The old servant was puzzled: "What does Ah Lang mean, then Han Zhen also wants Ah Lang to help him cover up?" ”

"You're underestimating this person!"

Xie Ding shook his head and explained: "If it was just to help him cover up, Han Zhen would have sent Zhu'er back a long time ago, plus he had rushed to Qiancheng County before, even if this official was unreasonable, he would accept his two favors and choose to be deaf and dumb." ”

The old servant finally reacted at this time, and said with a shocked face: "He wants to ......"

Xie Ding replied: "He wants to use the identity of Zhu'er to tie Wu Xie and Liu to the chariot. ”

"Ah Lang, this matter is not trivial, you need to go to the state capital as soon as possible to prove your innocence, otherwise when Han Zhen starts up, the Xie and Liu families may be wiped out!" The old servant hurriedly persuaded.

"Shangshu Prefecture?"

Xie Ding smiled bitterly: "Zhizhou Zhao Ting has long been in cahoots with Han Zhen and is complicit. Liu Mi is also a mediocre talent who only knows how to satisfy his appetite, and he has been bought out. Even if the fold is handed over, I'm afraid that these two people will forcibly press it down. ”

Except for the prefects around Gyeonggi, the prefects under the jurisdiction of the other state capitals were not qualified to directly give the emperor a lesson.

It needs to be reviewed by the state officials, and then handed over to the transfer department all the way, and forwarded to the Zhongshu Men Province for approval, and after it is passed, it will be handed to the emperor.

As for whether the emperor looks at it or not, that's another matter.

Of course, the Fuyang Xie family has accumulated a lot of fame and contacts in Shilin for so many years, and many high-ranking officials in the court are close to them, if Xie Ding really wants to play, he can completely bypass these procedures.

But he didn't dare.

Now Liu Zhongwu's life in the border army is becoming more and more difficult, although he looks at the scenery, he is actually precarious. Especially in the past two years, he suffered several defeats in the confrontation with the Western Xia people, and was taken advantage of by Tong Guan to play and constantly squeezed out and suppressed, otherwise he would not have sent his young son to his uncle.

If Tong Guan knew about this matter, he would definitely make a big fuss and eradicate Liu Zhongwu in one fell swoop.

You, Liu Zhongwu, are a dignified second-class officer, a general guarding the border passes, but your own son took the initiative to defect to the thieves.

What do today's officials think?

At that time, it will really become a yellow mud and drop the crotch of his pants, and it will be not but.

Therefore, Xie Ding can only suffer this dumb loss.

"Alas!"

Xie Ding stood with his hands in his hands and sighed: "I only hope that Zhu'er will wake up soon, see Han Zhen's wolf ambitions, and come back soon." ”

……

"Kill the pig!"

Liu Qi held a pig-killing knife, and the whole person was extremely excited.

He now completely likes the life in the barracks, and in just a few days, he has been mixed in the barracks like a fish in water, and even has the reputation of a monkey stick.

Nie Dong and other Western soldiers are all talents, and they speak well, and they are countless times happier than the days when they were studying by their uncle's side.

It's really fun here, don't think about it!

Today is a day of three days of meat in the barracks.

Nowadays, hunting alone can no longer satisfy the appetite of more than 700 soldiers, so every three days, the county swineherd will send a few fat pigs to the barracks.

At this moment, I saw six fat pigs tied to the bench and howling constantly.

Xiao Wu, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but pout: "Do you fucking kill pigs, holding the knife for a long time, you are killing!" ”

Liu Qi glanced at him with contempt: "You bird is very arrogant, how can you be impatient when you kill pigs, you need to let the pig's blood tumble before you can vent it, otherwise the blood will not be clean, and the pork will have a fishy smell." ”

The people who bluffed these words were stunned for a moment.

Xiao Wu was surprised: "There are so many doorways? ”

"Of course!"

Liu Qi smiled proudly and stabbed into the pig's neck.

Suddenly, a pillar of blood gushed out.

The cook hurriedly brought the wooden basin over, and after receiving a full basin, he immediately added warm water and salt to the wooden basin and stirred it continuously.

After the pig's blood was cleaned, Liu Qi crossed his waist with one hand and said proudly: "How about my technique?" Killing pigs has to be like this, fast and accurate. ”

Hearing this, a veteran of Xiaowang Village said disdainfully: "What are you, I have seen the county magistrate kill a pig, a 200-pound boar, and easily hold down his neck with one hand." ”

"Don't be bluffing!"

Liu Qi looked incredulous.

The veteran suddenly stopped doing it, and shouted: "Hey, what am I bluffing you for, many people saw it at that time, and the boar was like a chicken in the hands of the county magistrate." ”

These words aroused Liu Qi's competitive spirit, and he was eager to try: "What's so difficult about this, you wait and see it!" ”

With that, he stepped over to the other pig and motioned for the soldier to untie the rope that bound the pig's feet.

When the rope was untied, Liu Qi let out a loud cry and pressed one hand on the pig's neck.

Not to mention, Liu Qi does have two strengths, and he really held down the pig.

Feeling the strength of the boar's struggle, Liu Qi blushed, did not dare to delay, and stabbed the pig in the neck with a knife in his other hand.

It's just that the boar kept struggling and stabbed it off.

"Whoa!!"

I saw the boar let out a series of high-pitched roars, which suddenly knocked Liu Qi to the ground and ran wildly.

"Hurry up, catch it!"

"Don't let the pigs run away!"

The boar had gone berserk because of his wounds, and knocked down several soldiers in a row, and scurried around the barracks.

Xiao Wu and the others shouted while chasing after them.

For a while, people turned on their backs, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

"Let me come!"

Liu Qi stood up again with a carp and rushed towards the boar quickly.

The loss of face just now made him extremely embarrassed, and he urgently needed to regain face at the moment.

In the White Tiger Hall, Han Zhen and Nie Dong sorted out the information of the new army today.

Three thousand recruits were recruited in just one day.

At this moment, the two are discussing the issue of army formation.

Nie Dong proposed: "County magistrate, the last general thinks that it is still mainly flowery clothes at the moment. Shandong is mountainous, especially the three prefectures of Qi, Qing and Zi, and the mountainous combat costumes are more flexible and free than those of the pure team. ”

Fancy costumes and pure teams were military terms in the Song Dynasty.

Flower dressers have a variety of meanings.

In the forbidden army, for example, fifty people are in a team, and these fifty people have shieldmen, crossbowmen, pikemen, sword and axe hands, etc.

The pure team is a unified class, and a team of 50 people are all shield bearers or pikemen.

These two types of preparation have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Flower costumes are strong in flexibility, small scale combat capabilities are strong, and in the face of complex terrain, when the army cannot spread out in a large area, flower costumes are more advantageous.

Pure teams are more suitable for the plains, where large legions engage head-on.

The Western Army is a good hand at playing flower costumes, because the terrain of the Northwest Five Roads in line with the Western Xia is complex, and there are many mountain ranges, and the five border armies have been dominated by flower costumes for a long time.

The northern side bordering the Liao State is different, and the large plains in the Hebei region are obviously more suitable for pure teams.

This is also one of the reasons why the Western Army, known as the strongest and elite in the Northern Song Dynasty, suffered setbacks one after another in the two Northern Expeditions.

Because the Western Army is simply not good at the ability of the large corps to fight in the plains.

To say that the combat strength of the Western Army is weaker than that of the Liao Army and the Jin Army, it is not necessarily true, two years after the defeat of Fuping, Wu Jue led the Western Army to defeat Wanyan Zongbi in the Monk Yuan, but he lost his armor and cried his father and mother.

Why is this so?

Quite simply, the terrain of the monk plain is the mountainous environment that the Western Army is best at.

In such a mountainous environment, the Western Army's fancy dress can give full play to its strength.

Throughout the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the only one who could fight the pure team was the Jingsai Army at the beginning of the Song Dynasty.

However, with the erosion of the Hebei Forbidden Army, to this day, there is no pure team in the Song army that can compete with the Liao army.

Han Zhen pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, let's focus on flower costumes for the time being." ”

It is indeed not the time to form a pure team at present, and if it is only to attack Shandong, the flower costume is indeed more advantageous.

Suddenly, there was a loud shouting outside.

Han Zhen and Nie Dong glanced at each other, and they all frowned.

Walking out of the White Tiger Hall quickly, they saw a fat pig roaring and rushing towards them.

The fat pig also had a pig-killing knife hanging under its neck, and blood flowed.

Without waiting for Nie Dong to react, Han Zhen took a step forward and kicked it away.

Bang!

With just one kick, the wild fat pig crashed into the city wall, wailing and falling back several meters and falling to the ground.

Before the fat pig could get up, Han Zhen stepped forward quickly, stepped on the pig's head with one foot, and kicked the other the handle of the knife.

The pig-killing knife suddenly sank into it, and blood gushed out.

Feeling that life was passing, the fat pig struggled frantically, but the big foot on its head did not move.

Seeing this scene, a trace of horror flashed in the eyes of the soldiers who chased after them, and they swallowed their saliva.

Looking around at the crowd, Han Zhen shouted with a cold face: "Let you wait to kill a pig, why did you make it like this?" ”

The group didn't speak, and glanced at Liu Qi.

Liu Qi took a step forward and explained: "The county magistrate, I want to learn from the county magistrate to kill the pig with one hand, but the knife stabbed crookedly and let the pig escape." ”

"Is that so?"

Han Zhen looked at Xiao Wu and asked.

"That's true."

Xiao Wu nodded and told Fang Cai as it was.

Nie Dong was speechless for a while, and glared at Xiao Wu fiercely.

He was startled, thinking that the camp had been bombed.

Han Zhen pointed to the open space and sneered: "Five hundred push-ups, when to finish and when to eat, Xiao Wu, you count on the side, not one less." ”

"Yes!"

Liu Qi made a bitter face, obediently lay on the ground and started to do it.

At this time, the fat pig under his feet was no longer moving, Han Zhen moved his feet and ordered, "Carry it to the kitchen!" ”

Several soldiers immediately stepped forward and lifted the fat pig in the direction of the kitchen.

I have to say that Liu Qi's physique is far beyond ordinary people, and he was born under wealth, so he eats and drinks well on weekdays, and his nutrition can keep up.

Lying on the ground and snorting, he made fifty in one breath.

After fifty, the pace began to slow down.

Walking to his side, Han Zhen said slowly, "Your uncle wrote a letter yesterday. ”

There is no need to hide this matter, after all, it was Liu Qi himself who came to join him.

If you hide it, it's easy to get upset.

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Liu Qi panicked, his breathing rhythm was chaotic all of a sudden, and his eyes dodged: "I ...... What did my uncle say? ”

Han Zhen replied, "Let me send you back." ”

"You promised?"

Liu Qi looked worried, but the movements in his hands did not stop, and he was still sitting in push-ups.

Han Zhen couldn't help but smile and said, "I saw that you were very happy here, so I refused." ”

"Thank you, County Magistrate!"

Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully.

"Anyway, he is your uncle, and it's really inappropriate for you to sneak out without saying goodbye. Write a letter later, and I'll send it to you tomorrow. ”

For a while, Liu Qi was moved, and he only felt that Han Zhen was really good, and he thought about himself everywhere.

Thinking of this, he nodded solemnly and said, "I'll write when I'm done." ”

(End of chapter)