Volume 1: The Age of Chaos – Chapter 9: The Guest of Bianjing (6)

Ziguan, in the bucket room used by Li Wenge as a command post, the tea and water were served, leaving only three people, Ruan, Li Bin and Li Wenge. The young two and the three foxes sat in front of a few cases and began a negotiation to decide the fate and future of Yanzhou.

"Huairen's current situation, the literary elder brother has already explained it to the old man. The old man has read a lot of people in his life, and Huai Renshi is a first-class figure in the world. If you talk about it, the old man's recommendation of Huairen to be a festival envoy is not a big deal. In these years, the world is in turmoil, and there are many towns in the Jieshuai Domain, and the mediocre and greedy people like the Gao family's father and son have been able to steal the position of the Zhangwu Army for many years, and Huairen's open-mindedness and insight are far better than the Gao family, and it is more than enough to be a festival envoy. However, the old man did not shy away from saying that Fuzhou is adjacent to the Khitan, Dangxiang and the Northern Han Dynasty, and the three are all fierce rivals. The old husband and son are in the town of Fuzhou, and every word and deed must be thoughtful for the fathers and elders of the state. The matter of Yanzhou has nothing to do with the old man, if it weren't for Fuzhou, the old man's old bones would not have been running thousands of miles to come to Guanzhong in his last years, this heartfelt heartfelt hope that the old brother and Huairen can understand......"

At first, he thought that he was willing to support Li Wenge, and he was overjoyed, but the latter words were incomprehensible. Zhe Congruan's words are reasonable, but they can't make people understand his true thoughts. seems to support but is vague and not explicit, and there are many excuses, if it is said that it is not supported, the meaning of the whole article is not like it. Rao is an old bird that Li Bin is used to seeing negotiation scenes. I don't understand what it means.

Accustomed to the negotiation situation of Dadou***, Li Bin was really a little uncomfortable when he encountered Lao Zhe's seemingly frank but extremely hidden speaking mode at first glance.

Li Wenge listened to Zhe Congruan's words, but he was not as confused as Li Bin. Basically, after understanding the abacus in Ruan's heart, everything can be planned in advance.

He smiled: "Folding." The Cultural Revolution is a rough man who doesn't know how to talk about ***. Two months ago, the three generals had just repelled an invasion of Fuzhou by the Northern Han Dynasty, and now they are garrisoning under the city of Lanzhou, and Lanzhou will return to the Great Zhou, which is a matter of time. The Cultural Revolution was dull, I don't know why the servants felt this way under such a good situation? ”

Fold Ruan's hand holding the tea bowl froze, and his pupils contracted suddenly. He said with a smile: "The Dingyan Army and the Northern Han Dynasty are in the same breath, and the messenger must make a detour to the east of Taihang Mountain, and it takes a lot of time to travel between Fuzhou and Guanzhong. The news that San Lang set up an army to attack Lanzhou, the old man also just received the letter before he left for Yanzhou. Huairen's news is well-informed, and he already knows that San Lang is stationed in Lanzhou City at the moment......"

Li Bin also looked at Li Wenge in surprise, not knowing where he got this news.

Li Wenge smiled and said slowly: "In November last year, the party Xiang Qiang besieged Linzhou, and Yang Huoshan returned to Zhou in order to ask the three generals to send troops to rescue. and his son, who is also the grandson-in-law of the servant, to serve the two dynasties, is there such a thing? ”

This is not a new thing, Yang Xin's move to borrow troops, Zhe De Yan passed the news to his father early in the morning, and the Zhou court sealed Yang Xin at the end of December last year a Linzhou assassin history, which has long been known to the world.

At that moment, Zhi Congruan nodded slowly: "Yes-Huairen is always mindful of the world's major affairs......"

Li Wenge smiled faintly: "Don't dare to do that." Since the Cultural Revolution was the enemy of the party, it was natural that he would not dare to be careless about related matters. Military aircraft are often fleeting, how can you not pay attention? ”

Zhi Congruan smiled slightly, but did not answer, he began to wonder a little about Li Wenge, and he didn't know what the idea was in the stomach of this seemingly big-handed and rough-line general.

Li Wenge ignored his thoughts, and said to himself: "Inseparable from each other." The Cultural Revolution was ugly, and he was not qualified to evaluate Yang Huoshan. However, Linzhou is located in the gap between various forces, and the situation is more difficult than that of Fuzhou, and it is inevitable to move with the situation. The siege of Linzhou has been lifted. Now there is no need for the father and son of the Yang family to continue to serve the two dynasties, the Cultural Revolution is vainly self-speculating, and Yang Huoshan is afraid that he will have to turn his back on Zhou Xianghan again in the past two months. Therefore, if the three generals expect their in-laws to send troops to garrison Fuzhou, they may be in the mirror......"

At this point, Zhe Congruan has completely overturned the impression he had formed on Li Wenge since the meeting. This is a hidden guy, although he lives in a corner of Yanzhou, he knows everything in the world. Even the big men in Bianliang, there are very few people who can know these things, what kind of road is this young man who is only in his twenties?

From Ruan began to suspect Li Bin's introduction, he couldn't see that the young man in front of him, who was calm and eloquent in front of him, had once been a slave of the subordinate.

Li Wenge whetted his appetite, and then said slowly: "Now that the three generals are stationed under the city of Lanzhou, Fuzhou is empty. According to the military information obtained by the Cultural Revolution, the elites of the eight departments of the four prefectures of Dingyan have recently assembled in the direction of Yinzhou, for fear that they will covet Fuzhou to echo the intention of the Northern Han Dynasty. The three generals will not be in Kelanzhou in a few days, but under the threat of the Tuoba family, the three generals will inevitably return to Fuzhou in the starry night. Since Zhe Shizhong is sitting in Guanzhong, he must not be able to sit idly by, so he must send troops to knock on the Qingling Gate, threaten Suixia, attack it, and save Zhao, so as to force Li Yiyin to return to the division. The Cultural Revolution secretly guessed that if the service was so arranged, it would be necessary to take Yanzhou as the rear......"

Fold from Ruan's face was calm as usual, and his heart had already smiled bitterly, a guy who thought he had hidden a good hand of cards was really uncomfortable when the other party revealed his hole cards on the spot at the card table. But at the moment, he couldn't take care of half of it

Embarrassed and surprised, he only listened carefully to what Li Wenge said, lest he miss it

“…… The Cultural Revolution is not talented, and he is willing to take care of the food for the service and supply the needs of the army to go out of the customs, so that the tigers in the army will not be left without food and clothing. The Cultural Revolution itself is willing to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters, listed under the command of the servants, and dare not spare their lives for future generations......"

Li Wenge was generous and eloquently brought to the table the negotiation conditions that he had already prepared......

Fold from Ruan was speechless for a long time.

Just when Li Bin began to worry that Li Wenge had something to say, the courtiers suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

Zhi Congruan's smile made Li Bin laugh inexplicably. Li Wenge was relieved, although Ruan's laughter did not mean anything, but he could hear that there was not the slightest hostility in it.

Li Wenge's mentality at the moment is not as good as Li Bin's, after all, although this opportunity is rare for him, it is not absolutely impossible to miss, as long as there are soldiers in hand. He didn't care too much about whether he could be a festival envoy at the moment. Of course, it's always good to have the name of a feudal town, and many things will be much more convenient.

Zhi Congruan stopped laughing, breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed in a low voice: "Sure enough, he is a hero and a young man, although Huairen is not very old, this insight is to catch up with the ancients." The old man has a lot of children and grandchildren, except for San Lang, who inherited the mantle. I'm afraid that no one can compare with Huairen. If the old man guessed well, this is the condition that Huairen took out in exchange for the old man's support? ”

Li Wenge subconsciously shrugged his shoulders: "I can't talk about the conditions, but since I am negotiating an agreement with the servants, I always have to come up with something genuine." The Cultural Revolution doesn't like to go around and around, and it's better to talk about it in person. Yanzhou is now in ruins, and this year it has sheltered a lot of displaced people, and it has to open up wasteland and build roads, and the money and grain in the hands of the state and county are not enough. The Cultural Revolution knew that Shizhong led his troops into Guanzhong, and the imperial court set up three towns for Shizhong to get food. The transportation of these grains from Sanshui to the front can be borne by Yanzhou. In order to avoid the loss of transportation in this intermediate ground. The service is on the front line, and the military grain can be drawn from the Yanzhou warehouse, and then the military grain is transported to offset the shortage in the warehouse. It's a reciprocal move, and I don't think you'll be picky......"

Zhi Congruan shook his head and smiled: "Huairen calculates, he really looks like a bookkeeper who must compare baht!" ”

Li Wenge smiled calmly: "Let the servant laugh shamefully." Born in the Cultural Revolution, he is used to living a tight life, and he doesn't dare to be extravagant! ”

Zhi Congruan looked at Li Wenge silently, and said calmly: "The old man has said everything you want to say by Yue Daiku, now you can talk about your conditions, right?" ”

Li Wenge glanced at Li Bin, Li Bin was about to open his mouth, but was stopped by Zhe Congruan's outstretched hand: "Brother Wenqian, the young eagle always has to fly its own wings to be tough." How long can an old man of your age and me shelter young people from the wind and rain? I don't think Huairen is the kind of person who waits for someone else to send everything to the door, since he can spend effort to find out the affairs of my prefecture so clearly, I don't think there is a need to pretend to be someone else on the joint of this negotiation of conditions......"

Mouthful. This old guy's eyes were not fixed on Li Wenge, and he glanced back and forth, which made Li Wenge feel a chill and goosebumps all over his body.

Li Wenge lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "There are many conditions for the juniors, and after saying it, I hope that the juniors will not be greedy!" ”

Zhi Congruan smiled and didn't speak, but secretly thought in his heart that no matter how greedy you are, where can you be greedy? Could it be that he is still not satisfied with being a festival envoy in his twenties, and he still wants to be an envoy or the king of the country? He himself thought it was funny, this young man was not such an ignorant person.

Unexpectedly, Li Wenge's words below shocked this well-informed old fox again.

Li Wenge folded his fingers and counted: "First, the servant led the army into the customs this time, and he must have made a windfall in the hands of the imperial court. The junior had asked Li to observe that he had bought fifty pieces of infantry armor from the hands of the servant before, and the junior expected that the servant would not leave no money in his hand. The Cultural Revolution did not dare to be greedy, half of the meeting was divided, and half of the servants came out to help the soldiers under the younger generations, the armor was half of the soldier's life on the battlefield, and the brothers under the Cultural Revolution were to fight side by side with the Zhejia army, their lives were the lives of the sons of the Zhejia family, and the soldiers died one less, the Tuoba family would have to die more, and the Zhejia army would have fewer casualties, this account, the younger generations felt that the service should be able to be counted ......"

Fold from Ruan's beard halfway through, then stopped there so stiffly, speechless for a while......

Even Li Bin didn't expect that Li Wenge didn't mention the matter of the Jiedu envoy with a single mouth, but instead hit the idea of folding the armor of the family army to press the bottom of the box, this kid sent ten crossbow machines, but he had to fold Congruan to fill it back with an unknown number of infantry armor of incalculable value.

Li Wenge didn't seem to pay attention to Li Bin and Zhe Congruan's extremely ugly faces, and the boss unceremoniously stretched out his second finger: "Second, this time to attack the difficult army, all the captured beheadings, no matter how many or small, the Zhejia army and the Yanzhou army are divided into seventy-three, the grain and straw supplies, the baggage, cattle and sheep are all at the disposal of the Zhejia army, and the weapons, armor, staff, horses, and prisoners are all at the disposal of the Yanzhou army, and the servants should understand." It is impossible to break through the north and south in one fell swoop to destroy the Dingyan army, so all the seizures need to be transported to Sanshui through our Yanzhou, and the transportation in the middle is fully responsible for the Yanzhou side, and there is no half-cent fee for the family, and the army of the family consumes a lot in the Guanzhong, and needs grain, grass and livestock. And the younger generation formed an army in a hurry. There are not enough weapons, armour, staff, horses, and men, so we will do our duty, and each one will take it

Fair and reasonable ......"

Li Bin was dizzy when he heard this, looking at Li Wenge's serious face, as if what he said was some natural things, and he was not afraid that Ruan would not agree at all.

At this moment, he no longer had the surprise and shock he had at the beginning, and he gently tapped the table with his index finger. With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he said softly: "There are two of one, there must be three and four, one always say it!" ”

Li Wenge glanced at Li Bin, gritted his teeth and said: "Please ask Shizhong to help, or persuade the general Zuowei who is about to arrive in Yanzhou, or Shizhong will go to the court alone to set up a military authority for the younger generation, and ask for the authority to observe and know the state affairs." As for the position of the military festival in the high attendant, it can not be moved for the time being. So as not to embarrass the court, after all, the high servant is also the servant, and the envoy of this dynasty is quite a mid-level servant, and there is only him and you at present, so you must always leave a little room for you to meet him in the future......"

"Why do you want to open a separate town and set up an army?" Zhi Congruan unceremoniously interrupted Li Wenge's ramblings, and asked dryly and went straight to the point. There is no meaning to let it go at all.

Li Wenge hesitated for a moment, and Li Bin also said on the side: "Huairen, the officers and officers of all the battalions in the Zhangwu Army, they all want to count on you, if you don't take over the position of the Zhangwu Army, how will they be placed?" This group of people is uneasy, and sooner or later something will happen in Yanzhou......"

Li Wenge thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "The younger generation can use the name of Xindi Military Town to know the military force. Handle the military affairs of the Zhangwu Army on behalf of the senior servants. But the juniors can't take over the mess of the Zhangwu Army in its entirety......"

At this time, even Li Bin felt strange, and asked puzzledly: "Why is this?" ”

Zhi Congruan didn't ask this time, but his two thoughtful eyes stared at Li Wenge without blinking, making him uncomfortable.

Li Wenge said to Li Bin: "Observe." The military towns in the world, under the festival, there are town generals, soldiers, capture, containment, inspection, there are guards in the ya, the head of the capital, there are ten generals, there are Yu Hou, there are former generals, and some feudal towns are also divided into horse infantry army......"

He suddenly pulled this up, Li Bin felt even more confused, and even Zhi Congruan had a puzzled look on his face.

Li Wenge said: "These feudal towns that have become officials were originally available in the Zhangwu Army. But since the Gao father and son took charge of the army. These ranks, which were used by them as a tool for the generals of the air force, were forced out of the army and left at home with such titles. These veteran military leaders are too old and too senior, and the younger generations can't use them. But the younger generations can't deprive the Gao family of the only false title left to them. It was the anger of the public, and the younger generation did not dare. The current military system of the Zhangwu Army has actually returned to the military system of time and place at the beginning of recruitment, and this military system is simple and simple, but the officers and men in the army have no promotion ranks...... The waiter is a person who knows the soldiers, so he naturally knows that if a military town cannot give the generals and leading the officers room for promotion, sooner or later there will be problems. In addition, the Zhangwu Army's accounts are chaotic and the expenditures are huge, and there are many vacancies in bribes and public banks in the army, so it takes considerable effort to put things in order in an all-round way. Most of the officers under the younger generation were still small soldiers a few months ago, and those commanders in the Zhangwu Army were absolutely unwilling to obey the orders of these former subordinates, and the younger generations had to set up a separate military town to take care of both sides, and the Zhangwu Army did not have to make any major changes that hurt the muscles and bones, and the new army did not have to worry about being mixed with these soldiers to corrupt the atmosphere and reduce its combat effectiveness. There is no need to touch the false titles of the old military leaders who have actually retired from the military circles, and their interests will not be touched for the time being, and the new army under the lowly position will not be mixed with the original Zhangwu Army, and it can also make the old officers and their subordinates feel a little more at ease, and they will not be afraid of being replaced by others every day......"

After saying a lot, Li Wenge exhaled lightly and said: "Once you take over the Zhangwu Army, then no matter what kind of ghost problems happen to this military town in the future, the younger generations will be piggybacked, and once the internal problems are not handled well, it will cause the court to interfere." If the juniors can set up another military town, then if there is any problem with the Zhangwu Army, the juniors can mobilize the new army at any time, and at the same time, the juniors do not have to be responsible for any chaos caused by the Zhangwu Army, and in the future, the establishment of this military town will be canceled step by step, and it will be a matter of course, boiling frogs in warm water, and those who may cause chaos will not be forced to take risks......"

When Zhi Congruan heard this, he asked quietly: "Speaking of which, if the old man wants to speak for you, you must always clearly tell the old man what kind of official position you want, for example, if you want to train a new military town, is the military town number to be given by the imperial court or does your own family already have a ready-made name available, you must always make it clear that the old man can speak......

Li Wenge's face became very strange, as if he was forced to endure something funny and not laugh, and said with great difficulty: "Yanzhou is located in the border fortress, the barrier pass, and the key points of Dan, Dun, Sui, Xia, Yan, Ling, and Qing Eight Roads are kept, and the name of the military town of Xindi in the younger generation is named after it......"

Speaking of this, he paused, seemed to think for a long time, and said slowly: "The younger generation hopes to serve the imperial court on behalf of the imperial court, observe Yanzhou for observation, and use the younger generation for the Eighth Route Army to make the Quan Zhangwu Army know Yanzhou affairs......"