Chapter 350: The Promise
The walls of Zhenzhou City are still tall and majestic, but in Li Fengyun's eyes, there is no longer the surprise when they first saw it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Even if there is a tall and majestic city wall, under the guard of an army that has no fighting heart, it is just a piece of paper, which can be pierced with a slight stab.
From the eyes of the guards guarding the city gate, Li Fengyun saw a kind of confusion, the kind of confusion he had before.
"Stop, who are you, what are you doing in Zhenzhou?" The chief who guarded the door handed over the basket of eggs he had just grabbed to his Tong Ze, kicked away the old man who was begging and stopped Li Fengyun.
Li Fengyun was reluctant to reveal his identity, so the horses and blades were handed over to the three Ding Hu brothers, and ordered the three to wait ten miles outside Zhenzhou, and after dressing up, he decided to go to Du Ruyue alone. He is a first-class master, in case something happens, he can't stay in a mere town, and it would be a burden to bring the three Ding Hu brothers.
Li Fengyun sighed, took out a piece of silver from his arms, and threw the chief, all of whom had fought the Khitan people together, although Li Fengyun was not used to the behavior of the soldier, but he didn't want to embarrass him: "I am an old friend of General Wang Chongyin, named Ding Hu, and now I am serving in the capital Fengyunwei, and I came to visit him this time." ”
Li Fengyun took out Ding Hu's waist card and handed it to Nashichang.
"Fengyunwei?" Nashichang's eyes lit up for a moment, and then immediately darkened, patted Li Fengyun on the shoulder, and the soldier said: "You kid has a future, you can be selected into Fengyunwei, that is the master! Unlike us, I don't know what will happen tomorrow after today? You look for General Wang, General Wang has been drinking in Xinghua Village every day recently, go to Xinghua Village to find him, and find a quasi!"
Nashi Chang returned the waist card to Li Fengyun, hugged his fists and said: "Brother, my name is Wang Jiu, if you have a chance in the future, you can raise your brother and get your brother to Fengyunwei, that is where you should stay." ”
Li Fengyun glanced at him and said, "Fengyunwei is not allowed to rob the people's eggs, if you want to cut off your head, you will also rob the Khitan Tartars." ”
Wang Jiu's face turned slightly red, he snatched the basket of eggs from Tong Ze's hand, stuffed it into the hands of the old man who was squatting on the side crying, kicked him lightly in the ass, and shouted: "Come into the city, don't be embarrassed here." ”
turned around and smiled at Li Fengyun again: "Brother is a joke, if it weren't for the fact that he hadn't paid his military salary in recent months, and he couldn't eat enough, Lao Tzu wouldn't have done this immoral thing." ”
Li Fengyunqi said: "I heard that the emperor has allocated a lot of rewards to Cheng Dejun, and there has never been a shortage of military salaries, why haven't you paid military salaries for several months, and you can't eat enough?"
Wang Jiu sighed and said: "The emperor's military salary is paid according to 30,000 people, and now there are 60,000 people in the Chengde army.
If it's like this in Fengyunwei, it's just that, following the blood-clothed demon General Li, even if you don't have a military salary and can't eat, at least you can stand up and be a man, kill the Khitan Tartars, even if you die on the battlefield, it's worth it. But now ......"
Wang Jiu shook his head, didn't say any more, just patted Li Fengyun's shoulder, and said, "Brother, your life is good, Lao Tzu doesn't know where he will die in the future, and he may not be scolded when he turns around." ”
The morale of the Chengde army actually degenerated like this, but it is also true, no one in the world is a fool, the people are not, and neither are the soldiers.
Morale becomes a kind of irony when they find themselves just pawns for other people's personal gain, and their own lives are nothing more than consumables in the hands of others that can be consumed at any time.
The once elite Cheng German army is now like this.
The battle of Yangcheng easily let the remnants of Yelu Deguang's army leave safely, it was a mistake, this mistake exhausted the little passion that the Chengde army once had, and now the Chengde army is only a shell.
The 200,000 army was almost defeated by the Khitan tens of thousands of dismounted soldiers in the case of a complete defensive system, and although the battle of Yangcheng was won, the Jin army also paid a heavy price, with no less than 20,000 casualties.
This is a huge blow to the Cheng German army, if this kind of effort can be exchanged for the destruction of the Khitans, even if Yelu Deguang is finally allowed to escape, it will be worth it.
However, Du Chongwei and Liu Zhiyuan not only gave up the pursuit and escape at the last time, but also "escorted" Yelu Deguang out of the Jin Kingdom, which did not hurt the morale of the Jin army a little.
Everyone knows the truth that fighting snakes will not die, and there will be endless troubles, but the extremely wise Du Dashuai and Liu Dashuai seem to pretend not to know, this is not normal, what idea they play, but anyone with a little brain can figure it out from their clues. All kinds of rumors circulated in the army, and Liu Zhiyuan and Du Chongwei wanted to stop them but couldn't stop them.
The facts are in front of us, and no amount of rhetoric can hide him.
Cheng Dejun actually expanded the strength to 60,000, this matter was not reported to the imperial court, what did Du Chongwei want to do?
The soldiers did not know why they were fighting, let alone what their future was, and the only thing they could do was to oppress those who were weaker than them and vent their dissatisfaction.
Li Fengyun really plans to find Wang Chongyin, in Du Chongwei's army, this hearty man is probably the most trustworthy person in Li Fengyun, there is no one.
I don't know what Wang Chongyin is worried about, he sits alone in the corner of the window on the second floor of Xinghua Village, pouring wine bowl after bowl, but the two dishes on the table have not moved.
"Wine is even more sorrowful, Lao Wang, wine can't relieve the sorrow in my heart, I've tried!" Li Fengyun walked behind Wang Chongyin and persuaded.
"Who said that? If you drink a mess, you won't have to worry about anything, if you can drink to death, that's the best!" Wang Chongyin didn't look back, just took a big sip of wine, suddenly stunned, seemed to remember something, and slowly turned around, "If it's really you, Brother Li, why did you come to Zhenzhou? ”
Li Fengyun walked to Wang Chongyin and sat down, took a stoneware bowl, poured a large bowl of wine for himself, and said, "Where in the world is not a pool of muddy water? The entire rivers and lakes are a pool of muddy water. How many clean people are there in the world?
Lao Wang, if you really don't want to, why don't you hang up the seal and leave?"
Wang Chongyin shook his head: "No, I can't let go, the grace of knowing the encounter, the grace is as heavy as a mountain, if I can hang the seal and go, I am not Wang Chongyin." I really regret that I didn't die in the White Regiment Guard Village. If there really is a day when you will fight on the battlefield, Brother Li, can you help cut off the head of my brother? It is better to die under your knife than to die under someone else's knife. ”
Li Fengyun was silent for a while, and said: "There may not be that day, but I promise you, if there is such a day, I will definitely cut off your head cleanly." And I'll do my best to save your family. ”
Wang Chongyin laughed, raised his neck, drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and showed the bottom of the bowl to Li Fengyun, and said: "Refreshing! That's it, don't be soft when the time comes! In this way, I Wang Chongyin will have no more concerns, I owe him, I will return this life to him, and my family will not owe him! I don't ask for anything else, just ask for a stay for my old Wang family!"
Li Fengyun also drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and said solemnly: "Never break your word!" A sense of sadness rose in his heart, such a heroic hero, sooner or later, he would not be able to escape the fate of being buried for Du Chongwei's ambition.
"What are you doing in Zhenzhou? Shouldn't you be here to see the big handsome!" Wang Chongyin asked.
"Of course not!" Li Fengyun shook his head, "I'm not as stupid as you, brother, although I used to think so, but I would never do that." Ruyue...... She's getting married?"
Wang Chongyin was stunned for a moment: "You came to Zhenzhou just for Du Ruyue? Yes, on March 18 next year, Brother Li, don't do stupid things, you can't go with Du Ruyue, listen to my persuasion." She's not for you!"
Li Fengyun was silent, filled Wang Chongyin with wine, poured himself full of wine, took a sip silently, and said for a long time: "I just want to ask her face to face." ”
Wang Chongyin looked at Li Fengyun quietly, with a little pity in his eyes: "What kind of love, what kind of love, my brother also had it when he was young, who had no youth?
It is not easy for you to see Du Ruyue, that grandmother-in-law, she will follow this Du Ruyue every step of the way. She's a great master, you know. ”
"I know!" Li Fengyun replied, "So I came to you, brother, and I hope you can help me send a letter to her, so that I won't be discovered by that grandmother." You don't have to worry about anything else!"