Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 347

Meng Zhixiang lives in a deserted building, and all kinds of feelings come to his heart.

There is a post office in the old city of Huaiyuan.After the new city was repaired seven or eight times, a new station was set up in the city, named Helan Station, and the old station was vacant, so it was converted into a hotel to entertain envoys from other towns and the imperial court.

Meng Zhixiang, Zhao Ye, Li Jiong, and Dongfang Fu all lived in the hotel.The latter three also brought their families, and Meng Zhixiang, a 16-year-old boy, was left alone.

There are state soldiers guarding the hotel, but in fact it is not strict, and they are allowed to go out to play, as long as they report in advance.

One of Meng Zhixiang's favorite things is to sit on the roof of the post building and look at the snow-capped Helan Mountain in the west.

The scenery of Saibei is quite different from that of the Central Plains.

There are mixed places of Fan and Han, and the folk customs are strong, and the Jiedushi also manages the place in an orderly manner.

This is a town with great potential, perhaps no worse than Hedong, which once made him feel aloof.

There was a burst of laughter from next door.

Meng Zhixiang knew that they were a few scholars from central Sichuan who went north to Guanzhong to escape the war, and were attracted by the reputation of the king of Lingwu County to seek a job in Lingzhou.

The largest of them should be a native of Mianzhou who had just been hired as a doctor of medicine in Huaiyuan County, and his companions called him Zhou Zhoulang.

Outside of Shuofang Town, there should be no doctors of medicine at the county level, only doctors of classics.There are doctors of medicine at the state level. If you go down to the state, you will go down from the ninth rank and take some students.

The king of Lingwu County also has a doctor of medicine at the county level. I heard that the number of recruits is 20, and the salary expenditure for this year is 96 yuan. big.In the 35 counties of the ten prefectures and [-] counties in Shuofang, the annual investment is several thousand, or more than one hundred thousand sheep.

With this money, wouldn't it be good to raise three hundred more soldiers?Now is the world of great struggle, without soldiers, everything is empty.

But then again.Zhou Zhoulang should have some real skills, and his medical skills can be called superb.

Meng Zhixiang had contact with him.According to what he said, Zhu Mei made a lot of households in Mianzhou, no matter whether you are a poor man or a Xiumin, every three households will smoke a dime, and all of them will go to war.Zhou Zhoulang must have been selected, so his family fled to Shannan West Road, and then moved to Lingzhou.

Zhou Zhoulang was quite appreciated by the king of Lingwu County, because he cured the disease of his newborn son, he rewarded him with hundreds of pieces of silk at one time.

It is rumored that the youngest son was born to his concubine Zhuge, the fourth son of King Lingwu, and almost died young.Zhou Zhou Lang has such means, no wonder he was rewarded generously.Maybe, after a while, the state doctor of medicine will also be awarded.

King Ying of Lingwu County also studied medicine.

Meng Zhixiang had a drink with Zhou Zhoulang.According to Zhou Zhoulang, the king of Lingwu County sent people to count the "custom diseases" in the ten prefectures of Shuofang, and proposed a disease called "plague". Tell medical students in the classroom.

The plague, probably the plague.

Zhou Zhoulang was dubious about this.However, the king of Lingwu County spoke conclusively and talked about many things, such as the causes of plagues such as plague and malaria, how people get sick and how to prevent them.

It's unheard of!If this is true, is it almost a gift from gods and humans?

The drinking orders started to be issued next door, and Meng Zhixiang was irritated when he heard that, and was about to go out for a walk.But I saw that the post general brought several people in to live in.

Which Fangzhen sent the proton again?Meng Zhixiang was a little puzzled, so he went out to have a look.

"You come from Hebei?" Meng Zhixiang knew that they were from Hebei as soon as he heard this group of people speak, but he didn't know whether it was Youzhou, Chengde or Weibo.If you think about it carefully, Chengde and Youzhou may be even bigger.

There were five people who came, the leader was seven feet long, extremely majestic, he looked like a general.

The four people behind them are mostly guards, holding swords and bows, and leading very good horses.Although Meng Zhixiang has only been in the army for more than a year, how can he not recognize that he is a soldier because he comes from a dental school family for generations.

The leading general hesitated for a moment, and asked back, "Who is the king?"

The news of Meng Zhixiang living here has long been known by many people, and there is nothing to hide, so he said openly, "Meng Zhixiang is under arrest by the army in the backyard of Xingzhou."

"Xingzhou!" The general was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized that he looked Meng Zhixiang up and down, and said with a smile, "What is the relationship between Zhaoyi Military Dental School and Meng Fangli and Meng Qian?"

"One is the deceased uncle, and the other is the uncle." Meng Zhixiang replied.

"This is here to be a proton." The general said bluntly: "How long have you been here?"

Meng Zhixiang didn't answer.This person spoke bluntly, which immediately made him lose the desire to continue the conversation.

"Ha, quite a temper." The general smiled, and the four people behind him also laughed.

"Thin skin and tender flesh. Shuofang's side is full of rough people, I'm afraid this life will be difficult."

"He has a temper, but he just doesn't know what to do."

"Little boy dares to show his teeth to the general. I might as well kill him. Anyway, the fall of Xingzhou is imminent."

Several people sneered at each other.

"What? The fall of Xingzhou is imminent?" Meng Zhixiang was a little confused.I live alone, I don't have any news, and I really don't know what's going on in Xingzhou.

In fact, there was an envoy who came with him, who was an aide of his uncle Meng Qian.He had already returned to Xingzhou by himself because he had asked for help for a long time but failed. However, he asked Meng Zhixiang to stay in Lingzhou as a hostage, and he didn't know why.

"You also came from Xingzhou, so you should know the reality of the city. From my point of view, there is no food and grass inside, and no reinforcements outside. It is not bad to be able to hold on for several months." The general stopped the teasing of the people below, and said : "When I left Hebei, I heard that Li Ke rewarded the army generously and attacked the city with all his strength. How long can the Zhaoyi army last?"

What he said really made Meng Zhixiang dumbfounded, and then he was dejected and frustrated.

"So-and-so is Lu Wenjin from Lu Longjun Elementary School. If there is any difficulty in the Mengya Yamen, I will come to see so-and-so within the next month." Lu Wenjin walked past Meng Zhixiang and said.

"Lu Longjun... Youzhou Town..." Meng Zhixiang was stunned, but also emotional.

The town of Youzhou even found Lingzhou.The strength of Shuofang's army should not be weak, at least it can pose a big threat to Li Keyong.

However, all of this has nothing to do with the Zhaoyi Army!Meng Zhixiang was a little lost, and even a little confused, not knowing what to do in the future.

And on the Hebei battlefield at this time, it was indeed as Lu Wenjin and others had guessed that the Zhaoyi Army had reached its final juncture.

After several months of siege, the army food was not enough, and the defense equipment was also exhausted.The morale of the army was low, and the generals, big and small, were downcast, and they had lost the courage and confidence to fight again.

The only ones in the city who wanted to continue fighting were probably the hundreds of elite soldiers sent by Zhu Quanzhong.

Because Wei Bo refused to borrow the route, the Xuanwu army brigade could not come over, so they could only select the elite, sneaked across the Weibo border, and entered Xingzhou City to defend.

But with their small number of people, they can't fundamentally reverse the situation of the battle.The Hedong Army attacked in such a hurry that no casualties were considered.Li Cunxiao, An Jinjun, Li Hanzhi and others supervised the battle day and night, and wave after wave of warriors climbed up the city and fought to the death with Zhaoyi's army.

The battle has reached this point, there is no need to continue.Even if he hated the Hedong people again, the matter had come to this point, and the only possible way out was to surrender.

Meng Qian only felt a little distressed.Such a big town in the land of five states, first loses Ze and Lu, then loses Ci and Ming, now even Xingzhou can't keep it.

The Meng family once had a chance to rise in front of them.But the troubled times have only just begun, and they have lost all their capital, and there is no more chance, what an irony this is!

At the same time, he was also a little happy.The towns of Chengde and Weibo will not save you, sooner or later it will be your turn to be dealt with by Li Yaer.Especially Zhenji Wang Rong, it was fine if he didn't send troops to rescue him. In the end, he gave Li Keyong money and food, humiliated gifts, and begged others to let him go.

Haha, rats!
Li Ya'er has swallowed Zhaoyi, and Chengde will be next, then you will know what it means to be ruthless and what it means to be a child who is not enough to succeed.

And Li Kuangwei in Youzhou, why didn't he send troops from Weizhou to attack Daizhou and force Li Keyong to retreat?Just like you, want to unify Hebei?Go dreaming, I would rather surrender Zhu Quanzhong than you!
"After staying, everything is ready. Li Keyong promised that as long as the Xuanwu Army is arrested, we will be pardoned." The general came from behind and reported in a low voice.

"Let's do it." Meng Qian waved his hand in pain, and said: "Although I feel sorry for these Bian soldiers who came from afar, but the matter has come to this point, I can only do this. If you want to blame, blame Li Ke for using this thief."

"Of order." The general replied.

"One more thing." Seeing that the relatives were leaving in a hurry, Meng Qian said again: "Send someone out of the city first to Lingzhou, so that my nephew will not come back. Just—let's vote for Shao Shude in Lingzhou, let him Study hard, work hard, and he will be the head of the Lingzhou branch of the Meng family in the future."

The general glanced at Meng Qian, sighed and left.

Outside Xingzhou City, Li Keyong's mood improved inexplicably.

It has been several years since he fought and killed with the Zhaoyi army, and now he is finally going to get all the power.

An Jinjun played well this time, and after the battle, he was appointed as the training envoy of the Xing Ming Regiment to help him guard Xingzhou.

And after discussing Xingzhou, whether the next step is Chengde or Datong, you have to think carefully.

Chengde is strong and not easy to fight, but Datong Town is easy to cause the tension of Yidi, this matter - it is not easy to handle!
(End of this chapter)