Yu Jing let out a long sigh, covered his face with his sleeves and said, "I have no face to see the world!"
Yun Zheng's words made the old man burst into tears. The land of Liangnan is now full of wars. The army of the Song Dynasty has been defeated repeatedly, the people have been killed, and the government system has been wiped out. Therefore, the old man is extremely sad. The old man is in the final stage.
When he was unlucky, he was remembered by the emperor to take on a big responsibility. A few years ago, he was demoted to Lingnan because he said a few nice words to Fan Zhongyan. He also accused the emperor of being a sinner for his words, and was demoted to the third level. It was very unpleasant.
He was so well received that when Nong Zhigao visited Guangnan, he was immediately promoted to the sixth rank and served as the pacifier of Guangnan.
A civil servant finally summoned the local warriors to collect food and fodder, and organized a battle of more than 10,000 people. He planned to teach Nong Zhigao a lesson, but who knew that he was ruined by Chen Shu who underestimated the enemy and rushed in. Yun Zheng's words were simply
Speaking of the most painful thing in the old man's heart, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty would habitually cry whenever they got emotional, and he was no exception.
Yu Jing's entourage all accused Yun Zheng, saying that he did not know how to consider others, and that the old Lingguan was old and could not bear such sadness. Even Su Xun accused Yun Zheng of this.
Yun Zheng ignored these people and did not apologize to Yu Jing. He walked to Yu Jing's side and said: "The official's decree is to do things expediently. We are all civil servants. Just tell me who should be killed next. I will
Let’s get his head tomorrow!”
"Li Desheng!" Yu Jing's staff said in unison.
Su Xun said strangely: "How could it be him? He is the prince of Jiaozhi. Why don't we cross the border to hunt him down?"
Yu Jing gritted his teeth and said: "He defrauded me of the 20,000 yuan of food that I had worked so hard to raise. Originally, it was agreed that this money was for Li Dezheng, the king of Jiaozhi County. I hoped that he would not support Nong Zhigao, but in the end he was betrayed by this greedy man."
The thief took it away and said it was for him. If the Song Dynasty wanted to support Nong Zhigao in Jiaozhi, it would have to give Li Dezheng 20,000 yuan." (This is true and not made up by the author. Some things in history are far better than ours.
Think ridiculously.)
"Where is Li Desheng? This person's name is not in my military report!" Xin
"He is in Xincheng now! Thirty miles south of Laohuling! He has thousands of followers around him."
"Thirty miles? Thousands of people?" Yun Zheng was so angry that he laughed back. Looking back at Han Niu at the door of the military tent, he ordered: "Order Liang Ji to lead his troops to set off and immediately go to Xincheng to bring back Li Desheng's head and 20,000 coins from Jiaozhi."
Don’t make mistakes with your money!”
Han Niu agreed and left in a hurry. Not long after, he heard the thunderous sound of horse hooves coming from outside the tent. Yu Jing hurriedly walked outside the tent and saw Liang Ji's cavalry brigade running towards Xincheng along the road.
, couldn't help but stamp his feet and said: "Wrong, wrong, just get the money back, don't hurt others, don't hurt others!"
Yun Zheng said depressedly: "The military order has been issued. All you will see is Li Desheng's head and 20,000 yuan. How can the army change the order overnight?"
Yu Jing turned around and scolded his staff. His staff didn't seem to care. They seemed to think that the scolding was worth it. One of the staff, who was in his thirties, handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty is famous in our Song Dynasty. Even in the Song Dynasty,
Even on top of the Golden Palace, one can criticize Fang Qiu, but now that he has been humiliated by barbarians many times, he really can't bear to hold such a lowly position."
Yu Jing said angrily: "You know, as wars continue and military disasters continue, the disaster that was just expected to be quelled will cause big waves again. It doesn't matter if I am humiliated. As long as Guangnan is not affected by military disasters, it doesn't matter if I die. This time I was reckless.
"
Yun Zheng helped the good old civil servant to sit down on the soft couch and said with a smile: "Old commander, please don't be anxious. This time the court became anxious and mobilized the Western Army from the west, and also mobilized my Wu Sheng Army from Shu.
The total number of 30,000 elites is actually to scare the barbarians in the south so that they will not dare to act rashly. Combating their arrogance is probably one of the purposes of this army's arrival. I really want to go to Shenglong Mansion to see it. I heard that the Jiaozhi people
Call Thang Long Province Little Tokyo?”
After Yu Jing calmed down, he sighed and said: "The southern army is not as elite as the western army. It has been at peace for many years, and the generals and soldiers have no desire to fight. In addition, the imperial court only pays attention to the western army and the northern army. One year
The west and north took away 90% of the army's military pay, money and food. The southern army was almost ignored. In fact, it was not just the southern army. If you look at the counties in the east and west of the river, their combat power was almost the same.
If it doesn't exist, a hundred or so bandits can cause an uproar in the world. This is the fault of the imperial court.
The general is ambitious, but please maintain this fighting spirit. The Song Dynasty will need strong troops to garrison the borders in the future. This killing of Li Desheng will be said to the outside world that it was my idea, and you must not be implicated."
Yun Zheng smiled and invited Yu Jing into the military camp. While asking him to see the power of Wu Sheng's army, he introduced to him the weapons here and various taboos on marching and fighting. Yu Jing, a civil servant, could only do this after suffering such a death.
Listen carefully to Yun Zheng's explanation of military strategies, and the reason why these scholars can listen to this is precisely because of Yun Zheng's status as a scholar. Otherwise, they would be ashamed to listen to a warrior explaining things they don't know.
Yu Jing liked to see the women and children being well taken care of. When he saw them eating, he went to the cook to see how their food was.
"Wu Shengjun's lunch is white porridge and pancakes, plus some salted vegetables and dried meat. It's not exquisite, but it's filling." Yun Zheng stirred the white porridge in the big pot with a spoon and asked Yu Jing to watch.
There was shredded pork in the white porridge, and the cook also added some unknown green vegetables to it. Yu Jing smiled and filled a bowl for himself, and asked his staff to come and eat with him.
This is the habit of old bureaucrats. Regardless of whether they really love the people as their own children, they must have the airs they should have.
But Yu Jing was different from others. Yun Zheng found that this old man really ate very sweet food. He drank two bowls of white porridge at the age of sixty and then stopped with a smile. He seemed to have forgotten about killing Li Desheng.
He is probably a very open-minded old man who is ready to take the blame.
After wandering around the camp for a long time, the old man was very tired, but he still personally comforted Zhao Yingchun and his sister, and said that he would definitely report Zhao Shidan's deeds to the public.
"Old Commander, rest for a while and take a nap. When you fall asleep, your twenty thousand yuan will be returned, and you will also see Li Desheng's head."
"I hope so. I hope there won't be any big damage to General Liang."
After Yun Zheng arranged for Yu Jing, he came to the front camp. Liang Ji's personal soldier, his fifteen-year-old son Liang Huan, had been waiting for Yun Zheng there for a long time. When he saw the general, he came over and saluted: "Yu
Hou has captured Li Desheng, captured 600 Jiaozhi people, and found 20,000 pieces of silver, most of which are gold. Now the captives are returning to camp carrying the money. Marquis Yu asked what to do with the money."
"Tell your dad, we can't touch the 20,000 yuan. We will give it all to the pacifier. This money is his lifeblood and the lifeblood of the refugees in Guangnan. We can't touch it. As for those Cochin people who are burdened with money, they don't need to take it with them. Go back to the military camp and let him do whatever he wants, just bring back Li Desheng’s head!”
Liang Huan agreed and quickly left the camp, riding to his father to report the general's arrangements.
Su Xun walked out of his tent and gave Yun Zheng a letter saying: "Li Desheng had better be an excuse for us to enter Jiaozhi. It turns out that we planned to go to Qiyuan Prefecture to wipe out the remnants of Nong Zhigao. It is not as good as this excuse." Well, Li Desheng insulted His Majesty and called the people of the Song Dynasty literary dogs. The so-called Lord humiliated his ministers to death. This excuse is much more high-sounding than the previous one."
"Li Desheng really said that?" Yun Zheng was extremely surprised.
"It's unreasonable!"
Yun Zheng nodded, that's right. These three words are really wonderful. Anyway, Li Desheng has probably been beheaded by Liang Ji at this moment. He can say anything. Yun Zheng can't bear to let Yu Jing help him. This is endorsed.
When the sun was about to set, Yun Zheng was inviting Yu Jing to drink tea. They talked about ancient times and had a great time talking, but Yu Jing always looked outside.
Yun Zheng put a small cup of tea in front of Yu Jing and said with a smile: "While you were resting, a spy came to report that Liang Ji had killed Li Desheng an hour ago, beheading more than four hundred people, and the remaining They have all been captured, and now the 20,000 minmin who are carrying you are on their way to the camp."
Yu Jing happily picked up the tea cup and drank it down in one gulp: "It is indeed the flying general. How much damage did our army suffer in the battle?"
"Liang Ji was not reckless. He threatened the enemy with military power and then used crossbows to kill the enemy. Therefore, there was almost no damage. However, three soldiers were injured by his bodyguards when they captured Li Desheng. They were not serious."
Yu Jing put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "Okay, I can rest assured now. I won't give the money to Li Dezheng anymore. I will use it all to appease the people, buy seeds, and farm cattle. The food in spring and summer has been wasted. I don’t dare to delay this autumn food no matter what. Chang Sheng will go with me to the gate of the camp to greet the victorious soldiers."
Yun Zheng smiled and agreed, knowing that the resentment in Yu Jing's heart had been wiped away. At this time, he simply could not sit down and drink tea quietly, so he accompanied Yu Jing and his staff to the gate to wait.
Not long after, there was the sound of horse hoofbeats, and Liang Ji appeared on the road. When he saw Yun Zheng and Yu Jing waiting at the gate, he galloped over, threw a box of gold under his ribs to the ground, and threw it under the horse's neck. The hanging head was raised and said: "Report to the general, Li Desheng conferred the title, here are the 20,000 yuan of wealth!"
After Liang Ji threw the box, the cavalry who were following him also rode over one after another. They also followed the example of Marquis Yu and threw the boxes on their horses to the ground. In a short time, the ground was full of boxes. .
Yun Zheng glanced at the box sunk in the soil and said coldly: "Check it!"
Yu Jing's staff came out and said to Yun Zheng: "It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this, it must be enough."
But no one paid attention to him. The sergeant of Wu Shengjun's Military Justice Department came over like a dead father and mother, and said in a nasty voice: "Someone took it privately, it's not too late to throw it out now!"
Wu Shengjun's cavalry remained motionless. (To be continued)