The bookcase in the imperial study room is full of urgent documents, most of which are urgent documents from Lanzhou and other places. As Emperor Han's slap slapped the case, in the imperial study, which had been silent for a long time, three figures knelt down in front of the case again.

"Old marshal, can you explain, what does this mean?" Emperor Han's beard trembled, pointed at Zhou Zhongwang angrily, and then picked up the fold on the case and threw it at him, "This Shanzhou was recovered in less than half a year, and it was plundered by Yidi, and it is estimated that it is difficult to keep Lanzhou at the moment. ”

Zhou Zhongwang unhurriedly picked up the folds on the ground, glanced at them, and then said: "Although the Great Fan Kingdom does not have the glory of the past, the heart of annexing the Central Plains is still immortal, and its lord is capricious. ”

"In your opinion, what should be done?"

"In Yichen's opinion, the most important thing at the moment is to send troops to help Lanzhou first, solve the urgent need in front of him first, and then try to go to Shanzhou." Zhou Zhongwang replied slowly.

"Hmm!" Emperor Han nodded with a little satisfaction, "Those three Aiqing tell me who should be sent." ”

Xu Bingde, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "The minister thinks that now the old Marshal Zhou is enjoying the joy of family, so it is most suitable for Xun Mou to take command at the moment!" ”

Emperor Han frowned when he heard this, obviously he was still a little worried about Xun Mou, although Xun Mou had outstanding achievements in the past, but they were all obtained by following Zhou Zhongwang, if you want to really let him take command, I am afraid that his qualifications are still shallow, Zhou Zhongwang is old and mature, and he is afraid that it will be more difficult to choose in the future if he does not cultivate new people, so he asked Zhou Zhongwang: "Old marshal, you know Xun Mou best, what do you think of letting him be in charge?" ”

"This ......" Zhou Zhongwang hesitated for a moment, and thought, "Although Xun Mou has been on the battlefield for a long time, but now the marshal of the Great Fan Kingdom is the son of the enemy country Xiling Zanzhuo, Xiruo Zanzhuo, the old minister and Xiruo Zanzhuo have fought several times, this person is insidious and cunning, and the old man is scheming, so this time the old minister Mao recommended himself and was willing to take command in person!" ”

Emperor Han was silent for a while, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't get the point. Then it was the prime minister Li Shizhi who broke the silence, "Shengshang, the minister thinks that General Xun has been in battle for a long time, and he is the closed disciple of the old marshal, and his subordinates have dealings with General Xun, this person is far-sighted and familiar with the art of war, why not let General Xun try." In this way, we can also examine whether Xun Mou is suitable as the pillar of the Han Dynasty in the future, and I can train to become the second old marshal of Zhou in the future! ”

Emperor Han nodded, "Okay, let's do this!" This time, the combined force of the Great Fan State and the Qita State claimed to have 200,000 people, and it was estimated that there were only 1120,000 troops. Old marshal, how many men do you think should be entrusted to Xun now? ”

"Back to the saint, Lao Chen felt that the reason why the thief army was able to successfully take Shanzhou was mainly because of many factors such as the empty army there and the unfavorable garrison, and the reason why the Lanzhou thief army could not attack for a long time was that the border defense strength here was strong, and there were almost 50,000 border guards stationed here, if Xun Mou was put in command, the minister felt that 250,000 horses, plus 50,000 garrisons in Lanzhou were enough."

"Two hundred and fifty thousand?" Emperor Han was surprised, this is not a small number, after all, this accounts for half of the entire country's military strength.

"That's right! Two hundred and fifty thousand! Xun Mou is so young, if he is in command and leading the army for the first time, with the experience of the old ministers, the more the better, and 250,000 horses are the most suitable. And the reason why the barbarians dared to capture the state city so vigorously this time must have prepared how to deal with the war. Zhou Zhongwang knew his apprentice's ability, and he was obviously even more uneasy in his heart.

"This ......"

Emperor Han suddenly fell into contemplation, but Xu Bingde shouted twice before Emperor Han came back to his senses. Xu Bingde continued: "The minister thinks that Xun Mou's 100,000 soldiers are enough, plus 50,000 troops stationed in Lanzhou, 150,000 General Ma Xun will definitely be enough." If Xun Mou leads too many troops, the domestic military source will inevitably be tight, you must know that our Han and Southern Barbarian countries are eyeing each other, once it is a plan of the enemy countries to join forces, wouldn't it be a big loss because of a small loss? ”

"Hmmm! Reasonable! Emperor Han pondered, "Xu Bingde of the military department, you and Prime Minister Li Shiyi have the same purpose, and appoint Xun Mou as the general of Zhenxi, with a total command of 100,000 horses." Is this Pioneer Camp? Xuanwei General An Shiqing served as the vanguard, leading 5,000 soldiers and horses. The pacification envoy will be concurrently served by Du Zongting, the imperial historian. Let's go to the draft now, the army must be mobilized on time tomorrow, and the fighters must not be delayed. ”

When Xun Mou got the holy decree, it was already early afternoon, although he already knew the news of the raid on Shanzhou by the Great Fan Kingdom, but he didn't expect that the emperor would appoint himself as the chief of the march, although the appointment was hasty, but this was also a good opportunity to prove himself. However, before setting off tomorrow, Xun Mou knew that he had to do an important thing, so that he could set off with confidence.

The prison of the Criminal Department is also the prison of the head of the Criminal Department, there are ten cells, each cell can accommodate about 200 people, of which only two rooms have iron windows on the walls, which are more ventilated and comfortable, so these two rooms are used to hold prisoners who have committed less serious crimes, but the same cell is pickled and filthy, and the prisoners eat, drink, defecate, and sleep in the cell. However, there are also ten special cells dedicated to holding special prisoners in solitary confinement, and Lu Zuo is held here.

In the stinking cell, the pungent smell of just one breath is simply overwhelming. From the morning to now, Lu Zuo has been beaten all over his body, his clothes have been torn by whips, and he has fallen into the wound that has just been opened, and a few mosquitoes and flies can't stop flying around him, Lu Zuo can't take care of it so much, he doesn't even have the strength to catch his breath at this moment, so he can only curl up and lie on his side on the cold straw mat that is one person square.

"Senior brother, are you okay?" Outside the wooden bar, a familiar voice was smugly.

Lu Zuo's hair was exuded, his face was covered with blood stains and dirt, and he looked even thinner, completely lacking his former demeanor. But he still raised his head tremblingly and hard, and when he saw that it was Xun Mou, he lowered his head again and ignored it, with a trace of disdain in his faint eyes.

"I didn't think you'd be where you are today!" Xun Mou couldn't help but feel pity, but his tone was quite proud, so that people couldn't tell what kind of psychology it was, seeing that Lu Zuo didn't speak, he continued, "Who let the outside world compare you with me." ”

Xun Mou then retreated left and right, leaving only himself and Lu Zuo to talk alone. Xun Mou then sneered sarcastically: "'Xun Mou Lu Zuo, the world can get it' hehe!" It's just a joke. Look at who you can help, King Ning? People don't take you seriously at all! King Wei? Finally, that fool chose you, you can see how it ends now! I, Xun Mou, are known as 'unparalleled warriors of the country', and the last thing you should do is dare to compare with my Xun Mou......"

At this time, Lu Zuo snorted coldly, the corners of his mouth pursed mockingly, and he still didn't answer.

Lu Zuo's action made Xun Mou even more angry, "Do you think you can get out alive?" I tell you, you won't want to see the sun tomorrow. ”

"Haha......" Lu Zuo suddenly laughed, Xun Mou couldn't help but tremble, he didn't expect that until now, he Lu Zuo was still a hard bone.

"Someone's coming!" Xun Mou called a warden, "Hang Lu Zuo for me!" ”

The two jailers opened the cell door, held Lu Zuosheng up, then untied the shackles in his hands, and then directly tied his hands and hung him on a wooden stake next to the cell wall, his feet did not touch the ground, his body hung in the air, his hands were tightly strangled by ropes, Lu Zuo gritted his teeth in pain and did not say a word.

Xun Mou wanted the jailer to nod his head, and the two jailers brought a charcoal fire that had been burned red, and there was a black iron soldering on the stove, and there were two daggers next to the iron soldering.

Xun Mou pulled out the iron soldering from the stove, and with a "z" sound, the fiery red soldering iron emitted white smoke, and a pungent smell flashed into his nose, Xun Mou said while playing with the iron soldering in his hand, "Lu Zuo, do you remember what the ringing horse leader said when he was in Kuji Temple?" ”

Lu Zuo was no longer able to speak, his face hung down, and he drooped his head and remained silent.

"As long as you can hand over the "Ghost Valley Vertical and Horizontal Theory", maybe I can still read and let you go in the friendship of the same family." Seeing that he was still silent, Xun Mou became angry, "Say, where is it?" ”

Xun Mou roared hysterically, his eyes were full of anger, but Lu Zuo just sneered slightly, and there was mockery in that laughter, as if to say that you will never get it, and you will never get the true inheritance of the Ghost Valley Gate.

Xun Mou was already angry and impatient, he fiercely inserted the iron soldering into the furnace and burned it red, and Shao Tilt pulled out the fiery iron soldering and burned it on Lu Zuo's chest.