Datang New Order

After a while, Zhou Zhiyu sighed, and was about to signal the crowd to disperse, when a person in the tent suddenly asked: "Commander, is this a conclusion or..."

Zhou Zhiyu saw that it was Li Chengzhong, so he patiently explained: "Basically, that's the decision. The Jiedu Mansion is preparing relevant clues, and it is estimated that the document will be issued in ten and a half months." He still felt quite guilty about Li Chengzhong, This person has made great achievements, but the reward he promised has not been fulfilled. He originally planned to be promoted as compensation, but now he is unable to protect himself, so he has to wait and see if there is a chance to be promoted again in the Ya Nei Army.

Li Chengzhong heard that the conclusion had not yet been reached, so he asked carefully: "I wonder if the commander has any acquaintances at the border?" But Zhou Zhiyu still said patiently: "There are a few acquaintances, why? Li Peirong wants to go to the border to work? If so, a certain person can recommend one or two for you."

But seeing Li Chengzhong smiled, he stopped talking.Zhou Zhiyu then let the crowd disperse.

After the military discussion was over, Zhou Zhiyu didn't get up. After talking to everyone, he felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up in his legs.Just sat there for a while in the main tent, suddenly seeing his personal guard Zhao Zaili lift the curtain and enter, and said softly: "Commander, Li accompany Rong to see me."

Zhou Zhiyu rubbed his hands on his cheeks, at least he regained his spirits, and signaled to bring Li Chengzhong in.

After Li Chengzhong came in, Zhou Zhiyu pointed him casually, asked him to sit down and talk, and then said, "Li Peirong, do you want to go to the border? I have some contacts with several border governors and town generals, so I can recommend you for writing books. Beikou and Yancheng, etc. The town generals in the pass are all fellow villagers of X, and they can take care of them when they go there, oh... Zhang Inspector of Pingzhou is also acquainted with X, but recently Zhang Inspector has a book with X, saying that the Khitan people there are not safe now, If you go, there will be some risks..." After speaking, he took the pen and paper from the case and wanted to write a letter of recommendation for Li Chengzhong.

While Zhao Zaili was grinding, Zhou Zhiyu sighed and said, "Zhou has only you brothers left under him. To be honest, I really don't want to let you go, but Zhou is incompetent, unable to keep the head of the battalion, and dragging down the brothers... It's okay to go. Okay... I wonder where Li Peirong wants to go?"

After listening to Zhou Zhiyu's words, Li Cheng was deeply moved, and hurriedly said: "The commander misunderstood, Li did not want to leave, but wanted to inquire about something, but he didn't know whether to speak properly."

Zhou Zhiyu was taken aback for a moment: "But it's okay to say."

Li Chengzhong thought for a while and asked: "Li has been to Youzhou City a few times recently and saw many fleeing families. The commander just said that the Khitan people in Pingzhou are not safe. Is it because the Khitan people are disturbing the border?"

Zhou Zhiyu sighed: "A letter from Inspector Zhang said that the Khitans took advantage of our southern expedition and frequently violated the frontier and plundered the population. The people were ravaged by the enemy and had to escape from the disaster. It is a shame and a shame for our generation of warriors! The commander-in-chief is also very worried, but our army is newly defeated and the army is lacking, so the commander-in-chief has nothing to do. When the army is reorganized in the future, Zhou will definitely ask for orders before the commander-in-chief, and raise troops to fight against him, and he will be ashamed!"

Li Chengzhong nodded, and said: "As long as the commander gives an order, Li will follow the commander closely, charge into the battle, and will not hesitate to do anything! It's just that the border matter is urgent, we can wait slowly in Youzhou, and the people at the border are afraid. But he couldn’t wait. Li wished he had wings, so he rushed to the border immediately to fight to the death with the Khitan people.”

Zhou Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, and said, "But now the army is about to be reorganized..."

Li Chengzhong immediately said: "What if we voluntarily demote to the local town soldiers?"

Zhou Zhiyu frowned and said: "If you are reduced to a town soldier, the rations and salaries of the brothers will be reduced a lot. It is far worse than when you were in the Chinese army. The brothers may agree?...Furthermore, the reason why the Jiedu Mansion reorganized the army is because The fee is not enough, I am afraid that even if this is the case, the Jiedu Mansion will not allocate money and food."

Li Chengzhong said: "Brothers can be allowed to choose voluntarily, and we will never stop those who are willing to go to the Yamen Army. As for the food... can the local government raise it? For example, the Pingzhou that the commander just mentioned, there are not Khitan people who make a lot of trouble there I don’t know if Inspector Zhang is willing to take on the responsibility? The matter of the border is related to the safety of our entire Lulong Town and the livelihood of thousands of people. The enemy is fighting hard to keep the place peaceful, and we will never change our resolve!" He also knew that it was not easy to get the local government to supply the army with food and salaries, and as long as the generals of the army made this request to the commander, the commander would often be suspicious of him.Therefore, both inside and outside of his words reveal that he is thinking about the whole Lulong Town and the common people, which is to remind Zhou Zhiyu to withhold his righteous name no matter what.

Being able to achieve the high position of commander of the fifth battalion of healthy soldiers and guerrilla general, Zhou Zhiyu naturally knows this well.The so-called fan of the authorities, he had been in the Lulong Army's central military system before, and had never thought about the way out of the town. At this moment, Li Chengzhong woke up and understood immediately.He couldn't sit still anymore, got up and paced back and forth in the tent, carefully weighing the pros and cons.

As a general who has been in the army for half his life, he certainly understands what it means to go out of the town. Needless to say, the military salary is usually halved, and the supply of food, grass, armor and equipment naturally has no priority.At the same time, after leaving Youzhou, the connection with the Jiedu Mansion will inevitably become much more distant, and the chances of meeting the commander-in-chief will definitely be very few, and the chances of getting ahead in the future will also be greatly reduced.In addition, how many brothers under his command are willing to guard the border with him?Forcing things will definitely not work. In this troubled world, the consequences of being a general who is not supported by soldiers are very sad.

However, Zhou Zhiyu, who had once led an army alone, was no longer willing to return to the embarrassing situation of always obeying others' orders. When he was a cavalry general, he didn't feel that at all. , And the moment he finally became the commander of the Fifth Battalion, he suddenly felt that the day when he could tell what he said was really great.Even if there are only a few hundred people left in the Jianju camp, he still wants to stay here, instead of returning to the Yanei Army to be a deputy commander of the left wing who seems to have a high status but no one responds to his words.

Well, even if only half of the people are willing to follow, a certain person will be the leader of the army, and a certain person doesn't want anything, as long as this establishment!Moreover, arriving at the border is not necessarily a bad thing, but getting fame immediately, making military achievements, is not better than anything else?I'd like to see, when I lead the troops back to Yingzhou, protect the peace of the border, and let all the grasslands surrender again, will your Jiedu Mansion dare to withdraw the camp of the soldiers!Will the commander-in-chief look up to a certain head!

Seeing Zhou Zhiyu pacing and thinking hard in the tent, Zhao Zaili finally couldn't bear it any longer, bowed his head and saluted and said, "Commander, I am willing to go to the side with Commander, I believe that most of the brothers are also like this!"

These words completely strengthened Zhou Zhiyu's heart, he nodded, and immediately ordered Zhao Zaili to write a letter.While he was dictating the general idea, Zhao Zaili wrote a letter to Zhang Zaiji not long after.Zhou Zhiyu is a typical military general who climbed up from a pawn all the way. He has the ability to charge into battle and lead troops on the battlefield, but his skills in reading and writing are commonplace. He just learned to recognize some characters in the past few years and can understand military Chinese books. Therefore, writing such a letter requires the help of Zhao Zaili, a personal guard who was born as a scholar, and this is why he cannot do without Zhao Zaili.

In this letter, Zhou Zhiyu talked about the trivialities of his life after returning to Youzhou, which relatives and friends he visited today, and who was drunk with a certain person yesterday, and why the lady at home fell in love with a good piece of yarn and was about to sew it. A few new robes and the like, and there is no lack of love affairs among them.At the end of the letter, he only lightly pointed out that Youzhou is currently reorganizing the army, and finally told Zhang Zaiji that although Zhou Zhiyu himself was also worried about the situation at the border, due to the lack of funds and food, it would be wrong for the Jiedu government to send troops to support it in the short term. Impossible, even he himself is powerless.

After the letter was written, Zhou Zhiyu put the wax seal on it, and looked up at Li Chengzhong and Zhang Zaiji with some hesitation.This matter has too much to do with it. It stands to reason that he is more willing to believe in Zhao Zaili, his personal guard who has been with him for several years. As the governor, you should also be careful with your words. Many things must be understood by Zhang Zaiji himself.After listening to Li Chengzhong's words just now, he felt that Li Chengzhong seemed more suitable in this respect.

So Zhou Zhiyu finally said: "Li Peirong, would you like to go to Pingzhou? Someone wrote back to Inspector Zhang. If Inspector Zhang asks, you can say that I am also worried about the border crossing, but I am temporarily unable to do so. When the time is right, I will definitely advise the commander-in-chief." In Zhou Zhiyu's words, the word "when the time is right" was obviously emphasized.

Li Cheng understood, took the letter and stuffed it into the bad box.

Zhou Zhiyu said again: "This matter is not a small matter. I think you should know what to say and what not to say." The local officials and the generals in the army are connected with each other. This matter is indeed not a small matter. Li Chengzhong naturally understands, Immediately promised.

Zhou Zhiyu was worried, and told him: "Go alone, go back quickly, be careful!" After saying that, he ordered Zhao Zaili to take Li Chengzhong down to prepare.

Li Chengzhong tidied up a bit, took a bundle of dry rations, and took a horse brought by Zhao Zaili. After listening to Zhao Zaili's detailed explanation of the route, he got on the horse and prepared to set off.Before leaving, Zhao Zaili took the reins of the horse and said, "Li Lang, the future of my brothers in the Jianju camp depends on you!"

Li Chengzhong nodded, and left the camp without looking back.Fortunately, he had ridden a horse a few times in the army in his previous life, and learned how to act a few times after becoming an extra, so he was able to sit still and not be knocked down, otherwise he would really make a big fool of himself.After getting used to it along the way, he began to try to let the horse trot, and when the weather subsided and he rushed to Luzhou to rest for the night, the insides of his legs were already bleeding.

Right now, he was competing with the Jiedu Mansion for time, and he wanted to drive overnight, but the horse couldn't take it, so he had to stop in Luzhou overnight.Before dawn the next day, Li Chengzhong continued to walk eastward, gradually getting used to riding and running.

When I was in the army, the equestrian instructor was the retired company commander of the cavalry company. Later, when I was acting, it was the coach of an equestrian club who taught the extras to ride horses. They are all very knowledgeable in equestrianism, but Li Chengzhong can There are not many opportunities to ride horses, so there has been no progress.At this moment, those knowledge finally came into use, and Li Chengzhong rode his horse while recalling the key points pointed out by the instructor back then.Equestrianism can be described as a thousand miles a day.By the time he arrived at Yutian, he was already able to run as fast as he could.So he speeded up and rushed to Pingzhou.