Song Dynasty

Chapter 31
It was getting dark gradually, and the shouts of killing gradually faded away. Li Yu's Jinan Army's former army of more than [-] people collapsed like a mountain under the impact of cavalry.

Li Cheng's cavalry were all released, chasing and defeating the enemy frantically, and they probably won't come back until half an hour later.

At this moment, there were only a dozen or so guards around him, and they were watching the soldiers of the supply battalion vigilantly with their long spears in their hands.

On the other hand, Li Cheng sat on the horse with a relaxed face and looked curiously at the Song army sitting on the ground. He was not worried that the enemy would rise up violently. A strong man who dared to charge [-] people into a large formation with [-] riders would care that the [-]-year-old had completely lost Combat light infantry?
Li Cheng was tired of being quiet and happy to move, and the mastermind Tao Zisi was commanding the cavalry to fight, without him making noise, he kept twisting his body all the time.For a while, I reached out to pick my scalp, and for a while, I grabbed the vest.

For the convenience of tickling, he had already asked the guards to help him take off the armor on his body. He only wore a shirt and opened his chest.

"A thief is a thief, there is no proper shape." Lu Can was annoyed in his heart when he saw it: "Touching the lice, pretending to be liberal, it is really humiliating us... Daosi went to get the imperial edict, why didn't he come out... he He, he was actually sent by Zhang Xianggong... Why didn't he reveal his identity to me when I wanted to use military law to take his head? It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense..."

"That's right, how important is Dao Si's recruiting of Thief Li? I'm humble, so I'm naturally not qualified to intervene in such important military affairs... But, if he dies under my hands, wouldn't it be a bad thing... It still doesn't make sense ... Is he really an angel of the imperial court?"

When he was in a state of confusion, he saw Li Cheng straighten his body on the horse, quickly put on his clothes, straightened his hair, and jumped off the saddle.

Lu Can looked back and saw that Wang Shen had washed his face, changed into a clean long gown, put on a hat, held the hem of the clothes in his right hand, held a scroll high in his left hand, and strode out of the warehouse.

He changed into Yue Yun's clothes, which were worn out but neatly ironed.

Yue Yun was half a head taller than Wang Shen, and his clothes were long enough to be worn on his body.But looking at his sword eyebrows and bright eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a slight luster on his skin, he is really personable, straight like a good son in troubled times.

Now, Lu Can no longer had the slightest doubt about Wang Shen's identity.He was originally a scholar, a son of a prominent family in Haizhou. He talked and laughed with great scholars on weekdays, and he had no casual contacts. He did not know how many important people he had met.Otherwise, it would be impossible for Liu Guangshi to write a letter himself, inviting him to serve in the Huaixi Army.

The good nutrition shown by Wang Shen's figure and appearance, the neat and white teeth, and the powerful aura emanating from his body can only belong to the sons of nobles and princes.Even if others want to impersonate, they can't learn this kind of temperament.

Lu Can didn't know that in the later modern society, the concept of equality for all has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.In fact, different from the West, the basic education in later generations of China, such as political economics, dialectical materialism, and historical materialism, is basically an elite education. After more than ten years, the vision and insight of modern people are not comparable to those of the ancients.He has a poetic and literary spirit in his belly, and as a successful person, he doesn't know how many big people he talks and laughs with on weekdays, and no matter what kind of scenes he encounters, he has never had stage fright.

Wang Shen strode out of the warehouse, unfolded the scroll, and said loudly: "Chi, under the door..."

Before the words were finished, the false imperial edict had been snatched away by Li Cheng.

"...Li Cheng, the envoy of arrest and murder in Huaibei...haha, the officials still remember my name and my previous official position..." Li Cheng laughed loudly, and read out loudly and hastily.On his sharp-edged face, those black eyes were deep and bright, like a knife about to pierce the edict.

After reading this sentence, he suddenly frowned.

Seeing his expression change, Wang Shen thought that someone had spotted his flaws, so he was troubled.

Fortunately, Li Cheng's brows relaxed again, and he continued to read.

In fact, Wang Shen wrote this imperial edict very simply, with only thirty characters before and after.It probably means that the emperor recruited Li Cheng, and still appointed him as the envoy of the Jingdong North Road.Li Cheng's department was under the control of Liu Guangshi's Jiangdong Xuanfu envoy. How to arrange the troops after accepting the recruitment can be discussed with Liu Guangshi.

"...August [-]rd in the third year of Jianyan." After reading, Li Cheng tucked the imperial edict into his sleeve, and nodded at Wang Shen: "Thank you, General Wang." , Anyway, there is no attitude.

Lu Can's nerdy temper immediately came up, pointing at Li Cheng and yelling: "Li Cheng, this is the holy decree, how dare you not kneel down to accept the decree, arrogant and rebellious."

Seeing his sudden attack, everyone was shocked.Li Cheng was arrogant and murderous, Lu Can pointed at his nose and scolded him, fearing that something bad would happen.

Li Cheng smiled faintly: "I'm no longer the envoy of the Song Dynasty, now I'm being recruited by the officials, whether I will accept this imperial decree, I haven't made up my mind yet, why kneel?"

Lu Can was furious and was about to continue yelling.Wang Shen hurriedly pulled him back, and said to Li Cheng, "General Li is right, how important is the recruitment. After all, there are [-] tigers under the King of Heaven who need to be resettled, so there is no rush."

He fixed his eyes on Li Cheng: "General Li, you are the one who sent Zhang Cong to be summoned by the court. I think the king of heaven has made his own decision, and he will not let the court or the people of the world down."

Hearing Li Cheng's words just now, Wang Shen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Judging from his expression, the imperial edict was not found to be flawed, and it was finally concealed.

Li Cheng nodded and said: "This battle is not over yet, let me think about it, and I will call the angel back tomorrow morning. I'm afraid I will wrong you for the time being, so I will stay in the treasury overnight."

After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered: "Disarm the captives, lock them into the warehouse, and keep them under strict guard!"

Lu Can was furious: "Li Cheng...you!"

Wang Shen cupped his hands: "It's easy to say." Then he looked at the crowd and shouted: "Everyone put down their weapons and armor, the battle is over. You are my subordinates. The so-called two armies are called to fight without beheading, and General Li will not embarrass us."

After these four days of fighting, all the soldiers admired Wang Shen to the extreme, and now they knew that he was a noble man, so they immediately disarmed and carried their wounded companions into the warehouse one after another.

Only at this time did Wang Shen realize that his feet were trembling unknowingly.

He raised his spirits, and said again: "General Li, my soldiers fought bloody battles for four days, everyone was wounded, please..."

"Yes, I will send a doctor over to heal the wounds of your soldiers in the evening." Before Wang Shen could finish speaking, Li Chengcheng agreed.He took another deep look at Wang Shen, and suddenly said: "Angel fought well this time, but it's a pity that you and I are fighting against each other today, and it's a little bullying. Otherwise, I won't suffer from this I've been recruited, let you go back to Liu Guangshi's place and gather the troops, shall we have a serious fight?"

Wang Shen's complexion changed.

Li Cheng suddenly laughed loudly: "You are joking, you are joking, angel please."

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After a rain, the weather cooled down.

When it got dark, it was a little cold.

In an adobe room, a few oil lamps were shining brightly, stretching Li Cheng's figure into a long distance.

The cavalry sent out to chase the Jinan Army during the day had returned, and there were lights and bonfires everywhere in Pingyuan Town.In this battle, Li Chengjun beheaded [-] people, which was an unprecedented victory.

At the same time, he sent Qingqi back to Sizhou and ordered the three thousand main forces stationed there to rush over.

From now on, Pingyuan Town became Li Cheng's old Chinese army camp.

In front of him was a big case, with a mountain of documents on it, which were the accounts of the past two years between the government treasury and the supply camp of Pingyuan Town.

Li Cheng flipped through it casually for a long time, and finally brushed the irrelevant books to the ground impatiently, leaving only one booklet on it.

Tao Zisi shook his head, leaned over to pick up the ledgers, and neatly put the stacks back to their original positions. It was obvious that he was helpless against Li Cheng's urgency and it was common.

Li Cheng picked up the booklet in front of him and looked at it for a long time, and finally let out a cheer: "Zisi, Zisi, the harvest is good, two thousand bolts of linen, this year the soldiers have winter clothes. Also, there are also armors and equipment. If you can add some, Liu Guangshi is not bad, he is really a qualified commander of the supply battalion."

Seeing Li Cheng mocking Liu Guangshi as the captain of the logistics transportation team, Tao Zisi was annoyed and funny: "Don't you want to accept the imperial court's enlistment? The imperial decree said that we should be controlled by Liu Guangshi. It is to annoy Uncle Liu Ping. At that time, a military order will come down, ordering the king of heaven to return all the food and fodder, will you return it or not?"

Li Cheng laughed and said: "Pay it back, why don't you pay it back, the official rank is killing people! However, the money is in my hands, I have to wait until I have it. I accept this debt. As for when to pay him back, let's talk about it! Besides, I You have become his subordinate well, so you should give him some greetings, right?"

Tao Zisi also laughed. He took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and unfolded it. Suddenly it was the edict written by Wang Shen: "Heavenly King, I always feel that this edict is wrong."

Li Cheng: "What's wrong?"

Tao Zisi looked puzzled: "This official edict is just a paper scroll, which is too simple. Last time the Heavenly King also received a copy of the imperial edict of Zhao'an. It was yellow silk, and it was mounted on a scroll. It was very delicately pasted. .When I look at this thing, I always feel that something is wrong."

According to the words of modern people, the meaning of his words is that this imperial decree looks a bit fake.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Didn't Wang Shen say that he encountered a rebellious army on the road and finally had to pretend to be a monk to escape? Thinking about it, he stripped the imperial decree from the scroll in advance so that he could keep it close to him. Also, the edict and The imperial edict is different, the so-called imperial edict is a private letter from an official to show intimacy. It seems that XX still has some weight in Zhao Jiu's mind." Speaking of this, Li Cheng was a little proud.

Tao Zisi was careful, and he continued: "No, it's still wrong, look, Heavenly King." He stretched out his finger and pressed it on the imperial seal, and the ink pad stuck to his fingers: "Why does this jade seal look like it's a new one? went up?"

"Jianghuai is different from the two rivers, the weather is humid. Zisi, you think too much, I'm sure this edict is true." Li Cheng smiled and said, "I recognize Zhao Jiuguan's characters, and, look at this place. "He pointed to the end of the imperial decree.

Tao Zisi: "This is a... No, no, no, it's Bian, it's not right, oh, so it's a monogram!"

"That's right, that's right, it's the official's signature." Li Cheng said: "Back then, the Daojun emperor's signature was composed of the four characters 'one person in the world', and now this official family also learns from the Taoist emperor to be one person in the world. It's just that he is a son after all, so that word is missing from his painting. With the Supreme Emperor around, he naturally dare not be called No.1 in the world. The reason why a certain person knew this was because he was recruited at the beginning At that time, the servant who came to pass the decree told me, of course you would not know."

It turns out that when people in the Song Dynasty signed, in addition to writing their names and stamping, there was also a mark.Only when all three are matched can they have legal effect.Everyone has a unique drawing, some are cursive characters, some are graphics, and some simply draw a circle.People who are not familiar with it do not know at all. Even if the signature and seal are faked, they can be easily detected.

Only then did Tao Zisi heave a sigh of relief: "So it's like this, I've been taught."

In this way, the two also firmly believed in the edict written by Wang Shen.

After saying a few words, Tao Zisi suddenly said: "Heavenly King, since the imperial edict has arrived, we now occupy Pingyuan Town and Sizhou, and the north and the south want to rush to seize it. Naturally, we have to have a good talk with Liu Guangshi. I am not under his restraint." Well, we have to set some conditions."

"Conditions must be met. Otherwise, our army is stuck in the rear of the Huaixi Army, which is like a thorn in the back for Liu Guangshi. If we turn our backs, we can easily copy his rear army and cut off his supply. They even threatened Yangzhou directly. Zisi, tell me, what kind of benefits should we reap?"

Tao Zisi looked excited: "First of all, it is grain. This year, the drought in Huaihe River and Huaihe River is severe. There may be a big famine. But the south of the Yangtze River is fine. There must be autumn grain coming across the river. Liu Guangshi has to share it. In addition, After we were recruited last time, the military pay owed by the imperial court has to be made up. As for the weapons, armor and staff, the subordinates will make a list and send them over. The official road in Pingyuan Town has fallen into my hands, and the main force of our army will come tomorrow. The army Under pressure, Liu Guangshi can't agree to it or not."

He walked to the map hanging on the wall, pointed to Tianchang County, and said: "It is reported that Liu Guangshi ordered the army to go south after hearing that Li Yu's main force detoured to Hongze Lake. Hurry up. The day after tomorrow at the most, he will be able to enter Tianchang County and join Li Qiong. At that time, I will personally go to Liu Guangshi's camp of the Chinese Army."

"You go, what are you going to do?" Li Cheng suddenly put away his smile: "Don't go, and the others don't have to go either."

Tao Zisi looked puzzled: "This subordinate doesn't understand."

Li Cheng: "Whether to be recruited or not, I haven't figured it out yet!"

Tao Zisi was startled: "Heavenly King..."

"I know that there are some people in the army who don't want to fight and want to recruit peace. But the situation in Huaixi is very chaotic, and I don't think it's true. Don't worry, don't worry, let me think about it."

Tao Zisi: "Heavenly king, a man standing in the world is nothing more than a word of profit. The so-called prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit. Bustling and bustling, profit comes and goes. Let's make a condition, Liu Guangshi If you agree, then recruit security, if you don’t agree, continue the negotiation, and finally we can reach a result.”

"Things are not that simple. As the leader of an army, tens of thousands of Paoze brothers have entrusted their wealth and lives to him. Naturally, we have to plan for them. How can it be summed up in one word." Li Cheng suddenly had a worried face. Zhise: "Think again, think again."

"Yes, king of heaven." As the mastermind of an army, Li Cheng adopted all the strategies offered by Tao Zisi, and he was also proud in his heart.However, he always felt that he and Li Tianwang seemed to be separated by a layer.

On the surface, Li Cheng looks like an upright and unscheming hero, but in fact he has his own plans in his heart, and he won't discuss them with others.Once you have an idea, you will desperately execute it.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a conspiracy by Fang to rule out allusions, but in the army, Tao Zisi was the conspiracy, and in the end it was up to Li Cheng to make the decision.

Tao Zisi couldn't figure out what he was thinking, and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

(End of this chapter)