Kang Long stood comfortably on the bow of the boat, looking at the vast North China Plain on both sides of the strait, his heart filled with excitement.
A month ago, he was still worrying about how to proceed, but now he has become the military attache of the Jin Dynasty - Lieutenant Renyong.
Just half a day ago, the appointment document from the imperial court had been sent through the Black Feather Bird of Dark Night Hall.
The imperial court was very angry about the fact that Feng Chenfeng of the Feng family collaborated with the enemy. They reprimanded a deputy envoy of Chongzhengyuan and a deputy envoy of the Privy Council who were affiliated with Haoran Hall. However, they tried their best to win over Kang Long, who was trying to turn the tide. Not only did he officially appoint him as Ren
Yong Xiaowei, a military official of the ninth rank, was also assigned to take charge of this escort mission and serve as the grain escort.
The two battalions of armored soldiers under him also became the army under his direct control. If he could successfully complete the mission of delivering food this time, the imperial court would allow him to serve in front of the army and join the command of Wang Shenqi, who was left in Yedu, and then transfer it to him directly.
The three battalions of soldiers and horses expanded their strength and made achievements on the battlefield.
Of course, this imperial document was not sent directly to Kang Long, but to Yedu through the official post. What Kang Long had in his hands was just a simple copy of the text sent by An Ye Tang through the Black Feather Bird. But
The copy was also stamped with the Privy Council's approval, so it was naturally effective.
Through the message from the black-feathered bird, Kang Long knew that the imperial court did not take the opportunity to attack the Feng family. Although Feng Chenfeng had been convicted of collaborating with the enemy and treason, he only waited for Kang Long to escort him to Yedu and deliver him to the court sent by land.
It was enough to be an imperial envoy, but Kang Long was also recommended by the Feng family as the head of the capital. Now he replaced Feng Chenfeng as the grain escort and was responsible for the important task of grain escort. His merits and demerits were equal to each other.
Kang Long naturally understood what Emperor Jin wanted to do with this trick. Emperor Jin had promoted him from a low-ranking military attache to a military official of the ninth rank, and from a commoner to a formal official of the court, which was a step to the top.
.He knew that this move was nothing more than a conspiracy to win him over from the Feng family camp.
This can be seen from the fact that Emperor Jin gave Kang Long the command of the two battalions of his most trusted guards. However, no matter how much Emperor Jin calculated, he would never have imagined that these two battalions of guards were no longer the most trusted ones of Jin.
The two battalions of soldiers trusted by the emperor became Kang Long's personal soldiers.
To steal gold and silver secretly and distribute it to the generals and soldiers below is already a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. It is a serious crime that both Kang Long and everyone in the two camps must bear.
However, since the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of war, soldiers have formed an unspoken bad habit over the past few decades. Whoever gives more money and food is the father.
Of course, it is too early to say that these two battalions of soldiers have become Kang Long's personal soldiers, but Kang Long has already planned it. As long as he arrives in Yedu, he will win a few small battles with him, and the experience of united efforts
After passing the baptism of blood and fire on the battlefield, these people can naturally become his private soldiers.
"Sir, what should we do with Shan Yi?" Li Jixun came out of the cabin and saluted Kang Long respectfully and asked.
Li Jixun looked at the burly man in front of him and couldn't believe that he was only sixteen years old. No matter how you looked at him, he didn't look like a sixteen-year-old boy.
Whether it was martial arts or resourcefulness, Kang Long's performance impressed Li Jixun, who had been in the army for nearly twenty years. Of course, what Li Jixun admired most was the courage and means of the sixteen-year-old captain in front of him.
Think of him, Li Jixun, who has been in the army for nearly twenty years, and now he is just a sergeant with the ninth grade. But he decisively seized this opportunity and jumped several levels in a row, from being a low-ranking officer to becoming a high-ranking captain.
Lieutenant Renyong of the ninth grade.
"Is he still unwilling to surrender?" Kang Long asked calmly.
"Yes, he has not eaten or drank for two days. It seems that he wants to die on hunger strike to show his integrity." Li Jixun replied. After speaking, he added strangely: "My subordinates really don't understand. He is obviously
Why are the Han people loyal to the Khitan? They are really traitors who have forgotten their roots and betrayed their ancestors!"
Through the two days of conversations, Kang Long found that Shan Yi was definitely a very good counselor. At the same time, Kang Long was secretly glad that fortunately the bloodthirsty ghost king did not follow Shan Yi's advice. Otherwise, Kang Long would never have been so relaxed.
This was a sneak attack to steal food.
Because Shan Yi's initial suggestion was to give up swallowing this batch of military rations and let the ghost king take the ghost Luowei, who was highly skilled in light skills, to set fire to the batch of military rations.
From the beginning, Shan Yi did not think that the Bloodthirsty Ghost King could rely on Feng Chenfeng to successfully sneak into Yedu and become the internal agent of the Khitan army in Yedu.
Instead of setting such a big target and taking a big risk to sneak into Yedu, we should directly burn this batch of food and grass to put an end to the thoughts of the defenders of Yedu. Once the news of the burning of the food supplies reaches Yedu, there will be chaos in the city of Yedu.
The Khitan army can take advantage of the situation to attack the city and disintegrate the defenders of Yedu in one fell swoop.
The always conceited Bloodthirsty Ghost King sneered at Shan Yi's suggestion and scolded him for being timid and afraid of getting into trouble.
A truly brilliant counselor has a very long-term vision and will never care about the small interests in front of him. Only mediocre people will focus on the present.
If Shan Yi's clever plan to drain the firepower comes true, things will most likely develop according to his prior calculations, and Yedu will definitely fall.
"Haha, Commander Li, Shan Yi is a man of great talent. I am afraid that he has lost confidence in the Central Plains. At the same time, he has seen that the Khitan soldiers are strong and strong, and they continue to learn the culture of the Central Plains. Sooner or later, they will defeat the imperial court and unify the world, so they want to keep their own
Integrity. He has already betrayed the Han and surrendered to the Khitan. If he betrays the Khitan again and joins my army now, and the matter spreads, he will be even less capable of being a human being."
Li Jixun thought for a while and felt that what Kang Long said made sense. He secretly admired him. He didn't expect that at such an age, he could grasp the thoughts of those scribes with countless twists and turns so thoroughly.
In fact, this is easy to understand. Chinese Confucianism has had a saying since ancient times that "a loyal woman does not serve two husbands, and a loyal minister does not serve two masters." It has been regarded as a classic bible by all dynasties. Whether they are civil servants or military generals, they all take it as a guide for themselves and others.
Official training.
But in these troubled times, when human life is as cheap as a dog, how many people would choose to be a loyal female minister?
"What should we do? Let him starve to death?" Li Jixun asked carefully. He tried to figure out the meaning of Kang Long's words just now, but he seemed to feel very sorry for Shan Yi's talent. Moreover, Kang Long had been sending people to try in recent days.
Convincing Shan Yi to join him, it seems that he wants to recruit Shan Yi as his counselor and does not want Shan Yi to die.
"Don't worry, all counselors with some ability and knowledge are like this. If he joins in as soon as I recruit him, then I will doubt whether he has real ability. Lock him up first, I will have my own way to convince him.
By the way, how are those young people doing?" Kang Long glanced at Li Jixun, who had a respectful expression on his face and asked.
Kang Long was quite satisfied with Li Jixun's attitude. This man had some ability in commanding troops, and he could also understand his own ideas well. If he could use such a person well, he could become his assistant.
"My subordinates are impressed by your Majesty's methods. To be honest, I have been in the army for twenty years and have never seen such a method of training people's loyalty. Those young men now all regard Your Majesty as a god. I believe that if Your Majesty
If you tell them to die now, they will die without hesitation!" Li Jixun calmly gave Kang Long a small flattery.
Kang Long smiled and said nothing about Li Jixun's flattery. He wouldn't be so stupid as to feel so benefited.
Kang Long examined the more than one hundred young men he had obtained from the Ghost King on Xisha Island and found that all of them were in good health. Although they had been starved to death by the Ghost King for a period of time, they still had vitality.
But it's still very strong.
The most important thing is that many of these more than 100 young people are very smart. There are even a dozen people who used to have a wealthy family and have gone to school and studied. Among them is a young man named Passer, although he is only fifteen years old.
At the age of 30, he was already a candidate for Juren.
It is a pity that all the families of these dozen young people who had studied were killed by the ghost king, and their property was looted. These young people are now helpless, and Kang Long is able to take them in, which makes them extremely grateful.
All.
If they were released back, with their current abilities, it would be difficult for them to survive in the troubled times. Even if they could survive, they would either be dragged into slavery or sold into a wealthy family as slaves.
Kang Long naturally did not take in these teenagers out of sympathy, but had other plans. These teenagers are all strong-boned and young and ignorant. If he can take them under his command and train them personally using the method of training special forces in his previous life, he can definitely do it.
Let them become the most loyal special operations soldiers.
"By the way, sir, the young man called Passer-by wants to see you." Li Jixun seemed to have remembered something, and suddenly took out a thumb-sized, crystal clear bead from his arms and handed it to Kang Long, "Sir, hehe
, this young man took out a night-light pearl hidden under his body to bribe his subordinates in order to see you, but he didn't even look at how his subordinates could accept his bribes since they are loyal to you."
Kang Long looked at the luminous pearl in Li Jixun's hand and burst into laughter. Li Jixun was stunned and didn't know why. Kang Long stopped laughing, patted his shoulder and said: "Commander Li, I saw the right person, you are indeed very good.
Since he bribed you with this bead, then you can take it. Interesting, very interesting!"