Liu Ji guessed in his heart that what Ding Lin said was not necessarily true, after all, Ding Lin was a person, how did Liu Ji think he didn't look like an honest person. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But then Liu Ji didn't scare Ding Lin anymore, he made the best use of his talents, as a superior, it is impossible for everyone under his hands to be loyal to you, people like Ding Lin, as long as they can give advice to Liu Ji, as for whether he is sincere and loyal, Liu Ji doesn't care.

Of course, while using a person like Ding Lin, Liu Ji will definitely take precautions against him, and this precaution will continue, but unfortunately getting a hint of true allegiance from the system is only applicable to generals whose force value has reached the third-rate level, like Ding Lin, who only has a high intelligence value and a force value that does not reach 60 points, Liu Ji will not get any hints from the system about true loyalty.

After meeting with Ding Lin alone, Liu Ji successively met with the officers of the original Shangyuan City defenders, including the four third-rate generals Sun Ruyue, Niu Zhi, Bai Siyuan and Zhao Teng, who were accidentally discovered, as well as the second-rate military general Geng Wenfeng.

Liu Ji tried his best against these officers again, after all, the annexation of the defenders of Shangyuan City was different from the collection of Hu prisoners of war, and these officers of the original defenders of Shangyuan City would continue to serve as officers in the Jue'an Army under Liu Ji.

After completing the matter of absorbing the defenders of Shangyuan City, Liu Ji and Taishou Zhang Chutao had a detailed discussion again, and returned to Chengyin City with the cavalry troops of the guard battalion, while in Shangyuan City and the surrounding villages and towns, they left three infantry battalions of Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang, as well as two newly formed infantry battalions of Li Xin and Mengwu.

In the whole prairie opposite Ju'an County, it is mainly dominated by the tribes of the Loufu tribe and the tribe of the Wuheng tribe, and now these two grassland peoples have suffered a big loss in the hands of Liu Ji, and they are busy licking their wounds recently, and it is unlikely that a large-scale southern invasion is possible.

At present, Liu Ji has controlled Shangyuan City, Chengyin County, Longchang County and a large grassland north of Xishankou, of which there are only two cities, Shangyuan City and Chengyin City, Liu Ji considered the location of the two cities, and decided to put his base camp in Chengyin City, so that any other territory is attacked, Liu Ji can lead troops from Chengyin City to support the past as quickly as possible.

Liu Ji chose to return to Chengyin City, also because Xishankou was preparing to start the construction of the fortress city, Liu Ji attached great importance to this fortress city, once the Xishankou fortress was completed, then the cavalry troops stationed in the grassland north of Xishankou would have a reliable haven.

In addition, Liu Ji also agreed with Taishou Zhang Chutao that Liu Ji would pay for the food, and the people from Shangyuan City would rebuild Longchang City, Liu Ji did not control Shangyuan City before, and he did not have the strength to build two cities at the same time, but now Shangyuan City is equivalent to being controlled by Liu Ji, and Liu Ji is ready to use the power of Shangyuan City to build the destroyed Longchang City together.

Ding Lin and Zhang Qi followed Liu Ji back to Chengyin City, Ding Lin, a partial general with an intelligence value of up to 86 points, Liu Ji decided to temporarily take him with him and give advice for himself, and Zhang Qi, the staff member of the Taishou Mansion, also had an intelligence value of 75 points, and his ability was still quite good, and through the contact in the past few days, Liu Ji found that Zhang Qi was more loyal, so Liu Ji opened his mouth to ask Zhang Chutao for Zhang Qi, and decided to let Zhang Qi temporarily serve as the county commander of Chengyin County to help Liu Ji deal with the people's livelihood problems in Chengyin County.

Zhang Qi was overjoyed when he learned that Liu Ji had asked him to temporarily serve as the county magistrate of Chengyin County, you must know that he was just a small staff member in Taishou Mansion, and he didn't even have an official position, and he could be promoted to the head of a county out of thin air, which was like a big pie falling from the sky.

As for not getting the official appointment of the imperial court, Zhang Qi didn't care, in the past few days, Zhang Qi has been impressed by Liu Ji's strong strength, Zhang Qi felt in his heart that hugging Liu Ji's thighs is much stronger than hugging the thighs of the imperial court, with Liu Ji's more than 200,000 troops to support, Liu Ji said that he Zhang Qi is the county commander of Chengyin County, so he Zhang Qi must be the county commander of Chengyin County.

It's a pity that Zhang Qi's force value is only 36 points, otherwise Liu Ji will definitely be able to get the system prompt that Zhang Qi is truly loyal to him.

He Ruobi and Chen Zhong and a hundred elite cavalrymen of the Guards Battalion did not return to Chengyin City with Liu Ji, but were sent by Liu Ji to Qi County in Changping County, Yongzhou, and took Liu Ji's handwritten letter to take Liu Ji's father Liu Hao, sister Liu Niuniu, and housekeeper Li Tie to Chengyin City for a family reunion.

This is also at the request of Taishou Zhang Chutao, hoping that Liu Hao will rush to Jue'an County as soon as possible, so that he can finalize the marriage between Liu Ji and his daughter Zhang Wanting.

On the way back to Chengyin City, Liu Ji asked Ding Lin, who was riding a war horse beside him: "Old Ding, now that Taishou Zhang Chutao has become the father-in-law of this general, and Shangyuan City is also controlled by the Ji'an army under the command of this general, what do you say we should do with the other four counties of Ji'an County?" ”

The other four counties of Jue'an County, Ningchuan County, Hezhi County, Moxi County and Baihe County, are currently in the hands of the border army generals of each county.

Ding Lin immediately said to Liu Ji: "Lord, my subordinates think that the lord should take Ningchuan County, Hezhi County, Moxi County and Baihe County into your pocket as soon as possible, in this way, the depth area of our Hawks Army will expand a lot at once, and the population and territory controlled by the Lord will also increase a lot, and the strength of our Hawks Army will be even higher." ”

"Then Lao Ding, how do you think our Jue'an Army should seize Ningchuan County, Hezhi County, Moxi County and Baihe County?"

"Back to the lord, in these four counties, Hezhi County and Baihe County are not close to the northern prairie, the strength of the border army in the territory is not strong, the border army in the two counties is not more than 2,000 people, and the generals who lead the army in the border army of the two counties are not ambitious people, before Shi Mao has used gold to buy the two partial generals of Hezhi County and Baihe County, the lord only needs to send a large army into the territory of Hezhi County and Baihe County, and the two partial generals will not dare to resist, The lord can effortlessly control and Fat County and Baihe County. ”

"What about Moxi County and Ningchuan County?"

"Lord, as for Moxi County and Ningchuan County, there is some trouble, the border armies of these two counties are very strong, even Shi Mao does not dare to fight the idea of Moxi County and Ningchuan County, the generals who lead the army in the border armies of these two counties are still the people of the gate, and they will not easily submit to the lord!"