Late Tang

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During the continuous rainy season, it is a rare day when the rain stops and the sun rises. When the sun rises slowly, the transpiring mist slowly rises and gradually dissipates under the sunshine.The ground is full of potholes, full of muddy rainwater.On the Jiangdong Plain of Yimapingchuan, there are criss-crossing water all over the ground, and the small rivers are full of tender green rice seedlings. From time to time, farmers can be seen carrying hoes in the field ridges. However, looking at the delicate rice seedlings is full of hope.

This season is warm and cold, and the night and morning are still a bit cold, but now after walking on the muddy official road for a long time, the whole body has started to feel hot, the white air on the head rises, and the body is covered with sticky skin. Sticky sweat.

Qian Liu was riding on a handsome white horse, but at this moment, the big white horse was covered with specks of mud, so it was no longer a horse.He reined in his horse and stopped on a dirt slope by the side of the road, looking back and forth at his team.Walking in front of and behind the team were his [-] cavalrymen, and in the middle of the team were more than [-] soldiers in red war robes. Many of them were still wounded, and their robes were stained with dried blood.

However, although most of these people were injured, they were all very strong. Even if they fell into their hands at this time, and their life and death were uncertain, no one panicked or frightened.This made Qian Liu very admired, just imagine that the soldiers of Shi Jingdu trained by himself are definitely not as good as these people.But these elite soldiers in his eyes turned out to be only rural soldiers in the Qin army.To put it bluntly, the rural soldiers of the Qin Army and the Tutuan of Hangzhou are nominally of the same nature, but it is obvious that the rural soldiers of the Qin Army are much more elite than the Tutuan of Hangzhou.

As soon as the team rode up, a strong man with a bald head and a height of nearly eight feet rushed to Qian Liu's side: "General Gu Mei, the road ahead is flooded due to heavy rain and floods. The road is impassable, so we have to make a detour."

This bald-headed man is Qian Liu's personal guard general, with a hundred soldiers and light cavalry under him, and he is most trusted by Qian Liu.His name was Gu Quanwu. He was originally a monk. In the early years, there were many famines, and the monks in the temple had a hard time.Gu Quanwu later met Qian Liu, sold salt with Qian Liu, and voted for Dong Chang together, and now lives in Qian Liu's personal guard.

Historically, Gu Quanwu later became one of Qian Liu's Five Tiger Generals, the number one general of the Wuyue Kingdom, and was only defeated once in his life.In the late Tang and Five Dynasties, Gu Quanwu of western Zhejiang and Li Hanzhi of Heyang were the two most famous monks and generals. However, Gu Quanwu is still not ranked among the more famous monks and generals today. Xuan Cheng under Jing's command, and Xuan Cheng who was born in Shaolin Temple, is now the General of the Zhenjun, the Duke of Dongjun, the inspector Situ, and the commander of the Feixiong Army. He is even more famous than Moyun Monk Li Hanzhi , Gu Quanwu can only rank third at most.

"Stop temporarily, cook ahead of time, Monk Gu, then take someone to explore the road." Qian Liu said after thinking.

The team stopped quickly, and chose a nearby small hillside to make a temporary camp. Qian Liu's men buried pots to make food, some collected firewood, some drank and groomed horses, and the rest surrounded those camps with guns. Qin Jun.

Under the care of Shi Jingbing, Wu Qian and other five hundred Qin soldiers squatted on the ground. Their weapons had already been taken away. At this time, hundreds of people who had escaped from death were unarmed and almost all of them were injured.

Although Zhou Bao and the King of Qin were considered allies, in fact everyone knew that all the towns were still vassals of the Tang Dynasty on the surface, but in fact they all knew it.Although the Qin army and the Huai army are enemies, the Zhexi army, which is also an enemy of the Huai army, is not necessarily the same as the Qin army.

Lin Song's complexion was a little sallow, and he was still suffering from a low-grade fever. His abdomen was wrapped in thick gauze, and he looked around weakly, "Brother Wu and Brother Deng, they are both brothers. The two elder brothers have returned to Shandong now."

Wu Qian's current situation is not much better. Although they said that they had the heart to burn everything together, Liang Zuan was temporarily relieved, and finally escaped the catastrophe of extinction.But just out of the tiger's den, he entered the wolf's den again, and fell into the hands of Zhejiang Western soldiers in a blink of an eye.

Holding a red and swollen arm, Wu Qian smiled wryly and said: "It's this time, it's too outlandish for Mian Zhi to talk about those things again, one person, two brothers, what do we still talk about. Now it's the Zhexi Bing At hand, I don’t know what the future holds.”

The Zhexi soldiers handed over their weapons that day, but they did not do anything to them. Instead, they asked for medical treatment and gave them food, but they did not say a word about how to deal with them.

Deng Huan and Deng Ziming, the inventor of the Feilei Cannon and the commander of the [-]th Army, said softly: "We have passed the Yangtze River now, and we should be in Jiangyin, Changzhou. It seems that they are going to send them to Runzhou."

Lin Song's eyes lit up, "Maybe things aren't that bad, or maybe Zhou Bao will send us back to Shandong."

Wu Qian shook his head, seeing the care and secrecy of the escort, he had already guessed in his heart that this trip would not have any good results.If not, Zhou Bao might be coveting the various firearms they used in the battle with Liang Zuan.Even if there is no Feilei Cannon, the Qin Army's Shenhuo, Feihuo, and various warships and naval tactics are also very important.Whatever Zhou Bao gets, it can also be of great help to the Western Zhejiang Army in the south of the Yangtze River.

He even suddenly thought, if it really develops like that, how will he choose then?Would you rather die than surrender, or follow the trend?Back then, he was not originally Li Jing's subordinate but the general of Heishanbao in Daxie Village of the Feng clan, so he had no choice but to surrender to Li Jing in the end.Together with such thoughts, Wu Qian himself was taken aback. He is now a veteran of the navy in the Qin army, and has a very high status. How could he think of surrendering.

In the tent on the other side, apart from Gu Quanwu, several important officers who accompanied Qian Liu on this mission were all sitting in the tent.

Qian Liu's subordinates are Du Ling, one of the eight generals, and Ruan Jie, the deputy general of Qingping, and Ma Chuo and Cheng Ji, both of Shijingdu.

Although the identities of these four people are different, whether it is Du Ling as the general, Ruan Jie as the deputy general, or Ma Chuo and Cheng Ji as colleagues, they are actually very close to Qian Liu, beyond the usual relationship. , In fact, a small interest circle with Qian Liu as the mainstay has been formed in Badu. These four people, together with Monk Gu, later became Qian Liu's five most loyal and capable generals, collectively known as the five tiger generals.

Qian Liu also took great pains to win over these people, and even betrothed his younger sister to Ma Chuo.

Cheng Ji, who is in his early thirties, was born in a scholarly family. His grandfather Cheng Ke was named as the official history of the Jiawangfu in the Tang Dynasty, and his father Cheng Zhen was a doctor of Tang Guozi.Cheng Jisheng has a gentle and steady surname, is sensitive and sophisticated in handling affairs, and is resourceful.In this small group, he has always been Qian Liu's military adviser.

At this moment, Cheng Ji squeezed his goatee and squinted his eyes slightly, wrinkled slightly, and said worriedly: "The general intends to let these Qin troops go?"

The other three were also surprised. These Qin soldiers were escorted to Runzhou by Zhou Bao's name, and they let them go. How to explain this?

Qian Liu stretched out his hand and brushed the short steel needle-like beard all over his face, and said with a light smile, "Brother Hongji said it was wrong to let go, right now, there is a relationship between the King of Qin and the King of Bohai County and the three families of the King of Runan County in our family. Immortals are fighting, we are just a group of mortals, there are some things we have to think about. This time Shuai Zhou directly asked someone to escort these Qin soldiers to Runzhou. As far as I know, there have been a lot of rumors in the army. , General Dong Zhen didn't come out to see him off."

It is true that Dong Chang has the kindness to know Qian Liu.But Dong Chang is capable, but his foresight is not high, and he is somewhat short-sighted. This time Zhou Bao transferred Qian Liu to escort five hundred Qin soldiers to Runzhou, and secretly spread the word that Qian Liu was responsible for breaking the bridge. Therefore, Zhou Shuai wanted to use Qian Liu more this time, and Dong Chang was very dissatisfied when these words reached Dong Chang's ears.

"Brothers, we can't guess which of the princes will have the last laugh, but judging from the current situation, who do you think is most likely to replace Tang?" Qian Liu asked.

Now that Li Tang is here, anyone with insight in the world can see that the Tang Dynasty has come to an end.

Cheng Ji was stunned for a moment, and then solemnly said: "In today's world, among the heroes, Li Jing is the most powerful, with a vast land and plenty of food. Can attack, retreat and defend, and remain invincible. Running Shandong, owns the advantages of industry, commerce, sea trade, fishing and salt mines, especially Li Jing, although he is young, he can take various actions, such as opposing the military system and official system, As well as reforms such as the employment economy, it was a shocking move, but it made the Qin army more stable. A certain prediction, if there is no accident, 20 years later, although the world is still surnamed Li, it will not be Longxi Li who will sit in the world, but It is most likely Zhaojun Li."

Today's family is from the Li family in Longxi, but Li Jing is a descendant of the Li family in Zhaojun.Cheng Ji said this, but he already thought that Li Jing could finally replace Tang.

Although Qian Liu didn't think that the powerful one would have the last laugh, but there was no doubt that a small person like him would never be able to provoke Li Jing.What's more, when the world is in chaos today, it is when heroes emerge from troubled times, Qian Liu is not a person who is content with mediocrity.The little Lieutenant General Shi Jingzhen still couldn't satisfy him.

He would be happy if he could use Zhou Bao's power to improve his status, but if he could also borrow Li Jing's power, he would undoubtedly have more bargaining chips in this troubled world.

Wu Qian, Lin Song, and Deng Huan were quietly invited into the tent. When the three of them heard the news that Qian Liu would let them go, they couldn't believe it.

"Tonight, someone will pretend to be someone who robbed the camp, and then arrange for someone to send you away."

"Why and how?" Wu Qian asked puzzled, there is no hatred for no reason in the world, and there is no love for no reason.Could it be that this Deputy General Qian is actually a senior spy of the Supervision Office in the south of the Yangtze River?But when he scanned the other generals in the account, he immediately denied his guess.

Qian Liu lightly smiled and said: "Although a certain Qian Liu was a scoundrel and a salt dealer, but hearing that the current hero King Qin is the same age as a certain one, thinking about it makes him very amazed. A certain one has always admired the great achievements of His Highness the King of Qin, and wished he could be with him , as a pawn."

Qian Liu said that he was the same age as Li Jing, but he was right. In fact, not only Qian Liu and Li Jing were born in the same year, but among the heroes of the late Tang Dynasty who were born in the same year as them, apart from the Wuyue King Qian Liu, there were actually two There are Yang Xingmi, king of Wu, Ma Yin, king of Chu, and Zhu Wen, Taizu of Later Liang Dynasty.

Tang Zongxuan was in the sixth year of Dazhong, and [-] was a very magical year. Among the anti-kings who buried the Tang Dynasty, four were born in this year. Of course, Li Jing is also counted now.

At this time, among the five people of the same age, Li Jing had already become King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, Marshal of the World's Army and Horses.

At this time, Zhu Wen had become the founding hero of Daqi, Zhu Guogong and Xuanwu Jiedushi.

On the surface, Yang Xingmi is a wealthy businessman in Huaixi, but he is secretly recruiting troops.

Qian Liu already has a preliminary foundation and team, and he is already a soldier and horse envoy of Hangzhou Shijingdu in western Zhejiang.

Speaking of which, only Ma Yin, who had just given up his good job as a carpenter, joined the army of Qin Zongquan, Duke of Qin, who served as the governor of the Great Qi.

What Qian Liu said made Wu Qian dubious. If Li Jing is a role model for countless young people in today's world, it is indeed true.However, he was still a little cautious, "In this case, General Qian might as well return to Shandong with us. I guarantee that the King of Qin will be very happy if he sees General Qian. I am willing to play General Qian together with Generals Lin and Deng. At least to be able to take the position of a military leader will definitely have a brighter future than staying here."

Hearing this, although Qian Liu had a smile on his face and showed emotion, but in fact, he didn't intend to join Li Jing just because of this.He took the risk and planned to let Wu Qian and the others go, but he was making multiple bets, getting insurance for himself, and leaving a way out.What he really thinks in his heart is to take advantage of the troubled times in western Zhejiang to build his own world.What he wants to do is to one day be on an equal footing with Li Jing, or even surpass Li Jing, not to be a subordinate of Li Jing.

He chose to befriend Li Jing at this time, and a large part of the reason was because Li Jing was far away in the north. He saw that it would be difficult for Li Jing to go south for a while, so he wanted to make friends with Li Jing secretly and obtain Li Jing's secret support. Then grow your power.

"Here is a letter written by someone, and I hope the three generals can help me present it to the King of Qin."

"General Qian won't go with you?"

"There are many brothers here, as well as parents, wives and children, etc. What's more, after I send you away, I have to take care of the aftermath, and I can't do without it for a while. When the time is right, I will go to the north. Work in front of the saddle." Qian Liu said with a smile as he spoke nicely.

That night, there was a great chaos in Qian Liu's temporary camp, and someone robbed the camp.However, the guarding generals in the battalion all received Qian Liu's orders in private, and shouted earth-shatteringly, but in fact they allowed the other party to rob the [-] Qin troops in the battalion.

After the camp became quiet again, Qian Liu and his future Five Tigers laughed and drank tea in the tent.

Cheng Ji said with a smile: "After this incident, the general sent another secret envoy to see Li Jing, saying that he would like to be Li Jing's eyes and ears in western Zhejiang, and then asked Li Jing to support some military equipment, money and food, etc. Li Jing would definitely not refuse."

Qian Liu nodded with a smile, a little proud in his heart, whether Dong Chang, Zhou Bao, or Li Jing, Qian Liu would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.Now, they just want to be empty-handed white wolves, make love among the three parties, and strengthen themselves.

Just as they were talking and laughing, they suddenly heard another burst of shouting and killing from outside.

"Brother Gu Mei, something is wrong." Du Ling went out for a while and then came back.

"What happened, brother Tengyun, why did your people come back after leaving?" Qian Liu was also a little confused.The people pretending to rob the camp tonight are Du Len's people, while the camp guards are Qian Liu's people.Du Leng had already kidnapped someone just now, how could he kill him again.

Du Len said with a dark face: "It's not my people who came here for the first time, but the people who come here now are the people I arranged in advance."

Qian Liu didn't understand for a while, and it took him a while to understand what was going on, and he couldn't help but turn pale with shock, "Then what happened to the pulling people earlier?"

At this moment, Gu Quanwu also came back from the outside, "General, I have asked, before that group of people didn't have banners, they were all in black clothes and black armor, but their armaments are excellent, everyone has armor, even all of them are equipped with bows and crossbows, mother Yes, let's ask someone to set one up."

"I'll take someone after him!" Ma Chuo and Ruan Jie shouted immediately.

"Slow down!" Qian Liu waved his hand to stop the two of them, then turned to Gu Quanwu and asked, "Monk, have you asked clearly, isn't the Huai army here?"

"It's not the Huai Army." Gu Quanwu said seriously.

"Could it be Zhen Haijun?"

"Those people are very well equipped, even far surpassing Zhenhai and Huaijun."

Cheng Ji interjected, "The Huai Army has a new elite called the Mo Xie Army, and the Zhenhai Navy also has a new elite called the Houlou Army. Maybe it's one of them?"

Gu Quanwu shook his head and decided that it was not the two armies. "I think it's the Qin army. Their equipment is almost exactly the same as the Qin army equipment we confiscated on Hudouzhou."

Hearing that it was the Qin Army who quietly approached and robbed those 500 people, Qian Liu and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. Fortunately, a camp robbery was also arranged tonight, so the defenders did not resist and counterattack those people at all, so nothing happened casualties.But thinking about it, everyone still felt chills. If the other party intentionally attacked them, they would probably have a lot of fun tonight.

"I heard that there is a special warfare battalion in the Qin army, all of them can fly over the roof and walk over walls, it is extremely miraculous, maybe they are the ones who came tonight." Du Ling said.

Qian Liu waved his hand, pretending to be calm and said: "It doesn't matter if he is a special warfare battalion or a pro-military battalion, we were going to send him away anyway, since they came to pick him up in person, it saved us a lot of trouble." Even though he said so, the incident tonight still made Qian Liu feel a little uneasy.

This Qin Jun is even more powerful than imagined!

Twenty miles to the north of Qian Liu's camp, the soldiers and horses that were advancing rapidly under the dark night stopped slowly.

Wu Qian, Lin Song, and Deng Huan actually discovered that things were different from what they had discussed before not long after they left the camp.They looked secretly along the way, and found that the soldiers and horses who robbed the camp were indeed not Du Len's soldiers as promised. Up to this moment, the three of them hadn't figured out who the Cheng Yaojin who came out halfway was.

Until it stopped at this time, dozens of riders on the opposite side came to the front, and immediately jumped down a group of people.First, an extremely handsome young man walked up to the crowd, clasped his hands together, and announced his family name loudly.

"In Lower Luzhou, Yang Xingmi led the 36 brothers from Luzhou to rescue the brothers from the Qin Army, and it is too late, so I still hope Haihan!"

Wu Qian was completely confused. Before that, Qian Liu and the generals in West Zhejiang were going to let them go secretly, but now Yang Xingmi and his 36 brothers from Luzhou came out in a blink of an eye. What happened? (To be continued.)