Wanyan Pingqiu finally caught Xiao Chen, but before he could complain, Xiao Chen took the initiative to ask the alliance leader brother if he had any instructions?

It's been too busy these days, and I haven't slept for two nights in a row to deal with business......

If you have any orders to the alliance leader, just say, I'll do it for you right now!

After finishing it, Yan Pingqiu had a sense of emptiness that was punched into the air.

How dare I command anything? I'm not here to ask for your help, those guys are so shameless, and the demands are more than one too much!

Not to mention him, I'm not planning to create a standing coalition force?

They agreed, but they refused to give men, not food, or even armaments and horses, do you say they do the same?

Outrageous! Xiao Chen also said that he was very angry. But at the same time, he also said that he understands the difficulties of the big guys.

After all, military expenditure is a large amount, especially for the standing army, each person has to get at least a few dozen taels of silver every year, a hundred people is a few thousand taels, and a thousand people is tens of thousands of taels......

In fact, there are not many standing soldiers of the tribes in northern Xinjiang, taking Xian Xiao as an example, there are about 50,000 troops at most in peacetime, and it is only when the war is that they begin to gather people and horses.

But almost all of their tribesmen are good at riding and shooting, so if they are recruited, they can fight, and they don't need too much training.

In this way, they can save a lot of military expenses every year, otherwise with the strength of their tribe, they simply can't afford to raise it.

Now Wanyan Pingqiu wants to set up a standing alliance force, and he has to take out a large amount of food and salary to support the ...... It's no wonder that the big guys are resistant.

You're not happy to change you.

At the end of the day, there is no big picture.

Because the main role of this force established by Wanyan Pingqiu is to reconcile the contradictions and conflicts between various tribes, resist the invasion from all sides in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and protect the rights and interests of all tribes.

For example, if the cavalry of the Rus' suddenly moves south, this army can go straight to the top! So as to leave time for the big guy to gather soldiers and horses to fight a decisive battle, otherwise in the panic, can you piece together an army so quickly?

The combat power of the coalition forces put together temporarily is very weak, do you still remember the battle with Xiao Chen Wu Luolan under the Yin Mountain?

There is also a verse, when foreign invasions, those who are close are anxious, but those who are far away often have a wait-and-see attitude and are unwilling to go all out to rescue.

In this way, you will be eaten by others bite by bite, and when they eat in front of your door, you will be the only one left, and you can beat others?

It's different now with the Alliance forces, which include soldiers from all tribes, so once they engage the enemy, the leaders of the tribes have to give their all.

Because his own people are among them, he can't just watch them die in battle, right? The tribesmen wouldn't have agreed.

This is the significance of Wanyan Pingqiu's establishment of this standing force.

The leaders of the other tribes didn't understand, but Xiao Chen did.

After a little muttering, he promised that he would pay half of the salary, and the rest would not be much according to the heads of each tribe, so the big guy must have nothing to say, right?

So what else is there to say?

Wanyan Pingqiu was overjoyed, and hugged Xiao Chen passionately, after all, he has to be a brother!

It seemed that he was infected by Wan Yan Pingqiu's enthusiasm, and Xiao Chen was also enthusiastic for a while, "Why don't I provide another batch of canned food, a batch of sugar, a hundred ironclad ballistas, twenty artillery pieces and five hundred muskets for free!" These are all deployed by you, brother of the alliance leader, I will write a note now, and you will send someone to get it directly when you go back! ”

That's how funny it is!

So, Brother Alliance, do you have any other orders?

After Yan Pingqiu, there is nothing to say, although he is also quite shameless, but there is a limit, Xiao Chen has been so generous and full support for himself, if he makes any excessive requests, it will be too unusual!

By the way, one more thing, where is my queen mother now?

"Recuperate in Shunfeng City, where the climate is relatively humid and suitable for recuperation." Xiao Chen said with a wink.

"Oh, then I'll go visit her today." Wan Yan Ping Qiu said.

"You don't have to bother your brother, you can't spare time when you're so busy now, do you? I've already sent someone to pick it up, and if it goes well, the princess should be there in a day or two. Xiao Chen was so thoughtful.

"Oh? That's good, you really have Brother Lao to bother, the queen mother has been recuperating in Yanyun County, and thanks to your brother's care, this kind little brother will never be forgotten. Wan Yan Ping Qiu said.

"Look at what you say!" Xiao Chen said angrily, "Isn't that all the way it should be?" ”

As soon as Wan Yan Pingqiu came to Changshan, Xiao Chen had already sent someone to inform Dugulou, and as for whether he and Qiu Ruolan wanted to meet with Wan Yan Pingqiu, they would ask them to decide for themselves.

It's definitely not the way to hide all the time, and sooner or later you have to face this fact.

But if Dugulou feels that it is not appropriate to meet for a showdown now, then he can deal with the past with an excuse, for example, Qiu Ruolan went to Jiangnan to relax, and she couldn't come back for a while......

Dugulou has always used the name Li Ling in Yanyun County, and there are very few people who know his true identity, not only Wanyan Pingqiu and they don't know, but Li Wanjiang doesn't know either.

I thought it was a general who was discovered by Xiao Chen like Zhuge Xiaosheng.

It's okay to hide it from Li Wanjiang, but it's not easy to hide it from Yan Pingqiu, after all, the two of them ...... The relationship between the three is very close.

Qiu Ruolan only has such a son, and it is needless to say that the mother-son relationship is deep.

As the saying goes, being a teacher for one day and a father for life, Wanyan Pingqiu can be said to be single-handedly trained by Dugulou, and the relationship between the two is not as simple as that of master and apprentice, and it is only a little worse than father and son.

The problem now is that in a sense, Dugulou is already his de facto stepfather, and I don't know if Wanyan Pingqiu can accept this fact?

If his father Wan Yan Hong died, then Wan Yan Pingqiu would definitely be able to accept it, and he was not a rigid person.

The problem is that the old prince Wanyan Hong's family is alive and well......

Xiao Chen is not easy to intervene in this kind of matter, so he can only leave it to them to solve it themselves.

Baili Qingyun set off for Xuanming, Xiao Chen was worried that the Dongying people who were called Liusheng Qiyun would make trouble for him, so he specially sent Xiao Ye, Ouyang Wuji, and Ren Bijiang to follow.

He also sent Chen Xiaohu to lead 500 cavalry to follow, and several of the battalion leaders and company leaders were brothers from the cavalry guards, although the number was not large, but they were elites with strong combat effectiveness.

Li Tanhua finished his affairs in Changshan Prefecture, and he was in a hurry to go back, Xiao Chen couldn't keep it, it was okay to go back, anyway, when fate came, you couldn't hide from Niutou Mountain.

Considering that there is nothing in Xuanming City at present, he brought him a group of craftsmen and a large number of materials, no matter how big or small, Xiao Chen has taken it all into account.

Baili is not only his subordinate, but also his brother, who has been together for so long and has a deep relationship, and personally sent one ride after another, but he is still reluctant to part.