In April of the eighth year of Zhide, Tang Yuan had already prepared 3,000 iron armor and 1,000 war horses, which became his most valuable family base, and Tang Yuan's troops had a characteristic, everyone must be equipped with a bow.

In fact, the cost of the bow is not high, and many years of combat experience told Tang Yuan that even if there is no metal arrowhead, he can imitate the method of the Hu people and use animal bones to polish the arrowhead, as long as it is sharpened enough, it is absolutely no problem to kill people.

After having the equipment, the troops became more and more beautiful, and Tang Yuan was even considering increasing the number of troops. But the attitude of the superintendent Ma Butong in this matter is very crucial, if he is against it, then everything is not to be discussed. This fine work on the surface is not an ornament, he has to write a letter almost every few days and hand it over to Jingzhou Station.

It was a military station, and he regularly sent official documents to Empress Dowager Cao, and his official documents were also sandwiched in it.

Every move of Tang Yuan's troops, Empress Dowager Cao knew everything about it. A while ago, Tang Yuan ran to suppress the bandits, and these things let the Empress Dowager Cao know, and I don't know what kind of mood she is in, whether she will hate Tang Yuan so much.

With Empress Dowager Cao's shrewdness and understanding of Tang Yuan, I believe that Empress Dowager Cao must have seen that Tang Yuan was deliberate.

"There are so many ways to do it." This is the original words of the Empress Dowager Cao after seeing the military report.

"This person is really hard to control, or ......" Lu Shi asked in a tentative tone: "It's better to withdraw it, once and for all, you don't have to worry about him all the time." ”

"There's no hurry." Empress Dowager Cao waved her hand and said, "He only has 10,000 people under him, so there is nothing to worry about." As long as he doesn't expand the army, I can do it at any time. After all, he can fight, and he will definitely be able to use it in the future. Only when he is not needed will the fate of the rabbit and the dog cook befall him. ”

Lu said: "Ma Butong has been following him for five years, and I am afraid that he has already been too familiar with him in the past five years, and even has a friendship, in this case, he should be replaced." ”

"Not necessarily." Empress Dowager Cao said: "Although Ma Butong is incompetent, he is loyal, with someone like him by Tang Yuan's side, Tang Yuan can rest assured, and I am also relieved." It's the best balance. If he suddenly changed to the past one, Tang Yuan would be doubly wary of him, with Tang Yuan's shrewdness and meticulousness, I was even worried that if I found a critical moment, Tang Yuan would kill the prison army. That's not good, directly forcing Tang Yuan to rebel, even if he falls into the grass, it will be a big disaster for the imperial court. Now he is inextricably linked to the Empress, which is the cornerstone of his refusal, and I am the one who controls him if I leave him. ”

"The Queen Mother is clever." Lu Shi smiled: "It is definitely not comparable to ordinary people like us. ”

"Don't be too modest." Empress Dowager Cao said: "Why did the two killers beside you suddenly disappear?" Han Furong and Han Fuxiu brothers, I look very good, it is better to stay and serve the imperial court. Now that Li Wantang is old, Ji Yifa has just taken over the big task, and he still lacks two helpers. ”

"The minister understands, and will do it immediately."

"Well, next month, it is estimated that Cao Dingguo will resign again on the grounds of health, and then I will consider whether to send him another lieutenant general. You contact Cen Shen and ask him if he would like to be a lieutenant under the general of the town. ”

"If the Queen Mother asked him to be a deputy general, it was his ancestral grave that smoked blue, how could he refuse?"

"Heh, you'd better go and ask."

"The minister will do it immediately!"

After the Lu clan retreated, Li Wantang bowed down and said: "Queen Mother, those two killers have already been properly governed by the Lu clan, even if they are used by the imperial court, they are also Lu clan's people." ”

The Queen Mother said: "Don't worry, the Lu family can't afford any big storms." The killer group has split, and the credit of the wolf tooth is not small. After the situation in Zhengzhou stabilized, he told Ma Bufang that he could return to Luoyang. In addition, the identity of the wolf's tooth should not be exposed for the time being, and Meng Zong cannot be released yet. ”

"Isn't that a dishonest wolf's fang?"

"Hehe, Meng Zong eats and drinks well in prison, and his daughter-in-law Lu often takes her daughter to see him, I heard that he has gained weight again recently."

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Chen Bao was practicing the team outside, Tang Hu fell asleep in the military tent, Nalan Xin was napping, Ma Butong, the supervising army was playing chess with Cao Fu, and Zhang Gan was watching from the sidelines.

Liu Zhan and Fu Ying followed Chen Bao to practice, while Zhang Jing, Yue Pu, Chen Kai, Liu Tan, Ma Ben, Feng Chen and others led the team to observe Chen Bao's training. After learning this, training tasks should be assigned according to the requirements of Vice General Chen, and the second general should conduct regular inspections.

Zhang Ga walked in and presented a military newspaper, which said: At this time, the Great Liang Imperial Court was negotiating with the Donghu people.

The content of the negotiations was very extensive, but the specific content was not said, and it was generally about adding business and tribute, and requiring the Liang Dynasty to marry a princess.

According to the content of the military report, Emperor Zhao Ce quickly vetoed the last two, which was very much in line with the temper of Emperor Zhide, but about the addition of trade routes, representatives of the two sides had already launched the first round of negotiations.

"I don't understand this, why do the Donghu people always like to get a princess back? Is there such a shortage of women over there? Tang Hu woke up, rubbed his stomach, tilted his head and said.

"It's a pinch." Tang Yuan threw the military report aside.

Zhang Gan picked up the military newspaper and handed it to Ma Butong, Ma Butong played chess seriously, but when he didn't answer it, Zhang Gan put the military newspaper next to the chessboard.

"No wonder Zhao Ce is reluctant to marry a princess, what is the difference between the Donghu people's practices and robbers? I got a knife and came to your house, and I asked you for money, and I asked you to marry your sister to him, and you will have to do business with him in the future. Tang Hu completely woke up, and his brain became flexible, "I don't think Zhao Ce should worry about the Donghu people now, now there is the Liao State in the north, and the Liao State can contain the Donghu people, and they occupy the sixteen states of Yanyun, so it is impossible for the Donghu people to pass through Yinshan and invade Hebei." If you go to Helan Mountain, where the Liang Dynasty is stationed in the fortress, it will not be easy for them to come. Only the Hexi Corridor is a passage, and now the pawn is stationed there again. ”

Tang Hu shrugged his shoulders: "What are you afraid of him?" If I change it, I won't agree. It is even necessary to let them marry the princess in turn, otherwise the business will be hands-free. ”

The more Tang Hu talked, the more energetic he became, and walked out with the iron halberd, hearing that his shoulders were itchy and he wanted to go out to play with the iron halberd.

At that time, Tang Hu's iron halberd technique was still learned from the double halberd general Dianhan, and now Dianhan has been demoted by three levels in a row and has become a captain, managing 3,000 militia soldiers under his command.

It's also strange to say, others train every day, and their skills don't grow much, but this Tang Hu is lazy all day long, but his skills are increasing day by day, and now, in the military competition, Chen Bao has no opponents, but there is no way to take Tang Hu.

This fool has too much power.

I still remember that in the past, seventeen-year-old Chen Bao and sixteen-year-old Tang Hu couldn't fight one Yue Pu together, but now, Tang Hu is holding a single halberd, and Yue Pu can't fight Tang Hu.