Chapter Ninety-Nine: What a big face

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In November, Zhang Xutuo led his army to repeatedly engage the rebels on both sides of Jishui, and did his best to drive the traitors out of the country.

Originally, he made a promise to Duan Wencao that when he returned to Qi County, he would send troops Cao Shuzuo Qin Qiong to lead the army south to support Lu County, but this promise has not been fulfilled so far, because the deputy commander of the navy, Zhou Fa, the deputy commander of the navy, was angry.

The old man was furious and asked Zhang Xutuo, what do you mean? Chengxin can't get along with the old man? The old man gave you the army, gave you weapons, gave you the right to command the army, believed in you, and asked you to kill a few little thieves, but not only did you not kill the little thief, but turned the world upside down, and even the emperor was alarmed, and issued an order to reprimand the old man. Do you still want to mess up? Is it that Juncheng is too comfortable, Taishan is tired of watching the sunrise, and wants to change places and go to the desert to watch the sunset? The old man warns you that immediately, immediately, solve these messy things, otherwise, you will go to the desert to watch the sunset.

Although Zhang Xutuo is nearly fifty years old, he was also a veteran in the Weifu in the past, but in front of Zhou Fashang, he is not as good as an official title, nor is he better than his military exploits, in terms of military qualifications, it is also an absolute small character, so Zhang Xutuo faced the anger of the old handsome, he was as silent as a cicada, and he did not dare to come out of the atmosphere, let alone have a disobedient heart. While writing back to Zhou Fashang, admitting his mistakes, and vowing that he would completely solve the matter of the little thieves in Qizhou by the end of this month, he supervised the onslaught and drove the rebels to the north bank of Jishui at any cost, forcing the traitors to flee to the north of Hebei after the river was frozen.

Zhang Xutuo was sandwiched between the Jiangzuo people and the Qilu people, and it was very difficult to do, neither daring to offend the military boss Zhou Fashang, nor daring to offend Duan Wencao, the younger brother of Duan Wenzhen, the number one boss in the military, and he was physically and mentally exhausted by the thieves. In order to explain to Duan Wencao, he specially sent a close subordinate to meet Duan Wencao in Bianqiu, promising that as long as the Qizhou thieves were driven north of the river, he would send reinforcements to work with the Lu County army to suppress the thieves.

Duan Wencao was also afraid of Zhou Fashang. He has a ghost in his heart, the Xuzhou thieves burned and killed and plundered in Lu County, and he was forced to have too many famous Confucian scholars in Qufu, so he didn't dare not play, but he understated it and brushed it off, and he directly concealed the fall of Surabaya City, as for the defeat of Yingyang Mansion in Lu County in the battle of Bian Cheng, he even concealed Zhou Fashang.

Zhang Xutuo knows all these things, but Duan Wencao's elder brother is Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the Duan family is a core member of the Qilu aristocratic group. Zhang Xutuo didn't say it, it didn't mean that Zhou Fashang didn't have other channels to get to know the news, but Zhou Fashang also had scruples, he and Duan Wenzhen were both military commanders trusted by the emperor, and many interests were the same, even if he knew that Duan Wencao deliberately concealed the truth, he wouldn't have anything to do and run to offend Duan.

Because of this, Duan Wencao dared to hide it from the Eastern Capital. Now Zhang Xutuo sued him, Zhou Fashang was angry, and forced Zhang Xutuo to suppress the thief within a time limit, at this time, if Duan Wencao deliberately embarrassed Zhang Xutuo and delayed Zhang Xutuo's suppression of the thief, wouldn't he ask for trouble and cause trouble? So Duan Wencao hurriedly replied to Zhang Xutuo, you can suppress the thief with peace of mind, and then send reinforcements after killing the thief. Xuzhou thieves must be suppressed, but also to do their best, once the tail is not big, raising tigers for trouble, affecting the Eastern Crusade, everyone finished playing together.

Local officials deceive their superiors and subordinates for their own personal gain, while various forces protect each other because of complex entanglements of interests. Everyone put their personal and group interests above the interests of the emperor and the kingdom, and the result can be imagined, the emperor and the central government did not know the truth at all, they were misled, and as a result, they made wrong decisions.

The emperor and the central government trusted Zhou Fashang very much, believing that the situation in Qilu was stable, and no longer paid attention to the matter of rebellion and thieves. Considering that Xuzhou and Qilu are two towns, the relationship between various interests is too complicated, and Zhou Fashang has said that the situation in Qilu is stable, in this case, if the central government authorizes the Xuzhou army to cross the border to chase and kill, wouldn't it be distrustful of Zhou Fashang and slap Zhou Fashang in the face? Therefore, the Eastern Capital clearly rejected Liang Dezhong's request, but now Xuzhou is a sensitive area, and the emperor, the central center and the Wei government are in dispute over the selection of General Zuo Xiaowei, and in the short term, the Xuzhou military will still rely on Liang Dezhong, and cannot slap people's faces and dampen people's enthusiasm, so they agreed to Liang Dezhong's other request, allowing him to requisition Pengcheng Zongtuan Township Regiment to form a local army, and grant Pengcheng County Government the right to command the army, so that Liang Dezhong can integrate Xuzhou's local forces and ensure the stability of Xuzhou during the Eastern Crusade.

As for the matter of suppressing the thieves and recovering the robbed heavy soldiers within a time limit, Dongdu did not mention it again, but said vaguely, but one thing is very clear, you must recover the robbed heavy soldiers, and you must kill the thieves who plundered the heavy soldiers, which is the bottom line of the Eastern Capital.

After Liang De re-received the order, he was not helpless, but helpless and distressed. He has a sense of irony for Dong. I said it all, the Xuzhou thief went to Qilu and went to Mengshan, but you didn't allow me to cross the border to chase and kill, excuse me, how do I kill the thief? And how to recover the robbed soldiers? After thinking about it, only Cui Deben's strategy was available, uniting the local armed forces of Pengcheng, Lujun and Langya counties to encircle and suppress Mengshan, while the Xuzhou army stood aside and watched the excitement.

Li Fengyun didn't know the decision of the Eastern Capital, and the scouts he sent to the surroundings of Mengshan were at most to inquire about the military situation and see if there were enemy troops attacking Mengshan, and they didn't know anything else, so he and the leaders of the righteous army judged that the official army would encircle and suppress Mengshan in the near future, so they trained their troops day and night, and did not dare to slack off.

On this day, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi crossed the Surabaya River and rushed to Liyu City through Bian Cheng to meet Li Fengyun. This is the privilege of the two of them, and Li Fengyun specially greeted him, only the two of them can see Li Fengyun directly after being reported by Fengyunwei, and they can see each other at any time.

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyi were promoted. Meng Rang gave them some people, plus their own little brothers, to make up a hundred-man brigade, Du Fuwei was the brigade commander, and Fu Gongqi was the team leader. After the two saw Li Fengyun, they happily reported the good news. Li Fengyun was very happy, congratulated him, and invited Chen Rui again, and asked him to allocate five long knives, five rifles, ten light crossbows, some armor, and some ordinary weapons, as well as some money and food for military uniforms, which were counted as congratulatory gifts.

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi were grateful, and secretly swore that if they had a chance in this life, they would definitely repay Li Fengyun.

Li Fengyun set up a banquet to entertain the two, chatted casually during the banquet, chatted about leading troops to fight, and tirelessly taught a lot of actual combat experience, not to mention Du and Fu, even Xu Shisan, who was sitting on the side, felt Li Fengyun's abnormality. Li Fengyun can be said to be very protective of Du and Fu and responds to their needs, but the strange thing is that he never opens his mouth to recruit the two and invite the two to work under his account. Now Meng Rang and the Changbai Mountain Rebels are in the valley of the lower reaches of Zhushui, holding on to their independent status, and so far they have no intention of joining Li Fengyun and the Cangtou Army. At this time, if Li Fengyun recruited Du and Fu, don't say that Du and Fu would not dare not agree, and Meng Rang would not dare not let go, however, Li Fengyun clearly revealed that he hoped that Du and Fu would continue to follow Meng Rang's side, and even had the intention of funding and supporting the two to exhibit independently.

Du and Fu are young, grassroots, stubborn, don't learn and don't know, and they do some things like stealing chickens and dogs, although there are also a bunch of ruffians and gangsters around them, but they can't talk about the word "strength", and they are not psychologically ready to "soar alone", and they don't even have this idea. A few months ago, the reason why they followed the townsman Meng Rang to raise the flag to rebel was not an active act, but a last resort, when the local government was to stabilize the shape after the catastrophe, vigorously arresting the thieves, Du and Fu were among the arrested, if they were caught, they would definitely kill their heads, and kill a hundred people, so they were desperate and rebelled. After the rebellion, the official army encircled and suppressed, and the righteous army was called "Zhuan Zhan", which was actually hiding in Tibet, wandering around, and doing their best to find a way to survive. In this case, Du and Fu are already very fortunate that they can survive and fill their stomachs, where is there any ambition to be the king?

However, everyone has **, they all have dreams, and they all have the impulse of "princes and generals, rather have a kind of", Du and Fu are also hot-blooded teenagers, of course, they are not willing to live like dogs, and they are like lost dogs. Li Fengyun is regarded as a successful and strong man in their hearts, and he is a high-ranking figure, but such a character treats them differently, respects them, and even encourages them to do a great cause and become the king and hegemon, which will naturally give them hope and confidence, so unconsciously, Li Fengyun planted the seed of "self-improvement" in their hearts, and when the wind and clouds meet, this seed will rush out of the soil and blossom and sprout.

The guests and hosts were happy, the banquet was coming to an end, and seeing that it was about to disperse, Du Fuwei couldn't help but show anxiety, but he was very worried, and looked at Li Fengyun several times to stop talking, but he didn't have the courage to say it after all. Fu Gongyi always sat calmly to the side, consciously or unconsciously preventing Du Fuwei from leading the topic in a certain direction.

Li Fengyun looked interesting, couldn't help laughing, pointed to Du and Fu and said, "At a young age, I don't know the depths, it's just a matter of being a lobbyist for others, and I still twist and pinch, hesitate, and don't dare to kill decisively, so forward-looking, how can I achieve great things?" Meng Shuai arrived at the foot of Mengshan Mountain, but he was worried that someone would eat him. It's just a little bit of a child, but he lacks courage and low vision, so it's not an exaggeration to say that he is ambitious and talented, and he is disappointed. Now that he has repaired on the west bank of the Sushui River, he has recovered his strength, and he has almost explored the details of a certain person, and feels that a certain person has no strength to eat him, and he was purely worried about the sky before, and he scared himself, so he was bold, so he came to the door again, wanted to borrow some grain and grass weapons from a certain place, and even wanted to enter Mengshan to see if he could find an opportunity to drive away a certain and dove to occupy the magpie's nest. ”

Du Fuwei suddenly showed a look of shame and was speechless in embarrassment. Fu Gongyi looked at Li Fengyun in surprise, not knowing why Li Fengyun knew Meng Rang so well, and guessed Meng Rang's thoughts clearly. Could it be that Bai Shuai is talented, has clairvoyance and ears? It seems that my previous caution was right, I told Du Lang not to say it, so as not to move a stone to hit his own foot and let Bai Shuai blow out, it would be embarrassing, fortunately I didn't say it, otherwise it would definitely anger Bai Shuai.

Li Fengyun was still laughing, not angry.

"So-and-so gives face to the two brothers, since you are here, borrow food and weapons from so-and-so, so-and-so will not be stingy, how much do you want, how much so-and-so gives."

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyi were greatly surprised, thinking that they had heard it wrong, they all stared at Li Fengyun's face, and saw that he was really not angry, and he said very strictly, very seriously, and he was at a loss for a while, with mixed feelings, and his gratitude to Li Fengyun was incomprehensible, and he was even more determined to "die for his confidant". The grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, and Bai Shuai treats my brother as kind as a mountain, even if he is broken in the future, he will repay Bai Shuai.

The two immediately knelt down and bowed in thanks.

Xu 13 was even more surprised and dumbfounded. Is there any mistake? Du and Fu have such a big face? These are two gangsters, what do you want, you have no future, you look at each other and take care of it in every way, it is already incredible, and now it is even more for them, you want to give Meng Rang money, food and weapons for nothing, are you drunk? Meng Rang has more than 2,000 people, and they are all elites who have been killed from the encirclement and interception of the official army, and their strength is not much worse than ours, in fact, it is a tiger. One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, next to the couch, how can others be allowed to snore? You didn't take advantage of Meng Rang's weakness to eat him, but you saved money and wanted to fatten him up, what do you mean?

Xu Shisan really couldn't figure it out, and his heart was even more panicked, he couldn't swallow this wine at all, so he found an excuse and went out, going out to find Chen Rui and Yuan An. Cangtou Shuai was drunk and talking nonsense, if you want to send Meng Rang money, food and weapons, you should hurry up and stop it, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.