Lai Xing'er was guided by Zhang Meng, and as soon as he walked into Jing Yuncong's handsome hall, he quickly moved forward, bowed to Jing Yuncong, who stood up against him, and said: "Xing'er see the handsome." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Jing Yuncong hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hands to help Xing'er up, but asked Zhang Meng behind him, "Zhang Meng, why are you here too?" Is there anything wrong with Lingzhou? ”

Zhang Meng clasped his fists and saluted Jing Yuncong: "Back to the words of the big handsome." A few days ago, he led three or four thousand men and horses over the mountains and mountains, sneaked into the Lingzhou boundary, claiming to be the commander of the crane soldiers and horses, Lu Zhen made it inconvenient to break without permission, and the end of the order will bring them all to the handsome handsome. ”

Lai Xing'er saw Jing Yuncong asking him with his eyes, nodded, and said: "The military situation in Western Xinjiang is urgent, Xing'er led the army to return via Helan Mountain this time, and there is something important to go back to Chang'an to meet the emperor and Mingjian, and I hope that the marshal will be clear." ”

Jing Yuncong saw that Zhang Meng was present, Lai Xing'er refused to explain to himself the detailed reason for the return of the army this time, and listened to the meaning of Zhang Meng's words, and clearly had doubts about Lai Xing'er's true identity, so he first pointed at Zhang Meng and introduced to Lai Xing'er: "He was the former chief of my account, and he followed me to kill the dead with a knife and a gun, but he was reckless in his daily work." You didn't have any arguments, did you? ”

Lai Xing'er heard that this Zhang Meng was actually Jing Yuncong's side's guard, and he couldn't help but give Jing Yuncong a thumbs up and praised again and again: "General Zhang has a good skill, and he actually fought a draw with Xiao Shi, but I didn't expect it to be the old man next to Da Shuai, and he understood it." ”

"Zhang Meng, this marshal has military affairs and Xing'er to discuss, you step down, go to the camp to change your clothes and come to see me again, look at your outfit, where is the appearance of a court official, clearly like a bandit who has fallen into the grass." Jing Yuncong grimaced and commanded at Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng didn't appreciate Lai Xing'er's praise of his martial arts in front of Jing Yuncong, he only bowed to Jing Yuncong and replied yes, glanced at Lai Xing'er angrily, turned around and walked away from the handsome hall.

"Dashuai, I don't know anything, and I ask Dashuai to speak up." Lai Xing'er looked at Zhang Meng's departing back and asked Jing Yuncong in confusion. "I think I have never known each other with Shuofang Jiedu Lu Zhen, and this General Zhang Meng, and I have never met, I don't know why they regard me as an enemy?"

Jing Yuncong pulled Lai Xing'er and asked him to sit down under him, then he sighed lightly and explained to Lai Xing'er: "Xing'er, you are now the commander of the Divine Crane Army, and you are the capital of the Divine Crane Capital appointed by the emperor. Do you know that the Divine Crane Army is now a unique army, and it has now become a unique imperial forbidden army in the world, and its status and treatment have not only surpassed the armies in the world, that is, even the Yulin Army under the command of General Wu Bi has been trampled under the feet of the Divine Crane Army.

When you received the edict of the Divine Crane and the First Capital, you were already in Liangzhou, right? Before the fall of Chang'an, the emperor allowed the formation of the Shenhe First Army, but it was just like the Shuofang Army, which was divided into five armies, with a total of 50,000 horses. Soon after you left Beijing, the emperor issued an order to expand its establishment to a total of 80,000 people in eight capitals. That's not all, the equipment and food supply of each sergeant in the Crane Army are tripled. In less than a year, not only did the Crane Army expand to nearly 100,000 horses and become the largest army in the world, but also the officials and soldiers from all walks of life tried their best to cling to Cheng En, Xiang Zhifei and others in order to compete for food, and they all changed their names to the Crane Army stationed in a certain place, if these camps are counted, the total number of the Crane Army is close to 200,000 horses.

You must have seen it with your own eyes in Lingzhou, these Shuofang soldiers who have followed me for many years to kill and make meritorious contributions now don't even have decent armor, and it is not easy to fill their stomachs on weekdays, but everyone who is stained with the team of the Shenhe Army, from the general to the colonel, down to every ordinary sergeant, is all brightly dressed and eats meat. Xing'er, tell me, they are both officers and soldiers who serve the imperial court, but their status and treatment are very different, how can this convince the army? ”

Lai Xing'er listened to Jing Yuncong's words, and suddenly understood why he was treated so coldly as soon as he showed the banner of the Divine Crane Army, it turned out that the root was here. He originally accepted the order of the commander of the Divine Crane Army, and Jing Yuncong was the master of his decision in front of the emperor, but unexpectedly once he joined the Divine Crane Army, now he is the same enemy as the army started by Jing Yuncong, Lai Xing'er thought so, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

"Xing'er, I'll send you back to Chang'an Mianjun now, how about it?" Jing Yuncong has been a general for many years, and he knows the secrets of military affairs, even if he is the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, it is inconvenient to ask Lai Xing'er more, so he asked Lai Xing'er.

"Dashuai, Tubo has now united the people of the four routes, and wants to advance in the five directions to launch a war of annihilation against our dynasty. Did you know about this news? Lai Xing'er was afraid that Jing Yuncong did not know the news of Tubo's imminent comeback, so he was not in a hurry to ask Jing Yuncong to say goodbye and return to Beijing, but asked with concern.

Jing Yuncong's eyes flashed, and he nodded in response: "I have reported this matter, but the details are still unknown." ”

Lai Xing'er then reported the information he had obtained from the scouts in Liangzhou to Jing Yuncong, during which he remembered that he had made an agreement with Bo Hu that he would exchange thousands of horses for the Uighurs to send troops to help the imperial court exterminate the remnants of the Turkic garrison in the Qilian Mountains was still a secret, and it was inconvenient to mention it to anyone before it was made clear to the emperor, so it was omitted.

Jing Yuncong listened to what Lai Xing'er said, and couldn't help but gasp, frowned and said to Lai Xing'er: "Listening to you say this, the military situation in Western Xinjiang is still much more serious than I expected. At present, there are only more than 50,000 soldiers stationed in Fenning with me, and even if you add the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Shuofang army led by Lu Huaiguang in Lingzhou in the north, a total of less than 100,000 horses, it is not easy to resist nearly 300,000 horses and horses in Tubo, Tuyuhun, and Turkic. In this way, I will not leave you here any longer. You don't need to lead a single soldier now, rush back to Chang'an alone, meet the emperor, explain all this, and ask the emperor to immediately transfer the officials and troops from Hebei and Hedong to reinforce the western frontier, so as to prevent a large-scale attack that Tubo may launch at any time. At present, only in this way can Chang'an be protected from falling into the hands of the Tubo people again. ”

Lai Xing'er knew that this matter was very important, even if he had a full stomach to confide in Jing Yuncong, he had to swallow the words back, got up and hugged his fists to say goodbye to Jing Yuncong, and asked him to take care of the thousands of brothers who came with him, so he turned around and walked out of the handsome hall, and did not go back to the camp to say hello to Luo San'er, Qian Dashun, Jiang Zhongshi and other generals, he turned over and got on his horse outside the gate of Jingyun Cong's marshal mansion, and galloped eastward. (To be continued.) )