Ning Guo moved his hand, pointed to Chizhou, and said: "There is a natural danger of the Yangtze River here, which is where we come in, and General Song only needs to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and garrison troops in Jiujiang Port, and Min Tingshi led the troops to guard Chizhou City."

General Lu and General Lu led their troops and horses south through Chizhou to attack Raozhou, and now you can collect military information for strategic preparations. ”

The Ning State Army had a total of 20 armies and 50,000 people. Although Lu Ning and Lu Weiyi are both on the left and right, nominally each commanding the ten armies, in fact, the left wing army has always been under the personal control of Ning Guohou, and in the right wing of the ten armies, Yu Marquis Song Gang led the three armies, Lu Ning and Lu Weiyi each led two armies, and the remaining two armies were led by Feng Kequan and Feng Kechu.

When Lu Yuan borrowed troops, he borrowed Feng Kequan's soldiers, but he stayed in Ningguo City, and all military affairs were handed over to the deputy general Zhang Gan.

One person said: "Master Hou, you need to guard against Li Jingzhong, the king of Zhaojun, there are a thousand soldiers in his palace. ”

Lu Yuan looked at this person, and saw that this person was eight feet tall, with a face like red dates, and an extremely wide forehead, and it was Lu Weiyi, the right commander.

"Don't worry, Min Thorn Shi has been staring at him, and he will attack his palace first."

Lu Weiyi nodded and said no more.

Ning Guohou finally pointed to Shezhou and said: "There is Xuanzhou as a barrier in the north of Shezhou, Wuyue in the east, Xinzhou soldiers and horses in the south are stationed on the Wuyue border, which does not pose a threat to it, and Chizhou and Raozhou in the west, so it is the most stable place, which could be my foundation, but unfortunately Jianghuai has not been eliminated for a day, but has become a hidden danger." ”

He looked at Lu Yuan and said, "Lu County Order, you need to increase the population of the county as soon as possible, promote the county to the government, and form a government army." Jiang Huai only has 5,000 soldiers in name, but in fact there are more than 8,000 people under his command, which is a problem for Benhou's henchmen.

As long as Shecheng is promoted, Shezhou will be canceled, and his assassin is likely to be transferred elsewhere, and his soldiers will also be taken away, and you can lead your troops to take all the boundaries of Shezhou, become our rear, and provide logistical support. ”

Lu Yuan didn't dare to show any abnormality at this time, and nodded his head busily.

Ning Guohou said to his son again: "Kequan, the troops and horses under your command are temporarily transferred to Lu County's order to prevent Jiang Huai from sending troops to plunder the population. ”

Feng Kequan had a good appearance, he looked like he was twenty-three or fourteen years old, and he said with a bitter face: "Father, my people and horses have been greatly injured since the conflict with Wu Yue a few years ago, and they have not recovered yet, so you might as well transfer your brother's troops to Lu County." ”

"Bastard, what have you been doing all these years?" Ning Guohou said angrily.

Feng Kequan muttered: "I've been recruiting, but you also know how difficult it is to recruit now!" ”

Ning Guohou snorted coldly: "What is not a weapon, Kechu, then you hand over the soldiers and horses in your hand and temporarily use the Lu County Order to call it." ”

Feng Kechu was a handsome young man of about twenty years old, and he snorted: "The eldest brother's army has already recovered, don't listen to him." ”

Ning Guohou's face turned pale, and Lu Yuan hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Hou Ye, the two sons can stay in the middle with soldiers and horses, Hou Ye might as well authorize his subordinates to recruit troops on their own, if you wait until you are promoted to the mansion and then recruit troops, I am afraid that it will delay time." ”

This kind of opportunity to recruit soldiers justifiably, he naturally refused to let go.

Ning Guohou was very pleased, and said: "It's okay, I will allow you to form a government army on your own, but it must be done secretly, I can provide you with weapons and armor, but in terms of military salary-"

Speaking of which, keep your mouth shut.

"The subordinates have their own way to make money, and the Hou Ye doesn't need to worry."

Ning Guohou thought of the 200,000 taels of silver he sent, and said with a smile: "Benhou has confidence in you. ”

"Master Hou, we have stepped up our actions, and we need to guard against the detection of the imperial court." Zhuang Yi reminded.

Ning Guohou nodded and said, "Elder Wei, order the Zhuwei to take action, closely monitor all suspicious people who travel to and from the three states, and if anyone finds anything, immediately detain them and report to me." ”

Wei Feng gave up his hand and said: "Master Hou, recently, Zhuwei caught several suspicious characters from She County, and found letters on them, planning to go to Yushitai to sue Lu County Order, and appoint female streamers to disturb the county government. ”

Lu Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Master Hou, I-"

"Lu County Ling doesn't need to explain, this must be Jiang Huai's conspiracy, and he does extraordinary things in extraordinary times, even if you really do this, as long as you do things for Ben Hou, Ben Hou will definitely support you." Ning Guohou waved his hand to interrupt.

"Thank you Lord Hou for your trust." Lu Yuan bowed his hand to express his gratitude.

Out of the secret room, except for Feng Kequan and Feng Kechu, the rest of the people had a little heavy faces. Lu Yuan walked towards his small courtyard, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

This is the second time he has participated in the rebellion meeting, and this time the level is higher, and he has talked about military strategy, and before he knows it, he is coerced by Ning Guohou, and he is advancing step by step on the road of rebellion.

Although he had little loyalty to the Southern Tang Dynasty and wanted to achieve great things and prevent the formation of the Song Dynasty, he still hoped to slowly develop his power and wait until the time was ripe before he became independent.

Now following Ning Guohou, there is always a feeling of uneasiness in my heart, because according to history, similar historical events did not occur in the Southern Tang Dynasty at all, so it was not that the rebellion was quickly extinguished, and the impact was not great. But before they could rebel, they were destroyed.

Either way, his fate is not very good, and now he can only go back and develop his military strength as soon as possible, looking forward to the later day of Ning Guohou's rebellion.

……

At the Yamen Gate of Shecheng County, Yuan Qing had just returned from patrolling, and suddenly a woman next to him stepped forward and said, "Yuan Gongzi, my master is invited." ”

"Who is the master of your house?" Yuan Qing wondered.

"You'll find out with me."

Yuan Qingyi was bold and bold, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of this little woman, and followed her around a corner, and a carriage appeared in front of her, and the woman said, "Son, please get into the carriage." ”

"What about you?"

The woman pursed her lips and smiled, "Childe doesn't have to worry about me." Yuan Qing nodded, got into the carriage, the coachman "drove", and the carriage headed south.

After walking for a long time, Yuan Qing suddenly heard a woman's voice outside the car: "Yuan Gongzi, please get out of the car." ”

Get out of the car and take a look, only to see a big mansion outside the car, a woman outside the house is smiling and standing, Yuan Qing looked at the lintel, saw the words "Pingmazhuang" written on it, and asked: "What is this place?" ”

"Childe will know when you come in, please come with me."

Follow the woman into a painting building in the house, all the way to the second floor, the woman stood outside a room, knocked on the door, and said respectfully: "Miss, someone is here." ”

A woman's voice came from inside the door: "Let him in." ”

Hearing this voice, Yuan Qing was surprised and delighted, and followed the maid into the room, only to feel a faint fragrance on the tip of his nose, and a woman in green in the house was holding a Luo fan in her hand, looking through the window and leaning against the railing.

Seeing that graceful back, Yuan Qing said happily: "Miss Cao, it's really you." ”

The woman was Cao Yin, she turned around and smiled: "Otherwise, who do you think it is?" ”

"I don't know." Yuan Qing said.

"Did you hear about my gamble with Huang Wenlong yesterday?" Cao Yin said softly.

"I heard that you used yourself as a bet and won in the end." Yuan Qing said in a low voice.

"Then why didn't you come to me?"

"Do you want me to come to you?" Yuan Qing was a little surprised.

Cao Yin frowned, walked to the table, lifted a piece of yellow satin, and below it were neat rows of gold ingots, she said lightly: "This is fifty taels of gold, you helped me that day, this is my thank you gift." ”

Yuan Qing was stunned, and after a long time, he suddenly didn't say a word, turned around and walked out the door.

Cao Yin asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Yuan Qing didn't say a word, and went out silently, Cao Yin was taken aback, threw down the Luo fan, and chased outside the door, his body was very agile.

He ran until he reached the stairs before he caught up with him, grabbed him by the sleeve, and shouted, "What foolishness are you making, giving you gold, and not trying to harm you." ”

Yuan Qing said in a sullen voice: "I'm not helping you for this gold." ”

Cao Yin smiled dumbly, and said coquettishly: "Okay, then I can't give it anyway?" You come in with me. ”

Yuan Qing smiled and followed her into the room, Cao Yin took another Zhiluo fan from the cabinet, and said with a smile: "You don't want me to give you money, you won't refuse to give you credit!" ”

Yuan Qing was puzzled: "What credit?" ”

Cao Yin smiled mysteriously, pulled the bell in the house, and the woman who had led Yuanqing into the house just now walked in.

"Bring someone here."

The woman answered, and soon after going out, two men in purple escorted one into the house.