Chapter 225 The best BMW is red in blood

The winter in Shule is very cold, and Chen Ying has a deep understanding of this. The messenger of the tiger Yicong was wearing a thick cotton coat and sheepskin boots on his feet. However, he rode his horse in the snow and ice, and he almost froze.

After finally putting it in the warm house, the messenger woke up. After receiving the messenger's urgent message, Chen Ying's face became gloomy as water.

History is always repeated again, perhaps because of Li Jiancheng's stimulation. When quelling the Hebei Rebellion, Li Yi in Youzhou was attacked by the Turks, abandoned his armor and lost more than 10,000 troops. Li Jiancheng took advantage of the situation to order Xue Wanren to be the commander of the Youzhou Army and stationed in Youbeiping. Li Yi was defeated and demoted and had nothing to say. Li Jiancheng successfully incorporated Li Yi's subordinates. Perhaps because of Li Jiancheng's stimulation, Li Shimin actually sent Changsun Wuji to lead more than a dozen personal guards to Jianghuai to compile Du Fuwei's troops. When Chen Ying received this secret letter, Changsun Wuji probably had already arrived in Jianghuai.

Although Li Shimin and Du Fuwei formed a Jinlan, perhaps Li Shimin had obtained Du Fuwei's permission and support, at this time, Fu Gongyou stayed behind in Jianghuai. As early as the second year of Wude, Du Fuwei changed his original style of bandits and worked hard to build the foundation of Jianghuai.

Du Fuwei, like Dou Jiande, was born in a humble background. Because he was deeply suffering from taxes, Du Fuwei only charged very low taxes to the 74 counties of Jianghuai. At the same time, it may be due to the innate hatred of poor peasants against corrupt officials. Du Fuwei ordered all officials to be executed regardless of the severity of the seriousness of the corruption. This is of course unreasonable, but it has enabled Du to obtain the support of the people of Jianghuai.

Because Jianghuai has been politically marginalized due to geographical factors, the Jianghuai clans were very dissatisfied with the appointment of northern scholars in the Tang Dynasty. However, they were willing to join forces with Du Fuwei, a non-dictatorial family. With the help of Du Fuwei to appease the people, the entire Jianghuai clan not only restored the population that died in the late Sui Dynasty in just three years, but also fully developed the economy.

After Du Fuwei surrendered to the Li Tang court in the third year of Wude, a political interest group formed in the Jianghuai region, led by Du Fuwei, Wang Xiongdan, Kan Ling, Fu Gongyou and other political interest groups and the Jianghuai clan assembly were formed. This interest group is naturally very xenophobic. Not to mention Li Shimin's order, even Li Yuan's order would not work.

Once Changsun Wuji hit a wall in the Jianghuai River or was boycotted, with Changsun Wuji's character of revenge, he would definitely fabricate the so-called evidence of Fu Gongyou's rebellion and force him to return to Fu Gongyou. In the original history, Fu Gongyou did rebel, but at that time, because the Li Tang court ordered Li Jing to be the chief marching officer of the Southeast Road, he led the elite Tang army forces to quickly quell the Fu Gongyou Rebellion.

It was just this time and space, because of Chen Ying's influence, Li Yuan began to be afraid of Chen Ying. In order to prevent Chen Ying, he transferred Li Jing from the Southeast Road to Longyou Road and became the chief supervisor of Liangzhou.

So the question is, once Fu Gongyou rebels like in history? Who will the Li Tang court use to suppress the rebellion?

The Hedong Army under Li Shimin, as well as Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng, Zhang Gongjin, Zhang Liang and others were strong and full of talents. For political considerations, Li Jiancheng and his civil and military generals would definitely spare no effort to oppose Li Shimin leading his army to quell the Jianghuai Rebellion.

Li Jiancheng's subordinates were Xue Wanren, Xue Wanche, Feng Li, Li Yuan, Wei Wenzhong, Li Shiji, and Wei Ting. Similarly, the political forces under Li Shimin would not allow Li Jiancheng to make new contributions, so whether Li Jiancheng took charge personally or the generals under the Eastern Palace sect suppressed the rebellion, they would still be stopped.

As the saying goes, one monk carries water to drink, another monk carries water to drink, and the three monks have no water to drink. Due to Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's dispute over the crown prince, neither side will have the opportunity to quell the Jianghuai Rebellion. So, in the court, besides Li Jing, are there any neutral generals?

There are, such as Liu Hongji, Duke Ren, who was appointed as the General of the Xiaowei Guard, and Yin Kaishan, who was the Minister of Personnel. However, Yin Kaishan, who had entered the sixth year of Wude, was in poor health.

Unfortunately, like Hebei, Shandong ambassador of the Pacification and Strategic Affairs, Zuowu Guard General, and Huai'an King Li Shentong, I am afraid that he cannot leave Hebei easily.

After all the calculations, the only one who can make a move is Chen Ying's brother-in-law Li Daozong, but Li Daozong also seems to be inclined to Li Shimin.

The only one who can send troops to suppress is Li Xiaogong, the King of Hejian.

However, Chen Ying was a little inaccurate about Li Xiaogong, who had been with Li Jing for six years. Li Xiaogong was indeed a pacifier of Xiao Xian, governing Bashu, and recruiting the southern states to make great contributions. However, all of his contributions were moisture. To put it bluntly, even a pig could make a lot of contributions. How many of these contributions were brought to him by Li Jing?

It’s like Li Jiancheng’s reputation for fighting is better than Li Shimin’s military achievements. Without Chen Ying, his reputation for fighting is more than three points.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying couldn't help but feel anxious.

Chen Ying once again experienced the difficulty of poor news, and even prayed that Changsun Wuji would not anger Fu Gongyou, at least not let this nation with many disasters and difficulties add to the insult to the blood.

Today, except for Guanzhong, Hedong has not yet wiped out the ruins of war. Hebei and Shandong have heard crying everywhere and new graves are built everywhere. If the Jianghuai River and Huai River are in chaos, I am afraid that many people will die.

What the Tang Dynasty lacks most now is population. The life of every citizen is precious.

At this moment, Chen Ying regretted even more why he didn't kill Changsun Wuji. Although he did not dare to threaten him, Changsun Wuji was also an ambitious person. He needed merit, so he won the Jianghuai River for Li Shimin, a land of fish and rice.

However, I am afraid that it is a good intention to do bad things, which arouses Fu Gongyou's rebound.

As the saying goes, good things are not effective, bad things are obviously a fact.

...

Li Shimin poured wine for Du Fuwei.

Li Shimin held the wine cup and didn't know how to speak for a long time.

Du Fuwei silencedly and drank the wine in one go.

Li Shimin filled Du Fuwei with wine again, and Li Shimin said aloofly: "Brother Du, I am so sorry... I promised to let you return to Jianghuai, but now... I have broken my promise."

Du Fuwei sighed and said, "Brother, now that things have come to this point, I no longer hope to return to Jianghuai. I just hope that Your Majesty can treat Jianghuai soldiers well for Du's sincere submission."

Li Shimin patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will do my best to mediate this matter."

Du Fuwei looked at Li Shimin without any objection and said, "Do you know, who is the person I am most worried about now?

Li Shimin said in confusion: "Who?"

Du Fuwei held the wine glass and smiled bitterly, "My sworn brother, Fu Gongyou."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Why?"

Du Fuwei shook his head lightly and said, "I know his character very well. Fu Gongyou is a person who will never be willing to let him down. The Jianghuai Army is in his hands, and something big will happen sooner or later, so I asked Xiongdan to accompany Changsun Wuji to Jianghuai. With Xiongdan's prestige, it should not be difficult to seize Fu Gongyou's military power!"

Li Shimin tried to ask: "Brother, do you mean that Fu Gongyou has the ambition to rule the Southeast?"

Du Fuwei said: "He has this ambition, but it's just one aspect!"

"There is another aspect!" Speaking of this, Du Fuwei smiled bitterly: "There are also the aristocratic families of the Jianghuai clans, and even brothers are hard to get rid of!"

Li Shimin nodded. He understood Du Fuwei's concerns. In fact, this was also a hidden worry for the entire Tang Dynasty. The Hebei clans were dissatisfied with Hebei being governed by Guanzhong, so they followed Liu Shishan, a vulgar man to rebel. They knew that their rebellion would not succeed, but they still took risks.

This also gives Li Shimin a key factor that can take advantage of.

Among the entire southern aristocratic clans, the only one in the Li Tang court was Xiao Shiwen. The six ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Justice were almost no people from Jiangnan. They had regional xenophobia and internal resentment, and they were likely to erupt like a volcano.

Du Fuwei was slightly drunk. When he got up, his body shaking and could hardly stand. Du Fuwei looked at Li Shimin and said, "The lives of tens of thousands of brothers in Jianghuai are the greatest. For the sake of the present, Du can only let Fu Gongyou down!"

Li Shimin looked at Du Fuwei in surprise. It was unimaginable that Du Fuwei dared to attack Fu Gongyou.

Du Fuwei actually felt even more distressed.

The Nine Provinces were unified and the world was returned to their hearts. The Tang Dynasty occupied the wind of justice and would not allow the existence of political groups like the Jianghuai Army. What's more, this political group was incompatible with the imperial court.

Fu Gongyou has always been like letting Du Fuwei ascend the throne, and he would be a king who is one-word and shoulder to shoulder. If he hadn't seen Du Fuwei's prestige in the army and had five hundred adopted sons in charge of the army, Fu Gongyou would have replaced him.

Du Fuwei was also sighing, people, with different status, people's hearts will always change!

Du Fuwei took the jar of wine and poured wine into his mouth.

Li Shimin saw that Du Fuwei was in a bad state and quickly stepped forward and persuaded: "Brother, you are drunk!"

"It's great to drink. Only when you get drunk can you relieve your worries!" Du Fuwei continued to drink wine, and gradually turned into a ball of mud.

Li Shimin looked at Du Fuwei on the ground, his face full of confusion: "I'm sorry, brother!"

...

Changsun Wuji and Wang Xiongdan brought carts into the Jianghuai Army’s Commander Hall, and dozens or hundreds of Jianghuai generals and Fu Gongyou met with Changsun Wuji and Wang Xiongdan.

"Fu Pushe, this is a gift from His Highness the King of Qin!" Changsun Wuji held a sword box and handed it to Fu Gongyou.

Fu Gongyou took the long sword and saw that the scabbard was made of shark skin, black and shiny, but without any decoration, it looked ordinary. He pulled out the long sword casually, and a cold light penetrated through the box. The long sword was three feet long, with two fingers and half wide fingers, a thick spine, and the blade did not look very sharp. However, veterans who had been on the battlefield knew that this was a powerful weapon that could be used for fighting in battle formations. For example, the sword body was thinner than paper, and the sword was flashing in one go, and the sword seemed to be light and elegant, so it could only be used to show off.

Changsun Wuji explained: "This sword is made of high manganese steel, weighing about eight kilograms, and can cut off sixteen mats side by side with one sword!"

As soon as Changsun Wuji said this, everyone exclaimed.

Slashing the straw mat is a common way to test the sharpness of the sword. Usually, a roll of straw mat is fixed side by side, and then using all your strength to slash over. The more you cut the straw mat, the sharper the sword is, because the straw mat is very flexible and has great resistance, and the inferior sword cannot be cut at all.

The horizontal sword of the Tang army's standard is generally based on the one-sword cutting of six rolls of straw mats. Each knife must meet this standard, otherwise the craftsman will be in trouble. This long sword can cut sixteen rolls of straw mats with one sword, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it "cuts iron like mud".

In fact, the hardness of high-manganese steel is nearly fifty higher than that of high-carbon steel. If the same quality of high-carbon steel is used to cut it against high-manganese steel, high-carbon steel will definitely not cut it.

Fu Gongyou tried to wave the long sword, and only heard the sound of the wind roaring, the cold light was pressing, and he couldn't help but laugh: "Good sword! It looks ordinary, but when you hold it in your hand, you always have the urge to gallop on the battlefield to charge. What a good sword!"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "It's good if the servants like it, it's good if you like it..."

Fu Gongyou took back his sword.

Kan Ling, the left deputy commander of the Jianghuai Army, was jealous of the sword, but he was not good at using swords. His weapon was Mo Dao, who was extremely domineering. However, Chen Ying handed over Kan Ling and not only gave Kan Ling a high manganese steel bright light armor, but also gave him a set of swords, including a high manganese steel horizontal knife of nine pounds and six pounds, a short knife of two pounds and three pounds, a high manganese steel Mo Dao weighing thirty-six pounds, and a broken sabre.

Kan Ling said excitedly: "Do you have my gift?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "General Kan is extremely brave. His Highness, when he heard that General Kan lacks a good mount, he asked Wuji to bring a BMW!"

Kan Ling is eight feet and six inches tall, equivalent to two meters and two inches in later generations. His weight is more than 220 kilograms. If he included his Modao and armor, his whole body weighed more than 300 kilograms. It was the weight of two people. Generally, war horses can't walk much fare at all, let alone charge on the battlefield.

In order to solve the problem of personal war horses, Kan Leung had no choice but to find a strong mule that could barely carry Kan Leung to the battlefield.

But the mule is too unreasonable.

This is also something that Kan Ling feels unhappy, but there is no way. Jiangnan is short of horses, and Du Fuwei never deals with the Turks. Even if someone buys horses from the grassland, most of the ones they buy are short Turkish horses (that is, the prototype of Mongolian horses).

After a while, Changsun Wuji asked someone to lead a war horse. This war horse was seven feet tall, nearly one foot taller than the usual war horse. It had a light golden mane. The horse's teeth were light, but it was full of energy and looked down on it. It had a kingly aura!

Kan Ling looked at it, and her eyes could no longer move away. Her eyes showed a glimmer of admiration and said excitedly: "Okay, good horse, are you really willing to give me this horse?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "Of course, the BMW is matched with a hero, not to mention that this horse was personally taken back by His Highness of the King of Qin from Jie Li Khan and tamed by himself. This war horse also has a loud name, called Xue Lihong!"

Kan Ling walked towards this "red in blood". "red in blood" was very human. It originally looked down on everyone and looked disdainful, but as Kan Ling walked towards it, its originally arrogant gaze suddenly became gentle. Kan Ling was tall and full of evil spirits, which put too much pressure on it.

However, "Red in Blood" is the king of horses, and it is not so easy to tame. As Kan Len approaches, "Red in Blood" suddenly neighs, throws away the horse slaves around him, and starts running wildly in the distance.

Kan Ling yelled: "Where to run!"

As he said that, he spread his thighs and chased the war horse.
Chapter completed!