Xiaoqi

After the war, when the whole army was disbanded and reorganized, Hu Zheng broke into the Jinyiwei barracks alone, claiming that he was willing to gamble and admit defeat, asked to meet Commander Li Zhi, and was willing to follow the commander for life.Afterwards, Commander Li Zhi confirmed what he said, and left him in the camp. After the whole army was reorganized, he was appointed as a military marquis. He is currently the captain of the soldiers under Commander Li Zhi.

Two months ago, word came from the villagers that the master who taught him martial arts died of illness, so he has not been in the barracks for the past two months, and took leave to go back to attend to his master's funeral.He didn't return to the barracks until the eve of the army's westward expedition. Today is his first battle after joining the Golden Guard.Before he volunteered to fight Cheng Gongying, the final general knew that he had just entered the military camp and was eager to make contributions.He was allowed to fight. "

Zhang Liao recounted in detail how Hu Zheng entered the Jinyi Guard, and truthfully speaking, he did not hide anything.

In fact, Zhang Liao didn't realize that the lord Li Li's question was quite meaningful until after he spoke.Otherwise, Jin Yiwei is the lord's personal barracks, the absolute lineage, how could he not know the military lords around him?

Because of this, Zhang Liao introduced Hu Zheng in detail, telling the truth without mixing any personal opinions.

"Hu Zheng? So it's him!" Li Li listened to Zhang Liao's report.He responded casually with a smile on his face, and then nodded again and again, making no effort to conceal his importance for Hu Zheng.

Indeed, Li Li had heard of this name before, and Hu Zheng's position as Marquis was indeed appointed by him himself.When the whole army was reorganized.He was busy running around all day, staying in the barracks for a long time.Li Zhi reported to him when Hu Zheng was promoted.He agreed casually, and then left the matter behind.

It happened that Hu Zheng was out on business again and missed the meeting with the generals after the reorganization, so Li Li had never seen Hu Zheng and had no impression of him at all.

After figuring out what happened, Li Li smiled lightly.Turning to Zhang Liao, he asked, "What does Wen Yuan think of Hu Zheng's martial arts?"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something again, and asked, "Uh, that's right. You just said that the enemy who will fight Hu Zheng is Cheng Gongying?"

Zhang Liao naturally knew the priorities, and immediately said in a respectful voice: "My lord's words are correct. The enemy general who faced Hu Zheng before the battle was Cheng Gongying. His surname was changed to Chenggong, and his name was Ying. He is from Jincheng and Han Sui's confidant general. This man His reputation is not obvious. He once served as Han Sui's military adviser. After being jealous by Han Sui, he was demoted to the infantry captain. Before the last general thought he was a weak literati, but now it seems that this person is both literary and martial, and he is skilled in martial arts He is also extremely strong, and has already entered the ranks of top fighters. However, he is not good at martial arts after all. Although he can fight Hu Zheng with his riding skills, he is not Hu Zheng's opponent after all, and he will lose sooner or later!

Hu Zheng, on the other hand, is good at infantry combat. He has been a soldier under General Li Jue for several years. He has been an ordinary soldier for five or six years. Chance.Now that he has entered the Golden Guards, our battalion is a cavalry battalion, with one man and two horses, and Hu Zheng had been on leave for more than two months before, so his riding skills are indeed somewhat unsatisfactory.However, he is highly skilled in martial arts, and with more practice, he will be able to develop superb riding skills within three months. "

Li Li naturally knew that Zhang Liaoming seemed to be dissatisfied with Hu Zheng's poor riding skills, but he was actually trying to excuse Hu Zheng, for fear that he would be displeased because of Hu Zhen's poor riding skills.

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, Li Li said with a hearty smile: "No one is perfect, and the moon has its waxing and waning. How can everything in the world be perfect. There is a sentence in Wenyuan's words that is true. Jin Yiwei Yingquan They are cavalrymen with strong combat power, but they are serving as the general's personal battalion. They are a bit nondescript and have not used their talents! After Liangzhou is pacified, the Jinyi Guard needs to expand [-] to [-] infantry to serve as daily guards. But the infantry The pawns must also be proficient in riding skills. In an emergency, the infantry is also a cavalry. It just so happens that Jin Yiwei rides with two horses, so there is no need to choose another horse.

As for Hu Zheng, after the war, he was changed to an infantry commander, but he must practice his riding skills well in case of emergencies.All the generals above Sima in my Xiliang generals are proficient in riding skills, and Hu Zheng is no exception.

In addition, our generals must also learn how to swim. How can a general be afraid of water and seasickness when he conquers the southern states and counties in the future!Wen Yuan can spread this word widely and let the generals in the army practice water skills as soon as possible. In the future, every summer, our army training will increase diving exercises. I will hand over this matter to the military division for implementation.However, if some older generals insist on not going into the water, they will not be reluctant, but most generals and soldiers must be familiar with water.It's not overwhelming to have too many skills. It's always good to learn more skills, and you might be able to use them at any time.Hehehe"

Zhang Liao opened his mouth in astonishment, dazed for a while, and only woke up after a while, and quickly responded respectfully: "My lord's words are very true. The last general was rude, and I feel ashamed. Afterwards, I will definitely pass on the lord's general order to everyone in the army." general!"

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed out loud when he heard the words, and didn't care about Zhang Liao's insincerity in calling the proposal a general order.And the reason why he laughed out loud was not only because of this, but also because Hu Zheng defeated Cheng Gongying before the battle.

Cheng Gongying's defeat meant that the last remnants of Jincheng's resistance troops had completely lost their fighting spirit, their morale was in disarray, and their morale was low. How could they be invincible.

The defeat of more than [-] soldiers and horses under Cheng Gongying's troops directly declared the complete end of the Jincheng War, and Jincheng County and Han Sui's Anding, Tianshui, and Longyou counties were all brought under Li Li's rule.

So far, Li Li's expedition to the west has initially achieved its strategic goals.

As Ma Teng bowed his head and surrendered, Han Sui died, and the two largest vassal forces that had occupied Xiliang for many years were destroyed one after another, which established the overall situation for Li Li's army to pacify the two states of Xiliang.Afterwards, Li Li only needed to rectify the administration of the counties and counties, eliminate the bandits and the remaining rogues, and the two prefectures of Xiliang would be safe and sound.

The last step is to divide troops to garrison the border of the two prefectures of Xiliang, wait for the opportunity to clean up the surrounding barbarian tribes, and consolidate the achievements of pacifying Xiliang, with a view to finally suppressing the barbarians entrenched in Huangzhong and Hetao, and stabilizing the rear of Xiliang.

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Chapter 363 Delicious and Difficult to Digest

The night fell, and the evening breeze was cool.

On the crescent moon.

The moonlit night is full of stars.

Jincheng County Governor's Mansion, the main hall.

Next to the table on the left side of the hall, a maid with a pretty face was kneeling on the floor, scooping up fragrant green tea with a wooden spoon, and carefully poured hot tea into Li Li's tea cup.

On the opposite side of the table on the right, there was also a maid who filled the teacup in front of Cheng Gongying with tea, then got up and stepped aside gently, acting very carefully, not daring to make any strange noises.

Sitting opposite each other, Li Li picked up the teacup with an easy-going demeanor, gently raised his hand to signal Cheng Gongying to do as he pleases, then took a sip of the hot tea, and then closed his eyes to savor the fragrance and sweetness of the green tea.

Cheng Gongying, who was sitting upright on the right, looked straight at Li Li, the coach of the Xiliang Army, who was facing him, and couldn't figure out what Li Li wanted to do for a while.

Before that, he lost to Hu Zheng in front of the battle, but he didn't stand still, and still led the army to fight tenaciously with Li Li's troops.Unexpectedly, the tens of thousands of soldiers under him had already lost their confidence in winning, their morale was slackened, and they had no fighting spirit. As a result, they were easily defeated by Li Li's army, and most of the soldiers dropped their weapons and surrendered.Only he, Cheng Gongying, vowed not to surrender, and tried to fight until the last moment, and would not stop dying. Unexpectedly, the Qinglong Battalion led by Guo Bang, Pang De, and Ma Chao quickly broke through the south gate, and tens of thousands of Li Li troops took him and hundreds of people. Surrounded by famous soldiers.In the end, he was captured alive by Ma Chao, and most of his soldiers were killed or injured, and the remaining dozens of soldiers also bowed their heads and surrendered.

After being defeated and captured, Cheng Gongying only wanted to kill himself and become benevolent, and did not want to surrender to Li Li.Unexpectedly, Li Li ignored his resistance at all, ordered someone to take him for a bath, and then he was taken to the main hall to drink tea with Li Li.

At this moment, looking at Li Li sipping tea slowly, Cheng Gongying couldn't help muttering to himself: "What kind of medicine is Li Li selling in the gourd? I haven't had a bite of hot food yet, and I'm so hungry that my chest sticks to my back, how can I have the heart to drink tea with you!"

"General Chenggong seems to have something on his mind, isn't he in the mood to drink tea?" Just as Cheng Gongying was secretly slandering, Li Li suddenly opened his eyes and asked softly.

"This,,,,,," Cheng Gongying became inexplicably nervous when he heard the words, and said frankly with an embarrassed expression: "To be honest, I am empty in my lower abdomen, and I am very hungry. Please forgive me, General Li."

"Hehehe!" Li Li nodded with a smile and said, "I thought that General Cheng disliked the bland tea and found it difficult to swallow. It turned out that the general was hungry. This general was negligent. It is not suitable to drink tea on an empty stomach, otherwise the body will suffer." It's too much."

The voice fell.Li Li smiled lightly and raised his hand.The maid standing behind Cheng Gongying immediately removed the teacup from the table.Then there are servants offering meat and wine.

"You are welcome, General Cheng, please have a meal." Li Li said with a smile.

Cheng Gongying was not too polite, and said casually: "I reckon that I won't die for a while. Since the general invites you kindly, then I will be disrespectful."

While talking, he tore off a chicken leg.He also motioned to the maid beside him to fill up the wine, holding the chicken leg in his right hand and the wine in his left hand, and feasted on it.Eating and drinking at the same time, without the slightest demeanor and reserve that a scribe should have.

Li Li turned a blind eye to Cheng Gongying's extremely indecent eating behavior, and continued to drink tea in a leisurely manner, as if the tea in his hands was far more flavorful than wine and meat.

After a long while, Cheng Gongying had eaten and drank enough, and belched and said to Li Li: "Now I'm full, I don't know what General Li plans to do with me?"

Hearing this, Li Li raised his head and looked at Cheng Gongying with a smile, and answered irrelevantly with a smile: "I don't know if the dinner is delicious, but is General Cheng still satisfied?"

"Uh,,,,,, very good, very good!" Cheng Gongying laughed in astonishment.

Li Li nodded with a smile on his face and said: "It's good that General Cheng is satisfied. I heard that General Cheng only wanted to die quickly. From my point of view, General Cheng doesn't need to be in a hurry. Anyway, Li's family has a great career. Meals are still relatively sufficient, enough to supply General Chenggong for decades. Therefore, Li wants to invite General Chenggong to be a diner at my house. When Li dies in a few decades, why don't you and I stay together? Let’s go, we can also take care of each other on Huangquan Road, so as not to be alone and lonely. I don’t know what General Cheng wants?”

"Cough cough cough! This,,,,,," Li Li's words made Cheng Gongying choke heavily, and immediately coughed uncontrollably, not knowing how to answer.

Before that, Cheng Gongying knew that Li Li's invitation to come to the main hall was nothing more than persuading him to surrender.For this reason, he had already prepared a lot of rhetoric, whether Li Li promised him great benefits or rewarded high-ranking officials with rich salary, no matter how nice Li Li's tongue was, he was determined not to surrender to Li Li .

All this is because Yan Xing is Li Li's cousin, and Yan Xing is the despicable villain Cheng Gongying detests the most in his life, and he would rather die than be with such a villain.

There has been a saying since ancient times: Different ways do not conspire with each other.Li Li and the despicable and shameless Yan Xing are cousins, so how can Li Li be any better?

Because of this, Cheng Gongying can be said to be determined after eating the weight, and will not surrender to Li Li anyway.

There is nothing but death, why be afraid of it!

However, tonight Cheng Gongying and Li Li had their first face-to-face close contact.

From the very beginning, he felt that Li Li and Yan Xing were completely different, and the two could not be compared.

The reason is very simple. What is Li Li's status and status now? The imperial court, it can be seen that the real power it possesses is still above the Sangong, and it seems to be the most powerful person in the Han Dynasty.Such a person with a prominent position can condescend and condescend to sit on an equal footing with his defeated and captured Cheng Gongying, without forcing him with power, life and death at all.

This section alone made Cheng Gongying secretly admire Li Li and develop a good impression of him.

Next, as the two sides confronted each other like charades, Cheng Gongying felt that Li Li was unpredictable.Li Li treats people with humility and carelessness, and his words and deeds all show his extraordinary mind and bearing. He is really magnificent and can be called a kingly posture.Isn't such a unparalleled and heroic lord who is rare in a hundred years the virtuous and enlightened lord that Cheng Gongying has been looking for and dreaming of?

What made Cheng Gongying most discouraged but speechless was that he ate a sumptuous dinner prepared by Li Li's order.He thought it was just some meat and wine, and he had the right to be a stuffed ghost when he was dying.What a shame!Unexpectedly, after Li Li waited for him to eat and drink enough, he immediately made a move, and the first move was a "big killer move" that hit the vital point directly.Li Li unexpectedly invited him Cheng Gongying to join Zhengxi General's Mansion as a diner in the mansion, and he spoke plainly and sincerely.This made Cheng Gongying speechless at all, even if he wanted to refuse, it was difficult to say so.It's only natural for them to invite you to be a diner after eating their free dinner.