Chapter 952: Hanging a plaque in the north city to celebrate the achievements, the Dragon and Elephant Army severely injured the Mangqi
This bustling and noisy market must be the most mixed place today. There are the Northern Liang border troops wearing armor and swords to patrol inside and outside, there are the martyrs and people who have participated in the Western Regions’ encirclement and suppression of the devils, there are the merchants from Lingzhou who come here to do business, there are the Central Plains scholars who come here to appreciate the scenery of the frontier without knowing how to live or die, there are the people from all over the country who come here to participate in the construction of the city in the three states of Beiliang Road Pass, there are Taoist monks who tell fortunes and sign and help write letters, there are the general seeds and children of civilians who run away from home and join the army but are rejected, there are the rogues who come here to fish in troubled waters when they are full… and occasionally you can even see the civil servants of Beiliang Road here to sit and rest, drink green ant wine, and just take a plate of raw rice and a bowl of sauce beef, taking a break from your busy schedule, and it is so pleasant to come and go. Under the leadership of the elderly scholars, scholars from various academies came here to study abroad. It is said that not long ago, even the fish master of Shangyin Academy, who is famous in the Central Plains, came here with his disciples who are well-read in poetry and books. There are also rumors that the fish master of the family has a little unclear relationship with our prince…
Everyone was busy or leisurely, but they all knew that from the moment when the young vassal king appeared in this new city, the second battle of Liangmang really kicked off.
For thousands of years, whether in the Central Plains or the grassland, the largest cavalry in the world, will go all the way south until it hits the strongest iron cavalry!
Today is the day when the plaque is hung in the northern city!
The scorching sun is in the sky.
More and more people in the White Horse Market were involuntarily following the two walls of the east and west, and converging northward.
Then the servants and the people who participated in the construction of the city were able to stop working, leave the city from the east and west gates, and join the two huge and dense teams.
Jubei City Jubei City.
The main entrance is naturally in the north!
The sword pointed by the Northern Liang border army, and the spear pointed by the Xu family’s iron cavalry.
It has been north for twenty years!
How do the people in the Central Plains understand and how the Liyang court plotted, and I, the Iron Cavalry in Northern Liang, are the best in the world, and I never disdain to pay attention to it.
Many civil and military officials, led by Chu Lushan, the guardian of the Northern Liang Dynasty and Li Gongde, the general envoy of the Northern Liang Road, had gathered under the main gate of Jubei City, and set up a ladder, waiting for the plaque covered with the King’s name Xu flag of Beiliang to rise high and finally hang it on the top of the city.
Ten thousand heavy snow dragon cavalrymen surging on the earth like white snow.
Under Yuan Zuozong’s leadership, he stopped in the vast open space north of Jubei City.
Immediately followed were two heavy cavalry troops, with the Zhihu Army and the Weixiong Army stationed to the left and right wings of the Daxue Dragon Cavalry.
Finally, there were the left and right cavalry outside Beiliang Pass under He Zhonghu and Zhou Kang.
Thunder sounded at the horse’s hoovesAfter that, there was a brief silence.
I don’t know who looked up first, and everyone saw the sky in the distance, and a bright white rainbow slowly cut through the sky.
The white rainbow landed on the top of the city!
After he appeared, Li Gongde and Chu Lushan looked at each other and began to lift the plaque.
The young man waited until the huge plaque was hung above the city gate and slowly pulled out the sword from his waist.
At the same time, the cavalry under the city silently pulled out the Northern Liang sword.
The water is deep and silent.
The sound of the horse hooves of the Iron Cavalry in Beiliang is the most majestic war drum sound in the world.
Xu Dao.
Reject North.
That scene will be a great romantic after another hundred and a thousand years.
After reading and hanging plaques on the top of the city, the commander Li Gongde led Xu Fengnian to the residence of the general near the south gate. The main road runs through the north and south, and the civil and military offices in the city are located on both wings of the vassal residence. Along the way, Li Gongde, one of the two Governors-General, talks endlessly. Speaking of the height of the main wall of this border city, the length of the double road of the city, the number of beds on the top of the city, the inventory of arrows and armors, etc., it is as clear as a matter of family history, as if reporting how much silver was placed in a certain box and how many copper coins were placed in a certain cabinet.
The strategy allowed the adults to blurt even the details of how many Beimang catapults can withstand the concentrated bombardment of any main city wall, how many Beimang soldiers and ants siege the city, and the mobilization of troops on the central axis of the people under their feet. Once the main city gate is broken, how to build a second defense and how small-scale cavalry can cooperate in defense at critical moments, the old man is well aware of. Not to mention Xu Fengnian looked at each other with admiration, Chu Lushan and Yuan Zuozong looked at each other, and many generals such as Jin Queqiao Zhou Kang and Gu Dazu, deputy commander of the infantry, all of them were wide open. In the past, Lingzhou outside the Great Wall was recognized as “the power is in the Zhong family and the money is in the Li family”. In the officialdom of Beiliangdao, this iron rooster is skilled in being an official and has good fortune. I have never heard of Li Gongde doing things so well!
As the residence of the general who had not yet been fully built, Li Gongde suddenly smiled and said, “A city in the north has used up all the giant trees collected from the deep mountains and forests of Nanzhao in Western Shu and then stored in my northern Liang for many years. The huge rocks needed to build the city almost chiseled the Lantu Cave Heaven up to the sky. Not to mention these far away, I believe that the generals would not be able to see the two small hills of Dragon Head and Tiger Tail. From the first garrisons in the pass to the north to build the city outside the pass, and then most of the border troops took turns to join the city, and countless people in the pass…”
Speaking of this, the old man stopped talking and smiled.
Li Gongde, a civil servant who was originally a military general in Northern Liang, had a very unpopular reputation. At this moment, his unconcealed spirit was so strong that he could not have any trace of the Xu family’s slander in the Qingliang Mountain Conference Hall in his early years.
At that time, no one was willing to take care of Li Gongde, the chief official of a state, except for Chu Lushan who had “a teacher from the same school” and had a low rank at that time. Yan Jiexi, a famous scholar in Qingliu, naturally disdained to join him. Even Tian Peifang, who had resigned from his post and resigned as the former governor of Liangzhou, could not bear to be a brother or brother to him in his early years. When Beiliang decided to build Jubei City, everyone mistakenly thought that the young vassal king did not really intend to let Li Gongde take charge of the overall situation, but wanted to send this strategy that had messed up the Lingzhou officialdom and sent an adult to exile outside the pass, and then hide it. First, he was demoted to him with justification, and second, he wanted to pave the way for his direct confidants such as Xu Beizhi, Chen Liangxi or Chang Sui. Little did he know that Li Gongde really gained a foothold in the reign of Beicheng. Song Changsui, Tian Peifang and Wang Linquan were responsible for the governors and deputy supervisors in three specific directions. Only the generals were in charge of the leader, and there was no intention of undermining Li Gongde. Li Gongde quickly entered the role without disappointing everyone’s expectations. It has to be said that the guy who can become the leader of civil servants in Beiliangdao is really pragmatic and unambiguous. To put it in the way Li Gongde was chatting with Song Changsui in private, it was “to eliminate the friendship between officials, eat and eat with the soldiers and craftsmen, and have experience in exploration, ramming earth, materials, military discipline, and garrisoning grain. Although he dare not be omniscient, he is not considered an outsider. He can finally command himself, be confident and not miss major issues.”
Li Gongde suddenly continued cunningly, “Prince, all expenses are not saved in Qingliangshan at the celebration banquet tonight!”
Yan Wenluan, the old infantry commander who had never talked to Li Gongde in his life, responded for the first time: “Mr. Li is not an exaggeration to fight Qiufeng this time.”
Xu Fengnian pointed to the Beiliang Road Transportation Commander beside him, and laughed: “Our shopkeeper in charge of money is here. He is now more effective than me.”
Xu Beizhi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and smiled, “Okay, I originally intercepted a box, which probably contained two calligraphy and paintings by Sui Ying, a green Buddha handed inkstone made by the old Emperor of Southern Tang, and a ‘Wang Wu’ jade seal from the late Qin Dynasty, scattered fifteen or sixteen pieces, and it is not difficult to sell it for five or six thousand taels of silver. After the celebration banquet, you will first move some from Lord Song of Qingliang Mountain. When I sell this box, I should be able to fill the hole soon, and I will have some surplus. Then I will hand it over to Lord Li.”