Chapter 383
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The ninth day of the ninth month, Double Ninth Festival, is one of the official festivals of the Tang Dynasty.
On this day, Li Jing and the soldiers of Zhendong Army spent both in Ningwu Army City in Guizhou.
Climb the mountains, plant dogwood, and enjoy chrysanthemums.
Li Jing and the soldiers were having fun together, and everyone was enjoying the joy before the battle.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, some soldiers of the Ningwu Army sent Gao and Ningwu soldiers' families to Dengzhou Jun Shao to be arrested. The full text of the sentence of his wife was sentenced to death. On the 11th, the Zhendong Army started his journey again, followed the Sanggan River and went straight to Hedong, and entered Weixian under Datong.
In the clouds in October, there is a beautiful scenery outside the border. The autumn is high and the horses are fat, the grass begins to wither and yellow, and there is a golden field everywhere.
As soldiers passed by, you could see fat pheasants flying up and hares jumping from time to time. You could even see groups of wild sheep running past from time to time. In an instant, Li Jing felt like he was traveling on the prairie when he returned to his later generations.
Under the blue sky, a few white clouds floated by, and a row of geese were flying south in a row.
What a beautiful scene!
Li Jing was sighing, suddenly there was a wailing sound from the row of geese, and the original herringbone shape suddenly came completely in a mess.
Two geese were passed by an arrow and were falling in a tragic sound.
"This row of geese is scattered very well. This person can actually shoot two geese with one arrow. It seems that archery is extraordinary and can be called sharp shooting." Wang Chong's archery skills are good, but they are just good, and they cannot be called sharp shooting. What's more, Li Jing next to him has the title of Li Guang. In terms of comparison arrows, few people can compare with Li Jing.
Li Zhen had been enjoying the beautiful scenery on the frontier just now, and even wrote a poem in the middle. He was a little dissatisfied with the great scenery of shooting geese. At this time, he rode his horse to Li Jing. He smiled and said, "Our army is moving forward, and we can see the wind for several miles around. This man knew that our army was coming, not only did not avoid it, but he had to wait until the county duke's central army passed by, and there were two geese here. In my opinion, the visitor was not simple, and this was obviously done on purpose. To show his skills to the county duke, I think this man has plans to join the army."
"I heard from Sima Li that there is such a possibility." Guo Chengan also smiled, "And, judging by this person's behavior, I guess his idea is quite good. Maybe the ordinary soldier can't satisfy him. However, the ability of this person to shoot two geese with one arrow also proves that he is very capable. Why not just call him to come and see it?"
Li Jing is an archery expert. The arrow just now has indeed reached the level of an excellent archer, and ordinary archers cannot do it at all. Now that I heard a few people say this, I let go of the little bit of the little thing I just thought, nodded. I said to Liu Xun: "You go and see who was shooting archers just now, and invite him to the horse."
Liu Xun rode away with a team of guards, and soon he brought someone back.
When Li Jing saw this person for the first time, his eyes lit up.
This man was wearing a leather robe, dressed as a hunter. He looked about thirty years old, with short beards under his jaw standing up like steel needles, square face and black charcoal. He had a big black face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and wide mouth. Especially those eyes, they were very bright and energetic. He was over six feet tall, about the same height as Li Jing. He was full of tiger back and bear waist, tall and big horses. What attracted Li Jing the most attention was his hands, which were obviously longer than ordinary people's arms. Although it was not as good as the legendary level of the full hands and knees. It was not much different.
At this time, he was also looking at Li Jing, neither humble nor arrogant. He tied up a line of tangled knives, and there were two daggers around his waist. He also brought a horizontal knife, carrying a long bow in his hand, and carrying the two pitiful geese in his other hand.
"The hero is a hero? Who is the person?" Li Jing asked with a smile, his tone of gentleness. At the first glance he saw this man, he had already judged that this man would never be a hunter, but a soldier, and a very powerful officer who had fought and had a war.
The strong man put down the bow and geese in his hand and directly held a fist-holding ceremony to Li Jing: "In Mayi, Xiashuozhou, the surname is Zhou, the name is Dewei, the name is Zhenyuan, and the nickname is Yangwu. He has been in Yunzhou for a long time and is familiar with border affairs. He was originally a defensive sect for Datong, and was under the command of the Duan Defense Commander. Because Li Jinzhong, a native of Shatuo of Yunzhong, Kang Chengxun, Cheng Huaixin and others in the mutiny, the subordinates were unwilling to make plans, so they abandoned their posts and left. During this period, they have been hunting here for a living. Recently, they heard that the army envoy of Zhendong Army Li Jungong led an army to suppress the rebellion and came to wait. Seeing that the army under the command of the county, the army was majestic, they became determined to act. Because they could not get close, they used this trick to shock the county. If there is any offense, please forgive me."
When Li Jing heard the person called Zhou Dewei immediately, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Zhou Dewei, a general in the Central and Later Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, was a general under Li Keyong. Especially after Li Keyong's death, he assisted Li Cunxu in conquering the Later Liang Dynasty. He was the best-selling Tianyi in the Later Tang Dynasty.
Zhou Dewei initially followed Li Keyong, brave and good at riding and shooting. Zhou Dewei was not only brave, but also had outstanding wisdom and courage. Because he was in the border areas for a long time, he had a lot of military experience. He could judge the number of enemies by just watching the smoke and dust.
Zhou Dewei is tall and big, with a dark face, and his expression is very serious, and he will not change even when he smiles. He is even more arrogant and full of murderous expressions in front of the enemy. His outstanding courage and wisdom have made Zhou Dewei a powerful general and a famous general in the Five Dynasties.
Once, the general of the Later Liang Dynasty, Shucong, led his troops to Taiyuan. One of the generals named Chen Zhang was also famous for his bravery and good at fighting. He made many military achievements when fighting against the southern warlords. This time, he wanted to make new achievements. In order to encourage the morale of his soldiers, Houliang ordered the three armies: "Anyone who can capture Zhou Yangwu alive is rewarded as the governor." Chen Zhang also had a nickname called "Yasha". In order to make meritorious rewards, he said to Shucong: "The Jin army relied on only Zhou Yangwu. I am willing to bring him over. Please ask for rewards for me and get a governor Dangdang."
So Chen Zhang looked for an opportunity to fight Zhou Dewei in front of the formation. He was wearing red armor and riding a white horse under his crotch. He was very arrogant and did not take Zhou Dewei seriously at all. It seemed that Zhou Dewei was already the thing in his palm. When Li Keyong learned that Chen Zhang was looking for Zhou Dewei everywhere, he reminded him: "I heard that Chen Yasha was going to exchange you for the governor, so you must be careful."
Zhou Dewei smiled and said, "Chen Zhang is arrogant. He doesn't know who will kill him when he arrives in front of the formation."
The next day, when the two armies fought again, Zhou Dewei warned his subordinates: "If you see Chen Yasha in the formation, just pretend to escape, I will deal with him!" Zhou Dewei had already changed into the military uniform of a soldier at that time. He asked his subordinates to come forward to challenge him. When Chen Zhang led his troops to chase him, his subordinates pretended to retreat according to his plan and lured Chen Zhang over. Before Chen Zhang could come back, Zhou Dewei had already come from behind, and with just one hammer, he defeated Chen Yasha and captured him alive. This battle made Zhou Dewei's reputation even more.
In the Later Tang Dynasty, Zhou Dewei served as the Iron Lin Army Envoy, the Left Pushe, the Yanei Commander, the Zhenwu Jiedushi, and the Central Secretariat Pingzhangshi, the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Lu Long Jiedushi and other positions. It can be said that Zhou Dewei's status and role in the Later Tang Dynasty are really immeasurable.
However, historical books only record that he was in the Yunzhong Army in his early years and followed Li Keyong. Why, now, Zhou Dewei suddenly came here and recommended him? Could it be that he was Li Keyong's assassin? Li Jing couldn't help but think inwardly, and asked cautiously: "Since Zhenyuan was once the dental school of Datong Defense Envoy, why didn't he join Li Keyong?"
Zhou Dewei replied calmly: "When Kang Chengxun and others captured Duan Defense Commander Liu and others, they led their troops to capture Duan's family. At that time, I happened to find a chaos in the city, so I came out and met. I blocked Kang Chengxun and did not want someone to implicate Duan's family. Kang Chengxun and others refused, so I fought with him. The soldiers besieged them together. In the end, I had no choice but to fight alone and escape. Afterwards, Li Keyong came from Weizhou and did send people to find me and persuade me to join Li Keyong. Originally, the father and son of the Li family also had some reputation in Datong. I was still hesitating at that time, but later I heard that Li Keyong had ordered the death of Duan Gong and other five people, and even ate their human flesh, so I flatly refused Li Keyong's admission."
Li Jing nodded.
"Although I, Zhou Dewei, is not a hero, but I have a basic bottom line in being a human being. Li Keyong's mutiny and seizure of power is nothing. However, after seizing power, he will implicate his family and refuse to let go of young children. He even cut his boss alive and cut his flesh to eat. I, Zhou Dewei, cannot be effective in serving such a person." Zhou Dewei said in a serious and harsh manner.
Seeing that he was not lying, Li Jing had already believed it eighty percent of the time.
"Why did Zhenyuan come to join me?"
Zhou Dewei said without thinking: "When I was hunting and selling prey these days, I often heard merchants discussing the county dukes and Zhendong Army that were about to enter Jin to quell the rebellion. I heard them repeatedly mention that although the county dukes were young, they were very kind and righteous. They treated the people under their rule as their children and treated the soldiers in the army like brothers. They also said that Dengzhou has accepted 500,000 and 600,000 refugees this year, and there were more than 100,000 refugees gathered on the border of Dengzhou. They had to be kind to the general so that they could eat porridge every day and not starve to death. They also said that the general was fair, rewarded and given generous pensions. I have never seen such troops and generals before, so I came here to watch this time."
"How is it? Do you think you have a false reputation?" Li Jing asked the King of Guns in Troubled Times with a smile.
"There are no vain soldiers under the reputation of the Zhendong Army. In fact, I have been with the Zhendong Army for a few days. A few days ago, I specially rushed to Guizhou. After my observation, the Zhendong Army did have good military disciplines and no offenses wherever they passed. The soldiers of the Zhendong Army were different from other troops. Although many soldiers may not be as good as the soldiers I brought before, they have extremely rare military disciplines. If you can bring out such a kingly army that is not guilty, then the County Duke must be the benevolent and righteous person in the legend of the people. I, Zhou Dewei, am willing to follow the County Duke and become a member of the Zhendong Army."
Li Jing pondered that if Dewei was such a famous general this week, he would regret it if he missed it. But Li Jing did not dare to trust him completely. After all, he was Li Keyong's gold medal thug in history. If he was a fraudulent investor, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate, or being a spy for Li Keyong, it would be a big trouble.
But after thinking about it, Li Jing finally decided to accept him. It was really too tempting for the famous general.
"The heroes are in the same way, how can Jing not welcome them? Zhenyuan, what position do you think I should give you?"
Zhou Dewei said straightforwardly: "The army has its own rules, and I am new to the army and willing to start with a small soldier. As long as I have the ability, I will naturally be able to earn military merits!"
"Well said!" Li Jing now admires this serious man who is smirking. "However, Zhenyuan was already a dental school, and I can't let you start as a soldier, that would be my dereliction of duty. That way, since you are a newcomer, I will be appointed as the deputy envoy of the vanguard army and the tenth deputy generals. After you have new achievements, you will be promoted!"
Zhou Dewei did not refuse this time and accepted it simply.
As soon as he entered Jin, he was able to accept this general. Li Jing was so excited that he immediately took over his armor, horse spear and a pair of collected treasure bows, personally gave it to Zhou Dewei, and also rewarded him with a BMW.
The generals were also a little surprised to see Li Jing value Zhou Dewei so much, but everyone was accustomed to the extraordinary treatment he received by Liu Xun, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji and others. Li Zhen, Liu Xun, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji and others were all treated like this at the beginning. The facts now prove that the county duke has a good vision. Then Li Zhen is now the leader of the Zhendong Army, and it goes without saying that his ability is.
Even Liu Xun, who didn't care much at the beginning, was not only brave, but also showed extremely outstanding skills in wisdom. This was true for Li Zhen and Liu Xun, Wang Yanzhang and Gao Siji.
Now there is no more Zhou Dewei, it is not a very new thing.
Although Zhou Dewei had no special expression on the surface, he was actually just that his face was a little stiff, and he usually even smiled and cried. But in his heart, he was still quite excited to value Li Jing so much.
Don’t doubt the employer, don’t doubt the person.
Since Li Jing had already taken over this general, he gave him great trust. He was directly promoted to the deputy envoy of the vanguard, and the envoy of the vanguard was Li Wei. The Flying Eagle Camp he led was also the vanguard, who was responsible for exploration and reconnaissance. Zhou Dewei was familiar with Yunzhou, and he had the ability to accurately judge the number of troops by looking at the smoke and dust. Li Jing naturally sent him to the vanguard.
"As soon as we enter Jinzhong, we will receive a general. Lord, this is a great sign. It seems that there is no problem for us to enter Jin and eliminate the rebels Li Keyong and his son." Li Zhen said with a smile.
"We cut off the heads of the Shatuo and his sons earlier, so we will go home early. I missed a little homesick for so long after leaving Dengzhou." Lin Wu said boldly. Even the Lu Long Army, the world's strongest Youzhou, had just been defeated by their hands. He really didn't care much about Shatuo and Hu'er.
Seeing that everyone was like this, Li Jing couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "We can despise the enemy strategically, but in tactical terms, we must pay attention to the enemy. Everyone should remember that arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and we must not despise the enemy."
Chapter completed!