It was late at night, and in Shi Min's sleeping tent, it was still a brightly lit scene.

Shi Min still likes to read books before going to bed as always, such as the Art of War, poetry, ancient books, history books and other books he has read more than once, and he is very familiar with them. Shi Min prefers to read some miscellaneous books, and his scope is very wide, but he can broaden his knowledge and knowledge, which is far better than ordinary Confucian scholars.

Open the book is beneficial, and it cares about the soul.

At this time, Shi Min was reading the book with his hand, but his mind was not on the content of the book.

He was in the next game of chess, a very big game of chess, which had already started since Shi Min sent Dugu Jialuo to assassinate Shi Xuan.

Shi Min used Zhao as a chessboard, and all the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State, the army and the people as chess pieces, and even Shi Hu and Shi Xuan were played by him in applause, which is not a big move.

Around this, from the time Shi Hu fled to Xiangguo, the direction of the chess game was out of control.

The human heart is unpredictable, and people cannot really become pawns. Therefore, the changes in the world have exceeded Shi Min's speculation.

In the Battle of Yanjin, the official army won a great victory and captured more than 200,000 rebel soldiers, but this also brought a lot of trouble to Shi Min!

Although there are not many Han people among these descendants, there are about one-third of the Han soldiers, and the rest are Hu people such as the Qian, Xianbei, and Huns, but Shi Min does not want so many Han people to bury them.

God has the virtue of a good life, Shi Min asked himself if he was not a good person and would not careless of human life, but after killing these 200,000 soldiers, he would bear the infamy of "human slaughter" and executioner, and live in guilt for the rest of his life.

Leaving these soldiers, the Xiangguo court can't afford to raise them, and if the war continues, Shi Min has to find a way to end the counterinsurgency within three months, otherwise his life is really difficult to protect.

Of course, if the rebellion could not be quelled within three months, Shi Min would never sit idly by and apologize for his crimes.

He Shi Hu is not a monarch worthy of allegiance!

Shi Min had already thought about it, if he really couldn't put down the rebellion within three months, Shi Hu would kill himself again, or remove himself and take away the military power in his hands, so he would take advantage of the situation, strike a backhand, take Xiangguo, and claim the king and hegemony himself.

In essence, Shi Min already had the capital to be the king and hegemon at this time.

Not to mention that there are 200,000 people under his command, even those soldiers can be used.

That's right, Shi Min has already spread rumors among the pawns that it was he Shi Min who exchanged his head for their lives. Now that Shi Hu is going to unload the mill and kill the donkey, kill Shi Min, isn't the next step to kill these pawns?

When they are cornered, how can these soldiers not rise up and resist?

With so many troops, Shi Min didn't believe that he couldn't take Xiangguo and couldn't kill Shi Hu!

However, in this case, Shi Min was bound to bow to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in a remote corner of the court, and proclaim himself a vassal to the Jin dynasty in exchange for his own place in the Central Plains. And this is something that Shi Min is not happy to see!

Shi Min's ambition is great, and saving the more than 200,000 soldiers, in addition to not having so much guilt, more importantly, he still wants to exchange for the support of the people and win a good reputation.

In this era of bad manners, it is important to have a strong army, but a good reputation can also benefit Shi Min a lot.

After all, without a good reputation and a name of benevolence and righteousness, how could Shi Min be supported by his subjects, how could he recruit talented people and surrender soldiers without a fight?

"The Grand Governor."

Suddenly, there was a soft call outside.

"Is it Mulan? Come on in. ”

Hua Mulan uses the pseudonym Hua Rong, a woman dressed as a man, and only Shi Min knows that this "little white face" with red lips and white teeth and bright eyes is actually a woman. In the army, everyone knows that the commander of Shi Min's pro-military camp is Hua Rong, whose name is Mulan.

Hua Mulan was originally on patrol at night, and when she saw that Shi Min's bedroom was still brightly lit, she knew that he might not have slept yet, so she came over.

"Sit down." Looking at Mulan, who was still dressed in military uniform and standing in front of him, Shi Min pointed to a futon opposite and asked Mulan to sit down.

"Yes."

"Mulan, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet? Early tomorrow morning, you will go south with Li Xin and them to attack Wu'an, so it's better to go to bed early. ”

"Then why don't you rest, Governor? Could it be that there is something on his mind? ”

Hearing this, Shi Min's expression froze, and then his face changed and said, "Haha." What can I think about? Now the first task of our army is to take Handan and Wu'an, and everything is under control. ”

"The Governor didn't want to say anything. Governor, I can't help you solve your concerns, but Mulan still wants to help you share some of them. ”

"Silly girl." Shi Min said angrily and funny, "Haven't you been helping me share the burden?" ”

"Then why did you send me to battle this time? Mulan doesn't want to leave you, the Metropolitan Governor has made Changsheng the commander of the pro-military camp, will I have to lead the army alone in the future, and I can't follow you all the time and see you? Mulan's eyes turned red, and she seemed to be about to cry.

"Alas!"

Shi Min let out a long sigh, then sat down beside Mulan, and reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. How could Shi Min not know Mulan's love for him?

But born in troubled times, after all, it is the love of children and the shortness of heroes.

Hua Mulan is a heroine who does not let her eyebrows, whether it is bravery or strategy, as well as the ability to lead the army, she is not inferior to Li Xin, Wentai and others, if Shi Min marries Mulan, it may be the harm to her.

In this era, although there was no forced woman to bind her feet like after the Song Dynasty, advocating the concept that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and despising women, but it feels too nonsense to let a woman lead the army to fight.

"Mulan, all these years you have stayed under my tent, listened to my careful teaching, and under the influence of your ears and eyes, you have long had the ability to take charge on your own. You are a rare general, Mulan, you have always stayed by my side, you are too condescending, too burying you. ”

"Grand Duke, but I really don't want to leave you." Mulan's eyes were red again, like a little rabbit, and her pitiful appearance really made people want to go up and comfort her.

Shi Min shook his head and said, "Mulan, in fact, I can't bear you, but I can't hurt you because of this." I know what you mean to me Shi Min, but what can I do? Can I marry you? ”

Hua Mulan cried and fell into Shi Min's arms, her head resting on his chest, sucking Qiong's nose, and her tears wet her clothes.

"Governor, I will...... As long as she can stay by your side, Mulan is willing to be a slave and a maid! Metropolitan Governor, do you know that in this world, except for Mulan's father, it is the Metropolitan Governor who is the best for Mulan, and Mulan is reluctant to leave you. ”

Hearing this, Shi Min gently grabbed Mulan's plain hand, sighed and said, "Alas, Mulan, do you think it is happy to marry me and be my Shi Min's concubine?" In the army, we can still see each other from time to time. I can already imagine that the future wars will be more frequent, and I will have little time to go home. And Mulan, if you marry me, you must stay alone in the empty room and live the life of a boring lady every day. Is this the kind of life you want? ”

Shi Min knows Mulan's temperament very well, this heroine is different from ordinary women.

After getting married, ordinary women will always stay at home to take care of housework, husband and children. And Hua Mulan is not a person who can be idle, she doesn't like red clothes and arms, she suddenly lives the life of a noble lady, like Dong Qiaoqiao, Shi Lan, Cui Ying, and Dugu Jialuo, who stay alone in the empty house, can Hua Mulan bear it?

You must know that Shi Min's four wives and concubines have their own things to do.

Dong Qiaoqiao is responsible for taking care of the family's business and treating people and things; Shi Lan likes to hunt, and will go out to hunt in the suburbs with some Hu noblewomen from time to time; Cui Ying also has a certain business acumen, so Shi Min handed over the wine cellar business and wine cellar workshop to Cui Ying to manage, and asked her to assist Dong Qiaoqiao in taking care of the family business.

As for Dugu Jialuo, this is a person who is good at tricks and tricks, Shi Min asked her to open green buildings, kilns, wine shops and other places in various places, responsible for collecting intelligence, with Dugu Jialuo's ability and heart, but mixed in the wind and water.

And Mulan is different, except for fighting, except for killing, she doesn't seem to be going to do anything!

As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change. Mulan is an idle character, taking care of business things, treating people, Mulan can't do it.

"Grand Duke, I want to rest in your arms tonight, is that okay?"

Looking at Mulan's almost pleading look, Shi Min couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The night was boundless, and it was already a child, and seeing that Mulan had not yet come out of the sleeping tent, the guards in charge of the night vigil couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hey, when has this been, why hasn't our Grand Commander come out yet?"

One of the guards showed a lewd look on his face and said with a smile: "Hey, hey, could it be that the Grand Governor and the Grand Commander have done something unsightly inside, tired and resting, right?" ”

"Go, what nonsense? Is that the kind of person we are? ”

"I don't know my heart. Although our Metropolitan Governor is an upright person and a great man in the world, he can't stand the big heart of the Metropolitan Governor, and he can eat both men and women! You see, our Commander is so fine-skinned and tender-skinned, and he looks as handsome as a woman! I couldn't help but be moved when I saw it! Maybe most of our governors have taken a fancy to her. ”

"No way. How could the Metropolitan Governor have a habit of breaking his sleeves? ”

"Then why do you say the Grand Commander hasn't come out of it for so long?"

"This ...... Maybe the Grand Commander is still reporting the military situation to the Grand Governor. ”

"! The Grand Commander is the Grand Commander of our pro-military battalion, and he lives in the Chinese Army, what kind of information can he have? I'm betting a tael of silver, most of the governors have a habit of breaking their sleeves, and they have already had a love of fish and water with our commander. ”

When Shi Min and Mulan fell asleep, they didn't know that the soldiers outside the tent were teasing them!