In the study room of the Marshal's Mansion, Chen Dongfu nodded to Li Shimin, who came over, and pushed the letter on the table in front of him.

After a long time, Li Shimin had already finished reading the letter, bowed his head and did not speak.

"This is a letter just sent by Tang Guogong, I was going to give it to you again tomorrow, but I didn't expect an accident tonight. How about it, do you mean to go back to the Central Plains, or stay in Liaodong? Chen Kefu asked calmly.

"Marshal, I want to go back to the Central Plains, I've been away from home for so long, and I miss my father and sister too.

What's more, my father also said in the letter that he had just been appointed by Hedong, and he would definitely not be calm when he went to Hedong.

At this time, as a son of man, of course, I want to help my father. It's just that, in this way, I feel a little sorry for the unhandsome, who gave me a lot of advice before. Li Shimin pondered the words and slowly explained.

Stretching out his hand and shaking it, Chen Kefu said with a wry smile, "Actually, I originally planned to wait for the Liao River to thaw, and after the Liao King and the officials appointed by the imperial court arrived, I would return to the Central Plains with you." First, I came to report to His Majesty, and secondly, I also planned to complete the wedding with Sister Ling. It's just that the people of Murowei suddenly made a mess last night, and you must already know about it. Not only did they kill our soldiers, but they also set fire to the city. If such a thing does not teach the people of Muwei a lesson, then how will I deter all ethnic groups in Liaodong in the future. "I support the marshal's idea, for these Liaoxi tribes, it is necessary to teach them a hard lesson, otherwise they will never understand what to know humility."

"Erlang, there's something I haven't told you just now, because I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it for a while. You have to be prepared in your heart, I didn't expect this at all, and now my heart is just as sad and sad. Chen Kefu said in a heavy tone.

Chen Kefu rarely calls Li Shimin Erlang, he is usually called above and below, and now he suddenly calls him Erlang, and this tone makes Li Shimin surprised all of a sudden. I even have a bad feeling in my heart.

"Just tonight, the messengers of the city suddenly fought violently. The people of Murwei even killed our soldiers, burned the city on horseback, and later broke out of the city to fight in the western part of the city.

I had already given orders to the battalions not to leave the camp. As a result, Shiro was worried about the safety of the city, so he took hundreds of people without even wearing armor, and rode to the west outside the city to participate in the battle. ”

Li Shimin actually knew that Li Xuanba came to Liaodong City out of the military camp, but this younger brother sometimes didn't necessarily listen to him. In addition, he already knew that Chen Kefu was now rebellious, and now he suddenly saw the killing noise in Liaodong City, thinking that something had happened in the city.

So when he saw that Xuanba was going to Liaodong City, he didn't object much. At this time, when he heard Chen Kefu talk about this, he hurriedly said: "Marshal, I know about this matter, but I didn't stop him." Today, he violated the military order, and I also have a share of responsibility, and I also ask the marshal to punish him with strict military law. ”

sighed, "I really want to be strict with Xuanba now, but I don't have a chance." ”

"What?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, not understanding Chen Kefu's words too much.

"Come with me."

Chen Kefu got up and brought Li Shimin to the hall, where all the generals of Liaodong City had arrived, and everyone stood there quietly with indescribable seriousness. In the middle of the hall, there was a huge black sè broken army flag that hid something.

The closer he got, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, and Li Shimin looked at Chen Kefu with a hesitant face.

When he got closer, he had already found that the military flag was covered by a Sui soldier. In the Liaodong Army, the fallen soldiers were covered with military flags, which meant a very grand ceremony. The general ones are also covered with a special white sè broken military flag. And this time, the black sè broken army battle flag was actually used, although it was not really a military flag on the battlefield. But it also means that it is very solemn, and ordinary people will definitely not be able to reach this etiquette. Coupled with Chen Kefu's previous words, Li Minmin couldn't help but turn pale all of a sudden.

Gently lifted the battle flag, and sure enough, it was Li Xuanba below, Li Xuanba had just been wiped off his body at this time, and he was pale and clean, and he had a new set of Confucian clothes, but his eyes were tightly closed, and the whole person did not make a sound.

"It's Jing"

Li Shimin's beard is all open, his eyes are red, Tang Guogong Li Yuan has more than a dozen sons, but there are only four sons-in-law. Among the four, Li Shigu has the best relationship with Li Xuanba, and Xuanba usually listens to him for everything. Even when he insisted on entering the military camp, and finally refused to return to the Central Plains to stay in Liaodong, Li Xuanba supported him without saying a word. But now, the best brother has died suddenly. ,

Mao Xi stepped forward, gently patted his back, and gently told him the whole story.

Hearing that it was the people of Murowei who killed Xuanba, Li Shimin got up and was about to go out.

"Where are you going?" "I'm going to lead my troops to kill the people of the Murway!" Li Shimin's rare gaffe roared.

As soon as Chen Kefu signaled, the Wei Chi brothers, who had officially become Lian Kefu's personal guards, hurriedly held Li Shimin down from left to right.

"Calm down! I understand your feelings, I will definitely avenge Xuanba's revenge, don't worry. Tomorrow I will gather my troops and send troops north. People die and fall leaves and return to their roots, you will lead a team of soldiers and horses tomorrow to escort Xuanba's body back to his hometown in the Central Plains. "If I don't avenge Xuanba, I won't run anywhere. Li Shimin was held down to death, but his eyes were red and scary.

The whole person is like a raging cow, constantly struggling left and right.

Chen Kefu stepped forward and stretched out his palm to slap him on the back of the head. Li Shimin softened and finally quieted down.

"Help Erlang back to rest, send more people to watch him, don't let him mess around." ordered a team of guards to take Li Shimin down.

The generals returned to Chen Kefu's study.

"Dashuai, what now?" Li Jie didn't know that his family had been wiped out at this time.

The generals of the Central Army, the Left Wing Army, the Right Wing Army, and the various divisions and battalions of the Marshal's Mansion have all arrived. Chen Kefu was silent for a while before he said, "Everyone must know the situation on the imperial court's side, and now the imperial court has formulated a business strategy for Liaodong. A few days at most,

The Liao king and nearly a thousand officials sent to Liaodong were about to arrive. There was also a group of 2,000 soldiers and horses, which was the shì guard of the Liao Palace. ”

Mao Xi nodded, "Change Liaodong to seven counties and forty-nine counties, and send more than a thousand officials to serve as county officials." sent the King of Liao to sit in Liaodong, coupled with the previous Nayan Suwei, it seems that the imperial court still values our Liaodong very much. ”

Li Benlei said with some apprehension, "It's just that the imperial court suddenly decided to not only disband the Liaodong camp, but also divide all the soldiers and horses into three parts, the government soldiers, the county soldiers, and the town soldiers, so it will be more troublesome to divide." What Li Benlei didn't say was that Chen Kefu had already acted on his own now, especially watching the recent transfer of soldiers and horses in the Liaodong Battalion, which was frequently transferred, and officers at all levels were being transferred and rotated on a large scale. In the eyes of the old man, this is not a good omen. Chen Kefu is planting forces and further controlling the army. He didn't know where Chen Kefu would go if he continued like this, but no matter which step he took, it was not what he wanted to see.

Now that the imperial court has divided the soldiers and horses into three parts, it is equivalent to splitting Chen Kefu's military power step by step, and he doesn't know what kind of reaction Chen Kefu will have.

"This is a good thing, most of the soldiers and horses have been turned into government soldiers, which can help Liaodong Tuntian, and can accelerate the development of Liaodong. Moreover, retaining a part of the standing county soldiers and town soldiers can also play a role in deterring Liaodong. What really makes me a little uneasy is that the imperial court has changed the rewards promised by the soldiers before, although it has been changed to land, but this result may still make many soldiers dissatisfied. ”

Most of the soldiers already had official positions, and they were not low, and not only that, but most of the rewards promised by the imperial court had not been received. Now the imperial court has directly issued a holy decree to change all this into the fields of Liaodong, but I am afraid that everyone may not be happy.

If it is just a reward for the field, most soldiers will not have objections, but even the official position that should be promoted must be demoted, and the cornerstone will be directly replaced with the field, which is not what the soldiers are willing to accept. China has been an official-based society since ancient times, and no matter how good the land is, it can't be given an official position.

Although many rewards have been issued in the army before, these are all issued by the Liaodong army, not the one promised by the imperial court.

"Dashuai, what should I do with the people of Murowei? They killed our soldiers, set fire to the city, and now they have killed General Li Xuanba, and such behavior must be severely punished. Lu Shishen said angrily, such a high-ranking general in the army died like this, which made all the generals very angry.

Chen Kefu slammed his fist on the table, and said angrily, "This matter will definitely not be counted like this, Lou has already decided to send troops to attack the people of Murowei." I must let the people of Murowei understand how much responsibility they have committed this time, and how much anger they have aroused in our Liaodong army. Although Yang Guang wanted to order the disbandment of the Liaodong camp, but now that the holy decree has not yet arrived, he is still the marshal of the Liaodong camp. Originally, he wanted to take the opportunity of this alliance to resume the war with the Murowei people, so that he could continue to mobilize troops and horses, and have an elite army in hand. Now that the people of Murowei actually killed Li Xuanba, then there is no more sufficient reason than this. As long as the war is together, even if Yang Guang's holy decree arrives, it is impossible for Chen Kefu, who is at war, to disband his soldiers immediately.

He had already thought that this conflict with the Murowei people must be turned into a war.

It is not only a war, but it must be a big war, a protracted war. In this way, we can always hold the strong army in our hands and continue to completely control Liaodong.

will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected!