At Liu Zongmin's insistence, the group of soldiers and horses planned to change their course and take refuge in Wang Teng first.

It's just that Liu Zongmin has just been defeated by Wang Teng, and if he takes refuge at this time, he is afraid that it will attract criticism.

The fleeing procession went down the river and abandoned the ship before the officers and soldiers could react.

At this time, Liu Zongmin learned that Guanglingjun had returned to Ulzhou with Wang Teng.

Chase to Ulju?

Gao Yingxiang, who was eyeing the tiger, became the biggest obstacle.

Originally, Liu Zongmin planned to "pretend to surrender", and the method of capturing Wang Teng if necessary was useless, and the group could only discuss where to go again.

If you can't be an official soldier, you can only continue to be a rogue!

However, looking at the world, the only person who can compete with Gao Yingxiang is Li Zicheng, a general.

In desperation, in order to save the lives of more than a thousand brothers, Liu Zongmin could only go to Li Zicheng's jurisdiction.

Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin are both from Shaanxi Mizhi, and Gao Yingxiang's suppression of Liu Zongmin is to suppress himself.

Therefore, in order to show his strength, it is extremely important to keep Liu Zongmin!

Unconsciously, Liu Zongmin has become a tool for Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng to wrestle.

At this time, Wang Teng, the culprit who set up an ambush and induced Liu Zongmin to set fire to the grain, had already left Shouyang City.

Two thousand officers and soldiers set out on the return journey with three hundred stone grain and eight thousand taels of silver.

The weather was cold, the army was open, and the requirements for grain and grass were quite strict.

The 300 cavalry of the Guangling Army consumed an astronomical amount of forage every day.

During the march, Wang Teng was very puzzled, the Jurchens invaded on a large scale at this time, which was simply unreasonable, and there must be a reason for it.

Twenty days later, the Guangling army arrived outside Guangling City.

Even though the defenders at the head of the city had already learned the news in advance, when the black and oppressive army formation appeared, the defenders couldn't help but be shocked.

From afar, the breathtaking momentum makes people look at each other.

The hundred households at the head of the city hissed coldly, and muttered to themselves: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and the Guangling Army seems to be getting more and more powerful."

Another person replied casually: "Who said no, they all said that Wang Shoubei was the star king of the sky descended to earth, originally I didn't believe it, but now I believe it some, if it wasn't for the star monarch to go down to earth, how could Wang Shoubei make his fortune so fast?" Two years ago, an ordinary person is now a figure with 2,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, controlling the military and political power of a state, even if he looks at the world, he is also a well-known figure! ”

"Well, look, there seems to be an argument there"

"Huh?"

At the end of the defenders' field of vision, a group of dusty cavalry was stopped by the Guangling army.

"Where are you?" The questioner was a hundred households under Wang Teng's command.

The general who replied was quite knowledgeable, "This brother, we are the banner officer of Lord Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, and we have come to visit Governor Jiao on the order of Lord Sun, and I ask you to be accommodating."

In November of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting took the initiative to ask Ying to be appointed governor of Shaanxi, responsible for exterminating the peasant army.

Since the beginning of the month, Sun Chuanting has built an army in Yulin, known as the Qin army. At this time, Hong Chengchou was fighting with Li Zicheng in northern Shaanxi, and Lu Xiangsheng was fighting with Gao Yingxiang in Shaanxi.

If it weren't for Houjin's entry into the customs, maybe Lu Xiangsheng would have won a big victory.

This time, Sun Chuanting sent people to Datong to suppress bandits.

Sun Chuanting?

Governor of Shanxi?

The people of the Guangling Army had vaguely heard of this name, and suddenly, he was clever and roared loudly: "Quick, go and inform Lord Wang, just say that Governor Sun's envoy is here."

The generals under Sun Chuanting didn't expect the other party to have such a big reaction, he made a gesture secretly, and the one hundred and ten cavalry soldiers around him tightened their weapons and raised their vigilance.

The hundred households of the Guangling Army also seemed to realize that his reaction was a little excessive, he rolled his eyes, and said in his mouth: "My family has always respected Lord Sun, the situation in Shaanxi is rotten, Lord Sun can recommend himself, this is a feat in the world, if he has leisure, he even plans to visit Lord Sun."

The generals under Sun Chuanting relaxed their vigilance a little, and if they explained it like this, it would be reasonable, but did their own adults really have such a big name in Datong?

Even a small hundred households know!

"Well, I don't know what your family's name is?"

"Ulju Garrison Wang Teng"

"Ah, Wang Teng!"

General Guangling likes to see this kind of feeling that others are startled by himself, he is quite complacent, and is about to brag a few words, when he suddenly hears a sound of horses' hooves behind him, he hurriedly gets out of the way, and says: "My lord is here."

At this time, the wooden door of the carriage creaked open, and out of it came a middle-aged man in his thirties, this man had his eyes attentive, and as soon as he got off the car, he saw him looking around and said with a smile: "What, it's in Guangling?" ”

The generals under Sun Chuanting promised to be the first to do so.

The sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and when they were only ten steps away from the carriage and horses, Wang Teng slowed down his horse speed and said, "I am Wang Teng, which one is Lord Sun's messenger?" ”

The middle-aged man walked forward slowly, made a gesture to Wang Teng from afar, and said: "Student Li Yuan has seen Lord Wang, and the deeds of Lord Wang who killed Jiannu and defeated the Liukou have already spread all over the Jindi, and even the adults in my family are quite appreciative."

Wang Teng laughed "haha", he pointed to the northwest, and said: "Lord Sun is really overrated, I have heard for a long time that Lord Sun is good at training, and with the Qin army, there has been nothing wrong in Shanxi since then!" ”

Li Yuan didn't expect Wang Teng to hear about such a secret thing, and immediately turned pale, and didn't want to say more, "Dare to ask Lord Wang, can you get out of the way and let me wait to enter the city to visit Governor Jiao?" ”

In this matter, Shanxi Governor Jiao Yuanbo was inspecting military affairs in Guangling.

Wang Teng laughed loudly, "That's the meaning of the question, come on, escort Lord Sun's soldiers and horses into the city!" ”

"Whoa!"

Li Yuan glanced at Wang Teng deeply before boarding the carriage and horse.

The distance of just a few hundred steps, but it seems to be 108,000 miles, I don't know how long it took, under the "gift" of three hundred Guangling soldiers, Sun Chuanting's envoy finally saw Jiao Yuanbo.

There have always been endless topics among literati, Jiao Yuanbo and Li Yuan, one is a famous scholar in Hebei, born in a family of eunuchs, and the other was famous when he was young.

After three rounds of drinking, Jiao Yuanbo smiled and said, "Li Yuan, I don't know why you came here this time?" ”

Li Yuan did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "Master Sun asked me to connect with you and make a good relationship with you."

"Oh? Don't know how to knot? ”

Li Yuan smiled and pointed to the meat on the wooden case, and said, "There is a shortage of food in the Shaanxi army, and I came for this rice millet."

Jiao Yuanbo shook his head and said, "Don't hide it, I've been helping the homeless, I'm afraid there won't be much grain."

Li Yuan was not in a hurry, he just drank by himself.

Sure enough, the next moment, Jiao Yuanbo smiled again: "However, Li Yuanyuan is a guest from afar, and I, Jiao Yuanbo, have never treated guests badly, so I naturally want to give this grain."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "My lord, you are obsessed, whether you give this grain or not, it will not affect us, you are still Jiao Yuanbo, I am still Li Yuan, right?" ”

Jiao Yuanbo ate this set, he smiled and said: "Haha, that's right, come, let's drink this cup full."

"Full Drink"

Just as he was on the rise, a servant from outside suddenly came to report that Wang Teng was asking to see him outside the door.

Jiao Yuanbo had a very good impression of Wang Teng, and when he heard that Wang Teng had returned, he was immediately very happy, "Oh? Wang Teng came so quickly, well, please hurry up, Li Yuan, I want to meet Wang Teng, you have no opinion, right? ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "I have long heard that Wang Tengneng of Ulzhou is capable of literature and martial arts, and since I met him today, I naturally want to meet him."

Speaking of Wang Teng, Jiao Yuanbo looked quite complacent, this was a general he pulled out single-handedly, hearing that Li Yuan was interested, he immediately beckoned and said: "Go and spread the word, let Wang Teng come in quickly."

"Whoa!"

After Wang Teng entered the hall, he waved to Jiao Yuanbo, and said: "The 2,500 Guangling soldiers have already camped outside the city, please show your lordship."

Jiao Yuanbo said with a smile: "Don't talk about military affairs today, well, this is Li Yuan, a famous man from Hebei, you can sit down at the next head."

Wang Teng saluted Li Yuan again and said with a smile: "So that the adults know that I have already met Mr. Li outside the city gate."

Jiao Yuanbo was surprised: "Oh? There is such a thing, Li Yuan, why didn't I hear you mention it? ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "Shicai is only a one-sided relationship, it doesn't count, I have long heard that Wang Shoubei is unstoppable, of course I want to meet today."

Jiao Yuan frowned and smiled, and Li Yuan praised Wang Teng as if he was praising himself.

It's like finding a baby yourself, especially cherished, suddenly, the best friend visits, but also full of praise for the baby, this feeling is like Boya meets Zhongzi period, bosom friend!

In front of Jiao Yuanbo, Wang Teng put away the pretended rebelliousness before, and said humbly in his mouth: "What is unbeatable is a joke, if it weren't for the death of the sergeants under his command, if it weren't for the trust of all the adults, my Wang Teng would just be a small inspection."

The sycophants were just right, and Jiao Yuanbo was quite complacent.

Wine is the best concoction for men to connect with each other, whether it is a literati or a martial artist, a few bowls of wine will be in the stomach, and there will be more words.

The topic between men is inseparable from women, and it is inseparable from the world's major events, even if you don't understand, you have to respond ambiguously to a few words, so as to appear that you are not falling.

At first, Li Yuan thought that Wang Teng didn't understand literature and ink, so he didn't talk about anything too profound, but later, Li Yuan was surprised to find that Wang Teng didn't understand, but didn't want to say more.

Whether it is astronomy and geography, or the scenery and landform, Wang Teng seems to have experienced it personally.

As we all know, Wang Teng is only twenty years old, where does his experience come from?

The deeper he understands, the thicker the mystery on Wang Teng's body becomes.

Zi Bu is strange and confused, Li Yuan and Jiao Yuanbo don't believe in Xingjun's statement that he is going to earth, so Wang Teng must have met a famous teacher!

Yes, it must be so, only in this way can we explain why Wang Teng seems to have been reborn in the past two years, proficient in military and internal affairs, and sometimes there are flashes of inspiration.

Li Yuan had already seen the grand occasion of waterwheel irrigation on the way, and he also deliberately walked outside the fence to check it out.

If it weren't for the guarded soldiers who drove them away again and again, maybe Li Yuan would have stepped forward carefully to rub and rub.

Only those who know about agriculture will understand the importance of the waterwheel to the people.

According to Li Yuan's estimates, one waterwheel is enough to triple the yield of 300 acres of land!

This concept is quite amazing, when, if only Shaanxi could have such a waterwheel at night.

In Li Yuan's mind, the person who could improve the promotion of the waterwheel must be a great talent in the world, but later he inquired about it and realized that the irrigation waterwheel was actually made by Wang Teng.

At that time, Li Yuan was stunned......

On the wine table, with the strength of the wine, Li Yuan lifted the waterwheel, who would have thought that Jiao Yuanbo would actually snort over.

Grain can be borrowed, but waterwheels cannot.

The relationship between Sun Chuanting and Jiao Yuanbo has not yet reached the level of "teaching people to fish", and at present, "teaching people to fish" is already very face-saving.

Li Yuan knew how to advance and retreat, so he didn't mention the matter of the waterwheel at the moment, and after chatting for a while, Li Yuan said goodbye and left.

When Li Yuan left, Jiao Yuanbo glanced at Wang Teng meaningfully, and said, "Wei Zhong, guess what, why did Li Yuan come this time?" ”

"Master Sun Chuanting Sun is full of ambition, in my opinion, he definitely didn't come to borrow soldiers"

"Oh? So what do you think he's here for? ”

"If my guess is correct, Li Yuan is here to borrow grain"

Jiao Yuanbo laughed "haha" and said: "Okay, you Wang Teng Wang Weizhong, even Sun Chuanting's thoughts can be pondered so thoroughly, I really don't know if Sun Chuanting, who is conceited, will be ashamed of himself."

After sighing with emotion, Jiao Yuanbo said again: "Well, that's right, Li Yuan is here to borrow grain, so you say, is this grain borrowed or not?" ”

Wang Teng Zhengse said: "Grain is naturally borrowed, but how to borrow it is very good."

Jiao Yuanbo was very curious, "Oh? Why? ”

"Shaanxi is a breeding ground for the people, the new governor Sun Chuanting is in the training of soldiers, if he can be funded, it will be a big help in the future, however, Shanxi is barren, and it will be difficult to be self-sufficient in grain within two or three years, not so much to borrow, but to give"

Jiao Yuanbo furrowed his brows and said, "Well, in this case, this grain must be given."

Wang Teng bowed his head slightly, and then his voice changed, and said: "Yes, that's exactly the case, but the grain is something we have worked hard to accumulate, so naturally we can't give it in vain, we have to make him pay some price."

Although Jiao Yuanbo adheres to the way of a gentleman, he is not a corrupt Confucian who can "bully him", although Wang Teng said a little snobbish, but it is also for the sake of Shanxi.

In this way, Jiao Yuanbo naturally did not blame Wang Teng, and just kept silent at the moment.

Sometimes, not speaking is actually a sign of wordless recognition.

Jiao Yuanbo did not object, Wang Teng naturally had no doubts, he agitated his tongue, and said in his mouth: "Shaanxi has a lot of iron ore since ancient times, if you can discuss it with Sun Chuanting Sun, we can exchange iron ore for grain."

Jiao Yuanbo frowned and said, "After all, Sun Chuanting is clearing Longkong, I asked him for iron ore, wouldn't it be suspected of taking advantage of the fire to rob him?" ”

(To be continued.) )