I have to say that the foundation of the five great families of the country is strong, which can be called the most in the world, since Xiao Yu and Shangguan Jinhong reached a secret agreement, the Ye family and the Murong family alone have provided Xiao Yu with three million taels of silver. Three million taels of silver, for Xiao Yu in his current status, it is not much, it is not too much, and it is not too much, Xiao Yu can also take it himself, but after taking out three million taels of silver, the finances of the northwest will inevitably be stretched, far less than the Ye family and the Murong family.

Xiao Yu put one million taels of silver into the inner treasury, which was regarded as smoothing out the accounts left by Lan Yu's borrowing from the inner treasury, and as for the remaining two million taels of silver, Xiao Yu planned to buy grain from several large merchants in Jiangnan through Shuzhou for the purpose of grain and grass for the northwest army.

These three million taels of silver not only alleviated the precarious financial situation in the northwest, but more importantly, with the sincerity of this huge amount of three million taels of silver, the alliance between Xiao Yu and the Patriotic Family will continue smoothly, although it depends on Xiao Yu's specific performance next to determine how the five major families will invest in him next, but no matter what, this is a good start.

On the sixteenth day of the first month of the first year of Jianwen, Xiao Yu left Zhongdu and went to Jiangling, Huzhou.

The next day, the metropolitan governor Xu Lin went from Xiliang Prefecture to Xiaoqiuling to garrison, and after recovering from his injury, Wei Ban succeeded Xu Lin in Xiliangzhou and became the new governor of Xiliang.

And from beginning to end, Xiao Yu, the king of the northwest, and Xu Lin, the governor of the capital, did not meet each other. Except for those elm pimples that are really unenlightened, the rest of the people have a faint plan in their hearts, as the prince further reforms the military system, Xu Lin may not sit in the position of the governor for too long. There are even many people who are thoughtful and transparent who remembered the Five Armies Governor's Mansion that Xiao Yu mentioned a long time ago, and secretly speculated about who the ten Governors of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion were.

Although Xiao Yu himself did have the idea of changing the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, it was not the best time yet, for the northwest during the war, a unified Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was still better than the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which was divided into five.

On Xiao Yu's way to Huzhou, there was a sudden huge change that disrupted Xiao Yu's itinerary, the shepherd under the command of Cha Mang commanded 10,000 elite cavalry in the northeast, on the tenth night of the first month, traveled 300 miles, raided Dayi, the general Zhang Shoujie rebelled, opened the door to the city, and the first-line town of Dayi Mansion in the north fell. Immediately afterwards, the shepherd's army approached Jinzhong, where Qin Zheng's line was located, Qin Zheng was defeated and lost under the hasty battle, and at the same time, Xiao Lie's army also captured Jincheng, and the Qin Zheng army, which had been supported for more than a year, was defeated on all fronts.

Xiao Yu only received this news on the evening of the sixteenth day of the first month, in just six days, Qin Zheng's army has been defeated on all fronts, which makes Xiao Yu quite unprepared, after all, the main force of the northwest army is now in Shuzhou and Huzhou, although there are still some soldiers and horses in Shaanzhou and Xiliangzhou, but as the last guard force in the central capital, it cannot be moved lightly, so Xiao Yu has no time to mobilize troops and horses to make corresponding arrangements, and the rout of Qin Zheng will also mean that Xiao Yu will face the combined army of Xiao Lie and the herdsmen.

As one of the five major warlords in the world, Xiao Yu was the first to claim the throne, and the Northwest Army was also the most powerful. Now, as the last loyal minister of the Zheng family, Qin Zheng's army has been defeated, this shield has been shattered, how should Xiao Yu, who is deep in the quagmire of Jiangnan, face the army raised by Xiao Lie and the herdsmen?

For a while, Xiao Yu felt quite unfounded, and at the same time, he was very angry with the Dark Guard Mansion, Cha Mang attacked Da Yi on the tenth night of the first month, but he didn't get the news until six days later, isn't this a great dereliction of duty by the Dark Guard Mansion?!

Xiao Yu returned to Zhongdu overnight, and immediately sent someone to recall Wei Ban and Xu Lin, preparing to discuss the matter together. However, Xu Lin and Wei Ban could not return to Zhongdu until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, and after Xiao Yu ordered them to go down, they went to Wentizhai alone.

He withdrew from all his entourage and looked at the room full of books, stunned.

Only one candle was lit in the huge study, reflecting Xiao Yu's figure in a shaky way, and soon, the candle was about to burn out, leaving only the thick candle tears on the candlestick.

With a squeak, the door of Wen Tizhai was pushed open from the outside, and a woman walked into the house, closed the door with her backhand, and stood quietly in the dark looking at Xiao Yu in the candlelight.

In terms of Xiao Yu's cultivation, the darkness naturally couldn't block his sight, he knew who the woman was, but he didn't know what to say, a man and a woman were silent.

After a long time, Xiao Yu raised his head and finally said slowly: "It's cold at night, come and sit." ”

The woman slowly walked to Xiao Yu's side, she stood, Xiao Yu sits.

She gently hugged Xiao Yu from behind, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" I came back in a hurry, and I looked preoccupied, did something happen to Jiangnan?" ”

Xiao Yu held her hand and said softly, "There's nothing wrong with Jiangnan over there, it's just ...... There's a bit of chaos on the Northlands. Qin Zheng was defeated, Xiao Lie and the herdsmen raised their troops on the border of Shaanzhou, and the Jiangnan side could not withdraw their troops for a while, I was a little worried......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Yu laughed at himself: "Maybe the prince has been doing it for a long time, and his courage has become smaller." ”

The husband and wife can't say that they have a good heart, but after all, they know the roots, Lin Yinping said softly: "When the two of us had nothing, you were not afraid, you dared to carry me across the grassland to the Snow Mountain, and then the situation was a little better, but just a little bit of people and a Lin Cheng, you have to take the lead every time, I can only stay at home and worry, from Lu Shixing to the Red Lady, and then to Xu Lin, which time is not nine deaths? ”

Xiao Yu sighed. Having said that, he had sensed something unusual, far from being as simple as it seemed. First, the grassland moved, and then the Northeast Army and Xiao Lie's army approached the northwest, but their main forces were still far away in Shuzhou and Huzhou. Among the five major warlords today, the Qin government was destroyed, and the remaining three warlords all pointed the finger at themselves. For Xiao Yu, the current situation has reached a point where it is even worse than that of Xu Lin's soldiers in the grassland, at least he could retreat to Atami back then, but now he has been cut off.

Xiao Yu sighed lightly: "Xiao Jin was born to know, he once said to me that I should have been defeated by Xu Lin's Northwest Iron Cavalry, and then I would ...... with you Died in a fire in the royal court. But for some reason, I survived, and I won Xu Lin and got my status today. ”

Xiao Yu looked down at the python robe on his body, smiled bitterly, and stretched out his finger to his feet, "After we settled in Zhongdu, from the king of Xiping County to the king of the northwest, I dare not say that I enjoy the glory of the world, but it is not comparable to ordinary rich and noble people, there is an old saying, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, we are no longer the barefoot Xiao Yu and Lin Yinping of the past, wearing this pair of the best splendid shoes in the world, it is difficult to take them off." ”

Lin Yinping said softly: "It's a big deal, let's go back to the grassland, straw shoes are not easy to wear, but after all, it's a pair of shoes, isn't it?"

Xiao Yu rubbed his cheeks fiercely, then covered his face with both hands, and said in a low voice: "Over there...... I haven't told you that the secret guard I sent to the grassland has not sent back news for a full month, I am afraid that there is more luck and less luck, and one of the ancestors of the grassland witch sect has also come out of the mountain, that is, the purple-clothed man who joined me on the fifteenth night, this time, we may not be able to count on the grassland. ”

Lin Yinping's face suddenly turned pale. She has a deep understanding of the virtues of those Taiji on the grassland, when the red lady is powerful, can there be someone who can say a fair word for her? If it weren't for the intervention of the Taoist sect later, how could the four departments of Huang Hanji be on her side so easily, even so, in the end, there was still a Huang Kui, which almost made her doomed.

She hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Jiang Zuoxie's side?"

Xiao Yu shook his head and said: "These people are all reeds on the wall, wherever the wind blows, they will fall, I am stormy, they are afraid that they will not be able to avoid it, and they will not be reliable." ”

Lin Yinping subconsciously pinched the corners of his clothes, "Xiao Han's ...... over there"

Xiao Yu's hands on his knees were clenched into fists, "If he also rebels, the blue jade who stays in Huzhou will become a lone army, so let's ...... There's really no way out. ”

The man looked up at the woman, and it happened that the woman also lowered her head.

The two looked at each other.

Just like the "future" that Xiao Jin saw back then.