Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The large tent of the Chinese army in Feng'an in Northwest China is usually full of noise when gathering civil and military personnel, but when Li Chuyun walked in today, he saw civil and military personnel lined up on both sides, and the tent was dead silent. Everyone seemed to have discussed it, and turned their heads to look at Li Chuyun in unison.

Holding his sword, Li Chuyun strode up to the simple bench and table in the north, sat down straight, raised the paper in his hand and said: "The Privy Council order, in order to prevent the Liao army's actions in the east, suspend the war in the northwest, and the Hexi army will return to Beijing immediately, and then make plans. What do you have to say?"

Dozens of people in the tent were silent.

Li Chuyun asked Wei Renpu again: "Deputy envoy Wei?"

Wei Renpu cupped his fists calmly and said, "Li Gong is the coach, what do you think should be done?"

Li Chuyun immediately slapped the paper on the table: "Take it down and show it to everyone. As Commander-in-Chief, follow the order of the Privy Council and prepare to march today."

After saying that, he got up and strode out of the big tent.

As soon as he entered the tent where Li Chuyun lived, he saw his staff member Zhongli chasing him. Li Chuyun turned his head and glanced at him, beckoning.

As soon as Zhongli entered the tent, he immediately put down the animal skin curtain, stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Why does Mr. Li decide such important matters so easily?"

Li Chuyun said: "Mr. Zhong is referring to the class teacher returning to court?"

"Exactly." Zhongli nodded vigorously, with an anxious and anxious look on his face.

Li Chuyun stroked the beard on his chin, and said calmly: "The Privy Council has always been in charge of the military orders of the country. It has always been the emperor's intention. If this is the case, the military orders are in front of you. Why hesitate?"

Zhongli looked heartbroken, opened his eyes wide and approached two steps, and whispered: "What is Daxu, can you compare it with those dynasties at the end of Tang Dynasty? Even if the Liao army fanned the flames in the Northeast, how about letting the Northwest Army, which has already marched 2,000 miles away, lose all their previous efforts?"

Li Chuyun already knew what Zhongli wanted to say, but he didn't say anything.

Zhongli couldn't wait to say: "There must be drastic changes in the court!"

Li Chuyun was not surprised, nor did he refute, but said: "The emperor's kindness is great, and the Li family is deeply favored by the present, so that they have a noble lintel; the government has worked hard to govern, and the country's prestige will grow day by day, and the people's livelihood will improve. This is the kindness of knowing you, and for the people of the world. Loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon."

Zhongli said: "I know Li Gong's loyalty and courage. I used to serve as an old man, and I also valued Li Gong's righteousness. However, in this world, I am afraid that sometimes I can't help myself! I receive Li Gong's kindness, naturally I only plan for Li Gong."

Li Chuyun murmured: "An official's heart is like a mirror, and he must know my heart."

Zhongli shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter what kind of heart Li Gong is. Your fault is that you are the highest imperial general in the imperial court! Did Zhang Yongde have two minds back then?"

Li Chuyun is no less knowledgeable than Zhongli at all, but he still said: "Heh! When I return to Beijing, I will hand over all military power, and enjoy leisure and wealth like Zhang Yongde, what's wrong?"

Zhongli said: "But Zhang Yongde has no grandson who is a prince."

Li Chuyun was speechless to refute immediately.

Although the prince Guo Zhang is not the son of the legitimate son, he is older than the son of the legitimate son. Of course, Li Chuyun should help Guo Zhang take the position because of emotion and reason, public and private. As long as Guo Zhang sits up, what kind of existence will Li Chuyun be? The most embarrassing thing is that no one believes that Li Chuyun will give up planning for his grandson and his son who loves his daughter!

As for the ups and downs in the middle, as long as Li Chuyun is not dead, with his status, reputation, prestige, and ability, he will have a chance sooner or later!

Li Chuyun said calmly: "You can't talk nonsense. The officials are in their prime of life, and they must be healthy. Now, even as Mr. Zhong said, there may be changes in Tokyo. It's not clear what the changes are..."

Zhongli said in a low voice: "The situation is forcing, the old man has a saying: If you take a step back, you will be smashed to pieces, and you will have a bright future. Li Gong is loyal to others, but others will stab you in the heart. I don't know how it feels..."

"Shut up!" Li Chuyun stared, suddenly very annoyed. He usually gets along well with civil servants, has a good temper, and rarely gets angry, but at this moment his face was even more reddened by anger. After a while, he took a deep breath and said coldly, "Mr. Zhong, go down first, I want to be quiet."

After hearing this, Zhongli clasped his fists and went out.

Li Chuyun was sitting alone in the tent, and the sound of horseshoes and horns outside was so familiar. He seems to have seen the exciting past with that young man pointing to the country and galloping horses, as if he heard the man's low and passionate ambitions. Yue Xu, monarchs and ministers... brothers who live and die together! Gold and iron horses, thousands of horses galloping, prosperous articles, and beautiful mountains and rivers, a glorious dynasty that is surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties is rising! Infinite glory and brilliance, admiration from all ages, and praises written by Qingshi spared no effort to make people's blood boil...

Li Chuyun's eyes were red, and turbid tears rolled out of his big rough eyes, flowing along his red face with rough skin and thick black beard. Li Chuyun stretched out his hands, his mouth and nose were helpless, and his suppressed voice was like a wounded beast crying.

... The tent where Zhongli lived was not far from Li Chuyun. As soon as he walked back out of people's sight, his face immediately revealed an expression of ecstasy! He opened his mouth with most of his teeth missing, and made a face of laughing, but he forbeared and remained silent.

After a while, Zhongli suddenly burst into tears again. He cried and laughed like this, tossing and tossing alone for a long time, and finally calmed down.

With his back to the entrance of the tent, he sat cross-legged on the straw futon in a daze.

Vaguely, he seemed to see a graceful fairy, that beautiful sister-in-law of the Li family, her smile and her bell-like laughter were right in front of him, she was kind and warm...

The sweet dream of youth is far away and vague, it has been too long, Zhongli almost forgot it. But there is one thing that cannot be forgotten, that is the relatives of the living, whose blood is thicker than water!

Even his biological son, the only descendant in this world...

Perhaps, "Hedong Little White Dragon" Li Yun never knew who the old man around him who liked "Book of Changes" and divination was. But does it matter? Seeing that Li Yun has grown into a lively hero, and seeing him become a general, even if he has no title, Zhong Li feels relieved from the bottom of his heart.

When Zhongli was young, he never got an heir, and he didn't care too much about it at that time. The older a person is, the more he values ​​things. Li Yun, his only son and only relative, is the hope of his life and the sustenance of his soul for this old man who is about to die.

However, his only family member died...

Zhongli has read the scriptures well, and usually distinguishes right from wrong, and he also faintly feels that Li Yun is to blame for his own fault; but there is no reason to stand up and talk without back pain. Back then in Hedong, Zhongli was the most staunch aide who opposed Li Yun's rebellion, so what's the use? After all, staff are just staff.

Zhongli is old and weak, the rest of his life is not long, everything has become a cloud, the only reason why he did not wait for death is the hatred in his heart! In the final analysis, the surname Guo was just a grassroots person, who was born in troubled times and seized the opportunity, but he killed Li Yun, and even massacred|killed Li Yun's descendants and the whole family!

From women, young and strong to children, children of all ages are not spared. The old man is helplessly waiting for his children and grandchildren to be liquidated like animals. How many nights he is shivering all over.

The person who is full of blood and owes his life, Zhongli swears that he will not let him go even if he is a ghost!

However, the surname Guo was very capable, and later he became emperor and proclaimed himself emperor. Wenzhi and martial arts... An old man like Zhongli, half buried in the earth, has nothing, and the disparity in strength is too great. Maybe revenge is just a daydream?

Zhongli can't think of any way, even if he persists in not giving up everything he has done, he often feels it is futile. For example, to lure Li Chuyun's brother Li Liangshi to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and lent him money, taking the opportunity to make friends, win over, and blackmail him, in order to instruct Li Liangshi to do things for him. At the beginning Li Liangshi recommended Zhongli, and then staged a good show of begging for a hermit in the busy market, and managed the timing, which made the founding father Li Chuyun believe that Zhongli was a hard-to-find talent.

Zhongli didn't know if it was really useful to do these things, but he believed that being by Li Chuyun's side was the opportunity. What kind of person Li Chuyun is is not important, the key is his position!

Opportunities for the elderly are very small, so try your best every step of the way. Including the one-on-one singing and answering in the market, the topics of righteousness and loyalty, Zhongli has gained Li Chuyun's trust step by step, and now he has almost succeeded in making Li Chuyun regard himself as a confidant.

Even so, Zhongli's chances are not great... Age is the biggest weakness, most of his hair and beard have turned gray, and he may let go at any time; not to mention himself, even Li Chuyun may not be able to wear out Guo's surname!

So many times, Zhongli has no hope about things at all, but he just can't stop and walks down step by step. Desperate and helpless.

At this moment, hope is ignited! Today's transfer order made Zhongli confirm that something must happen, the opportunity has come!

This is the reason why Zhongli does everything "in vain", and this is the opportunity he has to wait for; if there is no such opportunity, everything he does is meaningless. After years of layout and preparation, it is like a dead and dull game of chess, or like a pile of boring fireworks tubes, placed there dimly, but as long as there is a spark, everything is alive, blooming all over the sky, it is very exciting!

God has eyes, karma has rewards...

Zhong Li took a deep breath, stroked Bai Hua's beard, and gradually calmed down the rush of blood in his chest. The dreamy and wonderful past, the love and hatred of the same side of the heart, dissipated like a fog, and the low and simple marching tents and the gloomy and narrow scene returned to the front. Zhongli breathed out that breath slowly, his heart was as cold as ice, calm as water, he only had a plan in his chest, like the flowers blooming in spring and the fruits growing in autumn, everything is inevitable, which made him full of confidence!

Zhongli murmured: "When you go up to the high-rise building, you will worry about thousands of miles. The reeds and willows are like Tingzhou. The sun sinks into the pavilion at the beginning of the stream and clouds..."

His eyes lit up, and a sentence came out of his old wrinkled lips: "The mountain is about to rain and the wind is coming!"