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It didn't take long for a Rong Di officer to come to He Tianyang, look at him coldly, and casually said that the prince wanted to see him. Suddenly, He Tianyang shrank in fear and walked out behind the officer's ass.

Walking down the street, several Rongdi soldiers escorted him left and right. The place where He Tianyang lived was the residence of the rich and noble families in Tieyang City. Usually, the rules are very large, and the poor people don't say that they go in, even if they pass by the street at the gate, they will be driven away by the family with sticks. But now, the gates were open, and hordes of Rongdi soldiers were happily coming in and out. The cries of women are like nothing, including their own wives and concubines, as well as their favorite women, who have just been recruited a few months ago. The shouts and cries gradually faded away, and He Tianyang's eyes stared at the gold and silver belongings in the hands of those Rongdi soldiers, and his heart couldn't help but twitch for a while.

These are all industries that I have painstakingly managed over the years by deducting military salaries! I don't know how much effort I have spent to get these things. But now, he is the general of the defeated army, and what autonomy does he have there? Everything can only be resigned to fate.

Soon walked into the mansion, and the hall was crowded with Rong Di warriors. They were surrounded by a fat black man in a leather robe. The officer who escorted He Tianyang hurriedly stepped forward to report, and He Tianyang looked up, but saw that the eyes around him were very cold and full of contempt.

His mind was full of thoughts, and his steps inevitably slowed a few steps. The soldiers in the back couldn't help but push and shove, He Tianyang staggered, and just saw a young man beside the fat black man making a gesture to stop, and the Rong Di soldiers stopped moving.

"See my lord. Still not on your knees?"

Someone next to him shouted. He Tianyang's knees had already weakened, and he hurriedly knelt down. Unconsciously used the highest etiquette to meet the emperor. His forehead hit the ground with a clear sound. This action caused Rong Di's officers and soldiers to sneer, but He Tianyang didn't have any humiliation in his heart at this time, just worried about what the other party would do with him. Maybe. I'm afraid such a solemn etiquette is still not enough, right?

"Stand up and speak. Since it has fallen, then from now on, it will be my own family. "The voice is very loud and full of energy. Judging from the source of the location, it should be the fat black man standing in the middle.

He Tianyang knelt on the ground and didn't dare to stand up, but raised his head cautiously. He saw that the big black man had a very powerful face, and his hair was a little gray, because he had eaten beef and mutton all year round. There was a strong smell all over the body. He Tianyang is very unaccustomed to this kind of taste, and he is extremely disgusted. In the past, when I was at home, the cattle and sheep were slaughtered outside the house, and after they were cleaned, they would be brought back to be cut into pieces and cooked. In terms of diet, He Tianyang is very particular. To cook meat, you need to change the water several times and add a lot of spices. Only now, in the face of a group of barbarians who have no manners to speak of on the steppe. He Tianyang felt extremely close, without the slightest sense of disgust before.

Listen to the words of the Rongdi officers around him. This person is the famous Aries King of Rong Di.

The Aries King just casually looked at He Tianyang and ignored it.

A general of a defeated army is not worth paying more attention to.

Over the years, the Chu army has not been as brave as before. I don't know why, but the war with the Chu people became very smooth. The military forts outside the side walls set up by the Chu State were captured by Rong Di one after another. But. After all, a military fort is just a military fort, not a city. Even if the horses are plundered, the harvest is extremely limited. Who would have thought that this time he took the initiative to lead the army to attack and actually defeated a big city like Tieyang.

Come to think of it. A smile appeared in the eyes of the Aries King, and he spat at the ground with thick phlegm.

It is said that Tugu Hun alone is very talented, but that guy is very timid. At least, that's what the Aries King thinks. He has a million soldiers, but he does not dare to cross the Great Wall even a step. Moreover, Tuyuhun didn't know which tendon was wrong in his head, and he actually wanted to make peace with Chu State. Even if he took a fancy to the bewitching beauty of the women of the Chu Kingdom, the Aries King could understand it. However, this mission went to the capital of Chu for more than half a year, but there was no progress in the matter. Some time ago, a letter came back saying that the Emperor of Chu was willing to make peace and was preparing a dowry gift. This news made all the departments of the grassland very happy, and they were all thinking about how to get the largest share of it. As for the princess of Chu who is kind...... That's a plaything. If Tuyuhun is still there, she will be able to guarantee her status as a member of the Yan clan for a while. If Tuyuhun died, then she would have to marry someone else, or simply take turns to change between the kings of the major tribes. That's the rule on the prairie. If a woman wants to live a good life, either you can herd cattle and sheep and prove your worth. If not, they can only rely on their faces and bodies to exchange food from men. It makes no difference whether it is an aristocrat or an ordinary herdsman.

The harvest of capturing Tieyang City is too great. Grain and grass alone are enough for 50,000 people to consume more than a year. The arsenal here is full of swords, guns and armor, and although it is only reserved according to the size of 20,000 defenders, it is also a generous gift that will surprise the Aries King again and again.

There is no ore and no craftsmen, so the iron armor of the weapons captured in each battle can only be smelted and then made into arrowheads. It is very difficult to get a good quality steel knife in the northern steppes. Speaking of which, the reason why Tuyu Hun Shan Yu tried his best to overcome public opinion and promote peace with the Chu State was to obtain craftsmen and iron tools from the Chu State.

It's just that the benefits that can be obtained by harmony are at most benefits to the tribes directly under the direct jurisdiction. It is impossible for the king of Aries to even get a star and a half. Because of this, he was desperate and led his troops to attack Tieyang City. Unexpectedly, the things that were snatched directly from the hands of the Chu people were much richer than the distribution of gifts from relatives.

The Aries King is in a good mood. Therefore, He Tianyang is a waste general, so he doesn't bother to talk to him. In short, everything here is mine.

......

The rectification of Lizhou is far more difficult than imagined.

No one is willing to take the initiative to hand over the power in their hands, even if Changhu Hou Cui Yangguang is dead, the officials and generals of Lizhou still have a strong resistance to Yang Tianhong, an outsider. When the three-day deadline came, except for Hu Yingtong and more than a dozen other lower-level officials, almost all the generals and high-ranking officials ignored Yang Tianhong. The most direct manifestation. Even the rosters of officers and soldiers handed in, as well as the household registration files, are not clear and have no reference value at all.

In this regard, Hu Yingtong also felt very helpless. He thinks differently than others. Although Hu Yingtong was the person who resisted Yang Tianhong the most fiercely, Hu Yingtong's brain was also very flexible. full of vision, he chose to take refuge in Yang Tianhong's side early. It's just that no matter how clear Hu Yingtong is, he is only one person. As he himself said to Yang Tianhong, "Grandpa, please understand the difficulties of your subordinates. I, after all, I can't fight against all the officials of Lizhou!"

Xu Yuantong is the general of Zhengsanpin Zhaoyong, and he is also the general with the heaviest authority in the Lizhou Army except for Changhu Hou Cui Yangguang.

There is nothing wrong with being cautious. This sentence is placed on Xu Yuantong, which is very suitable.

Unlike other magnates. Xu Yuantong has installed his family house outside Lizhou City from the beginning. It was a vacant lot adjacent to the barracks, and it was large in size, and the surrounding land was fertile. Here, Xu Yuantong is a big man like the sky. Speaking of which, these things also originated from the ancestors of the Xu family. This place has been in business since very early times, and Xu Yuantong has not disobeyed his ancestors' family motto of "taking the army as their home". Now, the name of this place is Xujiazhuang. The roads around are criss-crossed, and there are Lizhou troops on duty. It's really safe and secure. If outsiders want to get in, it's impossible. In time. Xujiazhuang has become a lively market where all directions meet. The noise outside, of course, will not affect the purity of the Xu family in the inner house. Even a large part of the business opportunities in Lizhou City are also generated because of Xujiazhuang.

Even during the day, there are heavily armed soldiers on horseback patrolling Xujiazhuang. These people are all veterans who are loyal to Xu Yuantong, not to mention the full salary, and there is also a full subsidy. They are well equipped. He never laughs or talks with merchants, his eyes are very vigilant and he is extremely well-behaved. Such a character can only be done by the pro-soldiers around Xu Yuantong.

Recently, the lord has been very unhappy. The servants up and down the Xu family could see this. It's just that no one asked much, at most, they said in private, it was all because of the new Jiedu envoy, the duke surnamed Yang.

Sitting in the study, Xu Yuantong was looking at the letter in his hand. Hot tea was placed on a wooden table next to him, and a man in his forties sat opposite. His face was dark and wrinkled, without the slightest sense of wealth and nobility, nor the bloody and fierce aura of a man on the battlefield. It looks like a weathered old farmer. It's just that in front of a high-ranking and powerful person like Xu Yuantong, there is no slightest cramped tension, but there is a faint smile on his face.

There were only two people in the room, Xu Yuantong and Hanzi. Outside, dozens of servants patrolled the area. Anyone who dared to approach the house, whether it was a slave in the house or a member of the Xu family, would be hacked to death.

This is the master's order.

The letter was very long, and Xu Yuantong read it for a long time before slowly putting it down. He frowned, brushing the gray beard from his chin, apparently thinking about something. After a long time, he slowly spoke: "So, Qingyuan has made up his mind?"

The man smiled and said, "Master Qiqi, my master is still imprisoned in Beijing, and he can't do anything. What is said in the letter is what the second young master of my family means. ”

Qingyuan Hou Ding Wei has several sons. Yang Tianhong killed two in the capital of Chu State, and a few remained in Tongzhou. That man was the secret envoy sent by Ding Jianzong, the second-ranked son of Qingyuan Hou. The letter is very long, which describes the blood feud between Yang Tianhong and the Ding family, and directly states that he wants to pull Xu Yuantong to fight back.

Xu Yuantong fell silent again.

In all fairness, this letter from the same state is exactly what Xu Yuantong wants.

Before, the scene when Yang Tianhong summoned officials of all sizes to the Jiedu Embassy made Xu Yuantong feel an imminent crisis in addition to anger. This young Duke of Yiyong does things without rules at all. He doesn't care who you are, what kind of power your family has in the local area, and he comes up and asks you to hand over everything.

How is this possible? Don't say it's me Xu Yuantong, looking at the officials and generals from all over the state, who would be willing to honestly hand over everything?

If Changhu waited for Cui Yangguang to live, there would be no such messy things. What Rong Di violated the realm, what came from the holy decree of the Jingshi, the ghost was too lazy to deal with it. Rong Di's ferocity is indeed true, but hundreds of years have passed, and Rong Di has never launched an attack on Lizhou. To a large extent. Because of the special topography of Lizhou, and the defense of the Great Wall in the north, Rong Di's captivity also needs to consider logistics and routes, and it is the most cost-effective to go directly to Youzhou and other places. Although Lizhou is a border town, as long as we don't take the initiative to attack, Rongdi's side will not hurt this side.

It's a latent tacit understanding. This has been the case since the generation of Grandpa Xu Yuantong's grandfather's grandfather. Until now. Still so.

wanted to swallow the 300,000 Lizhou army in one bite, Rong Di had no such strength at all. Even if there were, we must beware of an attack from the side of the Qi State, as well as the army of the Chu State adjacent to the same state.

That man has a special identity, and he is one of the very few henchmen in the Ding family's personal guards who have the official position of a military general. Because of this relationship, Xu Yuantong called him into the study and sat on a flat seat. If it were in the past, it would be impossible for the man to get such courtesy. However, the situation is different now. Xu Yuantong himself also knew that the knife in Yang Tianhong's hand would fall at any time. If you resist independently. It must not work. The officialdom in Lizhou has been in chaos, and under the shock of Cui Yangguang's head, many people have other thoughts, and they are estimated to take refuge in Yang Tianhong's side. I heard that Hu Yingtong, the governor of Zhizhou, has been walking very diligently towards the Jiedu Embassy recently. He didn't want to think about it, how could he look down on a low-ranking official like Yang Tianhong, a first-class duke of the imperial court? But then again, Yang Tianhong was an outsider after all. If there is a local official like Hu Yingtong who knows the roots, and he has the power of soldiers. The first few who pulled out the surgery must have their own names.

The letter sent by the Ding family in Tongzhou at this time gave Xu Yuantong a glimmer of hope. He turned around, stared at the man with blazing eyes, and asked, "How sure is your second young master about this?"

The second boy of the Ding family is really daring. In his letter, he made it clear that if Lizhou could respond. The 300,000 Tongzhou troops could immediately cross the border and join forces with the Lizhou army to kill Yang Tianhong.

What kind of character Emperor Shunming on the dragon chair is, in fact, everyone knows very well. If you don't have the power to fight in your hands, it's no different from a pig in captivity. Of course. The identity of Emperor Shunming, a fat pig, is much more noble. On the surface, it is more or less necessary to obey the emperor's will.

The smile on the man's face remained unchanged: "Back to the Xu family, if the Lizhou Army participates and plans to do great things, the chance of winning is at least ninety percent." ”

Ninety percent?

This figure made Xu Yuantong slightly stunned. After a while, there was no more speech. It's just that in his mind, Xu Yuantong let out a cold snort that couldn't be heard by outsiders.

How is it possible to be so sure?

Xu Yuantong had heard of Yang Tianhong's exploits, and he had also sent someone to understand it. No matter whether it is a great victory in the suppression of bandits or a battle in southern Xinjiang, these things cannot be faked. In comparison, if the Lizhou Army is against the Xuanhuo Army, under the premise of the same size of troops, it will definitely be defeated. After all, the Lizhou Army has not fought for decades. On the surface, it was a strong army in the border town, but it was only a small-scale ranger sentinel who came into contact with Rong Di. Counting and counting, in fact, there are only a few people who can fight in the Lizhou Army. It is not so much that the huge number of Lizhou troops deterred Rong Di and made the other party dare not invade the territory, but that Rong Di was not interested in Lizhou.

The location of Lizhou is very special, the side direction can be reinforced by the Tongzhou army, and the west is bordered by the Qi State. In comparison, it is the place with the strongest protective force in the border town of Chu State. Rong Di is not a fool with a brain in water, how could he take the initiative to choose the hardest and hardest place to start? After all, Rong Di is only a nomad in the grassland, and his scientific and technological strength has not yet developed to the point where he can independently develop siege equipment. At most, they just made a suggested ladder or kidnapped craftsmen from the Chu State.

The situation of the Tongzhou Army is similar to that of the Lizhou Army.

The 20,000 Xuanhuo army brought by Yang Tianhong, Xu Yuantong had seen it with his own eyes. That's really a tiger and a wolf, a brave man. After being a leading general for so many years, Xu Yuantong saw such a purge of military appearance for the first time. Come to think of it, this is Yang Tianhong's wanton reliance on capital.

Don't say it's 20,000 against 20,000, even if it's 100,000 Lizhou troops against 20,000 Xuanhuo Army, it's the same death. It is precisely because of his clear judgment of the strength of the enemy and our own that Xu Yuantong did not attack in the Jiedu Embassy, but came back honestly and sent the Lizhou army roster over.

The roster cannot, of course, be real. In fact, the roster that was sent over was turned out of the corner of the warehouse, and it was at least an old object from 20 years ago.

Most of those officers and soldiers from 20 years ago are now nowhere to be found. Dead and dead, walking, I'm afraid I can't even find where the grave is buried. Eating empty salaries has always been the biggest characteristic of the border army. On the surface, it is said that there are 300,000 Lizhou troops, but in fact, it would be good to have 200,000. Of course, the Xu family will definitely not appear on the roster. Those people are the capital that Xu Yuantong relies on to maintain his power. Don't say that there is only one Yang Tianhong, even if Emperor Shunming himself comes, he will do the same.

is still the same sentence, the Tongzhou Army is no different from the Lizhou Army. (To be continued.) )