320 A.D., early summer.

Zu Ti led an army of 30,000 to cross the Huaishui River to the north and reach Yongqiu. Shi Le was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ordered Shi Hu to lead 20,000 iron horsemen from Yecheng to fight against Zu Ti at the border of Chenliu. The two armies fought several battles after a while, and each won and lost each other, and then, each had its own scruples, and the city was camped, and the town was waiting for the fighters.

A few days later, the Chinese military tent.

Zu Ti took off his helmet, didn't have time to wipe off the sweat stains on his face, rushed to the side of the desk, picked up the water bowl and drank wildly. After drinking, he slammed the water bowl, panting, and stood behind the case. Just after a hard battle, he cut two thousand iron horsemen, forcing Shi Hu to retreat ten miles and defend the city. But there was no joy on his face, the chaos in Jiangnan was gradually emerging, the situation in the court was worrying, the army was short of supplies, and the trivial and chaotic things on all sides made the veteran physically and mentally exhausted.

"General, there is a letter!"

"Where did it come from?" Zu Ti wiped his face and stood tall to face the comer.

Luo Long said: "From Shang Cai!" ”

"Shang Cai?"

"However, there may be something important, the messenger first came to Shouchun, and before he saw the general, he came north."

"Something important, could it be that Li Bei's matter has already come to fruition?"

Zu Ti raised his eyebrows, his deep jaw lines opened slightly, he took the letter casually, tore off the corners and hurriedly read it, and the corners of his eyes opened inch by inch. "Snap" slap case, long body up, wandering back and forth in the tent. After a long time, he handed the letter to Luo Long, the corners of his mouth were crooked, and he said with a smile: "Occupy righteousness in reason, salute in the top, and kill from the back, Huating Meihe has turned into a tiger in Jiangdong, yes, yes!" ”

Luo Long glanced at the letter and said, "Congratulations to the general!" ”

Zu Ti raised his eyebrows and said, "Why do you like it?" Iron-clad? ”

Luo Long smiled: "No, iron and stone are dead things, only people can live!" It can be cast as a sword soldier or as a hoe and sickle. ”

Zu Qi said: "Long officials and degrees, I mean to be a sword soldier, or a hoe and sickle?" ”

Hearing this, Luo Long shook his head slowly and said with a smile: "Sword soldiers, what is the lack of generals?" What the general lacks, there are people! In the heart of the people who go to the north also! Only by recovering the land and reassuring the people can we continue from generation to generation, and engage in driving Hu also! ”

"Ha, haha......"

Zu Ti laughed loudly, pulled out his waist, wiped it with two fingers, and said freely: "But let Hu Qi be cut off from his homeland, and it is better to make this sword melt into the sickle!" After thinking about it, he shook his head again and said: "No, the sword can't be melted, and the sword needs to be lined up into a city!" The sword ploughs in front, the hoe ploughs in the back, and the party is the right way! ”

"General, Takami!"

Luo Long smiled indifferently, and had a detailed discussion with Zu Li before leaving. Slowly and leisurely, walking through the crowd of ten thousand troops, riding a horse, out of the camp, came to the small village outside Yongqiu City, and saw Yu Ying feeding chickens under the old tree at the entrance of the village.

"Giggle......

Luo Long hoarsely listened to the sound of chickens, and when he passed by Yu Ying's side, he reached out and fished it out, carried it on the horse, and galloped into the village with a light grip on the horse's belly. At the head of the village, there are three or two huts on the green fence, and a few melons are planted in the middle, although there is no fruit, the leaves are already green.

Luo Long jumped off the horse and stretched out his hand to Yu Ying: "Come!" ”

Yu Ying's thin eyebrows condensed slightly, shook her head, carefully turned to the side, and then jumped with her eyes closed. She didn't believe him, and every time, he would tease her and make her fall.

"Let's go!"

Sure enough, when she jumped down, Luo Long jerked the horse's buttocks, and the horse was frightened, pulled forward and ran, and she immediately fell squarely.

"Haha......" Luo Long laughed heartily, and stretched out his hand to Yu Ying lying on his stomach again: "Come!" ”

Yu Ying raised her head inch by inch, stared at him, but ignored him, slowly got up by herself, wiped her face, rubbed her knees, straightened the corners of her skirt, and walked indoors silently.

Luo Long didn't care, rubbed her buttocks, and said slowly: "There is a happy event today, that Huating Liu Nong is really good, as soon as he enters Shangcai, he killed Li Bei and drove away Li Sizhou's subordinates, yes, yes!" As he spoke, the strength in his hands became heavier and heavier.

Yu Yingxiu frowned slightly, endured it secretly, and did not say a word.

Luo Long rubbed it a few times, as if he felt bored, let go of his hand, shrugged his shoulders, and sneered as he walked: "Don't worry, he has solved the difficulties of Zu Yuzhou, and he occupies righteousness, Li Sizhou has no choice but to do it." Besides, this son is extremely hypocritical, long-sleeved and tricky, and all parties are prepared, who can control him? ”

Yu Ying said: "For example, what about you?" ”

"Oh, haha......"

Luo Long paused, looked back slowly, looked at the woman with a flat face, suddenly laughed, leaned back and laughed, and then, pinched the woman's face, stroked her smooth cheeks, slender jade neck, and said softly: "It should be between the two, however, the world is unpredictable, today is happy, who knows his day, where is the head hanging?" Thou shalt wait, for the days are long. At this point, he paused, and smiled at the woman's shrieving chest: "Luo Long, hunger is ......"

……

Sizhou, Rongyang, and Luoyang are a strip of water.

Zhang Jing knelt down on the seat and reported in a low voice. Li Ju sat alone behind the case, his eyebrows were cold, and there was a letter on his case.

This letter, with Zhang Jingtong to Rongyang, is very different.

Li Ju raised the letter and said coldly: "I am no longer deeply guilty of the truth of what you said in the letter and what you said, but there is a question, what is the order for you to lead the army to Cai?" ”

Zhang Jing's eyes shrank, he didn't dare to raise his head, and replied: "Protect the iron, send the iron, don't make trouble and disturb the people!" ”

"Raise your head!"

Li Ju's voice was cold.

Zhang Jing's shoulders trembled, and when he looked up, he saw that the Confucian generals who were over half a hundred years old had an iron face like water, and his heart jumped, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Hou Ye is angry, Hou Ye is angry!" ”

"Bump!"

Li Ju threw out the paperweight on the case, smashed it in front of Zhang Jing, and shouted: "How not to be angry? The three-year period between me and my ancestors has arrived, why are you still stranded in Shangcai? ”

Zhang Jing said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, my subordinates know that Rongyang lacks iron!" ”

Li Ju said angrily: "Lack of iron? We need iron, don't our ancestors need it?! Be a man and act with faith first! If you don't believe it, Li Ju will die early! If you act like this, teach me what kind of face Li Ju will see again?! He took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, slowed down his voice, and said, "Stand down, if it weren't for Nian You's years of hard work, I would not be spared!" ”

"No, retire!"

Zhang Jing wiped a handful of sweat, bowed and retreated, and when he retreated, he raised his eyes and looked at Li Ju secretly, seeing the corners of Li Ju's mouth trembling slightly, he secretly thought to himself in his heart, stopped retreating, and said tentatively: "Master Hou, that Liu Nong is really rampant, if he is not punished, I am afraid that it will damage the prestige of Master Hou!" ”

"Hmm!!"

Li Ju raised his eyebrows, Zhang Jing hurriedly bowed his head, but listened to Li Ju say: "Runan, it is the Runan of the ancestors!" The whip is beyond reach, what can it do, and look at the future! As he spoke, he picked up the letter on the desk and slowly touched the lamp.

"No!!"

……

Xuzhou, Xu County.

In the early summer, the cicadas have not risen, the red sun is slightly blazing, Huan Wen is sitting on the bed in the office with his robe, and the lawsuit is being heard. There are two people in the hall who are repulsing each other, arguing for a long time, like ants, and people are very tired to listen.

Because of the close proximity to Yanzhou, there are Yanzhou troops sitting outside. Therefore, Xuzhou is relatively peaceful, and the Jin family also attaches great importance to Xuzhou, and often sends clerks to Xuzhou herdsmen. Here, although the folk customs are not as good as the south of the Yangtze River, but also not as good as the Lujiang River and Huaibei, the constant temperature has been coming to Xu County for several months, and there is nothing to do all day long.

If this is not the case, he is the ruler of the government, and these common people can fight each other, and the county and county officials can be tried.

"Smack!"

With a slap of his palm, Huan Wen got up and said angrily: "It's just a trivial matter, why are you fighting?" ”

The people on the left came out with a cloth and said: "The prince of the house, this cloth is mine, and its people take it from the road, so it is indisputable!" ”

The people of the right road said angrily: "No, this cloth is what I left in the wilderness, I looked for it, and saw that it was about to pick up the cloth and steal it, so the lawsuit is arguing!" ”

"Oh, I see?"

Huan Wen raised his eyebrows, strode out of the case, and shouted: "And Zhang Cloth!" ”

The person on the left did not dare to disobey and unfolded the cloth. Huan Wen frowned, pulled out his waist sword, compared, cut it from the middle, and said coldly: "You wait, each of you is half, and you have to say it again!" ”

"This ......"

The two people in the hall looked at each other, and in desperation, one of them had to take half of it and leave the office. Outside the office, the people watching the lawsuit saw it, their faces were different, and some people whispered: "Huan Fujun, it's nonsense!" How can a lawsuit be tried like this? ”

Huan Wen heard it, but he didn't care, called the county Cheng, and ordered: "Send people and follow all the way." Looking at the faces of the two of them, if you scold me, you can bring it back! If he praises with joy, he will be shackled! ”

The county Dianqi said: "Fujun, why don't the scolders blame him, but blame him?" ”

Huan Wen said disdainfully: "It's just a trivial matter, why is it enough?" The one who scolds will be the one who has lost the cloth, so he will be angry! Those who rejoice will be praised because they have received an accident! ”

After that, he waved his sleeves and went straight, stepped on the ox cart, ordered the coachman to drive to the outside of the city, strode up the mountain, stood in the pavilion, looked back at the south of the Yangtze River with his hand, although it was not visible to the eyes, but it seemed to be able to view the magnificent scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and then looked sideways to the north, the brows were tighter and tighter, and murmured: "I don't know when the day will be, I can show the ambition I have lost!" I don't know when I can dehydrate Yu Feiye! Huating Meihe, Liu Zhanzhen, Ruzhi's northward journey, what are you doing? ”

……

Jiangnan, 800 miles of Jiankang.

In the city of the Ninety-Five, Sima Rui sat on the bed on the ninth step, his expression was slightly tired, and his eyebrows were swollen and slightly tight.

At the bottom of the stairs, Diao Xie and Liu Kui were arguing about the establishment of the army, Liu Kui strongly advocated the construction of the Zhenxi Army, with Dai Yuan as the general of the expedition to the west, and supervised the military of Yan, Henan, You, Hebei, Yong, and the six states. Diao Xie angrily reprimanded, saying that the establishment of the army can still be discussed, but it must not be the general of the expedition to the west.

Zhenxi Army, General Zhengxi?

Sima Rui was difficult to choose in his heart, waved his hand, restrained the two people who were arguing, and couldn't help but glance at Wang Dao, who was there with the old god, leaned over and asked, "With the intention of the middle father, what should be the case with this matter?" ”

Director Wang raised his slightly drooping eyelids, glanced coldly at the arrogant Liu Kui, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, let's ignore the Zhenxi Army, but talk about the general of the west, and now, Zu Shizhi is the general of Zhenxi, and he has fought for seven years before he recovered Yuzhou." If you send the west to settle in, you will be afraid of the cold and childish! ”

"However, this move must not be done!"

Ji Zhan came out, glared at Liu Kui, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, now, Shizhi is fighting against Shihu, if you do this, you will be cold in the hearts of the soldiers!" "But I sighed secretly in my heart: 'It is okay to build an army, but with an army of 10,000, it is ridiculous to want to control the six states.

"Your Majesty, I'll second!"

"Your Majesty, don't chill the heart of a soldier......"

At the moment, a group of ministers have seconded the proposal. Sima Rui squinted his eyes and secretly calculated, a month ago, if there was no ancestor to control Wang Dun remotely, I am afraid that the consequences will be unpredictable, Zu Li, loyal ministers! Immediately decided: "This matter, the discussion!" As he spoke, he felt tired and unbearable, and waved his hand: "If there is nothing else, Zhu Qing ......"

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing!"

Cai Mo, who had just been promoted to the Five Soldiers, came out of the ranks, glanced at Liu Kui, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, there is a matter of Rong Chen, two months ago, General Zhenxi presented a performance for Liu Nong, the king of the Cai Mansion, to ask for credit, however, for some reason, the performance has been stalled so far, and it has not been discussed. The ministers entered the five soldiers with the ......"

"Shang Cai, Liu Nong?"

Sima Rui's expression was suddenly stunned, and after a while, he remembered that there was still a person in Jiangnan going north, and this person was Liu Zhanzhen, a beautiful crane in Huating. Thinking of this person, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked, "Liu Sheren must be to the top Cai, how can he do it?" ”

Cai Mo took out a volume of Wen and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Liu Sheren passed through Huainan, which coincided with the rebellion of Xie Fu under the account of General Zhenxi, so he beheaded Xie Fu, beheaded 800 and captured 400 ......."

As soon as the words came out, the whole court was shocked, and all the ministers knew Liu Nong, who was as humble as a jade gentleman, and had such military exploits? If it weren't for Zu Yuzhou's performance, how could people dare to believe it?!

"Huating Liu Nong, Junjie also! Your Majesty, this is also a watch! Ji Zhan smiled all over his face, and his voice was subdued. Everyone in the court knows that he has a great friendship with Liu Nong, and he knows that although Liu Nong and him did not say it explicitly, it is actually a half-child friendship, how can he not like it.

The corners of Cai Mo's mouth curled, and he took advantage of the situation to say again: "Your Majesty, Liu Sheren passed through the wilderness, accepted more than 10,000 displaced people, brought them into Shangcai, and was edifying on behalf of His Majesty." Presumably, if you don't go to Cai Jing, you will hear each other, and you will be corrected, and you will always be reinstated! Looking at this move, although it is not enough to say that it is successful, however, how difficult it is in the north, why not show it?! ”

"Yes!"

Sima Shao took a step forward, took a deep look, and said with a smile: "Father, why don't you show your merits and show your deeds." ”

"Your Majesty, you should show your merits and deeds!" Xie Bao, the county guard of Huiji County, who was ordered to enter Jiankang, spoke indifferently and smiled.

"Watch!"

When Sima Rui saw that Liu Kui was about to speak, he suddenly felt a burst of irritability in his heart, and waved his big hand...... (To be continued.) )