Brother Xiao Yu brought a message to the Xiao family early in the morning, that illegitimate son Yi Feng has led the army north for more than a month, and has not returned to Huaihuang until now, and has even cut off contact with Huaihuang for more than half a month. Although it was rumored that Yi Feng led his army to defeat the Tiele Tongluo people in Xi half a month ago, and wiped out tens of thousands of Mobei cavalry. However, some people doubt the authenticity of the rumors, but now that the Wuzhou Army has been going north for so long, there is no news back, which makes people think that the situation of the Wuzhou Army is not as good as the rumors. "Yi Feng may have defeated the Tongluo cavalry in Xi Realm before, but that battle must have cost a lot of losses. Then he may have continued northward because of this, and encountered the siege of the Tiele people, perhaps he would have now broken his halberd and sunk to the north. ”

After hearing the news, Xiao Meiniang lazily turned the crystal wine glass in her hand, "Is that illegitimate son so easy to die?" It is said that the scourge will last for thousands of years, and I always feel that it will not be so simple. Seventh brother, this illegitimate child always gives me a feeling, as if she is the trouble that God deliberately gave me. ”

"It's just an illegitimate child, and it's an illegitimate child who can't see the light at all, why should my sister worry too much." Xiao Yu, who was only twenty-three years old, was the youngest son of Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang Ming, and his brother was the seventh in line, and he was crowned king at the age of seven. After the Later Liang was annexed by the Sui Dynasty, he entered the Sui Dynasty, because the Later Liang was already a puppet vassal of the Sui Dynasty, and the sister was the princess of the Sui and Jin Dynasty, so the Later Liang clan got good treatment, the seven brothers, up to Xiao Cong, the eldest brother who was the last Emperor Liang, went down to the seventh in the ranks, plus his brothers and uncles, almost all of them got good treatment, and many of them were also named the princes of the country and the county of the Assassin History, and he was seven brothers. There was only one brother who fled to Nanchen to fight against Sui, and finally Chen Pohou was taken to Chang'an and beheaded. But it's just an exception, such as Xiao Yu not only got a noble official position in the inner history. Moreover, Queen Dugu also married her brother's daughter to Xiao Yu as his wife, in order to be close to each other. Xiao Yu has been staying in Jianghuai during this time, and his sister has been a little troubled recently, he knows that it is the illegitimate son Yi Feng who suddenly appeared. However, he always felt that the bastard could not pose any threat to his sister at all, first, it was just an illegitimate child, and second, it was still an illegitimate child who could not see the light. The most important thing is that the relationship between his brother-in-law Jin Wang Yang Guang and his sister has been good over the years, and King Jin only has two sons until now. All of them are sisters, although in addition to the daughters of one sister, there are several daughters, but daughters are not sons. It didn't affect my sister at all. Compared with the flashy and frivolous prince, there are more than a dozen concubines. Compared with the fact that there are not half a son-in-law but ten concubines, my sister's position in the Jin Wangfu is really stable, and she can sit back and relax. But my sister was worried about this, and a few days ago, she specially asked him to come from Chang'an, and sent the daughter of her cousin's family to Huaihuang to be a concubine for Yi Feng.

After Xiao Yu came in, Concubine Helian Mountain, the palace man beside the Xiao family, immediately retreated with the palace maids and waited outside.

"According to our speculation, even if this Yi Feng can come back safely this time. But since he dared to take the initiative to provoke the Turks, he couldn't jump for a few days. Relations between the Turks and the Great Sui are becoming more and more tense today. He dared to take the initiative to provoke the Turks at this time, isn't this the old birthday star hanging himself to find death. Even without our hands, the Turks can't just destroy him. ”

Xiao Meiniang was unusually calm, she looked at the youngest brother and shook her head: "You think he is looking for death, but I don't think it's that simple." You haven't had direct contact with him, but I've seen him, and that's not a stupid person. Since he dared to provoke the Turks, he must have his own honor guard capital. I think at the beginning, I also thought that this illegitimate child would not be a threat, but it has only been a long time, and I have watched him go north little by little from the original wolf bèi to now become the governor of a state. This bastard is not simple, and I always feel that he is a threat. ”

"Didn't you say last time that King Jin seemed to be suspicious of him as well?"

"I did succeed in making King Jin suspicious of him before, but I think King Jin seems to have changed his mind now, and the day before yesterday I tried it again, but King Jin seems to have forgotten the previous thing. I think it's a side story, but I can't figure out the situation, but I can't say this too explicitly, otherwise I'm afraid of arousing the disgust of King Jin, thinking that I have the heart to provoke their father-son relationship, and then it will be even more difficult to succeed. Xiao Meiniang stood up and said to her brother, "I need to know what went wrong and why King Jin's attitude changed so quickly, seventh brother, I know that you have always been resourceful, you help me find out what went wrong." ”——

In the hall of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, Yang Guang and his staff officials and generals gathered here, sitting behind the table, all a little jubilant.

Yang Guang's Wenchen generals are very happy today, Zhang Heng is dressed in Shu brocade, but the most conspicuous thing is a snow-white ferret coat on the outside of the brocade robe, the white and supple ferret coat makes him look like a fur merchant who suddenly became rich. Duan Da, the king of Jin, joined the army, wore a golden leopard head knife handle around his waist, and the scabbard was inlaid with a huge gemstone treasure knife, even if he sat in front of the table to go to the banquet, he didn't untie the knife, every time his burly body moved, the treasure knife inlaid with gold and jade emitted a dazzling light. On the main seat, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, was wearing a python robe and jade belt, shining brightly. The military generals under his seat are also all dressed in brocade robes today, sometimes shouting, sometimes giggling.

Xiao Meiniang and Xiao Yu passed through a large group of generals, civil officials, maids, and guards, and finally entered the hall. At this time, there was a noise outside, and the guards shouted: "Yang Wei, the general of the Kuzhen chariot cavalry, and Pei Zeng, the military officer of the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion, ask to meet." ”

Yang Wei and Pei Zeng walked into the hall with their heads held high under the guidance of the guards, and did not stop until they were in front of the throne. Xiao had never seen such ornate armor on the two of them: a white tiger leaping from the ground was carved on the shiny red steel plate, and just a few steel plates with arched arcs formed a sturdy armor full of strength and beauty. The helmet held by the two of them on their left hand was even more different from the usual ones, the strange helmet was surrounded by a circle of brilliant gems, the top of the helmet was also inlaid with a white tiger made of white gold, and a pair of eyes were embellished with rubies. There was also a pair of white gold tigers on their shoulders that clasped a long and heavy golden cloak, and the cloak made of gold silk also had a white tiger coat of arms on it.

The armor of the two is so gorgeous and mighty. So much so that when they entered the hall, everyone was taken aback, and their eyes suddenly fixed on the two of them. Especially many military generals. A good piece of armor is sometimes a second life for a general. And the armor on Yang Wei's body is peculiar and gorgeous, but it can be seen at a glance that it is not flashy, but should have extremely strong defensive power. It's just that they've never seen armor of this style before.

Pei Zeng bowed to Yang Guang with awe, and offered the most gorgeous words of praise.

After the salute, Pei Zeng immediately reported to Yang Guangyu about the series of great victories achieved by the Wuzhou army led by Yi Feng. "More than a month ago. The Turkic Tiele Tongluo, Fugu, and Bayegu marched south, and General Yi led the army north to defend the enemy outside the country. Far away to save the Great Sui Fan belongs to the Xi, Khitan, and Xia tribes. In the first battle, in the Xijingshe River, Mr. Yi successfully lured the enemy into the shortlist, and successfully defeated 10,000 Tiele and Luo cavalry in one fell swoop, and fought several battles before and after. In the end, 7,000 enemies were annihilated. Three thousand prisoners. After annihilating the Tong Luo Wanqi and saving the Xi people, Manager Yi quickly waved his army north, and on the way south to Yangzhou, he just received a quick horse report from Manager Yi. Just ten days ago, General Manager Yi successfully ambushed and pursued the Khitan tribe in Raolehe again, and finally killed 3,000 and captured more than 23,000 enemies. The march to the north was more than 1,000 miles before and after. There were more than 20 large and small battles, and more than 10,000 enemies were annihilated. More than 26,000 prisoners were captured, and the siege of the Xi, Khitan, and Xia tribes was completely lifted, and the ambition of the Tiele people to enslave our northern Sanbo and drive them south to invade the northern border of the Great Sui was broken. Mr. Yi is still in Khitan at the moment, and he is very urgent to pass on this good news to let him repay the king. This battle is all thanks to His Majesty's Tianwei and the blessing of the King of Jin. ”

"General Manager Yi is well-commanded and resourceful, and the officers and men of the Wuzhou Army are working together to serve their lives and make meritorious contributions." Yang Guang nodded. In fact, after Yi Feng sent troops north, Yang Guang has been paying close attention to this battle. Every day, news came back from the north, from Yi Fengshe's river camp to block the Tongluo people, to Yi Feng's rapid march around the Tongluo people to build an ice fortress behind the Tongluo people to block their retreat, and then how Yi Feng pulled the Xi people into use, and even he recruited 8,000 Xi soldiers, and later went north to successfully ambush Bayegu and the servants, and how Yi Feng later reached an alliance with the Khitan, Xi, and Xi tribes, and even he made an alliance and arranged six armies of nearly 100,000 horses.

At the beginning, Yang Guang was surprised and even hard to believe when he received these news. But the news kept coming back from the north, and different intelligence sources finally proved that these surprising news were indeed true. It was from that time that Yang Guang's heart quietly changed. Originally, he was still because of the news from Beijing that the Son of Heaven believed that Yi Feng was the son of the prince, and the prince admitted it, which made him feel uneasy. But now, when he found out that Yi Feng's strength had improved by leaps and bounds, after careful consideration and discussion with his staff and confidants, he had to admit the fact that Yi Feng, the illegitimate child, had gone from being dispensable at the beginning, to the point where even he had to be cautious now. Because Yi Feng now has this strength, according to the results calculated by Zhang Heng, after Yi Feng's victory in the north, after several expansions, his strength has increased several times.

How many soldiers and horses does Yi Feng have now?

Zhang Heng told him that Yi Feng now has at least 100,000 people in his hands. It's not an imaginary number, it's a real number. First of all, they knew that the Wuzhou Army, the biggest trump card in Yi Feng's hand, already had three armies, the front, middle and rear, and a huge scale of more than 50,000 people and nearly 60,000 people after the full formation. At the same time, Yi Feng also has a town garrison, there were originally more than 100 garrisons in 14 towns, and after Yi Feng went north, he had reached an agreement with Xi that the Wuzhou army could build a town fort and build roads in the mountainous area west of Xi, and of course the garrison would be increased after having a town fort, according to the calculation of 500 and 50 garrisons in one town, the scale of Wuzhou's town garrison could reach 30,000 or even 40,000. And Wuzhou also has many patrol inspections, township soldiers, archers, these Wuzhou's unique reserve soldiers, and the Central Plains government soldiers implement autumn and winter training, and even have simple equipment. Especially those township soldiers, all of them are selected tall and strong young people, they only practice longbows, and they are completely the reserves of Wuzhou's particularly sharp longbow infantry today, as long as necessary, these township soldiers can be recruited into the army at any time to become strong longbowmen. What's more, with Yi Feng's current relationship with those three tribes, the three departments can provide 50,000 Hu soldiers. Even if it is fully mobilized, it can mobilize 50,000 reserves. That is, if Yi Feng mobilizes with all his might. He was able to pull out an army of 200,000 men outside the northern Cyprus. Although it is not easy to achieve this step, at least he does have the potential.

With this, Yang Guang had to reconsider his relationship with this illegitimate child.

Not to mention 200,000, it is 100,000, and even the Wuzhou army of more than 50,000 people that Yi Feng has in his hands now is enough to make Yang Guang treat this son cautiously in his heart.

In the words of Duan Da, who joined the army. Although he has been in the south of the Yangtze River for eight years and controls the land of Jianghuai in forty-four states, he really controls the soldiers and horses in his hands. The army that can respond to every call at a special time will not exceed 50,000. Moreover, the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River are not as good as the soldiers in the north, not to mention that most of the soldiers in Yi Feng's hands are soldiers and horses of the Han and Hu tribes in the north, and they are naturally tough. More cavalry. Yang Guang is bent on competing for the storage position. He has always been planning to raise troops in Jiangnan if necessary to seek a corner of the territory in case of failure, but he has too few soldiers in his hands, and the southern soldiers are weak. He didn't want to go that far until he had to. Even at that point, the only thing that awaits him may be defeat and death. But with the full support of Yi Feng and the army in his hands, the chips in the battle for the storage position can be increased a lot. Although Yi Feng's army was established for a short time and was expanded many times. But Yi Feng's battle table in the north this time fully illustrates. Yi Feng is indeed very talented in commanding troops, and his army is indeed well trained.

In terms of what the henchman Yu Wenshu told him, if the resistance to seizing the reserve is too great and Wen's is not good, then with this army in Yi Feng's hands, they can even consider coming to the martial arts. At that time, Yi Feng led his troops to cross the Great Wall and go south, straight to the east of the river, all the way south, and crossed the Yellow River to the west to attack Chang'an. Yang Guang could raise troops in Yangzhou, lead Jiangnan and then go up the Yangtze River, directly attack Jianghan Jingxiang, and enter Guanzhong through Wuguan. At that time, Yang Guang was in the south of the Yangtze River, Yi Feng was in the north of the Saibei, and the two armies were in unison, advancing in the north and south, just like a big tong to clamp Chang'an. It's a plan that isn't a last resort, but it's also a very successful one. It can even be said that with this last measure, Yang Guang can be more open and bold in competing for the storage position.

And even if the soldiers in Yi Feng's hands are not considered for the time being, Yang Guang still has to take into account the money in Yang Guang's hands.

When Yi Feng said that he wanted to establish Huaihuang Border City after he went north to Huaihuang, Yang Guang only thought that Yi Feng wanted to engage in some smuggling back to Yi, and he didn't pay too much attention to it. But now, that market is very successful, and Yi Feng has really made a lot of money from it. How much money did he make, exactly? Yang Guang didn't need to study it in detail at all, just looking at Yi Feng's operation of Huaihuang for less than a year, he had raised an army of seventy or eighty thousand and raised a population of almost 400,000, and he could know how profitable that Huaihuang was easy.

Yi Feng's army Yang Guang may not be able to use it for a while and a half, and it is impossible to use it unless it is absolutely necessary. But Yi Feng's money, Yang Guang really needs. In rebellion, the most important thing is money. Whether it is to win over and buy officials and generals, or to directly recruit troops and horses to support private troops, it needs money, a large amount of money. And Yang Guang is very short of money, and he has never been able to get any too rich financial resources, and now the main financial resources in his hands are the Xiao family from his wife, the Yuwen valve of his confidant Yu Wenshu, and some of the Jiangnan clans that he has worked hard to win over over the years. But compared to the large amount of expenses, Yang Guang has always been short of money.

And Yi Feng is rich, really rich. Yi Feng had sent him a thousand war horses before, which had made Yang Guang happy for a long time.

But this time, Pei Zeng came, of course, not only to report the victory, Yang Wei had already sent someone to send a letter to Yang Guang, revealing the important purpose of Pei Zeng's southward trip. Pei Zeng got the order of Yi Feng and came to give him Yang Guang money. When Pei Zeng and his party entered Yangzhou yesterday, there were more than 100 ships accompanying them, and there was also a huge horse team on land, which were all gifts brought by Pei Zeng. Last night, the civil and military generals under Yang Guang, as long as they were high-grade officials, even if they were the leaders of the nine-rank team, they all received a lot of gifts. These dazzling things on the people in this hall today are all from Yi Feng's gifts yesterday.

Of course, if he is so generous to his officials, Yi Feng has even more gifts to Yang Guang.

The gift to Yang Guang had already entered the treasury of the governor's mansion yesterday, but Pei Zeng still gave a special gift list when he officially met Yang Guang today. The gift is not recorded in a list, but in a thick gift book. Yang Guang's Jin Wang Ling had already recorded all the gifts in front of Yang Guang yesterday, and Yang Guang was amazed by the many gifts, and the precious ones made him excited last night and didn't sleep all night.

Along with the great victory of Yifeng Saiwai, it was sent to the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion with a total value of millions of gifts from Huaihuang all the way south, gold, silver, gems, copper coins, war horses, camels, cattle and horses, armor, knives, guns and arrows, and many Huaihuang specialties that are now in hot demand.

Money talks!

Yi Feng's big move directly stunned Yang Guang. Seeing the thick gift list, Yang Guang had already forgotten his suspicion of this illegitimate child at this moment, and one million yuan bought Yang Guang's complete trust in the illegitimate child. In his opinion, this is the proof of the illegitimate son Yi Feng's full support for him, and this million yuan is the proof of their father-son flesh and blood! (To be continued......)