"General, did His Majesty the Emperor really say that?" Mao Xiuzhi's face turned pale, and his voice trembled and asked.

Zhao Junsheng took a sip of wine, looked at Mao Xiuzhi and said, "The emperor is the emperor after all, how can this kind of thing be said directly?"

That's what the emperor's words meant, couldn't he have heard it? ”

Mao Xiuzhi said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the general is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and he must know the holy will!" It's just ······· The subordinate is now under the suspicion of His Majesty, how is this good, and please ask the general to designate one or two, okay? ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Mao Xiuzhi and said: "Brother Mao, Ben Jiang has thought about it for you, if you want to eliminate the suspicion and suspicion of His Majesty the Emperor, the only way is to hand over the military power, otherwise, there is no other way, otherwise, even if Ben Jiang remembers that Brother Mao is also Han and does not attack Brother Mao, the emperor will remove me and let others come to deal with Brother Mao!" ”

"What? The right to surrender? This ······" Mao Xiuzhi's face changed.

Dongfang Chen, who was sitting opposite, persuaded at this time: "Mao Fujun, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses under your control, but the nearly 2,000 Xianbei troops are not something you can completely control, right?" You still have 8,000 Han soldiers, too many soldiers and horses! Think about it, Huaishuo Town, Woye Town, Wuchuan Town and other border town generals only have 3,000 soldiers and horses, at most 5,000 people, and you have a small Taishou commanding more than 10,000 people, not to mention today's saints, anyone who is the emperor will be jealous of Brother Mao, right? ”

Mao Xiuzhi opened his mouth and said: "But these Southern Dynasty soldiers were all ordered by the first emperor to appoint me as the general of Wu Bing and let me lead them!" ”

"Mao Fujun, your majesty is not the first emperor today, once a son of heaven and a courtier, who can disobey the emperor's intentions, don't you understand this truth? Now that Mao Fujun's family is in this dynasty, is it possible that you still expect to use these more than 10,000 people to succeed in the rebellion? It's not worth it! Dongfang Chen persuaded with a bitter heart.

Mao Xiuzhi's face kept changing, and after a long time of tea, he finally regained his composure, and sighed: "Many of those Han soldiers and generals surrendered with me back then, and the reason why I was reluctant to hand them over was because I was worried that they would be bullied without my care, after all, they believed in me and followed me back then!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Brother Mao, you can rest assured, I will personally lead these soldiers, reorganize them, pay them military salaries, and if they have military merits, they will be awarded fields, and they will never be treated badly!" ”

Mao Xiuzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "If they can serve under the general's command, presumably the general army will not treat them badly, and the subordinate will rest assured!" ”

Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng sent Cao Jiao with some people to follow Mao Xiuzhi back to Zhuoxian to receive his 8,000 Han soldiers, and sent Huahai, who followed Zhao Junsheng to Youzhou, to Fanyang Liangxiang as the deputy commander, as Mao Xiuzhi's deputy to assist him in leading the Liangxiang soldiers and horses.

Mao Xiuzhi is a Han and a general, and the nearly 2,000 Xianbei soldiers stationed in Liangxiang will not obey his orders, but Huahai is a Xianbei person, and Zhao Junsheng believes that those Xianbei soldiers should be easier to accept.

In order to appease Mao Xiuzhi, Zhao Junsheng still asked Mao Xiuzhi to recommend the candidate for the lieutenant of Fanyang County, according to the regulations, the size of the soldiers in a county is between 2,000 and 3,000 people, which can be regarded as leaving a little military power for Mao Xiuzhi in disguise.

A few days later, Cao Jiao and some entourage soldiers will bring back 6,000 soldiers and horses from Fanyang, and leave another 2,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed in Fanyang as county soldiers to maintain local law and order and crack down on bandits and bandits.

The 6,000 soldiers and horses brought back by Cao Jiao were stationed outside Zhuoxian County, close to the 12,000 Han soldiers camp and the 3,000 Youzhou army garrison led by Li Yuande, and the kid quickly reached Li Yuande's ears, which frightened Li Yuande.

12,000 soldiers and horses seems to be a lot, but these are all infantry, and they are outside the city, if Zhao Junsheng lets the 6,000 infantry and the 3,000 Youzhou army flank the attack, there is no need for the 6,000 infantry to do it, and it is very likely to crush the 12,000 infantry with only 3,000 Youzhou cavalry.

"Why hasn't the Messenger returned from Heijo yet? Damn! Li Yuande was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, lest Zhao Junsheng suddenly attack him.

At this moment, Menzi came to report: "Fu Jun, the Assassin Shi Mansion sent someone to invite Fu Jun to come over, saying that Zhao Envoy Jun has something to discuss with Fu Jun!" ”

"Sure enough!" Li Yuande's face changed when he heard this, he looked at Yang Zhubo and asked, "Mr. Yang, how do you think this official should deal with it now?" ”

Yang Zhubo thought about it and shook his head and said to Li Yuande: "How can the prince of the palace say that he is also the general of Yokono and the Taishou of Yanjun appointed by the imperial court, if he does not grasp the handle of the monarch, he will not dare to do anything to the monarch casually, according to the news from our internal line, there are no rumors that are unfavorable to the monarch in the Assassin Mansion, and the subordinates think that it is better for the monarch to go for a trip, and lower his posture, otherwise it would be bad to give Zhao Junsheng an excuse to do something to the monarch!" ”

Li Yuande listened to it, got up and said: "It's okay, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided!" This official will go to the Assassin Mansion, but I want to see what he Zhao Jun's business desires are! ”

"The subordinates will go with the prince!"

Li Yuande nodded: "It's okay, if the official has something to do and can't make a decision, you can just ask Mr. Yang to be Counselor or two!" ”

Under the escort of several personal soldiers, Li Yuande took Yang Zhubo to the Assassin's Mansion, and the two were introduced into the mansion by a small official of the Assassin's Mansion at the door.

When passing through the corridor to the lobby of the mansion, Li Yuande and Yang Zhubo saw an inner maid they arranged coming towards them, and the maid secretly made a gesture to the two, and the two of them were slightly relieved when they saw this gesture, which means that there is no ambush in the Assassin's Mansion, and the atmosphere does not need to be tense, it seems that this is just an ordinary call of Zhao Junsheng.

"Li Fujun and Yang Zhubo, please, the envoy has been waiting for a long time!" The little official led Li Yuande and the others to the door of the lobby and stopped, letting the two of them enter.

Li Yuande and Yang Zhubo walked into the lobby one after another, and came to the middle to salute Zhao Junsheng, who was dealing with official documents: "Your Majesty Li Yuande has seen the envoy!" ”

Zhao Junsheng glanced up at Li Yuande, and said with a smile: "It's Li Taishou and Yang Zhubo, you guys should take a seat first, and then talk to you after General Ben finishes dealing with these official documents!" Come on, serve tea to Li Taishou and Yang Zhubo, please invite Mr. Dongfang to accompany you! ”

"Yes, Envoy!"

"Thank you!" Li Yuande and Yang Zhubo bowed their hands again, and then came to the right side, and each knelt behind a low table.

Dongfang Chen came soon, and Zhao Junsheng also finished reviewing the official documents as quickly as possible, he asked the scribes to move down these piles of official documents, vacated some space on the desk, picked up the teacup and drank two sips, and looked at Li Yuande: "Li Taishou?" ”

Li Yuande hurriedly put down the teacup, knelt up and even arched his hand: "The lower official is here!" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked; "By the way, when did you submit to Great Wei?"

Li Yuande's face was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't help but answer Zhao Junsheng's question, so he had to answer: "Back to the envoy, the lower official was captured in May of the eighth year of Taichang and surrendered in August!" ”

"And what position did you hold before you surrendered?"

"Be the Taishou of Yingchuan!" Li Yuande replied.

Zhao Junsheng frowned: "Yingchuan Taishou is a civil official, right?" Of course, at that time, Yingchuan was close to the border of our DPRK and belonged to the border town of the Southern Dynasty, and it was difficult for you to let a civilian official lead the troops and horses to resist the attack of our DPRK! By the way, how many soldiers do you have now? ”

"This ······" Li Yuande's face showed embarrassment again, he now believed that Zhao Junsheng was by no means asking these questions for no reason, he must have done an investigation beforehand, if he lied, he was afraid that Zhao Junsheng and his subordinates would be able to debunk his lies in minutes.

"Back to the envoy's words, there are currently 15,000 soldiers and horses under the rule of Yan County, including more than 2,800 Xianbei soldiers and 12,000 Han soldiers······"

Zhao Junsheng frowned: "Is it too much to raise 15,000 soldiers and horses in one county?" Do the people of Yan County feel miserable? The one sitting on the throne in the Heijo Palace is not very at ease, right? Otherwise, how could General Ben be transferred from Wuchuan Town to Youzhou as the assassin for no reason? ”

It turned out that he was targeted by the emperor, even if he had the support of King Le'an behind him, it was useless! Li Yuande suddenly felt sweat on his forehead, his face turned a little pale, and he couldn't help but turn his head slightly to look at Yang Zhubo.

Zhao Junsheng sounded like he was talking to himself, pretending to guess the emperor's purpose of transferring him to Youzhou, but in the eyes of Li Yuande and Yang Zhubo, the emperor must have hinted at Zhao Junsheng, otherwise how could Zhao Junsheng say that?

Yang Zhubo thought for a moment, knelt and straightened up and said to Zhao Junsheng: "What the envoy said is very true, it is really unbearable to raise 15,000 men and horses in a county, and the people have already been miserable, Yan County soldiers and horses were originally only more than 3,000 people, except for the more than 2,800 Xianbei soldiers who were guarded by the town guards, there were only less than 1,000 county soldiers, and the extra 12,000 Han soldiers were recruited by Liu Jie under the order of Shangshu at that time, after several months of drills, Du Chao surrendered afterwards, and the 12,000 men and horses were uncontrolled. My family is worried that their lives will be unsettled after they are disbanded, and it will be very bad if someone falls into the grass, so it has been delayed until now, I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor and the court mean to dissolve these people, or is there another use? ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Yang Zhubo, then at Li Yuande, and asked, "Li Taishou, if General Ben wants to collect the military power of these 12,000 people, I don't know if Li Taishou is willing to hand it over?" ”

Li Yuande was commanded by Zhao Junsheng in front of him, and he was forced into a corner, he couldn't fool around this problem at all, otherwise Zhao Junsheng would make a big fuss about this matter.

He smiled awkwardly and said: "The general said that he was joking, these soldiers and horses are not the private soldiers of the lower officials, if the imperial court wants to withdraw the military power, how can the lower officials be unwilling?" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Li Taishou doesn't have to answer General Ben in a hurry, after all, you have been in charge of these soldiers and horses for a long time, some feelings, and a lot of effort and resources, if Li Taishou takes the initiative to hand over the military power, the court will definitely show something." In this way, Li Taishou went back to discuss with the generals, and General Ben gave you three days to think about it, how about it? ”

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