Chapter 400: No Lords in Northern Liang

At the end of the summer, the summer heat stops here, the autumn air is gradually clean, the eagle feels its gas and capture birds.

Northern Liang border army every year at this festival, will carry out a ceremony that has been inherited for a long time, is the sacrifice of the eagle, some by whisking the water room carefully boiled and raised for the border army crossbowman arm of the eagle falcon, will be released in the Liangzhou pass, a hundred riders out of the array, the group of eagles flying high, the scene is extremely spectacular.

Because of the Liangzhou pass outside the white horse crossbowmen have been transferred to the Liuzhou battlefield, refused to the north of the city residence let HeZhongHu Department of the left cavalry of the fine horsemen on behalf of the old marshal is seriously ill, only nominal top of the left cavalry marshal title, the sacrifice of eagles, but also this meritorious marshal of the old sands of the end of the two to a far from the border army for more than 10 years named LuDaYuan of the new vice marshal of the left cavalry army, it is just to personally lead the hundred riders in the refused to north of the city north of the zone, vibration arm! Release the eagle.

Sacrifice the eagle this day, the setting sun, refused to the north of the city on the road, the right cavalry commander Zhou Kang Jin partridge accompanied by Li Yanchao slowly walked up to the top of the city, plate face, after seeing the dismounting of armor had to be wrapped in heavy fur to keep out the cold of the old marshal He Zhongshu, the face is only slightly better for a few points.

“Rebellion” left cavalry army to right cavalry army of the border army general Li Yanchao look indifferent, only obscure eyes deep, there are a few points of guilt, but is still guilty but not regret.

The young feudal lord wearing a cool sword stood in the center of the city, raising his eyes to look into the distance, only to see the eagles soaring, relaxed and happy.

In a distance to see Lu Dayuan led a hundred riders back to the refusal of the north city, Xu Fengyen turned his head to look at the side of the He Zhongshu, aged body has been unbearable horseback bumps, and even hanging the sword hanging armor has become a luxury, after today’s eagle sacrifice the old man will be formally left the battlefield, but the old marshal’s knees no children, in the Guan Nei also no placement of the residence, Xu Fengyen thought that in accordance with the temperament of the veteran generals will choose to stay in the refusal of the north city of pension, after all, be able to be closer to some! Hearing the familiar sound of hoofbeats, Xu Fengyen has even personally left a quiet house near the residence, but in the end, the old man even said that he wanted to go to Lingzhou while he was still not lying on the sickbed to be waited on, and to go around while he still had some energy left. He said that Lingzhou is the Jiangnan of our Northern Liang Dao, I have heard of the affluence there, and after twenty years of dealing with horse manure in the Guanwai, how to go there to enjoy the blessings of eating a few good meals.

Xu Fengnian know very well, the old man said to enjoy the blessing is false, do not want the next left cavalry commander from time to time with him, the emperor of the face, is true, even if the successor will not think so, and will not feel tied, but the old man still insist on their own views, Xu Fengnian had to let the old marshal Chen Yuntuilin Doufang the same generation of these old people of the Xu family to persuade, the same is useless, a lifetime of time are thrown in the sand! He Zhonghu is determined to go.

He Zhonghu noticed the young king’s line of sight and laughed: “Your Highness, don’t try to persuade me. I He Zhonghu self-confessed mediocre talent to lead the army to war, the reason why I was able to fight those victorious battles, relying on the former Xu family old pawns and today’s Beiliang Border Army, relying on being able to listen to the views of other people, I am ashamed to say, my military career of nearly fifty years, in the Spring and Autumn wars in the head do not dare to say that every time I was the first to fight, but not less than the number of times Liu Yuanji Tieshan this set of old guys, somehow, at the end of the day, but the least injured, even more than the great general. Not as much as the Great General. I remember when the great general brought us to Northern Liang that time, the group friendship again, but in order to be able to compete to the strong general position, one really even do not want the skin, the king knows how the captain Tieshan was with the great general to eliminate me?”

Xu Fengnian smiled and shook his head.

The old man laughed: “Liu Yuan Ji Wei Tieshan two old bastard, back then is actually a mind to run to my position, read a few days of books Liu Yuan Ji stomach bad water more, they are not willing to be the villain, will urge the big old man Wei Tieshan to go to the great general to say that I He Zhonghu in the battlefield injuries are very few, but the small illness is not a big disaster, but never sick guys, then there may be Sick, simply fall ill, so the next fight North Mang barbarians, don’t let He Zhonghu lead the cavalry charge, if not accidentally hung, not to mention the loss of life, but also the loss of face of the border army. This can tolerate? Of course can not endure, so I was furious to find the general, pulled out the third generation of the Xu family knife, put down a sentence, either let me be the deputy commander of the cavalry, or I will carry the knife to hack to death Yutieshan that bastard son. The Great General had no choice but to agree.”

Xu Fengnian was dumbfounded.

The terminally ill late old man stopped talking, and together with the young vassal king who was not yet thirty years old, they looked far into the north.

Back then, Zhao Hook carefully collected a huge amount of spy reports related to the Northwest Border Army, and the Department of Military Affairs of Liyang used this as a means to come to a conclusion that the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry has a lot of mountain tops, and there are a lot of contradictions between the cavalry army and the infantry army, and the relationship between the Liangzhou Outer Guan cavalry army and the Yuling Liangzhou cavalry army is even more frosty, and the relationship between the Outer Guan generals and the real power of the Guan domestic martial arts officials is also even, so that the so-called three hundred thousand Northern Liang Iron Cavalry is able to wring together, and only lies in the fact that the human massacre Xu Snapu didn’t die. Enough to deter the herd, as well as the old man standing behind a great prestige Chen Zhi Bao, but in the two generations of iron riders during the transition of military power, it is very likely that there will be a major upheaval, Yan Wenluan as the head of the Northern Liang infantry system of the mountain, should be firmly owned by the Northern Liang capital of Chen Zhi Bao on the throne, while Zhong Hongwu, He Zhongku, including a few of the important mountains under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou outside of the Cavalry, but may not be willing to bow down, Tiger City Liu Shunu Liu Shunu of Hu Tou City will unswervingly listen to the wishes of Ren Tu, Li Yanchao, Li Mo Fan, Cao Xiaojiao and other young and strong military generals who are famous for being unruly and difficult to tame in Beiliang, the color of the hilltop faction is not strong, and in the north of Beiliang between Chen Zhi Bao and His Highness the son of the Emperor Xu Fengyin, it is mostly necessary to look at the plate and cook.

Among these hilltop military leaders, the presence of Spring and Autumn Elder He Zhonghu is rather special, although he was once a general of the Fu Long faction of the Zhao Changling line with Yan Wenluan, and was also extremely optimistic about Chen Zhi Bao, but at the same time recognized as being the most loyal to the old Liang King Xu Snapdragon, with the least amount of self-interest.

Even thousands of miles away from Tai’an City, the Ministry of War can see this scene, that listening to the tide of the Court naturally see more truly, so Yan Wenluan under the banner of the two full-fledged vice marshals, Wei Tieshan and Liu Yuanji have left the infantry, the age of similar seniority Zhong Hongwu and He Zhonghu within the Spring and Autumn veteran generals, but always firmly held the border cavalry power. Then Chen Zhi Bao rode to Shu and rebelled against Northern Liang. The proud Zhong Hongwu late in life, the entire Northern Liang cavalry power are transferred to Yuan Zuozong, Jin partridge Zhou Kang and other people’s hands, at the same time, the outsider Gu Dazu is like a nail into the foot soldiers hill, as deputy commander, and then it is in the authorization of His Highness the son and the Qingliang mountain of the covert support of the south of Jiangnan Road of the humble origin of the Chen Xiliang suddenly took charge of the power of the matter of the reform of the salt and iron, although the resistance is very great, resulting in Chen Xiliang Although the resistance to the salt and iron reorganization is great, resulting in Chen Xiliang stumbled, no end, just some people have not had time to clap their hands, then Chen Xiliang began to set up the fourteen real power lieutenant in Guannai, just hereditary replacement of the king of Beiliang Xu Fengnian is particularly decisive, Yan Wenluan in the visit to Xu Fengnian after the first to remain silent, but also makes this involves half of Beiliang Road’s military reorganization, to promote the smooth all the way to the obstacles.

For the Northern Liang iron horsemen step by step power change, has lost the chief minister Zhang Julu Liyang court simply can not do anything, neither waited for the expected sit on the mountain to watch the tigers, and ultimately also failed to intervene in a foot.

But in the final analysis, the changes in the Northern Liang Border Army, all from Li Yishan’s words before his death, only my Xu family 300,000 soldiers and horses against the North Mang South Dynasty border army, enough, but if the face of the country’s southern invasion of the prairie cavalry, since it is not enough, the end is not to the Northern Liang Iron Cavalry A world to change, so I need a group of new people to the Northern Liang Border Army to create a new atmosphere.

If Xu Fengyen between Xu Beihao and Chen Xiliang two young strategists, in terms of selfishness, may favor Xu Beihao, then in Li Yishan’s mind, he was born for Chen Xiliang’s expectations, vaguely higher than Xu Beihao a chip.

Nowadays, Xu and Chen, Chen Xiliang in the northern Liang border army, especially the displaced youth and Liuzhou cavalry, high reputation, no less than the assassin Yang Guangdou and Liuzhou General Kou Jianghuai, and Yu Luan knife Cao Wei and other young military generals is the relationship between the two. Xu Beihao, who also serves as the Northern Liang Road Transit Envoy and Deputy Festival Minister, is in the Guannai officialdom, which can be said to be in the middle of the day, and during the period of serving as the assassin of Lingzhou, he has a deep relationship with the general of Lingzhou, Mr. Han Laoshan, and the actual lieutenant of the territory, Mr. Huang Xiao-quick.

When the return to the border army will hold the power of the Xu family pawn Lu Dayuan, leading more than a hundred elite cavalry appeared outside the city, originally pressed his hands on the cold arrow fletchings of the old marshal sidestepped, did not address the young man as a king, but only held one of Xu Fengyen’s hands, mixed feelings of the old man said softly: “Hard work.”

Xu Fengyen in turn held the old man’s hand, “There is some hard work, but not bitter.”

The old man with a kind and amiable face smiled and asked, “Then I can rest assured?”

Xu Fengyen nodded and smiled, “Old general feel free to rest assured!”

The old man’s departure from the city did not let Xu Fenian send him, it was a simple carriage, the escorts were the four or five riders of the old soldiers who followed the old marshal to leave the Left Cavalry Army together, life and death, up and down the battlefield, it was all the same.

After the carriage out of the city, a horseback ride stopped outside the city early, do not look at this ride of the old horseman originally did not want to stop, but He Zhonghu seems to have expected, lifted the curtain, let the horseman wait for a moment.

Li Yanchao, the deputy commander of the right cavalry army, rolled over and dismounted, and looked at the old man whose movement was slightly difficult to get off the horse, but he did not intentionally go forward to help him show his goodwill.

He Zhongshu walked to Li Yanchao’s side, reached out and gently patted the horse’s back, laughing: “Worthy of being the unique Northern Liang horse of the Fiber Leaving Ranch, although its strength is slightly inferior to that of the Tianjing Ranch’s Grade A horses, it is the most suitable for chiseling formations.”

Li Yanchao had a complicated mood and did not reply.

Respectively located in the two Long left and right of the fiber from the ranch and Tianjing Ranch, the former and the Kam Partridge Zhou Kang’s right cavalry relationship is better, the latter with the left cavalry more familiar, this is because of the two ranches of the old man in charge of the characters, most of the left and right cavalry origin, ordinary A and B two-class horses, Qingliang Mountain and how the government ordered deployment, naturally, not allowed to ranch trespassing, but some of them in the A-class horses also belong to the top of the best colt, because of the scarcity of numbers, the ranch is natural. Because of the scarcity of the number, the ranch will naturally be reserved for the right and left cavalry generals and lieutenants, which is also reasonable, the two generations of the Northern Liang Xu family clan king, this is never asked to intervene. Li Yanchao from the left cavalry under the command of He Zhonghu transferred to the right cavalry, partridge Zhou Kang the first thing, is to give the horse to this one of the four teeth of the sand field prima donna, the seal of the tiger is the next thing.

The hunchbacked He Zhonghu and the stout Li Yanchao walked slowly side by side, the old man said softly: “Zhou General’s rule of the army is strict, most of those brothers around you have violent character, after arriving at the right cavalry army, do not act arrogantly, do not leave a handle on the small things of the chicken and garlic, it’s not worth it.”

Li Yanchao nodded his head and said, “The last general has already greeted all the brothers.”

This time Li Yanchao’s official position change, lead to Liangzhou cavalry ushered in a not so small change of blood, because Li Yanchao is not only a person to switch to the right cavalry, there are more than ten heart of the lieutenant captains around him also became under the jinzhi partridge, but in addition to Li Yanchao is promoted, the rest of the generals are all flat or down a level, after all, zhou kang’s left cavalry had already played a good solid framework, all of a sudden more than a dozen people, if everyone was promoted, the old man of the left cavalry is afraid to revolt. After all, Zhou Kang had already established a solid framework with more than ten people, if everyone was promoted, the old men of the Left Cavalry would probably revolt. Fortunately, Zhou Kang and Li Yanchao in this matter has long reached an agreement, Li Yanchao that set of brothers or talk, which can be seen, Li Yanchao, this person does have quite a good mastery of the wrist, after all, one person in the officialdom of the chicken and dagger, is the common sense.

He Zhonghu frankly smiled, softly said: “Yanchao, I know you are very puzzled, why I obviously can in the left cavalry commander in chief position for another year and a half, but let you die before it is too late, clearly want to use outsiders Yu Luan knife rather than you Li Yanchao, to sit in the first chair of the left cavalry, right?”

Li Yanchao nodded.

This is like a family, and regardless of the size, but if the father would rather hand over to outsiders, but not willing to hand over to the hands of the first eldest son, I believe that anyone will have complaints, especially this first eldest son is by no means the kind of destined to lose all the family business of the anointed son.

The old man suddenly smiled, “Li Yanchao, there is something that you young people may not care too much about, but old guys like me, as well as Yu Tieshan Liu Yuanji as well, all still care a lot about it, and that is that our portion of the family business in the Border Army is actually not ours, but rather, it is the Xu family’s, and it is owned by the two new and old Liang Kings.”

The old man looked at the Northern Liang fierce generals who were about to speak, waved his hand and said, “Don’t be in a hurry to refute, allow me to finish my words. The great generals need not say much, even you guys are convinced, in fact from Spring and Autumn to today’s Xiangfu, from Liyang to Beimang, there is no one who is not convinced. In fact, from Spring and Autumn to the present Xiangfu, from Liyang to North Mang, there is no one who is not convinced. After the turn of the new Liang King, you people are convinced, but generally speaking, you can’t do the degree of admiration and respect for the Great General, to be honest, I am not an exception, either. However, don’t forget, this is not a reason for us to embrace our troops, ah, not a reason to consider the soldiers and horses under our command as forbidden domains. Of course, if we say that our young prince is lordly minded, just like the three generations of emperors in Liyang, you Li Yanchao Cao Xiaojiao, these notorious assassins in the military, in order to seek self-preservation, everyone holds the military power to death, in order to leave a line of retreat for themselves, I, He Zhonghu, can understand it, it’s just that ……”

The old man gently stomped his feet, stepping on the post road that was slightly loosened a few points after that continuous autumn rain, before continuing, “It’s just that we in Northern Liang, from the two generations of feudal kings, to us old guys, to Liu Yunu Wang Lingbao, to you guys, and finally to those young people who have just entered the border army, on top of this bitterly cold and infertile soil, there is never a need for any lords. I, Northern Liang Iron Horsemen, only do heroes!”

The old man finally reached out and patted Li Yanchao’s broad shoulders and laughed, “Since there are 300,000 iron cavalrymen and everyone is a hero, does it make a difference whether you, Li Yanchao, kill the enemy in the Left Cavalry Army or make a mark in the Right Cavalry Army? As I see it, it is none.”

The old man turned around and walked towards the carriage, raising his arm high and gently waving goodbye.

Li Yanchao faced the old man’s back, straightened his back and clasped his fist heavily, and said aloud, “Old Marshal, and die slowly! See how I, Li Yanchao, will break the Northern Mang cavalry army!”

The old man did not stop, did not speak, just high above his head with both hands clasping fists.