In the camp of the grain team, Zhao Ming didn't sleep all night, he was really sweating.

He is not afraid of anything else, he is not even afraid of this defeat, it's just a big deal to lose some face, and sooner or later he will earn it back. What he was most worried about was getting Yue Fei in.

It's not terrible to lose, he can afford to lose thousands of soldiers and horses, but a Yue Fei is not comparable to thousands of soldiers and horses, or tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people can't compare.

It's really too hasty, and Longxi, if Longxi can send reinforcements, it won't be like this. I don't know what the situation in Longxi is now.

The more Zhao Ming thought about it, the farther he went, he was a little distracted, and when he raised his head, the sky was already light.

Zhao Ming called someone in and asked, "Is there any news ahead?" ”

The guard didn't remember the first time Zhao Ming asked this question, so he only shook his head and replied, "Tell the king, there has been no news yet." ”

Zhao Ming waved his hand and said, "Remember, there is news that will be known to the Lone King immediately." ”

After thinking about it, he said, "The lonely king is a little hungry, so let's eat." ”

He didn't really have much appetite, he just wanted to find something to do for himself to pass the time.

At dawn, Zhao Ming sat at the table, chewing the meat in his hand, but it was tasteless.

There were two people sitting on each side of him, it was Fan Zeng, Fu Zhu, Lin Xiangru and Bao Zheng. These four had a very good appetite, and although they did not drink alcohol, they also ate well.

Zhao Ming really admired it in his heart, no matter which of these four people were people who had seen a big scene, Fan Zeng, Fu Zhu, and Lin Xiangru had all experienced the great battle of hundreds of thousands of troops in their previous lives, so they naturally had a fearless expression. There is one Bao Zheng left, although he has never fought, but he has even been a relative of the emperor, what else is there to fear? What's more, what does he have to do with the war?

After the meal, Zhao Ming waited more and more anxiously. simply found Niu Tong to practice in the camp, practiced until ten noon, and finally someone said that there was news ahead.

Zhao Ming was in a hurry, and hurriedly sent someone up.

The person who came was none other than Zhao Tie's brother who came back last time to report the news, Zhao Gang.

I saw Zhao Gang come in and bow, and said: "Report to the king, our army attacked Hu Qi last night, won a big victory, killed more than 4,800 Hu people, General Yue beheaded two Hu generals, and Wang Xiaowei beheaded the little prince of Mohe. "The name of the tribe and the name of the little prince, although Niu Gao doesn't remember, he will know when he grabs a few captives and asks.

Zhao Ming made up his mind and asked again, "Are the generals injured?" ”

"All the generals are fine."

Finally, he was completely relieved, it was not that he didn't believe in Yue Wumu, but that he knew too well what the quality of these soldiers in his hands was. The tailwind fight is fine, but there are setbacks and it is likely to collapse.

Then Zhao Gang explained the battle process and results in detail.

Zhao Ming heard the battle process, and sighed for a while, Niu Gao's talent, in his previous life, he was a strange general and a lucky general in the Yue family's army, his martial arts were not high, and his command of the army was average, but he could also be called a general.

The results of the battle made Zhao Ming a little happy, according to Yue Fei's arrangement, Tang Huai set fire, Zhang Xian and Wang Gui drove the horses. Therefore, after the war, more than 3,800 horses were collected, and more than 1,200 wounded and dead horses were used as military rations.

Although he lost 100,000 stone of military rations, he gained nearly 3,000 war horses, which was a big profit.

But then when he looked at the battle damage, Zhao Ming was bitter, such a big loss, there are only more than 2,000 soldiers who can fight at the moment, and there are still thousands of miles away from this road, and if there is a case, it will be a little unbearable.

Zhao Ming immediately discussed with everyone, immediately started cooking on fire, and after the meal, he got up from the village and hurried all the way to fight Yue Fei.

It wasn't until it was completely dark and the army converged that he set up camp, ordered the army to repair for a day, and set up a banquet to reward the soldiers who participated in the battle, as for the reward of the generals, Zhao Ming promised to wait until he returned to Longxi to reward. After returning to Longxi, it is inevitable to rebuild the military system, and the official positions in King Wu's mansion are also reshuffled. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, several gods under his command must be entrusted with important tasks.

After that, Zhao Ming readjusted the few soldiers under his command and made up for Wang Jin's 500 people, Niu Gao was not ambiguous, his first school of men and horses were basically disabled, and he also made up for Niu Gao's 500 people from Fan Zeng's hands, as for Yue Fei, just keep 800, Fan Zeng has more than 200 people in his hands, and no one can make up for it. Although Yue Fei also recovered more than 500 sets of undamaged armor and weapons, this wave of homeless people are all afraid of war, (what are you kidding, there are only so many thousands of people left who have just joined the army, who would dare to go).

At this time, they can't force the strong men, there are still more than 800,000 stone grains and grass waiting for them to transport, and the strong men are only afraid of causing a mutiny. Moreover, the newly formed soldiers have no combat power at all, and if they really start fighting, they will turn around and run, which will be a big deal.

Zhao Ming's big victory over Qiang Hu didn't talk about it for the time being, just said that Zhang Rong, Yue Yun, and Hu Che'er came to Longxi quickly.

King Wu's fiefdom Longxi is only a county state, and it has five counties, namely: Longxi, Pingxiang (east of Longxi), Zhangxian (southwest of Longxi), Weiyuan (west of Longxi), Lintao (northwest) and other five counties.

Zhang Rong and his entourage entered Longxi County and went straight to the palace. Before arriving at Defu, I sighed: It's been six years, and I have been full of ambition here; Once here with grief.

And now?

The road was at his feet, Zhang Rong made a report, and raised his feet to enter the palace.

Everyone waited in the hall for a while, and saw a woman in her thirties enter the hall accompanied by several maids.

When Zhang Rong saw it, it was the princess Ma, and she was also the only woman in Wu Wangxin.

Tears fell in an instant, and he knelt down and cried: "Princess, Rong...... Glory is ashamed, honor is guilty, I can't live with the king......"

Princess Ma was taken aback, she knew that Zhang Rong had been taking care of her son in Luoyang, and suddenly came back alone, crying when she entered the door, shouting that she was guilty, could it be that something happened to the child in Beijing?

If the two most important men in her life are gone, what is the point of her life?

Thinking of this, his liver and intestines immediately broke off, and his eyes went dark, and he was about to faint.

This scared Zhang Rong a lot, and he didn't dare to help, but fortunately, a few maids beside him were clever, and helped the princess to sit down in the main seat in the hall.

After a while, Princess Ma came to her senses, but her heart was like ashes, and she said, "Say, what happened to Ming'er?" ”

Zhang Rong was stunned, and immediately reacted that it was his recklessness that made the princess misunderstand, and quickly explained: "Everything is fine with the prince of the king, Your Majesty has made a will, the prince of the prince is the lord, and the prince is now the king, at this moment, I am afraid that he is on the way back to Longxi." ”

Princess Ma was overjoyed and said, "Really? ”

Zhang Rong said: "Fang is Rong recklessly, the princess is frightened, the prince has indeed attacked the knight, and he is limited to one month to leave Beijing and return to the fiefdom." Not only that, but His Majesty also gave millions of grains and grass, ten thousand taels of gold, and many other rewards. ”

Princess Ma finally put her mind at ease and said: "Ming'er has suffered all these years, although the reward of the Son of Heaven is abundant, it is a pity that I am in the land of Longxi...... I'm afraid that Ming'er will not be blessed. ”

What the situation in Longxi has been like all these years, she knows too well. In order to avoid suspicion and keep his son who is a proton, her husband Zhao Xin, has never led troops in the past six years, let alone governed the government. This Martial King's Mansion is as if it is isolated from the world, and everything outside the mansion has nothing to do with them.

The princess is even more out of the door, not stepping out of the second door, taking care of her husband on the hospital bed, and missing her son who is far away in Luoyang.

But just because you don't go out doesn't mean you don't know what's going on outside.

The people outside are making wind and rain, to be honest, Princess Ma knows that the current martial king order may not even be able to get out of the door of the palace. In the past, she could ignore the outside affairs, but now that her son is back, there must be a new power struggle in Longxi County, not to mention that her son has brought back so many rewards. The wealth is moving, she no longer understands the world, and she also knows that the way back may be dangerous and abnormal.

Thinking of this, Princess Ma was very worried, and hurriedly asked: "Xiaoming came back first, I don't know what to do?" ”

Zhang Rong said: "Your Majesty has a rich reward, millions of grain and grass come to the west, I am afraid that there will be a loss on the way, Rong Te will come to move troops." ”

Princess Ma only smiled bitterly: "In today's Wuwang Mansion, how can there be any soldiers and horses to call." ”

Zhang Rong's heart sank, and sure enough, he asked: "The 30,000 troops in Longxi are all the private troops of my palace, why are there no soldiers available?" ”

Princess Ma then smiled bitterly: "So that Xiaoming knows that the king has not taken care of the soldiers in the past six years, and the current Longxi army is no longer the Longxi soldiers of my Wuwang Mansion." ”

Zhang Rong said angrily: "Who is the main general of Longxi now?" Rong wants to see, which dog thief dares to disobey? ”

Princess Ma said: "You may not dare to disobey, but there must be constraints, and Xiaoming is here, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve my wish." ”

Zhang Rong said: "Don't worry, princess, leave this matter to Xiaoming." Can the princess tell the details of what happened in Longxi over the years, so that Rong can deal with it. ”

The change in military power in Longxi was expected, and according to the plan, Zhang Rong would take care of everything, jumping up and down to attract attention, so that Jia Xu, who didn't know when he would touch it, would act secretly.

At that moment, Princess Ma told Zhang Rong everything she knew.

It turned out that six years ago, after Zhang Rong and others entered Luoyang, Wu Wangxin ignored the military affairs, as for the reason, Princess Ma did not say that Zhang Rong also knew why, to keep the prince, the only way to give up the military power.

Wu Wangxin handed over the military power to the veteran general Zhao Zheng. This Zhao Zheng is also the bloodline of the Dayan royal family, according to the generation, Wu Wangxin still wants to call him an imperial uncle, but he has long been lonely. When Wu Wangxin was on the Northern Expedition, this Zhao Zheng followed King Wu, who was quite brave, but his talent was limited, but for the sake of the royal bloodline, Wu Wangxin gave Zhao Zheng a partial general position.

King Wu believed in the southern expedition, transferred the elite and backbone of the army, and Zhao Zheng's talent was limited and stayed in Longxi. It's a pity that the elite who went to the south were killed and wounded, and Zhang Rong, a lonely minister entrusted by the Wuwang Mansion, entered Luoyang with his son. In desperation, Zhao Zheng was also an old qualification, so Wu Wangxin handed over the military power to Zhao Zheng.

After Zhao Zheng led the troops, he promoted a lot of his royal bloodline, and it seems that a few of them are still quite talented.

A year later, someone came to report that the Didao horse bandits were raging, and Zhao Zheng led the troops to level the bandits and died in battle. Zhao Zheng's nephew Zhao Hongzhen beheaded the horse bandits and took revenge. Afterwards, someone from the army reported the funeral and asked who could be the chief general in the army? Wu Wangxin inquired about the battle process, and said: "Since Zhao Hong has merit and bravery, let him be the main general." ”

After the people retreated, Wu Wangxin said to Princess Ma: "This Zhao Zheng is just an old pawn in our army, and the person in Beijing still won't let go." ”

Princess Ma was puzzled, and King Wu said: "This Zhao Hong has both courage and guard duties, dealing with a few horse bandits, can An harm the commander of the three armies to death?" ”

Princess Ma only understood, but asked, "This Zhao Hong is so frustrated?" Is your own uncle harmful? ”

Wu Wangxin smiled bitterly: "In the face of power, what is family affection? ”