Chapter 695: The Shadows

Li Xin didn't care about the future, whether it was Lin Dong or Shen Qianqiu and Ji Gang in the distance, they were all passers-by in their lives, they all served themselves, and the current situation was the most important.

It is just as he guessed that his existence has attracted a lot of people, whether it is Xu Shiji, or Xu Yuanlang, or even Li Yuanji has given up attacking Bianzhou, but has turned to attack himself, wanting to besiege himself in the land of Shandong, wanting to annihilate himself here. It can be said that the eyes of the world are now concentrated here. After the army entered Shandong, it was invincible all the way from single father to Fang He, stirring up the situation in Shandong.

"I believe the general is ready at this moment." Li Xin said with a smile, he was very proud of his calculations, at least, Xingyang's troops had been mobilized, and now there were only 20,000 troops left in the 60,000 army, and he believed that with Li Jing's ability, he would definitely be able to capture Xingyang in his hands.

"Your Majesty, it's time for us to leave." Luo Shixin strode out, arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the front is Fang He, the army is ready to attack, Wei Chi Gong said that it will be able to attack Xia He in half an hour." ”

"This big black guy is becoming more and more unreliable now." Li Xin shook his head and said: "A general likes to charge into battle, it seems that he will go back and let him be a big soldier." Shixin, go, go up and have a look. ”

"Hehe, Da Lao Hei is very brave, he ate three catties of mutton in the morning, and now there is a fire in his heart!" Luo Shixin laughed and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know the character of the big black man, and you like to shout the most." ”

"Xu Shiji, where are they now?" Li Xin nodded with a smile, generals like to fight, which is a rare good thing for the imperial court.

"In Jinxiang." Luo Shixin thought for a while and said, "We still have two days to go. But there are many of them, and our horses are fast, and it is impossible for them to catch up with us. ”

"Then we'll hurry. Let Xu Shiji follow us and eat ashes. And Li Yuanji, that idiot, tsk, I thought I would be afraid of him. The more soldiers and horses he has, the slower the speed of the march, and the more troublesome it is to command, hundreds of thousands of troops, if you want to command, only the general can exert its greatest power, and the rest is that I and Li Shimin are barely okay, Xu Shiji is also barely able to do it, as for Li Yuanji, Xu Yuanlang and the like, don't think about it. It's a pity. If Li Yuanji's soldiers and horses come this time, Xu Shiji will not want to seize the military power, all the military power will belong to Li Yuanji, and hundreds of thousands of troops will be placed in Li Yuanji's hands. ”

"Behind the emperor, there are victories to be fought. No matter what the minister thinks, even the other soldiers also think so. Luo Shixin pointed to Fang He in the distance and said, "Although the big old black is arrogant. But the minister believed that he would be able to take the county in half an hour. ”

As soon as Luo Shixin's words fell, he heard bursts of cheers in the distance, only to see several horses whistling over, and the person at the head laughed even more, waving the long lance in his hand, who was it not Wei Chigong.

"It looks like the big old black has already attacked the bottom." Li Xin said with a smile.

"The minister looks at Fang He is afraid of His Majesty's military might. will surrender to Your Majesty in such a short time. Luo Shixin said disdainfully.

"Yes or no, let's go inside!" Li Xin said with a smile, his 40,000 army is like a tiger, and the army is gathered in the Shandong coalition army in Dongping, and he is empty inside. Fanghe is only a small county town, and surrender is expected.

"Your Majesty, Fang He really didn't fight, the last general was just a charge, Fang and the county surrendered obediently, and there are still a large number of people waiting to see Your Majesty!" Yu Chigong rushed to Li Xin's side, jumped off the horse, patted his chest and said disdainfully.

"Jingde, although we are very relaxed at the moment, but once Xu Shiji and them rush up, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome." Li Xin splashed a basin of cold water lightly and said.

"Yes, rest assured, the emperor will never disgrace you." Wei Chigong said loudly: "Your Majesty, a banquet has been set up in the city, and it seems that several gentry admire Your Majesty, so please invite Your Majesty to the banquet." ”

"Please? Haha, I'm afraid that those local tyrants and gentry in Shandong can't wait for my soldiers and horses to never come to Shandong! Li Xin laughed. In fact, the same is true in all dynasties, and the place where the land was annexed was either Shandong or Henan. Shandong and Henan had the most landlords, and they were prone to drought and floods, and at that time most of the common people would leave their homes, and the rest of the fertile land was occupied by these gentry.

Now that Li Xin's army is coming, these guys definitely don't want their interests to be damaged, so they want to talk to themselves, just saying that they welcome their arrival, which is almost impossible. However, Li Xin was still ready to go to Fanghe, because he believed that this place would definitely be his territory in the future.

"The guilty minister and the county commander Kong Fansheng pay a visit to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live."

As soon as Li Xin's war horse arrived at the gate of Fanghe City, he saw a middle-aged man kneeling on the ground, and behind him, there were many people dressed as officials, gentry, and some generals.

"Kong Fansheng?" Li Xin glanced at the other party carefully, only to see that the official robe he was wearing was still from the previous dynasty, and he glanced at the official boots, only to see that there were still traces of sewing on the official boots, and he nodded in his heart.

"It's the sinner." Kong Fansheng hurriedly said.

"Where is the county magistrate and the county lieutenant?" Li Xin nodded and glanced at everyone, and finally asked.

"This?" Kong Fansheng hesitated for a while.

"I've been killed by the last general, a group of guys who don't think about themselves, and if they want to fight with the last general, the last general will simply kill these guys." Wei Chigong said indifferently.

Li Xin nodded after hearing this, and then took a closer look at Kong Fansheng, only to see that his face was fair, although he was wearing an official robe, but he was full of a thick bookish atmosphere, and immediately knew that Kong Fansheng had already been set aside by the county and the county order in Fanghe County. After the death of the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant, Kong Fansheng couldn't wait to surrender, I'm afraid he already had the intention of surrendering.

"Your Majesty, Fang and the county are the enemies of Your Majesty, and you will bring about your own destruction! Shandong is chaotic, the people are not happy, today the heavenly soldiers came, Fang and Xing, the grass people and others have arranged a banquet in the city, and will also prepare the lamb and pork for the three armies, in order to thank the king for coming. A rich middle-aged man behind Kong Fansheng, with a smile on his face, arched his hand and said.

"Who are you?" Li Xin's eyes narrowed and said with a smile. looks extremely kind, if someone who is familiar with Li Xin sees this scene, he immediately feels nervous in his heart, and Li Xin's eyes narrow, which means that he doesn't like the person in front of him.

"Grass folk Cui Wanhe has seen Your Majesty." The middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward and said.

"Cui Wanhe? Cui's? Is it Bo Ling Cui or Qing Ha Cui? Li Xin suddenly said with a smile.

"The grass people are ashamed, the grass people are not among the five surnamed families, if it is a little related, but the second son of the Li family of Zhao County is the in-law of the villain." Cui Wanhe hurriedly said.

"Well, so to speak, it's also your own family, get up!" Li Xin had more smiles on his face after hearing this, and then said to Kong Fansheng: "Fang and County, the army is annexed outside, Jingde, lead 10,000 troops to take over the city defense, Shixin, lead the army outside the city, be careful, and there can be no slackness." lest the enemy come to our house, and we don't know yet? Dengshan, Zhang Anminbang, Shen Qianqiu, and Ji Gang searched for news of the bully in the city, and seized his family property tomorrow and distributed it to the poor people around him. ”

"The ministers obey." Chu Suiliang and the others didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said loudly, but they didn't notice that many of the people around them were trembling and their faces were pale. Kong Fansheng was surprised.

Li Xin's army entered Fanghe City, the noon banquet was really good, whether it was Cui Wanhe and others, or other gentry were extremely polite to Li Xin, on top of the banquet, they were staggered, and they were extremely sycophant, and even Cui Wanhe also dedicated his daughter to warm the house with Li Xin, but unfortunately, Li Xin did not have any good impression of him, and politely rejected him.

"Your Majesty, this Cui Wanhe's bottom is carefully investigated, he deceived His Majesty, in fact, although he has a little relationship with Zhaojun Li, but in fact, he is a side branch of the Cui clan in Qinghe, but the blood relationship is relatively far away, and he has never been contacted." In the bedroom, Shen Qianqiu said in a low voice.

"Huh. I really thought I didn't know anything. Li Xin threw aside the piece in his hand, which recorded everything about Cui Wanhe.

"Your Majesty, Fang and County Kong Fansheng ask to see Your Majesty." At this time, Chu Suiliang's voice suddenly came from outside.

"How is Kong Fansheng? Have the people in the county already set up this person? Li Xin glanced at Shen Qianqiu and said.

"Emperor Shengming, Kong Fansheng is also a person with a lot of background, after he spoke out about Confucius, he was Kong Yingda's nephew, but the relationship was relatively distant, so he was not taken care of by the Kong family, and came to Fanghe County to make a county order, but the power was in the hands of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant." Shen Qianqiu hurriedly said.

"What is this person's official reputation?" Li Xin nodded and asked.

"Yes, but there is no power in the hands, and all the soldiers and horses are in the hands of the local gentry." Shen Qianqiu hurriedly said.

"It's on that Cui Wanhe!" Li Xin said with a smile.

"Cui Wanhe is a big landlord of Fang and the big man, although I haven't heard of any big crimes against this person in private, but the minister found out that some of the seals and money in Fang and the city are related to this person." Shen Qianqiu hurriedly said: "Seven or eight out of ten of the land in Fang and Cheng are in the hands of this person. ”

"Very good, in such a short period of time, you can find so much, it's already very good, it seems that it is worth it to make you a marquis." Li Xin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go, call that Kong Fansheng in, I want to talk to him." (To be continued......)