After Ma Zhou finished speaking in a low voice, he saw that Lu Xiu looked like he was in a state of dementia, and then added: "The King of Jin said, if you can succeed in this matter, under the rule of the King of Jin in Hebei Province in the future, you can just walk sideways." As long as you don't do something that bullies men and women, and heaven is intolerable, King Jin will definitely turn a blind eye and take more care. ”

Lu Xiu was still thinking about it, there was no way to have too much information, and he couldn't accept it at once, so he had to say first: "Please go back to King Jin, I still need to think about this matter."

Of course you can't force it, Ma Zhou didn't say much.

Li Chengzong was still waiting in the mansion, and when he saw Ma Zhou coming back, he frowned and said, "Why are you crying with a sad face, the matter didn't work out?"

"It's not that it didn't work out, it's just that Lu Xiu said that he still needs to think about it." Ma Zhou was still crying with a sad face.

Li Chengzong wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Su Dingfang, Shan Xiongxin and others.

Shan Xiongxin said: "I don't know what the King of Jin called me to wait?"

Li Chengzong said solemnly: "Although the world is tentative, there are still many bandits in Hebei Province who occupy the mountains as kings, although they are insignificant, they are also a trouble. The king decided to gather his soldiers and horses to take advantage of the winter to clean up these guys. ”

Bandits? Ma Zhou sometimes can't understand the King of Jin, sometimes he is no different from a scoundrel, but sometimes he is surprisingly reliable, and he seems to have the sentiment of having the world in mind and serving the country and the people.

Xu Shiji said: "King Jin, the winter is not suitable for soldiers and horses."

Su Dingfang retorted on the side: "Yes, the last general is willing to lead the troops to suppress the bandits." No matter how small a mosquito is, it is meat, and it is also a merit to suppress bandits, and a little more is a little stronger than a little less.

"It's okay to fight, but it's better to fight than to surrender." Li Xuantong said on the side. Li Xuantong is a good official who thinks about the people, and he has the attitude of killing one less and killing one less.

Li Chengzong said: "I don't really want to fight, it's a lot of money!" Besides, don't forget that our Shence Army has a pension for the death of the war, and the one who dies is not old or young. I've been financially constrained lately, so don't spend money indiscriminately. ”

Ma Zhou heard about the financial constraints, and immediately said: "The king of Jin doesn't need to worry about the finances, the cavalry and infantry of my Shence army add up to only 26,000 people, and the production and construction corps is only 7,000 people. With the silver taels allocated by the imperial court and all the salt works, exchanges, and money given by the Jin king, our finances are not only not tight, but also abundant. ”

Why does it have to be explained?

The financial power is under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan of Ta Ma Zhou, and the quality of finance is the most intuitive evaluation of his Ma Zhou. Tight finances, that doesn't mean that he Ma Zhou is incompetent, and he Ma Zhou is in the face.

"Really? How many more do we have in the treasury?" It's not that Li Chengzong doesn't care, it's just that he looks at the account books with a really hard time and a dazzled feeling.

Ma Zhou said: "There are 600,000 yuan in the treasury."

"Enough, King Jin let the last general lead the troops to the battle!" Su Dingfang said again.

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji were silent, Su Dingfang was still young after all, arrogant, and it was normal to be greedy for merit. Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji also like credit, but it's a shame to earn it with a junior. There is a more critical thing, the two of them are really unwilling to live and suffer in this cold day.

Li Chengzong said: "Hebei Province is not small when it is said to be small, how can you do it alone."

As soon as Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji heard King Jin's words, they were afraid that they would not be able to speak again, so the two stepped forward and said, "The last general is also willing to lead troops to suppress bandits and calm the hearts of the people of Hebei."

Look at it as a good brother, it's like rehearsing.

Li Chengzong smiled: "Very good, very good." The three generals set out on behalf of 2,000 men and acted separately. The key this time, of course, is to extinguish the bandits in one fell swoop, and to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. This king doesn't want to come to the next year, and the spring breeze blows and grows again, understand?"

"Yes, I will obey the decree of King Jin."

"Of course, you decide for yourself the specific plan, whether to suppress or persuade the king not to intervene, and the people who persuade him to surrender will turn back to Ma Zhou and Gao Yaxian to make proper arrangements." Lee Seung-jong added.

After the matter is over, everyone is gone, and Ma Zhou wants to leave too!

"You have to hurry up on this matter, with your talent, a little Lu Xiu, how can he be your opponent?" Li Chengzong praised.

Ma Zhou thought to himself, talent? My talent is to help King Jin hook up with someone else's yellow flower girl? Depend on.

"Be careful, I'll go again in a few days to ensure that the task is completed."

I don't like this kind of unpopular thing in my heart, but I can't stop my heart from doing things for Li Chengzong. Ma Zhou is not stupid, think about why Pei Lin is so favored? Isn't it true that the relationship between the monarch and the minister who once pimped Li Yuan and did bad things together can be ordinary?

As the saying goes, it is better to do a hundred good things to a leader than to do a bad thing with him.

No matter what obscene things Li Chengzong and Ma Zhou think.

Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, and Su Dingfang began the second combat seminar of the Shence Army, and the raid on the rear of the Turki Khan was the first seminar.

Xu Shiji advocates surrender first, killing people is a big deal, and it is not easy to fight in the ice and snow.

Su Dingfang advocated that killing people should be the mainstay, and killing one was a credit, and it was easy to look back. As for what is not good for fighting in the ice and snow, I completely ignore it.

Both of them were dissatisfied with each other, and according to the rules set by King Jin, Shan Xiongxin became a crucial vote, and his decision formed a two-to-one pattern, with the minority obeying the majority.

How to express this position, Shan Xiongxin is also entangled for himself.

Xu Shiji is his brother, and it seems unreasonable not to give him face!

Su Dingfang is still young, and his enthusiasm for competitiveness is not easy to beat. Besides, King Jin seems to appreciate Su Dingfang very much from the matter of recruiting Su Dingfang. Denying his battle plan is equivalent to denying King Jin's vision, which will not make King Jin unhappy.

Su Dingfang said: "Brother Shan, you have something to say!"

Xu Shiji also said: "Brother, it's time for you to give a word."

Shan Xiongxin is also worthy of being an old Jianghu, and said: "I think it's good to fight first and then surrender." Some of these cottages have been active since the end of the Sui Dynasty, although small fights are not a climate, they are also local snakes, and it is not easy to succeed in direct surrender. Then hit them first, and then surrender. ”

"Hit all the fights, just kill and pull down!" Su Dingfang said.

Shan Xiongxin said: "That's not the case, it's not impossible to win, but how much time does it take?" The order of the King of Jin is to solve the bandits this winter, and we don't have much time. I don't believe that the houses are gone, and there is any way for them to survive this winter. ”

"Okay, I agree with that." Xu Shiji said.

Su Dingfang still wanted to kill people and make meritorious contributions, but he had to admit that Shan Xiongxin's burning was a good tactic. It's a pity, many bandits are afraid that they will freeze to death, and they can't be considered war achievements!

Unconsciously, fires broke out in Hebei Province.

The three fires in Hebei made the bandits frightened for a while.

The three wild wolves went around to prevent fire, and they didn't say a word to anyone, and some of the fires even lit up the surrounding mountains. Still want to surrender? Directly cremated people, where to surrender?

However, the results are gratifying, and while fighting and surrendering, it has disintegrated many deep-rooted bandit dens.

There are also some intelligent bandits, and they are different from ordinary bandits.

Very thoughtful...