"It's Li Xiu below, I don't know what to call the general?" Li Xiu smiled and saluted the veteran, the general, like the beauty, is very taboo for others to say that he is old, so although the general has gray hair, Li Xiu is still called a general. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Haha~, I didn't expect the rumors from the outside world to be true, the person who can make the prince and the king of Qin compete to recruit is so young, the old man is an eye-opener!" I saw that the old general laughed very heartily, and then hugged his fist to Li Xiu and saluted, "Old man Du Fuwei, I don't know if you have heard of Li Xianjiu?" ”

"Duvoway!" Li Xiu immediately glanced at each other in surprise when he heard this name, this name may not be very famous in history, but as long as people who have watched "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", I am afraid they will not be too unfamiliar with him, and the person who can be called "Daddy" by the two protagonists will naturally not be too simple.

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness King Wu, when He was still a teenager, he had heard of His Highness's prestige, but he didn't expect to see His Highness in this situation!" Li Xiu immediately smiled and said, the title of King Wu does not only refer to Li Shimin's later son Li Ke, before Li Ke, after Du Fuwei surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, he was named King of Wu, Jianghuai pacification ambassador, Shangzhu State, etc., and even gave him the surname Li, so Li Xiu was only called King Wu when he saw him.

Du Fuwei is one of the anti-kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty, entrenched in the Jianghuai area, so the army under his command is called the Jianghuai Army, although the number of the army is not as good as the original Li Mi and Wang Shichong and others, but it is a rare elite division, there are few opponents in the south, but Du Fuwei does not seem to have much ambition, he used to be a minister to Yang Tong, and now the Tang Dynasty is strong, so he is a minister to the Tang Dynasty, which was named King Wu, some time ago Li Yuan summoned him to Beijing, Du Fuwei actually came, which also shows his sincerity to join the Tang Dynasty.

"Haha~, don't call him His Royal Highness King Wu, the old man is a few years older than your father, you can call me uncle or uncle!" Du Fuwei said very happily, and then he asked people to bring a horse and invite Li Xiu to come up, so Li Xiu got on the horse and walked side by side with him.

"Why is Li Saijiu here?" Du Fuwei smiled again and asked, he is bold, especially likes talented young people, and he also has a problem, that is, he likes to take in his godsons, for example, now he has more than 30 godsons, most of whom are arranged by him in the Jianghuai army, although there is a suspicion of cronyism, but it also makes his control over the Jianghuai army greatly increased.

"This ......" Li Xiu didn't know how to answer when he heard this, if he said that he was kidnapped by a bearded guest, it would be a little too shameless, so in the end he had to say vaguely, "I was seeing off an elder, but I didn't expect to drink a few more drinks on the boat, and I didn't know how far he drifted on the river, he was in a hurry, so I got off the boat nearby, but I didn't expect it to be too far away from Chang'an, so I stopped Uncle Du, hoping to take me for a ride." ”

"Haha, I see, it's a coincidence, the old man also went out hunting a few days ago, and he should have gone back yesterday, but he met a tiger, and he tracked it all night, and then he shot the tiger, we definitely won't be able to go to Chang'an tonight, wait for me to ask Li Xianjiu to taste tiger meat!" Du Fuwei also heard that Li Xiu seemed to be hiding something, but he didn't ask more, but was very enthusiastic about inviting Li Xiu to eat tiger meat, which also made Li Xiu have a good impression of him.

At the moment, Li Xiu and Du Fuwei chatted while walking, although the age gap between the two was huge, but even Li Xiu did not expect that the two would talk very speculatively, Du Fuwei had a square face and a wide mouth, looking very majestic, but in fact he was a very easy-going person, what is even more rare is that he did not talk to Li Xiu about any current politics and military, but chatted with Li Xiu about some interesting anecdotes in the capital, and then talked about the customs and customs of various places, the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers, etc., and even the delicacies of various places are like a few treasures.

The beautiful scenery and food in various places are also what Li Xiu is most interested in, so he and Du Fuwei are more and more speculative, and they don't even notice that it is dark, and finally a tall young general next to Du Fuwei reminds them, they only found that it is late, and the two of them can't help but laugh dumbly, and then Du Fuwei ordered his soldiers to camp and rest in the open space on the side of the road, Li Xiu also learned at this time that they are still thirty or forty miles away from Chang'an, and they should be able to arrive tomorrow morning.

The number of soldiers under Du Fuwei is quite large, Li Xiu roughly estimated, it is likely to reach a thousand, this discovery also made him frown, Du Fuwei is also a subordinate no matter how he says, but he still retains so many guards, it is really not a good thing.

"Li Xijiu, I heard that you participated in the Battle of Gyeongju last year, you should have seen the demeanor of the Niangzi Army and the Tiance Army, I don't know how my children compare with those two Tang Dynasty powerhouses?" Du Fuwei saw Li Xiu carefully observing his personal guards, and he was also very complacent at the moment, these personal guards were all selected by him from the Jianghuai army, and his self-confidence was definitely no worse than that of the Women's Army and the Tiance Army.

"The soldiers under the old man move in an orderly manner, and it is indeed a rare strong army, but when I rode forward just now, I saw that although the riding skills of these soldiers were good, they still could not be compared with the elite cavalry under the King of Qin." Li Xiu said honestly, he shouldn't have said it so directly, but because he thought of some things, he deliberately said it, hoping to wake up Du Fuwei.

Du Fuwei was not angry when he heard Li Xiu's words, but laughed very happily: "Hahahaha~, Li Xianjiu is really as wise as a torch, they all say that the northerners ride horses and the southerners operate the boats, after all, these Jianghuai elites in my hands are southerners, although they have deliberately practiced horsemanship, but they can only be regarded as average, and they cannot be compared with the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty at all, but although the cavalry is powerful, these soldiers under my command have a way to restrain them, so even if I encounter the elite cavalry, my thousand foot soldiers may not lose!" ”

"Oh? Uncle Du is so confident, you must know that cavalry is born to restrain foot soldiers, unless it is ......" Li Xiu suddenly thought of a possibility when he said this, and suddenly turned his head to seriously look at these Jianghuai elites, only to see that these people were all tall people, and they were very steady when walking, and the guy who was preparing dinner over there was throwing pieces of mutton into the pot, but the soldiers who walked by next to him didn't even look at it, obviously they had long been accustomed to this situation.

"Uncle, you ...... These guards of yours can't all be strangers, right? Seeing this, Li Xiu couldn't help but look at Du Fuwei in surprise.

The reason why Li Xiu has such a judgment is because the Mo knife hand will have very strict requirements for height and physique, and he must be tall and strong, otherwise he will not be able to swing the long and heavy Mo knife at all, and the Mo knife hand is wearing heavy armor on the battlefield, advancing layer by layer like a steel city wall, and the pace is extremely steady, coupled with the importance of the Mo knife hand, so that their treatment in the army is also extremely high, such as eating meat at every meal, which is also not available in other arms.

"Haha~, no wonder the King of Qin and the crown prince are vying to recruit you, if it were me, I'm afraid I would have to snatch you back!" Du Fuwei saw that Li Xiu had guessed the truth, and he laughed again and exclaimed, but it was a pity that he couldn't have known Li Xiu a few years earlier, otherwise he would have to recognize him as his godson no matter what.

Seeing Du Fuwei's happy appearance, Li Xiu couldn't help but look at him helplessly, if he remembered well, Du Fuwei didn't seem to live this year, and he died very unjustly, obviously it was Fu Gongyou who rebelled against him, but in the end he was framed as Du Fuwei rebelled, as a result, Du Fuwei and his men were almost slaughtered, Li Xiu still sympathized with him, but now it seems that Du Fuwei is actually more like looking for his own death.

Du Fuwei is different from other anti-kings, his sphere of influence is in the Jianghuai region, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, Jianghuai is far away from the political center, and it is an out-and-out south, when the Tang Dynasty first began to establish the country, the power could not reach there at all, Du Fuwei was very interesting, and he was a vassal to the Tang Dynasty early.

However, although Du Fuwei nominally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, it was actually more like an alliance before, when the Tang Dynasty attacked Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei also sent troops to help, but later the strength of the Tang Dynasty exploded, making Du Fuwei a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, but the Jianghuai Army was still firmly in his hands, even if he came to Chang'an last year, but he handed over the Jianghuai Army to his most trusted godson, so the Jianghuai area is still in his hands.

If Li Xiu is Du Fuwei, I am afraid that he will hand over the military power of the Jianghuai Army as soon as possible, after all, with the urine nature of Li Yuan's father and son, he will not tolerate the existence of a country within a country no matter what, not to mention that Du Fuwei did not stay honestly when he came to Chang'an, and even took people out hunting, and the thousand guards around him were still the most elite Modao army, which was simply challenging the patience of Li Yuan's father and son, so it is not surprising that Du Fuwei died unjustly in the end.

Li Xiu thought about his thoughts, but dinner was already ready, and it was Du Fuwei's own hands, only to see a wooden shelf on both sides of a charcoal fire, a special huge iron fork was erected, a skinned tiger was stretched open, constantly flipped over on the fire, the oil-brushed tiger meat was roasted "Zizi", and a tempting aroma of meat attracted mouthwater.

When the tiger meat was almost roasted, Du Fuwei personally cut off the tiger meat and distributed it to everyone present, Li Xiu as a guest, was given a piece of the best tiger meat, and then someone sent sauce and a knife, and when eating, he directly cut off a small piece of tiger meat with a knife and dipped it in the sauce to eat.

Li Xiu is also the first time to taste the taste of tiger meat, if it is placed in the future generations, I am afraid that people will be arrested for the crime of eating rare animals, but for the era of the Tang Dynasty, although tigers are not common, but not rare, and even because of the perennial war, the population has been greatly reduced, and the number of animals has increased a lot, and even near Chang'an, I have heard the news of tigers infesting and hurting people from time to time, and some places have even caused tiger trouble, so it is not a big deal for Du Fuwei to hunt tigers.

With a little curiosity, Li Xiu tasted a small piece of tiger meat, but what disappointed him was that the taste of tiger meat was not very good, the meat fiber was too thick, and he couldn't bite at all if he had bad teeth, but out of curiosity, he could eat it.

In contrast, Du Fuwei and his soldiers ate extremely happily, especially the soldiers who could be sent tiger meat by Du Fuwei himself, they were even more excited, they didn't use knives, they directly held a piece of tiger meat weighing a few catties, and bit it up, and Du Fuwei didn't have any shelf, talking and laughing with the soldiers, and also let people send wine.

After a while, the Qiu Ba of these armies couldn't restrain their true colors one by one, some shouted loudly and boasted about their military exploits, some people formed teams in pairs and began to wrestle, and even jumped up and sang and danced around the fire, but you don't have any extravagant expectations for their singing and dancing, and after a while, the fire looked like a group of demons dancing wildly.

For the profligate appearance of his soldiers, Du Fuwei did not blame, but also held his wine glass high and kept coaxing, letting out bursts of hearty laughter, Li Xiu had already said that he did not drink at all, and Du Fuwei did not force it, so he was probably the only sober person in the venue.

Looking at Du Fuwei who opened his shirt to reveal his solid chest, ate meat and drank a lot, and laughed with his beard up to the sky, Li Xiu felt a little pity in addition to envy, if Du Fuwei still couldn't recognize his mistakes and went his own way, I am afraid that this scene would become a sound. (To be continued.) )