At this time, a city gate guard ran in, knelt down on one knee and said: "Report to the lord, there are dozens of people from outside the city, each of them is dressed in black, saying that the lord sent them out to carry out a mission." ”

Wang Xu was overjoyed, it seemed that Li Zhi's family had been taken back, Wang Xu said: "Can you see clearly, how many people are in their group?" ”

The soldier thought for a moment and said, "About thirty people." ”

"Okay, bring them here." Wang Xu waved his hand.

After the soldiers left, Wang Xu called the soldiers outside the courtyard and ordered: "You go to the school to inform General Li and General Qin to come." ”

The soldier departed as promised.

Jia Hui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Lord, this time Li Zhi may be going to surrender sincerely." ”

"Isn't he really surrendering now?" Wang Xu asked rhetorically.

Jia Hui said: "He is not convinced, the lord promised him to take back his people, but he has not fulfilled it." ”

Wang Xu smiled: "Yes, now it's finally cashed out." ”

Not long after, Li Zhi and Qin Shuang came to the courtyard, and the two of them said solemnly: "General, I don't know what to call me and others here?" ”

Wang Xu was about to speak, at this time, the sound of footsteps came from outside the courtyard, Wang Xu looked overjoyed, waved his hand and said: "Look, what I promised you has been done, and all your people have been taken back, now you can rest assured." ”

Li Zhi looked back, immediately burst into tears, and hurriedly ran out: "Father, uncle, brother." ”

"Zhi'er."

A group of people kept crying in the courtyard, consoling each other's recent situation, and pouring out their feelings of longing, Li Zhi had been away from home for a long time, and the news of the defeat had returned to Wangcheng, everyone was very worried.

And Li Zhi is the same, although Wang Xu promised him to pick up ** people, but there is a case in everything, if he is a step too late and is preempted by Zhou Yi, the consequences are unimaginable, so he has been anxious about it for the past few days.

Now that the clansmen have been taken to Cloud City, they no longer have to worry about Zhou Yi's revenge.

Half a quarter of an hour later

Li Zhi helped his family up, looked at the old man and said, "Father, this time it is thanks to General Wang's rescue that you are saved from being poisoned." ”

The old man nodded, it was great that the family could be safe.

After a pause, Li Zhi turned around and came to Wang Xu, knelt down on one knee and said, "Lord, in the future, Li Zhi's life will be yours, but by dispatch." ”

Li Zhidu called Wang Xu the lord, and Qin Shuang naturally did the same.

Seeing the two of them kneeling down to him, Wang Xu smiled and stepped forward to help the two of them: "Please get up, don't be so formal, with the help of two generals, Wang Xu will definitely be able to kill Zhou Yi and avenge the prince." ”

The two got up and nodded solemnly, from this moment on, Li Zhi was truly convinced of Wang Xu.

"Go first, and settle your people first."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Li Zhiqin and Shuang left with their clansmen, and Wang Xu looked at Jia Hui beside him and said, "What Mr. said is right, these two really didn't really descend to me before." ”

Jia Hui said: "These are meaningless, now Li Zhi is grateful to the lord, and he will definitely not rebel in the future, the lord can fully trust him, and as for Qin Shuang, he is the first to look forward to Li Zhima, so he has no objection to Li Zhi's surrender." ”

The twenty people sent out to carry out the mission were still outside the courtyard, and Wang Xu strode over.

Looking at everyone, Wang Xu said: "Your task has been completed very well, each of you will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold, and you will be promoted to lieutenant colonel." ”

"Thank you, Lord." The crowd bowed to the ground excitedly.

Calling Jia Hui behind him, Wang Xu said: "Mr. Jia, you take these people to receive the reward, and the appointment of the official position can be handed over to Huang Quan." ”

"Yes."

The next day, in the lobby of the government.

Today is the day of the expedition against the counties, and all the people above the rank of captain are gathered in the lobby.

Looking at everyone, Wang Xu held slightly, everyone was very interested, and a confident smile appeared on their faces, especially Huang Quan and Sun Yu, who have always been pressed and beaten by Zhou Yi's army since Languan sent troops, and now the strength of the army is not what it used to be, and it is time to raise their eyebrows.

There were dozens of people in the lobby, only Zhang Meng pouted, as if he was unhappy, because Wang Xu had already told him that he was not allowed to rush into the enemy formation to kill the enemy from now on, unless there was a special order from Wang Xu.

In this regard, he had no choice but to obediently train the two thousand soldiers.

Wang Xu looked at Zhang Meng and comforted: "Don't worry, you will fight the battle, and when the counties in Guxi are pacified, we will go into the royal city, and then you are still worried that there is no battle to fight." ”

Zhang Meng didn't say anything more, he knew very well in his heart that there would be no chance for him to kill the enemy this time anyway, and he also accepted his fate.

At this time, the lieutenants of the hall said with high interest: "My lord, you can give the order." ”

Wang Xu turned around and looked at the map hanging behind him, and casually compared the long sword in his hand a few times, and finally he turned around and said: "There are a total of twenty-three cities in Guxi County, in addition to Languan, Yuncheng, Wangcheng, and Wanling County, there are also nineteen cities, I am ready to divide the army into five routes, and conquer these cities one by one in the shortest possible time." ”

After a pause, Wang Xu said sharply: "Listen to the order." ”

Everyone immediately stood up and quietly waited for Wang Xu's military order.

"On the first road, Li Zhi led 4,000 troops to take Liang Ling, Qingran, and Xiangcheng north of Yuncheng."

Li Zhi came out and said, "No." ”

"On the second road, Qin Shuang led 4,000 troops to take Lianqing and Haicheng in the northeast of Yuncheng; After taking these two cities, join forces with Li Zhi to attack the ancient western border city in the north, Fucheng, and Fucheng have a garrison of 3,000, you must be careful to meet the battle. ”

Qin Shuang and Li Zhidao: "Get the order." ”

Wang Xu looked at the map behind him again, and said: "This third route is led by Sun Yu, leading 10,000 troops, that is, 5,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, along Wanling County to the west all the way to the west, and after taking Qingyang City, which is the closest to Wangcheng, wait there for the garrison to wait, wait for my people from all walks of life to gather, and finally go to Wangcheng to conquer Zhou Yi together." ”

Sun Yu came out and said, "No." ”

"The fourth route is under the command of Huang Quan, there are five cities east of Cloud City, each city has about 1,000 soldiers, and you must take 10,000 soldiers to conquer all of these cities."

Huang Quan said loudly: "Obey." ”

Wang Xu said: "In addition to the soldiers and horses you brought, there are still 5,000 people left, and there is a city outside Languan in the south, called Minglan, I will go to this city in person, this is the Fifth Road Army." ”

After the arrangement, Wang Xu continued: "This time the troops are customized military regulations, that is, we must not disturb the people at will, we are the righteous army to avenge the prince, not bandits, those who dare to harass the people are known, and the military law will deal with it!" ”

"Of course, other powerful families, officials, etc. can plunder at will, but the grain from the looting should be distributed to half of the people in the city to show appeasement; In addition, the size of the soldiers can be expanded as appropriate, and the specific expansion is up to you, and after taking the city, select a centurion in the army to serve as a captain and garrison the county seat. ”

Wang Xu took a deep breath and said, "After you complete the task, take all the equipment and food, and gather in Qingyang City outside the royal city to stand by. ”

"No"

"Order"

Everyone replied in unison.

Wang Xu waved his hand: "Let's go and prepare, after lunch, you can send troops." ”

And they were commanded to depart.

There were only three people left in the lobby, Wang Xu, Jia Hui, and Zhang Meng, and Jia Hui stepped forward and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the lord led the troops to personally capture Minglan County with ulterior motives, right?" ”

Wang Xu asked rhetorically: "How do you say it?" ”

Jia Hui smiled and said, "If you want to fight Minglan, you have to go through Languan, and Miss Zhang Xue is in Languan." ”

Wang Xu patted Jia Hui's shoulder and smiled: "You're right." ”

Sighing, Wang Xu said: "I haven't seen her for a long time, I miss her, this time I finally have a chance." ”

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