Chen Yu said: "Since Ru Yu can make a promise, General Wan's surname is naturally guaranteed, you might as well let the ten brothers who followed General Wan go back to Longyou City to report the news first." ”

Looking at the backs of the ten Jingwei leaving, he was not afraid that Chen would kill Wan Rong and blame him, although Wan Rong said that he had joined the Chen family, but after his own separation, he would not really work for the Chen family, and it was the best in helplessness to get such a result. When he couldn't see the figure of the ten people, Xu Ruyu picked up the scabbard, put the knife back into the sheath, and pushed Wan Rong to the five Jingwei who were left.

Chen pre-ordered his subordinates to give up six war horses, and Jingwei helped Wan Rong onto the war horse.

Wan Rong reluctantly took Xu Ruyu's sixteen blows containing the terrifying magic trick, and most of the meridians in his right hand were damaged, and even if he recovered later, it would be impossible to restore to the original level.

Thinking that things had come to such a point, Xu Ruyu turned around with a gloomy face.

Li Mingyang led the soldiers of this post to arrive and set up a formation behind Xu Ruyu.

The Beicheng Army was under the jurisdiction of the Shen clan, and looking at their well-trained appearance, Xu Ruyu thought to himself: If you come a little earlier, this will not be the case. Even if the strength of the hundred cavalry brought by Chen Pre was outstanding, but this place was under the jurisdiction of Yongyangyi, Chen Pre was not sure that he would wipe out this outpost before the next wave of reinforcements arrived.

He was suspicious, but he did not hide from Chen Yu, who was familiar with his surname, and finally gave up Longyouyi to the Chen family. Thinking about it like this, Xu Ruyu was not only a little frustrated.

The gains and losses of Longyouyi did not have a fatal impact on the near-term plans, but because of the loss of Longyouyi, there was no big city to rely on for the northern defense of Suyi and Yongyang, and the defense line in the northeast looked extremely thin with the Wubao alone.

Xu Ruyu planned to reorganize the military system first, and the political system was implemented in combination with the actual situation of Yongyang after the trial maturity of Qingjiang.

Chen Pre's attitude is so resolute, Xu Ruyu no longer has the luxury of expecting him to take into account the feelings of the old man.

Originally, I wanted to get out of the Yongyang incident as soon as possible, but now it is empty talk, unless Shao Haitang is summoned to Yongyang. It was also after arriving in Qingjiang that Xu Ruyu seriously considered "Placing the County Policy", during which he discussed with Xu Boying and Shao Haitang a lot, and many ideas matured with the help of the two. But thinking of Qingjiang being in ruins, how can Shao Haitang get out easily?

Xu Ruyu sighed and said to Li Mingyang: "You lead the team back." Stepping on the horse, he put the waist knife on the horse's back, glanced at Chen Yu, and said: "Back then, my father-in-law suffered a big loss in Uncle Xu, and I hope that the second uncle will take care and don't speak easily." After that, the horse was reined, and his thin back looked strangely gloomy under the dim light of the stars and moon.

Chen Yu was not surprised that Xu Ruyu could guess the Chen family's next intention. Longyou and Suyi are located on the east side of Baishi Mansion, and in the past two years, Yongyang has not put too much pressure on Xu Bo from the east side, so that the Chen clan's several attempts to attack Baishi have been in vain. Qingpu and Longyou can only seek one city, and the Chen clan abandons Qingpu and takes Longyou, which is to form more suppression of Baishi.

Chen Yu remembered something, looked at Xu Ruyu's departing back, and wanted to shout, but he didn't shout.

When Xu Ruyu returned to the Xiaoyang River, Shen Binglu was leading two sentinels to cross the river, and the reflection of the pine resin torches in the dark river was very bright, and between the raging flames, the silver stars were only like crumpled silver grains.

Shen Curling saw Xu Ruyu riding back alone, his face was silent and terrifying, and he knew that this trip must be unsatisfactory.

Xu Ruyu looked at the river in a daze, and when Li Mingyang led the sentinel patrol to return, he turned to Shen Binglu and said, "You are stationed here, and I will send two more elite soldiers tomorrow." ”

Xu Ruyu's words undoubtedly announced that the area north of the Xiaoyang River, centered on Longyou City, was no longer controlled by Yongyang. Shen Bing was shocked in his heart, but he tried not to show it, and his voice should have been.

Longyouyi is more than 200 miles longitudinal and horizontal, and nearly 900 miles around it are fertile fields, with 400,000 people in the territory, although the strategic position is not as good as that of Yanling, the annual tax is three times that of Yanling. Especially for a long time in the future, the southern part of Yanling and Qingpuyi will exist as a war zone to resist the invasion of Puji bandits, and the money and taxes can only come from Longyou, Suyi, and Yongyang.

The Chen clan controls Longyou, and enters the gap between Suyi and Yongyang, if they don't build a new city and make up for this gap, they are only afraid that they will not be able to sleep and eat in the future.

Thinking of the huge cost of building a city that is quite Longyou, Shen Binglu's face couldn't help but turn pale.

Xu Ruyu returned to Yongyang City, and it was already noon the next day. Jiang Lingtian, Mei Tierui and others had already received the news and led the generals to wait at the north gate.

Gong Hao and Zhong Ji stood among the crowd with a panicked face, watching Xu Ruyu ride into the city with a calm face.

After Wan Rong's incident, the two were no longer sure that they would be able to gain Xu Ruyu's trust, and it was not impossible for them to be detained in Yongyang for the rest of their lives.

When Zhang Zhongdao appeared in the post house last night, he disarmed the two Jingwei with a cold face, and invited the two to spend the night in the general judgment hall of the official city, and at the same time Xu Daofu, Zhang Shi and others were detained, and they were only released from detention until the early hours of this morning, but they were restricted to activities in the official city, and the Jingwei of each family was nowhere to be found, Xu Daofu learned through secret channels that he and Zhang Shi's mansion had been closely monitored. The Nancheng Guard Battalion has also been transferred out of Yongyang, and I don't know where.

The Nancheng Guard Camp is the family of the Xu clan, and Jiang Lingtian and the others can be easily transferred, thinking that they have already done a lot of work in secret.

Xu Daofu was secretly glad that he didn't react too drastically, otherwise he didn't know how to die, but he was worried about the way out in the future. Until noon, the news of Wan Rong's rebellion against the Chen clan gradually spread, and Xu Daofu was even more worried.

At noon, Yongyang officials and generals were summoned to the political hall in the middle of the official city to discuss matters.

The reopening of the political hall for the first time in two years was carried out in such an unusually heavy atmosphere, and I don't know who said that Xu Ruyu returned to the city, and two hours have passed since then, and he has not said a word.

Everyone is finished, and compared with yesterday, there is only one less Wan Rong.

Xu Ruyu didn't show up for a long time, and everyone was panicked, and they all looked at each other silently. The officials and generals of Longyou even raised their hearts to their throats, and they all scolded Wan Rong more than once, their family business was in Longyou, but they were sold by Wan Rong in Yongyang City, and no matter what Xu Ruyu would do with them, they were afraid that their family business in Longyou would be taken over by Wan Rong in a short time.

Nearly 1,000 Jingwei people of each family have been forcibly recruited into the reserve camp, and Zhang Zhongdao was transferred to Suyi with the reserve battalion at noon, according to yesterday's agreement, the Donglin Association will hand over the warships to the newly formed Jinghai Sea Battalion in the waters downstream of Suyi, and Zhang Zhongdao led the reserve battalion over to prevent further accidents.

Xu Ruyu walked out of the quiet room, her face was still slightly pale, she looked at Youli standing by the door with a worried face, looking at her eyes with a little bloodshot, thinking that she hadn't rested until last night, she took her hand with pity, spent her breath, eliminated her fatigue, and said: "We swam on the river for ten months, and we hid from everyone, but we didn't hide from Chen Yu. ”

Youli said: "Chen's budget is not clever, he knows that if you decide to ignore Wanling's affairs, you will not fail to inform your godfather." The fact that the godfather asked Chen Zifang to prevent you from going to Wanling must have let Chen Pre know, and it was naturally not difficult for Chen Pre to guess that you would come to Yongyang to wait and see. ”

Xu Ru said dejectedly: "I think it should be like this. Others don't know who the "County Policy" came from, Chen Pre will not know, Chen Pre also guessed that I would gradually implement the "County Policy" when I came to Yongyang, so I used this strategy to rebel against Wan Rong, so that Wan Rong rebelled from Yongyang at this critical moment. After saying that, he raised his eyebrows and tried to cheer up: "It's good to come here, but there is no great lurking threat." ”

Youli pinched his generous palm with relief and walked with him towards the political hall.

Outside the political affairs hall, Xing Kunmin led 500 elite soldiers to guard there.

Xu Ruyu frowned and said, "Withdraw, what chaos will happen in Yongyang City?" Seeing Jiang Lingtian and Mei Tierui coming out of the political hall, he said: "Martial law has been lifted, the matter has passed, don't let the atmosphere in the city be too solemn." ”

Everyone saw Xu Ruyu and Jiang Youli appear at the door together in the political affairs hall, and their hearts were a little calmer.

Three years ago, at the birthday banquet of Mei Shilin of the Mei nationality, Jiang Youli once offered her piano skills, and many people knew her peerless appearance, since Xu Ruyu appeared with her, at least there would be no radical incidents.

Although the name of the political affairs hall is the hall, it is a complex of buildings with heavy temples and eight nine rooms, and the hall in the center is six zhang deep, which is the place of discussion.

Xu Ruyu stepped into the front of the political hall, paused slightly, turned his face sideways to see Youli looking at himself intently, smiled, and then resolutely stepped into the political hall, walked straight to the center of the recital, sat down side by side with Youli, and said to the left and right: "From now on, this is the place where Yongyang discusses politics, and all major matters are decided here." Sit down, everyone. ”

Yesterday, it was said that the Yongyang policy had been agreed, and Wan Rong's rebellion occurred, and everyone didn't know if there would be any changes, but they didn't know where to start. Xu Ruyu returned to the city, Jiang Lingtian and Mei Tierui were not seen alone, so they didn't understand what Xu Ruyu was thinking now, and looked at him inquiringly.

Xu Ruyu raised his eyebrows, and said loudly: "No one expected what happened yesterday, except for a slight adjustment, it is not appropriate to change what was said yesterday." After that, he leaned forward, looked at the people in the hall, and asked, "How many of the princes have a family business in Longyou?" ”

Mei Tierui said: "Yongyang Zhuyi was still a whole before yesterday, and the slightly powerful families are all over Yongyang, and everyone here has a family business in Longyou, even my Mei family also has five or six granges in Longyou, but it is not a pity to abandon them." ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said, "Which family businesses are mainly concentrated in Longyou?" ”

There was silence in the audience.

Xu Ruyu continued: "The princes are returning to Longyou for the sake of their family business and family, and they have a fate, I will not stop them, and now you can leave, and I will send troops to escort you to the territory of Longyou." In the future, whether you follow Wanrong, or quietly observe neutrality, or continue to follow Yongyang, is up to you. After that, the calm-eyed Longyou officials and generals had a look of contradiction on their faces, and said: "Those who are in high positions are above board, there is no need to be afraid of what I will say in the political hall, since I have spoken, I will do my best to give you a guarantee." ”

Even if these people are forced to stay in Yongyang, they may not really be complicit in Yongyang's efforts, because their family business and family are controlled by Wan Rong in Longyou, and they are easy to be coerced by Wan Rong. In this case, it is better to be calm, so as to calm the fears and uneasy minds of other families.

The people of Longyou gradually retreated and left, and there was a vacancy on the left side of the political affairs hall, Xu Ruyu secretly sighed and said: "Longyou Yi broke away from the Yongyang system, which made the situation in the northwest of Yongyang grim, and all the princes must be able to understand that it is very necessary to establish a defense on the periphery of the Xiaoyang River, what are the good suggestions of the princes?" ”

Zhong Ji saw that Xu Ruyu was forgiving and longyou everyone, but his worries still couldn't be put down. After all, he and Gong Hao were both in the same position as Wan Rong, and it was normal for Xu Ruyu to guard against himself. Xu Ruyu spoke, his eyes stopped more on his and Gong Hao's faces, but he didn't know whether Xu Ruyu wanted them to make more suggestions, or if he was wary of them.

Xu Ruyu is worried about dealing with Zhong Ji and Gong Hao, not only to prevent things like Wan Rong from happening again, but also not to put everyone in danger, which is really a headache.

Mei Tierui saw that there was a hint of worry in Xu Ruyu's eyes, and knew that only by saying it orally from herself or Jiang Lingtian would she not make everyone think that Xu Ruyu had disposed of Zhong Ji, Gong Hao and others excessively because of Wan Rong's matter, after all, after Xu Ruyu returned to the city, he had not been in contact with others.

Mei Tierui said: "Longyou is lost, Suyi, Yongyang, and Yanling Sanyi are spread along the river, Qingpu is connected to the ocean in the east, and Yongyang Siyi is in an arc, but the key points of the back and abdomen are pointed by Longyou. "Geographically, Longyou is surrounded by other four yi, only the gap in the north is connected with the new posture of Biling, quite Wan Rong takes refuge in the Chen family, Longyou is like the dagger of the Chen family, against the waist and abdomen of Yongyang. Mei Tierui took advantage of the pause, quickly observed everyone's expressions, coughed, and said: "Only by making Yongyang's back and abdomen thicker can we solve the weakness of Yongyang's defense that is too thin." ”

People who were quite concerned about the restructuring of Fen County's "County Policy" immediately guessed the meaning of Mei Tierui's words.

Zhong Ji said: "Although Longyou City is in the hands of Wan Rong, the people of Longyou have never followed him with all their hearts, and it is almost certain that the people of Longyou will continue to leave Longyou and flock to Yongyang." In order to prevent the displaced people from flooding into Yongyang City, a city can be built outside the Xiaoyang River crossing to accept and resettle the upcoming large-scale displaced people. This can not only weaken Wan Rong's strength, but also form a strong city in Yongyang's back and abdomen in the short term. ”

Xu Ruyu and Mei Tierui glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, Zhong Ji was not outstanding in military command, but he had outstanding foresight and talent in military strategy and government affairs. Everyone was still thinking about the pros and cons of Zhong's discussion, but Xu Ruyu knew that his suggestion was the most suitable in front of him.

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