The thoughts of the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and the magnates of Qingtang couldn't guess their thoughts.

After Li Kui entered Qingtang City, he often left Qingtang City, saying that he was going hunting, but who knows if it is true or not?

All kinds of thoughts were used, but the nobles of Qingtang still couldn't guess Li Kui's thoughts. After the nine toast places were given, it was a long wait.

In the unlikely event that the hexagram finally changes, the magnates will not be able to cry.

Everyone knows that the country is finished, if they take a step slow when they carve up the country, will Qingtang still have their foothold in the future?

Bassoon Sherab saw the opportunity and encouraged these powerful people to use merit to stabilize their position.

Even if these magnates later obtained the official position of Tusi, they could be hereditary. But the problem is that their heirs still have the title of Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, which is also a tight spell on the heads of the Qingtang magnates. I have to be loyal to Da Song Biao all the time. Of course, to whom to show loyalty is not a table? The Great Song Emperor was magnificent, not only would he not covet their wealth, but he would also use normal trade to bring the most needed ironware, tea and other materials in the land of Hehuang. This is something that the king of Qingtang couldn't do before.

Especially for meritorious service, for the slave leaders who were recognized by Li Kui, they had already presented their votes.

But the magnates in Qingtang City can carve up the territory of Qingtang just by betraying the former Qingtang King Aligu, and power and wealth are too easy to come by, which is obviously not equal. They need a credit big enough for them to consolidate their position and gain the trust of the Great Song. As a result, he successfully obtained the official position of Tusi and achieved the foundation of the family.

There was almost no need to agitate, when Basong Xirao said that Li Kui did not want there to be a Tubo tribe on the edge of Qingtang, the five Qingtang magnates who had been recognized by Li Kui immediately showed that they wanted to clear the hidden dangers around them for the officials and troops of the Great Song Dynasty. He even rushed to ask for the use of his own tribe's people to attack the Achai tribe.

"Lord Li, the warriors of my Chisong tribe are the bravest, and they will be handed over to my tribe when they attack the Achai tribe!"

"My lord, there are few people in the Chisong tribe, I'm afraid I won't be able to defeat it. Let my Mu Chi clan go, I will definitely be able to relieve the worries of the adults and eliminate the hidden danger of the Achai tribe. ”

"Rambutu is willing to guarantee with his life that he will never let a member of the Achai tribe escape."

"Capture all the men of the Achai tribe as slaves and sacrifice them to adults!"

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Li Kui didn't agree immediately, but said lightly: "You go back first, if the Achai tribe does not accept the king, maybe you will be used to send troops." This is Toast's responsibility. ”

"Your Excellency, you must think of us! This is the heart of our fist, and it is our duty to fight for the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"You go back first, there's no rush in this matter."

Liu Yannian, who had experienced the first battle of Hehuang, looked at these powerful people with heads and faces in Qingtang City? One by one, they are scrambling to expand the territory for the Great Song Dynasty? I couldn't close my mouth in shock. It was so unusual that it made him feel strange. Before? After Wang Shao forced Qingtang down? These tribes have also been wooed, but the effect is not ideal.

Is this the place where Wang Shao passed through the river back then? There was no attack on the most powerful Tibetan tribes. It's easy first and then difficult, and attack the Qiang head people of the country first? Wait until after the Qiang are defeated? and then use strength to force the Tubo people in Qingtang to surrender. It can be said that in this battle, Qingtang's cavalry strength did not lose at all.

How could the strong Qingtang magnates really surrender?

False surrender is inevitable.

And Wang Shao is prosperous because of his military exploits? The Great Song Dynasty will not let him be an official in Hehuang for a long time? Soon he was recalled to the capital. Soon after Wang Shao left, because the Great Song Dynasty set up prefectures and counties in the land of Hehuang, which greatly damaged the interests of the grassland tribes, Qingtang had the idea of breaking away from the Great Song Dynasty. Later, the Qingtang King Ali Gu was only the adopted son of Dong Yu, the youngest son of the first generation of Qingtang Wang.

Such an identity? How can I inherit the title of King Qingtang?

Although the Gang Clan is a puppet supported by local magnates in the Land of the River Valley, but the Gang Clan is the bloodline of Tubo Zampu? This is an indisputable fact.

But Ali Gu doesn't even have the bloodline of the Tubo royal family, just because the nobles of Qingtang need a nominal king? And was propped up. Rebellion is a matter of course.

The appearance of the king of Qingtang, Ali Gu, is also the inability of the local magnates in Qingtang to agree that the Great Song Dynasty opened a state and county in the land of Hehuang? Divide their territory under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty. What is this for these magnates? It is tantamount to cutting off their foundations. This is unacceptable. On the contrary, Li Kui? Although the land of the river was broken into scattered sand, for the tribal leaders and magnates, it was the result they most expected.

The reason why it couldn't be achieved before was because after they went their separate ways, once they encountered a war, neither of them could face the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia independently, so it was necessary for a Qingtang king to be in front and lead them.

Now that the power structure of the Land of the River has been straightened out, the leaders of the noble tribes of Qingtang have also got what they want. Coupled with the backing of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter how bad it is, it is much stronger than Ali Gu, right? At this time, he was still thinking about rebellion, unless he had an inextricable mortal enmity with the Great Song Dynasty, the others would not leave the Great Song Dynasty. Not only will he not leave, but he will also support the Great Song Dynasty with all his heart. As for the excessive power of Tusi and the lack of control of the imperial court, these were not problems for the Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty didn't need Qingtang's wealth, just war horses. As long as the supply of war horses is not affected, the Great Song Dynasty will not care how complicated Qingtang's power structure becomes. At most, it is just to abolish the state and county. These places also do not collect taxes, and there are no prefectures and counties, so they have no impact.

Seeing off Bayin, Chi Song, Mu Chi and others, Liu Yannian sighed with emotion: "Lord Li, the old man also followed Bachelor Wang to attack the country of Baba Wang, and finally captured Blind Zheng in the First World War. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that the blind recruitment of the Qingtang King is not as strong as his younger brother Dong Yu. The rebellion that followed was also a predictable outcome. ”

"The power of the prince cannot be compared with this official. But the problem in Qingtang is not in suppression, but in the distribution of power, most people are satisfied, and a small number of people can only accept it. Whether it is the magnates of Qingtang or the leaders of the Qiang people in the Huangzhou area, the purpose of their support for the king of Qingtang is to maintain their sphere of influence. As long as this problem is solved, it does not matter much whether to obey the orders of King Qingtang or not. ”

Li Kui said lightly: "Controlling their ambitions and making them suspicious of each other is the best way to attack their hearts." ”

"Listen to your words, let a certain mouth stop." Liu Yannian complimented.

Li Kui is not like Wang Shao, he only has merit and no foundation in the court. Don't look at Li Kui's great credit, but in fact, his greater advantage is in the court. The emperor, the Taishi, and Zai Fu can all speak, and this is where Li Kui is terrifying.

This is the object that even Liu Yannian needs to befriend.

As for the leading general of the Achai tribe this time, Li Kui did not intend to act on his behalf, but said warmly: "This attack on the Achai tribe requires hard work General Liu." ”

"You're giving the old man a credit! There is no hard work or not, and it is too late for the old man to thank him. ”

"Gao Yu, I've seen General Liu."

Li Kui pulled Liu Yannian to introduce Gao Yu. Today's Gao Yu has a certain foundation in the army. However, commanding operations still needs to be tempered under the guidance of veterans.

"Brother Gao is a talent, I heard that he has been studying under Master Su for many years, this little thing of the old man, as long as you want to learn, you can learn it. I'm afraid that my brother will learn amazingly, and the old man will disappoint you. ”

"General Liu is a senior in the army, and he is the power to assist the general in the war."

"My brother is too humble, today the old man has a banquet, and I ask my brother to give face."

General Liu invited, and the younger brother was naturally pleased. It just so happens that the younger brother has an urn of imperial wine here, and he is worried that he has no friends who drink together. ”

"Haha, the old man has drunk this royal wine. Hurry up and follow the old man to get good wine, and if you don't get drunk today, you won't return. ”

Gao Yu can speak, and since following Su Shi, he has more of the freedom of a scribe. This will make it easy for him to gain the favor of his colleagues in the Great Song Dynasty.

The reason why Liu Yannian did not invite Li Kui and Chong Jianzhong was that Liu Yannian also knew that Wenchen was not likely to participate in the martial arts banquet, and Wenchen needed to avoid suspicion. Second, if he invites someone and is rejected, where will his old man's face go?

In the days that followed, the slave chiefs who had received Li Kui's verbal recognition of the Tusi official position also came, and swore to Li Kui that they were more reliable than the magnates in Qingtang City, and that they must be allowed to go to the west.

Sha Langhei, Zhi Ritu and others also found Li Kui's loyalty:

"My lord, the words of the magnates are not credible, they are all sinister people in front of them and behind their backs, let me and others pacify the Achai tribe for the adults and share the worries of the adults!"

"Yes, the powerful are the most unrealistic."

It was not surprising that Chong Jianzhong obtained the power to command the troops of the Western Expedition, and the nominal general was Liu Yannian and the deputy general Gao Yu. And he fulfilled the duties of supervising the army and commander-in-chief.

And the selection of generals made him the hottest nobleman in Qingtang City for a while.

As long as Chong Jianzhong enters the barracks, the generals and colonels in the army will all behave, and they look forward to being favored by Chong Jianzhong and can lead the army to set off. It's a pity that there are not many opportunities for infantry generals, and with Luda here, others can't compete with him at all.

The cavalry generals were between Zhang Chuan and Hu Yanzhuo.

It's a pity that Hu Yanzhuo once offended Li Kui, and he didn't dare to think that he had the opportunity to lead the troops into battle.

On this day, Chong Jianzhong finally opened his mouth and ordered all the Tusi to send 2,000 troops to prepare for the westward expedition. And he entered the barracks, and the first thing to bear the brunt of it was the Feilian Military Station.

As soon as he entered the station, he heard the cheers of the crowd.

"Bearded, beat him, don't coward!"

"Attack him three ways, let him cut off his children and grandchildren!"

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Gao Yu, who accompanied Zhong Jianzhong, was a little dark-faced, and he found that Fei Lianjun were all unruly guys. If it weren't for the fact that these people all had some backstage that he couldn't afford to provoke, he would have done it a long time ago.

As a last resort, Gao Yu had no choice but to hug his fists at Chong Jianzhong and said: "Let the adults laugh, I'll go and scold them before coming to the military tent." ”

"General Gao doesn't have to bother, let's go and have a look. Lieutenant General and Colonel Fei Lian Army, I know all of them. Chong Jianzhong smiled gently, Liu Yannian's infantry was not as strong as Feilian's army, which even Liu Yannian recognized. Therefore, even if Liu Yannian got the position of chief general, he only carried a thousand pro-army as the Chinese army.

And the main force of the Song army can only be selected from the Feilian army.

When the two came to the open space in the barracks, they saw two men, shirtless, wrestling in the open space. Different from the gameplay on the grassland, the gameplay in the army is more unrestrained. Fists, legs, and even the head can be used as a means of attack.

Poof

One of them was picked up by another big man and slammed to the ground, and it took a long time to get up, showing an expression of disbelief, pointing at the man who was stronger, stronger, and more sturdy than him, and said angrily: "Young man, don't talk about martial arts!" ”

"Bah, you're not even thirty, what kind of old man are you? Do you have the ability to do it again? ”

"How dare you use a blade?"

"As long as it's not a cavalry battle, who have I Ruda been afraid of?"

"Good boy, today we will let you see how powerful I call my family."

Hu Yanzhuo and Luda are the strongest generals in the Fei Lian Army, of course, Hu Yanzhuo is more unlucky, and there are not many opportunities for meritorious service, but it is Luda, because he is Li Kui's disciple, he is used to being arrogant and domineering in the Fei Lian Army, and no one can help him. But Hu Yanzhuo is not good, he has a lot of opponents in the army, Zhang Chuan and Li Yun are his opponents. He was pitted in the martial arts in the capital back then, which made him lose the glory of the martial champion. The descendants of his dignified family, who participated in the martial arts and did not get the title of martial champion, made him a joke in the door for a while.

But Zhang Chuan's father is the commander of the first army, and although the Suide army is not too strong, it is also the main force of the Western Army.

Needless to say, Li Yun is Li Kui's brother. Coupled with the addition of Luda and Ruan Xiaoer, Hu Yanzhuo looked up, as if he was in a desperate situation where enemies were everywhere in the army.

In addition, Zhang Chuan, Nian Xi, Lu Qian and others are also friendly with Luda, some of them are for Li Kui's sake, and some of them are deliberately stammering. Anyway, Luda can almost walk sideways in the Feilian army, but Hu Yanzhuo, who was born in Jiangmen, has become a marginal person in the army.

Both of them have fiery tempers, and if they disagree, they will discipline each other with their fists. It's a pity that Hu Yanzhuo can easily defeat the person who doesn't end up, and Luda, who has rough skin and thick flesh and doesn't have the strength to speak, really can't beat him. made him more and more uncomfortable in the army. This day is also idle, and if the two disagree, they will do it.

In the first scene, Hu Yanzhuo was bullied by Ruda's brute force and had no temper. In the second scene, with a blade, Hu Yanzhuo said: "With the double whip in hand, who has General Ben been afraid of?" ”

But he didn't wait to be complacent, but found that Luda took a phoenix mouth knife from his subordinates, there is a way that is an inch long, an inch strong, Luda is still a step general, Hu Yanzhuo's eyes are beating, he is a little difficult to ride a tiger.

At this moment, Gao Yu came, walked to the martial arts arena with his face and said to Hu Yanzhuo: "If you are not in shape, how can you be a general?" ”

It's not been a day or two since Hu Yanzhuo stammered Gao Yu, Gao Yu was very polite to him before, but today for the sake of Luda, a wild man, Gao Yu actually yelled at him!

Hu Yanzhuo's fragile heart suddenly felt a kind of despair that was about to be broken.

But Chong Jianzhong looked at Hu Yanzhuo's double whip, and for a while he was a little out of the world as if he was a friend of the world, he asked Gao Yu: "Who is the short man with the double whip?" ”

didn't wait for Gao Yu to answer, but was heard by Hu Yanzhuo, and the anger immediately came up, and he glared angrily and pointed at Chong Jianzhong: "Who is short, you make it clear, who is short?" ”