The second generation of the Taiping Army's Tianshu God General Withered Sheep, before that, it was almost unknown, but after the battle in the waters of the Hengjiang River, this name was able to resound in a short period of time, the reason is that it was this young general of the Taiping Army who was only weak and blocked the footsteps of Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, from crossing the river.

Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, also known as Li Xian, the king of Qi, is the eighth son of the first emperor Li Ji of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although when he was in Jijing, Li Xian's talent was not as good as that of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, it is undeniable that even the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Xie An recognized Li Xian's talent and could be called [for the monarch is the Ming monarch, and for the minister is the famous minister]. Even, don't look at Jiangnan was once the land of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the people of Jiangnan hated the tyrant Li Ji and the Great Zhou court, but for this gentle and elegant son of the Li family, Jiangnan clenched his fists and was convinced by him regardless of the underworld or the white way.

However, it was this big man who was killed in the waters of the Hengjiang River by a previously unknown general of the Taiping Army, which made the world can't help but be surprised, and it is precisely because of this that the prestige of the second-generation general of the Taiping Army, Withered Sheep, has risen all the way, and it can be said that it is in full swing in Wuhu, Niuzhu, and Tiger Hill. Almost everyone thinks that the withered sheep is a hidden sword in the hands of Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army, especially within the Taiping Army.

Today's withered sheep is quite similar to Chen Bei, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, who was famous in World War I, that is, Xie An's brother-in-law Liang Qiuhao, but in comparison, the withered sheep is more fortunate than Liang Qiuhao, after all, Liang Qiuhao is a Taiping Army who joined halfway, and it can't make Wu Heng's Taiping soldiers feel trusted, and even, when Liang Qiuhao's true background is exposed, more than sixty percent of people in the Taiping Army have questions. Withered sheep are different. After all, he is the heir of the Ram family, and the Ram family is the remnant of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and more importantly, his father Ram Pei earned Jinling City in order to assist Xue Ren, the first commander of the Taiping Army, and later when he was suppressed by the Great Circle. In addition to Yiyi and the two brothers and sisters, more than 100 people in the family were all killed by Zhou Bing.

This kind of family encounter made the withered sheep deeply trusted by Wu Heng, and he was only a weak crown with 30,000 soldiers, and the governor had as much power as one county, and even Wu Heng entrusted him with a heavy task and arranged him in Niuzhu on the other side of the Liyang River. Let him deal with Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages.

And it turns out that Xie An's earlier premonition was indeed correct, and his brother-in-law Withered Yang was indeed a rare handsome talent.

However, even this young handsome man has a lot of troubles in his heart. For example, when he learned that the Great Zhou was about to have reinforcements rush to Liyang to aid Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, and the commander of the Zhou army who led the troops. But it is his brother-in-law of the withered sheep, the Criminal Department of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Shangshu Order. Xie An.

I remember that at that time, the withered sheep was holding a banquet with the generals under his command to celebrate the achievement, and in the face of the frequent persuasion of the generals, the withered sheep smiled on his face, but he was a little disappreciative in his heart.

In all fairness, the withered sheep did not feel that there was anything to celebrate in the past few days of fighting. After all, he actually didn't take advantage of Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, in the cross-river war, in general, the two sides didn't just fight a draw of five or five, but the position of Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, was higher, more famous, and more prestigious. Therefore, even if there is a tie with the withered sheep, it will feel like a defeat in the eyes of the world. However, if you think about it carefully, in fact, the losses on the side of the Taiping army are greater, but the withered sheep has no reputation before, so the world's expectations and requirements for him are much lower than those of Li Xian, the king of the eight sages.

It's just that although he didn't think so, since the generals proposed to reward the three armies and hold a banquet to celebrate, the withered sheep as the commander should not rashly oppose it, after all, this kind of celebration will help boost the morale of the sergeants under his command, why not?

However, during the celebration banquet, the withered sheep suddenly received a message from Jingzhou.

[The origin of the Rebellion of the Three Kings, Li Shen, King of Qin, was defeated in Xiangyang after the army, ** in the attic of the city guard's mansion. ]

When he heard the news, the withered sheep couldn't help but be shocked and subconsciously squinted his eyes.

Of course he knows what that means!

This means that the Zhou army, which went to Jingzhou to fight against the Great Zhou rebelled against the Qin king Li Shen, has been able to pull out his hand and return to the aid of Li Xian, the king of the eight sages in Jiangnan.

Not only the withered sheep, but also the Taiping Army generals present were shocked when they heard the news.

"This ...... Li Shen, the king of Qin, was defeated? A general, who looked to be in his thirties, gasped in shock.

You must know that Li Shen, the king of Qin, was a private ally of their Taiping army before, and the two sides secretly agreed to raise troops together, and Li Shen, the king of Qin, secretly promised the Taiping army to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Taiping army secretly supported the rebels of the three kings, and attracted the encirclement and suppression of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou court as much as possible. It was also based on this private agreement that Liu Qing, the leader of the Taiping Army, would take the initiative to show up to attract Xie An's Great Liang Army, so that Li Shen, the king of Qin, could concentrate his forces and take the lead in eradicating Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, and the Jizhou soldiers under his command at that time, but unfortunately it backfired. But no matter what, the generals in the house still couldn't believe that in just half a year, Li Shen, the king of Qin, had lost so much land for his ambition to usurp the throne, losing his mother, wife and children, losing the thunder of the unequaled fierce generals, and even losing his own net worth and life, and finally ended up in the attic of the city guard.

"Who is the commander of the Zhou army?"

"Xie An?"

"It is said that it is the Shangshu of the Criminal Department of the Zhou Imperial Court, and the official ...... of the first grade"

"Actually...... It's a civilian official? ”

"No, no, no, that's not what I said, although Xie An is a civilian official, he has also led troops to the expedition before, do you remember? When Chen Shuai impersonated the rebel generals to secretly help the rebels of the Zhou State in the areas of Xiliang, Chang'an, and Luoyang, then Xie An, as the deputy marshal, cooperated with Li Shou, the emperor of the current Zhou State, to send troops to conscript. In the later Battle of Hukou, even that one suffered at the hands of Na Xie An......"

"Shhh...... The Lord? - So, then Xie An is also a figure comparable to Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages? ”

"Hmm......"

For a time, the generals in the tent were talking.

[The Lord ......]

took a sip of wine with the wine cup, and the withered sheep did not say a word.

Of course, he knew who the "Lord" in the mouths of the generals was referring to, and it was nothing more than the object of their previous allegiance, that is, Liu Qing, a descendant of the Southern Tang Dynasty royal family and a celestial concubine. However, since learning that Liu Qing has no idea what purpose he has defected to Zhou Jun. Even after sincerely helping the Zhou army to exterminate the rebel army of Li Shen, the king of Qin, Wu Heng, who claimed to be the fourth generation commander of the Taiping Army, ordered the whole army not to mention this name again, and even vaguely defined Liu Qing as a traitor who defected to the Great Zhou court for the sake of glory and wealth.

For Wu Heng's order, the withered sheep is not incomprehensible, after all, whether it is during the period when Liu Qian is in power or her daughter Liu Qing is in power. As the deputy marshal, Wu Heng has been suppressed by coach Liang Qiuhao, and the long-term resentment has made Wu Heng full of resentment towards Liu Qian's mother and daughter. And a few days ago, since that [Liu Yan, the Thirteenth Royal Highness of the Southern Tang Dynasty] was picked up by Wu Heng, the withered sheep realized at that time that Wu Heng had abandoned Liu Qing.

[Founding Meritorious Service...... Is it? ]

Gently shaking the wine cup, a pair of clever and wise eyes stared at the glass of wine, and the withered sheep shook his head secretly in his heart.

Wu Heng's ambition is clear in the heart of the withered sheep. Although the former may not be to the point of facilitating himself in the name of restoring the Southern Tang Dynasty and vainly trying to become the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, God knows if Wu Heng has thought about this matter in his heart?

After all, everyone knows that although Liu Ji, that is, Liu Qing, is a descendant of the Southern Tang royal family, according to the rules, Liu Qing, who is a daughter, cannot inherit the position of the Southern Tang Emperor, in other words, the husband she chose. will become the monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Of course, the premise is that the Southern Tang Dynasty is successfully restored.

Even. The withered sheep used to discuss in private with Wei Xuan, who had a good relationship, speculating whether the reason why Wu Heng fell out with Liang Qiuhao was because Liu Qing had been tying a heart to Liang Qiuhao before, which made Wu Heng feel extremely unbalanced in his heart, so he simply gritted his teeth and abandoned Liu Qing and pushed him into the fire pit. Another stove.

This speculation is not without reason, after all, Wu Heng is also a very ambitious hero, at least in the eyes of the withered sheep, this person is far more difficult to deal with than the third-generation coach Liang Qiuhao.

As for Liu Yan, the thirteenth royal highness of the Southern Tang Dynasty. In the eyes of the withered sheep, God knows if this person's terrifying identity is true or false? Even if it is true, whether Wu Heng sincerely supports this person's restoration of the royal family, but simply treating Liu Yan as a puppet, it is difficult to judge. At least for now, Wu Heng has no intention of delegating power.

"Handsome? Handsome? ”

As the withered sheep surveyed the wine in his glass, a soft call interrupted his thoughts.

"Huh?" The withered sheep looked up at Wang Jian, the general who spoke, and laughed softly with a few apologies, "I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted, maybe I'm a little drunk...... What did you just say? ”

The young general of the Taiping Army, named Wang Jian, smiled with relief and said, "It's the last general who asked abruptly...... Fang Cai discussed with the brothers that Xie An, the commander of the Zhou army, and saw that the commander looked calm and calm, and the last general thought that the commander knew the details of Xie An, so he dared to ask one or two...... It's no wonder that you're handsome. ”

It is no wonder that, in the final analysis, in this era when information transmission is not very convenient, although Xie An is purple in the red land of Jijing, and can be called the most favored and trusted magnate by the Son of Heaven Li Shou in the court, but this is only limited to the Pingguo of Jijing An, a little farther away, at most it is only to the extent that [only his name has been heard, but he has never seen his person], let alone in Jiangnan, which is thousands of miles away.

"Oh......" Withered Sheep nodded abruptly, shaking the wine in his glass thoughtfully.

Seeing this, a trace of surprise and surprise flashed in Wang Jian's eyes, and he said softly, "Could it be that the handsome man really knows that Xie An's details?" ”

[How could it not be known?] That's my brother-in-law...... Brother-in-law ......]

With a bitter smile in his heart, the withered sheep thought for a while, raised his glass and drank the wine in the cup, and said lightly, "Hmm, there is a little contact...... In the summer and autumn of last year, wasn't our army still at Hukou with Na Xie ...... Is there a confrontation between the two armies? The confrontation lasted for more than two months......"

How could Wang Jian guess the complicated mood in the withered sheep's heart, and said with a little envy when he heard the words, "Dashuai was influenced by Chen Shuai, Wu Shuai and that ...... That lord is very important, and he is fortunate to go in and out of the marshal's tent to discuss matters together, how can the last general have that honor at that time......" said, he recalled, nodded and said, "After the marshal mentioned this, the last general also remembered, it turned out that our army could not advance or retreat at the mouth of the lake that day, is it because of the courtier of the Zhou State named Xie An?" - So, that guy really has some skills! ”

"Huh!" The withered sheep couldn't help but laugh from the bottom of his heart, and then quickly retracted his smile after feeling that something was wrong.

In all fairness, for Xie An, the withered sheep still has a good impression. First, because Xie An was born in Guangling, to a certain extent, he can be regarded as a person from the territory of the old country of the Southern Tang Dynasty; Second, when he was in Jijing three years ago, Xie An, as his brother-in-law, really treated him well. But when it comes to the most fundamental reason, it is still because Xie An is the husband of his withered sheep sister Yiyi, and he is his brother-in-law. Under the love house and Wu, aside from Xie An's status as a courtier of the Great Zhou Dynasty and even the favored magnates of the Great Zhou Emperor, the withered sheep has a lot of good feelings for this brother-in-law who is not a few years older than him.

Because of this, after learning that Xie An was about to lead his troops to Jiangdong to support Li Xian, the Eight Sages King in Liyang, the withered sheep felt quite uncomfortable. After all, his sister Yiyi is his only relative in the world now, how can he be so ruthless as to put his sister's beloved man to death?

What's more, once he faced Xie An, the withered sheep didn't feel that he was sure.

Li Xian, the only son of the Li royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty recognized by the people of Jiangnan, the resourceful and unparalleled king of benevolence and righteousness, is the eldest grandson Xiangyu of the concubine who is almost demonic, calculating, and ruthless. There is also Liu Qing, the leader of their Taiping Army and a soldier who is comparable to the eldest grandson Xiangyu......

At the same time, facing such three soldiers who can be regarded as exhaustive, Rao is withered sheep is quite conceited about himself, and his brain can't help sweating. After all, this means that the Zhou army has enough capital to be able to fight him on multiple fronts, after all, people put aside the commander, there are still three military divisions who are worthy of the general, and on the side of his Taiping army, he is now the only one who withers sheep. It was really difficult to deal with the Eight Sages King Li Xian alone, plus two ......

It's unimaginable!

This feast. The withered sheep did not sit at the end, and left the table under the pretext of being unwell. After all, he needs to adjust his mentality to deal with the Great Zhou reinforcements who are about to arrive in Liyang, as well as the commander and brother-in-law Xie An of this reinforcement.

On March 21, the fifth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Hengjiang, that is, the front line of the troops during the confrontation between Li Xian, the king of the eight sages, and the withered sheep, there were two more flags at the head of the city than usual. One is the military flag of Jizhou soldiers, and the other is Xie An's handsome flag. On the same day, Xie An and his 60,000 Jizhou soldiers were stationed in Hengjiang, and were personally greeted by Li Xian, the king of the Eight Sages, who had rushed to the front line of Hengjiang from Liyang after learning the news in advance.

"Lord Xie's contribution is indispensable!"

At the beginning of meeting Xie An, Li Xian took the initiative to bow to Xie An. Even. In fact, Li Xian originally planned to take the reins of the horse for Xie An, but the flattered Xie An felt that this was really inappropriate, so he quickly turned over and dismounted.

"Pit King, you are a little ......" It is not suitable for Li Xian's warm courtesy, Xie An looked at the heroes of the Jiangnan Green Forest who came out to greet him, and said in a low voice, "Are you planning to pit this mansion?" ”

Xie An's words were not groundless, after all, after noticing that Li Xian planned to lead the horse for Xie An in person, many of the many heroes of the green forest had already shown displeasure, and even a few of them glared at Xie An angrily. It is not difficult to see from this that Li Xian's reputation in Jiangnan will definitely not be inferior to Liu Qing, Wu Heng, and Liang Qiuhao.

"No, no, no......" After Xie An reminded him, Li Xian seemed to have noticed something, and said apologetically, "Well, it was Xiao Wang who missed it, Lord Xie killed the traitor Li Shen this time, and won in this battle that was enough to affect my Great Zhou Li Clan's Jiangshan Sheji, which should be said to be indispensable!" - Don't hide it from Lord Xie, Xiao Wang originally thought that Lord Xie would not be able to lead the army to arrive here in at least April or May, and he didn't want to be more than a month early...... It is difficult for Xiao Wang to express his respect in his heart, so he ......" Speaking of this, Li Xian smiled awkwardly, after all, he also noticed that among the many green forest heroes he had summoned, there were indeed many people who glared at Xie An angrily.

Looking at the overjoyed Li Xian, Xie An rolled his eyes speechlessly. In fact, to be honest, he didn't fail to understand the excitement in Li Xian's heart, after all, the war with Li Shen, the king of Qin, was indeed enough to determine the prosperity and decline of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if he couldn't destroy the Qin King Li Shen in the shortest possible time, the Great Zhou would inevitably fall into an embarrassing situation of being controlled on three sides, and when the time came, the situation of the Li family of the Great Zhou Dynasty would be even more precarious, Xie An just didn't expect that Li Xian would behave so thoroughly and completely too much in order to express his gratitude in his heart, On the contrary, Xie An was innocently blinded by those heroes of the green forest.

"This is really a disaster...... muttered speechlessly, Xie An arched his hand, and said with a smile, "Your Royal Highness the Eight Sages King...... Oh, no, now it should be called His Royal Highness King Qi! ”

"Hehehe!" Li Xian smiled when he heard this, and also bowed his hand and said, "In this way, Xiao Wang also wants to congratulate Lord Xie...... Oh, no, it should be Anpinghou! ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, perhaps gradually perceiving the harmonious relationship between the two, and the hostility towards Xie An in the eyes of the many green forest heroes gradually dissipated, and they turned their attention to the Jizhou soldiers who came with Xie An this time. After all, the military appearance of the Jizhou soldiers couldn't help but be secretly staggered in the eyes of those green forest heroes.

"Master Xie, you and I are handsome! - Xiao Wang has ordered someone to prepare the drink, and he should take the wind for Anpinghou! ”

"Right......" Xie An shook his head with a smile, but he was also very clear about Li Xian's character of focusing on the overall situation, so he didn't care, and turned back to the generals under his command and instructed, "The rest of the people are ready to settle in the garrison...... Fei Guo and Ma Dan, the two of you will enter the account together with this mansion! After finishing speaking, he glanced at Liu Qing and motioned for her to follow.

"......" A hint of discoloration flashed in Li Xian's originally happy eyes.

Fei Guo and Ma Dan followed into the account, Li Xian naturally did not have any objections, after all, these two fierce generals of the Zhou army were two indestructible swords in Xie An's hands, and the problem was Liu Qing......

Previously, because it was against Li Shen, the king of Qin, Li Xian didn't think Liu Qing had any reason to secretly help Li Shen, but this time against the Taiping Army......

No matter what Liu Qing's previous purpose was to turn to Zhou Jun, Li Xian still couldn't trust her tenth, just as he didn't trust Xie An much in the first place.

"Liu Junshi has been tired all the way, it's been hard, Xiao Wang has prepared a tent for shelter, Liu Junshi can go and rest for a while......" Glancing at Liu Qing with some solemnity, Li Xian smiled slowly and methodically.

Suddenly, Liu Qing's beautiful eyes were filled with anger, after all, like Li Xian's extremely obvious discrimination, even a fool may be able to see it.

"Humph!" Glaring at Xie An fiercely, Liu Qing turned around with her sleeves and walked away on her own.

[What's the matter with me?!] ]

Looking at Liu Qing's back as he left angrily, Xie Anxin couldn't cry or laugh, rolled his eyes, and whispered to Li Xian angrily, "King of the Pit Man, you are still the same as always...... Do you know how hard this house will have to coax her later? ”

Li Xian smiled slightly when he heard this, and said with a little apology, "It's not that Xiao Wang crossed the river and demolished the bridge, it's just ...... Xiao Wang really didn't dare to bet, and he didn't dare to bet on whether this woman still had the slightest old affection for the Taiping bandits in her heart...... If he proves that Xiao Wang is too worried, Xiao Wang will personally confess to this woman! ”

Xie An shook his head helplessly, after all, he also knew that once the matter involved the Great Zhou Guoyun and the Li family, His Royal Highness the King of Qi in front of him would definitely not back down in the slightest, even if it was him Xie An, didn't he come over step by step under the surveillance of this Highness before?

"Okay, okay, let's go back to the mansion and coax her again...... Speaking of which, the Pit Man King, I heard that the battle situation on your side is not good? ――Defeated by a good guy called Withered Sheep? ”

"Ahem! - It's just a draw......" Li Xian, who was poked into the lung tube by Xie An's words, looked embarrassed, and immediately, he was stunned, a trace of color flashed in his eyes, and he said suspiciously, "Good guy? - The withered sheep...... Lord Xie, don't you know each other? ”

"Hey! Not only do they know each other, but they also have a close relationship. The house is thinking about it, and I will ask him to have a drink tomorrow...... Please! ”

"Please...... What is the relationship between the withered sheep and Lord Xie? ”

With a chuckle, Xie An spat out two words.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Hiss......" Li Xian gasped in shock.

PS: Got home...... Resume the update today~

Get a driver's license first, and then prepare for a wedding, and this year it is estimated that there will be only these two things.

In other words, I was at a loss when I got the certificate, and there was a kind of [knock on the steel seal and get married?] ] feeling.

Well, I'm married...... Hey! Say goodbye to classmates who are married and have children, and I don't feel embarrassed~

This paragraph does not count. Yours sincerely. (To be continued......)