The sky was blue and the water was green, and the long procession marched through the mountains and fields, and when they passed by an unknown lake, they ordered the whole army to rest and fill the water bladder and water wheel.

In the third year of heaven, on March 25, the Western Route Army of the Northern Expedition had reached the hinterland of Mobei.

The grass has already sprouted, and a piece of tender green comes into view, and occasionally you can see Hungarian herdsmen, driving cattle and sheep to pass by, and they also hurriedly flee when they see an army passing by.

War has always been cruel.

When those cattle and sheep were discovered, they were quickly caught up by the cavalry of the Liang army, and the consequences can be imagined.

In this regard, the 16-year-old Emperor Tianci said, they robbed us of things like mountains of gold and silver, we robbed them of some cattle and sheep, is it too much? I advocate benevolent government, but benevolent government does not favor the enemy.

Zhao Chong led 80,000 horses through the Bogda Pass to meet the king of Donghu. Pioneer Zhang Yunlong, Tang Zhen on the left flank, Meng Danqing on the right flank, Ximen Zhensen of the rear army, and Emperor Long Yuan sat in the Chinese army, and the old general Cao Xiang accompanied him to make suggestions. Asking Chen Mu to come back and not killing Huo Hongxun were both ideas given by the veteran Cao Xiang to the emperor. Cao Xiang said that if King Mu does not come back, the Long Wu Army will be gone, and Zhang Yunlong will stay, which is not good for His Majesty.

In order to respond to the emperor's eastward advance, the imperial court sent troops from Luoyang, and gathered troops from Henan, Shandong, and Hebei, and quickly passed through Datong, all the way to the north, and attacked the nest of King Donghu.

The veteran Kong Tuo was appointed as the commander of the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expedition.

Nearly seventy years old was ordered to be in danger, and the old handsome shouted honor. This went to Mobei, accompanied by a coffin, and threatened to die if he did not win.

In order to prevent the southern countries from taking the opportunity to go north, the imperial court ordered the armies stationed in Hanzhong, Jingzhou, and Huainan to increase their alert.

The royal family and the three major lords dispatched troops, and the good hands were exhausted.

For a time, the whole country was in turmoil.

The Queen Mother called on the people to sign up for the army and respond to emergencies at any time.

The Queen Mother said happily, my dynasty is in full swing.

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In Jiaohe City, tens of thousands of migrant workers pulled stones to make billets and build city walls.

Hearing that the Shepherd King came to Jiaohe City, the people in the nearby areas followed one after another, especially the people of Dunhuang.

In order to increase the city's acceptance capacity, Chen Mu absorbed the construction experience of Dunhuang City, built high-rise buildings and factories.

In just one month, the city has already made a big difference.

At this time, the Sogdian king Alidayi and his people, a total of more than 500 people, had already been "gifted" to Luoyang, and at this time Jiaohe City was engaged in large-scale construction. Chen Mu demanded that twenty cannons be made within three months, the city wall should be increased by one zhang, and the city head should be filled with heavy crossbows and rolling wood and stones, so as to ensure that the enemy army would not return, and Jiaohe City would be cast into a copper wall and iron wall. In addition, Chen Mu also asked for 30,000 light crossbows to be made, and asked women to be able to pull them.

"Buy grain, tell the grain merchant how much you want. I will save at least two years' worth of food. ”

In addition to stockpiling grain, Chen Mu also has to run around to build a good relationship.

At this time, Chen Mu's reinforcements included Kong Xiaoxian's third and sixteenth divisions. The two divisions were stationed at Jiayuguan and were ready to respond to Jiaohe City at any time.

In the south, there is also the ninth division of Cao Xuanjia, which has withdrawn from the Gulan Kingdom, and the entire division of 10,000 people is holding Dunhuang.

Chen Mu's Longwu Army was reorganized into three divisions, Chen Mu was the general of Longwu and the general of the first division; Cao Sheng is the commander of Longwu; Zhao Jin was the governor's grain officer; Ma Zun was appointed General Staff; Zhang Han served as the general deputy general and the lieutenant general of the third division.

Zhang Youtian's official position was swept to the end, but he was the actual controller of the Second Division, the division supervisor Zhu Meng, and the deputy general was Lu Han who returned from the Gulan Kingdom. This time Luhan brought back a lot of iron, which was also the basis for casting cannons. And gunpowder is constantly being transported from Dunhuang, Chen Mu estimates that it is enough to fight two large-scale battles.

Chen Mu wrote to the Gulan king Dadamuti, if Allandor invades, you can flee to Dunhuang, and the Liang army will definitely be responsible for the Gulan royal family to the end. The same letter was also written to the two countries of Nanan and Daman. But there was no response. It looks like they're shaken. Now Chen Mu didn't have the heart to pursue them, but just kept his posture and guarded the west gate of the Liang Dynasty, radiating one-third of the area of the Western Regions.

At this time, the mountain watched the tiger fight, and watched the king of the Dayue clan, Latif and the Hun Dadan fighting hotly in Alando.

Chen Mu also kept sending envoys to Latif and told the latter that if he really couldn't bear it, he could come and ask for help. Liang Jun is happy to work with the Otsutsuki clan.

But so far, Latif has not spat out half a word. It seems that this king is an out-and-out hardliner.

In this regard, Chen Mu didn't take it too seriously, but was more worried about the people around him.

At this time, the composition of the Longwu army was very complicated, and there were all kinds of soldiers.

Less than half of the Han Chinese, and the rest were all the old departments of Aziman, Ulcheng, and Sogdia, in order to increase cohesion, Chen Mu clarified the way of promotion and paid close attention to corruption in the army. No matter how busy, educate the soldiers regularly.

"I asked you to follow Ali Dayi to Luoyang, but you can't go, and now you are going to play drunk in front of me?" Chen Mu was sitting in the palace, and when he saw that Ma Zun was drunk, he stood up, walked over and kicked him.

"Chen Mu Aka, I don't want to go to Luoyang."

"Didn't you say that you liked the Oriental Shendu very much?"

"It's not the same time it used to be. I was a prince then, but what am I now? ”

Chen Mu had already deprived Ma Zun of his military rights, and in order to take care of his emotions and the feelings of Aziman's old department, Chen Mu asked Ma Zun to serve as the general of the General Staff, with the rank of General Yunlu.

But Ma Zun still looks decadent, drunk and dreaming of death all day long. The General Staff Department has hardly been there, but it has become the control of the lame.

Ma Zun could see it clearly, even if he went to the general department, those secretaries didn't take him seriously, and they listened to all the things from big to small. In that case, why bother with yourself.

Ma Zun was drunk again and was carried home.

Chen Mu asked, "Did Qin Qingquan and Gu Changsong come over?" ”

Zhang Ga said: "Muwang Chitose, you forgot, now Gu Changsong is the prefect of Dunhuang and the vice president of Dunhuang Academy, except for him, the rest of the people have come to Jiaohe. ”

Chen Mu suddenly said: "I've been so busy recently that I forgot about it." The three bureaus of military command, secrecy, and royal command were convened, and meetings were held in the side room from time to time, and all personnel were to participate. ”

"Whoa."

Chen Mu had already planned to divide the power of the lame man, and dealt with it directly when he made a mistake this time, but he still retained the position of the chief director of the lame secret bureau, and the military command was completely in the hands of Li Daozheng.

But Li Daozheng is not the best candidate in Chen Mu's heart, because the old general's personality is too introverted, seeking stability rather than progress. Therefore, the role of the military command has mainly become defensive, and the main force and offensive force are lacking.

At this meeting, Chen Mu redeployed the personnel and put all the people found by the lame man in the Secret Bureau.

Maintain the complete independence of the military and the royal system, and there are no lame people interfering in affairs.

In this way, the lame Secrecy Bureau has become huge, with 120 people, and the military commander has the support of the military, of course, there is no shortage of manpower, but Zhong Lixiang of the Wang Command Bureau has many fewer people.

"Mar Lan introduced me to a female swordsman named Ma Caifeng, who acted very capably, and asked her and Xue Xunmei to serve as the deputy bureau of the royal command, and be responsible to Zhong Lixiang. In addition, Mal Lan is also going to join the royal throne and show me good martial arts, and I will give her this opportunity. However, no matter who joins the royal system, they are all responsible to the chief Zhong Lixiang. No business shall be concealed from the Governor. ”

Hearing this, Mal Lan bowed his head and was silent.

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