Chapter 5 Li Chengdong's Heart

The same time, different places, but showing different looks.

Next to the iron furnace in Foshan, countless strong men were naked, and under the command of Xian Zijing, they adjusted again and again, wanting to smelt steel directly from the furnace.

But in Shandong, under the cold wind, snow is everywhere, looking down from the sky, a large area of white, the sky is cold and moving, the road can not be walked, even the Yellow River is frozen, covered by snow, it seems that there is a big hand, gently wiped on the ground, the traces of the Yellow River are covered in the past.

Among the former military camps, although there is some joy at the time of the New Year's Festival. Gao Jie ordered that each soldier should be given wine and meat, although there was not much wine and even less meat. But for these soldiers who fought in the cold winter, it was already a good consolation.

Even the military discipline of the battalion was a little lax.

However, the most basic defenses are still there.

At this moment, Gao Jie invited the generals in the big tent, and such a cold weather, coupled with heavy snowfall, almost all military operations were stopped.

The generals of all departments were called over by Gao Jie to celebrate together.

"The last general wishes the prince to break the Qing army in the coming year, step on Youyan, and be the first hero of the imperial court." Li Benshen got up and said.

After Li Benshen got up, all the generals behind him also stood up to toast.

Gao Jie laughed and said, "Okay." Then he drank the wine glass in his hand.

This time in the Northern Expedition, the former army led by Gao Jie was not only Gao Jie's old department, but also many forbidden troops added by Luo Yulong. Fighting all the way, no matter how strong the Qing army's wall is, it can't resist the Great Xia cannon, and it can be said that the road went smoothly. No surprises.

Gao Jie thought that after he handed over the military power, he would only be able to live in Nanjing in the future, but he didn't want to have this opportunity now. Although the commander of the army is Luo Yulong's, he fights all the tough battles, and this sense of accomplishment is something he never thought of before.

Gao Jie drank three glasses with the people below him, and after telling him not to get drunk, he didn't care.

On a whim, Gao Jie stepped on the snow with a big tent, the snow squeaked, and he unconsciously went up to a watchtower. Above the watchtower, the wind was tighter, and the red flags above couldn't stop crackling. made Gao Jie feel cold, a little drunk, and he didn't know where he had disappeared.

Gao Jie looked at the past from afar, the heaven and the earth were white, only the shades were different, but there was no other difference, his eyes were far away, connected with the sky, and it seemed that he could not see clearly where the sky was and where the earth was.

Gao Jie's gaze slowly retracted, but he saw smoke rising into the sky, above the pale background, it seemed to be looming, and it was not real.

The weather is so cold that if you don't have enough firewood for heating, you're going to freeze to death.

As a result, almost every tent has a brazier in it

That's how this smoke comes out. Look at the camp below, horizontal and vertical, and the roads between the tents, dividing the camp into squares.

It looks like these roads are a little bit more. But these roads are used for emergency build-ups.

Once attacked. The soldiers below have plenty of room to attack or retreat, and even if they are set on fire, there is enough barrier.

However, Gao Jie's eyes were focused on the group in the distance. It seems that he is an invincible general, and now the generals of all departments are drinking in the big tent, Gao Jie can't help asking: "Who is that?" ”

"Lord Wang, you forgot, that's General Li Chengdong Li." Said the person next to him.

Gao Jie patted his head and said, "I forgot everything, send someone to deliver the message and ask him to come over." ”

"Yes." Gao Jie's personal soldiers immediately agreed to come down, and one of them went down to give the order.

This is a war after all. Even if it is the New Year's Day, it is impossible for Gao Jie to pull all the generals over to drink, although Gao Jie does not allow them to get drunk, but those drunkards in the army can really be so obedient, they see the wine, and they don't even want their lives.

Therefore, Gao Jie left one person in charge of the whole army's vigilance, or strategic duty.

This person is Li Chengdong.

After a while, Li Chengdong came, he went up to the war tower and said, "Meet the prince." ”

Gao Jie said: "Huzi, I've worked hard for you today." ”

Huzi is Li Chengdong's nickname.

Li Chengdong said: "What kind of hard work is it to work for the prince? ”

"It's for the imperial court." Gao Jie said: "Today's matter, where is it for me Gao himself." ”

"Yes." Li Chengdong said: "The subordinates know that they are wrong. ”

"Huzi." Gao Jie said: "What you did in Xuzhou is also known above, but Your Majesty is magnanimous and does not pursue it." I took this responsibility for you, but now you and I are both working in the imperial court, after all, it is not as good as it was at the beginning. ”

"You have to work hard and strive to make a merit or two. Only in the future can there be a future, otherwise I want to carry you in the future, but I can't. ”

Gao Jie kicked away the large-scale return in advance. Li Chengdong's participation in it is naturally not a secret.

It's just that Gao Jie didn't know to what extent Li Chengdong was involved, at the time of the war, in order to appease the army, Luo Yulong naturally took care of everything and wrote it off. Of course, whether or not he will settle accounts after the autumn depends on Li Chengdong's exploits in this battle.

If he can fight, Luo Yulong doesn't care if he is greedy for money or not, but if he can't fight. Even if Gao Jie is given a face, Li Chengdong's future will stop there.

Li Chengdong can also figure out this. But now he has a new choice.

Li Chengdong had a hint of evasion in his eyes, and said: "My subordinates thank you for the help of the prince, and they will definitely be able to do things for the imperial court." Make new contributions. ”

Gao Jie does not doubt that he has him, and Li Chengdong is the old man who follows him after all. chatted with Li Chengdong about the old things of the year, and let Li Chengdong go back. Li Chengdong took his cronies to inspect the camp again.

"Father-in-law." Li Yuanyin whispered beside Li Chengdong: "But this matter leaked? ”

"Nope." Li Chengdong said: "You just relax." ”

Li Yuanyin's surname is Jia, Li Chengdong's righteous son, in the troubled times, such as Li Yuanyin's righteous son, there is never a few, Li Yuanyin's original family background is not bad, at least he has read, so he is relied on by Li Chengdong.

Li Yuanyin looked at Li Chengdong's face, guessed in his heart, and said: "Father-in-law remembers the kindness of the prince, wait a while, and leave the life of the prince and the princess, but now we must not send it, otherwise our head will definitely not be guaranteed." ”

Li Chengdong gritted his teeth and said, "I know." ”

The relationship between Li Chengdong and the Qing army is by no means as simple as simple smuggling, and he has long been unable to give up, even if he goes to confess to Luo Yulong, it is estimated that he will not be trusted in the future, and at most he will only be an idle post. A husband can't be without power for a day, how can Li Chengdong be willing?

And as far as Li Chengdong himself is concerned, he has some feelings for Gao Jie, and a little bit of reluctance to betray Gao Jie, but he doesn't have too many feelings for the Great Xia court. There is almost no feeling for betraying Great Xia.

He first served as a rebel army, then surrendered to the official army, and then from the official army, surrendered to the Xia army, and so on three times. It is simply impossible to make them die loyal to the imperial court.

And there are many people like Li Chengdong in the Xia army.

The most difficult thing in the world is to change people's hearts. These people have stood out from the troubled times and have long left traces on their personalities. Li Chengdong is just one of the representatives.

Since Li Chengdong has made up his mind, he just said sorry to Gao Jie in his heart, and he still has to do what he should do.

In winter, it gets dark early. It seems that before you know it, the sky is slowly darkening, and the snow is brightening, as if there is a cover of these heavy snow, even in the dark night, there is a milky white aura. Visibility is not too low.

Li Chengdong also summoned the generals under his command.

Li Chengdong does not have many subordinates, but about 10,000 or 20,000 people. Most of them are Xuzhou town guards, but at the moment all of them are not in Xuzhou, and Xuzhou has been taken over by the forbidden army. The officers below were not without resentment about this.

Everyone is in Xuzhou and works hard to make money. The first thing is not to think about whether they have made a mistake, but to think that the court has treated them badly. This is the so-called Dou Mien, Shengmi Hatred.