On the battlefield on the western front of Guangling Road, the war was in full swing. With 10,000 Jibei Jingqi joined Wu Chongxuan's command, the imperial court's troops had already gained an advantage. Then Xu Gong led the elite troops of the capital and 20,000 Shu troops to the battlefield. Therefore, on the western front, the imperial army had formed a lion fighting against the rabbit against Western Chu. Among them, Wang Tongshan's old subordinates broke through the Laodu Mountain defense line and took the lead in breaking the deadlock. The arrival of the second Western Border Battle became a foregone conclusion. On this occasion, Wu Chongxuan held a military opportunity meeting as the Minister of War, which was set in a small place called Wutong Town. Except for the eastern generals of Song Li, who were separated by an ancient battlefield in the Western Border, could not participate. Almost all the imperial generals who participated in the suppression of the rebellion on Guangling Road gathered in the town. For a time, there were many scouts outside Wutong Town like carp crossing the river.

In the twilight, a middle-aged man in black was standing on the top of the city and looking into the distance. There was only a tall young man wearing iron armor beside him. The latter was full of resentment and gritted his teeth and said, "Then Mr. Wu is really cunning. Knowing that his identity as a general in the south of the Conquest can't be used by all the soldiers, he will use the title of Minister of War to show off his power. If not, General, as the nominal commander of the Southern Conquest, the title is better than the Four Conquests and Four Conquests.

General Piao Yi, who is half a rank higher, is not a permanent general in the court, but now it is wartime, how can he be insulted by Wu Lao! Mr. Wu is shameless and let you run to this place where birds do not shit. Mr. Wu is hateful, and Yang Wei is even more shameless. He is also a few veterans of the Spring and Autumn Period. Not to mention that he is compared with the veteran General Yan Zhenchun, in my opinion, he is worse than Yang Shenxing who was demoted to Beiliang to drink the northwest wind!"

Speaking of this, the young man was a little puzzled, lowered his voice and asked carefully: "General, why didn't you reprimand today? Do you also think what I said is reasonable?"

The middle-aged man who had never worn armor and was not wearing military officials' uniforms turned a deaf ears and reached out to put his hand on the thick arrows on the wall, with a solemn face. He looked up at the distance and saw that the city was deep in the spring, the greenery became thicker, and the gentle spring breeze was blowing. From time to time, there were squads of cavalry belonging to the southern border army in the past, and his riding skills were superb and no less than the two Liao border army. It was hard to imagine that they were soldiers from a place full of miasma. This guest from Wutong Town who came from afar was Lu Shengxiang, who became famous in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period, as famous as Chu Lushan, who had been in Shu for thousands of cavalry. Li Chunyu, the group of powerful generals in the Tanghe River in the southern border, was inferior to him and Chu Lushan in terms of military achievements and reputation. Xu Gong, the former general of Longxiang, who had never experienced the war in the Spring and Autumn Period, had been in his early years, and was even more so.

He is highly praised and has been praised for "Lu Shengxiang is the pillar of the southeast". This young general around Lu Shengxiang was Guo Dongfeng, who had been fed horses in Youlu Pass for a long time. He was a pioneer general in the battle to rush south at the beginning of the year. He had made outstanding achievements in the imperial heart. No matter whether the leader Lu Shengxiang will rise or fall, Guo Dongfeng has a good future. The rebellious Guo Dongfeng was used to being unrestrained and even more used to being scolded and beaten by Lu Shengxiang. This time Lu Shengxiang surprisingly did not stop him from speaking rudely, but instead made the young general who was determined to be a marquis of the border. Most of them were still full of complaints and could not speak. Lu Shengxiang's abnormal silence brought great pressure to Guo Dongfeng. He was so reckless that he had to take off his sword from his waist and hit the walls one by one.

Guo Dongfeng's depression is not completely unreasonable. The Guangling Road war is coming to an end, but the main general Lu Shengxiang is the first person in the name of the Nanzheng. He was first unable to issue an order in Youluguan. Later, he finally left Yang Wei, the deputy general of the Nanzheng who refused to take risks and insisted on winning steadily. Lu Shengxiang personally led the army to attack, but caused a lot of criticism in the court in Tai'an City. Some court officials even spoke of the words and sentences. The words were extremely sinister. He dared not say how General Phu Yi was unbearable. On the contrary, he only said that Lu Shengxiang was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the

A well-deserved general is a general, not a general. This clearly means that there is no problem with Lu Shengxiang's "general" leading the army alone, but if you say that you are the commander of the Nanzheng who needs "generals" is a little overwhelmed. Guo Dongfeng is angry with the veteran Yang Wei because Yang Wei is really old and has no ambition to expand his territory. He only wants nothing wrong with it. He has only 20,000 or 30,000 troops under his command, and he actually stuffed more than 200 children of Tai'an City officials, which is even more exaggerated than Yang Shenxing's original style. After all, the latter only collects seeds of generals, and Yang Wei's food

The appearance is still bad, and it can be said that it is unstoppable. There are so many embroidered pillows that have gone to Guangling Road to lie down and get military achievements. How could Yang Wei dare to be enterprising? Therefore, after the veteran general led the army south, he wanted to hold Lu Shengxiang's thighs and make him unable to move. He just wanted to wait until the situation in Western Chu was over before he could get a piece of the pie. Obviously, Yang Shenxing's previous lessons made Yang Wei, who was already a veteran and steadily, have to be more cautious. Guo Dongfeng had seen Yang Wei's main army advance quickly, and he was intensive and frequent.

It was even more so. Guo Dongfeng felt that it could be recorded in history. Almost every three miles there were a full mark of scouts and cast nets all over the sky. Especially when he heard that the Northern Liang cavalry was heading straight to Guangling Road, Yang Wei's army was located west of Lu Shengxiang. Even though it was still separated by the Jizhou cavalry and the Xu Gong army, Yang Wei began to order to stop. Guo Dongfeng heard that almost half of the more than 200 children of officials retreated quickly overnight in the name of escorting the food and grass of the capital. Guo Dongfeng almost laughed out loud.

A gentleman wearing a military official robe had no followers to follow him and walked up to the city alone. Guo Dongfeng turned his head and looked at him. Although he was a strange face, the third-rank official had obvious outstanding identity. Xu Gong, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and the pillar of the Jiangnan Taoist nun Mu Xu. As the former leader of the Jiangnan scholar, Lu Baijie, the Minister of War, "defeated and sinking into the sand" in Tai'an City, Xu Gong undoubtedly became the successor of Jiangnan Taoist officials in the capital. Guo Dongfeng had no disgust towards this person, Xu Gong and his own.

The benefactor Lu Shengxiang was really sympathetic. Xu Gong entered Beijing to perform his duties in the Ministry of War. The chair of the Minister of War was thrown to the Liao Dynasty to patrol the border before it was warmed up. Finally, with a series of good news from assisting Gu Jiantang, the country of Dazhu on the Liaodong border, he was able to take charge of military power. This time he went south was also in a mess. It can be said that if Xu Gong had not attracted most of the attention of the censors in the capital now, Lu Shengxiang's life would have been a little harder, so there was already a joke about the "Mr. In the case of War" in the officialdom of Tai'an City.

Lu Shengxiang was cold-hearted. Whether in the Chunxue Tower on Guangling Road or the officialdom of Tai'an City, he had always had a strong and noble reputation. However, after seeing Xu Gong climbing to the top of the city, he smiled slightly, took the initiative to take a few steps forward, clasped his fists and said, "Lu has met Mr. Xu."

Xu Gong is handsome, with both a heroic spirit and a unique elegance of aristocratic families. Compared with Lu Shengxiang, who is not well-known, Xu Gong is more in line with the image of a Confucian general in the minds of scholars. When he saw Lu Shengxiang's active show of kindness, he smiled and said sincerely: "Xu Gong has admired General Lu for a long time, and finally he can see a real person. It is better to see him at first sight than to hear him. This trip will be worth the trip south for a thousand miles."

Lu Shengxiang smiled and said, "The Southern Tang Dynasty Gu Dazu's "Ashes Collection" was the first to discuss the situation of military strategists. Lu originally thought that the "Military Strategy" had already been fully expressed in this book, and it was difficult to have higher insights in the world. Only the military strategist by King Chen Zhibao of Shu can match it. It is in every detail, with tens of thousands of words. It teaches lieutenant generals and soldiers step by step, each perform their duties, and is well versed in the essence of military strategists. When Mr. Xu entered the capital, I was no longer in the capital, but there was a military strategist written by Mr. Xu in his early years.

The book was reported that I was doing nothing all day in Youlu Pass, so I focused on studying it. I benefited a lot and didn’t waste my time. In my early years, Mr. Xu said that I was Lu Shengxiang was the pillar of the southeast. I had a deep prejudice against the Taoist priests in Jiangnan. I mistakenly thought that Mr. Xu was also a kind of corrupt scholar who had a high attitude on paper to talk about military affairs. If I had read that military book for a few years, I should have said, “Xu Longxiang is the pillar of the southeast” at that time. Even if the world mistakenly thought that you and I were invited to each other for fame, it would be fine.”

Xu Gong laughed happily and said, "You can get the words of Lu Shengxiang in front of you, which is better than thousands of words in the distance."

The "distance" in Xu Gong's mouth was naturally a sensation in the temple in Tai'an City. The implication was that even if Xu Gong lost his official position and left Beijing, it would not be a great thing if he did not become the Minister of War.

As soon as he saw this, he probably said Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang were the same.

Guo Dongfeng interrupted, "Shilarious Minister Xu, it is said that the famous general Yuan Tingshan of Jizhou, came here with you?"

Xu Gong smiled calmly and said, "General Yuan did set off two days earlier than me, but Che Ye, the commander of the Western Shu infantry Army, came with me."

Guo Dongfeng laughed and said, "No wonder our old general Yang Wei and Yang entered the city yesterday. The young and highly accomplished General Yuan stood beside Lord Shangshu. Why? Mr. Xu came to the city today to pay homage to the King Jing'an?"

Xu Gong was dissatisfied with the words of the young brave general and shook his head and said, "The King of Jing'an will be greeted by Lord Shangshu. I heard that the King of Shu might arrive today, so I wanted to come and take a look."

Lu Shengxiang said calmly: "I and the King of Shu joined forces to defeat the enemy on the northern battlefield of Guangling Road. I just met him from afar and parted ways. I feel regretful that I am just like Mr. Xu today."

Gu Jiantang, Chen Zhibao, Lu Baijie, Wu Chongxuan, Lu Shengxiang, Xu Gong, and Tang Tiexhuang.

These seven people are undoubtedly the most striking figures of the Liyang Ministry of War in the past five years. In addition to Lu Baijie, who had to blame the war in Guangling Road, had already left the market in disgrace. Gu Jiantang led the military and political affairs of the two Liaos, Chen Zhibao was appointed as the king and the vassal of Western Shu, and Wu Chongxuan was at the peak of the sky at this time. Among the ministers, Tang Tiexhuang entered the capital at the latest. However, compared with Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang at the top of the city, it was quite a bit of a late move. The court and the country gradually regarded Tang Tiexhuang as the best candidate for the next Minister of War. This shows that this time, the leadership of the army did not successfully block the Northern Liang cavalry, and Xu Gong lost so many "people's hearts".

At this time, a large group of people galloped out of the city in Wutong Town, and there were many young people sitting high and high-looking horses. Guo Dongfeng lay lazily on the bush of arrows, watching their figures whipping out of the city, with a crooked mouth and full of disdain.

Xu Gong stood beside Lu Shengxiang and smiled and said, "It seems that King Jing'an is quite popular."

Lu Shengxiang smiled and said with a funny smile: "Who doesn't know that Jing'an is loyal to the court today, and he can be a role model for the vassal kings in the world. In the past four or five years, the court had not yet granted a title of Yiziwang. Among the many princes, Xu Fengnian of the Northern Liang was famous for his playboys, Zhao Zhu from the southern border became famous for his bravery, Zhao Piao from the Guangling was fierce, and Zhao Yi from the Liaodong was relatively unknown. Zhao Xun was only a little famous in the Wenlin of Jiangzuo at that time, but no one thought that he could inherit the title of the vassal king. He never thought that in just two or three years, he first made famous for his thirteen strategies in Jing'an, and later he rescued Huainan King Zhao Ying and fought to the death and spread throughout the country. He was known as both wise and brave. At present, the group of nobles who followed General Yang Wei to Wutong Town outside the city probably came to admire King Jing'an, his peers. Guo Dongfeng, what did you say?"

Guo Dongfeng, who suddenly heard Lu Shengxiang's question, was stunned for a moment, confused.

Xu Gong whispered: "I have heard of it all the way south, 'There are Xu Chu and Song in the northwest, but unfortunately I have Xun in the Central Plains."

Guo Dongfeng was furious when he heard this for the first time, "Just because of his 'death vassal king' who didn't know anything about military affairs, he is also worthy of being called 'Central Yuan Youxun'?! The surname Xu at least blocked the iron hoofs of the million-strong army in Beimang. I, Guo Dongfeng, was quite convinced. As for the literary Song Maolin, who was just famous for his beautiful appearance as a woman, I, Guo Dongfeng, disdained to compare with him, but which onion and garlic is Zhao Xun?!"

There were no soldiers near the city where the three of them stood, so it didn't matter Guo Dongfeng's crazy words.

Xu Gong smiled slightly, "What a pity."

Lu Shengxiang said almost at the same time: "What a 'I'm Central Plains'."

Two contemporary famous generals who had been together for a long time in the town, looked at each other and smiled.

Not long after, King Zhao Xun of Jing'an, wearing a robe of the vassal king, stepped down from the Guangling River Navy and came to Wutong Town with only a cavalry. Next to him were the children of eunuchs in the capital who had made their own decisions and left the city ten miles to greet him. After meeting, Zhao Xun was gentle and treated each other with courtesy. The latter felt that they had met too late.

The large group of people rushed into the gate of the town. When Zhao Xun saw the two people at the top of the city, he quickly showed a smile and bowed his fists on the horse's back. Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang also bowed their fists to return the salute. Zhao Xun did not think how the two generals Li Yang, who were from the Ministry of War, were rude. Instead, the young people who had been calling the wind and rain in Tai'an City when they were young, stood up for the King Jing'an, and felt that Lu Xu and the other two were just "high positions but light power" now, and they should not be so polite. When they went out of the city to greet them, the worst thing they should have walked down the city to say hello when they saw this vassal king. But something even more annoying happened. Three riders rushed to the streets and were reluctant to avoid them, facing their cavalry, which almost everyone had a noble status. If it weren't for the Jing'an King Zhao Xun, they would have made a little make way, they would probably have collided with each other on the narrow road. The domineering three riders went straight out of the city in the middle of the road, without even looking at everyone.

When someone is about to get angry, someone will soon whisper and then everything will be calm.

It turned out that the three cavalry of Western Shu were the chariots, the Dian Xiongjia, and Wei Fucheng.

In particular, Dian Xiong Zu and Wei Fucheng were once the "Four Yas of Northern Liang" outside the Northwest Pass. Later, the two followed Chen Zhibao without a soldier and a soldier out of Liang to Sichuan, which was well-known in the Liyang court and the country.

Xu Gong looked at the backs of the three cavalry and looked as usual. In fact, if it weren't for the retreat of the 20,000 Shu troops, the Northern Liang cavalry would never have been so powerful as before entering Guangling Road. However, the Minister of War, who had lost the hearts of the people in the court, did not seem to have a grudge against this.

Lu Shengxiang glanced at Xu Gong calmly.

About a quarter of an hour later, three cavalry left the city and turned into four cavalry.

The man in white was led by the leader, carrying a long spear in a diagonal manner, and his posture was as beautiful as a god.

Lu Shengxiang and Xu Gong moved their steps at the same time, no longer standing in the same place, and after walking down the city, they stood near the inconspicuous city wall.

The four horsemen did not stop, but the man in white nodded to the two on the horse's back.

Guo Dongfeng's eyes were hot and he murmured: "I should do this in the future."

The two imperial generals who did not feel neglected from the bottom of their hearts looked at the four horses away quietly.

What's more, at this time, there were all rivers in the town of Xiaoxiao Wutong, with many people and mixed eyes. Two frustrated ministers who were not good at the battlefield and were together, which could be explained as a human nature to keep warm. But if they had any interaction with the border vassal kings who held authority, they would be really troublesome.

However, for this man named Chen Zhibao, whether it was famous in the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu Shengxiang, or Xu Gong, who was a rising star in the Liyang army, he was a little enchanted and admired.

No matter how high the civil officials in Liyang's temple were or how low the military generals were, in their hearts, Chen Zhibao was a kind of romantic figure who deserves mutual appreciation. Logically speaking, there were only dead people on the battlefield of the sword and iron horses, and there was no romantic matter. However, Chen Zhibao was undoubtedly the only military master who could be called a god after Ye Baikui's death. So that the two emperors of Liyang were willing to regard it as a barrier to a country. The late emperor Zhao Dun even wanted Chen Zhibao to become the Spring Divine Lake Stone Mountain in his Zhao family's backyard, which was both pleasing to the eye and steadily set Feng Shui.

Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang stood in the shadow of the city wall. Xu Gong laughed in a low voice: "Xu thought that General Lu did not need to worry about temporary gains and losses. General Lu's wind was outside the border, not in Guangling, nor in the capital."

Lu Shengxiang smiled and said nothing.

Xu Gong left first.

Guo Dongfeng was surprised to find that there was a vague murderous aura on the body of the main general Lu Shengxiang.

Guo Dongfeng looked at the somewhat unfamiliar General Piaoyi and began to feel uneasy.

Lu Shengxiang took a deep breath and sneered: "It's worthy of being Xu Longxiang. It seems that you must be the first person to compete with me for the first place in the future for the military achievements of the border."

Guo Dongfeng was confused and resisted his curiosity and did not dare to ask any more questions.

Lu Shengxiang exhaled a breath of turbid air and walked slowly.

He was just a little murderous intent towards Xu Gong who saw through his plan, but he was very angry at Cao Changqing who changed his course at the end of the matter.

In Lu Shengxiang's view, if Cao Changqing followed the previous arrangements to use troops, then Gu Jiantang would be Xu Xiao of the New Dynasty. As long as he took the initiative to open the door when the Western Chu army headed north, he would be Gu Jiantang of the New Dynasty.

No matter whether the surname Zhao, Jiang or any surname in the Xinchao, Lu Shengxiang only knew that in the temple at that time, there would be no more Yang Wei and others lying on the credit book and the place would be a place for corpses. There would be no separatist rulers of the Zhao family in the place. After all, Pei Sui and others in Xie Xiquan were young and had innate defects that were not familiar with the geographical situation in the north. Once the vast territory of Beimang became a place for military use, it would mean that countless military achievements would be at your fingertips, rather than building a temple in the snail shell in the Guangling Road War, and there would be no need to pay attention to the old forces that were intertwined. As long as Lu Shengxiang successfully supported the dragon, he could jump to Gu Jiantang in one fell swoop, and he might not be able to rely on a series of future Beimang wars to take the lead. However, Cao Changqing inexplicably destroyed the official bureau, and Lu Shengxiang's tolerance before and after Youlu Pass became the best proof of being attacked as the mediocre force in the future.

Lu Shengxiang's face was gloomy and she said to herself: "Cao Changqing, you deserve to die!"

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The official road outside the town is far from far to near, with dust flying, which is particularly spectacular. A cavalry with more than a thousand cavalry would not have such momentum.

On a carriage, because the road was bumpy, the three men and women in the carriage had some shoulders. The young woman had a pretty face, tall and well-proportioned figure, and was obviously not from the southerner. She had a long sword hanging on her waist, and was full of heroism and chivalrous spirit. The young man was foolish, and was flattering to the last man with a flattering face. "Sir, don't you know how arrogant Tang He and Li Chunyu's swearing wolf were. This time, I didn't dare to come to Wu Chongxuan who rebeled from southern Xinjiang. I really didn't even dare to let go of a fart. I was extremely frustrated. Thanks to the fact that I had the courage to go to Wutong Town to make a breakthrough this time."

The person who is called Mr. is extremely handsome and unmatched. What is a romantic one? He is a romantic one.

Nalan Youci.

He glanced at the prince of Yanchi, Zhao Zhu, "Wu Chongxuan is not a thing. You will not repay the guy who borrowed him thousands of horses and would not return it. Isn't that good thing?"

Zhao Zhu smiled and said with a smile: "Sir, right, scolding well."

Nalan Youci pointed at the now infamous prince, but his eyes were looking at the woman named Zhang, and joked: "Zhang Gaoxia, Zhang Gaoxia, you will fall in love with this fool and coward if you are blind."

Zhang Gaoxia, the daughter of the blue-eyed man Zhang Julu, she laughed it off.

Zhao Zhu was thick-skinned, but Nalan Youci said he was a fool in front of Zhang Gaoxia. After all, he was still a little ashamed. He lifted the curtain of the car and poked his head out. He could already see the low city of Wutong Town. Nearby were the southern general Zhang Dingyuan and others and two great disciples of Wang Xianzhi, Lin Ya Palace Banque.

Nalan Youci closed his eyes, placed his hands on his knees, and patted them gently.

Zhao Zhu shrank his head and asked curiously: "Sir, why do you have to come to this town this time? To be honest, Wu Chongxuan is disgusted and afraid. He doesn't like Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang very much. I even look at the mad dog in Yuan Tingshan even more. As for King Zhao Xun of Jing'an, I used to hate it, but now it's okay."

Nalan Youci sneered: "Of course it's okay. There are so many heroes in the little Wutong Town, counting over and over again, you can only wrestle the arm of this vassal king who died."

Zhao Zhu was disappointed.

Zhang Gaoxia's mouth raised.

Nalan Youci smiled and said in a deep voice: "I have four things to do when I come here this time, scold Wu Chongxuan, invite Xu Gong to have a banquet, meet Lu Shengxiang secretly, and test Chen Zhibao."

Zhao Zhu asked in a low voice: "Am I really a crow's mouth? If I think Lu Shengxiang really has wolf ambitions?"

Nalan Youci shook his head and said, "It's not easy to confirm before meeting. As for whether Lu Shengxiang has wolf ambitions after meeting, it doesn't matter whether he has wolf ambitions."

Zhao Zhu sighed, "Okay, I can't get involved in these major issues anyway, so I can't help you. I have to worry about the hard work of those who can do it."

Nalan Youci suddenly asked: "Zhao Zhu, let me ask you something. If you ascend the throne and become emperor in the future, if Beimang is no longer able to invade the Central Plains by then, but Xu Fengnian is still holding the powerful soldiers in the northwest. What should you do?"

Zhao Zhu was stunned and was about to blurt out his words. Nalan Youci, who was originally smiling, suddenly looked cold in his eyes and shouted: "Zhao Zhu! Let's think about it carefully first!"

After being shocked, Zhao Zhu raised a bright smile, "The old emperor Zhao Li and Xiaonian's father's call for brothers and brothers are different from the call for brothers and brothers and brothers and brothers between me and Xiaonian."

Nalan Youci sneered: "Where are you sitting at this time?"

Zhao Zhu didn't know how to answer, so I couldn't say that of course I was sitting in the carriage. Didn't you, Mr. Nalan, ask questions clearly?
To be continued...