Volume 5 Emperors and Generals Chapter 215 How good it would be to hold on for a while
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Seeing the cavalry in bright yellow armor appear, Qin Lei put his head back into the carriage and said with a sigh of relief: "If the old man comes a little later, he won't be able to pull it open." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Shi Mengweng on the opposite side said, "Lord Wang, why don't we go out and have a look?" What should I do if the brethren are bullied? ”
Qin Lei laughed and said, "Why didn't the old man come when the fire was just lit?" It's obviously here to pull the bias. Said a serious way: "Besides, His Royal Highness the King of Longjun should arrive in Beijing tomorrow and linger on the sickbed, how can he appear here alive?" ”
As Qin Lei expected, after the Royal Forest Army appeared, it quickly separated the two armies, but perhaps the Great General Street was too spacious, and the Royal Forest Army did not block the rear road of the two armies at all. Shi Dang Shi Yong naturally did not live up to the good intentions of his colleagues in the Royal Forest, and after a whistle, he galloped north with the team, and even rescued the fallen robe.
This made Li Qing in the Tiance army extremely annoyed, he rode out of the crowd, and when he arrived in front of the young leading captain of the Imperial Forest Army, he said proudly: "What about Shen Wei? Tell him to come out to me! ”
The Royal Forest Lieutenant's lips were red and his teeth were white, and he was quite extraordinary, and when he heard this, his face was pale: "General Li doesn't seem to be qualified to order my general." ”
Li Qing was already holding back the fire in his belly, and when he heard that a lieutenant dared to be disrespectful to him, he suddenly became angry, and waved his hand with a whip, wanting to teach this kid a lesson. The mouth was not clean and said: "Little rabbit, you get out of the way for me!" ”
Who knew that the young lieutenant was not a vegetarian, he suddenly stretched out his right hand wearing chain gloves, grabbed the whip tip between the lightning and flint, and the Longquan sword in his left hand suddenly came out of its sheath, and the cold light flashed, and it was already on Li Qing's neck.
Li Qing was caught off guard, and his move was restrained, which immediately made the atmosphere in the arena tense. The Tiance Army, which had thought that this was the end of the night, rushed forward to rescue their general. Their sworn enemy, the Imperial Forest Army, naturally did not show weakness, shouting and greeting to meet them, and the two sides shouted and confronted each other, and a conflict would break out at the sight.
The knife was on his neck, and Li Qingwu said with a tough face: "Boy, you can take a good look, if the two armies really fight, you won't be able to eat and go around!" ”
The young lieutenant on the opposite side didn't eat his set, and said coldly: "Then I'll carry it." ”
"Hiss......" Li Qing gasped, and said in his heart, this world is really going to change, how can young people be more horizontal than the other? I didn't know what to say for a while.
The black-armored cavalry galloping away there were also in trouble, and when they were about to drive out of General Street, a heavy cavalry spur came out of the diagonal spur, and they were forced to stand in front of them.
It was the Tiance heavy cavalry led by Li Erhe.
Seeing that the way was blocked, Shi Dang issued the order to charge without hesitation, and the Tiance army on the opposite side also slowly turned around and rushed over, and the two sides were only a dozen zhang away.
For a time, on the general street, which was more than ten zhang wide and two hundred zhang long, six thousand cavalry gathered.
Clogged up the most unusually wide avenue. These 6,000 Great Qin's most elite cavalry, which is also the most powerful cavalry in the world today, were divided into three groups and two pairs, and they confronted each other in pairs.
Two battlefields, all on the verge of breaking out!
At this moment, two fiery snakes suddenly appeared on the street, and almost in the blink of an eye, the fire spread, and the wide Great General Street turned into a sea of fire, engulfing more than 6,000 cavalry.
Except for the war horses of the black-armored cavalry who lowered their blindfolds in advance and were not affected, whether it was the war horses of the Tiance Army or the Royal Forest Army, they were all startled by this sudden fire and screamed and messed up.
Li Erhe saw that the fire was getting stronger and stronger, and the war horse under his crotch began to be uncontrollable, so he had to spit and foam fiercely, turn the horse's head and retreat north. When the cavalry under his command saw that the main general was retreating, they also reined in the reins of their horses and turned around and followed.
At this time, the black-armored cavalry had already rushed a few feet away - the two sides that were originally hedging suddenly turned into retreat and pursuit, and the situation on the field was immediately reversed.
Seeing this, Qin Lei knocked on the wall of the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove away from the Great General Street in the fire.
The cavalry on the other side of the confrontation also scrambled to escape from the fire. Fortunately, although the fire was big, it could not stop the galloping horses. It's just that they were already entangled together, and they ran all the way, and when both sides escaped, and finally stopped, they found that they had already mixed together, and they were not separated from each other.
Looking at the fire behind them, the two sides also lost their interest in fighting, and turned their horses one after another, looking for their respective teams.
"Who saw our general?" "Where's our captain?" When the two sides finally separated, the officers of the whole team found that they could not find their respective commanders. When I looked closely, I found that the two adults were still not moving in the fire......
"If you don't let go, it's not just the generals who will be burned......" Seeing the fire spreading on his side, Li Qingse said sharply.
"Apologize......" The young lieutenant said without a head, and the sword in his hand was still firmly on Li Qing's neck.
"Huh?" Li Qing didn't know what to apologize for.
"Apologize to the Huangfu family...... Apologize to General Huangfu Zhanwen! The young lieutenant said viciously.
"Who are you?" Hearing this name, Li Qingcai was a little stunned.
"Brother of General Huangfu Zhanwen, Huangfu Shengwen!" It turned out that this was the captain who escorted Qin Lei all the way back to Beijing last year.
Li Qing saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and his body was already roasted with sweat, and he couldn't escape, and he couldn't care about any decency anymore, so he snorted: "I'm sorry." "A good man doesn't suffer the loss in front of him, Second Master Li has always believed in this golden and jade good saying since he was shot by Qin Lei Halberd on top of the Golden Palace.
"Didn't hear me!" Huangfu Zhanwen was obviously not satisfied.
"I'm sorry." The sound raises a little.
"Still haven't heard." Huangfu Zhanwen sneered: "Could it be that all your strength is used on women? Or is it too old to be useful? ”
Li Qing was enraged, and said angrily: "Boy, don't deceive people too much, Lao Tzu will say it one last time, if you can't hear it, everyone will be burned to death together!" "The beastly nature of the old Li family is about to start to attack again." Listen up! Clearing his throat, Li Qing shouted with all his strength: "Yes...... No...... Rise! The sound is like a bell, and the whole General Street can be heard, obviously it doesn't seem to be useless.
Strange to say, as soon as his voice fell, the fire around him was significantly smaller. After a while, it gradually went out......
Looking at the scorched black ground that was still steaming, Li Qing wanted to cry without tears, and said silently in his heart: As long as you hold on for a little longer, hold on for a little longer...... His face was extremely depressed.
With a soft snort, the bright sword was withdrawn from his neck and thrust back into its sheath with a thud, sounding extremely harsh.
Looking at the young lieutenant who rode his horse and left proudly, Li Qing really felt that he was useless, as if Qin Lei's halberd had broken his guts that day.
There are two flowers, one on each branch. Let's say that Qin Lei's side has already left the middle capital, and the huge troika is running on the wide official road, fast and flat. It's like the mood of a few people in the car.
Qin Lei, Shi Kang, and Xu Tian sat around the small table, each holding a small wine jar, holding a plate of fennel beans and a few slices of fried tofu on the table, talking and laughing loudly while drinking heartily.
Since he fell ill, Yunshang forbade him to drink, and after Yunshang left, Shi Kang and Ruolan took over as overseers, and today they finally sent one out on an errand and the other on the ship, how could they not take the opportunity to satisfy their hunger?
Shi Meng and the two don't know about this stubble, but I'm afraid that even if they know, they will pretend not to know, the two of them don't think about it as much as Shi Dang, they feel that as long as the prince can be happy, it is better than anything else. Therefore, Qin Lei drank very happily, and after a while, the small half jar of spirits was already in his stomach, and he hummed a little song with drunken eyes, and he seemed to be in a very good mood.
Shi Meng and the two of them let out a vicious breath, and naturally they were in a very comfortable mood, drinking more than Qin Lei. Xu Tian talked a lot as soon as he drank, only to hear him laugh and say: "Happy, happy, they burned eleven of our places, and we burned twenty-two of them." I really want to see Li Hun's gloomy face! ”
Shi Mengweng said: "Who called people a big business? As he spoke, he stuffed a piece of fried tofu into his mouth at once, chewed it fiercely, and said, "Kill him to relieve his anger!" Suddenly remembering for a moment, Weng Sheng asked, "Lord Wang, how can that captain have a grudge against Li Qing?" Why didn't he say a word and put the knife on his neck. ”
Qin Lei pinched a fennel bean, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully: "What kind of eyes do you kid have, don't you see who it is?" ”
Shi Meng looked at Xu Tian with a confused expression, Xu Tian shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, I'm not here." Shi Meng had no choice but to look at Qin Lei pitifully, and heard him smile: "That is Huangfu Shengwen who sent us back to Beijing that day, Huangfu Zhanwen's younger brother." ”
Shi Meng suddenly said: "Why do I say it's so familiar," and sighed after speaking: "The feud between the two families is big enough, and you have to use a knife when you meet." ”
Qin Lei took a sip of wine, felt the hot feeling he hadn't felt for a long time, and said with a smile: "If it is someone else in the Li family, Huangfu Shengwen will not be, but this Li Qing is a little special." ”
Shi Meng naturally quipped: "How special? ”
Qin Lei really liked to see Shi Meng's dazed look, laughed, put down the wine jar, and opened the conversation......
There is a public case involved. However, we have to start with the Eighth Army of the Forbidden Army, because these eight armies are not subordinate to each other, and they do not cooperate well in battle, and they are far less than the theoretical combat power of the two combined.
For example, a Tiance army can barely survive against the Baisheng army, and it stands to reason that with a Royal Forest Army or an ironclad army, the Baisheng army will only be defeated. But in fact, the Baisheng Army can still fight and retreat, without messing with the constitution at all. As for encirclement and extermination, don't even think about it.
Therefore, Huang Fudan and Li Hun, who were still alive at that time, jointly set up a wartime general, called Hussar General, who was responsible for coordinating and commanding the Eighth Army during the war. In other words, although this hussar general can't manage any of the eight armies in peacetime, as long as there is a battle, the eight armies have to listen to him.
The candidates had to be selected from among the outstanding lieutenants of the Eighth Army of the Forbidden Army -- this somewhat empty general could not arouse the interest of the eight commanding generals. But almost all lieutenants took a keen interest in this, after all, the nominal general is also a general.
In the end, it was decided that each of the eight armies would produce a captain, and each would lead the base camp to compete, and the winner would be the hussar general. The Eighth Army of the Forbidden Army has always said that although there is a distinction between superior and inferior strength, it has never been specifically ranked. Therefore, they all sent the strongest eight battalions to participate in this selection, and these eight battalions were later called the Eight Biao of the Forbidden Army.
Tie Ying, Zhong Likan, Huangfu Zhanwen, and Li Qing's troops, who was still a captain of the Tiance Military Academy at the time, were all one of the Eight Biao. These eight biao compared the formation, the march, the combat strength, and so on, and so on, and carried out a protracted contest, and finally Huangfu Zhanwen's Yue Cavalry Battalion, Zhonglikan's Futu Battalion, Tie Ying's Falcon Battalion, and Li Qing's Shence Battalion were ranked in the top four, and the future Hussar General was definitely produced from these four people.
The day before the results were announced, Li Qing said he would invite a few people to his home for a drink. Several people don't know each other, and they also cherish each other, so they all readily agree. In the evening of that day, the three of them took gifts to Li Qing's outer house, and Li Qing naturally set up a banquet and entertained him warmly. They are all rough men in the army, there is nothing bad in the cup, and there is no official business, a few people drank happily, drank to the excitement, Li Qing also let his concubine come out to toast and dance. The little concubine was really beautiful and tight, and her voice was sweet, which made the three of them confused, and they were all drunk like mud.
The reason why Qin Lei knew the situation of the day so clearly was because these contents were clearly recorded in the copywriting of the Criminal Department. The reason why it was recorded in the copywriting of the Criminal Department was because someone died that day - the concubine died, naked **, covered in scars, according to the examination, she was killed by more than three people. And when the family found out, the three of Huangfu Zhanwen were still lying naked on the ground and sleeping, and the little concubine was in Zhong Likan's arms.
And Li Qing claimed that he went back to the camp in the middle of the night to check the ward, and when he knew the situation, he was first 'frightened and inexplicable', then 'ashamed and indignant', and finally 'remorseful', so angry, he naturally sued the three of them to Kyoto Prefecture.
The three of them were indeed drunk last night, and it did make the little concubine feel angry, although they couldn't remember the specific steps, but they all believed that they were drunk and disorderly, and they couldn't say why in the lobby of Kyoto Prefecture, so they admitted it in a daze.
Rape and murder of a concubine is not a big crime, and the three of them were only punished by the Kyoto Prefecture with 20 rods and a fine of 3,000. But the stigma of raping and killing fellow women is confirmed, which is a taboo in the army. Especially in the forbidden army with strict military discipline, how can you still have the face to teach your subordinates a lesson? Not to mention competing hussar generals, even the forbidden army can't get along.
So Zhong Likan, who had no family background, was forced to retire and became the prince's assassin leader; And Tie Ying was also forced to go to Beijing in Qi State, and served as the head of the light pole guard for a little proton, but he was still in the sequence of the Great Qin Imperial Forest Army; The best situation is Huangfu Zhanwen, as the eldest young master of the Huangfu family, he has even been promoted to a level, fulfilling his dream of becoming a general, but he would rather be a small lieutenant in the tiger than be the laughing stock of the general Taiziwei.
But Li Qing, who had no competitors, did not become the general of the Hussars of Nalaoshzi in the end, because it didn't take long for the assassination of Huang Fudan and the battle for the forbidden army, so how could he still bother with this fictitious title.
In the end, the Huangfu family ended miserably, and the Li family transferred the original general of the Tiance Army in order to control the newly obtained Broken Army, and Li Qing was lucky to withstand his lack and became the new Tiance general, so naturally it is no longer rare to have the rank of hussar general in name only. And this rank of general, which was officially registered in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, was sealed in the dust, and no one cared about it until now.
A year ago, Li Qing's housekeeper made a drunken gaffe and confided the truth at that time, the three Huangfu Zhanwen were framed, and the concubine was raped and killed by Li Qing at the instruction of the housekeeper, and it had nothing to do with Huangfu Zhanwen.
But things change with time, and even if the grievances are cleared, many things can no longer be changed. For example, Zhong Likan's self-destructive appearance, Iron Eagle's wasted time, and Huangfu's ambition to dissipate his war literature......
Speaking of this, Qin Lei and the three of them were a little embarrassed, and they had to sigh, people's fate is too easy to be played with, and if you want to control your own destiny, there is no other way than power; If you want to absolutely control your destiny, there is no other way than absolute power.
After a period of silence, Shi Meng suddenly laughed, Xu Tian didn't understand what he was laughing at, and when asked, he didn't say anything, choking Xu Tian angrily.
Qin Lei still solved his confusion and said with a smile: "You see him smiling like that, you must remember that Lao Tzu's words changed the fate of him and Zhuang Die'er, and he was secretly proud." ”
Shi Meng said with a smile: "The prince who knows me is also." But I can also understand the heart of the prince. ”
Qin Lei scolded with a smile: "It's really numb, what's the intention of Lone?" ”
"Hussar General!"