General's Mansion, Back Hall, Zhao Xun's Study.

"How does Li Gongzi feel when he passes under the rule of my Xiaoguo Army?" In the study, Zhao Xun and Li Muyuan sat opposite each other, and between the two of them was a square table, on which there were two cups of tea and green smoke.

The water vapor on the teacup rose into the air, allowing Li Muyuan to see that Zhao Xun's face was a little hazy. He was a little incredulous, this young man who had just turned twenty this year had set up such a big family business, compared to him, it was really far from being called Junjie himself.

"Benefit the country and the people! It's hard to do! Hearing Zhao Xun's inquiry, Li Muyuan said in a deep voice.

"Yes, it's hard! In the bitter cold land of the north, there are so many famous families, wang clan landlords, the prosperous land of the Central Plains, what kind of scene should it be. Zhao Xun understood what Li Muyuan meant. What you do is good and the world, but it will also offend many people. But Zhao Xun was not afraid, the family of this period was no longer as strong as the Tang Dynasty, movable type printing, which was made out in the previous dynasty, and the same was true of the imperial examination, and the family family had been weakened by Yan zhòng. At best, the big families are intertwined forces. After all, people are a great family that has been passed down through the ages.

"That's it, don't talk about this, your Li family has evacuated?" Zhao Xun said with a smile.

Li Muyuan shook his head and said, "How can it be so easy, and I don't dare to move too much." Each family has a manpower, and it is lost to the outside world. Some money and goods were brought over, and after that, they were eaten under your rule. ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "How can you be so miserable as you say, those who can be literate and capable of martial arts can join the army or civilian officials, and those who are not good at this can also enter business." I don't dare to boast about anything else under the rule of Xiaoguo Army, and I definitely treat businessmen best. ”

"I believe it, and it's spread widely. Honestly, I admire that. ”

"My little sister is also here this time, please take care of it, so as not to have an accident in the war."

"Don't worry about this, Miss Xinyan is kind to me, even if the imperial court envoy appears to me to ask for someone, I will also let him go." Zhao Xun said with a smile, "By the way, who will lead the army in Haizhou Mansion this time?" ”

Li Muyuan said: "Zuo Long Xiangwei General Xue Qinglan and Qin Daolin!" ”

General Zuo Longxiang Wei is alone, not available; There is one general, and Li Huaiyuan, the governor of Youzhou, concurrently serves as the governor; The two generals are Xue Qinglan and Qin Daolin.

"How are the two?"

"The talent of a general can be based on one side."

"What about Brother Li Muzhi?"

"According to Cao Gang! Once it starts, Cao Gang in the north of Bingzhou will definitely have a foot. When the time comes, the eldest brother will take the Li family's private army to fight Cao Gang. Li Muyuan said slowly.

Zhao Xun knew that Li Muyuan's meaning was actually to reassure the Li family, after all, there were 50,000 troops on the east side, and 15,000 cavalry were pouring in in the southwest, and no one would be at ease. But Zhao Xun will not stop it, the Li family's private army is different from the Long Xiang army, the Long Xiang army is a court army and can be taken over by himself, but the Li family's private army is only loyal to the Li family, besides, he can't accept it positively. For this, Zhao Xun believes that Li Muyuan also understands.

"If you can fight, you will fight, and if you are unfavorable, you will retreat." Zhao Xun said lightly.

Youzhou was attracted by one thing at the moment, Li Huaiyuan, the governor of Youzhou, was not angry that the Xiaoguo army was pressing on the Longxiang army, and decided to send troops to Haizhou Mansion to attack the Yan Army, and to the north of Haizhou Mansion, to resist the southward movement of the Liaodong Army.

Because the incident at the full moon banquet of Zhao Xun's son was spread by the government, it also made Youzhou look sideways, waiting for Long Xiangjun to wash away his infamy.

The action of the Long Xiang army was very fast, after the full moon banquet, in late April, the 50,000 Zuo Long Xiang Wei army marched into Weizhou Mansion, and then marched towards Haizhou Mansion, Li Muyuan was transferred as the liaison envoy between Zuo Long Xiangwei and Xiaoguo Army, stationed in Yanzhou City, to deal with the relationship between the two armies.

Zuo Longxiang guarded 50,000 people, 20,000 cavalry, and 30,000 infantry troops, and entered the rule of the Xiaoguo army, and the Xiaoguo army did not stop it. And Li Huaiyuan, the general of Zuo Long Xiangwei, was also prepared for the opening of Zuo Longxiangwei, with all the food, grass and soldiers, and with 30,000 people, the mighty army moved.

Thanks to the blessing of the Xiaoguo army, the official road under the rule of the Xiaoguo army was repaired by the prisoners of the Xiaoguo army, which was extremely convenient, so 30,000 people could transport enough materials, grain and grass for the 50,000 army.

"General, this time we must wash away our infamy, and let the world see that our Zuolong Xiangwei is no worse than the Xiaoguo Army." Wu Benlang said excitedly to Qin Wanjie.

And Xue Qinglan and Qin Daolin, the generals of Zuo Longxiangwei, were not very happy, but worried. Both of them are close to forty people, because they are in the army, they look tall and majestic.

Xue Qinglan looked at the wide official road and the poplars planted on both sides of the official road, and then looked at the verdant fields in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The Xiaoguo Army is really extraordinary!" ”

Qin Wanjie said unconvinced: "General, why bother to grow others' ambitions? Xiaoguo Army? I don't see how good it is. ”

Xue Qinglan said with a smile: "Where can this official road be compared in Youzhou?" How convenient it was to march and fight, and to have this road at that time. The surrounding fields, and those people, don't you see, they are not afraid of us, in other words, they are not afraid of the sergeants, and even look at ordinary people, in this case, the rest of the state capitals in Youzhou, you can see? ”

Qin Wanjie thought about it carefully, it is true, not to mention the official way, this is not only conducive to the Ming Dynasty, but also conducive to the construction of the army. Let's just say that the people, in the rest of the state capitals, when the people see the officers and soldiers, they avoid it from afar, and they have no bad feelings for the army, and they have no good feelings, especially when Zuo Longxiangwei is indifferent to the invasion of the Yan army, and he has no good impression of these troops.

But here, these people are on both sides of the road, at the gate of the township, as if they were watching friends or relatives. What even annoyed Zuo Longxiang's guards was that some of the people who sent them fruits, cakes and food, after carefully reading or asking, sighed: "It turns out that it's not the Xiaoguo Army!" Zuo Long Xiangwei ...... and then turned and left. Although the things were still in Zuo Long Xiangwei's hands, they felt that these things were very hot.

originally thought that the people here welcomed Zuo Long Xiangwei, and they were moved to tears, but the result was ...... wasted his feelings, and was despised by others......

"The development of the Xiaoguo Army is beneficial to the people, the military discipline is strict, it never disturbs the people, it is fair to buy and sell, and even some soldiers who are not on duty or go out also help the people to do things, so these people treat the Xiaoguo Army as relatives and are never afraid." The Xiaoguo sergeant who was marching with Zuo Longxiang's guard responded with a smile.

In order to prevent Zuo Long Xiangwei from acting nonsense on the territory of the Xiaoguo Army, the Xiaoguo Army also sent more than 1,000 people to set off with the army to act as military judges! And General Zuo Long Xiangwei naturally also explained to his subordinates that they were not allowed to cause trouble.

For the proud-looking Xiaoguo Army Sentinel in front of them, several people didn't say much, but with deep contemplation. Even Qin Wanjie, who had been speaking rudely, closed his mouth at the moment.

After Zuo Longxiangwei drove to Haizhou Mansion, Li Muzhi also drove to Hengzhou Mansion with the Li family's private army, the Black Armor Army. Speaking of which, it was originally impossible for the private army to exist, but in the north of Youzhou and Bingzhou, the private army was allowed. Because in the past 50 years, the northern Turks, Uighurs, and Murwei have often disturbed the borders, and the imperial court has insufficient troops and is difficult to support. Therefore, amnesty was granted to the north to establish a private army to protect itself.

The action of 50,000 troops, naturally can not hide from others, after the action of the army, I don't know how many carrier pigeons took off from Youzhou. The first to receive the news was Cao Gang, the general of Zhenbei and the general of the Right Dragon Guard, after receiving the news, Cao Gang's face suddenly turned dark, and after scolding the bastard, he wrote a letter in his hand, and then the carrier pigeon flew up and disappeared over Shuozhou City......

And the target of the attack, the Yan Ya army naturally got the news.

The current army is handsome, with a dull face, a scruffy beard, and sunken eyes, and he has long since lost the image of the commander of the army in the past.

"Please contact Captain Wang of the Xiaoguo Army." Luo Qian looked at the information in his hand and said in a muffled voice.

"If it's a little later, we'll be able to go back to Liaodong. When I return to Liaodong and clean up some people in the country, I will definitely redouble my revenge on the Xiaoguo army, and the humiliation of the defeated army has been eliminated. Xiaoguo Army...... Zhao Xun...... The revenge of killing the son, how can it stop here. Luo Qian said hatefully.

"Your Excellency! Why don't you just invite me to come? Wang Hao came to Luo Gan's house calmly and said lightly.

After Luo Qian invited Wang Hao to sit down, he said, "Zuo Long Xiangwei is here, do you know?" ”

"Oh...... That's what Du Shuai said, I'm still about to say something like you, I didn't expect you to already know, I didn't expect Du Shuai's intelligence to be quite fast! Wang Hao said with a smile.

Luo Gan didn't care about talking to him, and said: "Let's talk about Zuo Long Xiangwei first, there was an agreement in the past, I will retreat from you, I will deal with some people for you, and you will let us withdraw to Liaodong." Right? ”

Wang Hao nodded and said, "That's right, my Xiaoguo army has never attacked you. What do you mean by this? Could it be that my Xiaoguo Army has violated the agreement? If my Xiaoguo army really wants to attack you, I'm afraid it will be ......."

Luo Qian waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, captain, I didn't mean that. The Xiaoguo army abides by the agreement, and we naturally abide by it. That's why we have been charged with attacking Pingzhou City. ”

Wang Hao sneered and said: "Lord Dushuai, that is to provide you with food, this is also the only way, do you want to starve to death?" ”

"But we bought those grains at a price fifty percent higher than those of the family, and you didn't give them away." Luo Qian said angrily, it's okay not to say this, but as soon as he said this, he was angry. All the money looted in Pingzhou Mansion was returned and fell into the hands of the Xiaoguo Army.

Wang Hao's face turned cold, and he said unceremoniously: "Really? If we didn't provide food, you wouldn't be able to buy a little food even if you had two, three, or ten times as much money. Do you think that money is more important than the lives of soldiers? I knew that I shouldn't have provided you with food and grass in the first place. ”

Luo Qianqi almost went crazy, and he was scolded in front of him as a commander of nearly 100,000 troops, and he was scolded in front of a small captain. If it was in the past, Luo Qian would have drawn his sword against each other a long time ago, but today, it really can't. The lives of his 28,000 Liaodong soldiers were in his own hands, and he couldn't be impulsive.

Taking a deep breath, Luo Qian said in a sullen voice: "Okay, let's not talk about this yet, this Zuo Long Xiangwei is coming to attack us, what's going on?" How are you going to let them pass? ”

Wang Hao said in a sullen voice: "My general is a courtier of Yan State, how can he refuse?" Unless there is a rebellion. Zuo Longxiangwei is a border guard, they have the right to act in Youzhou, and my general can't stop it, if you are not careful, you will fall into the hands of others. I think you also know that there are many rules of the Han people, plus my general and the governor of Youzhou, Li Huaiyuan, the general of Zuo Longxiangwei, are not in agreement, and he can't intercept it, but he is in the public, and he can't refuse to ask for it in front of everyone. Well, just like the sailors who are now stationed in Haizhou Mansion, we are not subordinate to each other. ”

Luo Qian also knows that there are many rules of the Han people, and if one is not good, he will either lose his official position or lose his head. Seriously, he wished that Zhao Xun would lose his official position, and it was better to lose his life. But he knew better that Zhao Xun would never do such a thing that was not beneficial.

"Can't you just let it stop where your army is under your rule?"

"They didn't listen to our military orders, so we sent a thousand people to follow the team, hoping that they would make a mistake and leave them behind." Wang Hao shook his head and said.

"Leave the left dragon guard? Don't say if you can, even if you can, you won't stop them. Your invasion of the northern part of Youzhou has caused many deaths and broken families. If you are not left behind, how can you be willing? Do you think we don't know that you sent people back to Liaodong and wanted to attack from the north and south to break through the interception at the northern end of Haizhou Mansion? Is it possible? These 50,000 troops are coming at you. Wang Hao said secretly in his heart.

Hearing Wang Hao say this, Luo Qian was secretly anxious, and hurriedly said: "Please tell your general, as long as you can delay the attack of Zuo Long Xiangwei, when I return to China, I will definitely give you ten thousand horses." ”

"Really?" Wang Hao said with a look of covetousness.

"Of course it's true, but only if I can go back." Luo Qian despised in his heart, but he said without hesitation.

"Then I'll report to the general and wait for his reply." Wang Hao said hurriedly, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye.

"Du Shuai, do you really want to give away thousands of horses?"

"Brother Wen, when he returns to China one day, when he is attacked by ten thousand troops, how can it be regarded as a gift of ten thousand horses." Luo Qian said hatefully.

"Phew...... Fool me? Return the gift of 10,000 horses...... Kill all your 28,000 people, there will be more than 10,000 horses, why give them away in the future? Leaving Luo Qian's residence, Wang Hao secretly sneered.

As Zhao Xun's cronies, the liaison envoy who contacted the Yan Army, naturally knew what Zhao Xun meant, and the 28,000 Jin Yan Army would definitely not be able to go back alive.