In mid-July, Gao Huan, the king of Bohai, drove straight to Yedu to invite the westward expedition, and the Xianbei people in the six states around Jinyang also began to assemble under the auspices of Taishi Di Gan, who stayed in the overlord's mansion.

The so-called six states are Heng, Yan, Yun, Wei, Xian, Shuo, the six military states, which were changed by the six towns when the towns were withdrawn during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the six states Xianbei is equal to the six towns Xianbei. The six military states of this overseas Chinese are distributed around Jinyang City, the nearest ones are only within a few dozen miles, and the far ones are not more than a hundred miles, and they jointly ring the Jinyang Hegemony.

In addition to the six states, there are also Erxia Prefecture, Lingzhou, Gaoping, Pingliang and other overseas Chinese prefectures and counties around Jinyang, some of these prefectures and counties were once controlled by the Eastern Dynasty, but for various reasons had to abandon their land and move their people, and the overseas Chinese around Jinyang were under the jurisdiction.

Most of these prefectures and counties are military states, and the population is all military, and they are not under the jurisdiction of the local government, and completely obey the orders of the overlord. As a summoning order was issued, the governors and chiefs of the prefectures all gathered their soldiers and marched to Jinyang according to the military period.

Compared with the Western Dynasties, the mobilization efficiency of the Eastern Dynasties was far higher than that of the Western Dynasties. The Western Dynasty held a big parade every year, and the mobilization and convening cycle of people and horses took at least one or two months, and the Eastern Dynasty overlord issued an order, and tens of thousands of horses gathered outside Jinyang City in just a few days, and other troops who had not yet arrived were also rushing here.

The reason why the military mobilization efficiency of the Eastern Dynasty was so high was of course due to the fact that the military states and military cities were distributed around Jinyang City, but it was such a simple layout, and the Western Dynasty could not do it at all. The deeper reason for this lies in the fact that the Western Dynasty hegemony's ability to grasp and regulate the country's goods and materials is far inferior to that of the Eastern Dynasty's hegemony.

It is true that the area of the Guanzhong Plain embraced by the Western Dynasty is far larger than the Jinzhong Basin where Jinyang is located, but Jinyang is not only a supply in Jinzhong, but also a steady stream of materials from the vast land of Hebei, so the surrounding area of Jinyang can carry such a huge population, but Huazhou, where the Western Dynasty is located, is far from being able to do it.

However, although the Eastern Dynasty was more efficient in gathering due to its solid family background, it lacked experience in managing the collection and distribution of such a large army. At first, the gathering of personnel could be carried out in an orderly manner, but as more and more troops were stationed around Jinyang, various chaos gradually arose.

In an open area on the north bank of Jinshui, thousands of people gathered here, divided into two teams to confront each other and curse.

"Why do the dog thieves occupy the upstream, get out of here!"

The procession on the east side was obviously larger, and nearly 700 people, all dressed in pale yellow hakama, flocked in a noisy manner, and from a distance it looked like a cloud of sand and dust sweeping through the hills.

Although the more than 300 soldiers located in the west did not have an advantage in numbers, their momentum was also not weak, and they shouted loudly in the face of their opponents: "The blind thief slave knows what I am waiting for? My family will be a close confidant in the tent of King Gao, and if you dare to insult and harass again, be careful of your dog's life! ”

"Ha, the cronies in the tent of bullshit are just a cane-headed slave under the command of King Gao, but the master of Lao Tzu is Xinyang Yuancong, and it is you thieves and slaves who are killed!"

The people on the east side were clearly not frightened by the names of their cronies in the tent, and while shouting insults, they raised their sticks and struck.

The opposite side was not to be outdone, and the two sides soon scuffled, after all, the side with fewer soldiers was outnumbered, and gradually fell behind, and some of the soldiers were driven directly into the Jinshui, seeing that they were all about to be covered by the mud on the beach, and shouted loudly in fear for mercy.

"Stop! The camps of all departments are planned in an orderly manner, and those who dare to disturb again will not be spared! ”

A tall general led more than a dozen horsemen to gallop from a distance, seeing the scene of the brawl here, when he drew his saber and slashed directly at the periphery and shouted the most ruthless people, those people saw that their companions were stabbed, and they all shouted in surprise to dodge, and suppressed the scene for a while.

"Capture a few soldiers who are making trouble and send them to the palace to be punished!"

The name of this general who rushed over was Zhao Daodao, a slave under the door of King Bengao, and the best thing to say was that it was a cronie in the tent, and what it was difficult to say was naturally a slave under the cangtou.

But as the so-called dog beating depends on the owner, this Zhao Daodao's background is indeed quite deterrent, when he arrived, the surrounding onlookers gradually dispersed, and they did not dare to join in the fun. Even the eastern soldiers, who were arrogant and arrogant because of the large number of people before, are now wilted, and generally dare not shout in front of Zhao Daodao.

"Zhao Nu is so daring, he dares to detain my subordinates!"

An arrogant voice sounded from elsewhere, the man was in his early thirties, dressed in a white single robe, wearing a golden crown and a braided hair made of precious stones, and his figure was not very tall, but he looked extravagant.

"City Lord Xu is here, City Lord Xu is here!"

When the surrounding spectators saw this person coming, they applauded and cheered, and some people ran in front and chased behind, and the entourage of the city lord of Xu threw silver coins at these people at the master's signal.

The name of the person who came was Xu Xianxiu, and the official position was Sima of Ulzhou, which was relocated to Huaihuang Town, and overseas Chinese were placed in the north of Jinyang. The north of Jinyang is mostly the distribution of Hu merchants, and the military leaders of Ulzhou who set up the city there are naturally reaping their benefits because of this geographical advantage, and the people and horses may not be the most majestic in the six states, but the financial resources are the best in the six states.

Although Xu Xianxiu is not very old and his exploits are not majestic, his grandfather was a general in Huaihuang Town, so many military leaders from Huaihuang are closely related to him, and Xu Xianxiu also has to support a military city under Ulzhou, and the troops are quite strong.

That Zhao Daode saw Xu Xianxiu and his party coming openly, and his face became quite ugly, although he was a family slave of King Gao's cronies, but in the face of Xu Xianxiu, a general with a deep background, he also didn't dare to be too presumptuous, looking at Xu Xianxiu and squeezing out a smile and said: "How dare the last general offend the military prestige of the main army of Xu City, but the camp of the army is demarcated by the cavalry Cao, and it is really not easy ......to carry out it at will."

Syllable!

Before Zhao Daode finished speaking, he received a whip from Xu Xianxiu.

"Dog slave get off the horse! What kind of thing are you, and you deserve to be free of etiquette on horseback in front of me! ”

Xu Xianxiu pulled it off, and even ordered his subordinates to tear Zhao Daode off his horse and press him to the ground, bowed his head and sneered: "The thief slave Hugh wants to scare me with the rules of the house, and the cavalry Cao Zhaoqi belittles my department, and I will find him later." But how damn that your men dare to wound my people!

Ha, your daughter was negligent in serving a few days ago and was ordered by Mrs. Lou to die with a cane in Xishan Beiye, you are tired of the master's loss of power old dog still dare to act in front of people? I'll teach you a lesson today! ”

As he spoke, Xu Xianxiu ordered his subordinates to throw this Zhao Daode into the mud of the river beach, and the surrounding spectators also laughed and applauded when they saw this.

However, soon these chaotic commotions subsided from far and near, Xu Xianxiu was enjoying himself admiring Zhao Daode who was struggling in the mud, but soon noticed that the atmosphere around him was different, turned his head to look north, his face was suddenly on the side, and he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and walked into the front and said: "I've seen Master Di Di!" ”

Di Gan rode his horse with a gloomy face, glared at Xu Xianxiu fiercely, raised his hand and pointed to the river beach and said in a deep voice: "Fish people out!" ”

After hearing this, Xu Xianxiu nodded again and again, and was about to turn his head to order his subordinates, but Di Gan said angrily: "I'll let you go down by yourself and fish people out!" ”

Xu Xianxiu's face suddenly collapsed after hearing this, the posture of no one in his eyes just now was gone, seeing the intimidating gaze of Di Di, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, raised his legs and rushed to the river beach, and it took a lot of strength to get Zhao Daode out, and his neat clothes were naturally covered with silt, and even the gold and jade accessories on his body were lost a lot.

"If I hear you preaching the Lord's family affairs before men again, be careful of your life!"

Di Gan ordered his subordinates to pinch Xu Xianxiu by the neck and press him to the ground in front of his horse, and he leaned over and said viciously.

"Don't dare, don't dare anymore......"

After hearing this, Xu Xianxiu was busy touching the ground with his head, and he was very interested.

As King Gao's sister-in-law and entrepreneur, Di Gan has repeatedly commanded the army and has a very high prestige, so he was arranged by King Gao to stay in Jinyang and deter the military leaders of all parties. Because of his appearance, this farce quickly subsided, and the onlookers quickly dispersed.

At this time, in a military camp on the slope of Longshan Mountain in the northwest, there were two generals overlooking the farce on the river beach, and when the crowd had all dispersed, one of the older generals sighed and said: "A woman has entered the country, and the crowd is in a commotion. Xu Xianxiu and other people who were close to Hu Jia saw the worm master enter the royal court, and they all rushed to cling to him. Even Da Sima is involved in it, it's really wealthy......"

Now that the Western Thieves are in Guanzhong, the Silk Road trade only follows the first line of Monan, and Monan is within the sphere of influence of Rouran, so the people who have benefited a lot from the Silk Road trade in the Eastern Dynasty are all happy that Princess Worm can enter the main family of King Gao.

It is precisely because of these military leaders with relevant interests that Rouran Bald Jia dares to be so arrogant in Jinyang, otherwise it is far from enough to bring such a powerful deterrent to the Eastern Dynasty with the current situation of internal and external troubles.

As for Da Sima is King Gao's brother-in-law Wei Jing, his life is greedy and indulgent, and he was quite sanctioned by Gao Cheng, who ruled Yedu, although he was protected and connived at by King Gao, but he may not let go of it because of this, plus he received bribes from people in China who intended to improve diplomatic relations with Rouran, and he actually persuaded King Gao to marry the Worm Lord.

Opened his mouth and sighed that this person's name is Ke Zhu Hunyuan, a native of Huaishuo Town, who had followed Erzhu Tianguang into Guanzhong to quell the rebellion, and stayed in Longyou after the defeat of Erzhu's family, Yuwentai took advantage of the chaos to annex a part of Hou Mo Chenyue's subordinates, and guarded Qinzhou, because he was not allowed to Yu Wentai and his family members were in the Eastern Dynasty, he went north from Qinzhou, and traveled thousands of miles all the way to return to Kanto.

But Zhu Hunyuan and King Gao knew the old party of the township, and his deeds of traveling thousands of miles to righteousness also won the favor of King Gao, so now he is also one of the top generals in the Eastern Dynasty.

The general who stood side by side with Ke Zhu Hunyuan was also extraordinary, it was Liu Feng, the son-in-law of Cao Ni, the former assassin of Lingzhou, who was also a person who returned to righteousness from the east and won the trust of King Gao.

Hearing Zhu Hunyuan's emotion, Liu Feng couldn't help but sigh and said: "King Gao's talent is strategic, and his ambition is enough to swallow the sky, but so that the masses under his command can obey his orders, why worry about the thief not breaking it?" To this day, the male industry is still three points, which is also a shame for those of us who have received benefactors! ”

When Liu Feng was in Lingzhou, he first resisted the rebellion of the Six Towns, and then repeatedly repelled the men and horses sent by Yuwentai of the Western Dynasty to attack, and finally chose to abandon Lingzhou and defect to the Eastern Dynasty.

At this time, when he heard Zhu Hunyuan talk about the personnel of these flies and dogs in the country, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken, and he only felt that everyone in the world was making things difficult for King Gao, and he was unwilling to devote himself to the king's affairs.

But when Zhu Hunyuan heard Liu Feng's words, he couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "Fengsheng is still ambitious, and he is not a party, loyal and straightforward, which is really admirable, and I am also secretly ashamed that my heart is not as frank and honest as yours now." ”

"Brother Daoyuan is making fun of me, where am I not a party, but the masses here don't want to party me, and I have to be alone. If it weren't for the careful care of the Lord and Brother Daoyuan, I am afraid that there would be no place for me to stand in this township. ”

After hearing this, Liu Feng sighed and said, he was not blindly optimistic about his own situation.

Nowadays, although the personnel of the Eastern Dynasty are all in the hegemony, they are actually complicated inside.

Among the forces of all parties, the most majestic is naturally the Yuan Cong, a relative of King Gao, and no matter how hard the others work, it is difficult to surpass these people. The second is the Hebei clan and the powerful people who rebelled against the Erzhu clan with King Gao, although these people are not as powerful as the Xungui Yuancong in terms of military strength, but they also form a political center around Gao Cheng and Yuyedu.

In addition, there is another group in the Jinyang Overlord's Mansion, that is, the Erzhu clan forces that King Gao once opposed. Er Zhurong was the old lord of King Gao and the co-ruler of the Six Towns, although his power was also wiped out after his death, the remaining personnel influence still permeated all aspects of the Eastern Dynasty.

But Zhu Hunyuan and Liu Feng do not belong to the category of Jinyang Xungui, they chose to be attached after King Gao became powerful, and if they want to be classified as a category, they should belong to the Guiyi faction. Compared with Liu Feng, Zhu Hunyuan also has the advantage of being born in six towns, so he can quickly integrate into the Xianbei of Liuzhou after returning to righteousness.

Liu Feng himself was a person who resisted the mutiny in the Six Towns, and he and the same Guiyi Po Liuhan Chang even met on the battlefield, and the Xianbei of the Six Prefectures were grouped together and extremely xenophobic, even if they have worked together now, it is difficult to feel close to Liu Feng, a colleague who is from a completely different background from them and was once an enemy.

As a military general in a border town, Liu Feng could not integrate into the Hebei clan and Yedu aristocratic groups at all, so he could only fight hard with his martial arts and bravery, and win the appreciation of King Gao and obtain protection through his military exploits.

Liu Feng repeatedly repelled the siege of the generals of the Western Dynasty when he was in the Western Dynasty, and he was able to live up to his reputation, and participated in several major battles after returning to righteousness, and soon became one of the few generals in the Eastern Dynasty who had neither the background of the Six Towns, nor the background of the Zhu family's hegemony and the powerful people under Ye.

After the Battle of Bishan, Liu Feng was appointed by King Gao to continue to attack the Western Army, although he was unable to continue to expand the results due to Wang Sizheng's obstruction, but it also shows the importance that King Gao attaches to his people. Therefore, this time to go west again, Liu Feng is also one of the generals who must be followed by King Gao himself.