At noon after the meeting, all the civil and military forces left one after another to implement various countermeasures, and Liu Cun left Zhao Rong, Lu Jiu, and Tai Shici, the general in charge of the Jizhou Theater, to discuss various matters of the trip to Youzhou.

After Liu Cun and his three henchmen considered all the problems clearly and instructed Zhao Rong to make a contingency plan, they finally asked Lu Jiu about the issues he was most concerned about:

"Do you think that after the expiration of Zhao Zilong's filial piety period, will he return to General Gongsun Bogui again?"

Lu Jiu replied confidently: "No, after learning the bad news of the death of Brother Zhao Xiong, his subordinates immediately rushed to Changshan to pay respects, and sent many gifts and condolence items in the name of the lord, Zilong Xian brother knew that his subordinates had a good relationship with his brother for several years, and he recruited him through his brother many times, so he was very polite to his subordinates......"

"But it's a pity that Brother Zilong Xian lost his parents since he was a child, and it was his brother and sister-in-law who raised him single-handedly, so Brother Zilong Xian regarded his brother as his father and decided to keep filial piety for three years, and his subordinates didn't dare to persuade him anymore when he saw this."

"Did Liu Xuande, who was cowering in Lunu City, have ever met with Zilong?" Liu Cun asked.

Lu Jiu replied clearly: "Liu Xuande has been under our surveillance, except for six times in the past year, except for six trips to Jixian County and Youbeiping to make profits, the rest of the time has been secretly recruiting troops and horses, mobilizing the people of Lunu City and the surrounding areas to open up wasteland and divert water, grow grain and raise horses, and be very busy......

Moreover, so far, it seems that he does not know the news of the death of Brother Zilong, and his subordinates guarded the tomb of Brother Zhao Xiong for seven days, not only did not meet Liu Xuande or the envoys of General Gongsun Bogui, but on the way back, he got a secret report from Lu Nu, and Liu Xuande received an order from Gongsun Bogui. I had to personally lead 3,000 men and horses north to help in the war. Leaving his second brother Guan Yunchang to guard Lunu City. Maybe the lord will be able to meet him when he goes north this time. ”

Liu Cun was relieved: "This thing is done well!" After signing an alliance with General Gongsun this time, I will quietly go to Changshan to meet Zilong, and the whole trip will be arranged by you! ”

Lu Jiu, who took over the heavy responsibility, was very excited, and left without saying a word.

Zhao Rong asked with some doubts: "Lord, is this Changshan Zhao Zilong really worthy of your attention?" ”

Liu Cun sighed with emotion: "Actually, at the beginning, I didn't pay so much attention to him, but I just cherished his talent and martial arts, but after more than two years of secret investigation by Lu Jiu. I finally saw Zhao Zilong's most touching qualities and talents! ”

"Zhao Zilong is not only superb in martial arts, but also upright, compassionate, and more importantly, he has outstanding abilities in cavalry training and tactical use...... He began to follow General Gongsun at the age of eighteen, and it has been six years since he was diligent, and he must fight with every battle, but so far he has not even mixed up with individual Simas, which shows that General Gongsun has no name for knowing people! ”

"In these six years, General Gongsun has fought many defeats. But even if Zhao Zilong was defeated, he could bring his men back. He has served as a post-mortem more than once, and every time he has done a beautiful and impeccable job, isn't such a talent worthy of my attention? ”

"To put it a little selfishly, recruiting Zhao Zilong can not only show the people of the world that we are the only ones who have the courage to embrace all rivers, but also more of the defeated remnants of the two states of You, Hebei and Hebei, and replace them with the sophisticated equipment of our army with a little training, which is an iron cavalry division that makes all the princes fearful, what is our army lacking most now? It's a cavalry that can recruit and fight! ”

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Five days later, the Bohai County Governance Office Nanpi.

Outside the Qingzhou military camp in the north of the city, the horses were like clouds, and the laughter was loud.

In the past few days, Tai Shici, the deputy marshal of the Qingzhou Army, Fu Min and Zhang He, who have been highly praised by the lord, have happily huddled behind Liu Cun, and Xu Ci, who is about to step down from his post and has another important use, held Liu Cun's hand tightly, pointing to the endless wheat that was like layers of surging under the south wind, and was excited.

"My lord, please look at this gratifying scene, in another month and a half, my Bohai County 5 million mu of wheat and 1.6 million mu of millet (sorghum) will be able to get a bumper harvest, is expected to increase the output by more than 700,000 stone over last year, and the total output will once again exceed the thriving Qingzhou granary plain county in the south, haha! Lord, we don't have to worry about food in Qingzhou. ”

Liu Cun's face was full of smiles: "Bohai has today's beautiful scenery, and my brother and officials at all levels in Bohai have made great contributions!" It seems that it will not work if it is not rewarded. ”

Dozens of civil and military forces around laughed, and Xu Ci said with emotion: "If you want to talk about merit, the first lord and the first Taishou filial piety brother (Cangci), without the foundation laid by the filial piety brother, Bohai will not have today's prosperity!" ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the lord had distributed all the land to 400,000 soldiers and civilians in the whole territory of Bohai in advance, and issued a two-year tax exemption policy to encourage the whole people to reclaim land and vigorously develop aquaculture, the number of acres of land in Bohai would not have doubled in just two years, let alone the stability and prosperity it has today."

Everyone agreed, praising the lord's foresight and the noble character of the people, Liu Cun smiled, but he felt a lot in his heart, with the increasing authority, the more awe he had for himself under the command of Wenwu, and there were more and more voices of praise for virtue.

Returning to the barracks to invite all the civil and military officials to finish dinner, the night has slowly fallen, the civil officials know that the lord Liu Cun is busy with military affairs, and this time it is very unusual to suddenly go north, so they bid farewell and leave under the leadership of Xu Ci.

Fu Min, the general who has been conscientiously guarding the Bohai Sea for several years, discussed with Liu Cun for a while, and quietly ordered people to light more than ten huge candles to illuminate the wide main hall, and the general's mansion in the center of the camp has been quietly taken over by five hundred iron guards led by Zhai Chao.

Half a moment later, the carefully framed huge map was hung high by several young soldiers, and more than a dozen generals and colonels in the hall hurriedly put down their teacups and gathered in front of the military map that clearly marked the mountains and rivers of Hebei and Youerzhou, the roads and passes, and the distribution of troops on all sides.

Liu Cun took the five-foot-long baton, looked around, and said loudly:

"According to the latest information from Jizhou, Yuan Shao appointed his general Chun Yuqiong as the vanguard yesterday, appointed the general Zhang Nan as the general of Pingkou, and appointed the strategist Guo Tu as the general of the military division, leading 15,000 cavalry and 30,000 foot soldiers respectively, and the troops went north to Julu and Anping in two ways."

"Judging by a series of intelligence, the Military Service Department and the Military Participation Department of the Jizhou Theater have made up their minds to make a northern expedition to Youzhou, and the 45,000-foot cavalry led by Chun Yuqiong and Zhang Nan is only its vanguard, and the nearly 100,000 Yuan troops gathered on the front line of Yecheng and Guangping will soon go north one after another."

"Therefore, no matter who wins or loses in the war-torn Youzhou, Yuan Shao, who has coveted Youzhou for several years and is determined to win, will take it back, I think that in three days at the latest, General Gongsun Bogui, who has been smooth sailing since the start of the war, will definitely send an envoy to ask for help, which is why I deliberately stayed here for two days."

The generals laughed knowingly, Liu Cun had arrived in Nanpi for two days, and he inspected agriculture and the three major military farms with civil and military officials every day, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

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