"General, what do you say?"
Wang Erlang lowered his head and kicked stones while thinking about how to speak. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "You led your brothers to a complete victory in this battle, but I can't ask the court for credit on your behalf."
This war is between the Chamber of Commerce Guards and Xixia, and has nothing to do with the Song Dynasty. Moreover, a small deputy commander does not have the right to recruit troops. Forming an armed army privately will be punished as a crime of rebellion, not to mention that the Chamber of Commerce is doing business to support the enemy. It was too late for Wang Zhi to cover up the matter, so how could he dare to poke it up.
Therefore, this battle can only be regarded as an internal dispute in Xixia at most, and there is no way to show merit.
Of course Yue Fei knew the cause and effect of this battle. He smiled and said, "That's what the general said."
"If Xixia is not peaceful, why show merit? If Xixia is peaceful, no one can turn a blind eye."
"General, why should we be trapped in the outcome of a battle? Didn't you say that you would lead us to pacify Xixia?"
"Don't you have confidence?"
"Hahaha..." Wang Zhi laughed when he heard the words, and hugged Yue Fei, "Junior brother is right, I am the one who got the prime minister. When Xixia is pacified, if the high officials in the court don't give an explanation, we will declare ourselves king and make them angry to death. ,Ha ha……"
"Captain, captain, you are here." The red-faced Wang Fei trotted over and said, "Brothers are waiting for you to start the banquet."
After Wang Fei finished speaking, he noticed that there was another person beside him, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Zhi is here too."
What, have I become an accessory?
Wang Zhilei was angry, but at least he won the battle and it was not easy to scold him, so he sat down together at the table with a dark face.
With the arrival of Wang Zhi and Yue Fei, the celebration banquet officially began.
They are all big men, and when they drink, each of them is louder than the other, and there is nothing better than bragging about their victory.
"Let me tell you, you were luring the enemy, and it was a pity that you didn't see the captain show off his power. Five hundred steps, five hundred steps, the captain shot over with an arrow, hitting the enemy's leader in the face. He was instantly Just fall off the horse.”
"Where it stops at five hundred steps, there is a whole small valley across it. I looked at seven or eight hundred steps, and the enemy might not even think about where this arrow came from."
"Isn't that right? A whole army of 50,000 people was rushed by our brothers on horseback, and everything was in chaos in an instant. Even if we were asked to raise our swords, they themselves would bump into each other and trample on them. We were all frightened. I didn’t dare to rush in, so I just retreated.”
"There is also the 50,000 enemy camp in Weizhou. The tents are so densely packed that you can't even see the side. The captain led us directly to rush in. It's ridiculous that the enemy troops are still dreaming, and they were cut down by us. Get the vegetable melon and burn it all with a fire."
"I'm just saying that the thief will not live long. His face was shot to pieces by the captain. It's weird that he survived. Look, he's gone in just two days..."
The more people around him talked about it, the more Wang Erlang felt heartbroken. He couldn't control his leg and someone pulled it back.
It's fine now, the limelight belongs to junior brother alone.
Wang Erlang drank the wine and swore secretly that if there was another war in the future, no one would stop him. He had to chop two melons.
After eating and drinking, Wang Erlang took Yue Fei away. This guy didn't drink wine anyway, so he was quite an eyesore on this occasion.
Two young men sitting on the sentry tower were accompanied by the summer wind and the chirping of cicadas, talking about breaking the country. The days became calmer after this day.
After this battle, Xixia could no longer organize an army to attack Pingxia City. Instead, the reputation of the Xixia Chamber of Commerce was completely spread among the lower class people, and it was unanimously supported by the whole country except the Tuoba Li family.
As the Xixia royal family, the Tuoba Li family, apart from organizing several assassinations of Wang Zhi to no avail, did not take any action. They allowed the Chamber of Commerce to develop and grow. It seemed that they were accepting their fate, but Wang Zhi knew that anyone could accept their fate, but they would not. , because that is his Li family’s country.
Until one day, Xi Fenghuai, a veteran member of the Xixia Chamber of Commerce and the representative signatory of the Dangxiang Xi Feng clan, found Wang Zhi, "President, I... I have been feeling unwell recently and want to go back to my hometown to rest for a while. Can other members of my clan be responsible for Feng's affairs in the Chamber of Commerce?"
Wang Zhi saw that his face was pale and he didn't seem to be pretending, so he expressed concern for a few words, and then asked: "Then who do you want in the clan to replace you?"
Xifeng Huai murmured: "It is my clan leader who will handle the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce on my behalf."
Wang Zhi asked: "Is that the one who supported the Xixia Emperor in attacking Pingxia City three months ago in the Xixia court?"
"Ah, no no..." Xifeng Huaihuai quickly waved his hand and said: "At that time, the trend in the court was to regain Pingxia City. Our clan leader was also helpless. He only expressed his support on the surface, but in fact he did not ask for troops to be sent after returning to the clan. Please wait. Long understand.”
Wang Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, I understand. When will the noble chief come to the Chamber of Commerce to re-sign the contract and replace you as the spokesperson of the Xifeng clan?"
"Can you see it in three days?"
Seeing Wang Zhi nodding, Xi Fenghuai stood up and said, "Okay, I'll send someone back to the clan to ask the clan leader to come over."
Wang Zhi stood up and said goodbye: "Well, since you are feeling ill, you should go back and rest early. There is still some Xuezhi shipped from the Western Regions in the Chamber of Commerce. I will have someone deliver it to you later."
Xifeng Huai bowed his head in thanks and did not look into Wang Zhi's eyes again. His fat body seemed to have become rickety at this moment, and he was helped away tremblingly.
"The pears in the backyard are ripe. I just picked two. Now, you can try them too."
Wei Guozhong came from the side and threw a pear to Wang Erlang.
At this time, he is no longer the mud he was before. What he has eaten is no longer lost, but has filled the vacancies on his face and body. Looking at him, he is only in his prime of life in his mid-twenties, and his face is still a little pale. Wang Erlang is three points more handsome than his human appearance.
Wang Erlang was amazed. No wonder those women rushed to cling to him. Originally, he thought he had to do this because of his mission, but now it seems that they were all voluntary.
This is the Huaide Military Government Office located in Pingxia City. After Wang Erlang was assassinated in the Chamber of Commerce, he moved to the Government Office to live with Wei Guozhong, because there are few adults here and it is easy to protect.
Wang Zhi took it and took a bite, juice overflowing from the corner of his mouth, "Yeah, sure, sweet!"
"That's right, can the pears you grow yourself not be sweet?"
Wei Guozhong also took a bite and said, "It's just a pity that some thief stole most of the pears I worked so hard to grow before I even ate a few of them."
"I think in two days, the trees will be plowed down by me."
"If your pears are stolen, it's because of improper care and lax punishment. If the pears I planted were stolen..." Wang Erlang took a hard bite of the pear, and a fierce light suddenly appeared in his eyes, "I know how to kill people, kill people." If one is not enough, kill ten; if ten are not enough, kill hundreds, thousands, thousands, until no one dares to covet you anymore.”
"Haha...Okay, I'll just sit back and watch you kill people,"
Wei Guozhong lay on his old man's chair and tasted a few pears. After a few bites, he felt that the taste seemed to be missing, so he tried to ask: "Um, brother, do you think we, the old men, live in such a big government office?" A little empty?"
"Yeah?"
Wang Erlang asked in confusion: "Then do you want to move out?"
"Don't worry, no one is restricting your freedom now. You can go wherever you like."
"Uh...no..."
Wei Guozhong glanced left and right, thinking of what to say, "Even the two brothers Fugui are not young anymore. They run around for you all day long. You have to think about them. After all, they are not young anymore."
"Of course my parents will arrange their marriage. Why should I worry about it?"
"Besides marriage, there can be other things between men and women. You can arrange this."
"Oh? How to arrange it?"
"As for those women you asked Agui to send away before, they are quite good..."
"They have been organized into a dance troupe. There are banquets every day in the Chamber of Commerce. It is not possible without a fixed dance troupe."
"That's it..."
Wei Guozhong clicked his tongue and asked without giving up, "Does that mean you can't come back?"
Wang Erlang had nothing to say. He cried and begged to drive them away before, but now he wanted them back.
"Give up your stubbornness. Xia Shang supported them for you before. Now let them come back and you can support them."
"Don't look at me. It's not enough for me to raise you for nothing."
Finally, Wang Erlang dropped another heart-wrenching sentence, "I don't know how blessed I am when I am in the midst of blessings!"
Wei Guozhong felt bitter in his heart. He was a dignified military general, but within his own jurisdiction, he was reduced to the point where he needed to be supported by others. What a shame in the world!
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On the third day, Pingxia City was as peaceful as ever, but if you pay attention, you will find that there are some new faces on the city wall today.
There are also more young people in the city who look ordinary but have sharp eyes and exude evil aura. Those who know the business can recognize that they have the aura of those who have actually been on the battlefield and killed.
The government office seemed to be the same as usual, except that there were more servants.
"Junior brother, is it necessary?"
Wang Erlang looked helplessly at the young man behind him who had some stubble on his face.
Yue Fei pointed to one of his eyes that was obviously injured and had not yet healed. He said nothing, and his meaning was already obvious.
Wang Erlang was speechless. There was only apology in his eyes. Yue Fei's eye was injured by an arrow. Fortunately, it only scratched the eyelid and injured the brow bone, but not the eye. Otherwise, Wang Zhi wouldn't know how to face him. .
Because the arrow was originally aimed at his vest, but Yue Fei blocked it, and Yue Fei almost died on his behalf.
Since then, there has been no important matter. Wang Zhi will basically never leave the government office. Some matters in the Chamber of Commerce are also handled in the government office. In fact, like Wei Guozhong, he is under house arrest in the government office.
The difference is that Wei Guozhong was placed under house arrest by the Xixia people, while he was placed under house arrest by his own people.
At noon, soldiers came to report that Party Xiang Xifeng was here.
Ten miles outside the city, thousands of armored soldiers and horses opened the way, with a five-horse carriage in the middle. The carriage was bright red, with colorful satin curtains and rusty mythical beasts. The roof of the carriage was like an attic, with golden bells on the eaves. It was extremely luxurious.
The people of Pingxia City had never seen such a distinguished figure before. They gave way one after another. They didn't know the purpose of his visit. They just saw that the dress was the style of the royal family of Dangxiang.
When the car drove to the city, the soldiers guarding the city were not used to this group of people and directly scolded them to stop.
The two sides came forward to negotiate, but the soldiers guarding the city refused to give in. At most, only twenty people were allowed to enter the city with the carriage.
