Song Dynasty

Chapter 204 Unable to cooperate happily ([-])
Before Wang Shen stepped forward to pay respects, Lu Benzhong beside him yelled, "Yan Ping, Yan Ping, why are you here? I haven't seen you for many years, why are you so old? I just saw you, and I almost didn't recognize you. Come out!"

Yes, compared to when we parted years ago, Li Heng is indeed much older.

When Li Heng saw Lu Benzhong, his face was full of smiles: "The sky increases, the sun, the moon, and people increase their life. When I met Donglai when my local term expired and I went to Tokyo to report on my work, I lived in your residence for a while. Farewell that day." , It’s been nearly ten years, and I didn’t expect you to still be as handsome as before. What, is it a surprise? You wrote to Zhang Deyuan and asked him to come and recruit Kong Yanzhou to clean up Jianghan’s mess. You must have never expected me to come to Jingchu, right?”

Hearing this, Wang Shen and all the generals thumped in their hearts, and immediately understood that the idea of ​​Kong Yanzhou sending someone to ask Zhang Jun to surrender was from Lu Benzhong, and the letter was also written by him.

Wang Shen's expression was still on the scene, and everyone else's face was livid with anger.Fortunately, the Sizhou army captured Qichun first. If one day in the evening, when Zhang and Li arrived, wouldn't everyone have spent two months in vain and paid such a high price?
Yue Yun was so angry that his teeth creaked, Chen Da and Wu Xianxian had murderous looks in their eyes, and even Hu Yantong was full of anger.

Lu Benzhong called out badly, gave Li Heng winks, and hurriedly said: "Yan Ping, come here, let me introduce you. This is General Wang Daosi, the Huangzhou defense envoy."

This time, Li Heng glanced at Wang Shen indifferently, cupped his hands slightly, and said, "So you are the envoy of King Wang Shen who crossed the river alone and said to surrender Li Cheng, wiped out Huaixi, and led the army to repel the Jurchen's invading enemy." The name of the general is really impressive. I thought you were an athlete who was as tall as a cannibal, and I met you today. Looking at Wang Shen, you look elegant, like a member of my famous religion."

Just before that, he galloped on a fast horse all the way to Qichun.But it was still a step too late, Qichun City was taken down by Wang Shen cleanly and quickly.

Seeing Kong Yanzhou's head hanging above the city gate, Li Heng was completely angry.Once Kong Yanzhou died, his plan to manage Jianghan with the Kong family army as an army he could single-handedly fell through.

Naturally, Wang Shen was extremely annoyed.

"Li Xianggong is ridiculously praised, Wang Shen is just an ordinary person, and he is not superhuman, and I have admired his name for a long time."

"Hey, long time, I'm afraid you didn't know who I am before the old man came to Qichun, right?" Li Hengyu sarcastically said.

Suddenly, an evil fire rose in Wang Shen's heart. After Li Heng came to the barracks, he only cared about Ke Lu Benzhong talking about the old days. Obviously, the two of them had a good friendship.From the beginning to the end, he didn't look at himself directly, and put on his official authority, which showed that the visitor was not kind.

He has been in command of the Sizhou Iron Army for the past six months, and every move he makes is directly related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people in the territory under his jurisdiction.But after all, he is not a young man, he has a deep personality, and he is extremely calm in everything he says and does from his own interests, so naturally he will not fight Li Heng because of this.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Shen calmed down and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, it's raining heavily. You and Mr. Donglai reunited after a long absence. Meeting old friends in a foreign land is a great joy in life. It's better to change your body first. Clean clothes, I have ordered the soldiers to prepare wine and food to wash the dust for the gentleman. Please, Mr. Donglai."

However, Li Heng rolled his eyes and asked: "What kind of account, let me ask you, what is an account?" He sneered and said: "As far as I know, you, Wang Shen, are just a mere Huangzhou defense envoy with a seventh-rank military position. When is the Dental Festival?"

As far as the current Song Dynasty is concerned, only Liu Guangshi, the commander of the Huai Army, is a Jiedu envoy, who opened his teeth and built a mansion.

It can be seen that Li Heng's posture is to seize this point and give Wang Shen an infinite plan to go online.

Others don't know how powerful this is, but Hu Yantong knows it. He was anxious, and subconsciously put his hand on the iron whip handle.Yue Yun and the others went in without knowing it, but they had long thought that this old man surnamed Li was not pleasing to their eyes, and when they saw that Hu Yantong was about to make a move, they all held the weapon with their hands, with resentment on their faces.

Seeing this, Lu Benzhong was startled.In the past few months in Qi and Huang, he has been mingled with Wang Shen and Kong Yanzhou's armies all day, and he has never seen any bloody battle.He is very clear about the nature of the soldiers who keep their heads tied to their waistbands all the time. These people ignore the enemy and their own lives, are brave and strong, and to put it bluntly, they are fucking desperadoes.

They really annoyed them, they chopped you down with a single knife, the worst would be the opposite.Now the court's order is not good, and there is nothing to do with the warriors.

This Li Yanping has been in the court hall for a long time, and he doesn't know what's going on below, pedantic, pedantic!

He hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Yan Ping, General Wang is just a slip of the tongue, and the army doesn't pay much attention to it. How can you stand in the rain and talk, what should you do if you really get sick? Also, the officials The decree also needs to be read out. Daosi hurry up and welcome Li Xianggong into the tent."

After all, Li Heng was old and couldn't bear the cold, so he nodded: "Forget it, let's lead the way."

"Ju Ren, I think back to when I went to Tokyo to participate in the examination and lived in your residence. It has been so many years, it seems like a dream!" After entering the big tent, some soldiers had already set up a banquet.Li Heng drank a few sips of hot wine, and the blood returned to his pale face, and he couldn't help but sigh: "My family was poor back then, and you were a rich family in Huaizuo, so naturally you wanted to come to play the autumn wind, and you lived here for half a year."

Lu Benzhong smiled and said, "What, Yanping has something to thank me for?"

Li Heng glanced sideways: "You are rich and I am poor. A gentleman has the friendship of sharing money, and I can feel at ease."

While talking, not only the two of them, but also Li Heng's followers and staff who sat beside him laughed.

After a long time, Li Heng said with emotion: "The world is in chaos. I thought that we would have no chance to see each other after we parted that day. I never thought that we would meet again here today. I will not stop getting drunk today."

Lu Benzhong: "That's right. Yanping, you have received an imperial decree to manage Jingchu this time. The place is already corrupted. It is not so easy to open up the situation. General Wang Daosi is a first-class hero in the world. He doesn't need to worry about you, I hope you two will have a good situation here to display your ambitions, and I don't know what Yanping's plan is?"

There were eight people at a table, besides Lu Benzhong and Li Heng, there were five of Li Heng's aides, Wang Shen was pushed aside, and others didn't think there was anything wrong, which shows the low status of the Song Dynasty warriors.

Fortunately, Wang Shen didn't care.

Wang Shen gritted his teeth with hatred for Lu Benzhong, this pious villain and poisonous warrior.If it weren't for him, the battle of Qichun would not have been delayed until now, and he would have taken this city long ago.However, he really admired Lu Benzhong's methods so much that the ancients who were able to keep their names are indeed human beings!

Hearing what he said, Wang Shen couldn't help but interjected, saying: "Mr. Donglai, it's been a long way to Lin'an. Since you are so talented, you may not have room to develop in the imperial court. It's better to stay in the army. There are many opportunities to make contributions."

Before the words were finished, everyone at the table burst into laughter, and Wang Shen couldn't understand the laughter.

After a long time, Li Heng took a sarcastic look at Wang Shen: "Is the envoy Wang Jun asking Ju Ren to help you quell the banditry in Anlu? This seems to be inconsistent with the court etiquette. What a joke!"

This sentence made Wang Shen angry again. Yes, what he lacks most now is a think tank like Lu Benzhong with a strategic plan and a big picture.Du Shu and the civil servants brought by Du Tongpan under his command can manage one county and one government, but things at the strategic level will not work.

Wang Shen really admired Lu Benzhong's ability and intended to keep him in the army.In his opinion, even if Lu Benzhong returned to the court, he was just a small Yuanwailang who dealt with official documents all day long.Walking everywhere in the doctor's office, the capital city where there are as many officials as dogs is also a mustard-like figure.In fact, in the real history, seven years later in Shaoxing and six years later, he was granted a Jinshi background by Zhao Gou, took up the post of living roomer, and got a job.

In the political arena, he had to wait until Shaoxing was promoted to Zhongshusheren in the ninth year and also served as a lecturer. He was still an official position with little power.Later, because he offended Qin Hui, he was dismissed from office and died of grief and anger.

Old man Lu's methods are vicious. Instead of letting him go back to the capital and spend his whole life doing nothing, it's better to stay by his side and use it.That's right, this man is not a gentleman, and his character is also bad.But what I use is his talent, only talent!

Just imagine, with his talent and the brave Sizhou Army, this Lu Benzhong might not be able to become a famous figure in history.

However, seeing everyone laughing with disdain, even Lu Benzhong had sarcasm in his eyes.Wang Shen suddenly understood that he was just a low-status warrior, while Lu Benzhong was a serious court official, wouldn't it be absurd to use him as his staff?
Wang Shen felt a chill in his heart. It seems that the reality is different from the novel, and it is not possible to let the world's famous people and heroes from all walks of life bow to each other with a hundred loyalty points.

Although he was annoyed in his heart, he pretended not to hear it on the surface, and said with a smile: "Anlu Zhangyong and Cao Cheng's banditry are nothing to worry about, they can be flattened with a raise of your hand. Since Mr. Donglai is unwilling to leave an ear to tell the king So, I can only express my regret."

Li Heng said "Oh": "Since General Wang has the ambition to put down Zhang, Cao and other thieves, I am very pleased. However, the important affairs of the soldiers and the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, should not be careless, and I will come up with a charter Come, General Wang will follow and execute it when the time comes."

This is already a posture to take away Wang Shen's military power.

Wang Shen raised his eyebrows, it seems that this guy is not easy to get along with.Originally, he thought that he was just holding the title of Zhizhi envoy, if he sat in the city and became a peacemaker, the Sizhou army would share some of his benefits on the surface if they got credit.Now it seems that everyone may not be able to cooperate well.

"Yanping, you have just arrived in Qi and Huang, and you have to go through the process of getting familiar with the military situation. You have to ask General Wang more on weekdays. After all, Daosi has dealt with bandit troops and is familiar with the local people. Indeed, soldiers, The important affairs of the country must be cautious and prudent, so that we can make decisions before moving." Lu Benzhong hurriedly came to smooth things over: "Daosi, okay, I'm drunk, and I'm here today. You just took Qichun, and the military affairs are busy, so I also Don't bother me. Tomorrow morning, the old man will go to Lin'an Mansion."

In his heart, he felt a little disapproving of Li Heng: This Li Yanping is really a scholar!Even if you want to take charge of the army, you have to make a good plan to win over the lieutenant generals and disintegrate Xu Wei.As soon as he came, his eyes were darkened, and he hurriedly pointed fingers at the military affairs. No one will take you seriously if the debt is not settled.Now it is the year of Jianyan, the prestige of the court is not good, it is not comparable to the year of Xuanhe.

These soldiers who are red-eyed on the battlefield only have their generals in their eyes, and the court and officials don't know who they are.They can be officers and soldiers today and bandits tomorrow without any psychological pressure at all.

Li Yanping's talents are also very limited!

(End of this chapter)