Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan

Chapter 107 Thirty Years in Hedong, Thirty Years in Hexi

The leader of the Shanhu tribe, Liu Lisheng, led his troops to invade Taiyuan and looted a large amount of supplies.

Erzhu Rong was furious and summoned his troops to attack Liu Lisheng to regain his face.

For a time, Jinyang fell into a tense war atmosphere.

At this time, there was a constant flow of people in the Tangjun Mansion.

All the building materials merchants in Bingzhou came to Li Shuang's house, wanting to offer their gratitude to the upcoming Jinyang Bafu.

"The general already knows your intentions, you can go down first!"

Hou Jing took a piece of gold from the merchant's sleeve and nodded slightly. The other party tactfully retreated.

As soon as the person left, Hou Jing was hit by someone.

"Who dares to hit me!"

Hou Jing turned his head angrily, and when he saw Li Shuang, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"My lord, it's you. You fight so well!"

"How many times have I told you not to accept money you shouldn't?"

"My Lord, you are right!"

Hou Jing admitted his mistake honestly, but came closer again.

"I heard Sima Ziru, Jia Xianzhi, Dou Tai and the others are preparing their troops so they can follow Erzhu Rong into the mountains to suppress bandits and make a fortune. Should we prepare?"

Fenzhou looks big, but in fact the entire area is mountainous, with only a small amount of valleys suitable for agricultural production.

But it is said that there are hundreds of thousands of Jihu people living in the valleys.

During this campaign, the generals under Erzhu Rong planned to capture the Jiehu and strengthen the military strength, just like the story of Sun Wu back then.

"What are we preparing for? What does this have to do with us?"

"But my lord is the governor of Fenzhou after all, so that area is under your jurisdiction!"

Li Shuang shook his head.

"That's exactly why we can't control it!"

"what for?"

"It's like the filth in the toilet. You have to let it settle and not stir it. If you stir it, it will stink!"

After hearing this, Hou Jing seemed to understand something.

"My lord, you mean Erzhu Rong is a troublemaker!"

"Nonsence!"

Li Shuang's head exploded, and Hou Jing was a little confused.

"You're still trying to put the blame on me!"

"I dare not!"

Hou Jing touched his head and still felt doubtful.

"But if that group of scoundrels causes too much trouble, how will we explain this to the court?"

Li Shuang smiled and said slowly:
"First, we need to tell the court that the Jihu incident was just a minor incident and nothing serious."

"Secondly, we need to tell the court that although the Jiehu are causing a big disturbance, we are having trouble raising food and fodder, and it is difficult to suppress them for the time being."

"Again, we need to tell the court that we have collected food and fodder, but the roads in the mountains are complicated and the soldiers are not acclimatized, making it difficult to advance!"

"Finally, we must tell the court that although Ji Hu is extremely audacious and has committed treason, he is just a grasshopper in autumn and will not be able to jump for many more days. We need to tell the court not to worry."

After hearing this, Hou Jing, adhering to the principle that if you don't make a profit, you will lose money, asked:
"But if they defeat the Jihu, won't we be at a disadvantage?"

Li Shuang looked at Hou Jing and sighed: How can people be so naive!
"My Lord, why are you looking at me with such pitiful eyes?"

"How could I not know what those Jihu people were like? They were so poor they couldn't even afford pants. So what if they won? Back when I was in the mountains, I robbed everyone but them. Especially that Liu Lisheng, poor, stupid, and arrogant. His men were the same, trying to use them as laborers. What fools!"

Hou Jing recalled the youthful years in the mountains, which were his lost youth.

"So, my lord, you have robbed the Xianbei, Chile, Xiongnu, and Rouran, but you haven't touched the Jiehu!"

Hou Jing said this and asked again:

"But what if he attacks us?" "Let him do it. Fenzhou is a place with a lot of complicated forces. Let him clear it out first."
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Liu Lisheng, who returned after looting a large amount of supplies, finally put on new pants.

In the mountain village, Liu Lisheng gave an inspiring speech while looking at the envious eyes of the children.

"Children, don't be like this. When you grow up, I will take you to rob again. As long as we get down the mountain, everything will be fine!"

At this moment, Liu Lisheng's men came over, looking worried.

"Our action this time was too big. We have provoked Erzhu Rong. He is going to send troops to attack us!"

Liu Lisheng didn't care and cursed:

"Erzhu Rong is just a barbarian from Mayi. I gave him face by robbing him, but he dared to lead his troops to attack me. How shameless!"

"But why has the leader been attacking various towns in Fenzhou recently?"

Liu Lisheng looked at this new subordinate and let out a sigh of resentment.

"I just want to force that damn Daye Shuang out!"

"That bandit also robbed the leader?"

Liu Lisheng looked at his men, his face full of resentment.

"I'm angry because he didn't rob me!"

Liu Lisheng walked around the cave, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Why don't you rob me? Why?"

"..."

"Yu Jiulu Qingyu, tell me, we've all been living in this mountain, and he robbed everyone but me. Doesn't he think I'm serious?"

After hearing this, Yu Jiulu Qingyu found it hard to imagine Liu Lisheng's mental state at the moment.

"Isn't it good?"

Seeing that Yu Jiulu Qingyu ignored him, Liu Lisheng took a sip of wine and said:

"The only heroes in this world are me, Liu Lisheng, and Dayeshuang, but he just won't admit it!"

"..."

"I once put aside my pride and wanted to form an alliance with him, but he didn't even show his face! From then on, I made up my mind to compete with him, Daye Shuang!"

"and then?"

But then Liu Lisheng laughed and said:

"Da Ye Shuang is indeed a hero in the world who can be ranked alongside me, Liu Lisheng. I devised nine ingenious schemes to deceive him, but he saw through them all."

After laughing, Liu Lisheng's face turned gloomy again, and there was a storm in the air.

"But instead of realizing the cleverness of my plan and treating me as a rival, he has become even more contemptuous of me!"

"How did he despise it?"

"From then on, the people from Taiping Village never approached my village again. How unreasonable! So I planned another plot, but what a pity!"

Yu Jiulu Qingyu's brain was about to explode, and he asked a question.

"What's a pity?"

"It's a pity that he stopped being a bandit and became an official! From now on, I, a hero, will be lonely in this vast land of mountains and rivers!"

Then, Liu Lisheng looked at Yu Jiulu Qingyu with wide eyes, which scared her.

"Tell me, he's a good bandit, but why would he be an official? Don't you think he's not doing his job properly?"

“…A little bit!”

"What do you mean a little? He's just not doing his job properly! I thought he'd come back when he got tired of it, but who knew he'd get promoted to a higher position? Isn't that infuriating?"

Before Yu Jiulu Qingyu had finished listening, he hurried out and heard the Jihu child beside him say:
"Sister Qingyu, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I'm just a little dizzy!"

Liu Lisheng's excited voice was heard again in the cave.

Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, the wildness is great, don’t look down on me because I’m poor!
(End of this chapter)