"My lord, wouldn't it be too risky for you to directly reveal our agreement with the Luope people to the Sixth Highness? "Xiao Tang was a little apprehensive about what I was doing.

Wu Feng shook his head, "I believe he is a smart man, it won't do him much good to leak this matter, and His Majesty the Emperor won't fully support him because of this matter, he will only gain more than he loses by doing that." Our situation in Bonan is very difficult, and I am afraid that the speed of development will not meet our expectations with the support of the region alone, so I will bet on it. ”

Seeing that Xiao Tang was still a little uneasy, Wu Feng continued: "Among several His Highnesses who are expected to take the throne, I am afraid that he can only be ranked last in terms of strength, at least his support rate in the army is very low. Without the backing of military strength, it is too difficult to become a great treasure. Now the Emperor [***] team, except for the Praetorian Guard and the City Guard, which are controlled by His Majesty's cronies, the troops of the other four major military regions in the east, west, south and north can more or less see the shadows of several highnesses. His Royal Highness the Sixth only showed his face by virtue of this opportunity, and he may have the support of invisible powerful figures in the court or in the locality, but there is no gap for him to stand in the army for a long time, and he took the opportunity to win over me this time, I must have taken a fancy to the tens of thousands of troops under me. That's fine, let's take what we need and support each other. ”

In the evening, Wufeng set up a banquet for the Sixth Highness of the Imperial Minister, Situ Biao, and invited some well-known people and big businessmen in Bonan, and the guests and hosts drank and talked happily in a pleasant atmosphere. During the banquet, Situ Biao also improvised a speech entitled "Seize the Opportunity to Rejuvenate the Empire," calling on people of insight in the northwest to put aside their burdens and scruples, seize the fact that the war in the northwest has ended, and they are at an extremely rare opportunity for development, boldly invest in the industry, and do their part to build a better tomorrow for the empire. Li Wufeng took the lead in standing up and applauding, which also won the welcome of most of the people present.

Two days later, Situ Biao led all the members of the mission back to Yanjing, and Li Wufeng personally led the army to escort him to the junction of Bonan and Longdong Mansions, and handed over the escort task to the Longdong Prefecture garrison that came to greet him before returning to Bonan.

On December 18 and 22, Yang Zhengbin and Su Minshun were sworn in as the city guards of Bonan Mansion and Guide Mansion in the northwest counties of the Tang River Empire respectively, and formally established the local government axes of the two prefectures, and Li Wufeng personally presided over the inauguration ceremony for the two.

On December 26, in view of the fact that the reorganization of the volunteers and rebel troops in Guide and Bonan had been basically completed, and they had been reorganized with the recruited reserve forces, and all that remained was training, Li Wufeng announced the formal formation of the Northwest Army Corps of the Empire in Guide, with himself as the commander of the corps and Ling Tianfang as the chief of staff of the corps. The corps consists of four divisions, which are composed of the two garrison divisions of Qingyang and Jinzhou. Liang Chongxin, Cui Wenxiu, Mu Lige, and Kamapov respectively served as commanders of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions, and there were no major changes in the original subordinate deputies and subordinates.

The newly formed Qingyang Third Garrison Division was renamed the Qingyang First Garrison Division, and the reserve soldiers and volunteers and surrendered troops from several prefectures were disrupted and reorganized into three local garrison divisions, which were assigned to the three prefectures of Jinzhou, Guide, and Bonan. Zeppelin and Gao Gao won the trust of Li Wufeng because they began to show their strength in this counterinsurgency battle, and were appointed as the chief and deputy division commanders of the Jinzhou Prefecture Garrison Division, and under the strong recommendation of Cui Wenxiu and Kamapov, the leaders of the volunteers, Long Zizi and Hillman, were also appointed as the chief and deputy division commanders of the Guide Garrison Division. In view of the special geographical location and complicated social situation of Bonan Prefecture, after repeated consideration, Li Wufeng, after discussing with Ling Tianfang and Cui Wenxiu, finally decided that the former Cui Wenxiu's deputy, Shenai, would serve as the division commander, and Yue Shan, the former commander of the Guards Wing, would serve as the deputy division commander.

On January 1, 694 in the continental calendar, Xiao Tang announced the establishment of the military and political envoys of the northwest county of the empire in Qingyang, and issued a notice to recruit political axe staff, welcoming people of insight from all over the country to serve in the northwest, and the political axe was waiting to be suspended. On January 2, Mo Lun was sworn in as the city guard of Qingyang Mansion in the northwest county of the empire, and on January 5, James was sworn in as the city guard of Jinzhou Mansion in the northwest county of the empire.

In just over a month, the huge military and political institutions of the Northwest County of the Empire were erected, and the news, along with the news of the annihilation of the Northwest rebels, spread like lightning throughout the territory and outside the Empire. Whether it is the Japanese people in the Far East Sea, or the countries of the Central Continent in the west, or the nomads in the northern countries and the Tengger steppe, or even the southern city-states adjacent to the Great South Ocean, the dignitaries and dignitaries of various countries are trying to find out all kinds of information about this military strongman who has risen in the northwest of the empire, after all, this is the prince of the empire who has been appointed again in the past thirty years, and this person has an impressive record, and even the arrogant Luope iron cavalry has been bleeding in front of his army three times in a row, which cannot but attract the attention of the countries on the mainland。 If Li Wufeng could be called an up-and-coming two years ago, it is not an exaggeration to call it sharp now.

"Princess, the guards outside said that someone outside the house asked to see you. ”

"Oh, who is it?" the beautiful voice came from the girl who was reading a book intently lying on her side on the ivory hook bed, the girl was very thinly dressed, although it was cold outside, but the blazing charcoal stove made the room warm like spring, and a silver fox cloak was placed on a wide chaise longue.

Without raising her head, the girl asked casually.

The guard said that it looked like a woman, but she was so tightly wrapped that she could not see anything, but she sounded young in her voice, and she wore a veil on her face, so that she could not see her face clearly. ”

"Huh, Hanyan, who the hell is it, you go and see. The words of the beautiful girl named Hanyan aroused the curiosity of the girl who was lying in bed and reading, and the girl finally raised her head.

If there were any normal male surnames present at this time, they would definitely be overwhelmed by the peerless charm of the girl in front of them. Under the faint crescent moon bent eyebrows on the delicate hibiscus jade, a pair of haunting dark eyes are full of nature's spiritual surname, just like the unfathomable clear pool, the cherry lips under the nose of the hanging bile jade are like two touches of carmine on it by a flawless jade painter, and the charm is endless. However, all this is not enough to make people crazy, and her lazy intoxicating aura is a sharp weapon to attract men.

Rao is Hanyan is accustomed to seeing this kind of beautiful scenery at present, and he is still dazzled, and he continued to answer after a pause: "Princess, she told the guards that she would only talk about Putuo's old friend when she informed you, and the princess would know." ”

"Oh, what do you say? Han Yan was accustomed to seeing the calm and demeanor of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and was very surprised by the princess's surprised expression, and hurriedly said it again.

"Go and invite her in! Cold-eyed, you go and welcome her in for me! I'll tidy up my clothes. Situ Yushuang, who had already gotten up from the bed and put on a fur cloak, immediately ordered his personal maid.

"It's really you, Sister Sophia, where have you been for a while? I asked my father to send a lot of people to look for you, but there is no news of you anywhere. It's really killing me!"

When the familiar figure of the guest wearing a pitch-black cloak and a thick green veil walked into the gate of the middle courtyard, Situ Yushuang looked a little excited, and walked out in two steps.

"It's me, sister!" it was evident that the guests who walked into the courtyard were also very excited, and their voices trembled a little, but her magnetic voice remained unchanged.

When the guests who walked into the courtyard took off their cloaks and lifted the thick veil in front of them, a delicate face like a mythical angel was revealed, with chestnut hair and blue eyes, and a red nose and lips, which was enough to make anyone with the same surname embarrassed.

The guards standing guard around the courtyard gate were completely conquered, and the two peerless and enchanting encounters made the onlookers on the side all hold their breath, look at this and look at that, and their hearts are drunk.

"Come on, girl! Until the back of the third girl disappeared at the door for a long time, the guards who stood aside were still reminiscent there.

Many years later, a guard who was present at the time introduced this precious plot in detail to the later writer of the "Records of Imperial Famous Flowers", and the author who was good at playing this wrote: "One is like absorbing the qi of the king of heaven and earth, the rich peony, reflecting the snow and proud frost, and the other is like the pure snow lotus at the top of the ice peak, looking at the world." The folk also wrote in a colorful way: "The direct result of the meeting between the two concubines led to the fact that twelve of the eighteen guards present at the time were unmarried, and from then on vowed that if they could not marry a woman who was less than half of the appearance of the second daughter, they would rather be single and never marry, and sure enough, these twelve people died alone." ”

The warm environment and Situ Yushuang's sincere enthusiasm quickly melted Sophia's intellectual reserve, recalling that she quietly left from Siam Kong alone and traveled thousands of miles, during which she had to disguise herself to prevent gangsters from seeing the evil intentions, and she was displaced from all over the world, and it took two months to come here, and she couldn't help but lie on the shoulder of Situ Yushuang, who was comforting her softly, with tears in her eyes.

The maids had already gone down after serving the hot tea, and only the second daughter was left in the room. Situ Yushuang gently took off her coat for Sophia, who was still mourning and crying, and after a while, Sophia, who gradually calmed down, sat on the comfortable recliner, "Sister, if there is anything wrong, you can cry out first, you will get sick if you hold it in your heart." ”

"Thank you, sister. I'm fine now, I just felt that I couldn't control myself for a while, but now I'm much better. The slightly red and swollen eyes did not detract from Sophia's moving posture in the slightest, adding a touch of pitiful charm.

"Okay, since you have come to my sister's place, you can rest in peace, there is a sister here. Although Situ Yushuang is not much older than Sophia, she has lived in the imperial court since she was a child, and the political struggle between her father and brother makes her seem much more mature than Sophia, who has rarely seen deceit.

"Sister, I don't want to rest for a while, I am like a deaf and blind man on the road, I don't know at all what the situation is in my own country, how things are happening, and I don't dare to inquire carefully, for fear that my identity will be discovered. You tell me, what is the kingdom of Jemerlot like now?" Although she was physically and mentally exhausted, the pride in her bones still supported Sophia.

Sighing softly, Si Yushuang felt a little embarrassed, she was a little worried that if she told Sophia the truth, it would break her heart, worried that she wouldn't be able to bear the blow, but if she didn't tell her, she would definitely not rest if she looked like this now.

Sophia also saw some dignification in Situ Yushuang's face, she gritted her teeth and tried her best to calm her emotions, "Sister, just tell me, I can bear it, I'm not as fragile as you imagined." ”

Seeing that Sophia's attitude was very resolute, Situ Yushuang had to sort out her thoughts and tell her in detail about the fall of the Jemero Kingdom, which Situ Yushuang personally went to the imperial intelligence department to verify and understand, which was quite detailed.

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