Chapter 84 Co-optation
"Why? I have already asked Zhou County Commander just now, and he said that although you people are hateful, you have never done anything harmful, so I can still talk to you calmly now. Li Ce said step by step, he knew that if there was another way, who would want to do this? This Shi Laosan must have a hidden secret, but he doesn't want to say it, it is obvious that he has a knot in his heart, and he needs to take his time step by step to untie the knot.
"My lord, I can say it, but this matter is borne by me alone, and has nothing to do with my brothers." Shi Laosan suddenly stared at Li Ce with burning eyes.
Li Ce ordered Guan Zhenping to retreat left and right, leaving only Dean and Guan Zhen. Then he pondered for a moment and said, "I don't dare to promise you, but as long as you don't do anything hurtful, I can not pursue it." ”
Shi Laosan said happily: "We have indeed been soldiers, and we are still forbidden soldiers." ”
Li Ce nodded slightly, Dean smiled slightly, and Guan Zhen was also shocked, this old boy had actually been a soldier before?
"Six years ago, the Song-Liao War, at that time, we were the vanguard of the enemy, and the Liao army was pressing forward step by step, who knew that we arrived at the agreed place, but found that there was no response at all!" Shi Laosan clenched his fists indignantly, and continued: "There is no way, we can only fight desperately, but after all, we are outnumbered, and the entire army of more than 2,000 people escaped from us, and the vanguard general and several commanders are all killed, and I am the biggest official left, hehe......" Shi Laosan said about the past, his eyes were a little cloudy, this tower-like man, he didn't shed tears in such pain just now, but now he can't hold back, tears burst out of his eyes.
Although Shi Laosan said it lightly, Li Ce could feel the tragedy of the battle situation at that time from his expression, more than 2,000 people only escaped less than 30, almost the entire army was wiped out, these 30 people were all the way from the knife mountain arrow rain to tear a hole and kill in blood.
Shi Laosan stabilized his mood and continued: "Later, I waited until I returned to Jingzhou, and after many inquiries, the imperial court already thought that we were killed, hehe, and we all gave us a pension......" Shi Laosan smiled a little miserably.
"Then why don't you make it clear?" Li Ce asked.
"Why didn't you go? went, but was chased and killed, and finally escaped to Yizhou on the West Hebei Road, where everyone went incognito, and then settled down. Shi Laosan smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"We don't want to go to the Liao people, nor do we want to be mountain bandits and harm the people, compete with the local ruffians and scoundrels, and we are afraid that the trees will attract people's attention, so we have to mix around day by day, and I don't know why we ......live," Shi Laosan muttered to himself with empty eyes.
After hearing this, Li Ce reached out and patted Shi Laosan's shoulder, wanting to comfort him a few words, but he didn't know how to speak. The most painful thing in life is this, being betrayed like this, and then being killed, making it like a walking corpse like now, having a home that can't go back, having relatives who can't recognize it, and even don't know if the wife and children at home are still there now, it's really better to live like this.
Everyone was immersed in sorrow, but Guan Zhen said: "Isn't it pretending?" ”
Li Ce turned around and glared at him, and when Guan Zhen saw Li Ce's reproachful eyes, he muttered to himself, "I'm just reminding you......"
Shi Laosan was stunned, his face turned red, as if he had been greatly insulted, and he stood up suddenly.
Guan Zhen was stunned for a moment, he was taken aback by him, and when he saw that he was staring at him viciously, he was also a little embarrassed, and he smiled embarrassedly: "I'm just joking, don't take it seriously." ”
Shi Laosan didn't say anything, he untied his clothes at once, took off his shirt, and everyone took a look. I can't help but sigh.
I saw that Shi Laosan's chest, ribs, and stomach were full of scars, criss-crossed, and there was an extremely piercing one, from the right chest to the left rib, and I don't know how he survived.
The three of them couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but Shi Laosan said coldly: "Is it enough?" It's not enough, there are also below, and I'm going to take off my pants as I speak. ”
The three of them hurriedly stretched out their hands to stop him, shouting, "Faith, faith!" Believe! ”
Li Ce said in his heart: "Does this Shi Laosan have an exhibitionism......
"Whose order were you under back then?" Li Ce asked, this is the key question.
Shi Laosan gritted his teeth and said, "Cao Wei! He was the boss back then! ”
"Cao Wei?!" Li Ce was shocked, this name was like thunder in the Great Song Dynasty, even his surprise attack on Ulzhou was also under the banner of Cao Wei to scare the Liao people, why did he betray more than 2,000 people back then? How could this be?!
Dean was also surprised, Cao Wei has a very high prestige in the army, this is the person that Dean admires the most in his life, such as today's Great Song Dynasty, who is the first person in the army, it is undoubtedly Cao Wei! Even though he is almost sixty years old now. And the Cao family has repeatedly produced great generals, from the founding meritorious Cao Bin to the current Cao Wei, the Cao family can be said to be a talented general, how can it be Cao Wei?
Guan Zhen didn't hold back directly, and shouted: Impossible!
"How could it not be? It's his plan! Shi Laosan stiffened his neck and said-for-tat.
Li Ce wanted to ask for more information, but seeing that Shi Laosan was so emotional, and he was just a head at the time, it was estimated that he couldn't ask for more useful information. He frowned and tried to recall, Cao Wei is a person with a very high evaluation in the history of the Song Dynasty, and even faintly has the momentum of surpassing his father Cao Bin, and he is one of the twenty-four heroes of the Zhaoxun Pavilion of the Northern Song Dynasty. Did you really deceive everyone and hide this matter completely?
Li Ce thought about it, and Shi Laosan's words shocked him too much.
Guan Zhen poked Li Ce with his hand and whispered, "Senior brother, do you still want to summon it?" ”
Li Ce came back to his senses at this time, he took a breath and looked at Shi Laosan and said, "Then brother, are you still willing to serve the Great Song again?" ”
Shi Laosan was taken aback, he looked at Li Ce and said, "You still dare to use me?" Not afraid of getting into trouble? ”
"Brother Xiang, an iron-blooded man like you, is the person I most admire in Li Ce's life, if you can afford me and believe me, join in, one day, I will rehabilitate you!" Li Ce said proudly.
Shi Laosan burst into tears with excitement, he fell to his knees with a thud, and said: "Adults can afford me, my Shi Laosan's life will be an adult in the future, Lord Xie will give me another chance to regain my dignity!" ”
Guan Zhen was overjoyed when he saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped Shi Laosan up: "You're welcome, this matter will be wrapped up on my senior brother in the future, let me tell you, his master is Chen Yaozuo, it turns out that this Hebei West Road is the envoy!" I will definitely be able to avenge you in the future, that ...... We just said okay, well, in the future, you will be my soldier. ”
Li Ce smiled helplessly, this official Zhen would be a good person, just now he had no intention of hurting people, and now he is thinking about the law to remedy it.
Shi Laosan heard Guan Zhen say that later, he wanted to follow him by himself, and he was reluctant, how could he say that he was also in his thirties, how could he listen to the orders of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.
Li Ce also saw Shi Laosan's reluctance, he pointed at Guan Zhen and said: "Don't look at his young age, you have also seen his ability just now, this kid is just sometimes too reckless and inexperienced, and there is just a lack of a battle-hardened person like Brother Shi around him, you are with him, I can rest assured." ”
Li Ce's words indirectly praised Shi Laosan for his rich experience, calm and capable, and Shi Laosan was a little embarrassed, he smiled and scratched his head and said modestly: "It's been so long, and I don't know if it's rusty." ”
When Guan Zhen saw that Shi Lao Sansan's three points had clearly agreed, he was very happy, and secretly squeezed his eyes at Li Ce, thanked him for helping him speak, and Li Ce squeezed his eyes and replied.
When Dean saw it on the side, he couldn't help but be embarrassed, this senior brother is really ...... But this Li Ce really has a set, a veteran like Shi Laosan, especially those who have experienced many times of bloody swords and still survived, is a treasure in the army, such people are generally very arrogant and will not succumb to the hands of a young man. And a person like Shi Laosan, who was killed from thousands of troops, was even more arrogant, but Li Ce gathered his heart in a few words, and made him willing to stay to assist Guan Zhen, and having him help Guan Zhen by his side will definitely benefit Guan Zhen a lot.
But Dean forgot that he was not the same as being subdued by Li Ce.