Wang Rong took the soldiers and horses of the Western Governor's Mansion and escorted Meng Ao all the way to the west, he did not dare to put his troops too close to the big river, and the sentry cavalry of the Bearded Man could explore the enemy situation within a hundred miles, and he did not dare to bet on whether the enemy sentry cavalry could find himself.

Wang Rong rode on his horse, and Chiyun followed, pushing the thin snow away with his mouth and gnawing on the blades of grass under the snow as he walked. Li Sujie looked boredly at the scenery that he was tired of seeing, and gathered the fur fur on his body, he was very interested in the people Wang Rong received from the Zhengbei General's Mansion.

"Hey, Zhong Ming, who is the person in the carriage?" Li Sujie asked curiously.

Wang Rong said angrily: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, why are you so curious." ”

Li Sujie's gossip fire was not extinguished by Wang Rong, he guessed: "Such an important person, and he is still transported in a carriage, is it not the general's family?" ”

Wang Mo couldn't hold it back, and let out a fart laugh, almost not getting him off the horse. Wang Rong glared at him with sharp eyes, and the latter quickly stifled his laughter, and his whole face was red.

When Li Sujie saw Wang Hao's appearance, he realized that he had guessed wrong, and he asked tentatively, "Could it be the outer chamber of the saint?" ”

Wang Rong's face twitched when he heard this, His Majesty the Emperor now has the authority of the outer court and the inner court, and there are no two in the palace, and he still needs to raise the outer room? Or in this remote and wild Shuofang County? And with His Majesty the Emperor's now weak body, he has no heart.

Wang Rong and Wang Mao didn't refute much, but Meng Ao in the carriage couldn't stand it anymore, he opened the curtains, showed a displeased expression, and reprimanded Li Sujie: "You kid is really rude, although the old man is being escorted, he can't allow you to slander him like this." ”

Li Sujie was startled when he saw Meng Ao's cold face, did he fall down directly, and came to a standard posture of eating.

Wang Rong bowed down on the horse and apologized: "Let the Mengxian Ling be wronged, Su Jie has always jumped away, and returned to the Mengxian Linghaihan." ”

Meng Ao didn't eat this, he stared at Li Sujie who climbed back on the war horse with cold eyes, and said coldly: "Hmph! Wang boy, don't come with me to this set, I still know the style of the Li family in Chengji, Longxiang County, and it is a king to take advantage of it. Li family boy, there is another sentence that you have to remember, curiosity can not only kill cats, but also kill people. ”

Li Sujie suddenly felt a chill in the back of his neck, and quickly nodded, indicating that he understood.

Meng Ao sat in the car and did not lower the curtains, but said to Wang Rong: "Wang family boy, are you going to Guangmu City?" ”

Wang Rong nodded, and said calmly: "Yes, this time back to the city, through the southern desert is the next policy, the army of the Qiangwei people can not cross the big river, at most there are sentinels to cross the river to investigate the military situation, so we don't go to the desert, along the edge of the desert to Guangmu City, and then along the south branch of the Great River to Woye County." Then head west to the city of Lu. ”

Meng Ao planned in his heart and asked, "Then when do you plan to escort me back to Yanxi?" Your route will only get farther and farther away from Xuyi. ”

Wang Rong nodded helplessly, and said: "It will indeed be farther, but it is very safe, whether it is to the south through the desert or the east into Linwo County, the danger is much higher than the west, and my soldiers have been on the expedition for several months, and they are physically exhausted, and mentally exhausted." ”

Meng Ao nodded and agreed: "For generals to love soldiers so much, at your age, it's rare." ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "This is not because I love soldiers like children, I just compare my heart to my heart, if I regard the soldiers under my command as mustard, how can they fight with all their hearts?" If I regard the soldiers under my command as brothers, then when I encounter danger, I am not alone in facing it, but an army, with many people and great strength, and my heart is moving together. ”

Meng Ao listened to Wang Rong's last sentence, seemed to have an understanding, and repeated repeatedly: "There are many people with great strength, and the heart moves together." There is great strength in the number of people, and the heart moves together. Good sentence, good sentence. ”

Wang Rong did not continue to chat with Meng Ao, and the whole team left the territory of Shuofang County at a fairly fast speed and entered the territory of Guangmu County.

Wang Rong had already sent someone to the county guard mansion to report, so he entered Guangmu City all the way unimpeded. Wang Rong took Li Sujie into the county guard mansion and visited the county guard Zhang Songqi.

"The last general will meet the county guard!" Three people bowed and saluted, and the other person was the former Shuofang County Commander Meng Ao.

Zhang Songqi raised his hand and signaled, "No courtesy, sit down." ”

Wang Rong pulled Li Sujie to sit on the two seats on the left, and Meng Ao sat alone on the first seat on the right.

Zhang Pu took the maid to bring the freshly brewed tea, and Wang Rong looked at the tea in the teacup like a soup, and really didn't have any thoughts of drinking.

The tea of this year, with boiling tea as the mainstream, adding ginger, green onions, and even candied fruit and other things, is not so much tea as tea soup, and the taste is really indescribable.

Zhang Pu didn't stay long, she still knew what kind of temperament her father was, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that these four people had serious things to talk about.

Zhang Songqi picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea soup, and then said to Meng Ao with a sigh: "I didn't expect Shuofang City to say goodbye, and we would finally meet in this capacity." ”

Meng Ao said indifferently: "The result of the humble position, the humble position has long been expected, but I didn't expect to be able to meet with the Hou Ye before leaving Shuofang." ”

Meng Ao called Zhang Songqi's title, not an official title, in order to make this conversation private, not official. Wang Rong and Li Sujie are just juniors, and some things can be said in private, but if they are said in an official face, they will be taboo.

Zhang Songqi understood the meaning of Meng Ao's words, and he glanced at Wang Rong, who was sitting precariously, and Li Sujie, who was bowing his head and drinking tea. said to Meng Ao: "Brother Meng, are the people in Shuofang City still there?" ”

As the county keeper, Zhang Songqi's job is to make Shuofang County better, richer in terms of finance and taxes, and more abundant in population. But the invasion of the Bearded Man made his efforts come to naught, and Meng Ao's actions this time made matters worse.

Meng Ao did not answer Zhang Songqi's question directly, but said truthfully: "Master Hou, you have also fought on the battlefield, how can there be immortals in war?" This time, in Shuofang City, the destruction of 40,000 wolf guards in one fell swoop was enough to make the Badman people frightened, and in the next three to five years, they would not dare to go south to herd horses. ”

Zhang Songqi didn't take this stubble, he asked straight to the soul: "The Monster Man has lost more than 100,000 people, and Shuofang City has also lost a lot of people. The Bearded Man can give birth and strengthen itself by devouring weak tribes. What about Shuofang County? What do you do to strengthen yourself? Shuofang County is located in the border area, bitter cold and unbearable, and few people in the inland counties are willing to move here. The border county has no population, and even if the border army is in the millions, how can it afford to support it? You abandon the people of a city at a time, just to annihilate only 40,000 people, which is more important, you should know very well in your heart, those dead people also lived under your rule! ”

The more Zhang Songqi said, the more angry he became, since ancient times, population has been an important indicator of a country's strength, especially the population of border counties, it is the top priority, there is no one in the border counties, then there is no one to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, and it is unrealistic to expect the Yulin Army and the Tiger Ben Army in the capital.