The Ming Dynasty divided the entire Aurora Continent into three capitals and twenty-eight provinces, and named them according to the three walls and twenty-eight houses in the classical books. Zhongjing corresponds to Ziwei, Shangjing corresponds to Taiwei, and Xiajing corresponds to Tianshi. However, Zhongjing is not in the middle of Aurora but in the east, Shangjing is not in the north but in the west, and Xiajing is in the south.

The fire provinces in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty correspond to the northern chamber and are bitterly cold. In the north of the province, Songzhou, where the plains meet the mountains and forests, is even more deserted. The population of Songzhou is less than 500,000, which is equivalent to a corner of the western city of Zhongjing.

Zhongjing is still only frosting, but Songzhou is already full of snow. In the snow-covered city, white smoke and black smoke rise, like a thick forest growing on top of the snow, reaching to the sky.

Half of Songzhou City has been transformed into a huge military camp, and poles and flags stand around the school grounds. There are both battle flags with gold patterns on a red background, and official flags with silver patterns on a purple background. The school yard was full of all kinds of steam vehicles and even armored combat vehicles, and the red-clothed Ming soldiers came and went extremely busy.

On the south side of the school grounds, there is a tall stone building, and Li Xiao, the Daming Songzhou Jingluo, is established on the highest floor, looking at the snowy distance through the glass, and sighing long and empty.

Li Xiao is not confused when he is an adult, he was born as a Jinshi, and when the old prince had an accident, he was only sentenced to Beicheng in Zhongjing Mansion. At that time, the streets of Zhongjing Prefecture were in turmoil, and the officials of the prefecture were at a loss because of the empress's accession to the throne, and no one was willing to come forward to quell the chaos. It was he who stepped forward and took dozens of officials to the streets to rectify order, which came into the eyes of the new court.

Songzhou was in turmoil, and Lu Shixing, a university scholar, recommended him as a strategy to take charge of Songzhou's military. He worked hard for more than two months, and finally pulled 300,000 Zhongjing forbidden troops to Songzhou. Together with the 300,000 guards available for deployment in the province, he already has 600,000 troops in his hands.

Just as he was full of ambition and strategizing, and organized several groups of men and horses to prepare to advance by land and air, interspersed with divisions, and to wipe out the millions of rebels, the snow fell sharply and incessantly, and it had fallen on the fifth day today.

Not to mention the difficulty of men and chariots under heavy snowfall, it is difficult for planes to be dispatched. Just sit back and wait, won't you have to wait until the beginning of spring next year to send troops?

"Do your best to end the war within the year," the empress's Tan Yin was especially in her ears, and Scholar Lu even explained the foundation of the tight military budget, which made Li Jingluo even more anxious.

It's not that heavy snow makes it impossible to send troops at all, and you can still fight without chariots and planes. It's just that the forbidden army from Zhongjing can shrink into the barracks to warm up without bombing the camp, and only the provincial guards have the ability to fight in the ice and snow. However, the rebels are the local people, and the guards are inextricably linked to them. Li Xiaocheng believed that the Wei army did not have the courage to follow the rebels to make a rebellion, but it was inevitable to perfunctory, and he did not have the courage to perfunctory to the imperial court.

Millions of rebels are hidden in this white world, and Li Jingluo looks at it with a blank eye and can't do anything, making his enthusiasm for serving the emperor difficult to calm.

He expected the rebels to rush out of the snow and besiege Songzhou Castle as they did in autumn. Of course, it is impossible for them to attack the city again, Songzhou has more than 100,000 forbidden troops and hundreds of chariots, even against ten times the rebels, they can be torn to pieces.

Those lowly people who have no king's law, why do they want to rebel? The Ming Dynasty has been standing for thousands of years, and you are born as a Ming person and died as a Ming ghost, so what is the point of doing such a rebellious thing? Therefore, it must be the devil's trouble, and the souls of these traitors have become the food of the demons, and only by killing them all can it be regarded as saving the country and the people.

The knock on the door interrupted Li Jingluo's chaotic thoughts, and in response, a weak young man pushed the door in.

"Master Jinglue's ......"

The young man stepped forward with several telegrams, "This morning's military briefing has arrived, and all the general military units have reported that the sentry has been attacked, and the bandits are frequently active. ”

"Lao Chen has joined the army," Li Jingluo took the telegram and praised it sincerely: "Thanks to joining the army, I have a clear ear and eyes here, and the order is forbidden." ”

Chen Chongmeng, who joined the army, is the concubine of Chen Shihong, a former university scholar. When Scholar Chen was seriously ill, he did not forget to recommend this son to Songzhou, and Li Jingluo naturally did not dare to treat him slowly.

Now that Scholar Chen has passed away, his cronies and protégés in the central part of the country have changed their ways, and the family industry has suddenly declined for inexplicable reasons, and Li Jingluo has not neglected this person. He even spoke to the imperial court, using the urgency of military affairs as an excuse to save Chen Chongmeng from resigning and keeping filial piety, because this person was indeed talented.

Relying on Chen Chongmeng to sort it out up and down, the formation of the forbidden army and the guard army came naturally. The states and military provinces in the province of Huo also tried their best to cooperate under Chen Chongmeng's guidance. With this person here, Li Jingliu was able to concentrate on military affairs, saving him a lot of energy needed to deal with the localities.

"After skipping the reputation, how can you afford to be lowly. Chen Chongmeng responded respectfully, he was not very old, but his temperament was calm and extraordinary. Li Jingluo couldn't help but secretly praise that this person must have a great future.

"Did you see anything when you joined the army?" Li Jingluo took the school to start Chen Chongmeng, "It's unusual for bandits to be so active in heavy snowy weather. ”

"The bandits are all rabble," Chen Chongmeng really had an opinion, "After plundering Songzhou, they scattered into several branches, each with its own whereabouts." Knowing that the imperial army was approaching, the provincial guards were also organized and fled into the mountains and forests. How can the mountains and forests afford to raise millions of people, calculate the time, they should have exhausted the harvest of plunder, and they are freezing and starving, trying to grab clothing and food. ”

"This is also a loss to you," Li Jingluo nodded and said, "Hold on to the cities before the army arrives, clear the walls and fields, and leave no coal and molded machinery for the bandits to make fodder and grain, so that they will not be able to stay in the mountains and forests for a long time." ”

"This also hurts the general public," Chen Chongmeng lowered his eyes and sighed, "It hurts the heavens and the peace." ”

"To quell the chaos, you have to use thunderbolt means," Li Jingluo waved his hand: "This is the greatest Tianhe, let's talk about dealing with it, what do you think we should do?"

Chen Chongmeng thought about it, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not easy to do, there are many bandits and bandits, it is difficult for the forbidden army to be dispatched, and the guards are not credible......"

Speaking of this, he hesitated, "If you can attract the bandits together and then attack Songzhou City, it will be ideal." ”

"You and I heroes see the same thing," Li Jingluo laughed, "I also thought about it, the difficulty is how to make them know the danger, and they are willing to gather together to attack Songzhou again." ”

"Mortals who are willing to take great risks are nothing more than love and benefit," Chen Chongmeng seemed to be pointed, and his thinking suddenly broadened. "We can spread the word that Songzhou has accumulated a large amount of supplies to attract bandits to attack. If you are willing to defile yourself, add ...... to the message The book is angry and does not know how to use soldiers, so he sends the forbidden army to search the mountains, and Songzhou is almost an empty city, and the bandits must be moved. ”

"As long as I can exterminate the bandits, I don't care about this filth. Li Jingluo nodded first and then shook his head, "It's just that this kind of profit is enough to attract a lot of fools, but the trap is laid so shallowly, I'm afraid that I can't catch all the bandits." I think I have to work love words, so that the thieves know that it is a trap, but they are difficult to calm down, and they have to step in. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Chen Chongmeng praised with his hand, and then planned with all his might: "If you want to talk about love, the civil unrest in Songzhou is actually because the local herdsmen have been governing for many years, which is quite harsh. In the autumn of this year, Zhizhou sent all his minions to collect all the people's autumn grain into the treasury, and did not give silver horns, but a pound of grain to half a pound of dry food made of molds, which finally turned against the people. ”

"The shepherd has been, why don't you complain?" Li Jingluo snorted: "Even if it is a knock, as long as the court knows, it can always be solved, how can it be against chaos? No matter what the reason, rebellion is a capital crime." They also killed Zhizhou, the crime is unforgivable!"

"That'...... It is not possible to appease him," Chen Chongmeng said, "In that case, why don't you do the opposite, and let the bandits attack Songzhou again out of anger?"

Li Jingluo stroked his short beard with his hand, and he didn't speak again, but his eyes flickered, obviously moved.

It was dark early, and Chen Chongmeng stayed in Jinglue Yamen for nearly two hours before he came out, got into a dilapidated steam car, and returned to his temporary residence in Songzhou City.

"It's not easy to push Jingluo's dinner," Chen Chongmeng in the car seemed to say to himself, "It's not easy to get you to send a few more communications." ”

"Is Li Jing slightly determined?" In addition to him as a driver in the car, he looked honest and quite ordinary, only when he squinted his eyes when he spoke, a ray of essence was leaked, and his tone was extremely cold.

"The imperial court has already set a strategy for Songzhou to suppress Wenzhou," Chen Chongmeng shook his head: "If Li Xiaocheng understands the people's feelings and dares to act, he may not be able to persuade the imperial court to change the strategy, but unfortunately, he is not that kind of person." He is ready to lure you to the city of Songzhou and catch them all. ”

"It's a cheerful person," the driver sneered, "at least he didn't use the excuse of appeasement to trick everyone down the mountain." ”

"Because he has a better reason," Chen Chongmeng sighed, "he is going to sacrifice the Zhizhou you killed in Songzhou, and ask the imperial court to praise him for his loyalty and sincerity, and electrify the world." He has a lot of tricks, including making articles in newspapers and television, using captive blood sacrifices in Songzhou, etc., in short, he wants to beat you people into walking corpses whose souls have been sucked by demons, and they will never be able to turn over. ”

There was a crackling sound, and the driver almost smashed the steering wheel. On his face, he was not shocked or sad, but said lightly: "Sure enough, it is only you who have the ability to read the article to make it." ”

"He thinks it should be effective," Chen Chongmeng was a little disapproving, "I think it's just a bookish business, which of you accountants has a more reputation." ”

"Indeed......" the driver sneered, "it is indeed very effective, ordinary hillbillies naturally don't care, but who are we? We are the Ming military households who burned the wasteland and forests here thousands of years ago, opened up the territory, and then guarded the border for hundreds of years!"

"We can bear to be scolded as thieves, and now the court is actually a woman sitting on the throne, and the empress is disloyal. You can call us the walking corpse of demons...... We have been fighting with the demons in the deep mountains and snowfields for hundreds of years! Who can swallow this breath without saying anything, and slandering like this!?"

Chen Chongmeng smiled bitterly: "Then you are going to take the bait." ”

"Isn't there still you?" but I don't understand......" The driver glanced at him through the mirror, "Gongzi Chen, look at how many lifetimes your Chen family has done business with us, and Old Lady Chen is not thin on us, I only believe you." What do you want to do in this situation?"

"Don't care what I do," Chen Chongmeng's tone also turned cold: "You just need to know that I am on your side, Li Xiaocheng's strategy seems to be scholarly, but it works very well, do you have the confidence to let others listen to your words and act together?"

"I see," the driver said with a smile, "Childe wants Songzhou to ...... No, or the whole fire is in chaos, so you have a stage to stretch your ambitions. Well, that's what I hoped. As for Childe's question, as long as I can win battles and have meat to eat, others will naturally listen to me. ”

"Li Xiaocheng has to spend more than ten days arranging it," Chen Chongmeng skipped the foreshadowing and said directly: "Now among the generals under him, the two generals in this province are the most advanced. I'll give you the details of their baggage supplies, just to see if you're as good as the rumors say. ”

"Songzhou Overlord Cao Feihu," the driver curled the corners of his mouth, "you will know that I am worthy of my name." ”

The steam car stopped at the side of the small single-family building on the other side of Songzhou City against the city wall, and after Chen Chongmeng got out of the car, he watched the steam car gallop away with the white smoke, and then entered the building.

The maid stepped forward to serve him to change clothes and shoes, and when he entered the study, the butler-like man was waiting for him.

"Royal Harbor News ......"

The butler cautiously said, "That fat cow has been transferred, and all our people on that battleship have been cleansed." There is no news of the fleet at sea, and all the people who dock the hall are ...... Ran. ”

"Gone?"

Chen Chongmeng was stunned for a long time before he asked out in disbelief, "Didn't they let them pretend to go to the Blood Tower Society first, and I also talked to the people of Fang Ge Lao and was willing to take the Chen family's property over?

He raised his eyebrows and said fiercely: "Could it be that the subordinates on Fang Ge Lao's side made their own decisions, thinking that I, Chen Chongmeng, am a lost dog and can eat casually?"

"The villain doesn't think it'......" The housekeeper's voice was lowered, "The people over there in Huanggang said that there is an admiral yamen in the Falling Star Sea, and Niu Fat Man has been transferred to the sailor battalion as a guerrilla." ”

As he spoke, he handed over a newspaper, "This is the Imperial Court Newspaper sent with the secret letter, which talks about the personnel changes in the military department. ”

"I can't see the newspapers and TV in this hellish place, and I can't even hear the radio!" Chen Chongmeng took the newspaper and read it while complaining, and after only reading a few lines, he took a breath.

Gaode ...... The military department waits in the middle ...... Admiral Falls into the Sea of Stars...... Jinyiwei Tongzhi ......"

Peng's voice slammed the newspaper on the desk, "What a high virtue! I know that this person is a henchman! I should have cut him down in the first place!"

After a few laps around the study, he laughed again.

"Elder Fang Ge and those people in the Haita Society think that this Gaode has nothing to do with them, so they are waiting to be overturned. It's okay to let them make a big deal in the Falling Star Sea, so that if there is any big movement here in Songzhou, it will not be enough to make the adults in the court too concerned. ”

He beckoned to the butler: "Let the Huanggang contact someone, that guy will not be willing to fall into the sea of stars and fall into the hands of the imperial court." ”

"Ah...... Ah......h

"Ahh——!h

Crouching Tiger Island in the Sea of Falling Stars, on the top of the hill on the island, Gao De collapsed in a recliner and sneezed into the sunset sunset.

"Miss Li must miss her adults. ”

Li Rongniang, who was standing next to her in military uniform, said with a smile: "I haven't seen her come again for a few days, so I should miss her very much." ”

"Little girl, don't talk nonsense," Gao De wiped his nose and muttered, "I only sneeze when I am scolded, she must be scolding me." ”

"If you want to scold, you also scold the adult for being too leisurely," Li Rongniang said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I thought the adult didn't care about anything at all." ”

"yes, who told me to take care of things that can't be on the table. ”

Gao De squinted his eyes and looked at the harbor below, and in just a few days, the harbor had changed. The wreckage of the wreckage has been piled up on a long boardwalk, and a temporary dock for large ships is about to take shape. A number of iron steamships were anchored in the harbor, unloading their cargo by pontoons and boats, even if they could not dock. The frames of several houses have been erected on the harbor, and tents are scattered all over the outer edge of the harbor and even on the mountainside.

When everything was ready, he could enter the Black Shark again and listen to the story of the ship's spirit, Gorry.