Li Zhihe and his subordinate generals Deng Tai and Zhou Tong rushed back to Jiufeng City full of confusion.

Without the full support of Xuzhou, Li Zhihe could only give up his plan to use troops against the Yongzhou rebels, summon the deputy commander Zhou Yi and other generals above the deputy capital Yu Marquis in Jiufeng City to the big tent, and officially show the generals the order that had been sent from Yueyang five days ago.

"Lord Chai should have already rushed to Shaozhou on the way, you still have to prepare for the order of the Privy Council as soon as possible......" Li Zhihe sat behind the main case, looking at the generals with tiger eyes and said.

Although the Zuo Longqi Army is headed by Li Zhihe, not all the generals above the level of the deputy capital Yu Marquis are his descendants, in addition to Zhou Yi and other generals from cottages, there are also Zhang Han, Gao Long, Miao Yong and others who have made great achievements after surrendering in the war of cutting the domain.

In particular, Gao Long and Miao Yong were the two of them, who surrendered for the Xinchang Marquis Li Pu, and it was the Xinchang Marquis Li Pu who strongly recommended them to be the middle and senior generals at the level of the deputy capital Yu Hou, and they were naturally regarded as the generals of the Xinchang Marquis Mansion.

The five elites of the Zuo Longque Army, which can really be called the elite of the descendants directly controlled by Li Zhihe, are the two departments of Zhou Tong, Hao Zixia and the thousand-person personal guard battalion led by Deng Tai.

Of course, in addition to the generals and soldiers of different factions blended together to check and balance each other, the two capitals led by Zhou Tong and Hao Zixia and the personal guard battalion, the families of military attachés and generals were mainly placed in the cantonment military government of Tanzhou and Junzhou, and the authority of the Tanzhou government and the Privy Council could be fully guaranteed in the army.

Zhou Yi and Zhang Han looked dazed, they knew that King Xin had hit the Nanya Forbidden Army, but they didn't know that Yueyang had made such a strategic adjustment in response to this, and wanted Li Zhihe to lead the personal guard battalion and Zhou Tong and Hao Zixia to rush to Ezhou to sit in Ezhou, and the elite of the three capitals led by Zhou Yi, Zhang Han, and Gao Long, as well as the Shaozhou Prefecture Battalion and Hengzhou Prefecture Battalion, with a total of more than 21,000 troops, will be controlled and commanded by Chai Jian, who went to serve as the assassin of Shaozhou and the military of Shao, Heng, and Yong.

"The next step should not be to attack the Yongzhou rebels with all your might, why is Your Highness in a hurry to divide troops to defend Ezhou at this time?" Zhou Yan asked in shock.

He is relatively close to Li Zhihe's ideas.

Even if Hunan Xingshangshu Province has formed an independent force with Yang Yuanpu, the king of Tan, as the core, standing in the position of Xingshangshu Province, first conquering Yongzhou to relieve the worries of the future, it is the unification of Xingshangshu Province to the west, and it is the key to compete with King Xin or Anning Palace for Dachu in the future.

Although King Xin showed a dazzling light in the battle of defeating the Nanya forbidden army, it is precisely because of this that they need to solve their worries first, so that they can go all out to deal with the elite of Chuzhou in the future.

"Maybe attacking Yongzhou at this time is too risky, and if you are not careful, the north is prone to change." Li Zhihe noticed that Zhou Yi and Zhang Han did not know about Yueyang's latest decision, but seeing that Gao Long, Miao Yong and others should have gotten the news from the Marquis of Xinchang, he explained to Zhou Yi quietly.

"Lord Han and Lord Shen, what is their opinion?" Zhou Yan asked.

Zhang Hannai is a son of the Langzhou clan, in the war of cutting the domain, his clan was the first to be attached, he did not feel deeply about Han Qian, but Zhou Yi, as a general from the cottage, as early as during the war of cutting the domain, Han Qian came forward to recruit them on behalf of Yang Yuanpu, and was once regarded as the general of the Han family's father and son.

What's more, during the Jinling Incident, Zhou Yi and the others stayed in Jinling's home, and they also received Feng Yi's notice to gather in Lanting Lane first, and then under Han Qian's deployment in advance, Zhao Wuji and Feng Yi led people to escort them out of Jinling City through Shuiguan to escape the catastrophe, and they were able to retreat to Yueyang City afterwards.

No matter from which point of view, Zhou Yan, who is the deputy commander of the Zuo Longque Army, is emotionally closer to Han Qian, but he is also a senior general of Yueyang, but in order to avoid suspicion, his personal relationship is not very deep.

Although Zhou Yi was born in a cottage, it does not mean that his knowledge is poor.

The cottage forces between the mountains and rivers of Junzhou are mainly the remnants of the defeated soldiers who have been defeated in the past few decades and avoided in the mountains, whether it is the remnant generals or their heirs, the quality in all aspects is quite good, otherwise there will be Zhou Yi and Chen Jingzhou in one fell swoop, and the two deputy commanders and generals of the state assassin history.

Yue Yang's decision, Zhou Yi had to consider and weigh more things than Li Zhihe, after all, his stay and Chai Jian's moderation would make his situation quite embarrassing and embarrassing.

He didn't know that Yue Yang had made this decision, so he didn't consult Xuzhou at all, and his heart was full of doubts, how could Xuzhou agree to such a disposition?

"I don't know what Lord Han's opinion is, but Lord Shen supports this decision." Li Zhihe said.

Li Zhihe also greatly appreciated Zhou Yi's ability to lead the army and govern the army, but many times Zhou Yi was born as a copycat general, and he was somewhat wise to protect himself out of habit.

Although he will not elaborate on the fact that he secretly sent Deng Tai to Xuzhou and was rejected, he will also tell the basic truth.

Zhou Yi was deeply puzzled, he couldn't understand how Han Qian's attitude on this matter could be confused, but he didn't ask any further.

Perhaps it was the survival habit he developed in the cottage that made him more careful to handle his relationship with other generals in Yueyang.

No one stood up to take the lead, so they naturally unconditionally accepted the order of the Tan Wangfu and the Privy Council to discuss the division of troops and the subsequent defense of the first line of Wuzhiling, Shishiling and Jiufengling, so that after Chai Jian came over, he could make a good transition in the fastest time and no chaos would occur.

After arranging these people, it was already early in the morning, Li Zhihe rubbed his swollen temples, walked out of the big tent and walked towards the temporary mansion behind the barracks, and the sound of the piano could be faintly heard from a distance.

The sound of the piano seemed to be able to iron out Li Zhihe's chaotic mind, but when he thought of the person who played the piano, he became more entangled, making him realize that he could not completely separate himself from the past.

Li Zhihe walked to the mansion in a gloomy mood, but saw an unexpected person, who was sitting in the pavilion in the backyard at this time, holding his chin with a white jade-like hand, listening to Hongyu playing the piano.

"When did Xishui come to Jiufeng City?" Li Zhihe asked quietly.

"I just arrived in the afternoon, and I learned that my eldest brother was convening the generals to discuss the division of troops, so I didn't dare to disturb, so I came directly to find Sister Hongyu." Yao Xishui said.

Seeing Yao Xishui's eyes drifting towards Deng Tai behind him, Li Zhihe thought to himself that his wife might have known about Deng Tai's many visits to Xuzhou, so he specially called Yao Xishui over before Chai Jian, probably because he was worried that he would not follow orders, right?

Thinking of this, Li Zhihe's eyes when he looked at Su Hongyu couldn't help but feel cold.

"Big brother, you misunderstood Sister Hongyu, Deng Tai went to Xuzhou, we have another source, of course, we don't specifically want to keep an eye on you, big brother," Yao Xishui said, "Madame asked me to come over this time, not to say that I have to stop you from anything, it's just that Madam has something to say to give to you the eldest brother." ”

"What?" Li Zhihe walked to the pavilion and sat down, and asked with a slightly calm face.

Yao Xishui did not rush to answer Li Zhihe's question, but asked first: "Deng Tai went to Xuzhou, what is Han Qian's attitude towards Yueyang's recent situation?" ”

Seeing Yao Xishui ask, Li Zhihe knew that even if his wife arranged for people to infiltrate Xuzhou, she was not close to the core.

He glanced at Su Hongyu, sighed in his heart, and decided to tell the truth: "Deng Tai didn't see Han Qian this time. ”

"Didn't see Han Qian?" Yao Xishui was also taken aback, she found that she didn't seem to be able to see through Han Qian's moment, and asked, "What does Han Qian mean?" ”

"He may be waiting for the time when he has to go out of the mountain!" Li Zhihe also speculated in confusion and said.

Yao Xishui looked at the night sky in the west with beautiful eyes, and saw the top of the black mountains, revealing a strange crimson.

Who in the world can guess Han Qian's thoughts? Did he just think that without him, the situation would fall apart, and one day he would crawl at his feet and wagging his tail and beg for mercy?

"What do you want to tell me, Madame and Concubine?" These things were enough to make Li Zhihe upset, and he didn't want to play dumb riddles with Yao Xishui, so he urged to ask.

"I said it all, it wasn't the concubine who ordered me to come, it was the lady who asked me to give a message to the eldest brother - the lady said that the Hou Ye may not be enough to rely on." Yao Xishui said.

Li Zhihe was shocked, staring at Yao Xishui in disbelief, and for a while he didn't think deeply about the meaning of Yao Xishui's words.

"Madam said, if it weren't for the decisive handling of the eldest brother of Xiangzhou City, the only remaining strength of the Shenling Division, I'm afraid there wouldn't be much left." Yao Xishui said.

Li Zhihe came back to his senses at this time, smiled coldly, and said, "Why didn't I know about this incident beforehand, so I could only follow orders?" ”

Deng Tai stood aside, thinking that Madame's skills in winning people's hearts this time were too clumsy.

Yao Xishui said: "I also advised Madame to listen to the advice of the eldest brother, but Madame said that the remaining power of the Shenling Division is currently mainly in the hands of Hou Ye, and we still have to rely on Hou Ye for many things." In addition, we also hope that the eldest brother will maintain a good relationship of trust with Han Qian and His Royal Highness, so for a long time in the future, Madame will persuade the concubine to suppress and control the eldest brother, but the eldest brother is guarding Ezhou, which has a population of 100,000 households, are you still afraid of being suppressed by others? ”

"......" Li Zhihe had a cold face, but he didn't believe Yao Xishui's words.

"Madame also said that the eldest brother would definitely not listen to her words, and Madame asked me to show the eldest brother a mark on my body, and I would believe it," Yao Xishui reached out and pulled down the shirt under his left armpit, revealing a piece of white and greasy skin like snow, and saw that there was a dark red mark on the part of the armpit near the chest, like a Vermilion Bird spreading its wings and about to fly, "Madame said that four or five out of ten children of the clan will have such a mark when they are born, and my eldest brother and I are relatively lucky, both of them are among the four or five out of ten, and they all have such imprints, which happen to be able to seal each other." ”

"How is that possible?" Li Zhihe stared at Yao Xishui in disbelief and sat on the railing.

"Husband, don't you really think that your face is three or four points similar to Xishui's?" Su Hongyu asked softly.