Just when the Li family was filled with the sadness of separation, the Zhang family, ten miles away, also began to pack for the fifth son. Originally, according to Zhang's father's intention, since the fifth son had already mixed up in a small official position, he might as well ask some acquaintances
Think about it carefully and find a reason to stay at home for a longer period of time. When the situation of the Liaodong war becomes clear, you can then decide whether to serve in the military or prepare to take the exam. But this suggestion was rejected by Wuwazi on the spot as soon as it came out.
"What if we don't take care of it well and we are forced to transport food like last time, and we end up filling the ditch. Instead of asking Asahi for help then, we should just follow him honestly now. Asahi
My son is a person who values friendship. He has just become a captain, and I will be the commander of the team. One day, he will be promoted to a general, and I will be the commander of the brigade. If he becomes a general and fights with brothers, I will at least be a cavalry officer.
Doing it is much less troublesome than memorizing papers every day to prepare for the exam! Besides, how can the emperor have the intention to take the imperial examination now? The Goguryeo people don't give him face as an old man..." Zhang Wuwa shook his head and fell silent in the dream of promotion and wealth.
Since he returned from Liaodong last year, he has not read a day. Reading is useless, and he is still trying to gain fame. Xuzi's riding skills, Xuzi's sword skills, Xuzi's achievements, everything about Li Xu has become
His role model. When no one is around, he imagines himself as Li Xu and fights passionately in his dreams.
Li Xu was younger than him. He couldn't read as well as he did when he was in the county school, and he wasn't as good at fighting. However, he went out to practice a year earlier than him and became so powerful. Zhang Wuwa firmly believed that one day he could be as good as Li Xu.
Like my brother, he quickly stood out on horseback.
His idea influenced many young people around him. Although many young people from Shanggu County left last year and never came back, this year when the emperor ordered to recruit folk warriors to serve as Xiaoguo, nearly a hundred people applied in the small Yi County. Although many young people
After their parents learned the news, they dragged them back home, but in the end, only about forty people left their names in the yamen.
"Go, go, aren't you afraid of leaving without looking back?!" Zhang's father roared loudly. After enough roaring, he had to prepare horses and weapons for his son. The fifth son is the youngest in the family and has always been his pet peeve.
.Although he is so angry that his teeth are itching with hatred, but if he can protect him more, his family will want to protect him more.
"How can it be so scary? Why do Liao River and Liao River flow eastward, and the warriors never look back once they go! That's all nonsense. Last year, I followed Xu Zi from western Liaoning to the edge of Mazhai Water. Hundreds of people walked back and forth, and it was too late.
I didn't see the Goguryeo people dare to come out to fight!" Wu Wazi was so busy bragging that he couldn't see the worry on his father's face at all.
The heroic deeds of transporting food to the Mazhai River have been told hundreds of times by him. Why did the Goguryeo people dare not come forward with eight hundred as twenty thousand? What about the forced march of five hundred miles in three days and nights to lead the troops in time?
The news of the defeat was sent back to the emperor. Li Xu and Liu Hongji led people to rescue the trapped Paoze. He took the initiative to participate but had to look back and wait for the feat because he was protecting the crown prince of Tang Dynasty. He added fuel to the fire every time, making it more exciting each time.
While telling the story, it seemed as if he suddenly became proficient with swords and horses, and became an unstoppable brave general who could easily enter and exit the Goguryeo army seven times.
"Since the Goguryeo people were so weak, how come the Sui Dynasty was defeated?" Zhang Zhi, Wuwazi's elder brother, could not stand his brother's arrogant face and asked in a low voice.
"Isn't there a treacherous minister who was obstructing this? That Liu Shilong did not allow the soldiers to attack, and destroyed an army of 300,000 for the sake of one man! This time the emperor has beheaded him in public. If everyone lets go and fights, they will definitely defeat Goguryeo.
Drop it!" Zhang Wuwa pouted at her brother with a profound look on her face. "If you don't go for fame now, when Goguryeo is leveled and there are no more wars around the Sui Dynasty, it will be difficult to make meritorious deeds!"
"Okay, okay, you go and make meritorious service and become a general. We won't delay your future!" Zhang Zhi had no choice but to order his subordinates to prepare dry food for the horses and prepare a generous gift for Li.
The family sent him over. Although the two families didn't move around much in the past, Wuwazi had been taken care of by Li Xu for more than a year. Moreover, if the facts were as what Wuwazi said, the time for the Li family's Xuzi to rise to prominence was just around the corner. If the Zhang family didn't take advantage of the opportunity to get close to them,
, in the future, even if I rush to visit relatives, they may not be willing to admit it.
"Really, don't worry blindly!" Wu Wazi had had enough of bragging. He squatted beside his parents who were instructing the servants to check the packages and comforted him in a low voice, "Xu Zi was originally appreciated by Duke Tang and was appointed by the emperor as a school captain.
, this time in Liaodong, we also rescued Prince Consort Yuwen and the fierce general Xue Shixiong that the emperor liked. With these connections, no general dared to let him make a mistake. I followed him, not leaving, he was fine.
Then I can live in peace!"
"Humph, if Xuzi is really as hot-tempered as you say, why didn't he see the emperor promote him to an official position?" Zhang Zhi muttered angrily.
"The twenty-fourth army was defeated, and even General Wei Wensheng, who returned with the whole army, was not promoted or demoted. How could the emperor promote Xu Zi to the official position? Isn't that obvious to let people say that he only cares about
My son-in-law was rescued out of personal favor, regardless of the serious matter of losing his master and humiliating the country? This time, General Wei has been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice, assisting the emperor's grandson in supervising the country. Xuzi's promotion is not just a matter of sight!"
"He is his family, and he is his. When he was trapped in Liaodong, no one sent people across the river to rescue him?" Zhang Zhi was still unconvinced and deliberately found fault in his brother's words.
"Who said it was hopeless? Mr. Tang sent out all his generals to look for him. He just didn't expect Xuzi and the others, so he took a circuit back from another place. On the day the bridge was broken, you didn't see it. Mr. Tang's son was across the river bank.
Crying loudly, Li Shimin and Li Waner ran along the river with their soldiers, shouting Xu Zi's name as they ran..." Zhang Wuwa smacked her lips and exclaimed in admiration.
Not only was my cousin highly appreciated by Duke Tang, he was probably also admired by Duke Tang's second daughter, but Zhang Xiu, the fifth son, could not say this. Before returning home, my cousin had personally warned him that it was okay to brag, but not allowed.
Spread nonsense rumors. If he hears rumors about bad guys, no matter who comes from them, the responsibility belongs to Zhang family Xiaowu. Although Wuzi is older than his cousin, he is a little scared in his heart.
He was really offended by his cousin who had been killed in an army of ten thousand horses. If this cousin who was said to have killed dozens of people accidentally took a bite of him, I am afraid that he would not only ruin his future.
"However, Wan'er seems to really like Xu Guan, can't he see it?" Zhang Xiu squatted on the ground and thought with a mysterious face.
"How about teaching Xuzi a few tricks? He seems to be really stupid!" He was thinking, and as he was thinking, saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth, and it was wet and shiny.
Zhang Xiu, the fifth son, is a man who dares to think and act. After setting off from Shanggu County, he began to instill in his cousin how to treat women along the way. However, Xuzi didn't seem to be very interested in this. Every time Zhang Xiu talked about it, he was very happy.
When he suddenly stopped, he found that his cousin was always looking into the distance in silence.
A very disappointing silence. Women in the military have always been a very exciting topic. Regardless of whether they understand it or not, whether they are right or wrong, as long as someone is willing to pick up the conversation, everyone can discuss it all night long. But
Li Xu was always noncommittal, and it was difficult for Zhang Xiu to continue the topic alone. He looked like a stubborn general. No matter how you gave him advice, he would not say you were right or wrong, and would still follow his own rules.
The fixed idea is to get into the formation and charge.
This attitude was too hurtful to one's self-esteem. After trying several times, Zhang Xiu gave up in despair. He followed Li Xu's gaze and looked into the distance, only to see flat and open fields covered with green and faint trees.
Plants, some clumsy peasant women are hunched over, not knowing what to pull out in the fields. In the fields, there are their unattended children, some are crying, some are rolling in the soil, and some are
Shouting loudly and chasing butterflies flying by.
"There are so many leeks, who do they grow so many leeks to sell to?" Zhang Xiu suddenly remembered a strange question and blurted out.
"Wheat!" Li Xu's answer was short but powerful, which immediately made Zhang Xiu blush.
After being stunned for a long time, Zhang Xiucai, the fifth boy, slapped his mount and chased after him. "The old saying makes a fool of himself, and it seems that it applies to me!" He smiled coquettishly and explained. "I've seen it before.
It’s the first time I’ve paid attention to the wheat placed in the barn and what it looks like in the ground!”
"The Goguryeo people also grow wheat. When we were killing the Hui people last year, we set a lot of them on fire! I wonder if they will have food to eat this winter!" Li Xu said quietly to himself without looking back.
After hearing this, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but want to laugh at his pedantic cousin. Three hundred thousand brothers had people build pagodas, and they didn't care whether they had food to eat! In his eyes, the Goguryeo people were uncivilized barbarians.
, beasts that feed on their hair and drink their blood. If they don’t eat enough, they will starve to death and save the army the effort to conquer them.
Before Zhang Xiu could think about it and express his thoughts, Li Xu's soliloquy reached his ears again. "If we send people to burn it every year, it will probably take less than three years for Goguryeo to be subjugated."
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"Ah!" Zhang Xiu was stunned. His cousin has always been a very loyal, slightly stupid, but lucky boy next door in his heart. He never thought that the other person's heart would suddenly become so...
Ruthless, more vicious than the Goguryeo people. Looking carefully at Li Xu's square and resolute face, Wu Wazi knew that his cousin was no longer joking. Suddenly, he felt a chill on the back of his spine, and a cold wind blew from the back of his neck.
Come in and rush along the spine to the saddle.
"Hurry up and leave, don't delay the expedition!" Li Xu didn't realize that he had frightened the other party. He looked at Zhang Wuwa, who had an unusual look on his face, and ordered in a low voice.
"Hey, hey!" Zhang Wuwa agreed repeatedly, riding his horse to catch up with Li Xu. Just as he caught up, he couldn't help but pull the reins to keep his mount a few feet away from Heifeng, "That horse of yours
Too hot-tempered!" He explained nonchalantly, "My horse is a little afraid of it! Let them go away, to save, to save..."
"Whatever you want!" Li Xu replied nonchalantly, turning his head to look at his scenery. It was almost March, and the wild flowers beside the field ridges were red and white, blooming as if they were rushing. In mid-air, large swaths of elm flowers could be seen.
It was blown down by the wind and flying in the air, as if a heavy snow was falling.
'My cousin has changed!' Wu Wazi thought silently as he looked at the boys of the same age surrounded by flying elm coins. When did this change begin, he didn't notice. Anyway, his cousin's behavior now is different from last summer.
Big difference. Last summer, he made people feel friendly and comfortable. But now, he exudes an ice-like coldness from time to time. (To be continued)
