After Yan Keqiu's matter was finalized, Zhu Li thought of Li Hanzhi, Yang Zaixing, Liang Zhang, Liu Zhijun, Shang Rang, Lin Heier and others, these people were brought back to Shuozhou, and it was better to arrange them as soon as possible.

Lin Hei'er said that her age is not much older than Ning'er, and she was taken in by Wei Chijian, so let's place her next to Ning'er first, read with Ning'er, and use the cheerful Ning'er as a shining light source to help poor Hei'er, and slowly dispel the haze in her heart, Zhu Li thought so, and decided like this.

As for the others, they must be discussed with the three gentlemen.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Li looked at Guo Chongtao and Guo Qizuo, and said, "The few people I brought back, the detailed information, did Jing Ming send someone to present it to the two of them?" ”

Hearing this, the two nodded, Guo Qizuo looked at Zhu Li, and asked suspiciously: "How is the envoy going to arrange these people?" ”

"I'd like to hear the opinions of the three first." Zhu Li looked at the three of them for a long time.

The three of them glanced at each other, and Yan Keqiu said, "I first arrived in Shuozhou, and I don't know much about the situation here, so let's take the idea of the two Mr. Guo." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Li nodded, and then looked at Guo Qizuo and Guo Chongtao again.

Guo Qizuo motioned to Guo Chongtao to say first, Guo Chongtao was no longer polite, and said: "The envoy can arrange them like this, let Li Hanzhi and Liu Zhijun go to Sanggan, these two people, one is unruly and the other is conceited, just let General Wu Mourning suppress their arrogance, and temper their temperament by the way." ”

"Yanmen is a heavy pass, stuck between Daizhou and Shuozhou, and now it is not so important; General Liang Zhang is older, but he has rich combat experience, so he can let him go out of the town of Yanmen, and he just happened to discuss the actual combat experience with General Guiba. ”

"As for Shang Rang, this person used to be in the grass army, high and powerful, and suddenly lost his power, presumably his heart is unbalanced, so you might as well entitle Shang Rang and Yang Zaixing as the left and right generals, use the sharpness of General Zaixing, frustrate his arrogance, if there is a change, it is not too late to reuse." Guo Chongtao suggested seriously.

"What about Mr. Guo's opinion?" Zhu Li listened to Guo Chongtao's suggestion, and did not make a decision immediately, but asked Guo Qizuo again.

Guo Qizuo glanced at Guo Chongtao, and found that the other party's expression was calm, and he was seriously preparing to listen to his opinion, so he spoke: "Chongtao's words, although reasonable, are inappropriate. ”

"Hmm, what do you think, sir?" Zhu Li raised her eyebrows and asked seriously.

Guo Chongtao and Yan Keqiu also immediately put on a posture of listening to their ears, all of them looked like they had heard of it.

"Since the reign of the three emperors and the time when the five emperors were hanging the arch, Hedong is the important place where my descendants of Yan and Huang thrive, looking at the territory of my Han Dynasty, from Guanzhong, Hedong, and Heluo, all of them are places where the Li people gather and the people are dense."

"Li Keyong is now controlling Hedong, but we are biased towards Daishuo, we can imagine that if there is a military operation in Hedong, in addition to the place where Hedong is plotting to be secluded, it is the Northern Expedition to Heshuo; Therefore, defending against Li Keyong, and even using Li Keyong as a necessary obstacle to the south, is the primary matter that we must consider now. ”

Zhu Li, Guo Chongtao, and Yan Keqiu all nodded, as for the three emperors and five emperors, whether they had really ruled in Hedong, Zhu Li didn't know, but he knew that Hedong at the end of the Tang Dynasty was very wealthy, this is true, there is no doubt about it.

In the area that Zhu Li is occupying now, the horizontal front is too long, which is a taboo for soldiers, if they try to calm the world, they only have two choices, the first is from the direction of Hetao

, to the west and south, to expand the territory, that will stretch the front longer, unless you have to choose that way.

As for the second option, it is to go south to capture Taiyuan, only in this way can the controlled areas be connected together, so that the territory can be held and more stable.

Moreover, from Zhu Li's point of view, whether it is from the perspective of personal enmity or old grudges, or from the perspective of strategic people's livelihood, capturing Hedong is the best choice.

If it is only considered from the aspect of employing people, Guo Chongtao's opinion is very pertinent, and it is the best policy to restrain and complement each other; But if it is a general examination, it is up for debate.

Seeing that the other three people understood what they meant, Guo Qizuo continued: "Throughout history, whether it is the first emperor who took the prosperity of Guanzhong and pacified the six countries; It was still Emperor Gaozu who raised troops in the Central Plains and swept the world to the west, and the east of the river was a key place, and major wars were inevitable. ”

"Now Li Ke is strong, if he goes north, it is justified; We are weak, and what we have to consider now is to defend instead of attacking, waiting for the opportunity, so it is very urgent to defend against Li Ke with the Northern Expedition. ”

"If we are Li Keyong and intend to go north to Daishuo, what offensive routes will we choose?" Guo Qizuo looked at the three of them and asked questions.

When the three of them heard this, they all frowned and pondered, and after a while, Yan Keqiu said: "Take Ningwu first, break Lanzhou, and go straight to Shuozhou; The second is to knock on the stone ridge, first break Xin, generation, and then take Shuozhou. ”

"Yes, but Li Keyong still has two offensive routes, he can also take Youji first, so as to confuse us and others, and then take Xin and Dai, until he attacks Shuozhou."

"Or capture Youji, go straight to Juyong Pass, pass through the military capital, and attack us from the east of Shuozhou." Guo Chongtao listened to Yan Keqiu's words and immediately added.

Guo Qizuo listened to the words of the two, nodded, and said indifferently: "Now the two passes of Ningwu and Shiling are in our hands, and they are strictly guarded, and Li Keyong is thankless if he forcibly attacks the two passes, so the most likely route for him to attack is still the two routes that Chongtao said." ”

"Juyong is in the hands of Fan Yang Li Gong, even if we want to send people to guard it, it is impossible; The military capital between us and Li Gong has been unguarded, and in order to prevent accidents, someone must leave the town. ”

"There was no one before, and it was sandwiched between Youzhou and us, we don't think it's anything, but who can guarantee that Li Gong will not be replaced by others?"

Guo Qizuo's words made Zhu Li and the three of them speechless, in this era, which section can ensure that he can sit steadily for a long time, no one dares to guarantee that if Li Keju is replaced, the military capital will undoubtedly be exposed, and it will become a smooth road for people with intentions to attack Shuozhou.

As soon as Zhu Li and the others realized the seriousness of the problem, Guo Qizuo continued: "Therefore, his subordinates suggested that the envoy could allocate three thousand guards to Liang Zhang, along with his old troops, and go out of the town to the army; let Shang Rang and Liu Zhijun go to General Wu Mourning to listen to the order; enshrined Li Hanzhi as a pro-soldier general; Yang Zaixing was named Sima of Shuozhou. ”

When Guo Chongtao heard this, he carefully understood Guo Qizuo's intention to distribute it like this, and then he understood.

Among these assigned people, the most reassuring to Zhu Li is undoubtedly Yang Zaixing and Liang Zhang.

Liang Zhang's old tribes and relatives all moved north to Daishuo, and his intentions were very clear, he was already planning to hang himself on Zhu Li's tree, and his loyalty naturally did not need to be said.

Yang Zaixing single-handedly, guarding Zhu Li all the way, fled for a whole year, never abandoned, and his loyalty was naturally the same.

And these two people, Guo Qizuo one let him be alone, one

Let him control the guards directly under Shuozhou, it can be said that this proposal must have won Zhu Li's heart.

As for the unstable three, Shang Rang and Liu Zhijun all sent them to Wu Mourning for polishing, who is Wu Mourning, that is Zhu Li's master, not only the martial arts are extremely high, but also the strategy and the art of war are unfathomable, and even the governance has its own unique opinions.

Letting these two people follow Wu Mourning is actually no different from directly letting them follow Zhu Li.

As for the brave and unruly Li Hanzhi, he directly let Zhu Li take him with him, in the land of Shuozhou, there is Zhu Li bullet pressure inside, and Yang Zaixing is restrained outside, I believe that the other party will soon be able to lose his temper.

Thinking of this, Guo Chongtao's eyes lit up when he looked at Guo Qizuo, he had been by Guo Qizuo's side for so long, he thought that he was not far from the other party, but now it seems that the gap is still not small.

Whether it is from figuring out people's hearts, or layout and planning, they are obviously more than a step above him; As for Yan Keqiu, he naturally figured out the trick, and the eyes that looked at Guo Chongtao and Guo Qizuo were also greatly admired.

These two people are not famous at all in the Central Plains, but they didn't expect to be unfathomable, old and seeking the country, no wonder Zhu Li has been out of exile for two or three years, and he is not worried that something will happen to the nest, with these two people here, it is difficult to think of an accident.

After listening to Guo Qizuo's words, Zhu Li almost didn't think about it, so he said directly: "Since it is Mr.'s arrangement, then let's do it." ”

Just a simple sentence made Guo Chongtao and Yan Keqiu's envy and admiration for Guo Qizuo a step higher; It is not so much a decisive sentence as it is a concurring word, in which there is no doubt about the credibility and affirmation.

Following.

Assassin Shifu military order, enshrined Liang Zhang as General Yiwei, led 5,000 troops out of the town army capital, set off on the same day, and the pass was prepared to build a material, all of which could be received by themselves.

He named Li Hanzhi as the general of the tooth soldiers, and was in charge of the 3,000 tooth soldiers of the Assassin Mansion.

He enshrined Yang Zaixing as the general of Xuanwei and controlled the five thousand guards of Shuozhou.

Yan Keqiu was the observer of the three states of Youlingyan, and Shi Yan was the general of Mingwei, leading 6,000 troops to Hetao and defending Lingzhou.

Feng Shangrang and Liu Zhijun were the generals of the Guide to Germany, and they went to Sanggan with Zhu Li to serve in the near future.

The land of the twenty-four prefectures, which was attacked by Wu Mourning, was the area of the Sanggan River, and as for the place north of the Hetao area, Gaosu was attacking.

At the same time, the Assassin Mansion also promoted the old generals, such as: Gao Yuan, Zhou Dewei, Huo Qing, Meng Juehai and others, all of whom were returned to the post of General Dezhonglang, all of whom were military attaches from the fourth grade, and Liang Zhang, Shi Yan and others were at the same level.

As for Gao Su, Zhu Li ordered him to be a strong general, Wu Mourning to be a loyal general, and Wang, Guo Chongtao, and Guo Qizuo all received the title of Zhongzhou Assassin History, all of which were officials of the fourth grade.

Theoretically, Zhu Li is just a thorn in history, or Xiazhou, he can't seal such a high official at all, and it won't be his turn to be sealed, but who let him bear the name of rebellion, rebellion also has the benefit of rebellion, that is, willfulness.

This lavish reward is inevitable, the officials receive the money, but they are all based on the official position, and now the life is much better than before, is it still possible to let the old man eat chaff vegetables, no matter how loyal the command is, he can't eat, wear, and have no strength to be loyal.

Shuozhou's defense was basically completed, and Liang Zhang's first road general was basically added, which was inconspicuous.

It's time to go and see the master Wu Mourning, Zhu Li has this plan, and promised Xiao Yueyun that the matter must be the master Wu Mourning, not to mention, he really misses the other party a little.