Wu Zhenchang searched for these letters and albums, and quickly ordered his henchmen to send them to Jinling in the starry night. After all, the guards and officials in Liyang City were all Zhu Yaoshi's old subordinates, and Wu Zhenchang did not dare to dispose of them without authorization.

Sweeping away the Yu army on the periphery of Liyang, Wu Zhenchang firmly believed that he was a general who could chase down the north. The army on the side was very sober: "Lord Wu has won the victory, you can report the victory first and wait for the will of the imperial court." Looking at Marshal He's battle situation, it is taboo for soldiers to go deep alone! ”

"How can it be a taboo for soldiers to regain lost territory with the benevolent and righteous division of our army? We are conquering the city in Hebei in order to relieve the pressure on Marshal He and them! If you wait for the decree of the imperial court to be issued, you will miss the warplane, but you will miss the country! Wu Zhenchang was full of confidence, and he also wanted to reduce the pressure on He Wuji and them, but he was actually afraid that the enemy army in Luoyang Chang'an would flee back to the north, and his own pressure would be too great, if he could drive the enemy army to Luoyang, he would not only expand the results of the battle, but also weaken He Wuji Wang Tiezhu, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Lord Wu, dare to ask if you want to march into the army, do you want to go north to Xiangguo now, or go west along the big river to cut off the grain route from the north and south of Yu Kingdom?" Joining the army was dutiful, and he thought of two plans for Wu Zhenchang at once.

"No, if you take Xiangguo, the enemy will inevitably take it with all your might, and the war will be prolonged for a long time, and if you advance west along the river, you will be attacked by the enemy on both sides. We have to take it by surprise and go directly into the enemy's lair to capture Fanyang and Heren City! Wu Zhenchang surprisingly decided on a third plan.

Joining the army was dumbfounded, fighting directly from Liyang to Fanyang, traveling thousands of miles, not to mention that the enemy troops along the way would intercept, just transporting grain and grass was a problem.

"Lord Wu, if you don't take Xiangguo and the counties along the road, this military grain and grass will not be able to be delivered!"

"The soldiers are fast, the enemy must not have imagined that we will take Fan Yang directly, and when Fan Yang is defeated, we can also supply grain and grass collected in the surrounding area! Don't doubt your plan, and set off in three days with enough dry food! Wu Zhenchang insisted on his own opinion, and he had to obey when he joined the army.

The defeated army of Yu fled all the way back to Heren City, and reported the news of the death of Pajaqili Ju Wuzhi, who was furious and prepared to gather troops and horses to avenge Ju Wuzhi.

Convened civil and military officials to discuss, except for Hu Gao, who supported Pajaqili to lead the army south, the rest of the people actually suggested sending envoys to make peace.

"There are hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and our army is scattered and stationed in various places. What are the chances of us winning in a hurry? Wang Huizhi was the first to come out to dissuade him

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is necessary to shrink the front and gather the army first, and it is not appropriate to directly clash with the enemy army head-on at present. When the enemy's food and grass are exhausted, they will definitely retreat! "The general Zadaber also advocated not going south

"Your Majesty, is this court still the Mobei warriors who were rampant in the world back then? Why is it that in just a few years, in the face of the rabble that Pharmacist Zhu has temporarily put together, he is afraid of becoming like this? The old ministers are all ashamed! Hu Gao couldn't help it

"What the Taiwei said, the minister thinks it is very reasonable, but we Mobei warriors can't easily fight with the rabble. Now that our treasury is full, it is better to hire people from the Worm Department of the Wandering Ghost Country to charge into battle, firstly, we can retreat from the enemy, and secondly, the elite soldiers of these tribes have been consumed, which is also a good thing for my Dayu Country. What does Your Majesty think? "Duzhishu Altail often interacted with the people of these tribes, so he came up with the idea.

Pajaqili slapped his thigh: "Okay, it's worthy of Duzhi Shangshu, this discussion is very good!" ”

The rest of the ministers no longer objected, only Hu Gao continued to stand up: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is indeed a good idea to mercenary soldiers, but our Yu State must also send troops to the battlefield, otherwise the army will lose its fighting spirit and combat power in the future without war experience!" ”

Pajaqili suddenly remembered that the Thousand Feather Army trained by Hu Gao was still in Xiangguo: "The Tai Lieutenant is really thoughtful, and he sent an order for the Thousand Feather Army to go south first to intercept the enemy army!" ”

Hu Gao knew Pajaqili's intentions, so he had to be silent.

For Pajachili, the threat of this Thousand Feathers Army is always there, after all, this army was brought out by Hu Gao.

Liu Jian and Murong Ling in the southwest continued to train and hoard grain and grass to pay attention to the situation in the Central Plains.

After Chen Hongyi crossed the river, he captured dozens of county seats, traveled in circles for thousands of miles, and finally returned to Xiangyang.

When Chen Hongyi came back, it was also the season of heavy snowfall, and Chen Hongyi and more than 1,000 cavalrymen were covered with red, red, green and green cloth and cloaks, and from a distance they looked like a big spotted snake shuttling through the snow.

Liu Jian took the civil and military officials to meet Chen Hongyi thirty miles outside the city, Chen Hongyi saw Liu Jian's guard of honor, so he dismounted and led the horse, and the soldiers behind him also dismounted and followed neatly.

Liu Jian ran towards Chen Hongyi and hugged Chen Hongyi: "Master, you are finally back!" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a negative position, and he failed to win by surprise, so he had to come back in disgrace!" Chen Hongyi's beard and hair were all white, and his face was much thinner, and he spoke to Liu Jian apologetically

"Master, you are too modest, a famous general since ancient times, which one can lead thousands of people to fight thousands of miles in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and the whole army is unharmed? Master's return is the greatest victory, and it is more inspiring than conquering many cities! ”

After speaking, Liu Jian raised his hand, and several large carts of money were pushed behind him: "All the soldiers have worked hard, this is the court's reward for you!" ”

Chen Hongyi immediately knelt down, and all the soldiers behind him knelt down and shouted long live

Liu Jian hurriedly helped Chen Hongyi up: "Master, you don't have to kneel!" Passing the decree, the general Chen Hongyi will not kneel in front of him, and the sword will go to the temple, and he will be nameless! ”

The ministers also understood, and bowed to Chen Hongyi together: "See the general!" ”

Chen Hongyi shook his hand again and again: "Where the righteousness of the monarch and the minister is, the minister cannot exceed the system!" After saying that, he knelt down again

Murong Ling jumped over and grabbed Chen Hongyi: "General Chen, don't kneel, it's freezing this day, as soon as you kneel, the emperor will help you, and your monarchs and ministers will kneel here to help, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will have to freeze to death." And it's time for these soldiers to receive the reward money and go home! ”

Liu Jian laughed: "In the end, it is a master of art who is bold, and only Master Murong dares to speak like this in front of the emperor." Master, don't kneel! Let's go back together to catch the wind and wash the dust for you! ”

Liu Jian helped Chen Hongyi, waved his hand to wipe off the snow on his body, and helped him to go back to the city together.

Li Xiaofei in the northern suburbs of Jinling kept his promise, wrapped his cloak tightly and rode a fast horse to the mass grave in the middle of the night when the wind was raging.

After Li Xiaofei arrived, he didn't dare to get off the horse, after all, there were scattered graves and dense bamboo forests all around, and he was not afraid that it would be fake.

The wind was blowing and screaming, and Li Xiaofei had to take out the wine from his arms and take a few sips to strengthen his courage.

"It seems that you should be called Li Xiaoqi, and you actually ate alone without waiting for me to come!"

This remark almost made Li Xiaofei throw away the wine gourd in his hand, but fortunately, as soon as the voice came out, he knew that it was Liu Mingge's voice.

Li Xiaofei replied while looking for Liu Mingge: "Mr. Liu, I have prepared two pots of wine, and I have one pot with you, I am not a stingy person!" ”

"Don't look at it, I'm right in front of you!"

Li Xiaofei almost fell off his horse, and he didn't know when Liu Mingge was already standing on a remnant monument in front of him.

At this time, Liu Mingge was dressed in white clothes, if it weren't for Li Xiaofei, he would have crawled out of the pile of dead people, and he would have been scared to death.

Li Xiaofei let out a long breath: "Mr. Liu, why are you dressed like this, I can't hide it, if I didn't hear your voice, I would have fainted in fright!" ”

"Fang is born and dies, and Fang dies and is alive. Only one can not, only one can not. I know you don't understand, don't just look at the surface in this world, even if I'm really a ghost, maybe no one is scary. Liu Mingge said

"Mr. Liu invited me in the middle of the night, not to teach me to read," Li Xiaofei took out another pot of wine from his arms and handed it to Liu Mingge.

Liu Mingge pulled out a five-foot-long sword and took the wine: "You Li Xiaofei didn't fake surrender to make money and drink bars!" ”

Li Xiaofei, who was frightened by these words, was choked: "cough cough, cough cough, Mr. Liu, what do you mean, if you want to kill me, do it." Looks like you're from the palace! ”

"Hehe, I'm going to kill you, even if there are thousands of troops and horses by your side, you can't escape, and you still have to go so hard to invite you here to kill?" Liu Mingge stuck his long sword on the ground, unscrewed the wine jug and took a sip

"Yes, if the gentleman wants to kill me, he can really do it at any time. It seems that he can fight my good friend! Li Xiaofei remembered Murong Ling at this time, if Murong Ling was there, the two would compete, and the scene would be very exciting.

"You're talking about Murong Ling, he's just a martial artist, I'm Liu Ming, I have everything in music, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, music, swords, and Taoism, what does he compare with me?" Liu Mingge tilted his head and showed a look of contempt.

"That's right, Mr. can stay in the Qinglou for more than 20 days, and Murong Ling is afraid that he can't do it for a day!" Li Xiaofei didn't know how to think of this, so he compared the two

"Although I go to the Qinglou to pay my debts and beat people, I am a good person! I came to you today, there are three things, the first is to help me go to Tongtiantai to find the alchemy furnace of the previous dynasty, if I can find the elixir, it would be the best. The second is to give me 50,000 yuan to make money, which is of great use, and the third is to worship me as a teacher! ”

Li Xiaofei was a little unreasonable: "Mr. Liu, aren't you a cultivator yourself?" Why do you want me to go to the alchemy furnace of the previous dynasty? ”

"Stupid, the alchemy furnaces in the palace are all of the highest quality, where can they be compared in our Taoist temple?" Liu Mingge scolded

"Okay, well, since you are a cultivator and a good person, what do you want to do with such a large sum of money?"

"You're really stupid, I have to buy my own alchemy furnace alchemy, these 50,000 guan may not be enough!"

"Then what's the benefit of me worshipping you as a teacher?"

"From now on, you will be my closed disciple, and you can shout my name when you are in danger."

"Then thank you, sir, for the rescue."

"No, it depends on luck, if I were near you, I could save you, if not, I would give you incense!"

Li Xiaofei knew that Liu Mingge was making fun of him, so he smiled: "Mr. Liu, you are such a worldly master, you came to me as a vulgar ordinary man who can no longer be vulgar, presumably not for these unobtrusive things."

"These things also have to be done, but at the moment I am here to help you escape from this Longtan Tiger's Den, as for why I saved you. Because you're stupid enough, do you remember saving some people a month ago and being cheated by some people again? ”

Li Xiaofei thought about it for a while, but he really couldn't remember that during this time, he spent money like splashing water, and saved hundreds of people, how could he remember.

"I can't remember, but I did save some people, and you want to help me for this, how can I not believe it?"

"I don't have a choice, I've been waiting for decades, from childhood to now, I have been practicing swords for 40 years, studying for 35 years, learning piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and music for 30 years, and I have been waiting for a person who can save the people in the world. It's a pity that waiting and waiting are worse than rotten, I heard that there was a kind and charitable fool in Jinling recently, so I came. Although he is not handsome and fat, he is not a rotten person. In today's worse world, it's rare to find a lucky fool like you. ”

"Mr. Liu, why don't you go to King Han Liu Jian, and this Pharmacist Zhu is not bad. and General Chen Hongyi is also a first-class famous general."

"You think too much, I don't want to assist you in fighting the world and becoming the emperor, but through you to realize my ideal of pacifying the world and governing the country and the country, I have a bad temper and face Liu Jian directly, I'm afraid that sooner or later I will be wanted for beating the emperor! Chen Hongyi is already old and can't last a few years. And it will take at least a few decades for the world to be calm! ”

Li Xiaofei was still skeptical: "I'm a little confused, I really can't believe what Mr. said, not to mention that my mission here has not been completed yet, so I can't just leave!" ”

"It seems that you are still too stupid, you think you are smart, but you don't know that half of the workers you recruited are soldiers sent by Zhu Yaoshi, these people first deliberately went to the gambling house Qinglou to make a debt, and then you took the initiative to save them to work. Your every move is being watched. Even if you come to this mass grave in the middle of the night, there are more than a dozen people behind you."

Li Xiaofei broke out in a cold sweat: "Then what we just said has not been overheard by them?" ”

"Hehe, do you think the long sword in my hand is unpleasant? Only one of them survived, and they were already crazy, and tomorrow there will be rumors that there are evil spirits here! ”

Liu Mingge took another sip, took out a few pieces of Zhu Yaoshi's token from his arms and handed them to Li Xiaofei

Li Xiaofei took it and took a look at it by the light of the snow, it was the token that only Pharmacist Zhu's secret agent had: "So, I'm leaving tonight?" ”

"No, the news and money of the pill haven't been obtained yet, you go back first, and I will continue to protect you in the Qinglou. With me here, I believe that no one will dare to make a move, and they will also send more people to keep an eye on me, you can enter the palace at this time to find the pill! ”

"Is this elixir that important?" Li Xiaofei has never been able to understand this act of looking for pills

"Emperor Ming's body is terminally ill, and after taking the pill, he can pick up the sword in good spirits, do you think this pill is heavy?"