"Would you like to belong?"

Lu Ding chewed on this sentence carefully and walked over slowly.

"You said you would like to belong? How do you make me believe in you? You must know that in the area of Phoenix City, which is under my dangerous mountain, there are many people who have been plundered by you. What's more, not to mention that the surrounding garrisons have been beaten by you in the autumn wind. Even the food of our adults, you dare to touch it! In this case, who would believe that you are sincere in your desire to return? ”

As soon as Geng Zhongming heard this, he immediately defended himself and said, "This lord is graceful! The villain was originally a Gaizhou Weijun household, but in his early years, because of the incompetence of his boss, he had no choice but to rebel into Houjin. When I heard about the achievements of General Ye, the general of the dangerous mountain, I really admired it in my heart, so I thought about leading people to defect. ”

Lu Ding snorted and said, "If you are defecting, why do you want to hurt my people and subordinates?" ”

Geng Zhongming explained: "The villain defected to Houjin with his boss in his early years, and now that he has returned, if he doesn't have a convincing ability, I'm afraid he won't be able to easily fall into Lord Ye's eyes." That's when I thought, let's make some noise first, and then find a chance to defect. In the beginning, the villain killed the rich people who hid their ill-gotten gains, not the common people. Later, the officials and troops surrounded and suppressed the villain, and the villain wanted to be attached, but was refused, and felt that the officials and soldiers were actually not as powerful as the rumors, so they despised it. That's what comes next. ”

"Hmm, that's it~~" Lu Ding nodded slightly, basically agreeing with his words.

Regarding Geng Zhongming's attitude, Lu Ding was actually not as disgusted as Tang Wang.

In his opinion, this man was nothing more than his trophy. If he could be captured alive, it would be easier to win Ye Fu's favor than taking a dead one back. As for whether this person is alive or dead in the end, whether he wants to stay or not, it doesn't have much to do with him.

Thinking so, he commanded, "In that case, take him down first!" When you return to the dangerous mountain, you will be cut off by the adults themselves. The rest of the people, etc., will be brought back! ”

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With Geng Zhongming's capture, the remnants of the soldiers under his command were defeated and had no leader, so they naturally became fish and meat to be slaughtered on the chopping board. The two battalions under Tang Wang were enough to cause a catastrophe to these people.

At the same time, Xu Gaozhuo on the other side, the situation is always under control, and he is relatively optimistic.

In fact, since Li Xiangbao came back from the dangerous mountain, he thought that he would have such a day. It's just that what he didn't expect was that this day would come so quickly.

In the yamen of the city guard of Phoenix City, with the arrival of Xu Gaozhuo, there was tension for a while.

"Lord Li, your position as a city guard was granted by the imperial court, and your lord cannot be easily deprived of it, and you must ask for instructions from the top to make a conclusion. As for the position of the commander of the Second Brigade, please give up it from now on. ”

Li Xiangbao is indeed old, and under the influence of Ye Fu, he originally had no chance to resist. It's just that the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff. At the beginning, Ye Fu appointed him as the commander of the Second Brigade and let him continue to command the Phoenix area, just because he didn't want to cause trouble in a short time.

But now, for him, he has to move.

In fact, Xu Gaozhuo's words are really not nutritious.

Cutting off the position of the commander, and leaving the position of the city official alone, according to Ye Fu's current arrangement, it is no different from the human seal that has been set aside. Without military power in his hands, he, the city guard, can he really defend the city by himself when he gets it?

It is not difficult to eliminate Li Xiangbao, but the difficult thing is that after eliminating him, who should the military power of this command be handed over.

Sure enough, Lee Sang-bao resisted stubbornly, so he could only hold on to this.

"Li does have the trust of the adult, but I don't know, after Li hands over the authority, who will take over the position of the commander?"

"You don't need to worry about it, right?" Xu Gaozhuo held the teacup, gently skimmed the tea foam with the lid, and blew lightly for two breaths before he said slowly, "However, there is one thing, Lord Li, please rest assured." In the end, we adults are people who care about old feelings, as long as Master Li does not cause trouble to our adults, we adults will naturally ensure that Lord Li's life will be good in the future. ”

"Li Mou's wind and candle are in his last years, even if it is a good day, how many days can he live?" Li Xiangbao looked like he had seen through the red dust, and only chased Xu Gaozhuo and asked, "Mr. Don't hide it, Mr. Li has been operating here for many years, and now he is most worried about where Phoenix City should go in the future." If this matter is not arranged, Li will be asked to hand over the power. Hmph, I'm afraid I can't do it. ”

Lee Sang-bo is obviously a paper tiger, and he is very strong.

What kind of character Xu Gaozhuo is, how could he be bluffed by his words? Wen Yan just chuckled and said, "If Lord Li has this attitude, then there is nothing to discuss." But you can think about it. It's true that you are in the last years of the wind and candle, but someone who has also died once, do you care what kind of knife and axe you can't afford? You can disobey the orders of the adults, and you can even kill someone on the spot, but what about after that? Could it be that Geng Zhongming can't learn from that Geng Zhongming to be a bandit? ”

Speaking of this, Xu Gaozhuo squatted the teacup in front of him with a 'snap', squinted his eyes, picked the corners of his lips, showed a faint mocking smile, and said to Li Xiangbao: "I'm afraid Lord Li doesn't know yet, right?" Last night, under the strategic planning of Lord Lu and the First Brigade of our Chinese Army, and Lord Tang of the Sanyang Garrison, the bandit Geng Zhongming's troops had been completely defeated. The leader of the thieves, Geng Zhongming, was captured and will soon be escorted back to the dangerous mountain, where he will be tried and convicted by the adults himself. ”

When Li Xiangbao heard this, his face immediately changed.

Geng Zhongming's troops attacked the surroundings of Phoenix City for not a day or two, and he Li Xiangbao asked himself if he had the ability to exterminate this bureaucracy. On the contrary, they were played by the other party.

And this time, he knew that Tang Wang's department only sent two battalions, but now he was able to capture the thief leader. It seems that the combat effectiveness is really not weak!

Put up a desperate struggle?

Lee Sang-bo broke out in a cold sweat.

If there is such a disparity in strength, then he is afraid that there is no need for stubborn resistance.

And at this moment, Xu Gaozhuo added another fire.

"Oh, by the way, Master Li, you have been asking me who will hold this position after you step down as commander. Since you feel that you must know in order to be at ease, then, well, your lord has told you, if you must know, it will not hurt to tell you. Xu Gaozhuo said, stood up, stood there solemnly, and announced the order, "According to the order of the Lord, the new commander of the Second Brigade will be taken over by Hu Haiying and Hu Qian. Master Li, this time, there is no problem, right? ”

Li Xiangbao looked at Xu Gaozhuo in surprise, speechless for a long time.

yes, what else could he say?

Just glanced at the greedy eagerness in Hu Haiying's eyes at this time, and Li Xiangbao knew that he had lost.

This was originally a loyal subordinate in his eyes, but now, it is obviously a loyal dog under Ye Fu who knows how to wag his tail when he gives a bone.

Halfway through the year, the opportunity to be covered and develop smoothly can be said to be getting shorter and shorter.

And with the passage of time, Ye Fu has inevitably become busier and busier in recent days.

So much so that on the day that Lu Ding returned to the dangerous mountain with Geng Zhongming, Ye Fu discussed the issue of the red-clothed cannon with Fan Yongsheng, the spear supervisor, at the ordnance department, and discussed it for a whole day, but he had no intention of returning.

Helpless, Lu Ding had to hand over Geng Zhongming and others to Meng Shi first, and temporarily detain them in the military prison of the General of Staff.

By the time Ye Fu finally made time to meet him, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

"This time the thing is done well, I will give you a credit." Ye Fu was busy, and finally sat down to take a sip of tea. Put down the teacup and lean back in the chair with your eyes half-closed.

It's just that what makes Lu Ding a little strange is that he hasn't seen him for a few days? The one who served tea and water for Ye Fu in the second hall turned out to be Ma Xiaoyue, who had not appeared in the realm outside the inner house before. At this time, she was standing behind Ye Fu, and Qianqian Xiu was very close to gently pinching his shoulder and neck.

It seems that Xu Gaozhuo is not here, and Wang Zhi alone still can't look down on Ye Fu. No, Xu Gaozhuo has only been away for such a short time, and Ma Xiaoyue was able to enter the house, which is the best evidence.