"Oh, Guo Yuanjun is actually willing to be loyal to Ben Shuai?"

Li Wenge was very surprised, he has always lacked enough attention to Guo Yanqin. Today is the eighth day since entering Gyeongju. He has not officially received Guo Yanqin until now, which shows how much he despises this Gyeongju assassin appointed by the imperial court.

This can't be blamed on him, he has been coordinating the relationship between the two clans for this time. It is too difficult to make the two major tribes who have been fighting for more than a hundred years give up their grudges and sit down to coexist peacefully. Li Wenge's measure in response to this was to move the Niu Killing Family to Baoan, completely separating the two adjacent tribes, and allowing the geographical separation to gradually dilute the past grudges. If you want to move a tribe, it is not a simple matter, and all aspects must be thought of, otherwise there will be a big mess.

In addition, the takeover of the Gyeongju regime is even more important, after all, it is a strategically located prefecture and county, and it is impossible for Li Wenge to take it into his pocket without effort. Although the transition of power is relatively simple with the military in charge, the function of the government is to maintain local stability. Li Wenge wanted a complete Gyeongju, so it was not enough to just use bandit methods to grab a handful.

Gao Shaoyuan also has some administrative experience in Yanzhou, but now he has taken over the civil affairs of eight counties in one state as soon as he comes up, and there are not enough manpower, and he is an official in a different place, so it is understandable that he is in a hurry. The county commanders of each county have already received orders to report to the state capital, but so far only the county orders of the four southern counties have come, and the other county commanders are still waiting.

In this case, Gao Shaoyuan did not dare to remove all the county orders of these four counties for a while, in that case, the county officials of other counties would not dare to come. Although a group of veteran officials and civil officials have been transferred from Yanzhou, they are not familiar with the place, and it is impossible to take over the entire state power in a short period of time, at least at this stage.

There is also the issue of the disbandment and reorganization of the Gyeongju state soldiers. After all, Jing Hai is only a Duzheng, and his experience in leading troops has always been limited to about 100 people, and he has taken over more than 700 people at once, and there are few qualified officers in his hands. After all, Li Wenge could not be completely reassured.

According to Li Wenge's plan, only 500 of the existing 700-odd soldiers in Gyeongju Prefecture will be selected and reorganized and organized into a Gyeongju self-defense battalion.

For now, according to Jing Hai's report, Li Wenge eventually found this idea unrealistic.

If we look at the quality requirements of the Eighth Route Army, the fact that these ragged miscellaneous soldiers in the Gyeongju State Battalion can finally leave 200 people is the result of repeatedly lowering the standard of soldiers. Most of the more than 500 people who were laid off were landless ruffians who would have been turned into migrants with no food and clothing overnight. The law and order of the state will become a big problem.

In short, there are many problems and contradictions, and Li Wenge's expectation that he wants to quickly cut through the mess and quickly digest Gyeongju is unrealistic.

In contrast, the goal of the robbery was achieved with ease.

There was not much grain and money copied from the Gyeongju treasury, but after the hundreds of carts that were ready to run away were confiscated after the Lepan County and the governor Guo Yanqin were confiscated. Li Wenge finally confirmed that the battle of Gyeongju was won economically.

100,000 yuan in cash, these are nothing, 300 catties of gold, all kinds of rare treasures, silk satin, calligraphy, paintings, and antiques, after careful copying, the connoisseurs brought by Li Wenge from Yanzhou were ecstatic. Guo Yanqin's collection is very large, only Ouyang Xun's handwriting reaches as many as six, and there is a copy of Chu Suiliang's "Lanting Collection Preface", and the most rare is a piece of Zhang Fei's handwritten book "Difficult to know as yin". This is a rare treasure, and it is estimated that someone will be willing to take over when it is sold to the Southern Tang Dynasty to bid for a hundred dollars of gold.

Gyeongju's armor staff weapons were relatively tattered, but fortunately, Li Wenge didn't expect to gain anything in this regard, so he was not disappointed.

It wasn't until these general eyebrows were raised that Li Wenge remembered that there was still a Guo Yanqin waiting for him to summon him.

Guo Yanqin's performance surprised him. As soon as they met, this thorn who was as fat as a round ball gave him a big salute in a five-body posture, and then cried and shouted that he was willing to be loyal to General Li.

"Since last year, the general has risen to Yanzhou, and the party has been difficult to tie up, and the town of Guanzhong has been shocked. I have admired my humble position for a long time. Today is fateful. I saw the general and was willing to serve. I also hope that the general will not be despicable and despicable, and give a place to accommodate himself......" Guo Yanqin said this very sincerely, and his tears flowed down his face, and Li Wenge couldn't help but feel compassion when he heard it.

"What will you do?" People are so sincere, Li Wenge is not good not to give face, and asked with some embarrassment.

"As long as you are in charge of Gyeongju for one day, Gyeongju is the general's Gyeongju, whether it is money, food, utensils or soldiers, the general can use it at will......"

It turned out that I wanted to continue scraping the ground......

Li Wenge was a little crying and laughing.

"Guo Yuanjun, if it weren't for the handsome, I couldn't tolerate you. The incident in Gyeongju alarmed the center of the imperial court, and the holy bow was furious, and the Son of Heaven ordered the commander to send troops. Although Guo Yuanjun is sincere, he is a guilty person at this moment, even if he has a heart, he does not dare to recklessly retain him......"

Li Wenge is also telling the truth, after all, Guo Yanqin's matter is registered with Guo Wei, and he can't overstep his authority on this issue.

"As long as the general has mercy, the life of the humble will all depend on the general's words!"

Guo Yanqin's words are also true, Guo Weiyuan is in Bianliang, and what Gyeongju looks like can only be known from Li Wenge's mouth. As long as Li Wenge said please for Guo Yanqin, the Son of Heaven and the Privy Counsel of Zhongshu would never refute his face.

Li Wenge smiled: "Guo Tingshi is really smart, but this matter is really difficult to speak!" ”

Guo Yanqin glanced at Li Wenge lightly, gritted his teeth and said: "General, if you are in Gyeongju, Gyeongju should be owned by the general." If the humble position loses his head, the imperial court will always send a new place to assassinate the history, and the general will only be afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it! ”

Li Wenge was stunned, Guo Yanqin's words were already very clear, he obviously saw through his intention to take Gyeongju into his pocket, and was ready to bargain with himself on this issue.

"The envoy is right, the whole world. If it is not the king's land, the imperial court will naturally send a new state minister to govern Gyeongju, but I am afraid that Guo Tingshi will not be able to worry about this matter......" Li Wenge said lightly.

Guo Yanqin said: "Don't the generals want Gyeongju?" ”

Li Wenge sneered, although this Guo Thorn Shidi is clever and has played well. After all, it was just a rat's belly, and he said lightly: "No matter who the imperial court sends to do the history of the Gyeongju Thorn, since Ben Shuai has already occupied this place, the new Thorn History will always take over the governance from Ben Shuai." Guo Jianshi thinks that if Ben Shuai makes a private deal with you, will he be able to deceive the Son of Heaven and the King of Jin? ”

Guo Yanqin was stunned, he really had the idea of Emperor Tiangao far away, as long as Li Wenge nodded. Presumably, Kyo can't do anything about himself. Now listening to Li Wenge's tone, he is unwilling to intercede for himself, and he is in chaos for a while.

"If the general wants to stay in Gyeongju for a long time. Instead of cooperating with others, it is better to use a lowly position, although the lowly position is despicable, a head is all in the thought of the general, it is better than those Beijing officials who the general can't contain. ”

Li Wenge laughed: "Guo Yuanjun, you really underestimate me......"

"You underestimated the emperor and the king of Jin, and underestimated the ministers and ministers of the center......"

Seeing that Guo Yanqin was puzzled, Li Wenge said slowly: "Guo Yuanjun, please think about it, even if I write to excuse you, can I hide the affairs of Gyeongju from the imperial court?" How exactly is Gyeongju. Your Majesty and the King of Jin know very well that if I write to you to open my name, they may give me this face. But it would be difficult to make them suspicious of the matter. At that time, they will not suspect you, Guo Yuanjun, but they will suspect that I, Li, have ill intentions and have different ambitions......"

"I want to possess Gyeongju. Directly to the Son of Heaven and said that is, will the Son of Heaven and the King of Jin not allow me? Don't go on the road above board, and use such ghost tricks, what kind of person are you and Li Wenge? ”

This sentence made Guo Yanqin stunned again.

Li Wenge made it clear, with his credit. Moderation is really nothing. He even said it in the book. The emperor may be a little unhappy in his heart, but he will never turn his face with him on this matter.

Don't say it to your face. In private, he reached a compromise with the criminal ministers and secretly plotted against Gyeongju, and the court was going to suspect his intentions.

In the final analysis, neither Guo Wei nor Chai Rong can be deceived by such small means......

The valley was cloudy, and the wind swept the dust and struck every soldier violently, and the surrounding trees were rattled by the strong wind, and the grass on both sides fell down. The birds in the air had already scattered to leeward places such as the trees behind the cliffs, and the air was filled with turbulent and rolling air currents, and the originally clear sky was already dim and impossible to distinguish in the blink of an eye.

With a thunderbolt tearing through the sky in the distance, the dull sound of thunder pressed from far and near, and the sound was like the roar of a giant beast after someone covered its mouth, which made people tremble......

Another gust of wind swept in, and there was an indescribable dampness and moisture in the air......

A second bolt of lightning fell, but this time it was very crisp, and with a loud click, a large tree on a nearby hillside burst into flames.

The place where the fire started is densely wooded, and under normal circumstances, once the fire spreads very quickly, it is not enough to extinguish it. The end result of such a fire in the wilderness of the barren mountains is likely to be that the vegetation of the mountains will be destroyed by the fish in the pond and burned by the enveloping fire.

But not today, as the third lightning tore through the sky, the thunder had not yet come, and the raindrops the size of soybean grains had already struck their heads and faces.

The wind mixed with the rain hit his face, and his face, which had been blown wooden, seemed to have a trace of consciousness again. The soldiers, who had been walking for more than half a day, looked at the sky in despair.

And God really lived up to expectations, and the pouring rain fell like a waterfall. One moment it was still dense raindrops, and the next moment it has become a rolling ball curtain, and in the blink of an eye, the sky and the earth have been connected by endless dense rain lines......

This is the power of heaven and earth, and it cannot be resisted by human beings.

The queue, which had been somewhat shapely, suddenly dispersed under the relentless washing of the rain, and all the soldiers looked around for shelter from the rain. The whole queue was gone in an instant.

Xifeng Minda stopped, squinting his eyes and scanning these soldiers who were trying to take shelter from the rain and kill Niu Yeji and the two families.

Ye Jichuan pheasant hesitated, the rain was so heavy that the water was misty and even the road could not be seen clearly, and the original yellow-brown land and post road had been turned into a muddy beach by the heavy rain. Not to mention the inconvenience of walking, it is impossible to recognize at all.

This kind of weather is a big taboo for both marching and combat, and it is impossible for even a clever commander to command the mobilization of troops in such weather conditions, and few people can receive orders at all.

Thin seal Minda squinted. Still standing in the middle of the road, he didn't have the slightest intention of looking for shelter from the rain.

Killing the ox Sima was also a little hesitant, according to the habit of the tribal warriors to fight, at this time they should find a place to shelter from the rain, until the heavy rain stopped and the system was reorganized before starting the march.

The only places that remained in formation were the cavalry at the head and tail of the group, and the eight soldiers marching on foot in front.

Those eight people were Kang Shi and seven Gyeongju officers.

There were twenty-four people at the time of departure, and only seven were still in the queue to follow the march.

The rest of the people ran away.

Guo Huan finally understood the gap between the Yeonju Army and the Gyeongju Army.

Kang Stone stood in the middle of the dirt road. His face looked coldly at the misty front, and let the rain flow down the door and over the slightly pale face. It flows to the neck at the chin and does not mean to dodge at half-point.

He didn't take shelter from the rain, and Guo Huan didn't shelter from the rain behind him, and the other six officers also stood dumbfounded.

"Xuanjie, don't you want to find a place to avoid it?" Guo Huan asked in a trembling voice, the wind and rain hit his body, the clothes on his body were already soaked, the wet clothes were tightly attached to the flesh, and the cold air couldn't help but invade inside, and the taste was really not very pleasant. His dangling left hand felt stiff. Guo Huan had a headache, if it was raining outside, would this injured arm still recover?

"Wait—" Kang Shi said a simple word, but he still poked in place like a wooden stake, motionless.

"What are you waiting for?" Guo Huan was a little dumbfounded.

"Wait for the command ——!" Kang Shi replied lightly.

Thin Seal Minda waved a branch that had just been broken. From the end of the team to the head of the team.

The rain was still falling, and the soldiers of the two clans who had been hiding on both sides were blasted back one by one by the fine seal Minda.

The further forward the bombardment became, the more dense the team became, and the soldiers who had been beaten by the branches dared not speak in anger, although the slaughter of the ox Simo and the Yejichuan pheasant was full of reluctance. But he still followed behind Xifeng Minda, and bombarded these soldiers one by one.

A thousand people gradually gathered to the front. At this moment, the whole team had been compressed near a post road less than half a mile, and the cavalry on horseback ran back and forth on both sides of the procession, shouting. Help the officers drive the soldiers who are hiding from the rain back to the road.

Finally, Thin Seal Minda stopped, and he turned his face to scan the warriors one by one, his eyes full of anger.

He wiped his face sharply so that the rain would not obscure his view.

But it didn't work, the rain on the face had just been wiped off, and the new rain continued to wade down his eyebrows......

"It's a shame—"

Thin Seal Minda shouted at the top of his voice.

His voice was loud, and there was a slight tear in his tone.

Shouting so loudly, I'm afraid my throat will hurt, Simo thought to himself.

"It's a disgrace to the army, you-

He pointed out his hand at the soldiers who had just been blasted back, and roared loudly.

"You are not worthy to be soldiers, you are not worthy to be soldiers of the security regiment......"

"The army's code of conduct is the military order!"

"If you act without a military order, you should all be beheaded-"

Minda's face turned pale in the heavy rain, a look of anger and disappointment.

"Wind and rain are commonplace! It is forbidden to obey orders in the army, and it is the duty of a warrior to obey orders, and without orders, do not say that it rains, even if it rains, it is not allowed to disrupt the procession—

Thin Feng Minda shouted too violently, and his voice was already a little hoarse when he said this.

"Just like you rabble, any old woman in Yanzhou can easily defeat you one by one!"

These words were heavy, and indignation appeared on the faces of the surrounding soldiers.

"Listen—re-lineup—move on, whoever can't keep up with the line is all cowards and women, and my security corps doesn't need cowards and women. If you want to prove yourselves, follow me—"

After shouting this last sentence hoarsely, his voice was completely hoarse, but he said no more, and strode forward in the direction of the road......

Kang Shi didn't speak, and silently followed his master.

Guo Huan also gritted his teeth and followed.

Six Gyeongju officers hobbled in steps.

Ye Jichuan Pheasant glanced at the Niu Killer Simo, waved his hand coldly, and walked down step by step with difficult steps.

"You can take shelter when it rains, but wait for orders!"

Kang Shishi said to Guo Huan while walking.

"Then why didn't General Xifeng give the order to shelter from the rain?" Guo Huan asked with a bitter face.

Kang Shi glanced coldly at the crowd behind him and said, "Because everyone ignored the military order, the order to avoid the rain was canceled before it was issued......

Killing the cow, Sima followed Ye Jichuan Pheasant with some confusion, and for the first time took the initiative to say to the enemy: "Hey, does this kind of march make sense?" ”

Ye Jichuan didn't look back at him, but he was stunned and said: "If you can't win, how can you fight?" ”