The ancient road was barren and grassy, the yellow dust splashed by the horses' hooves was flying, and a group of cavalry was marching.

Li Xin tugged on the reins, dressed in light armor, with a sharp sword pinned to his waist, and rode slowly on one side, followed by his own soldiers carrying his spear.

Li Lingfeng was right, the twelve holy decrees came down, and although Li Xin was reluctant, he still embarked on the journey.

Destroying Jiang Chucai, in his opinion, is not difficult, he has been to Hedong, and he has been here to destroy the White Lotus thieves.

At that time, he kept in mind the terrain of Hedong, and he also walked through Longmen Mountain at that time, and Jiang Chu thought that he was a foolproof defense line, and he had more than a dozen ways to fight through.

Once the short-handed soldiers were in close proximity, the soldiers and horses of Hedong were not their opponents, and in fact they were very different.

The sun sets, the wild goose returns to the north, the huge sunset hangs in the sky, and the red light spreads on the ancient road.

Running in the distance, watching the Chinese army coming, people and horses along the way gave way.

The knight carried a quiver behind him, and instead of arrows, he placed a secret letter.

When he got closer, he hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty has a decree to declare Li Xin in Yingzhou and return to Datong immediately." ”

The surrounding generals were all happy, they all knew that the young general didn't want to fight this battle, since the emperor had issued an order now, wouldn't everyone be happy?

The major general didn't have to frown all day, and returned to Yingzhou Mansion, the defense line that he had built single-handedly.

Only Li Xin's eyes sharpened, and he said in a deep voice: "Could it be... Jiang Chucai colluded with the Mongols? ”

"It is precisely that Jiang Chu personally went to Jinshan and met with Hebule, Your Majesty has a decree, in order to prevent the Mongols from coming back, the general should return immediately."

Li Xin let out a long sigh, "Don't you want the current situation to be like this repeatedly, when the country is in danger?" Haven't seen a talent come into the world? On the contrary, demons are rampant, and traitors are coming out one after another? Hateful! ”

"General? What to do? The surrounding youngsters asked.

Although the Holy Intent is here, let them withdraw their troops? But few of the people present took the holy decree in their eyes, and all looked at Li Xin alone.

"The rear army turns to the front army? Withdraw to Yingzhou? Pegasus to Datong, don't rush to attack, wait for me to go back. ”

Ordered the standard-bearer to wave the flag and the herald to report the news? Soon the army will return? Back to Yingzhou.

Li Xin turned his head, looked in the direction of Hedong, gritted his teeth and said, "Jiang Chucai, how many generations of ancestors have eaten Han Lu and shed Han blood?" If you dare to collude with other races, I will kill them. ”

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Inside the Water Pavilion? Chen Shou was also angry.

He knows that Jiang Chucai is ruthless and unscrupulous to achieve his goals? But I didn't expect him to be so bold.

Being a traitor is actually not a simple matter? First of all, do you have to abandon the glory of your fathers and grandparents? Forever nailed himself to the pillar of shame.

The Jiang family in Longmen Mountain? It will become a family that will be remembered for 10,000 years.

The sworn enemy of the Jiang family, Yuan Xiannian, had a calm face and scolded: "On the third day after Jiang Chucai met Hebule, the Hedong White Lotus Sect revived, captured the prefectures and counties, and slaughtered on a large scale. The surrounding wealthy families sat idly by, and even secretly sent troops to rob the population. I think this has nothing to do with their Jiang family, and eighty percent is also Jiang Chucai's handiwork. ”

"My original intention was to let Li Xin eat Longmen Mountain, but I didn't expect to force Jiang Chucai to rebel, although there are disadvantages, but it is justified to kill him." Chen Shou tapped his fingers on the table and said, "How many soldiers and horses can we gather in Hedong?" ”

Yuan Xiannian's face was a little unconfident, Bai Bogu had been suppressed by the Jiang family for a hundred and ten years, and it was not a level at all, otherwise they would not have taken refuge in Chen Shou and found another way.

"At most, 70,000 people."

Chen Shou already knew it in his heart, but he was still a little disappointed when he heard Yuan Xiannian say it in person.

It seems that the Yuan family has no secrets, and at this time, no one will continue to hide it.

As a result, the situation in Hedong is not optimistic, the Jiang soldiers are well-fed, and the Mongols help them, and the situation in Hedong can only be on the defensive for a long time, so as not to let them completely occupy Hedong.

It is also necessary to prevent the Mongols from using this as a springboard to enter the Central Plains, which will become a catastrophe.

Huang Zhen's tone was also worried, and he said: "Jiang Chu has just made a very bad start, if he sells the northern territory to the Mongols, not only us, but even the Khitan will be killed by him." On the contrary, it is the Mongols who have the important land of this brother's fortress, which can go south, north, and east, just like a fish into the sea, and a tiger with wings, which is difficult to suppress. ”

Chen Shou shook his head, "Those who should come must come, let's take Shandong first, and then Hebei." As for the long-term plan, we must have sufficient strength before we can start to save it. ”

Now this situation has exceeded his imagination, but Chen Shou's basic idea has not changed, that is, to stabilize his development, and only when he is strong can he compete against any opponent.

I already have a lot of territory, because Kaifeng Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion are both densely populated and economically prosperous mansions, so the population under his rule is also large.

Maybe in addition to Liaodong, it belongs to its own territory, the population is large, Liaodong has its own difficulties, there are too many foreign races around them, too mixed, and the people under their command may not all be of one mind, let them enter the customs to compete for hegemony, I am afraid that they will not be united, unless the Central Plains has serious internal friction.

Chen Shou and Xiliang married, and opened a trade route with the Southern Tang Dynasty, which had very good conditions to stabilize development.

The biggest difficulty is that his territory is a long line, lying in the center of Daqi, and it may be attacked from all directions. There is also Xiliang in the west to give himself a strong momentum and scare the northwest heroes who are about to move. The east needs to fight for peace by itself, and the banditry in Shandong this time is both a challenge and an opportunity.

"If Jiang Chucai rebels in Hedong, how many families will respond?" Chen Shou asked.

Yuan Xiannian didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Nine times out of ten!" ”

Huang Zhen was taken aback, "So much? ”

"Over the years, the Jiang family has relied on their many sons and nephews who are officials in the court, and they have worked hard to make profits for Longmen Mountain. In addition, they bought Wei Yunse, and the two of them were in cahoots, and Wei Yunse didn't know how much of the profit he sold to the Jiang family. At that time, he held the government for 12 years, and all the ethnic groups in Hedong dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and almost all the disobedient ones were swept away by Longmen Mountain, but we were still holding on, if it weren't for the Zhongyong Marquis who was born, our Yuan family would have been swallowed by him a long time ago. ”

Chen Shou's eyelids jumped and asked, "That... These families have a chance to jump out, and will they follow the Jiang family to rebel? ”

"Their Jiang family holds the life gate of each family in their hands, and the private soldiers of each family are actually full of henchmen of the Jiang family, but they have to rely on them to pay for them, and they are just private soldiers of each family, and whoever is disobedient is afraid that they will be destroyed immediately."

"Wolf ambition." After Huang Zhen finished speaking, he suddenly thought that Chen Shou in front of him was too much than him, Chen Shou's private soldiers, it was really oil that couldn't be spilled, water drops couldn't enter, it was completely his army alone, and his own words were to scold him.

He took a sneak peek and found that Chen Shou was not unusual, so he put his mind at ease.

PS: Chapter 135, after modification, has been unshielded