The sun rises and the moon sets, and the river flows endlessly.

As soon as Lu Shen sent Lin Jie and Lin Xi away, he ushered in Li Jingda, the governor of Dingzhou, who was recommended by the privy council and appointed by the Son of Heaven.

Actually, this is a more interesting thing.

At the beginning, the Yanjing coalition army attacked Guangling, and the three armies of the Southern Ya were ordered to go north to rescue, and the road dragged for more than a month, and when they crossed the Hengjiang River and arrived in Guangling, the defenders had already defeated the enemy with the cooperation of the Feiyu battalion.

Now Li Jingda took more than 10,000 Zhenwei troops from Yongjia to Xinzhou, Hengjiang and Huaizhou, and arrived in Dingzhou Ruyin City It also took more than a month.

In other words, the combat power of the Beijing army is unpredictable, and it can travel ten miles a day or quickly and rapidly, depending on whether the main general needs it.

In addition to the Zhenwei Army that accompanied Li Jingda to the north, there were also standing civilian subordinate officials of the Governor's Office, such as Changshi, Sima and those who joined the army at all levels.

For the arrival of the governor of Dingzhou, the border army commander held a grand welcome ceremony under the leadership of Xiao Wangzhi.

After the Zhenwei army and the subordinate officials of the Governor's Mansion were properly placed, the two Metropolitan Governors walked into the festival hall side by side, accompanied by Lu Shen and several commanders.

Li Jingda respectfully invited Xiao Wangzhi to sit on the main seat, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo has recovered Dingzhou this time, and his troops are in Heluo, which has greatly increased the momentum of our dynasty, which can be described as a meritorious history. The last general is only shallow in learning, and when he first arrived at the border, he also hoped that the grandfather of the country would give him advice, and he was grateful. ”

He put his posture very low, and Xiao Wangzhi said gently: "Brother Li is serious. His Majesty appointed Brother Li as the governor of Dingzhou, naturally he wanted to use your training ability to train a strong army for Dingzhou that was enough to defeat the Jing army, so why should Brother Li be too humble? ”

The so-called sedan chair is carried by everyone, of course he will not cause trouble for no reason, even if Li Jingda's arrival means that the center of the court divides his military power, there is no anger on his face.

I don't know what Li Jingda thinks in his heart, regardless of how much real talent he has in military affairs, he has been in the officialdom of the capital for a long time, and his skills in his tongue should not be underestimated, and those beautiful words are piled on Xiao Wangzhi's head as if he doesn't want money.

Xiao Wangzhi's expression smiled indifferently.

However, under Li Jingda's praise regardless of decency, the atmosphere in the festival hall seemed to be very harmonious.

After a while, Li Jingda shifted his target and said to Lu Shen: "Lu Hou, you are really ashamed of me. ”

Lu Shen smiled quietly: "What does the Metropolitan Governor mean by this? ”

Li Jingda sighed: "I think you can achieve such an achievement at the age of a weak crown, I will spend decades in vain, even if I can't beat the horse!" When I was still in the capital, I heard His Majesty praise you in public many times, saying that you are young and promising, and loyal to the country, and you can be an example of a general in the army! Before leaving, His Majesty specially told me that I must listen to your opinions more on Dingzhou's military affairs, and I must not make my own decisions and delay the overall situation. ”

Lu Shen said humbly: "Most of the governors are heavy, and the achievements of the last general are all appreciated and valued by His Majesty." Regarding the military affairs of Dingzhou, it should be decided by the Metropolitan Governor, and the last general will definitely do his best to assist the Metropolitan Governor. ”

Li Jingda smacked his lips, as if he was a little unhappy, and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm pretending to be in front of Lu Hou, it's just that I've rarely set foot on the border in recent years, and I'm really blind to everything in the border army." This time, I went north to serve as the governor of Dingzhou at the holy will, and I was really worried in my heart, for fear that I would make a mistake. All in all, I hope that Grandpa Guo and Lu Hou will give advice. ”

The generals in the hall had different expressions.

The expressions of the Huaizhou army commanders such as Pei Di were slightly strange, and Li Jingda repeatedly stated that he had no intention of controlling the military power in Dingzhou.

But can anyone really be at suffice in the face of power?

On the other side, the command of the Zhenwei army made Hou Dayong feel quite aggrieved.

This wasn't his first time in the Northland.

In the battle of Huaizhou the year before last, the three armies of the Southern Ya were ordered to go north, and he was one of them, and Yuan Xingqin and Xu Wen each led an army.

Xu Wen was beheaded for treason with the enemy, and Yuan Xingqin is still staying in the Nanya of the Beijing Army, and because he is Li Jingda's confidant, he has to lead the army to accompany him.

Hou Dayong knew that this trip was by no means an easy road, no matter how strong the Zhenwei army was, in front of the border army that had won successive battles, he couldn't make a splash at all.

Looking at Li Jingda's humble posture at this moment, he had to suppress the anger in his heart.

Xiao Wangzhi is okay, after all, he is a famous general who has been in Huaizhou for more than ten years and does not know how many times he has fought with Jingjun, Li Jingda is naturally just a junior in front of him.

But even Lu Shen, a young man, can ride on Li Jingda's head, which makes Hou Dayong really unacceptable.

Li Jingda didn't seem to notice the emotions of his henchmen, and continued: "Grandpa Guo, the last general has received His Majesty's will a few days ago, and Your Majesty agrees to your request, and Lu Shen will concurrently serve as the chief general of the Dingzhou cavalry, and the commander of the other infantry army will be commanded by the Panlong Army to make Liu Jiangdong reappoint. As for the Feiyun and Lai'an Second Army, the previous general settings remain unchanged. ”

Xiao Wangzhi and Lu Shen glanced at each other, and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Li Jingda said: "Regarding the two armies formed by the division of the Rui Shi Battalion, the name has also been determined by His Majesty, the cavalry army has been given the name Dingbei, and the infantry army has been named Ningyuan. As for the Sixth Army, which was formed by the Dingzhou Governor's Office by order to recruit new soldiers, the Privy Council named it the Fengfu Army. ”

According to the regulations of the Qi Dynasty, the naming of the armies under the command of the governors of each capital will generally be based on place names, such as the Jiangbei Fourth Army added the year before last, such as the Guangling, Lai'an and Taixing armies in Huaizhou.

There are also some special armies, such as the Huaizhou Zhenbei Army and the Feiyun Army, such as the Dingbei and Ningyuan Second Armies, which are now expanded by the Ruishi Battalion.

Comparatively speaking, these specially named armies will be better in all aspects and even in terms of overall strength.

Therefore, Li Jingda said to Lu Shen: "Marquis Lu, Your Majesty's ardent expectations for you can be seen, and I hope that you can make more meritorious contributions to Daqi." ”

Lu Shen bowed his head slightly and said, "The last general will definitely do his best." ”

Li Jingda praised: "With Lu Hou's words, I am relieved." In addition, Your Majesty specially ordered you to consult the military affairs of Dingzhou, in fact, I hope that you can pick up the heavy burden, after all, I am not familiar with the frontier, and I ask Lu Hou to take a lot of trouble about the garrison and detailed affairs arrangements of the Sixth Army in Dingzhou. ”

His posture was too humble, and Hou Dayong, who was sitting at the bottom, was slightly red.

Lu Shen can't figure out the other party's thoughts for the time being, and he is Li Jingda's subordinate after all, so there are some words that should not be spoken.

Fortunately, there are many people of their own in this church.

Xiao Wangzhi smiled and took over the conversation: "Why should Brother Li be so modest. You are the governor of Dingzhou, Lu Shen is young and a subordinate, how can he directly bypass you to decide on military affairs? In my opinion, Brother Li can make arrangements and let Lu Shen and them be responsible for the specific implementation. ”

Li Jingda smiled awkwardly, nodded and said, "What Grandpa Guo said is extremely true, but the last general is too anxious." ”

At this moment, Hou Dayong finally couldn't hold it anymore and said in a rough voice: "Lu Hou, I heard that our army captured more than 8,000 war horses in this battle? ”

This sentence instantly made the atmosphere in the hall solemn.

This time, Lu Shen used the captives led by Qing Yu Huaijin to exchange more than 8,000 fine war horses from the Jing Dynasty, which was full of temptation for all units of the border army.

It is an indisputable fact that the Qi Dynasty lacked military horses, and Xiao Wangzhi set up a sharp battalion and almost looted the Huaizhou Governor's Mansion before he scraped together thousands of war horses. Li Tianrun bothered to plan in Jingzhou, trying to find war horses, and he could only form a flying feather battalion with all he had.

However, Xiao Wangzhi had already made it clear to Lu Shen that the Huaizhou army would not covet the captured war horses this time, because the previous Lei Ze victory had already captured nearly 5,000 good horses, all of which were hidden by Xiao Wangzhi.

In other words, the disposal of these more than 8,000 war horses is in Lu Shen's hands.

Looking at Hou Dayong's eager gaze, Lu Shen said indifferently: "Yes." ”

Hou Dayong said straight to the point: "The last general knows that Lu Hou wants to use these war horses to expand the Dingbei Army, and the Zhenwei army foot soldiers of the last general do not dare to covet the war horses. It's just that when the Metropolitan Governor first came to Dingzhou, the guards around him were all foot soldiers, so I wonder if Lu Hou could cut two thousand war horses for the use of the Metropolitan Governor's guard battalion? If Lu Hou is willing to cut his love, he will be grateful! ”

Pei Di and the others immediately frowned.

As soon as you open your mouth, it's 2,000 horses, you're really a big mouth!

Lu Shen asked calmly: "Dare to ask General Hou, this is the military order of the Grand Governor?" ”

Hou Dayong shook his head and said, "Naturally not." It's just that Lu Hou, as a subordinate of the Grand Governor, shouldn't he think about Shangguan? ”

Lu Shen smiled, dusted off his sleeves and said, "The fact that the Metropolitan Governor has such sensible and considerate subordinates as General Hou really makes me feel a little emotional. It's just that General Hou may not know that when Xu Zhongcheng was ordered to go to Heluo to negotiate with Jingren, he told me that His Majesty had the order to let these captured war horses be disposed of by me. Now that the Dingbei Army has just been formed, there is a shortage of war horses, and I am having a headache about this matter, so I really can't agree to General Hou's request. ”

Hou Dayong was stunned, he didn't expect the other party to move out of the Son of Heaven far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

In fact, he didn't believe that the Son of Heaven really had this will, but what could he do?

Lu Shen continued: "General Hou, in fact, this matter is not difficult to handle, as long as you take the Zhenwei Army to capture a few hundred prisoners of the Jing Army, two thousand war horses are not at your fingertips?" ”

"You-"

Hou Dayong was furious, and subconsciously raised his hand to support the armrest of the chair, but the cold gaze of the border army leaders instantly focused on his face.

"Hou Dayong, presumptuous!"

Li Jingda, who watched the play for a while, shouted loudly, and then angrily reprimanded: "According to the rules of the army, the spoils of war have always been decided by the captured commanders how to distribute them, how can you be allowed to talk nonsense here?" Moreover, Lu Hou has made many meritorious contributions for the country, His Majesty values him so much, how can he allow you, the war horse that invades the Dingbei Army? Stand up for me and immediately salute Lu Hou to make amends! ”

Hou Dayong looked at Li Jingda with a flushed face, took a deep breath after a while, then got up and saluted Lu Shen and said, "The last general will not choose his words for a while, and ask Lu Hou to forgive his sins." ”

But before he bowed down, Lu Shen had already appeared in front of him, holding his arm with both hands, Hou Dayong couldn't sink down no matter what, and then heard Lu Shen say: "Governor, I and other border army officers are reckless, and General Hou is not at fault, don't you make the last general have no place to stand?" ”

Xiao Wangzhi took the opportunity to say: "Yes, the border army generals like to be noisy, Brother Li doesn't have to care." ”

Li Jingda turned angry and smiled: "That's good, that's good." ”

He said to Hou Dayong again: "I will spare you for the time being, and next time you dare to talk nonsense, this governor will definitely not allow it!" ”

"Thank you for your forgiveness."

Hou Dayong bowed.

Everyone chatted a few more words, Xiao Wangzhi got up and said goodbye, now this is Li Jingda's governor's mansion, he will naturally not occupy the magpie's nest, and he will return to Huaizhou to rearm after a while.

Li Jingda personally sent him out of the door, and asked Lu Shen to send him off on his behalf.

The festival hall was quiet, Hou Dayong sat down with his head down, gritted his teeth and said: "Dadu Governor, these people are too deceitful!" ”

Li Jingda shook his head and said calmly: "I never thought of seizing power in a short period of time, and today I let you test Lu Shen, just to see his bottom line." Now it seems that this young man is covered in thorns, and he is really not easy to mess with. That's it, and let him be arrogant, we don't have to rush for a while. ”

Hou Dayong frowned and said, "But except for the Zhenwei Army, the other five armies in Dingzhou are all their people. ”

"Wrong."

Li Jingda said slowly: "The four armies of Dingbei, Ningyuan, Feiyun, and Lai'an are their people, and the Zhenwei Army and the Fengfu Army that are about to be formed are our people. In fact, none of this is important, the key is that these six armies are all members of the imperial court, and I don't believe that they dare to openly oppose the imperial court. ”

Hou Dayong said in a deep voice: "However, as long as Lu Shen is still in Dingzhou, the four armies will not listen to the commander's orders of the metropolitan governor, even if they dare not openly oppose it, they will definitely disobey the yang and the yin." ”

Li Jingda smiled faintly, took a sip of the tea that had cooled down, and said meaningfully: "So I told you not to be in a hurry, how long can Lu Shen stay in Dingzhou?" You know, His Majesty is not so reassuring about him. Having said that, those people thought that if they kicked me out of the capital, I would just come to Dingzhou to go through the motions. ”

"Huh...... Xiao Wangzhi and Lu Shen can defeat Jing Jun in a row, can't I, Li Jingda? ”

"Do you know this isn't the chance I've been waiting for for half a lifetime?"

(End of chapter)