Chapter 340: Gathering the Stars
"Huh! What about Li Xinren? When Duan arrived at the school field, he found that there was no one on the school field, it was empty, leaving only a mess, where was Li Xin's army.
"Damn, it must be Li Xin who colluded with the bandits in Wagangzhai to attack Xingyang, and he took advantage of the chaos to escape." Liu Changgong's eyes rolled, and he quickly found a reason and said it out loud.
Duan Da glanced at Liu Changgong with disdain, he knew what the actual situation was like, but he still nodded and agreed with Liu Changgong's statement, Xingyang is an important town in the eastern part of the Kanto, Xingyang has lost it, as the person in charge, Duan Da's sins are obvious, and now it is a pretty good thing to throw all the sins on Li Xin.
"After returning to Luoyang, this official will definitely write to the Son of Heaven and the King of Yue, and remove Li Xin from the position of Governor of the Western Regions." Duan Da suddenly found that this was a good opportunity to eradicate Li Xin justifiably, and a smile appeared on his panicked face just now.
"Capture Duan Da alive, capture Liu Changgong alive."
"Capture Duan Da alive, capture Liu Changgong alive."
Suddenly, a burst of shouts came, and in an instant, it spread throughout the entire Xingyang City, and the frightened Duan Da and Liu Changgong hurriedly rushed towards the city gate opened by Li Xin.
"Xingyang City has fallen like this." Thirty miles outside Xingyang City, Li Xin led the army to stop, and when Luo Shixin counted it, he couldn't help but let Li Xin shake his head again and again, there were actually 3,000 people and horses, that is to say, in the chaotic army, 2,000 people ran out with Li Xin's banner, which shows the chaos in Xingyang City.
"Shixin, tell the brothers that those who are willing to go to the northwest can stay, and those who are unwilling to stay can go to the Tiger Prison Pass. Let the Pei family father and son take it in. Li Xin shook his head, after the loss of Xingyang City, it means that the Sui Dynasty has lost control of the Guandong, and it is impossible for Yang Guang, who is far away in Yangzhou, to return to the Eastern Capital.
"Yes." Luo Shixin also sighed in his heart, at first he still had some regrets about following Li Xin to the northwest, because he also wanted to avenge Zhang Xutuo, but looking at the situation in Xingyang, he knew that it was impossible.
"Report, Governor, a large group of men and horses from the west have killed them. There were probably more than 3,000 people. At this time, a spy said loudly.
"Oh, Uncle Bao, order the army to line up and be careful." Li Xin's face was stunned, and he was also a little nervous, so he hurriedly ordered people to arrange troops. Who knows if Li Mi, a sinister and cunning character, has a backhand, his own soldiers and horses are certainly okay, but the elite is scarce. More importantly, the morale of the military is unstable. Last time, he saw that Li Mi had an army called the Inner Army, which was extremely brave.
"Who's in front? The Tiger Prison guards Pei Renji here. Half a ring later, a group of torches came whizzing, and the cavalry stopped at the place where Li Xin was a stone's throw away.
"Is it General Pei in front? I'm Li Xin. After listening to the other party's registration, Li Xin's heart was relieved. At the very least, Pei Shiju's clansman Pei Renji is still trustworthy.
"Ahh Grand Governor. Pei Renji didn't expect that he actually met Li Xin here, and he could see that Li Xin's men and horses were not before, I am afraid that there were 3,000 people, which was about the same as his own cronies. He admired it in his heart, and immediately dismounted and fell to the ground, and said loudly: "Lang will Pei Renji visit the Grand Governor." ”
Li Xin was stunned at first. Immediately after the great joy, Pei Renji is not an ordinary visit, it is clear that he wants to belong to Li Xin's command, Pei Renji is not only a general, his son Pei Yuanqing is extremely brave and good at fighting, it can be said that Pei Renji's family is behind the gate.
Although Li Xin attaches great importance to the Hanmen, he also has to admit that at this time, the talents are all in the family, for example, the Wenxi Pei family has Pei Shiju, Pei Lian, Pei Renji, Pei Yuanqing, etc., the civil and military are complete, and they are not comparable to the children of the Hanmen.
"The general doesn't have to be polite." Li Xin also jumped off the horse, personally stepped forward to help Pei Renji up, and said with a smile: "I Li Xin is very honored to have the help of the general." ”
"Uncle Shiju has already written to the last general, asking the last general to go to the northwest, and the last general will come to see the general at this time, and ask the general for forgiveness." Pei Renji also praised Pei Shiju.
Li Xin nodded, Pei Renji came to vote for himself at this time, not only because of his reputation, but more importantly, because of Pei Shiju's recommendation. Even Li Xin could guess that if he hadn't agreed to marry Pei Fu, I'm afraid Pei Shiju wouldn't have agreed to let Pei Renji help him. To put it more thoroughly, this is the benefit of marriage.
"Where's Yuanqing?" Li Xin glanced behind him, but did not see Pei Yuanqing, and asked with some curiosity.
"The last general has asked him to go back to pick up the son and daughter to follow the army forward, thinking that the governor will be able to see it when he arrives at the Shaolin Temple." Pei Renji hesitated for a while, pointed to the soldiers behind him and said: "Dadu Governor, these people are willing to follow the last general to the northwest, but his family is in the Central Plains, and I ask Dadu Governor to settle it properly." ”
"The soldiers follow you away from your homeland, and those of us who are generals cannot let them down." Li Xin nodded, beckoned Shen Qianqiu, and said: "Let them leave their family's address, you arrange for Jinyiwei's people to send them to the northwest, if they are not willing to go to the northwest, they must be given money and food every month, and the soldiers can't be worried about their families while fighting." If I want to recruit people for the shops and industries in my hands, I must also give priority to the families of soldiers, especially the families of soldiers who died in battle. In Liangzhou, if the families of soldiers want to buy anything, they have to enjoy discounts. Their families fought for me Li Xin to protect the territory and the people, and we also have to consider their families, and the difference after the discount will be settled by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. ”
"The Governor is wise." After hearing this, Pei Renji said loudly. In this regard, you can see Li Xin's benevolence and righteousness, even Cheng Yanjin, who was not far away, also showed a complicated look. He is used to seeing all kinds of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and he has never seen such a general, and the same is true for Qin Qiong, although Zhang Xutuo is also a soldier who loves himself and often distributes his rewards to soldiers, but he is not as generous as Li Xin.
In the final analysis, this is because Li Xin has money, power, and land in his hands, Zhang Xutuo has no money, no power, and no power in his hands, and no matter how much he loves the soldiers, there are limits.
"Let's go, let's go home." Li Xin smiled and waved his hand, at this time, I am afraid that only I can really love the soldiers, these soldiers are ordinary people, only if they love them, they will support themselves and help them fight. Whether it is Yang Guang or Li Mi, in the eyes of these nobles, soldiers are just a group of martial artists with a little strength, and how many can really love nurse soldiers. In fact, they don't know how powerful these ants are.
"Let's go." Bae In-gi was also very happy, because Li Shin's wisdom and kindness gave him a sense of stability.
"Metropolitan Governor, Duan Da, they ran out." Soon another spy rushed over and said loudly.
"Oh! It's a big life. Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and finally smiled in surprise: "Let's go, let's go see Duan Da." "For such mediocre ministers, Li Xin thinks it's better to keep them, this is also a kind of combat power, and in the future, they will continue to erode the power of King Yue, Wang Shichong or Li Mi, these people can squeeze out the capable ministers, and they can buy for themselves, and the power is still quite strong.
As soon as Li Xin had just sorted out the army, he saw a group of men and horses rushing in the distance, the formation was extremely scattered, and the two people led by it were Duan Da and Liu Changgong, the two of them looked flustered, the clothes on their bodies were chaotic, and their armor was crooked.
"Li Xin, you are a rebel, you actually betrayed the court, colluded with the Wagang thieves, and led Luoyang to lose, Li Xin, I sue you, your sin is great. I'll be sure to play you. As soon as Duan Da found Li Xin in front of him, he immediately scolded loudly.
"And you, Pei Renji, you don't stay in the tiger prison, what are you doing here? Did you also collude with Li Xin? Liu Changgong also found Pei Renji beside Li Xin, and also scolded.
"Two, this general really admires the two of you, you are incompetent in fighting, you know that Li Mi is nearby, or a big banquet in three days, a small banquet in two days, and now you have lost the city, and you are actually to blame me Li Xin, you guys, you are really stupid, the four gates of Xingyang were lost at the same time, don't you really know why? I was stupid, and tens of thousands of generals died, and you want to play the Son of Heaven, okay! General Ben played with you, I want to see, who of you have the courage to dare to put me under house arrest Li Xin, lose Xingyang, and finally blame the governor of Bentu, hehe, can your shameless methods hide the sage of the Son of Heaven? Can it be hidden from the eyes of the world? I've seen shamelessness, but I've never seen such shamelessness. ”
"Li Xin, Hugh's sophistry, right and wrong, King Yue will naturally know it." Duan Da's face was flustered, he knew that his words would not stand up to scrutiny, and it was probably not so easy to frame Li Xin. However, since the Son of Heaven cannot be played, then find the King of Yue. At the moment, he said loudly: "Pei Renji, quickly, protect me and go back to the Tiger Prison." ”
"I'm sorry, Lord Duan, I have already gone to Lanzhou on the orders of the Grand Governor, and from now on, I will no longer be the guard of the Tiger Prison." Pei Renji's face was cold, and the corners of his mouth were even more disdainful, Duan Da's ugly performance just now made him feel sick.
"Good, good. Pei Renji, if you betray the imperial court, this official will already destroy your nine clans. Let's go. Duan Da looked at Li Xin behind him, thousands of people were on standby, his remnants of the defeated soldiers were not his opponents, and he didn't want to think about it, so he bypassed the side and fled towards Luoyang. Pei Renji behind him sneered, wanting to destroy the nine clans of the Wenxi Pei family, I am afraid that one Yue King is not enough.
"Let's go, let's go to Shaolin Temple." Li Xin also did not take Duan Da's threat to heart, but commanded the army to go towards the Shaolin Temple. This time he came to the Central Plains, but he made a lot of money, among the generals, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yanjin, Pei family father and son, oh, there is also a guy who dances a big knife, can catch his three consecutive blows and not die, such a military general is still very good. To get so many generals, Li Xin is already very satisfied. (To be continued......)