After the discussion, Xu Fengnian took Xu Beitong to a small courtyard to visit the veteran He Zhonghu, only to find that Yan Wenluan was also there, the four of them sat around the stone table, Xu Fengnian looked at the commander of the Left Cavalry Army who could not hide his tired face, and was a little worried, He Zhonghu's body and bones suddenly became bad in the last year or two, giving people a sense of twilight in the waning West Mountain, so that after the first Liang Reckless War, the veteran had privately submitted his resignation to Qingliangshan and the Duhufu, and at the same time recommended Yu Luandao to Xu Fengnian and Chu Lushan as the second deputy marshal of the Left Cavalry ArmyAfter all, the unruly Liangzhou border army has always despised the Youzhou army, and Yu Luandao, who was born in the Central Plains tyrant, has no relationship with the Liangzhou border army.

It's just that He Zhonghu was able to abandon the view of the mountain, and suggested that Yu Luandao become the nominal third-in-command of the left cavalry army, which is enough to see the belly and foresight of this Spring and Autumn veteran, and in the past, Xu Fengnian took the left and right cavalry to open the knife, and there was a suspicion of demolishing the east wall to supplement the west wall to supplement the strength of other cavalry troops, such as transferring soldiers and horses to Cao Wei and others, and He Zhonghu was the first to respond, and there was no objection, at this point, Zhou Kang, the main general of the right cavalry army nicknamed the Golden Partridge, was obviously much inferior, and there were a lot of complaints in the open and in secret, although Xu Fengnian also laughed and scolded Zhou Kang in private for being an iron rooster who was only a dime, but after all, Zhou Kang was one of the hundreds of old soldiers who saw him offIn a sense, Zhou Kang had a friendship with His Royal Highness the Prince who had not yet been hereditarily replaced at that time, so even if Zhou Kang was not cool enough, Xu Fengnian actually didn't take it to heart, not to mention that Zhou Kang's reaction was also human nature, just like He Zhonghu's previous attitude of looking forward to the Huaiyang Guandu Protectorate, there were some broken words within the Left Cavalry Army, and many young and strong generals did not understand it, thinking that the old general was too easy to speak, and reduced the power of the Left Cavalry Army, not to mention, and also fell into the prestige of the Left Cavalry Army in vain. The reason why Xu Fengnian came here on purpose was because of a turmoil in the left cavalry army, Xu Fengnian just wanted to listen to He Zhonghu's thoughts first, until the last resort, Qingliangshan would not interfere in the affairs of the left cavalry army, I believe that Yan Wenluan came in a hurry this time, and there was also a little bit of support for his old friends to ride around the entire Beiliang side to take a look.

The four people in the small courtyard don't drink alcohol or tea, He Zhonghu didn't seem to expect the young feudal king to come, his face was full of surprise, as the top ten figures in the real power of the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, He Zhonghu understood the general process of the Longyaner Plain, and knew that Xu Fengnian happily killed Hong Jingyan, the co-owner of the Rouran Iron Cavalry, and knew that Chen Zhibao had come to Huaiyang Pass before, so Xu Fengnian's words in the council hall were as concise as possible, his face was very pale, and the veteran felt guilty, and he always felt that it was the fault of the Liangzhou cavalry, and he couldn't stand the cultivation of the general Xu Xiao, and in the end, he actually caused the eldest son of the general to bow down to everything, and even killed people to go into battle in person, so what do you want them to do with the 300,000 iron horsemen in Beiliang? As Yan Wenluan's old friend, He Zhonghu of course has a layer of hidden identity, the old man was also a member of the Xu family's Fulong faction, this group of people was originally headed by the strategist Zhao Changling, Chen Zhibao as the successor, both the brother-in-law of the general Xu Xiao and one of the main generals of the Xu family's cavalry Wu Qi, Yan Wenluan, He Zhonghu and others are all the backbone, Yao Jian Ye Xizhen and the two righteous sons are also very close to them, and the Li Yishan faction, which was ridiculed by the Fulong faction as the inverted dragon faction, is much weaker in terms of overall strength, if it were not for the last moment when the princess Wu Su made it clear that she did not support Xu Xiao's betrayal of the Yang River and ruled, I am afraid there would be no Xu family called Wang Beiliang, maybe Xu Fengnian is now the monarch of the entire vast territory south of the Guangling River, but it is also possible that the Northern Liangbian Army has no old man at all, because they are all dead people who rebelled and perished. Because of such an unspeakable relationship, He Zhonghu has always had some obscure thoughts about this young vassal king who turned the tide, and did not promote his descendants from within the Left Cavalry Army to serve as the next commander, but chose an outsider Yu Luan knife to occupy the magpie's nest, and the old man in the twilight may not have a sense of compensation and atonement.

Yan Wenluan, the first person in the Beiliang Infantry Army, had a gloomy face, and said bluntly: "Lord Wang, there must be something you have also heard, Li Yanchao's kid is an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, He Zhonghu single-handedly brought him to today's position, and he was closer to him than his own son, nothing more than not giving him a commander of the Left Cavalry Army, that kid dared to rebel, thinking of running to Zhou Kang as a deputy! This little bastard is indeed not bad at leading troops to fight, but his conduct is not bad, and he will definitely be used in the future and cannot be used, and he will be killed as an official and a deputy general of the first army!"

Xu Fengnian really didn't expect Yan Wenluan, who rarely showed emotions, to be so angry, and for a while he didn't know how to deal with it, rebellion, ingratitude, and misconduct, these extremely heavy words, from the mouth of Yan Wenluan, one of the few feudal officials, would almost make any middle and high-level military general in Beiliang completely miss the real power and high position, in fact, Xu Fengnian is no stranger to the famous Li Yanchao, one of the four teeth of Beiliang, and Dianxiong, Wei Fucheng and Ning Emei are equally famous, with outstanding achievements, in the border army, in addition to Yan Wenluan, Chen Yunchui, He Zhonghu, the old man of the Spring and Autumn Period, second only to Liu Jinu, a few strong generals, because it is the year of the fight, it is the kind of important general who can fight for the Xu family for another twenty years to win the battle and fight hard, but it is similar to Li Mofan, the deputy general of the Dragon Elephant Army, and Cao Xiaojiao of Youzhou, with extreme personalities, and arrogance in meritorious deeds, they are all well-known thorny figures, with mixed reputations。

He Zhong suddenly glared at Yan Wenluan, turned his head to Xu Fengnian and smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, it is going to rain and the mother wants to get married, and it can't be stopped, since Zhou Kang promised to let Li Yanchao succeed him as the commander of the Right Cavalry Army in the future, let him go, Yanchao, this kid has been fighting in the Left Cavalry Army for many years, and his military exploits are enough to deserve this future." There is nothing wrong with people going to high places. ”

Yan Wenluan was a little helpless, in fact, it wasn't that he really didn't like Li Yanchao much, he just wanted to help He Zhonghu provoke the topic, and he Yan Wenluan would be the villain, so he couldn't wipe his face He Zhonghu only needed to nod his head next, Li Yanchao couldn't leave the Left Cavalry Army, but he must not encourage this wind, otherwise the little hoe in the hand of the Jin Partridge guy would not have to fly up? Are you really not afraid of death? Yan Wenluan sighed, and He Zhonghu has recognized him for most of his life, and he admires this old guy very much, but he has no family members when he is old, he only raises a few lame old horses, and he leads the army, just like a chattering aunt, treats soldiers like children, eats, drinks and Lazar are all in the army, no different from ordinary soldiers, and there is no special treatment at all, so Li Yanchao, these young people, can be said to be He Zhonghu's and urine from a pawn to cultivate successful generals, hearing that Li Yanchao is leaving the Left Cavalry Army, how can Yan Wenluan not be angry? It is difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, and it can be seen that even to the point where father and son are separated from each other, He Zhonghu still can't bear to delay Li Yanchao's career, lest the young vassal king have a bad feeling for Li Yanchao, so that it is difficult to be promoted in the right cavalry army of the Golden Partridge.

Xu Fengnian thought for a moment and said slowly: " To tell the truth, as long as Li Yanchao remains outside the pass, it makes no difference to me whether he is serving in the left cavalry or transferring to the right cavalry to climb, and the tradition of extreme xenophobia of the left and right cavalry is indeed not conducive to Beiliang, after all, the flowing water is not rotten, and the hub is not beetle, even if there is no Li Yanchao, I originally wanted to let the left and right cavalry carry out some military general exchanges, at the beginning, I integrated the military army of the three states in Beiliang, and only set up 14 real power captains, but the first Liangmang battle is imminent, I am afraid that the movement is too big and will cause the border army to be unstable, which will affect the battle situation, so I did not move the border army outside the pass。 ”

Yan Wenluan narrowed his one-eyed eye and was silent.

The border army was restructured, and Yan Wenluan did not object.

But what made the commander of the Northern Liangbu Army feel uncomfortable was that the young vassal king raised it in person so unprocrastinatingly, especially at this time when the left cavalry army was in turmoil, and when He Zhonghu was about to withdraw from the border army due to illness, these words seemed a little chilling.

He Zhonghu was also full of emotion in his heart, and he didn't know where to start, the old man's face was full of depression and loneliness, and his eyes were in a trance.

Some rich and noble old people in their twilight years only began to envy the poor and healthy when they were sick and all their thoughts were lost.

But He Zhonghu is different, although he has a high military position in Beiliangbian, he has no children and grandchildren to inherit the family business, and even in Beiliangguan, there is no property in the courtyard, which is completely different from the Huaihua general Zhong Hongwu, who regards the entire Lingzhou as a backyard.

He Zhonghu's old and sick appearance is the twilight of a hero.

And this kind of helpless heroic twilight, Xu Fengnian is very familiar with.

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Xu Fengnian and Xu Beitong left the courtyard, and Xu Beitong frowned.

Xu Fengnian smiled and asked, "Tangerine, isn't it strange why I didn't help He Zhonghu pacify the Left Cavalry?"

Xu Beitong glanced back at the courtyard gate, "He Zhonghu is enough, aren't you afraid of annoying Yan Wenluan? Aren't you afraid that the two old men think you are cold-hearted, and treat you as a mean and unkind vassal king?"

Xu Fengnian and Xu Beitong walked side by side in the dark alleys, stretched out a hand and gently wiped it on the wall, and said as they walked: "Then you will treat me as a bully." ”

Xu Beitong quipped: "Isn't it? Who in the entire Beiliang border army doesn't know the temper of the golden partridge, and will shout that the child has candy to eat, so you, the king of Beiliang, tolerate the military affairs of the right horseman." In the final analysis, He Zhong has suddenly fallen to this point, and you are half of the culprit. ”

Xu Fengnian said some words that were not related, "Xu Xiao used to like to recite a sentence, people are evil, people are afraid of the sky, and good people are not afraid of the sky." I used to think that this kind of big truth was, but later I found out that the reason why big truth is big reason is because it really makes sense. ”

Xu Beitong laughed and said, "I knew that you wouldn't just let He Zhong leave the Left Cavalry Army like this!"

Xu Fengnian said with emotion: "Of course, I value these talented young generals from other towns like Yuluandao, Jianghuai, and Xie Xichen, but for He Zhonghu, the old people of Beiliang who follow Xu Xiao to share the glory and disgrace, that kind of affection ......."

Xu Fengnian didn't continue, but Xu Beitong could feel that kind of feeling, probably like an elder in his own family.

Xu Beitong smiled and asked, "In that case?"

Xu Fengnian replied: "Then go and meet Li Yanchao for a while." ”

Xu Beitong hesitated for a moment, but still reminded: " Don't be rash, Li Yanchao actually means a large group of generals of the Northern Liangbian Army, ambitious, with remarkable achievements, and they want to climb up, Li Mo and Cao Xiaojiao are like this, these people are similar to Yan Wenluan He Zhonghu and different, the Xu family's family business is the country laid by the general and the old people around him, and the younger ones, it is impossible to expect everyone to be as indifferent to fame and fortune as Liu Jinu, and the war is imminent, it is not a bad thing to be ambitious, you have to pour some cold water, it's not impossible, but you can't make people feel that they have been stripped naked and thrown into the ice and snow。 ”

Xu Fengnian smiled: "I used to hear about books and dramas, and I could often hear a sentence called 'chilling the hearts of all soldiers', and I understand the truth." ”

Xu Beitong suddenly stared at this guy, "Why doesn't it sound right?"

Xu Fengnian smiled and reached out to hook up with Xu Beitong's shoulder, and said flatteringly: "Or oranges understand me!"

Xu Beitong didn't have the anger to break free, and said angrily: "Go cool!"

Just when the two of them turned around and came to another courtyard, there happened to be a young and middle-aged military general running all the way from behind them, rushing to the yard, maybe the situation was urgent, knocked Xu Beitong's shoulder, and after striding on the steps, he still didn't stop, and turned his head to stare at it, but he didn't look at it coldly, and he was suddenly silent, he didn't recognize Xu Beitong, who had been the assassin of Lingzhou, but how could he not recognize the dignified King of Beiliang? !

Without waiting for this brave captain of the Left Cavalry Army to plead guilty, Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "Did you send a message to Li Yanchao?"

The lieutenant was suddenly covered in cold sweat, and his head drooped, like a mourning exam.

Xu Fengnian laughed, walked up the steps and passed by the captain, and took the lead in crossing the threshold of the courtyard.

The courtyard was full of people, gathered no less than ten border army generals, not very old, but the title is not small, the stars are arching the moon, surrounded by a general who is about thirty-five or sixteen years old, this person is heroic, even if he is sitting, there is a sharp edge.

It is Li Yanchao, the third deputy marshal of the Left Cavalry Army, who is from the Left Cavalry Army and has a very high reputation, so he is naturally regarded as the best candidate for the helm of the Left Cavalry Army in the future.

Liyang set up four Zheng, four towns, four Ping, twelve permanent generals, the highest official body of the levy word, is the second product, and the six Shangshu are equivalent, the town word general is from the second product is the third product, the flat word general is all the same color is the third product, it stands to reason that a vassal king has jurisdiction, should not appear enough to be comparable to the title of the town word head general, at most the same as the flat word general, for example, the main general in charge of the military affairs of a state is the third product, but in Beiliang Road, it is very interesting, He Zhonghu, Zhou Kang and Gu Dazu, Chen Yunchui, these cavalry deputy marshals, like the two commanders of Yan Wenluan and Yuan Zuozong, are all second-grade military generals, only half a step lower than the Northern Liang Capital to protect Chu Lushan, so almost all the young and strong generals are staring at these hot positions, waiting for when the old men in their respective armies will retreat, and it will be their turn to take a step forward, not to mention sitting on the two top two positions under Yan Wenluan and Yuan Zuozong's buttocks, and one day serving as the commander of the left and right cavalry armies, either going to the big snow dragon cavalry, or leaving the border army as a state general at the least, it is a good way, so when the new Liang King is eclectic and promotedAfter the "outsider", it will undoubtedly make people's minds fluctuate, especially the rapid rise of Yu Luandao and others, Huangfu and Kou Jianghuai and Han Laoshan respectively accounted for the share of the generals of Sanzhou, and Shi Fu followed as the general of Liangzhou, so that there would be a lot less hope and thoughts.

After all the generals were shocked when they saw this young feudal lord who had arrived, everyone suddenly got up from their chairs and stools, clenched their fists and said in a deep voice: "The last general will see the prince!"

The captain of the left cavalry, who was originally standing behind Xu Fengnian and Xu Beitong at a loss, also hurriedly trotted into the ranks of his colleagues, and was relieved.

A military general hurriedly vacated two chairs for the young vassal king, and after Xu Fengnian and Xu Beitong sat down, they raised their hands and pressed down twice, "Everyone sit down and talk, today is not a military matter, so you don't need to pay attention to red tape." ”

After all the generals saw Li Yanchao sit down calmly, they carefully sat back in their places, and the two generals who were robbed of their positions stood not far away, their eyes shining brightly, and they looked at this legendary new Liang King with wide eyes.

The eldest son of Ren Tu Yan, the great master of martial arts.

killed Wang Xianzhi, and recently killed Hong Jingyan.

It is said that even those heavenly immortals who came out of the hanging statues, and the ancestors of Longhu Mountain, who have ascended to the Tao, have been served by this young man!

What's more, the approachable and only king with a different surname in Liyang in front of him has never been ambiguous on the battlefield, the next battle in Hutou City, and the thousands of miles outside the gourd mouth are all definite facts.

Therefore, even if these generals are all rebellious in the left cavalry army, in the face of this young vassal king, they are really not in awe, but in addition to awe, they also have sincere admiration.

The people of Beiliang are still martial, and the border army has the most important military merits.

The king of Xinliang led the Beiliang Iron Cavalry to defeat the Beimang barbarians, and beheaded the Jingguan in the mouth of the gourd, how happy!

The more this is the case, the more uneasy everyone here becomes.

Why did the young vassal king appear in the small courtyard, they knew very well that they must have come to Li Yanchao to leave the left cavalry army and switch to the right cavalry army.

But who in the entire Beiliang Province doesn't know that Yu Luan Dao is the confidant and favorite general of the New Liang King? Even at the expense of the noble status of the vassal king, he also hung his name in the new camp of the Youqi Cavalry. And the origin of this turmoil was the old general's recommendation of Yu Luan Dao to enter the Left Cavalry Army!

Li Yanbin's expression was calm, but the depths of his eyes revealed a strong heart of unwillingness.

In the eyes of this thoughtful general, since King Xinliang came here in person, although he had not yet put on the posture of asking for guilt, he Li Yanbin would definitely not have good fruits to eat.

The generals and lieutenants who were born and died with Li Yanbin all pinched a cold sweat for Li Yanbin, lest the young vassal king suddenly turn his face, what should they do with these guys when the time comes? Not to mention whether they have the courage to fight against this world-famous new Liang King, even if they have that courage and courage, is it meaningful? Is this courtyard man enough for the new Liang King to have one hand?

Xu Fengnian smiled and asked, "Is there any wine here?" ”

Li Yanchao said flatly: "Lord Wang, we followed the coach into Huaiyang Pass this time, and we didn't bring wine. ”

Xu Fengnian turned his head to Xu Beitong and said, "I'm bothering you to go?"

Xu Beitong nodded, got up and left the courtyard, naturally to fight the autumn wind with Chu Lushan.

After Xu Beitong left, Xu Fengnian joked: "Before drinking, there is something I want to explain to you, in the past, this king used to drink once with Liu Jinu, Chu Khan, Qingma Tribulus and these people in Hutou City, and then they all died, are you afraid?"

Li Yanchao pursed his lips, and his angular and resolute face became more and more profound.

The leader Li Yanchao didn't speak, and the atmosphere in the small courtyard was particularly dull and dignified.

The lieutenant who bumped Xu Beiji before rolled his eyes, and said out loud: "I can drink with the prince, enough for the last general and others to return to the left cavalry army, and brag to their subordinates for three or five years, although they are not afraid of death!"

Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "Everyone here, I am not afraid of dying on the battlefield, I have no doubt." ”

Then Xu Fengnian smiled again: "It's not strange that our Northern Liangbian Army is not afraid of death, if anyone is afraid of death, then it is strange, right?"

As soon as this sentence came out, even Li Yanbin pulled the corners of his mouth, and he smiled a little. The rest of the generals burst into laughter.

After Xu Fengnian's joke, he stopped talking.

King Beiliang is silent, and Li Yanchao is silent, so everyone can only obediently look at their noses and hearts.

Xu Beitong brought two jars of green ant wine from the Duhu Mansion, Xu Fengnian patted the mud seal of a jar of wine, there were some cups and bowls in the small courtyard, like Xu Fengnian and Li Yanchao, they must have been divided into big white bowls with more wine, and the rest of the generals and captains looked at it. Only Xu Beitong had no intention of drinking tea, and no one dared to persuade this wine.

Xu Fengnian picked up the wine bowl, "To everyone." ”

Li Yanchao and everyone raised their cups and bowls, and said loudly: "To the prince!"

After Xu Fengnian drank it all, he didn't continue to pour the wine, "After drinking the wine, the king said a few words casually, this time I invite you to drink, not to mention toasting and punishing wine, but just to take this opportunity to meet everyone, this king doesn't know you, but if anyone reports their names, this king can also tell your resume and military exploits, these things, there are already in the spy report of the water room, and I have read it word for word, which is more detailed than the files of the Huaiyang Guandu Protectorate." ”

Xu Fengnian glanced at another jar of unopened green ant wine, and then looked at Li Yanchao, "You feel that there is no hope of climbing in the left cavalry, so you want to go to the right cavalry to earn military merits and become the commander of the first army, for a military general, there is nothing wrong with this, and I just came from He Zhonghu's courtyard, and the old general didn't think that you couldn't stand him, but persuaded this king to come, for fear that this king would give you Li Yanchao small shoes in the future." ”

Li Yanchao wanted to speak and stopped.

Xu Fengnian said indifferently: "How the old general has treated you in the past ten or twenty years, you have more experience than me, you don't need to say anything more from this king, the Beiliang border army is in the hands of Xu Xiao, just look at the military merits and don't recognize the background, so you Li Yanchao is killing the enemy in He Zhonghu's left cavalry army, and Zhou Kang's right cavalry army is the same as killing the enemy, maybe there is a hope that he will become the commander, and the enemy will only be killed." However, the old general, in the end, he is still old, just like me Xu Fengnian, I am not afraid of the sky and the earth, I am not afraid of anything, but I am still afraid of seeing the situation of Xu Xiao in the first few years of his life, and I have to rest when I walk to the top of Qingliang Mountain. Whether it's my father Xu Xiao, or He Zhonghu, who treats you as his son, when they are really old, will they be willing to obey the old when they know things?"

Xu Fengnian asked and replied to himself: "That is, they feel that their son is out of the picture, and they dare to admit that they are old." ”

Xu Fengnian stood up and looked at Li Yanchao and the people of the Left Cavalry Army, "In that courtyard today, I didn't see any commanders of the Beiliang Left Cavalry Army who had experienced the Spring and Autumn War, only an old man. So I came here and asked you to drink a jar of wine, and I hope that there is one jar of wine left, and you can take it with you to invite the old man who is about to leave the battlefield, and invite him to drink a bowl, so that the old man will not leave the border with regrets. ”

Silence.

Li Yanchao got up silently, picked up the jar of green ant wine, and walked out of the small courtyard.

In the end, only Xu Fengnian and Xu Beitong were left.

Xu Beitong sighed, "I thought you wanted to kill someone." ”

Xu Fengnian poured himself a bowl of wine, bowed his head and said, "Who said I don't want to?"

Xu Beitong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Bring me a bowl too." ”