At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 482 General Zuo Yiwei

In mid-May, the scorching sun of midsummer scorched the earth, the wheat fields just harvested were bare, and the sparrows flew around in groups, ecstatically picking up the remaining wheat grains in the field, and a white eagle falcon was as fast as it could be. Arrow, a beautiful dive caught a particularly fat sparrow, and then soared into the sky, straight up to the sky, the rest of the sparrows immediately ran away in fright.

Li Jing looked up at the two sea dongqings soaring in the sky, and said enviously, "Having these two falcons standing guard in the sky is better than tens of thousands of scouts."

Gao Bufan and Li Jing rode side by side, said with a smile: "If the second brother likes it, I'll give you Fuyao."

"Is this true?" Li Jing said slightly happily.

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "It is true, but there can be falsehood."

Li Jing obviously liked this pair of falcons very much, and said a little embarrassedly: "A gentleman does not take what others like, this... doesn't seem very good."

Gao Bufan smiled casually and said: "A gentleman also loves the beauty of adults, second brother, you can accept it, and I will ask Miss Shirou to train and raise a few later."

"Okay, I'll thank my third brother for being a brother. Falconry is very difficult. I didn't expect a little girl to have such abilities. Li Jing feels ashamed!" Li Jing sighed.

"Is it difficult for Falcon?" Gao Bufan had a strange look on his face. He had watched Cui Shirou train Fuyao and Wanli with his own eyes. He looked very relaxed and couldn't see any difficulty.

Li Jing nodded deeply and said: "It's too difficult. I tried seven times for my brother, but they didn't succeed. I have completely given up now."

"Maybe second brother, you should try to catch some young eagles."

"I've tried four times, but I still can't feed myself." Li Jing shook his head and smiled wryly.

Gao Bufan sweated secretly: "It seems that boiling eagles is really a technical job, um, I will ask Miss Shirou to train and raise a few more for my second brother."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Soldiers are more expensive than many, and this Fuyao is enough."

Li Jing said this sentence without any sense of violation. After all, he was the man who used only [-] cavalry to attack the Yellow Turkic tents and ran across the desert. Now he is invincible with only [-] infantry.

Gao Bufan blew the eagle whistle, and two sea dongqings flew down from the sky and landed on his shoulders.

Li Jing looked at these two mighty falcons carefully, and the more he looked at them, the more he liked them. Gao Bufan smiled and handed an eagle whistle to the former, taught him how to use it, how to communicate with the falcons, and finally gave an eagle flag to the former. Handed it over to Li Jing.

The eagle flag is like a coordinate, wherever the flag is, the falcon will follow. Fuyao and Wanli each have an eagle flag, so as long as Li Jing carries Fuyao's eagle flag, Fuyao will always follow him in the future.

Li Jing solemnly accepted the eagle flag, blew an eagle whistle like Gao Bufan, threw a piece of fresh meat into the air, Fuyao flew into the sky, flew into the blue sky with a piece of fresh meat in his mouth, circled a few times before falling back on Li Jing's shoulder.

"With this falcon, Li Juncheng is just like a tiger with wings added." Yuchi Jingde was both envious and emotional.

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Yuchi, you don't have to be envious, Wanli will be yours from now on." He said and threw the eagle flag of Wanli to Yuchi Jingde.

Yuchi Jingde's old face was embarrassed, and he said embarrassingly: "Then what about you, Master Tongshou?"

Gao Bufan nodded his head: "Ben Tongshou has this, which is better than a million soldiers. Haha, I'm just kidding. Later, I will ask Miss Shirou to train and raise two more. This thing is really useful."

Lu Sheng said with a smile: "Shouldn't you need to ask, as long as Mr. Tongshou speaks, let alone two falcons, it is estimated that Miss Shirou can even give Mrs. Tongshou herself."

All the soldiers couldn't help laughing, with ambiguous expressions on their faces. Without Wei Heimian staring at him, everyone relaxed a lot, otherwise they would not have dared to joke with Mr. Tongshou like this.

A group of people led tens of thousands of troops talking and laughing towards Gaoyang County, the atmosphere was relaxed and happy.The battle in the bamboo forest by the river was suppressed first and then raised. A total of more than 1000 enemies were killed, more than [-] were captured, and more than [-] horses were captured, as well as countless weapons and food. The key point was to kill King Mantian. Suba.

After this battle, Wang Xuba and his gang, who had ravaged Hejian County for more than a year, were completely wiped out, and the remaining Li Shanfei led hundreds of people to escape into Taihang Mountain, and they were no longer a threat. This means that this military operation The victory is over, and the Yingyang Army can return to the camp triumphantly. Rewards are definitely indispensable, and it depends on how the emperor rewards them.

Annihilating hundreds of thousands of bandits, beheading the leader of the bandits Mantian Wang Xuba, severely injuring Wagang Li Mi, and attacking Donghai Gong Gao Shida and Dou Jiande, this is definitely a great achievement. Has been promoted to Jiangdu Tongshou, and concurrently serves as Jiangdu Palace Supervisor.

Wang Xuba's level of influence is comparable to Liu Yuanjin's, but he is not called the Son of Heaven, so it stands to reason that the rewards given by the emperor should be comparable to those of Wang Shichong, that is to say, Gao Bufan will be promoted by at least one rank, or even two ranks this time.

Li Jing was not good at socializing, and he didn't intend to go to Gaoyang County with Gao Bufan to meet Duan Da, so he parted ways with Gao Bufan on the way, led his own team, and went straight back to Shanggu County with the captured spoils.

On this day, Gao Bufan and others finally returned to the outside of Gaoyang County, but seeing that the four cities were still locked, all the generals frowned.

Yuchi Jingde glanced at Duan Zecheng, who looked slightly nervous, and grinned, "What's wrong with old Duan, do you regret it?"

Duan Zecheng snorted coldly: "I'm sorry, I've made a great contribution this time." After speaking, he raised the wooden box hanging on the hook, which contained Wang Xuba's head pickled with lime.

Yuchi Jingde said disapprovingly: "It's just luck, nothing to brag about."

Duan Zecheng laughed and said: "You don't care if I'm lucky or not, now I have the head of the Thieves Mantian King, and I can't get away with it. Hey, it's a pity, you Yuchi Jingde is not lucky, you didn't catch up Go to Li Mi!"

Yuchi Jingde resentfully said: "If I knew I wouldn't ask you for help, it would be cheaper for you."

"Come on, don't think I don't know you are using aggressive tactics!" Duan Zecheng sneered.

"Then why were you excited?"

"I just can't stand being provoked, can't I?"

Gao Bufan couldn't help smiling, and was about to send someone to call the gate, but the city gate opened automatically. Duan Da led a group of soldiers and local officials to welcome him out, with a warm smile on his face.

Gao Bufan hurriedly took the lead and dismounted to meet him, saluted and said: "I will see Mr. Duan."

"Master Gao, you are welcome, there is no need to be too polite." Duan Da hurriedly cupped his hands to return the gift, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Mr. Gao, for winning the battle and destroying Xuba, the king of thieves all over the sky. From now on, I can sit back and relax, um, my official I have already ordered people to prepare a banquet to clean up Lord Gao and all the officers and men to celebrate their achievements, let's go, follow me into the city."

Duan Da's attitude suddenly became so enthusiastic, Gao Bufan was not used to it, he exchanged a few words with each other and then went to the city to drink celebration wine, as for the soldiers, someone sent food and wine to the camp to reward them.

A few days later, Gao Bufan finally knew why Duan Da suddenly changed his attitude. It turned out that Yang Guang's decree to reward meritorious deeds had arrived.

Duan Da, who stayed behind in Zhuojun County, was granted the title of Dr. Jinzi Guanglu (a loose official of the third rank, with no real power), and was transferred from General Zuo Yiwei to General You Xiaowei.

And Gao Bufan filled the vacancy left by Duan Da after he was transferred, and took up the post of General Zuo Yiwei. To be promoted to the rank of General Ying Yang Lang, all the officers and men in the army will be rewarded. In addition to the promotion, there will also be certain material rewards, which makes everyone happy.

It has to be said that Yang Guang spent a lot of money this time in order to win over a group of soldiers. In this way, Gao Bufan and Duan Da's real positions are the generals of the Twelve Guards, and their ranks are from the third rank. going to be so enthusiastic.

What is worth mentioning here is that each of the Twelve Guards has one general, two generals, the general is the third rank, the general is the third rank, and Gao Bufan is the general of Zuo Yiwei when he is not here. It is No.1, so all fools know that Gao Bufan's future is definitely much higher than Duan Da's.

In addition, there was news from the court that Yang Guang intends to recall Duan Da back to Luoyang, and then Gao Bufan will take over the post of Zhuojun's left guard, but he has not yet made up his mind. Gao Bufan, a proper feudal official, is young, so he may not be able to convince the public.

Of course, these are just rumors, and it is said that Gao Bufan rested in Gaoyang County for more than half a month, and in early June he led his army back to Miyun County, Anle County.

(End of this chapter)