One side was angry, and the other side didn't care, Zhao Liangcai sighed secretly, there is no fight outside yet, and his own people have to start first.

"Brother Li, Brother Zhou Xian, the enemy is now, why bother to be rash, make a mess first, and extinguish the fire, and say it slowly. By the way, I'll bring a few jars of burnt knives, and we'll talk while eating. ”

Li Qing suppressed the fire, his tone softened, and said, "Yes, Brother Zhou, you and I are in the same boat, and we can only work together to help each other." ”

After three glasses of stuffy wine, Li Qing provoked the topic of controversy and asked, "Brother Zhou, do you have different opinions on the military advisor's plan?" ”

"Hahaha", Zhou Zongxian sneered three times and sneered: "This is also called a strategy, I'm afraid it can't even be counted as a paper talk." ”

"You ......", Wang Tiangang was a little anxious, Li Qing hurriedly stopped him, and said to Zhou Zong: "What's wrong, Brother Zhou might as well say it directly, don't be cynical." ”

Throw the bowl in your hand, and the wine will splash everywhere. Zhou Zong sneered: "The military advisor has never really fought, and after reading a few military books, I thought that I used soldiers like a god." Thinking that the Yuan Tianjiao had millions of soldiers, sat on the land of seven states, and was killed by officers and soldiers, the lights went out, and now there are less than 10,000 people relying on the water village, thinking about reviving the Great Qi Empire, dreaming. ”

Li Qing motioned to Wang Tiangang, who was angry, not to speak, and said calmly: "When the Yuan Tianjiao raised troops, there were only more than 1,000 people, and only later did a million male soldiers build the capital Huaixing Mansion. ”

"At this time and at that time, the people in the south of the Yangtze River were forced to live by the government, and now the court is still sympathetic to public opinion, although there was a flood in the four states, but the court disaster relief has arrived, who wants to rebel if the people can survive? Even if the Yuan Tianjiao can incite the dissatisfaction of the victims, as soon as the army arrives, I am afraid that no one will dare to make a sound. ”

Wang Tiangang slapped the table and said angrily: "Zuo Weiwei is the personal guard of the Son of Heaven, and it is not like soft mud in our hands, what is so terrible about the officers and soldiers, my water village sons and daughters will be able to kill them with one as ten, and they will definitely be able to kill them to lose their armor." ”

"Snort", Zhou Zong looked down on Wang Tiangang, a dog-headed military division of one hundred and twenty people, and sneered: "You think that the officers and soldiers are all those dogs who bully the common people in the county, Zuo Weiwei was probably raised too well by the Son of Heaven and lost his wildness. Zhou was born in the Anxi Protectorate, but he knew that the 100,000 troops of the Protectorate were all meat-eating wolves, and there were more strong bows and crossbows in the army, and siege equipment. ”

Li Qing was calmed down by Zhou Zong's words, asked a few words about the situation of the Anxi Protectorate, and said in a deep voice: "According to what Brother Zhou said, Shuizhai really can't afford to provoke the army of the Protectorate, but there is no turning back when we open the bow, since we have robbed the government of the disaster relief money and food, I am afraid that this war will not be avoided." Brother Zhao, Brother Zhou, I don't know if you have any good solutions? ”

Zhao Liangcai has always followed Li Qing, and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, when the soldiers come, they will block the water and fill the soil, and if the officers and soldiers want to fight, it will be a big deal to lose the bowl and have a big scar." ”

Li Qing nodded, looked at Zhou Zong, and said, "Brother Zhou was originally a general of the Duhufu, and he was an expert in marching and fighting, so I don't know what to learn?" ”

Speaking of fighting, the madness in Zhou Zong's eyes subsided, and he said: "Fighting a war is nothing more than hitting the enemy's shortcomings with your own strengths, although the officers and soldiers are powerful, but on the water, we still have the final say." The government does not have a fleet in the northwest at all, and the only fleet is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, which is the basis of our victory. ”

Li Qing poured wine for Zhou Zong and Zhao Liangcai, and said with a smile: "Speaking of water battles, we are indeed sure to win." Come on, do a bowl of work, and let's talk about it in detail. ”

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Wuyang Mansion assassinated the history of the Yamen, and the disaster relief envoy Duan Cizong was temporarily stationed here. Wuyang Mansion is the location of the Western Protectorate, and the military and political affairs are concentrated in the Metropolitan Governor Zhu Zhipu. However, Zhu Zipu does not grasp power, and the civil affairs are basically left to Lu Liangzhen. Not long after Lu Liangzhen was promoted from the Weizhou Assassin to the Bingzhou Assassin History, he encountered this once-in-a-century flood, which was really distressing.

When the flood started, Lu Liangzhen borrowed grain from Zhu Zipu, the governor of the capital, and Zhu Zhipu took out 400,000 stone of grain happily. Relying on these grains, the victims near Wuyang Mansion are quite stable, and if they are more remote and the roads are impassable, Lu Liangzhen can't take care of them.

The arrival of the disaster relief envoy made Lu Liangzhen feel half relieved, and it was much easier to do things with money and food. Some people agitated among the victims of the disaster some time ago, saying that the government had taken the opportunity of disaster relief to enrich their own pockets, and Lu Liangzhen sent people to pay a private visit and investigate and deal with a few silverfish, and the mood of the victims was much calmer.

However, Lu Liangzhen also had a headache, the first batch of disaster relief money and food disappeared silently on the Heishui River, and at the same time there were 500 officers and soldiers of Zuo Weiwei.

The disaster relief envoy Duan urged himself to send people along the river to investigate, the waves on the Heishui River were surging, and the merchant ships coming and going were cut off, so there was no news. I only begged Long Weilin Prefecture to send someone to investigate, but three days have passed, and there is no news. Lu Liangzhen didn't dare to go to the Longwei Mansion to ask.

An errand officer came in and said, "My lord, the disaster relief envoy Duan is invited." ”

Lu Liangzhen stood up, and Duan Cizong's yamen was set up on the left side of the hall, and they came in to greet each other. Although Lu Liang is really a Dazhou assassin, from the official rank of the third grade, he is several steps higher than Duan Cizong's secretary and young eunuch, but Lu Liangzhen does not dare to take it at all, who does not know that Duan Cizong is a believer of the Son of Heaven, and entering the six departments is a designated thing, and he may be able to worship the prime minister one day in the future.

The disaster relief envoy is a messenger who represents the Son of Heaven, so Duan Cizong did not be polite to Lu Liangzhen, and handed over a letter on the table, saying: "This morning, someone sent a letter for Jiang Anyi, and the letter mentioned that the disaster relief money and grain were hijacked by water bandits. ”

Although he was faintly prepared in his heart, after hearing the news that the disaster relief grain ship had been robbed, Lu Liangzhen was still taken aback. The letter was written by Jiang Anyi to Duan Cizong, in an elegant font, Lu Liangzhen didn't care about appreciating it, and looked at the content of the letter anxiously.

"The money and food for disaster relief were actually robbed by the bandits, this group of thieves is really bold." Duan Cizong scolded angrily: "Lord Lu is an assassin, and there are thousands of bandits in the territory, so there should be a mistake in the investigation. ”

Lu Liangzhen was bitter, this was really a disaster. He has only been in charge of assassination for only a year, and he has never heard from his subordinates that there are water bandits in his jurisdiction, and even the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has never informed him. Besides, Heifeng Bay and Catfish Bay are both confluences of Heishui River, Runshui, and Yunshan River, which were originally three regardless of the area, not to mention that Qingshan Water Village belongs to the territory of Qingzhou, how can you blame yourself.

Duan Cizong also felt that his tone was inappropriate, so he softened his tone and said softly: "Lord Lu, Duan has lost his words, but since it is known that the grain ship was robbed by three water bandits, not to mention that there are five hundred Zuo Weiwei who were arrested at the same time, if the Son of Heaven knows, he will definitely be furious." Now it is time to send troops to clear up, recapture the money and food, and rescue the officers and soldiers of Zuo Weiwei. ”

Lu Liangzhen has served in the state capital all the year round, and knows that things are not so simple, and there must be a reason why thousands of water bandits can survive by the side of the Anxi Protectorate. Thinking of this, Lu Liangzhen said: "Lord Duan, this matter is not trivial, and there are many bandits, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clear the officers and soldiers of the state capital alone, and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is here, it is said that the Metropolitan Protectorate should know about this group of thieves, so it is better for us to ask the Metropolitan Governor Zhu Zhipu for instructions first." ”

The marshal mansion of the Anxi Protectorate is located in the west of the city, the flag flutters in front of the gate, the vermilion gatehouse is tall and wide, the stone lions on both sides stare fiercely ahead, more than ten civilian soldiers stand solemnly according to their swords, the sun shines directly on the sweaty face, and no one reaches out to wipe it.

Lu Liangzhen and Duan Cizong got off the sedan chair in front of the gate of the Duhu Mansion, and immediately from the gatehouse, a general who led the team ran over to inquire, and after learning the identity, they walked in with the two of them, and someone quickly went to the Shuai Hall to report. Duan Cizong had never been to the Metropolitan Protectorate, but he felt that the Metropolitan Protectorate was heavily guarded, and soldiers with guns and swords could be seen everywhere, and there were many flags and signs in front of the handsome hall, and the birds were silent.

Anxi Metropolitan Protector Zhu Zhipu stood under the plaque of "Anxi Jiedu" to greet him, this Anxi Metropolitan Governor has a large list of resounding titles, Prince Taibao, Xinchang Marquis, and the future Duke of Anguo. Zhu Zipu is over fifty years old, and his perennial military career has made him resolute, rarely smiling, and does not look angry and arrogant.

Lu Liangzhen and Duan Cizong bowed and saluted, "I've seen the Grand Duke." ”

Zhu Zipu clasped his hands into fists and said, "Two adults, please." He turned around and entered the hall first.

The furnishings in the handsome hall are simple, flags, weapon racks, flags and arrows and other things, Zhu Zhipujing sat down behind the handsome case, and said in a deep voice: "Two adults, please sit." ”

The two sat down on the chairs next to them, and Zhu Zipu was not noisy, and asked, "I don't know what happened to the two adults?" ”

Nominally, Lu Liang was under the jurisdiction of the Dadu Protectorate, so he spoke first: "Greety Marshal, the court's disaster relief grain ship was robbed by water bandits on the Heishui River......

After Lu Liangzhen finished speaking, Duan Cizong continued: "The lower official wants to ask the marshal to send troops to exterminate this gang of water bandits, rescue the officers and soldiers of Zuo Weiwei, and boost the prestige of the court. ”

Zhu Zhipu pondered for a moment and said: "There are three water bandits on the Heishui River, and this governor has known about it for a long time, but there is no water master in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and these water bandits have never disturbed the people's livelihood, so the governor didn't care. Now that they dare to hijack the grain ships for disaster relief and plunder the officers and soldiers of the Zuowei Guard, the Governor will naturally not let them go. These bandits are proficient in water, and the officers and soldiers under the Governor are not familiar with the water, and if they rush into battle, they may be taken advantage of, and the Governor needs time to train his soldiers and horses. Lu Tingshi, I also have to trouble you to collect 200 warships in a month for training. ”

Lu Liang really had a bitter face, two hundred warships, where to find them? Duan Cizong was also stunned, it turned out that there were no sailors in the Anxi Protectorate, and the warships of the court were far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near. If you follow Zhu Dudu's words to recruit ships first, and then train the troops, it is estimated that you will not be able to do it this year, and there will be a few people left in Zuo Weiwei who don't know. Jiang Anyi is still a potential enemy in the village, and after a long time, if his life changes, how can he be worthy of him.