Chapter 172: Fame
Hearing the categorical refusal of the Taishou Zhang Chutao, the guard general of the border army of Shangyuan City, the guerrilla general Shi Mao, did not care, but said with a deeper smile on his face: "Father-in-law, the current situation in Dajin, I don't think I need to explain much to my son-in-law, you should also know very well in your heart that my son-in-law just wants to make the strength in his hands stronger, and he can better protect the people around him in the future, including of course Wanting and your father-in-law!" β
Taishou Zhang Chutao opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything to refuse, but sighed and said: "That Liu Ji, the old man has never seen it, and the old man can't think of any reason to trick him to Shangyuan City." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Father-in-law, don't worry, the son-in-law has already thought about it, we just need to send someone to inform Liu Ji to come to Shangyuan City to accept the will and reward given to him by the imperial court, presumably he will definitely come, as long as he enters Shangyuan City, the rest of the things will be handed over to the son-in-law!"
"Ahem, since you have thought about it, then follow your plan, the old man can cooperate with you, but Shi Mao, you have to remember that the old man is helping you for the old man's hard-working daughter, if you dare to let the old man's daughter be a little bad in the future, the old man will not let you go even if he goes underground."
"Father-in-law, don't worry, after the son-in-law marries Wanting, he must hold Wanting in the palm of his hand, where can Wanting be wronged."
Taishou Zhang Chutao coughed again and said: "It is said that Zhou Kai of Chengyin County has taken refuge in Liu Ji, Zhou Kai must be very powerful, you must also know that if Liu Ji is really deceived to Shangyuan City, you don't steal chickens and rice!" β
"A few days ago, my son-in-law recruited two fierce generals with very high martial arts, plus several other generals with good martial arts under my son-in-law, as long as Liu Ji enters Shangyuan City, even if two Zhou Kai follow Liu Ji, it will be useless."
In the backyard garden of the Taishou Mansion in Shangyuan City, Zhang Wanting, the daughter of the Taishou Zhang Chutao, was sitting at a stone table, looking at a book, when a maid walked up to Zhang Wanting quickly, "Miss, General Shi Mao has come to the Taishou Mansion." β
Zhang Wanting's eyes did not leave the book in her hand, "Oh, I know." β
"This ...... Miss, don't you want to see General Shi Mao's appearance? After all, he will be your husband in the future! The maid hesitated and said.
Zhang Wanting put the book in her hand on the stone table, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Even if that Shi Mao is missing an arm and a broken leg, I have to marry her, the order of my parents, the words of the matchmaker, my fate cannot be decided by myself, I just hope that Shi Mao's life is harder, and don't be killed by me as a mourning star." β
After finishing speaking, Zhang Wanting's face couldn't help but turn into a wry smile, originally Zhang Wanting was also full of fantasies about the future, but with the death of the three engaged objects one after another, and the unexpected death of her husband who married in the church, Zhang Wanting no longer has any hope for her future.
Shi Mao, a guerrilla general in Shangyuan City, Zhang Wanting has also heard of it, her family background, appearance and character are good, it stands to reason that Zhang Wanting should be very satisfied with finding a husband like Shi Mao.
However, Zhang Wanting knew that she was just an add-on for Shi Mao to get the position of Taishou of Ju'an County, which made Zhang Wanting's impression of Shi Mao very poor, if it weren't for Zhang Wanting's inability to resist her father's decision to marry her to Shi Mao, Zhang Wanting would rather die alone than become an add-on to a transaction.
The personal maid in front of Zhang Wanting saw that Zhang Wanting's face was a little gloomy, and immediately changed the topic and said, "Miss, the slave maid also heard a shocking news. β
"Oh? What shocking news? β
"I heard that a partial general named Liu Ji in Chengyin County, Ju'an County, successively defeated tens of thousands of cavalry of Wuheng and Lou Furen, and more than half a month ago, that General Liu personally led his troops deep into the prairie north of the Anxing Mountains and wiped out the Cangxiong Tribe, one of the five major tribes of the Lou Fu Clan!"
Zhang Wanting said with a smile: "The rumors are not credible, but there are tens of thousands of cavalry in the Lou Fu Cangxiong Tribe, how many troops can a partial general have, how can he destroy the Cang Xiong Tribe, one of the five major tribes of the Lou Fu Clan!" β
"Miss, it's true! The news that General Liu had exterminated the Cangxiong tribe had spread throughout Shangyuan City. β
"Oh? If it is true, it is a fortunate thing for the Great Jin, over the years, the Great Jin has rarely had good news for the various ethnic groups in the grassland! β
The news that Liu Ji destroyed the Loufu Cangxiong tribe not only spread to Shangyuan City, the county seat of Ju'an County, but even Luyang City, the state capital of Qianzhou, also knew this unbelievable news, and the name Liu Ji was also known by more and more people.
In the state pastor's mansion in Luyang City, Liu Chong, the governor of Qianzhou, said expressionlessly to dozens of civil and military officials under his command: "Liu Ji, the guard general of Chengyin County, has confirmed the news of destroying the Lou Fu Cangxiong tribe, and that Liu Ji also repelled the 30,000 cavalry of the Wuheng people and the 90,000 cavalry of the Lou Fu people at the Xishan Pass before, and now there are about 130,000 cavalry and more than 30,000 infantry under the command of that Liu Ji. β
At this time, a military general wearing iron armor and an unusually burly figure asked loudly: "Lord, with the land of Chengyin County, how can there be so many young and strong men?" You must know that our Luyang City, counting the surrounding villages and towns, barely managed to scrape together less than 40,000 troops, how did Liu Ji do it? β
At this time, the border army in Luyang City, the capital of Qianzhou, had been all taken into Liu Chong's pocket, and Liu Chong immediately began to recruit a large number of troops to increase the strength of Luyang City, so that the border army of Luyang City, which was originally less than 10,000 people, expanded to more than 38,000 people in just a few months.
Not long ago, a Rouran cavalry that entered the surrounding area of Luyang City was defeated by the border army of Luyang City, and less than half of the Rouran cavalry with 3,000 cavalry finally fled.
Liu Chong, the state pastor, immediately said to the burly military general in a deep voice: "The reason why that Liu Ji can have 130,000 cavalry is because he recruited Hu people, and among the 130,000 cavalry, Hu people must account for at least about 100,000. β
"What! Recruiting Hu people, that Liu Ji's courage is also too big, how can Hu people have the same heart as our Jin people! Maybe when it will turn back! β
"Yes! You must know that no one has ever beaten the idea of the Hu people before, but they turned out to burn themselves, and the Hu people are unreliable! β
"I don't think that Liu Ji has been jumping for long, and getting out 100,000 Hu cavalry is definitely the rhythm of looking for death."
As soon as Liu Chong's words fell, the civil and military officials under his command immediately discussed a lot, and basically no one was optimistic about Liu Ji's practice of recruiting the Hu cavalry.