Chapter 448: First ritual and then sergeant

Mei County is close to the Wei River. During the Tang Dynasty, the Wei River flowed wildly, the tributaries were like silver snakes, jade belts lingered, artificial channels were crisscrossed like nets, lakes and pools were scattered, mountain forests were dense, flat grounds were bushes, water grass was lush, and shipping was extremely developed. You can often take a boat when you go out. There is a large wharf outside the town of Mei County. There is a piece of white sails on the wharf, with ships tightly lined up, and masts were like forests, just like a water town. Li Qing'an led his army to pass by the wharf. A soldier went to inquire about the news and came back to report: "Report to the general, the large ship carrying the Longyou Army drove away an hour ago and will stop at the wharf in Meiwu Town."

Li Qing'an raised his horse and chased east along the river bank. The Arab horses and horses were extremely fast, galloping like lightning. In just half an hour, he saw a large ship sailing in the Wei River from afar, which was ten miles away from the dock of Meiwu Town.

Soon, the big ship slowly docked at the dock of the Meiwu Town Wharf. Yue Ning felt a little uneasy. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to bring Li Qing'an to chase their generals, so he had to whisper: "It's this big ship, our general and more than 20 subordinates are on the ship."

The ship was detained, and the passengers on the ship began to disembark one after another. At this time, more than twenty burly men appeared from the ship. The leader was mighty and had short beards. He was about thirty years old. Although Li Qingan did not know this person, he intuitively said that this person should be Li Sheng, the general of Longyou.

Li Qing'an's intuition is right. This burly man was Li Sheng, a general of the Shenwu Army. He was born in the Li family of Longxi, which was ranked among the Gaomen clan. He joined the army in the fourth year of Tianbao and made many military achievements in Longyou. Especially in the eighth year of Tianbao, Geshuhan launched a large-scale attack on the hinterland of Tubo. In the Battle of Gongji, he led 100 soldiers to attack Tubo's grain and grass logistics areas and succeeded, using surprise troops to annihilate more than 2,000 people, causing a sensation in Longyou. He was promoted from deputy lieutenant to become a general. Although he was still young at this time, his style of general had been revealed and he became the best among young generals.

When the Battle of Shibao City broke out in the sixth year of Tianbao, Li Sheng was only twenty years old. At that time, he was just a lieutenant and also participated in the battle against Shibao City. Although his position was humble at the time, he also met Li Qing'an who came to Longyou to participate in the battle. Many years passed, and Li Sheng recognized Li Qing'an standing on the dock at a glance, and saw him looking at him with a smile.

He was stunned. Before he could think, he quickly walked forward, knelt down on one knee and bowed and said, "I will see Li Sheng, the general of the Shenwu Army of Longyou, please see the general."

Li Qing'an stepped forward and helped him up and smiled, "General Li, I'll chase you all the way and almost let you run away."

Li Sheng thought about it and suddenly saw Yue Ning next to him. Only then did he realize that Li Qing'an was coming to pursue him. Li Sheng couldn't help but feel a little moved. With Li Qing'an as the governor of the world, he actually valued such a small general like him. Moreover, Li Qing'an was already the governor of Longyou at this time, and he should be his boss.

"General, the general is ordered by General Geshu to disband on the spot, not intentionally breaking away from the army."

Li Sheng took out Geshuhan's military order and gave it to Li Qing'an with both hands. Li Qing'an took it and tore it apart without looking at it. He said, "Geshuhan is no longer the governor of Longyou. All his orders about Longyou, from now on, you are still the Longyou Army. I will not allow you to leave the army, otherwise you will be treated as military law!"

Li Sheng was soothed and clasped his fists and said, "The last one will obey the order!"

Since then, Li Qingan felt relieved. After getting Li Sheng, the tiger general, he undoubtedly added a wing. Li Qingan was in a good mood and immediately said: "General Li will follow me to Mei County first, and I will naturally arrange your military affairs again."

Li Sheng hesitated for a moment. He went to Mei County to fight against Geshuhan. Geshuhan was his boss. Although it was not very important to him, after all, he had been obedient for many years and had so many old comrades who fought side by side. He could not do it. In fact, he had considered surrendering to the Anxi Army, but he was worried that Li Qing'an would order him to attack the Longyou Army so that he could bypass Mei County. Now, although Li Qing'an's attention to him touched him, he could not accept it when he really went to fight against the Longyou Army.

"General, I want to go back to Longyou and continue to guard Shibao City!"

Li Qingan understood his thoughts, so he patted his shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry! People are not plants and trees, so who can be ruthless? I won't let you do something difficult."

Li Sheng was overjoyed, "Thank you for your support, I am willing to serve the general!"

At this time, his subordinates led the war horses to the ashore, and everyone got on the horses and followed Li Qing'an. On the way, Yue Ning got an Arab horse. He was extremely excited all the way, and he ran away and shot arrows with his bow. This aroused the competitive spirit of Li Qing'an's personal soldiers, and they all wanted to compete with him for riding and shooting.

Li Qing'an glanced at him and saw Li Sheng's big bow hanging immediately, one person tall, and he could see that the bow was powerful. In Li Qing'an's memory, the only one who used such a large bow was Gao Xianzhi except himself.

Li Sheng felt Li Qing'an's gaze. He smiled, took off the bow and handed it to Li Qing'an and said, "This is the bow my grandfather passed on to me, called Zhuiyun."

Li Qingan took the bow and felt the touch was excellent at the beginning. The bow body was simple and unpretentious, and the place where he held the bow was polished brightly. It was obviously a while ago. He gently pulled the string half open again, and the string popped out, and the 'buzz!' sounded, and he praised: "It's indeed a good bow!"

Although Li Qing'an was injured on his shoulder and did not dare to pull the bow with all his strength, just half-opening had already caused Li Sheng to feel arrogant. He was a master of bowing. From Li Qing'an's posture, he knew that the rumors of the world's number one arrow were not false. He wanted to ask Li Qing'an to shoot an arrow, but his mouth was low and he could not open the mouth.

Li Qing'an saw his thoughts. He knew in Anxi that Li Sheng was famous for his bow and arrow. He shot every step of 150 steps. He was called "Attack of Ten Thousand People in Longyou!" This man was born in the Guanlong family and was always arrogant. From the fact that he dared to bargain with him just now, he could see that although he was convinced by him, he was not convinced in his heart. If he wanted to regain his heart, he had to make some thoughts.

Li Qing'an returned the bow and arrow to him and said with a smile: "I heard that General Li Sheng's bow and arrow are so smart, can I show us how?"

Li Sheng quickly said modestly: "How dare you be arrogant in front of the general?"

"It's okay, it's normal for me to compete in the army. My personal soldiers are good at bows and arrows. General Li Sheng might as well guide them."

Although Li Sheng was arrogant, he also knew that the army was very strict and he was just a small general. How could he dare to be arrogant in front of Li Qing'an? He only pushed but refused. Li Qing'an winked at his personal soldier Zhang Yongliang.

Zhang Yongliang smiled and said, "General Li, below, there are three consecutive championships in the personal archery competition. I will shoot an arrow. Please give me advice."

Zhang Yongliang had a big waist and a round waist, holding a five-stone hard bow in his hand. He searched around and saw a young poplar tree a hundred steps away, the size of the bowl mouth, and shouted, "Look at me shooting that poplar tree!"

He rushed out with his horse, pulled his bow in a perfect manner, and shot an arrow from a hundred steps away. One arrow shot into a small tree. The arrow was strong, and the tail was still shaking. The personal soldiers immediately cheered like thunder. Zhang Yongliang rode his horse back with pride. He shot this arrow very smoothly, which can be said to be his rare achievement in a year. Li Sheng also nodded slightly and praised: "Yes, there is already a bit of a magical arrow."

Zhang Yongliang stepped forward and bowed and said, "Please give advice to General Li!"

At this point, Li Sheng couldn't do it without shooting. He picked his cloud-chasing bow, but did not look at the tree. It was a dead thing, and he looked up and saw a magpies flying from a lush tree, about two hundred steps apart, but Li Sheng was motionless and stared at the magpies' flying trajectory. At this time, all the personal soldiers felt Li Sheng's target, and countless eyes looked at the magpies flying happily. When the magpies flew to about 150 steps, Li Sheng pulled the bow and shot the arrow. The arrow was like lightning, and one arrow shot the magpies from the air.

After a while, the personal soldiers burst into warm applause, and Li Qingan nodded slightly. It's OK, but he can compete with Nan Jiyun for a long and short time.

Li Sheng's face turned red and he clasped his fists at Li Qing'an and said, "I'm so ugly."

After saying that, he looked at Li Qing'an with some expectations, hoping that he would shoot an arrow. Although Li Qing'an is known as the number one arrow in the world, he has never seen it before, and he is somewhat regretful. Unexpectedly, Li Qing'an said lightly: "I'm sorry, I have an injury on my left shoulder. I can't shoot arrows within a year, which disappoints General Li."

Li Sheng's face turned redder, and Li Qing'an actually saw his thoughts. At this time, Li Qing'an continued: "Using wood as an arrow can compete for a temporary victory or defeat. If people as an arrow, they can sweep Hu Chief to peace with the world. Will General Li use wooden arrows or be willing to use human arrows?"

Li Qing'an's words were like a wake-up call, which made Li Sheng feel distracted. Li Sheng had thought about these words, but the Longyou Army had a lot of relationships, and it was difficult for those who were not Geshuhan's confidants to improve. Li Siye joined the army in the first year of Tianbao, only four years earlier than him. He is now the deputy envoy of the Anxi Jiedushi, in charge of Hezhong. Li Guangbi, who is very familiar with him, is similar to his ability. He was repeatedly demoted in the major military governors, and has now been promoted to the third-rank champion general, the governor of Tochar, and those qualifications.

The people above, such as Li Fei's brothers and Bai Xiaode, are now generals. As the governor of the state, they are at least in the third rank. However, they have been in the army in the fourth year of Tianbao, and have been outstanding in military achievements for eleven years. They are more than many times more successful than those Gao Xiuyan promoted by Geshuhan, Tubo Guiren and others. They have become generals and generals, but they are still a small fifth-rank general, with no title or official title. They are already in their thirties. Where can they stand? How many years can they fight?

And now, Li Qing'an's words undoubtedly pointed out his future.

Li Sheng could no longer contain the excitement in his heart. He immediately bowed and said, "I am willing to be the general's arrow to sweep away the evil demons of foreign countries and safeguard the Tang Dynasty."

Li Qingan smiled slightly. This was the effect he wanted, and Anxi Army added another powerful general.

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Li Sheng did not participate in the battle against Geshuhan. Li Qing'an appointed him as the envoy of the Shenwu Army and promoted him to the General of the Central Army and the General of the Zhuangwu, and ordered him to still guard Shibao City. Li Sheng summoned a thousand old subordinates and rushed to Longyou three days later.

Geshuhan's northern invaders was less than thirty miles away from the entrance of Xiegu. The 50,000 troops were not in a hurry to attack, but instead took steps to consolidate the passes and fortresses that had been occupied.

Geshuhan's camp is located on a large open space on the east bank of the Xigu River. The entrance of Xigu is about ten miles wide. On both sides are stretching mountains. The mountains are majestic and steep. Geshuhan's camp is located at a high place, surrounded by camp gates and overlooking towers, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The tents in the camp were dense and dense. It had just rained. The valley was stuffy and humid, and the mosquitoes were fierce. The Longyou Army, who had grown from the plateau, was not used to the climate of the Guanzhong River Valley, and the days were very difficult. When night fell, the soldiers hid in the camp and applied mugwort juice all over their bodies. Some soldiers hid behind the camp and poured them with cold water to drive away the heat and heat. Only teams of fully armed patrol soldiers patrolled around the camp, and occasionally scolded the soldiers who were naked in the shower.

In the central army tent, Ge Shuhan was wearing a thin linen robe and lying on a bamboo chair with his eyes closed. Two concubines next to him were fans on the left and right, while the other concubine soaked his feet with hot water. The damp and hot climate in the valley made Ge Shuhan's foot pain worse and worse, and only soaked in water would relieve it slightly.

"His grandma, is this ghost place a human being?"

Geshuhan suddenly opened his eyes and cursed quietly. Although his concubine fanned him, the boredom in his heart was difficult to relieve. Now he is no longer the Longyou Army. Li Longji changed his army to the Lianghu Army. Although there was no explanation, Geshuhan had guessed that it must be the meaning of Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. In other words, he will be stationed in Hongzhou, Ezhou and Yuezhou in the future. Although there is a vast land, the population is not large, which is far less prosperous than Longyou. When he thought that he would officially bid farewell to Longyou, Geshuhan felt full of loss.

Not only was he lost, but Ge Shuhan was also full of unfairness. The old emperor actually asked him to deal with Li Qing'an. Why didn't Gao Xianzhi let Gao Xianzhi go? Is it because Gao Xianzhi is a Shu army and his Ge Shuhan is an outsider?

Frankly speaking, Geshuhan was quite afraid of Li Qing'an. He knew that Li Qing'an had a powerful weapon, Tianhuo Lei. In the Battle of Shibao City, Li Qing'an used this weapon to resist the Tubo army dozens of times his own. Although Li Qing'an did not use this weapon in the battle against An Lushan, it was like a knife hanging over his head, and no one knew when it would fall.

At this time, Ge Shuhan also felt a little regretful. In fact, he should have returned to Longyou to seize control of the country. There would be no such embarrassment in this situation. Most of the families of the officers and soldiers were in Longyou, and he didn't know how to explain to his brothers.

"Forget it, don't wash it, you all go!"

Ge Shuhan waved his hand irritably. He was about to turn into a turtle when washing his feet every day. Several maids were so scared that they quickly wiped his feet dry, put on cloth shoes, and took the basin away.

Geshuhan stood up, walked slowly to the map, staring at the map in a daze. Li Longji gave him the task of occupying Fengxiang Mansion and cutting off the support of the Anxi Army, but the information he received was that Li Qing'an, Chen's army was 60,000 in Ji County and Chencang County, blocking him in the slim valley road. The main force of the Anxi Army was 60,000! They all fought through battles and fought from one battle after another, and were not young soldiers like Guanzhong Army who had never seen blood.

"His grandma, I'm going to fight a tough battle, there's no way!"

Ge Shuhan cursed angrily. At this moment, he made a decision and confronted Li Qing'an, asking Gao Xianzhi to attack Guanzhong first. He had just a little capital. What else would he have after he finished fighting?

At this time, a personal soldier quickly ran to the tent to report: "Master General, Li Qing'an sent an envoy to meet the Master General."

"Take him here!"

Geshuhan was a little confused. What did Li Qing'an send an envoy to him to do? Should he persuade him to surrender?

After a moment, several personal soldiers brought in a young civilian officer. He bowed to Geshuhan and said, "Pei Mingyi, the Sima Branch of the Anxi Army, met with the Sima Branch of the Army."

Pei Mingyi was Pei Min's eldest son, and they were all brought into the army by Li Qing'an. The second son Pei Zhili served as a military officer in Liangzhou, and the eldest son was an assistant to the marching Sima. Although his official position was small, he was very trained. This time Pei Mingyi was ordered to go to the envoy of Geshuhan's big tent.

Geshuhan did not know Pei Mingyi, but when he saw that Li Qing'an sent a civil servant to see him, it was obvious that he was not here to issue a letter of war. His face calmed down a little and said, "What's wrong with your general sending you here?"

"My general sent me to send a letter and a gift."

As he said that, he presented a letter with both hands to Geshuhan. Geshuhan glanced at a package wrapped in red silk behind him, and was held by one of his personal soldiers in a red painted wooden plate. Geshuhan couldn't help but feel a little alert in his heart and asked, "What kind of gift is that?"

The personal soldier said: "Master, it seems like wine."

"Wine?" Ge Shuhan became even more strange. He glanced at Pei Mingyi and said, "What are your generals who brought me wine to do? I don't dare to drink now."

Pei Mingyi smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Geshu doesn't know anything. This wine is not ordinary. It is a medicinal wine brought by my general from Xinde. The punjabi scorpion is soaked in it. It is said that it is very effective in treating foot pain. It is a gift from my general to Mad. "

As he said that, he untied the red silk. On the red plate were crystal bottles one foot high, translucent. Ge Shuhan walked forward and looked carefully. He saw that there was indeed a huge scorpion soaked in the crystal bottle, half a foot long and ferocious. At this time, Ge Shuhan's face calmed down even more, nodded and smiled: "It's really hard for you generals. I've brought this fierce thing tens of thousands of miles away. I've never seen you generals. I've accepted your general's gift."

He tore open the letter, which was written by Li Qing'an. In the letter, Li Qing'an spoke in a sincere tone, pointing out that he was not wise to surrender to Li Longji. Li Longji was old and had not been a few years old. Judging from the chaos and confusion of his successors over the years, there will be a fight after Li Longji's death. At that time, his brother Shuhan may not be more reused. It is better to abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible and join the Anxi Army, so that he can also find a future for his descendants in the future.

Li Qing'an's meaning in his letter was very plain, that is, he asked Geshuhan to surrender to him, and he implicitly told Geshuhan that if he followed him, his descendants would also receive shade. What this means is self-evident.

Geshuhan sighed for a long time and said to Pei Mingyi: "Please tell His Highness General Zhao, and say that his intention is to be taken. But Geshuhan first joins the state and then the emperor. It is not yet a month old, so I will join the King of Zhao again. Then who is my brother Shuhan? Please tell him, I will not obey my fate."
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