Li Yanqing and several soldiers came to a mansion near Nancheng, which was the mansion of Li Green, the original Qizhou general judge, Li Green, is the second brother of Li Qingzhao's father Li Gefei, Li Gefei died of illness ten years ago, but Li Green is still alive, and it is estimated that he is sixty or seventy years old.

The soldier knocked on the door, and the boy who opened the door saw that the army had come to the door, and he couldn't help but ask timidly, "What is the matter with you?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and took out a greeting note and handed it to Xiao Tong, "Don't be afraid, I'm just here to visit your master, this troublesome little brother will pass it on." ”

"Qiu'er, who is it!"

An old man with white hair appeared at the door, and he looked at Li Yanqing, "You guys are ..... Officers and soldiers of the imperial court? ”

"In Xia Li Yanqing, he has just led the army to recover Licheng County."

"It turns out that the person who recovered Licheng County is Li Tanhua, and the old man has admired him for a long time."

The old man smiled and saluted, "Old man Li Green!" ”

"It turned out to be a senior, rude! Faux pas! ”

"Li Tanhua, please come in!"

Li Green invited Li Yanqing into the mansion to speak, Li Yanqing ordered a few soldiers to wait outside, he followed Li Green to the guest hall, he just sat down, he heard a sound of footsteps, only to see two people walking in from the small door next to him, "Second uncle, who is coming to visit?" ”

Li Yanqing: 'Ah! Standing up, he was suddenly surprised and delighted, and the man and woman who came in were Li Qingzhao and her husband Zhao Mingcheng, "You.... Why are you here? ”

Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng were also taken aback, the two looked at each other, and Li Qingzhao asked for a while: "Why is Li Shaojun here?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly and said: "I led the army to capture Licheng County an hour ago, but I didn't know that my brother and sister-in-law were also in the city. ”

Li Qingzhao suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Li Shaojun has abandoned literature and martial arts. ”

"There is no abandonment of literature and martial arts, and the imperial court stipulates that military generals cannot lead troops alone, so I am reluctant to make it difficult."

"Sit down!"

Li Green invited them to sit down, and then instructed the little boy, "Qiu'er, order two more bowls of tea!" ”

The three of them sat down, Zhao Mingcheng sighed and said: "Qingzhao and I originally lived in Qingzhou, but as a result, the Liangshan army captured Qingzhou, Lu Junyi asked me to come out to be the governor, I refused to commit to the bandits, so I fled to Licheng County with Qingzhao and hid in the second uncle's mansion." ”

Li Qingzhao also smiled: "We also heard just now that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court have attacked Licheng, and we were about to go out to have a look, but we never imagined that it was Li Shaojun who led the army into the city." ”

Although I haven't seen him for a few years, Li Qingzhao hasn't changed much, she is still as gorgeous as ever, her smile is full of confidence and brightness, but her husband Zhao Mingcheng is depressed and a little gloomy, Li Yanqing glanced at him, "Brother Mingcheng seems to have something on his mind?" ”

"What can he worry about, just worry about those stone tablets at home!"

Li Qingzhao joked with her husband and said with a smile: "A few days ago, his family wrote a letter saying that the stone tablet at home was intact, but he didn't believe it, and he was always afraid that the bandits would take it to defend the city as a rolling wooden stone!" ”

Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Qingzhao say something funny, and at this time, Li Green asked with a smile: "General Li came to the door, there must be something!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "The county officials have all run away, and there is no one in Licheng County to preside over government affairs, I want to ask my seniors to go out of the mountain and temporarily take the post of county governor, I wonder if my seniors are willing to preside over the overall situation?" ”

Li Green said lightly: "I am sixty-eight years old, and I don't have the energy to take care of government affairs anymore, but I can recommend one to General Li." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhao Mingcheng, and Li Yanqing laughed, "The senior and I want to go together." ”

He got up and saluted Zhao Mingcheng, "Please Brother Mingcheng must come out of the mountain to help!" ”

Zhao Mingcheng was a little hesitant, he had experience as an official eunuch, but he did not reject being an official, he could promise Li Yanqing, but he wanted to go back to Qingzhou to see his gold, stone, calligraphy and paintings and other collections, next to Li Qingzhao persuaded her husband: "Since Li Shaojun is so sincere, Mingcheng will agree!" It is also appropriate to contribute to the imperial court. ”

Now that his wife had spoken, Zhao Mingcheng nodded, "Okay!" I'll just come out and preside over the situation. ”

Li Yanqing got up to say goodbye, Li Qingzhao and her husband sent him out of the house, when he was about to leave the door, Li Qingzhao gave her husband a look, Zhao Mingcheng understood, so he deliberately slowed down, at this time, Li Qingzhao laughed in a low voice: "If I guessed correctly, the master should be hidden by the Shaojun Golden House!" ”

Li Yanqing was shocked in his heart, and then relieved, Li Qingzhao and his wife knew their relationship with the teacher, and it was reasonable for them to guess the whereabouts of the teacher, Li Yanqing's face turned slightly red, "She is in Jiangning now, please keep it secret!" ”

Li Qingzhao gave a thumbs up and praised: "Li Shaojun is affectionate and righteous, which is amazing, don't worry!" We'll keep it a secret. ”

At this time, Zhao Mingcheng stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "I'll clean up a little first, and I'll go to the county government in the afternoon, and ask Li Shaojun to arrange it for me." ”

"I will send a team of soldiers to assist Brother Mingcheng, then we will see you in the afternoon."

Li Yanqing bowed and hurriedly left, Zhao Mingcheng looked at him and walked away, and couldn't help sighing slightly in his heart, Li Yanqing was so young that he could be the seventh grade of the imperial history, and he ......

With the addition of Zhao Mingcheng, the Licheng County Government began to operate, Li Yanqing allocated a hundred soldiers to assist him in running the County Office, and hired a few scholars from the state school to serve as county officials with high salaries, Licheng County soon restored order, shops opened for business, small stalls and vendors on the street also appeared, and the county gradually became lively again.

Li Yanqing then sent a letter to the counties of Qizhou as a servant of the imperial history, asking the county magistrates to rush to Licheng to discuss the plan to stabilize Qizhou, and in just ten days, Li Yanqing gained a firm foothold in Qizhou, and he immediately sent a military report to the seed master to ask for instructions on the next move.

At this time, the army of the Planter Road had entered Jeju, and the Planter Road became more and more cautious, and he ordered the construction of a large camp on the south bank of the Gojang River, on a vacant land in Dawang Village, which was only ten miles away from the mouth of Yangsanpo Lake, and only two miles away from the official road, which was the closest place between the Gojang River and the official road, and the first goal of the Gojo Road was to govern Juye County in Jeju Prefecture.

At noon that day, a troop of twenty cavalrymen galloped through the wilderness ten miles south of Juye County, and they rushed up a small hill and entered a large pine forest on the hill.

This is a team of scout cavalry, sent by the scout battalion, the leader of the general is Tang Huai, Tang Huai because he has passed the martial arts examination and awarded the official from the nine grades of the accompanying lieutenant, he is currently in the intelligence battalion as the team leader, this is a normal position, at present, Yue Fei is also the team leader, and like them, Niu Gao, who has just passed the martial arts examination, is the head of the capital, which is a special situation.

Whether it is the head of the capital or the head of the team, they are only temporarily appointed, and they will be disbanded after the war, the key is the Jilu official, that is, the official rank, except for Wang Gui, who was promoted to the eighth rank because of his meritorious service in the Western Xia War, and the three of them are all captains from the ninth grade.

Although Tang Huai's official position was not high, he was deeply valued by Zhang Shuye, so he led a cavalry of fifty people and was responsible for the three-way cavalry scout.

"Soup, that's it!"

One soldier pointed to a path below the hill, "I found that several enemy sentries pass by here every day. ”

Tang Huai received the task of finding out the garrison of Juye County, they had already captured a Liangshan Army detective before, and learned that there were about 8,000 troops stationed in Juye County, and the main would be Lin Chong, but as a qualified scout, he had to confirm the information from at least two different sources to confirm whether the information was accurate, so he had to catch another enemy spy.

Tang Huai stared at the path for a moment, then let the two look at the war horse, he led the other soldiers to run down the hill, at this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, Tang Huai hurriedly whispered: "Everyone hide quickly, don't be discovered by the enemy!" ”

The soldiers hid behind the big trees and bushes, Tang Huai looked into the distance, only to see two cavalry spies running hundreds of miles in the distance, and he hurriedly turned around and made a gesture to his subordinates.

Everyone understood, shooting horses to catch people, everyone took off their bows and arrows, opened their bows and arrows, and in a moment, two cavalry spies galloped over, Tang Huai shouted: "Shoot horses!" ”

He was the first to stand up, and shot an arrow at the horse of the leading cavalry, which hit the horse's neck, and the horse screamed, but then the other soldiers fired arrows in unison, and the two horses fell to the ground with arrows, crushing the cavalry on their bodies.

Tang Huai drew his sword and rushed forward, pressing the tip of the knife against the throat of one of the cavalrymen, and the other cavalryman was also pressed to the chest with a knife by the soldier, and the two cavalrymen shouted in fright: "Grandpa spare his life!" ”

The soldiers worked together to drag the two horses into the bushes to cover them, and the two enemy spies were escorted up the hill, and Tang Huai ordered the two to be interrogated separately.

"If you want to live, you must be honest!"

Tang Huai pressed a knife to a person's throat and asked viciously, "How many troops are there in Juye County?" ”

"There is.... There are about 8,000 people! The spy said tremblingly.

"How many cavalry, how many infantry, what armor to wear?"

"There are no cavalry, all ..... They are all infantry, mostly leather armor, but also a small part of iron armor. ”

"Who will the Lord be?"

"Yes.... Lin Dutong, Lin Chong! ”

.........

After Tang Huai asked, he killed the spy with a knife, and his grandfather died at the hands of the Liangshan army, which made him hate the Liangshan army to the core, and he killed all the soldiers of the Liangshan army who were useless, and never left a mouth.

At this time, another subordinate also came back and explained the result of the inquiry to Tang Huai, which was exactly the same as the answer he asked.

In this way, Tang Huai can be sure that he has obtained accurate information.

"Silenced?"

"It's already gone!"

"Let's go! Back to the camp. ”

Tang Huai turned over his horse and led the cavalry down the hill to the camp thirty miles to the west.