What is surprising is that before he reached the tent, there was a shout of dispute.

"Why do I have to fight when I win the most?"

"The rules have changed!" Ruan Xiaowu crossed his arms and looked playfully at the other party's flushed face because of anger, but he looked helpless against him.

"Commander Shi, you just admit it, if you are defeated, our brother will avenge you!"

This is said as if Commander Shi is going to shroud the horse leather in front of the battle today, and he doesn't talk about the slightest friendship in robes, and he is still gloating on the side, which is annoying! Let's ask, how can Commander Shi not be angry? He couldn't help Ruan Xiaowu, after all, it was Ruan Xiaowu who was standing behind Li Kui, the most expensive civil official in the Great Song Dynasty.

But with a few colleagues like him, he was not afraid at all. Pointing to a few colleagues, he said: "You shameless greedy for life and afraid of death, especially you Lao Hong." A few of us are colleagues who have come to Qingfeng Village to reinforce you, but what about you? Don't even talk about the friendship of landlords, it stands to reason that you should go to fight this battle. ”

"The Lord has arrived!"

"Lord Commander has arrived!"

"Master Li has arrived!"

When it was Li Kui's turn, it was just one Lord Li. At least, it can be seen that the little proofreader who is in the roll call does not treat Li Kui very well. In fact, after making such a fuss, Li Kui belonged to the plague god in his hometown Jingdong Road, which was avoided by everyone in the officialdom, and his character was completely ruined.

If Cao Yuanchun hadn't been there for Zhao Tingzhi and Li Kui, he would have rushed over and kicked forward. He, the battalion general, has six commanders under his command. All but the two commands he brought with him were brought together. These guys, their faces are gone, and they use mahjong to win the chance to save their lives. If Li Kui doesn't give up, it is likely that even he, a general, will be unlucky.

Jingdong Road is the strength of the forbidden army of one army.

There is no way to do it if there are not enough troops in the local area. But this is the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no need to arrange too many troops. However, because of the small number of garrisons, bandits were rampant.

The Huaiyang Army was already having a hard time, especially Liu Baosheng, who was originally the third-in-command of the Huaiyang Army, and he was all waiting. was also squeezed out by his colleagues in the army for several days, and there is a way to revenge new and old hatreds together.

Cao Yuanchun was really worried that Li Kui would ignore it and press him to death first.

"Bastard, my Huaiyang Army's face has been lost to a few of you. Say, "Why do you fear the enemy?" Why are you trapped in injustice? Stone treasure! Shibao! I said what are you good at, the order in the army is forbidden, why don't you obey the orders of the superiors? You're just a small general, can't you rebel with your command? ”

"Your Excellency has wronged! The rules that Master Li said were good yesterday, but I didn't expect them to change today. If you knew this, why did I need to wait for a night of fatigue? Shi Bao was about to cry aggrieved, he played mahjong all night, just to not show his face, is it easy?

Cao Yuanchun seemed to have guessed the embarrassment of several subordinates, and whispered to Zhao Tingzhi: "My lord, can you let me ask them about the situation alone?" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Tingzhi didn't pay attention to Li Kui, and even showed that there was no one in his eyes, wanting to anger Li Kui. Although Zhao Tingzhi said that his knees are relatively soft, he likes to kneel the big guy. But he is not going to grovel to Li Kui, who is younger than his eldest son. He is not Shen Kuo.

found that Li Kui didn't come up, Zhao Tingzhi was very regretful, as if he had missed something good. As if just then I remembered that they also had a Li Kui from Zhongshu Province here, and said to Li Kui with a smile: "The old man is good at making claims, Lord Li doesn't care, right?" ”

"Please."

Li Kui beat the gong and drum, not to sing a big play, but to watch the play. Since Zhao Tingzhi is willing to be the principal, he is also happy to be idle.

Li Kui naturally couldn't be in the handsome tent with Zhao Tingzhi, but instead shook his head and walked out of the camp. Turned around and returned to the official residence of Qingfeng Village.

When the people left here, Cao Yuanchun viciously said angrily to several subordinates: "You have lost all the faces of this general." A few of you still think that Master Li is really easy to talk to, if he doesn't recognize his six relatives, don't talk about a few of you, even if it's me, I'm worried about my life. ”

"General, although Li Kui is a civil official, you are a member of the Cao family? How could you be afraid of him? I don't dare to do anything to the general if I borrow a few of his guts! ”

The Cao family, that's right, is the Cao family in the capital.

But Cao Yuanchun would not tell his subordinates at all that many of the Cao family's businesses now rely on Li Kui to do it. If the head of the family knew that he had a bad relationship with Li Kui, Cao Yuanchun would be sure, and the unlucky one would not be Li Kui, but him Cao Yuanchun. The reason why it seems that Li Kui is quite giving him face, even Cao Yuanchun is puzzled.

Others don't know, doesn't Cao Yuanchun know?

Li Kui even said that Tong Guan, the eunuch next to the emperor, would be beaten, but because Tong Guan said a few more words, Li Kui felt uncomfortable to listen to.

Can he Cao Yuanchun compare to Tong Guan's identity?

Fighting a dog depends on the owner, Tong Guan's master is the emperor, and his master is ...... Forget it, now the Cao family has followed Li Kui a lot. As far as the kerosene business in the northwest is concerned, the Cao family can earn more than 100,000 yuan a year. In terms of this interest, Li Kui can do almost whatever he wants in the Cao family.

Of course, Cao Yuanchun can't say that the Cao family is unbearable, so he has to warn a few subordinates from Li Kui's identity: "You really don't know whether you live or die, and you don't know if you walk on the Hades Palace?" Tong Guan, a close confidant of the official family, was whipped twenty lashes because he refuted Li Kui a few words when he was a prisoner, which was in Qingtang, and few people in the court knew. I also learned about this when news came from the army. ”

"But what do you think of him? should be promoted, or promoted, when he is only a weak crown, he can already be on an equal footing with Lord Zhao. What qualifications does Lord Zhao have? How many years has he only been an official? ”

"General, do you mean that Li Kui is proud of his achievements and has no one in his eyes?" Commander Shi already resented Li Kui, and in private, he hated Li Kui even more.

It's a pity that his strength doesn't allow him to make up for face from Li Kui, so he can only slander him behind his back.

"Waste, you know something? Li Kui was able to come out in the imperial examination and third in the palace examination. Do you think he's going to be a fool? His father-in-law is a prince of the dynasty, and his brother-in-law is a member of today's official family. Even if it is a merit, there are no less than 100,000 unjust souls of the party Tubo who died under his hands, do you think he will be such a person? If he is really proud of his merits and the villain's ambition, why does he lead the troops into battle, and all the soldiers will risk their lives to follow him? ”

There is no fluke in success.

The imperial relatives of the Great Song Dynasty did not live well, at least in the officialdom.

Civil officials beware of eunuchs and imperial relatives, as long as these people are in power, they will immediately cause a collective attack by civil officials. If you don't blast it down, it's not over.

Li Kui is just the emperor's brother-in-law, and it is impossible for Zhang Dian and others to be valued by Zhang Dian and others with this identity alone, not only will he not be valued, but he will also be guarded against.

What makes Li Kui stand out is not his identity, but his ability. This guy has outstanding ability, from earning money, taking imperial examinations, leading troops to fight, governing places, planning in the court, any of which can be in the top three in the Great Song Dynasty. It can be said that the Great Song Dynasty has never produced such civil officials.

If you are too good, you will be noticed. This is the reason why Li Kui has risen to the top. Of course, the emperor also contributed, and Li Kui was his head horse and must be protected.

Shi Bao said dejectedly: "Isn't it that our Huaiyang Army is going to be eaten by him?" But he is also from Jingdong Road? Why don't you look at the face of your fellow countrymen and let us go? ”

Cao Yuanchun sneered, Shi Bao was a pond fish that caught fire at the city gate. Especially this thing has not yet been enlightened, but Cao Yuanchun has made up his mind, the first battle must let Shi Bao fight, no matter what the outcome is, he can't shake it. But the problem is that there must be a reason why Shi Bao avoided the war in every possible way, and this reason!

The forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty is almost the same, and they are paid empty.

Don't look at Shi Bao coming with 500 people, but it's hard to say how many of these 500 people are real soldiers. If there wasn't much to eat, Shi Bao wouldn't be so weak.

Thinking of this, Cao Yuanchun also hated that iron could not become steel, and said angrily: "How many of your soldiers are not subordinates?" ”

Shi Bao said helplessly: "It's just a hundred." ”

"Eat 20% of the empty salary?" Cao Yuanchun was a little surprised, this consciousness was higher than him! But if you really eat 20% of the empty salary, then there are 400 people who are forbidden soldiers. On weekdays, the training of the forbidden army is not bad, and they should not be afraid to fight. He couldn't help but wonder: "You didn't lie to me? ”

Shi Bao secretly raised a finger and said with a bitter face: "Just one hundred are sergeants, and the others are all recruited temporarily." After speaking, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "General, the villain is also helpless!" This is the New Year, and the soldiers either go home for reunion, or they go to run errands. Who knows, there is also military affairs! ”

Cao Yuanchun angrily raised his leg and kicked Shi Bao over, and reprimanded: "Bastard, you dare to eat eighty percent of the empty salary? ”

"No, sir, I really don't. The rules of our Huaiyang Army are all thirty percent, how dare I transgress them? It's just that during the Chinese New Year, the sergeants and soldiers in the army are not in the army, and I have no choice but to wait, so I recruited the people around the station. If you say it's good, you will pretend to be ten days, two dollars, food and shelter, and when the day comes, you will break up. ”

Shi Bao rolled twice on the ground, then crawled to Cao Yuanchun's feet, hugged Cao Yuanchun and cried: "There is no way for the subordinates, if you let these people go to the battlefield, they will turn against them in an instant, and the subordinates are also afraid of accidents!" ”

Cao Yuanchun was also helpless, looked at the other three subordinates, and asked, "How many people did you bring?" ”

"My subordinates brought a hundred people, and as you know, my people have three teams of people who went to Dingzhou to sell cattle and sheep." Commander Yu looked determined, and Cao Yuanchun also had a part in this business.

Cao Yuanchun said weakly: "Forget it, what about you?" ”

"The subordinates also brought a hundred people, and the others were full. There is a winery in the army, and it needs to be delivered during the Chinese New Year......"

"There are two hundred men."

The best performer was Hong Zhong, who was the general of Qingfeng Village, and his command was to guard against the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain. The others are not afraid, in case the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain knock down his stockade, it will be a big deal.

Cao Yuanchun was dumbfounded, four commanders, a full quota of 2,000 troops, will only be able to gather the strength of one command. Only then did he understand why these four subordinates refused to fight, and the temporary workers recruited would not fight at all. Not only do they not know how to fight, but ordinary people run away when they see blood, and they can't command at all when they go to the battlefield. It's really stupid to take them together to fight, not only can they not help, but they will scatter the entire army formation because of panic and death.

If you don't go out with it.

Didn't this charge of eating empty wages be sent to Li Kui's hands?

Don't look at the Great Song Dynasty and turn a blind eye to the empty salaries of the generals of the forbidden army, that is because the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty hope to degenerate. An army that eats empty salaries must have combat effectiveness, who believes it? But if it is really scratched out and is caught, the light one will be raided and distributed, and the heavy one will not be able to save his life. Civilian officials don't even need to ask for instructions, they don't need to report to the criminal department, they can kill the lieutenant colonel on the spot. How dare Shi Bao tell Li Kui about his empty salary? Don't talk about him, the other generals didn't dare to say it, so they could only use every means to delay, hoping that Cao Yuanchun could help them after he came.

Thinking about it, Cao Yuanchun could only make up for Shi Bao first, and then fool the past first.

But it was unrealistic to give all of them to Shi Bao, and in the end, Cao Yuanchun could only draw one hundred and fifty people from his own deployment to Shi Bao, and the other three also contributed more than two hundred people. Then he advised: "I'll go to Lord Zhao to delay for a day, you take advantage of this day to be more familiar with the soldiers." Don't fight tomorrow and disgrace Ben. ”

Shi Bao swore an oath: "Don't worry, general, the humble duty is to give up your life and take Qingfeng Mountain for you." ”

"I hope so!"

Cao Yuanchun is also not sure, don't look at the current siege of Qingfeng Mountain, the number of troops besieging Qingfeng Mountain has reached an astonishing 5,000, but how many of them are farmers who farm the land, and how many are ordinary people who do short-term labor, it is unknown.

After Zhao Tingzhi heard Cao Yuanchun's report, he was also resentful, but now is not the time to reprimand. I had no choice but to order the mobilization of Qizhou to send 1,000 troops. first solved the urgent need, and then took Li Kui away.

And Li Kui didn't care, saying that if there was a war tomorrow, it would be fought tomorrow.

He just wants to see how many soldiers and horses the forbidden army on Jingdong East Road needs to touch to deal with a bandit den of only 300 people?

At the beginning, Liu Baosheng's personal guards were actually hijacked by a nest of bandits in Niubei Mountain, which shows that the combat strength of the forbidden army on Jingdong Road may be much worse than he thought.

He will record everything he sees and throw it to the Metropolitan Hall and the Privy Council, so that the two first-class officials of Da Song will have a headache. He just needs to take this breath and even put it on Zhao Ting.

Zhao Tingzhi is good at seeking officials, and he wanted to take refuge in Wang Anshi at first.

The eldest king didn't look down on his talent (in fact, he didn't have it) and didn't pay much attention to him. then took refuge in Cai Qu, needless to say, Cai Jingzhi's uncle. Once at the beginning of Yuan You, he was in charge of Zhongshu and was the prime minister. However, Cai was really eager and not good at planning, and he worked against the Empress Dowager Xuanren, who was listening to the government at the time, and he also took care of everything, and it was over soon.

Even Zhao Tingzhi was unlucky for a few years.

Now he wants to take refuge in Zhangdun, but Zhangdun is a person, right? Although the eyes of people are not very good. But the problem is that he likes people with ability, Zhao Tingzhi...... Out of his eyes.

If he can't think about it, then Li Qingchen has no hope, and Cai Bian's words will not be against Zhang Dian at all. There is only one Zeng Bu in the court who can make him work. (Of course, Zhao Tingzhi's most famous surrender has not yet waited for the opportunity, in history he took refuge in Cai Jing, and Cai Jing strongly recommended him to become a Shangshu left servant, that is, the deputy prime minister.) When he became the deputy prime minister, he immediately turned the gun and attacked Cai Jing. It's a pity that even the first-class faint monarch in history didn't dare to hand over the Great Song Dynasty to Zhao Tingzhi, and he worked so hard in vain. ）

didn't wait for him to submit his name to Zeng Bu, but he was stirred up by Li Kui for a while under his rule, saying that it was false not to be angry. But if you think about it, why did Li Kui not give up on him?

Is it to vent anger for Su Shi and Huang Tingjian?

If this is the case, Su Shi's pattern is not high!

Now Zhao Tingzhi is not afraid of Su Shi. Su Shi was not the Hanlin bachelor back then, and he was not the little bureaucrat waiting to enter the museum. Zhao Tingzhi is a villain, and the villain will guess Li Kui's intentions from various aspects. At the same time, he can recover after repeated debasement in officialdom, and there is no shortage of means.

In the evening, a dark shadow entered his room and whispered to Zhao Tingzhi: "My lord, the villain has already investigated clearly." Li Kui was robbed by several strongmen in Linyi City, and after he was captured, the person who was the leader was Yan Shun, the owner of Qingfeng Mountain. ”

"That's it?"

Zhao Ting had a toothache in anger, originally thought it was Sumen's revenge, but he didn't expect it to be bad luck, and the thieves under his rule dared to go to Li Kui's head to find bad luck. He suddenly felt a very innocent helplessness.