Li Cheng waved his hand and asked the villagers to rest. Everyone was tired after working all night, and no one knew what would happen tomorrow, so they must seize the time to recharge their batteries to cope with more changes.
Without waiting for the villagers to disperse completely, Li Cheng turned to look at Li Xinchen: "Xinchen, come with me."
As Li Cheng said this, he was rubbing something in his hand. It was just a small thing. Unless he kept looking at the movements in Li Cheng's hand, no one would notice it.
After walking back and forth in this late night, he had run countless mountain roads. Li Xingchen's legs were as if they were filled with lead and could not be lifted at all. Even compared to his previous life, his physical fitness had improved by leaps and bounds.
, but I couldn’t stand such a busy schedule, and even struggled on the line of life and death several times.
However, when Li Cheng called him, Li Xingchen cheered up and walked quickly to Li Cheng. After hesitating, Li Cheng turned around and walked towards the ancestral hall.
Because all the villagers had dispersed, there was no one else in the ancestral hall except two young men standing guard at the door. Li Cheng took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the ancestral hall. The dark ancestral hall was illuminated by the light of torches. Each tablet was on
The name seemed to come alive at this moment, looking at the two people walking into the ancestral hall.
"Dad, what happened?" Li Xingchen looked at Li Cheng in surprise. With so many things happening tonight, Li Xingchen certainly knew that the three old men in charge of affairs in the village would definitely come to him, but he did not expect that Li Cheng would not
Together with Mr. Song and Mr. Zheng, he secretly called him over alone.
Although Li Xingchen didn't want to make random guesses now, he could still sense that things were not as simple as he thought.
Li Cheng said in a deep voice: "Do you know who the guy you arrested today is?"
Li Xingchen was startled: "The bandits all call him military advisor. He seems to have a transcendent status among the bandits. Otherwise, these bandits would not dare to act rashly after the child caught him, and they have not even come to attack the village now."
Sighing, Li Cheng put the thing he had been rubbing on the table: "I can't blame you for this. This military advisor is just the name he used to hide his original identity among the bandits. This person is Wang Gui, the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
A member of the shogunate, we just searched him and found Wang Gui's token, which is this piece."
"What?!" Li Xingchen trembled. This military advisor really has a good background.
Li Cheng raised his head slightly and recalled: "Although fifty years have passed and the world has changed, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was split from the Northern Wei Dynasty after all, so the style of this token is not much different from the style of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The token
The word "王" is written on the front, and the word "zhou" is written on the back. The style of the token is also rare in the Northern Dynasties, indicating that this token belongs to the general who commands the army with real power. When we followed General Chen in the southern and northern wars, that is,
I have only seen it once in the hands of General Qiu Daqian of the Northern Dynasty. This token should be authentic...not to mention that few people in the world have the courage to imitate this token."
Although he is in the village, Li Xingchen is not ignorant of the outside world. Firstly, he has a certain amount of historical knowledge. Secondly, the village will send people to nearby towns for purchasing every once in a while. This group of bandits is very popular.
It's possible that he came here following these clues - so he can also find out the news from the outside.
At this time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty had just annexed the Northern Qi Dynasty. Although the country was strong, the army needed to rest and reorganize after a great war. The second and third monarch of Nanchen, Chen Xu, was in power. Although Chen Xu was not a wise ruler, he was quite powerful.
Due to his ambitions, and the fact that Nan Chen had two generals, Wu Mingche and Xiao Mohe, in front, he was able to fight on a par with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and even defeated the large number with less on many occasions, and the battle was very impressive.
In this year, the two sides also fought bloody battles in the Luliang area of Lianghuai. The famous Nanchen general Xiao Mohe led twelve people - yes, twelve people - into the stronghold of the Northern Zhou general Yu Wenxin, and destroyed Yu Wenxin's stronghold.
The Northern Zhou Dynasty became famous in one battle. The Northern Zhou Dynasty was unwilling to accept that tens of thousands of troops were ravaged by twelve people. It would be strange if they were willing to do so. They continued to mobilize their troops and generals, with General Wang Gui as the vanguard and continued to attack Luliang, because both sides were evenly matched.
, so a confrontation formed in this area.
Although there has never been a decisive battle between the main force, bloody battles between the scouts and the partial troops occurred every day. As for the various small actions, it goes without saying.
Since this military advisor has the ability to carry Wang Gui's token with him, he is most likely a close aide of Wang Gui, which is also in line with Li Cheng's speculation. What's more important is that he appears among the bandits, and his purpose is naturally undisclosed.
And metaphor.
Although this piece of land is on the front line of the battle between the two armies and belongs to the territory that neither of them cares about, due to the previous victory of Xiao Moha and Luliang, Nanchen's army has moved forward and included this piece of land close to Luliang.
, and the surrounding prefectures and counties are naturally owned by Nanchen. If this area can be disrupted, it will not only affect Nanchen's rule over this area, but also interfere with Nanchen's transportation routes, thus affecting Nanchen's army in the future.
The formation of troops in the north.
Such disgraceful things as robbing homes and houses are naturally not suitable for the army to do directly, so they naturally leave it to the active bandits around them. The least important thing in these two areas is the bandits roaring in the green forest. They rely on their actions to control the situation.
The peace in the area was completely disturbed.
For bandits, robbing homes and homes is their specialty, and now they can get praise from the Northern Dynasty for robbing homes and homes. Even if they are really encircled and suppressed by Nanchen, they can retreat to the protection of the Northern Zhou army. Why not?
?
Obviously this is what this group of bandits did, and Li Xingchen gradually understood why they were led by such a military advisor and not the leader of the bandits. In order to ensure the credibility of the bandits, the leader most likely stayed in the Northern Zhou Dynasty himself.
They acted as hostages in the controlled prefectures, counties or military camps, and handed over their subordinates to the aides sent by Wang Gui to lead them.
"Dad, let's put it this way..." Li Xingchen gritted his teeth and understood why Li Cheng talked to him alone. It was probably to avoid causing panic in the village, so he first let him know alone.
Are you afraid that you might get angry once?"
Under the moonlight, Li Cheng's face also showed solemnity: "I originally thought that these bandits were just some stragglers who came to rob homes, but who knew they were involved in so many things... But the matter is now over, and there is nothing else to say.
It’s useless, the key is how to defeat these guys, whether they are just a group of bandits or whether they have the Northern Zhou Dynasty standing behind them, we must protect ourselves.”
After a pause, Li Cheng slowly raised his head and looked at the bright moon outside the window: "If nothing else, if General Chen were alive, he wouldn't want to see his subordinates bow their heads and admit defeat in front of the barbarians of the Northern Dynasty."