At the end of the summer season, the summer heat ends here, and the autumn air gradually dies down. The eagle senses the air and hunts down the flocks of birds.
Every year at this time of year, the Beiliang frontier army will carry out a long-standing ceremony, which is the sacrifice of eagles. Some falcons that have been carefully bred in the Fushui room to support the arms of the frontier crossbowmen will be released outside Liangzhou Pass. Hundreds of horses marched out, flocks of eagles flew high, and the scene was extremely spectacular.
Because the white horse crossbowmen outside the Liangzhou Pass have all transferred to the Liuzhou battlefield, the mansion of the north city refused to let He Zhonghu's left cavalry army's fine cavalry do it for him. Firstly, the old commander was seriously ill, and he was only a left cavalry in name The title of army commander, this eagle sacrifice is also the end of the battlefield of this meritorious old commander. Secondly, a new deputy commander of the left cavalry army named Lu Dayuan, who has been away from the frontier army for more than ten years, happened to lead the hundred cavalry in person near Jubei City. In the northern region, raise your arms and release the eagle.
On the day of Eagle Sacrifice, the sun was setting and crowds were crowded on the horse-riding path in Shubei City. The commander of the Right Cavalry Army, Jin Partridge, Zhou Kang, accompanied by Li Yanchao, walked slowly up to the top of the city. After Qiu Yuhan's old coach, He Zhonghu, his complexion improved a little.
Li Yanchao, the fierce general of the frontier army who "rebelled" from the Left Cavalry Army to the Right Cavalry Army, looked indifferent. Only in the depths of his dark eyes could he feel a little guilty, but he was still ashamed and not regretful.
Standing in the middle of the city head, the young vassal king with a sword on his waist, looked up and saw the eagles soaring, feeling relaxed and happy.
After seeing Lu Dayuan leading a hundred riders back to Jubei City from afar, Xu Fengnian turned his head to look at He Zhonghu who was beside him. Officially left the battlefield, but the old man has no children and no house in the customs. Xu Fengnian thought that according to the temperament of the veteran, he would choose to stay in Jubei City for the elderly. After all, he could hear the familiar sound of horseshoes closer. Xu Fengnian even He had already asked someone to set aside a quiet house near the mansion, but in the end the old man actually said that he would go to Lingzhou for a walk before he lay down on the sickbed and while he still had some strength left. It is said that Lingzhou is in the south of the Great Wall of our Beiliang Road. We have heard of the wealth and prosperity there. We have dealt with horse manure outside the pass for 20 years, so we should go there to enjoy the blessings and eat a few good meals.
Xu Fengnian knew very well that the old man's claim to enjoy good fortune was false, and he didn't want the next Zuoqi Army coach to meet him, the Supreme Emperor, from time to time. That was the truth. Still sticking to his point of view, Xu Fengnian had no choice but to ask Chen Yunchuilin Doufang and other Xu family elders who were of the same seniority as the old man to persuade him, but it was also useless. He Zhong, who had spent his entire life on the battlefield, suddenly made up his mind to leave.
He Zhonghu noticed the gaze of the young feudal lord, and said with a casual smile, "My lord, don't try to persuade me. I, He Zhonghu, think that I am mediocre in leading soldiers and fighting. The reason why I was able to win those victories was thanks to the old soldiers of the Xu family. Compared with today's Beiliang frontier army, it depends on being able to listen to other people's opinions. I am ashamed to say that I have been a soldier for nearly fifty years. The number of times is small, and I don’t know why, in the end, the injuries are the least, let alone the general. I remember when the general brought us to Beiliang, no matter how good our friendship was, but in order to be able to compete for the position of a strong general, All of them really don't even want to be shameless, does the prince know how Wei Tieshan buried me with the general back then?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and shook his head.
The old man laughed and said: "Liu Yuanji, Wei Tieshan, two old bastards, actually went to my position with all their heart. Liu Yuanji, who had studied for a few days, had a lot of bad blood in his stomach, and he didn't want to be a villain, so he urged the old man, Wei Tieshan, to go there. Tell the general that I, He Zhonghu, suffered very few injuries on the battlefield, but there are no major disasters, but the guy who has never been sick may simply not be able to get sick, so I will fight Beimang next. Barbarian, don't let He Zhonghu lead the cavalry to charge into the battle. If he dies accidentally, he will not only lose his life, but also damage the face of the frontier army. Can this be tolerated? Of course it cannot be tolerated, so I found it in a fit of anger The general pulled out the third-generation Xu family knife that was hanging at the time, and said a harsh word, either let me be the deputy commander of the cavalry, or I will take the knife to kill Wei Tieshan, the grandson of Wei Tieshan. The general has no choice , so I had no choice but to agree.”
Xu Fengnian couldn't help but laugh.
The terminally ill old man stopped talking, and looked to the north with the young vassal king who was not yet thirty years old.
At that time, Zhao Gou carefully collected a large amount of intelligence related to the Northwest Frontier Army. The Liyang Military Department used this to draw a conclusion that there were many mountains in Beiliang, and there were many conflicts between the cavalry and infantry. The relationship between the Liangzhou cavalry army is even more rigid, and the relationship between the generals outside the pass and the powerful military attache inside the pass is mediocre. Therefore, the reason why the so-called 300,000 Beiliang cavalry can be twisted into one rope is that the human Tu Xu Xiao is not dead, which is enough to deter the heroes. And behind the old man stood a Chen Zhibao with great prestige, but during the transition period of the military power of the two generations of cavalry co-lords, it is very likely that there will be major turmoil. Chen Zhibao, the guardian of Northern Liang, is firmly in charge, while Zhong Hongwu, He Zhonghu and other important hilltops that govern the cavalry outside the Liangzhou Pass may not be willing to bow their heads, and Liu Jinu in Hutou City will unswervingly obey Ren Tu Last wish, Li Yanchao, Li Mofan, Cao Xiaojiao and others are famous for their unruly and unruly young generals in Beiliang. The mountain faction is not strong.
Among these hilltop troops, the Spring and Autumn Old Man He Zhonghu is quite special. Although he was once a general of the Fulong School of Zhao Changling with Yan Wenluan, he was also very optimistic about Chen Zhibao, but at the same time he was recognized as the old Liang Wang Xu Xiao. Loyalty is the most important and selfishness is the least.
Even the Military Department of Tai'an City, thousands of miles away, could see this scene, and the Tingchao Pavilion naturally saw it more clearly, so the two deputy commanders under Yan Wenluan's command, Wei Tieshan and Liu Yuanji, left the infantry successively. In the army, Zhong Hongwu and He Zhonghu, veterans of similar age and seniority, have always firmly controlled the frontier cavalry. Then Chen Zhibao rode to Shu alone and defected from Beiliang. Zhong Hongwu, who relied on his arrogance and arrogance, was not guaranteed at the end of the festival, and the power of the entire Beiliang cavalry army was transferred to the hands of Yuan Zuozong, Jin Zhegu, Zhou Kang and others. The deputy commander, and then under the instruction of His Royal Highness and the secret support of Qingliang Mountain, Chen Xiliang, who was born as a poor man in Jiangnan Road, suddenly took power. Before people had time to applaud, Chen Xiliang then started to set up the fourteen powerful school lieutenants in Guannei. Xu Fengnian, who had just been hereditary as the king of Beiliang, was particularly decisive about this. Yan Wenluan kept silent after meeting Xu Feng, which also made this The military power reform involving half of Beiliang Road has been progressing smoothly.
With regard to the step-by-step power change of Beiliang Iron Cavalry, the Liyang court, which had lost its first assistant Zhang Julu, was completely helpless.
But in the final analysis, the changes in the Beiliang frontier army all stem from Li Yishan's words before his death. It is enough to use only 300,000 soldiers from my Xu family to fight the Northern Mang and Southern Dynasty frontier troops. It is because we are not able to do it, and the ending will not change with the Beiliang iron cavalry leading the world. Therefore, our Beiliang frontier army needs a group of new recruits to create a new atmosphere.
If Xu Fengnian may be biased towards Xu Beizhi in terms of selfishness among the two young counselors Xu Beizhi and Chen Xiliang, then in Li Yishan's heart, his expectations for Chen Xiliang were vaguely higher than Xu Beizhi's.
Today, Xu Chen and Chen Xiliang have a high reputation among the Beiliang frontier army, especially among the young refugees and the Liuzhou cavalry army. The military commander is even more irreversible. And Xu Beizhi, who also served as the transfer envoy and deputy Jiedu envoy of Beiliang Road, was at the height of his power in the official circles in the pass. During his tenure as the governor of Lingzhou, he also had a deep relationship with General Han Laoshan of Lingzhou and Huang Xiaokuai, the powerful school lieutenant in the territory.
Lu Dayuan, a veteran of the Xu family who held great power when he returned to the frontier army, led more than a hundred elite cavalry to appear outside the city. The old man who had put his hands on the cold arrow stack turned sideways, and did not call the young man "lord" but just held his hand. Holding Xu Fengnian's hand, the old man with mixed feelings said softly, "Thanks for your hard work."
Xu Fengnian took the old man's hand in turn, "It's a bit hard, but not hard."
The kind-hearted old man smiled and asked, "Then I can rest assured?"
Xu Fengnian nodded and smiled and said, "Don't worry, old general!"
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The old man was not sent out of the city by Xu Fengnian, it was just a simple carriage, and his retinue was four or five old soldiers who left the left cavalry army with the old commander.
After the carriage left the city, Yiqi stopped outside the city early. The elderly groom who didn't like this rider originally didn't want to stop, but He Zhonghu seemed to have expected it, so he raised the curtain and asked the groom to wait for a while.
Li Yanchao, the deputy commander of the Right Cavalry Army, got off his horse and looked at the old man who got out of the car with a little difficulty, but he didn't deliberately go to help him.
He Zhonghu walked up to Li Yanchao, stretched out his hand and patted the horse's back, and said with a smile, "As expected of the Beiliang big horse unique to Xianli Ranch, although its leg strength is slightly inferior to that of the first-class war horses in Tianjing Ranch, it is the most suitable for fighting in battle." .”
Li Yanchao was in a complicated mood and didn't answer.
The Xianli Ranch and Tianjing Ranch are located around Lianglong respectively. The former has a better relationship with the right cavalry army of Zhou Kang of Jin Partridge, while the latter is more familiar with the left cavalry army. , most of them are from the left and right cavalry, ordinary second-class war horses, how Qingliangshan and Duhufu order to deploy, naturally can not allow the ranch to make arrogance, but some of the top-notch horses are also among the first-class war horses, because the number is rare Naturally, the pastures will be reserved for the generals and lieutenants of the left and right cavalry. This is also a reasonable move. The two generations of vassal kings of the Xu family in Beiliang have never interfered in this matter. After Li Yanchao transferred from the left cavalry army under He Zhonghu to the right cavalry army, the first thing Jin Zhegu Zhou Kang did was to present this big horse to this brave general in the battlefield, one of the four teeth in Beiliang. The next thing to do.
The hunchbacked He Zhonghu walked slowly side by side with the burly Li Yanchao. The old man said softly: "General Zhou is strict in running the army, and most of the brothers around you are violent. After you are in the right cavalry army, don't act arrogantly. It's not worth it to leave people with a handle on trivial matters."
Li Yanchao nodded and said: "The last general has already greeted his brothers."
The change of Li Yanchao's official position this time led to a big exchange of blood for the Liangzhou Cavalry Army, because Li Yanchao not only switched to the Right Cavalry Army alone, but also had more than ten confidant school lieutenants around him who also became Jin Partridge's subordinates. It's just that except for Li Yanchao, who was promoted, the rest of the generals were all promoted or downgraded. After all, Zhou Kang's left cavalry army had already established a solid frame, and there were more than ten people at once. The old man in the army may be about to rebel. Fortunately, Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao reached an agreement on this matter long ago, and Li Yanchao's brothers are also easy to talk to. From this, it can be seen that Li Yanchao does have quite good skills in controlling people. .
He Zhonghu smiled calmly, and said softly: "Yan Chao, I know you are very confused, why I can stay in the position of the left cavalry coach for another year and a half, but I want you to give up as soon as possible. An outsider, Yu Luandao, instead of you, Li Yanchao, is going to take the top spot in the Left Cavalry Army, right?"
Li Yanchao nodded.
It's like a piece of property, no matter how big or small, but if the father would rather hand it over to outsiders than the eldest son, I believe everyone will complain, especially if the eldest son is by no means the kind who is doomed to fail. The Gaoliang son of the light family business.
The old man suddenly smiled, "Li Yanchao, there is one thing that you young people may not care much about, but old guys like me, as well as Wei Tieshan and Liu Yuanji, still care about it very much, that is our family property in the frontier army , actually it’s not ours, but the Xu family’s, the old and new King Liang’s.”
The old man looked at the Beiliang fierce general who was hesitant to speak, and waved his hands: "Don't rush to refute, let me finish my sentence. The general needless to say, even you are convinced. From Yang to Beimang, no one is unconvinced. After the turn of King Xinliang, you people are convinced, but generally speaking, you can't admire the general. To be honest, I, He Zhonghu, are no exception But, don't forget, this is not a reason for us to support our troops, nor is it a reason for us to regard our troops as taboos. Of course, if we say that our young prince has a strong heart, which is exactly the same as the three generations of emperors in Liyang, you Li Yanchao Cao Xiaojiao In order to protect themselves, these well-known assassins in the army, everyone holds on to the military power so as to leave a line of retreat for themselves. I, He Zhonghu, can understand it, but..."
The old man stomped lightly, stepped on the slightly soft post road after the continuous autumn rain, and then continued: "It's just that we in Beiliang, from two generations of vassal kings, to us old guys, to Liu Jinu Wang Lingbao, to you, and finally to those young people who have just entered the frontier army, on this bitter, cold and barren soil, there is never any need for heroes. I, Beiliang Iron Cavalry, only be heroes!"
The old man finally reached out and patted Li Yanchao's broad shoulders, and said with a smile: "Since there are 300,000 cavalrymen and everyone is a hero, does it make any difference whether you, Li Yanchao, killed the enemy with the left cavalry army or performed meritorious service with the right cavalry army? Let me see." , no."
The old man turned and walked towards the carriage, raised his arms high, and waved gently goodbye.
Facing the old man's back, Li Yanchao straightened his waist and clasped his fists heavily, and said loudly: "Old man, slow death! Let's see how I, Li Yanchao, defeat the Beimang cavalry army!"
The old man didn't stop, didn't speak, just clasped his fists above his head.