Chapter Forty-Eight: The Road to the Clouds

Wu Ji tilted his head back, letting Yang Xiuxiu pinch his shoulders and beat his back, feeling the softness and comfort from the fingers of Yiren, as well as the strong affection contained in it, Wu Ji was very satisfied, his eyes narrowed comfortably, and his heart was peaceful.

"Wu Lang, Lord Huangfu is here." Just when Wu Ji's heart was empty, Yang Xiuxiu's voice of reminder sounded.

"Lord Huangfu?" For Huangfu Song, Wu Ji has an indescribable trust, although he doesn't know this person too deeply, he knows that this person is a good man. As he said, Huangfu Song will come back, won't this come back?

Wu Ji opened his eyes and took a look, only to see Huangfu Song's happy face, striding over, looking at his appearance, as if he wanted to see Wu Ji immediately.

"Lord Huangfu, you can be regarded as back!" Wu Ji stood up and hurried to meet him.

"Huh! Master Wu, you have done a great job! I never thought that I would save a strange person! Huangfu Song quickened his pace, took three steps and made two steps to catch up, and held Wu Ji's hand tightly with his right hand, and pressed hard, everything in this grip.

Wu Ji looked at Huangfu Song, only to see that his face was tired, his eyes were red, he was dusty, he did his best for the people of the city of faith, this is a good person, a good official!

"Thank you for your hard work, Lord Huangfu!" Wu Ji was moved in his heart.

"Haha!" Huangfu Song raised his head to the sky and let out a hearty laugh, which was extremely comfortable. Wu Ji was the first person to tell him about his hard work, which made him extremely warm, but he felt that the hard work of these days was nothing at all, and everything was worth it!

The two escaped from the county government together, one stayed, and the other went to move the rescuers, shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the county. Although Huangfu Song came back late, Wu Ji had already settled, but this affection was different.

Perhaps, this is trust!

"Lord Huangfu, this is the strange person that the people say? A strange person who can call the wind and rain and blow away the wind thieves in one breath? That's it! Lin Hong looked at Wu Ji all the time, and he didn't care a little, Wu Ji's figure was too bad. Compared with Lin Hong's five big and three coarse, it can be directly ignored.

"General Lin, the wonder of people is not in the bones, but in whether they can save the situation!" Huangfu Song raised his eyebrows, and the light in his eyes flashed, like a sharp sword, and swept on Lin Hong's body: "General Lin, you have been on the battlefield, you have fought the Western Xia people, you say, if you are in the situation of Lord Wu, can you turn the situation around?" Can you wipe out all the Wind Thieves? ”

"This ......" Lin Hong was speechless for a moment, with a look of shame on his face, very embarrassed.

Fortunately, he is a straightforward person, and immediately saluted Wu Ji with his fists: "Lord Wu, is it the last general, please forgive Lord Wu!" ”

This person is very straightforward, he will admit his mistakes when he says that he will admit his mistakes, and he will never drag the mud and water, Wu Ji's good impression of him has greatly increased, and he said with a smile: "General Lin is right, my body is really not enough to see, it's too bad!" ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can endure hardship, it will get better. You can go to the army! Lin Hong smiled and showed Wu Ji the way.

"I'm in the army? Hehe! Wu Ji's small body, if he was in the army, then he wouldn't have dismantled the skeleton, Wu Ji felt funny, diverted the topic, and asked for other reasons.

Huangfu Song talked about the experience, he rushed to Xiongzhou, saw the guard Zhou Wei, and told the situation, Zhou Wei immediately mobilized the horse army to come, but he didn't expect that he was still a step late and solved it for Wu Ji.

"General Zhou acts, does not drag mud and water, acts brightly, and is a good general!" Wu Ji heard it, this Zhou Wei can mobilize the Ma army, that is the best disposal.

"That's it! Is that! Lin Hong's head was raised, his chest was straight, and he said very proudly: "Don't you look at it, who brought us out?" We are the soldiers of General Wang Shaowang! We followed General Wang to conquer the Xihe River, killing the Xixia people with rivers of blood, corpses piling up like mountains, recovering more than 2,000 miles of land, and forcing hundreds of thousands of Xixia people. If you drag mud and water, won't that ruin the prestige of General Wang? ”

The Battle of Xihe was the most famous foreign battle during the period of Song Shenzong's reform. It was a beautiful victory, and one of the few victories in the history of the Song Dynasty.

The general Wang Shao was well planned and well prepared, and led the Song army to attack the territory of Western Xia, seize the Xihe River, expand the land for more than 2,000 li, and force hundreds of thousands of people to surrender in Western Xia, which greatly weakened Western Xia and put the Song Dynasty in a favorable position in the war against Western Xia.

Since then, the Song Dynasty began to plot to lock up the Western Xia, and under the condition of worry-free Xihe, concentrated its forces, captured Hengshan, and locked the Western Xia on the northwest plateau, and the local disaster in Shaanzhou was relieved.

Wu Ji's history is not good enough, he has not heard of this battle, and when he inquired, Lin Hong raised his voice and told it. He started with Wang Shaoxian's "Pingrong Policy", how Wang Shao met Song Shenzong with the help of Wang Anshi, stated Pingrong Strategy, and then was ordered to go to Shaanzhou, after strict preparations, after a bloody battle, he finally succeeded.

Lin Hong personally participated in this battle, one by one, which made people's blood boil, Wu Ji couldn't help but think to himself, if his thunderbolt was used well, it would definitely not be a problem to ensure that the Liao Kingdom would become the second Western Xia, and then there would be another Xihe battle.

After Lin Hong finished speaking, Huangfu Song asked about the situation in the city, Wu Ji did not hide it, and came one by one. After Wu Ji finished speaking, Lin Hong and Huangfu Song praised him.

"Lord Wu, what do you say about that thunderbolt? Is it really powerful? Lin Hong hurriedly inquired. He is a soldier and cares most about sharp weapons.

This is a great opportunity to pitch!

Wu Ji naturally wouldn't miss it, and took Lin Hong to the Wu military industry, and after asking him to try it out himself, Lin Hong was greatly admired. Wu Ji took Lin Hong to the place of the big battle again, looking at the crater on the ground, Lin Hong's scalp was numb, and his eyes lit up again: "Lord Wu, this thunderbolt is a good thing, how much is it?" ”

"It's not expensive, ten taels of silver each!" Wu Ji has no intention of reducing prices.

Qi Yunshe was able to sell it for fifteen taels of silver each, and ten taels for Song Jun, Wu Ji suffered a little loss, and he couldn't reduce the price anymore.

"So expensive? Then give me fifty and let me try. Lin Hong groaned slightly, ready to buy.

"General Lin, what do you think, the thunderbolt is so powerful, if Liao Gou dares to come, isn't it death? The more thunderbolts you have, the more dogs you'll kill! Wu Ji was busy selling.

"That's right, but it's too expensive!" Lin Hong felt a little distressed about the silver.

"It's not expensive! Not expensive! Wu Ji then lobbied: "General Lin, thunderbolts are more powerful than knives, guns, bows and arrows, with a large number of thunderbolts, you can kill a large number of Liao dogs, this is a military feat!" What a real military feat! No amount of silver can buy it! If you don't buy it now, when will you wait? ”

"That's right...... Let's go for a hundred! Lin Hong had to increase his purchases again.

Under Wu Ji's persuasion, Lin Hong finally bought 300 pieces. Wu Ji still made too little money, no matter what, Lin Hong didn't want to buy it, there was only one reason, he had to test it himself to believe it.

After all, the thunderbolt is a new weapon, although he has seen its destructive effect, Lin Hong has not witnessed the process of killing the enemy, and he still doesn't want to believe too much, he would rather believe in the sword, gun, bow and arrow, than believe that the thunderbolt is really as good as Wu Ji said.

"It seems that if the thunderbolt wants to be very popular and become an important piece of equipment for the Song army, it must also be tested in actual combat! Well, this is the Song-Liao border, there will be a chance! Wu Ji was not disappointed, but full of hope.

Lin Hong admired Wu Ji very much, and after a lot of talking, he said goodbye and left.

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Zheng Tai came back from destroying Liufeng Village, Wu Qing, Wu Jian, and Wu Xing followed back, and when they saw Wu Ji's face, they talked a lot and were very excited. But when they spoke of the cruelty of the thieves and their disregard for the people, they shed tears again.

As he was talking, Mrs. Zheng came, and when she saw Wu Ji's face, she smiled: "Lord Wu, the Flowing Wind Thieves have been destroyed, and I vow to reward my merits!" This work must be yours! Say, "What should I reward you?" ”

"This ......" Wu Ji really didn't think about it, and was stunned to ask.

"How do you feel like being a battalion commander?" Mrs. Zheng sat down, looked at Wu Ji, and asked.

"I'm the battalion commander?" Wu Ji was taken aback, he hadn't thought about it at all.

"Although the battalion commander is small, it is the most important military position in the Great Song Dynasty!"

Mrs. Zheng looked at Wu Ji and said eloquently: "One step further, it's the general." With Lord Wu's generals, there is no difficulty in becoming a general. Because of the situation, so many people who read military books can say it. Even if he says it, he won't be as familiar as Lord Wu! As soon as He Wanquan died, the garrison sent a battalion commander, and Lord Wu was the most suitable! ”

"If I become the commander of the battalion, not to mention anything else, this Wu military industry is justified, and it will be easier to sell thunderbolts to the army!" Wu Ji's eyes suddenly brightened: "Okay! I answered! ”

The battalion was the most important establishment unit in the Song Dynasty. The battalion commander was the most important officer in the Song Dynasty, and one step further, he was a general. Once he is the commander of the battalion, that is to say, the road to Qingyun has been paved.