Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 105

Guo Dutou didn't understand Li Buqi's meaning for a while, so he didn't answer.Li Buqi explained: "Guo Dutou should understand that even officials can't tolerate a punished military man who killed his former boss who had a grudge. Those officials still want to use him as a pretense. So It is impossible to beg for mercy to save his life. Therefore, we can only start from other places, and we have to see if there is a suitable opportunity. I can only say that it is up to people to make things happen."

Guo Dutou also understood this truth, otherwise he would not have come to Li Buqi in a hurry to find a solution without waiting for the Ministry of Criminal Justice to compound Kaifeng Mansion's judgment on Zhou Qing.He thought for a while and said, "My elder brother is good at martial arts. With a big knife, he can make a dozen people close to him. What's more, he has good water skills, so he can go through wind and waves?"

"Huh? Could it be that he was originally a sailor?"

"He is not a sailor. It's just that when he was young, his family was a boatman on the Yellow River. Later, he joined the imperial army only because of an accident."

From Funato!This is a surprise, but Li Buqi needs someone who can go to sea, and I don't know if this Zhou Qing will dare to go to sea.If he dares to go to sea, then there is a plan that can be implemented in advance.So Li Buqi decided to meet Zhou Qing.

Li Buqi asked Guo Dutou that Zhou Qing is currently locked in the prison in Kaifeng County, and only said that he would do his best in this matter.Guo Dutou also knew that this matter was difficult, and Li Buqi was not a high-ranking official, so it was not easy to make such a promise to him, so he said goodbye with gratitude.

The next day, Li Buqi asked Lu Feng to inquire about Zhou Qing's life experience, and asked Gao Zunyu to inquire about why Zhou Qing was assigned, but it would take a while to find out everything, but Yang Silang inquired first. Know the cause and effect of Zhou Qing's beating to death.

It turned out that Zhou Qing had only returned to Bianliang from Cangzhou for a few days, and he was entrusting someone to join the army. He had no livelihood for a while, so he followed others to carry water and sell oats.It was also a coincidence that he was pushing his cart on the street that day and blocked the way of two people, and it happened that one of them was the official who assigned him.The official happened to recognize him again, hated him for spoiling his own future, got drunk and cursed in the street, insulting Zhou Qing's ancestors in his words, Zhou Qing was very angry and pushed that person.It was also due to Zhou Qing's too much strength and the coincidence that the man bumped his head against the horse-holding post by the side of the road and died.

After beating someone to death on the street, Zhou Qing was detained by the patrolling errands in the lobby of Kaifeng County.It was originally an accident in the middle of the quarrel, and the dead man insulted Zhou Qing's ancestors in his words, so Zhou Qing would not be sentenced to death.But when the companion of the dead man alleged that Zhou Qing sent the official to Cangzhou a few years ago on the charge of instigating soldiers, Kaifeng County sentenced Zhou Qing to death row for revenge murder.

It seems that the surname Guo didn't lie to Li Buqi, but Li Buqi still investigated Zhou Qing's past step by step.After all, it took a lot of effort to rescue a person, and Li Buqi hoped that this person would be of value.And for the time being, there is no chance to save Zhou Qing from death, such an opportunity is hard to find.

Before returning to Chunzejian, Li Buqi handed over the sign as usual and entered the palace to ask the emperor if he had anything to say.There was no surprise, this time the emperor was called to Chongzheng Hall again.After inquiring about Li Buqi's military training plan as usual, the emperor suddenly asked: "Buqi, now everyone in the court says that your soldiers have trained well, and you have indeed trained a strong army. Therefore, they all say that you are running around Bianliang. Only the Zhenwu Army can wipe out the bandits. What do you think of this matter?"

Is this flattery?
Li Buqi broke out in a cold sweat, who the hell wants to harm me?

Li Buqi said bluntly: "Your Majesty, I think it is impossible. I made a plan for training troops earlier, and Your Majesty should remember that I plan to take two years to initially train the soldiers. Only at this time can I start hunting and stealing, and I can go to battle in three years." Now these soldiers have only been training for one year, and they only learned some formations and techniques of handling weapons, no matter whether it is cooperative training or field training. At this time, if they are pulled to deal with the bandit [-], they will suffer a crushing defeat. "

When Li Buqi said this, the emperor remembered it. Before the training, Li Buqi made a training plan, and he listed in detail when and what training would be carried out.Well, it seems, it seems, the above said that it takes at least two years for the new army to be considered as a preliminary training, and three years before it can go into battle.

The emperor remembered asking why it took three years for the new army to enter the battle. Li Buqi said at the time that all the backbones had no experience in battle, but if this batch of new troops served as the backbone to supplement the new recruits, it would only take less than two years. In one year, the next new army can be drilled out to fight.

Since Li Buqi spoke first, the emperor did not mention this matter in view of Li Buqi's good reputation: "I am impatient. If this is the case, you should hurry up and practice when you go back."

Li Buqi's military training is for the purpose of fighting. It is also good to be able to practice with bandits with scumbag combat effectiveness to cultivate morale before going into battle. Don't you have to start with the scumbags to fight monsters and upgrade.Therefore, Li Buqi actually does not reject the extermination of bandits, but he must not be ordered around by civil officials, so no matter how careful he is, he will inevitably fall into the trap and be blamed for others.

Therefore, Li Buqi wanted to take the greatest initiative. He said: "Your Majesty, in fact, I don't think you need a strong army to wipe out the bandits. The key lies in intelligence. As long as you can know the whereabouts of the bandits, you only need a group of troops." You can bring them to justice, but if you don't know the whereabouts of the bandits, no matter how strong the soldiers are, they will waste money and food. If your majesty is worried about the bandits, please first inquire about the whereabouts of the bandits around Gyeonggi, and wait for the new army to train. Captured."

Zhao Zhen said: "Okay, I also have this intention. If that's the case, you should prepare in advance."

Hehe, the emperor was happy, but Li Buqi didn't dare to stretch his hand too far, otherwise the emperor would doubt Li Buqi's motives one day if he felt something was wrong.Therefore, Li Buqi said: "Ah, Your Majesty, I still need to worry more about the test site, and I will inevitably be distracted by collecting information on bandits. I thought it would be better to let Li Gongming (Li Zhang) take charge of this matter, in order to let Li Gongming act. To be free from constraints, let him hold a post under the Imperial City Secretary, and it will be justified."

The emperor trusted his cousin very much, and he wanted Li Zhang to experience it, so he didn't feel disgusted at Li Buqi's idea of ​​being the emperor's secretary, but readily agreed: "This method is very good. You can still think of it." comprehensive."

After leaving the palace, Li Buqi wiped the cold sweat on his forehead again—the foolish emperor is really unreliable, but fortunately he was prepared, otherwise this time people will be tricked, so he must be careful in the future.However, it was a surprise to get Li Zhang appointed as the Imperial City Secretary. In the future, he should be able to get a lot of information through Li Zhang.

At this moment, Li Buqi didn't know that he had already made people miserable, and a lot of troubles that would arise soon were related to the civil officials' flattery and killing of him.

The emperor wants his cousin to work as a spy part-time, who would dare to disagree?The one who disagreed said what do you think?Are you afraid that the emperor has multiple eyes and ears?

No one is willing to touch this kind of bad luck, and the appointment of Li Zhang was quickly sent to Chunze Supervisor.Li Zhang took the appointment document and pulled Li Buqi aside and asked, "Zhongzheng. This robbery is a local matter, but what should the Gyeonggi ambassador do?"

Li Buqi had thought about it a long time ago, so he fooled Li Zhang: "The arrest of thieves is indeed a local matter, but recently more and more thieves who cross states and counties are powerless at the local level. Otherwise, it will be a waste of time. The first thing my brother needs to do now is to collect information about the bandits in Gyeonggi, so that he knows the bandit situation well, so that once the court decides to clear it up, he will be able to find and recognize the bandits immediately."

"It's that simple?"

"Hehe, this is not easy. I have listed some items that need to collect information, brother can take a look."

After seeing dozens of entries densely written on a thick stack of paper, Li Zhang's head grew dizzy: "Zhongzheng, this job is not easy to do."

Li Buqi smiled and said: "Actually, if my brother is responsible, there are more important things to do. If he does well, his official position in the future may not be lower than that of Taiwei."

Li Zhang asked, "What is it?"

Li Buqi kept it a secret: "I'll go and see how the cotton planting is doing first, and I'll tell you more about it tonight."

(End of this chapter)