At this point, this Li Tuo didn't even say it, Princess Wan'an was furious, and said angrily: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't say it, this princess will find out sooner or later, come and drag this evil slave who deceived his master out and beat him to death."

"No!" Several housekeepers jumped up and dragged Li Tuo outside, two housekeepers pressed him outside in the snow, and several housekeepers walked over with arm-thick sticks to greet Li Tuo's back and buttocks.

As soon as he moved his hand, Li Tuo, who was pressed in the snow, was immediately beaten and howled, and only a few beatings were beaten down, and Li Tuo's body had been beaten to the point that his skin was open and his flesh was blurred.

After a while, the screams outside became weaker and weaker, until finally disappeared completely, and a family member walked in and reported to Princess Wan'an: "Princess Yu, Li Tuo has been beaten to death with a stick."

Princess Wan'an waved her hand, and the family immediately went out and dragged the body away.

killed Li Tuo, Princess Wan'an still didn't lose her anger, she was still very unhappy, the maid Honglian next to her was good at observing words and feelings, knowing Princess Wan'an's thoughts, and asked: "Princess, the half-grown son who fought against the princess at the gate of the Soldiers and Horses Mansion just now is really good, do you want the slave maid to inquire what his name is, and what is the relationship with that Zhao Ziliang?" ”

Princess Wan'an was angry, her eyes lit up when she heard Honglian's words, and said: "That little kid's kung fu is really good, only a little worse than this princess, and he will be a good opponent to use him as a sparring partner in the future, you go!" ”

"No," Honglian agreed, and turned to leave.

Only an hour later, Honglian came back from outside with great excitement, Princess Wan'an was holding a Zhangba red tassel gun in the courtyard to practice martial arts, and when she finished practicing and resting, Honglian walked over excitedly to report: "Princess, the slave maid inquired, this half-grown child is called Zhao Hu, is Zhao Ziliang's nephew, only six years younger than Zhao Ziliang, a three-pointed two-edged knife is very good, there are few opponents at a young age, even Zhao Ziliang's chief of the guard Brehan can only fight a draw with him, his only deficiency is that he has not been on the battlefield, No one has ever been killed! It is said that Zhao Hu's martial arts were taught by Zhao Ziliang, and he followed Zhao Ziliang from his hometown to Chang'an at the age of twelve, which means that he has only practiced martial arts for four years. In addition, Zhao Ziliang's generals Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan are both fierce generals in a hundred battles, with excellent martial arts, all of them are extraordinary, and Zhao Ziliang's black slave guard Nur is infinitely powerful, and it is difficult for ten thousand people to defeat."

"Oh?" Princess Wan'an suddenly became extremely interested, her eyes flashed, and she didn't know what she was thinking, so she suddenly asked: "According to what you say, isn't Zhao Ziliang's kung fu invincible?" He is so young, but he can train such a powerful master as Zhao Hu, which can only show that he is more powerful than Zhao Hu, and can make that big black man willing to be a slave, and the black slave is definitely not his opponent, right? ”

Honglian clapped her little hand, nodded excitedly and said: "Princess, you guessed too right, the slave maid inquired, this Zhao Ziliang made great achievements in Anxi a few years ago, and killed the Turks in the west to be terrified, from a small chief to a guerrilla general in more than a year, it is said that he was recalled to Chang'an by His Majesty's edict and served in Chang'an for two years, successively served as the general of the left prison guard, the general of the left Jin Wuwei, and later served in the military department, presided over the martial arts examination and the palace examination of the year before last, and now many generals and colonels in the army are his protégés, In Chang'an, he punished those gentlemen and never softly, so many officials in Chang'an City, royal children and noble children are afraid of him to death, in the past two years he was transferred to Hexi, in Hexi and the Tubo people fought a few battles, are a big victory, but also drove the Tubo people back to the south of the Yak River, so that the Tubo people had to cut the land and sue for peace, the holy dragon Yan Dayue, he liked him very much. Last summer, he was recalled to Chang'an, at the court meeting Li Linfu in the Holy Advance slander and falsely accuse the Emperor Fu Weiming of the Longyou Jiedu envoy, this Zhao Ziliang was furious on the spot, in front of the Holy and Manchu Dynasty civil and military Li Linfu beat him badly, His Majesty hated him but, he locked him in the prison for more than half a month, in the second half of last year he led the troops to escort the imperial court canonized by the Imperial Court of the ten surnamed Khan Ashina Xin back to Anxi, after returning to the Hedong Jiedu envoy Tian Renwan to the Holy Shang to ask him to come to Hedong to serve, the Holy Shang was worried about leaving him in the capital all day long, So he agreed to Tian Renwan and transferred him to Hedong as the left wing soldier and horse envoy and the Datong military envoy."

Princess Wan'an listened to Honglian's inquiry, her beautiful eyes were bright, and after walking back and forth in place for a few times, she said to Honglian: "You send someone to keep an eye in front of the Soldiers and Horses Embassy, as long as you see Zhao Ziliang coming out, you will immediately come and tell this princess."

Red Lotus was surprised: "Princess, are you preparing ・・・・・・?" ”

Princess Wan'an smiled: "Since there is a Zhao Ziliang with higher martial arts, what is this princess still rare to do with a little kid named Zhao Hu?" Of course, this princess wants to compete with him, and only by competing with a higher and stronger martial arts master can this princess's martial arts improve."

Honglian suddenly realized, lined up and shouted: "Oh, princess, you are so smart, why didn't the slave think of this?" ”

Princess Wan'an was quite complacent, stretched out her finger and pointed at Honglian's forehead and scolded with a smile: "It's strange that your dead girl's wooden fish pimple head can think of this, okay, you go and arrange it!" ”

"No"

On the morning of the second day, Honglian rushed through the door and walked into Princess Wan'an's room and shouted, "Princess, princess ・・・・・・."

Princess Wan'an was lazily angry: "Oh, this princess hasn't slept well yet, what is your ghost name, Red Lotus?" ”

Honglian said excitedly: "Princess, get up quickly, Zhao Ziliang is out."

When Princess Wan'an heard the news, she immediately jumped up from the bed and asked, "Where did you go?" ”

"The person sent to watch it came back and reported that Zhao Ziliang had gone to the direction of the Datong army camp with some guards."

"Go to the Datong Army barracks, you go and get the princess's armor, sword and spear, and then let people prepare the horses" Princess Wan'an immediately jumped out of bed and got dressed as she spoke.

"The slave and maid will go at once."

・・・・・・

"The last general and others greet the general!" Pei Lie, the deputy envoy of the Datong Army, took a group of generals and generals to greet Zhao Ziliang on the left and right sides under the gate of the barracks.

"Excuse me!" Zhao Ziliang stopped at Yuanmen with some servants, jumped off the horse, handed over the reins to the servants behind him, and said to Pei Lie: "Go to the big tent of the Chinese army first, and gather the generals above the general of the army to discuss the big tent of the Chinese army."

"No"

Gathering all the generals in the army, Zhao Ziliang listened to their reports on the situation of the battalions and departments of the Datong Army.

The generals reported to Zhao Ziliang in detail on the soldiers and horses, drills, military discipline, ordnance, grain and grass they brought one by one, and when it was the turn of the last person, this person stood up and bowed to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General Qiyu, the last general is Jiang Wucheng, the captain of the seventh battalion, there are more than 1,000 soldiers in the seventh battalion, 400 sword and shield hands, 400 pikemen, 200 crossbowmen, 200 archers, 200 horse troops, half of the weapons and armor, bows and crossbows, insufficient arrows, diligent drills, acceptable military discipline, and commendable morale."

Zhao Ziliang raised his eyebrows and asked, "How many people are there in your seventh battalion?" This general should be accurate to the number."

"Uh・・・・・・ there should be more than 1,250 people in this ・・・・・・, right?" Jiang Wucheng spoke evasively, a little uncertain.

Zhao Ziliang was immediately furious, slapped the table and shouted: "What a bastard, you just said that there are 400 sword and shield men, 400 spears, 200 crossbowmen, 200 archers, and 200 horse soldiers, and these alone add up to 1,400 people, not counting the baggage and the guy!" As the commander of the first battalion, you don't even know how many people you have, so it can be seen that you, the captain, are also extremely unqualified! and seized his weapons, removed his armor, and locked him up."

"No!" Several subordinates immediately rushed up to grab Jiang Wucheng, and quickly unloaded his weapons and armor, he turned pale with fright, and shouted: "The general spares his life, the last general just ate some empty salary, and there is no heinous crime, someone has gone even more than the last general, and secretly sold more than half of his subordinates' weapons, armor, bows, crossbows and arrows to enrich his own pocket・・・・・・s."

Pei Lie, the deputy envoy of the Datong Army, shouted: "Jiang Wucheng, you bastard, you are so greedy for money, quickly press him down and lock him up."

Jiang Wucheng was dragged down by the subordinates, and Pei Lie said to Zhao Ziliang again: "General, the situation of each battalion and each department is like this, because last year with Shuofang Jiedu made General Wang Zhongsi fight a few battles with the Khitan, Xi and other tribes in the north, all ordnance has some losses, the current main reason is the lack of ordnance and grain and grass, and the training, military discipline and morale are okay, not much worse than the Shuofang army."

Zhao Ziliang touched his mustache and looked at the generals on the left and right sides of the stage, and began to ponder in his mind. According to the roster of soldiers and the report of the commander of each battalion, the Datong army has a total of 12,000 people, 2,800 horses, divided into seven battalions, the number of each battalion is more or less, now these seven battalions are stationed around Yunzhou City, and now he is staying here is the first battalion station, if you want to fight and march in the area, the first battalion is the middle army, and the other six battalions are the front army, the rear army, the left army, the right army, the left Yu Hou army, the right Yu Hou army!

Judging from the situation reported by Jiang Wucheng just now, the actual number of troops in this seventh battalion is not as large as that on the roster, and it should be short, and the seventh battalion is like this, so what about the other six battalions? Is there also a serious shortage? How many of the 12,000 people on this roster are actually there? What is the shortfall? Two thousand eight hundred horses, how many are missing? Thinking of this, Zhao Ziliang felt a burst of anger in his heart, and then a chill struck, no wonder just the soldiers and horses of the Xi clan could rampage in the defense area of the Hedong Army.

Zhao Ziliang thought of this and said: "Whether what you said is true or not, General Ben thinks that it is necessary to check it, if it is really as you said, then of course it is good, if it is not what you say, it will be a big problem, it's not that General Ben doesn't believe you, some of you may say that it is true, when there may be people who fool General Ben, so only after verification can we know, come here, pass on General Ben's order, all battalions and departments of the Datong Army, including heavy soldiers and men, all rushed here to assemble before noon!" ”

Liu Xianle, the commander of the second battalion, got up and asked, "General, is it too much to mobilize the division with such fanfare?" ”

"Humph! What you want is to rejuvenate the people" Zhao Ziliang said, staring at it and asking: "What?" General Liu questioned General Ben's decision? ”

Liu Xianle's face froze, and he clasped his fists and said, "The last general will not dare!" ”

"Don't dare? If you don't dare, sit down! If you dare to question the decision of this general, you will be served by military law! Zhao Ziliang reprimanded and warned, and said to Brehan: "Send someone to convey the military order to the deputy commanders of each battalion, and if you don't come to assemble at noon, you will behead the deputy lieutenants first, and if you don't come after a quarter of an hour, you will behead the captains of each regiment!" ”

"No!" (To be continued.) )