Chapter 38 Li Linfu's People

"You must not accept the general's money. How can you do that?"

When Lao Lizheng heard that Li Xuan was going to buy the slaughtered sheep, he became frightened.

"If you dare to refuse, I will not send troops to help you if you have any difficulties in the future." Li Xuan had no choice but to threaten the old village head.

There are about a hundred herdsmen, each with a dozen people, and they have about a hundred horses, cattle and sheep, which seem very valuable.

But herders also suffer many disasters, and if a family takes out an average of five sheep, it is considered a huge loss.

Han herdsmen do not eat meat every meal, they also have to store up food.

"Ugh!"

The old man sighed. They had good intentions but ended up with something bad. If he had known this would happen, he would not have slaughtered the sheep.

Li Xuan's uprightness reminded Lao Lizheng of a proverb: A gentleman is like a mountain.

It was worth his life to meet her at the age of sixty.

"I will have the soldiers take the five hundred sheep away, and I will send someone to deliver the money in two days. Please trust my credibility."

After leaving these words, Li Xuan ordered the soldiers to take the sheep and leave the pasture.

In Feng'an City, we returned victoriously.

Li Xuan ordered the canteens in each camp to have mutton tonight and everyone would have a share.

The soldiers in the city cheered.

However, not long after Li Xuan returned to the military city, Lu Yu met him again.

In the military envoy's mansion, the judge, the prosecutor, and all the generals were called by Lu Yu.

"General Li, if you had handed the sheep you brought back to the Gaolanzhou cavalry, nothing would have happened. It wouldn't be as embarrassing as it is now."

In court, Lu Yu did not first praise Li Xuan's military achievements, but instead kept pestering him about the matter.

He spoke so pompously before, calling him both a sage king of ancient times and a sage of modern times.

In the final analysis, it is still about accepting the shepherd’s sheep.

Lu Yu just happened to criticize Li Xuan in public.

"General, the herders killed their sheep in order to get the Feng'an Army to accept them, so we can't let the herders suffer losses. These sheep were bought in my personal name, and the money will be sent to the herders soon."

Li Xuan said frankly.

This made Lu Yu pale, but he ignored this point. Li Xuan was a noble family, and his father was the prime minister.

Any treasure bestowed by the emperor was worth a fortune.

Since Li Xuan had said so, Lu Yu didn't dare to ask any further questions.

"I would like to thank General Li on behalf of my brothers..."

When Gao Kai and other generals heard Li Xuan's words, they expressed their gratitude to Li Xuan one by one.

This matter will soon spread throughout the army.

The soldiers will all remember Li Xuan's kindness.

Lu Yu was upset, but there was nothing he could do.

Li Xuan took the opportunity to report to Lu Yu on the situation of the battle, including the number of enemies killed and the number of casualties.

This time, 942 Turkic cavalrymen were killed.

Six hundred and fifty horses were obtained, of which more than five hundred could be used as war horses.

During the battle and pursuit, some horses escaped and could not be retrieved. Otherwise, more war horses could be obtained.

Fifty-five cavalrymen of the Feng'an Army were killed and sixty were injured.

Compared to the number of enemies killed, this is a very small casualty.

It was all thanks to Li Xuan's bravery that the enemy was quickly defeated.

Although Lu Yu was surprised by such a record, he had the evidence of the beheading, as well as hundreds of war horses, some bows, arrows, swords, spears and other trophies.

After the report was completed, everyone left the Military Envoy's Mansion.

Lu Yu needed to draw up a battle plan and report his achievements to Wang Zhongsi.

Although Lu Yu was the main general, it was Li Xuan who led the troops this time.

With Li Xuan's status, if Lu Yu wrote less about the military achievements, Li Xuan could report it to Li Longji, Gao Lishi and Li Shizhi from the other side.

So Lu Yu could only write down the true battle situation in detail.

But Lu Yu couldn't help but have his own emotions about what happened afterwards.

He completely shirked his responsibility, saying that the conflict with the Gaolanzhou cavalry was all Li Xuan's own decision.

"General, is this appropriate?"

Liu Xi, who was in charge of reviewing the documents, couldn't help but speak.

Morally speaking, Li Xuan did nothing wrong.

He had learned about Wang Zhongsi's military strategy, which was rigorous and resolute, but also lenient.

When Wang Zhongsi was young and served as the deputy governor of Daizhou, he was resolute and vigorous in punishing evildoers and eliminating evil.

The powerful and wealthy closed their doors, restrained their behavior, and dared not break the law. Wang Zhongsi, the current governor of Shuofang, repeatedly forbade soldiers to disturb the people and bully the common people, and those who violated the order would be severely punished.

Although the Gaolanzhou cavalry did not belong to the Shuofang Army, they were under the command of Wang Zhongsi.

Li Xuan's behavior is very close to Wang Zhongsi's ideas.

"Judge Liu, I will write an official document, is that okay?" Lu Yu stared at Liu Xi: "Judge, are you the judge of the commander-in-chief or the commander-in-chief?"

Even the judge dared to question him, which made Lu Yu even more dissatisfied.

"General, you are right! I am the judge of the Feng'an Army."

Liu Xi originally wanted to remind Lu Yu for Lu Yu's own good, so as not to displease Wang Zhongsi.

Seeing Lu Yu accusing him, Liu Xi simply obeyed and kept silent.

Seeing Liu Xi compromise, Lu Yu was very satisfied. He asked Liu Xi to hand the document to the scout and make sure it was delivered back to Le City as soon as possible.

"I asked him to lead the Feng'an cavalry in the hope that I could kill him with the help of the Hu people. But his bravery was beyond imagination, beyond your imagination. Instead, it helped his fame!"

After Liu Xi went out, Lu Yu actually spoke to a man dressed in blue as a servant.

"Li Xuan is a wise man, just like Li Shizhi's staff. As long as he is not removed, you will feel uneasy." The blue-clothed servant was timid just now, but now he straightened his back and spoke to Lu Yu.

Who would have thought that a sixteen-year-old boy could be so brave.

If this continues, there will probably be another Wang Zhongsi in the future.

"The Saint is keeping an eye on him. My husband has ordered that we cannot do it deliberately. We can only induce Li Xuan to fight on his own and cause him to die because of greed for merit. This way, the Saint will not pursue the matter. The soldiers in the army are intimidated by him. I'm afraid it won't be long before he replaces me."

Lu Yu was worried about this.

He was Li Linfu's man, and he had a cousin named Lu Xuan.

Li Linfu designed to let him take the position so that he could kill Li Xuan without leaving any trace.

A few days ago, Li Xuan competed with Ashina Fuwen. He was secretly happy, thinking that he would complete the task quickly.

What was even more unexpected was that the flying horse and shooting the tassel made Li Xuan famous and established his prestige in the army.

Li Linfu ruined Li Xuan's reputation, but in just one day, Li Xuan turned the tables in Feng'an Army.

Originally, Lu Yu would not be impatient and would slowly look for an opportunity to fight.

He is the main general, and he will pit the deputy general whenever he has the chance.

But Li Xuan's ability and background are so great that he might have been transferred before he found such an opportunity.

"I have to go back to Chang'an again. Please think of a solution. Don't act rashly recently."

The servant in blue reminded Lu Yu.

What I am most worried about now is that if Li Xuan makes more achievements, he will squeeze Lu Yu out, or he will be transferred somewhere else, and then he will have no chance anymore.

……

That night, the aroma of mutton filled the entire military city.

When the soldiers learned that Li Xuan had bought the mutton with his own money, they liked him even better.

Li Xuan used his bravery and behavior to make the soldiers believe that General Chen Huiguang was transferred back to Chang'an for a promotion.

Those cavalrymen vividly described to the infantry in the army Li Xuan's brave performance on the battlefield, saying that he was like the reincarnation of the Overlord and no one could defeat him.

The cavalrymen felt that fighting with Li Xuan was a joy they had never experienced before. At that moment, they even abandoned fame, wealth and power to pursue the most unrestrained moment of manliness.

Therefore, everyone in the Feng'an army was eager to fight.

The next morning, after drinking the fragrant yokan, the soldiers crossed the Yellow River from Feng'an Army.

The ship was carrying the bodies of the dead soldiers, ready to be buried in a cemetery east of the Yellow River.

Since the establishment of Feng'an Military City, Han and Hu warriors from all over the world have been buried here.

The soldiers were defending the border and were happily chatting and laughing while eating mutton together last night.

Today, his face is filled with sadness.

The next battle, some of them will be buried here.

"There is no need to bury the bones, there are green mountains everywhere in life."

Li Xuan had mixed feelings. He pointed to this place and said to the soldiers: "If I die in battle one day, you don't have to go back to Chang'an. I will be buried here."

All the generals agreed.

The soldiers looked sideways.

Luo Xing wanted to say something, but stopped himself.

Lu Yu frowned on the side.

According to the rules, after a battle, the commander-in-chief would preside over the funeral ceremony.

Lu Yu covered his eyes and read the eulogy with tears in his eyes.

After this funeral, the soldiers all knew that the brave General Li was also a poet. When he left home to join the army, he wrote "Why bury my bones in my hometown? There are green mountains everywhere in my life."

Soon after, even the illiterate Feng'an soldiers could recite the poem.

(End of this chapter)