Two hours ago......

Previously, Deng Ming claimed to Wu Sangui that he was Li Guoying's envoy, and was ordered to go to Jianchang to carry grain and grass to Chóngqìng. Deng Ming felt that this order should be reasonable, maybe Wu Sangui had similar thoughts. Indeed, Wu Sangui didn't even bother to ask about the details of Li Guoying's orders, because the disparity between the status of Wu Sangui and Deng Ming was too great, as a prince and the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, there was no need to bow down to everything, and he didn't plan to talk to a little Qianzong endlessly.

However, when Wu Sangui asked about the situation of the surrendered army he sent was ambushed by the Ming army, Deng Ming did not dare to fabricate it out of thin air. If the battle process is fabricated in front of Wu Sangui, the possibility of revealing the stuffing is very great, and once the suspicion of the other party is aroused, he may be carefully interrogated, and then Deng Ming will definitely not be able to pass the test.

So Deng Ming told the truth and recounted the process of his attack on the Qing army camp that day, but he stated it from the perspective of the attacked. On that day, Deng Ming led the guards to rush left and right in the Qing army camp, and he knew the deployment of the Qing army camp very well, and he told Wu Sangui all the truth.

Deng Ming felt that this was very safe, but Zhao Liangdong felt extraordinary when he heard it. Under normal circumstances, when a person is attacked, he or she will become very panicked, confused, and have difficulty calmly observing the surrounding situation. Deng Ming was different from the defeated soldiers that Zhao Liangdong had seen before, he did not use such general descriptions as "there are many enemies", "there are enemy troops everywhere", and "there are fires everywhere", but mentioned the direction of the enemy cavalry impact, the spread of the fire, and also mentioned the evil consequences caused by the chaos of friendly forces.

Gradually, Zhao Liangdong changed from half-heartedly ignoring to becoming more focused, and this Bao Ning Qian's calm and calm expression, as well as his methodical statement, attracted Zhao Liangdong's attention - many of his subordinates may be very brave on the battlefield because they are illiterate, but when they speak, they appear rude, reckless, and simple-minded, and even if they win a battle, they will not summarize it well, let alone lose a battle. Of course, Zhao Liangdong also has some good generals under him, but they grew up in the military since childhood, and the content of life is inseparable from the feudal army.

At this time, Zhao Liangdong heard Wu Sangui ask the young officer again: "You think about it now, how many enemy troops were there at that time, why did they keep clashing in the camp like this?" ”

Zhao Liangdong knew that Wu Sangui was considering Deng Ming's talent, for a small Qianzong, the difficulty of this question was obviously too high, and even ordinary generals might not be able to answer it well, for example, the guerrilla sent by Wu Sangui to Dongchuan obviously handed over a terrible answer sheet. Zhao Liangdong waited for the answer of Mr. Baoning Qian without saying a word, and after listening to his description just now, Zhao Liangdong had already guessed the story of this battle.

"There must be no more than 100 people!" Deng Ming replied categorically, at this time he did not realize that he had shown courage, composure and expressive ability that did not match his official rank, and he still stated the truth from a different angle according to the idea of "a hundred falsehoods are better than one truth": "As for the repeated clashes of the enemy cavalry in the battalion, it is obviously a strategy of suspicion and attacking the heart. ”

Deng Ming also mentioned that before the Ming army launched the attack, a Jianchang officer came to meet the guerrillas -- still telling the truth from a different angle. Faced with a famous figure like Wu Sangui, Deng Ming felt that the narrative needed to be as truthful as possible, so as not to be suspicious of the other party: "Afterwards, I went back to my camp to eat, so I survived." This person may have come to reconnoiter the location of the military tent in particular, and the enemy army took the risk of coming to reconnoiter in advance because of the lack of numbers, so as to ensure that the surprise attack could be successful in one blow. ”

"Good!" Zhao Liangdong praised: "That's a good point! ”

Deng Ming left an impression on Zhao Liangdong that he could not analyze the enemy's actions and intentions more clearly - of course not, because Deng Ming was the enemy, and he naturally knew his actions and goals very clearly.

"Haha," Wu Sangui on the main seat said with a smile, and then instructed left and right: "Take pen, ink and paper." ”

After the guards brought the things that Wu Sangui wanted, the king of Pingxi instructed Deng Mingdao: "Draw the general appearance of your camp that day, and show me it." ”

Zhao Liangdong saw that Wu Sangui admired this Baoning Qian Zong very much, no one would ask a Qian Zong to have the ability to draw a brief map, the officers of this class only need to obey the order to go into battle and cut people, many generals who rely on martial arts and courage are all a mess, and it is no problem to follow the Shangfeng march to fight, but let him camp alone and set up the formation, it will be a mess.

Deng Ming did not use the pen and ink given by Wu Sangui, but took out the charcoal in his arms, and answered Wu Sangui's question seriously for fear of revealing the filling. On that day, he carefully reconnoitred in the camp of the Qing army in advance, and repeatedly clashed many times back and forth, and remembered the deployment of the camp very clearly, and soon a map was drawn. After thinking about it, Deng Ming added a few more markups, explaining that it was his own speculation about the Ming army's attack route - of course, it was also his real attack route that day.

The guards took the map drawn by Deng Ming and handed it to Wu Sangui, who was high in the sky, and King Pingxi took the map and looked at it, and then motioned for the guards to pass it on to the generals. After Zhao Liangdong took it in his hand, he looked at it carefully, and he couldn't imagine that this young man not only drew maps well but could also write, and finally sighed and asked the guard to pass it on to the next person.

"You really should find a subordinate like Mr. Li Qian." After all the generals finished reading, Wu Sangui said: "If Li Ming, the president of Qian, was presiding over that day, there would never be such a failure." ”

Wu Sangui felt that this person was good, and he had the idea of loving talents, he didn't care about such a small soldier, but if there was one more person, maybe he could use it that day. But Zhao Liangdong suddenly said loudly: "Dashuai is right! The last general has been suffering from the lack of a few capable subordinates, and he really wants this Li Ming to be used in front of the last general. ”

Zhao Liangdong's subordinates are not as talented as Wu Sangui, relatively speaking, his love for talents is stronger, Zhao Liangdong smiled at Deng Ming: "Li Ming, you have no future in Sichuan, this general will not command the army to conquer the puppet Jun Yongli, you just follow me and make some contributions." ”

King Pingxi smiled, although Li Guoying used to be his subordinate, but now he is closer to Zhao Liangdong, so he only heard him say: "Li Ming, your luck is good, General Zhao looks up to you." ”

"This ......," Deng Ming complained again and again in his heart. When Wu Sangui showed the map he drew to everyone just now, he guessed that Wu Sangui probably felt that he had drawn it well, which was not a good thing, he should leave Kunming in a low-key manner and without revealing any flaws, if he was accepted by Zhao Liangdong as a subordinate, he would not be able to slip away, and sooner or later his identity would be exposed by the Dongchuan military situation.

Wu Sangui thought that Deng Ming was worried about Li Guoying's reaction, so he took care of it and said: "Then the marshal will be in charge, Li Ming will give you two days of vacation, and report to General Zhao the day after tomorrow, as for the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the marshal will repair a letter and explain it to him clearly." ”

At this point, Deng Ming couldn't think about it, so he could only thank Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong. Fortunately, Wu Sangui said that he would give him a two-day holiday, and he planned to pretend to go outside the city tomorrow, and then flee Kunming without looking back. Thinking of this, Deng Ming's heart moved, so he asked Zhao Liangdong for a waist card, and Zhao Liangdong said nonchalantly: "You use the current one first, and when you report the day after tomorrow, it will not be too late for you." ”

At this time, Wu Sangui asked Deng Mingdao: "Li Ming, why do you have a pen in your arms?" What kind of pen is that? ”

Deng Ming hurriedly replied: "I like Danqing, but it is not easy to use ink in the field, so I made this charcoal, usually in my arms, and draw a stroke when I encounter landscape characters." ”

Saying that, Deng Ming presented the charcoal, Wu Sangui looked at it and returned it to him, and said with a smile: "I heard that General Han Fei likes Danqing, and Li Ming should work hard." ”

"Obey the order, and the humble post must not forget the teachings of the marshal, and take General Zhang as a model."

Calm and calm, as well as knowledgeable and courageous, he knows that Danqing has even read books, and as soon as he mentions General Han Fei, the other party immediately knows that it is Zhang Fei's self-proclaimed...... Wu Sangui felt that Zhao Liangdong was a little unpleasant and took away a talent in front of him.

After Deng Ming caught Wu Sangui's trace of displeasure, he didn't know that he was going to Zhao Liangdong, and he was worried that he had a meaning to point to himself - Deng Ming was malicious when he replied just now: Zhang Fei's ambition was to revive the Han Dynasty, and Deng Ming claimed to want Zhang Fei as a model, which seemed to echo Wu Sangui, but he was ridiculing Wu Sangui in his heart.

Deng Ming was worried that Wu Sangui would hear his voice, so he hurriedly said pleasantly: "Dare to ask for a painting for the handsome." ”

"It's too much trouble." Wu Sangui waved his hand and refused, knowing that he had to sit upright in his chair and remain motionless when painting.

Deng Ming explained that his painting technique was different, and that Deng Ming could also paint when Wu Sangui was talking and laughing with other generals.

Deng Ming asked Wu Sangui's guards for a piece of paper, took a rectangular tray and turned it over to make a liner, held the liner and paper in his left hand, held a charcoal in his right hand, and drew it while standing on the side of Wu Sangui's dining table. Wu Sangui and the generals drank and laughed, and no longer paid attention to the nobodies on the side. The civil and military officials scattered on the various tables took turns to toast Wu Sangui, scrambling to flatter and flatter, and Deng Ming turned a deaf ear to the people walking in front of him, skillfully and quickly sketched with a brush, and buried his head in his own painting. The teacher has repeatedly said in class that the main purpose of drawing a character is to draw feelings and impressions, and to draw the temperament and appearance of the character, compared with which it is not very similar to the facial features of the character is secondary. In order to cater to Wu Sangui's psychology, Deng Ming not only had to draw his heroic temperament, but also carefully depicted his facial features. The portraits of traditional princes and generals are like a full moon, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and a fat and rich appearance, while Deng Ming is completely realistic.

"It's so well drawn."

Hearing the voice of a person next to him, Deng Ming turned his head, only to find that several generals' personal guards were gathered behind him, looking at his portrait. Just now it was a guard who couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and the onlookers all started talking.

Deng Ming, who was taken aback, looked at the painting in his hand, and felt cold sweat seeping out of his forehead, originally he just wanted to slap Wu Sangui, but unconsciously overdid it again.

The noise caught the attention of King Pingxi, and he cast his gaze: "Can you draw it?" ”

"I feel that only using charcoal is not enough to show the majesty of the handsome, so it is best to collect some special soil and stones and make some Yan sè." Deng Ming replied that he wanted to find an excuse for himself to go out of the city.

"Bring it." Wu Sangui asked the guards to take away the painting in Deng Ming's hand, and then passed it on to the generals again. Everyone was surprised by this strange brushwork, whether they could understand it or not, they praised the hero of Wu Sangui on the portrait, not so much to praise the painting skills, but to praise Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui laughed when he heard this, pointed at Deng Ming and asked, "What reward do you want?" ”

Deng Mingxin said that he came to Kunming and ran such a long way, and he was worried all the way, if he didn't take something from Wu Sangui, it would be too cheap for this old thief.

Immediately, Deng Ming pleaded: "As a martial artist, if the armor is not strong, it will be difficult to protect your life, and if the sword is not good, it will be difficult to achieve your achievements. ”

The armor of Deng Minghe and his guards is indeed not very good, and there are not many armors in the style of the Qing army in Wen Anzhi, and most of them are of poor quality, and I can't pick out a few decent ones. If it weren't for the poor quality of the armor, Liu Jinge might not have been injured when he was in Dongchuan Mansion.

"This matter is easy," In the midst of flattery, Wu Sangui, who was in a happy mood, wanted to agree to Deng Ming's request, but after glancing at Zhao Liangdong, Wu Sangui changed his mind again: "You are General Zhao's subordinate, you can't ask for everything from me, right?" You can only ask for a sword or a sword. ”

"That'...... The lowly wants to ask for a treasure armor. ”

"Okay." Wu Sangui agreed: "Ming, you can go to the arsenal and pick one yourself." ”

"There are seventeen of his subordinates, and they don't even have cotton armor." Deng Ming opened his mouth, his entourage can be said to be a pro-Ding, naturally he wants to follow him to Yunnan, taking advantage of Wu Sangui's good mood and a little bit of alcohol, Deng Ming continued to beg.

"Okay, you can pick it up for your subordinates, but you can't take all the iron armor, you can only take one set yourself." Wu Sangui didn't seem to be drunk yet.

Deng Ming thanked him again and asked Zhao Liangdong if he could go to get the armor immediately, because he had never had an iron armor, so his heart was itching. Zhao Liangdong also laughed when he heard this, so he told Wu Sangui, these two people are now drunk for seven or eight points, and they don't think deeply about doing things, Wu Sangui called a personal guard and asked him to take the arrow and take Deng Ming to get the iron armor.

After leaving the Pingxi Palace, Deng Ming looked up at the stars in the sky, and before he knew it, an hour had passed, and he thought to himself: "I know that I am going to run away in the morning, how can I pick up armor again?" It's better to get your hands on it immediately and leave quickly. ”

After Deng Ming left, Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong invariably had the same question in their hearts, with the talent that this Baoning Qian always showed in this hour, how could he be buried by Li Guoying? Zhao Liangdong planned to call Deng Ming for a good interrogation; And Wu Sangui and Li Guoying have been together for some time, the latter has been his subordinate for several years, in Wu Sangui's opinion, since Li Guoying does not promote Deng Ming, there must be some special reason. Wu Sangui also buried his doubts in his heart, and planned to say it again - he had already paid too much attention to this little soldier today, and he had already neglected his generals a little.

The guard who walked with Deng Ming this time was not the one who brought him to Kunming, and after leaving the hall, Deng Ming said a lot of flattering words to this guard, and the other party also replied more politely. Just now, this guard stood at the door of the hall and saw Deng Ming's cousin, and according to his observation, Wu Sangui and Zhao Liangdong still admired this Baoning Qianzong very much.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one left and right, Deng Ming took out the silver on his body and gave it to the guard: "It's hard work, you have to accompany me so late." ”

"Well said, well said." This guard shirked a few times and failed to get rid of it, so he put away the silver, thinking that if Deng Ming took a good knife and a good sword in his hand for a while, he would not have seen it - that is, the gift given by Deng Ming was a bit heavy, and this guard weighed it in his heart, and felt that a good knife was not worth so much silver.

After walking for a while, the guards realized that they were only talking and taking the wrong road, and suddenly reined in the horse: "Mr. Li Qian, let's go to the arsenal, it's not this way." ”

"Yes, didn't you go back to your lowly place first?" Deng Ming replied: "Just now, the handsome man also promised me seventeen cotton armors, and I can't take it back alone." ”

"This ...... Will the honorable armor be taken away with us tonight? The guards were stunned when they heard this.

"yes." Deng Ming saw that there was hesitation on the face of this Wu Sangui's personal guard, so he retreated into advance: "Or, you go back to the palace and ask the marshal." ”

Of course, this kind of trivial matter will not go back to alarm Wu Sangui, he has already taken Deng Ming's silver, and he can't oppose it with a straight face, and the other party will be Zhao Liangdong's future subordinates, and there may be a lot of dealings in the future. So I had to follow Deng Ming to the military station first. However, at this time, Qin Wei was already very dissatisfied in his heart, he felt as if he was being used, and the time was very late, he must be selfless for a while, and he couldn't let this kid take advantage of him - it was also because he felt that the silver given by Deng Ming was a little small, and it was too ignorant to want to do so many things by himself for such a little silver, or to be stingy.

When the guards were waiting for Deng Ming outside the military station with some anger, a group of enthusiastic people rushed out from inside, led by Zhou Kaihuang, who took the lead in rushing over and shouting Jiuyang, and then said a lot of good things with a smile. Compared with Zhou Kaihuang, Li Xinghan is a little clumsy, but he also gathered around with others to compliment this pro-guard for his ability, and he became the pro-guard of the county king at a young age, and his future is limitless.

Being constantly praised by more than a dozen people around him, the original unhappiness of the guards gradually faded, and at this time Deng Ming also came out, and he took a lot of silver out of his luggage. The last bit of dissatisfaction of the guards also dissipated, it seems that it is not that Deng Ming is ignorant, it is indeed that he did not bring enough money just now.

On the way from the military station to the arsenal, Deng Ming and the guards kept touting, and the guards didn't even have a chance to say a few words of modesty, and they were filled with a full stomach of ** soup. After the guards of the arsenal verified the waist card and the arrow, the guard was already thinking: As long as Deng Ming and they don't go too far, the iron armor will take a little more two-collared and three-collared ones, and just pretend not to see it.