In the past three watches, in Lu Shi's cave, on the rough table, the polished oil lamp, glowing with a dim light, projected the figures of several people on the walls of the cave with maps and icons of various places, Lu Shi, Guo Tianxing Chen Ce and Zhao Xing, sitting in their accustomed seats, holding a water bowl in their hands, talking quietly and constantly arguing.

Wang Jian and Zhang Xiao sat by the door, holding their ears together, listening carefully to the movement outside the door, looking nervous and serious.

This was an important meeting, and the content was to make personnel arrangements for Gu Feng and several of his brothers. The talk here today must not be leaked to the outside world.

Tie Ying, whose real name is Gu Feng, because he has been reading with him for a few years, he came up with a word and called Wen Zhong, but everyone just asked, and they all called him by his name directly.

In fact, according to the ancient rules, it is absolutely impolite to call people by their names directly, but Gu Feng also knows that the brothers here are all calling their names directly, which is not offensive at all, but a kind of intimacy.

According to the principle of separating the military from the government, Huang Long is also a political officer, a military leader, and a garrison army, but there are differences in the selection and placement of personnel.

According to Lu Shi's meaning, since Gu Feng already has absolute connections in Huanglong, he should use this advantage to calm people's hearts, therefore, Gu Feng is the chief of affairs, and Gu Feng's brother has always actually mastered the Huanglong pole, so he will be the military chief, and in the army, the deputy captain and the captain of the military chief squad will be directly transferred to the experienced brothers of the army, which can be regarded as a check and balance.

But this proposal was immediately unanimously opposed by everyone.

Chen Ce said worriedly: "According to King Chuang's arrangement, it means that Huanglong is still independent of the base area and is still in the hands of the Gu family brothers. It may also have cultivated an adversary for himself. Therefore, this is absolutely not feasible. ”

Zhao Xing stared at the water bowl in his hand, and did not look up and said: "King Chuang, we implement the separation of military and political families, just to prevent the slightest slight, and eliminate hidden dangers for future development. ”

Lu Shi narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing that what the two of them said was true, but Huanglong Xintou, some things can't be rushed, or start from the principle of stabilizing one place, think about it and refute with a smile: "Gu Feng poured his heart into the vote, if he was separated from the original people, it might chill their hearts, which also brought an adverse impact on the heroes who voted later, we temporarily took some risks but played the role of a thousand catties of the city, and the advantages still outweighed the disadvantages." ”

Although Chen Ce agreed with Lu Shi's idea, he said firmly: "What King Chuang said is reasonable, but, for the sake of the future, this precedent cannot be opened in any case, and this hidden danger must not be left, this is a matter of principle and cannot be moved." ”

Looking at Guo Tianxing, Guo Tianxing was rarely serious, and took the water bowl, "I support the opinions of Chen Ce and Zhao Xing brothers, if you want to do it in the long run, it must be like this, otherwise, we will raise a white-eyed wolf with money, food, knives and guns, and we may jump out at a certain critical juncture, then we will really be doomed." Seeing that Lu Shi was still arguing, Guo Tianxing said in a deep voice: "Isn't Zhao Dahai's example enough?" ”

Lu Shi was silent and closed his eyes in pain. Zhao Dahai is the most secret pain in his heart, even in a dream, he doesn't want to think about it.

After a moment of silence, he opened his eyes and said worriedly: "But judging from the overall situation in front of us, are we doing this-"

"King Chuang, the separation of the military and the government, this is our principle that cannot be shaken, and this time is no exception, at the same time, if we arrange it this way, we can also completely test Gu Feng's original intention to take refuge in us, if he just uses us to alleviate his crisis, he will definitely oppose this arrangement, and we can support it appropriately." Zhao Xing suggested in a low voice.

"Yes, I agree with that." Guo Tianxing raised his head and said solemnly to Lu Shi: "At the same time, explore the way for our established strategy of Weinan after the autumn harvest." ”

Chen Ce said: "Yes, King Chuang, according to the original strategic concept, after taking Yichuan, the next step is to follow the strategy that we have not yet completed and go south to Weinan, and the Huanglong Tieying between us and Weinan can only be either his own people or the enemy." ”

Lu Shi tapped lightly on the table again, closing the door and pondering.

Killing Ben Weinan, this is a strategy set at the beginning of the army, and now it has been fought hard to Fuxian, which can only be said to be half of the Long March, and has not really achieved its goal.

The reason why we want to stay in Luochuan, Fuxian County, and to enter Yichuan is because, at that time, we rushed into Weinan, where there was no dangerous terrain to defend in Pingchuan, and with my own meager strength now, I fought bravely with tens of thousands of officers and soldiers and the rich landlords and strong townships in Weinan, that is, I was looking for death.

To occupy the three counties bordering Weinan that are easy to defend and difficult to attack is to win for oneself a strategic maneuver space that can be attacked, retreated, and defended, and to lay a solid foundation; as long as this year's harvest is okay, it is necessary to raise troops and enter Weinan after the autumn to complete the unfinished strategy, and this is the fundamental.

The Yellow Dragon in the middle, most of them are under the control of Gu Feng, who has more than 30,000 people, and they are also rebels with the same spirit, really seeing each other, Lu Shi really can't bear it, this time Gu Feng took the initiative to come to the door, which was originally a good thing, but it was the result of this dilemma.

Seeing that Lu Shi was deep in thought, Chen Ce stood up and said: "I think so, now we will arrange according to our rules, and we can also test Gu Feng's attitude, the least good is an ally, in the future, we will go south to Weinan, and there will be room for war or peace." ”

Three to one, according to the principle of the minority obeying the majority, Lu Shi had no choice but to agree, weigh it again, Lu Shi opened his eyes and nodded lightly: "Since this is the case, then do it." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although Lu Shi repeatedly implemented the law of the minority obeying the majority, but at the most critical time, as long as Lu Shi insisted, everyone still took Lu Shi's opinion as the mainstay, and in their hearts, everyone was just his ministers, and this concept was deep-rooted.

"Brother Chen Ce, how do you think their duties are arranged?"

Chen Ce asked, and replied without thinking: "There are two ways to arrange, one is that Gu Feng is literate and hyphenated, and he is also knowledgeable, transfer him to Chen Che, become the administrative officer of Fu County, and remove the original Huanglong pole, and according to the method of breaking into the army and selecting the army, select one to two thousand troops, set up a garrison army, and Gu Nian is the garrison." Seeing that Lu Shi was noncommittal, he said again: "There is one more, that is, Gu Feng does not move, and he is the political officer of Huanglong, but Gu Nian transferred the headquarters, set up a new team, and served as the captain. ”

Lu Shi thought about it again and again, and finally agreed with the second plan, Gu Feng did not move, although there seemed to be hidden dangers according to the principle, but the benefits were also obvious, and it was good for stabilizing the hearts of the army and the people.

"Which team should I transfer to?" Zhao Xing raised this question.

The person who is transferred over must not only be good at handling the relationship between each person, and be decisive in killing, but the most important thing is that he is the main force nailed there by the army, and he must sit in the battle, so he must be loyal.

Guo Tianxing thought about it and said, "Zhu Tie." ”

Yes, Zhu Tie, everyone agrees with this candidate.

Zhu Tie not only has all the above conditions, but the main thing is that Zhu Tie is Lu Shi's original personal guard, and there is no problem in loyalty.

"I think it's okay to arrange this way, if everyone has no opinion, it's so decided." Lu Shi smiled and clapped. The other three nodded in agreement.

Lu Shi stood up with a smile, relieved his muscles and said: "It's not early, everyone rests, I'll go to talk to Gu Feng, and then ask for his opinion, the process still has to go." ”

After Gu Feng decided to join the army, he let go of the heaviest burden in his heart, and felt relaxed, he was originally in Huanglong, worrying day and night, once the burden was unloaded, he didn't sleep as peacefully as he did now.

was sleeping sweetly, and a gentle knock on the door woke him up from the dream, and asked casually: "Who?" ”

A calm voice outside the door said, "It's me, Lu Shi, can Brother Gu get up and talk about it?" ”

Hearing that it was King Chuang, Gu Feng was shocked, but he didn't expect that in the middle of the night, King Chuang came to visit, and he knew that it was a big event, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and got up, and hurriedly said while going to the ground: "King Chuang will bring it a little, and wait for me to dress and wash." ”

Lu Shi laughed and said, "They are all brothers, where do you need to wash?" The spring night is cold, are you going to freeze me? ”

Gu Feng didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and opened the door. Seeing Lu Shi standing outside the door with a smile, he hurriedly saluted and invited Lu Shi in.

Lu Shi stepped in, sat down on a chair, and said with a smile: "It's really rude to visit at night, but there is no way, time is pressing, please forgive me." ”

"King Chuang is polite, subordinates-"

Lu Shi hurriedly smiled and said: "We are brothers, don't be polite, there is something I want to discuss with my brother, and then ask my brother to make an idea early." ”

Hearing this, Gu Feng knew that the matter was very important, and hurriedly sat down opposite Lu Shi, "What do you have to say about King Chuang, but please send someone to give instructions, how dare you work to King Chuang?" ”

"It's better for me to ask my brother for advice in person, anyway, I'm also a night owl, and it's normal to stay up late, but it's just a delay in my brother's good dreams."

"Where did King Chuang come from? It's just that the subordinates are used to being casual, but they are sleepy. Gu Feng blushed and said.

"Brother Gu, knowing that you want to join the Chuang Army, our brothers are all happy, so we discussed it and made arrangements for the brothers' positions, and now I will ask for your opinion."

Gu Feng hurriedly stood up, crossed his hands and saluted: "Joining the Chuang army, I am in the spirit of entrusting the heavy burden, as long as the people and brothers who originally followed me can be properly arranged by the king of Chuang, so that they can live a stable life, it is my wish, I Gu Feng is willing to be a spearman of the army, and follow the king to fight in the north and south." "The words are sincere, and there is no pretentiousness.

Lu Shi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and now Gu Feng's performance made his words much easier. So he pressed Gu Feng and said with a smile: "Brother is talented, the base is in short supply, how can you put the pillars as firewood?" For the two arrangements for the brothers, please consider them, brothers. ”

"Dacai doesn't dare, but please tell King Chuang, Gu Feng will obey."

Lu Shi was polite again, and then said the result of the discussion, but the order was reversed. At the same time, he said apologetically: "Now the rules of the base area are there, and it can only be like this, but if the brother has any concerns, we can also be allies, and the base area will also fully support the brother." This is Lu Shiran's apologetic proposal, if Chen Ce knew about this, he would definitely jump up and oppose it.

Gu Feng looked at Lu Shi carefully for a long time, and saw that Lu Shi's eyes were full of sincerity, and his heart was full of joy, this first condition had far exceeded his expectations when he joined, according to the convention, with his original prestige in Huanglong, he was taboo, and it was already good to be a well-known errand runner by Lu Shi's side, but he didn't want this to be the result.

At that time, he stood up excitedly, gave Lu Shi a deep salute, and said sincerely: "King Chuang arranged it like this, Gu Feng is inexplicably grateful, and he is willing to die for King Chuang." ”

Lu Shi didn't expect the matter to be resolved so happily, he stood up immediately, helped Gu Feng and said with a smile: "It's not for me to die, let's die for these tens of millions of people together." ”

With that, the two big hands clasped tightly together.