"You're only fifteen years old, is your father relieved that you're in the army?"

Wei Chigong's pleasant face made the young cavalryman's fear gradually subside, and he said in a low voice: "My father has also joined the army, and the seven men in the family have also been incorporated into the militia army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

This is the problem that Wei Chigong is most concerned about, they have also obtained Taiyuan information before, Pei Lin immediately formed a militia army after arriving in Taiyuan, the exact information is that a militia army of 50,000 people was formed, wearing the most crude leather armor and holding the most inferior weapons, judging from the intelligence surface, this militia army seems to be just a rabble, not to worry.

But Wei Chigong is a cautious person, he needs to understand the details of this militia army from the bottom, judging from the current situation, the news of the Taiyuan Intelligence Agency is not too accurate, the young man in front of him is an example, it is obvious that the newly recruited people have also entered the regular army.

"Does your father have seven other men who are cavalrymen like you?"

"My father and three men went to the logistics battalion to take care of the war horses, and I and four other people were incorporated into the cavalry."

"What about your neighbors?"

Wei Chigong asked again: "Do you know how many people are in the army?" ”

The young man lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Almost all of the older ones are in the army, but they are all training, and there are very few people like me who are directly in the army." ”

After a pause, there was a hint of resentment in the boy's tone, as if he had been greatly deceived, and in fact it was true!

"The conscripts told us that the Turks have gathered hundreds of thousands of troops and are ready to go south next spring, so we want to defend our homeland and defend the country, so we are willing to actively join the army, and I also took the initiative to show my riding skills, if I knew that I was fighting with you, I would not agree to kill you."

"What about you but you? I mean, does your father know the truth? ”

The young man shook his head, "He doesn't know, in fact, most people don't know, even those of us who are in the army don't know, even ordinary Tang soldiers don't know, only our patrol can guess a little." ”

"Why?"

The young man was silent for a moment and said, "The Turkic cavalry will not kill from the east and south. ”

"You're smart!"

Wei Chigong had already asked for the information he wanted, he looked at the young man's cowpea-like body, and couldn't help but feel a trace of pity in his heart, according to the custom, prisoners of war generally have to work in the mine for three years before they are released, but this young man .......

"I'm short of a few soldiers here to report the news, since you're a good horseman, would you like to stay?"

"I do!"

The young man was so excited that he was incoherent, almost crying, although it was his dream to become a mighty soldier since he was a child, it did not mean that he wanted to be a Tang army, and he could become a cavalryman of the Great Zhou Empire, if his father knew, he didn't know how proud he should be.

Wei Chi Gong smiled gently, patted his thin shoulder, and said to a pro-soldier: "Take him to change his armor, and then give it to Captain Ling!" ”

The soldiers took the young man down, and Wei Chigong slowly walked to the sand table, pondering for a long time, and his tall figure was like a boulder.

..........

Tens of thousands of troops of the Zhou Dynasty appeared east of Yuci County, and soon spread throughout Yuci County and Taiyuan City, especially Taiyuan City, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, not so much the civilian tension, but Pei Lin nervousness, he issued nine orders in a row, from closing all the city gates and not allowing entry and exit, to activating the wartime state of the army, his hand was stretched out so long, even Li Deliang was a little dissatisfied with him.

Li Deliang was in his early forties, of medium height, with a slender horse's face, always pale as if it had been powdered, a large black mole on the wing of his nose like a fly lying on a snow-white wall, his eyebrows were thick and thick, and he was angry like two brooms in the corners of a wall.

Li Deliang is the younger brother of Li Yuan, the son of heaven, he has received a good lesson since he was a child, and he is also the same as other Guan Long's disciples, and his martial arts are also good, so that a gun weighing about forty pounds is skilled, and he is skilled in bows and horses, Li Deliang is not outstanding in the Li family, and his reputation is not as good as his brother Li Shuliang, and he is a little mediocre.

However, Li Deliang and Li Yuan have a very good personal relationship, plus he is modest and cautious, and he is relatively low-key and pragmatic, so he has always been deeply used by Li Yuan, so he is in charge of Hexi military affairs, and after Li Shenfu was transferred from Taiyuan to Jiangxia, Li Yuan transferred him to Taiyuan and took over the post of governor of Bingzhou, in charge of military affairs of Bingzhou.

A few months ago, Xiangguo Pei Lin led 20,000 troops to support the defense of Taiyuan, and at the same time served as the secretary of Taishan, in charge of the state affairs, and Li Deliang's military affairs can be described as well water does not violate the river water, but Pei Lin had served as the commander of the state the year before last, and did not step down, and he led 20,000 troops to aid the state this time, Li Yuan did not clarify his terms of reference, in fact, Pei Lin was appointed because the Zhou Dynasty army might attack Taiyuan.

It is precisely because of this that Pei Lin unceremoniously took away the military command that belonged to Li Deliang, and Li Deliang became the deputy general who carried out his orders, of course, everything Pei Lin has done in the past few months is to carry out defensive preparations, and Li Deliang also tries to tolerate it, imagining that after the war breaks out, Pei Lin will naturally return the military power to himself.

When Wei Chigong's army appeared near Taiyuan City, the scene that Li Deliang was expecting did not happen, on the contrary, Pei Lin issued nine battle orders in succession, and even Li Deliang, who has always been known for his good temper, finally couldn't bear it, especially an incident that happened this morning made him unacceptable in any way.

Li Deliang walked quickly to the door of Pei Lian's official room, the armor leaves draped all over his body rattled, the anger in his heart was difficult to hide, and the two eyebrows were twisted together, like two brooms that had fallen apart.

Pei Lin happened to come out of the official room and almost bumped into the angry Li Deliang, Pei Lin couldn't help but take a step back, and smiled awkwardly: "It turned out to be the prince, is there something wrong?" ”

"I have something I want to ask Sangkook." Li Deliang said coldly.

"Lord Wang, please come into the house and say."

"No, it's good here!"

Li Deliang's cold tone was like a cold wind blowing away the hypocritical smile on Pei Lian's face, Pei Lian's face was also covered with a layer of frost, and he said indifferently and politely: "I hope I can help the prince." ”

"I ordered the army to attack the Zhou army today, why did Xiangguo ..... No! Why did Xiangguo stop me and forbid me to leave the city? ”

Li Deliang's eyes were sharp, staring at Pei Lin like a knife, today he was going to lead the army out of the city to meet Wei Chi Gong's army, but Pei Lin ordered that no one was allowed to go out of the city, and Wang Junkuo, who was in charge of guarding the city, did not open the city gate or listen to his orders, which simply made Li Deliang angry.

"It's very simple, I think that Wei Chi Gong came with 20,000 troops, neither attacking the county seat, nor carrying siege weapons, obviously luring us out of the city, I don't want the prince to be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, and finally the whole army will be annihilated."

"It seems that Pei Xiangguo really thinks that he can do whatever he wants!"

"I don't understand what the prince means by this?"

"It's very simple, I'll just ask Pei Xiangguo one sentence, who is in charge of Taiyuan's military power, is it you who is in charge, or am I Li Deliang in charge?" Li Deliang's words unveiled the key issue that had been confused between them for months.

"Lord Jun, we are all working for the Son of Heaven, and the current enemy in front of us should be united, so why bother with a little power?"

"I can't say that, the saint asked me to be the governor of Bingzhou, not to let me be a clay sculpture in the temple, before Pei Xiangguo came, Taiyuan City was in good order, but since Pei Xiangguo arrived, Taiyuan and Zhou County have been in trouble, I have endured these, because I don't want to see the Tang Army have infighting, but Pei Xiangguo issued a military order without authorization, so what am I, has Pei Xiangguo consulted my opinion?"

Pei Lin said coldly: "When I came to Taiyuan, I should have shown the prince the holy decree!" The holy decree is very clear, so that I can participate in the defense of Taiyuan, is there any other understanding of the meaning of the saint? ”

"You are just participating, I am the governor of the state, and the Holy Lord has not removed my military power!"

Li Deliang roared angrily, "It's you who deceive people too much!" ”

Pei Lin said with a cold face and unhurriedly: "Okay! I sent an urgent letter of 800 li to the Holy Lord today, and asked the Holy to come up and decide the ownership of military power, and the prince is satisfied now! ”

Li Deliang stared at Pei Silent for a long time, snorted heavily, turned around and strode away.

Pei Lin looked at Li Deliang's back and walked away, he really felt a trace of worry in his heart, the war has not yet started, the issue of military power has caused discord between generals, he is really worried, in fact, he feels that the difference between military power is very easy to understand, he does not ask about the specific affairs of the army, he just formulates a response strategy, and then Li Deliang is responsible for the implementation, this is the most coordinated, but now Li Deliang not only controls the army, but also dominates the decision-making power, so what did he Pei Lin do in Taiyuan?

Pei Lin felt that the eight-hundred-mile express was too slow, so he immediately wrote a simple eagle letter and asked the eagle to send it to Chang'an.

At noon the next day, Xinying returned from Chang'an and brought back an edict from Li Yuan, the Son of Heaven, with only four words on it, 'Negotiate and decide!' (To be continued.) )