When there was a meeting here in Guiyang to discuss what to do, An Wei on the other side of the Sancha River couldn't sit still at first, he was originally very uncomfortable being pressed by Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan, and he could return to what his father was like back then, south of the Chishui River and west of the Yachi River, their family had the final say. When Yu Chongming and An Bangyan were suddenly killed by the official army, An Wei was a little scared, especially when he heard the people who fled back say that the battlefield was full of blood and corpses, and he missed the days of peace with the Ming court, and the officers and soldiers on the other side of the river took advantage of the victory to kill.

An has been a puppet toast for several years, but he has not been idle and has always had his own ideas, and now that he is the master of the house, he has begun to do what he wants. He first gathered troops to hold on to the dangerous place, and at the same time sent people to Guiyang to meet Zhu Xieyuan, with only one condition, that is, to return to the original situation, as long as the imperial court guaranteed to withdraw immediately, he would lead his subordinates to submit to the imperial court. Zhu Xieyuan smiled bitterly when he saw the envoy of Anwei, and then asked the envoy to go back and tell Anwei that it was impossible to go back to the past, and that in the future, all Tusi must draw a line with the local people, but they can ensure the safety of him and his subordinates, and say that he can be in charge of an army.

The so-called drawing a clear line is that Tusi has no subordinate relationship with the people, and the people can only listen to the orders of the government, Zhu Xieyuan said that this is the emperor's will and cannot be changed, if the position agrees, you can send someone to negotiate, if you don't agree, be ready for confrontation, but try not to pull irrelevant people in. After the envoy of the position went back, he did not come back, and Zhu Xieyuan also played to the apocalypse while preparing for the next move, and now the officers and soldiers are more soldiers and generals are full of morale, and the side of the position is demoralized and has no fighting spirit, if it were not for the apocalypse to ask no longer to take the initiative to attack, Zhu Xieyuan would want to cross the river in one go.

Since the annihilation of the main force of Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan, the official army has now regained its self-confidence, the earliest when Gao Chongming just rebelled, the official army side is also not believing, they don't believe that a toast tens of thousands of soldiers can set off any big waves. However, with the increasing number of Tusi forces who rebelled with Luxury Chongming, the official army was a little unbearable, and they also had a new understanding of these rebels, and everyone was even more frightened when Guiyang City was besieged for several months and finally reached the situation of cannibalism. If it was said that in the past, the counterinsurgency was regarded as catching chickens and thinking that it was easy to capture, but later the counterinsurgency was seen as catching wolves and tigers, and it was not possible to beat the tigers and wolves and was injured by them.

Because of the fear mentality, everyone is a little afraid of war, especially after the governor Wang Sanshan crossed the river and tens of thousands of people were killed, everyone felt a little frightened, and they were very afraid of the rebels who came and went like the wind and the mountains and jungles. Later, Cai Fuyi died of illness and Gao Di returned to Beijing after illness, which made everyone have a psychological barrier to the poisonous fog miasma, and nearly 200,000 people did not dare to cross the river to fight. Now that they have killed Yu Chongming and An Bangyan, everyone has returned to the psychological state of seeing An Wei as catching a chicken, and seeing that An Wei is unwilling to show his attitude, they have asked for battle, asking to cross the river immediately to give the boy who doesn't know the height of the sky a little powerful.

Zhu Xieyuan studied well this time, he didn't agree to the generals' request for battle, but he didn't explicitly refuse, he just told everyone that now the one-year period has arrived, how to attack is the matter of the general soldier Qin Liangyu, everyone wants to make meritorious service must ask the opinion of the general soldier Qin to see if she needs you∝ Liangyu is also temporarily stationed in Guiyang at this time, she knows that her task is very heavy, if she only relies on herself, she can't finish it no matter what, as the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, a general is hard to find, soldiers can be recruited and trained in the people, but generals must be selected in the army, Because the valuable experience of a general is summed up with blood and time.

Liu Qiao was collecting the self-assessment of all the soldiers in Guiyang at this time, Yang Lian inspected the local construction situation around Guiyang and Zunyi, the two first wrote a letter to the imperial court to introduce what they had seen and ♀ heard, and then discussed that the matter was over and they were ready to return to Beijing□. Liu Qiao instructed the scribe a few words, and hurriedly came out to meet Hou Liangzhu.

The two went to Laojunguan together last year to find the eye of the apocalypse, and Hou Liangzhu gave Liu Qiao a lot of help along the way.

After sitting down and serving tea, Hou Liangzhu first asked, "Is there anything important to see Brother Liu coming in a hurry?" The little brother's visit didn't affect Brother Liu, right? ”

Liu Qiao said: "It's nothing, just let a few scribes copy the documents, one is that the words written by you and my martial artists can't be put on the table, and the second reason is that you need to write bigger so that everyone can see clearly." I am going to post these transcribed documents for everyone to see, so as not to waste time by checking them one by one, and I will only post them for three days, and if no one has any objections in three days, the case will be finalized and reported. ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "Brother Liu is still so thoughtful, the younger brother came to visit Brother Liu today, and by the way, I also want to ask Brother Liu to help me get an idea." ”

Liu Qiao said: "What else do you and my brother have to be polite? If you have anything to say, as long as you can help, I will not refuse. ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "Brother Liu must know that our people are about to split up, that is, they are divided into field troops and garrison troops, and General Qin intends to let me go to the field troops with him, but the governor wants me to stay and manage the garrison troops in Sichuan, and the younger brother wants to ask Brother Liu to help me analyze where it is stronger." ”

Liu Qiao thought for a while and said: "I really can't help you with this idea, I have to ask you what you think, let's put it this way, if you want to be comfortable and comfortable without so many things bothering you, then you stay in the garrison." If you want to make meritorious contributions and be promoted to the post of wife and son in the future, then you should go to the field army to make meritorious contributions, brother, you must know that civilian officials have age limits, but our generals do not have such restrictions. Ma Shilong was thirty years old when he became a general soldier and was also named the general of Yumen, Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu and other posterior boys were promoted at a speed of more than 20 points, and the fake dumb Shi Quan was promoted from 100 households to 1,000 households in less than a year because he did two things. ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "It seems that Brother Liu is inclined to let me go to General Qin's army, and I think the same way, junior brother, a manly husband should make a difference while he is young and strong, and it is easier to be in the garrison, but where is it happy to kill the enemy in the front?" ”

Liu Qiao said: "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to let you have to go to the field troops, the garrison troops are indeed idle, and everyone wants to enjoy Qingfu in Sichuan, the country of abundance, and the field troops of General Qin's army must continue to advance westward to be the pioneer." What is the place to the west from here? It is an unclimbable and continuous mountain, what a big Liang Mountain, a big snow mountain one after another, it is full of wild people who are said to eat living people, and they don't have the courage to go without a little courage. ”

Hou Liangzhu began to speak full, but when he heard Liu Qiao say this, he also had a little drum in his heart, let go of the happiness in the Chengdu Plain and go to the ravine to go around, in addition to fighting with the sky and the earth, he also had to fight with the fierce Shengfan and the man-eating savages, wouldn't he become a fool? If the other official didn't rise to his own head, he became the night pot of a certain cave master in the mountains, which would not be good.

Seeing Hou Liangzhu's hesitant look after hearing his words, Liu Qiao laughed twice and said: "I'm joking with my brother, the matter is not so serious, although rest assured, the emperor is asking the power of the imperial court to continue to the west, but he did not ask the army to go deep alone to destroy anyone." The main role of the field army is to move forward and fight a decisive battle with the enemy, but it is impossible to create an enemy without an enemy, right? What's more, there are garrison troops and logistics construction troops behind, plus the local government forces that continue to follow up, even if the elder brother goes to the field army, there will not be much danger. ”

Hou Liangzhu also smiled and said: "The younger brother is not afraid of danger, but he doesn't know what the emperor's purpose is to keep going west, and there are always some things in his heart." ”

Liu Qiao said: "I heard people in Beijing say that the emperor intends to open up the road to the extreme west, and in the Han Dynasty, there was Zhang Qian's feat of connecting the Western Regions, and there was also a tea and horse road in the southwest to lead to the poison country to the west. It is said that the western continent is very large and wider than the land of my Daming, there are countless treasures and novelties that I don't know, the emperor means to do business with each other and make a fortune together, of course, the army must rush to the front to open the road, raise troops for a thousand days and use soldiers for a while. ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "Then our purpose is not to fight a war, but to avoid a war?" ”

Liu Qiao said: "Of course that's the case, who likes to fight and kill all day long? Originally, I wanted the government to continue to expand with the people, but aren't there many people who occupy one side like An's throne and refuse to accept the king? The purpose of the field troops is to prevent these disobedient people from killing the people, and we cannot take the initiative to attack them, but we can defend ourselves. Beginning to say something about the words of the wild man, although it was a joke, but it was not without his own affairs.,Fortunately, the emperor's will is to move forward slowly.,Keep dealing with people in the process.,When the time comes, the raw fan can be transformed into a familiar fan.,Familiar can also be transformed into an acquaintance.。 ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "Brother Liu is right, don't you think Zhuge Liang called the south of Lushui a barren land back then? But now you look at Zunyi, Guiyang, Anshun and other places, they are still a prosperous scene, where can it be called a barren land? I don't know how many years later, what Brother Liu began to say, Daliang Mountain, Daxue Mountain and other places will also be prosperous everywhere. ”

Liu Qiao said: "Since Brother Hou has an idea, then I will tell you, the emperor's idea of constantly going west also has the meaning of restoring my Ming Wusi Zangdu Division, which was established more than two hundred years ago, has not been effectively managed for many years, and my brother should make more contributions to this matter∝ although the general soldier is brave, but after all, she is a woman, and she is not young, it is impossible to trek through mountains and rivers, the opportunity for meritorious service is in front of me, and the old brother must have a number in his heart, maybe after more than ten years, the old brother can also be named a general because of his military exploits, Don't see my brother then, I pretend I don't know. ”

Hou Liangzhu was so hot when he heard this, he blurted out: "No matter what the junior brother seals, he can't forget Brother Liu, when he heard Brother Liu, the younger brother suddenly felt that this marquis was prepared by the emperor for the younger brother, who made us have the surname Hou in the first place?" ”

Liu Qiao hurriedly said: "Brother, don't say that, if you really want to have a surname, you should be panicked, if you don't have a different surname, you will be killed!" ”