In a letter to Chen Mu, Hanxiang said that the land in the eastern city of Dunhuang was about to be sold out, but the price was far from ideal, less than one-third of the first bid.

Hanka thinks it's a disastrous auction. In order to stop the loss in time, she decided to keep some more plots and sell them when the situation improves in the future.

Except for the matter of the land, Hanxiang did not mention any negative information in the letter, and told Chen Mu to pay attention to safety in the tone of a little daughter-in-law in the letter, you don't have to worry about family affairs, everything is under control.

It can be known from Fang Qing, the deputy director of secrecy, that the pressure on Hanxiang at this time is not small.

She was still too young after all. When Chen Mu, Cripple, and Zhang Han were not in Dunhuang, she lacked the backbone, so she was much more cautious.

Fang Qing raised his concerns, he said that Han Xiang, as the head of the military, must not be cowardly and retreat, otherwise it is easy to invite disaster.

There was no substance in Fang Qing's letter, and Chen Mu didn't take his worries very seriously.

Chen Mu felt that Fang Qing was a little underestimated.

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The lame man remained ambitious, and this expedition brought with him a large amount of gold, silver, and gunpowder.

When he passed by Guizi Town, he looted a lot of things, but after all, it was Ma Zun's territory, and he knew how to give money. Now that he has come to the city of swapping, the lame man has begun to buy and sell predatorily.

In Chen Mu's words, spend less and do more.

But the lame man's behavior caused local merchants to be quite dissatisfied, and the market gradually fell cold.

There is no one to buy and sell in the market, and the lame man runs to the residential area. Demolish houses, extract timber, and make ladders.

Of course, he will not demolish the houses where people live, but the houses of those who fled because of the war, as well as the original palace of the barbarian king. The Barbarian Palace, which he burned once with an incendiary bomb, still had a lot of usable materials left. For example, the big pillar hugged by the two people, although the surface was burned into charcoal, but the surface was sawed off, and the inside was still good.

The ladder made by the lame man is not a simple ladder, but a siege tower ladder with a wheel. He just produced some parts first, and then assembled them under the enemy's city. After the battle, the ladder is dismantled to make it easier to transport.

He brought with him a lot of sappers, who fought day and night on the production line, and the third cannon had already entered the experimental stage. The rumbling sound from time to time made the local people feel panicked. People have never heard that kind of sound, and they always think that the sky is going to fall. If only there was a sound, they could always see the fire. The fire rose into the sky, and people were terrified. The lame man found the incendiary bombs to work well, and he had prepared almost twenty of them.

The lame man's soldiers continued to increase, and how much they had increased, even he did not know.

Chen Mu felt that the cripple was pretending to be stupid, he must have been worried that after reporting the number, he would be snatched away by Chen Mu again.

In the face of the lame's various tyrannical measures and tricks, Chen Mu said that he would not intervene easily. He is more concerned about the resettlement of the elderly and bereaved children.

But the lame man said, "He who came out to fight, not came out to be a bodhisattva." ”

Chen Mu said: "Even if it is hypocritical, you must pretend to be a good person to give everyone some benefits, otherwise your conscience will not be able to get over and you will have nightmares at night." I am already preparing a textile mill locally. There is some light work in the textile factory, which can also be done by the elderly and children, so that they can have food. ”

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After this time to change cities, Liang Jun's attitude was very strong, and he treated the barbarian royal family enough.

I thought I could deter the two small countries to the west of the barbarians, but they have not moved. Messengers were sent to persuade them to surrender, but they did not take it seriously and even ordered expulsion.

For such a stubborn small country, Chen Mu really couldn't understand what they thought.

Do you want to fight?

I don't know what they were blinded by, or what they were covering.

At this time, Feng Feima walked in and whispered a few words in Chen Mu's ear.

It turned out that Big Rock and Ulcheng had formed an alliance and began to contact Arlando, intending to fight together against the Liang Dynasty's army.

Chen Mu's face became ugly: "Invite Cao Jianjun here, I want to discuss the matter of sending troops." ”

Cao Sheng was invited in the morning, but he didn't come in the afternoon, and later heard that Cao Sheng took a beautiful woman from the Western Regions to watch the snow on the bank of the homesick river.

In the evening, Cao Sheng came to see Chen Mu.

"Cao Jianjun is in a good mood." Chen Mu's tone was slightly cold.

Cao Sheng smiled: "Are you in a hurry?" ”

Chen Mu nodded.

"What's the hurry?" Cao Sheng sat down relaxedly: "Zhang Yunlong has changed his plan, and it is estimated that he will not be far from Dashi City at this time. Let him sell his strength this time. By the time he takes Big Rock, the alliance between the two small countries will collapse. Don't worry about Arrando coming to help. ”

Chen Mu smiled: "Then we should deal with Governor Zhang Dadu and attack Ulcheng as soon as possible." ”

Cao Sheng nodded.

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Zhang Yunlong also arranged for the establishment of the capital protection mansion in Wuzi Town, and later left the division headquarters and the first brigade in Wuzi Town, and he personally led the second brigade and the third brigade to Dashicheng.

It is reported that Zhang Yunlong is still three days away from Dashicheng.

In three days, it was almost enough for a lame man to rush to Ulcheng, even if he did not start a war with Ulcheng, as long as the troops were under the city, he could guarantee that the enemy of Ulcheng would not go to support Big Rock. In order to achieve the purpose of responding to Zhang Yunlong.

The lame's troops gathered outside, and Chen Mu asked the lame: "How are Gongsun Xiong and Gongsun Ji doing?" ”

"Make do." The cripple man didn't seem to be in high spirits: "I appointed him as the commander of the independent regiment and gave him 300 men. This time, they didn't have anything to show for it, but they didn't lag behind. ”

Chen Mu thought for a while: "Is it necessary to separate Gongsun Xiong and Gongsun Ji?" ”

The lame man raised his eyes to look at Chen Mu: "You mean that the two of them are 'not wealthy' together?" ”

Chen Mu nodded: "Gongsun Xiong should be a fierce general." But Gongsun Ji is very calm, with Gongsun Ji by his side, Gongsun Xiong's "fierceness" can't be played. But Gongsun Ji is also a good general, he is always under Gongsun Xiong, and he will also be suppressed. It's better to separate, maybe it's better. ”

The cripple didn't say anything, got up and walked outside.

Looks like he's going to arrange it.

Ma Zun sat next to Chen Mu in a low mood, looking a little decadent.

Chen Mu knew that Ma Zun was under a lot of pressure now, because now the Aziman royal family was very dissatisfied with Ma Zun, and some elders dared to point at Ma Zun on their faces, making Ma Zun feel that he couldn't raise his head.

"Mazunaka, call some important people in your family, let's go hunting in the north of the city."

Ma Zun was slightly puzzled: "What is there to hunt in the ice and snow?" ”

Chen Mu glanced at him: "There is no prey, you can hunt people." ”

Ma Zun understood what Chen Mu meant, but he didn't plan to do that.

Shrouded in guilt, he couldn't hold his head up.

It seems that he himself feels that he can't see the future clearly.

Chen Mu felt that Ma Zun's current state was very bad, so he said: "The most difficult thing in the world to manage is people, no matter what kind of high position you do, there will always be people who challenge you, including the emperor."

In the face of a variety of challenges, the emperors showed a variety of different states.

Some are strong, and in the end they become tyrants.

There are also people who are gentle and later become benevolent.

Whether it is a tyrant or a benevolent monarch, in fact, it can stabilize the country.

It is said that tyrants will perish in the country, but tyrants like Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty govern the country, and the country does not perish.

What does that mean, you say? ”

Ma Zun looked up at Chen Mu: "You mean I thought too much, but I didn't act." ”

Chen Mu continued: "You must always have a backbone, if you can't make up your mind yourself, no one can help you." I need you to take a stand now. What the hell do you think. If you want to make yourself happy, you should be a tyrant. If you want to make others happy, you should be a benevolent gentleman. ”

"Then what does Chen Mu Aka think I am suitable for?"

The battle for supremacy begins with defending the city /book/90002/