Chapter 137: The Turmoil of the He Clan (19)

"The head of the family, He Tengxiao, the general of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, is here."

Wu Tingzhen was hesitating, not understanding why the top leaders of the Liao State would let Yu Yansong's troops also participate in this southern expedition. A pro-soldier entered the hall to report the news of He Tengxiao's visit.

"Come in, please." Wu Tingzhen waved his hand and motioned for his soldiers to go out and invite He Tengxiao in. Wu Tingzhen's waving hand was still hanging in the air, and Wu Tingzhen changed his mind again, "Forget it, I'll go out to pick him up in person." ”

Although He Tengxiao is not the core figure of the He clan now, he is definitely an important figure of the He clan. The Wu clan wants to survive by relying on the He clan, and it is better for Wu Tingzhen to treat He Tengxiao with courtesy.

As for the head of the Wu family, the honorable titles of Earl Yongyi are all empty, where can these illusory things come from real profits?

"I didn't know that Teng Xiao would come to Tangchi Fort today, I neglected Teng Xiao, and I hope Teng Xiao doesn't take it to heart." Wu Tingzhen came out and greeted He Tengxiao warmly, and after greeting for a while, he asked He Tengxiao, "What is the progress of the Jinzhou Army's rebellion?" ”

"It's not the Jinzhou Army that is causing chaos, but the Lion and Leopard making chaos." He Tengxiao waved his hand to correct, and after correcting it, He Tengxiao shocked Wu Ting, "Uncle, you don't have to worry about the He family's housework, I came today to discuss with my uncle about the Liao State's conquest of the Southern Army, the Liao State Conquest of the Southern Army has already moved south, presumably my uncle has also got the news?" ”

Wu Tingzhen wanted to invite He Tengxiao into the lobby to speak, but He Tengxiao politely declined Wu Tingzhen.

"Yes, I also just got the news that the entire 50,000 troops have marched towards Gaizhou, and it is expected that it will arrive at Gaizhou City in less than two days." Wu Tingzhen spread out the five fingers of his right hand and made a gesture of five.

"This is not the point, the Liao army is still in command this time, Teng Xiao has only fought with Wan Yan Fushen once, and he doesn't know much about Wan Yan Fushen. When Uncle Jiuwen was in Liaoyang, he often fought against the former Manshu army. Wanyan Fushen is also the general of the Manshu clan, and my uncle should know Wanyan Fushen very well, right? ”

"That's all in the past." Wu Tingzhen smiled, but he didn't shy away from talking about the past, "Wanyan Fushen is cautious, this person is not very good at dealing with it, Wanyan Fushen is the respect of the prince of Liao, his qualifications are enough, and he has served as the commander of the army to conquer the south twice, which is also reasonable." And Wanyan is cautious and can fully bear the heavy responsibility of the southern expedition. ”

Although Wan Yan Fushen had the defeat of Gaizhou, he did not hide his flaws, and Wan Yan Fushen's ability to lead the troops to fight cannot be denied because of this. Wu Tingzhen's evaluation of Wanyan Fushen is still based on affirmation. Indeed, when it comes to leading troops to fight, there are few people in the Liao army who are more cautious than Yan Fufu. In political affairs, Wanyan Shengcong's ability is beyond doubt, and Wanyan Shengcong's ability to bring the Manshu tribe from a small tribe to a powerful empire today is enough to prove Wanyan Shengcong's ability.

Wanyan Shengcong is a very capable monarch, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a generation of male lords, there are countless barbarian tribes outside the Saiwai, but there are several barbarian tribe leaders who have the ability to develop a small tribe into a powerful empire? is such a generation of heroes with great talents, and in military affairs, he does not dare to pat his chest and say that he is better than Wanyan Fushen.

From childhood to adulthood, Wanyan Fushen participated in almost all the major battles that decided the life and death of the Manshu people, and even commanded several of them as the commander. Wanyan Fushen can be described as Peng Chaodong of the Great Liao Empire.

"Wanyan is cautious, this time it is tricky to resist the Liao army going south." He Tengxiao said while walking to a box of money, and stretched out his hand to open the box, "I also got the news that the deputy commander of the Southern Army this time is a Han man, of course, this Han is not Chen Yankai, Chen Yankai is now a country Zaifu, and he will not interfere too much in military affairs, he is a smart person, after being Zaifu, he rarely gets involved in military affairs, and the deputy marshal of this Zhengnan Army is Yu Yansong, Yu Yansong, who is more familiar with my uncle than me." ”

For this former comrade-in-arms, how could Wu Tingzhen not be familiar with it? This is the first time that Liao Guorang and a Han man have been appointed as deputy commanders. In the past, Chen Yankai often accompanied the army, but Chen Yankai mostly served as the military counselor of the Liao army. He has the right to make suggestions, but not the right to make decisions, and as the deputy commander of a wartime army, although he is subject to the commander-in-chief, he still has a certain amount of decision-making power.

Is the Liao State letting the Han people take command to send a signal to the outside world that the Liao State has begun to reuse the Han people?

Wu Tingzhen smiled bitterly and said: "I haven't heard the news that Yu Yansong was appointed as the deputy marshal of the Liao State's southern army, but I got the news that there are 20,000 private soldiers of the Liao family's Yu family in the southern army of the Liao State this time. ”

"The Yu family's private soldiers are known for what kind of weapons they are good at?" He Tengxiao asked Wu Tingzhen with a smile, this is the main purpose of He Tengxiao coming to Wu Tingzhen this time.

The combat methods of Yu Yansong's private soldiers were very different from those of the Liao army, and he was worried that Wu Tingzhen would not be able to cope with them.

"The Yu family army is known for its sharpshooters." Wu Tingzhen said without thinking, although the Yu family sold them in the end, they were also brothers and sisters who had fought side by side for more than ten years, and they still knew Wu Tingzhen of the Yu family very well.

"Yes, yes." He Tengxiao reached out and took out a black and shiny firearm from the box, stuffed gunpowder bullets into the gunpowder barrel, and tamped it with a whole strip.

The soldiers around Wu Tingzhen were taken aback, and Wu Zhenfei stared at He Tengxiao with an unkind face, not knowing that he was blocking Wu Tingzhen's front.

He Tengxiao picked up the fire gun, and after lighting the fire, pointed the gun to a small tree with a bowl mouth in the courtyard.

There was a bang, and a burst of white gunpowder smoke rose from the black gun's mouth, and after the gunpowder smoke dissipated, He Tengxiao walked to the small tree that was hit, and the bullets fired by the fire gun were deeply embedded in the trunk of the tree.

Wu Tingzhen pushed away Wu Zhenfei, who was in front of him, walked to the sapling, checked the trunk of the small tree, and touched the remaining bullet marks. "Good gun, twenty paces away, the iron bullet can penetrate the trunk of a tree more than an inch deep." Within a hundred steps, piercing through ordinary wooden shields and light armor is not a problem. Where did you get such a good firebolt? I have seen all the firecrackers produced by the firecrackers in Liaodong, and it is not uncommon for the imperial court ordnance supervisor to send out firecrackers, and it seems that no firecrackers have been able to achieve this level. ”

"You don't have to care where the uncle came from." He Tengxiao threw the firearm in his hand to Wu Tingzhen, and Wu Tingzhen took it and looked at it carefully for a while.

After carefully inspecting this firecracker, Wu Tingzhen couldn't help but praise: "Good gun, the material is solid, and the iron material is also high-grade iron, reliable, and there is no danger of exploding." ”

"The Yu family soldiers are good at using spears, and my uncle can't shoot with a bow and arrow against the Yu family's army." He Tengxiao smiled and said, "This is the purpose of my trip, I brought three hundred of these firecrackers to my uncle, as well as eight hundred high-quality spears. ”

Sending out 300 guns and 800 spears from the Yunguam Ordnance Bureau at once, He Tengxiao couldn't help but feel pain. Silver, silver, all silver. (To be continued.) )