Chapter 154: Fighting for Hetao (19)

Shi Gao Yueming "had" his frozen palms, and the temperature of Leng Lin quickly turned into white mist. When Hou Dayong's back disappeared from the distance, Shi Gao Yueming turned around and said to Shi Gao Luqi: "We also need to buy some Tang cloth and make some thick mats, which can be used in winter." Shi Gao Luqi was quite tired holding various fabrics and some leather goods, and replied: "I have bought a lot of fabrics. Go back and do some cleaning. Let's go out and buy something."

Several of the guards of the Marquis's house were good at fighting on the battlefield. They were sent by Feng Sha to accompany the two women shopping. They all knew that Shi Gaoyueming was pregnant, so they naturally did not dare to be careless. On Lingzhou streets, they all pressed the handle of the knife and did not dare to leave Shi Gaoyueming at a single step. Shi Gao Luqi wanted to ask the guards to help carry some goods several times. It was obvious that their right hand was always placed at the handle of the knife, so it was difficult to speak. Fortunately, shopping was a pleasant thing, and Shi Gao Luqi could barely deal with it.

Lingzhou City is a border city, not as prosperous as Fengzhou. The shops on the streets are not very dense. However, the two women were like the savage captor with their eyes. They never let a shop go, and they lingered in each shop. Several of the personal guards were unmarried men. They thought that escorting the two women shopping was a leisurely job, but after a long time, the personal guards were exhausted and their spirits were not as strong as the two women.

Shi Gao Yueming's motherhood has become very widespread. Originally, these things could be made into a list for the servants to buy them, but Shi Gao Yueming insisted on choosing for the baby himself. She looked through the fabric held by Shi Gao Luqi and said, "Over the other side is a porcelain shop. Let's find out if there are any small porcelains that children use together."

Shi Gao Luqi changed the fabric in her hand and said, "Let's buy it next time. The Jiedushi just ordered you to go back earlier. If he saw you were still shopping, he would definitely blame me." He smiled in Dangxiangfang and said, "You see, these brothers of the guards are a little impatient, but they are just embarrassed to say it. Let's go back. I bought all the goods today, and we will not be interested in going shopping next time."

Shi Gao Yueming decided to return to the Marquis' Mansion. The four guards breathed a sigh of relief. Six people walked past a small stall to buy pancakes. The guard's stomach sounded like thunder. Shi Gao Yueming and Shi Gao Luqi were both straightforward. Hearing this sound, they laughed so hard that they couldn't stand up, and made the guard blush. Shi Gao Yueming took a few coins and said to the guard with a smile: "You have been following us for a long time. Thank you so much. I'll treat everyone to the cake. Don't be polite."

Taiqing followed Shi Gao Yueming and six others from afar. After Shi Gao Yueming walked into the Marquis' Mansion, Taiqing turned around and left.

When Hou Dayong came to Xiong Camp, it was lunch time. Jiang Hui, the commander of Xiong Camp, sat happily in the tent, chewing a piece of fat and tender mutton in his mouth. Hearing the report from the sergeant, he immediately stood up and ran out of the camp gate while chewing a fat and beautiful mutton quickly. When Jiang Hui came to Hou Dayong, he swallowed the tender mutton in his mouth into his stomach.

Jiang Hui finished his tribute and said, "I don't know that the governor has arrived and has never been welcomed. It's really a bit rude."

Hou Dayong's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen the oil on the corner of Jiang Hui's mouth, and said with a smile: "I heard that Zhao Jie gave you a Chengdu chef. I don't know how skilled it is. Let's check today to see if Zhao Jie brags."

Jiang Hui was the general of the Shu army. The Shu people lived in the country of Tianfu. The climate was pleasant and the resources were rich. Because the basin was surrounded by mountains and rivers, the terrain was dangerous. Li Bai passed by: The road to Shu was difficult than climbing to the blue sky. It is also for this reason. The war disasters in Shu were much less than those in the Central Plains. Most of the people in Shu lived leisurely and interesting. The Shu people developed a harmonious personality and loved food. Hou Dayong's wife in modern society, Xiao Lin was from Beibei, Chongqing. Chongqing women were beautiful, spicy, passionate and delicious. Xiao Lin was no exception. After graduating from Military Medical University, Xiao Lin married Hou Dayong. While conquering Hou Dayong's heart, he completely conquered Hou Dayong's mouth and stomach, and made Hou Dayong fall in love with food from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Hui followed Hou Dayong for more than two years. Knowing that Hou Dayong likes delicious food, he smiled and said, "The Chengdu chef is indeed well-deserved. He has three specialties: one is boiled cabbage, the second is braised fat intestines, and the third is stewed with radish. Today I have stock here, so let him make it immediately and ask the Jiedushi to taste it."

These dishes are all the best among Sichuan cuisine, which is Xiaolin's specialty. Hou Dayong started drooling when he heard the name of the dish. Guo Jiong heard it, but he didn't realize that he showed a hint of suspicion and said intimately: Boiled cabbage is a good dish?

Jiang Hui noticed Guo Jiong's expression and explained: "Keep water cabbage seems plain and is actually the most famous delicacy among Sichuan cuisine. It is precisely the chef's skill. So you can tell if you have a good or bad skill. This is just like archery. Everyone knows how to shoot archery. However, some people are archers, such as Liu Heigou, who can pass through the poplar hundreds of steps, while some people have poor archery skills. The real skill of boiled water cabbage lies in the chef's ability to hang soup. As the saying goes: the opera-singing style is to make vegetable soup. This soup is called high-end clear soup, clear as water, delicious and mellow, made of old hens, ducks, pork chops, and hooves carefully boiled red and white fresh meat and fuchs to clean soup, and slowly hang it."

Hou Dayong heard Jiang Hui talk about "boiled cabbage" and smiled and waved his hand, "General Fuhu is such a gourmet, just say less, let the Chengdu chef say that he would make these three dishes." Suddenly, he remembered something again and asked, "There are cabbages in winter."

Jiang Hui quickly summoned a personal guard and after a few instructions, the personal guard left in a hurry. Jiang Hui smiled and said, "This cabbage was transported by the shopkeeper Zhao from Chengdu Prefecture. In Chengdu Prefecture, farmers can use special methods to grow fresh cabbage in winter." After that, Jiang Hui made a call and said, "Jingduan, please go to the tent for a while. This ghost weather is really cold." Jiang Hui originally wanted to say, "It's so fucking cold." But when he said that, he thought that the person standing opposite was a military governor, so he swallowed the three words "fucking" into his stomach.

Hou Dayong, Guo Jiong, Feng Sha and others entered Jiang Hui's tent. Hou Dayong looked at a pot of steaming radish stewed lamb. The greedy crawled to his throat and said, "Get a bowl, I'll have a bowl first." Jiang Hui was surprised when he heard this. This pot of mutton soup was prepared for himself. Although it was scooped into the bowl, it was eaten after all. Jiang Hui said in a panic: "You must not be a Jiedushi. This is the land that the general has used, so you can kill the general." Hou Dayong said to his personal guards: "Get the bowl quickly, don't be polite." Seeing that Hou Dayong was very determined, the personal guards secretly glanced at Jiang Hui and took a porcelain bowl over.

Hou Dayong took action himself. He scooped a bowl of mutton soup, swept it all away like a wind and clouds. After drinking the soup, he saw Jiang Hui looking at him in a daze, and said to Jiang Hui with a smile: "The smallest organization in the Black Diao Army is fire. Do you understand why fire is? Ten people with fire can just eat in a pot. In our tradition, those who eat in a pot are their own family members. When one fire is their own, they eat in a pot, which means that they are brothers and family members. They will naturally live and die together on the battlefield, and advance and retreat as if they are the same. Partners, the meaning of the team is derived from this dining table. You and I are brothers of the Black Diao Army. Can't we eat meat in the same basin?"

Jiang Hui was a surrendered general of the Shu army. Although he was highly valued by Hou Dayong, he was still psychologically different from Guo Jiong and others. He should be more cautious in his words and actions, for fear of being criticized. Hou Dayong knew a lot about his psychological state. Today, he took this opportunity to relieve Jiang Hui's heart disease.

When Jiang Hui heard Hou Dayong's words, he felt his nose a little blocked. He stepped forward and knelt in front of Hou Dayong. He said in a deep voice: "Jiang Hui was originally a general of Shu, and he was not abandoned by the Jiedushi. " With his important task, Jiang Hui was willing to follow the Jiedushi forever, and repay the Jiedushi's grace to know his gratitude."

Guo Jiong looked around and secretly admired: Hou Dayong clearly came to Jiang Hui to have a free meal, but after a while, Jiang Hui was crying. This ability from this to that, from light to heavy, from the outside to the inside is really extraordinary. He really needs to learn well.

Chengdu chefs have extraordinary skills. Hou Dayong, Guo Jiong, Feng Sha and others have eaten until their stomachs are round, so I can't just press them here.

After a delicious meal, the guards cleaned up the tent and left the tent. Hou Dayong said to Jiang Hui seriously: "Today we came to Xiong Camp, mainly for one thing. Do you know the Western Shu crossbow?" When Jiang Hui heard this, he knew the main purpose of the Jiedushi going to Xiong Camp. He said respectfully: "Western Shu crossbow is a weapon that puts the crossbow on a carriage. This kind of crossbow can shoot nine arrows at a time, with a range of more than four hundred steps. It is an extremely dangerous weapon. The Shu army I commanded back then was equipped with such crossbows, which took a lot of advantage in the battle with the Tubo people."

"Then why did the Zhou army and the Shu army compete for Fengzhou in the second year of Xiande? Didn't they see the Shu army using such a crossbow?"

Jiang Hui sighed and said, "Although the continuous crossbows have been in trouble, they are very expensive to manufacture. The arrows used for the continuous crossbows are 1.5 meters long and must be specially made. The villain of Western Shu is in charge of the palace and is reluctant to spend money to build the continuous crossbows. Therefore, although Western Shu has magical weapons, it cannot be equipped with the troops. Even if the small number of continuous crossbows that are already equipped in the troops, they will not be able to be replenished after using up the crossbow arrows, and the continuous crossbows become a pile of waste materials."

"Can craftsmen in Chengdu make such crossbows?"

"This kind of crossbow was actually derived from the Warring States Period and the Zhuge Divine Crossbow. It was made by the famous craftsman Jian Bufan in Shu. Jian Bufan lived in Chengdu Prefecture." Jiang Hui looked at Hou Dayong's focused look and then said: "Jian Bufan belongs to the craftsman. Because of his superb skills, he can live a decent life, but the craftsman belongs to the lowest level and has a very low status among neighbors. Compared with Dou Tian and others in Lingzhou, it is one in the sky and the other underground."

"In addition to Jian Bufan, who else knows how to make crossbows?"

"There are only manufactured by the Jian family in the Western Shu crossbow. In the past, the crossbows used in the army were all produced by Jian Bufan's son Jianjiu to the Iron Artillery Battalion in the military."

After listening to Jiang Hui's introduction, Hou Dayong meditated for a while, and said firmly: "The Black Eagle Army must get the Western Shu crossbow at all costs and quickly prepare to go to the army. Jiang Lang, besides you, does Xiong Camp have any soldiers who know about Jian Bufan's situation?"

"My nephew Jiang Dagui once followed me to Chengdu Prefecture. He knew where Jian Bufan lived." Jiang Hui explained again: "Jiang Dagui is my personal guard. He is loyal, has good martial arts skills, and is very clever." Hou Dayong nodded and said: "Let Jiang Dagui follow me back to Lingzhou. If this matter is done well, Jiang Dagui will make a great contribution to the Black Eagle Army."

After talking about the crossbows in the Western Shu, Hou Dayong asked about the training situation of Xiong Camp after a while, and then went to the army to inspect it, and then took Jiang Dagui back to Lingzhou City. After Hou Dayong returned to Lingzhou, he summoned Qian Xiangnan and asked the military camp to start handling the matter.

The Military Intelligence Battalion has an activity site in Chengdu Prefecture, with twelve people at the activity site. The main task is to collect intelligence. Qian Xiangnan sent Zhang Shaoyang, a capable military officer of the Military Intelligence Battalion, and took Jiang Dagui and ten military soldiers who could speak Shu, mixed in Zhao Jie's caravan and quietly headed south to Fengzhou to leave Zhou territory from Fengzhou. Then he went to Chengdu Prefecture through Hanzhong.

Many of the backbones in the military intelligence camp were transferred from the Black Eagle Army Lion Camp. Qian Xiangnan initially wanted to dig Zhou Qing and Wu Jiaqiang to the military intelligence camp, but these two people made many contributions and their official positions were getting higher and higher. Especially Zhou Qing was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief and had become a general registered by the Privy Council. Naturally, he would not come to the military intelligence camp again. However, the military intelligence camp has gone through the difficult days of the creation period and gradually formed its own team. Backbones such as Zhang Shaoyang grew up quickly and finally supported the portal of the military intelligence camp.

Just as Hou Dayong was busy reorganizing the army in winter, Jingyuan City was in a fierce power struggle.

Fang Dangming's three brothers made great contributions to Fang Dangren. They enjoyed a high prestige among Fang Dangren. Fang Dangren was one of the five tiger generals and led their army to win many victories. They also had considerable appeal among Fang Dangren. Under this background, Shi Gao Jin, the military advisor of Fang Dangming, made every effort to plan for Fang Dangdu. Through a series of secret work, Fang Dangzhi's generals Fang Dangshan and He Genggeng, Fang Dangling's generals sealed Hengli, and Fang Dangjin's generals successively swear allegiance to Fang Dangdu. Fang Dangdu secretly controlled the land and horses in Jingyuan City, and it was time to show off to Fang Dangling and Fang Dangzhijin.

Fang Dangling was a brave general on the battlefield. He was intrigued and playing with his wrists was not his strength. He was in charge of Jingyuan City. He focused on Fang Dangzhi Jin, which had more than 2,000 people. Fang Dangling did not see Fang Dangdu's new leader Fang Dangdu, who had only more than 200 people. Therefore, he did not notice Fang Dangdu's various small actions. When Fang Dangdu's invitation came to the land, Fang Dangling did not suspect that there was a fraud. He left Fang Dangjinjia and Miller to guard the big tent, and brought the fine seal of Hengli, Li Heihu and more than 20 personal guards to Fang Dangdu's camp.

Everything was normal at the dinner. Just as the three rounds of drinking was over, Fang Dangdu suddenly said to Fang Dangling, "Boy from Fang Dangling. Do you think I am the new leader of Fang Dangling?"

Fang Dangling was drinking happily, but Fang Dangdu asked this question, and burped, saying, "Brother Fang Dang is Ying Shuai's younger brother, the famous Fang Dangdang general, and of course the leader of Fang Dangman." Then he smiled at Li Heihu and said, "Li Heihu, do you think so?"

Fang Dangdu said with a smile: "Since I am the leader of Fangdang people, then I have to count my words, right?" Fangdang Zhijin heard this and found that Fangdang Du's emotions were different. He immediately became alert and looked around. Seeing his subordinates sitting on the table, he saw that there was only a burly guard standing beside Fangdangdu, he felt a little relieved and said: "Of Brothers of Fangdang will count my words?"

Fang Dangdu saw Fang Dangling step by step and fell into the trap he set up. He was secretly happy, but his face was filled with sorrow, and said, "It's boring to be the leader of my room. There are only two hundred people around me. Fang Dang's elder brother has two thousand five hundred people. Can you give me one thousand?"

Fang Dangling was shocked when he heard this. He regretted being too careless. He only brought more than twenty people to Fangdangdu's camp. He thought about his plan to escape and said, "It's easy to say. After I go back, I will arrange this matter immediately."

Fang Dangdu laughed and said, "Why go back and make arrangements? Since there are two commanders in the seat, just let Xifeng Hengli and Li Heihu make a vow of loyalty to Qingshui God."

Fang Dangling stood up slowly, shook his head and said, "It is a sacred thing to swear to the God of Qingshui. It is better for us to set up the altar and choose an auspicious day before doing this."

Fang Dangdu said to Li Heihu calmly: "Li Heihu, are you willing to be loyal to me?" Li Heihu was Fang Dangling's personal guard and Fang Dangling's close confidant. When he saw Fang Dangdu being aggressive, he stubbornly said: "General Fang Dangling is the subordinate of Fang Dangcheng. My loyalty to Fang Dangling is equivalent to loyalty to Fang Dangcheng."

Fang Dangdu slapped the table suddenly and said, "Li Heihu, you are very brave."

The guards around Fang Dangdu had just come from Huangyangba. They were a powerful man carefully selected by the master Gaozhi. According to the prior agreement, Fang Dangdu slapped the table and was a signal of murder. He would kill anyone who was lit by his name. He heard Fang Dangdu pointing Li Heihu's name and suddenly drew a knife to slash Li Heihu. Li Heihu was from a guard and was quite skilled in martial arts. When he saw the guard's movements, he wanted to jump up. Unexpectedly, Xiaofeng Hengli suddenly grabbed his arm from the side. Li Heihu was not careful that Xiaofeng Hengli suddenly took action, and his body tilted, and his guard was slashed at the neck as lightning.

Fang Dangling saw Xi Feng Hengshan suddenly turning against each other, and was shocked. Before he could pull out his waist, Fang Dangdu stabbed him in his heart.

Just when Fangdang's Jin was at the tent of Fangdangdu to attend the banquet, Shi Gaozhichao was helping another commander Fangdangling's golden armor land. In Fangdangling's tent, Fangdangling tricked Fangdangling's most capable confidant commander Miller Gaoshan. Shi Gaozhichao pretended to be Fangdangling's personal guard and lurked in Fangdangling's tent. When Miller Gaoshan arrived, he became Shi Gaozhichao's ghost under the sword.

Fang Dangling, Miller Gaoshan, and Li Heihu were dealt with by Fang Dangdu using thunder means. Fang Dangling's men were all subdued by Fang Dangdu. However, Fang Dangling's men were originally Fang Dangming's generals. Now Fang Dangdu is in charge of power again, and the soldiers accepted the reality just because they were a little surprised.
Chapter completed!