Waving his hand to dismiss the scout who had arrived from Li Fang's army, Li Qiu sat in his study and fell into thought.

Does Basr simply want to take full control of Fallen Leaf City, or do they want to launch a new round of military operations against the "homeland" through Fallen Leaf City?

If that fox is really playing the brains of the "homeland," it is impossible that there will be no military mobilization. He has set up a lot of eyeliner in Basil, and has not received any information about troop movements so far. In the Haas Valley, Basr still had a heavy garrison. Although the two countries signed an agreement, Dzungar nominally agreed to Basr's dominion over the Haas Valley. But inwardly, it is believed that the rulers of Dzungar were quite dissatisfied with this.

The Haas Valley is completely controlled by Basr's side, and the newly annexed territory of Atbury is not equivalent to a piece of fat that has been swallowed, and Basr must always be on guard. This necessitates the dispersion of an extremely large number of troops in the territory of Atterbury. Even if it is one of the most powerful countries in the south of the entire continent, the total number of troops is still only a few hundred thousand. For the time being, it would not be less than 100,000 troops on the Atterbury side. Conversely, this will inevitably reduce the defense capability of its homeland.

Li Qiu's keen political sense told him that the stationing of such a large number of troops in the Atbury territory would never be just for defense, and that there was still a tough battle to be fought in the Haas Valley. And this battle is not only about the fate of the two countries of Jungar and Basir, but to a large extent, will determine the political pattern of the southern part of the continent in the future. Under such circumstances, it is believed that the old fox would never risk transferring heavy troops to the front line of Fallen Leaf City to fight for the Kfield area, which is already a chicken rib at the moment.

Thinking of this, Li Qiu's originally tense nerves couldn't help but relax. The incident in Fallen Leaf City is believed to be a simple political incident, and has not yet developed to the point of threatening the "homeland". Even if it is 10,000 steps back, Basr is really ready to move, and it is absolutely impossible to transfer the main force from the high ground to Deciduous City, which is located in the plain terrain, without one or two months. By that time, the "homeland" may have already transferred back Feng Xiang's two legions, plus the Langzhong legion and Li Fang's legion, which is believed to be enough to resist any attack by Basier.

However, even so, Li Qiu must report this situation to Li Yuxuan, after all, this may affect the military deployment of the "homeland".

What makes Li Qiu in such an embarrassing situation now is Li Yuxuan's clever personnel arrangement, which makes Li Qiu can only exert the energy of an ordinary "homeland" general. In terms of intelligence, whether it was Xu Ruoyu or Wan Qi Ruiyun, they all contained Li Qiu, and it was impossible for him to completely control the entire intelligence system.

Therefore, if Li Qiu wanted to conceal any news and intelligence, he had to risk being discovered by Li Yuxuan. As far as the entire "homeland" is concerned, although Xu Ruoyu's status is high, due to his lack of age and qualifications, it is impossible to pose any challenge to Li Yuxuan's status. On the contrary, it is precisely because of Li Yuxuan's support that Xu Ruoyu can maintain his current position, so Xu Ruoyu will do his best to assist Li Yuxuan.

In terms of the army, the commander of many legions is led by Li Fang, and now his status has completely freed him from his previous identity, coupled with his qualifications and the power to supervise the army, he is undoubtedly the biggest force for the generals of the entire "homeland". However, in terms of true strength, he is only the leader of a legion, and like Xu Ruoyu, without the support of the head of the family, he is also unable to exert his influence.

As for the other lieutenant general, Zheng Jing, he is only the commander of the navy, and he is the most insignificant high-level general for the entire "homeland" power system. But one thing must be seen that he was personally subdued by Li Yuxuan and entrusted with important tasks. For Li Yuxuan's kindness, Zheng Jing will definitely do his best to repay it. In other words, I believe that no one has enough strength to make this sea eagle bow its head.

All the power is finally gathered into one person, and all the rings are finally gathered into one point, that is, the center of the power of the entire "homeland" - Li Yuxuan, the head of the family.

Thinking of this, Li Qiu had to admire this nephew of his own. On the one hand, for the fate of the entire Li family, Li Qiu had to serve the "homeland" with all his might, and on the other hand, there was indeed a lot of dissatisfaction with Li Yuxuan in terms of personnel arrangements. Such a helpless and embarrassing situation made Li Qiu extremely annoyed. But Li Qiu, who had seen Li Yuxuan's iron bowl methods, knew better than anyone how terrible his nephew was. At the beginning, he even had to send someone to spy on his fiancée. Once there is something wrong with him, who is an uncle, I believe he will never hesitate to drive himself away from the upper echelons of the "homeland".

In fact, as far as Li Qiu's heart is concerned, being unwilling to accept the current status quo is the real reason for his dissatisfaction. What he hoped for was to make Hu Yurui in Basr and Jiang He in the same position as the original Fengxiang. However, in the power group of such a strong leader as Li Yuxuan, it is absolutely impossible and will not allow the emergence of such a "second center of power." If Li Qiu does not retreat, then the contradiction between the two will always break out one day.

However, for Li Qiu now, the most important thing is to report the emergency information of the four hundred miles sent from Fallen Leaf City today to Li Yuxuan.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Qiu rode in a carriage to the royal palace of Carol. Once there is any urgent information, Li Qiu can report directly to Li Yuxuan, without going through Xu Ruoyu, the chief of the "staff service". Come to think of it, this is also Li Qiu's only privilege. Faced with this situation, in addition to smiling bitterly in his heart, Li Qiu really couldn't think of any other way to relieve the resentment in his heart.

"My lord, I have already arrived outside the palace gate. The attendant outside the car said softly. Li Qiu likes to think about problems on the way, this is something that all those who are familiar with Li Qiu are aware of, so this attendant who has followed Li Qiusan for four years will definitely not speak loudly at this time and interrupt Li Qiu's train of thought.

It took a long time to react, Li Qiu lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage, and in front of him was the palace that he was very familiar with. In order to prevent other unknown people from entering the palace, horse-drawn carriages were not allowed to enter the palace, which was also an unwritten rule of the royal family. As for riding a horse or wearing a sword, it can only be a warrior's honor, otherwise anyone who enters the palace must untie the sword on foot.

But something seems wrong today. After Bai Ruolan's death, Lang Zhong strengthened the guards of the entire palace, and Li Yuyang also increased the number and frequency of patrols and guards throughout Kefield City. But when Li Qiu walked to the gate of the palace, those guards actually blocked his way, and these people were some new faces, who had never seen before.

As the intelligence leader of the "homeland", Li Qiu has an amazing memory, and he will never forget any document that he has met or read once. However, these people had obviously not been seen before, and Li Qiu could be sure that they would never be the palace guards under Lang Zhong.

"Who are you, dare to block my way!" Li Qiu reprimanded with his might as a major general of the "homeland".

"By order of the Chief Lord, no one is allowed to enter the palace without the permission of the Chief Lord. As he spoke, the leader of the squad took out a roll of parchment covered with the seal of Xu Ruoyu's chief of the "staff service".

Li Qiu frowned slightly, looked at the parchment carefully, and made sure that it was indeed an order signed by Xu Ruoyu, and the doubts in his heart not only did not decrease in the slightest, but became even worse.

Li Qiu is also a quick-thinking person, although there are many strange things about today's matter, but before the matter is completely clear, he will definitely not act rashly, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Quietly turned around and got into the car.

"Go to the Chief's Mansion!"

The Chief Mansion, which was Carol's second prince's mansion, has now become the office of the entire "home" of Kefield City. In addition to Chief Xu Ruoyu's office, many civilian officials gather here. It can be said that this is the political execution center of Li Yuxuan's ruling territory, except for the military, almost all daily affairs are decided here, designated, and then sent to various places by special personnel, and the local rulers (i.e., army commanders) supervise the implementation.

"Why are you sealing the palace, as if it's not under your chief's jurisdiction?"

Li Qiu's unusually calm two questions startled Xu Ruoyu, who was working, into a cold sweat.

"This is the order of the head of the house, and the warrant of the head of the house is here. Xu Ruoyu forced himself to suppress the apprehension in his heart, pretended to be casual, took out a warrant from his desk, and handed it to the attendant beside him.

He took the warrant from the hand of the attendant, and it was indeed clearly written:

Recently, the guard of the palace was in charge of the chief Xu Ruoyu.

Although the number of words is not much, the meaning is very clear.

"In that case, then I tell the Chief as well. Today, I just received an urgent military information from the Fallen Leaf City side for 400 miles, saying that Fallen Leaf City has been controlled by Basil, and the life and death of Duke Leaf Fall are unknown. After speaking, Li Qiu left his seat and returned home.

This news did not attract much attention from Xu Ruoyu, his eyes kept watching Li Qiu's departing back, until he disappeared, Xu Ruoyu still did not retract his gaze.

The most brutal struggle may be about to begin, Lang Zhong, I don't know how you're going there?

Xu Ruoyu sat down in his seat with a worried face.