Li Deming came really quickly, and when he was still more than 20 meters away from Lao Luo, he stopped quickly, then dismounted, walked a few steps quickly to Lao Luo, and saluted with his fists: "Your Excellency Li Deming has seen the general!" ”

Although it was only a little more than a month, the relationship between the leader of the party and Luo was not as stiff as before the journey, when he arrived in Ganzhou, Li Deming finally made up his mind to completely join Luo Kaixian, not only to see the development potential of Lao Luo's side, but to lose the big defeat He will definitely accept the doubts of the clansmen after returning to the party, at that time, not to mention whether he can continue to serve as the leader of the party people, whether he can save his own life is a questionable thing.

In order to seek the support of status, who else can there be on Lao Luo's side?

What's more, Lao Luo, who defeated him, also defeated the Qarluq and Turkic people, and in the face of such a strong man, it was not a very shameful thing for him to choose to take refuge.

Lao Luo was not surprised that Li Deming used "subordinate" to call himself, in fact, this is not the first time, there have been a few times before when he wanted to do something, but because Lao Luo needed to take some greedy people in this land to establish power, he was never used.

As for summoning Li Deming over now, it is just because this is basically the territory of the party members, and a person like him is needed as a bridge of communication, if the local party members are willing to communicate.

And Li Deming is definitely the best candidate as a bridge of communication.

Swinging his right arm and saluting back, Lao Luo said: "My subordinates told me that this is Huizhou, I wonder if General Li can know the outline here?" ”

Luo asked directly, Li Deming couldn't figure out his intentions, so he simply let go of what he said, "Back to the general, my subordinates are very clear about the matters here." Huizhou is the old name of the Yuwen Dynasty (1) hundreds of years ago, the local name was renamed Mingsha County during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and now the Tang Dynasty has died for more than 100 years, after my ancestor (2) inherited Yinzhou, took the meaning of the local convergence of the east and west, and renamed Huizhou, now the Song Dynasty merchants and the business travelers from the west have many will pass through this place, and it is our party Xiang Wei Mu clan who governs here......"

Li Deming said in detail, Lao Luo listened very carefully, there are many sayings about Huizhou in later generations, one is Huining County, the other is Zhongwei, this kind of place name is not worth his struggle, he is more concerned about the strength of the local forces, "Wei Mushi?" ”

"Yes, Lord." Li Deming hurriedly stopped answering.

"Tell me how many people there are in the local area, how much combat power they have, what they do for a living, who is in charge, and don't mention other trivial things for the time being." Now is not the time to talk about the ancients, and Lao Luo doesn't have that patience.

"Yes...... There are 45,000 people in Huizhou, most of whom are Han and Dangxiang, in addition to scattered small tribes, 5,000 people who dare to fight, led by Wei Mu, who live by herding and trading, and Han people work by ploughing the fields. In the face of Lao Luo's arrogance, Li Deming didn't dare to say anything more.

"Wei Mu's family, it should be called the Wei Curtain Department, right? I heard that General Li, your wife is from the Wei Mu clan and gave birth to a son for you, right? The content of this remark is not as simple as listening to people, but comes from Lao Luo's "historical memory".

"Yes, Lord." Li Deming couldn't help but be surprised, even seeing this kind of trivial matter in his eyes, what else did this Luo someone not know about this East? He didn't dare to say how Lao Luo was, so he had to explain: "The wife of the post is indeed from the Wei Shogunate, and now the head of the Wei Mu Department is Wei Mu Yihei, who is the father-in-law of the post, and is a brave general under his father, and Huizhou is the place where he is stationed......"

With Li Deming's story, Lao Luo slowly figured out the general context of the local rule of the party members.

To put it figuratively, it is very similar to a mixture of federalism and military and political rule, several large clans and tribes are united into one ethnic group, Tuoba Li is the backbone, and there are many other clans such as Weimu, Yeli, Baa Mi (Mikmott), Wuyi (Moyk), Duluo, Wuzang and many other clans.

These clans also have soldiers, so Tuoba Li took the most power for the military festival, and Tuoba Li's supporters, those tribes, naturally also enjoy the benefits of tribal fiefdoms, and when they need to unify foreign wars, they will coordinate opinions and jointly send troops, which is not much different from the tribal fiefs on the grassland.

And this "Huizhou City" in front of him is the fiefdom of Wei Mu's family.

Because it is not a direct territory, Li Deming will be a little vague when he explains the situation in Huizhou City.

Lao Luo, who had figured out this, looked into the distance, the gate of the small city called "Huizhou" was closed, there was no moat, the city wall was only seven or eight meters high, and there were several low-hanging flags on the city wall, and the words could not be seen clearly, but there were people on it who were in a strange calm. Outside the city, there were a number of shacks and apparently cultivated farmland, half green and half yellow, close to harvest, and a dirt road full of rut marks led to the city, and there were no people on the road, but you could see the debris discarded on the side of the road, and even discarded shoes on the road......

After waiting for a while, he still didn't see any reaction from the city, Lao Luo turned around and said directly to Li Deming: "Since the Wei Mu clan is in charge of the city, please ask General Li to send a messenger to inquire about it, how about it?" ”

"But, it's just how to write under the job?" After walking together all the way, they didn't understand the strong foundation of Luo, Li Deming had already been convinced, and he didn't dare to have the slightest idea of playing tricks.

"I bluntly said that General Ben will garrison Lingzhou in the future, pass by here, and ask him to go out of the city to see him!" Lao Luo thought about it and replied very simply, the excuse is easy to find, and his purpose is very simple, that is, to meet the future neighbors here, if you can deal with it, be kind, if you are a high-flying or scheming person, you will easily destroy the Wei Mu family and take over here.

Facing the fierce light that flashed in Lao Luo's eyes, Li Deming's heart jumped, and he hurriedly replied: "I will write an article to send my cronies to the city to report to the city, and I will ask the patriarch of the Wei Mu clan to open the door to see me!" ”

He didn't dare not go down, although this road was not fought all the way, but there were never fewer battles along the way, Luo someone's subordinates were called a ferocious, and they never showed mercy to robbers and others, and those who surrendered quickly were able to be slaves, and those who were slower were directly cut off and thrown to the side of the road.

In the face of such a decisive figure, he didn't want his father-in-law to make a mistake, after all, Wei Mu's daughter married him, and he was also a supporter of his own position.

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Li Deming turned around and went to the back to find a pen and paper to write the letter, but did not mention it.

Cheng Shouru pulled Samuel to find Lao Luo, "General, why don't you attack the city directly?" What is there to talk about with them? Let my men defend themselves, and let Samuel and his strong men blast the gates open with that pine cannon! ”

Lao Luo tilted his head, and directly saw Samuel's eager expression, he raised his hand to stop Samuel's words that he was about to speak, and asked instead: "It's okay to bang open the city gate, and then what?" There are not only party members in it, but also a lot of Han people, we have just come back, and we haven't completely gained a foothold, do we need to fight with the people of our hometown? ”

Cheng Shouru was speechless for a moment, and Samuel lost his eager expression.

"It's easy to fight, but why fight?" Along the way, the small-scale horse bandits and robbers were easily eliminated by the soldiers of the scout battalion, and the larger number of enemies also had cavalry battalions to solve the problem, and the garrison battalion and the ballista battalion could be said to have leisurely all the way, and they were about to hold their horns. Lao Luo understands their war-seeking mentality very well, but this is not a reason to blindly find the enemy to go to war.

The two men continued to remain silent.

"I know you've always watched the scout battalion and cavalry battalion show off along the way, and you're sulking, aren't you? However, there are at most 5,000 soldiers in this small city, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, so what is there to be honored in bullying them? Breathing a sigh of relief, seeing the expressions of the two nodding, Lao Luo continued: "Moreover, I waited for thousands of miles to return to my hometown, in order to rely on my mother clan to strengthen my strength, the people here are speaking Chinese, they are the best source of soldiers, it is very likely that in the near future, you will have people in this small city under your subordinates, do you say you still want to fight?" ”

After listening to Lao Luo's lesson, Cheng Shouru hurriedly explained: "General, it's my old Cheng's fault, the cavalry battalion and the scout battalion are not suitable for attacking the city, only the garrison battalion and the ballista battalion have this ability, I don't want to make the lord anxious so I pulled Samuel to ask for battle!" Let's start with it, this has nothing to do with Samuel! ”

"You!" Pointing at Cheng Shouru with his finger, this guy didn't know who he learned from, and he became a little confused, and Lao Luo lost his temper, "Don't be busy shirking, go back and inform all the soldiers, the future that knows how to speak Chinese may be your own people, and when you get here, you are not allowed to take the initiative to attack others without my order!" Of course, the defense should be based on the old rules! ”

"Obey, Lord!" Cheng Shouru didn't dare to talk nonsense, he walked tens of thousands of miles, and his original temper had already been suppressed by Lao Luo.

Lao Luo looked at the head of his ballista battalion, and the muscular man was looking embarrassed, "Samuel, don't think too much, you and Gonzas and Alc were all picked out by me in Athens, and they are all my right and left hands, and your family will be called a Seris in Rome, and you will follow me, and you will also be a Seris in the future!" ”

"Do your bidding, General!" Samuel, who was being trained for the first time, was nervous and spat out his hometown.

Lao Luo was happy in his heart, and waved his arm, "Get out, go to your own place and be on guard!" ”

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(1) Yuwen Dynasty refers to the Yuwen regime of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the sixth century AD, and the short-lived dynasty established by the Xianbei people during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

(2) refers to Li Deming's grandfather Li Guangyan, the envoy of the Dingyan Army, and Li Jiqian's father.

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