Early in the morning of February 11, Zhou Xiaorong was ready to leave for Linxing City.

In order to protect Zhou Xiaorong's safety, Zhou Rui transferred the heavy cavalry battalion left in Jingsheng City by the 22nd Independent Brigade and will rush to Linxing City with Zhou Xiaorong.

This heavy cavalry battalion was the only cavalry unit among the previous Zhou army troops, with more than 500 wind cavalry.

However, this time, after the Zhou family annexed several descendant troops of Zhenwu Jiedu Mansion, they fully incorporated more than 4,000 wind cavalry.

After the discussion between Zhou Rui and Zhou Xiaorong, all the wind cavalry will be gathered together to form an independent heavy cavalry regiment.

"Major General, the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire is likely to attack Jingsheng City.

The major general insisted on staying in Jingsheng City, and he must pay attention to safety. ”

Before Zhou Xiaorong left, he couldn't help but tell Zhou Rui again.

Zhou Rui said with a smile: "Second uncle, don't worry, if the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire comes, I will let all the warships of the coastal defense fleet in Jingsheng Port rush to the shallows and serve as a fixed battery."

The army of the Silver Wolf Empire wants to land in Jingsheng Harbor, but it is not so easy. ”

Zhou Xiaorong hesitated for a moment and said: "Jingshengcheng now only has the Fourth Infantry Brigade of the garrison division, and the strength is a little weak, is it possible to transfer a group of troops from Linxing City?" ”

"Don't use it for the time being, after all, our Zhou family has just absorbed those tens of thousands of people, and immediately pulling them into the battlefield will inevitably make some people have bad ideas.

If it is impossible to prevent the landing of the army of the Silver Wolf Empire, with the Fourth Infantry Brigade of the garrison division and the terrain around Jingsheng City, it is enough to stop the army of the Silver Wolf Empire from continuing to invade the hinterland of Zhenwei Town. ”

As a low-level beast, the speed and endurance of the wind horse are very good, Jingsheng City is more than 600 kilometers away from Linxing City, Zhou Xiaorong took more than 500 wind cavalry galloped all the way, and arrived in Linxing City in the afternoon of the same day.

However, as soon as Zhou Xiaorong arrived in Linxing City, he received bad news.

Xu Wanpeng, the envoy of Zhenwei Jiedu, who was captured alive, as well as several of Xu Wanpeng's own sons and nephews, were all poisoned in the dungeon of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion.

Zhou Xiaorong's face was gloomy and he asked Song Shenghe, the commander of the First Infantry Brigade of the Garrison Division, "Big head, how did you do it?"

Didn't the major general tell you to ensure Xu Wanpeng's safety?

Xu Wanpeng was the envoy of Zhenwei Festival officially appointed by the imperial court after all, and now he died in the hands of our Zhou family for no apparent reason, and it is impossible to say. ”

Originally, according to Zhou Rui's meaning, he would only ask Xu Wanpeng to power up and go into the wilderness, and he was not ready to ask for Xu Wanpeng's life.

No matter how you say it, Xu Wanpeng is also a town festival envoy, it is easy for you to slaughter Xu Wanpeng, but the Ganyang Zhou family will definitely suffer from the verbal criticism of other festival envoys.

Today, your Ganyang Zhou family can kill the Zhenwei Jiedu envoy, and tomorrow others can also put the butcher's knife on the neck of another Jiedu envoy.

Song Shenghe said bitterly: "Uncle Rong, I'm already very careful.

It's just that I didn't expect that the cook in the Jiedu Mansion would be poisoned. ”

"Can you find out who instigated it?"

Song Shenghe shook his head, "By the time we track down the past, the cook who poisoned him had already committed suicide by taking poison himself." ”

Zhou Xiaorong waved his hand a little annoyed, "Forget it, if you're dead, you'll die!"

The mastermind behind the scenes handed over to Hu Yi and them to investigate, and then we have to integrate several descendant troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion as soon as possible.

If the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire puts the direction of the main attack on Jingsheng City, we must be ready to support Jingsheng City at any time. ”

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Tiansheng City, the capital of the Han and Tang Empires, Prime Minister Guo Fujin said to Emperor Ouyang Hui: "Your Majesty, there is news from the embroidery table, Xu Wanpeng, the envoy of Zhenwei Festival, as well as several of his sons and nephews who control the military power, have been poisoned to death. ”

Ouyang Hui is the sixty-third emperor of the Han and Tang Empires, and he is only twenty-eight years old this year, but he has been an emperor for nine years.

When Ouyang Hui was nineteen years old, the previous emperor of the Han and Tang Empires fell ill and died violently, and Ouyang Hui, as the crown prince, immediately ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne.

The embroidery table was the intelligence agency of the Han and Tang Empires, and it already existed at the beginning of the establishment of the Han and Tang Empires.

However, with the formation of the Han and Tang Empire's feudal towns, the branches of the embroidery platform in various places were basically incorporated by the jiedu envoys in various places, and became the intelligence departments of each feudal town.

Even in the Tiansheng City area, before Ouyang Hui ascended the throne, the power of the embroidery platform was almost in name only.

After Ouyang Hui ascended the throne, he invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to basically re-establish the intelligence network of the embroidery platform in the entire Han and Tang Empires.

When Emperor Ouyang Hui heard this, his face instantly became cold, "That Ganyang Zhou family's courage may not be too great."

In any case, Xu Wanpeng was officially appointed by the imperial court as the envoy of Zhenwei Festival.

It seems that the Ganyang Zhou family is no different from other families in power, and they don't take the court seriously at all. ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, according to the information obtained by the embroidery table, Xu Wanpeng does not seem to have been poisoned by the Ganyang Zhou family, the real murderer should be someone else, and the Ganyang Zhou family is also tracking down the murderer who poisoned Xu Wanpeng." ”

Emperor Ouyang Hui's expression immediately softened, "That Ganyang Zhou family dares to carry the Silver Wolf Empire, and I still have a good impression of it."

Since Xu Wanpeng was not poisoned by the Ganyang Zhou family, what do you think about Zhou Rui, who took the initiative to canonize the Ganyang Zhou family, as the new Zhenwei Festival envoy? ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that it is better to be cautious in this matter.

First of all, the imperial court has not taken the initiative to appoint the envoys of the feudal towns for many years.

Suddenly appointed Zhou Rui of the Ganyang Zhou family as the envoy of Zhenwei Festival, I don't know how other feudal towns will react, and that Zhou Rui may not appreciate it.

Secondly, the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire is already on the way, in case the Ganyang Zhou family does not carry it this time, it will be another blow to the prestige of the imperial court.

Finally, we also have to consider whether the several families in the Heavenly Saint City who control the military power of the forbidden army will have any associations because of this matter.

For example, the royal family wants to use the power of Zhenwei Town to regain control of the forbidden army. ”

The imperial court of the Han and Tang Empires, although still nominally controlled the Heavenly Saint City and the four acropolis of the Heavenly Saint City, as well as some villages and towns around the Heavenly Saint City.

But there are not many troops that can really be controlled in the hands of the court of the Han and Tang Empires, and even in the hands of the royal family of the Han and Tang Empires.

At present, the army stationed in the Tiansheng City area is mainly the forbidden army of the Han and Tang Empires, with a total of 12 infantry divisions, and the establishment of each forbidden infantry division is about 15,000 people.

And these 12 forbidden infantry divisions were controlled by the four families of Heavenly Saint City.

Only the internal guard troops guarding the palace and the city defense troops responsible for the security of Tiansheng City were directly under the control of the imperial court and royal family of the Han and Tang Empires, but the combined strength of these two forces was less than 8,000 people.

Emperor Ouyang Hui waved his hand with some interest, "Forget it, then wait for the Ganyang Zhou family to ask for the seal themselves!"

I'm really a bit boring as an emperor, and I wonder if I can completely solve the problem of separating feudal towns in my lifetime? ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin said respectfully: "The minister believes that Your Majesty will definitely fulfill this grand wish!" ”

In a courtyard in Linxing City, Lu Qiudao, deputy commander of the Second Division of the former Zhenwei Army, was drinking tea with He Zhonghou, director of the Intelligence Department of the former Zhenwei Jiedu Prefecture.

Lu Qiudao took a sip of the teacup and suddenly asked in a low voice, "Brother He, I heard that Xu Wanpeng was poisoned, do you know?" ”

He Zhonghou said with a smile: "I don't care if Xu Wanpeng is dead or alive, in a few days, I will leave Linxing City with my family and settle in Tiansheng City." ”

"Brother He, it's not your hand, is it?"

"Hehe, Brother Lu laughed, I have already handed over the entire intelligence department, where is there still so much energy to poison Xu Wanpeng and several of his nephews to death in the dungeon of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion.

However, after Xu Wanpeng and his sons and nephews are dead, we don't have to worry about the Xu family's revenge anymore. ”