The June day, in the heat, exudes an alluring restlessness.

On the outskirts of Beikou, in a simple pavilion, opposite Zhu Li, kneeling sat a delicate little Langjun dressed in a scholar's robe, Yan Bi Song Yu, and looked like Pan An, but Zhu Li knew that this was a Xibei goods.

"Zhu Li, this son tried his best to win the position of Shuozhou Assassin, how are you going to repay me." Li Keju finally decided to transfer the edict of the Tang Dynasty to Zhu Li, and Wei Chijin invited himself to come to convey the holy will.

After all, Zhu Li is a modern person's thinking, looking at the little girl who is also only fourteen years old and has such a fresh and moving appearance, coupled with their familiar relationship with each other, he said angrily: "How to repay, could it be that the lady wants me to make a promise." ”

When Wei Chijin heard this, his pink cheeks instantly turned red, but his phoenix eyes were round, and he looked angry about strangling Zhu Li, but in the end he didn't have a seizure, and turned his eyes to look away, and said: "Speaking of which, you are really working hard, first from Tanzhou all the way to Hongzhou, and then I took you to Youzhou, just won a position for you, and encountered the attack of the Shatuo people, and had to go to Ulzhou, this has just come back, and you are about to go to Shuozhou, Shuozhou is not a stable place, you have no plan." ”

"What's the plan, the master originally planned to make Beikou our base camp, but now it seems that it is going to be yellow again." Zhu Li said helplessly, the world will be chaotic, and it is not him Zhu Li who is running around, now the people of the Central Plains are very happy as long as they can live, what does he have to complain about.

"Shuozhou is much bigger than Beikou, you might as well run Shuozhou, and think that you will be solid in the future, but this time you master and apprentice are afraid that they will be separated, Tang Ting enshrined you as the history of Shuozhou Thorn, and Li Gong added another one, he seems to have some consideration for you, so he enshrined Wu Mourning as the history of Yunzhou Thorn, obviously to divide your strength, but fortunately, Shuozhou and Yunzhou are connected, and it is convenient for you to come and go with each other."

"Divide my strength now, could it be that Gong Li has a way to deal with Li Quanzhong?" When Zhu Li heard this, he wondered after a little thought.

"Hehe, it's not for you to be this assassin, I have to find a way for him to solve Li Quanzhong." Yu Chijin glanced at Zhu Li and said angrily.

"Ah, what did you give him another idea?" Zhu Li was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yiren suspiciously.

"It's not a good idea, it's just a trick to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf." Wei Chijin said indifferently, "By the way, you haven't been back to Fanyang for a long time, do you want to go back and have a look before taking office?" ”

Yu Chijin suddenly changed the topic, his eyes were full of expectations, and he seemed to be looking forward to it, but he saw Zhu Li's dewy hair, but he didn't know why, he muttered in the play, this is about to move the nest, does he still have time to go back to Fan Yang?

Zhu Li and Yu Chijin gathered and dispersed, talked about it, and parted.

Zhu Li immediately summoned everyone to announce the news brought by Wei Chi Jin, and in the simple mansion of General Mingwei in Beikou, after everyone came, they discussed things while eating.

This is also arranged by Zhu Li, imitating the bad habit of dinner and deliberation in later generations, and specially treating everyone.

Zhu Ning'er, the little girl at the banquet, knelt beside her brother delicately, holding a big chicken leg and gnawing on it, her face was full of happiness.

"It is a matter of course for the imperial court to entitle the general, and Li Keju only sent the document now, which shows that he has some scruples about the general." After Guo Qizuo heard the news, he took a sip of water and wine, squinted his eyes comfortably, and said indifferently.

"What do I have to worry about him?" Zhu Li was puzzled.

"If Wu is not mistaken, Li Keju must have found a way to further weaken Li Quanzhong, otherwise he would not have divided our forces so quickly, since he has a way to weaken Li Quanzhong, there is no need for us to contain the mighty army for him, at this time it is obvious that we will be controlled, after all, there is a lesson from Li Quanzhong's past, and it is reasonable for him to do this." Wu Mian finished gnawing on one elbow in three or two bites, and explained.

Guo Chongtao, a newcomer sitting beside Guo Jia, hesitated for a moment and said: "Actually, this is not a good thing, after all, Beikou is a small place, although the situation in Shuozhou is grim, it is a state after all, and it can make you show your strength." ”

"Yes, Shuozhou has been in turmoil for a long time, and the people are at peace, since Li Keju decided to let the general out of Shuozhou, we might as well move the focus to Shuozhou, no matter how poor Shuozhou is, as long as we vigorously develop and work hard, we will definitely be able to become the foundation of the place." Guo Qizuo frowned slightly, and said in agreement.

"Well, Mr. must have a plan, it is better to listen to it." Wu Mourning's eyes lit up and he looked at Guo Qizuo and said.

When Guo Qizuo heard this, he did not refuse, but frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "No matter what the reason, since Li Keju has made a decision, we can only act according to orders now, besides, there are also advantages to breaking away from Beikou." ”

"Beikou is the key point of Li Quanzhong and Li Keju in the game of Danzhou, and we are out of here, so as to avoid the crisis on the cusp of the storm, one of them; As Chongtao said, after all, Beikou is a small place, and it is just an expedient measure as a foundation, since Yu Chi Xiaoniang spent a lot of money for the general to go out of Shuozhou, we can't live up to her kindness; Stationed in Shuozhou and operating Shuozhou as the foundation, there is no contradiction with our previous strategy at all, but the place has changed, and this is the second. ”

"Third, although Shuozhou is poor, there is a treasure land west of Shuozhou, if we unknowingly accept that treasure land as a rule, great things can be expected, and great things can be done." Guo Qizuo looked excited, looked around at everyone, and was very determined.

"Could it be that Mr. Fei is talking about the Hetao?" Wu Mian frowned slightly, then his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

"Yes, it is the Hetao, the Hetao is now occupied by the Dang Xiang people, and the Youzhou Assassin Tuoba Sigong is now the leader of the Dang Xiang people, although he is the self-proclaimed Youzhou Assassin Shi, but in fact he controls the entire Hetao of the five states; The Di people are not good at farming, but such a treasure land is used for grass storage and grazing, it is indeed a pity, it is better to give it to us, only need to operate for a maximum of three or five years, and the entire Hetao will definitely be able to become our most stable grain and grass base. Guo Qizuo explained.

"Well, Hetao is indeed a good place to raise people and soldiers, it is perfectly protected by the Yellow River in the pass, as long as we vigorously develop the water army, combined with our foot cavalry, we still have the confidence to defend this place." Wu Mourning echoed.

When Zhu Li heard this, he couldn't help but think of a sentence in later generations, "The Yellow River has nine evils, and only one set of riches", Guo Qizuo's eyes are really vicious, and he can see the extraordinary Hetao at a glance, which is simply a model of a prophet who has not served.

However, he still had doubts and said: "Master, sir, everyone, now in the Beikou army, most of the guards are former bandits, and their families have been relocated to Beikou by us, if we leave here, what will happen to their families, Li Gong will never allow us to move the people to Shuozhou, will we let them go, if so, not only the guards are uncertain, how can we bear it?" ”

"This is easy, if Li Keju can really solve the trouble of the mighty army, Beikou only needs thousands of soldiers, with the current defense facilities, it must not be a problem to protect the people and prevent the Di people from plundering." Guo Qizuo immediately made a suggestion.

Hearing this, Zhu Li nodded, the city wall of Beikou, after nearly a year of continuous reinforcement and widening, is no less than the ordinary fortified city, and the Di people go south, the Beikou army only needs to defend one side, and thousands of troops stick here, which is indeed enough.

Seeing Zhu Li's approval, Guo Qizuo changed his words and suggested again: "There are two places in Shuozhou that need to be heavily garrisoned, one is Yanmen Pass, we must seize the front of Zhu Mei and send people to garrison here, so that we will have the initiative in the face of Daizhou in the south in the future, and no one in charge of Daizhou will dare to act rashly against my Shuozhou; The second is Tanglong Town, the general can let people cast Xiongguan here, the north defense Di people, as long as these two passes are held, plus the general Chen Bing Shanyang, the north and south form an echo, and Shuozhou can be protected. ”

"Mr. Guo's words are reasonable, and Wu Mourning is impressed." Wu Mourning bowed his hand, and indeed admired Guo Jia's suggestion very much.

"How is the master's Yunzhou arranged?" Since Shuozhou has an arrangement, the rest is Yunzhou's planning.

"Hahaha, since Li Keju handed over Yunzhou to Wu, naturally you don't have to worry about it, I have my own means to take Yunzhou for myself." Wu Mian replied confidently.

When he said this, no one present thought that he was talking big, after all, Zhu Li's ability was taught by this one, and the apprentice was so good, let alone as a master.

When Zhu Li heard this, he also did not question it, and said: "Since this is the case, let's divide the labor, I will talk about my own arrangements first, and if everyone thinks it is inappropriate, put it forward." ”

Everyone smiled and nodded their heads in approval.

"I intend to let Gao Yuan go out of Tanglong Town and lead his subordinates to cast Xiongguan, which is called a partial head." The predecessor of the partial head pass was based on the topography of Tanglong Town, combined with the surrounding terrain to build, Zhu Li did not want to let this Xiongguan lose his due prestige because of his appearance, and still named it with "partial head stone".

"Brother Guiba led the flying horse, rushed to Yanmen, preempted Zhu Mei, and seized here, hoping that it was still too late; Mr. Guo, Guo Chongtao, and Shi Yan went to Shuozhou with me; The master led the Pang family lady, Lu Yong, and Brother Gui Hou to Yunzhou; Brother Gui Mu led people to stick to the north entrance, what do you think? ”

"Nuo" Hearing this, everyone immediately responded without hesitation, and no one questioned it at all, but it made Zhu Li a little confused, and Wu Mourning, Guo Qizuo, and the fat lady glanced at him with a smile, but they didn't say anything, and let him think about it himself.