Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 721 Lion Cong Appears

"Captain, five hundred and seventy-two cult thieves have all been put to death!"

On the hillside, corpses were put into body bags one after another. After the personal guards finished counting, they came behind the black bear-like general and reported respectfully.

General Black Bear asked, "How about our casualties?"

The guard's voice sank: "Fifty-three people were killed and seventy-nine people were injured..."

General Heixiong turned around abruptly, his eyes glaring angrily: "My personal guard led a team to encircle a group of bandits, yet so many people were killed or injured? Are you trash?"

The guard was speechless.

General Hei Xiong also knew very well that the Northern Army had been corrupted for so many years without fighting a real battle, and no matter how much he scolded him, he could not change anything, so he immediately changed the object of hatred: "If it wasn't for that Lin Yuanjing pretending to be lofty and arrogant, strictly investigate How can there be such casualties if the magistrate just took advantage of the situation to suppress us warriors? Heh, those bandits believe in a cult, so what kind of good are they? They should have been killed long ago!"

The personal guard heard that his voice was getting louder and his tone was disrespectful, so he hurriedly said: "Quiet the prisoner! Calm down the prisoner!"

General Heixiong spat, with anger in his eyes: "A mere coach of the forbidden army dares to act presumptuously in front of my Zhending Wang family. I really want him to be unable to return to Bianjing!"

The guard's expression changed drastically: "Captain, this is absolutely impossible..."

He knew very well that Wang Jiying, the great-grandson of Wang Deyong, the Military Superintendent of the Daming Mansion, could really do this kind of thing.

Regardless of the generals of the Yang family in Pingshu Romance, for modern people, the most familiar general in the real history of the Northern Song Dynasty should be Di Qing, but when the ancients mentioned Di Qing, they often mentioned another person, who was also a privy envoy. Wang Deyong.

This man has a majestic appearance and a dark complexion. He is known as the "Black King". It must not be reused, and Wang Deyong has been framed repeatedly for this.

Later generations commented angrily, "The suspicion of adding a yellow robe to the body to suppress the warriors is only one Wang Deyong and Di Qing, but there are hundreds of guesses and defenses. How can the husband have no talents to rely on?"

However, compared to Di Qing's melancholy death, Wang Deyong had a good death and lived until he was seventy-nine years old. He was later impeached, saying that he was "greedy and indulged his son in accepting bribes, except that he was involved in personal favoritism." ", this kind of credibility involving specific events is higher.

Not surprisingly, according to the official environment in the Song Dynasty, there were almost no military generals who were not corrupt. Even Di Qing was involved in the minister's money case. It is very unclear. If anyone is absolutely free from corruption, Yue Fei is probably the only one.

The Zhending Wang family did not start their fortune with Wang Deyong's generation. From the time of Taizu, they dominated the north and developed in the army. Although there was no war in the north and the court focused on the west, but The centipede is dead but not stiff, and the Wang family is even more deeply rooted, and his prestige in the army is extremely high.

This is the home of top generals.

So from Wang Jiying's mouth, hearing this kind of words about killing officials, the guards were afraid that this young and energetic Shaolang would really do it.

"Forget it, it's not worth being punished by the family for the sake of a mere coach, and letting the Han family succeed..."

"To take credit for Lin Yuanjing, just drive him back to Bianjing!"

To his relief, Wang Jiying clicked his lips, put aside his thoughts, and then asked, "Did the Anli army take the fortress in Baishawu?"

Qin Wei said: "I haven't received any news from there, probably not. Their military discipline is scattered. They will definitely plunder if they see a caravan on the way. They won't be able to get through for a while."

Wang Jiying sneered: "Fortunately, this group of trash didn't cooperate with them to seize the stronghold, otherwise they would definitely be dragged down!"

The personal guard hurriedly said: "The capital supervisor is wise!"

Wang Jiying said: "Looking at the gold and silver they filially paid, Baishawu let the Anli army occupy it for half a year, and the motorcades coming and going on the official road are enough for them to double their income. At that time, we will take it back and continue to give it to the 'Scorched Mian Ghost'." 'Occupy... the umbrella mountain has not been filial for half a year?"

Qin Wei said: "The last time I went to collect collections, the big leader of Shangai Mountain said that there are not many caravans recently, and when they arrived at their place, they were robbed and there was nothing left. That's why I haven't been able to pay my respects."

Wang Jiying waved his hand: "Since this is the case, why is the umbrella mountain still there? We will destroy them on the way back to Daming Mansion!"

After the fierce battle just now, the guards were unwilling to fight again, but he, who knew the young man's temper well, would never dare to persuade him any more, and respectfully accepted the order: "Yes!"

Seeing that the entire army was in a more rigorous formation, protecting the spoils in the center, and marching triumphantly, Wang Jiying got on his horse and suddenly turned to look at the hillside behind.

It was empty there, and no one was there, he raised his thick eyebrows, shook his head, and rode away.

"This person is so sharp!"

After Wang Jiying left, Shi Qian poked his head out and came to the original battlefield in a hurry to check all kinds of traces: "The loss rate of one to five is definitely the elite of the Northern Army. This general should be from the generals. Home, it's a pity that I'm late, otherwise I should be able to find out more information!"

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"The thieves and bandits in the fort have been wiped out by the elite soldiers of Daming Mansion, and they left directly to the north."

Shi Qian was very fast, walking back and forth, Wang Si, who was on guard outside the fortress, just entered to understand the situation, and was stunned when he heard: "The thieves were wiped out, but they didn't come to sweep the village, why don't you take credit for what you got? "

Wu Yong's eyes moved slightly, and he immediately asked, "It's strange that these elite soldiers from the Daming Mansion took away all the corpses of the bandits instead of just cutting off their heads!"

About half a beat later, Hua Rong also asked a similar question: "What is the reason for these officers and soldiers to spend so long cleaning the battlefield and moving the corpses?"

Shi Qian shook his head, Hua Rong also frowned, but Wu Yong thought for a while, shook his feather fan and said, "Xiaosheng has some guesses..."

The two clasped their fists together: "Please teach me Wu Xueyuan!"

"I don't dare to give advice, it's just speculation!"

Wu Yong analyzed: "The actions of the elite soldiers of the Daming Mansion seem strange, but there are actually traces to follow. They arranged internal responses and created an empty situation in the village. If you want to bring it back to reward for meritorious service, but don't continue to attack the fortress, the most likely thing is that they will play tricks on the identity of the corpse!"

Hua Rong and Shi Qian immediately thought of the tradition of the Song Dynasty army: "Kill the good and pretend to be meritorious?"

Wu Yongdao: "It's indeed an act of deceit, but it can't be called a good killer. This group of elite soldiers from the Daming Mansion don't make things difficult for the people, they just pick thieves and bandits to kill..."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, thinking that this was a fantasy, not to mention the Northern Army, even the most elite Western Army today has not committed any crimes against the common people.

When Wu Yong was puzzled, Hua Rong raised his brows: "I understand, the prefectures and prefectures are besieging the Mingzun cult recently. Is it because the Daming Mansion failed to wipe out the stronghold and could not explain to their superiors, so they are planning to use bandits to make up for it?"

Shi Qian also suddenly realized: "Compared with ordinary people, these thieves and bandits are more able to confuse the real ones and throw their corpses into the cult stronghold. Who can prove otherwise? Scholar Wu knows everything!"

Seeing that the two agreed with his understanding of the situation, Wu Yong couldn't help smiling and stroking his beard, the speed of the lupine increased, and the cold wind was blowing.

But after thinking about it, what is there to be proud of winning two warriors, and subconsciously asked: "Where is Mr. Lin?"

Hua Rong said: "Just now brother seems to have discovered something, went over there..."

Following the direction he pointed, Wu Yong was a little surprised: "That's the direction of the stables!"

In the robber's den, horses are important supplies, and they are carefully taken care of by special personnel. Ding Qian, the "scorched ghost" who is the head of the family, also has connections, and will buy some horses back from time to time, but Wu Yong is surprised that, with the status of Mr. Lin, he should Don't you like the horses here?
"Xi Yuyu—"

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a high-pitched hissing sound.

All eyes were focused on it, because just this voice alone gave off the feeling of a horse whistling, and they had never heard such a beautiful voice from a horse.

And the next moment, when Li Yan led a horse out, they were even more stunned.

Wu Yong is a literati, he just thinks this horse is beautiful, but he is not too excited, but Hua Rong, Shi Qian and Wang Si are really dumbfounded, the kind of shock and joy from the heart is better than seeing the stunning horse. The beauty is still strong three points.

In fact, this horse is too handsome, with a shoulder height of more than seven feet, and even higher than Wang Si, on the same level as Hua Rong and Shi Qian. Its eyes are crystal clear, full of intelligence and spirituality, its hooves are slender, and its curves are Elegant, bluish-white fur is like brocade, shining in the sun.

The most distinctive feature is that its mane is fluffy, and with its already tall and mighty figure, it shows a strong and heroic temperament, not like a horse, but more like a majestic lion !

"This little Baishawu actually has such...a dragon horse?"

The three of them were dazzled, they had never even heard of such a magnificent horse, let alone riding it.

Wang Si wanted to step forward to touch him, but he just raised his hand, the horse snorted, and a gust of hot air sprayed towards his face, so startled that Wang Si immediately backed away: "This horse is so good! Fierce temperament! I'm afraid it's not something ordinary people can handle..."

As soon as the words fell, he saw Li Yan's palm touching it, and the horse fell silent for a moment.

Not to mention Wang Si's sad expression of being robbed of a beautiful woman, Li Yan listened to Shi Qian's report, and Wu Yong's analysis, which was relayed by Hua Rong, nodded slightly: "You guys have done a good job, and now things are gradually becoming clear. Siege the bandits in Baishawu and take away the corpses, most likely to deal with the siege work in the Mingzun Sect stronghold."

"But I'm very skeptical about the motive of killing the thieves. The reason is very simple. If you really have such kindness, wouldn't it be good to encircle and suppress the real cult thieves? Why bother?"

Everyone nodded, and Wu Yong couldn't help praising secretly. This is indeed a huge contradiction. An upright general will not take the road of pretending to be meritorious, and those who can pretend to be meritorious will not care about the difference between bandits and civilians. It must be so simple how come.

Li Yan is considering the overall atmosphere of the society. Since he came to the world of Song Dynasty, the arrogance of civil servants is not to mention. In fact, warriors have repeatedly set the lower limit of imagination. At this stage, there are no famous generals in the Northern Army. On the contrary, when arresting Xixia spies not long ago, I saw a lot of corruption records of the Zhending Wang family, and Hebei is the focus of this military family's management. Based on the analysis of various factors, it is natural to think of the bad.

Of course, it’s useless to think about it, so just taking advantage of this opportunity, let Lion Cong appear on the stage, Li Yan didn’t wait any longer, and took the Hanji spear directly, bowed and arrowed on his back: “It’s useless to talk, I’ll catch up and try it out, you guys try your best to defend it Fortress, if there are too many thieves, don't be brave, just leave through the secret path."

Hua Rong, Shi Qian and Wang Si all nodded, while Wu Yong frowned slightly.

Those are the elite soldiers of the Daming Mansion, no matter what their purpose is, they are not easy to provoke, not to mention riding such a fine horse, if they are seen, there will probably be some disputes...

However, the two parties had just met and exchanged simple and profound words, Wu Yong would not say it, so he bowed his hands as a farewell salute.

"You don't have to worry, what I know is the elite!"

Li Yan chuckled, feeling the intimacy and excitement of the Lion Cong under his crotch, his chest was filled with arrogance, and with his legs clamped, the Lion Cong galloped.

Before the suspension bridge was completely lowered, the dragon horse flew up on all fours, stepped across the void, and directly crossed the river, leaving only envious eyes, watching the bluish-white lightning disappear into the horizon.

(End of this chapter)