In the face of Ling Xia's inquiry, Jiang Hailiu expressed his distress, he was also more worried in the past two days, it turned out that when the soldiers of the division heard Nangong Xiongba's recruitment order, the entire battle flag division was divided into two camps.

The group is the left-behind faction led by Sima Chenfeng, Mu Guying, Yue Qianfeng, Ji Mo, He Youzhen, Lu Yi'an, Pei Nanpo, and others, these people were influenced and impressed by Ling Xia's actions, and wanted to stay and follow Ling Xia.

The other group is the return faction led by Feng Poyuan, Du Shan, and He Rigui, the three of them have deep feelings for Nangong Xiongba, and now Nangong Xiongba has summoned the old department back to the camp, and they feel that they should return to the imperial capital and return to the Janissaries.

Under the influence of these generals, the soldiers below were also divided into two factions, most of the soldiers did not want to return to the base camp of the Praetorian Guard because they were dissatisfied with what the members of the Nangong family had done, and they chose to continue to stay in the division.

But there are also some soldiers who feel that the division has no sense of belonging, and feel that the foundation of our division is not as strong as the Praetorian Guard, since the metropolitan governor has been reinstated and the Praetorian Guard has been summoned back to restore his life, everyone should return to the imperial capital immediately.

After listening to Jiang Hailiu's narration, Ling Xia was silent for a moment, turned his head to look at Feng Poyuan, Du Shan, and He Rigui, and asked with a sigh: "Do you still remember the scene when the four major legions were reorganized and went to the border?" ”

"I'll remember ----- that." After Feng Poyuan answered this sentence with a shameful expression, he thought for a moment, and then explained the reason in a curtling manner: "General, we all know that the Metropolitan Governor of Nangong was removed from his post because he was wronged.

Thanks to the general's refusal to give up, when the four major legions were distributed, we were selected to stay, for which several of us were grateful to Dade, but compared with the general's kindness, the friendship of the metropolitan governor was more important. ”

"Yes, what Brother Feng said makes sense." At this time, He Rigui also stood up and echoed: "Since the general asked, then I won't hide it, brothers admire the general's character and intelligence, but we admire the governor even more."

I have been in the Praetorian Guard for more than ten years, and I have a deep affection for it, and over the years, the Metropolitan Governor of Nangong has also promoted me a lot, and I couldn't help the Metropolitan Governor before, and now that he has personally recruited the old department, how can I ignore it. ”

"Two virtuous brothers, if the general hadn't taken us in, we would still be guilty at the moment, and we were being sent to the border to defend against the rebels, even if we want to be our own masters now, don't break the general's heart."

It was Du Shan who spoke, he looked at Ling Xia and the generals around him with a look of shame, and said in a dry tone: "General, a thousand words can't describe the apologies in my heart, I'm sorry for you, I know that I shouldn't leave at this juncture, but ......"

When Du Shan said this, his voice was a little choked, looking at his expression, Ling Xia patted him on the shoulder, stopped Du Shan's words, and looked at Du Shan, He Rigui, and Feng Poyuan, Ling Xia sighed and nodded:

"I understand what the three of you mean, although I cherish the talents of a few of you and want to keep you by my side, but the twisted melon is not sweet, I respect the choice of the three of you and let the three of you go.

Not only do I allow the three of you to leave, but I also allow you to bring with you those soldiers who are willing to leave, as long as they want to return to the imperial capital to resume their lives, I will let them go, and not only that, but each brother who leaves will have gold coins to give them.

When I returned to the imperial capital, I saw the Metropolitan Governor, you conveyed a word for me, I admired the Metropolitan Governor's personality very much, and I would like to paint his liver and brain, if it were not for the memory of those victims in the disaster area, I would definitely be the first to return to the Imperial Capital to restore my life. ”

"General! We ......"

Before coming, I thought that Ling Xia would deliberately make things difficult for the three of them, or hinder them from leaving, and refused to let them go, but I didn't expect that Ling Xia would be so generous, not only letting himself go, allowing the soldiers to be taken away, and even giving out gold coins as a coil.

Thinking that Ling Xia treated himself so sincerely, but the three of them chose to leave, recalling Ling Xia's various benefits to him, Du Shan and the three of them were a little ashamed for a while, and wanted to say something, but they couldn't find the right words to express their feelings.

Looking at the complicated and playful expressions on the faces of the three Du Shan, Ling Xia smiled, breaking the embarrassment between everyone with laughter, and then, he asked the three Du Shan to take people, as long as they were soldiers who wanted to leave, they could follow them away, and when they left, they went to the shopkeeper to collect the gold coins.

After saying this, Ling Xia told Du Shan and the three of them that when everyone went on the road to return, he would not meet with the big guys, I wish everyone a smooth journey, if you can't stay on the Praetorian Guard's side, you can return to the division at any time, everyone is always welcome here.

After the words fell, Ling Xia left the council hall a little sadly, everyone glanced at each other, sighed, and all got up to go back, an hour later, Du Shan and the three of them led 14,000 soldiers to salute from the yamen of the governor of the territory government.

Looking at the empty and unmanned Territory Governor's Mansion Yamen in front of him, Du Shan was silent for a moment, and then he greeted Feng Poyuan and He Rigui, and after the three of them got on their horses, they walked towards the outside of the territory with the 14,000 soldiers.

……

In the back hall where Ling Xia was resting, Lao Cui came over to report on the situation of the division, and after seeing him, Ling Xia asked lightly: "Du Shan, they are all gone?" How many people were taken away? ”

Lao Cui nodded: "It's already gone, the three of them took away fourteen thousand soldiers, and those who left empty-handed, except for spears, didn't take any weapons and supplies." ”

"Let's go, let's go, these people's hearts are no longer here, reluctantly keep those people around, maybe it will cause trouble in the end, it's better to send them away than to keep them changing." After speaking, Ling Xia's tone relaxed a little: "Du Shan, they took away those soldiers with different intentions, and the rest of them are all my descendants." ”

When the words fell, Ling Xia glanced at Lao Cui, paused, and asked with a smile: "Among the soldiers taken away by Du Shan and the others, there must be hidden intelligence officers, let's say, how many intelligence officers have you installed this time?" ”

"The general is wise, he even guessed this, and it is really like a god, and the last general admires it." Flattered Ling Xia, Lao Cui looked around, put his hand to Ling Xia's ear, and said mysteriously.

After listening, a trace of shock suddenly appeared on Ling Xia's originally smiling face, and after a while, Ling Xia looked at Lao Cui with a surprised face, and whispered in surprise: "What? You actually ------- how did you do it? ”

"Hehe...... "Lao Cui smirked: "As long as Du Shan and the others return to the Praetorian Guard, there will be our intelligence station on the side of the Forbidden City Palace." ”