"Xiaochun, you want to find a way to inquire about the most unfavored palace maid or chamberlain around the Great Zhou family!"

When Li Zhongyi summoned the generals, Han Xianglan returned to the Yuanji Hall that belonged to her, beckoned the palace maid Xiaochun to her side, and carefully admonished her.

Xiaochun turned her eyes and said with understanding: "It's just a trivial matter, and the little maid will do it." ”

Han Xianglan smiled and waved her hand: "There is no need to be in such a hurry, and there is no need to do it immediately, when Li Yu is escorted back to Beijing, there will be many opportunities." ”

Xiaochun spit out her little fragrant tongue and said with a smile: "Niangniang, don't worry, no matter how incompetent the little maid is, she has been learning from you for so many years, how can she not understand this?" ”

"You damn girl, no matter your temper or personality, you are like me. Alas, it's a pity that the emperor didn't let go, otherwise, I want to do everything possible to marry you to Yang Lie. ”

Since Han Xianglan was acquired by Li Zhongyi, Xiaochun has been following her around, and her feelings can be described as unusually deep.

With the passage of time, Xiaochun also changed from a small girl to a circle and became the number one confidant and palace maid by Han Xianglan's side.

Xiaochun said disapprerovingly: "Niangniang, the emperor does not allow the palace to have dealings with military generals, can we still go against the emperor's will?" Besides, the little maid doesn't plan to leave the palace, so she will accompany you to the palace to the wilderness. ”

To say that Han Xianglan is not moved, it is definitely a lie, but after all, she has a very deep city, and she has cultivated a hard kung fu that is not visible to color.

"Alas, I won't say anything else, if I haven't given birth to a son, in the future, when the eldest girl gets married, I will definitely ask the emperor to assign you to the eldest girl, and you will follow her out of the palace to be a big grandmother and enjoy some blessings." Han Xianglan's thoughtful words provoked Xiaochun to drop the golden bean, and she said with a crying voice, "Niangniang's kindness, the little maid will never forget." ”

"Come on, you stupid girl, you've been with me for so long, don't you know that I don't like to see people cry?" Han Xianglan took out the handkerchief from her arms and handed it to Xiaochun.

Xiaochun's eyes were sharp, even if she was in a teary-eyed state, she actually saw the flaws at a glance, she deliberately lowered her voice and said: "Niangniang, this is the emperor's handkerchief, how can the little maid use it indiscriminately?" ”

Han Xianglan couldn't help but blush, just now when she was serving a man, she casually took a handkerchief to wipe her body, but she didn't expect to bring out the man's handkerchief.

"Hehe, the little maid calculated very clearly, the emperor summoned him to bed five times in a row. This time, even the emperor's close-fitting handkerchief was brought back by Niangniang, and this favor is comparable to Li Qiniang. Koharu laughed lowly, like a weasel.

Han Xianglan was a little proud in her heart, smiled, and suddenly noticed that Xiao Chun's words were inappropriate, so she lowered her face and said in a deep voice: "It's Concubine Liangniang, don't scream in the future." Besides, I'm just a concubine, and I'm not allowed to call my mother anymore. ”

"Yes, little maid obeys!" Koharu was not only not afraid, but put on a playful little appearance and squatted down deeply to salute.

Li Zhongyi didn't have the heart to deal with the struggle between women, he had one goal now, to mobilize the army to march north as soon as possible, and strive to join Yang Lie as soon as possible, and eliminate the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty led by Lin Renzhao in one fell swoop.

Lin Renzhao has 80,000 elite sailors in the Southern Tang Dynasty in his hands, and this force is simply the most powerful army in the Yangtze River basin except for the Li family's army sailors.

According to Li Zhongyi's original plan, he took Li Yu to the north together, striving to use Li Yu's capture to completely disintegrate the morale of Lin Renzhao's army before the decisive battle.

However, Li Yu, the uncompetitive guy, just lost the country, he contracted the wind cold, and was obviously not good for the rapid march.

Obviously, Li Zhongyi could not wait for Li Yu for a long time, and under the urgency of the military situation, he had to quickly lead his troops north, which was the core of this operation.

Hongzhou, in fact, is not important!

The core area of the entire south of the Yangtze River, that is, the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, such as Jinling and Hangzhou.

Li Zhongyi was naturally not happy to bear the burden of Hongzhou, after all, after the army left, no matter how chaotic Hongzhou was, as long as Lin Renzhao's troops were defeated, sooner or later they would fall into the palm of the strong Han Dynasty again.

"Your Majesty, everything else is easy to say, but the millions of silk silks in the Hongzhou treasury are too big to carry."

Yang Wushuang, who also knows the secretary of the Senate, raised this big problem, and it is indeed a headache for everyone.

With so many silk silks, it is definitely not possible to take them away, but the question is, how can the army fight when it is lightly armed and carries so many burdensome things?

"Well, I've also thought about this problem, it's better to stay like this, you stay, lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, and defend Hongzhou for me." Li Zhongyi really thought about it for a long time, and finally gave up nearly 10 million yuan of windfall, so he simply left Yang Wushuang behind and asked him to take care of the money and other things.

"Your Majesty, you only took 10,000 knights to the north, is the force too thin?" After He Dabei received Yang Wushuang's eyes, he took the initiative to stand up and raised an objection.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said: "This time I went north, the main purpose of the 10,000 cavalry I led was to harass and cut off Lin Renzhao's grain route and retreat, after all, Lin Renzhao is very good at defense, if he doesn't make any loopholes, I'm afraid he won't take the bait." ”

"Your Majesty, there are more than 39,000 people in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and only 5,000 people are left behind in our army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cover everything!" Liu Heyang also opposed Li Zhongyi's presumptuous behavior, and took the initiative to stand up and persuade him.

Li Zhongyi smiled and waved his hand: "Fighting, how can there be so many tailwind battles to fight?" Besides, with 5,000 elite people, more than 30,000 rabble, and the main general is Yang Wushuang, who has always been cautious and cautious, why should I not worry? ”

He Dabei still wanted to persuade again, Li Zhongyi turned his face and said: "Since you are all worried about the safety of Hongzhou, then okay, Yang Wushuang and I will go north, and Liu Heyang will lead the troops to sit in Hongzhou." I have made up my mind, and I will not say more! ”

Come on, since Li Zhongyi said that he was dead, it means that he has indeed thought through and made up his mind.

According to Li Jiajun's rules, before Li Zhongyi makes a decision, everyone can speak. However, once Li Zhongyi made the decision, no one was allowed to raise any more objections, or continue to entangle, and just follow the order.

"Whoa! Obey the commandment! The generals led by Liu Heyang beat their chests and saluted one after another, showing their attitude and stance of absolute obedience.

In the second half of the night, the north gate of Hongzhou suddenly opened, and Li Zhongyi took the lead, leading 10,000 elite guards and soldiers to gallop north.

As soon as Li Zhongyi left, Liu Heyang issued a military order, ordering the soldiers who stayed behind to take all the captured Southern Tang troops out of the city and prepare to build a new prisoner camp.