Chapter 72 Emergency Military Situation
Early the next morning, Li Xu and Song Yu and his wife bid farewell, took two guards out of Yaozhou City, and rushed back to Sanshui County.
Yu Yu was sent to five miles outside the city before he reluctantly returned to Song Mansion under Li Xu's persuasion.
This trip to Yaozhou can be said to have gained a lot. Not only did he gain the expected status of a martial artist, but he also left a good impression in front of Song Yu. He obtained three handy weapons and a batch of weapons and equipment.
Although these gains are happy, they are reasonable.
However, being able to win the favor of the Yaozhou Commander Li Zhijin and the friendship of the cavalry captain Lin Gang is an unexpected gain.
However, when thinking of Lin Gang, Li Xu was thinking that the guy looked very strong, but he didn't drink much, and he didn't know when he slept yesterday.
The three of them continued to gallop forward and walked for another five or six miles, but saw a pavilion on one side of the official road ahead. Among them, there was a man standing in his direction and looking at each other.
When he got closer, Li Xu found that the person in the pavilion was actually Lin Gang who he was just talking about just now. He was surprised, grabbed the reins of the horse and stopped.
Lin Gang also noticed Li Xu at this time and walked quickly from the pavilion. There was a thin layer of dew on his hair and eyebrows. It was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time.
Li Xu jumped off his horse and walked up to bow and smiled, "Brother Lin is awakened by hangover?"
Lin Gang was ashamed when he heard this: "Brother, stop laughing at me anymore. Yesterday, he said that I was the one who was the boss, but he drank it himself. In the end, you will ask me to come and make a statement. I am so ashamed. I will come to Yaozhou again next time, and I will definitely compensate you well for me."
Li Xu smiled and said, "Brother Lin must practice his alcohol tolerance, otherwise I wouldn't dare to go out to drink with you if I have any wealth."
Lin Gang was teased by Li Xu and his face became even hotter, and he waved his hands repeatedly and said that there would be no next time.
The two laughed for a while, and Li Xu asked, "Brother Lin, how did I know I would pass by here today?"
Lin Gang said: "Yesterday, you were eager to return to Sanshui County to take office early. Since the matter has been completed, there is no reason to continue staying in Yaozhou. So I left the city early as soon as the city gate opened today. And this place is the only way to Sanshui County. If you return to Sanshui County, you must pass here. Sure enough, let me wait."
Li Xu sighed, "Brother Lin is indeed meticulous and thoughtful, and I am very moved. If it were a woman, I would have thought of promising her body."
Lin Gang laughed and scolded: "You are already ashamed of many women. If you are really a woman, it will be a disaster for beauty. I dare not ask you to promise me, for fear of losing your life."
The two laughed again, and they felt closer to each other.
After laughing, Lin Gang looked at Li Xu and sighed: "Brother, you are already a county lieutenant at the age of sixteen. Compared to you, Brother Yu wasted so many years but was just a small state military lieutenant. If you have three or two years in another, with your ability, I might even call you a general when I meet you."
Li Xu said intentionally or unintentionally: "If I can really rise up one day, if I invite Brother Lin to create a great cause together, I hope Brother Lin will not refuse."
Lin Gang didn't think much, nodded and said, "If there was really one day, Brother Yu, I would definitely go to my brother to serve and follow your brother to convince me."
Li Xu nodded and thought to himself that you remember your words and will sooner or later pull you into my bowl.
After saying a few more words, the two bowed and said to each other. Before leaving, Li Xu said, "Brother Lin, I am really happy to be able to meet you brother during this trip to Yaozhou. I left you a gift and you will see it when you return to the camp. The green mountains remain unchanged and the green water flows forever. Maybe we will meet soon."
After saying that, he bowed his hand and flew onto a horse without waiting for Lin Gang to ask questions, and he left in an instant.
Lin Gang stood there for a moment, but couldn't think of any gift Li Xu had given him. Finally, he shook his head and rode his horse toward the state army camp.
He had a long vacation with Duwei Li yesterday, but it was already late at night after he woke up last night and did not return to the camp.
When they arrived at the camp gate, the soldiers on duty at the door hurriedly stepped forward to salute when they saw Lin Gang coming back.
After returning the gift, Lin Gang led his horse to the camp, but he did not see the envious look in the soldier's eyes.
When he returned to his lieutenant's tent, a personal soldier saw him coming back and greeted him happily, "Captain, you are back. Your new mount has been fed with concentrated feed. Everyone said that Li Zilong is not only good at martial arts, but also a first-class righteous man. They all envied you."
Lin Gang was confused when he heard this. He couldn't understand what new mounts and what Li Zilong's.
After asking, I realized that Li Xu had made a name for himself in the prefecture army camp yesterday. Because he was handsome and elegant, he looked quite like Zhao Zilong, who was in the popular Three Kingdoms Scripts in the past few years. Therefore, a person who was flirting gave him the nickname Li Zilong.
As for the new mount, the personal soldiers said that a guard from Li Xu sent a white horse yesterday afternoon, saying that it was a gift to Captain Lin.
Everyone in the army had good horses, just like men like cars. This horse could tell at a glance that it was a good horse, tall and strong, with bright hair and rich muscles. Everyone gathered around and marveled at him, saying that only the yellow horse of Li Duwei could be compared with it.
But Li Duwei gave the horse to Li Zilong, but Li Zilong gave his mount to Li Zilong again, so they were very envious of Lin Gang.
After Lin Gang figured out the whole story, he ran to the stable and saw that it was indeed the white horse he had praised before.
He didn't expect that he just said casually before, and Li Xu kept it in his heart and sent it directly to the camp. This made him quite moved for a moment and secretly wrote down Li Xu's friendship, and he would definitely repay him if he had the chance in the future.
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Although the white horse is rare and precious to others, it is just a matter of spending some money to Li Xu, who owns the stable. As long as he has a horse to ride, it is only a convenient thing to send a horse out to do personal favors.
But this time I took Li Duwei's horse, but I didn't give him a gift. If I go to Yaozhou City next time, I would give him a better horse.
The world is not only fighting, killing, but also living in the world. Li Xu understands this and is also practicing this.
***Taizu once said, what is politics? Politics is to make more friends and few enemies.
Li Xu deeply agreed that conquering the world is not only a one-on-one, but also an allies. Of course, allies also need investment in advance.
The friends you meet at a loss are real friends. If you become rich, most of the people who come and go to profiteer, and you can only work together to make profits with them, but you cannot do big things, and you cannot entrust life and death.
The three riders ran all the way, and at dusk I saw Sanshui County.
The three of them were about to enter the city, but suddenly they heard a sound of horse hooves coming. When they turned around, they saw a horse coming from behind. The horse was spraying white foam, sweating heavily, and several triangular colorful flags on their backs flew up and down in the wind.
The knight was speeding and shouting: "Emergency military information, emergency military information, quick avoidance, quick avoidance!"
While shouting, he rushed past Li Xu and the other two and headed towards the city gate.
Li Xu's heart moved. Could it be that the tall beard from Yan'an Mansion has made new moves?
Chapter completed!