Xu Fengnian turned around suddenly, and saw a group of familiar faces Xu Huang with a beautiful beard, Sima Can who always smiled brightly, Liu Duanmao who looked evil-proof, Jin Baoshi with a cold expression, and a strange middle-aged man who smelled of alcohol. Uncle Nian, with a long sword slung across his shoulders, should be Chang Sui, the wine celestial being who is well-known among Liyang scholars. Xu Huang laughed softly: "I ran into Daoist Han in Ziyang Palace. I heard that the prince came to the mountain and occupied the magpie's nest again. I should find the prince and say thank you."
The originally harmonious and polite conversation was completely destroyed by Chang Sui's shoulder-to-shoulder hook. You must know that this guy hooked Xu Fengnian's shoulder directly, and said carelessly: "I went to Jibei for a walk I know that Youzhou is not only the infantry under Yan Wenluan's command is the most powerful in the world, but also the cavalry in Youzhou, and the cavalry in Liyang is not comparable. Originally, it was estimated that our gentleman I can't let my old face go, so I can find an excuse at that time, saying that I am not acclimatized and vomited and diarrhea in your Beiliang, and I need to cultivate for three or four years. I never thought that my husband was very generous this time. One of them was also thrown to Beiliang in one breath, so it was just right, our brothers and sisters still got together, but unfortunately I tried my best but it was self-defeating. Saying goodbye to Jizhou, it should be the last time in this life with Mr. It's time to follow to Qingcang City in Liuzhou. Xu Fengnian, we are going to hang out with you in the future, or take this opportunity to discuss something and help Xu Huang find a general? The ugly words first, miscellaneous names can't do it Even if you can't become a powerful general at the Liangzhou border, you can do it in Liuzhou and Youzhou. With my junior brother Xu's full of strategy, it is definitely more than enough to lead an army of 10,000 people. This kid Sima Can can stay in Liangzhou. As a fourth- and fifth-rank official in the government, if you are more courageous, you can simply give Song Dongming a helper, just be careful that this kid seduces your pretty maids from Qingliang Mountain. As for the younger brother Liu Duanmao and the younger sister Jinbaoshi, there is no need to worry. If there is really no official title for them, then just find a place to hone for a year or so... "
Xu Huang looked helpless, Sima Can's bright smile became far-fetched, Liu Duanmao simply turned his head away, pretending that he didn't know this senior. Jin Baoshi secretly glanced at Xu Fengnian with complicated eyes.
Reciprocate, since Mr. Han is so generous, Xu Fengnian, who was extremely surprised in his heart, is not a petty person. He showed the resolute side of a vassal king on the spot, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. I will personally write a letter to Chu Lushan. The military affairs of the Beiliang Border Pass have always been strict and strict. To be honest, I, Xu Fengnian, cannot guarantee that Mr. Xu will be the commander-in-chief of the first army in Liangzhou immediately, but I will definitely not let Mr. Xu be overqualified. Yes. Mr. Sima, you can go straight to Qingliang Mountain and assist Song Dongming, the Deputy Economic and Strategic Envoy. Of course, if you don’t feel comfortable being beaten by others, you can also go to Liangzhou Governor’s Mansion or Tieyou County in Lingzhou. Over there Now there is a meritorious officer position vacant, and Lingzhou Tieyou County has just vacated a prefect, all of whom are fourth-rank officials. It depends on how Mr. Sima weighs it. And Mr. Liu, I hope to go to Lingzhou to help the governor Xu Beizhi may not have a high official position at the beginning, but I believe that with Mr. Liu's knowledge and Xu Beizhi's vision, Mr. Liu can quickly stand out from the crowd. As for Miss Jin, I really haven't figured out what to do for the time being. Let me think about it, but in Before I go down the mountain, no matter what, I will give Miss Jin a satisfactory answer."
When Xu Fengnian finished speaking, let alone Sima Can and Liu Duanmao looked at each other, even Xu Huang was shocked, while Jin Baoshi pursed his lips tightly, looking radiant. Only Chang Sui still looked like a fool, lazily picked up the wine gourd and drank the wine, wiped his mouth and smiled, "Have a good time!"
Xu Fengnian said sincerely: "Of course I, Xu Fengnian, welcome you all to stay in Beiliang, and my second sister will definitely be very happy."
Chang Sui sighed softly: "Then apart from the senior brother who has a grudge with the Xu family, and the junior junior brother who has to stand on the opposite side with you, there are a total of eight disciples under your seat, and six of them are working together in Beiliang now." .Life and death are determined, wealth and honor are in the sky, gathering and parting are impermanent, the six of us are already considered lucky."
The last sentence, Chang Sui obviously said to his younger brother Liu Duanmao, who still had an unresolved entanglement with him. Among the eight people, Liu Duanmao had the best personal relationship with the prince Zhao Kai back then.
Liu Duanmao turned a deaf ear to it.
Then Chang Sui proposed to get together and taste the most authentic green ant wine that day. Xu Fengnian spent all his money and bought more than ten bottles of wine from the hawker, and then led them to the thatched hut not far away. There are people cleaning it all year round, although no one lives there, so it doesn't appear to be in the slightest, and even the small vegetable garden behind the house is full of greenery. Xu Fengnian moved out bamboo chairs and stools from the house, and also specially moved out a table that was originally used for stacking books. The hut is not far from the elephant wash pool, but the contrast between the movement and the stillness of the two places is sharp, which is similar to the deliberate creation of Wudang Mountain. It has a great relationship. A group of people were sitting around a table in the open space in front of the house, Chang Sui had already drunk himself, Xu Huang and Liu Duanmao sat side by side, Jin Baoshi sat opposite Chang Sui, and sat diagonally across from Xu Fengnian.
Naturally, Xu Huang talked to Xu Fengnian about the Guangling water battle. They met in Liuzhou at that time. They both insisted on their own opinions about the fact that it was just a civil war belonging to the Guangling navy. As Mr. Han said, The two were half to half, Xu Huang guessed half right, it was a quick battle, and Xu Fengnian guessed the outcome of Xichu's victory. Regarding the upcoming Guangling situation, Xu Fengnian and Xu Huang have another dispute. Xu Huang, a master of military art who has traveled to the old Western Chu state several times, firmly believes that Liyang will soon form an encirclement trend, and the breakthrough of Western Chu is inevitable. It is the seemingly unstoppable 100,000 elites in southern Xinjiang. Only by doing this can they truly gain strategic depth for Western Chu, gain a firm foothold in the gap between Jiangzuo and Southern Xinjiang, and truly exert the natural danger of Guangling River. As a result, it is still difficult to escape the dilemma of being attacked by Lu Shengxiang and King Yanchi from the north and the south, but compared to desperately defending a corner of the Western Chu capital, they can only be doomed to be eroded by the Liyang court bit by bit. The situation is still uncertain. Much better.
For this reason, Xu Fengnian specially found a map of Guangling Road from the inside of the house, and slowly spread it out on the table. Xu Huang held a wine glass in one hand, and "pointed to the country" in the other hand, and said: "Landscape paintings talk about momentum, and warriors use tricks." It is also about momentum. Then the national power of Western Chu almost reached its apex after Xie Xizhen defeated Yang Shenxing, Yan Zhenchun, two spring and autumn veterans on the west front, and Kou Jianghuai shined on the east front, and Cao Changqing fought against Guangling River. But …”
Xu Huang filled his glass with only half of the wine left, and pointed to the wine bottle at hand, "No matter how powerful the Western Chu State is, it is still just a glass of wine, and the power of Liyang is as big as wine. In the bottle, Yang Shenxing's Jizhou infantry suffered a lot of casualties, Yan Zhenchun's cavalry was wiped out in the first battle, and even Guangling King Zhao Yi's navy was wiped out. The wine in the bottle is still much, much more than the wine in this glass. We are only talking about the number of soldiers on paper, and the real general trend of Liyang lies in the fact that after the new emperor ascends the throne, the hearts of the people in Liyang are still stable, and it can even be said to be more stable. Therefore, in the battle of Liyang and Western Chu, the former can be successful in one battle, but the latter will be completely defeated!"
Xu Huang pointed at an important town on the north bank of the Guangling River and a pass in Jianzhou on the south bank, and said in a deep voice, "If I were that Cao Changqing, when veteran Wu Chongxuan led half of the Southern Xinjiang army to cross the river , send a brave general who dares to fight hard to lead 10,000 elite troops south here, cut off the retreat, and then let an experienced general who is prudent and good at defending defend the western front door, so that the 100,000 troops in southern Xinjiang can't fight and want to retreat It’s also uncomfortable to retreat.”
Xu Fengnian leaned over slightly to look at the map, frowned and said softly: "Gu Dazu, the deputy commander of the Beiliang Infantry Army, mentioned Wu Chongxuan as a veteran, and thought that this man's leadership is far above Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun's, and there are not a few strong generals under his command. Wu Chongxuan will not fail to stare at his rear when traveling long distances to fight in different places."
Xu Huang glanced at Sima Can, who was eating melon seeds with his legs crossed, and the latter resignedly put down the handful of melon seeds in his hand, and sat upright, saying, "Wu Chongxuan and the group of heroes with meritorious service beside him are veterans with rich experience in fighting. It will not be so negligent, but, as the saying goes in military books, food cannot be transported for thousands of miles. This is a potential hidden danger and a more fatal flaw in the army of southern Xinjiang. It is not something that Wu Chongxuan and others can solve. The dispute has always been the silent ripple of the temple dispute. Since the first emperor of Liyang, Zhao Bing, the king of Yan, could not be trusted. Today is no exception. Wan Tieqi's fan, using Western Chu to cut down the southern border's 200,000 tigers and wolves? If Wu Chongxuan took down Western Chu with ease, the officials and lords in Tai'an City would not be afraid of more than 100,000 to 200,000 southern barbarians. Take advantage of the trend and run under their noses to show off your might?"
Sima Can couldn't help but secretly picked up a handful of melon seeds from the table, and said vaguely while eating the melon seeds: "Beiliang's water transportation is trapped, and the 100,000 troops in southern Xinjiang are really comfortable. So this battle, Wu Chongxuan If Cao Changqing can be beaten to the ground, it is because he has the ability to reach the sky. During this period, the imperial court will definitely have to make a move. It is the same reason that Yan Zhenchun had to "understand" and take risks. When the stalemate is reached, the Liyang court will be the last Happy, if you lose, just wait to be reorganized and taken in by Nanzheng coach Lu Shengxiang. You don’t even think about returning to southern Xinjiang. Maybe even Wu Chongxuan will go to Beijing to become an official. Tangxi Sword Fairy Lu Baijie Wasn't he just relegated from the position of Minister of the Ministry of War to become a military envoy, Wu Chongxuan was not tempted? He didn't want to compete with the new Minister of the Ministry of War, Tang Tieshuang, who was still unstable? You Xiao Tang is young, and your military achievements are not very good. He is not as famous as me, why should he compete with Lao Wu for his position... Besides, Tai'an City said that a civil servant who doesn't want to be the chief assistant is not a good civil servant, and a general who doesn't want to be the Minister of the Ministry of War is not a good general either... "
Jin Baoshi stomped heavily on the guy's instep under the table. Sima Canming pretended to be someone who had been tortured. , while watching the battle of Liangmang from the other side, and at the same time wanting to fight against Xichu’s rebellion, and trying to play tricks with the older generation of princes and vassals, but I, Sima Can, have to say that the first emperor Liyang is really a formidable man. Your Majesty, if you look through the history books, if you don't talk about the meritorious service, then you should be ranked in the top five. If you don't talk about anything else, just talk about the general trend of cutting the vassal. Let's count our fingers, and Beiliang will not talk about it , then Huainan King Zhao Ying, ran to the battlefield and died, right? Jiaodong King Zhao Sui has been guarding the Northeast Gate for so many years, right? Carve a big loyal character on your forehead, don’t you? So, a book of Spring and Autumn history, is the generals of various countries, you sing and I come on stage, all the emperors and civil servants are going to cool off, and every page is about warriors saving the country The four big characters, and the spring of Yonghui, were replaced by the four characters of literati governing the country, led by Zhang Julu, and the five ministries outside the Ministry of War worked together. Proud of this illustrious history."
Sima Can suddenly paused, looked around, and took a sip of wine like a storyteller who was trying to shake off his burden, "Then, here comes the problem! Why does it seem that the more Liyang is dragged, the bigger the chance of winning, and the more exhausted Bei Mang is, the more he wins?" The younger you are, the late Emperor still insisted on letting Guangling Dao be lit up with gunpowder, and then let Beimang think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. How about a large-scale invasion of the south at this time? Fighting on two fronts, isn't it afraid that even the wealth of the family will be squandered?"
Chang Sui was overjoyed, and pointed at this junior with a wine gourd, "From now on, if you don't make it in Beiliang, you will go to a restaurant as a storyteller. Senior brother, I will set up a stage with you, and junior sister Jin will collect the money."
Xu Fengnian gave the answer with a smile: "The world's elite soldiers and horses have been at their peak for 20 or 30 years. After that, they will only go from bad to worse, and the accumulated disadvantages will become more and more serious. And my Beiliang iron cavalry started in the Spring and Autumn Period, and now it has been 30 years It’s fixed. Tai’an City is afraid that my Beiliang frontier army will be unable to fight against Beimang as time goes by, and secondly, I’m afraid that after Xu Fengnian has completely settled in his seat and grasped the power, I will harbor evil intentions. Very simple example, my father used to If you say that you want to rule the river with the Zhao family, at least half of the soldiers in the army will leave immediately, and the morale of the army will be scattered. But if it is changed to the last years of Yonghui, Xu Xiao, who is already deeply rooted in Beiliang, will mention this again. One hundred thousand cavalry are all old men from Beiliang who have taken root, and not many people will leave. When I, Xu Fengnian, really take power for four or five years, I will gather all the generals of the frontier army in my hands. Directly pointing at Liyang, establishing a country on the northwest frontier, is it also human nature in the eyes of the capital?"
Chang Sui laughed and said, "What a human being!"
Sima Can asked with a playful smile: "My lord, have you really thought about this?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head, but did not speak.
Chang Sui finally opened his mouth to talk about something serious, with drunken eyes he said: "When it comes to soldiers from all walks of life in the world, there are not many soldiers who can be called heroes. The old base is the Jinan infantry of the Imperial Guards of the Northern Han Dynasty. Ruined. Yan Zhenchun's cavalry was originally a first-class elite cavalry in Liyang. Unfortunately, the veteran is also aggrieved. It is not a fault of the war. Now there are actually only a handful of leftovers. Cai Nan, the original 60,000 soldiers and horses have been expanded to 80,000, but the combat power has dropped a lot. The Liaodong Duoyan cavalry built by Tang Tieshuang, Minister of the Ministry of War, is not bad. The 'Dajia' in southern Xinjiang claims to be able to compete with Yan Wenluan's Youzhou infantry. The 40,000 frontless troops led by Yan Chi Wang Zhao Bing himself have always been hidden and hidden, and they have no reputation. As for the navy, the good Guangling navy was divided into two, so there is no need to mention it. The Qingzhou navy has long been corrupted by the officials of the Qing Party. If it can fight with words, it will probably be invincible. After counting, the only ones who can really keep their strength undiminished for thirty years are only you Beiliang Frontier Army."
Chang Sui stood up and said slowly: "On the land of the Central Plains, relying on natural dangers and cities will never be able to stop Beimang's iron hooves, so I want to stand here, the only one that can be outnumbered and not take half a step back." In the Beiliang frontier army, we will do our best to stand in the way of the Central Plains."
Chang Sui raised his head and drank most of the gourd wine, "Hulukou in Youzhou, there are hundreds of fortresses in the two cities, when the horseshoes of Beimang advance, it is only after the defenders of Beiliang are dead!"
Chang Sui muttered to himself: "When I never visited the border in person, I always felt majestic and majestic when I wrote poems there when I was drunk. Only now do I know that the real frontier of all battles is not at all the heroic and dry clouds in the imagination of scholars."
Chang Sui said loudly: "Why write poems for the dead, it is better to die here and leave a last word!"
Sima Can said softly: "Second Senior Brother is really drunk."
Xu Huang stood up suddenly, raised his glass of wine high, looked at Xu Fengnian, and said, "For Hulukou in Youzhou! For Hutou City in Liangzhou! For Qingcang City in Liuzhou! Toast to the prince!"
Sima Can, Liu Duanmao, and Jin Baoshi also stood up to toast.
Xu Fengnian got up and said softly: "I can't afford this toast, you should give a toast to Beiliang who has been worthy of the Central Plains for twenty years."
Afterwards, drinking was free, and he truly let go of his hands and feet. During this period, Jin Baoshi went to Xixiangchi to buy wine from the hawker twice. Anyway, Sima Can finally drank to the point of looking for a wine glass under the table, and Chang Sui also He sang loudly, but hummed in the dialect of his hometown that no one could understand. Xu Huang could not escape. This made Xu Fengnian, who drank the most but was always awake, a little embarrassed. Once he pulled Sima Can out from under the table and looked up at the smiling woman, Xu Fengnian blushed and said, "It's just me. It's quite a sight if one person is not drunk."
The drunken Xu Huang squinted his eyes and smiled, his tongue was already tied: "I heard from the master that the general went to Beijing to award a reward before he was crowned king, and after the court was over, he knocked on a soldier in the army outside the hall. The official hat of the boss, when you say that I, Xu Xiao, only have six or seven hundred people in my hand, I am not even a fart in your eyes! When I have six or seven thousand people in my hand, whether I can see you depends on you Mood. When I have an army of 60,000 to 70,000 in my hand, you will call me a brother and brother on the surface, but you will still call me a heartless veteran ruffian. In the end, I accidentally held 200,000 to 300,000 troops and killed six The country, the emperor alone killed four, how about it? I will call you brother today, but do you dare to agree... Haha, great general, great general, as a junior warrior, I, Xu Huang, also hope to gallop like you On the battlefield, enjoy your kindness and hatred!"
Xu Fengnian saw the inquiring gaze from the Jinbao Room, and said helplessly in a low voice: "This is a rumor spread by Liyang officials. There is no such thing at all. If it really happened, Xu Xiao would have boasted to me hundreds of times."
Chang Sui was also drunk, "The general is indeed great, but Li Yishan, who assisted the general with his own strength as a scholar, and finally helped Beiliang to fight against the whole country of Beimang, how could he be inferior?! It's a pity that Li Yishan is already dead. Otherwise, I would just be a little book boy for Mr. Li Da, so what? How happy it is to be able to talk about the spring and autumn with Mr. Li Da!"
Liu Duanmao looked around in a daze, the wine glass in his hand had already been shaken and spilled, he was still muttering to himself: "Where is the wine glass, where is the wine glass?"
Sima Can patted the table and replied: "Isn't the cup on the floor? I just saw it under the table!"
It's just the half-drunk Jin Baoshi stretching out his hand to caress his forehead. Can't these brothers and sisters be a little bit reserved as scholars? It's okay to be in Shangyin Academy in the past, but it's even more unrestrained in Beiliang, where he's not familiar with.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "It seems that our Green Ant Wine from Beiliang is the most powerful."
At dusk, at the end of the day, Chang Sui and the others still didn't let Xu Fengnian see him off up the mountain, they supported each other and staggered to Ziyang Palace, but Chang Sui still didn't forget the Beiliang knife that Xu Fengnian was about to leave, Jin Baoshi smiled Breaking the stage: "Senior brother must not be really drunk, otherwise he would always give something away every time he gets drunk, and he definitely doesn't have the habit of asking people for things."
Chang Sui glared and said, "Senior brother is about to lose his life, what's the matter with the knife?"
Then he immediately got drunk and muttered to himself: "Don't think about the sword spirit soaring to the sky. Anyway, I can often be able to fight the bullfight with the spirit of alcohol. Xu Fengnian, you are not kind, and the quality of wine depends on your character. There is no reason why everyone is drunk and you are sober." , no, I'll have another drink with you tomorrow, it's because my juniors and younger sisters are dragging their feet..."
Jin Baoshi said unhappily: "Okay, okay, brother, tomorrow you can ask Wudang Mountain for wine money on credit."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Then I won't give it away."
Jin Baoshi nodded and said apologetically, "I'm just kidding, brothers and the others usually don't do this."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "A man of temperament, it's best to deal with people. Beiliang's water and soil are only suitable for such people."
Jin Baoshi quietly slowed down for some reason, and turned his head to ask: "It's really like the rumors on the frontier, then Beimang Dong Zhuo asked Chess House, Sword House and Yue House to set up the 'chessboard', 'sword circle', and ' Sitting and standing' three big formations? And let the more than a hundred Kunlun slaves in Tibing Mountain control the bed crossbow that is as powerful as a sword of an immortal, and even Daodezong's talisman formation 'One Line of Sky' and the Dunhuang Flying Apsaras of Gongzhufen Are they all used? Just to prevent you from continuing to break through the formation and move forward two hundred steps?"
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "After you said that, I realized that it sounded very powerful. But in fact, I didn't think much of it when I broke out. What's more, there were dozens of Wu family swordsmen behind me to escort me."
Jin Baoshi said in a low voice: "That's it."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said nothing.
The woman turned around lightly, with a light voice, "Look at yourself with your body, with your family, with your village, with your country, and with the world. You can see everything from one view to the next, so you can enjoy a leisurely leisurely stroll."
Xu Fengnian frowned, lost in thought.
As dusk came, Xu Fengnian returned to the hut, cleaned up the mess, moved the tables, chairs and stools back into the house, and then went to the back of the house to look at the vegetable garden.
After squatting in front of the house for a while, he returned to the house, lit an oil lamp, and picked out a martial arts secret book that he brought from the arsenal back then and slowly read it. In the middle of the night, Xu Fengnian put down his book and went outside.
In the eyes of Tantai Pingping's qi trainers, Tai'an City is full of royal aura. Xiangfan City is full of ghosts. Jiangnan Road, Qingyi Xiaoxiao.
Men in Beiliang can't compose frontier poems, and women in Beiliang have never had that grudge.
If you die, you will die.
Xu Fengnian looked up at the night sky.
Once everything is done, everything that Xu Xiao owes to Chunqiu, I will pay back. Xu Xiao has been a soldier all his life, as a general, he can only kill people, there is no right or wrong. But how many people he killed in the Central Plains, as my son, I have to save as many people.
And I, Xu Fengnian, owed 300,000 iron cavalry and the people of Beiliang, and I may never be able to pay it back in my life.