Looking at the snowflakes fluttering outside the window, Li Mu suddenly felt a little emotional.

Spring goes to autumn and then to winter, and a year has passed?

Looking back on this year, I have done a lot of things and walked a lot of places. But at the end of the day, it seems like it's been on the road all along. In the spring, I went to Dingxiang, and when I came back, my butt was not hot, and when I arrived in Luoyang, I stayed in Luoyang for a few months, and ran to Miaojiang, and Miao Jiang came back and only stayed in Chang'an for one day, and then led the troops to quell the rebellion.

Why are you so busy!

When can I rest?

The army has been walking for more than a month, and along the way, soldiers from various provinces have been joining in, and now there are about 15,000 people. This counterinsurgency was the first time Li Mu led a large army, and he had a lot of experience that he had not had before. He also has a little more understanding of the government military system. He finally revealed a puzzle about why the government military system has so many shortcomings, but since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the previous dynasties still adhere to the government military system.

Save food.

Each province conscripted troops, and provided its own grain and grass. For war-torn dynasties, this definitely outweighs the disadvantages. He didn't bring much grain and grass along the way, but as the local government soldiers were requisitioned and dispatched, the local government would prepare grain and grass for these people, saving Li Mu a lot of things. And from a macro point of view, it is also reasonable. If you set out from Chang'an, you will bring a large number of grain, grass and people and horses, and the loss along the way will be very large, but as you are now, you will increase the number of soldiers along the road and collect grain and grass along the road, and the loss will be reduced a lot.

Of course, this is also because this trip is a counterinsurgency, and it can be done, but if it is a foreign expedition, it will not work.

Qizhou Mansion.

Qi has a long history, as early as the Zhou Tianzi period, Qi was a very large feudal state. The five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the seven heroes of the Warring States period all have the number one of the Qi country. Qidi is located in the military stronghold, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and the people here have also suffered the most from war. From time to time, there will be some trouble here, needless to say, in troubled times, the prosperous times will also rebel or something, make the displaced people escape, and then cause even greater trouble.

After entering the territory of Qizhou, Li Mu began to prepare for the suppression of the rebellion. But it didn't take long for him to realize that these preparations he had made were a bit redundant, because the other party didn't react at all. Not even a sentry, a scout, he didn't meet. made Li Mu wonder, is the news false, Li You didn't rebel at all, otherwise why wouldn't there be any rumors at all?

When he reached a small village more than 20 miles outside Qizhou, Li Mucai finally saw a trace of what could be called a rebellion. Scouts have reported that the village ahead may have been attacked. When Li Chengqian heard this, he suddenly got off his horse and asked for orders: "Please send the last general to the battle, and the last general will decide——"

"Fart!" Li Mu gambled his words back and asked the scout: "How many people have been found?" ”

"About 30 people, looting."

"More than thirty people...... Li Mu pondered for a moment, and said: "The army is waiting in place, and among the guards, fifty elite soldiers are selected, take off their armor, wear ordinary clothes, and go with Benhou to see the situation." ”

Li Chengqian quit and asked, "Big brother, what about me?" I'll go too. ”

"Li Yu listened to the order and stood by in place."

"Big brother—"

Li Mu glared: "The military order is like a mountain, what are the consequences of disobedience, you know better than me, retreat." ”

Li Chengqian was so angry that he drooped his head and stepped aside. After a while, fifty guards who had changed their usual clothes were ready, and Li Mu also found an inconspicuous clothes to wear, grabbed a handful of dirt noodles and wiped them on his face, looking like a dusty man.

"Let's go!"

Li Mu led the people out of the brigade, and under the leadership of the scouts, they arrived at the village in his mouth in less than a quarter of an hour.

At the entrance of the village, the people stood in several rows of men, women, and children, and a team of upright-looking people was talking. After a while, several Tang soldiers waved their weapons and escorted a group of farmers to the path in the direction of Qizhou, some of these farmers had gray hair and beard, and looked almost sixty years old, and there were also fourteen or fifteen-year-old thin teenagers who had not taken off their childish spirit and had juvenile fluff on their lips, all of them had their hands tied behind their backs and strung together with ropes, like walking corpses, and their eyes were blank. The cries of women and children could be heard from afar, but these people were not moved at all.

Li Mu frowned, quite unhappy in his heart.

At this time, the sergeant who escorted the farmer saw Li Mu, quickly turned around and went back, and reported to the team of people. I saw that the fat-headed and big-eared team was right, and he glanced at Li Mu, and his eyes lit up. The horses guarded by the prince are all rare and good horses, and any one is also a price of one hundred and eighty yuan, and it may not be possible to buy it, how can it not be coveted.

They were afraid that Li Mu and the others would run away, so they screamed, and several sergeants behind him immediately picked up their bows and arrows, aiming at Li Mu and his party, and the team saw that Li Mu and the others did not move, he had already taken the lead, and he had a bottom in his heart, and shouted: "Get off the horse, otherwise Lao Tzu will shoot arrows." ”

Li Mu chuckled lightly and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

The fat-headed and big-eared squad was shouting, "General Ben is going to requisition your horses now," after a pause, and then added: "And your men, from now on, you are in my army, and these are your men?" Well, in the future, you will be the right team in my army, listen to my orders, get promoted and make a fortune, if you don't listen to orders, you will be killed! ”

Li Mu couldn't cry and laughed, and said: "Fifty people are the team, so what is five hundred people?" ”

"Five hundred people, you can also be a general, Lao Tzu is the general who recruited five hundred people. But even then, you're my subordinate! Who let Lao Tzu find out about you? ”

Li Mu was already laughing angrily, he had seen arrogant, but he dared to call himself Lao Tzu in front of him, he had never seen a living one, and said: "Do you know who I am, so dare to make such a big talk?" ”

"Lao Tzu doesn't care who you are, if you don't listen to orders, you are the enemy of this general."

Li Mu had the heart to tease him and asked, "General? What kind of general are you, and who gave you the title? ”

The sergeant next to him immediately shouted, "You are blind!" So that you know, this is my loyal and brave general of the Great Qi Kingdom, the captain of the light car, the left vanguard under the account of the king of Pingxi, and the general Wang Fugui Wang, why don't you quickly get off the horse and bow down? ”

Li Mu's eyes are about to pop out, King Pingxi? Wu Sangui?

Li Mu was startled, looked at the sergeant who spoke in disbelief, pointed to the fat head and big ears and confirmed: "He is under the tent of the king of Pingxi?" Where did the king of Pingxi come from? Is your Pingxi king's surname Wu? ”

Without waiting for the sergeant to speak, several fast horses galloped in, bringing up countless smoke and dust. The smoke cleared, and several horses stopped in front of everyone, revealing their true faces.

A few guards guarded a middle-aged general in armor in the middle, who looked a bit like that. This person was born with a fierce image, swept it coldly, and broke off: "Wang Fugui, what are you doing?" ”

Wang Fugui, who had a fat head and big ears, saw the person coming, as if a pug had seen his master, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute: "Fugui see the king of Pingxi, the prince, there are a few good horses in these passers-by, and they want to collect them and give them to the prince." ”

"You are the King of Pingxi? Is your surname Wu? Who are you? Li Mu secretly made a gesture with his hand behind his back, and all the guards put their hands on the crossbow hidden under the robe. As long as the situation changes, you can instantly raise a repeater and shoot flat, but there are only twenty or thirty people in front of you, fifty repeaters, and a salvo is five hundred arrows, which is more than enough.

"This Wang Yan Hongliang, I don't know any Chen Yuanyuan, who are you, what do you want to do with these people?"

"I'm going to vote for the king." Li Mu came casually, calm and relaxed, and couldn't see the slightest abnormality: "Young Master Ben was born in the Cui clan of Qinghe, and when he heard that the King of Qi had an incident, he led the good hands in the family to come and defect. As he spoke, he glanced at Yan Hongliang and said, "Ben Shao looks at you, it's quite ordinary, you are the king of Pingxi, what kind of official can Ben Shao get?" ”

Hearing that Li Mu was here to defect, and he was the young master from the Cui clan in Qinghe, Yan Hongliang had a lot less hostility in his eyes, and corrected: "There is no King of Qi now, two days ago, my emperor has ascended the throne and called the emperor, and now he is the founding emperor of my Great Qi, and he is no longer the prince of the Tang Dynasty." Your Majesty is thirsty for talent, and if you can come and run, Your Majesty will be happy. As for what kind of official you can seal, it depends on how capable you are. Recruit 50 people, you can seal the team, 500 people can be generals, 2,000 people can be the soldiers of the army, when employing people, how much is not too much. ”

After finishing speaking, he added: "If there is no one, money and food are also available, they are all counted, how much should be how much, and they will not lose you." ”

When Li Mu heard this, he laughed, grabbed a money bag from his arms, opened it and exposed it, and the yellow golden light almost blinded everyone's eyes. Li Mu threw the money bag to the 'King of Pingxi', and grasped the strength of the young master to the pinnacle: "How big is it for this young master?" Isn't it just money? My Cui family is so poor that there is money left, you name it, I will buy a military department book first. This change will give you a drink, and we will make friends. ”

Yan Hongliang was a martial artist, he didn't have any strategy, he opened the money bag and looked at it, at least it was a few dozen taels of gold, and he was happy. Who doesn't like a friend who is stupid and has a lot of money? Since his friend is so rich and wants to buy an official, if he does this for him, can he still express it?

That's a big deal!

"Virtuous brother!" Yan Hongliang put away the money bag, and his title changed: "You see it's noon, Brother Xian has worked hard all the way, I'm afraid I haven't eaten, right?" Come, I'll invite you to dinner, and we'll talk while we drink. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Fugui and said, "Go, find a few women to cook a table of good dishes for our brother, and there must be wine and meat." ”

Li Mu didn't dare to eat his food, stopped Wang Fugui, and said to Yan Hongliang: "I'm not used to eating wine and meat in the countryside, there are dried meat and good wine here, if you don't dislike it, we are here-" Li Mu pointed to an old elm tree not far away, and said: "It's okay to talk under that tree, and you have to hurry after eating." ”

"It's good! When you arrive in Qizhou, I will invite you again, there is nothing to eat in this place. ”

Li Mu glanced at the guards behind him, and the guards faintly formed a semicircle, blocking everyone else out.

Li Mu and Yan Hongliang came to the tree, sat on the ground, chewed dried meat, and chatted about Qizhou.

Two days ago, Li You announced his ascension to the throne as emperor at the suggestion of his uncle Yin Hongzhi. The country name is Daqi, and the year name is Godless. In order to boost morale, he was rewarded lavishly, and Yin Hongzhi was named Shangshu Ling, from the first place in the dragon's work, and he saw that he was the eldest grandson Wuji's position. Yan Jingxin, Yan Hongliang brothers, plus Zan Junmo and Liang Mengbiao, the four of them were named the king of Pingdong, the king of Pingxi, the king of Pingnan, and the king of Pingbei, respectively, and they were known as the "King of the Quartet", which is quite a bit of the flavor of Northeast F4. Originally, the generals and school furniture under their command were rewarded, and Wang Fugui was originally the elder brother of Yan Hongliang's concubine, and by taking advantage of this, he also became a loyal and brave general, a lieutenant of the light car, and the left vanguard under the account of the king of Pingxi.

A rebellion is about to begin, in order to solve the problem of insufficient food and grass for soldiers and horses. His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qi, who was extremely wise, came up with a way to transcend the contemporary millennium. He instructed all the officials and people of Daqi to develop their own downline, recruit as many people as they want, and how big officials they should be. How much food to donate, how high the title to win. He also asked Daqi Shangshu to make Yin Hongzhi a detailed price, and passed the order, Tong Su is not bullied, no matter what his background is, as long as he meets the standard, the official position, the title, will definitely not be rewarded.

Wang Fugui will appear here because of this will. He is going to bring all the men in this village under his command. In this way, his loyal general, the captain of the light car, and the left vanguard under the account of the king of Pingxi can also move up. Although King Pingxi has reached the top and can't be promoted anymore, can he be added? What is the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the Shangzhu country or something, but only Yin Hongzhi enjoys it, their so-called 'Quartet King', they have to work harder for this goal.

Hearing that Li Mu claimed to be from the Cui clan in Qinghe, Pingxi Wang Yan Hongliang moved his mind. No matter how brain-dead he is, he also knows the prestige of the five surnames and seven sects, if the Qinghe Cui clan can join the Great Qi, his merits will surpass the other three 'Four Kings', and reach the second place in the dragon's merit. Wang Fugui will appear here because of this will. He is going to bring all the men in this village under his command. In this way, his loyal general, the captain of the light car, and the left vanguard under the account of the king of Pingxi can also move up. Although King Pingxi has reached the top and can't be promoted anymore, can he be added? What is the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the Shangzhu country or something, but only Yin Hongzhi enjoys it, their so-called 'Quartet King', they have to work harder for this goal.

Hearing that Li Mu claimed to be from the Cui clan in Qinghe, Pingxi Wang Yan Hongliang moved his mind. No matter how brain-dead he is, he also knows the prestige of the five surnames and seven sects, if the Qinghe Cui clan can join the Great Qi, his merits will surpass the other three 'Four Kings', and reach the second place in the dragon's merit. Ahh