Taiyuan City in the Land of Silk.

This city was still the residence of Liu Qian, the king of Jin, who stayed in Taiyuan last year, and Liu Xianzhi, the son of Liu Qian, stood on the side of the emperor during the rebellion of the king of Jin. After the end of the rebellion, Liu Xianzhi, the son of Liu Qian, temporarily took over the position left behind in Taiyuan.

Since Liu Yan issued an edict to recall Liu Xianzhi back to Chang'an and be crowned the king of Zhongyi County, the position of staying in Taiyuan has been vacant.

For this reason, the government and the opposition have been arguing endlessly, after all, Taiyuan stayed behind to control more than 100,000 troops, not to mention this matter, a military town in the north of the country of silk, the strategic position is very important, just say that the emperor Liu Yan and Li Guifei and the party in the open and secret struggle, no one wants to give up this piece of fat. It's a pity that Li Guifei's conspiracy failed to succeed, and what she did in the last Jin King Rebellion was more or less known to Liu Yan, so she took precautions early on, and in the process of quelling the rebellion, Chang Miao's Liaodong Army suddenly killed back, completely breaking the balance of power in Chang'an City. In the past few months, Liu Yan has taken advantage of the strength of the Liaodong Army to consolidate the control of the northern and southern battalions and the forbidden army, and finally made Li Guifei's power completely excluded from the military power. On this point, Liu Yan accepted Empress Hua's suggestion, not only supporting Yan Ming and An Jingbian's faction who opposed Li Guifei, but also began to cultivate new forces. At the same time, Liu Yan is preparing to open an additional term of Enke this year, and cultivate his own emerging forces from among the new jinshi through the imperial examination to balance the existing three factions.

Because Liu Yan threw the card of opening Enke in time. All factions began to prepare to win over the new officers, coupled with the strengthening of their control over the military department. Liu Yan was finally able to appoint Yu Linlang to leave Xue Boren behind in Taiyuan and take charge of the military power in the north.

Regarding this appointment, the Ministry of War itself has objections. After all, Xue Boren was just a small lieutenant two years ago, and being promoted to Yulin Lang General within two years was already an exceptional promotion.

It was Liu Yan's sentence that was finally filmed: "If anyone can be more qualified for this position than Xue Boren, just stand up, I will immediately appoint him as the Taiyuan guard!" ”

The emperor said so, and the officials of the Ministry of War could only shut up. After all, the Liaodong Army is the most effective force in the entire Silk Country, and Xue Boren is the commander of the most elite Tiger Guard Battalion among them. In the past battles, he has never been defeated and has made great achievements, if there is a more suitable candidate than him, it is probably only Chang Miao himself, the capital of Liaodong, but everyone understands that Chang Miao is impossible to hold this position. Therefore, Xue Boren's appointment was confirmed.

After that, Xue Boren proposed to let the new crown prince's personal guard Lu Qinghan serve as his lieutenant, and Liu Yan agreed. After all, Lu Qinghan's martial arts are outstanding, proficient in the art of war, and his marksmanship is even higher than that of the generals, and having him as a deputy general can share a lot of pressure for Xue Boren.

Compared with the appointment of Taiyuan to stay behind, what worries Liu Yan more is the shortage of talents in the Liaodong Army. Xue Boren was transferred to Taiyuan to stay behind, Su Chengdong became the defense envoy of Youzhou, the two generals under Chang Miao were transferred, and the other three young generals were too young. can't directly become a person in charge of himself, and it is obviously not enough to rely on the assistance of the veteran He Ling alone. For this reason, Chang Miao suggested that Zheng Menglong, the commander of the Qingzhou Naval Division, concurrently serve as the Sima of the Liaodong Metropolitan Protectorate, and Liu Yan agreed. First of all, Zheng Menglong made a meritorious contribution to the expedition to Goryeo. In addition, he also made contributions to quelling the rebellion of King Jin, and secondly, Zheng Menglong is indeed a capable water war commander. Although his temper behavior is a little out of line, it is indeed a help for Chang Miao.

Wait until all these things are settled. Chang Miao asked Zheng Menglong to return to the front line by water with the Liaodong Army, while he took Mu Yanping, Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin to accompany Xue Boren and Lu Qinghan to Taiyuan to take up their posts, and then went to the front line of Liaodong via Youzhou.

Chang Miao's approach was decided after consultation with Liu Yan. On the one hand, the personal escort of Chang Miao, the protector of the capital, could help Xue Boren suppress the local generals; On the other hand, Chang Miao was also really reluctant to let Xue Boren leave; On the other hand, because Lu Qinghan is teaching Gao Dingbian marksmanship, Chang Miao hopes to teach Gao Dingbian as much as possible, so that Gao Dingbian may become the strongest general in the Liaodong Army.

All the way to Taiyuan Mansion, Xue Boren had completed the handover of affairs, and Chang Miao knew that he couldn't stay any longer, otherwise he would miss the trip to Liaodong - he also had to tell Su Chengdong about Su Chengdong's defense strategy in Youzhou. Therefore, Chang Miao proposed to set off, and Xue Boren and Lu Qinghan saw each other off all the way, until outside the long pavilion, and the two sides were still reluctant to drink and talk until dusk. Chang Miao put down the wine glass in his hand and said, "Brother Xue is in Taiyuan this time, and he has a great responsibility. I hope that Brother Xue will strengthen his defense, and don't let the sudden contract have an opportunity to win time for the Liaodong Army and share his worries for His Majesty. ”

"Please rest assured, the last general will live up to the emperor's trust and the prestige of the Liaodong Army."

Chang Miao said with a smile: "Brother Xue and I hit it off at first sight, and we are brothers who were born and died together on the battlefield, and it is difficult to describe the separation. It's a pity that you have to say goodbye to each other for thousands of miles, and you will say goodbye here, Brother Xue take care of yourself. ”

Xue Boren bowed deeply and said, "My lord, if you say goodbye today, I don't know what year and month we will be able to reunite, please cherish it." ”

Chang Miao clenched his fists and arched his hands, and was about to turn around and leave, when Lu Qinghan on the side suddenly opened his mouth and groaned: "The desert wolf smoke rises, and the ancient road is sparsely populated. ”

When Chang Miao heard this, he smiled slightly, looked at the surrounding scenery, and continued: "The sunset birds are far away, and the clouds are sparse and the wind is urgent. ”

Xue Boren, Gao Dingbian, and Wang Hanxin couldn't understand Wenmo and could only watch the two of them talk about poetry, Chang Miao glanced at Mu Yanping with his eyes, Mu Yanping groaned slightly, and said: "Qingshan has loyal bones, and strong men are stained with blood." ”

Chang Miao nodded slightly, although Mu Yanping's two sentences were not elegant enough, it was difficult for him to be fast enough at a young age, so he was very commended.

Lu Qinghan then said: "Where the long sword is vertical and horizontal, how can there be Yidi? ”

Chang Miao listened to it and gently recited the last sentence twice: "Where the long sword is vertical and horizontal, how can there be Yidi, and where the long sword is vertically and horizontally, how can there be Yidi, good!" Brother Lu's words are very majestic, let's use this poem to encourage each other, and wait for us to wait for the day of the sweep to calm down the Yidi again, and then continue today's pride! Leave. ”

After saying that, Chang Miao turned around and walked out of the long pavilion, flew on his horse and left. Mu Yanping, Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin followed closely behind and left. Only Xue Boren and Lu Qinghan were left to stand outside the long pavilion for a long time, looking at the group of people who were going away.

The desert wolf smoke rises, and the ancient road is sparsely populated.

The sunset birds return far away, and the clouds are sparse and the wind is urgent.

Qingshan has loyal bones, and the blood of strong men is stained with clothes.

Where the long sword is vertical and horizontal, how can there be Yidi?

These eight lines of poetry were spread because Wang Hanxin often sang them later, and at that time, the parties involved in the couplet were no longer alive, and Wang Hanxin sang these lines to the moon every time he thought of the old man, so that later generations thought that this poem was made by Wang Hanxin. In fact, Wang Hanxin's text is too much to describe mediocre, how can he compose poetry, this is all misinformation of later generations. (To be continued......)

PS: The verses in this chapter were written ten years ago, and they fit the plot just right, so let's use them