"Lord, I don't dare to be a micro-minister!" Yu Wenhua hurriedly got up and knelt down and said in shock.

"Huh! Mr. Yuwen said that you can do it, the first section of Yongji Canal has just been completed, and the burden of Mr. Yu is still heavy! Mr. Wang is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and makes persistent efforts. Yang Er got up and helped Yu Wenhua, who was kneeling on the ground, and said softly with a smile.

"That being the case, Weichen will take over the post of Jizhou pastor, and he will do his best to die for the lord, and he will make the Yongji Canal successfully completed and live up to the trust of the lord." Yu Wenhua stood up and swore an oath.

"Mr. Ling Jing, the chief bookkeeper of Hejian." Yang Er nodded at Ling Jing's name. Ling Jing hurriedly got up and gave up his hand in agreement.

"This Wang Fengling is the assassin of Hejian Mansion and is in charge of the affairs of Hejian Mansion, I hope you don't push it back."

"Wechen takes orders." Although Ling Jing felt sudden, he had no choice but to respond tremblingly.

"General Wu Tianxi."

"The end will be."

"This time to stick to the city of Wei and repel the Tang Bi invaders of the army has made great contributions, to ensure the safety of the king Jizhou and Yongji Canal, now named the Jizhou Festival Envoy, in charge of the Jizhou military, subject to the state pastoral control, with Jizhou Mu Yuwen Lord to protect the safety of Jizhou. Su Lie, the deputy general of Wei City, was promoted to the general of Wei Cheng, and his military rank was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Adjutant generals Wu Lie and He Lun were promoted to majors, and the rest of the adjutant generals were promoted to one rank. ”

"Thank you, Lord! I also thanked the lord for the generals under the command of the last general. Wu Tianxi should make a new appointment, and at the same time thank the lieutenants who could not be present.

"Okay, the rest of the meritorious people, such as Lu Zhaolin, Wu Yunzhao, Xue Wanche, Lai Hu'er, Luo Cheng and other kings, all have other appointments, and they will not be sealed for the time being, and it will not be too late to divide them together when they make meritorious contributions in the coming days."

"Obey the orders of the Lord." The men whose names were read stood up at the same time.

After the sealing is completed, the next thing is the person who has made a great feast. Yang Er was in a very good mood, so he went to the barracks under the leadership of Wu Yunzhao to check it out.

As soon as he entered the gate of the barracks, he saw that Xue Wanche was already waiting inside the door. Yang Er was surprised, and unconsciously stepped forward and asked, "What is Brother Xue doing here?" But waiting for this king? ”

"My lord, the last general is waiting here, and I want to recommend a person to obey the orders under the lord."

"Oh? Who do you refer to? ”

"The person who will be introduced to the lord at the end is Hou Junda, the former owner of the Red Peach Cottage." With that, he turned around and led the person behind him to him.

Hou Junda stepped forward and didn't speak, but hurriedly hit the drill with one leg, and bowed his hand and said: "Hou Junda, the villain of the mountains, greets His Royal Highness Chitose." ”

"Huh! It turned out that General Hou was here. Yang Er smiled and stepped forward to help Hou Junda up with both hands.

"Let's go, talk with the king." Yang Er took Hou Junda's hand and walked to the Chinese military tent, and the other generals hurriedly followed.

In the tent, Yang Er let go of Hou Junda's hand and said: "General Hou's famous king in the rivers and lakes has already heard that he is arrogant, and the king of Luoyang Shichong has been unmoved by all kinds of temptations, and this king has long been looking forward to you coming!" ”

When the generals heard this, they all laughed, and Xue Wanche fell to the ground with a hanging heart.

"General Hou is here to be reused, and now we are in General Yunzhao's camp, and he is lacking a deputy general here, so I am sorry that General Hou is a lieutenant colonel under General Yunzhao?"

"Thank you, my lord! Hou can be under the command of the champion Hou for the general Zhenghe's wish, hehe! Hou Junda laughed happily.

The one who came to Wu Yunzhao to call the big tent of the Chinese army came out of Lu Zhaolin, a civilian official, and all of them were military generals.

Yang Er let everyone sit down, then put away his smile and said solemnly: "Everyone, there is a reason why you are not sealed in the Shuai Mansion today. Yesterday, this king received a secret letter from Master Li of Qianhu of the Shandong Military Intelligence Department, in which he said that the heroes of the green forests of the nine provinces now occupy Rencheng in Lu County, and take Rencheng as the national capital, and the country name is Lu, and they rebelled. Now the states and counties of Lu County have been conquered, and the thieves are huge. However, the Langya County Philadelphia, Mengyin and Yinan that he and others had previously occupied were taken away by Jianghuai Du Fuwei. Na Du Fuwei was originally the king's man, and now he occupies a huge territory there, but there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals. Ben Wang Yi sent Mr. Lu Zhaolin as the Sima of the march of the Jin army to the south, General Xue Wanche as the main general of the army, Lai Hu'er, Zuo Tiancheng and General Wu Bao as deputy generals, and led a total of 50,000 men and horses from the headquarters, in order to take over Donghai County as the name of crossing the territory of Jinan Tangbi, and then go south to Langya County to assist Du Fuwei and others in controlling Shanyang, Xuzhou, Sizhou, Suzhou and other big cities. This king has gone to Shudonglai Wang Bo, and when you wait until the East China Sea Gaomi City, he still has 50,000 elite soldiers under your command. ”

"The lord, the lower officials and others are willing to defend the territory for the Lord." Lu Zhaolin replied with the generals.

"There is no rush to do this, but it can be done in a month's time, when the weather is getting warmer in spring. During this time, various materials and firearms should be replenished for the southbound Jin army. These 100,000 horses and horses will be used as an important force to pacify the chaos in the Central Plains and sweep away Nanchen in the future. Mr. Lu should be in control of the overall situation, and it is advisable to judge the situation and cooperate with the Hebei army here of this king. Yang Er instructed Lu Zhaolin earnestly.

"Please rest assured, the lower official knows what to do." Lu Zhaolin replied.

After finishing finishing the matter, Yang Er and his entourage went to the army to visit the veterans of the White Horse Righteous Army under Wu Yunzhao, and the army suddenly became a sensation, and every White Horse Yi Battalion soldier rushed forward one after another, proud to see Yang Er, the god of the Jin army, up close. Finally, after having dinner with the soldiers in the military canteen, Yang Er and his entourage returned to the Liyang City Marshal's Mansion to rest.

Lu State, Ren Cheng.

Shan Xiongxin was discussing the current situation with Xu Maogong, Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong, Wang Bodang and others in the Shuai Mansion, and let out a roar from time to time.

"What a daring Duvowe! I actually took advantage of the emptiness of my Langya Sancheng soldiers to seize it, and the same people who got up from the rivers and lakes did not go to loot the territory of Jinan Tangbi, but attacked their colleagues. ”

"My lord, Brother Shu Bao fought with Du Fuwei when he was in Philadelphia, and this man is very cunning. Before Shubao was stationed in Philadelphia, this city was occupied by Langya Haoqiang Xu Yuanlang and Du Fuwei, because the enemy was not able to Shubao, he had to abandon the city and go to the mountains and forests to hide, in fact, he had been peeking at Philadelphia for a long time! Uncle Bao is not here, how can he not take Philadelphia? Xu Maogong shook his feather fan and whispered to the angry Shan Xiongxin.

"Alas! If the younger brother still guarded Philadelphia, Du Fuwei would not dare to attack. Qin Qiong patted her thigh and said with infinite regret.

"King, from the younger brother's point of view, today we have the entire territory of this Lu country, and there are more than ten large and small cities. The three cities of Langya County are located in a remote place, and the people are few, and the food is not enough. My brothers and I just need to run the existing land well! Besides, even if those three cities are still owned by my Lu country, how can Jinan Tangbi give up and give up, if he doesn't attack me this winter, he will send troops to attack in the spring of next year. At that time, it was still difficult to hold my three cities, so I abandoned Na Du Fuwei, and he could also help my Lu country contain the Tang Bi army in the coming year, which would also be beneficial to my Lu country. Uncle Wang stood up and said. Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this. Shan Xiongxin and other generals listened to it, and their hearts slowly calmed down.

"Bodang is right, there are not many soldiers in my Lu country, there is not enough food, and it is still difficult to hold the existing city, but it is powerless in the three cities of Langya. Poor Dao thought that the king might as well sell his personal favor, and took this opportunity to befriend Du Fuwei, so that they could jointly resist Tang Bi's troops going south in the early spring of the next year. ”

"Hmmm! Just follow the words of the military advisor! Shan Xiong's creed was enlightened by the two, and he gradually calmed down and reluctantly accepted the reality.

"Dao Commander's military division, it's less than two months before the beginning of spring, we should expand the army as soon as possible to raise food to prepare for Tang Bi's attack, I don't know what the military division's strategy is?" Qin Qiong is worthy of being a general who has defended one side, and he has already seen his existing shortcomings, so he can't help but ask urgently. Shan Xiongxin and the others also looked at Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng.

"Nowadays, the people of our country have limited food reserves, and we should not forcibly requisition and provoke a popular uprising, but should try to buy the hearts of the people and encourage them to join the army. As for the matter of grain and grass, Poor Dao can only borrow it from the surrounding Wang Shichong, Shen Faxing, Liu Wuzhou and other gate valves. Xu Maogong said softly.

"Hey! Brother Junshi, these places are seizing the opportunity to expand their armaments, how can they lend me food, is my brother talking about going to him and other places to grab food? Cheng Yanjin said loudly, obviously he understood that borrowing grain was to let the brothers go back to the bank to go to a few gate valve boundaries to grab grain.

"Don't be in a hurry to bite the gold, listen to the poor road slowly. Now the Jin King Yang Guang has moved the interests of the gate valves, it is said that next year will open a new canal to Luoyang, there is also news that Yang Guang wants to connect the Yellow River with Huaishui, all kinds of rumors do not know whether they are true or false, but let the gate valves of the feudal towns sit on pins and needles, are uniting anti-Jin forces in order to fight against Yang Guang's forces to take advantage of the canal to go south. I, Lu Guozheng, can take this opportunity to carry out the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal, and make friends with the gate valve. If you can make good friends with Luoyang Wang Shichong and Yuzhou Shen Faxing, you can solve the dilemma of food shortage in our Lu country. ”

"Dao Chief's military advisor has a very good plan! Qin admired. But I wonder if I can send that brother to these two places as a lobbyist? It's okay for me to go into battle and fight, but I'm clumsy and can't go. Qin Qiong replied.

"Now, this king only has to invite the two Taoist masters here to go on this trip, please don't shirk." Shan Xiongxin also followed Qin Qiong and said.

"Huh! Anyway, Wang Shichong went to the poor road there, and Yuzhou asked Brother Xuancheng to go. ”

"Huh! You can't say goodbye! Poor road went to Yuzhou for a walk. ”

"Good! Thank you, two Taoists. Tonight, a banquet was held in the palace for the two military advisors to practice, and for the return of the three brothers Wang Junke, Fan Hu, and Lian Ming, and the brothers were all present. ”

"Good ---" After listening to Shan Xiongxin's words, the generals in the house all applauded.

After breakfast the next day, Shan Xiongxin and others sent Xu and Wei out of the east gate for 10 miles, and said goodbye after repeated instructions. Xu and Wei were still accompanied by wandering Taoist priests, and each took two Taoist children to go their separate ways.

Jinan Mansion.

Tang Bi heard that Qin Qiong, the general he had single-handedly promoted, together with Fan Hu and Lian Ming, rebelled out of Langya. The three cities of Philadelphia, Mengyin and Yinan, which originally belonged to him, also fell into the hands of his old rival Du Fuwei in an instant, and now he is now in addition to the two cities of Dong'an and Xintai, which are close to Beihai County, and almost all of Langya County has fallen into the hands of Du Fuwei's Jianghuai forces. This is not the most annoying, that Qin Qiong actually joined forces in the rivers and lakes to become bigger in one fell swoop, captured his own Lu County, and established the Lu State with Rencheng as the capital of the country, and openly raised the banner of anti-Sui. These rebels took advantage of their full strength to attack Weicheng and Liyang when they rebelled in their own territory, and if the court blamed them, they would be very responsible.

"Gaotong sentenced, now Qin Qiong has rebelled, so that the government has lost the three cities of Langya. What's even more annoying is that Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin and others actually seized the founding of Lu County, and openly raised the flag to rebel against the imperial court. If you don't care about it in other places, but if you rebel in your territory, you can't push it if you want to, so can you have a good plan to teach me? ”

"Fujun, if the gate lords are all stockpiling grain in the army today, it is not a big deal for the bandits in the green forests and mountains to gather to raise the flag to rebel, and the court should not look at it. Langya County can also be put aside for avoidance, but this Lu County is a grain production place in Jinan, but it must be recovered. It's just that the timing is not good now, and when the weather warms up, the whole army will go to the expedition. Moreover, our army has just experienced the defeat of Wei City, and it is no longer possible to move troops. ”

"Alas! This government also knows this reason, but it is unfair in my heart! These green forest thieves are truly hateful. Tang Bi scolded helplessly.

"Fujun, the lower officials thought that the beginning of spring was a time of general turmoil. Wang Shichong also defeated Wagang Mountain the day before yesterday, and the loss was far above our army. It is said that Wang Shichong's men and horses have reached as many as 300,000, and he will fight with the king of Jin in the spring of next year. The prince of the government should seize the opportunity to expand the armament of men and horses, and when it is engaged, it is advisable to recapture Weicheng, Liyang and other places. ”

"Hmmm! This house is clear. ”

After coming out of Tangbi Mansion, Gao Keren immediately rushed to his family's Gao Mansion in Jinan City. As a well-known family in the former Jizhou, the head of the Gao family has become the backbone of many families who have fled to Jinan. The Gao Mansion has also become an important place for the elders of the family to meet and discuss in peacetime. Gao Keren went to meet his patriarch to inform the patriarchs of the latest information he had just gotten, so that he could discuss countermeasures as soon as possible.

"Senior brother, Brother Ling's news is really beneficial to me! That Shan Xiongxin and Qin Qiong's rebellion in Lu County was directed at the tyrant Yang Guang, which can be used by us! The patriarch of the family surnamed Yiwei said.

"Brother Wei is right, the younger brother has also been in contact with this group of green forest road heroes, the self-established city king Shan Xiongxin was originally also a Wang clan in Luzhou, and his brother Shan Da Shan Xiongzhong also has business dealings with my Cangxian Zhao family, that Shan Xiongxin is a famous figure in the rivers and lakes, this person has the courage to be invincible. And that Qin Qiong is even more famous in various provinces in Shandong, and he is invincible all over Shandong with one shot. The secondary forces can be used as thugs to fight against Yang Guangzhi. The patriarch of the Zhao family in Cangxian County said coldly, and everyone couldn't help but applaud.

"Hmmm! Yes, isn't he there to do the right thing for heaven and relieve the people's suffering? He didn't dare to attack Luoyang Wang Shichong and others, let alone come to Jinan Mansion to cause trouble, if he wanted to become bigger, he had to attack Yang Guang and prevent the excavation of the new canal. It is better for us to send a person who can speak well to contact, and the money and food we are waiting for should not only be placed on the side of Tangbi, whoever goes to attack the King of Jin, we will fund whomever we want. What do you think? ”

"Good! The younger brother suggested that it would be best to let Brother Keren take this trip. The head of the Texas Fu family proposed.

"Hmmm! Yes, Brother Renxian has been doing Tang Fujun for a long time, and he is the best at this officialdom, so he can wait for me to go on this trip. ”

"Yes! Yes---" said the patriarch of the house in agreement.

"Okay, Brother Keren, I'll trouble you to go to Rencheng for this matter."

"Since it is the order of the clan brother, the younger brother will not shirk it, and the younger brother will do it after fiddling with the affairs at hand in the future. The princes are waiting for good news here. Gao Keren saw that he couldn't get rid of it, so he simply agreed.