Chapter 106 Entering Momeng
The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast, and cattle and sheep are seen when the wind blows the grass.
The vast and infinite land, the grassland that cannot be seen at first sight, and the fresh air makes people feel relaxed and unconsciously feel relaxed and free.
Li Xun and others walked along the way for five or six days, with few people. Some small Hu tribes did not dare to get close to such a large group of people and avoided them from afar.
At night, everyone set up camp in Anzhai.
Li Xun sat in front of the fire, his face full of exhaustion from wind and sand. After rushing all day, he was really tired.
Several soldiers brought the food, Li Xun took it and started to eat it in big mouthfuls.
"then."
A sweet shout came, Li Xun looked up and saw that Li Qingying had already come to him and threw a leather pot in his hand over.
Li Xun quickly reached out to hold it, opened the lid of the leather pot, and a smell of wine came out.
It turned out to be wine. Li Xun was so excited that he raised his head and took a big sip. The hot feeling pulled into a straight line, and his fatigue disappeared suddenly.
“Good wine.”
Li Xun's eyes became brighter, and he wiped his mouth and laughed loudly.
Li Qingying looked at Li Xun disdainfully, sat down in front of him, took out a lamb leg, and started to chew it.
Looking at Li Qingying's beautiful face and her current posture of holding her legs of lamb, Li Xun couldn't help but shake her head. This woman is really a man's body and a man's heart, and she doesn't have any delicate aura on her body. The big men are a little unbearable after a day's journey. She, a woman, is still so lively and has a good spirit. From this point alone, it is admirable.
"General Li, where did you get this wine?"
Li Qingying likes to call her General. Li Xun used to call her name, so Li Qingying looked at her differently and always targeted her. She is Li Zhong's daughter. Li Xun could not beat her or scold her. In the end, she had to surrender and call her General Li. This made Li Qingying's attitude towards him a little better.
Li Qingying gnawed the lamb legs and said vaguely: "I came from Liu Xiangguo, this wine is good!"
After hearing Li Qingying's words, Li Xun smiled bitterly, saying that it looked familiar. It turned out that it was stolen from Liu Jie. Among the thousands of carriages, one was a special carriage. The whole carriage was filled with imperial wine from the palace and was to be given to the Khan of the Hu tribe. Moreover, he could not drink wine during the march. If Liu Jie knew about this, he would definitely punish him. Li Qingying was simply cheating on him!
Seeing the bitter smile on Li Xun's face, Li Qingying frowned and said unhappy: "Are you still unhappy if you give me wine? Give me back."
After saying that, he reached out to grab the leather pot.
Li Xun avoided and laughed, "It's hard to get such a good wine into my Li Xun's hands."
Li Xun continued to drink, but he had already drunk anyway, so it was impossible to return it to the death. I just hoped that Liu Jie would not know.
While drinking, Li Xun said: "This time on the mission to Mo Meng actually let the Zuo Yin of the dynasty take action personally. This specification is really high."
Li Qingying had finished eating the legs of lamb and wiped her mouth clean. After hearing Li Xun's words, she said disdainfully: "This time, not only will I go to Mobei, but I will also go to Monan. The real purpose is to appease the Hu tribe in Mobei and explore its movements. In addition to the Hu tribe in Monan, it is also to win over and stabilize the Hu tribe in Monan, so that it can continue to abide by the alliance and restrain the Hu tribe in Mobei from behind. In this way, the safety of Anbei can be ensured. In the entire Jin Dynasty, except for my father, only Liu Jie, has the ability and prestige. You can't even see this. I really don't know how you got into the position of general."
Li Xun smiled awkwardly and asked, "I only know that Liu Jie's prime minister is quite good at military affairs. As for his past, he is not very clear. Can General Li introduce it?"
People like Liu Jie have a good official reputation, good reputation, high prestige and high status, so in private, few people discuss things about him, and Li Xun did not care about these things before, because Li Yi, the aunt who was the imperial concubine, Li Xun only needed to curry favor with Emperor Zhao Zhi alone, and his future did not need to be promoted through Liu Jie.
"I am in a good mood today, so I will tell you."
Li Qingying said proudly.
Li Xun coughed twice: "Then let's talk, listen carefully."
Liu Jie is 73 years old this year, and he is the same age as Yang Daosi. Both of them are Jinshi in the same year. They are successful in their youth and have extraordinary backgrounds. The difference is their official experience. Yang Daosi has been in the local area for a long time and served as the governor of Duozhou. When he was almost fifty, he entered the central government and soon entered the Political Affairs Hall. Liu Jie is different. He has always worked in Fengjing and was in Jingzhao Yin, the most likely position to offend people and cause trouble. He has been doing it for a full ten years and has achieved very outstanding political achievements. In his early forties, he entered the Political Affairs Hall as the Chief Minister of Political Affairs. Later, because of his personality, his fierce work, and his lack of understanding of compromise, he offended the trusted and favorite ministers of the Pingzong clan. He was falsely expelled from the Political Affairs Hall and transferred to Anbei.
At that time, there was only Liangzhou left in Longyou. Shanzhou, Lanzhou and Langzhou were in the hands of Tubo. The Momeng Hu tribe was even more ambitious. It was becoming increasingly ambitious about the Central Plains, and there were any possibility of large-scale attacks. There were only tens of thousands of defenders in Anbei, with weak soldiers and few generals. If the Hu tribe attacked, it would not be able to resist. Faced with such a crisis, Liu Jie took advantage of the opportunity when the old Khan of the Momeng Hu tribe had just died and the new Khan had just ascended the throne to provoke and divide the Hu tribes of the Momeng tribes, and finally succeeded, splitting the powerful Momeng Hu tribe into two parts of Momeng and Mosnan. The internal fighting and restraint made the Momeng Hu tribe lose the strength to enter the Central Plains in a short period of time.
Liu Jie became famous as a result. In his eighth year of command of Anbei, he not only defeated Tubo and regained the land of Lang, Shan and Lan, but also moved hundreds of thousands of mainland people to his land and obtained more than 100,000 troops, greatly enhancing the military strength of Anbei and setting a firm foundation for Li Zhong to resist the invasion of the Hu tribe in Mobei in the future.
As soon as Pingzong died, Zhao Zhi succeeded to the throne and immediately transferred back to Liu Jie, and was promoted to Shizhong, Minister of War, and Left Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall.
After hearing this, Li Xun nodded and exclaimed: "Liu Xiangguo is indeed not simple. He almost blesses Anbei for more than ten years of peace with his own strength."
Li Qingying hummed twice, stood up, and slapped the dust on her body: "I have gone to rest. Now I am close to the hinterland of Mobei. Liu Xiangguo has sent someone to inform the Hu tribe, but they did not see any action. His attitude is unclear. Li Xun, you should send more people to watch tonight, it is best for you to take charge of yourself, and you must not be careless."
After saying that, Li Qingying yawned and turned around and left, obviously preparing to go to bed.
Looking at Li Qingying's back, Li Xun rolled his eyes. I am a serious general after all. What qualifications do you have to point fingers at yourself?
Li Xun also hummed twice, stood up, entered his tent, and went to bed directly.
Chapter completed!