Feng Ziming watched more than a dozen generals stationed in Yanzhou City leave their posts under various pretexts, and they left simply. His mood couldn't help but be low, and he no longer had any expectations for the future of the Yanzhou Mansion Army.

"Feng Ziming!"

"The subordinates are here!" Hearing Xu Jie's summoning, Feng Ziming was excited, and hurriedly responded.

"You are the governor of the prefecture, and you know the situation of the officers at all levels of the government army best, and now, including the five thousand people who are pinned on you, half of the nearly 30,000 generals are gone. You are responsible for the selection and selection of this new officer, no matter how high or low the position is, as long as you have the ability, you will reuse it for me. Xu Jie said tiredly.

Feng Ziming opened his mouth and said astringently: "Dudu, but...... I ......"

Xu Jie smiled bitterly: "What? Do you want to leave me? ”

When Feng Ziming heard this, his heart warmed, and he said in a loud voice: "My subordinates never mean this, it's just that officers are being selected now...... This ......"

"It's okay, go ahead and do it, will the situation be worse than it is now? The whole army of 30,000 people gathered in Yanzhou City was organized into five divisions, each with five battalions. You list all the officers at all levels. Even the six lieutenants present here are among them. You are assigned according to the size of your ability. Xu Jie said in a deep voice.

"The six of you have also heard it, and you have stayed, you are a member of my Yanzhou Mansion Army, and in the future, I Xu Jie, will never fail you. Now, don't care about the official position, just look at the ability. Presumably, you also know your true level. Xu Jie said to the six officers who remained.

"We will obey the orders of the Governor!"

Looking at the Feng Ziming who was still left after all the generals left, Xu Jie looked at the Feng Ziming left behind, and said in an astringent voice: "Ziming, it's just right for you to stay, I have other important things to explain to you." ”

Feng Ziming looked at Xu Jie, who was much older, and said in a deep voice: "Dudu, do you still want to join forces with Situ Wen?" What if the guards in Yanzhou City also took action? When the time comes, it will be an enemy inside and out! ”

Xu Jie smiled bitterly: "I can't retreat!" Do you think Ding Qiang will stop because of my concessions? ”

Feng Ziming was silent, the Wu Wei Army has always been eyeing the land of Yanzhou, and will never stop because of the concession of the government army, but only because of the concession and weakness of the government army.

Xu Jie continued: "It is because of the Wuwei Army of Yanzhou City that the nearly 30,000 government troops are stationed around to prevent accidents. If our army is as strong as the Armed Guards, I don't need twice as many soldiers to guard them. Ziming, your task is not to rectify the army in this Yanzhou City, here, the Governor of Pontus will handle it personally. Otherwise, you may not be able to control the moths. ”

"Please give me the instructions!" Feng Ziming no longer persuaded Xu Jie, he knew that Xu Jie already had his own idea, and no matter what he said, it would be difficult to change his current mind.

"You go to Shanyang Mansion and rectify the government army in Shanyang Mansion. Shanyang Mansion was the first line of defense for the Tang army to the south, and it could not be lost. If Shanyang Mansion is not lost, Yanzhou City will be safe and sound, and the Wuwei Army will not act rashly. If Shanyang Mansion is lost, Ding Qiang will definitely compete with Tang Xian for the land of Yanzhou, and the big war will really begin. What do you think? Can it be done? Xu Jie explained in a deep voice.

Feng Ziming was also stunned, he didn't expect Xu Jie to arrange this task for him. But he was also a little disappointed in his heart, perhaps because his recent opinions were no longer in line with the governor's wishes, so he branched himself to the Shanyang Mansion in the north. Of course, this is not to say that this does not trust oneself, and the importance of Sanyang Mansion is naturally self-evident. It's just that Feng Ziming feels that he is no longer the center of power in Yanzhou City.

"Don't worry, the governor will live up to the trust!" Feng Ziming said in a deep voice.

"Okay, then you can quickly go north with your five thousand. I have already issued military orders to the generals and schools of Shanyang Prefecture, and all the departments are gathering in Juye County, a major city in the north. Ziming, can keep the rules, if you really can't guard it, then ...... Then withdraw it. Want...... Wu Weijun also didn't want the Tang army to cross too big. Situ Lei, if you can't take real action, don't think about the land of Yanzhou, if you want me to fight hard with the Wuwei Army, you want to get beauty! Xu Jie said coldly.

"By the way, I heard that you have recently been very close to the officials sent by the Xiaoguo Army's Commercial Division in the city?" That's it, Xu Jie suddenly asked casually.

Feng Ziming was slightly stunned, and said: "Back to the governor, since the last time Situ Wen entered Yanzhou City, the rest of the forces have not noticed it, but this official of the Xiaoguo Military Commerce Department has inspected it. The lower officials believed that they had an extremely large source of information and intelligence in the city, and they wanted them to assist in the investigation of the assassins. ”

Xu Jie said with a little embarrassment: "Oh, I also remembered it when I said this." The intelligence system of the officials of the Commercial Department of the Xiaoguo Army is even more powerful than that of the Wuwei Army stationed in Yanzhou City. Well, this matter needs to be taken care of. Well, you're ready to go right away! ”

When he came out of the Governor's Mansion, Feng Ziming's heart was cold, trust? It turns out that it was nothing more than that. Sending himself to the north was not because he went to the mansion of Lin Menglong, an official of the Xiaoguo Army, two more times. It seems that we have to go again, Yanzhou Mansion Army, it's messy!

Because of the task, the so-called letting Feng Ziming rectify the army in Yanzhou City is completely a rhetoric. Except for the 3,000 soldiers assigned to Feng Ziming after the Wuwei Army entered Yanzhou City and the 2,000 soldiers who were added later, the rest of the entrusted soldiers were also taken over by the officials of the Governor's Office. In this regard, Feng Ziming naturally has no opinion. Now, what he needs is to be ready to go north.

Lin Menglong's mansion is still in that place!

"Lord Feng, now that the situation in Yanzhou is urgent, why are you still in the mood to come to me? Could it be that you all governors don't care about the situation in Liangzhou Mansion? In other words, you already have a good countermeasure? Lin Menglong asked with a smile.

Feng Ziming's face was a little heavy, and after a while, he looked at Zhao Xun and said, "Master Li, what do you think of the current situation of the Yanzhou Mansion Army?" ”

Zhao Xun smiled faintly and said, "What do I think?" Does it make sense for me to see it? Aside from the Xuzhou Army, the Tang Army in the north and the Wuwei Army in the southwest alone are enough for your Yanzhou Army to withstand it. What do you think? What are you going to do, Lord Governor? By the way, have you not been reprimanded by your Governor for coming to me so many times? ”

Feng Ziming sighed: "You are right! Now it seems that the Liangzhou Mansion is lost. This official is also going north to Shanyang Mansion to fight the enemy! You'd better get out of here, or if you don't do it, a big battle will come suddenly. ”

"Lord Feng is sure about guarding Sanyang Mansion?" Zhao Xun's mind moved, and he asked with a smile.

Feng Ziming said in a deep voice: "To be honest, I don't know. I am a long history, a civilian official, and I really don't have much focus on battlefield combat. Even if there were, it was just on paper. Besides, the gap between the government army and the guard army, you must also know. Well, when used in your Xiaoguo army, it is not as good as your Xiaoguo army and the county soldiers. ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Lord Feng, what do you think of me?" The official didn't dare to brag about it, but on the battlefield, he was definitely not a good hand. What do you think? Are you interested in recruiting me as your general? ”

Zhao Xun said, not only Feng Ziming, but also Lin Menglong and Wei Dong on the side, who were also dumbfounded.

Feng Ziming immediately came to his senses, and when he saw Lin Menglong's expression, he knew that Li Feng's identity was not far from what he had guessed. Recruiting the other party to return to the team is equivalent to pushing Shanyang Mansion into the hands of the Xiaoguo Army. It's not that he doesn't have confidence in himself, it's that he knows the methods of the Xiaoguo Army. He was afraid that this young man with the pseudonym Li Feng would be out of his jurisdiction as soon as he entered the army of Shanyang Mansion. Think about it, it is Yanzhou City, the capital of Yanzhou, which is under the monitoring of the Xiaoguo Army, not to mention Shanyang Mansion, which is far away from the front line.

Feng Ziming was hesitating, he knew that the other party's words were not just to assist him in guarding Shanyang Mansion, nor was it just to seek personal interests between the Tang Army and the Yanzhou Mansion Army and the Wuwei Army. What's more, the other party is letting themselves choose. Whether to continue to serve the Yanzhou Mansion Army, the broken ship of Xu Jie, or the Xiaoguo Army.

If before, Feng Ziming would refuse without hesitation, the big deal was to die on the battlefield. But since Xu Jie asked casually, he knew that the so-called reuse was just to keep him from mixing with irrelevant people. Even his own 5,000 men seemed to be generously sent to the north, why didn't he send all his forces in Yanzhou City to the front line?

Seeing Feng Ziming's hesitation, Zhao Xun secretly smiled. As long as you don't refuse immediately, it won't be long before your heart is shaken? Since it has been shaken, then the insistence in his heart is no longer insistence.

"Lord Feng, are you sure about Shanyang Mansion? That's hundreds of thousands of people! Lin Menglong said softly on the side.

Zhao Xun secretly praised that at this time, this sentence was just right.

Sure enough, Feng Ziming's face sank, and he said, "Okay, Li Feng, since you don't want to say your name, the official doesn't force it." From now on, you're one of my commands. Early tomorrow morning, set off with the army. ”

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"Lord, do you really want to enter Shanyang Mansion with Feng Ziming?" Lin Menglong said with some concern.

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "The situation has developed so far, which has exceeded our expectations. This Situ Lei, where there is really a vacancy, he will drill wherever he goes. Since we can't get the whole picture, we can only move forward step by step. Sanyang Mansion is the first step for us to start. Don't worry, there are nearly a thousand guards with me this time, and I will place them in the government army later. Besides, since Feng Ziming nodded, it means that there has been a problem between him and Xu Jie. Dangerous, will it be even more dangerous than the original state capital? ”

"Wei Dong, let our people all prepare and leave the city early. Lin Menglong, after I leave, you must also be more restrained, and don't mix with any government affairs in Yanzhou City. If you can't do anything, evacuate immediately. By the way, send someone to take care of Feng Ziming's family, and protect them from evacuation if there is an accident. ”

The news of the Tang army's destruction of the cities of Liangzhou soon spread in the city, and Xu Jie took advantage of the situation to start the rectification of the government army. For the Wu Wei Army, Xu Jie did not take any radical actions. For the Tang army's attack, Xu Jie sent 5,000 reinforcements to Shanyang Mansion north to support the last line of defense of Liangzhou Mansion.

Away from the city, a small city thirty miles away from Yanzhou City. When Yanzhou City announced the Tang Army's actions, Feng Ziming had already arrived here with 5,000 people.

Zhao Xun looked at these panting soldiers, couldn't help but shake his head, and said, "Lord Feng, this is your soldier?" ”

Feng Ziming also saw the disdain on the faces of the four or five guards around Li Feng, his face was slightly red, and he said: "Exactly, I know that they don't enter your eyes, but, there is no way, I only have such five thousand people in my hands." ”

Zhao Xun stared at Feng Ziming's eyes and said in a deep voice: "Lord Feng, how about Tang Jun?" As you know, we're more familiar than you do. I've been at war with him. With 5,000 people like you, the Tang Army only needs 2,000 people, no, 1,000 people, to defeat you. ”

For Zhao Xun's words, Feng Ziming also knew. The Xiaoguo Army and the Tang Army fought hard for half a year in the land of Qingzhou and defeated Tang Xian, which is well known. Since the other party said no, it was not far off. After a while, Feng Ziming said in a low voice: "I said, the difference between the palace and the guard!" However, today's shape is like this, so what do you say? ”

Zhao Xun was determined not to give Feng Ziming a slow sway, and went straight to the point, so he said directly: "The most fundamental and direct way is to have elite soldiers and strong generals in your hands, but now, time is too late." Well, we can only pull the tall one from the short. Five thousand, three thousand for the soldiers, the rest of the two thousand, I see, go to be auxiliaries! ”

Feng Ziming frowned and said, "Even so, it's too late!" We urgently need to go north to support Sanyang Province. Where is the time to straighten out the army and select talents? ”

Zhao Xun waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't take too long, it will be selected in the process of marching!" If you don't worry, I'll do it! ”

Feng Ziming was slightly stunned, he didn't know what Li Feng was going to do. But if this is the case, wouldn't it be justifiable to hand over the soldiers and horses to him?

Although Feng Ziming himself broke away from Xu Jie, and recruited the people of the Xiaoguo Army to assist him in guarding Shanyang Mansion, he did not completely abandon the Yanzhou Mansion Army in his heart. Of course, he hoped that Xu Jie could join forces with the Xiaoguo Army, whether it was surrender or alliance, it would be better than now, but he was not ready to hand over the army to the other party.

Why didn't Feng Ziming himself know the importance of forming a strong army? Of these 5,000 people, 3,000 have been in his hands for more than half a year, and the remaining 2,000 have been in his hands for more than two months. But he didn't know anything about how to train and anything like that.

Now this Li Feng wants to ask him for military power, if it is the general of the government army, he will naturally not hesitate, but the other party is a member of the Xiaoguo army. Although he is a civilian official, he has a deep taboo against military generals, and now today, it is not because he has soldiers in his hands that he can be able to fight vertically and horizontally, if the military power is handed over, it will not be so easy to take it back.

In fact, Feng Ziming still wanted to use the Xiaoguo Army to help him guard Shanyang Mansion, instead of completely handing over Shanyang Mansion to the other party. After more than ten days of contact and some secret investigations of his own, he somewhat confirmed that the other party was Zhao Xun, the master of the Xiaoguo Army. Despite the propaganda of the Xiaoguo Army, Zhao Xun was patrolling the river. But he has already confirmed the identity of the other party from some places. If it weren't for the fact that the Xiaoguo Army had not yet taken military measures against the land of Yanzhou, and if it weren't for the current crisis situation of the Yanzhou Army, he would have taken Zhao Xun down long ago.

Although he now reached the point where he needed to rely on the other party, he still had hope in his heart, holding the idea that the other party was just assisting him, but he didn't want the land of Yanzhou to fall into the hands of the Tang Army and the Wuwei Army, so that his enemies would grow. But now it seems that this is all their own delusion.

The current situation is obvious, the reason why the government army was defeated so quickly was not only by surprise, but more importantly, the gap in strength. Speaking of which, the government army with real combat experience, except for a part of the handover between the eastern and Xuzhou armies, is more than 10,000 people who were buried by Ding Qiang in the past. It's a pity that they're no longer there. Now, if you don't give the other party military rights, how can the other party help you guard? Fighting a war is not just about words, it is about fighting real skills and real strength.

As for the Xiaoguo Army, Feng Ziming, who knows Zhao Xun, knows that this Zhao Xun, and even the entire Xiaoguo Army, no one is an easy person. Let's not talk about whether the other party is Zhao Xun, the reason why he didn't expose the other party's true identity, but recruited him in the name of Li Feng, didn't he want to hear the identity of the other party?

From the moment he first came into contact with the other party, he knew that this Li Feng had great ambitions, and he had been imperceptibly influencing himself all along, hoping that he would stay away from Xu Jie, and even put Xu Jie under house arrest. Up to now, he even had some doubts about whether his behavior in Lin Menglong's Mansion was deliberately done by him, so that Xu Jie could doubt himself.

When he went north to support Sanyang Mansion, the other party did not hesitate to ask to go together, even ignoring the danger that the big war would bring. It is conceivable that the other party has made efforts and costs to achieve the goal. This person's ambition is not under Ding Qiang at all, and he even dares to take risks more than Ding Qiang. Once he takes over his military power, the consequences are unimaginable, then, after Shanyang Mansion, nine times out of ten, it will no longer belong to him, and even if it does not belong to Xu Jie, it does not belong to the Yanzhou Mansion Army.

Seeing that Feng Ziming didn't reply immediately, Zhao Xun frowned slightly and said, "Do you still need to hesitate?" What time is it? When we get to Shanyang Mansion, we won't have a chance to fight the Juntun army. If you can't suppress the generals and schools in Juye City, and still guard Xingyang Mansion? It's a complete joke. If Shanyang Mansion is lost, hundreds of thousands of people will suffer great disasters, not to mention that Yanzhou Mansion will be the next place to cause war. ”

"Now it's just a matter of dividing the five thousand men into divisions according to their bodies, with the soldiers fighting for the war and the auxiliaries as the auxiliaries. Stricter than military discipline and strengthened training in killing, 3,000 people, which can be compared with the previous 10,000 people. We guarded Shanyang Mansion, occupied the advantages of geography, people, and people, plus the young and strong people of Shanyang Mansion, and at the same time strengthened the combat effectiveness of the army. Holding Shanyang Mansion and blocking the Tang Army will no longer be a problem. ”