On the second day of the first lunar month, Du Shiyi personally saw off Li Yi, the king of Xin'an, and his party. As for the other officials who came to say goodbye, although they did not include all the civil and military forces in Shuofang, there were enough seventy or eighty percent of them present. Regarding Li Yizhen's achievements in guarding Shuofang for nine years, others may just hearsay and just see the report, but they have experienced it personally. When looking at Li Yi's group from afar and disappearing from sight, there were even young generals who Li Yi pulled up with one hand and cried bitterly, and there were not a few people who sighed for a long time, and more people quietly looked at Du Shiyi while maintaining calm on their faces.

It stands to reason that no matter who it is, the predecessor will have a hard time with such a famous player in the world. Who wants to have someone compare their ex to themselves no matter what they do?

Du Shiyi glanced at those civil and military officials, and then beckoned Li Yan to get on the horse and return to the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion. Although he has officially taken over the seal of Shuofang Jiedu, Li Yi has not left, and he has not pulled out all the honor guards with great fanfare when he saw him off.

Thinking that tomorrow would be the day when Du Shiyi officially ascended to the festival hall to gather the generals, and when everyone was scattered, when several officers were talking to each other, someone suddenly asked: "How old is Du Dashuai this year?" ”

"It's said to be three out of thirty." When he said this number, the officer couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I have been a high rank in the military, and I have served four or five terms as an official since I was a soldier, and now I am almost forty, and I am just not a Captain Guoyi, a general in the army, look at Du Dashuai, there is always a feeling that my life has been lived in vain." ”

"Who isn't like you? Don't look at those generals who seem to be disdainful when they mention Du Dashuai behind their backs, in fact, they are all very stunned in their hearts. If Du Dashuai has been a Beijing official in the court for many years, and every term is commonly known as Qinggui, it is just that, it can be calculated that he has been in foreign office most of the time, but he can be promoted so quickly, it is simply amazing. I don't know what the charter of Marshal Du is here. ”

The officer, who was a little discouraged just now because of Du Shiyi's age, also nodded: "King Xin'an was suddenly deposed, and everyone up and down was worried about it. After so many years, don't talk about them, it's just us, to say a boastful word, how many of them have not been rewarded by King Xin'an's wisdom? If Du Dashuai cleans up the thorns like the Guo family in Longyou before, then I'm afraid that some people will suffer! ”

Several people talked for a while, but in the end they didn't discuss anything, and they all got on the horse and prepared to go back for a while. At this moment, the former self-proclaimed martial arts official for four or five terms suddenly stopped his horse and stopped all his companions who wanted to return to the city.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him in confusion, he suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Although Du Dashuai was famous all over the world when he was the third head, and later he was right, but when it reached our Shuofang land, the news was not so comprehensive. Have you noticed, that is, when King Xin'an was deposed, saying that Du Dashuai was going to come to the festival to celebrate Shuofang, but suddenly all kinds of rumors with noses and eyes came. ”

"Huh? Lao Guo, what do you mean by this? ”

"I mean, what means did Du Dashuai use to divide the Guo family and envelop the generals, these detailed rumors only began to circulate in the past two months, could it be ......?"

Although he didn't finish his words, the generals around him were all the same age as him, and after being in the army for a long time, they naturally looked like human spirits, and after exchanging glances with each other, they were all awe-inspired. After arriving at the end, he was still the oldest and coughed lightly and said: "Lao Guo, Shuofang is not Helong, and there are few fathers and sons who have successively opened the door." Our fathers and ancestors are not officials here, they are alone, and their official position is low, in short, be careful not to make trouble with others, and we can't care about anything else. It's really not good, your grandfather is a state assassin, let's follow you to him! ”

As soon as these words came out, the general who was called Lao Guo suddenly laughed and scolded: "You want to be beautiful!" The temper of the eldest of my family is the most disgusting for his children, if I really can't get along in the Shuofang army, I don't dare to bother his old man even if I go to ask for food! Go, go, I'm just saying, we're just minions anyway, and those disputes above are none of our business! ”

The vigilant people among the generals noticed that the rumors that had been widely circulated among the Shuofang armies in the past month seemed to be famous, and the generals and deputy generals of the armies above were naturally not all fools. However, when Li Yi was suddenly deposed, everyone had to consider their own position and future prospects. Therefore, it is true that Li Yi was full of tears when he saw him off, and it is also true that he was worried about it, and how to test Du Shiyi's attitude towards the generals of Shuo Fang is what the generals really have to consider. Of course, there are many people who have already changed their ways.

The third day of the first lunar month is the day that Du Shiyi has long set to meet the generals in the Ascension Hall. Early in the morning, some officers rushed to the street in front of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion, talking in twos and threes while waiting to open the middle door.

With the sound of three drums, the middle door of the governor's mansion was opened, but then two rows of neatly dressed soldiers came out, standing like nails on the left and right with swords. The generals who often go in and out of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion took a closer look, but they saw that these soldiers were unfamiliar, none of them knew each other, and it was obvious that they were cronies who came with Du Shiyi or Li Yan.

After many years of fighting, they could easily see that these people did not only have shelves, but that Zhou's body exuded an extraordinary murderous aura, and it was obvious that they had seen blood in battle. When the drums of the generals in the room sounded again, they no longer had the heart to pay attention to how these soldiers were, and hurriedly sorted out their appearances and entered one by one.

Although the generals came a little later than those partial generals, after the drum beat of the three-way gathering generals, everyone was already in place in the festival hall, including Li Yan, the deputy envoy of the festival. When Du Shiyi, who was wearing purple goldfish, was surrounded by the left and right, and when he sat down on the main seat in the middle of the festival hall, everyone bowed his knees and bowed his military salute.

"Meet the Commander!"

"Up."

Du Shiyi raised his hand with the voice of the salute official, and when he heard that all the reports had arrived and there was no one missing, he nodded slightly. Although he had almost seen all the generals in the past few days, this time was different from the past, although he had already received the seal at that time, but because Li Yi, the king of Xin'an, was still there, he intended to show people with a humble side, but now it is different.

He looked around at the generals standing in the dense hall of the festival, and was silent for a while, and then said word by word: "I heard that since King Xin'an moved to Quzhou to assassinate the history, there have been rumors among the Shuofang armies, saying that I am in Longyou how to deal with the Guo family, how to manipulate the generals, how to make people bow down to me, no one dares to have a fight, after taking office, there will be a large-scale purge of the Shuofang army...... There are all kinds of rumors, and I feel very new when I hear them. ”

Seeing the generals in the Shengjie Hall today, Du Shiyi actually used such words as the opening remarks, and most of the generals below did not expect it, and their faces were different for a while, but the buzzing discussion disappeared completely in a moment, showing good military discipline and stable mood. Faced with such a reaction, Du Shiyi couldn't help but smile.

"I'm now doing the right thing, not the right of the right, so I don't want to talk about the right thing. Rumors stop at the wise, I won't stop people who like to gossip, I just want to say, there are gods three feet up, King Xin'an is magnificent, disdain some tricks, so I may not be too lazy to pay attention to one or two jumping clowns, but I can't rub sand in my eyes! ”

What does this mean?

Most of the generals from top to bottom were a little confused, but they looked at each other and saw that their colleagues around them had similar reactions to themselves, and they were even more confused. At this time, Du Shiyi skipped this and said in a deep voice: "Before I go here, please have an order, with Jin Wuwei General Li Yan as the deputy envoy of the festival, and the military envoy of the strategy." Since then, Sheng Yan and Zhang Xing have been the judges of Shuofang Jiedu, with Wang Changling as the secretary, Gao Shi as the official, and the inspectors, yatui, and memorabilia, etc., all as in the old days. Ten days later, the Great Reading of the Scriptures and the Army. ”

Du Shiyi suddenly announced the candidate for the shogunate official of the Jiedu envoy, and heard that the judge of the Jiedu who had followed Li Yi for many years to Shengyan was also among the people who were retained, and in addition to Wang Changling Gaoshi, almost all the other low-level shogunate officials were also retained, and the hearts of the generals who had just been hung up because of Du Shiyi's words couldn't help but be even more strange, as for the military parade ten days later, this is the practice of each Jiedu envoy after taking office, but no one thinks there is anything wrong. And then, Du Shiyi did not say anything at length, but briefly declared the Shengyi's praise for the lieutenant general and colonel of the Shuofang Army, and then left the chief and deputy generals of the Jingluo Army, and left a few partial generals and colonels by name.

When he came out of the festival hall, he saw a big man with a knife and his entourage Du Shiyi come out, and someone couldn't help but look at this person twice, and then said to the left and right: "What a warrior, why haven't you seen it?" ”

"What I haven't seen must be Du Dashuai's private person. Not to mention this person, the pro-soldiers outside the door just now were also very powerful, and King Xin'an's pro-soldiers were just like that. Du Dashuai didn't fight much in Longyou, how could he be so brave? ”

"Shhh, be quiet, didn't you hear what Du Dashuai said before, King Xin'an ignored the clown who jumped off the beam, but he couldn't tolerate it? What do you mean by that? ”

"What do you mean...... Anyway, I don't have a good head, I don't understand it very well, so I asked Lao Guo if he knew what to do. By the way, Lao Guo is running this time, but I didn't expect that Du Dashuai was one of the people he wanted to see when he first arrived! ”

The general surnamed Guo, who was said to be running behind his back, followed the other named generals all the way in, and for the first time in his life, he stood in front of the Lingzhou Governor's Mansion in addition to the Jietang Hall, the most fundamental and important place, waiting to be summoned. Seeing that Cao Xiangdong, the deputy general of the Jingluo Army, and others had entered, and when they came out for a long time, their faces were sinking like water, and he couldn't help but guess, as the familiar and recognized bosses and colleagues went in one by one, and came out one by one, after a while, only a few people were left, even if he was born in a family of eunuchs, he had a little awe-inspiring heart.

Although he is outstanding in martial arts, but the brave generals in the Shuofang army are like clouds, how can it not be his turn, to talk about military strategy, he has just been demoted for small reasons, and now there are less than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and it can't be seen at all. So what is the most embarrassing thing to be behind him?

At this moment, the big man with a knife he had just seen walked out quickly and shouted, "Who is Guo Ziyi?" ”