Inside the army, the atmosphere was solemn, like a divine sword opening light, and the murderous aura was awe-inspiring.

Xia Mu stood on the marshal's throne, looked coldly at the Japanese ninja who was already dead and could no longer die, walked over slowly, leaned down to probe the ninja's wounds.

I saw that the wound was neat, a knife killed, pierced his heart, and the sharp blade is a typical Japanese katana, but the handle of the knife is engraved with a line of Japanese, Xia Mu went to Japan to study in later generations, knows Japanese, at this moment looked at the words engraved with fine iron, and read it softly: "Beichen...... One Knife ...... Flow! ”

As soon as he said it, the soldiers in the tent were solemn, and they were even more convinced that the identity of the deceased was a Dongyi ninja. Zu Chengxun glared at his son fiercely on the side, and scolded: "How can people kill useless things!" ”

Zu Dashou smiled, scratched his head quite embarrassedly, and said quietly: "Who knew that he was so unpierced, and he would die if he was pierced!" ”

The corners of Xia Mu's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this, and he scolded in his heart: His mother's water-peeled melon seeds, this thing is not a toy, it won't die if you prick it, even if the Hulk prick Zu Dashou's bear child like this, he will vomit 3,000 liters of blood, not to mention the Japanese ninja who is a little malnourished!

"Hehe, it's fine." Xia Mu smiled, stood up, looked at Zu Chengxun, who was still complaining about Zu Dashou, and hurriedly dissuaded, "General Zu doesn't have to be angry, he will die if he dies, nothing!" ”

Li Chengliang frowned: "Uncle, these Dongyi people often cause trouble in the southeast, Liaodong is more than 10,000 miles away from the southeast, and there is Juyong Pass and Shanhaiguan in the middle, how did these Japanese slaves enter the territory of Liaodong, and what do they want?" ”

"This ......" When Xia Mu heard this, he also felt that they were not good, this group of ninjas came very suddenly, if there was nothing greasy, just to fight the autumn wind, it was to kill Xia Mu and never believe it.

Thinking about it, he hurriedly walked to the huge military map, looked at the landform of the Ming Dynasty marked on it, and studied it. This is what the Gropa missionaries offered a few years ago, which indicates all the geography of Southeast Asia, including the Ming Dynasty, and now that it looks like this, the Ming Dynasty is really in danger!

Speaking of northern Xinjiang alone, all the enemies are eyeing each other, I am in the center, the slave cadres are in the north, the Jurchens are in the south, and there are tile thorns in the northwest, and Xinjiang is occupied by Yili (Turpan).

These four families were originally tribes of the Yuan Dynasty, and I Ta, commonly known as the Tartars, were separated from the Chagatai Khanate with the Nuer cadres, Yili Jiangli, and Wathorn. More than 200 years ago, the Chagatai Khanate, one of the four khanates of the former Mongol Empire that ruled Central Asia, was split into two parts, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Western Chagatai Khanate, and the Yuan Dynasty marked its demise.

Xia Mu wondered in his heart whether this group of Japanese ninjas would be related to these four remnants of the Yuan Dynasty?

At this moment, Li Chengliang looked at the map of Liaodong, with a different look in his eyes, and exclaimed: "It's the Sanfang Guard, they are coming from the Sanfang Guard!" ”

"What?" When Xia Mu heard this, he hurriedly looked at the map, and saw that the Sanfang Wei was located on the border between the Jurchen tribe in Liaodong and North Korea......

Thinking about it, Xia Mu suddenly set his eyes on the Korean Peninsula!

Yes, they must have come from North Korea.

Now that North Korea has not known about military affairs for 200 years, the abolition of the Eight Roads of Military Preparedness is even more serious than that of the Ming Dynasty, which has also become a major danger to the back of the Ming Dynasty! If a large number of Japanese ninjas sneaked into Liaodong from the Korean Peninsula, what would ......

Xia Mu was faintly uneasy in his heart, looked at Yu Dawei who was contemplative on the side, and asked, "Is there an envoy from North Korea in Beijing now?" ”

Yu Dawei was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw Xia Mu asking, he hurriedly thought about it: "This ...... North Korea respects my Ming as the suzerain, and there are envoys who usually come and go, but they are all on call, and now they are the king of Xuanzu is sending his concubine Guanghaijun as a proton in the capital. ”

"Gwanghae-kun?" Xia Mu was stunned when he heard this, how could a ten-year-old hairy boy decide North Korean affairs, so he didn't ask anymore. But he turned around and looked solemnly at the generals under the account.

Li Chengliang and the others saw that Xia Mu's face became serious, and they all hurriedly stood up straight, knowing that this was the governor who was going to give orders!

Xia Mu turned around and picked up a command flag from the case, glanced at Li Chengliang, and said: "Li Chengliang listens to the order-this governor has decided that you will be the chief general of the army in the conquest, and the subordinate ancestors Dashou, Li Rusong and others will cooperate with 10,000 soldiers in Yizhou. General Lee, you have to coordinate the overall situation in the rear and cooperate with this governor! ”

"Subordinates obey!" Li Chengliang stepped out of the train, bowed deeply, and stepped forward to take the Chinese military order flag handed by Xia Mu.

Xia Mu nodded, stretched out his hand and took out another order flag from the jack, set his eyes on Zu Chengxun, and said solemnly: "Zu Chengxun listens to the order - this governor has decided that you will serve as the commander of the army after the conquest, commanding 10,000 horses, and the cavalry of the three towns of Datong, Jizhen, and Liaodong will be allocated to you, and your main responsibility is to protect the grain and grass of our army, as well as the safety of the transportation of firearms!" ”

Speaking of this, Xia Mu's tone suddenly paused, his eyes looked at Zu Chengxun with a dignified gaze, and said, "General Zu! Before the army moves, the grain and grass go first, you should understand this truth, and this governor hereby declares in public: If your ancestor Chengxun is a little ineffective in engaging in battle and derelict in his duties, this governor will definitely engage in military justice for you! ”

The generals under the tent heard Xia Mu say so harshly, and they all felt a chill, and secretly said that this Xia Mu is really iron-faced and selfless!

"Yes!" Zu Chengxun also knew that his duty was important, so he couldn't help but look solemn, solemnly stepped forward and took the left military order flag handed by Xia Mu with both hands, before bowing down and retreating.

Xia Mu nodded with satisfaction, sat on the marshal's chair, was silent for a moment, then reached out and grabbed a command flag, and shouted: "Yu Dawei listens to the order-"

When Yu Dawei, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and stepped out, bowed down and clenched his fists and solemnly obeyed the order.

"This admiral has decided to appoint you as the chief general of the right army of the conquest, and the generals Wu Bike, Sun Yuanfang and others will have a total of 10,000 horses, and the cavalry of the Fujian border defense and the rest of the border towns will all be under your command......" Xia Mu held the command flag and said, and then turned his eyes to Yu Dawei's face that had experienced the vicissitudes of life, and his tone changed, "General...... This trip is not easy for you and me, you are dying from prison, this governor is in front of the emperor to make a package ticket, you have to patrol the military situation in Liaodong every morning, noon and evening, and reconnoiter the enemy, this responsibility is the most important, this governor is to hand over his own life and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in Yizhou to you! ”

When Yu Dawei heard this, tears suddenly overflowed in the tiger's eyes, and he stepped forward to "plop", knelt down to Xia Mu, and said in a choked voice: "Thank you Lord Governor for your kindness to the last general, and even give me the opportunity to make meritorious contributions!" ”

Xia Mu was silent, stretched out his hand and handed the right military command flag to Yu Dawei, and then helped him up and said: "I know that you are wronged, you have caused the pond fish in the southeast for no reason, but the eldest husband can bend and stretch, do it well, don't let the brothers who are still fighting in the southeast chill their hearts!" ”

Yu Dawei held back his tears at this time, hugged his fists and responded: "Uncle has something to do with Yu Dawei, although he is told, Yu must know everything." ”

Xia Mu looked at the soldiers and took a deep breath: "Starting tomorrow, this governor will lead 10,000 new troops, plus the remaining 10,000 soldiers in Yizhou, a total of 20,000 horses, to start military training, and the border defense of all parties will be handed over to you!" ”

Li Chengliang sat on the side and saw that Xia Mu dispatched the soldiers in an orderly and orderly manner, and he was secretly bowing his head. Suddenly, I heard a commotion outside the tent, and then there was a "bang", and when the door curtain was lifted, it was Wu Zhongyong, the "Prepared Prisoner Recruiting Envoy" recommended by Yan Song.

Wu Zhong employs people as his name suggests, he is a useless person, he has been poor since he was a child, he castrated himself, and he wanted to enter the palace as a eunuch, but he just caught up with the shortage of money in the palace that year, and he thought that it was too late for the eunuchs to be judged, and who could recruit eunuchs into it.

So this Wu Zhong didn't use the eunuch, and finally really became a useless person, but this kid is also a good guy who knows how to flatter, and within a few years, he relied on his own young and beautiful child daughter-in-law, and actually dedicated his daughter-in-law to Yan Shifan, and made himself a living king.

It is because of this that his daughter-in-law is beautiful and outstanding, and she is loved by Yan Shifan, and she has mixed a position of a thousand palms in the East Factory, and it has become Yan Shifan's eyes in the East Factory.

This time Xia Mu was transferred to the north, Yan Shifan sent him over, and forcibly gave him the title of "Preparing for Capture and Recruiting Envoys", but the official rank was a guerrilla general of Wu Sipin, who wanted him to monitor Xia Mu's every move.

At this time, Wu Zhongyong walked in, and saw that the generals of Liaodong were there, and Xia Mu was also there, and he was very dissatisfied in his heart, because these people didn't call him when they discussed the military.

Seeing Xia Mu at this moment, he should kneel down. But he relied on Yan Shifan's support, and did not take Xia Mu in his eyes, but stepped forward and arched his hand to Xia Mu with a big grin, and said with some displeasure: "Uncle is free to dispatch troops and march in the Chinese military tent, why do you leave Wu behind."

Outside? ”

Xia Mu looked at him coldly and did not answer.

Seeing such a scene, Li Chengliang on the side hurriedly got up and greeted him with a smile: "Lord Wu, Uncle is deploying troops here to fight, and it has nothing to do with the recruitment matters in charge of you. So, we didn't inform you. ”

Wu Zhongyong listened, snorted coldly, and said: "It seems that the uncle has thrown away the instructions of the elder Xiaoge, 'appeasement first, conquest last', and 'surrender without a fight' that the elders of the small pavilion have repeatedly emphasized!" - Didn't you let Wu go to appease Yuan Yu first, so you wanted to be greedy and start a war without authorization? ”

"This ...... This ......" Li Chengliang saw that Wu Zhong used Yan Shifan to suppress people, and he didn't like it, but he couldn't refute it, because Yan Shifan asked the emperor to play the emperor's excerpt this time, that is, to avoid war and protect the city in Liaodong, and if he can not fight, he will not fight. But to recover the Hetao, how can you not fight?

At this moment, he was a little speechless when he asked, and he couldn't help but hesitate to set his eyes on Xia Mu.

Xia Mu's face sank like water, and he was not shocked. After a moment of silence, he spoke: "So, according to my father-in-law's words, how are you going to go and appease the cadres of Yu Da or the slaves?" ”

Wu Zhongyong was most tired of others calling him father-in-law, seeing Xia Mu burying people like this and exposing his scars, he hated in his heart, and sneered: "How to appease Yuan Yu, Wu has his own ideas in his chest, and he doesn't bother his uncle, I only hope that before I negotiate with Yuan Yu, my uncle will restrain the soldiers under your command, and you must not be greedy for merit and start a war without authorization!" ”

Xia Mu smiled coldly and asked, "Okay, I won't go to war, but I don't know how many days it will take for my father-in-law to reach negotiations with Yuan Yu?" ”

"Humph!" Wu Zhongyong knew that Yan Shifan had secretly reached an agreement with the little prince of Alta, so he was not afraid in his heart, stared at Xia Mu with his eyes, and said slowly: "I have decided to go straight to the front camp of Alta tomorrow to negotiate with me face to face!" ”

Xia Mu didn't know that Yan Shifan had already laid out, and seeing that this villain actually had such courage at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, and immediately eased his complexion, and said with a slight smile: "Gonggong Wu rode alone into the tiger's den, it's really too dangerous!" ”