"Li Longtou, go and greet him!" Huang Junhan, the leader in Jiyincang City, suggested.
"That's right." Zhai Kuan frowned and tried to persuade him. "Now that things have come to a point, peace is the most important thing, so don't cause any trouble."
"Li Gong, everyone is resisting Wei. Jiangdu and Dongdu have not fallen!" Meng Zigui also had a sad look on his face. "At this time, we must focus on the overall situation."
Li Shu's face remained as usual and he said nothing. He only glanced at these three people and then looked at the other silent ones, including Fang Yanlang, Chang Fu, Ding Shengying, Liang Jiading, and Cui, who had recently become his confidant.
Shiro couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The reason why these people are here is because they were idle, so they turned to themselves to find a future; some are because of the geographical location, their base is around Jiyin, they are under current management, and they have no choice but to run away; some came too late, or came from a different background.
, anyway, there was no fire there, so he transferred it to his place; there are also people who have nothing to do with him at all, just because it is inconvenient for someone to come, so he sent them to make a statement.
It was these people, plus Fang Yanshi, Zu Chenyan, who were in Hebei at this time, and a few stay-at-home students, who formed his support and team at this time.
However, Zu Chenyan has been effectively abandoned, and now he is just a proclamation writer, so-called returning to general affairs; Fang Yanshi, who was the only person in charge of the army before, also became the deputy of the Ban County field soldiers during the two rounds of army reorganization in Hebei.
The commander-in-chief lost his military power; and the few who stayed behind obviously all gradually turned to each other because of the source of their power.
At the same time, he also lost the opportunity to acquire new blood. Because he lost the initiative to develop, the powerful people in the eastern part of the country, the rebels in Dengzhou, the noble families in Hebei, and the demoted officials all naturally joined the opponent's political system.
This is the result of the failure of political struggle, even the failure of political struggle without any bloodshed.
Of course, there are always two sides to everything. From another perspective, until now, he, Li Dalongtou, has been able to maintain a leadership position of about fifteen or six, as well as military leaders, foreign aid, Du Po Formation, and Wu
The frame of a political group echoed by higher-level quasi-allies such as the Clan brothers is actually the so-called second-in-command of a gang that cannot be shaken by a centipede.
In particular, the few who stayed behind deeply demonstrated the importance and indispensability of his group's qualifications when establishing the gang - with the gang's team at that time, they established the territory and did not hand over the civil affairs to these people.
who?
And these people will always bear the brand of Li Shu.
Cui Shilang is right, even if it is to stabilize this faction, we must be patient for a while and accept Zhang Xing's proposal, because if we don't come up with something practical, this group will not be able to maintain it.
In fact, these people in front of me are already urging me.
That's right, after more than ten days of information dissemination and deliberation, these leaders gathered together not to ask Li Shu to make any changes in Jiyin. On the contrary, they were afraid that he would make some changes, so they did it.
Urgent, so as not to injure many people.
After thinking about this, Li Shu stopped his gaze on Fang Yanlang, the most trustworthy and possibly the only trustworthy person present.
"Longtou." Fang Yanlang faced him with a straight face. "I know your rough thoughts, and I think the same as you, but I want to remind you that today we have to discuss the matter. They start from Dongjun and go from town to town.
We have come here, traveled seventy or eighty villages in more than ten days, and finally arrived at Jiyin City. We can’t say anything about it, and we shouldn’t have any more to say.”
"It's just as Fang Liu said." Nodding to the other party, Li Shu looked around and smiled slightly. "Zhang Longtou has worked hard on his inspection. It's time for us to greet each other and express condolences."
Only then did Shang Xia feel relieved.
Just like this, after the summer rain, the south wind picked up slightly, and the water vapor evaporated very quickly. The dirt ground might be fine, but the green brick road in Jiyin City quickly dried under the scorching sun. Zhang Xing led more than a hundred riders from the official road to the east city of Jiyin
At that time, the green brick floor in front of the moat that was laid to facilitate the entry and exit of freight trucks only had traces of erosion.
Zhang Dalongtou also met Li Dalongtou again after their last farewell by the river. The latter also led the city leaders, helmsmen, protectors, deacons, and more than a hundred guards together with Yanlang, the rear room left by Jiyin.
welcome.
At first glance, it looks quite grand.
"Mr. Li!"
Far away from each other, Zhang Xing stood on the yellow horse with a smile on his face, waving and shouting: "You're welcome!"
"Zhang Sanlang's expression remains the same." Li Shu also handed over his hand from a distance, with the same smile. "Hebei has done great things!"
The entourages behind the two men looked at each other in confusion, tacitly falling far behind, leaving the stage to the two of them.
And the two of them did not disappoint everyone. When they reached the suspension bridge, Zhang Xing turned over and dismounted, and Li Shu stepped forward to meet him. The two of them reached out their hands almost at the same time, and held each other's hands outside the suspension bridge in front of the city gate.
It can only be said that, half a year apart, the hands of the left and right wings of the gang, the two most important political factions at the top since the gang was founded, are once again tightly held together.
The scene was still very warm and full of revolutionary passion.
Since the two sides shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Xing first chatted and laughed with several local leaders, including Zhang Daxuan who was hiding silently in the crowd, and then pointed at Chen Bin, Dou Lide, and Cui Suchen who came to meet Jiyin.
While the introductions were being made, it finally became lively for a while. After the introductions were completed, everyone could not continue to bask in the sun at the gate, so Li Shu made the gesture and pointed to the city gate to invite Zhang Xing to come in and rest.
Zhang Xing nodded, but took the other person's hand again, actually trying to put his arm inside.
Li Shu originally thought that the drama should end here, but when the other party wanted to continue, he naturally had nothing to say... In fact, for a moment, Li Dalongtou thought that the other party was worried about assassination, so he specifically held his own.
After all, although the most sensitive Wu brothers had the self-knowledge to go to the Huaixi front line to fight in advance, who wouldn't allow others to take precautions?
Just as they were thinking about this, the two of them had just walked across the suspension bridge when Zhang Dalong suddenly stopped and looked at the city gate tower.
Li Shu naturally looked over, and hundreds of people behind him also looked up, but they didn't know what they were looking at. They couldn't be looking at Jiyin City, right?
"What is Zhang Sanlang looking at?" Li Shu asked seriously.
"I'm looking at Jiyin City." Zhang Xing answered seriously.
"..."
"Li Gong, do you still remember the first time we came to Jiyin City?" Zhang Xing just held the other party's hand and turned to ask seriously.
"It's better to say, how can we forget?" Li Shu came to his senses and laughed on the spot. "At that time, the siege of the city was urgent, and everyone didn't know what to do. You suddenly came along Jishui and brought thousands of reinforcements.
The morale collapsed immediately, and then we reorganized the army here, which was regarded as the first serious army in the gang."
"That's right." Zhang Xing nodded. "But what I want to say today is not that, but the prefect of Jiyin who was stubbornly resisting at that time... Li Gong still remembers it, right?"
"Of course I remember what happened. The prefect committed suicide in the tent... But, I forgot his name... Song Chang or Song Yi?" Li Shu came to his senses and immediately responded. "What's wrong?
,How come Zhang Sanlang suddenly thought of this person?"
"My name is Song Chang, and his son's name is Song Yi."
"When I'm older, I can't have as good a memory as you when I'm young."
"It's not that I have a good memory." Zhang Xing responded with emotion. "Actually, I forgot about it, but when I visited the countryside a few days ago, I met many Huaixi refugees and sorted out a lot of information from there. Song Yi happened to be among them.
... Mr. Li still remembers that he and Ding Tao Ling Liu Ben swore a blood oath on the spot. After sending my grandmother back, he would join the army again and kill us to avenge my father."
"Then what's wrong with him?" Li Shu couldn't help but become slightly serious.
"Dead." Zhang Xing sighed, even seeming a little sad. "According to the refugees who escaped, Liu Ben didn't know that Song Yi did indeed join the army later, but since he surrendered, how could he go wherever he wanted?
Bian? First followed the soldiers of Huai'an County to deal with Wu Dalang and his Nanyang rebels, and survived a narrow escape. Then he also became the deputy captain of a county. As a result, Jiangdu made excessive demands on the two Huaihe Rivers. When the Huaiyou Alliance got involved, Huai'an also fell into trouble.
...First he fled to Tongbai Mountain, and then the Huaiyou Alliance could not hold down the place, so he went down the mountain and led people to counterattack two counties, and was promoted to captain of the county. As a result, Du broke the formation and sent his most powerful troops.
The outstanding adopted son Kan Leng led 10,000 Taibao troops there in person, captured him after two battles, and beheaded him in public."
Li Shu also didn't know what to say.
Even many of the leaders behind him were a little embarrassed... In any case, even if Zhang Xingbian scolded him in person at that time, according to tradition, Song Chang's image of a loyal minister and filial son is indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and now, his son also regards him as such
An image appears in the field of vision, which can't help but make people sigh.
It is conceivable that Zhang Longtou's words should also focus on this.
But I don’t know how it will play out.
"When I say this today, I am not saying that I feel sorry for the loyal ministers and filial sons. What should I care about the loyal ministers and filial sons of the Wei Dynasty?" Zhang Xing looked at the stone carvings with the word "Ji Yin" on the gate tower above, and his expression was obviously sad. "What I care about is,
I saw that Song Chang died so simply and Song Yi was so sincere. I really thought that I would meet them on the battlefield. When the time came, I would kill both his father and his son. Wouldn't it be a pleasure? It would be like killing Zhang.
Han, killing Gao Jiang usually has a beginning and an end. But in troubled times, even with such deep hatred, it is not something you can do if you want to die in front of you..."
With that said, Zhang Dalongtou finally took the other person's hand and walked slowly towards the city gate.
"It's true." Li Shu was inexplicably confused because he couldn't control the other party's pulse.
"Moreover, this matter is just an introduction. The key is, whether it is kindness or hatred, there are too many similar things." Zhang Xing said as he walked. "Li Gong, remember, I injured my head during the Second Expedition, basically I forgot everything I went to, and when I escaped back, I encountered an earthquake again, and my legs were numb due to excessive use of Qi. It rained again. In the end, only one Paoze from Hongshan was willing to take me and carried me out. ...At that time, that Pao Ze was like a mountain or a river to me. I thought that no matter what happened in this world, I would definitely share wealth and adversity with this brother. I might spend the rest of my life with him. I want to follow his life and find a way forward... As a result, in the first village we met, the other two deserters wanted to stay and become mountain kings and dominate the village, but the brother and I refused. There was a fire and three of the four people died. When I came out of the mountain carrying his body, everyone was dead. You and Xu Dalang saw it with your own eyes."
"How could you forget?" Li Shu replied quietly. No matter what the other party was like, whether he was talking about something or simply recounting the past, he had already adjusted his mentality.
At the same time, Xu Dalang, who had a tacit understanding with the others and was about ten steps behind him, also had a complicated look on his face, because he remembered a conversation similar to the beginning, except that it was between him and his brother-in-law Xiong Bonan.
Now think about it, if I had been more honest at that time, had spoken clearly from Xiong Bonan, learned to be more honest, and dared not avoid today's disaster, at least the situation would have been much better?
At this time, everyone had already crossed the doorway and followed the two dragon heads into Jiyin City.
Thanks to the previous showers, the original stalls on the street had already been cleared. Hundreds of people walked in without encountering any inconvenience and did not miss anyone else's business.
However, this also made the conversation between the two leaders in front even more unconcealable.
"At that time, to be honest, although I said a few big words, I actually didn't care about anyone at all, whether it was Mr. Li or the Jingantai team from my wife's place." Zhang Xing continued to hold the opponent's hand and walk slowly. He said slowly, "Because all my thoughts at that time were on the corpse of my Paoze... My thoughts were very clear. There is nothing else in this world. After a person dies, he must do what he told him before he died. Send him home for burial, and then talk about it later."
Li Shu remained silent, just listening attentively like many people behind him.
"However, when I walked to his door, I discovered that there was a flash flood at night, and his house had been buried by a landslide for who knows how many months." Zhang Xing's tone was obviously indifferent. "Because of this, I really felt that the sky was falling, because Although the world is big, I don’t know where I came from or where I’m going, let alone what I can do. At this time, it was my wife who discovered the situation in advance and took Qin Er and others there. , slipped me back into this world.
"The next step is Dongdu. I only stayed in Dongdu for two years, but I did a lot. I killed people, saved people, handled cases, and made enemies. I even rented a small house. Nanya
I also met my husband and the governor of Beiya. Anyway, I was living like a human being. At that time, I thought, in my life, whether good or bad, I might hang out with these people... I just thought about it privately.
One day, he realized his wish to be admitted to Nanya, and he also thought about supporting Li Ding and Qin Bao to become a general.
"However, let's not talk about what happened when the Three Zhengs came. I slowly discovered that the world seemed to be safe, but in fact it had been hollowed out long ago and was falling apart right before my eyes. So the Three Zhengs came... This
At that time, the most terrifying thing was not that the brothers were separated from each other in the past, but that many people, whom I thought would continue to talk to me, continue to hang out with me, and continue to enmity with me, suddenly disappeared!"
Hearing this, many people behind him, including Xie Minghe, Chen Bin, Cui Suchen, Fang Yanlang and others who knew that there were similar stories without even thinking about it, but not just them, many people's hearts trembled more or less.
At this point, Zhang Xing grabbed his hand and turned to look at Li Shu, speaking sincerely: "Li Gong, can you understand what I mean? You gritted your teeth and rescued the remnant fugitive who raised you as your sister. Suddenly there was no message;
Your half-boss, who you thought was the biggest obstacle in your career and who has always taken good care of you, suddenly disappeared without knowing where he was...
"Everyone who helped you out in Wenwenfang, the official slave who served you tea for a year, the pregnant concubine you saved with great effort, almost made you disgraced in a battle of wits and courage with you.
The lieutenant general, the arty bribe object, the hero of the world who you find particularly interesting and may have certain achievements in the future, or even just a neighbor you often see every day when passing by, suddenly disappears, dies, and the whole thing is broken...
"It is said that in this door last year, people's faces and peach blossoms reflected each other's colors. I don't know where they are, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze... Li Gong, Li Gong, do you know what I mean? Have you ever experienced such a thing?"
"Who hasn't experienced this?" Even though Li Shu had been preparing for a long time, he couldn't help but gradually let down his guard. "I have been dating Yang Shen for half my life. I thought that if I were to be his mastermind in this life, I would achieve great things and be able to get along well with my king and his ministers.
.The result? A quick defeat in ten days, everything was gone! Not only was he dead, all my old friends, wife, children, clan members, and things that Dongdu had been running for a long time were all gone! I didn’t hide it from Saburo either. That day
We met on the river embankment. It’s not just that you don’t care about us. I don’t care about anything about you either. I’m just trying to keep up my face and try to survive.”
"Then what?" Zhang Xing asked from the side.
"Then...then the most rare moment was actually on the way back from the Three Expeditions. Everyone was avoiding the corvee and the conscription. No one knew you, and no one cared about you. You called yourself a hero, but you were living in the world and there was no one.
One person knows you well... If I hadn't found Fang and Xu later, settled down a little, and prepared to rebel against Wei, I'd probably have given up on it that day, or gone crazy." Li Shu sighed. "You have to find someone for yourself.
Think about it!”
Everyone behind him was equally disappointed. One of them, an elderly protector named Zhang, was nudged by a horse on the side because he just lowered his head.
"Then it's all about helping." Li Shu rarely laughed. "It's the other way around. It's just like drops of water forming a river, or rammed earth forming a high platform. Every day I meet new people.
When encountering new things, every day makes people feel that we are making progress..."
"Then Mr. Li, do you understand what I mean?" Zhang Xing suddenly took the other party's hand and stopped on the Central Avenue of Jiyin City, and then stood facing the other party who was caught off guard.
The people behind him were obviously caught off guard. In their haste, many people bumped into the people in front of them, and the horses also neighed due to friction.
Li Shu quickly understood, then laughed, and asked calmly: "Zhang Sanlang wants to say, because of this, we must cherish this situation, right?"
"Yes, yes." Zhang Xing held the other person's hands and said honestly. "I have thrown away too many things in my life. I really don't want to make the same mistake again and end up disappearing into thin air. I won't allow him to disappear into thin air, because this time I don't even have my own ambitions and
All my ambitions have been put on the line. To put it bluntly, even if I am gone, I still want the gang to continue...but it’s not just that!”
"I still understand what was going on... so what if it's more than that?" Probably because the sun was gradually setting in the west and there was no cover, Li Shu turned his head slightly to avoid it and narrowed his eyes.
"That is to say, even if we don't talk about the whole gang, we don't talk about Jian eradicating the violence of Wei, we don't talk about stabilizing the world, we don't talk about ambitions, we just talk about you and me, just Zhang and Li, they are also lonely souls, meeting each other on the river, as for
Here... Li Gong, have you ever thought about how rare this is?" Zhang Xing also turned to the side and asked with slightly squinted eyes.
Li Shu was blocked.
Zhang Xing continued: "Li Gong, what I mean is that between you and me, I must try my best to be considerate, and I can help you as much as I can, and I will never cause you and me to suddenly lose the result...
…Especially now that I have all the advantages, I should take on the responsibility."
Li Shu was rarely stunned for a moment, but he somehow knew that the words had reached this point, which was basically the most critical moment, so he gritted his teeth and responded:
"It's natural."
"There is no natural thing, only prevention in advance." Zhang Xing grabbed the other person, and in the summer, he suddenly became serious and cold. "I have made up my mind, Mr. Li, now that the matter is over, let's not engage in any private exchanges.
, and don’t talk about east, west, northwest... Next month, I will summon the leaders of the gang, directly follow the gang rules from the beginning, depose you as the leader, and also depose the chief of Wei Gong, and then recommend myself as the leader.
The only chief of the gang also wants to pursue personnel power and veto power!"
The people accompanying him were not only some leaders who had heard the news a long time ago, but also many local officials in Jiyin City who came out to greet them, as well as those temporary staff officers, clerks, county officials, and county officials who were all here. They were stunned when they heard the words.
Although the leader had long been aware of the limelight, he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the word "deposed".
Many people were originally worried about Li Longtou relying on Jiyin City to deal with Zhang Longtou. Now it is reversed. Instead, they are worried that Zhang Longtou will make a sudden attack and deal with Li Longtou here and now.
But if this is the case, what are the previous words, explanations and vague guarantees?
Of course, Zhang Xing soon dispelled these misunderstandings:
"The reason for this is because now, my meritorious status is unshakable, and I am not the only one in the gang who cannot bear the big responsibility. It is time for me to be justified! If you delay any longer, you will not only deceive the world and steal your reputation, but also delay the important tasks of the gang. But you also
Don't worry about unnecessary things. Since I have said these words, I will definitely give you a corresponding explanation, because your meritorious status in the gang is second only to mine and cannot be shaken! But that is my rightful and legitimate position as the chief through the leader of the gang.
After that, it will be supported by the decisions of the big bosses, with exclusive authority and your appointment. In addition, the gang decision-making system will not change!"
Some people behind him who were originally nervous now relaxed and lost some courage to resist and express themselves.
At the same time, it was difficult for Li Shu to explain clearly his mood at this time.
At first, he was a little moved by the other party's recollection of the past... Humans are not grass and trees, how can we be indifferent? But soon, with the sudden showdown, there was unmistakable shock and anger.
He did not expect that the last person to be on an equal footing with the other party, even the equal status of exchanging benefits in private, would be publicly taken away.
But soon, the big leader clearly realized that he had no room for resistance. If he really resisted, his so-called faction would probably fall apart in an instant, and he would also fall into an unbearable situation.
This plunged him into a state of severe panic.
But when I thought of the initial guarantee, I felt a sense of joy and even a hint of gratitude.
At this point, feelings of shame and frustration naturally follow.
Zhang Xing grabbed the opponent's hand and looked back at the entourage behind him: "You can tell the whole world what you want to say today! Brother Xie, you are responsible for this matter and make arrangements as soon as possible to prevent things from being delayed or leaked to outsiders.
An opportunity to take advantage of.”
Xie Minghe responded.
At this point, Zhang Xing directly let go of his hand and continued to hold the other person's hand, but almost dragged the other person forward: "Li Gong! Li Gong! Meeting each other is easy and the journey is difficult, let's go and cherish it!"
Li Shu almost staggered as he walked along.
Everyone reacted and followed in a hurry, attracting many people along the street to look.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yan Qing, who was among the crowd behind him, was inexplicably excited. As he led his horse forward, he couldn't help but turn around and say to the horse on one side: "Chiping Jiu-sheng, what you said is absolutely true. Third brother has become the leader."
, the disputes within the gang, up and down, left and right, it doesn’t matter if you don’t draw the sword, once you draw the sword, it will be solved easily!”
Before Ma Wei could feel proud, Chen Bin in front couldn't help but laugh first, causing Zhang Daxuan, who had always lowered his head, to look up at these people and secretly curled his lips.
It seems to be saying - Is this even necessary?
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