Jingzhou Jiangling City.

In this prosperous city comparable to the capitals of other countries, ten years ago, a general with outstanding military achievements was sent from Jinling City.

To the surprise of the officials of Gangneung City, this general who had made great military achievements on the front line was at a young age, and he should have stayed in the main battle armies of Nanli to lead an army, but why, was he sent to Gangneung City, a city that has been away from the battlefield for thousands of years.

Moreover, the military position hanging on this general is still a prominent and high-ranking third-rank military position of the town army general of the Nanli Empire.

After the general of the town army came to Gangneung City, something happened that surprised many officials in Gangneung City even more.

The instructions from the Jinling City side did not hand over any of the garrisons in Jingzhou to the hands of the general of the town army, nor did they give the general of the town army an order to organize an army on his own.

In addition, when this general of the town army came to Jiangling City, there were only two left generals and right generals with the same military ranks, just three of them, what kind of retinue and so on.

These three generals, whose military rank is equivalent to that of the six major members of the civilian ranks, even moved their luggage into their new homes in Gangneung City.

Similarly, the two left generals and right generals who came to Gangneung City with the generals of the town army, Jinling City also did not give these two generals any orders to control the army.

The highest official of Jiangling City at that time, that is, the governor of Jingzhou, was also confused about this matter for a long time.

The military position of the general of the town army, although the grade is the same as his, but how dare he put on any official authority in front of this general, after all, more than half of the generals who have always served as the general of the town army have been entrusted with important tasks later, not to mention the example of modern times.

An old marshal of the Bai family, a Zhou Dunyi, and the only marshal of the two Nanli Empire at present have all served as a military general in the town army.

So there is such an unwritten rule that appears in this military position.

It is better to provoke the four expeditions than to provoke the town army.

These eight words, the simple and clear general of the town army said clearly about the fear of the civil and military officials of Nanli for such a three-grade military position as the general of the town army.

General Sizheng: What rank is that?

It is a second-grade military position that can be compared to the six Shangshu, and the rank is only below the three major generals, the general, the Wei general and the chariot general.

is such a high-ranking official, but he was used to compare with the general of the town army with the rank of third-rank official, and he also made the general of the fourth expedition fall into the inferior.

What is the rank of a state pastor? That is a real feudal official, although the position of state pastor has been weakened a lot by the emperors of the past dynasties, but it is still higher than the six servants, I don't know how much power.

Of course, this is only theoretical, and we have to see which state pastor it is, such as the state pastor of Jiaozhou in the south, basically every generation of Jiaozhou state pastor thinks that he would rather give up such an official position of state pastor and go to Jinling City to be a four-grade Beijing official, they are very willing, after all, Jiaozhou is too barren, and most of the state pastors are also served by Jiaozhou locals.

Because the officials over there in Jinling don't want to go to Jiaozhou to be officials at all, no matter what official position you give, as long as you go to Jiaozhou to take office, then we would rather stay in Jinling and wait for death.

However, the state pastor of Jingzhou, it is good to say that it is good, and it is like that if it is not good.

Jingzhou since a hundred years ago divided into four major regions, basically the authority of the state pastor is divided into five, after all, the place is too big, a state pastor is obviously not enough, and the emperor will not allow a state pastor to master such a large piece of land, who knows what kind of medicine you sell in the gourd, what if you have a bad heart, what if you turn against the south.

But this is also a good thing, after all, Jingzhou is basically a barren land except for Jiangling City, except for some fishing and animal husbandry, other places are not much better than Jiaozhou.

Therefore, after such a reform, the power of Jingzhou Prefecture has become smaller, but Jingzhou Prefecture has become a fat difference, after all, he is holding Jiangling City, which is known as the second city of Nanli, in his hand.

Just one Jiangling City is enough to make Jingzhou Prefecture Mu a big fat gap that everyone covets.

Today's Jingzhou Prefecture Mu, who used to be a young handsome man in Jinling City, may even rely on his qualifications to touch the position of the Ministry of Rites, although there is a Junjie who is several times better than him in the back, and snatched the position of the Ministry of Rites, but he is not at a loss, he came to Jingzhou as the Jingzhou State Mu, and the emperor also made a special case for him, and handed over all the ownership of Jiangling City to him to control.

In terms of the power in his hands now, this Jingzhou governor is not even false to those idle princes, because in addition to the prosperity of Jiangling City, it has the identity of the capital of the Southern Empire.

What is he?

If he is willing, he can abandon the official position of Jingzhou Governor and go to Jinling City to serve as the official position of Jinling Captain.

Captain Jinling, although his name is Captain, but this power is great, he is in charge of all affairs in Jinling City, large and small, and this is also the only one in all the official positions in the Nanli Empire whose name is Captain, but he has entered the rank of a third-rank official.

However, the Jinling captains of the past dynasties have both good strength and strong backgrounds, otherwise.

Where is Jinling City?

This is the capital of the Nanli Empire, this is the gathering place of the magnates of the Nanli Empire, to put it mildly, if you stand downstairs and throw a stone down, you may hit a red-robed official or a child of the family.

There is no alarming background, can you outcompete the methods of the powerful by relying on your strength alone?

But if you only have a background but don't have the strength, then you will definitely not last long when you come to serve as the captain of Jinling, because you are just a gold-plated waste sent by your family.

This is also the reason why this Jingzhou Prefecture pastor did not let go of the more attractive Jinling Lieutenant, but he has always occupied the position of Jingzhou Prefecture Pastor and did not let go, because his background is not enough for that grade.

His background is just an ordinary family in Jinling City, and in other places, his family may still be the hegemon in the city, but if it is placed in Jinling City, it will be so-so at the lower middle level.

Those nobles in Jinling City, if he served as the captain of Jinling, he would rush to his background, and the family behind him would be used by those powerful people as bargaining chips to threaten him.

No matter how talented he is, he has not reached a certain height, and in the eyes of those powerful people, he is still just a grass man.

After the Jingzhou Prefecture pastor inquired about the relationship with the capital, he learned why these three generals had fallen into the current situation.

The first reaction was a pity.

General Left and General Right aside, even he has heard of the exploits of this general of the town army, that is the first tiger general under the account of Zhou Wangye, but it is a pity that he participated in the battle for the throne and became a victim.

On the battlefield, the countries were terrified, but unfortunately when they reached the court, they were deprived of all military rights and exiled to Gangneung City.

There is a town army general on his head, but in fact, he can't even command the gatekeeper of Gangneung City, which is the sadness of the struggle for power.

From ten years ago to now, these three generals have been living in Jiangling City, that is, General Zuo's temperament looks a little reckless, and there was a lot of chaos when he first came here, and after a year or two, General Zuo has become like those two generals, drinking tea, fishing, and playing chess all day long.

The three generals who beheaded tens of thousands of people have lasted like this for nearly ten years, and in the eyes of Jingzhou Prefecture, there are only countless lamentations.

In this year, the governor of Jingzhou received a message from Jinling City, which said that Xikun Kingdom was about to move again and didn't know what was planned behind it.

The first reaction of this Jingzhou governor was that Xikun was going to leave the war against the south again.

Not long after, a message came from Jinling City again, asking Jingzhou Prefecture to integrate the four major regions of Jingzhou, and the western region entered a state of combat readiness, and Jiangling City also started a curfew since that time.

Next, without waiting for a message from Jinling City, Jingzhou Prefecture Mu received the message.

Xikun and Dongxun formed an alliance and jointly crusaded against Nanli.

Although I don't know what happened, it doesn't affect the thinking of this Jingzhou governor.

But at the beginning, the Jingzhou governor did not put his thoughts on the three generals who had been idle for ten years.

After all, if it is only the two countries of Dongxun and Xikun, the old marshal of the Bai family and the prince of Zhou are enough to deal with it, and there is no decisive difference between these three generals going and not going.

However, it didn't take long for an edict to come from Jinling City, ordering the Jingzhou Prefecture to join forces with the three southern states to draw a part of the elite garrison from various states to rush to Jinling to form a new army.

As soon as this message came out, Jingzhou Prefecture's eyes lit up.

The reason for the formation of the new army is absolutely not because of the insufficient number of armies in the east and the west and the disadvantages that may appear on the battlefields in the east and west.

If this is the case, then the purpose of forming this new army is obvious.

Nanli, in addition to Dongxun Xikun, there is also an opponent who needs to form a new army to deal with.

Who is this opponent, Jingzhou Prefecture Mu didn't take much effort to come to a conclusion.

Central Plains States.

It was also from that time that the governor of Jingzhou began to pay attention to the movements of this new army.

After all, there are only two marshals of the Nanli Empire, and those two can't get out to deal with opponents in one direction now.

In addition, the countries of the Central Plains are not idle people, in this case, who will be the commander of this new army?

Ji Wuying?

After this name was passed into the ears of Jingzhou State Mu, Jingzhou State Mu's first reaction was to be stunned.

After a few seconds, Jingzhou Prefecture Mu remembered the name in his mind, but in his impression, Ji Wuying was just an offering to the Nanli royal family, his cultivation was not high, and he was a master of the army? Did this old man ever have a military life?

Then the second name of the new army came to his ears.

The wind is uneven?

Isn't Lord Swordmaster terminally ill?

It seems that it should be to let this new army use the name of the Sword Saint to increase its momentum.

It was also from this time that the governor of Jingzhou began to set his eyes on the three generals.

If you want to fight against the Central Plains countries, if you send a general, with the number of garrisons in the three states, it is obviously not enough, and the defense will be a little difficult, after all, the attack direction of the Central Plains countries is different, it can be said that it is pervasive, if it is only a general, it needs a huge number of troops to face this kind of offensive.

So in this case, General Zhenjun, a general who has the foundation to become handsome, should have a great chance to come out of the mountain again in this battle.

But now there is no news about the general of the town army, which should be because His Majesty is still thinking about this matter.

After all, letting the general of the town army go out of the mountain is also a big bet for His Majesty.

However, it didn't take long for this suspicion to dissipate.

Li Chengqian, the second son of the emperor, enlisted in the new army, and the general of the Zhenjun army became the commander of the new army, and the left general and the right general served as the deputy commander.