Chapter 28 New Military Envoy Lu Yu
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The horses' hooves stepped on the yellow sand and arrived outside the Feng'an Military City.

On one side is the majestic Yellow River, and on the other side is the endless desert.

Li Xuan arrived at the real frontier, and a feeling of lofty ambition arose.

His fame must start from here.

"Who is coming?"

At this time, a team of patrolling cavalrymen, holding knives, rushed up to Li Xuan and questioned him.

"The new deputy envoy of Feng'an Army, Li Xuan."

Li Xuan stopped his horse and puffed out his chest, replying to the cavalry team.

"What's the proof?"

These cavalrymen looked at Li Xuan with unpleasant eyes and asked Li Xuan to produce evidence.

"Here is the imperial decree. Tell the judge to come and see me."

Li Xuan took out the imperial edict and gave orders to the cavalry team.

He already knew the composition of the Feng'an Army very well.

Under normal circumstances, there is one military envoy, two deputy envoys, one judge, two prosecutors, and four military commanders.

There is one person each in charge of soldiers, cavalry, armor, warehouses, and city defense.

There are eight yamen generals.

There were twelve men holding drums and twelve men blowing trumpets.

There were one hundred scouts and two hundred horses in the scout camp.

There are also some auxiliary staff and servants.

Eight thousand Feng'an army soldiers, five hundred cavalry, five hundred crossbowmen, and one thousand archers.

Among the remaining 6,000 infantrymen, there were 500 jumping soldiers.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, about 70% of the Tang army wore armor.

After the great development of the Tang Dynasty, the armor-wearing rate of the formal army reached 100%.

Wearing armor refers to leather armor and iron armor. Cloth armor without any defense is not called armor.

Iron armor is complicated to make, and it is impossible for everyone to wear it.

In the Feng'an army, the ones wearing iron armor included the 500 most elite jumping soldiers and the 500 vanguard soldiers at the forefront of the battle formation.

The cavalry of the Feng'an Army were all light cavalry, so they only wore light armor.

And these military branches are divided into several teams.

Each team consists of fifty people, with a commander, a team leader, two deputy team leaders, a flag bearer, two deputy flag bearers, and five fire chiefs.

Everyone in the army has his own duties, and there is a clear hierarchy and clear distinctions.

"The military envoy rewards merit and punishes fault, so can't the deputy envoy do the same?"

Seeing that they were indifferent, Li Xuan spoke harshly.

From the moment he decided to transfer Chen Huiguang, he knew it would not be easy to establish his authority.

Although transferring Chen Huiguang was a wrong decision, Li Xuan was mentally prepared.

"Yes, General."

The patrolling cavalry dared not be negligent any longer.

Military orders were as heavy as a mountain, especially when Wang Zhongsi was in command of the Shuofang Army, he was extremely strict in military discipline. Disobeying superiors could result in death.

One rider entered the city to report.

Li Xuan arrived at the foot of the city and waited for a while, then saw a man in cloth walking quickly out of the city.

This man has a sparse beard and looks very elegant. He is the judge of Feng'an Army, Liu Xi.

Most military judges are of civil service origin, assisting military commanders and handling official business.

"Feng'an Army Judge Liu Xi pays his respects to the general."

When Liu Xi met Li Xuan, he bowed before even reading the imperial edict.

"No gifts!"

Li Xuan dismounted, handed the imperial edict to Liu Xi, and showed the fish token.

"General, you have been exhausted from the journey. Please go into the military city and rest."

After proving his identity, Liu Xi asked Li Xuan for permission.

Liu Xi was from the Hedong Liu family and he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi in the 24th year of Kaiyuan.

He was not one of those rough men in the Feng'an Army who acted on impulse, and he understood what Li Xuan represented.

When Li Xuan was only sixteen years old, he was appointed by the emperor as the deputy envoy of Feng'an Army, and his future was promising.

When Wang Zhongsi was 18 years old and was appointed as the deputy governor of Daizhou, wasn't he also controversial?

"As the deputy envoy, I have to pay my respects to the chief envoy first. Please ask Judge Liu to lead me there." Li Xuan asked Liu Xi.

After Chen Huiguang left, Lu Yu, who was originally another deputy envoy, was appointed as the chief envoy. "General, please come this way."

Liu Xi thought that Li Xuan would rely on his status to look down on the envoy. Now that Li Xuan took the initiative to propose, Liu Xi felt relieved.

In recent days, there has been a rumor in the army that Li Xuan must be a playboy who looks down on others.

After just a few words, Liu Xi discovered that Li Xuan had an extraordinary demeanor and was probably not as rumored.

The Military Envoy's Mansion is located in the southeast of Feng'an Military City.

After passing on the message, Lu Yu let Li Xuan in.

"Meet the general."

Lu Yu was also a general from a civilian background, of medium build and about forty years old.

Anyone who serves as a military envoy can be called a general, even if he does not hold the rank of general.

Just like the Jiedushi, who was called "Marshal" or "General".

Lu Yu's official position was Lingwu Guoyi Duwei, which was only a sixth-rank official.

This official position is actually no different from other official positions. They are both positions that show off one's status.

Although Li Xuan's rank is higher than Lu Yu.

But under the system of missions and assignments, he had to be under the control of Lu Yu.

"You are too young. You must be careful on the battlefield, otherwise I will have a hard time explaining to Prime Minister Zuo."

After looking at Li Xuan, Lu Yu said indifferently.

"On the battlefield, there are only soldiers, not prime ministers' sons. As a general, you should die in service to your country."

Li Xuan did not get upset by Lu Yu's words, but spoke seriously.

"Judge Liu, arrange for the left prime minister to live in General Chen's former courtyard. That is the best residence in the military city."

Lu Yu didn't say a word to Li Xuan. He asked Liu Xi to prepare a place for Li Xuan to live.

This sentence is very meaningful.

Li Xuan knew that Lu Yu was putting him on the fire.

But he remained silent and left the Military Commissioner's Mansion with Lu Yu.

"Judge Liu, just find me a house."

At the gate of the military envoy's residence, Li Xuan gave instructions to Liu Xi.

If he lived in Chen Huiguang's former courtyard, it would definitely arouse greater military anger.

He's not a fool.

The new Feng'an military envoy was not kind to him!
Li Xuan couldn't be sure whether Lu Yu was venting his anger on behalf of Chen Huiguang or for some other reason.

"But the military envoy has given orders..." Liu Xi looked embarrassed.

"As the deputy envoy, I should be qualified for such a choice! If a virtuous minister does not accept the sage's reward, will the sage punish him? What's more, the sage advocates that generals and soldiers should share weal and woe. I will just keep my food and accommodation simple." Li Xuan said solemnly to Liu Xi.

"The general is right. I will arrange it right away."

Liu Xi is a smart man and knows that he cannot refuse Li Xuan.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Xi brought Li Xuan to a small courtyard not far from the military residence.

According to the rules, Li Xuan would be assigned two servants to take care of his food, clothing and daily life.

With Luo Xing included, this small courtyard is just enough for them to live in.

Even so, the conditions are much better than those of ordinary soldiers.

"Judge Liu, why are the soldiers in the military city so unfriendly to me? I just took office, so I haven't offended anyone, right?"

After the house was cleaned up, Li Xuan asked Liu Xi to sit down in the yard.

At this time, it was already night and Luo Xing was holding a lamp nearby.

"Um……"

Liu Xi was speechless for a moment, and complained in his heart, aren’t you asking this question even though you already know the answer?

"Maybe the soldiers have some misunderstandings about you." After thinking about it, Liu Xi could only speak vaguely.

"Do they think that my father and I deliberately dismissed General Chen and sent him back to the Ministry of War to take up a sinecure?"

Li Xuan no longer played dumb.

"Maybe!"

Liu Xi smiled awkwardly.

"We have heard that General Chen is brave in battle and treats his soldiers well. The soldiers are right to care about him, but General Chen is about to be promoted, and the soldiers can't stop him!"

Li Xuan revealed this information to Liu Xi.

Through observation, Li Xuan discovered that Judge Liu Xi was a man with ideas.

Now that he saw that the new military envoy was unfriendly to him, he needed to take further action.

He wrote a letter back to Chang'an, asking Li Shizhi to give Chen Huiguang real power and promote his rank.

(End of this chapter)