Qian Song

Chapter 318 What I Learned Along the Way (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!)
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Liu Kai and Li Yanxian had already learned from the sympathetic jailer that Li Cun and Zhao Gou wanted their families, and Zhao Gou had them framed in order to tarnish their reputation so that Zhao Gou could explain to the army and the people.

Moreover, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian had already heard that Li Cun wanted to cut them into pieces, so he asked Zhao Gou to name their families.

Just when Liu Kai and Li Yanxian were thinking about how to escape and how to rescue their family members after escaping, Wang Lun unexpectedly let Liu Kai and Li Yanxian be released from the prison car.

Not only that, Wang Lun also personally released the shackles for Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, and asked the accompanying doctors to treat their injuries, and also gave up his own carriage, and invited Liu Kai and Li Yanxian to ride, while he himself and others A ride on the road together.

Seeing this, Liu Kai asked Wang Lun very puzzled: "Ambassador Wang, what do you mean?"

Wang Lun said with a smile: "General, don't be on guard, Wang Lun has no malicious intentions."

Although Wang Lun said so, Liu Qi still looked at Wang Lun intently, wanting to let Wang Lun make this clear.

Seeing this, Wang Lun could only say: "Although Wang Lun didn't dare to speculate on the holy will, Wang Lun still ventured to guess that His Majesty's request for the two generals should not be to take revenge on the two generals."

Liu Kai asked calmly, "Why did Ambassador Wang say that?"

Wang Lun stretched out a finger: "Firstly, Your Majesty is not a person who is easy to kill. Since His Majesty's uprising, in addition to killing foreigners, he has only used capital punishment on two Han people who committed the most crimes. You two are not foreigners, and you are not Heinous..."

Speaking of this, Wang Lun saw the distrust in Liu Kai's eyes flashed away, and said again: "It is true that the two of you have temporarily stopped your majesty's unification, and you have done a lot of damage to my generals. However, in the eyes of the lord of the world, these little things are nothing. Don’t you see, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Zhang He are all surrendered generals, but they are all good generals of the five sons of Emperor Wei Wu. There are many such things in history. Okay, let’s go Don't talk about those far away, just talk about Han Dutong, Wu Dutong, the late Xiao Zhai Dutong, and Wang Yandutong, which one was not a general of the Song Dynasty, and which one didn't join me in the army before they voted for me? There are a lot of soldiers fighting, so aren't all the generals under His Majesty's command now?"

After hearing these real examples, Liu Kai's expression couldn't help but move.

Wang Lun raised another finger, and continued: "Both, if Wang Lun said something that offended you two, if your Majesty hadn't liked the bravery of the two of you and the talents of generals, how could you have entered the ranks with such humble positions as the two of you?" His Majesty's Holy Eye?"

Although Wang Lun said as soon as he came up that he did not dare to guess Li Cun's intentions, in fact, Wang Lun has already made up his mind that Li Cun's request for Liu Qi and Li Yanxian is the two of them, and he wants to marry them. Take it for your own use.

And what Wang Lun said is not unreasonable. Liu Qi is a commander who only controls 800 people, and Li Yanxian is a rebel leader who is with the militia. Such two people are too insignificant in front of the emperor. , even if they did something shocking to the world, like the two of them won some seemingly good victories on some battlefields, it would not reach the point where Li Cun would personally care about them.

Unless, as Wang Lun said, Li Cun saw through the battles fought by Liu Kai and Li Yanxian that they were two buried generals, would he be able to dig them out.

This may also be the only reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, Li Cunda could ask Zong Ze and Wang Yuan, who now control the largest number of troops in the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty. There is really no need to personally ask Zhao Gou for Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, and he also listed this matter as one of the conditions for peace negotiation.

Liu Kai wanted to ask something more, but Li Yanxian jumped into Wang Lun's carriage suddenly, got into it, and fell asleep.

Seeing this, Liu Kai thought for a while, and then laughed at himself.

Although what Wang Lun said made sense, no matter how you say it, it was just Wang Lun's guess.

What if Wang Lun's guess is wrong, Li Cun is narrow-minded, the situation is not big, and he insists that they fulfill their duties and fight against the Daqian Dynasty to prevent Li Cun from completing the unification, and insist on cutting them into pieces?
So, what's the use of asking east and west now, it's better to take a step and see, they were also abandoned by the small court of the Western Song Dynasty, and now there is no place to go.

Therefore, Liu Kai also clasped his fist at Wang Lun, and then walked towards the carriage.

Seeing that Liu Kai and Li Yanxian were really different, Wang Lun added: "Your Majesty never said that the two generals would be executed. Your Majesty only told Wang Lun to bring the two generals back no matter what. Lun was worried that King Kang would not let the two generals leave, so he lied. The two generals angered His Majesty, and His Majesty must see the two generals being tortured with their own eyes."

Whether Li Cun said this or Wang Lun said it is not important to Liu Kai and Li Yanxian now.

Things have come to this, for Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, the really important thing is, is Li Cun optimistic about them and wants to reuse them?
If not, then they who have been betrayed and abandoned by the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty will undoubtedly have an extremely tragic end.

If so, then for them, it may be a blessing in disguise.

See clearly a foolish king who is not worthy of their service, and get the reuse of a holy king who will do anything to poach them...

Liu Qi didn't dare to think about it anymore, he was afraid, the greater his hope, the greater his disappointment.

After Wang Lun and his party arrived at Fengxiang Mansion, Wu Jie was very warm to Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, especially to Li Yanxian.

——It seems that Wu Jie didn't care about being defeated by Li Yanxian at all, and even he was almost caught by Li Yanxian himself.

In Wu Jie's words: "On the battlefield, it's life and death, and it's about the life and death of the two families. You have to do your best, and there are only generals who are always victorious, and there are no undefeated generals. Next time we fight, Wu Jie will pay back ten times. Of."

Speaking of this, Wu Jie couldn't help saying with some regret: "It's just that there is no time for you and me to fight each other again."

It is not difficult to see from Wu Jie's words, and Wu Jie also guessed that Li Cun did everything possible to get Liu Kai and Li Yanxian to Bianliang City, Tokyo, because he wanted to use Liu Kai and Li Yanxian.

in fact--

It's not hard to guess.

First of all, Li Cun has always been a person who recognizes talents and values ​​talents, and is famous for his insight.

Secondly, although Liu Kai and Li Yanxian were not well-known before, as long as they are people who understand military affairs and have carefully studied the battles between Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, they can definitely judge that Liu Kai and Li Yanxian must be good at fighting.

in short.

Wu Jie not only entertained Liu Kai and Li Yanxian graciously, but also bought a maid for Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, and asked them to serve Liu Kai and Li Yanxian on the road.

But Liu Kai and Li Yanxian were not generals like Wu Jie and Han Shizhong who liked women, so they rejected Wu Jie's offer by coincidence.

Seeing that Liu Kai and Li Yanxian refused to accept his kindness, Wu Jie could only give up and enjoy it by himself.

Later, when Liu Kai and Li Yanxian left Fengxiang Mansion, Wu Jie specially sent his confidant Li Congyi to lead three thousand Qingqi to escort Liu Kai and Li Yanxian to leave Shaanxi.

Fearing that Liu Kai and Li Yanxian might misunderstand, Wu Jie said: "Shaanxi is in great chaos now, and there are routs and bandits everywhere. If I don't send someone to send you out of Shaanxi, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get out of Fengxiang Mansion."

After going on the road again, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian, who had been busy resisting the attack of the Gan army, could finally take a look at the battered Shaanxi.

Both Liu Kai and Li Yanxian are from Shaanxi (Liu Kai is a soldier from Deshun, and Li Yanxian is from Ningzhou Pengyuan). Both of them grew up in the Northwest. full of love.

That's why Liu Kai and Li Yanxian fought back regardless of the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty's adverse situation, even hitting stones with eggs.

——On the one hand, it is because they are also bound by the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism; on the other hand, they are also defending their hometown.

Think about it, if a foreign enemy came to attack your hometown, if you were a bloody man, what would you do?
I guess you will also roll up your arms and sleeves to fight against the enemy, right?

And Liu Kai and Li Yanxian are just such kind-hearted and good men, and they are the kind who stand upright.

Therefore, from their point of view, what they did was not wrong.

At least that's how it used to be.

When the group came to Chang'an, what they saw was that the once prosperous ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, the eastern starting point of the Silk Road, was now quite dilapidated, and there were refugees going east or west everywhere on the road with empty eyes Walking, you can see hungry people everywhere who collapsed while walking and then couldn't stand up again.

Seeing this tragedy in the world, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian couldn't help opening their mouths at the same time, and then one of them said: "Once a hero draws his sword, it will be another ten years of calamity for the common people." The other said: "Where a teacher is, thorns grow. The army After that, there will be a bad year."

After finishing speaking, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian looked at each other in unison. They did not expect that there would be such a tacit understanding between each other.

After Chang'an came to Tongzhou, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian knew that Tongzhou was still under the control of Qianjun, but the Song army had followed Zhao Gou's order to retreat ten miles.

There has been a truce here.

Tongzhou guard Wang Yan is a very serious and even old-fashioned person. He is not as welcoming to Liu Kai and Li Yanxian as Wu Jie is, nor is he as enthusiastic towards Liu Kai and Li Yanxian as Wu Jie is. Prepared a banquet, and personally invited Liu Kai and Li Yanxian.

When Wang Lun and his party were about to leave Tongzhou, Wang Yan also saw them off in person.

However, when the two parties were about to part ways, Wang Yan suddenly warned Liu Qi and Li Yanxian: "To be honest, I don't like you two. Without the help of you two, the world may already be unified, and then it will be ruled. There will not be so many deaths and victims in vain. Shaanxi is here, and you two have an unshirkable responsibility. However, your majesty has insightful eyes and far-reaching wisdom. Since your majesty thinks that you two are rare talents, I wish to let you two go. I hope that the two of you are heroes who know the current affairs. In the future, you will do your best to repay the emperor's kindness and atone for the stubborn crimes of the two of you. Don't live up to your Majesty's name of knowing people, otherwise, even if you two escape to the ends of the world, Wang Yan He must also be killed!"

How could Liu Kai and Li Yanxian be threatened by Wang Yan?
However, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian really did not expect that Wang Yan, as a surrendered general, would be so loyal to Li Cun and so obedient.

There is also Wu Jie, when talking about Li Cun, he is also flattering, saying that Li Cun, Yingmo Ruilue, open-minded and magnanimous, knows people well, and uses them happily, he is the master of the ages.

This can't help but make Liu Kai and Li Yanxian feel that Li Cun, who rose in the fields, annexed [-]% of the territory of the Zhao and Song Dynasties in just seven or eight years, recovered Annan and Champa in the south, and recovered the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in the north. The lord of the world gave birth to a trace of curiosity.

in fact--

Regarding Li Cun's curiosity, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian certainly didn't just have it today.

It's just that Liu Qi and Li Yanxian never had the chance to meet Li Cun in the past.

But now it is different, as long as there are no accidents, they are likely to meet this Lord of the World who they are so familiar with in the near future.

Therefore, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian inevitably have some guesses about Li Cun. Of course, you can also say that they have expectations for their future.

Out of Tongguan, came to Shanzhou.

There was still a short distance from Shanzhou City, so Li Yanxian couldn't wait to raise his head to look at the top of the city.

As a result, a tough man like Li Yanxian couldn't help feeling sad!
——Shaanzhou City, which he took back with painstaking efforts and almost survived, was finally taken back by the Daqian Dynasty.

The speed of the carriage did not slow down even a little bit because of Li Yanxian's sadness.

Soon, Wang Lun and his party came to the city of Shanzhou.

Zhao Li, the guard here in Shanzhou, also went out of the city to welcome Wang Lun and his party.

However, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian could tell that Zhao Li didn't like them either.

Needless to say, the reason is that in the eyes of Wang Yan and Zhao Li, Liu Kai and Li Yanxian are the ones who turned back the wheel of history. If Liu Kai and Li Yanxian were not born, they might have penetrated Shaanxi and entered the After conquering the land of Shu, they completed the task of destroying the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty, capturing Zhao Gou, and recovering the last two territories of the Daqian Dynasty. They helped Li Cun become a real emperor through the ages, and they themselves could also obtain the glory of their ancestors and their wives. Yinzi's reward.

But it was because of the birth of Liu Kai and Li Yanxian that they pressed the pause button on all of this.

Moreover, Li Cun had to choose to temporarily let go of the small court of the Western Song Dynasty due to various unavoidable reasons.

As a result, no one knows how long they will have to wait to complete the task of destroying the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty, capturing Zhao Gou, and recovering the last two territories of the Daqian Dynasty, and how long it will take to help Li Cun become a real eternal man. One emperor, how long will they have to wait before they can get the reward of honoring their ancestors and conferring their wives and sons.

So they have reason to hate and even hate Liu Qi and Li Yanxian.

But even though Zhao Li didn't like Liu Kai and Li Yanxian very much, he restrained his preferences and entertained Liu Kai and Li Yanxian patiently.

Zhao Li also told Liu Kai and Li Yanxian that they were peacefully accepted Shanzhou City, and those who were willing to go to the Sichuan-Shaanxi area had already been released, and Li Yanxian's family, including Liu Kai's family, had already let Liu Kai go. He and Li Yanxian went to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

After leaving Shanzhou and continuing eastward, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian were surprised to find that all the fields in the territory of the Daqian Dynasty had already started spring plowing, and although many people here still had a little disheveled face, they had already done so along the way. It's hard to see people dying of starvation anymore.

After another journey, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian knew the reason.

It turned out that after passing through Shanzhou, there were porridge kitchens everywhere.

——Although the porridge is not very thick, as long as people who come to the porridge stand, everyone can get a big bowl. After drinking it, they will be half full, so there must be no problem.

In addition, there is a medical shed every few miles. As long as people who are sick come here, not only will doctors see them for free, but they will also administer medicines for free.

Liu Kai and Li Yanxian slowly discovered that the farther you go to Bianliang City in Tokyo, the better the land will be governed. After passing Luoyang, many areas have even come out of the flames of war. Without the insensitivity in the deep flames of war, without any hope, like a walking dead.

Of course, due to the flooding of the Yellow River, many places still look like a mess.

But this has not affected the people in these areas to get out of the war and get a new life.

The key point is that Liu Kai and Li Yanxian are not blind, they can see that the Dagan Dynasty has already mobilized a large number of civilians to control the Yellow River.

It is conceivable that as long as it is not delayed by anything, the Daqian Dynasty should be able to manage the Yellow River with many problems.

And in another three to five years, the people will definitely be able to completely come out of the flames of war and truly regain their lives.

Thinking of this, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian finally realized that they might have really been helping the evildoers and turning the clock back in history. It is no wonder that Wang Yan, Zhao Li and other soldiers hated them...

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