Chapter 286 Great Jing War God?
Shen Tingwen was stunned again. He looked at Li Rong and then at General Wan, not knowing what to do with his hands and feet.
So, what's the situation now?
Li Rong directly avoided General Wan's greeting: "General Wan, how have you been?"
"Now that you are a general, I, Li, am but a sinner. It is my duty to pay my respects." With that, he clasped his hands in a salute to Wan Yu.
General Wan's thick beard trembled three times, and he stepped back three feet: "General Li, you'd better not scare me."
Who is Li Rong?
He is the God of War of the Great Jing! This title of God of War is not just a figurehead.
He went to the battlefield at the age of ten and was able to fight three opponents at once.
At the age of twelve, he led six men to infiltrate Wumai Mountain to suppress bandits, capturing more than 5,000 bandits without losing a single soldier. He then established the elite Li Family Army.
At the age of fifteen, he led 20,000 troops to repel a 250,000-strong army from the Southern Kingdom, and then marched south, winning only three out of thirty-four battles. He expanded the territory by tens of thousands of miles, making the Great Jing Kingdom's land area more than double that of its founding ancestor during his lifetime. The Southern Kingdom's army was terrified and has been recuperating ever since, never invading again.
At the age of twenty-two, he repelled a large army from a foreign tribe, gained control of the entire southwest region, opened up the southern route between the two tribes, facilitated economic exchange, and supported tens of thousands of people living on the border. A bronze statue of him still stands on the border today.
It can be said that the current territory of the Great Jing Dynasty was built by Li Rong. Without Li Rong, the Great Jing Dynasty would not be the dominant power it is today.
Even today, his book "The Essentials of Military Strategy of Le Rong" is still on his desk, a must-read for military strategists.
Yet this legendary war god, after pacifying the barbarians at the age of twenty-five, had his entire family implicated and punished.
Overnight, the building collapsed, and the once legendary young man fell from grace.
All told, when Wan Yu served under General Li, he was not yet twenty years old. But even then, he was already a renowned, invincible war god—a height that Wan Yu could never reach in his entire life.
Now he wants to bow to himself?
Wan Yu found it amusing.
For a moment, it stood obediently beside him with its head bowed, looking just like a mischievous monkey encountering a mountain king.
However, General Wan was so angry when he saw the strategist standing there dumbfounded that he gritted his teeth. He went up and kicked him.
"Even I wouldn't dare accept General Li's courtesy, what are you doing standing here, you brat? Looking for a beating?"
The military advisor shrank back in fright and immediately stood behind General Wan with a sheepish slink.
General Wan grew angrier the more he thought about it: "Are you out of your mind? You brought General Li with you, why didn't you use the main gate! And weren't you supposed to be picking up Physician Jiang's husband? Where is he?"
The strategist, feeling quite aggrieved after being kicked, rubbed his backside, gestured towards Li Rong with his chin, and said in a low voice, "Aren't they all here?"
He was puzzled. Which General Li could command such awe from their general?
Could he be a relative of the God of War, Li Rong?
Thinking of this, he swallowed hard and looked closely into Li Rong's eyes. To be honest, this man really did look somewhat like the God of War, except the God of War's portrait exuded an imposing aura, while this kid was much more refined, beardless, and somewhat simple-minded but stubborn.
"General Wan, I am Anuan's husband."
As Li Rong explained, he untied a large package from his body: "I was asked by A Nuan to meet her close friend. Now that you two are here, I'll give this to you."
As they spoke, they placed the packages on the table, took out one of the packages that Jiang Nuanzhi had packed and gave it to Military Advisor Shen, and the other to General Wan.
"Husband?"
General Wan was dumbfounded.
"General Li got married???"
"Didn't the Imperial Advisor predict back then that you had killed too many people in your life and had no chance of finding a husband?"
"Wait, General Li's wife is Physician Jiang!!!"
Wan Yu's voice grew louder with each sentence, until by the end his voice cracked and his tone changed.
Despite Wan Yu's excitement, Li Rong said calmly, "General Wan, there's no need to be so formal. After all, we've been through thick and thin together. And you're a friend of A Nuan, so let's address each other by name. I suppose we owe a great deal to General Wan for Xin Bo's matter."
Actually, Wan Yu wasn't under his command. He had only temporarily served under him during the southward campaign, and later stayed behind to guard the rear, after which they had no further connection. Now that he thought about it, the camp where A Nuan saved Xin Bo was in General Wan's territory.
"No, no, no." General Wan hurriedly waved his hand: "It was Physician Jiang who saved us! When the epidemic broke out in Canglin City, if it weren't for Physician Jiang, I, as a general, would have been finished. Your wife is Physician Jiang, what a perfect match, truly a perfect match."
General Wan once wondered what kind of woman would stand beside General Li.
Later, he also saw the Zhao family girl who was engaged to General Li. In fact, he had interacted with the Zhao family a few times. In General Wan's opinion, they were really not very good.
But if General Li were to marry the divine physician of Canglin City, he would never find anyone better.
"No wonder, no wonder Doctor Jiang was willing to pay a hefty sum to take Uncle Xin away."
"Xinbo?"
General Wan was stunned, swallowed hard, and asked, "Uncle Xin, could it be General Xin? Heh... that shouldn't be. How could General Xin be in my camp? He died in battle before."
As he spoke, he patted his chest, as if to say, "Don't scare yourself."
“Indeed.” Li Rong gave an affirmative answer the next second: “Xin Bo was injured and was tricked into being exiled to Canglin along with ordinary military slaves.”
Now, General Wan and Military Advisor Shen on the other side were dumbfounded, staring blankly at Li Rong.
General Wan didn't know how to describe his feelings.
The strategist seemed to have overheard some earth-shattering secret. Coming to his senses, he wanted to collapse to the ground. What had he just said to him?
Damn it, why is that mouth so foul?
Suddenly, he slapped himself in the mouth. At that moment, he really wanted to find a block of tofu and smash his head against it.
Seeing the two of them looking at each other, Li Rong knew that if he didn't speak, the stalemate would continue. So he said, "How about we eat? I saw that Military Advisor Shen has prepared some food. It will get cold if we don't eat it soon."
"I wonder if you two could tell me about Anuan's arrival in Canglin City?"
"Yes, of course."
"General, please take the seat of honor." General Wan seemed to have his meridians opened up, and he immediately pushed aside the guards who were serving him the seat of honor, insisting that Li Rong take the seat of honor, and even stood beside him to serve him food.
"Whatever the general wants to know, Wan Yu will tell you without reservation."
As he spoke, he poured wine for Li Rong.
Li Rong, with an unfinished sentence in his mind, said, "General Wan, please sit down."
"No need, I'm fine standing here."
Li Rong: "You're blocking my light."
General Wan: "."
Finally, General Wan reluctantly sat down, but he was still looking at Li Rong.
The strategist secretly rubbed the rice in his bowl with his chopsticks, his lips twitching repeatedly. He felt embarrassed himself, and even more embarrassed for his general. Didn't the general hate flattery the most? He had said it so righteously, but now he saw that his general was doing it much better than anyone else.
"General Li, what questions do you have? Please ask me quickly," General Wan said expectantly, his eyes wide.
The strategist spat out a mouthful of water, exchanged a knowing glance with the guard who had handed him the handkerchief, and the two understood each other perfectly. He then secretly ordered someone to fetch paper and pen, contemplating writing a letter to Physician Jiang. It would be a real waste not to tell Physician Jiang about what he had seen and heard that day!
General Wan: How did you know my good friend is General Li's wife? Oh, she's the miracle doctor who saved the whole city. Yes, we're very close. Yes, that's right, she even sent me some delicious food.
(End of this chapter)
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