After getting off the sedan chair, Jingzhou Zhou Mu turned around and glanced at the long and desolate streets behind him, revealing a touch of endless loneliness in his eyes.

With a long sigh, Jingzhou Zhou Mu slowly walked to the door of a house that looked old, raised a palm and knocked lightly on the door.

After standing at the door and waiting quietly for a while, the door opened from the inside, and at the same time as it opened, the door also made a huge squeaky sound, which was a somewhat harsh and uncomfortable sound, which passed in the ears of Jingzhou Mu, but it did not make him feel any discomfort.

He opened his mouth and whispered to the guards behind him

"Control the streets."

After speaking, Jingzhou Governor raised one foot and stepped into the gate, and after he entered the gate, he didn't take a few steps, and the guards behind him were trying to keep up, only to see that the gate was closed for some reason, and the heavy sound came into the ears of the guards again.

"Waiting outside the door."

The guards only heard this sentence from the state pastor from the other side of the gate.

Looking at the dilapidated scene in front of him, Jingzhou Mu pursed his lips.

The roots of the trees that have long since died, the debris scattered all over the place, and the weeds growing in the corners, who would have imagined that there is a general living in this kind of house who can rank among the top ten in the military in the south?

Jingzhou Zhou Mu looked around with his eyes, but he didn't find the figure of the person he expected, his brows furrowed, he took steps, and slowly continued to walk forward.

Walking all the way to the left side of the house, Jingzhou Zhou Mu saw the dense weeds growing on both sides in front of him, but the land in the middle did not show any signs of weeds growing.

I don't know what I'm thinking, Jingzhou Zhou Mu thought for a while, and then continued to walk in along the path.

Along the way, looking at the unspeakable weeds spreading on both sides of the path, an eerie aura came one after another after hitting the gate.

Speaking of which, I haven't come to visit the general of the town army for five or six years.

After a while, Jingzhou Zhou Mu walked to the end of the trail, but a small door appeared at the end.

Looking at the rusty iron chains that had fallen on the ground, Jingzhou Zhoumu's brows furrowed even tighter, but one palm stretched out, and it didn't take much effort to push open the small door.

However, after Jingzhou Zhou Mu pushed open the small door, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

Behind the small door, there was a towering tower standing in the distance, and what caught my eye was a small pond that was extremely clear, and on the edge of the pond, a middle-aged man in a patched blue dress was lying there, with Erlang's legs crossed, one palm pressed under his head, and the other palm was holding an ancient book.

"What kind of wind is it that actually blew you into my humble house today?"

Jingzhou Zhou Mu had just entered the small door, and before he could speak, he only heard that the middle-aged man's figure remained unchanged, but he just shook his Erlang legs, and said these words in a flat tone.

"Could it be that Lord Governor wants to take me to see the scenery of the Jinyi Guard?"

Jingzhou Prefecture Mu reacted when he heard this voice.

It turned out that this middle-aged man who looked extremely ordinary turned out to be Bai Qi, the general of the town army who once shocked the Central Plains countries.

Once upon a time, this general of the town army was called the god of killing by the Central Plains countries, and the confrontation between the two armies alone, against Zhou Dunyi and the old commander of the Bai family, Bai Qi would fall into the disadvantage hopelessly, but if he led an army alone, cut the general and captured the flag, Zhou Dunyi and the old marshal of the Bai family together, it was difficult to get Bai Qi right.

The man who had filled the entire river with the corpses of millions of allied troops, and filled the river with blood for months, was made by this white hand.

However, it is such a killing god who once made the Central Plains countries fearful like a tiger back then, but now he looks like an ordinary middle-aged man, with no momentum at all.

Jingzhou Prefecture Mu wanted to speak and stopped, and finally lowered his head weakly, hesitated for a while, and finally spoke

"General Bai, Your Majesty's edict."

Bai Qi's figure suddenly trembled after hearing the four words of His Majesty's edict, and then quickly recovered to the way he had just been, just turned around, and lay directly on the ground, the ancient book in his hand was also put aside, one hand supported his head, and said idly to Jingzhou Zhoumu

"Oh? That Your Majesty, ten years have passed, is he going to give me an edict to die after all? Let's just say that, I don't want to get up and kneel again. “

Looking at Bai Qi's posture, if he were to change to the four Jingzhou assassins, it is estimated that they would have given an order and asked Bai Qi to take down Bai Qi left and right, after all, Bai Qi's current reaction can already be said to be a big crime.

The edict given to you by His Majesty, you can't even count the courtesies, just lying on the ground to receive the edict so lazily, this is disrespecting the imperial power, this is a big crime.

However, Jingzhou Governor is not that kind of person, and he also knows what Bai Qi has encountered in the past ten years, so when he saw Bai Qi say this, there was nothing wrong with his expression, so he took out an edict from his arms, and after spreading the edict with one hand, Jingzhou Governor said loudly

"Today, I heard that the Central Plains countries are ready to move again, suspected of gathering coalition forces, in a vain attempt to cut down my south, hereby I summoned the garrison of the three southern states to screen out some of the elite to rush to Jinling to form a new army, Jingzhou Jiangling, the town army general Bai Qi, the left general Sima Cuo, the right general Gan Mao, the three of them returned to Jinling with the new army of the three southern states, the town army general Bai Qi, as the commander of the new army, sharpen the new army, and when the Central Plains countries again cut down the south of the army, send troops."

After finishing reading the words that Emperor Lidi said on the edict in this private message, he took a few steps towards Bai Qi, bent down, handed the edict to Bai Qi, and said

"Bai Zhenjun, take the order."

Bai Qi got up with a solemn expression, and after taking the edict and spreading it out, his eyes stared at every word on the edict seriously, and when he confirmed that there was no discrepancy with what the Jingzhou Governor read, Bai Qi couldn't help but mutter

"What does this mean?"

This sudden edict made Bai Qi's brain a mess.

Bai Qi was very surprised that the governor of Jingzhou came to him today, but when the governor took out the edict, Bai Qi decisively thought that this was His Majesty in Jinling who couldn't hold back his inner desire and wanted to kill the three of them.

Anyway, the majesty of Jinling, in his eyes, is just a mediocre gentleman who likes to play with intrigues and tricks and those who can't get on the stage.

However, the current edict, with those words clearly written on it, and those appointments, all made Bai Qi's expression stagnant.

That majesty of Jinling actually wants to activate himself?

Is the new army in command?

The perennial garrison of the three southern states has always been maintained at about 70,000 or 80,000, of course, this does not include the Jingzhou naval army, because the Jingzhou naval army has become independent and has nothing to do with the garrison of the southern three states.

Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, the two states are small and barren, and the garrison army is maintained at the number of the two armies all year round, about 10,000, while the standing army of Jingzhou is maintained at about 50,000 all year round, and the garrison of Jiangling City is the number of an army with a strength of 6,000 people.

From the garrisons of the three southern states, the elite will be screened to form a new army, that is to say, the more than 20,000 garrisons in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, the number of elite soldiers selected will probably be the number of one army, and in the garrison of Jingzhou, the garrison of Jiangling City should not move, the four major regions, the western region should be screened out of about 1,000 people, plus the other three regions, the number of troops that Jingzhou can screen out should be in the total number of two armies.

In this way, the number of this new army, which seems to be more than the strength of the three armed forces, is about 20,000 people.

The military power of 20,000 people was handed over to him in his white hands.

Heh, what is this?

At the beginning, the military power of the deposed prince was exiled to Jiaozhou, and the officials and generals of the prince's faction were exiled and imprisoned, and now what? At this juncture, I thought of activating myself again.

His Majesty in Jinling is really unlikeable.

According to Bai Qi's assumptions in his mind and his judgment of the combat strength of the Central Plains countries, if this new army had less than 20,000 people, it would definitely not have been able to defeat the coalition forces of the Central Plains countries.

Even if you count the garrison of the northern state, these numbers are still just a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for His Majesty in Jinling to give only these establishments to the new army.

According to Bai Qi's judgment, this new army must have at least seven corps, and then cooperate with the garrisons of the northern prefectures, and it must also have full authority to fight according to its own arrangements, so that it can stalemate with the Central Plains countries.

Yes, it's just a stalemate.

Bai Qi is confident, even if he is replaced by Zhou Dunyi, given these numbers of troops, Zhou Dunyi can only be in a stalemate with the allied forces of the Central Plains.

There may be some victories and partial encirclements along the way, but for the Central Plains coalition forces, those will not be enough to change the situation.

If you want to bring out the same results as the last time, you need at least two main battle corps and nine armies of this new army, and you also need Zhou Dunyi's help to make it possible to replicate the original results.

But that's all there is to it.

Want a main battle legion? It is absolutely impossible, if Nanli still has an idle main battle legion, this new army will not be formed at all, and he will not be reactivated.

Nanli main battle legion, any one of them has the ability to temporarily resist the offensive of the Central Plains countries.

What's more, it is impossible for Zhou Dunyi to come to help him, and the best outcome will only be to help Zhou Dunyi himself.

Therefore, the establishment of this new army is certainly not formed by the garrison armies of the three southern states.

His Majesty in Jinling will definitely issue a conscription order.

Otherwise, the establishment of the three armies, if Bai Qi fights, it can indeed be fought, but this naked defensive battle, I'm sorry, Bai Qi can't fight.

If Bai Qi was allowed to take these three armies to directly break into the Central Plains with his backhand, and attack and harass the cities and plunder the land everywhere between the countries of the Central Plains, Bai Qi could bring the abilities of these three armies into full play.

Fighting guerrilla warfare, Bai Qi is a well-deserved leader of the Shi Nanli.

That majesty of Jinling, this is a fancy that I will not refuse to obey the edict, it is really annoying, annoying.

"Lord Wang, all these years, are you okay?"

Bai Qi suddenly asked coldly.

Jingzhou Governor was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly replied

"The Queen of Nanyue just gave birth to a prince for the King of Nanyue at the end of last year, these years, the life of the King of Nanyue is very good, and the country of Nanyue has become the richest place in Jiaozhou, at the beginning of this year, His Majesty also promised the King of Nanyue to return to Beijing, general, if you go back to Jinling now, maybe you can meet the King of Nanyue."

Bai Qi nodded and said to himself

"That's good, that's good."

"That being the case, Ben will, take the order."