Hua Mulan was puzzled: "Where can you go without Pingcheng?" ”

"No matter where you go, it's safer than staying in Heijo, right? Don't worry, I will protect myself, and there are a few Uncle Quan! Wan Yutong didn't seem worried.

How can Mulan be so easy to fool? She shook her head and said, "Don't coax me, if the Empress Dowager Bao really wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, even if you leave Pingcheng, won't her people be able to find you?" ”

Wan Yutong was asked by this, Empress Dowager Bao is now the person with the highest right to speak in the Northern Wei Dynasty, most of the world is under her control, what else can she do if she wants to take a person?

Hua Mulan thought about it for a while, and she said to Wan Yutong: "That's it, I will find a way to send you out of the city, and then I will send a team of people to escort you to Youzhou Junsheng's brother there, with the protection of Junsheng's brother, the Empress Dowager's people don't dare to be presumptuous in Youzhou!" Well, that's it."

Under Hua Mulan's arrangement, Wan Yutong and the others were safely sent out of Pingcheng, and she dispatched an elite cavalry with a tooth to escort Wan Yutong and his party to Youzhou.

Since Zhao Junsheng asked Guo Yi to strengthen the ability to collect information from the Pingcheng court, Guo Yi quickly sent people to set up several news collection bases in Pingcheng, and bought a secret place as a place for the letter eagle to transmit messages.

The news that Wan Dugui was framed for rebellion and killed and that Wan Yutong and his party were wanted were known by Zhao Junsheng long before Mulan's letter was sent.

He has also been worried about Wan Yutong in his heart, and now that Wan Dugui has been poisoned, Wan Yutong must not have another accident, just because he has been busy with military affairs during this time and does not have much energy to pay attention to the follow-up development of Wan Dugui's false rebellion.

Now Hua Mulan sent a letter saying that she had sent a cavalry to escort Wan Yutong and his party to Youzhou, and asked him to send someone to the border between Youzhou and Sizhou to meet them, so that they would not be chased and killed by the people sent by the Queen Mother on the way to Youzhou.

Zhao Junsheng read the letter and sent someone to find Chang Kun.

"General, the last general is ordered to report!" Chang Kun walked into the lobby and clenched his fists loudly.

Zhao Junsheng nodded and beckoned to him, motioned for him to step forward and said, "Chang Kun, General Ben has a task I want you to do!" ”

"Please show the general!"

"Okay, that's ······" Zhao Junsheng briefly explained the matter, and finally said: "The reason why I sent you to lead the team to answer is because of your strong martial arts; On the other hand, because you are a new face, if you don't investigate carefully, the pursuers should not know you, so it can be convenient for you to act! Remember, this matter can only succeed, not fail, and this general wants Miss Wan to arrive in Youzhou intact! This is a talisman, you can use this talisman to go to the barracks and draw a hundred elite cavalry, and then set off immediately after getting ready! ”

Chang Kun took the talisman and hugged his fist and promised: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

After Chang Kun left, Zhao Junsheng beckoned to Li Bao: "Li Bao, go find a house near the Thorn Mansion that is convenient for arming and concealment, find someone to clean up, prepare all the daily necessities, find some handy maids, and wait for Miss Wan to move in as soon as she arrives!" ”

"Yes!" Li Bao agreed, turned around and left to prepare.

Despite a series of arrangements, Zhao Junsheng was still not at ease, and his brows were deeply locked.

Zhao Junsheng was holding a military meeting before receiving the letter sent by Mulan, and at this time the hall was standing in the hall with his henchmen, generals and strategists.

Gao Xu asked: "General, the last general sees that General Chang is a calm person, with a flexible brain and strong martial arts, there shouldn't be any problems!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said, "General Ben is not worried about Chang Kun's side, but about the distance between Miss Wan and the others after they set off from Pingcheng and before entering the boundary of Youzhou. You also know that General Ben can embark on the road of joining the army, if there is no General Wan to guide the way and the initial protection, it is impossible to have today's situation, General Wan was framed for rebellion, General Ben is already very self-reproachful, and Miss Wan must not be injured by accident! ”

Speaking of which, Zhao Junsheng also knew that he had already made arrangements, and it was superfluous to worry no matter how worried, so he could only wait for good news.

"Forget it, don't talk about it!" Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and asked Cao Jiao: "Let's get down to business, how are the soldiers and horses recruited?" ”

Since the imperial court decreed the appointment of Zhao Junsheng as the False Jieyue, Shizhong, Governor of Youliao Zhujun, General of Zhengdong, Kaifu, and Youzhou Assassin History, responsible for the strategy of Liaodong, Zhao Junsheng began to recruit troops and horses, expand armaments, and build armor forging workshops in several places in Youzhou.

Recruitment began in March this year, and it has been more than two months now.

Cao Jiao stood up and hugged his fists and replied: "General, more than 12,000 soldiers and horses have been recruited so far, and these people have already begun to practice, but the last general has found that there seem to be more and more signs of people who have signed up for the army in recent days!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was quite surprised, now that the conscription affairs have come to an end, why are more and more people signing up for the army?

Cao Jiao replied: "After the last general learned of this, he immediately sent someone to investigate in detail, but it turned out that these people who came to sign up for the army were all from the surrounding states and counties of Youzhou, and when asked why they came to join the army, almost all of them were because we recruited young and strong soldiers from Han people and other tribes to join the army, not only with military salaries, but also with the same treatment as Xianbei generals!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed when he heard this, he knew that this was because the influence of his Youzhou New Deal had finally spread in the surrounding states and counties, and immediately instructed Cao Jiao: "Immediately send additional people to assist in the conscription matter, collect as much as you want, but pay attention to the checks, and strictly review the items that can prove your identity such as the office and the waist card, so as to prevent spies from getting mixed in!" ”

"Yes, General!"

From last year to this year, due to Zhao Junsheng's promulgation of new policies and decrees in Youzhou, the forces of the lords such as Xungui and the family have been strongly suppressed, and ordinary people and people from poor families have received a lot of support.

Although the growth of the population has had a great impact on social security to a certain extent, fortunately, Zhao Junsheng has retained enough state and county soldiers in charge of public security in Youzhou.

The rapid increase in population has also brought great benefits to Youzhou, the economic situation has risen significantly, market transactions have begun to become more frequent, and many of the land that has been abandoned for more than 100 years has also been reclaimed.

In the past, Youzhou was often attacked by barbarians such as Rouran, especially in the area outside the Guan, and the people did not dare to live, cultivate and graze in that area, but now Zhao Junsheng has strengthened his armament in the border area, and issued a lot of decrees to benefit the people, and the people of the surrounding states and counties are flocking to it.

Zhao Junsheng saw that the population of Youzhou has risen sharply, the cultivated land area has almost doubled, and the tax revenue has increased tenfold, and it seems that there is no need for the Tuntian army to carry out reclamation, so he asked Dongfang Chen: "Mr. Dongfang, now I am the military governor of Youliao and the general of the expedition to the east, I can't sit in this position and not work, this general wants to send troops to attack Yanguo, but the troops on the surface are insufficient, and the newly recruited soldiers and horses are still training, this general wants to use the 22,000 Tuntian army that is in Tuntian, they are all battle-hardened generals, Just free them from the fields and train them for a few more months to become a strong team, what do you think? ”

After hearing this, Dongfang Chen touched his beard, stood up and said to Zhao Junsheng: "General, Chen thinks this matter is not appropriate for the time being!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was puzzled, "Why?" ”

"It's because the time hasn't come yet!" Dongfang Chen also sighed.

"Please also ask the gentleman to explain the doubts!" Zhao Junsheng hugged his fists.

Dongfang Chen said: "If the 22,000 Tuntian troops are exposed now, they will inevitably be deeply feared by the imperial court, thinking that the general has long been disobedient, and the Yan State is just talking about it, but there is no actual move to go west, if the general sends troops to the Yan State at this time, the Empress Dowager Bao will inevitably be restrained, and may think that the general wants to use this as an opportunity to expand his strength and form a divisive trend!" ”

"Now that chaos has been born in various parts of the north, two emperors have died in a row in the past few years, and now the emperor is young, and the imperial court has gradually shown signs that it cannot suppress the local state capitals and border towns!"

"The subordinates think that within three or five years at most, or at least one or two years, there will be chaos in all parts of the north, and the time to wait has come, the general can raise troops to attack Yan State first, take the anointed land in the northeast, and then force Kumoxi, Khitan and Goguryeo to surrender by force, so that there will be a stable rear, with a steady stream of grain, grass and soldiers, and they will sweep the world and retreat to a corner of peace!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about Dongfang Chen's words carefully, and thought that it was not unreasonable, although there was Zong Ai as internal aid in the court, but at this time Zong Ai was fighting fiercely with the Empress Dowager Bao, if he moved here, Zong Ai's side would help him speak, and it would inevitably be discovered by the Empress Dowager Bao once she found out that Zong Ai had already colluded with him, and it was really inappropriate to expose his relationship with Zong Ai too early.

And Zong Ai is too deeply hidden, no one knows how many hole cards this person has in his hand, if Zhao Junsheng exposes his strength too early, it will inevitably cause Zong Ai's jealousy, and then this game of chess will not be easy to go.

Zhao Junsheng figured it out, it is better to lie dormant for the time being at this stage, so he hugged his fist to Dongfang Chen and said: "Mr. Gaojian, I will be taught!" ”

Heijo, Imperial Palace.

Empress Dowager Dou sat on the soft collapse and said to Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi angrily: "This Mulan is really too much, she shielded Wan Yutong, the daughter of the rebellious Wandu Gui who tried to conspire, and the remnants of the sins, not to mention, and dared to kill the leading general Su Gu Dagan who went to search, and now she openly sent people to escort Wandu Gui Yu out of the city, and even used the army on the right wing to mobilize the army for private use without authorization, and she simply ignored the law of the country!" She thinks she's a woman, so can't the mourners do anything to her? The mourning family decided to order the removal of her as the general of the right wing and put her in prison for trial, what do the two Qing families think? ”

Cui Hao hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Queen Mother, this matter must not be done!" ”