Since the fall of Jinling, Liu Jian and Xiao Qian also sent some people to inquire about the news of Xiao Shan and others. No matter how complicated the court situation is, after all, Xiao Shan supported Liu Jian at the beginning, and he is still the father-in-law of Xiao Qian's father Liu Jian.

There are many rumors from Jinling, some say that Xiao Shan and others crossed the sea to Lingnan for refuge, some say that they were killed by Zhu Yaoshi, and more say that Xiao Shan and others have already surrendered to Zhu Yaoshi.

After a long time, Xiao Qian couldn't help but worry, with the strength of the Xiao family, it was extremely abnormal for the head of the family to have no news for so long.

However, the tree fell and scattered, Jinling fell, Xiao Jing thought of himself as the head of the family before, and then Xiao Jing died in the chaos, and then the self-proclaimed Xiao family head actually came out of several.

Chen Hongyi with more than 1,000 cavalry in the east has no news back, not even rumors, Liu Jian is not worried, after all, if there is news for a person with the identity of Chen Hongyi, it will definitely not be hidden, and no news must be good news.

The northern side, which had been on the defensive, had not gone south since the beginning of April when tens of thousands of cavalry came to loot the villages.

At this time, the remnants of the mountains and rivers in the south were trembling and preparing to flee to Bashu and Lingnan and Southwest Yi.

Wang Guan's remaining dozens of buildings were waiting to flee upstream at any time, and Luo Xian had already slipped back to Chengdu to watch the changes in the battle situation in the east.

couldn't just wait, Liu Jianyi summoned Li Xiaofei and told him the plan in his heart.

"This matter is very important, you can't even reveal your wife, I will tell everyone to send you to find General Chen. Originally, I was going to send Murong Ling with you, but firstly, I was afraid that Pharmacist Zhu would persuade him to stay, and secondly, I also needed him here to deal with all kinds of dangers that might arise at any time. ”

Li Xiaofei did not hesitate: "Only I know about this, if this thing is not done well, I know what to do"

"No, Xiaofei, all I want is to drag Pharmacist Zhu down, you have to come back alive whether it succeeds or not! I can't give you an official edict, or even a letter, only the jade pendant and the royal token on this body will be handed over to you as a token. Liu Jian untied the jade pendant and the token and handed it to Li Xiaofei

Li Xiaofei took the token and the jade pendant: "Lord, I still have a request, if Yao Shi Zhu forcibly stays in Jinling, can you allow me to deal with him, and then my family will still hope for the prince's protection!" ”

Liu Jian smiled: "You slippery head, you want to deceive the official from Pharmacist Zhu again, it's right, but when the time comes, you will become a traitor on the edict of Daliang!" ”

Li Xiaofei immediately knelt down: "Lord Wang, I will always be loyal to the prince, and I will not play a person who was born in Cao Ying and has a heart in Han unless I have to."

Liu Jian held Li Xiaofei's right hand with both hands and pulled him up: "I will always believe in you, and you don't have to pass the news to me, so as not to leak the matter." I will issue a letter and an edict directly to let you know what we are doing."

Li Xiaofei nodded, and his nose twitched: "Lord Wang, take care, I wish to see you with wealth and wealth in the future!" ”

Li Xiaofei didn't go home, took dry food and rode a horse to the east, Liu Jian watched Li Xiaofei's back go away: "May the ancestors bless you"

Liu Jian's plan can not be entrusted to anyone except Li Xiaofei, first, others may not have the courage to do it, second, people with courage like Murong Ling are not at ease, and third, others are not as loyal and reliable as Li Xiaofei after all.

The prince who supervised the regent of the country negotiated peace with the traitor who usurped the throne, and once this kind of thing was stabbed, the tens of thousands of horses gathered by Liu Jian would immediately fall apart.

Therefore, I can only find a confidant who does not bring edicts and letters, and only relies on a three-inch tongue to do this.

Not two days after Li Xiaofei left, another team came from outside Xiangyang City to defect to Liu Jian and asked to see Li Xiaofei by name.

Li Xiaofei was not there, so Liu Jian had no choice but to take Murong Ling to meet the team.

Murong Ling smiled as soon as he came out of the city gate: "It turned out that the prince of the village was here, haha, Lord Qin is blessed!" ”

The leader replied sharply: "Don't make fun of me, why didn't Li Xiaofei come, you left me alone at the beginning, but now I'm back with people!" ”

Murong Ling introduced Liu Jian as he greeted him: "King Han, this is Lord Qin Shunqin, the envoy who sent an envoy to the Qin State back then, and the prince should have heard his story!" ”

Liu Jian laughed: "The name has long been familiar to me, this person is the first time to see it, Lord Qin has worked hard, and the soldiers and horses brought by this 10,000-year-old village are also fierce dragons and tigers!" ”

Qin Shun hurriedly came over and knelt down: "The villain Qin Shun has seen the prince, these soldiers and horses were hired by us at our expense from the various caves on the Wuling side, and Wannian Village wanted to prevent Mobei from sneaking up from the north, so we didn't send people." ”

Liu Jian helped Qin Shun up: "Lord Qin is loyal to the country, and he has added these thousands of people to the imperial court, and I will give Lord Qin an official and a knight when I play Emperor Ming!" ”

Qin Shun waved his hand: "The prince doesn't have to be like this, I have received great favor from the emperor, I heard that the emperor is in trouble, and the villain has to avenge the emperor after fighting this life!" ”

Liu Jian's face became solemn: "Okay, with a loyal minister like Lord Qin, why can't you recover Jinling and restore the Great Liang River!" ”

After that, several people returned to the palace together and settled down the five thousand men and horses brought by Qin Shun.

At this time, there were already 70,000 soldiers and horses gathered under Liu Jian's command. Chen Kuan suggested that Liu Jian quickly integrate the formation, and Liu Jian adopted Chen Kuan's suggestion and asked Chen Kuan to work with the people of Nanyang Academy to handle it.

Chen Kuan's plan was to follow the old system of the Chen family's army, with 3,000 people as a battalion, of which the cavalry team was about 400 points, the archer team was 1,000 in the front row, the central spear infantry team was 1,000 people, and the back row sword and shield team was 500 people. Each battalion is equipped with 80 men, 4 doctors, and 16 craftsmen.

Unexpectedly, the students of the academy had to rearrange the queue according to the ancient method, and the 10,000 cavalry were listed as three battalions, 20,000 archers were listed as seven battalions, 20,000 spearmen were listed as seven battalions, and the remaining more than 10,000 sword, shield, and axe men were listed as four battalions, and 5,000 archers and 5,000 spear infantry were assigned to one hundred chariots, making a total of 25 battalions of men and horses.

Chen Kuan hurriedly stopped: "There are many people from all walks of life, there are many language barriers, different customs, and there are many inconveniences in suddenly pinching together, and the allocation of troops in each battalion is very particular, and the cavalry is taken out alone, it seems that all the cavalry can gallop across the field, but in fact, we don't have the ability to control the cavalry of more than 10,000 people!" ”

"General Chen is too worried, let's follow the military books of the previous generation of soldiers and the examples of famous generals, as long as we train these 10,000 cavalry for a month, we will be able to command them like an arm, invincible!"

"Good steel should be used on the blade, and the various arms should be distributed to each battalion like pepper noodles, and the combat power will be dispersed. I am here to change this outdated military system and improve the combat power of our Daliang army! ”

"How can this battle be won? My girder has been weak for a long time, and I must first raise the combat power of the army! ”

Chen Kuan smiled bitterly: "Since you are so insistent, I will ask the prince first, and the prince will make the decision!" After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

The rest of the students continued to talk and lost all the troops in Daliang. The dead Wang Xian and others are incompetent, Chen Hongyi, whose life and death are uncertain, is a great talent, and Zhong Zhiming, who was arrested by Zhu Yaoshi, has no way to govern the army.

When it comes to the rise, even the ancient Han Xinbai Qi is not in the eyes of such a student. Everyone seems to be reincarnated, and they are all here to help Liang turn the tide.

The soldiers did not understand and did not want to listen, so they went their separate ways, leaving only the students in the camp to fight and spit and sweat.

Chen Kuan was about to walk to the gate of the palace, thinking that things were going very fast, and he bumped into a person head-on and almost fell.

Chen Kuan looked up: "Isn't this Gonggong Qin in the palace?" How did you come to Xiangyang? ”

The person who came was Qin Gou'er who ran to Xiangyang a few days ago, Qin Zhong and the others saw that He Wuji was going to trap Suizhou, so they sent dozens of people from the north gate to kill people and protect Qin Gou'er to Xiangyang to report the news.

Qin Gou'er was covered in sludge and blood at this time, and Chen Kuan, who was at a loss, traveled back and forth between Jinling and Chen Jiajun a few years ago and befriended him, otherwise he really wouldn't recognize him.

As soon as Qin Gou'er saw that it was Chen Kuan, he immediately hugged him: "Lord Chen, I have finally found you, take me to see King Han and the hussar general, I have something important to tell!" ”

Chen Kuan hurriedly pulled Qin Gou'er into the palace to see Liu Jian.

At this time, Liu Jian was discussing with Shen Yuanhao about the resettlement of displaced people and trade, and when he saw Chen Kuan urgently reporting in, he stopped.

Shen Yuanhao hurriedly got up: "Since there is an urgent report, I will retire first!" ”

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and grabbed him: "Sir will see the outside world like this, this king sincerely asks Mr. to assist, no matter what urgent military situation and affairs, he will never hide it from Mr., but there are some things that can only be said to Mr. alone." The gentleman stayed with the king to listen to this urgent report, so that he could give advice to the king."

Seeing Liu Jian say this, Shen Yuanhao bowed and sat down: "It's disrespectful to be down there, and if you come, you will listen to it."

Chen Kuan and Qin Gou'er walked in quickly and knelt down together: "Lord Wang, this is the emperor's personal inner supervisor Qin Gou'er Qin Gonggong, who has escaped all the way from Jinling City, and has an important military report!" ”

Liu Jian hurriedly got up and came over to help the two of them: "Father-in-law Qin has worked hard, come here, sit down, and serve tea!" ”

Qin Gou'er put his hands on Liu Jian's right hand and got up: "Thank you, Lord Wang, it's good to have a sip of cold water underneath!" ”

Chen Kuan and Liu Jian helped Qin Gou'er sit down together, and when they brought water for Qin Gou'er to drink, Qin Gou'er breathed a sigh of relief, and then got down from the chair and knelt on the ground: "The slave is incompetent, he failed to protect the emperor, and the emperor has died of poisoning in Jinling!" ”

Originally, everyone knew the news that the emperor was dead, but this time it was said by the personal eunuch next to the emperor, so it was very different.

Liu Jian hurriedly asked: "It was the traitor Zhu Yaoshi who forced the first emperor to take poison?" ”

Qin Gou'er choked up with tears and said, "The emperor has already taken many pills before the city is broken, and he swallowed the Bliss Pill, and he was martyred for his country. The emperor asked us to bring out the edict and the jade seal to the prince, so that the prince could inherit the unification and restore the country! ”

After speaking, Qin Gou'er took out a bag wrapped in several layers of linen silk silk from the bag covered with mud on his body and gave it to Liu Jian with both hands.

Liu Jian slowly took the burden and handed it to Shen Yuanhao: "Mr. come and open it, it's the fairest"

Shen Yuanhao opened it layer by layer, and what appeared in front of everyone was the jade seal and the yellow silk edict.

Liu Jian deliberately didn't look at the edict and the jade seal, but continued to ask: "The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the Lu of the Eater, are they all committed to thieves?" ”

Qin Gou'er smashed his fist on the ground: "Shame!" The emperor sent me and others to persuade them not to go out of the city, but they rushed to their deaths together, and hundreds of ministers were all killed by traitors in Hengxi! The family members and servants of the big families in Jinling City have also fallen into the hands of thieves, presumably because they are more than lucky! ”

Liu Jian hurriedly asked: "Is Prime Minister Xiao Shan also among them?" ”

Qin Gou'er shook his head: "The princess of the Manchu Dynasty, no one is spared!" Those thieves had already received countless gold silk beauties from them before, but they still refused to let them go! So I waited in Suizhou to fight to the death and never compromise! ”

After all, Xiao Shan is Liu Jian's father-in-law, and when he said this, Liu Jian cried loudly, and several people couldn't stop persuading him, so they all cried along.