Han ride

Chapter 371 The Night Banquet
"What will happen if they don't come? After all, I'm notorious in court!" Li Xin hesitated.

"It's correct if you don't come." Shi Yuanzhi said quietly: "In this case, as long as Lu Xiang is promoted, because he is familiar with the lord, if two people come, there will be a big problem. If two If none of them come, then there is a problem here."

"What you said is true." Li Xin's eyes lit up, and he said to Jutu: "Quickly do what you say, I want to see what these three guys are doing."

"My lord, the people lurking in the imperial army just now said that not long ago, Fan Wencheng carried a lot of drinks from the labor force to the imperial army, and Hong Chengchou and the others accepted it without saying a word of refusal." Gao Meng rushed again came in and said loudly. ,

"What is this? The cat pays the mouse New Year's greetings!" After hearing this, Li Xin laughed dumbly and said, "Sir, it seems that there is really a problem here. In this way, it is not a big deal to teach the imperial army a lesson." .I don't have any guilt in my heart."

"People like the imperial court, you have to scare them all before you dare to count us." Shi Yuanzhi also said coldly.

"Hmph, these guys, my lord, just lead the army and kill them. A Jian slave is now trapped in Zunhua City. Isn't this just allowed to be trampled upon?" Gao Meng snorted coldly.

"What do you know, we want to teach the imperial army a lesson, but we can't let Jiannu succeed. We want to frighten the imperial army, so that they don't dare to count us." Li Xin angrily said: "No matter what , in the first stage, Jiannu is our biggest enemy, and what we have to deal with is Jiannu. Go, let the brothers below prepare, if not, we are going to fight. If they don’t come, we will care about it , However, if they have ghosts in their hearts, they either come together, or they don’t come together. Humph. I’ll make them look good when the time comes.”

"Yes, my subordinates will make arrangements now." Gao Meng heard that there was going to be a war, and his face was full of smiles. He is the commander of the imperial guards, and he will exist as a guard for Li Xin in the future. I am afraid that he will rarely have the opportunity to fight in the future. Well, if you don't take advantage of the present to earn some military merits, how great it is.

"Let us go?" In Hong Chengchou's camp, soon after receiving a letter sent by Li Xin, Gao Qiqian jumped up suddenly, with an angry look on his face, and said, "Sure enough, let us go!" I guessed it, this guy Li Xin must have a conspiracy, otherwise, there is no need to worry about what we will do to him at all? You two, what do you have to say now, if Li Xin's wolfish ambition is not eliminated at this time, it will definitely happen in the future. It will endanger my Ming Dynasty."

"This is just his normal reaction." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "After all, he is also the leader of an army, and he had many conflicts with the court before. It is understandable not to come at this time." Lu Xiangsheng is a sincere gentleman , not afraid of offending Gao Qiqian, he said it in a down-to-earth manner.

Hong Chengchou glanced at the two of them and said, "Since it is exactly as we expected, then according to what we said just now, Mr. Lu and I will go to the banquet, and Eunuch Gao will stay behind. What do you think?" Hong Chengchou actually wanted to Let Lu Xiangsheng stay behind, he and Gao Qiqian went to the banquet, but Gao Qiqian was afraid of death, afraid that Li Xin would also hold a grand banquet, so he didn't dare to see Li Xin.

"My lords, our family is preparing for war in the army. If Li Xin dares to mess around, our family will immediately unite Jiannu and attack Xifengkou together." To kill Li Xin, even if he let go of Jian Nu, he would not hesitate.In the eyes of the Central Plains people, Jiannu is just a barbarian, and the barbarian is just here to plunder.But Li Xin is a Han Chinese. Once he rebelled, he would want the power of the Han family. This is absolutely unacceptable.

"In this case, there is Mr. Lao, but, please be careful!" Hong Chengchou was still a little worried, for fear that there was a wolf beside him, so he said quickly: "Jiannu soldiers are sharp. Zunhua, but if he is not eliminated for a day, he will have a chance to turn us back. Huang Taiji, tsk tsk, is not an ordinary person. He can be surrounded by the two armies, and still be so calm and calm, and count Li Xin with us. Just know This person is extraordinary, after I leave, father-in-law should stick to the camp and not relax his vigilance."

"Naturally." Gao Qiqian said impatiently.Anyway, he is also a soldier, and he knows some common sense of marching and formation. Otherwise, Chongzhen would not let him be the supervisor of the army. Now that Hong Chengchou is speaking in front of him, he feels that this is an insult to him.

"In this case, there is Mr. Lao." Hong Chengchou nodded, and hurriedly greeted Lu Xiangsheng and led the soldiers, and rushed towards the entrance of Xifeng.

"Master, this matter, I always feel that something is wrong!" On the way, Lu Xiangsheng glanced around and said to Hong Chengchou: "It's not that I underestimated that eunuch, such an idea is beyond the imagination of ordinary people." Don't say it's him, even the lower officials, never thought of it!"

"You mean there is someone behind him?" Hong Chengchou shook his head nonchalantly, and said, "Actually, although this strategy is a bit sinister, it is the most effective way. Let Li Xin go to attack Zunhua, and lead the army to copy Li Xin's plan." In the future, let Li Xin and Jiannu fight to the death, which is also in the interests of the imperial court. At that time, it doesn’t matter whether the imperial court agrees to our plan or not, as long as Li Xin’s life is preserved. This The person who came up with the idea obviously noticed this, I didn’t expect that Eunuch Gao would have such talents under his command, it’s rare!” Hong Chengchou didn’t care who came up with such a plan, he is the commander of this march, as long as it is destroyed It is a good thing to be a slave, and it would be even better if Li Xin can be caught by the way.This is different from Lu Xiangsheng.

"My lord, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng are here." By the time Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng arrived at the entrance of Xifeng, it was already evening. Zhao Guang, who was guarding the city, did not dare to neglect. Tell Li Xin.

"These two are here." Li Xin glanced at Shi Yuanzhi.

Shi Yuan's face changed, and he calculated: "My lord, according to the distance, after the messenger from our side arrived at Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou immediately followed the messenger to Guanzhong, and he didn't even have time to think about it!"

"According to Mr., I am afraid that these two people have been prepared for a long time, and they have known that I, Li Xin, will not go." A cold light flashed in Li Xin's eyes, and he sneered: "Such people are either frank and frank in their hearts. Li Xin, my prestige is not that high yet, the commander of the hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court can come and go as soon as he is called. If these two guys don't have any conspiracy in their hearts, they will be killed I don't believe it either."

"My lord's words are true." Shi Yuanzhi also nodded.

"Go, meet these two." Li Xin revealed a trace of evil intentions, waved his hands, and said, "Make the formation bigger. At such a young age, this Marquis already has 10,000+ soldiers in his hands, and millions of troops. , naturally complacent, and a young man who succeeds, naturally wants to be arrogant. What do you think, sir?"

"That's natural." Shi Yuanzhi also stroked his beard and said.Immediately, he recruited the guards and whispered a few words in his ear.The guard didn't dare to neglect, so he left quickly.

The entrance of Xifeng was closed, and the security was heavy. There were countless torches on the top of the city, illuminating the entire entrance of Xifeng like daylight. Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng stood there under the gate.

"Marquis Zheng Bei really regards himself as a Marquis." A soldier beside Lu Xiangsheng said disdainfully.

"Marquis Zhengbei is only in his 20s, and now he is a marquis. His title is far above us. He has 10,000+ elite men, millions of troops, and is invincible across the grasslands. No one can compare to this kind of achievement throughout the ages. " Hong Chengchou said indifferently, "He has the capital of arrogance." Hong Chengchou couldn't even hide a trace of envy in his own words.As a man, he wants to be successful and famous, and Li Xin is the representative of it.

"Hey! It's a pity that such a person doesn't want to serve the court." Lu Xiangsheng said with some regret.Hong Chengchou shook his head. In this world, there is no love for no reason, and there is also no hatred for no reason. Not to mention that Li Xin's current achievements have little to do with the imperial court, and more importantly, the imperial court treats him well. Didn't help much.How can he serve the court?
"Marquis Zheng Bei invites two generals." At this time, there was a loud roar from the top of the city, and then the city gate that had been closed just now was opened.

In the city gate, the fire was shining, and countless torches formed a long dragon, extending all the way.On both sides of the road, these elite soldiers stood one after another, like mountains and pines, with stern faces and a chilling air.Obviously full of elites.It is not comparable to the guard of honor of the capital.

Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng have been in the army for a long time, and there are more things to see. This team of soldiers is not only tall, but more importantly, they are full of murderous looks, and they are not comparable to the troops of the imperial court. They crawled out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood of.Its power is far above the soldiers and horses under the command of the two men.

"It is rumored that Li Xin has an imperial guard army, selected from Li Xin's millions of troops, dressed in black armor, and admired by the pre-Qin army. They are very brave, and they are as good as ten. Today, I saw it. Awesome." Hong Chengchou looked at the soldiers on one side with a hint of envy on his face.As a general, he will not envy other people's ranks, but envy the elite soldiers in other people's hands.Undoubtedly, Hong Chengchou was very envious of Li Xin's elite troops.

"Excellent, extremely powerful." Lu Xiangsheng also nodded, with a faint worry in his heart, what would happen to such an elite soldier once he knew that he was being calculated.Such soldiers and horses should fight bravely for the imperial court and fight on the battlefield. Perhaps they will die in the conspiracy soon.Lu Xiangsheng had a faint regret.

"General, look there." At this time, a soldier pointed to the distance and said.

Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng looked over and saw two large flags erected above the second pass, one of which was embroidered with the word "Ming" naturally, while the other was embroidered with a golden eagle with two claws. Shield, holding a sword, shining golden light under the firelight, but it is Li Xin's military flag.

"It's really hateful." Lu Xiangsheng glanced at the military flag, and his eyes couldn't hide his anger. You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, except for the flag with the word "Ming", the rest of the generals in the army were the general's surname. But Li Xin is obviously not like this. He also has a separate golden eagle battle flag, which is an obvious violation of the system.

"What a marquis of Zhengbei." Hong Chengchou was not the case. He looked into the distance, and saw a young man in the distance, dressed in a python robe, with a face like a crown jade, sitting on a big tiger-skin chair. He was handsome and handsome. A rare handsome man, and more importantly, his grace and demeanor, it seems that he should not appear in the mundane world.This person is not Li Xin. Who is it?

"It is rumored that the Marquis of Zhengbei is extremely powerful, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, and powerfully vibrating the grasslands. He once defeated Azig in battle, charged in battle alone, and was invincible. He has the courage of a king, but today he looks like a weak scholar. "Even if Lu Xiangsheng had a problem with Li Xin, his expression changed when he saw Li Xin's current appearance.He used to see Li Xin in military uniform, but now he was wearing a python robe, so his demeanor was different.

"This man is young after all, and he is very proud of his high position." Hong Chengchou looked at it for a moment, then shook his head, and the fear of Li Xin in his heart disappeared a lot.

"My lords, Master Hou has been waiting in the city for a long time." At this time, Jutu came over and said in a non-yin and yang way.He was bullied by the Han people in Jinzhou City, so he didn't like the Han people.

"Please, General." Hong Chengchou gave Jutu a serious look. At the base of Zunhua City, it was Jutu who commanded the cavalry and came to suppress the Jiannu on the top of the city. Don't dare to underestimate it.

"My subordinate Hong Chengchou (Lu Xiangsheng) has met the Marquis of Zhengbei." After Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng climbed the city wall, they found that Li Xin had already set up a banquet on the city wall, but only he and Shi Yuanzhi were with him .

"You are the officials of the imperial court. Although I am a Marquis of Zhengbei, I am only a Marquis of Zhengbei in name. Sit down!" Li Xin pointed to the brocade stool beside him and said, "Today the moon is shining brightly, it is a On a rare night, the Marquis has always been far away in the grasslands, and has little contact with the Central Plains, this time he happened to deal with Jiannu, and happened to meet two adults, so I invite you to come and talk."

"Master Hou is polite." After hearing this, Hong Chengchou felt uneasy, because he didn't know why Li Xin in front of him was looking for him.Is it really because of tomorrow's battle?
"The two adults are in charge of the imperial court army. I wonder if you have received news from the capital recently?" Shi Yuan glanced at the two of them, and said with a smile: "Recently there are rumors in the capital that my Lord Marquis is planning to join forces to build slaves and go south. Muma Zhongyuan, hehe, it's really interesting!"

"Ah! There is such a thing?" Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng glanced at each other, and hurriedly said: "I really don't know the news."

"Hehe, I'm afraid it's Jiannu's alienation plan again!" Li Xin's eyes flickered with an inexplicable light, and he looked at the two of them and said, "It's a pity that this Marquis is not Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Dushi! He is a soldier. It was given by the imperial court, but the soldiers and horses of the Marquis were brought down by myself."

"Hmph, Lord Hou, since you are the Lord Hou of your court, then your soldiers and horses are also the soldiers and horses of the court. Please also pay attention to your words." After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng was quite dissatisfied and couldn't help but snort With a sound.

"Soldiers and horses of the imperial court?" After hearing this, Shi Yuanzhi shook his head and said, "I don't know if the imperial court has ever collected food and grass for the Northern Army? I heard that the imperial court is still collecting Liao pay for Guanning's iron cavalry. I also deal with Jiannu, I wonder if the Liao salary can be given to me to recruit the Northern Army?"

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng's expressions changed, and the two blushed slightly. To be honest, Li Xin's army really didn't get any silver support, and even less food and grass.It's no wonder that Shi Yuanzhi can speak so confidently.

"Actually, my heart, Li Xin, can be seen in the sky. Jiannu did not dare to go south because of me, Li Xin. Unfortunately, there are still people in the court who wish that I, Li Xin, would be killed? They wish to annex the Northern Army , I don’t even think about it, how can ordinary people control the invincible Northern Army?” Li Xin said disdainfully: “How wise is the guard system left by Emperor Taizu, but what about now? The two are also men who march and fight, how many of the soldiers and horses under them are from the guard? It's not that I underestimated the two, whether it's Master Hong's three-sided army, or even Tianxiong's army, Not as good as my soldiers and horses, what do you two think?"

"Hou Ye's imperial guards are extremely good." Hong Chengchou said without thinking.He already faintly felt that Li Xin might know something, and now he regretted that he shouldn't have come here.

"How is it compared to the Imperial Forest Army?" Shi Yuanzhi suddenly said.As soon as his words fell, the expressions of Fan Wencheng and Lu Xiangsheng changed drastically. Hong Chengchou was very deep in the city, and he didn't respond at all on the surface, but there was a cold light in his eyes.

"Mr. Shi, such rebellious words represent your meaning, or the meaning of Zheng Beihou? Are you trying to rebel?" Lu Xiangsheng did not have such a good temper.He couldn't help but stand up and snorted coldly.The Imperial Forest Army is not only the number one army in the world, but more importantly, it is the existence of Gongwei Tianzi.Shi Yuan directly compared Li Xin's Imperial Guard Army with Chongzhen's Imperial Forest Army, and vaguely compared Li Xin with Chongzhen, which is a bit outrageous.

"Master Lu is serious." Li Xin waved his hand nonchalantly, and said, "We are soldiers, and we are talking about military affairs. Whether it is my Imperial Guard or the Imperial Forest Army, they are all troops. Is this true? Can’t it be compared? I often heard that Huang Taiji said that his Zhenghuang Banner soldiers and horses are the best army in the world. Not only did he look down on my Daming’s Imperial Forest Army, but he even called the emperor by his first name. Lu Your Excellency is so loyal to the emperor and patriotic, why don't you scold Huang Taiji?"

"Master Hou was joking. We not only want to scold him once, but more importantly, we have to dedicate his head to the Taimiao." Hong Chengchou hurriedly said: "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in people. Anyone who is bold and reckless has no king." Those who have no father are the targets of my court's eradication."

"Do you not hesitate to attack your own allies for this reason?" Li Xin's words hit the two of them like a thunderbolt, their eyes widened in shock.

(End of this chapter)