"Second son, reluctant?" On Li Muyuan's side, Situ Liang said with a smile. And Li Muyuan was looking at the soldiers standing in a military posture on the school field at this moment. The sergeant is still the soldier of Zuo Longxiang's guard, but the officer is no longer the officer of Zuo Longxiang's guard.

Li Muyuan retracted his gaze and said with a wry smile: "What can you say if you are reluctant?" What am I reluctant to give? ”

Situ Liang smiled and said, "Why did the second son say this? If you are willing to give up, you will get if you are willing to give up. Even if these 50,000 troops returned to the south of Youzhou, no, even if they were in the south of Youzhou, they had never gone north. Do you think you can resist the rebel army of the imperial court? At that time, it was not Cao Gang alone, but Cao Gang, Xiaoguo Army and Xuzhou's guards. ”

"Lord Governor has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has no soldiers in his hands, so he is naturally not afraid, but if there are 50,000 more guards in his hands, the imperial court will definitely chase and fight fiercely. Isn't this a good result? ”

Seeing that Li Muyuan didn't speak, Situ Liang continued: "My general is a person who values love and righteousness, and the second son's family has a great kindness to the general, and the general will not forget it." This time, the Khitans appeared in the north of Dingxiang Mansion, and everyone with a discerning eye knew that it was related to my general, but the governor still thought that he had broken the situation with the Khitans. It seems that the governor's reputation is ruined, but why doesn't this make my general owe a favor? ”

"Between the monarch and the minister, the master and the slave, the kindness is the most important, and the second is the relationship between the upper and lower levels. My generals will not fall, and neither will the Li family. Miss Xinyan often goes in and out of the General's Mansion, isn't this the General expressing his meaning to you? Even if she is discovered in the future, her identity is the daughter of a traitor, and my family will undoubtedly protect her. ”

"Thank you, Brother Situ, for the point!"

After clearing out the big families who had colluded with Cao Gang in the territory, Li Huaiyuan's heavy troops gathered in the place where the Hebei Province was handed over, and he had the intention of going south. Subsequently, Zuo Longxiangwei, who was located in Haizhou Mansion, also spread the news of a great victory, which reduced Li Huaiyuan's charge of colluding with the Yan army by half. Zuo Long Xiangwei sent out the news and asked the imperial court to withdraw the charges against General Long Xiangwei. Otherwise, the army will go south, and together with the general, the Qing monarch will be on the side and punish the demons.

Okay, it's a big deal. Originally, it was just a crime of disobeying the imperial court, but now it has directly become a crime to kill in the capital. Regardless of the reaction of the people, a few days later, after the court received the news, it was in an uproar. Why? It's not that I'm worried that Li Huaiyuan will kill Chang'an, but I'm afraid that Li Huaiyuan will kill Luoyang. Luoyang took half a year, large-scale renovation of the old capital of the former dynasty, and was ready to move the capital, how could Li Huaiyuan destroy it?

Immediately afterwards, the Xiaoguo Army also came to join in the fun. Zhao Xun played directly, and the Haizhou Mansion could not resist the invasion of Liaodong Kingdom, so he asked for help from the Xiaoguo Army. On the grounds that the imperial court has not yet let itself deal with the matter of Youzhou, it will be dispatched to intercept the army besieging Zuo Longxiangwei and go to Haizhou Mansion to support.

One is the news of Zuo Long Xiangwei, and the other is the prelude of the Xiaoguo Army, which came immediately before and after, Zuo Xiang Situ Lei knew that this was the Yang conspiracy of the Xiaoguo Army, but he could only curse secretly. In addition to the matter of the Khitan wandering in the northern part of Bingzhou, the focus of this court meeting was on the matter of Youzhou. Li Huaiyuan, who did not have 50,000 Zuo Long Xiangwei, and Li Huaiyuan, who had 50,000 guards, were obviously different.

Why? Li Huaiyuan has led the army for decades, and Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou have all been fought by him. With 50,000 guards, Li Huaiyuan would soon be able to expand his army to 100,000 or more. Coupled with the already 50,000 government troops and more than 10,000 private troops, it is not impossible for Li Huaiyuan to kill Youzhou.

What to do? Naturally, it is going to rebel. Who can be sent? Which army to send is another question. There are two armies that can reach Youzhou the fastest, one is the forces under the command of King Qi, the Wuwei Army and the Shence Army who are quelling the Xuzhou Rebellion, and the other is the Xiaoguo Army in the north of Youzhou.

In any case, the Xiaoguo Army is the most suitable, with close distance and strong combat power. However, many ministers in the DPRK and China did not want the Xiaoguo army to go south, because the territory occupied by the Xiaoguo army had become his own, and he was completely self-reliant.

Zuo Xiang didn't want the king of Qi to withdraw from the quagmire of Xuzhou, let alone let his power radiate to Youzhou again, so he forbade the transfer of troops from Xuzhou on the grounds that the war in Xuzhou was urgent. But at the same time, he was also very dissatisfied with the strength of the Xiaoguo army, and he directly raised yì and transferred people from the guards of Chang'an City.

But Situ Lei's construction was quickly overthrown, and without him, there was no food. Moreover, there is no time to rush, although I know what Li Huaiyuan will do? After all, Li Huaiyuan is a veteran.

The king of Qi wanted to withdraw, so he no longer forced it, so he strongly proposed to let the Xiaoguo army go south to quell the rebellion. Otherwise, once Li Huaiyuan is powerful, Jizhou and even Qingzhou will be in danger of being subverted at that time.

In the end, a decision was made that the Xiaoguo army would go south to quell Li Huaiyuan's rebellion.

Zhuozhou Mansion, Zhuozhou City.

In the Lu family's mansion, Lu Xianjing was still sitting on the chair, her eyes slightly closed, not knowing what she was thinking.

In front of Lu Xianjing, there were four sons, each with deep worry on their faces at the moment.

Lu Xianjing suddenly straightened his eyes and said, "Liangqing, you mean that within the five surrounding counties, our fertile land has been confiscated by the government?" ”

Lu Liangqing said astringently: "Yes, father, in more than 20 cities in the surrounding five counties, our Lu family's fields have all been confiscated, and the tenants and dead slaves of the fields have been abolished by the county governments, and some of our fields have been rewarded to them. ”

"Liangqing, the source of these fields is clean?" Lu Xianjing said in a vibrating voice. In his eyes, a divine light flashed.

Lu Liangqing glanced at the brothers beside him and said, "Most of the confiscated fields are not clean fields, they were obtained by the second brother, the third brother and the brothers of the other three families. However, we also spent a lot of money with county officials. ”

"Have any other property ever been damaged?"

"That's not true, but in all counties, including this Zhuozhou City, the county officials are much stricter in inspecting our Lu family's shops. In addition, our private army has also been reduced by nearly 1,000 people because of the expulsion of private slaves, because of the seizure of our armor and equipment, the surrounding five counties, the government army has suddenly increased a lot. A total of 5,000 subordinates, and more importantly, I found that these government troops were extraordinary, and many of them seemed to have experienced a bloody battle with Cao Gang. Lu Liangqing said in a trembling voice.

"Do you want to attack us?" Lu Liangyuan said tremblingly.

"Father, I don't think Li Huaiyuan will attack us, first, we have nothing to do with him, and besides, if he was about to act, he should have acted a long time ago. What's more, our 10,000 private troops are not muddy, and if they fight together, he will still lose a lot of money, which will affect his major affairs. Lu Liangfang said.

"Big brother, but Zuo Long Xiangwei returned with a great victory, and when the time comes, will we be able to pass through Zhuozhou Mansion, can our 10,000 private army do it? There are less than a thousand of them who have actually been on the battlefield. Lu Liangyuan still said worriedly.

"Alright...... Don't say any more. Liangqing, sell all our unclean fields, some people buy the best, and if no one buys them, sell them to the yamen. You're all going to shift the focus of your family to business! ”

"Also, let the private army be ready, but no one can move without my warrant." Lu Xian said in a deep voice.

Although they didn't understand why their father made such a decision, the four of them saw that their father closed his eyes again, so they had to obediently obey the order.

After the four sons left, Lu Xianjing whispered, "Could it be Zhao Xun's people?" This time Zhao Xun is the main one? But how could this young kid make Li Huaiyuan bow down? Even if the Xiaoguo Army has an advantage, Li Huaiyuan is not a fuel-efficient lamp? Odd! Could it be that Li Huaiyuan is really old and tired, and he is no longer brave in the day......"

What is Zhao Xun doing at this moment? He took the guard battalion to Lecheng, where Zuo Longxiang was stationed. Ten days ago, in order to disguise Zuo Longxiangwei's intention to go south to support Li Huaiyuan, Zuo Longxiangwei sent 20,000 soldiers to the south. Of course, they couldn't go to support Li Huaiyuan, but went to Weizhou Mansion for training and integrated into the Wufu Army at any time. The 50,000 Zuo Long Xiang guards were divided into five, with an average of 4,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry troops. They will be fused separately in a government army and digested in their own ranks.

"The last generals, Xue Qinglan and Qin Daolin, have seen the generals!" As soon as he entered the Lecheng Captain's Mansion, the current Temporary General's Mansion. Xue Qinglan and Qin Daolin came with the generals to greet them.

"Excuse me! Do it all! Zhao Xun sat on the chair and said lightly.

Although Zhao Xun's words were very light, and he was also a little careless, it made Xue Qinglan, Qin Daolin and the other twelve people feel pressure. Zhao Xun is very young, but at this moment, the twelve youngest are six years old, and the oldest is more than twenty years old.

"Well, it's really Zuo Long's general, it's very good!" Zhao Xun said with a smile.

"In the past half month, how has the training of the soldiers been? Can you go to the battlefield? ”

Speaking of this half-month of training, these twelve people couldn't help but feel emotional. At first, I didn't think so, but later I admired it. Now this Zuo Long Xiangwei is no longer the Long Xiangwei of the past, and their words are even more stupid and useless to the school captain and the capital captain who they trust. In other words, most of these soldiers were out of their control, because they did not have the official positions and positions given by Zhao Xun. The current Xiaoguo Army only recognizes the official title promulgated by Zhao Xun.

Xue Qinglan said: "If you return to the general, the soldiers are as strong as a rainbow, and they can fight in one battle." ”

"Very good, the generals will come with me and go north to Haizhou Mansion." Zhao Xun laughed.

The 33,000-strong army marched into Haizhou Mansion, and everywhere they went, they were greeted by the city. Zhao Xun was also not ambiguous, leaving two thousand people in each county and dozens of reserve officials brought from Yanzhou City. These reserve officials, with the assistance of the Soldiers and the Shadow Division, will purge some of the most heinous criminals, and then take over the counties.

The sooner the Xiaoguo Army enters Haizhou Mansion, the sooner it can receive Haizhou Mansion, and the faster it can improve the strength of Xiaoguo Army. For this place of commerce, Zhao Xun is salivating. If it weren't for the delay in Youzhou, I'm afraid I would have entered Haizhou Mansion a long time ago. Now Haizhou Mansion is surrounded by the Xiaoguo Army and Liaodong Kingdom, and Haizhou Mansion has no choice, and has long wished that the Xiaoguo Army would be stationed in Haizhou Mansion and give Liaodong some colors to see.

Although Liaodong has been harassing Haizhou Mansion continuously for several months, it has returned in vain under the resistance of the Haizhou Prefecture army and sailors. Of course, this is also related to the fact that Liaodong has to guard against the Su Mo Yan Yan Department on the east side.

For taking over the Haizhou Mansion, the Administrative Secretary has made a lot of preparations for this, and the basic officials of the counties, Zhao Xun, have also been selected together with the Administrative Secretary, just waiting to settle in directly. Even after connecting the Haizhou Prefecture, various specific policies on commerce and trade have been drafted by the Yamen of the Administrative Secretary.

Naturally, there is no problem in Haizhou Mansion, but there seems to be a little trouble in the sailor. According to the report of the Eagle Eye Division, the Sailor Division has three generals, one and two deputies. There were 20,000 sailors, and it is estimated that there are about 18,000 people, of which almost half are warriors and auxiliary personnel such as helmsmen and rockers, and there are more than 50 warships. Of these, one adjutant general is in charge of the support staff and its logistics. The other lieutenant and chief general were in charge of the soldiers. Among them, the main general and the deputy general in charge of the auxiliary forces are reluctant to fall to the Xiaoguo army, why? In the past few years, I have been used to freedom, and I don't want to add a mountain to my head.