In the early morning of the seventh day of August, Li Yuan led Xu Kuangheng to leave Linyuan City with light cavalry, accompanied by only 800 cavalry guards. The remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses were marching a little slower due to the heavy baggage, food, grass and equipment, so they simply entrusted them to Liu Jiangsheng and other ten generals and ordered them to follow behind.
As for Luo Erhu, who was seriously injured in Xizhou and has not yet recovered, although he is still not awake at this time, he has been out of danger after several days of diagnosis and treatment by medical officers, so he was handed over to Liu Jiangsheng to take care of him along the way. Li Yuan was naturally relieved about this.
Babai rode out of Linyuan City and decisively chose the wide and flat official road. The horses galloped wildly and the dust was flying all the way. They returned to Langzhou City smoothly two days later.
There were already crowds of people outside the south gate of Langzhou. As the Wuping Jieduzhi, all the civil and military officials in the city gathered here to welcome the general and others in triumph. Since they took office a few months ago, these people have wisely realized how important the famous Marshal Li is. Not to mention his brilliant achievements and reputation, his age of 21 is enough to make people think... Daydreaming.
Youth is capital, not to mention being favored by His Majesty? Everyone is making a living under the youngest Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty, and naturally they hope that the tide will rise. Who would be willing to miss this glorious moment of welcoming the commander-in-chief's triumph?
After some grand congratulations and excitement, perhaps it was like the previous experience in Linyuan City. Although Li Yuan returned to his base camp, he was not overly excited. He just maintained a calm smile throughout the whole process and soon appeared in front of everyone. Entering the city surrounded by civil and military officials.
After returning from this great victory, Li Yuan returned first with light cavalry. In fact, he was just worried about the lack of defense in the city, so he returned home like an arrow. There are also smart people among the officials and the military generals who stayed behind. Before they arrived at the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, they took the initiative to report to Li Yuan on important military and political matters along the way. They were all complicated and simplified, but their words were nothing more than emphasizing "stability and stability". "Two words.
No matter whether it was mixed with water or not, Li Yuan had some considerations in his heart. He had already handed over all the matters to Xu Kuangheng, an effective adviser. He just informed the civil and military officials to gather together tomorrow to discuss matters, and stopped talking. He galloped his horse and whipped his whip to rush to the festival. Du made the government office rush to him.
Today, he did not see any of his family members among the crowd welcoming the triumphant return outside the west gate. Li Yuan once felt very puzzled. He had already ordered a horse to be sent back to the mansion in advance. They should know the date of their return, but when they looked back Thinking about it, it seemed normal for Nvjuan not to show up casually, and she gradually felt relieved.
On the street near the Wuping Jiedushi Office, the situation was very unusual. When Li Yuan and his party arrived at the fork in the road, they found that there were heavily armed soldiers and horses patrolling everywhere, which made Li Yuan suddenly confused.
What is even more confusing is that the uniforms of these sergeants are obviously not the flag armor of the Wuping Army, but the standard Forbidden Army equipment of the Southern Tang Dynasty. You must know that since the Li Yuanjian Festival, although his subordinates still control the Forbidden Army soldiers and horses of the Wei Sheng Army, regardless of Whether it is the Forbidden Army or your own local army, they are all under your command. Therefore, when you reorganized the sergeants in the past few months, you have ordered that the army uniforms be unified and all use Wuping Banner Armor. From now on, they will all be called Wuping Army.
Therefore, these soldiers wearing imperial armor today really shocked Li Yuan. He almost thought that he had returned to Jinling in a dream. After a moment of surprise, he quickly realized that they must be people from the imperial court. He was confused and a little angry at the same time. There were imperial guards in his residence. Whether it was a blessing or a curse, why was no official reporting such a big event just now?
A hundred steps away from Jiedushi's office, a checkpoint was set up in Shengsheng. Dozens of Forbidden Army soldiers were shouting and arrogantly inspecting the people coming and going. Even those wearing official uniforms were not spared. At this time, they saw Li Yuan leading a large group of people galloping down the street. However, these dozens of Forbidden Army soldiers were extremely calm. They immediately lined up in the middle of the road, raised their spears and loudly signaled to stop.
The leader, a general wearing tiger-head armor, stood with his hands behind his hands and shouted arrogantly: "Stop! Cars and horses are not allowed to pass here. No matter what your urgent needs are, please take a detour, otherwise there will be no blame." .....”
As soon as these words came out, everyone around Li Yuan immediately changed their expressions. Many civil servants shrank their heads consciously. Xu Kuangheng rode forward first and cursed angrily: "You are blind! How dare you act wild here?!" Where did the Imperial Guard come from? Do you know where this place is?"
The general on the opposite side probably had never been scolded like this since he arrived here. I don't know whether it was because of the people behind him or because he had a bad temper. He immediately bared his teeth and responded: "Hey! I am here to perform official duties, how dare you, a scholar? Are you talking arrogantly? Get out of here! Damn..."
Seeing that the atmosphere was inexplicably tense, Li Yuan was naturally unable to hold back his anger even though he was on his own territory. At this moment, he shouted loudly, jumped up with his horse's head high, and decisively waved his hands to give orders. Hundreds of guards beside him Immediately, they swarmed up and surrounded these forbidden soldiers who didn't know where they came from.
The situation suddenly changed, and both sides cursed at each other. Li Yuangang wanted to urge the horses to come forward to question, but another general on the opposite side seemed to recognize Li Yuan's figure, and suddenly raised his hand and shouted: "Wait! Could it be, could it be Marshal Li?" Come in person?"
The arrogant general just now was stunned for a moment, and then cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He hesitated and gritted his teeth and said: "This, is this Marshal Li?"
The dozens of Forbidden Army soldiers were stunned when they heard this. Their faces suddenly turned as pale as wilted eggplants, and the weapons in their hands were also trembling. Who among the soldiers in the Southern Tang Dynasty has never heard of the reputation of Marshal Li Yuan?
Everyone's hearts were twisted at this time, and they even felt deeply regretful. If they really collided with Marshal Li's car, and it was on his territory, the consequences could be imagined, but they seemed to have no choice. They had no choice but to help the people behind them. He is also noble and extraordinary. How dare he disobey the order? This soldier is really not easy to be a soldier, both the left and the right are doing stupid things...
But when they saw Li Yuan riding out towards Luka, the two generals calmed down their expressions and hurriedly took the initiative to greet him. They lowered their heads and bowed in salute before dismounting.
The military general who had recognized Li Yuan just now could not conceal his excitement even though he kept his body bent low. His shoulders were trembling slightly and he shouted loudly: "General Zouping has met Marshal Li! Does the Marshal still remember General Marshal Li?" ? Previously, the last general had served the commander-in-chief in the Imperial Army... But now the last general has been transferred to Prince Zheng’s Mansion. General Hu, this is my general of the Tang Dynasty, Marshal Li, the military governor of Wuping!"
The general named Hu Renxu had already turned pale. When he paid homage to Li Yuan, he didn't even dare to raise his head to take another look. At this time, he knelt down and trembled: "The last general, the last general Hu Renxu has seen Marshal Li! I really didn't know that Marshal Li had arrived just now." , Commander Wanwang, forgive me! I did it under orders, it was indeed a last resort..."
Seeing one extremely excited and the other kneeling down to beg for mercy, each with their own joys and sorrows, the contrast between the two scenes was really funny. When Li Yuan heard the word "Prince Zheng", his heart was already filled with waves. He had no intention of reminiscing or scolding, and he wrinkled up. He raised his eyebrows and asked anxiously: "Since you are the Imperial Guards of Prince Zheng's Mansion, why did you appear in our Langzhou City?"
Zouping immediately bowed his hands respectfully and replied: "Commander, Your Highness Prince Zheng is here! Your Highness has come to Langzhou City to work for the army on His Majesty's orders!"
With a "boom", Li Yuan's mind felt like it was exploding. He subconsciously looked up at the gate of the government office not far away, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "When did this happen?"
