At the beginning of King Ning's army, it was claimed that there were more than 100,000 soldiers. Later, many cities were obtained, not only through the arsenals of these cities to enrich armor, swords, and guns, but also to implement the system of sweeping in the land obtained. Most of the adult men in the area controlled by King Ning were captured and given swords and spears to serve as soldiers. Through this means, King Ning's troops expanded rapidly, and the external propaganda had been changed to one million soldiers, sweeping the southeast.

At present, although the battle with the imperial court is unfavorable, and the Shunde army has begun to decline, judging from the figures released by King Ning, its strength has increased unabated, and there are already 1.5 million soldiers. These 50,000 horses can only be regarded as a partial division for such a huge number, and they can't make King Ning break their muscles and bones, but for the imperial court, they can't be taken lightly.

King Ning's military campaign, on the one hand, was to plunder Huguang and accumulate millet to feed the army, and on the other hand, it was also to involve the imperial court's troops, so that it could no longer concentrate the main force to use force against Jiangxi. Huguang is an important source of military food for the southeastern army, and once it is lost or eroded, there will be problems with the supply of military rations for the whole army, and the number of victories and defeats is still unknown.

Huguang's original mobile troops were basically transferred out to participate in the front-line operations against the Shunde rebels, and the local garrison had reached the point of being overstretched. With the scale of the largest province in the Ming Dynasty, the number of troops that can be mobilized does not exceed 30,000. Moreover, these horses are scattered all over the place, guarding the fortress of the city pass, and it is really a bit difficult to support the army of 50,000.

Moreover, there are dozens of Tusi institutions such as the Chief Officials, the Xuanfu Division, and the Xuanfu Division, and those local chieftains do their own thing on weekdays, just like a country within a country. At this time, it is even more necessary to prevent them from taking the opportunity to change and respond to the Ning Domain.

But for An Lu, this feeling of imminent war has not yet been fed back to ordinary people, and as for Wensheng Junxiu, he is even less impressed. After all, there is Wuchang in front of him, and even if the rebels are bold, they don't dare to go around Wuchang and take Anlu, isn't that the last thing? At the moment, it is obvious that it is still necessary to maintain the face of his An Lu talent, and it is only right to defeat the royal palace guards who don't know the height of the sky, and everything else is not important, this poetry meeting cannot be stopped.

When Yang Chengzu received the invitation, he and Tao Zhongwen were pondering writing a large book of words, called "Romance of the Gods".

Xu Zhonglin has not yet been born in this era, and there is no such thing as his daughter marrying without a dowry, so no one knows about this book. Yang Chengzu's memory is not against the sky to the point where he can write the book silently, but at least he knows the general plot, and he always has the ability to follow the main perfunctory work.

Tao Zhongwen, as an expert in the field, was consulted by him as a consultant, and he was responsible for explaining the people and things in the Daomen, and even some classics. At present, it is not for nothing that the Daomen is being promoted and touted, such as the story of Lu Dongbin's beheading, there is already a mother book circulating. But the problem is that the Romance of the Gods is a super large tome, and according to Yang Chengzu, I am afraid that I can't write hundreds of thousands of words, which is very rare.

The Daomen's own classics are not suitable for ordinary people to listen to, or in other words, they may not be interested in listening to them. Using this form of script to promote the Daomen, Tao Zhongwen was naturally very happy, and his enthusiasm for this matter was very high.

The interaction between the two is also a semi-underground state, after all, one is a martial artist, and the other is an immortal who must be referred to when the palace encounters major events. If they all know that the two have a good relationship, then it will be difficult for both of them to be trusted. Fortunately, Tao Zhongwen is used to running the rivers and lakes, and he has a lot of experience in how to keep secrets, but he hasn't been caught by anyone.

When he saw the invitation, Tao Zhongwen shook his head and smiled: "Brother Yang, I'm afraid your trouble is coming." The literati are light, this talented man of An Lu, I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you. How about it, do you want to find the lady of the family to make a few poems for you first, so as not to make a fool of yourself? ”

He has a foundation for Yang Chengzu's knowledge, and he knows that in this kind of literary meeting, he is a face-saving person. It's just that he is very strange, with his level of talent, how can he write so many words? Of course, there is no way to ask this kind of thing, so I can only find another way to remind him. At the moment, the two are in the same camp after all, Yang Chengzu has prestige, if he is defeated at the poetry meeting and his previous achievements are wasted, what good will he have?

This kind of invitation can't be shirked, since you have written a script and consider yourself a literati, then some invitations and entertainment cannot be avoided. Even the princess will only support this matter, and there will be no objection.

He knew that one of Yang Chengzu's family members was born in Qinglou, and he thought he could write poetry. Besides, the matter between him and Miss Sun is not spread in Anlu, Sun Xueniang is called a talented girl, and it should be no problem to make a few poems for him, right?

"No need, it's not interesting, this kind of party is honestly boring." Yang Chengzu obviously didn't take this matter seriously, and after a few glances at the invitation, he casually stuffed it into his sleeve, "Look at it right now, just after the autumn harvest, the storage of grain, the payment of autumn grain, and the war on the front line are much more important than the Wenhui." But the eyes of these talents are still only focused on whose fame is greater and whose talent is better, is it meaningful? ”

"I can't say that, after all, for literati, the competition for this name is the first important thing. For them, this is their battlefield, but the victory or defeat of the real battlefield has little impact on them. Whether it is King Ning or the imperial court, they are all inseparable from scholars. The Shunde puppet dynasty also wanted scholars to be officials, and it also wanted to marry those gentry, so the gentry and scholars may not really care about the direction of this war. The one who really cares about this is the palace. If King Ning goes to Huguang, no one will benefit from these vassal kings in Huguang. ”

Tao Zhongwen knew the people's feelings, so he analyzed this matter very thoroughly, and finally suggested: "How about it, do you want to ask the Sun family for help?" Sun Weng is a figure in the literary world, and he came out to say something, which is very effective. You are guaranteed to get through this. ”

"Dao Chief, you are underestimating me too much, is it not possible for me to pass this level without the Sun family? Isn't it just poetry? When the time comes, I have my own way, and the Sun family's favor is not very much to owe. If the Sun family looks for you to join the eight characters, remember to tell them that Miss Sun and I are in a hurry, and once we get married, we will have blood and light disasters for each other. ”

When I returned home, there was a lot of arguing at home about who would accompany me to the poetry meeting. Sun Xueniang will not marry for the time being, which leads to the rupture of the originally loose inner house alliance, and the inner house of the Yang family once again fell into a state of multipolar opposition and tension.

However, on this occasion, there is indeed no one more suitable than the former Oiran Ruxian, and I don't know how many of this kind of poetry meeting she has participated in in Huaxian County. In other words, if there is no name in this kind of poetry meeting, it is like a dish without salt, which is not interesting.

Ruxian smiled: "This Wenhui is actually a place for men to show off their talents and show off in front of girls." I hope to touch a woman's heart through a poem and leave a good story. After every such meeting, there will be such an elegant thing as someone who becomes the guest of the curtain of whomever and whoever. Chengzu went this time, but he has a goal, which girl's heart to pick? I heard that I went there this time, but a few of them are still Qingqi people. It's a pity that Xue Miaomiao died, otherwise it would be interesting to snatch her from Wan Jiashu's hands. ”