Wang Fan, as the military supervisor of the West Route Army, issued military orders. Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi and others led more than a hundred elite troops and rushed to Taiyuan. They could force a thousand Tangzhou soldiers and horses to stay.
Xu Huai was willing to do this, and he also expected that the northern expedition to Yan would suffer heavy losses, and unexpectedly the secret of his life experience would be revealed.
The Xiang army under the jurisdiction of the Tangzhou Military and Horse Supervision Department was severely damaged twice during the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion, especially the second time when almost the entire army was destroyed.
After Tangzhou, the more than 2,000 Xiang armies were recruited from local soldiers from various counties. They were young, strong and brave.
In addition to having complete armor and equipment, this Xiang army had undergone more rigorous training and also participated in the later bandit suppression operations. Its combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the Xiang army that was usually used as hard labor.
On the one hand, the combat effectiveness of these thousand Tangzhou soldiers and horses and 500 prisoners was more impressive. More importantly, in this era, almost everyone was subject to great geographical restrictions and had a strong sense of regional identity, or a strong sense of locality.
If he really encounters a big defeat, Xu Huai will use a thousand Tangzhou soldiers and horses as a basis to collect the fleeing troops. At the same time, the Tongbai Mountain bandits from Tangzhou will definitely have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
However, Xu Wuqi, Xu Wukun, and Su Laochang did not think so. They all firmly opposed the premature exposure of Xu Wuqi's relationship with them, for fear that people like Yue Hailou would associate too much with it.
Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others have all been executed, but who knows how many details they reported to Cai Qing and Yue Hailou before they were executed?
Xu Wuqi himself was a key figure in the ruthless scheme to trap Zheng Hui and others. His true relationship with Zhufengtang was exposed, and it is difficult not to make people speculate about Xu Wuqi's hidden secrets around Xu Wufu all these years.
They also could not imagine the consequences that would arise once people like Cai Zheng and Yue Hailou suspected Xu Huai's life experience and regarded Zhufengtang as a thorn in their side.
"Perhaps I can go directly to Cai Yuanyou and ask for these thousand troops to be kept." Xu Wuqi said with a frown.
Dong Cheng was a member of the Cai clan. Xu Wuqi was sent by Dong Cheng to escort grain and grass to Hedong Road. If he wanted to stay and participate in the war, it was reasonable to go to Cai Yuanyou, the son of Cai Qing.
"I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou have assembled at least 50,000 imperial troops on the East Road, and they are all drawn from the armies in Hexi. They think they are elite soldiers, but they will not look down on the more than 1,000 troops in Tangzhou.
Even if they reluctantly keep you for Dong Cheng's sake, they will probably use you as consumables." Xu Huai disapproved of Xu Wuqi going to Cai Yuanyou directly. This involved the establishment of a thousand Tangzhou soldiers and horses.
question.
He now has no idea what will go wrong in the upcoming Northern Expedition. If more than a thousand Tangzhou soldiers and horses are incorporated into Liu Shizhong, the East Route Army directly commanded by Cai Yuanyou will then split up with the West Route Army to attack the Khitan's Shuozhou.
, in the Yingzhou battle, if something unexpected happens, the two sides are too far apart, and it is difficult to imagine that they can take care of both sides.
Xu Huai thought for a long time and asked Xu Wuqi: "If you don't go back to Taiyuan, they shouldn't dare to return to Tangzhou without permission, right?"
"Do you want to drag them to Taiyuan?" Xu Wuqi asked.
"..." Xu Huai nodded.
His main consideration now is how to clean up the mess in the northern part of Hedong Road after the Northern Expedition was frustrated.
If a big defeat really happens, as long as more than a thousand Tangzhou soldiers and horses remain in Taiyuan, they will have an honest excuse to transfer them to Kelan, or directly to the cities such as Ningwu or Langu further north to participate in the internal defense.
It is also easier for them to control directly.
"Unless I don't show up again," Xu Wuqi muttered, "I had a dispute with them about whether to stay in Hedong to participate in the war, and when I left Taiyuan today, I just said hello to the two commanders. Everyone
No one knew where I was going. I suddenly went into hiding, and they led more than a thousand troops back to Tangzhou. It was difficult to deal with Dong Cheng! But the problem is that I can no longer appear in public!"
Xu Wuqi was sent by Dong Cheng of Zhizhou to lead his troops to escort grain and grass. He suddenly disappeared. It is possible that he encountered some sudden change. The two commanders of the Xiang Army ignored him and led the soldiers and horses to return directly.
Tangzhou, how to face Dong Cheng’s questioning?
How can we prevent Dong Cheng from suspecting that they harmed Dong Cheng after they had a dispute?
Therefore, there is no problem in using a trick to keep more than a thousand Tangzhou soldiers and horses in Taiyuan for a month or two.
But the problem is that Xu Wuqi disappeared for a month or two or even longer. If he wants to return to Tangzhou in the future, how can he explain his whereabouts during this period?
At this juncture, if you leave your post without a valid reason, it's easy to get married.
"I may have to offend you, Uncle Wu Qi, for a while first!" Xu Huai said, "Zhu Feng Hall needs someone to keep an eye on the Khitan's hidden stakes in Lanzhou, and I can't imagine anyone who can do it better than you, Uncle Wu Qi.
suitable……"
No matter what happens now, Xu Huai must convince Xu Wuqi to stay in Lanzhou and be with them.
"If they really need me here, even if I remain anonymous from now on, I have nothing to feel wronged about," Xu Wuqi said.
He has hidden his true strength and stayed with Xu Wufu all these years in order to cover up Xu Huai's true life experience. Su Laochang even stayed in Tongbai Mountain incognito and worked as a manure-picking farmer for more than ten years.
Now that there is something going on at Zhufengtang that requires him to remain anonymous from now on and no longer show his true face to others, Xu Wuqi will not hesitate at all.
Of course, although the current strength of Zhufengtang cannot be said to be absolute, it cannot be underestimated. In the future, the two big trees of Wang Zhen and Wang Fan will live next to them. If they want to seek justice for the past, of course, it will be more important.
It's possible.
For Xu Wuqi, there is not much difference whether he returns to Dong Cheng and continues to lurk, waiting for an opportunity to get close to Cai Qi, or whether he stays in Zhufengtang anonymously and is responsible for some shady things.
"That's fine." Xu Wukun didn't want Xu Wuqi to take the risk of returning to Dong Cheng again, and Xu Wuqi suddenly disappeared for no reason in Taiyuan. His wife and children who stayed in Biyang City could also directly arrange for them to return to Yu
Go to Huangling - Xu Wuqi's wife and children also have roots in Yuhuangling. Even if Xu Wuqi formed a deep hatred with them and died unexpectedly, Xu Wuqi's wife and children wanted to return to Yuhuangling, Zhufengtang should not stop them
, you shouldn’t have trouble with women and children.
"The place here is a little smaller, and it's too close to Sujin Tower - strangers come and go from here frequently, which will inevitably arouse alarm!" Xu Wuqi's mind changed quickly, and he immediately thought about how to secretly lead people to keep an eye on him.
The hidden stake of the Khitans in Lanzhou.
Xu Wukun nodded and said: "Lao Wu definitely can't go to Nanyu Lane. Zhufeng Villa has been exposed, and we have to find another place to do things. However, most of the manpower we can absolutely trust have entered the barracks and cannot be withdrawn.
How many people call Lao Wu is a problem!"
They still don't know how many informants the Khitans have sneaked into Lanzhou. Xu Wuqi wants to keep an eye on the hidden targets of the Khitans, but he will definitely not be able to do it without a small manpower.
"Uncle Wu Qi put on a disguise and went back to Nanyu Lane with us. Normally you pretend to be Zhou Jing's subordinate. In this way, you can arrange manpower through Zhou Jing for many things!" Xu Huai said.
"If you bump into Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong and the others, how can you disguise yourself to hide them from their eyes?" Xu Wukun asked.
Although the courtyard in Nanyu Lane is large, Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong are with them, and they will inevitably pay attention to the progress of the training of the five hundred prisoners at any time. Xu Wukun cannot imagine how Xu Wuqi, Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong, and the others could have bumped into each other.
Not to be recognized.
You can't just cover your face all day long in Nanyu Lane, right?
"This is easy to do!" Xu Huai drew his knife and cut off the corner of the table, then took a sharp knife and quickly carved out a brace.
"What do you do with this?" Xu Wuqi took it and asked in confusion.
"Stick it in your mouth close to the root of your teeth." Xu Huai said.
Xu Wuqi then understood, put the wooden braces in his mouth, looked at Xu Wukun and asked: "Has my face changed a lot?"
"Hey, this is such a clever trick. I wouldn't even recognize it if I walked by in front of you." Xu Wukun clicked his tongue.
The wooden braces were not carved finely enough, but they supported the philtrum between the nose and lips, directly changing the contours of Xu Wuqi's face. Even his accent was slightly changed because of the presence of the braces; and if the braces were carved more finely, they would fit
Some will not even affect daily speech or eating.
Xu Wuqi didn't expect that there was such a simple and easy way.
Putting it into his mouth, Xu Wuqi knew best whether it was comfortable or not. He also took out a sharp knife and cut the wooden braces thinner and more closely, so that no flaws would be exposed in daily life.
Xu Wuqi originally came to Lanzhou with Zhou Jing disguised as a businessman. After getting ready, the three of them left the secret sentry house directly and returned to Nanyu Lane Puyuan under the cover of darkness.
In order to facilitate taking care of and discussing matters, Su Laochang, Liu Qiong'er, Zheng Tu and Xu Wukun all lived in the courtyard with Xu Huai.
Seeing Xu Huai and Xu Wukun coming back, Su Laochang and Liu Qiong'er saw Xu Wuqi following them, and it took them a long time to recognize him.
Xu Huai then asked Liu Qiong'er to call Zhou Jing over in person, and said: "Uncle Wu Qi will follow you under the pseudonym Master Shi from now on. You must fully cooperate with him whenever he needs to call on any manpower!"
Not to mention his previous career as a bandit and in the Jingsheng Army, he had to rely on Xu Wufu when he returned to Yuhuangling. Zhou Jing also cooperated with Xu Wuqi in doing things. Now he is arranged to secretly cooperate with Xu Wuqi who hides his identity.
, how could he not want to?
"It's just the right time for you to come back. Chen Zixiao's true identity is probably Han Lun, the general under Xiao Linshi, the former Khitan Dao Jiedushi of Xijing..."
Today, I had the opportunity to take over some military information about the Khitans from the Hedong Economic and Strategic Envoys in the name of the Military Supervisory Envoy. Liu Qiong'er did not dare to slack off, and spent the whole day with Tian Yanyan and Song Yu'er looking through these boxes.
File, and finally found some useful things from it.
If she hadn't known that Xu Huai went to the sentry house to see Xu Wuqi, she would have taken the file to the barracks to find him all night long...
