Fu Song

Chapter 249
The weather in early spring can turn from warm to cold, especially in the morning and evening, and you still have to wear thick clothes to stay warm.If you are not careful, you will easily catch a cold. Even if there is no serious problem, a stuffy nose, runny nose and coughing will be unbearable.But at noon, when there is sun in the sky, it is warm and comfortable, and it is the best time to sleep, and it is probably because of this.

Ma Xing stood with his arms folded, and behind him stood a large group of officials from Shaanxi Road.

Xiao Ding, the general manager of the West Expedition, returned today, and Ma Xing, the appeasement envoy, led officials to welcome him ten miles away.

Such regulations, such battles, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has never been a pacification envoy who has greeted his subordinates in this way, and no civil servant has ever promoted a general in this way.

Ma Xing knew very well that among the officials behind him, many people didn't take it seriously, and even playing his own memorial at this moment, he was already on his way to Bianliang.

But he didn't care one bit.

In order to appease him, the imperial court might send back the memorials he wrote to himself, so that he can deal with those officials who don't have eyes?
Well, such a thing, the official of the Long Live Palace can do it.

Even Xia Jie, the chief assistant who is about to enter Bianliang, probably won't stop him.

Xia Zhiyan is such a shrewd person, he knows that he is blocking his way, so he has to comfort him, he has always done things like this smoothly without hurting his reputation.

He turned his head and glanced at the groups of officials behind him who were discussing something in a low voice, wondering who would attack him?

Speaking of which, in the past few years as a pacifier on Shaanxi Road, there are really not a few people who have offended them.

The name of the horse beheaded is not for nothing.

Zhang Kuo was on Shaanxi Road in those years, but he brought down the atmosphere on Shaanxi Road. If he didn't slash and kill, how could he get back to the original place?

Of course, this slashing and killing offended a lot of officials and gentry. They didn't dare to show their teeth when I was here, but they didn't have any scruples since I was leaving soon.

Who told me to go to Hebei to serve as a pacifier instead of returning to Bianliang to enter the two governments?

Of course, from Shaanxi to Hebei, although they are all appeasement envoys, Hebei Road is indeed half way higher.Moreover, the power and resources in his hands are far beyond Shaanxi Road.

There is a breeze.

The wind is mixed with the fishy smell of water and soil.

Ma Xing took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes.In the blink of an eye, it has been six years since he was an official on Shaanxi Road?More than three years as a transshipment envoy, and more than two years as a consolation envoy, his official fortune is very prosperous on Shaanxi Road.

The wind whipped up strands of dust, making the sky look a bit gloomy.

Outside Yan'an Mansion, it was bare, it was already early spring, except for a layer of green on the ground, there were not many trees to be seen, and even the mountains not far away had been cut down bare.

This was more than a year ago when Li Du came to attack, Yan'an Mansion took the initiative to cut down all the trees in these places.At that time, I was afraid that the enemy would come and use local materials to make siege equipment.But what I didn't expect was that Li Dan actually held the second line of defense. Later, Wang Jun started to organize a counterattack. After Li Du attacked Wenquan Town, he was also exhausted, and was eventually beaten back bit by bit by the officers and soldiers. .

It's just that Yan'an Mansion suffers, and the summer and autumn in the next few years are destined to be difficult.If there is a slight strong wind, the sky will inevitably be covered by dust, and it will take several years to restore the green mountains and green waters.

He turned his head and took another look, but this one fell on Li Du.

Li Du, who is under the jurisdiction of the capital of Shaanxi Road, is standing alone at this moment, looking extremely lonely.On Shaanxi Road, this person is destined to be lonely.

Li Du saw Ma Xing looking at him, and he smiled and bowed slightly.

Of course he was alone, but he didn't care.

On Shanxi Road, apart from Ma Xing, to be honest, he didn't think much of the rest of the people.

The group of people who thought they could bully him because they surrendered were simply looking for death.

I have surrendered, but my strength still exists.

Even though the army has been reorganized, there are still nearly [-] elite left, and they are all under the control of their confidants.

What kind of things are these sour measures? They dare to run on themselves, and they will slowly clean up one by one in the future.If you really want to talk about strife in the officialdom, how can your own methods be worse than these people?
Ma Xing is here, but he still has some scruples about this person.

Ma Xing is gone, and the new appeasement envoy who came here has no foundation on Shaanxi Road. If he wants to gain a firm foothold, and wants to catch these local bullies and tyrants, he naturally needs help, and there is someone more suitable than himself Can you be the thug of the new pacifier?

No!

I am the natural thug of the new pacifier.

Two lonely people, one with power and one with soldiers, are perfect for each other.

Ma Xing saw Li Du's upturned smile.

He understood Li Du's thoughts, and knew that many things would happen to this person on Shaanxi Road next.

But these are small parts.This person is a general, not a handsome talent.Once Li Xu died, he would not be able to turn the tide.In the future, he will be a person who has worked for the court to death.The new pacifier, Lan Sixin, can occupy the position of Yushi Zhongcheng, so the means of imperial censors are no different.

He hates Xiao Ding, there is no doubt about it.

With him staring at Xiao Ding, if Xiao Ding has any abnormal behavior, this person will definitely jump out and destroy it immediately.

That's it.

Do you hate Xiao Ding?

Looking at the empty official road in the distance, Li Du asked himself in his heart.

Of course I hate it.

If it wasn't for Xiao Ding, maybe Li's great career would have been accomplished by now.

With Hengshan as a barrier, the land of controlling Xingling had its source before the Liao and Song Dynasties. If there is spare energy, it can continue to develop westward, and continuously annex the Uyghurs, Tubo people, Uyghurs, etc., and work hard for several generations to become a modern world. Another big country, not without hope.

But all these efforts came to an abrupt end after Xiao Ding arrived at Hengshan.

Ten years of hard work, like a bubble, was burst by Xiao Ding's poke.

Li's huge family, there is no one in ten who is still alive.

Can you not hate it?

But more, still admire.

Yes, Li Du admired Xiao Ding very much, not because Xiao Du bravely won the three armies, but because Xiao Ding only took two years to accomplish what Li Shi had been trying to accomplish for more than ten years.

Mrs. Li has worked hard for many years to make wedding clothes for others.

The current Xiao Ding has actually completed what Li Xu has always dreamed of.

Recovering Hengshan Dangxiang, there is a natural barrier against the Song Dynasty.

Actual control of Xinglinghehuang, with rich land to produce grain and herd horses.

Defeating Tubo made the Qingtang a mess, and it saved countless Tubo athletes while someone was sleeping soundly beside the couch.

The army marched westward, constantly annexing Siyi to expand its power.

If Li Xu had done all these at the beginning, he would have established himself as emperor a long time ago, sitting facing the south, calling himself a lonely man.

The current Xiao Ding is the real Northwest King.

And he was only twenty-five years old.

Just thinking about it makes people sweat.

So Li Du sincerely admires, even respects this person.

This has nothing to do with hate.

Otherwise, Ma Xingma, who has eyes on his forehead, will go out of the city to meet this general Jiu Jiu?
When did the civil servants of the Song Dynasty think highly of military generals?
Unless this general makes them truly feel threatened!
Ma Xing was scared!

Ma Xing worried that Xiao Ding would follow the old path of his elder brother.

This made Li Du really excited and pleasantly surprised.

If there is a chance, let's meet Xiao Ding alone!This man deserves to be explored on his own.

It doesn't matter whether you really want to become an enemy in the future.

If he really bowed his head and became a slave of the Song Dynasty, it would be boring!

Li Du stroked his beard, thinking how to find the best excuse to meet Xiao Ding?

Well, when Xiao Ding settled down, he might as well make a fuss, in the name of avenging his brother, it also makes sense!Moreover, using this incident to make these bullshit guys on Shaanxi Road think that they are just a rude general who doesn't care about the city government, it will be very beneficial for them to plot against them in the future.

It was hard to hide Ma Xing's eyes.

But it doesn't matter, Ma Xing is about to leave, he killed too much on Shaanxi Road, offended many people, I'm afraid there are more people who hate him than himself!

Speaking of which, my real enemies are those officials from Suide. As for the others, how have I ever touched a hair of these people?

It's not like Ma Xing, killing the Quartet.

Naturally, Ma Xing would not know what Li Du was thinking now.Although he didn't underestimate Li Du and thought he was a talent, he still underestimated Li Du's number two.

This person's talent is no worse than Li Xu's.It's just that in the past, this person was willing to live under his elder brother, running around silently to accumulate strength. After Li Xu's defeat, he was still able to control Xiazhou, Shizhou, and Siwu Pass for a year.

If Ma Xing had really figured this out, maybe there would be no move to recruit Li Du.

Because at this moment, Ma Xing only had Xiao Ding in his eyes.

Xiao Ding is on guard against him!

To guard against him is to guard against the imperial court.

Son Ma Yun came back first.

Xiao Ding was very generous in this matter, of course, maybe he didn't bother to do such things as taking hostages at all.Or Xiao Ding knew very well that if he really turned his back on him, even if Ma Yun was in Xingqing Mansion, it would not have much influence on his decision.

A thousand iron kites!

An elite who can block ten with one.This is Ma Yun's evaluation of his army, and now he is back with Xiao Ding.

Li Yi, the general of the Shentangbao garrison, was originally Xiao Ding's personal guard. When Xiao Ding came to Yan'an Mansion, the three thousand infantry stationed there had already assembled in the name of drills, and some of them had even After crossing Dingbian City, we reached the border of Dingbian Army.

Spring plowing is about to begin, and this half-plowing and half-army army is doing a shitty practice!
Even such an army should not be underestimated!
Their equipment is no worse than that of regular imperial guards.

Moreover, how could Xiao Ding's army in this place be inferior?
If Xiao Ding really wants to have troubles in Yan'an Mansion, he is afraid that these two armies will immediately turn Shaanxi Road upside down.

Xiao Ding's son was in Xingqing Mansion, none of the generals who were loyal to him came back, and it was Tuoba Fenwu who escorted Xiao Ding back.If I really came to a Hongmen banquet and slaughtered Xiao Ding, I was afraid that the Xingqing Mansion would rebel immediately.

Who among Tuoba Yangwei, Nan Renzhong, Yuzang Huama, and Zhang Yuan is not ambitious?
Xin Jian, He Zheng, Zhou Huan, which one is not a seasoned general?

With Xiao Ding present, he can still control these people, but if Xiao Ding is really gone, he is truly out of control.

Xiao Ding would still think about Bianliang's parents, Yue's family, and Qianzhou's younger brother, but would people like Tuoba Yangwei and Zhang Yuan think about these things?
And won't!
Ma Xing sighed softly.

In any case, in the northwest land, a powerful military group has been formed.What the court has to do now is how to win over him, how to make him work for the court instead of pushing him out, and how to get along with this military group will greatly test the ruling ability of the court officials.

After he got out of the tiger, he tried harder to see if he could tie the tiger with a rope.If it works, everyone will be happy, if not, leave it to Xia Zhiyan!
Since it is the chief assistant, of course he has to be responsible.

And I have done all the things I can do, and I don't think I have failed the court.

"Here we come!" Li Du's voice came from behind.

After a while, the ground trembled slightly, and all the experienced generals present knew that it was the sound of cavalry approaching.Thinking of Xiao Ding returning with thousands of capable cavalry, everyone's expressions were a little subtle.

Speaking of it, it should be three years ago. When Xiao Ding took several battalions of his soldiers and horses and stood under the city of Yan'an, the officials on the Shaanxi Road at that time were horrified. That was the first time they saw what the real thing was. Elite teacher.

Three years later, Xiao Ding came back again.

When he left, Xiao Ding was just a commander of the fifth rank, and most of the people present had higher official ranks than him, but when he came back, he was already the commander of the third rank of the army. A person's grade can still hold him down.

Although it is said that low-level civil servants can often hold down higher-level generals, it also depends on the person!For a military general like Xiao Ding, it is impossible for anyone to be qualified to speak in front of him. Whether you are a civil servant or not, in front of him, you might all withdraw your minions. Did you leave the city for ten miles without seeing the pacifier?
Ma Xing coughed and took a few steps forward. Groups of officials arranged their official uniforms and began to line up behind Ma Xing according to their rank.

In addition to the officials, there were also local squires. The welcoming team of hundreds of people, together with guarding soldiers and chariots and horses crowded on the side of the road, had a great momentum.

The sound of horseshoes suddenly weakened.

Just when everyone was puzzled, a flag fluttering in the wind appeared in their field of vision.

Under the banner, a person led a horse and walked slowly.

That was Xiao Ding.

A man, leading a horse, followed behind him, only a general, holding high the banner of Xiao character.

Xiao Ding walked slowly.

But the cavalry of the brigade was a hundred paces away from him, and they were riding their horses slowly.

Of course Xiao Ding wouldn't be too stingy, so he was welcomed by Ma Xing's suburb ten miles away.

(End of this chapter)