Volume 1: The Age of Chaos – Chapter 9: The Guest of Bianjing (3)
Brother Wenqing, you invited the old man, the Bodhisattva, to Yanzhou, didn't you come to do it? Zhe Congruan twisted his beard and said with a smile to Li Bin, who was riding a horse and walking side by side with him.
Li Bin was speechless for a moment, and the kind words that he had spoken very fluently just now could no longer be said at the moment.
In fact, Li Bin himself didn't think about what he could do to invite Zhe Congruan from Sanshui to Yanzhou, but the visit to the six houses in Bianliang made him feel a little uneasy in his heart. Although Li Wenge is now basically a role that no one dares to provoke in Yanzhou, looking at the world, a military leader of his level is really not on the table. The painstaking management of several generations of the Gao family basically unified the civil, military, and noble forces within the nine counties, which brought about the recognition and separation of the imperial court. Although Li Wenge won over the two major systems of civilian officials and the military in a short period of time, after all, the time of rise was too short, and this disadvantage could not be made up for in a short period of time.
Everyone in Yanzhou may already know a lot about this lone hero who killed people on the street alone, but the impression of the surrounding states and counties of him is just that of a small soldier who launched a mutiny a few years ago. Bianliang didn't know the details of this person, and the ministers of the two provinces and the emperor might even have been wondering where such a little-known little army leader popped out of Hanhan.
This time Zhang Yongde came to Yanzhou, in addition to the factors of the Gao family's father and son, I am afraid that the emperor wants to see what kind of character this copper-headed and iron-armed monkey is. If Zhang Yongde and others positioned Li Wenge as an officer with real power in the Zhangwu Army, it would not be bad. Bianliang will seriously consider whether there is a possibility of dealing with this person in the future; However, if Zhang Yongde had positioned Li Wenge as a terrorist who had killed people and set fire to undermine social harmony, things would have been in trouble.
Although there have been rebellions everywhere in recent years, and there are people in all directions, as far as the central government representing the prosperity of the four seas is concerned, it still hopes that the local government can be more stable and not cause too much chaos. Therefore, even if Zhang Yongde did not characterize Li Wenge as a terrorist, it would be unbearable to simply call him an unstable factor in Yanzhou.
But what did Li Wenge do...... It's hard to think that he's a man who keeps to himself......
It's because I can't think of a good way. Li Bin had to invite the great god Ruan to Yanzhou, his thoughts were actually similar to Gao Yunquan's, since the situation was already very chaotic, and it was so chaotic that it was out of his control, then he simply made the situation even more chaotic, so that the other party could not control the situation either. In contrast, the Zhejia, who has maintained a good relationship with him since entering the customs, is more likely to lean towards his own faction no matter how he looks at it.
That being said, the old man asked straight from the moment of the fold. He still found it a little difficult to answer.
After thinking about it, Li Bin smiled unconsciously, instead of hiding his desire to speak and being ashamed, it was better to go straight to the point and make it clear, and the people who have been in Ruan Zongheng all his life must have already understood the stakes in it, and no matter how tactful he said, it would not affect the actual problems.
Thinking of this, he laughed and said, "Since Shizhong is a bodhisattva with great magical powers, he naturally knows this little thing in the stomach of mortals such as me. Do you still use Li Bin's clear words? ”
Zhi Congruan smiled and said: "I know my own affairs, and the old man is willing to deal with you Li Wenzhen, but it is really because he doesn't look down on the Gao family's stingy behavior, and he is happy to say happy words, if Wenzhi is interested in Yanzhou Domain, the old man will not hesitate to help!" ”
Li Bin waved his hand again and again. With a smile, he said: "The servant knows that Li Bin is not that material, there is no need to say anything to tempt, the burden of the military envoys, I, an old man in the old age of the candle, can't pick it up, so let's just do it!" ”
Zhi Congruan shook his head lightly: "You have a long-term vision...... With your Li Wenzhen operating in Yanzhou for many years, and now with the support of the military leaders, what's the big deal about being a temperance envoy? But you are a few years younger than the old man, for the sake of your son and your people. It's understandable that you don't do this, you're a smart man......"
Zhe Congruan's words just hit Li Bin's heart, and he didn't care about himself. However, he knew that his son was Mo Ruo's father, and his son Li Jingcun had never been in the world. It's a scholar who doesn't know anything. It doesn't matter when he is alive, once he dies, this son will never be able to bear the burden of Yanzhou Jiedu. At that time, whether it is Li Wenge or others, it is almost inevitable that he will be strong, although Li Bin feels that Li Wenge's style of acting will not do things too much; However, the world is unpredictable, and most of the killings have been in rivers of blood in this year. Li Bin is already a person who is half buried in loess, and he is really unwilling to take this risk.
At that moment, he no longer talked nonsense, and said straightforwardly: "Dissatisfied with the old servants, Yanzhou Wenwu has now unanimously agreed to recommend Li Huairen, the commander of Xuanjie, the patrol envoy of Luziguan, to serve as the envoy of the Zhangwu Army and the governor of Yanzhou. If you are willing to help me and wait, you will dare to be gracious! ”
Hearing this, Zhi Congruan was silent for a moment, and then asked slowly: "Brother Wenqing, along the way, I have seen a lot of people who are throwing stones on the side of the road, are these people homeless?" ”
Li Bin nodded: "Exactly!" ”
"What are these people doing?"
"Oh, Li Huairen organized these people to build roads......
Zhi Congruan stroked his beard and said with a slight smile: "This Li Juntou is really interesting......
He glanced at Li Bin: "It is rumored that this inspection envoy who has been famous in nine counties in recent months is from the mansion of the old brother of Wenqing?" ”
Li Bin nodded: "Yes, Li Huairen was just a house slave in my house last year, but I saved him on the side of the road at the end of the year before last...... At that time, he was on the verge of dying, so I had someone save him and take him as a slave in the house. Originally, I didn't see anything outstanding about him, but in August last year, I was ordered to go to the streets to quell the rebellion. At that time, the minions in the mansion were extremely timid, and none of them dared to follow me out of the mansion...... Only this person stood up and was willing to follow. At first I saw that he was weak, and I didn't expect him to be of much use......"
Zhi Congruan nodded: "People can't look good......"
Li Bin smiled: "What the waiter said is true. This person turned out to be a general, but this is something I didn't expect......"
“…… There will be no seeds, and the prince will take the ...... for himself" Zhi Congruan chanted softly, and then smiled: "This is not an uncommon thing today, it can be said that there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the mansion of the literary brother......"
Li Bin even shouted "ashamed", and asked again: "Since this Li Inspector has won the battle. Why don't you report to the Jiedu Mansion? ”
Li Bin laughed and said: "In the mutiny last year ago, he formed a mortal enmity with Gao Shizhong's father and son, how could he report to Gao Shizhong?" ”
Zhi Congruan shook his head: "If you win the battle, you have to report to the victory." What's more, this is Yanzhou's first big victory in recent years, and no matter how confused the senior servants are, they will not miss such a great opportunity to show their merits to the imperial court. Besides, even if you don't report to the Jiedu Mansion, you Li Wenzhen will directly report to the imperial court. Isn't it inconvenient? ”
Li Bin laughed out loud: "Waiting, didn't the lower official report to your old man?" ”
Zhi Congruan smiled and said: "It's not a ...... of the imperial court."
Li Bin raised his head and said very chicly: "The servant is better than the imperial court."
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Zhi Congruan rode on the horse, stretched his limbs comfortably, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the literary quality, I can look up to the old man." However, the old man's ugly words should also be said in the front, and it doesn't hurt to ask the old man to recommend this Li Patrol to be a festival envoy, but the old man also has to consider the catties and catties that this will plant first. The Zhi family has no ambition to covet Yanzhou, but the Zhi family still expects Yanzhou to be able to hold back the Tuoba family...... Hey...... Literary brother, although it depends on your ground, but how it is. I have to wait for the old man to see this Li Patrol before I can make a conclusion......"
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In the second battle of Luzi Pass, the Tuoba family threw down seventy-one corpses in front of the pass, if it weren't for the guy who Shen Chen finally led the team to assault the enemy's flank, this time it would have fallen into the hands of the Yanzhou army at best, six corpses in the city, and the rest would have to be transported back by the party members. In fact, this time is not as good as the previous time, and the total number of soldiers killed in the two teams of Team D and Team B is twenty-nine. Seven people were injured, four of them seriously, and even if they were not treated to death, they would be left with lifelong disability.
This exchange ratio still made Li Wenge very satisfied, and this situation meant that as long as Yanzhou had a thousand strong soldiers, it would be difficult for the Dingyan army to cross the Luzi Pass again.
In particular, it has been inspected by Fine-Sealed Minda. Among the seventy-one corpses were more than a dozen harriers.
The Tuoba family was under the Luzi Pass this time, and it can be said that they hit their heads and bled out......
There were no prisoners and the capture was relatively limited, but seventy pieces of cavalry armor was a good bonus.
The party lost more than a dozen harriers. Its battlefield interdiction capability will inevitably be greatly reduced. Xifeng Minda immediately led the scout team to resume reconnaissance of the enemy situation in the area north of Luzi Pass.
After a day's reconnaissance by the scouts, it was finally confirmed that the enemy had all retreated, and there was no main enemy activity within 30 miles north of Luzi Pass. At this point, Li Wenge and other former battalion officers completely relaxed and began to deal with post-war affairs.
The meeting to sum up the combat experience was the first major event, and the wounded Shen Chen insisted on attending the meeting, at which all the officers once again reviewed the lessons learned from the battle.
The work of retrieving the fallen and comforting the wounded was the main work of the officers of the former battalion supervising army. In addition to the previous battle, the Yanzhou Army lost a total of 38 people in the two battles, including three officers at the level of commander and two officers at the level of chief, basically all of whom were soldiers of Team B and Team D.
For the placement of wounded soldiers, Wei Xun specially presided over a meeting of the supervising army, and finally decided that the lightly injured should return to the team after being cured, those who were disabled were promoted to one level after recovery and transferred to the box barracks, and those who were so severely disabled that it was difficult to take care of themselves should be temporarily sent back to the Fenglin Mountain wounded camp to recuperate, and after they recovered from their injuries, they would be sent home, and those who were homeless would be sent home, and those who were homeless would stay on Fenglin Mountain. These soldiers who were injured in order to protect Yanzhou had to be raised by the army.
There was one exception to these wounded, and that was Kang Shi, a stubborn young man who insisted on refusing to go to the Xiangbing team, and it was useless to persuade anyone. Wei Xun, the former supervisor of the battalion, specially talked to him for this reason, and as soon as he entered the door, Wei Xun shouted: "Stone, it's against you...... Don't even obey military orders? Want to fight with a military stick, don't you? ”
Kang Shi sat on the couch against the wall, holding his mouth and not saying a word.
Wei Xun walked over, sat on the edge of the couch, frowned, and said, "Tell me, what do you think?" ”
Kang Shi glared at him angrily for a long time, and finally held back a sentence: "I don't want to go to the Xiang Soldiers-"
Wei Xun nodded and said, "Okay...... Tell me where you want to go...... As long as you can say it, my brother and I will arrange it! ”
Kang Shi was dumbfounded again, and finally tilted his head and said, "I still want to continue to be a scout......
Wei Xun was dumbfounded: "Brother Shi, my good brother, your arm is broken, do you know?" In the future, you can't count on that arm, so you ride and shoot arrows on that arm? ”
Kang Shishi raised his head, stared at Wei Xun angrily and said: "I can shoot arrows with one arm, as long as someone winds me, I can also lift a crossbow machine with one arm......"
Wei Xun suddenly cried and laughed: "Good brother, what about a dozen pounds of guys, you can still aim and shoot the enemy with one hand raised?" Good brother, you are left with this good hand, can you hurt yourself at all? ”
Kang Shi opened his mouth, but he didn't speak, he couldn't argue, so he simply didn't argue, and turned his back to look at Wei Xun again.
Wei Xun shook his head helplessly.
Wei Xun originally reported the incident to Li Wenge, but Li Wenge frowned when he heard it, and he didn't know what to do with this little doll who was only eighteen years old.
"Master Wei doesn't have to bother, this kid stays in the scout team, I'll take him!"
It was Scout Captain Hosophon Minda who spoke.
Wei Xun smiled bitterly: "Brother Xifeng, the stone is not sensible, so don't you follow and make trouble, okay?" His hand is useless, you know? Have you ever seen a scout with one hand? ”
Xifeng Minda glanced at him, and a sneering smile appeared on his face: "Lord Wei has never seen a one-armed scout, and he must have never seen a person who shoots a bow and arrows with one hand, right?" ”
"What?" Wei Xun was a little dumbfounded.
Xifeng Minda smiled coldly: "Support the back of the bow with one hand, bite the tail of the arrow and the bowstring with your teeth, someone shoots arrows like this." Maybe this kind of archery can't shoot an arrow fifty paces away, but within fifty steps, this person can use his teeth to shoot a hundred shots, hasn't Lord Wei heard of it? ”
Wei Xun was speechless for a while.
"That's how the man who taught me archery did it...... He used to be the best harrier in the Tuoba family......"
Fine seal Minda said proudly.
"In our tribes, the title of warrior is not only used to describe strong and powerful people, but also to those who can do what ordinary people cannot......"
Seeing that Xifeng Minda disdainfully pushed open the door to find Kang Shi, Wei Xun smiled helplessly.
"My lord, the fine seal of this temperament ......" Wei Xun opened his mouth, after all, he didn't say anything, the fine seal Minda is the great hero of the Luzi Pass to defend the city, in the two battles he alone ended up with the lives of more than 30 enemies, for this great hero, he still didn't say anything ugly.
Li Wenge smiled: "Let him go...... The stone is his soldier, so do as he says. ”
Wei Xun agreed, smiled bitterly and was about to go out, but was stopped by Li Wenge: "You came just in time, I was looking for you!" ”
"Your Excellency has something to do, just tell ......," Wei Xun looked back in surprise.
"I can't talk about orders, Li Guan came with a letter yesterday, saying that he was coming over in the middle of the folding, how should we deal with it, I haven't thought about it yet, you can help me come up with an idea!" Li Wenge said with a little distress.