Li Yue rode on a war horse and kept pace with Shi Min.
The surrounding torches lit up the dark night.
Countless pairs of eyes looked over with the same awe.
Under the flickering firelight, the black army looked lifeless.
When Li Yue and Shi Min approached, the army automatically moved out of the way.
The Black Cloud Knights were so majestic and high-spirited that they didn't pay attention to these Jieren soldiers at all.
Li Yue entered proudly.
Where the fire was the thickest, a stick of teeth stood tall.
The person in the lead under the banner is fat, with a thick beard on his face, deep eyes and a high nose. He is wearing a lifetime of golden armor. Behind him are Zhang Hedu and other Jie generals.
Yao Yizhong and his son were standing at the lower left with disgraced faces.
When he saw Li Yue and Shi Min, his eyes flashed, but he didn't get angry, as if nothing had happened.
With a distance of more than twenty steps, Shi Bin laughed loudly: "Jinnu is really my horse! This time I fight against the Liang thieves and eliminate the trouble, my father will definitely give me a heavy reward!"
"Greetings to His Highness King Yan!" Shi Min dismounted and bowed his hands.
Li Yue could only follow and surrender.
Maybe it was the bright firelight, or maybe it was Shi Bin's divine eyes, which made his eyes look rather evil. As the firelight flickered and flickered, "Are you Li Yue of Heiyun Mountain? You are indeed a hero!"
"Greetings to King Yan!"
"No need to be polite. You are the first to contribute in this battle, followed by Jinu. Return to Yecheng and you will be rewarded." Shi Bin's eyes kept wandering.
"Thank you, King Yan!" People under the eaves can only make excuses.
At this time, Shi Bin suddenly came over, with six or seven Jie generals behind him, each of them pressing the hilt of his knife.
Li Yue frowned, unable to guess Shi Bin's thoughts for a moment.
There are very few normal people in the Shi family. Shi Hu, Shi Sui, Shi Xuan, etc. are all more arrogant and domineering than the others. It cannot be speculated based on common sense. There is nothing they dare not do.
One step, two steps, three steps... approaching slowly.
The sound of the collision of armor and swords was extremely clear, and the guards behind him became alert.
They were surrounded by Jie people. Although the Black Cloud Knights were powerful, they only had more than 800 people. They had just experienced a great battle and were trapped between tens of thousands of Jie and Zhao soldiers, making it difficult to move.
He glanced at Shi Min, but Shi Min just looked ahead, silent, like a stranger.
Li Yue's heart changed. Shi Bin was not afraid of being the king of Yan. He was a refugee commander, and he had climbed up in the past two years by relying on fire.
Shi Bin walked up to him, laughed, and suddenly took his belt and tied it for Li Yue, "Such a hero is wandering in the mountains and fields, not being used by the country, and he doesn't know how to recognize people!"
He actually wanted to win over himself, and stepped on Li Nong by the way.
Li Yue said matter-of-factly: "The mountain husband I am here only wants to protect the land and the people. In this battle, Xiuchenghou rushes to the front to have the opportunity to kill the Liang thieves. It is definitely not possible for the next person to succeed."
Next to him, Shi Min looked better.
Shi Bin said: "I am not proud of my merits and have the style of a good general. There is a shortage of a subordinate under my command. Are you willing to serve me?"
His current identity is the King of Yan and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese and foreign military forces. He holds tens of thousands of Jie troops, ranking above the ministers, and his power is still above that of Prince Shi Shi.
The governor of the tent is almost his closest military commander, commanding the guards under the tent.
It is almost the same as Gao Lidu of Liang Du.
In order to win over himself, Shi Bin also made up his mind.
Before Li Yue could answer, Zhang Hedu next to him said: "Your Highness, this person's origin is unknown, how can he be placed in the palace tent?"
"When I am employing people, why should I care about their origins?" Shi Bin stared at Li Yue, waiting for this answer.
At this time, Yao Yizhong said in an old and angry voice: "This son has made great achievements, but your Majesty has not yet awarded him a reward. Your Highness has taken it upon himself to win over him. He has been criticized for many faults."
He might not care about Zhang Hedu's words, but Yao Yizhong has a high position and even Shi Hu gave him three points, so Shi Bin had to listen.
Li Yue was very grateful to Zhang Hedu and Yao Yizhong.
After the Liangdu Rebellion was successfully quelled, Shi Bin, who was in charge of the Chinese and foreign military affairs, was bound to be in trouble. The prince was still young, so the future was still unknown.
In their eyes, Li Yue was rising through the ranks.
"Thank you for Your Highness's love, but the humble people in the mountains and fields dare not accept this order." As soon as Shi Hu died, the Shi family was slaughtered until the sky was dark. Following Shi Bin at this time, wasn't he looking for death?
Shi Bin glanced at the Jie generals around him and could only give up his intention of recruiting Li Yue.
Whether he gave it to him as a gift, or he gave it to him as a governor, it was actually too reckless.
Even if you have made great achievements, how can others agree?
Jie Zhao appears to be one country on the surface, but in fact it has long been divided internally.
The beggar army is one group, and the Di and Qiang people have their own forces.
There are also the Xianbei people from Lingzhi and the Huns from Liu State in Yangcheng.
Having staggered forward for so many years without capsizing was largely due to Shi Le's legacy. But to this day, what Shi Le left behind has been almost completely destroyed by Shi Hu and his sons.
Li Yue is more interested in being a tiger and wolf than being Shi Bin's dog!
However, Shi Bin seemed to be just acting on a whim. Seeing everyone's opposition, his interest waned, and he turned to win over Shi Min. The conversation was quite cheerful, and Li Yue was left aside.
Li Yue wished for this.
After they finished their greetings, Li Yue led the Black Cloud Army back to Xingyang City, but Shi Min stayed behind to drink with Shi Bin at night.
Li Nong, Bo Wu, Chen Duan, Chang Wei, Zheng Du and others greeted him at the city gate.
It seemed like the entire population of Xingyang City had come, "Heiyun Army are all heroes!"
"Xingyang will be protected by the Black Cloud Army from now on, so you can sit back and relax!"
The cheers grew louder and louder.
Compared with Shi Bin's promotion, Li Yue paid more attention to what people wanted.
This great war is also about popular support and prestige, letting the world know that there is Black Cloud Mountain in the Central Plains!
A group of beggars were busy, shouting loudly to Wei Shan and others, "Oh, if I had known you were so good at fighting, I would have gone with you."
Wei Shan's expression was serious, "You guys of your stature want to follow my Black Cloud Army?"
"Bah, Wei Shan, you are so ungrateful. When you were about to starve to death, who sent you food?"
Wei Shan said carelessly: "We in Heiyun Mountain are also from the begging army. We are all in the same spirit, and we will eat meat together from now on!"
"This is so true!"
Everyone was talking to each other very warmly.
Li Yue knew that they were speaking so loudly to him on purpose. This was a very good start, which meant that he had been recognized by the beggar army.
However, Li Nong's eyes were quite complicated, "I am so happy and congratulated for such a great achievement!"
"Without Sikong's full support, how can I accomplish anything?"
Li Nong's distribution of military power to Shi Min and Li Yue at a critical moment was a prerequisite for this great victory.
Don't underestimate the harm a mediocre person can do to an army.
"You must be careful in your actions." Li Nong was not very interested, and he didn't know whether he was pretending to be sick or if he was really ill, so he coughed loudly.
Zheng Du, who was on the side, understood the idea and said, "I have prepared a banquet in the city to welcome the generals."
"Master Li, please!" Chen Duan bowed his hands.
He is Chenliu's beggar commander. In the beggar army, his status is equivalent to that of Bo Wu, but he actually salutes him.
Li Yue quickly returned the greeting, "Sikong please, General Chen please."
Bo Wu said in a rough voice, "Please come and go, no one can go by then. My father is a drunkard and can't wait for you, so I'll go first!"
Everyone laughed and rushed into the city.
Even Li Nong couldn't help but smile.
(End of chapter)
