Chapter 96 The unexpected

"Grandpa Qi is the person I admire the most, and I want to imitate him." Li Ping suddenly said loudly.

He seemed to suddenly realize that he had an excuse for being different in his unit, but he had no time to think about it and organize the language, so he had to keep it simple and consistent with his identity as a young man.

Hearing this, Zuo Liangyu stood up with a big smile and praised: "Good, good! I am very lucky to have such a good general."

"Old general, good luck!"

"He is indeed a heroic boy!"

Several cheery cheers immediately came from the surrounding area.

The bet was right!

A flash of excitement flashed in Li Ping's heart, and his eyes glanced around him involuntarily.

"Come on, don't be so nervous. I'm just here to talk to you. I haven't introduced the generals yet?" Zuo Liangyu suddenly stepped forward and patted Li Ping on the shoulder.

In an instant, Li Ping somehow felt a lot of affection for Zuo Liangyu.

This veteran looks tall and strong (about 1.8 meters tall) with a red and black complexion, but he doesn't feel oppressed at all. He is both majestic and caring, and he doesn't put on airs. He is very casual, and the appropriate physical contact is even more important.

Makes you feel like this is an older brother.

Li Ping seemed to understand a little bit why this guy was able to conquer so many famous peasant army generals. His goodwill was really extraordinary.

However, such a close distance also made Li Ping notice that Zuo Liangyu's somewhat withered black hair was mixed with a large amount of white hair.

Zuo Liangyu's face showed obvious fatigue and wrinkles, and his back was a little bent. He didn't look like a man in his forties at all, but more like an old man in his fifties or sixties.

Under Zuo Liangyu's introduction, Li Ping learned that the middle-aged general who interrupted was called Chen Keli, who also served in the Liao Army and was now the deputy commander-in-chief.

Among the other generals, two were also from the Liao Army, serving as deputy generals and staff generals respectively, but Li Ping couldn't remember them because they really didn't have any characteristics.

But there are two people Li Ping remembers much more clearly.

One is Jin Shenghuan, a brave and ruthless guy who Li Ping has been paying attention to for a long time.

There is also a deputy general called Hui Dengxiang, whose original nickname is "Hun Tianxing". He was also a leader of the peasant army. He surrendered to Zuo Liangyu the year before last and made many military exploits. Although this man looks older, his eyes are very bright, and

Much stronger.

Among the various rebel armies and thief armies in the late Ming Dynasty, it was a big feature that the leaders of each party often had a loud nickname, just like the heroes and powerful men in martial arts novels who were too embarrassed to hang out without nicknames.

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At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the whole country was in a mess again. There were too many leaders, big and small, to count. And most of these people were isolated from each other and had little contact. This resulted in nicknames often being repeated.

It is often possible that several people have chosen the account.

After all the introductions were completed, Deputy Commander Chen Keli suddenly stepped forward and punched Li Ping twice in the chest.

Seeing Li Ping just giggling from there, he burst out laughing, and then said: "Boy, that's right. I'll remember you. If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me. Don't be embarrassed."

Li Ping hurriedly bowed his head to express his gratitude, but he didn't take it seriously.

But then Chen Keli went on to say: "Your army has newly expanded. It seems that there is a serious shortage of supplies. I heard that you are a stupid boy and you don't know how to grab things. Let's do this. I will send you twenty horses in a while. Five

Shifujia, I will bring you some food as a little gift from me."

Before Chen Keli finished speaking, Li Ping was already stunned. He shouted in his heart: What kind of method is this?

He looked at Zuo Liangyu and saw that Zuo Liangyu was also looking at him with a smile. Although he didn't understand what happened, he still hurriedly and politely excused himself and said: "This, how can this be good? I can't bear it."

Ah! It’s too heavy.”

"Why are you so polite? I just like you, kid. What's the matter? We are all in charge of each other. From now on, we will have to help each other on the battlefield. What does this mean?" Chen Keli said carelessly.

Li Ping straightened his body immediately, bowed again and thanked him profusely.

Zuo Liangyu, who had returned to his seat at this time, intervened and said: "What Deputy General Chen said has touched my heart. You are a good boy. You are loyal, righteous, courageous and resourceful. I have liked him for a long time.

I want to meet you, kid. This time you come to the city and I will catch you, haha."

"General, that's a ridiculous compliment. I just did my duty, and I don't deserve to be so highly regarded by the general." Li Ping hurriedly said modestly.

Zuo Liangyu looked very easy-going and said: "Okay, don't be too humble, there are no outsiders here. Your department has newly expanded, and it is said that the restrictions are quite strict, and the original rewards are probably at the bottom! Are you living a good life?

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"Um... I am very grateful for being promoted by General Quan Meng. However, there are too many new recruits in our unit now. I feel panicked when I look at this large army. I am afraid that it will be difficult to control if it is not easy to restrain, so I have to practice every day. I hope

They will form an army as soon as possible. Where there is little food and grass, there are still some, and they can still support it." Li Ping said carefully.

"Well! Materials are tight now. I'm afraid it's hard to recruit civilians now. Everyone is having a hard time. It's my responsibility as the commander! And you have added so many new soldiers. It's really not easy. I'm really nervous.

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You are right. You are a new general of a battalion and a newly expanded army. It is only right to train well. Especially since your injury is just right. It is the time to gather the military spirit to organize and train the battalion. Lack of food and money is not enough.

, No matter how tight I am, I can't make a capable general suffer. Let's do this. I have prepared some soldiers, armor, money and food, which should be able to relieve your worries. You can use them to train your troops well." Zuo Liangyu stared at Li Ping and said.

After hearing this, Li Ping hurriedly prostrated himself again and said, "How good is this? The general will be so frightened that he will not be able to retaliate!"

Zuo Liangyu suddenly became serious and said: "Li Youyi, just practice well. Since you and I are soldiers, we should serve the court and the country. Money is small, but friendship is the most important. I, Zuo Liangyu, have been in the killing field for more than twenty years.

, How can you be virtuous and get the help of all the troops? You are the only one who has faith and righteousness."

"The general understands that I will intensify my training after returning to the camp. I will be at the general's disposal at any time and am willing to die for the general." Li Ping expressed his position loudly.

"I'm lucky to have you help me." Zuo Liangyu nodded appreciatively.

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After leaving Zuo Liangyu's mansion, Li Ping couldn't calm down for a long time. He kept thinking about the various scenes when he saw Zuo Liangyu just now.

Things happened suddenly. Many of his words today were not appropriate and his expressions were not very good. Mainly, he never thought carefully about how to talk to Zuo Liangyu, what should be said and what should not be said.

Fortunately, he didn't dare to say more, so the problem shouldn't be big.

But Zuo Liangyu's sudden conversation with him this time was so interesting, and even more information was revealed. It was a bit surprising, but it didn't seem too surprising, especially after hearing Zhao Jin's introduction.

Inviting his trusted generals to meet him, to praise him in public, and to give him rewards was more of a signal to the outside world. I wonder what it has to do with the cold reception he received at Zuo Mengeng yesterday?

If that's the case, this old guy's reaction is really fast. If you don't accept it, most people would probably be flattered by it.

It was definitely not a random thing for Deputy Commander Chen Keli to give him a big gift in the name of friendship. Judging from his smooth energy, he had already prepared it.

I have also heard of Chen Keli’s famous name Li Ping. Although I have never seen it, if you haven’t heard of such a big boss Li Ping, then you are looking for trouble! However, it is said that this guy is also a restless boss and not so generous.

.Giving gifts upon meeting should have been Zuo Liangyu’s prior instruction.

No matter what, there are twenty horses! What a good thing. This is what he lacks the most.

While he was thinking about it, Hu Zhongshan came over excitedly, followed by He Zhuzi who had a big package on him.

Before Li Ping left Zuo Liangyu's residence, a steward from Zuo Liangyu's residence stopped Li Ping. He was ordered by Zuo Liangyu to hand over the reward to Li Ping. Of course, Li Ping would not do this kind of thing.

To directly interact with the steward would have seemed too low-level. So Li Ping found Hu Zhongshan and He Zhuzhu who were waiting outside the mansion to confront the steward, while he himself waited not far from the mansion.

At this time, Hu Zhongshan couldn't hide his excitement. He looked around at the soldiers who were on guard outside. He was slightly excited but had to lower his voice and said to Li Ping:

"Sir, the General has taken great care of you. The steward gave me a package in advance, the one that Assistant He had on him. It was full of gold, silver and jewels, and asked us to tell the General. This was out of the General's selfishness.

I also hope that I will try not to talk to outsiders as much as possible.

There are also ten horses, some weapons and armor, and hundreds of stones of food. However, the person in charge of these things has not arrived yet and has to prepare them in a hurry. He said that they will be ready the day after tomorrow. He asked us to go there then and made an appointment for the delivery place.

.You should take a look at this big bag of gold, silver and jewelry first. Good guy, we both took a look, they are all good items!"

"No, just put it away. Since the supervisor said it, you must keep your mouth shut." Li Ping waved his hand to Hu Zhongshan, who was about to open the package.

"Oh! I understand. Don't worry about this. I won't be confused about this kind of thing." Hu Zhongshan hurriedly put his hand away, and then looked at Li Ping's indifferent face, which made him feel even more unfathomable.

So he continued: "By the way, sir, one of Deputy General Chen's stewards also came to see me. He said that Deputy General Chen gave you a greeting as a courtesy and asked us to go to him to pick it up the next day and leave it with him.

Dropped off at the location.”

"Okay, I understand. You arrange for the two of you to go back immediately and have the transportation company come over to prepare for the reception the next day. You can estimate how many carriages and horses are needed. This is the matter of your logistics department. You are responsible for the entire material reception. At the same time, arrange

The 3rd Company will come over to escort the bag of gold and silver, and after bringing it back, it will be handed over directly to Officer Song." After thinking about it, Li Ping made arrangements.

On the way to Xiangyang City, Li Ping continued to think in silence.

Judging from the number of things, Chen Keli obviously had a lot more than Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu apparently gave him only ordinary things. But this just reflected Zuo Liangyu's special skill of controlling people.

Silver jewelry is the finishing touch that makes Zuo Liangyu win people over.

The stewards of Zuo Liangyu and Chen Keli explained the matters to them at the same time. They probably also wanted to tell Li Ping that these were all arranged by Zuo Liangyu. What Li Ping wanted was Zuo Liangyu's affection. It was just to balance the forces that he could not go too far.

Reward him.

It seems that we are really well prepared!

Of course, the most important thing about all these arrangements is to tell Li Ping that they have accepted him and let him follow him with peace of mind...

Li Ping's head kept spinning. He felt that he was thinking too much. Maybe others were simple and not that complicated. He was the only one who was complicated.

Soon, Li Ping crossed the river again and returned to Xiangyang City.

However, as soon as he entered the city, a boy stopped He Zhuzhu. It seemed that the two knew each other.

After the two of them muttered a few words, He Zhuzhu immediately came up and reported in a low voice: "Mrs. Zuo is here to invite you."
Chapter completed!