Regarding Zhang Xiaowu's secret illness, Emperor Dade knew it, but he was also secretly happy. It stands to reason that Zhang Xiaowu is young, strong and energetic, although he does not have a group of wives and concubines, but he also has a few confidants, but he has been married for so many years and has not had children of his own. The reason why Emperor Dade has not made a move now is because Zhang Xiaowu has not yet had a child of his own, and he is also assured that he will not take away his country for the time being and pass it on to his descendants. Maybe it was really what the Taoist priest said, Zhang Xiaowu killed too many people, so that he was punished by heaven.

These days, because Zhang Xiaowu is not by his side, even Emperor Dade's mood has improved, and he agreed to Zhang Xiaowu's request to recuperate in Youzhou. Subsequently, the 26th, 27th, and 28th regiments were transferred to return to the eastern camp of Longdu Prefecture and were ordered to protect Longdu. Before that, the military department had also rectified the White Tiger Army, leaving one-third of the White Tiger Army's troops in the Two Wolf Pass to form a new wolf guard.

Based on this, Zhang Xiaowu judged that the military department was intentionally or unintentionally reducing the military power of those who controlled the heavy army, and then discussed with U Song Nguyen Thanh Van to classify the entire 28th Regiment as Longwei and form a new Longwei, and the entire 27th Regiment as a Ghost Guard to form a new Ghost Guard.

But before that, they had to do one thing, free the Inuyi soldiers.

There are a total of 9,000 Inuyi soldiers imprisoned in the Qinglong Army, all ethnic groups, some of them are the country is dead, the country has nowhere to go, some are the country is chaotic and divided, confused and have nowhere to go, some are far away, the road ahead is long and can only stay, and some are good to live as long as they can live, Zhang Xiaowu organized them as his own servant army, led by Aguda.

Zhang Xiaowu gave Aguda a task, let him lead the alien army to attack the Longdu Mansion non-stop, they chased and killed behind, if the emperor did not let them exterminate the "alien race", Aguda's army could directly kill Longdu, but if the emperor invited the Qinglong army to suppress the bandits, then Aguda's army returned to the four northern states.

"You remember, you are the bait, and the emperor's orders are big fish." Zhang Xiaowu said to Aguda, but Aguda looked stunned and said blankly: "You want me to kill the people of the Central Plains?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu was speechless for a while, and beckoned Xiao Kai and said, "You talk to him." ”

Xiao Kai stood in front of Aguda and explained: "The emperor wants to weaken the generalissimo's military power, what about you, you are the vicious dog released by the generalissimo, as long as you scare the emperor into peeing, he knows that only the generalissimo can control you, so he doesn't dare to weaken the generalissimo's military power." ”

"Oh, I see." Aguda suddenly said, "You said I was a vicious dog, didn't you get it?" ”

Generals: "......"

Aguda then led the alien mercenaries to kill Sizhou, first breaking through Sizhou Morong Mansion, killing the prefect of Morong Mansion to defend the army, and then began to slowly march towards Longdu Mansion.

Emperor Dade immediately sent Lang Cangyu to lead the Suzaku Army to meet the battle, but most of the Suzaku Army were new recruits, and before they could make contact with the Aguda army, they broke and fled first, and Lang Cangyu had no choice but to retreat to the Fujishan Pass of Longdu Prefecture. Lang Cangyu asked the imperial court for reinforcements, and the officials were shocked.

Emperor Dade naturally understood that Zhang Xiaowu was making trouble, but he was afraid that he would not be able to regain military power from Zhang Xiaowu, so he had to order Zhang Xiaowu to immediately send someone to clean it up. Zhang Xiaowu then ordered the Qinglong Army to attack in all directions, the second regiment was stationed in Daizhou, the third regiment was stationed in Qingzhou, the fourth and fifth regiments were stationed in Yangzhou, the sixth regiment was stationed in Xuzhou, the first regiment, the twenty-fifth regiment, the twenty-sixth regiment, and the ghost guard (formerly the twenty-seventh regiment) were stationed in Youzhou, and Longwei (the twenty-eighth regiment) was stationed in Hunzhou.

After the layout was completed, Zhang Xiaowu could be regarded as really relaxing and recuperating.

When the time came to May of the fifth year of Dade, Youzhou entered the middle of summer, Zhang Xiaowu teased his daughter An An, and suddenly An An said: "Dad." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xiaowu was taken aback and shouted, "An An, what did you say?" Your name is Daddy? Are you calling Daddy, and you're calling again? ”

"Daddy, Daddy." An An said.

Zhang Xiaowu was so happy that he danced with his hands, hugged his daughter and laughed, and An An also giggled. Gu Ruoxi, who was on the side, hurriedly persuaded: "Okay, okay, don't hurt An An." ”

"My daughter, it won't hurt." Zhang Xiaowu used his beard to soothe An An's cheeks, and An An immediately pushed his face in disgust, as if shouting angrily: "Dad, Dad, Dad......"

"Today is the first time An An has spoken, and it is also the first time An An has called Dad, which is worth celebrating." Zhang Xiaowu then ordered, "Everyone in the house will reward two taels of silver." ”

"Thank you, sir." The subordinates immediately said.

Gu Ruoxi said: "Okay, okay, An An doesn't want to be pricked by your beard, give it to me." As soon as she stretched out her hand, An An immediately threw herself into her arms, without any nostalgia for her father's arms, so angry that Zhang Xiaowu blew his beard and stared, and Gu Ruoxi's mother and daughter laughed coquettishly. The harmonious family was soon disturbed, Wang Yijin ran to inform Zhang Xiaowu that the former left minister Zhang Kuan died of illness, and Emperor Dade reported to the world, May 17, 18, and 193 on the third day of the national Dai Xiao.

Zhang Xiaowu was furious: "Why should I let him wear filial piety, he is not the emperor." ”

Gu Ruoxi said: "It's not just a formality, why be angry." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "I'm not angry about this, but the emperor's decree has become more and more unpredictable recently, do you know, the emperor set up the Lingnan Governor's Palace, and set up the Southwest Governor - what is he doing?" Is it preparing to divide the feudal system? Gu Ruoxi didn't understand either, Zhang Xiaowu shook his head, and said: "Forget it, don't mention it, let the soldiers wear white belts around their waists, don't do anything else, how can you have so much money to wear shrouds." ”

Although the north has regained some vitality, the damage caused by the two catastrophes is still irreparable, and the population decline cannot be recovered in a day or two, and even takes a hundred years to recover. However, under Zhang Xiaowu's rule, the four northern states were basically extinct, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, the sergeants also benefited from the tuntian, and the army achieved self-sufficiency.

The military salary sent by the Ministry of War was used by Zhang Xiaowu in infrastructure construction, he first rebuilt the official roads in various prefectures, and then rebuilt the official roads in various prefectures, and then implemented them to the official roads in various counties, towns, and villages. Zhang Xiaowu gave full play to the advanced concept of "building roads first if you want to get rich", and built roads in the north on a large scale, basically achieving a system of connecting towns and towns and connecting villages and villages, so that the entire north can be connected.

Subsequently, Zhang Xiaowu rebuilt the post station transmission system, set up a post station in each town, and the retired veterans or wounded soldiers of each regiment were given priority to work in the post station after returning to their hometowns, and the post station was responsible for transmitting civil and government news, and two-way charges were used for internal subsidies in various post stations, so that the post stations could feed themselves.

In addition to transmitting messages, the post station is to inquire about intelligence in various places, and the person in charge of the northern post station is Zhang Xiaowu's confidant Hu Sanwan, the intelligence chief. Hu Sanwan told Zhang Xiaowu the unfortunate news that Chen Guanxi had committed suicide.