Although Wang Pu rejected Hou Dayong at the dinner table, he understood that what Hou Dayong said should be the truth. As a doctor in the Bi tribe, Wang Pu was very clear about these methods in the army. Checking the supply of military rations was an important part of his work to Daming Mansion this time. Therefore, after sobering up the next day, Wang Pu brought a few people to Liu Qilang's place.

When the visitor informed Liu Qilang of Wang Pu's identity, Liu Qilang recognized at first sight that this person was the one who was with Hou Dayong in a restaurant. Liu Qilang had been a military officer for many years and had done a lot of tricks. Thinking of Hou Dayong's perfunctory yesterday, the doctor of the Ministry came to the inspection today, which made Liu Qilang sweat in a cold sweat. Liu Qilang was the confidant of Liu Siyu. On weekdays, the two of them were greedy for a lot of military officers, but they cooperated well with Liu Siyu and made the account book perfect.

Wang Pu carefully checked various tables and checked several warehouses, but did not find any major problems. Although he had doubts in his heart, he gave up without real evidence. After pointing out some small problems of Liu Qilang, Wang Pu refused Liu Qilang's suggestion to leave for dinner and took the people away. Wang Pu was quite meticulous in the whole inspection, but he never mentioned the matter of the Black Eagle Army.

The more Wang Pu did not mention the matter of the Black Diao Army, the more frightened Liu Qilang was. He didn't know that Hou Dayong and Wang Pu were related, but when they saw them drinking together, they thought they had a different relationship. Liu Qilang immediately found a confidant and made up for the military rations of the Black Diao Army that he had detained on weekdays. He also sent some excellent pork and mutton. Liu Qilang personally sent it to the Black Diao Army camp.

When Liu Qilang saw Hou Dayong, he finished his salute, and his fat face trembled with a trembling smile, saying, "I was so worried yesterday that the commander went for a trip. Today, a batch of food and wages came. The first thing I thought of was the Black Eagle Army."

When Hou Dayong saw that Liu Qilang was delivering food in person, he knew that the fox and tiger's plan had been successful, he stopped when he saw it. It was not difficult for Liu Qilang to make food and drinks. Before leaving, he specially gave Liu Qilang a generous red envelope.

After the Black Eagle Army arrived at Daming Mansion, it was extorted by various openly or secretly. Liu Qilang's affairs were just one of them. However, the Black Eagle Army's strict military appearance and excellent equipment dare not underestimate it. Fu Yanqing also praised the Black Eagle Army, so the Black Eagle Army slowly stood up in difficulties.

Before we knew it, it was soon Gengxu in February, and smoke began to rise again in the Great Surrounding Area. Liu Chong from Hedong and Yang Gun, the general of Khitan, raised troops to guide the south. The whole country was shocked. The people of Zezhou, Luzhou and Jinzhou fled south with their families.

Chai Rong disagreed with the opposition and decided to personally fight. Dingmao, the Secretary of the Central Committee, Feng Dao as the envoy of Shanling, Tian Min as the envoy of the Taichang Army, Zhang Zhao as the envoy of the Lu Book, Zhang Xu as the envoy of the Censorate, Shao Yin of Kaifeng, and Wang Min as the envoy of the Qiaodao. In addition, Chai Rong specially ordered the Black Diao Army to go to Luzhou first and make defense preparations. The Black Diao Army still returned to the governor of the Tianxiong Army and the King of Wei Fu Yanqing to control it.

Fu Yanqing transferred 400 united soldiers to the Black Eagle Army to enrich the troops of the Tianxiong Army's vanguard battalion. At this point, the number of Black Eagle soldiers reached 2,000. All the 400 united soldiers were infantry. Seeing that his weapons were simple, Hou Dayong tried every means to give Liu Qilang a lot of silver, and finally mobilized four hundred hexagonal shields to the Unity Army. At the same time, he stepped up training of the Unity Army to be familiar with the various drums, horns and flag languages ​​of the Black Eagle Army.

Fu Yanqing has been in the army for many years and is well aware of the method of gathering people's hearts. Every time the soldiers go on a war, they have to prepare a banquet in the mansion, but it has not changed for many years. On this war, Fu Yanqing, in accordance with his convention, surrendered officers above the Hei Diao Army's lieutenant to attend a dinner at the Weiwang Mansion, and the generals and cadets of the Daming Mansion will be accompanied.

At the beginning of the banquet, Fu Yanqing raised his wine and said, "Liu Chong, taking advantage of the opportunity of the new mourning of the Great Zhou Dynasty, dare to invade our border. Da Zhou Erlang, I will make Liu Chong come and die without a burial place. The Black Eagle Army is about to go on a war. This is the vanguard force of the Daming Mansion. Today, everyone drinks fine wine. Tomorrow, on the battlefield, they drink the blood of the enemy with a sword. Everyone raises their glasses."

Fu Yanqing took the lead, and all the soldiers of Daming Mansion stood up and drank them all with one sip on their backs.

Fu Yanqing said again: "My Daming Mansion is not a person who is greedy for life and fears death. Whoever is afraid of retreating? Fu Mousan's sword should be unkind."

After saying that, the soldiers took turns to drink.

In the middle of the wine, a group of dancers came up and sang Wang Wei's "Entering the Frontier": "The bicycle wanted to ask the border, and the country passed by Juyan. The vanguard came out of the Han border, and the return geese entered the Hutian. The desert was lonely and the smoke was straight, and the long river was set in the sun. Xiaoguan met the Hou cavalry, and they were all protected by Yanran." A woman combined the music and held a long sword and sang: "There was a beautiful man named Gongsun, who danced a sword and moved everywhere. The viewers were as depressed as the mountains, and the heaven and earth were long and low. The slam was as bright as Yi shooting the nine sunsets, and the agitated as the emperors flying. They came like thunder and frightened, and as if the rivers and seas were condensed into clear light."

The woman used a long sword to continuously dance with high difficulty and fast pace, expressing the vigorous and unrestrained momentum of the poem to the fullest. The generals were fascinated by the eyes and forgot to drink and eat. After the woman danced, everyone was quiet, and after a long time, a burst of cheers burst out.

After the woman finished singing, a general in the Daming Mansion Ya Army jumped out. He held a sword in his hand and danced a song to the music. The soldier danced a sword, which was different from the woman's atmosphere. The sword was like a dragon, with a cold light, and the room was full of murderous aura. The general wandered around the lobby, came to Hou Dayong, stopped, held the sword and said to Hou Dayong, "Hou Du Commander was the best in the three armies, can he guide the young generals one or two?"

Hou Dayong did not expect that he would take the initiative to challenge. Seeing that this man had a thin face, his body was strong and well-proportioned. He had a sword dance just now, and he was very agile. It was probably a master of swordsmanship. Hou Dayong thought to himself: "This man challenged in front of all the generals. If he did not respond to the battle, he would lose the power of the Black Eagle Army. If he responded to the battle, he would not be sure to win." Hou Dayong was about to get up, and Shi Hu jumped out with his sword and said, "Prince He Du, let Shi Hu accompany you with a move."

The two came to the middle of the hall and stared at each other, without taking action. After a moment of confrontation, Wu Duwei took a step forward and used a move to "dragon go out to sea", and stabbed Shi Hu with a flat chest, which was extremely fast. Shi Hu didn't stand the stage, and used his advantage of the long sword and thick back to "slash Huashan" with one move, from top to bottom, then came first, and headed straight to He Duwei.

Commander He did a step to the right, avoided the blade, and lifted the sword up at the same time, taking Shihu's neck. Shihu hit the sword sideways, and the swords collided, making a crisp sound. Shihu took advantage of the opportunity of Commander He's response and raised the sword and slashed wildly. Even though Commander He was very skilled, he could dodge the blade and barely avoided the blade, but was forced to the corner of the house.

Just as both sides were in a state of anger, Fu Yanqing stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "The two generals are very skilled in martial arts, and they are both brave generals of my Great Zhou, each of whom is rewarded with 100 taels of silver."

It’s hard for the two to fight again, so they each returned home.

The next day, a solemn ceremony was held outside the gate of Daming Prefecture. The first was to go to the army to sacrifice, sacrifice to the heaven, sacrifice to the earth, pay tribute to the temple and sacrifice to the military gods. After the sacrifice, Fu Yanqing counted the numerous crimes of the Khitans in the Central Plains, and specifically mentioned the tragic incident of more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Xiangzhou. After the Khitan attacked the city, only 800 people remained. Finally, three cannons were fired and the army set off. When Hou Dayong heard the sound of cannons, he couldn't help but move. He remembered the records of cannons in Water Margin, and thought to himself: "Why didn't I think of building a few simple cannons?"

Just when the Black Eagle Army was on the expedition, Fu Ying was upset. The day before yesterday, the commander of the guards and infantry army, He Hui, the governor of Shouzhou, sent someone to the Fu family to propose marriage. A daughter of the Fu family married Chai Rong. Fu Yanqing was an authentic father-in-law. The He family proposed marriage to achieve the marriage between the two prosperous tribes and further enhance the status of the He family.

The He family was originally a large family in Dezhou. In his early years, He Hui's grandfather came to Daming Mansion and served as the defensive envoy in Daming Mansion. This branch of the He family stayed in Daming Mansion, but most of the family was in Dezhou. The abbot of the Wanshou Temple was He Hui's cousin. Because he was wandering in Daming Mansion in his early years, he had a life of life. Some of the other family also held important positions in the army. He had no choice but to surrender to Wanshou Temple and became a flower monk. Finally, he was killed by the Black Eagle Army. The manor that Hou Dayong went to that day was the manor of the He family.

The two families were in a good match, and Fu Yanqing agreed to the marriage. Fu Ying had heard of the name of He Hui's son He Song. Like the abbot, this son was also a playboy and had many bad records. Unfortunately, his father agreed, and Fu Ying was confused for a moment and didn't know what to do. Every day, Fu Ying took two maids to the temple in the city to pray to the Buddha, praying that the Buddha would be merciful and refuse to let the marriage go.

The eldest daughter of the Fu family is Chai Rong's wife, but Chai Rong is not the first husband of Fu. There is a legendary story between Chai Rong and Fu family. The first husband of Fu family was Li Chongxun, the son of Li Shouzhen, the governor of Hezhong of the Later Han Dynasty. Li Shouzhen was conceited and was not willing to be a minister of the Later Han Dynasty for the rest of his life. So he rebelled. At the beginning of the uprising, he defeated the Later Han army. The Later Han sent Guo Wei as the main general. In July of the second year of Qianyou, Emperor Liu Chengyou of the Later Han Dynasty, Guo Wei defeated Li Shouzhen, and Li Shouzhen set fire. Seeing that the defeat was settled, Li Chongxun first carried a sword and chased his family all over the room, and then wanted to kill Fu family. The Fu family was unwilling to die in vain, so he hid. Li Chongxun could not find Fu family in a hurry and committed suicide.

When the Han army rushed into the Li family's house, Fu sat in neat clothes and calmly said to the soldiers who were red-eyed with red eyes: "I am the daughter of King Wei. Mr. Guo and my father have been friends for eight times. Don't be rude, you must meet Mr. Guo." The Han army was shocked by Fu's expression and attitude. He heard that he was the daughter of King Wei, so he sent Fu to Guo Wei. Guo Wei loved Fu very much and took him as his adopted daughter. Unexpectedly, Fu's mother believed that her daughter's husband's family was destroyed and she escaped by herself. She should not only thank God for her blessing, but also wanted to become a nun. Fu refused and retorted: "Life and death are destined, and God is the same. Why?

It will definitely be ruined!" After Fu's family was widowed for a year, the Later Han Dynasty underwent a great change. Guo Wei became emperor in the Han Jianzhou replacing Han Jianzhou, and Chai Rong was named the governor of Chanzhou by his adoptive father and the governor of Zhenning Army. Chai Rong's wife and children were all lost in the chaos. Guo Wei planned to marry him again, and Chai Rong was interested in Fu's family. When she escaped the military disaster and became Guo Wei's adopted daughter, Chai Rong was also on the scene. Chai Rong had a special liking for this sister, and knew that she refused to be a nun, so she even regarded him as a strange woman. In the first year of Guangshun (951 AD), Fu became Chai Rong's second wife. That year, Fu's family was twenty-one and Chai Rong was thirty.

Fu Ying knew this experience of her elder sister. It was not what she wanted to marry Li Chongxun, who was a little crazy, but this was a woman's fate. No matter how icy or smart you are, you have no right to choose your future. Marriage is just a continuation of politics. Fu Ying recalled the young man she had seen in front of the Buddha, Zhao Wen and Hou Dayong, all flashed in her mind. Fu Ying left the temple and got on the carriage, and was restless on the carriage.

Just as Fu Ying was secretly hurt, suddenly, the family members who were driving the car called out: "What are you doing?" Then there was no sound. Fu Ying was about to lift the curtain, and some white powder was sprinkled from outside the curtain. Fu Ying sucked in some powder and was dizzy and fell into the car.
Chapter completed!