Liuyu nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and ordered Deputy General Guo: "General Guo, you send a few fast horses to the south through the Black Fir Mountain to detour, and go in two ways, one to the sixth capital station, let him be vigilant against Zhou Tianshuo, and the other way go straight to the capital to report to the supreme consul, just say that the governor of Xihai Prefecture has bribed the major bandit leaders to prepare a rebellion, and quickly dispatch reinforcements." When I left the city, I personally led my troops to attract the attention of the enemy. ”

"Yes, General" Vice General Guo turned around and hurriedly walked down, arranging for his entourage to speed up the horse.

"Open the city gate~~~" The little colonel guarding the gate raised his voice, and the two pawns slowly pulled the city gate open with their hands. Liuyu jumped on his horse with a horizontal sword and led hundreds of soldiers to kill the enemy. The dark sky outside the city laughed, but there was nothing to be done in the city, so he went out to fight to the death: "All the children are pushing quickly, and they can't fight to the death with such poor people." The soldiers on both sides shouted, and retreated with the darkness. Later, Deputy General Guo recognized the opportunity, and hurriedly led more than ten horsemen to the south. Over there, I probed the horse's sharp eyes and found that Deputy Guo was them, and Pegasus reported that it was dark. I knew that something was wrong when it was dark, and hurriedly waved my troops to stop it, but was stopped by the cavalry led by Liuyu. I saw the two horses intersecting, and the sword light of the sword of the parent was flashing, and I knew that it was not good in the dark, so I lay down on the side, and with a snort, the blood splashed, and half of the ear was cut off by Liuyu. After a successful blow, Liuyu did not love to fight, and estimated that Vice General Guo would go away, and turn his horse to take the soldiers back to the pass. It was dark here, and he hurriedly sent people to chase after him, and brought everyone to guard the pass.

Liuyu returned to the pass, knowing that the thieves had limited forces and could not attack the city. But they are worried about the state capital.

In the capital of Xihai Prefecture, Zhou Tianshuo looked at the two columns of generals under his seat, and his whole body was full of excitement, as if all the bones and muscles contained in the power could tear apart a cow, and the hall could be shattered with a single movement, and even the air beat with his ambition.

The first general is his own righteous son Zhou Yidu, this person's surname is Wang, because from a soldier to a captain, from a captain to a centurion, a centurion to a flag general, a flag general to a horse commander, and then to a good gun that outsiders think is a good hand, in fact, Zhou Tianshuo supported it. The condition is to worship Zhou Tianshuo as his father-in-law and be a good dog of the Zhou family. The second general, Zhou Tianyou, was wearing a black heavy armor, the two heart goggles on his chest were polished, his hands kept rubbing, and his nervous palms were covered with yellow sweat, he wanted to rub on the breastplate, but he was afraid of dirty heart goggles, so he had to secretly wipe it on the cotton robe behind his buttocks, and he saw that the cotton robe had also been yellowed, and it could be seen that it had been more than once.

However, the blind man of the fourth capital did not come, Zhou Tianshuo couldn't help but be furious, and the tiger master's chair with a slap shook left and right, and the generals below were so frightened that Zhou Tianyou didn't even dare to wipe his sweat. Seeing Zhou Tianshuo sit up, he glared at the herald and asked, "What about the people in the fourth capital?" Why didn't you come? How did you get the order? Didn't I say that you have to be deceived by life or death? Are you lazy to go to the kiln? ”

The herald hurriedly knelt on the ground: "General, the little one has been there, and the blind man said that the general of the defeated army has no shame to come to see him." He also said that he was already a person with most of his body in the loess, and he didn't ask about the general. After finishing speaking, he hurriedly wiped his sweat with his left sleeve, lowered his head and panted, not daring to look up.

Zhou Tianshuo raised his head and laughed, "This old man is still literate, otherwise let him go and say goodbye to his subordinates underground!" Hum! He bowed his head and said to his subordinates: "Most of the forbidden army of Xihai Prefecture is here today, and there are also garrison generals from the four prefectures and eighteen counties of Xihai Prefecture. You are gathered here today for an important announcement. ”

At this time, most of the generals of the forbidden army were excited, and the generals and captains of the four prefectures and eighteen counties asked each other to see if other people knew the inside story, but who knew about such confidential matters, maybe there were, and who dared to say it. Zhou Tianshuo was very satisfied with this feeling that the whole world was stupid and I knew it, sat up, and patted the table: "The current supreme ruling herald came to say that he was preparing to go west to conquer the country of Gla, and our Xihai Prefecture is the only way to go west. After saying this, Zhou Tianshuo didn't say anything, and stopped to look at the generals in the seat. Sure enough, the people in the entire hall looked at Zhou Tianshuo with wide eyes, this news was too amazing.

The Jing Dynasty has been peaceful for a hundred years, although it intersects with the country of Gra, but there are 800 miles of Xihai desert in the middle, and there is no one to live, even if it fights and wins, how to rule is also a big problem. Moreover, it is extremely difficult to cross such a distance and conquer the country. Zhou Tianshuo lowered his head and coughed again, and continued, "The supreme ruling order wants us to hoard 200,000 stone grain and grass and 8,000 carts in Xihai Prefecture. Prepare 100,000 soldiers as vanguards, and bring their own ordnance and horses. The deadline is one month, and the offender will be dealt with by military law! ”

As soon as these words came out, except for several of Zhou Tianshuo's henchmen, they were all shocked, and they all talked about it, and they were uncertain. A lieutenant dragged a commander next to him, and said with a pale face: "Brother Zhang, how is this good, how is this good?!" Our Xihai Prefecture is quickly barren, the people are scarce, and the armaments have been abandoned for a long time, where can we get so much grain and grass?! ”

Seeing that Commander Zhang also hurriedly stomped his feet: "Yes, yes!" The forbidden army in Xihai Prefecture is only tens of thousands, and the number of state soldiers is not as good as the number of forbidden troops, and most of them are less than the quota. Where can you get these 100,000 troops?! Several officers next to him hurriedly nodded yes. In the chaos, I saw a general in a yellow robe walking out of the commander on the left, with a polite and white face, like a civil official, I saw him clasping his hands into fists and said: "General, the journey to conquer the country of Gela is far away, it is all yellow sand, and the political situation is stable, I have never heard of any civil strife among them, that is, there is no chance to take advantage of it." Thirty years ago, the Zuo Expeditionary Envoy led an army of 300,000 to take advantage of the internal strife and went to the expedition, but was invited to attack the desert. 300,000 soldiers have not returned, and this matter is known to the Jing Dynasty. The conquest is so difficult, why is the supreme government still so bent on going its own way?! ”

Zhou Tianshuo smiled slightly and replied: "This is the result of the seven ruling parties discussing together, there must be their reasons, and we can implement it." Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while is the truth. Commander Li Zhi, I know your patriotism, and I also think that this life is quite wrong, but this is an order from above, and I can't do anything about it. There are hundreds of people in my Zhou family, but I don't want to lose my life for this. This Li Zhu listened to Zhou Tianshuo's words, and raised his fist even more anxiously: "Even so, my Xihaizhou is sparsely populated, and I mainly rely on past businessmen to live. The forbidden army stationed in the state plus the sixth capital that had just been transferred was less than 20,000 people, not to mention that the fourth capital had just been hit hard. The state soldiers in the four prefectures and eighteen counties are only tens of thousands, and it is quite difficult to even raise the number of 50,000, where can they afford so many troops, grain and grass materials? Besides, most of the state soldiers have been underarmed for a long time, and they apply for funding from the Beijing division every year, but they only see a consolation letter every year, but they don't see a single silver or bronze. Now if you want us to be pioneers, isn't this sending us to death?! Li Zhu's words were almost shouted, and as soon as he finished speaking, dozens of officers responded in groups, feeling that this matter was unfair and that this order was very absurd!

Zhou Tianshuo saw that the military heart was like this, and he laughed secretly in his heart, and hurriedly gave Zhou Zhou a look. Then he stood up and comforted everyone with a fake appearance: "Don't panic, everyone, we are the warriors of the kingdom and the governors of the people. You should bear the burden of humiliation and obey the commands of the rulers. The ruling order is the command of the kingdom, that is, the kingdom needs our dedication, and this is the glory of my warriors!! After saying this, the audience fell silent and silent.

Seeing this on Monday, he took a step forward, clasped his fists with both hands and said: "My father-in-law is kind-hearted and treats us well, and I hope that Chief Zhou will show a clear way for the sake of his colleagues for many years, so as to save the lives of all the soldiers; Second, to prevent the people of Xihai Prefecture from the scourge of war! The officers on both sides also took a step forward, and all of them clasped their fists in unison and pleaded: "Please sir, save my life!" Zhou Tianshuo hurriedly walked down, and also clasped his fists with both hands and said: "You soldiers look up to me too much, and I am also very puzzled by the strict ruling of the government, but the king's law cannot be violated, and I am helpless!" He didn't say a word this week, and bowed his head: "My father-in-law is the old chief I have been waiting for for many years, and he is also the master of Yidu, and today's affairs are in the hands of my father-in-law." The lives of millions of soldiers and civilians in Xihai Prefecture are all a matter of the words of the righteous father! ”

When it came to this on Monday, the surrounding generals also hurriedly fell to the ground, and even asked Chief Zhou to save the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the whole state. At this time, Zhou Tianshuo stroked his beard with his left hand and smiled slightly: "Since all the generals are like this, then I have a plan, you listen carefully." I thought that the ruling was so mean, and we would have no reason to survive in this battle, so it was better to go against him! Maybe there's another way out! As soon as he said this, it was like a thunderbolt in mid-air, and most of the generals in the audience turned pale. At this time, there was a sudden rub, a general, pulled out a knife, jumped with a tiger step, and with a bang, a spear was cut into two! The general raised his head and roared: "People want to take my life, and today they will turn against him!" If there is such a gun from Brother Zhou! ”

Zhou Tianyouhu was stunned, and all the generals were timid. This side also pulled out his knife and yelled: "Where are the left and right guards?!" I saw a large group of guards rushing out of the screens on both sides, and they all pulled out their swords: "What Chief Zhou said is very true, we all listen to Chief Zhou's orders, if there is any disobedience, we will kill together!" Then he heard a thunderous sound outside the tent, deafening, and shouted in unison: "It's the opposite!" It's the other way around! It's the other way around!! ”

In such a scene, how dare these generals in the tent have any objections, they all bow their heads and bow down, and can only say: "Only the commander's order is obeyed!" This week, Tianshuo laughed, and also pulled out his sword and said: "Since all the generals and officials agree, then we will make a blood alliance here, about brothers, conspire against each other, and share wealth!" Then he made a small opening, "The gods are above, everyone present is happy and bitter, rich and prosperous, if you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and the ghosts and gods will not tolerate it!" At this point, everyone was helpless, and they got up one after another, and also pulled out their knives to cut their palms, and swore in unison. Zhou Tianshuo looked at this group of "brothers" who were easily brought together, and his heart was happy, and then Commander Li Zhu took a step forward and said: "General, the Liuyu of the Fifth Capital and the Liutong of the Sixth Capital were transferred from the Beijing Division, and they will definitely not agree to join our righteous army." Moreover, we have few soldiers in Xihai Prefecture, how can we resist the conquest of the imperial army? Zhou Tianshuo smiled slightly: "Now it's called big brother, Brother Li Zhu doesn't have to worry, the Liuyu Department has been surrounded by me separately in the western passes, and he can't even get out." And the newcomer who has just arrived and has just been dispatched, I had to probe the horse the day before yesterday to report that they had arrived at the two passes. And I've already laid out an ambush there. In addition, the dark sky in the Xihai Desert, the horse gangs in the north, Cao Qiqi in the south, and the large and small bandits in Xihai Prefecture have all been absorbed by me, and these numbers are enough for me to expand the strength of the two capitals. In my Xihaizhou, although the people are few and the soldiers are not all there, the people are rough, and the 50,000 elite soldiers are comparable to the 200,000 old soldiers of the Beijing Division. What's there to worry about?! ”

The generals were all overjoyed when they heard this, and they all hugged their fists and bowed: "Big brother's plan is unparalleled, I will wait for my worship!" ”

Zhou Tianshuo laughed and threw out the token: "Brothers, now each of you will quickly assemble your headquarters in the state capital." If there are disobedient people in the garrisons everywhere, they will not be spared! ”