It took a long time for the Chinese army to cross the river, and it was not until it was getting late that Lingwu and the others merged into the ranks of the Chinese army. Lingwu and the others were arranged to move closely behind Hou Ye's personal guards. In October 792 of the Great Zhou calendar, the army came to a small city, which was the center of a leader, and this city was called Tongcheng. The army did not cross the river, but went down the river to march south. Lü An's 50,000 troops were in a valley across the river.

Lingwu led his troops to stop in Tongcheng and wrote down the order in his own hand: General Lu An, I have arrived in Tongcheng today, and I order you to lead your troops to come here quickly to meet me. Young Master Zhao Lingwu personally wrote.

Lingwu was about to order the herald to set off, when the chief Lin Zhi came in.

"Master Young Master, my subordinates have something to report."

"Oh, Mr. Lin has something to say, you don't have to be polite."

"Just now, we arranged for the troops to stop, and the main purpose was to rendezvous with Lu An's subordinates. I'll accompany the young master to the other side to meet General Lu An and them. ”

"There's no need, Mr. Lin. Anyway, Lu An, they are going to come and go with us, and it would be a waste of time for us to go to him, so I have already written an order for them to come. ”

"Young Master, we still have to spend this little time. The young master is the lord of Guiling Mansion, and now that he is on the edge of his own territory, how can he not walk around his own land? Otherwise, the minions of Guiling Mansion can't even figure out who the master is, how can this be done? ”

"Oh, it turns out that there is such a reason, or what Mr. Lin said is right. Then let's go right away" Lingwu heard it and felt that it made sense. I'm the owner of this house, and now that I'm here, how can I not go and see it?

Although this river is the boundary river between the two provinces, it is actually not large, and there is a pontoon bridge on the flat terrain. Lingwu and his entourage crossed the river along the pontoon bridge, and just walked more than a mile away, they saw a few people in front of them running quickly towards their side. It turned out that these people were scouts sent by Lu An, and they found out from a distance that someone had crossed the river and entered the realm of Guiling Mansion, and it was estimated that it was the team of the young master, so they hurriedly came to inquire.

"General Lu An has already camped in front and is waiting for the Mansion Lord, so I have to wait here."

"Okay, you wait ahead and lead the way."

"Yes!"

I saw a group of people hurrying in front, estimated to be about 20 people, and the other party came quickly, obviously in a hurry. The current person was Lu An, and I saw Lu An running over, kneeling on one knee, and solemnly saluting: "Lu An greets the lord of the mansion." ”

The group of people who followed behind also hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully: "Meet the lord of the mansion." ”

Lingwu stepped forward to help Lu An up, and spoke very happily: "General Lu doesn't have to be polite, you have been gone for a few months, and you finally met again." These must be the elites of Guiling Mansion. Please get up, you're welcome. ”

Lu An stood up and said with a smile: "I don't even know whether to call the Mansion Master or the Young Master, everyone, this is our Young Master Zhao of the Longwei Marquis Kingdom, and also our Mansion Master." The group stepped forward to salute again, Lingwu stepped forward and helped them up one by one, and Lu An introduced them one by one on the side. Among these people were the lords of the six realms to which the prefecture belonged, as well as important members of their domains.

Under the personal leadership of Lu An, the group came to the Guiling Army garrison. As soon as Lingwu and his party arrived at the door, the team in front of them had already lined up in two rows on the side of the road, and the soldiers shouted: "Meet the lord of the mansion, long live Lord Zhao." The sound was deafening, making Lingwu feel like commanding thousands of troops.

Lu An's station was used temporarily, relatively simple, there was a high platform in the military camp, Lingwu was invited to sit on the high platform, and Lu An once again led all the soldiers to respectfully salute. After the ceremony, Lu An and others invited Lingwu to the camp where everyone in the army was discussing, Lingwu was the first, Lin Zhi, Wei Qingsong, and Lu An sat on both sides of Lingwu, and each led everyone to sit down in two rows below. Lingwu introduced Lin Zhi, the head of the march, and Wei Qingsong, the head of the guards, to everyone, and everyone was polite again. Lingwu said: "This time the brute beasts invaded, we will go out with the army on the order of the marquis, and the relevant matters will be arranged by Lin Zhi, the head of the march." ”

I saw Lin Zhi stand up, cough lightly, respectfully salute Lingwu, and then said: "Everyone, the young master is a spirit priest before he is ten years old, and there may not be one among ten million people, and the future is limitless. The Hou Ye and the master were overjoyed, and took the adult as the pillar of the Hou country. Hou Ye personally worshiped as the young master of the country protector and was canonized as the lord of Guiling Mansion. The love of Hou Ye and the master can be seen. General Wei and I are both people who have served by the master's side for many years, and the master ordered us to serve the young master as the master, and I know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given to us by the master. To be able to serve the young master as the mainstay, all of you here should feel very lucky, and you should fulfill your duties and share your worries and be loyal to the adults. ”

"This time, the young master went out with the army, mainly because the young master is a spiritual warrior who can help Hou Ye fight against brute beasts, and the role of the young master is incomparable to anyone who practices martial arts. And we have only one responsibility, and that is to protect the safety of adults, not directly fight with the brute beasts. Therefore, I have a bold idea, and I have communicated with General Wei a few times a few days ago, and I propose it to the young master today, and I would like to ask you to consider it as well. Since our responsibility is to protect the safety of the young master, the number of people does not need to be too large, but the more refined the better, and the important thing is to act quickly and respond flexibly. In addition, Guiling Mansion is a rich place for the Hou Kingdom, and it is also the fundamental place for adults, so there is no room for mistakes. The world is unpredictable, and after following the master for so many years, I have understood a truth. No matter what the matter ends up with, it is always beneficial to make more arrangements in advance, so the Guiling Mansion must be guarded by the lord of the mansion.

From these two considerations, I suggest that the young master, the 50,000 horses from Guiling Mansion should not be brought too much to the front line. You can choose a small number of warriors with combat experience, and the rest will stay in Guiling Mansion. General Lu An recently gathered people in Guiling, and he is familiar with the situation here, and he is also a confidant of the young master. It is very appropriate for him to take full charge of the affairs here, and I recommend General Lu An to be the governor of Guiling Mansion. ”

Lin Zhi said a lot in one breath, and things were unexpected. Lu An hesitated for a moment and asked, "What does Chief Manager Lin mean is that we people won't go to Xiliang with the young master?" ”

"Of course, please General Lu don't underestimate the importance of staying behind, this is the fundamental thing for adults. In the future, adults will rely on this place to develop and grow, and General Lu is the greatest credit for ensuring the safety of this place. Its importance is more important than fighting on the front line, and I will explain the reasons in detail with you. ”

"What Lord Lin said is reasonable, but the old master explained to me when he was in Fumian, and he didn't leave the little master. Guiling Mansion is very important, and the other arrangement for someone to stay behind is, I am following the little master anyway" Lu An had a straightforward temperament, and came back directly, which made Lin Zhi a little embarrassed.

"This, General Lu and adults, this brotherhood is deep, Lin is really moved. It's just this, the people left behind, it's really hard to find. Young Master, do you think there are other suitable candidates besides General Lu? ”

Lingwu was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that you weren't talking about it, why did you want me to say it again, isn't this embarrassing for me? Lu An, if you don't do it, you have to find someone for me.

"Well, this candidate, General Lu, who do you think is suitable?"

"Me? I'll go to the front line with you anyway, and I don't have a problem with who to keep, as long as you don't keep me. Leave He Jian behind, let me come to the front, he has never fought the barbarians, I have more experience than him. ”

"No, He Jian is a slave, where can he take on the heavy responsibility of a government. General Lu must not make such a joke. Lin Zhi vetoed Lu An's proposal in one bite, and Lu An also felt that he was rash as soon as he spoke, and he didn't reply anymore.

"Manager Lin, Lu An has guarded me since I was a child and has never left, so I will let him separate from me this time, and I am not willing to let him be separated. Do you see any other candidates to consider? Lingwu also helped Lu An speak, and Lu An suddenly gained his spirit and said loudly: "Let me do whatever I want, I won't do it without the little master." ”

"Okay, Master Young Master, in fact, there are no candidates left behind, as long as it is Master Young Master, you can fully trust someone who is also a general, and it doesn't have to be General Lu. Young Master, you can just choose one," Lin Zhi replied with a smile.

Lingwu looked at Lu An, and Lu An also looked at Lingwu, thinking: Isn't this fucking nonsense? If you are a general, you still have to be completely trustworthy? Isn't this just Lu An? Seeing Lin Zhi smiling there, Lingwu was so angry in his heart. Forget it, I don't have anyone else to say, admit it. Lu An, I'm sorry this time.

"Lu An, this matter, I thought about it seriously, and the heavy responsibility of staying in Guiling cannot be underestimated." As soon as he heard Lingwu's tone, Lu An knew that he had planted it.

"I also think you are the most suitable, you want to go to the front line with me, I think so too, but you have to find a suitable head of Guiling Mansion, if you can't find it, you can only be wronged. Do you have any other suitable candidates? Let's hear it. ”

"I ......, where do I choose?" Lu An's eyes were on fire, but he didn't know who to send it to.

"Then you will stay here and have full authority to handle the affairs of Guiling Mansion, and all of your leaders will listen to the orders of General Lu. I have one more thing for you to do. Shi Feng, you came over to see General Lu. Shi Feng is my personal guard, I usually teach him to practice martial arts, you select 10,000 people and hand them over to him to increase the strength of my guard. The other 40,000 capable warriors need to train as well as they did in Ssangyong City, and let them run errands with you. And they will no longer go back to work, but will feed them with the income of my house. After this battle, I have to rely on you people to come back. ”

Lu An didn't say anything, just nodded reluctantly. Seeing this situation, Lin Zhi hurriedly came to the round: "Young Master, Master Hou's army is moving fast, we can't delay it for too long." Please lead the army first, I still have something to talk to General Lu, so let me and Shi Feng come later. ”

Lu An arranged for someone to accompany Shi Feng to select people, and insisted on sending Lingwu to the river. Lingwu persuaded him with good words along the way, and Lu An was a little happier. Lu An said: "I can do it anywhere, I'm just worried about your safety." Such a big place as Guiling Mansion is bigger than our original lord's fiefdom. Of course I understand what Manager Lin said, this place can't be handed over to others, and I will help you keep it. You must be careful this time, people are the most important, don't be reckless. If anything happens to you, your sister won't kill me. ”

The two of them talked for a while when they arrived at the river, and Lin Zhi urged beside him: "My lord, don't just talk to you, I still have something to say to General Lu, my lord, you go first, and I will come later." ”

Wei Qingsong waited to escort Lingwu into the sedan chair and went straight to the other side of the river, Lu An looked at Lingwu and walked away, and shouted loudly: "Be careful outside, don't go forward when fighting, run away if the situation is not right." ”

Lin Zhi grabbed him: "Did you teach the little master like this?" When the soldiers heard this, they did not laugh at him. The two talked by the river for a long time before parting, and no one knew what they said, anyway, Lu An finally took Lin Zhi's hand very excitedly and said a lot of words, and finally went back with a serious expression.