The sky gradually darkened, the shouts of killing gradually faded away, and more than 10,000 people in the front army of Li Yu's Jinan Army collapsed like a mountain under the impact of cavalry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Cheng's cavalry was all let go, and they were frantically chasing and defeating the enemy, and it was estimated that they would not return until half an hour later.

At this moment, there were only a dozen or so cavalry guards left by his side, and they were looking at the soldiers of the baggage battalion vigilantly with long lances in their hands.

On the contrary, Li Cheng sat on his horse with a relaxed face and looked at the Song army sitting on the ground curiously, not worried that the enemy would break out, and the strong man who dared to charge the 10,000-strong formation with 300 horsemen would care about the light infantry in his early 200s who had completely lost their combat effectiveness?

Li Cheng was tired of being quiet and happy, and the mastermind Tao Zisi was commanding the cavalry to fight, and without him being noisy by his side, he kept twisting his body all the time. One moment he reached out to pick his scalp, and the next he grabbed his vest.

In order to make it easier to tickle, he had already asked the guards to help him take off the armor on his body, only wearing a shirt, opening his chest, ten fingers couldn't stop exerting force, and his mouth made a "silky" sound of enjoyment.

"A thief is a thief, and there is no right shape." Lu Can was annoyed when he saw it: "I have lice in my belly, so I am really humiliated by letting go...... Why didn't Daws come out when he went to get the holy decree...... He, he, he, he turned out to be sent by Zhang Xianggong...... Why didn't he identify himself when I wanted to take his head by military law? Unreasonable, unreasonable......"

"That's right, how important is it for Dao Si to recruit Li Thief, my status is humble, and I am naturally not qualified to ask about such military affairs...... But if he dies at my hands, wouldn't it be a bad thing...... Still doesn't make sense...... Is he really an angel of the court? ”

When his heart was in turmoil, he saw Li Cheng, who was riding on a horse, straightened his body quickly, quickly dressed himself, cut his hair again, and jumped off the saddle.

Lu Can looked back, only to see that Wang Shen had already washed his face, changed into a clean robe, put on a hat, held the hem of his clothes in his right hand, and held a scroll in his left hand, and strode out of the warehouse.

He changed into Yue Yun's clothes, which were shabby but neatly ironed.

Yue Yun is half a head taller than Wang Shen, and his clothes are also long, so he can wear them on his body. But looking at his sword eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a slight luster on his skin, he is really personable, like a good son in the turbid world.

At this time, Lu Can no longer had the slightest doubt about Wang Shen's identity. He is a scholar, a son of the Haizhou Wang family, he talks and laughs on weekdays, and there is no white ding, I don't know how many big people I have seen. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Liu Guangshi to write a letter in person, inviting him to serve in the Huaixi Army.

The good nutrition shown by Wang Shen's body appearance, as well as the neat and white teeth, and the powerful aura exuded from his body, could only belong to the sons of nobles and princesses. Even if others want to impersonate, they can't learn this kind of temperament.

Lu Can didn't know that in the modern society of later generations, the concept of equality for all people has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In fact, unlike the West, China's basic education in later generations, such as political economy, dialectical materialism, and historical materialism, was, to put it bluntly, elite education. has poetry and books in his belly, and as a successful person, he doesn't know how many big people he talks and laughs with on weekdays, and he has never had stage fright no matter what kind of scene he encounters.

Wang Shen strode out of the treasury, unfolded the scroll, and said loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict is ......."

Before the words were finished, the fake edict had been snatched away by Li Cheng's hand.

"Eh, Huaibei captured and killed Li Cheng...... Haha, the official family still remembers my name and previous official position......" Li Cheng laughed loudly and read it quickly and loudly. On his angular face, his black eyes were deep and bright, like a knife about to pierce the edict.

As he read this, his brow furrowed suddenly.

Wang Shen saw his color change, thinking that he was being seen by others, and his heart was entangled.

Fortunately, Li Cheng's brows stretched out again, and he continued to read it.

In fact, this edict was written by Wang Shen very simply, with no more than 30 words before and after. Probably means that the emperor recruited Li Cheng and still appointed him as the envoy of the Jingdong River North Road. Li Cheng's troops were under the control of Liu Guangshi's Jiangdong Xuanfu Envoy, and how to settle the troops after accepting Zhao'an could be discussed with Liu Guangshi.

“…… August 3 of the third year of Jianyan. After reading it, Li Cheng stuffed the edict into his sleeve and nodded to Wang Shen: "There is General Lao Wang." "I don't talk about the will, I don't say I resist the will, anyway, I don't have an attitude.

Lu Can's nerd temper immediately came up, pointed at Li Cheng and shouted: "Li Cheng, the holy purpose is this, you dare not kneel down to accept the order, arrogant and rebellious." ”

Seeing him suddenly attack, everyone was shocked. Li Cheng has an arrogant personality and kills people like hemp, Lu Can pointed at his nose and scolded, afraid that it would be worse.

Li Cheng smiled faintly: "I am no longer the capture and killing envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and now I can't accept the invitation of the official family, and I can't accept this holy decree, I haven't thought about it yet, why kneel?" ”

Lu Can was furious and was about to continue scolding. Wang Shen hurriedly grabbed him and said to Li Cheng: "General Li is right, how important is the matter of recruiting An. After all, there are still 10,000 tigers under the command of the Heavenly King to be placed, and there is no hurry. ”

He looked at Li Cheng intently: "General Li, the one who sent Zhang Cong to Xingdu to ask for the court's summons, but you, I think the king of heaven has already made his own decision, and he will not let the court and the people of the world down." ”

Hearing Li Cheng's words just now, Wang Shen secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Judging from his expression, this edict was not flawed, and it was finally hidden.

Li Cheng nodded and said, "This battle is not over yet, let me think about it, and I will reply to the angel early tomorrow morning." For the time being, I'm afraid that I'll wronged you and wait, so I'll stay in the treasury for the night. ”

After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered: "Disarm the prisoners, put them in the storehouse, and keep them strictly guarded!" ”

Lu Can jumped like thunder: "Li Cheng...... You! ”

Wang Shen arched his hand: "It's easy to say." Then he looked at the crowd and shouted, "Everyone put down their weapons and unarmour, and the battle is over." You are my subordinates, and the so-called two armies will not fight each other, and General Li will not embarrass us. ”

Through these four days of fighting, the sergeants admired Wang Shen to the extreme, and now that they knew that he was noble, they immediately disarmed and carried their wounded companions into the storehouse one after another.

It was only at this time that Wang Shen found that his feet were trembling slightly and unknowingly.

He forcibly raised his spirits and said: "General Li, my soldiers have been fighting bloodily for four days, and everyone is wounded, please ......."

"Yes, I will send a Lang Zhong to treat your corporal in the evening." Without waiting for Wang Shen to finish speaking, Li Chengcheng responded. He glanced at Wang Shen deeply, and suddenly said: "Angel fought a good battle, but it's a pity that you and I don't do beauty in this fight today, and it has a bit of a bullying flavor." Otherwise, I won't be accepted by this recruitment, and let you go back to Liu Guangshi to gather the troops, and let's fight in a dignified manner? ”

Wang Shen's face changed.

Li Cheng suddenly burst out laughing: "It's funny, it's funny, angel please." ”

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After a rain, the weather cooled down.

When it got dark, it was a little cold.

In an adobe house, a few oil lamps shone brightly, tearing Li Cheng's figure to the end.

The cavalry sent out to pursue the Jinan army during the day had returned, and the town of Pingyuan was full of lights and bonfires. In this battle, Li Chengjun beheaded 600, which was an unprecedented victory.

At the same time, he sent light cavalry back to Sizhou, and ordered the 3,000 main forces stationed there to rush over.

From this moment on, Pingyuan Town became Li Cheng's old camp of the Chinese army.

In front of him was a large case, on which were piled up like a mountain, which was the accounts of the Pingyuan Town Treasury and the baggage camp in the past two years.

Li Cheng first flipped through it casually for a long time, and finally impatiently brushed the irrelevant account book to the ground, leaving only a booklet on it.

Tao Zisi shook his head, leaned over to pick up the account book, and put the stacks back in place neatly, obviously helpless and common to be anxious about Li Cheng.

Li Cheng picked up the booklet in front of him and read it for a long time, and finally let out a cheer: "Zisi, Zisi, the harvest is good, two thousand horses of linen, this year's soldiers' winter clothes are available." Also, there is a part of the armor and equipment that can be supplemented, Liu Guangshi is not bad, he is really a qualified commander of the baggage battalion. ”

Seeing that Li Cheng sarcastically ridiculed Liu Guangshi as the captain of the logistics and transportation brigade, Tao Zisi was angry and funny: "Aren't you going to accept the court's recruitment, the holy decree says that we will be controlled by Liu Guangshi." If you set up his treasury, I'm afraid you will annoy Uncle Liu Ping. When the time comes, a military order will come down and order the king of heaven to return all the grain, will you return it or not? ”

Li Cheng laughed and said: "Also, why don't you pay it back, the official level crushes people to death!" However, the money will have to wait until I have it. I admit this debt, as for when I will pay him back, let's talk about it! Besides, I've become his subordinate, so I should give some gifts, right? ”

Tao Zisi also laughed, he took out a scroll of paper from his sleeve and unfolded it, Huo Ran is the edict written by Wang Shen: "Heavenly King, I always feel that this holy decree is wrong. ”

Li Cheng: "What's wrong?" ”

Tao Zisi looked puzzled: "This official handbook is just a paper scroll, which is too simple." Last time, the Heavenly King also received a Zhao'an holy decree, which was yellow silk, and the shaft was installed, and the paste was very exquisite. When I look at this thing, I always feel that something is wrong. ”

The meaning of his words is, in modern terms, that is, this decree looks a bit of a copycat.

"There's nothing wrong, didn't Wang Shen say that he encountered a chaotic army on the road, and finally escaped by pretending to be a monk? Thinking about it, he had peeled the decree off the scroll in advance, so that he could keep it close to him. Also, the edict and the edict are different, and the so-called edict is a private letter from the official family to show affection. It seems that a certain still has some weight in Zhao Jiu's mind. Speaking of this, Li Cheng was a little proud.

Tao Zisi was cautious, and he continued: "No, it's still not right, you see, Heavenly King." He stretched out his finger and pressed it on the imperial seal, sticking a finger of ink: "Why does this jade seal look like it is newly covered?" ”

"Jianghuai is different from the two rivers, the weather is humid. Zisi thinks too much, I'm sure this edict is true. Li Cheng smiled and said: "I recognize the words of Zhao Jiuguan, and you look at this place." He pointed to the end of the decree.

Tao Zisi: "This is a ...... No, no, no, it's Bian, it's not right, oh, it's a monogram! ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's the official's painting." Li Cheng said: "Back then, Emperor Daojun's painting was composed of the four characters of 'one person in the world', and now this official family also learns that Emperor Daojun wants to be one person in the world." It's just that he is a son after all, so the word is missing from his painting. With the presence of the emperor, he naturally did not dare to be called the first person in the world. The reason why a certain person knows about this is because when he was recruited, the chamberlain who came to deliver the decree said it to me, and you naturally don't know it. ”

It turned out that when the people of the Song Dynasty signed, in addition to writing their names and sealing, they also had a painting tag. Only when all three are matched can it have legal effect. Everyone has a unique drawing, some are a cursive character, some are a figure, and some people simply draw a circle. If you are not familiar with it, you don't know it at all, and even if you counterfeit your signature and seal, you can easily be detected.

Tao Zisi breathed a sigh of relief: "I see, I was taught." ”

In this way, the two of them are also convinced of the handbook written by Wang Shen.

After saying a few words, Tao Zisi suddenly said: "Heavenly King, since the edict has arrived, and we now occupy Pingyuan Town and Sizhou, the north and south want to rush to get it, so naturally we have to have a good talk with Liu Guangshi." Aren't we being restrained by him, and we have to make some conditions? ”

"The conditions must be opened, otherwise, our army is in the rear of the Huaixi Army, and it is like a thorn in the back for Liu Guangshi. If we turn the other cheek, we can easily copy his rear army, cut off its grain routes, and even directly threaten Yangzhou. Zisi, what kind of benefits should we reap? ”

Tao Zisi was excited: "First of all, grain, this year's drought in Lianghuai is tight, and it is not good to say that there is a great famine." But it's okay in the south of the Yangtze River, there must be autumn grain to come across the river, and Liu Guangshi has to be divided. In addition, after we were recruited last time, the military salary owed by the imperial court also had to be made up. As for the weapons and armour, the subordinates will make a list and send it over. The official road of Pingyuan Town has fallen into our hands, and the main force of our army will open tomorrow. The army is pressing, and Liu Guangshi can't agree or not. ”

He walked to the map hanging on the wall, pointed to Tianchang County, and said: "It is reported that after Liu Guangshi heard that Li Yu's main force made a detour to Hongze Lake, he ordered the army to go south. He himself panicked, and rode lightly on the starry night. At most, the day after tomorrow, he will be able to enter Tianchang County to join Li Qiong. At that time, I will personally go to Liu Guangshi's Chinese army. ”

"What are you going to do?" Li Cheng suddenly put away his smile: "You don't go, and the others don't have to go." ”

Tao Zisi looked puzzled: "My subordinates don't understand." ”

Li Cheng: "I can't stand Zhao'an, I haven't thought it through yet!" ”

Tao Zisi was taken aback: "The king of heaven ......"

"I know that there are people in the army who don't want to fight and want to recruit peace. However, the situation in Huaixi is very chaotic, and I can't see it seriously. No hurry, no hurry, let me think again. ”

Tao Zisi: "Heavenly King, the husband is in the world, which is nothing more than a sharp word." The so-called bustling world is all for profit, and the world is bustling for profit. Bustling, profit comes and goes. Let's make conditions, if Liu Guangshi agrees, then recruit An, if he doesn't agree, continue to talk, and finally be able to negotiate a result. ”

"It's not that simple, a certain person is the head of an army. Tens of thousands of brothers in Pao Ze have entrusted their lives to a certain person, so they naturally have to plan for them, how can it be summed up in a sharp word. Li Cheng suddenly had a worried look on his face: "Think again, think again." ”

"Yes, Heavenly King." As the mastermind of the first army, Li Cheng adopted all the strategies offered by Tao Zisi, and he was also proud in his heart. However, he always felt that he was separated from Li Tianwang.

Li Cheng seems to be a bright and scheming hero on the surface, but in fact, he has his own plans in his heart and will not discuss with others. Once you have an idea, you will be desperate to implement it.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a plot to make an allusion, and in the army, Tao Zisi was that plot, and in the end, Li Cheng had to make the decision.

Tao Zisi couldn't guess his thoughts, and he didn't dare to ask any more.