Chapter 415
Wang Pingan ordered someone to bring a bag of golden beans to the little eunuch, and the little eunuch almost fainted from joy.Before coming, the people in the palace told this little eunuch that as long as he can establish a relationship with the prince, the benefits will definitely be indispensable.It's just that this time the intention was to reprimand the prince, so no one wanted to come, so Shi Zhongchen ordered him.

The little eunuch estimated that he wouldn't get any reward, but he didn't expect the prince to be so generous, even if the imperial decree he received was not a reward, he still rewarded a large sum of money, and he was extremely satisfied.

When you are happy, you talk more.The little eunuch flattered and said: "Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, these days, there has been a lot of quarrels between the court and the middle, just because of the Turkic herdsmen!"

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "If I ask you, you must leave three points behind, so I don't ask, and hold you back, so that you will tell the truth more!" I, a little fellow like me, can understand that I just want to do business for the emperor, but I don't know how to do it well, I have to think about it, and I won't send you off!" As he spoke, he was about to send the little eunuch away Walk.

The little eunuch hurriedly grabbed him, don't wait, if you think about it yourself, it will take a lot of brains, you are so generous, I can't be stingy!He said: "My lord, if you want to do a good job, you have to go to Liangzhou as soon as possible. I heard that there is a fight there!"

After a pause, he pretended to be mysterious and said: "Think about it, it's snowing in our Central Plains, how cold is it outside the customs? I heard that the Turkic herdsmen are hungry and crazy. They didn't take advantage of it in Huaiyuan, so they went to cool down." State run, Liangzhou is a big place, and there is a lot of food, so they go there to grab. When Master Xu rushed to Huaiyuan, the Turkic people left early, so he followed to Liangzhou, but there was no news of him for several days !"

Wang Pingan was taken aback, and said: "No news? How do you say that? Didn't he send a memorial to Chang'an? Otherwise, why would I come out!"

The little eunuch exclaimed, and said: "How long ago did this happen? You have been out of the capital for a while. Mr. Xu hasn't sent memorials to the capital for a while. He must have been captured by the Turks on the way!"

Almost lost his voice, Wang Ping'an said, "Caught by the Turkic people? Why did the Turkic people catch him? Ah, maybe it's because he looks fat, so..."

The little eunuch shivered and said: "If people are hungry and impatient, they can't do anything. I heard that in the former Sui Dynasty, some rebels treated ordinary people like two-legged sheep and boiled them to eat meat!"

Wang Pingan frowned. If the Turkic people outside the pass ate up Xu Jingzong, it would be thankful, but if they ate up the common people... then the Tang army must wipe out these Turkic refugees, and they cannot be left in the world!
The little eunuch said: "So, if you want to do a good job for the emperor, you have to go to Liangzhou as soon as possible. Liangzhou soldiers are very powerful. I heard that there are two thousand armored soldiers. If you want to fight the Turkic hungry ghosts, how about you?" Isn’t it a piece of cake? According to the time estimate, the Turks should have been defeated, if you arrive at this time, your name will definitely be on the Memorial Memorial!”

Wang Pingan laughed and said, "According to you, I arrived in Liangzhou within five days. Not only was it not a hard job, but I went to pick fruits!"

The little eunuch nodded solemnly and said: "Who says it's not? The imperial court values ​​military exploits the most. If you have military exploits, Lord Marquis, you may have to go up to the top for this title. Maybe you can become a Duke of the country!"

Wang Pingan licked his lips and thought: "At this time, the Tang army is extremely powerful. Maybe it can really drive the Turkic people away. It should not be a big problem if I go to pick the fruit!"

He sent the little eunuch away, called Di Renjie, Su Dingfang and Ouyang Li, and told the story.

Su Dingfang first said: "It is estimated that the Turks are all hungry herdsmen. They will not attack a certain city by force, but will loot the surrounding villages and towns. Liangzhou soldiers have always been known for their ferocity. If they want to defeat the Turks, it should be nothing. question."

Ouyang Li also said: "It should be easy to pick this fruit. As long as you beat the Turks away, it is considered a military exploit. Didn't the court say that beating the Turks and driving them to the west is a military exploit? When the master gets there, he can Pick up this exploit!"

But Wang Pingan said: "If the guard in Liangzhou refuses to give me the credit, what should I do?"

Ouyang Li smiled and said: "What is the purpose of getting military exploits? It's not for getting promoted and getting rich. Getting promoted is a matter for the court, but if you get rich, let's give him some money first. Are you afraid that he won't share the merits?"

Wang Pingan laughed twice, then turned to Di Renjie, and said, "Brother, you have a good brain, what do you think about this?"

Di Renjie thought for a while and said, "Who drafted this edict?"

Wang Pingan showed him the imperial decree, and said: "Looking at the words and sentences, you can tell that it was written by Chu Suiliang. His articles and curses are all polite, and he even cited several historical examples of bastards to describe my words. !"

Di Renjie looked at the imperial decree and said with a smile: "That's right. Since Master Chu drafted it, and he didn't let the person who announced the decree deliver the message, it proves that Master Chu didn't regard it as a dangerous thing at all. Let's hurry up." It will be done in Liangzhou, and the fruit will be picked!"

Wang Ping'an clapped his hands and said: "Okay, it's settled!" He said to Ouyang Li: "You take the convoy and drive behind, and I will take a team of soldiers to go first."

Ouyang Li glanced at Su Dingfang and nodded in agreement.

Wang Pingan said to Su Dingfang again: "Brother Su, come with me, let's hurry to Liangzhou and go pick the fruits."

Su Dingfang was overjoyed and quickly agreed. He glanced back at Ouyang Li and smiled.

These two people are very harmonious on the surface, but in fact they are competing with each other!Su Dingfang is a general of Zhonglang, his rank is higher than that of Ouyang Li, he follows Wang Ping'an, so naturally he will lead the army.He has been suppressed for too long, he needs military power, and needs to prove that he is not old!
And Ouyang Li was Wang Pingan's confidant, and he personally pulled up a regiment of soldiers, so he was naturally reluctant to hand it over, so he told his subordinates not to listen to Su Dingfang's orders.

Su Dingfang couldn't help it. Although he was anxious, as a general, he was naturally broad-minded, and he wouldn't care about an army of hundreds of people with Ouyang Li, but he was unhappy after all, and he didn't usually talk to the soldiers. Anyway, these soldiers wouldn't Listen to him, why bother, there's no need, for things like musket testing, he just watched from behind and didn't step forward.

Now Wang Pingan has kept Ouyang Li, and Su Dingfang is happy to take him with him. As long as Wang Pingan takes him with him, his comeback will not be far away!
Su Dingfang glanced at Ouyang Li, and thought: "You can be a bodyguard in your life, lead a regiment of soldiers, no matter how much... I don't think you have that ability!"

Wang Ping'an didn't think as much as the two of them. He was going to pick fruit, and what he wanted was speed, and safety was second. However, picking fruit with Ouyang was not very useful. In terms of martial arts, Ouyang Li didn't say anything, but in military terms, he was the same as Su Dingfang. No comparison.When he picks the fruit, he has to shock the Liangzhou defender. If he wants to share his military exploits, he has to tell the other party that he has generals under his command, who are no worse than the defender. He can only use Su Dingfang to shock him, so take Su Dingfang away!

Several people discussed the specific details again, and started preparations that night. Early the next morning, Wang Pingan led a hundred of the strongest soldiers in the army, each with three horses, and galloped towards Liangzhou.

No matter how busy he was, Wang Pingan still took Jiang Laojier along and asked him to build a musket for himself.Driving in the snow is very hard work, but Wang Ping'an made a promise that Jiang Laoji will work hard these days, traveling during the day and making muskets for him at night. As long as he can make a new musket, he will reward Jiang Laoji with [-] guns money, and donated [-] acres of fertile land to ensure that he has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life!
Without saying a word, Old Jiang followed Wang Pingan and left.Hard work, he knows hard work, but these few days of hard work will lead to a lifetime of blessings, and Tie Dan'er will enjoy the blessings in the future, even Tie Dan'er's son and grandson, will also enjoy the blessings, no matter how hard it is, he will admit it!
Longzhou in the Tang Dynasty was thousands of miles away from Liangzhou. If you say it is close, it is definitely not close, but if you say it is far, it is not far away for cavalry. If you run desperately, it is like a messenger delivering an emergency military report Run as hard as you want, you can get there in three days, it can't exceed four days, five days is more than enough!
But then again, among a hundred or so people, except for Su Dingfang, no one is a well-trained soldier. Even a flying thief like Hou Ling has never ridden his ass on a horse like this, and Su Dingfang is not too young. , He hasn't worked so hard for many years, and he can't run!

There was only one person in the team who could persevere, and that was Brother Yelujun. He grew up in Khitan and was better at riding a horse than walking, so he could persevere naturally!

No one can run recklessly, not to mention the rush of [-] miles, even the rush of [-] miles, and the rush of [-] miles... I did it the first day, and I can't do it again!
After all, they failed to follow the imperial decree and arrived in Liangzhou within five days. It took eight days to get close to the boundary of Liangzhou!

Wang Ping found an excuse for himself. There was too much snow on the ground, and he failed to arrive on time. black shape!
It is gratifying that Jiang Laolan worked desperately to forge the second musket.The parts and so on, when the first one was made, there were backups, and the only difference was the making and assembly of the iron pipes, but even so, I had to go on the road during the day and make the muskets at night. Indeed, a lot higher than the peers!
Wang Pingan put away the musket, took it with him, and rested in the snow for a night. At dawn the next day, after eating some food, he immediately ran towards Liangzhou.

Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty belonged to the front line of the Great Wall. Before the Great Tang Empire merged with the Turks, it was an out-and-out border city. Unwind the pipa.In terms of prosperity alone, it is almost comparable to the big cities in the Central Plains!

Liangzhou is also known as Xiliang, where Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng, Ma Chao, and Han Sui all started their businesses during the Three Kingdoms period!Xiliang horses run rampant all over the world, which is famous in history.Due to the strength of Liangzhou soldiers, Turks generally avoided this place when they went south, and they would not take Liangzhou unless there were special circumstances.

But this time it was different. As soon as Wang Ping'an and the others entered the boundary of Liangzhou, they immediately felt that something was wrong. There were still fifty miles away from Liangzhou city, and the people could not be seen. Not a single beast was seen!
Wang Pingan stopped the white horse dragon and said in surprise: "No, what about the people here? Could it be that they were ransacked by the Turks?"

Su Dingfang was also very surprised, he said: "It's nearly fifty miles away from Wuwei, how could it be robbed by the Turkic people? It's impossible. Could it be that the Turkic people are so strong that even Liangzhou soldiers can't stop them?"

Di Renjie reined in his horse and ran into a small village on the side of the road. After a while, he came out and shouted: "There is no one in the village. I have seen a few houses and there is no floating money. Either they were robbed or It was the people who moved into the city on their own initiative!"

Su Dingfang got off his horse and ran into the village. After a while, he ran out. He shouted: "There is no trace of being burned, but there are people's excrement on the road in the village. The people in the village will not drag it on the road, so it must be Turkic people." undoubtedly!"

Wang Pingan made a sound, and he understood in his heart that the people must have gone to the city to take refuge in advance when they learned that the Turkic people had invaded the border. When the Turkic people arrived here, they saw that there was nothing to grab, so they left.

Su Dingfang came to the front and said again: "The last general checked the excrement just now..."

Wang Pingan grinned, could it be possible that you can still see something from the feces?

Su Dingfang said: "It looks like diarrhea, and the food is bark, fur and other things!"

Everyone, including Wang Ping'an, heard this and came out in unison. This means that the food is running out, and it must be Turkic!
Wang Ping'an frowned and said, "Will you have diarrhea after eating these things? It should be sick, something wrong with the stomach!" As soon as he mentioned his illness, he wanted to get off his horse and go check it out himself.

Di Renjie hurriedly pulled him back, and said, "Brother, you don't have to look at that, let's go ahead and see what's going on ahead!"

Wang Ping'an immediately straightened his body and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, let's move on!"

Everyone went on the road again, judging from the situation in the small village just now, it is estimated that Liangzhou soldiers have not driven out the Turkic people yet, so everyone was alert, and a dozen soldiers with better equestrian skills scattered far away, each with weapons in hand, Walking also slowed down.

After walking a few miles, he saw a town in front of him with hundreds of families. Wang Pingan immediately left the town, waved his hand, and a small group of soldiers cautiously entered the town!
Not long after, someone in the town shouted: "Turkic people, Turkic people!" Immediately afterwards, there was a screaming inside!
The soldiers outside the town were horrified. They didn't expect to meet Turkic people here. They were all recruits who had never been to the battlefield, and they hadn't even been trained. They could only be said to be ordinary strong men in armor!Hearing the call of Turkic people inside, the soldiers suddenly became confused and moved closer to Wang Ping'an!
Su Dingfang was in a hurry, and shouted: "Scatter, scatter, damn it, you are cavalry, not infantry, what are you doing together, do you want to be a target for arrows? Stand up shields, stand up shields!"

When the soldiers heard his yelling and cursing, they reacted and quickly dispersed. They raised their shields and looked nervously into the town!
(End of this chapter)

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