lord of Taiping County. The little girl cried with pear blossoms and rain, and the two girls begged bitterly. Li Cunliang didn't really want to do anything to the county lord, so he pretended to be soft-hearted, took the opportunity to step down, loosened the tie of this hot charcoal ball, and gave it to Baoning Mansion.

"Can a woman win a man's heart when she cries?" Li Er wandered for nine days, and thought of the old lady's personal maid Yuchuan. That pink neck is white and tender......

"Hey! Hey! Young Master Ben is arranging military affairs, and you dog is drooling again! ”

"Yes! Be! Master! The little one is thinking, since you want to be with the prince, can you find a reason to bring the old lady to Shudi? It's just that the old lady has a stubborn temperament, I'm afraid it's hard to move...... I'm afraid that the old lady will make a fuss, and the movement will be big, and the rules of Jinyiwei ......"

"You've finally got down to business!"

Li Cunliang jumped up from the chair, walked back and forth in the yard with his hands behind his back, and soon had an idea: "Wait for us...... You rushed back to Jingshi, and said to the old mother, this young master is like this in Shudi. Wait and see, the old mother will definitely sell the field as a coil and kill it to Shu overnight! ”

"Young Master! You're so smart! ”

"Also, before you go back to Beijing, go and ask to see the prince and present the letter from Young Master Ben! After returning to Beijing, you went to see Luo Zongxian, and by suing him, Zhu Pingjin, the son of Shu, took the power of a great victory and supported 50,000 troops...... No, change to 100,000 elite soldiers, I am afraid that there will be a heart of disobedience. Young Master Ben is determined to fight for the country, and he must stay in Shu to continue to monitor. It's just that the son of the world is a traitor in troubled times, and he is suspicious by nature. In order to win the trust of the son, this young master wants to take his mother as a hostage! Remember! Remember! This can only be said to Luo Zongxian alone, and must not be told to the second person! Luo Zongxian is extremely smart, he will understand! ”

"Young master, the little one knows! The little one thought that he would take the opportunity to find Lord Luo to ask for some silver! ”

"Good, it looks more like the real thing!" Li Cunliang rubbed his hands happily. He was eager to implement his genius plan immediately, but everything was ready, and all he needed was the east wind. This east wind is Wang Gao and Wang Guangxing, who have been missing for more than a month. I can't catch these two local thugs, what I just said is nonsense.

"Li Er, you go and pass on the words of Young Master Ben, let the dogs and cubs not fucking lie outside and dream about spring! Let them go back to the city immediately and find the people who have been to Jincheng Mountain, especially the people who have taken refuge in the Taoist temple! Open a bounty and ask for news!

There is a saying in the letter of the prince of the world: except for the impossible, everything is possible, no matter how impossible it seems!

Taoist temple, it must be Taoist temple! For more than a month, even if the local tyrant has a dead horse for one person, it should be eaten up in more than a month! Which family in the mountains can feed 200 people?

Who else but the Taoist temple! ”

Note 1: The number of households comes from the report of Huguang according to the envoy Gao Doushu to the imperial court in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen.

Note 2: Reclining chairs that can be folded.