It is also raining in the Yellow River. It has been raining for many days. Although it is not heavy, it is raining non-stop. This makes Gao Jie very anxious. He is a rough man who does not have much poetry and is not sentimental. He feels that the rain is too annoying. It was so muddy everywhere that I couldn't go out of the city to have fun.
After the peace talks, Li Yan left three thousand soldiers and horses to garrison the Yellow River defense, that is, Puzhou and Hejin, and then returned to Beijing to report on his duties.
Later, Gao Jie received an order to take over the defense. He led his troops from Xuzhou for nearly a month before finally arriving in Puzhou and immediately took over the defense of the two cities. This was his first mission in more than half a year after he participated in the southward campaign to suppress Baiwang, and it was relatively He did not dare to be careless about important tasks and had to do everything personally. He ordered Sun Shoufa to garrison in Hejin while he took charge of Puzhou.
This is not the first time Gao Jie has come to Puzhou. The last time he and Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo pursued Li Zicheng from Hebei to here. In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. Li Zicheng, who was in the limelight at that time, was beaten into a cripple. The imperial court negotiated a peace, and Liu Zeqing must have turned into a pile of bones now.
It's so unpredictable.
Gao Jie was not a sentimental person, but he could not help but feel sad at this time. During his stay in Puzhou, he would go out of the city early in the morning and walk south along the Yellow River to the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, and then inspect military drills. In the evening, he would have a few drinks with several soldiers and subordinates.
The status of this private soldier is unusual.
He is from the Chang family.
Before Chang Yu's wedding, Chang Yanling brought six children of the Chang family to help him. Chang Yu then divided two of them to go to Anqing to find Huang Degong, two to Puzhou to find Li Yan, and then two to follow Gao Jie.
The two people who traveled day and night to find Li Yan arrived in Puzhou only more than a month earlier than Chang Yu. At that time, Li Yan was busy negotiating with Li Zicheng on important matters, and had no time to think about it, so he casually arranged to work under Gao Qi.
Gao Qizhi knew that the two of them were from the Chang family, so they could not be treated as ordinary pawns because they were both talented in literature and martial arts, so he left them behind as personal soldiers. However, peace talks were facilitated in a blink of an eye, and Li Yan wanted to return to Beijing, but he still left the two of them in Puzhou to practice, and then Gao Jie came over.
Okay, then let me practice with the four of them.
Gao Jie and Li Yan are different.
Li Yan felt that the disciples of the Chang family had been trained to be good at literature and martial arts. It would be a waste of resources to start as pawns, but in Gao Jie's eyes, screw your uncle's literary, Taoist and military strategies. You will have to serve as a soldier under me. I have been a pawn since I was a young pawn, so I can't serve you in the hall.
As a result, these four children of the Chang family were all pushed to the bottom floor to eat and sleep with ordinary soldiers. They had to patrol the defense line and stand guard.
Only at night, Gao Jie called a few of them to the yamen to chat and drink some wine. This was the only difference between them and ordinary soldiers. After all, not everyone could drink. Everyone can drink with Gao Jie.
But besides his four there are two special ones.
Yan Yingyuan and Chen Ming met.
That's right, the second of the three princes of Jiangyin.
On his way back to Beijing after wiping out Bai Wang, Chang Yu invited the three of them from Jiangyin to Yangzhou for a meeting and offered them a future. Feng Houdun chose to become an official and was recommended to a small county in Hebei as the magistrate. Yan Yingyuan and Chen Ming met. Choosing to join the army was recommended to Li Yan.
After that, the two of them stayed by the Yellow River for a year. Li Yan originally arranged for them to be civilians in the army, but they wanted to go to the front line, so they took up guerrilla duties and patrolled the defense line. Later, they also participated in the war and negotiated peace. After Li Yan returned to Beijing, the two of them still stayed in Puzhou, and now they also followed Gao Jie.
Gao Jie is a person who likes to make friends, and he also likes to be lively.
Since stationing in Puzhou, military affairs have been handled step by step every day, which is tedious but also boring. After all, the Yellow River defense line has been very quiet recently after the peace negotiation, and it can even be said that there is nothing to do.
So almost every day he would call Yan Yingyuan and Chang Tianbao to have some wine and brag to pass the time.
Until these two days, I finally got something done.
Because Tian Jianxiu's soldiers and horses have reached the bank of the Yellow River and want to cross the river to enter the country.
The fellow villager burst into tears when he saw the fellow villager.
The two are not fellow villagers, but they are old friends.
But it's not a good deal.
As part of their responsibilities, border crossings must be reported and verified clearly, and the preparation of troops and horses must be carefully checked.
The two met. Gao Jie did not invite Tian Jianxiu to the city as a guest, but just chatted for a while on the bank of the Yellow River. After all, he still knew how to avoid suspicion.
We chatted for a long time and had many emotions.
Finally, we said goodbye to each other and wished each other well.
Just as Tian Jianxiu left, someone else wanted to cross the river behind him.
Li came over.
Whether it is a surrender or a peace negotiation between Li Zicheng and the imperial court, in the end, he has bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister in name, and those who should be rewarded have also been rewarded, so as a minister, you have to go to the capital to express your gratitude.
However, Li Zicheng was "in ill health" and sent his son to Beijing to express his gratitude to his father.
Fifteen years after the rebellion, Li Zicheng's subordinates and the military generals of the imperial court surrendered to each other. But if you want to ask, who is the surrendered general that Li Zicheng hates the most and wants to kill? Gao Jie ranked second, and no one dared to rank first.
Because what he brought to Li Zicheng was not only betrayal, but also the shame of being a cuckold!
It would be fine if this was the first one, but his wife Han Jin'er was killed by Li Zicheng because of adultery with others. This has caused a great psychological shadow on this man, but who knows that there will be a second time!
I wonder which man can bear it?
What's more, the man who cuckolded him has been at odds with him ever since he surrendered to the imperial court. Whenever he confronts him, he fights with all his strength. The most recent time was when he was retreating from the Eastern Expedition, and he was pursued for thousands of miles.
As Li Zicheng's eldest nephew and confidant, Li Guo naturally hated Gao Jie deeply.
It is estimated that such a deep hatred will be difficult to resolve in this lifetime, so even if they are ministers in the same palace, they can only see each other if they don't meet.
Embarrassing to see.
But Gao Jie is a very mean guy.
When he heard that Li Guo was about to cross the river, he went to the ferry to greet him in person.
When we met, I didn't even bother to be polite. When I came up, I greeted my father. I heard that Huang Lai'er was ill. Will he survive through the autumn? What does your stepmother, Mrs. Gao, look like? I haven't seen her yet...
Li Guo knew that this guy was here to cause trouble, so he didn't tolerate him. He directly scolded him for being a seller seeking glory, being ungrateful, and cheating. Gao Jie became angry. What did I sell to my master? When did I accept Li Chuang as my master? What kind of favor do you have to me again?
You said I am seeking glory, but you guys are also surrendering and seeking glory now. You even set up an archway as a cousin, pretending to be an acquaintance for who to see.
Li Guo smiled and said, "I don't want to pretend anymore. I'm not asking for glory. I'm asking for it. My father is now a marquis and will be crowned king in the future, or will it be hereditary? Even Li Yan is a member of the Zhuguo." As for you, you've been working so hard for so many years and you're just a soldier. If it weren't for the deep hatred between you and my father, and if you weren't so good at licking the eunuch, you'd be nothing like this.
Oops, these words hurt my heart. Gao Jie was instantly angry. He was a rough man. His eloquence was far inferior to that of Li Guo, but his hot temper was unparalleled. He could roll up his sleeves if he couldn't scold him and get going. Li Guo didn't do it either. Damn it, they have wanted to beat you up for a long time, who is afraid of whom?
The two subordinates saw this and hurriedly tried to dissuade them.
But what made Gao Jie even more angry was that why did Chang Yu ask him to guard the Yellow River? Isn't it just to guard you and make you feel disgusted? How could you let such a good opportunity go?
Whether it's public or private, I have to mess with you!
He shouted back and said that this was a personal grudge, and he would beat Li Guo even if he wanted to express his anger.
Li Guo thought the same way, and said, whoever doesn't beat you today is your grandson. If you lose, don't go to the boss to complain.
After all the talk, there was no reason not to start having sex. The two of them took off their coats and started having sex on the beach of the Yellow River, shirtless.
Gao Jie is brave, and Li Guo is not a tiger for nothing. Although the two of them are not superb in martial arts, they are both physically strong and powerful. When facing a mortal enemy, they can really kill each other with punches and kicks. They were fighting hand to hand on the ground. After a while, both of them were bruised and swollen, and they were still entangled. For a moment, they couldn't tell who was winning and who was losing. Seeing this, the two subordinates had no choice but to scold them. Seeing that the two finally separated, they couldn't let them go. Really fight to the death.
I will hit you every time I see you in the future! Gao Jie said harsh words!
From now on, I'm afraid you will kowtow when you see me. Li Guo's mouth is never forgiving.
After the fight, Gao Jie felt very happy and happy, but thinking about Li Guo's words made him very angry, frustrated, and a little sad.
No, I want to be knighted too! Must be knighted!
Gao Jie decided to write a letter to his brother.
