The "pre-war mobilization meeting" ended, and as soon as the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Zhuangcheng arrived the next day, Zhao Wanqing was ready to point troops to fight.

It's just that the generals from Zhuangcheng don't seem to be very obedient to her, and their eyes are long in the sky, as if they don't even see her real money reward, and when they come, they say: "General Zhao, I can't wait until I am ordered to withdraw to Anyang to garrison, and it doesn't say that we will send troops to fight with you." ”

"Yes, we have always been at the behest of Lord Yu County......"

"Besides, it's your intention to transfer 50,000 soldiers to Zhuangcheng, general, if you are still talking, we will go back."

"I didn't say that," Zhao Wanqing replied solemnly.

"What?!"

The generals from Zhuang Cheng immediately jumped to their feet and scrambled to ask: "The general has said everything, how can he regret it in public?" ”

"We all heard you talking to the county keeper that day!"

"In that case, let's wait for the county guard to come back, and then discuss the matter of sending troops!"

"That's right! Wait for the warden to come back! ”

"That's right! Right! They took a "yes" one by one, and the saliva was about to spray in front of Zhao Wanqing's eyes, so Zhao Wanqing scolded: "Hehe, you guys are too naïve, right?" The county guard of Bangzhou can come back, I, Zhao Wanqing, write the three words upside down, and if I don't want to fight, I will all end up with him. ”

"You ......" they couldn't speak, so they blew their beards and stared.

Zhao Wanqing didn't care about them, in the spirit of "everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high", she gave them another step down, and said: "However, those who make military merits are still treated equally, and if you can win the battle, I will never treat any of you badly." ”

Several generals looked at each other, and finally nodded and retreated.

Zhao Wanqing spent both financial resources and tongue, and tried her best to use the method of "raiding the strategy" on the side, and finally put the Bangzhou military regulations in order, and her morale also improved a lot, but just when she conservatively thought that two days after the Wei and Chu coalition forces attacked the city gate and took Wu Jiawei in one fell swoop, the Wei and Chu coalition forces did not even move at all.

During this period, Ling Shuangyin's reply was brought back by the carrier pigeon, and Zhao Wanqing opened it to see that there were still three paragraphs on it:

"The new military department Shangshu Kuangzheng, you bet right."

"Passing through King Yu's Mansion, I saw King Yu and Princess Qinyi entering and exiting together, made in heaven and earth, a good pair of beautiful people."

"Win the battle as soon as possible and return to Luoyang, and talk to me about the wind and the moon."

Some traditional characters couldn't be understood, so Zhao Wanqing asked the Jiang family brothers beside her, but the four of them took turns to look at it and were still divided, so she had to say: "Then call me master, no, call Xue Junshi." ”

Zhao Wanqing couldn't help but laugh when she talked about the "position" she arranged for Xue Lin.

The Jiang brothers were about to go, when suddenly a voice at the door of the tent said, "Hu Mou pays a visit to the general." ”

Seeing that Mr. Bai was coming, Jiangbei, who was about to leave, immediately turned back and said to Zhao Wanqing, "Why don't you ask Mr. Advice?" ”

"Let him in first." Zhao Wanqing said.

Hu Jin walked ten steps away from Zhao Wanqing's desk and stopped, arched his hand and said: "I was unwell two days ago, and I didn't ask the general for peace, please forgive the general." ”

Zhao Wanqing already had some habitual politeness and said: "It's okay, Mr. is in good health, please be safe is just red tape, you can get rid of it." ”

Hu Jian said again: "General Xie." ”

Zhao Wanqing glanced at him and asked, "Sir, do you have something to say?" ”

Hu Jin asked rhetorically: "The general didn't ask why Hu came to the army?" ”

"Oh!" Zhao Wanqing looked like she had just remembered, so she answered and asked, "Mr. is coming to Anyang for tourism?" ”

Hu Jin couldn't help but laugh for a moment, and then said: "Prince Yu knows that there is a lack of strategists in your army, so he specially asked Hu to come to help the general." ”

Zhao Wanqing listened, and asked directly: "Didn't he arrange a general Jinwu for me, why, do you need to add another eyeliner?" ”

"This ......" Hu Jin's face suddenly showed an embarrassed expression, and his eyes inadvertently looked in the direction of the four brothers of the Jiang family, and immediately took it back.

Zhao Wanqing, who saw it in the eye, then said: "I asked him to supervise the soldiers' drills." ”

Hu Jian answered very cautiously and asked, "Who did the general say?" ”

"Of course it's General Jinwu," Zhao Wanqing was very calm, "Just say it directly, what did King Yu let you do?" Hasn't he changed his mind and wants me to lose the battle? ”

Hu Jin didn't hesitate anymore, but said directly: "It's not clear in the next place, the prince only said that he wants Hu to go to the army to assist the general." ”

Zhao Wanqing: "That's it? ”

Hu Hibiscus replied affirmatively: "That's it." ”

Zhao Wanqing hesitated for a moment before saying, "That gentleman...... Come and help me read this letter. ”

Hu Jin stepped forward and held out his hands to receive the letter.

Zhao Wanqing was already about to hand over the letter to him, but suddenly withdrew her hand and asked with a serious face: "You won't tell King Yu everything about me, right?" ”

Zhao Wanqing can still read the part with "King Yu" and "Princess Qinyi" written on it, it is obvious that Ling Shuangyin wants to answer Zhao Wanqing's previous question, and she secretly probed the gossip behind her back If King Yu knows about it, it will be too embarrassing, isn't it? She doesn't want King Yu to think that she is the kind of woman with a "small belly and chicken intestines".

Although she is very concerned about the progress of King Yu and Qin Yi, it is right.

Hu Jin smiled and nodded, and said, "Absolutely not, Hu will be the general's loyal subordinate from today onwards." ”

Zhao Wanqing's eyes rose slightly to the top of Hu Jin's head, and saw that the degree of belonging on his head showed that it was 50, so she handed the letter to him suspiciously.

Hu Jin then read the content of the letter to Zhao Wanqing, and when she read the part of King Yu and Princess Qinyi's "good pairs", Zhao Wanqing's eyes suddenly widened speechlessly, and then she wrote hard to reply to Ling Shuangyin.

"Seriously, how do you write it?" Zhao Wanqing looked up and asked Hu Jin.

Hu Jin folded the letter and put it back on Zhao Wanqing's desktop, but said: "There is a new appointment in the military department, and the general may have to fight quickly." ”

Zhao Wanqing was puzzled: "Why?" ”

At this time, Hu Jian took a few steps back and returned to his previous position, and changed his self-profess: "My subordinates have privately investigated the situation in the army in the past two days, and found a big thing, the general's new military advisor is probably the Chu State spy secretly tracked down by the imperial court, right?" ”

Zhao Wanqing was startled, then stood up, and saw that there were only the Jiang family brothers and Hu Hibiscus in the camp at this time, so she calmed down a little and looked at Hu Hibiscus scrutinically.

Hu Jian just opened his mouth at this time and said: "Don't worry, the general, his subordinates know what they can say and what they can't say, and they will never disclose this matter to others." ”

Zhao Wanqing sighed lightly and said, "It's good if you know." ”

Hu Jin also said: "The subordinates feel that it is not impossible for the general to let the masters of the rivers and lakes serve as generals in the army, their force can indeed be one enemy and one hundred, and it is not that they do not have the ability to lead a team, but they are ......" Hu Jin changed his words, "After all, they are not regular recruits, and the recorded soldiers of Daqi, once the new military department is still in office, the first thing must be to sort out the roster of the army, and take over all the military guards and military attachés temporarily under the temporary management of the military department." The general must report to the military department to increase the strength of the Bangzhou army and to increase the number of generals in the Bangzhou army. You fooled the Bangzhou Army that they were Linzi people who abandoned business and joined the army, but you can't fool the military department with this explanation. In case you take ......"

When Hu Hibiscus said this, General Jin Wu strode in, clasped his fists and said, "General, I found that the Wei and Chu coalition forces had moved the camp to Yanyang Slope, three miles away from Anyang City. ”

As soon as he walked in, Hu Jian immediately stopped continuing the topic just now.

Zhao Wanqing glanced at Hu Hibiscus and thought, does he really have to be loyal to himself, even to the people of King Yu, "unspeakable?" ”

Zhao Wanqing then said to General Jinwu: "Okay, you notify you first and prepare to send troops." ”

General Jin Wu glanced at Hu Hibiscus, clenched his fists and said, "Yes." ”

After he stepped back, Hu Jincai continued to finish what he had just said casually: "In case your matter of taking in and reusing the Chu people is discovered by the military department or others, you will definitely be heavily responsible. ”

Although Xue Lin said that Liangbi and they are not Chu people, in Zhao Wanqing's opinion, whether they are Chu people or not, anyway, the imperial court, including Jiang Chengyuan's attitude towards Chu spies, is clear to her, and it is found to be a dead end, so there is no need to think about it at all.

Zhao Wanqing couldn't help frowning and said, "Is there nothing you can do?" I'm a big general, and I don't even have the qualifications to promote a few generals? ”

Hu Jin pondered for a moment and said: "In fact, as long as you have a relationship with the secretary of the military department, it is a pity that the new secretary of the military department, Kuang Zheng, was the emperor's companion in the Tai Academy, he is afraid that he is the emperor's person, how can he be accommodating to the general?" ”

"The emperor's man?" Zhao Wanqing immediately thought of the word "Zhong" that Ling Shuangyin remarked after Kuang Zheng's name, could it be that she misunderstood, this is not the meaning of neutrality?

Hu said: "It should be." ”

Zhao Wanqing paused with the hand holding the brush, wrote the word "soldier" on the letterhead, and then said to Hu Jin: "Whether it is or not, it is always right to contact it first." ”

Hu Hibiscus raised the corners of her mouth slightly and nodded in agreement.

Zhao Wanqing then handed him the brush and said, "Give it." ”

Hu Jin showed a puzzled expression, and Zhao Wanqing said again: "You come to write, I can't read yet." ”

So a reply written by Zhao Wanqing and Hu Jin was completed, with little content, only four sentences: "How about the military department?" Who does it belong to? Is it possible to make a living? Friend Wanqing looks forward to returning. ”

Of course, Zhao Wanqing's original words were not like this, she said a lot of content, and it was changed by Hu Jian to such a crepe version.

The letter was handed over to Jiangbei to be delivered, and Zhao Wanqing went with Hu Jin to see the assembly of the soldiers, but on the way, she suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait! I haven't asked her yet, what does King Yu mean to Princess Qinyi? ”

After saying that, she hurriedly turned around and walked back, walking briskly all the way and finally turning into a trot, and finally caught the fat carrier pigeon before Jiangbei "sent the letter".

Jiang Bei, who was holding a small bamboo tube with a letter, asked suspiciously: "What, what's wrong, general?" ”