In late autumn, take a hot soup bath with a comfortable body, fade away from the dust, change into a dress and silk armor, shave his face, and trim his beard, Zeng Yuanyu is actually an elegant man in his early forties, full of mature charm.

Facing a large glass mirror three feet long and one or two wide with gold wire trim and gemstones carefully carried by the two maids, he looked at himself who was reflected in the mirror, although his skin was rougher, his face was darker, and he was thinner, but his spirit was still good.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Zeng Yuanyu was slightly distracted.

Thinking that he was also the son of a family that walked the horse and Feiying, there were many girls on the Fengyue field who were jealous of him. Horseback riding and archery, flying eagles and lackeys, hunting and batting, cockfighting and goose betting, Go calligraphy and painting, are also proficient in everything. At that time, I was so chic, and in a blink of an eye, I was already middle-aged. Although he has a good family background, he can only stop at a noble but powerless left scattered cavalry attendant, except for putting on armor every day and following the young emperor to play ball and fight geese, it seems that there is nothing else.

At the beginning, he also talked about the army on paper and pointed out the country, but in the end, he could only be an emperor's attendant.

This time he was swept out of Beijing by Tian Lingzi, in fact, he was faintly happy in his heart, and even ignited the fighting spirit that had been extinguished for many years. Finally with 5,000 elite soldiers in hand, he wanted to sweep away the grass thieves and make a contribution.

He could walk from Chang'an to Songzhou, and he walked for many months. Five thousand men and horses ran out of food several times, and had to borrow grain from the local government, and when they arrived in Songzhou, the daylily was also cold, and the young Duke of Qi and Li Jing, the marshal of the Zhenguo Army, bloomed again. Two wars. More than 100,000 thieves were killed. Even the eunuchs Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong. also led the soldiers and horses of the six towns to break the 160,000 army of Huangchao, and the thieves he killed fell into the water. Even Song Wei, who has always been considered to be incorruptible and old, is also silent, and he is amazing, and he completely defeated the grass thief and Wang Wei in a battle.

He was the only one who came all the way, but he didn't even see a single grass thief, and the war was over.

The flame of passion in my heart was extinguished again. I thought that I could only go back to Chang'an and be a chamberlain for the emperor, but who would have expected that Tian Lingzi would let him continue to go to Ziqing, and sent a secret envoy to let him obey the orders of the defeated general Li Department.

Zeng Yuanyu and Li are old acquaintances, in Chang'an City, back then, Zeng Yuanyu and Zhang Zimian, the three brothers of the Li family, as well as Gao Biao, Zhou Bao, Song Wei, etc., were all old acquaintances. However, Song Wei, Gao Biao and others are more than ten years older than them, while he is about the same age as Zhang Zimian, Li Xian, Li Zhuo, Li Jun and others, and they are very good friends. At that time, he was young and frivolous. Talking on paper, pointing out the country. He and Li are the two strongest, and they fight for days and nights without results.

The three brothers of the Li family have long served as the commanders of each town, but they are only the emperor's attendants.

In the blink of an eye, Li Jun died in battle, Li was a soldier in Yanzhou, Li Zhuo is now the envoy of the Heyang Festival, and he has the title of envoy, but he wants to give the command of the guy who can't even beat the grass thief.

The two maids stepped forward to gently comb his hair in a bun, and Zeng Yuanyu suddenly came back to his senses from his reverie.

He looked at the glass mirror again, and it was much more precious than the bronze mirror. I heard that not long ago, countless large businessmen in Dengzhou gathered to participate in an auction of Li Jing, and as a result, a mirror higher than this one was auctioned for millions of dollars. This glass mirror is naturally expensive. Not to mention millions, at least 100,200,000.

Zeng Yuanyu is not short of money, and the Zeng family is also a big family. But in addition to this mirror, Li Jing also sent several sets of glass products, each of which was expensive.

He knew what Li Jing meant, and Li Jing wanted this forbidden army. Although Li Jing has an invincible reputation, Li Jing's army has expanded rapidly, and in two years, it has expanded from a united army to the current 100,000 Zhenguo army. Although this Zhenguo army has not yet paid for its defeats, it all relies on Li Jing's strategic command. The Zhenguo Army needs more experienced veterans, especially the Forbidden Army under his command.

Li Jing not only gave him glass utensils worth hundreds of thousands, but also received a reward of 5,000 yuan per person for the 5,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and two new military uniforms for each person. Red shirt with missing hips, back, swivel jacket, white mid-top, underwear, and shoes and socks. In addition to cloth boots, ordinary soldiers were given a pair of short-top leather boots each, and officers even had a pair of long-cut military boots.

The 5,000 forbidden soldiers who had endured hardships along the way took a hot bath under Dengzhou City, changed into brand-new military robes, carried the reward money issued by Li Jing in their pockets, and ate the wine and meat sent by the Zhenguo Army.

The entire military camp was talking about Li Dashuai's generosity everywhere, and everyone was lamenting that he had finally been able to keep the clouds open and see the bright moon, although he had left the prosperous Chang'an, it was also a good thing to be able to join such a generous marshal.

Zeng Yuanyu knew that Li Jing only used a simple move to buy the military heart of 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Although Zeng Yuanyu couldn't help scolding the local tyrant in his heart, he still had a good impression of Li Jing in his heart. Li Jing is a person who really has the ability, capable people always look down on the incapable, Zeng Yuanyu looks down on the Li family in his heart, although every time he has a debate in the past, he can be on par with himself, and even often has the upper hand. But the Li family can only talk on paper, although Li Jun and Li Zhuo couldn't talk about them at the beginning, but the two fought without ambiguity. Although Li Jun died, it was because Li Keyong was also an extremely powerful general.

Heroes are sympathetic, Li Jing has the ability, let him admire, and Li Jing is also a person who doesn't like eunuchs, he knows that Li Jing and Tian Lingzi have always been at odds, which makes him even more favorable.

Since you can't go back, maybe it's a good choice to work with Li Jing, at least, this is a generous handsome. In recent years, countless feudal towns have mutinied, and there are two or three feudal towns mutinies every year, for what, isn't it just to make trouble with food and pay for money?

And the food and salary rewards of the Zhenguo army are almost higher than those of the forbidden army, which is a recognized fact in the world. While Li Jing's high salary, he did not rely on the exploitation of the people. On the contrary, he had heard countless rumors that Dengzhou and Liaodong had almost become the paradise that he had longed for countless times on his way from Songzhou to Qingzhou.

Li Jing was comforting the forbidden army who came from afar with a lot of wine and meat, and the camp was full of laughter.

In the big tent, the generals of the 5,000 Shence Army and the 3,000 light cavalry officers brought by Li Jing gathered in one tent to laugh and feast. Most of these officers of the forbidden army were people who were ostracized and depressed in the forbidden army. Except for a few high-ranking generals such as Zeng Yuanyu, who were born in families, most of the others were from the families of middle- and low-level officers in the forbidden army who had little status. Since leaving Chang'an, I have been accustomed to seeing all kinds of hot and cold worlds along the way, and now when I arrived in Qingzhou, I was immediately treated so well by Li Jing, and everyone felt flattered.

Li Jing looked at Zeng Yuanyu, who was clean and tidy and full of elegance, got up and raised his glass, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that General Zeng is very famous as a young man, and he knows everything about military books. Since childhood, he has studied the art of war, debated and talked about strategy, and no one can beat him. I heard that when I was a teenager, I had a debate with the famous general King Xiping, and it was difficult for General Zeng. Now that General Zeng has come, I believe that it is the time to show his strengths. ”

Zeng Yuanyu smiled faintly: "The handsome man has won the award, but at that time he was just young and frivolous, just talking about soldiers on paper, how can he know the real art of war and strategy." The Li family was still above me back then, but now he is vulnerable in front of the grass thief, and his position is just the same as the Li family, another Zhao Kuo. ”

When these words were spoken, all the generals present looked moved. Although Li was the general of the defeated army, he was also transferred by the imperial court to the Pinglu army marching Sima, and Zeng Yuanyu was returned to the Pinglu army, which was his boss. What's more, Tian Lingzi asked Zeng Yuanyu's subordinates to listen to the dispatch of the Li family, which was not too secret, and almost all the generals of the forbidden army present knew about it. And Li Jing is equally clear.

What does it mean for him to say these words in front of Li Jing at this time? Li Jing knew that Zeng Yuanyu was not the kind of villain who said bad things behind people's backs, so the meaning of these words was obvious, he was showing his posture to Li Jing and choosing to take sides.

Li Jing smiled and nodded to Zeng Yuanyu and accepted this position.

"Ben Shuai was ordered by the Son of Heaven to recover the land of Liaodong and Liaoxi, the old land of Andong, although he recovered southern Liaonan some time ago, he only had to recover a corner. Before, he was busy quelling the rebellion in the north and quelling the rebellion in Henan, but now, the commander has to report that the Goguryeo people in Liaozhong are gathering troops and horses to fight with the Khitans, and the war will soon be clear. The land of Liaodong was originally the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but now the two Hu tribes are fighting for our territory, which is completely ignoring our soldiers as nothing. Ben Shuai has already decided that he will march to Liaodong on the same day. Now that the eastward battalion has been formed, the commander plans to ask General Zeng to serve as the left vanguard of the battalion, and lead the headquarters of 5,000 soldiers and horses as the left forward. ”

Zeng Yuanyu was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that as soon as he expressed his intention to choose Li Jing's side, Li Jing immediately decided to appoint him as a pioneer officer.

He didn't think that Li Jing planned to let him fight the vanguard, so that he had any thoughts about killing people with a knife. Vanguard, this is the elite of the conquest army. As a vanguard general, it is often a brave general, and the vanguard troops are also served by the most elite soldiers and horses.

They were just newcomers, and he had never led troops to fight in the past, so Li Jing trusted him so much and let him be a pioneer. Although there should still be a right vanguard, Tang Guan respects the left, and he, the left vanguard, can be higher than the right vanguard.

In an instant, Zeng Yuanyu's heart stirred, and he finally had the opportunity to lead his troops to fight. And this is not to suppress thieves or counterinsurgency, but to fight with the Hu people and recapture the lost territory.

"Why, General Zeng is unwilling?" Li Jing asked with a slight smile.

"Nope." Zeng Yuanyu came back to his senses as soon as he clenched his fists and immediately made a decision, stood up, walked to the front of Li Jing's case in the tent, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists, and shouted: "The last general will take the order!" ”

"Good!" Li Jing happily stepped forward to help Zeng Yuanyu, "Your 5,000 soldiers and horses will form an army alone, and now you are specially awarded the Shenjie Army!" ”

After finally successfully taking the 5,000 forbidden army and Zeng Yuanyu into the account, Li Jing was in a good mood and drank three cups in a row! (To be continued......)