Yi Song

Chapter 248 The natural Liu Erlang
On the 29th day of the second lunar month of the first year of Xuanhe, at five o'clock, there was a large tent of the central army in the castle.

Liu Guozhang got up early.

He was wearing a green shirt and a narrow robe, and his hair was tied into a bun with a wooden hairpin. With Hundred Flowers Chop on his waist, he walked out of the tent.

Zhang Meng came over with a meat bun in his mouth.

"Start eating before dawn?"

"Meat buns, steaming meat buns, breakfast prepared by the cooking class for everyone. I couldn't help it when I saw it, so I took two to fill my stomach first."

Zhang Meng ate with his mouth full of oil and muttered, "These mutton buns are so delicious. The mutton here in Lingwu is more fragrant than the mutton in Shaanxi."

"You still eat!" Liu Guozhang looked disgusted, "You are now as strong as a black bear. Your fine Hequ horse is overwhelmed and as thin as a quail. I am now considering sending you out. A certain infantry battalion, serve as an infantryman for two years."

"Brother Erlang, please don't drive me away. Where else can there be so much food around you!"

Liu Guozhang became even more angry, "I have already decided to send you to Wang De's side as an infantry officer for two years. If nothing else, lose weight first. If you are such a bear, go back to Bianjing and take care of yourself." Will your mother want you?
Back then, Brother Wang, Brother Chen and I promised you that we would help you start a family and start a business, and continue the Zhang family's legacy. It's so easy for a girl to be blind and fall in love with you, a bastard. If she regrets it, where can I find a wife for you? "

"Brother Erlang, Mr. Shutong and the others are here." Zhang Meng pointed to the south and said.

"It's already five o'clock. I wonder if Liu Fa has entered Lingzhou City?"

"Go, report as soon as dawn comes!"

"Brother Erlang, do you really need to send me to Brother Wang De?"

"The land of Lingwu in Hexi has been here for a hundred years, and I have brought it back. Youyan in Yunzhong has been here for three hundred years, and it's time to come back."

Suddenly, a red sun jumped out, and golden clouds spread over thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.

At this time, the purple sky in the east turned blue, and a line of orange-red appeared between the sky and the earth, as if an ancient giant beast slowly opened its eyes and continued to expand.

"We must have gone in. Commander Liu is such a shrewd person. Those gangsters in Lingzhou can't deceive him even if they want to. Besides, under the current situation, what capital do they have to surrender?"
In addition to the 50,000 horse infantry troops led by Liu Tong, we still have 200,000 troops on the periphery. They pissed us off and burned Lingzhou and other cities to the ground. "

Turning around, he saw Zhang Meng eating the meat buns. Liu Guozhang smacked his lips, raised his head and said, "Mao Qiu, give me two meat buns too. Big Eyes will eat them all with his eating style." hungry."

"Big Eye, capture Xingqing Mansion, I will go north soon. As fat as you are, don't follow me north to Mobei and Monan. Stay here and watch over it for me."

Zhang Meng took the four steaming buns, exhaled and ate them, and hurriedly followed them.

Zhang Meng chuckled, "I don't miss my hometown at all. My relatives are buried at the foot of Huangzan Mountain. Brother Erlang wants me to take down Youzhou, so I will kill people and kill Buddhas. Take Youzhou and give it to brother."

"Well, Zhou Juan is stationed in Weizhou with the Northwest Branch of the Investigation and Security Bureau. He is my eyes and ears. You can't go wrong by informing him."

Liu Guozhang took the meat bun and took a bite, his mouth full of oil.

Liu Guozhang stood, turned around, and looked to the south.

"Yes, brother, I remember it. If there is any abnormality, I will quietly inform Mr. Murong or Brother Zhou."

"Okay," Zhang Meng lowered his head and said, then he raised his head and raised his hand, and said loudly: "Mao Qiu, help me get four more meat buns quickly. The mutton buns just came out of the pot, eat them while there are still some. Eat more.”

"It smells so good! Mao Qiu, give me two more. I'm getting more and more greedy."

Liu Guozhang laughed angrily at him, shook his head, and continued walking forward with his hands behind his back.

"Well, there is progress. I can rest assured to leave you to Wang De's area. Go down and work hard. In a few years, we will go north to regain Yanyou, which is your hometown. I hope you will be the first to board Youzhou City .”

Liu Guozhang and Zhang Meng squatted on the ground and ate the meat buns in their hands.

Xue Gongsu felt uneasy.

As soon as he left the city, he asked Liu Fa to surrender. After a few hurried conversations, he was put into a four-wheeled carriage and galloped north to Heng Castle.

Heng Castle is only 150 miles away from Lingzhou, and the road is flat, and it takes one and a half hours to get there. After getting off the car, he was picked up by Yu Wenxuanzhong and Liu Ziyu, who claimed to be staff officers, and Changsun Mo, who claimed to be a confidential writer, and came to see Liu Guozhang together.

Shaobao, the inspector of the Great Song Dynasty, Liu Guozhang, the military envoy of Fengguojun/Huainan/Hexi three towns, the founding lord of Fenghua County, and the ambassador of Xuanfu in Hedong, Shaanxi.

What kind of person is he?
It is said that he was exceptionally talented, brave and invincible, and used soldiers like a god. However, he became ambitious at a young age and became domineering.

Others said he was cruel and cruel.

Xue Gongsu believed some of his words, but not others.

If he is tyrannical and ruthless, can the 300,000 soldiers of the Western Army obey him like an arm and use his fingers?
But it is true that he is as fierce as a tiger and as cunning as a fox. Eight thousand miles of roundabout outflanking, although it was three or four thousand miles from Shaanxi to Hedong, they were all marching in the Song Dynasty, so they could only be regarded as marches.

However, after leaving Hedong, they recruited the Monan and Mobei cavalry in the clouds and marched south, from the former Hetao to the back Hetao, and then southward along the Yellow River. He went south with the Hebei cavalry and even considered moving the capital.

Then he went back to the north of Brother Richard's headquarters and lurked for several days.

Taking advantage of the chaos in Xingqing Mansion, it was too late to report the military information to Brother Richard. He quickly found the weakness and burned the food and fodder of Shenduiyi. From then on, the winner was decided.

The mediocre people said that he was bold and reckless, but the knowledgeable people knew that he had great ambitions. The vastness of the world is all contained in his heart. That's why there is such an amazing move of opening and closing, vertical and horizontal.

Now that he was about to meet the real person, Xue Gongsu felt complicated.

Nervousness, excitement, worry, anticipation, all kinds of different things.

He believed that with his daughter's beauty, Liu Erlang would definitely become his son-in-law. The Xue family has been tied to him since then, jumping from the Wei Ming family's ship to the Liu family's ship.

Now he was eager to see what the helmsman of this new ship looked like.

"Oh, Jieshuai and Dayan are having breakfast." Changsun Mo saw it at a glance.

"Ah, where is Commander-in-Chief?" Xue Gongsu put his right hand on his eyes, blocking the dazzling sunlight from the morning sun, and looked hard.

"It's the two people squatting there, the one on the left wearing a green shirt and a narrow robe."

what!
Those two strong men squatting on the ground and devouring steamed buns. Is the one on the left Liu Erlang? I thought they were his two personal followers!
Xue Gongsu felt more complicated.

When they came forward, Liu Ziyu, Yu Wenxuanzhong and Changsun Mo cupped their hands and said, "Good morning, Commander-in-Chief."

A figure stood up in the sunshine, clad in golden armor, standing proudly between heaven and earth, dazzling Xue Gongsu.

Taking a closer look, I saw that he was majestic and majestic. But his mouth was full of oil and water, his cheeks were bulging like a bag, and he was holding a bag in his hand.

"Morning, would you like two? The mutton buns made by the Zhongying cooking class are made from local sheep. They are so delicious. I ate three of them in one go." Liu Guozhang muttered.

"We'll eat later."

The three of them were accustomed to Liu Guozhang's behavior for a long time. Yu Wenxuanzhong introduced him loudly: "Commander Jie, this is the governor of Lingzhou in Hexi Province, Mr. Xue."

"What's going on? Isn't it the fifth night to present the city?"

Xue Gongsu quickly raised his hands and replied respectfully: "In reply to Commander-in-Chief, General Liu sent a message. Just in case, the city dedication will be advanced to the third watch. We did so."

"Oh, it's early? Well, if someone wants to cause trouble, they will be caught off guard. Liu Fa is really smart. But I missed the welcome and was rude, making Xue Gong laugh."

"Jeshuai is so polite. Jieshuai is informal and natural, making us feel approachable and cordial."

"Haha, Xue Gong and Miao liked it. Let's go into the big tent together and have breakfast by the way. Let's chat while eating."

"Talk while eating?"

"Yes, the world is so big, it's not as big as filling your stomach!"

(End of this chapter)