When Li Cheng was recruited in Huaixi, he did not have many troops at hand, only six or seven thousand soldiers, and the territory he occupied was also small. www.biquge.info However, he was a first-class brave man, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was also first-class in the Song army at that time.

When the imperial court was using soldiers, it was extremely tolerant of military generals, and never spared official positions and titles.

Li Cheng amassed troops in Jiangbei, located on the front line of national defense, and it stands to reason that he would receive great trust from the imperial court. As long as he has been in business for a few years, he may not be able to become a marshal like Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong.

He thought the same thing, and he was a little perked up.

It's a pity that the world is stronger than people, and the Jurchens went south and entered the Kou, and everything changed.

How could Li Cheng defeat the invading army of Wushu, besides, as a big man, he did not have the idea of working for the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that moment, just like everyone else, withdraw the troops to Jiangnan.

Then there was a series of bad luck.

With the entry of the Jurchens into the Jiangnan region, all parts of the country were eroded, and there was no replenishment at all. Li Chengjun dodged the pursuit of the Jurchens, second, to guard against the black hands of friendly troops, and third, to rub with local bandits and rogues.

Turning to fight thousands of miles, the elite in the army is fighting less and less, and in the end, the team is enriched with a large number of newcomers, and the combat effectiveness plummets, which is also the direct reason why he was beaten by Zhong Xiang after he came to Dingzhou.

At this time, Li Jiajun had degenerated from the elite of the Tokyo Left-behind Division into a second-line army full of bandits, ruffians, and hooligans, with no sense of honor and no fighting spirit.

After Li Cheng arrived in Dingdingzhou, because the troops were too difficult, he simply robbed the entire Dingzhou and captured the young and strong men in the city.

The current Li family's army is barely maintained at 20,000 people, but the ghost who can pull them out to fight knows how many.

Robbed the wealth of the city, of course, Li Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, coupled with his brutal massacre of the people in the Dongting Lake area, his hands were covered with the blood of the Hunan people, and he had become the public enemy of the Dingzhou people.

Dingzhou Zhizhou Jian Mingyuan and other officials led the wolf into the room, and their hearts were bitter, but the knife was on their necks, and they were officers and soldiers of the imperial court, so they had to force a smile to collect food for Li Cheng.

Li Cheng probably also knew that the magistrates and squires hated him to the core, so he did not dare to set up his line in the state office, but opened up the school field into a military camp and stayed here all day.

Therefore, Li Tianwang's behavior seems very simple.

There were already six or seven tables of wine and food in the back room, and when they were seated, they drank a few glasses, and the atmosphere became lively.

Previously, Wang Shen was full of style and amazing momentum, and everyone was shocked by him.

Wang Shen doesn't know how many such dinners he has attended in modern society, and he doesn't know how much more sophisticated the wine culture is than the ancients. Everyone was fighting on the battlefield, and they didn't pay so much attention to it, so they smiled and said: "When I talked about official affairs before, I had to talk about respect and inferiority. Now that we are eating and drinking, we are all brothers in robes, so there is no need to be so polite. Haha, speaking of which, back then, I almost served under the command of Brother Boyou, and I scooped with all the brothers! For all brothers, Wang Shen has admired him for a long time, but today is the first time to meet, and he is overjoyed. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone became curious. The number one general under Li Cheng, Ma Jin is a straight-hearted man and bold, so he couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask for advice, what is going on?" ”

Wang Shen immediately told the past events in Huaixi one by one, he was eloquent, and everyone listened to it with relish. Hearing the wonderful, all the generals couldn't stop coming up to toast.

After speaking, Ma Jin couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect the Sizhou army to be so capable of fighting. ”

Another general said with a smile: "General Ma, you really drank too much, and if you want to join our Li family's army, he is a newcomer, and he will not be bullied by you, an old ruffian." ”

Ma Jin was furious and slammed the wine bowl on the table: "You! He clenched his fist the size of the casserole and wanted to pounce and fight.

But the man was not afraid, and shouted: "Is it wrong to say that you are a military ruffian?" You were the only one who led the army back then, and you were very majestic. Later, I couldn't get mixed up, so I threw myself under the command of the Heavenly King, and I was afraid that I would be unwilling, right? Messing with trouble all day long, playing with your prestige, Lao Tzu is a manly man, and he is afraid that you will not succeed? ”

It turned out that Ma Jin, like Li Cheng, was also a marshal who started from Hebei, and later joined the Tokyo Left-behind Division, and the two had the same official positions and were commensurate with brothers. Later, after the internal strife and division of the remaining division, Ma Jin was surrounded and suppressed by Liu Guangshi, and the troops were almost exhausted, so he ran Li Cheng like this, and became the first general under Li Cheng.

Ma Jin has a bold personality, but sometimes he is rough, and he is not too compatible with other generals of the Li family's army.

"Alright, alright, don't make a fuss, but let the king make a joke." Li Cheng coughed, then raised his glass to Wang Shen and said: "Brother Ma Jin and the generals in the army are fighting for merit everywhere, fighting for victory in everything, which makes people helpless." However, we battlefield men must not retreat in case of trouble. The battlefield is only up, further open the sea and sky, and take a step back from the catastrophe. ”

Wang Shen nodded and smiled: "Brother Boyou is right, this seems to be a mantra in martial arts: Rather think about progress, don't think about stopping." Soldiers, they just can't be cowardly. This is true for fighting wars, and it is also true for leading troops. ”

Li Cheng laughed: "Won my heart." ”

They are all people who lead soldiers, and it is inevitable that they will talk about war when they talk. The Sizhou army has been so majestic this year, and it can be said that in addition to the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty, the strongest army in the world has touched it, and all of them are invincible.

Someone came to ask Wang Shen how to manage the army and train soldiers, and Wang Shen did not hide his personal interests, and explained how he trained soldiers on weekdays. In fact, he is not afraid of being learned, and he implements a policy of elite soldiers. The equipment of the soldiers is not refined, and the treatment is not bad, and this requires strong financial support.

Until now, the rich Jianghan Plain can barely support 20,000 horses. If someone else wants to learn, they will immediately go bankrupt.

Moreover, after sweeping Jianghan and Hunan, he will raise troops for the Northern Expedition, and when the time comes, he will draw on the model of the nationalist state of later generations to gather the morale of the army. The weapon of nationalism only appeared in the 20th century, and the ancients did not have this awareness.

After listening, everyone sighed.

Li Chengdao: "Dao Si raised troops in Huaixi, and he only held the male army for more than a year, and he was really a young hero, and he was really envious of the old man." As he spoke, he put on the appearance of a brother and said to the left and right: "Come on, come on, everyone respects my little brother." ”

As a result, all the generals of the Li family army took turns to fight.

If it weren't for Wang Shen, who was a revolutionary cadre who was tested by alcohol in modern society, and if it weren't for the low degree of rice wine of the ancients, he would really be poured down.

However, after eating thirty or forty glasses of wine in one go, my head was still a little groggy. When it was the most fatal, his stomach was uncomfortable, so he smiled and said: "Uncle, Jian Zhizhou, there is an internal emergency, find a convenient place first." ”

Coming out of the hall, Wang Shen was dizzy for a while, and he didn't know the way. Only then did he realize that the guards around him had not followed, and he thought that he had been entangled by others.

At this time, if an assassin suddenly jumps out, in his current state, he is afraid that he will not be able to fight back.

Thinking of this, a cold sweat came out, and I didn't care about looking for a thatched house, so I unbuttoned my trouser belt and solved it on the side of the road.

After peeing, my body was relaxed for a while, and I regained some energy.

He walked around Li Chengxing for a long time, but he didn't find his way back. It turned out that I didn't know what it was here, and it was full of crowded houses and roads, like a maze.

"I'm really drunk." Shaking his head, he suddenly saw a pair of eyes in front of him that were as bright as the moon in the sky, who was it not Chen Lanruo?

Wang Shen was stunned: "Lan Ruo, it's you, I just searched for a long time in the banquet, but I didn't see you." ”

After speaking, he couldn't help but reach out to grab her hands.

Chen Lanruo suddenly slapped over, slapped Wang Shen's palm away with a "snap", and gritted her teeth: "Don't touch me." ”

Wang Shen ignored it and held her hard: "Lan Ruo, are you okay?" but your hands are much rougher. ”

"Let go of me, let go of ......" Chen Lanruo struggled twice, suddenly stopped, and said coldly: "A woman in troubled times, how can you not have thick hands when you dance with knives and guns?" The king asks for advice, you and I are different from men and women, please respect yourself. ”

Wang Shen was stunned: "Lan Ruo, why did you say such a thing, have you forgotten our past relationship?" ”

"In the past, do you remember the past? I pleaded bitterly that day, and how determined you were when you turned your head away, have you ever thought about today? Yes, yes, I'm just an ordinary woman. And you are the husband who stands up to the sky. What am I worth, how can I compare to your great cause of wealth and glory? Giggles, not bad, Wang Shen, you are really a character, and you will be able to build a mansion in a year. What would have happened if you had stayed with me that day? I'm afraid that every time you don't arrive at that day in the future, a cold sweat will break out in your heart: so dangerous, so dangerous, almost conceived by someone? ”

"Wang Shen, I, Chen Lanruo, am not blind, I can see people like you, you only have iron and stone in your heart, only your future and official position, for your ambition, you can abandon anything, including me? Why, now that you have achieved fame, but you think of me, and you come to tease, and you want to be perfect, where in the world is there such a cheap thing? But I won't say yes. ”

Wang Shen seemed to be poured a basin of cold water on his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Lan Ruo, it was my bad that day, but it was ......"

"Don't be, I understand your thoughts, although I am a woman, I have been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, and I have long regarded myself as a man. Your unkindness, Chen Lanruo is deeply ashamed! ”

Let's say it, she slammed Wang Shen away, turned her head and left. The moment she turned around, her eyes were clouded with water.

I can see Wang Shen today, and I have been blessed by heaven.

"Seeing a gentleman, don't you like it?"

However, I, Chen Lanruo, must not be looked down upon, not even Daosi.

Why didn't he come after me, beg me, please me, comfort me......

After walking for a while, Chen Lanruo's tears finally couldn't help falling, seeing the gentleman, Yunhu didn't like it, what is the difference between men and women, thief, I miss you......

She jerked back, but the man was gone.