Chapter 109: Wei Chigong
In December of the 10th year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang ordered Hu Benlang to lead Liang De to lead the army to reconquer Liu Miao King of Shijun County, and asked Yanmen County Ying Yanglang to jointly assist in the encirclement and suppression.
Since Cailian was pregnant, Li Yin couldn't wait to be by her side every day, and she really didn't want to go out at this time, so she had no choice but to reluctantly put on her horse and led her troops out of Yanmen County again.
Lishi County has always been an important place of residence for the Hu people.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, Xianbei and other Hu people continued to move inward, Jian'an 21 years (AD 216), Cao Cao divided the Southern Xiongnu into five parts, of which the king of Nandan Yu was placed in Lishi County.
In the first year of Yong'an (304 AD), the Southern Xiongnu Shan took advantage of the Jin Dynasty's "Eight Kings Rebellion" when Liu Yuan gathered 50,000 troops in Lishi County to oppose the Jin Dynasty, proclaimed himself the King of Han, and set the capital to leave Shi, unveiling the prelude to the troubled times of the "Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms", although more than 300 years have passed, Lishi County is still a place where there are many Hu people.
Bordering the northern part of Lishi County is Loufan County, and Li Yin led his troops through Loufan County and came to the northern boundary of Lishi County.
Lishi County is divided into five counties, namely: Lishi County, Xiuhua County, Dinghu County, Pingyi County and Taihe County, except for Taihe County, which is slightly northern, the remaining four counties are concentrated in the southern region, so the main force of Liu Miaowang is naturally concentrated in the south.
After Li Yin led the army to the junction of Lishi and Lou Fu, he did not continue to advance, he brought 5,000 cavalry this time, but he did not want to collide with the army of King Liu Miao, and the task of carrying the main force of King Liu Miao was still called Liang De, the commander of the encirclement and suppression.
Soon after Li Yin let the army set up the camp, there was a report from Malay, saying that thirty miles to the north, more than 6,000 soldiers from Mayi County had been found.
Not long after, the dust was flying in the distance, the footsteps were like thunder, and a large group of people appeared in front of Li Yin and the others.
"Haha, it's General Li Lang in front? I'm the king! "A man in his fifties, who was a little fat, rode forward.
Li Yin looked at the man, and said with some reluctance: "You...... Are you Wang Taishou? ”
Isn't this person the current Mayi County Taishou Wang Rengong? But how did he become what he is now?
It's really unimaginable, the iron-like man who was on the battlefield in Liaodong back then is now a fat man, a pale face, and an overly drunken appearance.
When the first expedition to Liaodong, more than 300,000 troops were defeated in Sashui, and the armies rushed to flee to Yalushui, because of Li Yin's letter, Wang Rengong, who still had the strength, resolutely chose the queen of the palace to cover the army to cross the river, until he was exhausted, and then crossed the river and left under the protection of his own guards.
During the second expedition to Liao, Wang Rengong drove directly to Pyongyang as a former general, all the way like a bamboo, breaking through many fortresses and passes, but when he was about to establish immortality, Yang Xuangan rebelled, and Yang Guang ordered the whole army to retreat.
And because Wang Rengong's brother's son Wang Zhongbo also defected to Yang Xuangan with the children of high-ranking officials, Wang Rengong was also implicated and dismissed, but soon after, because Mayi County was repeatedly plundered by Turks, Yang Guang let Wang Rengong reinstate as the Taishou of Mayi, and also led the military affairs in the county.
However, at this time, Wang Rengong was already disheartened, after he arrived in Mayi County, he basically ignored things and drank all day for fun, so in just over a year, his body completely changed, so that Li Yin, who had met him several times in Luoyang, almost failed to recognize him.
After Wang Rengong and Li Yin met each other, at Li Yin's invitation, he ordered the army to camp on the spot, and then took three generals to Li Yin's big tent and sat down.
When he saw Li Yin's eyes looking at the three generals he brought, Wang Rengong took the initiative to introduce him, he pointed to a powerful man beside him and said: "This is Liu Wuzhou, the captain of Yingyang Mansion in our county, and he has also been to Liaodong to kill the enemy, and he is a well-known man." ”
"Liu Wuzhou has seen Lord Lang Jiang!" Liu Wuzhou stood up and arched his hand, Li Yin nodded with a smile on his face, but he had murderous intent towards this person in his heart.
Wang Rengong pointed to another person: "This is Zhang Wansui, a son of the Mayi clan, and now he is also serving as the captain of Yingyang under my command." ”
Li Yin nodded and looked at the last person who came with Wang Rengong.
I saw that this person had a face like black charcoal, a burly body, sitting there, like a killing god, which made ordinary people look intimidating.
Wang Rengong said: "This is Wei Chi Gong, the word Jingde, who once joined the army in Gaoyang to fight against the rebels, and has a reputation for bravery, or Captain Liu personally recruited him to my Mayi County as a general." ”
Wei Chigong also got up and bowed to Li Yin, but he didn't say anything.
Li Yin said to Wei Chi: "Jingde is a person from Shuozhou? ”
Wei Chigong's face showed hesitation: "How could Lord Lang know?" ”
Li Yin smiled slightly, and did not answer Wei Chigong, looking unusually mysterious. Zhang Liang on the side praised at the right time: "Our Lang General can count the heroes of the world without leaving home, and it is not surprising to know your origin." ”
After hearing this, Wei Chigong and the others were all skeptical.
After everyone talked again, Li Yin asked Wang Rengong: "Wang Taishou, I don't know what you think of the rebellion of Liu Miao King of Lishi this time?" ”
Wang Rengong took a sip of tea, smacked his lips, and snorted, "The boss this time is Liang De's guy, we are just assisting in the counterinsurgency, even if Liu Miao Wang is killed, isn't the great credit still Liang De's?" We can't afford to do that thankless task, so let's let General Liang, who has a lot of soldiers, go and fight with King Liu Miao for a while. ”
These words were actually similar to what Li Yin thought, but when they came out of Wang Rengong's mouth, Li Yin still felt stunned after hearing it......
Later, Li Yin asked again: "Wang Taishou, I have a relationship with Li Jing, the county governor of your Mayi County, how is he doing now?" ”
Wang Rengong said unhappily on his face: "What to do with him, this person is extremely stereotypical and boring, and often has unpleasant troubles with me, I am very disgusted with him, don't mention him!" ”
Although Li Yin had the heart to ask about Li Jing, he had no choice but to keep silent.
After talking for a long time, Wang Rengong got up to say goodbye, and when Li Yinxiang was sent to the gate of the camp, he looked at Yu Chigong's ordinary mount, "How can a fierce general not have a good horse?" Come on, bring my black horse! ”
After a while, a soldier led a black horse over, the black horse is the same as black satin, shiny, only the parts of the four horses' hooves are white and snowy, it is a rare "stepping on the clouds and black horses", the mount of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, is this kind of horse.
This black horse was presented to him by the chief of the Urat tribe not long ago, Agula, in order to thank Li Yin for taking their tribe in.