"Faith."

Liu Zhang nodded solemnly, picked up a few pieces of paper, the elegant font on it, one by one listed the strategy, but none of them were to conquer the world, all of them were internal affairs articles, and I also understood what Huang Yueying meant, the current Sichuan army is invincible, but everywhere it passes, it is a scorched earth, not only the people's livelihood is withering, but there are also many hidden crises.

Repeated victories are proud, and the foundation is unstable, which is indeed the most dangerous moment.

"I don't know if Uncle Huang is good at internal affairs, or if he plans to lay down and govern again, but this is not a good thing."

Liu Zhang looked at the above policy provisions one by one, and said: "Yueying, you said that your service is what your master meant, so what do you mean?" Is it a last resort? ”

Huang Yueying stood up, looked out the window, and saw that Huang Chengyan was still sitting in the courtyard, turned around and smiled: "It's not a last resort, but I don't like war myself, I actually just like to tinker with some gadgets."

When I was a child, I thought, in the future, I will build a yard in the mountains, all with my own machinery, and live with a good sister, how do I know that I met a master, he taught me a lot of mechanical principles, and it is also considered to be my favorite, and he is kind to me.

He wants me to serve you, so come and serve you, and I hope that before I am fifty years old, if I do not die on the battlefield, I will help you calm the world. ”

"How old are you now?"

"Seventeen."

"Thirty-three years, you gave me thirty-three years." Liu Zhang put the paper on the stack and stood up.

Huang Yueying smiled softly, a little helpless and a little relieved, Liu Zhang didn't know what her mood was, the two looked out the window together, Huang Chengyan in the courtyard had been sitting alone, his back was desolate and stiff.

Huang Chengyan is an old man, so it's no wonder that he worries so much about his ugly daughter, and abducts other people's daughters like this, Liu Zhang is a little unhappy.

Huang Yueying's face was gloomy, Liu Zhang could see that she was reluctant, no matter how much a daughter hated her parents, she would be sad when she really left.

Finally, Huang Chengyan stood up and sighed heavily at the night sky, infinitely melancholy and helpless, Liu Zhang looked sideways, Huang Yueying's eyes were slightly red, and she held back tears. Liu Zhang's heart was uncomfortable.

"Alas, my daughter is gone, who will take care of the water pump, do you want me to be an old man to carry water? Alas. ”

Huang Chengyan shook his head and entered the house.

………… Huang Chengyan's sigh made Huang Yueying finally decide to leave, for fear of alarming the second elder, she called it so powerful, and went to a pipe along the wall with Liu Zhang.

"What is this?" Liu Zhang asked curiously.

"There are two air bags over there, and here there is a handle, as long as you shake the handle, you can press air into one air bag, turn the handle in reverse, the air in the air bag will be pressed into the other air bag, and the air that is evacuated can bring the water up."

Liu Zhang looked at the complex gear mechanism between the handle and the two airbags, and nodded: "Oh, this is the legendary pumping machine." ”

The three of them went down the first floor along the "sewer pipe", jumped to the ground about two feet apart, made a "bang" sound, smashed out a big hole, and were beaten left and right by Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying, and ran out of the yard together.

When Liu Zhang arrived at the entrance of the village, the soldiers had already planned to camp in a nearby cave, and the group returned to Xiangyang overnight.

Early in the morning, there was a knock on the door of Huang's courtyard, Huang Chengyan opened it in his pajamas, and it turned out to be Mr. Huang, who came in with a crutch, and Mrs. Cai hurriedly ran down from the second floor.

"The old man is not good, the old man is not good, just now I went to call my daughter and son-in-law for dinner, and they are gone."

"What? Then don't you hurry up and ask someone to find it. "Huang Chengyan is in a hurry.

Master Huang knocked Huang Chengyan's head with a stick, but Huang Chengyan was fifty years old, and he was only knocked and played with by Old Man Huang as a child.

"Erfang, don't look for it, your daughter ran away and won't come back."

"What?" Mrs. Cai groaned and scolded: "This girl, so anxious, didn't we not agree to this family, we want to go to my uncle's house, and we don't even eat breakfast?" Can this be looked down upon by a man after getting married? ”

"What a man." Old Man Huang sat on the stone bench in the courtyard with a stick: "Your daughter followed Liu Zhang...... Don't stare at me, you guessed right, yes, it's Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang. ”

"Is this kudzu (a derogatory term for a girl) going to rebel? She, she, she, she, she's going to take refuge in that butcher who kills without blinking...... She, she, I'm so angry. Huang Chengyan's face turned red with anger, he kept panting, and was suddenly stunned: "Grandpa, according to this situation, you already knew, why didn't you stop this girl from being stupid?" ”

"Two-legged, I think you're stupid." Old Man Huang pointed at Huang Chengyan's head with a crutch: "Your daughter told me yesterday, if today, the situation is gradually becoming clear, and there are only a few promising princes, and our Huang family should also consider the development of the family."

Think about it, although Liu Zhang has no way, but now that he has developed, are you sure that Liu Zhang will not be able to succeed? And don't forget, Liu Zhang rules our ground? If you have sinned against him, will you have good fruit to eat? Do you see the fate of the rebellious clans? If it weren't for your daughter, would you still be standing here now? ”

"But......" Old Man Huang was speechless for a while, Huang Chengyan was speechless, but he was not convinced.

Master Huang sighed: "Erfang, I see that you have lived in vain in the past fifty years, and you have not yet learned about your daughter, although Liu Zhang is harsh on the family, but he is a prince, Jiangzhou Hanzhong Wuling, and our Xiangyang, these things show that direct confrontation with the government is not good for us."

We might as well send some of our children to the Sichuan army as officials, so that at least we can ensure that during the period of the Sichuan army's rule, we can have a good life, and then wait for the times to change, our Huang family is a big family, and it is also the local family of Jingxiang. The de facto ruler of Jingzhou, we cannot afford to offend.

As the saying goes, eggs can't be put in one basket, now Jiangdong, Central Plains, and the north all have the children of our Huang family to be officials, can there be no officialdom to take care of the local ground in Jingzhou? If one day, Liu Zhang lifts several other baskets, what will our Huang family do?

It just so happens that your daughter is a girl, and the other princes won't accept it, and it happened to be lost to Liu Zhang, isn't it that we lose nothing? ”

Huang Chengyan heard it for a long time, two meanings, one is that there must be people from the Huang family in the Sichuan army, and the Huang family does not suffer, and the second is that his daughter is a girl, so she doesn't need to use it in vain, and she doesn't suffer if she uses the Huang family.

Huang Chengyan was depressed, why did his daughter join the Sichuan camp and work hard for the Huang family, knowing that the Yizhou butcher had a bad reputation and had little chance of dominating the world, isn't this a bad abuse of his daughter?

But for the sake of the family, Huang Chengyan has nothing to say.

At this time, the two of them saw that Mrs. Cai was still depressed, and Huang Chengyan said: "Old woman, okay, don't be sad, if you serve the Sichuan camp, you will serve the Sichuan camp, and the girl has not betrayed the family, which is much better than the rebel son of the Pang family." ”

"But ......" Mrs. Cai said sadly with a depressed face: "But in this case, my daughter still hasn't married." ”

………… The sky was bright, Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying entered the house together, Liu Zhang said as he walked: "So, Old Man Huang knows that you are here to serve?" ”

"Now I'm afraid my father and mother will also know, and one day, the whole clan will have to know, I don't know how much contempt I will receive." Huang Yueying said aggrievedly.

"Don't worry, I'll protect your egg." Liu Zhang smiled.

Huang Yueying told the truth what she said to Old Man Huang, originally Old Man Huang disagreed with 10,000 at first, Huang Yueying finally relied on the charm she had gathered for more than ten years to persuade him, Liu Zhang can also understand that now in the world, which family is not a group, every child has to serve the family.

Huang Yueying said this, it can not only appease the Huang family, but also reduce her worries, even if she is telling the truth, it will not affect her allegiance to the Sichuan army, and now the family still advocates loyalty, once it is served, it will be unswerving for life, otherwise her reputation will be ruined.

The generals in the hall had already gathered, and as soon as Liu Zhang came in, he noticed that the atmosphere was wrong, and asked in a cold voice, "What's the matter?" ”

The generals got out of the way, Liu Zhang walked straight up to the main seat and sat down, Huang Yueying leaned on the door frame and watched, Zhang Ren stepped forward and said: "All the children of the clan and the accomplices of the rebellion have been arrested, a total of 37,000 people, and the remaining about 20,000 people have been executed in the arrest, and under the order of the lord, they can be escorted to the execution ground and beheaded in public." ”

Liu Zhang took a deep breath, the Jingxiang clan is really different from Jingnan and Yizhou, the scale is much larger, and fortunately, the Sichuan army is as many as 100,000 people, including nearly 150,000 people including the Jingzhou army.

"What else is there to do with this?" Liu Zhang looked at everyone with a solemn expression, it was not because of the arrest of the clan, this should have been expected by them.

A veteran general stepped forward and said, "The last general, Huang Zhong, came from Jiangling with 2,000 soldiers to meet the lord." ”

"The old general will rest on the side first." Liu Zhang looked around at the generals with cold eyes: "What the hell is going on?" ”

The generals lowered their heads, and at this time Fa Zheng finally stood up, walked to the center of the hall and bowed: "My lord, last night, Fan Lixiang, the general of Pingnan Zhonglang, privately mobilized troops and horses out of the city to attack Zhang Yuejun, who had been recruited by Pang Tong, Zhang Yue's entire army was annihilated, Zhang Yue was killed, and Pang Tong almost died at the hands of thieves.

Gao Pei, a partial general, was ordered to intercept Pang Tong, but after Pang Tong arrived, he fled without permission, and his crime was unforgivable. ”

"Please, the lord to condemn the sin." Fan Lixiang and Gao Pei stepped out of the queue together, bowing to Liu Zhang, and Huang Yueying stood at the door, watching for a long time.

"Presumptuous." After listening to Fa Zheng's words, Liu Zhang slapped the case table: "Are you going to turn the sky upside down?" Gao Pei, have you forgotten the order that this official gave you? You can obviously intercept Pang Tong, why did you let it go without permission? Pang Tong is talented, and he will be the great enemy of our army in the future, what should you be guilty of? ”

"Gao Pei disobeyed military orders and was a capital crime." Gao Pei bowed.

"Fan Lixiang, it's the second time that you have transferred troops privately, last time your soldiers and horses were not registered, and they are not registered now? What are you guilty of? ”

"The general privately transferred troops and horses, the capital crime, attacking and recruiting friendly troops, the crime was increased by one degree, and the crime was almost forced to death by our envoys, and the crime was unforgivable." Fan Lixiang bowed.

"Well said." Liu Zhang stood up abruptly and looked at the two of them coldly: "Come on, drag Gao Peifan Lixiang down and cut it." ”

Gao Pei raised his head and glanced at Liu Zhang, and knelt on the ground silently.

Fan Lixiang's expression twisted, she knew very well that the consequences of her private transfer of troops and horses would definitely be punished, and she was prepared, but she didn't expect it to be beheaded.

Now it seems that Liu Zhang knew or guessed that he would privately transfer troops and horses, and Fan Lixiang was even more sure that he would not die, but as soon as Liu Zhang's word "beheading" came out, Fan Lixiang's heart was cold to the bottom.

Could it be that I miscalculated again?

"The Lord is gracious." Fa Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Gao Pei has been a general for many years, loyal to the lord, since the battle of Fucheng, followed all the way, countless meritorious deeds, Fan Lixiang also has the merit of surrendering in three counties, destroying Liu Qi's 100,000 soldiers and horses, bringing 20,000 troops to surrender, stabilizing the hearts of the people in Xiangyang, with outstanding merits, the two generals were reckless for a while, and the crime was not to death. ”

"The Lord is gracious."

"Please allow the two generals to atonement for their crimes."

All the generals knelt down together, and in the entire hall, only Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying were standing.

Liu Zhang glanced at the generals, and suddenly pulled out his sword with a "swish", slammed it into the case, and made a "click" sound, and the hilt of the sword trembled: "Privately mobilize troops and horses, openly disobey military orders, if this wind is successful, how can the Sichuan army go north to the Central Plains and set the world, Fan Lixiang and Gao Pei are unforgivable, who dares to intercede again in the army, and the two will be punished together." ”

The generals were awe-inspiring, at this moment, Huang Yueying smiled, walked past the kneeling generals in a yellow shirt, stepped forward and bowed to Liu Zhang: "Lord, Fan Lixiang mobilized troops and horses privately, but exterminated Zhang Yue's thieves, Zhang Yue thieves are bandits, difficult to tame, just a hundred."

As for General Gao Pei, he has a very close personal relationship with Pang Tong, although he violates military law, he is humane, and General Gao is loyal to his lord, and a talented and arrogant Pang Tong can't set off any storms.

General Fan Gao is loyal and commendable, and has made many meritorious deeds, although he has committed a serious crime, he should be punished severely, but the crime should not be punished, otherwise everyone in the army will be in danger, please think twice. ”

Huang Yueying shouted "Lord", which immediately attracted the attention of the generals, and Fa Zheng and Zhang Ren both looked at Huang Yueying.

The generals looked at Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang pondered for a long time, and hesitated: "What the military advisor said is quite reasonable, so let's temporarily exempt the two from capital crimes." ”

"Strategist?" The generals who are kneeling on the ground look at me, and I look at you, and they talk about it.

"You haven't thanked the advisor yet." Liu Zhang said to Gao Pei and Fan Lixiang.

Gao Pei was stunned, and several good generals hurriedly glanced at him, but Fan Lixiang took the lead and said to Huang Yueying: "Lixiang thank the military division." ”

"Gao Pei thanked the military advisor."

The generals looked at Huang Yueying's eyes, nine points of surprise and one point of gratitude.

Fan Lixiang, Fa Zheng, now they all understand what Liu Zhang is doing with such a big fire, and he came to help the new army to establish his authority early in the morning, just look at the eyes of Gao Pei and other generals, the effect is not bad.

"The two committed serious crimes, and the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped." Liu Zhang said to Huang Yueying: "Strategist, what do you think?" ”

Huang Yueying was not polite, walked up the steps, and said to Gao Pei and Fan Lixiang: "Gao Pei disobeyed the military law and should be beheaded, and now he is demoted to three levels, and the original department will remain in office, and he will make meritorious contributions in the future." Fan Lixiang, the crime is more serious, all military powers, powers are stripped away, Bao Long succeeds Changsha Taishou, Chen Ying leads the Shenwei Army, lord, what do you think? ”

"You haven't thanked the military advisor yet?" Liu Zhang said to Gao Peifan Lixiang.

Gao Pei glanced at Fan Lixiang, Fan Lixiang had no expression, but obviously noticed that Fan Lixiang pursed her lips, she didn't know what it meant, and the two thanked Huang Yueying together: "Thank you for the grace of not killing." ”

Liu Zhang pulled out the sword on the case, sat back on the couch, and said while returning the sword to the sheath: "Strategist, is there anything else to say?" ”

The generals looked at Huang Yueying, and before they could object, this military division was decided, and they always felt abrupt in their hearts.

The military advisor had already called out just now, and now he couldn't say anything, but he was not convinced, and he wanted to see what this unbeautiful woman could say, if she didn't speak well, she would be knocked off the stage when the time came.

Huang Yueying bowed to Liu Zhang and faced the generals: "This army has just arrived, I am not familiar with everything, I don't have anything to say, just a little, just now I heard General Zhang Ren say that there are 37,000 traitors, right?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Ren made a loud noise.

Huang Yueying nodded: "There are so many people, there is no need to take them all to the execution ground, many of them are women, children, old and children......

Huang Yueying stopped and made a gesture of thought.

All the generals thought that Huang Yueying would intercede, after all, the in-law relationship between the Huang family and the major families was intertwined, and "kindness" also conformed to the characteristics of a woman.

Huang Yueying raised her head: "I remember that there was an underground granary in ancient Xiangyang, which was built in the last years of Emperor Xiaowen, and then the grain was never filled again, and it has been deserted, so it is better to put those surplus people into the granary and lead Han water to irrigate it." ”

Huang Yueying said lightly, including Liu Zhang, Fa Zheng Zhang Ren Fan Lixiang, all the civil and military generals looked at her with an incredulous expression, and some people looked at Huang Yueying's casual expression and were directly stunned.

"This can reduce the scale of the execution ground, and the most important thing is that now the Sichuan army only needs to establish power, not to create terror, killing women and children, the old and weak, it is easy to arouse the sympathy of the onlookers, and many inconveniences, and killing those backbones of the clan can be very happy, and this can cause the people to admire rather than fear.

As for the deterrent effect on the world, disappearing for no reason should be more deterrent than the punishment on the execution ground. Do you have any objections? ”

"No, no." The generals looked at Huang Yueying in a daze and shook their heads violently.

"That's fine, let's go to the execution ground." After Huang Yueying finished speaking, she stood aside and made way for Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang walked out with his sword and glanced at Huang Yueying, it seemed that she had done something too much, and it was not difficult for her for Huang Yueying to stand up for her.

............ "Where are you going to take me, brother, brother save me." A ten-year-old boy was dragged by a sergeant, crying and grabbing the ground, and messing with a white-eyed boy.

"Brother, brother." The white-eyed boy shouted twice, and the ten-year-old boy was dragged into the escort army. Then a large number of sergeants swarmed in and dragged away the white-eyed young man and the clan elders and elders of the clan behind him.

(To be continued)