Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Tiger Head Army
"Subordinates, see Your Highness!" In the main hall of the Qi Palace, five people led by Lu Hong walked in, and when they saw Li Su sitting in the hall, they immediately bowed down and saluted.
"You're welcome, please be seated!" Li Su pointed to the seat next to him a little casually, the injury on his back was almost healed, and he was now reclining on the chair with a lazy face. Lu Hong and these people are all Wenxin's subordinates, and they are barely half of their own people, so they don't have to be too polite to them. Lu Hong and his wife were originally from the palace, and they had long been accustomed to seeing Li Su's laziness in the mansion, so they didn't care, and went straight to find a chair and sit down.
"Your Highness, how is Miss now?" As soon as Aunt Tiger sat down, she immediately asked. Since the last time they confessed their origin to Li Qing, Aunt Hu and his wife have been living outside with Lu Qing and them, and they don't know the situation of the Chinese heart in the royal mansion.
"Although Wen Xin cried a lot after knowing his life experience, he is much better now, you don't have to worry about this!" Referring to Wenxin, Li Suwen replied. Hearing that Wen Xin was fine, Aunt Hu and Lu Hong were both relieved.
"Lu Hong, you confessed your origin to me last time, I am very grateful for your trust, as for the people you brought, I can also help you arrange according to your requirements, but I want to ask, do you really want to enter the Tang Army to serve?" Li Su suddenly asked straight to the point.
Hearing Li Su's question, Lu Hong and Aunt Hu both looked at Lu Qing, although the status of their husband and wife was higher than Lu Qing, but Lu Qing had always been responsible for overseas affairs, and the decision to join the army was also made by him.
"Your Highness. We chose to join the military. In addition to wanting to fight for a background, the most important thing is to have to do it. Lu Qing said with a wry smile.
"Oh, why is that?" Li Su asked with a smile, he was not ignorant of the situation of Lu Qing and the others.
"Your Royal Highness, when our brother was in the south, because of the livelihood of his family, he would occasionally do some businessless business, because of his good strength, he made a little name. We are all registered in the southern government, so even if others don't know that we are former ministers of the Liang State, if someone recognizes our three brothers, there will still be a lot of trouble. The only way is to simply let us enter the army in the name of Zhao'an and use military merits to offset the crimes committed! Lu Qing explained with a wry smile.
After listening to this, Li Su smiled slightly: "The green wolf, the evil tiger, and the dragon are known as the three hegemons of the South China Sea, and all the maritime merchants who go south must hand over a certain amount of worship to you, and as long as the merchant ships with your command flag are planted, no pirate dares to move." Even the government can't do anything about you, if this is only a small name, then the government on the southern coast should apologize for their crimes. ”
Hearing Li Su's words reveal his identity, Lu Qing, Hu Li, and Zhou Long were all shocked, and their faces changed a little, but soon they reacted, glanced at each other, and then lowered their heads and said nothing, which was regarded as acquiescence to Li Su's words.
In fact, since Lu Qing and the others took over the task of exploring new routes, Li Su had already sent someone to inquire about their origins. And with the prestige of Lu Qing and the three of them in the south, there are not a few people who know them, so it is easy to find out their identities. At the same time, Li Su also knew that although the three of them were pirates, they were not just for looting property like other pirates. Rather, after the strength grows, a set of order on the sea is established. Then rely on their own strength to ensure the implementation of this set of order, and seek huge profits from it, this method seems to be more generous, but in fact the cost is smaller than the cost of robbery, and the profit obtained is many times higher than that of robbery, from this point can also be seen that Lu Qing and the three of them are clever.
"Your Highness, although the second brother is called a pirate, they have never killed innocents indiscriminately, please let Your Highness know this!" Lu Hong saw that the second brother didn't speak, and hurriedly stood up to intercede for them.
"Hehe, I know this, and I don't plan to pursue them for piracy, but I have a personal opinion about your desire to join the army!" Li Su said with a smile, and at the same time looked at Lu Qing and the three of them, and they became more cordial. What Lu Qing and the others did was actually what Li Su had always wanted to do, but compared to them, Li Su planned to do things more formally.
As soon as Lu Qing and the three of them heard Li Su's words, they looked at each other, and then bowed forward together and said, "Please give your Highness advice!" ”
Li Su suddenly sat up straight, glanced at Lu Qing and the others below, and then said slowly: "For the identity of the pirate, you don't have to worry at all, in this battle of Dengzhou, I have reported your merits, and the credit for saving nearly one million people in Dengzhou will definitely make my father praise you, as for the crimes you committed before, I will also persuade my father to write off from now on, so you don't have any psychological burden!" ”
Hearing Li Su's words, Lu Qing and the three of them naturally couldn't help but be overjoyed, and Aunt Hu also happily slapped her younger brother twice, only Lu Hong was very calm, squinting at Li Su, and didn't seem surprised by the news.
"Your Highness, the subordinates are all the princess's former ministers, and they are also the subordinates of His Highness, if His Highness has any orders, the subordinates will definitely not refuse!" After Lu Qing and the others were excited, Lu Hong walked out and bowed to Li Su, he had already seen that Li Su had already taken care of their gang of people, and with their identity, it was the best destination to be used by Li Su, so he took the initiative to stand up and show his loyalty.
Hearing the words of the eldest brother, Lu Qing also reacted immediately, they chose to serve in the Tang Army, which was originally a little reluctant, after all, they were enemies back then, but now they have to serve the enemy, so they are all a little repulsed, and Li Su is different, he is the husband of the princess, even if he is the concubine of Liang State, if they serve him, they are psychologically more acceptable.
"If Your Highness has an arrangement, we will follow the force of death!" Lu Qing and the three of them took a step forward and bowed half-kneeling. They have been wandering for more than ten years, although they are living a good life, but their greatest wish is to return to their homeland openly, and now Li Su has helped them clear their identities, and they will no longer have to worry about being wanted by the government in the future, and it is not a problem to return to their hometown to take a look, and they also know that the King of Qi in front of them is the most favored prince of the Tang Emperor, and if he follows him, the future future is even more limitless.
"Good!" Finally waiting for Lu Hong's allegiance, Li Su shouted happily, "Lu Hong, this king now appoints you as the palace counselor to participate in the military, Zhengwupin, Hu Yun is still temporarily acting as the palace Sima, as for Lu Qing, Hu Li and Zhou Long, the three of you, this king doesn't know much about you, you first introduce yourself, or say what position you want to do, this king will try his best to satisfy you!" ”
The so-called consultative and military personnel, the position is also quite not low, the senior officials on the fifth grade, although the grade is lower than Changshi and Sima, but the status in the palace is extremely high, because this position is equivalent to the chief of staff of later generations, specifically for Li Su to give advice, and at the same time have a certain degree of control over various departments within the palace. Because of this, Lu Hong heard that Li Su gave himself such an important position all of a sudden, and Gu Jing Bubo's face also showed a little moved, and he knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty Lu Hong, thank Your Highness for the reward!" ”
Li Su also hurriedly stood up, walked down a few steps, and personally helped Lu Hong up and said: "Lu doesn't have to be polite to join the army, this king has known that you have great talent, but you have always been reluctant to be an official, which makes this king always shocked, today I finally ended a wish, I believe that with Mr. Lu's assistance, this king will definitely be able to do more!" ”
Seeing that Li Su was so polite and virtuous, Lu Hong was naturally grateful, and said on the spot that he would be loyal to assist His Royal Highness Yunyun, although both of them knew that the other party was acting, but they did not pick it out very tacitly, but followed the other party's trick to finish, and then looked at Lu Qing and the three together, Li Su was still waiting for them to introduce themselves.
Lu Qing looked at Hu Li and Zhou Long behind him, and was the first to stand up and say: "Your Highness Qiqi, the villain has a lot of experience in naval warfare, and at the same time is very proficient in the things of sailing on the sea, so the villain hopes to be able to lead the fleet and gallop on the sea." ”
Li Su nodded after hearing this, and turned his head to look at Hu Li and Zhou Long again.
"Your Highness, the evil tiger has no other ability, it just likes to fight, as long as you give me a thousand men and horses, even if you have ten times the enemy, I am sure to annihilate it!" Hu Li roared loudly, and Li Su, who was shocked, wanted to take a step back.
"Zhou is good at training, although the naval battle is not as good as Brother Lu, and the land battle is not as good as the tiger power, but he also has his own experience in naval and land warfare." Zhou Long also said slowly. Don't look at him, who is usually taciturn, but in fact, among the three, his talent is the most comprehensive, not to mention the training, Lu Qing and Hu Li are both willing to lose, and they also have their own uniqueness in the command of naval and land warfare.
"Your Highness, Hu Li and Zhou Long used to be the deputy commanders of the Tiger Head Army, not only are they very brave, but they also know a lot about the marching formation." At this time, Lu Hong also opened his mouth to introduce, and his tone emphasized the word 'Tiger Head Army', as if this name was a very respectful title.
"Tiger Head Army? And what kind of army is this? Li Su asked with some curiosity. This is the second time he has heard of this name, the last time Aunt Tiger introduced Wen Xin's life experience, she had mentioned this name, but Li Su didn't come to ask at that time, now listening to Lu Hong's words, it seems that this Tiger Head Army is very amazing?
Hearing Li Su ask about the Tiger Head Army, Lu Hong and their eyes all looked at Aunt Tiger, Hu Li and Zhou Long were only the deputy commanders of the Tiger Head Army, and the big commander was the Tiger Aunt of this woman's body.
When Aunt Tiger heard the word Tiger Head Army, her face immediately showed a look of pride, and at the same time, her body shook, and a faint murderous aura slowly spread from her surroundings. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )