A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 14
The third lady was very popular with Lei Li, so she directly took Huaiyu to Chang'an to buy medicine. She was still dressed in men's clothing, and when she saw Huaiyu's mule tied at the gate of the village, "Is this your mount?"

"Ah."

"The mule runs too slowly, Siqi, you ask the groom to bring a fast horse to Wu Erlang, and take the white-hoofed Turkic crow that my uncle gave me."

The groom quickly brought a pure black horse, but the four hooves were white, it was very handsome, and it was equipped with a full set of saddle and bridle.

"This white-hoofed crow was given to Wu Erlang, and I have to trouble you to travel to Chang'an with me to dispense the medicine."

The maid next to her said urgently: "Sanniang, this horse is a birthday gift from Duke Yongkang. It is worth hundreds of thousands. This silver saddle is the Khitan silver saddle from the fifth uncle. It is painted with gold and silver seal skin, and the red box is made of gold and silk. , Whip wrapped in tendons in white chu skin..."

Li Sanniang waved her hand: "Compared to Wu Erlang's life-saving pills, these are nothing."

That white-hoofed crow is indeed very majestic and beautiful, much taller than Huaiyu's mule Qingniu, and the saddle and bridle on the horse is also really beautiful. It is a high-end luxury that nobles can enjoy, and this thing is afraid that it can hold up to a few 'green cattle'.

"Third lady, how dare you accept such a precious horse and saddle..."

"Let's go quickly, why should a man be a mother-in-law." Li Sanniang turned on a bay red horse that was also very handsome.

A group of servants dressed as men also jumped on their horses one after another. Each of them carried a bow and a knife. If they put on armor and a spear, they would immediately become a capable cavalry squad.

The daughter of the God of War's family is indeed a heroine.

Huaiyu had no choice but to ride on this steed white-hoofed crow as well, the horse seemed to dislike him a little bit, with its four white hooves circling around, Huaiyu reached out and stroked the horse's neck, "You are all black and your hooves are white, I How about telling you to ride on the dark clouds?"

Ma Xi responded twice, seeming to like the name quite a bit.

Li Sanniang turned to look at them, "Wuyun Taxue is a good name, I thought of this name too, let's go."

As soon as the third lady clamped the horse's belly, the bay red horse started to run.

The posture of the third lady riding a horse is really sassy.

Although she is dressed in men's clothes, she is even more heroic. Although she is a woman from aristocratic family, she finds it inconvenient to go out in women's clothes, especially when she has to wear a dark fence on her head. She usually wears men's clothes when she goes out.

Li Sanniang rode first.

Seeing that Huaiyu was still looking at Li Sanniang's figure, the maid Siqi scolded softly, "Why are you staring at my third lady like this, Dengtuzi."

Huaiyu smiled awkwardly.

"Follow up quickly."

While urging his horse to follow, Huaiyu asked the girl, "Don't you know her name?"

"My name is Siqi, Sanniang's personal maidservant, and also the Li family's domestic servant. Let's go, Sanniang has already run a long way."

This maid has a good temper and looks pretty good-looking. She is estimated to be fifteen or sixteen years old. She is dressed in a white shirt, tall and slender, with a wasp waist and long legs. Her face is as white as a silver plate, and her eyebrows are slender like willow leaves. , a pair of eyes are big and round, and a small cherry mouth.

That appearance and temperament are a little bit better than ordinary girls from rich families, but she is just a maid.

Huaiyu rode the horse to follow, while Siqi controlled the speed of the horse and stayed with him all the time, reminding him from time to time how to control the horse.

Huaiyu had been riding a mule in the mountains for several years, and suddenly he was not used to riding this prairie horse, but he was helped a lot by a chess player.

"Where is Huining locked?"

"Huining Pass is located at the ferry of the Yellow River [-] miles northwest of Huizhou. It used to be called Wulan Pass." Siqi replied, Huaiyu still didn't understand after hearing it, and asked for a while before he figured out the approximate location.

This Huining Pass is not in Huining, Gansu, but in the northwest of Jingyuan, Gansu, along the Yellow River, between Zhongwei in Ningxia and Lanzhou in Gansu, and may be closer to Jingtai County.

According to the geographical division of Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty at this time, this is already outside Guanzhong and belongs to the Longyou area.

There are four fortresses in Guanzhong, and Xiaoguan, the northwest gate, is about [-] miles east of Huining Pass.

It is [-] miles away from Chang'an.

According to the regulations of the Datang Post Station, a fast horse is only 180 miles a day, and a walk is [-] miles a day, which is indeed a long distance.

According to Siqi's introduction to him, the Turks invaded Ningxia on a large scale this year, but the imperial court made a wrong judgment, thinking that the Turks would be the same as last year. Lu's army was defeated in Taigu, but Li Jing's army was intact.

This year the imperial court judged that the Turks would still attack Hedong. After all, the imperial court was defeated in Hedong Taigu last year.

Therefore, the imperial court has been increasing troops to Hedong this year, stationing troops in Taigu, and preparing to fight against the Turks who went south to Hedong again, and fight a battle to defend Taiyuan.

Who knew that the Turkic people only feigned an attack in Shuozhou this year, but in fact they went south from Hetao to Lingzhou in a large scale.

Li Jing led troops to reinforce Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou, and stopped the Turkic army in Xiashi. Although he fought from morning till dark, he still failed to stop the Turkic army. Li Jing had too few troops, so he had to retreat slowly into Xiaoguan, guarding the gate and waiting for the Guanzhong soldiers. Regroup.

The Turks attacked Xiaoguan fiercely, and turned to attack Huizhou, Lanzhou, and Liangzhou, intending to bypass Xiaoguan, enter Longyou, and then enter Guanzhong eastward along the Weihe River valley.

Huining Pass is an important crossing of the Yellow River from Lingzhou to Lanzhou. But now it has become an isolated city. Although it is still guarding, the two important towns of Kelan and Liangyou in Longyou dare not beat the edge of the Turkic wolves and only dare to retreat to the city. , No one will rescue Ningguan at all.

In fact, Longyou has basically been broken through by the Turks now. The Turkic cavalry spread across the Longyou prefectures, and the Tang army huddled in the big cities.

Huining Pass is isolated and helpless, and will fall at any time.

When Huaiyu heard this, he couldn't help being shocked. He thought that the war was far away from him, and Sanyuan was the capital city. Who knew that the Turkic people were so rampant now.

He also admired Li Sanniang very much, a woman had the guts to take a group of households to rescue her father fifteen hundred miles away.

Compared with the wolf riders that are everywhere in Longyou today, isn't this a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?

Call her reckless, she is brave and full of filial piety.

"Wars are a man's business, why should San Niang go to the front line?"

"Our Sanniang learned riding and archery since she was a child, and she also learned military tactics from Yongkang Gong. Although she is a daughter, she can surpass many men when it comes to riding and archery. There are not many of Saburo's." Siqi's words were a bit exaggerated.

Wuyun Taxue is indeed a famous horse worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. After running, it basically does not need Huaiyu's control, and the speed is fast and stable.

Huaiyu was thinking about it right away.

This time the door-to-door sales of medicines seemed to be a success. Mrs. Li San was a high-quality customer, very generous and generous, and directly sent him a famous horse with a matching silver saddle.

Mrs. Li San is said to be named Li Qing by leap. This is what I heard from Huaiyi before. She is the granddaughter of Li Duan, the elder brother of Li Jing. Li Duan was originally the eldest son of the Li family. He was so fierce that he joined the army very early and followed Shi Wansui to conquer Jiangnan and Nanning.

However, in the Sui Dynasty, Li Duan was on the wrong team. He, his uncle Han Hong and the famous general Shi Wansui were on the side of Prime Minister Gao Jiong, and they supported Han Wang Yang Liang.

And Yang Su supported Yang Guang.

In the fierce party struggle, Yang Su won the Li and Han families for Yang Guang many times, but the Li family did not change sides. As a result, Li Duan and Han Hong were arrested by Yang Su after they were defeated by Heng'an in the war against Turks. Seize the opportunity, impeach them all for crimes, take away their officials and ranks and demote them to common people.

Li Jing was also implicated. At the age of 16, he had already served as a meritorious officer in Chang'an, the ninth rank. Later, he was promoted all the way to become a member of the driving department.

After that, Li Duan was depressed for ten years and died in Luoyang.Li Jing served three county magistrates in more than ten years, from Ji County magistrate to Anyang County magistrate to Sanyuan County magistrate, from 30 to 40 years old, the best age has been in the county magistrate position.

At the age of 45, he was promoted to mayi county magistrate.

Li Jing even stood on the wrong team at the beginning of Li Tang's founding of the country, and planned to go to Yangzhou to report Li Yuan's rebellion, and was almost killed. Fortunately, Li's family was a famous family in Guanlong, and Li Jing was also very good at leading troops. After that, he assisted Li Xiaogong to lay down the southeast for Datang Half of the country.

Li Jing also joined Zhu Guo and restored his ancestor's title of Duke of Yongkang County, and now he is the governor.

The Li family was revived, and many of the Li family's children also held important positions.

For example, Li Jing's younger brother Li Keshi, who was in command of the Qin Palace before, also participated in the Xuanwumen Change and made great contributions.

Li Qing is Li Duan's granddaughter, and Li Duan's two sons, Li Xiu and Li Xiuzhi, are both rank-five generals. Li Qing's father, Li Xiuxing, was ordered by Li Jing to bring his son Li Yuanshen and Li Yuanshen after the Battle of Kip Stone. Lead an army to guard Huining Pass.

However, the Turks were fierce and powerful, and both father and son were seriously injured, and Huining Pass was in jeopardy.

However, Li Jing had to guard Xiaoguan alone, preventing the Turks from breaking through the pass and rushing into the Guanzhong Plain along the Jing River Valley, endangering Chang'an, and he was unable to rescue his nephew.

When the news came back, Li Sanniang wanted to recruit Zhuang Dingqianli to save his father with a lot of money.

He admired Li Sanniang's courage and filial piety.

From Sanyuan to Chang'an, it took more than 100 miles to take the Weibei Yilu Avenue. Li Sanniang was in a hurry and took them directly to the east route, passing through Gaoling and crossing the Weihe River to the east of Chang'an. The whole journey was only about [-] miles.

After running for [-] miles, resting for a while, it took more than an hour to run from Sanyuan to Chang'an.

When they got off their horses in front of the gate of Chang'an, Huaiyu felt his thighs were burning hot and his skin was worn out. Siqi thoughtfully helped him down, "I seldom rode horses before, right?"

"Well, not much riding, and seldom running so fast."

"You'll get used to it after a few rides." Siqi laughed.

Li Sanniang jumped off the horse vigorously, came over and asked, "Is it okay?"

Huaiyu, who was originally a little depressed, immediately raised her head when she heard this, "Okay!"

How can a man say no, especially in front of such a beautiful and temperamental girl, he must do it.

"Okay, let's go into the city to buy medicine quickly."

(End of this chapter)