Wu Li freshened up in the small courtyard, washed away the dust of the past few days, and felt refreshed. In order to reach Kaipingwei in a hurry these past few days, the road was bumpy without any pause. It was really hard for him as a scholar.
He had committed a lot of sins. Now that he had settled down and washed himself, he felt much more relaxed.
In the evening, Jia Ke personally came to invite Wu Li to a banquet.
There were no good chefs in Kaipingwei, so Jia Ke had no choice but to go to the kitchen to give guidance and cook some of the rare dishes from the Jia family. Although they were not up to the standards of the Jia family, they were considered good in this border town.
Very rare.
At the banquet, Wu Li sat at the head of the table, and Jia Ke accompanied him at the side. Two deputy Qianhu Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng also accompanied the banquet. During the banquet, Wu Li praised the chef who was cooking, thinking that he
The food he cooked was considered to be the best in the entire Xuanfu Town. In fact, Wu Li thought that this was the chef Jia Ke brought from Jia Mansion. In his heart, he was envious and contemptuous of these children of the aristocratic family. He could not forget to put down his bad taste no matter where he went.
Jia Ke had already seen what Wu Li was thinking, but he pretended not to know. He kept toasting to Wu Li during the banquet, and said his compliments as if they were free. Feng Mo and Huang Baifeng never thought of being on the battlefield.
Lord Qianhu, who is so brave and good at fighting, also has this side. It seems that the method of educating the children of this aristocratic family is indeed different, and there is still a lot of merit. With such exquisite and clear thoughts, he can put down his face at any time. This is what they never do.
It couldn't be done. With Jia Ke constantly adjusting the atmosphere, everyone was very happy and drank until late at night before they dispersed. Jia Ke personally sent Wu Li back to the guest room, and then went back to rest.
The next day, Wu Li woke up at three o'clock in the morning, but he did not forget his mission. After washing up, the first thing he did was to look for Jia Ke and check his military exploits. This was also the main purpose of his coming, not to mention that he was in Kaipingwei.
Although he accepted Jia Ke's banquet, he would not show any mercy to Jia Ke, because it was related to the military discipline of the entire Xuanfu town, because Wang Tao was very strict in running the army. Although there were some minor shortcomings in the army, those
It has been a common practice in the military for many years, such as empty pay, etc. But under his management, Xuanfu Town has never lied about military merit. Before he came, he decided to teach Jia Ke a lesson. Although
He cannot be punished severely, but it should also deter him from committing the crime again.
When Jia Ke heard that Wu Li had something to do with him, he didn't dare to neglect and came to meet him immediately.
When Wu Li saw Jia Ke, there was no expression on his face. He seemed to be two different people from the smiling Wu Li yesterday.
Jia Ke was also a little unhappy in his heart. Who are these people? He was playing Sichuan Opera face-changing with him. It was the same every day. Although he was unhappy, there was no trace of it on his face. He still bowed respectfully to Wu Li, and then asked humbly.
He said, "I wonder what you have to say to me, sir, for asking me to come here?"
Wu Li saw that Jia Ke was still fully cooperating and not making any resistance. He also had a doubt in his heart. Could it be that this Jia Ke really braved the three armies and won the Kaiping Wei victory? But thinking about it, this is completely impossible.
Jia Ke's current performance must be confusing himself.
Wu Li strengthened his confidence again and said to Jia Ke: "There are still important things to do in the Jiedushi Palace? I can't delay for too long. I will start to test the military merits today. I don't know what your plans are."
Jia Ke raised his hands and said to Wu Li: "In my humble position, I still have military affairs to attend to. I can't accompany you to inspect everything in person. Why don't you let Kaiping Guard Deputy Qianhu Huang Baifeng accompany you? What do you think?"
Wu Li met Huang Baifeng at yesterday's banquet. Huang Baifeng was a middle-aged man who was very gentle in dealing with others. Compared with the other deputy Qianhu who looked disapproving of him, even though he knew he was looking for trouble,
His face is several times better. He should be a good candidate. He will not use petty tricks on himself to delay his own affairs, which means he has agreed.
In fact, Jia Ke was not prepared to use any means at all. Because his military merits were real, the reason why he was careful to curry favor with Wu Li was because he was afraid that Wu Li would cause trouble for him. Although he was not afraid that he would lose his military merits, he still drove carefully.
Get the Ten Thousand Years Ship.
So starting from this day, Wu Li, accompanied by Huang Baifeng, began to test the military merit of Kaiping Guard.
Wu Li was very experienced in this area, but the more he examined it, the more surprised he became. Because he really found more than 600 Tatar prisoners in Kaipingwei.
He randomly selected and interrogated these prisoners, and found that it was completely different from what he thought. These prisoners were all young and strong Tatars. They were all captured by the Kaiping Guards on the battlefield.
After examining the prisoners, they went to examine the heads of the 3,200-level prisoners. However, Huang Baifeng heard that he was going to examine the heads, so he asked people to prepare a carriage. This made Wu Li very confused.
It wasn't until they got on the carriage, left Kaipingwei, and traveled five or six miles north. When they saw the Beijing temple made of human heads, Wu Li was stunned.
Wu Li had read from history books that hundreds of years ago, the imperial court at that time made a northern expedition to the grasslands and won successive victories, forcing the grassland tribes to flee thousands of miles north.
The imperial court at that time used human heads on the grassland to build temples to intimidate the grassland. But in reality, he had never seen it.
Today, he saw outside the Kaiping Guard that Jia Ke actually built the Jingguan with the heads of prairie cavalry. Looking at the size of the Jingguan, it would be impossible to complete it without thousands of heads. Only now did he fully believe that the Kaiping Guard was built by Jia Ke.
Under his leadership, he defeated the Tatars and beheaded thousands of people.
However, he did not think that this was Jia Ke's ability, but he was more and more afraid of the aristocratic family. He thought that this was something that Jia's family had to use manpower and material resources to accomplish.
Wu Li couldn't help but sigh at this. What the imperial court was unable to accomplish, a declining aristocratic family could easily accomplish. It seemed that these aristocratic families still had many unknown potentials.
In the future, it’s better not to offend Jia Ke too much. If the Jia family becomes angry, I, as the governor of Jiedushi, may not have the shoulders to carry it. Besides, no matter where Jia Ke’s military exploits come from, after all,
It was true. There was no panic, so he had no reason to reprimand Jia Ke.
Wu Li returned to Kaiping Guard and his attitude toward Jia Ke became friendly again. Jia Ke was still a little confused when he saw that Wu Li's attitude had changed so obviously. He guessed that it was because Wu Li saw that his military exploits were real.
So the attitude changed.
Wu Li did not discover that Jia Ke had falsified his military achievements, so he planned to stay there for another day and return to the Jiedushi Mansion to report to Wang Tao tomorrow.
But no one expected that on this night, the situation in Kaipingwei would change dramatically.
Jia Ke was woken up in the middle of the night. The spies reported that the Tatars had fifty or sixty thousand cavalry heading towards Kaiping Guards. They would definitely reach Kaiping Guards at dawn.
Jia Ke was shocked when he heard the news. He never thought that fifty or sixty thousand people would come to besiege the small Kaiping Guard. Now he thought it was his own negligence. He never thought that the Tatars would come to take revenge.
Jia Ke didn't dare to delay, so he immediately beat the drums to gather his generals. He also quickly put on his helmet and crown and rushed to the lobby of Qianhu Mansion.
The two deputy Qianhu and the Baihu in the Kaiping Guards suddenly heard the sound of drums late at night. They knew that it was the Qianhu adults who were beating the drums to gather generals. From the sound of the drums, if the three drums were not heard, they would be beheaded in public.
. So no one dared to neglect, they all dressed up quickly and ran towards Qianhu Mansion.
Jia Ke was the first to arrive at the lobby of Qianhu Mansion, sitting in the middle, waiting for everyone to arrive.
As soon as the two drums finished, all the officers arrived. Even Wu Li heard the drums and came over.
This time, Jia Ke did not let Wu Li sit in the main seat, but placed a chair for him in the hall. Wu Li was not dissatisfied at all. He heard the drums of the generals in the middle of the night. He was often in the army.
Little did they know that there was an urgent military situation. The military commander was beating drums to gather the generals. When he arrived at the lobby and saw Jia Ke in full military uniform, he knew that he was going to exercise his responsibility to defend thousands of households in Kaiping. He really couldn't interfere in any way.
According to the regulations of the imperial court, even I have to listen to his orders at this time. If there is any violation, I will be punished according to military law, and I am afraid that my life will not be saved.