"Half of the righteous people slaughtered dogs, and they are all readers!"

The people who can make Li Kui feel such a sigh are a few treacherous and cunning ministers who watch a good show in the mansion. But Li Kui faced these few, he only had to stare dryly, but he had no way at all.

Cheng Zhijie sighed for a long time on the side, and after listening to Li Kui's emotion, he nodded in agreement. Although this was circulated during the Ming Dynasty, there was no such statement in the Northern Song Dynasty. There is a way that the resonance of experience is the same, and Cheng Zhijie, as a military general, will definitely not think that a scholar is a good person.

It's just that he feels a little strange, why did Renjie scold others and trap himself in?

But Cheng Zhijie was completely frightened by Liu Yannian's angry back leaving, and the two sides seemed to be in a situation of endless death. Especially after Zhang Qi rejected Li Kui's request for help, Cheng Zhijie faced great pressure. On the contrary, Li Kui doesn't care, no matter how reasonable the generals are, can they still fight civilian officials?

"Renjie, why don't we return the people?"

Cheng Zhijie is out of line, and he has the intention of bowing his head and admitting his mistakes.

Li Kui resolutely refused, and explained the reason and position: "Brother-in-law, if you are cowardly, who will take you seriously in the future?" Besides, since Liu Yannian opened his mouth to ask for war horses, it shows that soldiers are not as important to him as we think. After all, the treatment of officers is the same in the forbidden army, and even the same rank, and the officers in the forbidden army and the box army are no different. Even if you try to pull it in, no one else will come. The difference is the soldier, and only the soldier can be attracted by better treatment. The soldiers are gone, and he can recruit them, but the hateful thing is that he has taken a fancy to our war horses. ”

"War horses must not be given to him." Although Cheng Zhijie is not very bold, he is also a person who knows what is important. Hao Sui said that he would also sacrifice half of the war horse to the emperor, whether it was Cheng Zhijie or Li Kui, he couldn't refuse. The heavens and the earth are big, and the emperor is the biggest.

"Besides, second brother-in-law, have you thought about it? If you really return the soldiers, it will be difficult for the generals in the Western Army to say anything in the future, and they will definitely have a lot of resentment against you. Because they didn't catch anything, they humiliated you, the general from the capital. Even the soldiers of the Western Army will be afraid of you like a snake and scorpion. Originally, it was a good intention to find a good livelihood for the brothers of the Western Army. But at the end of the day? It was a void. Not only that, do you think that if the soldiers go back, they will still be as safe in the army as before? ”

"After being beaten, I will definitely wear small shoes in the future? If the fighting had been tighter, these men would probably have been ordered to do something to the death. Cheng Zhijie finally understood the reason why Li Kui had to hold on to him to the end. It turned out that there was no turning back when the bow was opened, and it was impossible to stop it. As a general, nothing can chill the soldiers.

20,000 war horses, excluding the war horses that Hao Sui insisted on sending to the capital. With the remaining half, Li Kui planned to form a cavalry of 5,000 men.

This kind of simple arms can only be formed in the Western Army. The forbidden army in the Central Plains, the infantry in charge of infantry, and the cavalry in charge of cavalry, were all under different commands. The imperial court set up a single army commander, an infantry commander and a horse army commander. The cavalry is under the command of the horse army, and it is under the jurisdiction of the direct commander of the horse army in front of the palace. When fighting, the infantry produces the infantry, the cavalry produces the cavalry, then the Privy Council produces the general, the metropolitan hall produces the civil commander in chief, and finally the palace attendant (that is, the eunuch) selects the supervising army. This is the way for the Great Song Dynasty to send troops. Because of the scarcity of eunuchs, the local supervisors were often represented by civilian officials.

It is difficult to have a tacit understanding with the army formed in this way. We don't usually train together.

It is really a miracle that an army that is close to a rabble can win on the battlefield.

Only the Western Army, the Great Song Dynasty has acquiesced to the recruitment method of the Western Army, and at the same time, it has also acquiesced to the law of placing generals in the Western Army. This is also the reason why, after the generals in the early Song Dynasty gradually withdrew from the actual control of the military circles, the generals in the Western army began to emerge. Only when the generals and soldiers are stable, will there be a more stable relationship of interests and groups. This is the reason for the appearance of the gate, and it is also a 'hidden danger' that is very feared by the court.

As for why Li Kui wanted to form a cavalry force of 5,000 people?

He pondered that the coordination of mounted artillery could be very interesting. Infantry and artillery coordination has no meaning at all for the infantry in the era of cold weapons. The main thing is that he didn't figure out the flowering shells, and the solid shells are very unfriendly to the infantry. In addition, the attack distance of infantry weapons is too short and the movement is too slow, especially the infantry wearing armor, who is unable to move on the battlefield and often acts as a standing guard. Battlefield pursuit is not the infantry's forte at all. Because the distance of the infantry is too short, it is not interesting to run a mile or two.

Infantry don't wear armor, right?

This is tantamount to death on the battlefield.

Li Kui thought about it for several nights, and finally felt that the coordination of mounted artillery was the only way to get started.

Come like the wind, go without a shadow. Artillery fire can cause disaster to the infantry phalanx, disrupt the infantry formation, and the cavalry attack is like cutting melons and vegetables, and it is very touching to think about it.

As for why not turn infantry equipment into a shotgun, or even a flintlock gun? The main thing is that the rice has to be eaten in one bite, and the artillerymen have not yet figured it out, so they get on the horse muskets, which is a bit too wasteful.

Besides, the price of building hot weapons is not comparable to ordinary cold weapons. Millions, even millions, at every turn, is far from enough. And the consumption is also large, a soldier, as long as he does not die, the weapons he receives after joining the army may be able to run through his military career. However, if you use hot weapons for a year or two, you must change a batch, otherwise not only will you not be able to kill the enemy, but your own people will die on the overwhelmed weapons. Can the imperial court give this military expense?

"Didn't you and I do it together?" Cheng Zhijie was terrified, there was a kind of bad thing to do with his friends, and in the end he was beaten and became his own despair. Is there any heavenly reason!

Li Kui's gaze drifted a little, although he was the one who came up with the idea and the one who gave Cheng Zhijie confidence, but ...... He doesn't mess with the door, so he doesn't have to worry about Liu Yannian's revenge at all.

No matter how powerful Liu Yannian is, can he still buy Yushitai?

Don't dream, if Liu Yannian is really stupid, he will be attacked by the imperial historians of the Imperial History Observatory first.

The lowly general, who dares to send the noble imperial master, is he tired of living?

According to the character of the stick man in Yushitai, it will not be over if Liu Yannian loses his official position.

As for messing up his marriage? As long as Liu Yannian was not stupid, he would not dare to do such an inconsequential thing. If he really did it, Liu Baosheng would be able to turn against him. At that time, Li Kui's trouble was saved.

But looking at Cheng Zhijie's pitiful appearance, Li Kui really couldn't bear it, so he had to give Cheng Zhijie a clear way: "Second brother-in-law, don't worry, without Butcher Zhang, is it possible to eat hairy pigs?" Zhang Gong doesn't help, there are still people who can help you. Don't worry, this person is much more reliable than Zhang Gong, and he will definitely stand on your side and me. ”

Cheng Zhijie muttered: "Civil officials are unreliable. Of course, the virtuous brother does not count. ”

This sounded awkward, and Li Kui didn't care. He opened his mouth and said: "When Hao comes back from Jingzhao Mansion with Hao's father-in-law, you go to beg him, they are all from the capital, and he will not help the Western Army in anything, not the brothers in the Beijing camp." ”

"Why didn't Brother Xian go with me to ask Grandpa Hao?"

Cheng Zhijie was worried that his face was not big enough, and Hao Sui didn't pay attention to him at all. It's embarrassing to say, his identity as a relative still depends on his father-in-law. There is already a layer of separation in the relationship. A eunuch leader like Hao Sui, who was once a close attendant of the emperor, is likely not to bother with him. Even Gao Yu seems to be more important than Cheng Zhijie.

Don't look at him as the main general, but Hao Sui is a messenger appointed by the emperor and a supervisor of the army. Up and down the Western Army, even Zhang Ji had to give him face. Now Hao Gonggong is high-spirited, and he needs an unlucky guy to stand up. Although Liu Yannian is a little harder, for Hao Sui, he is not afraid of anyone when he leaves the capital.

A few days later.

Hao Sui, who returned from Jingzhao Mansion, found that his camp was blocked.

Standing in the car with his waist crossed, he was furious: "That unethical and smoking eats bear heart leopard gall, dare to give our family eye medicine?" ”

"Who, who the hell is it!"

"Wide-eyed, see clearly, you are Qin Fenglu's Liu Shuai's ......"

"Brother Ma, be cautious. This is a eunuch! ”

"Eunuch?"

……

Hearing the word eunuch, the captains of Qin Fenglu, who had been showing off their might in front of the camp in the past few days, were dumbfounded, everyone is a forbidden army, why do you even have eunuchs?

You must know that the forbidden army is a forbidden army, but the presence of eunuchs in the army and the absence of eunuchs are completely two different concepts.

The forbidden army with eunuchs in charge is the emperor's pro-army and the emperor's most trusted army. There is no army with eunuchs in charge, that is, a hard-working baby who has no father and no mother, and is soaked in bitter water.

"This father-in-law, we are the captain of Qin Fenglu, the people from the Beijing camp came to our army to deceive our soldiers and others, we are here to ask for soldiers?"

"Yes, father-in-law, please let me and others call the shots!"

Hao Sui stood in the car and was stunned, Li Kui and Cheng Zhijie actually dug the corner of the wall from the friendly army, and then the camp gate was blocked. Logically speaking, this must be Cheng Zhijie's fault, but is the eunuch a reasonable person?

Hao Sui pondered the status of the Beijing camp, and then glanced at the down-and-out armor of the Western Army, it hasn't been changed for ten years, right?

Hao Sui crossed his waist and said arrogantly: "It is your blessing for Jingying to lift you. As for you who are afraid that the Privy Council will make trouble because of the lack of soldiers, our family will naturally go to your majesty to report the reason, and I will not blame you. Okay, let's disperse, it's not a big deal. ”

Hao Sui entered the camp with his personal guards, leaving a group of Qin Fenglu's generals looking at each other, the soldiers' problems were easy to solve, and there was no need to let the emperor know at all.

They blocked the camp gate of the Beijing camp, which was Liu Yannian's order.

"What should I do?"

"Shameless! I can't afford to provoke my family's handsome, so I invited a eunuch! ”

"Eunuchs are nothing remarkable, and my handsome family is not easy to mess with!"

"Don't make trouble for the handsome, let's go back and tell the truth!"

……

After several days of siege, the Western army finally dispersed, and Hao Sui seemed to be more confident in his power. Li Kui and Cheng Zhijie were both scared into shrunken turtles, and as soon as our family got out of the horse, they all ran away in disgrace.

What does this mean?

Our family's face is big!

In the handsome tent, Hao Sui bragged about how he was valued by His Majesty, and said that he would return to Beijing in the near future.

After Li Kui and Cheng Zhijie talked to each other, Hao Sui immediately patted his chest and said: "This matter is handed over to our family, it's against the sky, and his soldiers are worthy of him." You still dare to make trouble, is there still a royal law? ”

In Hao Sui's eyes, Jingying can be regarded as the pro-army of the Son of Heaven. Being able to see the soldiers of the Western Army has already given a lot of face, Liu Yannian still dares to shake his face, obviously he doesn't know what to do, he Hao Gonggong decided to go out in person, let this soil bun in the northwest know that the world is not his general's, but His Majesty's!

Following.

Gonggong Hao took his personal guards, Ma Jun, and a group of thousands of people to Liu Yannian's camp.

The distance between the two families was not far, but Hao Sui deliberately let the cavalry trot around Liu Yannian's camp, and the provocation was very strong. Liu Yannian's face turned green with anger.

But he was very helpless, Hao Sui's identity really made him unable to start.

Do you want to swallow your anger?

For civil officials, they can't be scared, admit it, and will find some big truths to coax themselves, such as: "Attacking heresy is already harmful!" ”

Only heretics that cannot be defeated are true heretics; Weak chicken heresy cannot be counted at all.

This was said by a saint, and he is right.

But what the military general lives is a face and military merits, Liu Yannian's brain is buzzing angrily, and he wants to go to the capital to sue the emperor.

But Hao Sui didn't give it for nothing, he not only had an identity, but also a gold medal that the emperor gave him before he left Beijing. This gave him the decision to dispose of it on an ad hoc basis.

Hao Suixin said: "Our family likes to be stunned, when the gold medal comes out, who will compete?" ”

After entering the handsome account, Liu Yannian had no reason to discuss things with Hao Sui at all. On the contrary, Hao was nervous with the gold medal in his hand. He stepped on it, when to take out the gold medal is the most powerful and the most face-saving.

But what made him hesitate was, why did Liu Yannian keep telling him about Mrs. Liu?

Liu Baosheng and Concubine Xian's father, wouldn't Liu Yannian be?

"I don't know who General Liu and Concubine Xian are?"

Hao Suitian is not afraid of the ground, but he is afraid of the relationship in the palace. Concubine Xian is the emperor's favorite concubine, and even the emperor wants to abolish the queen several times in private and straighten Concubine Xian.

Liu Yannian has been an official for many years, although he is not a Confucian general, but his tricks are also vicious, and he suddenly discovered Hao Sui's strangeness. The confidence in my heart swelled, you are a yin person who does not have below, and you dare to come to call the old man a board? However, the reason why His Holiness is a Venerable One is to show sufficient respect when he speaks of his name.

Liu Yannian arched his hand and said respectfully: "The old man can be regarded as the uncle of the virtuous concubine!" ”

Hao Sui's smug expression froze, and the imperial gold medal in his hand seemed to be burning red, and he subconsciously let go suddenly. said in a trembling voice: "Why didn't Liu Dashuai say it earlier?" ”

The identity has changed, the general has become a handsome, and the title has changed.

Liu Yannian glanced at Hao Sui, and said in his heart: "You rushed to the old man to slap the old man's face, why does the old man think about you?" ”

However, Hao Sui was also a righteous person, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Liu Dashuai, this General Cheng and you are also relatives, and they are both family." ”

"Humph! This disrespectful thing, refuting the old man's face, how can he rest like this? ”

Hao Sui understood that the other party wanted a war horse. The generals of the Great Song Dynasty actually have hot eyes on war horses, even if they are infantry formations. An army of 10,000 people does not need to be much, as long as you can form a cavalry commanding 500 people, the means of combat will immediately increase.

It's just that before he cried and wanted to sacrifice half of the war horse to the emperor, and now in this situation, it may be impossible to satisfy Liu Yannian. But the price is all over the place, and he will pay it back on the ground, after he explains the situation. Liu Yannian said that he would give in.

Hao Sui stretched out five paws and said to Liu Yannian: "This number, can the general be satisfied?" ”

"Five thousand?" Liu Yannian expressed appropriate satisfaction, and before he could nod, Hao Sui hurriedly explained: "Five hundred, this is already our family giving General Liu the war horse that was originally allocated to his own guards. ”

"What does Cheng Zhijie want so many war horses for?"

"Assemble a force of five thousand cavalry with one man and two horsemen."

"It's ridiculous, even if he expands his army to twenty commands, there are only 10,000 people, and he actually wants 5,000 cavalry. Should the old man's identity be to form a cavalry army of 10,000 people? ”

……

Both sides were unyielding masters, and Hao returned to the camp haggardly. looked at Li Kui sadly, he knew that Cheng Zhijie was a kind person, and it must have been Li Kui who deliberately concealed Liu Yannian's identity. If there were no Western Army generals in the palace, Hao Sui would be able to let him know why the flowers were so red?

But inside and outside are the emperor's relatives, you actually let the emperor's slave go to the middle to hit the wall with his head, if you are not a scholar, you can't do such a thing?

A few days later.

The negotiations did not go well.

The number of war horses has reached 1,005, but Liu Yannian has not been satisfied.

This can make Li Kui worried, and they all want to go back to the capital, what kind of broken relatives.

At this juncture, Cai Jing appeared on Yanyan Road.

He didn't come to Yanyan Road to find unpleasantness at all, but he brought the holy decree.

“…… The county lieutenant of Yangquan County, Li Kui of the Zhiji Pavilion received the order! ”

If you want to say that Cai Jing dislikes the least person in officialdom, Su Zhe is over 30, and Su Zhe has stirred up Cai Jing's plan to rehabilitate his own parents. Of course, there are still Zeng Bu and Xing Shu and others dragging their feet. But Cai Jing just decided that Su Zhe was his enemy. Under the age of thirty, I'm afraid it's Li Kui.

Li Kui is a big mouth.

Anyway, there was nothing he didn't dare to say.

For example, when he was in the Imperial City, Zhang Qi left the front line of Huanqing Road because he wanted to avoid suspicion, and went to the Daimyo's Mansion to do what he did. Li Kui's big mouth said: "Brother Cai Xiang has entered the center, why don't you avoid suspicion?" Su Xiang's brother has avoided suspicion and resigned, Cai Zhongtang can learn from it! ”

When these words reached Cai Jing's ears, it was like feeding a mouthful of poop.

Su Shi didn't want to be an official anymore, so he went to enjoy happiness. And what about yourself? has been an official for so many years, how can the little money he secretly saved enough for him to enjoy?

Also, Li Kui almost teamed up with Cai Jing to start a small farm pilot.

With all kinds of memories, Cai Jing's impression of Li Kui is very unbearable. Of course, Cai Jing was even worse in Li Kui's impression. This is a traitor who will be famous for 800 years!

Two Song Dynasty, one Northern Song Dynasty and one Southern Song Dynasty.

The Northern Song Dynasty produced a Cai Jing, and the Southern Song Dynasty produced a Qin Hui.

They are all traitors who have not been around for about 800 years.

With such a bad reputation, can you still expect to be treated?

But Cai Jing and Li Kui talked about it was the first time they met and talked at close range in the real sense, Cai Jing couldn't help but look at Li Kui a few more times, but Li Kui didn't dislike Cai Jing because of his bad character!

Instead, he smiled and flattered, moved to Cai Jing's side and stammered: "Master Cai, you and I hit it off at first sight!" ”

Cai Jing's heart was not happy, but shocked, and even more angry, he wanted to kick Li Kui to death, but the kung fu on the bright side had to be done enough, after all, there were Zhang Qi, Su Zhe and others present, and the demeanor and demeanor must be maintained.

But even so, Cai Jing gritted his back molars when he opened his mouth: "Brilliant and talented, I don't know if I can teach you?" ”

Li Kui smiled: "Lord Cai, you have been appointed as the envoy of Qin Fenglu, and the whole army of Qin Fenglu relies on Lord Cai to take care of you." The younger generation is not willing to give a thousand war horses to Lord Cai to be strong. Of course, you also know how difficult it is to recruit soldiers on my Yanlu Road......"

Cai Jing's face was happy, a thousand war horses, five hundred for himself, five hundred for the army, five hundred for himself, the number of five hundred war horses for himself, the number remains the same, and if you toss it, you can have the benefit of tens of thousands of times. How many plaques do you have to write to save this? Since leaving Yangzhou, Cai Jing's signboard business has been tepid. After coming to Qinfeng Road, I am afraid that this financial road will be cut off. There is a way to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and if a business is broken, it is necessary to start again and ponder a new business. Cai Jing looked Li Kui up and down for a while, and said in his heart: This business can be done. Immediately waved his hand: "It's all for the Great Song Dynasty, Qin Fenglu can't help the difficulties of Yan Yanlu, this official is in charge, it's good to give five thousand soldiers!" ”

Liu Yannian was about to jump on the side, but he didn't take into account the difference between respect and inferiority, civil and military, and jumped out to block Cai Jing's decision, shouting: "No! ”

What kind of temper is Cai Jing?

He's a guy who frames his colleagues and belittles his subordinates at a disagreement, and he never listens to the advice of anyone younger than him. Liu Yannian is the deputy envoy of Xuanfu, he is the main envoy, and his subordinates are yelling at him, what kind of system is it? Regarding Liu Yannian's obstruction, Cai Jing immediately reprimanded with a black face: "Do you have the right to speak?" Don't quit yet! ”

Li Kui clenched his fists and said in his heart: "Sure enough, you have a good reputation, and you will do things if you take the benefits!" ”