Long Xiang looked surprised, now there are only more than 100 people left under his command, and Tang Yu is enough for one official.

It's okay to add soldiers, but it's a little inappropriate to just install an officer.

The ancient military model was that no one would obey an airborne leader unless they had super ability and charisma.

Is there such a strong man under Yuan Shu's command? Long Xiang thought about it and felt that it was impossible.

In the end, it was determined that it was a related household through the back door, and Long Xiangxin said that he was good at fishing, and it is estimated that he is now famous, and he is afraid that he has attracted some of the same kind.

Long Xiang's brain spun extremely fast, and after figuring it out, he smiled at each other.

"I don't know who it is?"

"Yunqi actually knows that it is Hao Meng's deputy general Cao Xing."

"Huh?" Long Xiang opened his mouth in surprise, then swallowed his saliva and asked, "The last general remembers that his position is military commander, is it too aggrieved to come to serve as an official?" He doesn't serve as the adjutant general of Captain Hao? ”

Qiao Rui shook his head and smiled bitterly, "After the previous fiasco, our army lost more than 80,000 yuan, and now all the battalion headquarters are not satisfied, and it is helpless to use Cao Xing's demotion, as for Hao Meng, who I led my troops to vote, His Majesty has given him Chengyang Pavilion, and he should stay in Shouchun to enjoy happiness in the future." ”

After hearing this, Long Xiang immediately understood that Hao Meng and Zhang Jiong were fellow villagers, and they had a close relationship with Yuan Shu in the past, and then they had the move to save Qiao Rui and surrender to Cheng, Yuan Shu should want to use him to set up a model, so he gave him the title of Pavilion Marquis, but the deputy general Cao Xing was not so lucky.

"The last general remembers that Captain Hao brought some parts, they..."

Seeing that Long Xiang wanted to speak and stopped, Qiao Rui stretched out his hand and pointed, as if to say why do you kid always worry about good things?

"There are only a few dozen people left in the troops that Hao Meng brought to Shouchun, and he left some of them as guards, and allocated thirty people to Cao Xing, so you can accept them."

"The last will obey."

Qiao Rui saw that Long Xiang was so refreshing, and nodded in affirmation: "When he finishes the handover, I will ask Li Tun to bring him to see and report, don't wait slowly." ”

"Yui." Long Xiang clenched his fists sonorously.

"I still have some things to attend to, so I won't stay here for long..."

Qiao Rui patted Long Xiang on the shoulder, just took a few steps and stopped, turned around and added: "I haven't thanked you properly, I came to sit at home when I was free." ”

"It's all the credit of Luo Yicheng..."Long Xiang was very modest.

"You are all the same, Li Tun will come to invite you on a certain day, and I will leave..."

Qiao Rui could not be ignored, waved his hand and walked down the city wall with Li Tun.

Tang Yu sent the two of them to the staircase, turned around and strode towards Long Xiang.

"Yunqi, how can you agree at will? Now that all battalions and departments are short of manpower, General Qiao actually has a lot of choices, don't forget our big things..."

Tang Yu was both complaining and worried, he was afraid that the outsider Cao Xing would suddenly integrate and Hefei's secret would not be kept.

How can Long Xiang not know, but Qiao Rui is obviously taking care of himself, and refusing to let the other party not get off the stage.

He comforted softly: "Uncle Yu, don't worry, the families of the brothers in the south have all been sent away during this time, as long as you are cautious in the future, there will be no problem, you have to worry more." ”

Tang Yu showed a bitter face: "It doesn't matter if I bother with a little bit, but that Cao Xing was originally a military horse, and it is difficult to say whether he will obey or not, do you have the confidence to suppress him?" ”

"Haha, Uncle Yu is too worried, he only has thirty soldiers, we have more than a hundred brothers, what am I afraid of?" Long Xiang didn't care.

Tang Yu saw that Long Xiang was full of confidence, and nodded again: "Lu Bu's people have bad habits, they can rebel at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not rebel again in the future, in short, Yunqi should be careful, I will arrange more night guards." ”

"It's a good thing to be cautious, it's not okay to be overly cautious, first observe and observe, I don't think Cao is a reckless person."

"Hmm."

Long Xiang waited until before the shift change in the afternoon, and Li Tun brought Cao Xing to report.

The two reunited in Shouchun, and their complicated feelings were all written on their faces.

Tang Yu originally planned to give a dismissal, but found that Cao Xing, who had just arrived in Huainan, was very obedient, so he temporarily chose to tolerate it.

As soon as Qiao Rui returned to his house at night, Chen personally brought the wine to the front.

She asked gently: "I heard that the general went to the south gate at noon, did you look for Long Xiang to go down to Luo Yicheng?" I'm still waiting for news..."

"Didn't say..."Qiao Rui closed her eyes and shook her head slightly.

Chen put the wine utensils on the table, and his tone suddenly became high-pitched: "Time waits for no one, you should be earlier..."

"I'm going to do business today, and I'll talk about private matters later..."

Qiao Rui flicked his hand, showing some irritation.

Seeing that Qiao Rui's words were displeasing and his face was relatively gloomy, Chen guessed that he was in a bad mood, so he leaned over and squatted beside him, pinching his shoulders and beating his back, and did not say a word.

Chen's retreat was advancing, which made Qiao Rui feel ashamed, and he immediately opened his eyes and sat upright and sighed.

"I don't have an opinion about Madame, but in the afternoon, Your Majesty summoned the ministers and reported two more bad news, so I was a little irritable."

"Bad news?"

Chen raised his head to reveal the snake's neck, looking eager for knowledge.

Qiao Rui nodded and replied: "While we are fighting with Lu Bu, Chen Yu led his troops to seize Guangling, if Yan Baihu and other thieves can't stop Sun Ce, Yuan Yin will also not be able to hold Danyang, then His Majesty's territory will only be Jiujiang and Lujiang two counties, let alone enter the Central Plains..."

Although Chen has a certain amount of knowledge, she is only a woman with a husband and children, and at this time she said something similar to 'why not eat minced meat'.

"My Huainan soldiers have enough food, we can't beat Sun Ce and Lu Bu, can't we deal with Chen Yu?"

"The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, even if Huainan is enough soldiers, it can't stand the continuous consumption in the past two years, plus the previous defeat to Lu Bu in Louting, the loss of heavy grain and grass is innumerable, the ministers are worried that at this time to send troops to Guangling, Lu Bu will definitely come to attack Shouchun, so although Your Majesty is angry, he does not easily talk about the use of soldiers..."

"What then?"

"What should I do?"

Qiao Rui sighed: "It's nothing more than recruiting soldiers everywhere and raising food from all directions..."

"That means you won't be fighting for a short time?"

After listening to Qiao Rui's sigh, Chen was happy in his heart.

Qiao Rui nodded and continued: "Last year, there was too much rain, and there will be no dew at the beginning of spring this year, and it is another year of drought and disaster, Yan Xiang reported in the palace today that there are locusts raging in all parts of Huainan, and there should be no food for the war in the short term..."

"That's... It's a pity..."

Chen almost clapped his hands, but quickly changed his tone, and this cleverness should have been inherited by Qiao Wan.

Qiao Rui sighed again: "Hey, it's another year of many disasters, and the government should also save money, and you have to be prepared to live a hard life..."

"Bitter..."Chen was stunned at first, and immediately added instructions: "What about the day after tomorrow?" ”

"Huh?"

Qiao Rui turned her head with a puzzled expression.

Chen smiled and said: "The general can return safely, praise Long Yunqi for his indispensable contributions, the concubine has prepared a meal of wine and food, and intends to thank him well, the ingredients have been purchased and returned to the house, and after tomorrow's banquet, how about saving?" ”

"Madame is going to have a banquet tomorrow? Then I'll ask Li Tun to invite him early tomorrow, since you have to be sincere if you want to thank your benefactor, remember to tell Wei'er not to be rude..."

Qiao Rui was talking about her daughter on the surface, but she was actually reminding Chen not to put on a show.

Chen Shi understood the sound outside the strings, smiled and said: "General rest assured, the concubine will lead by example, and Wei'er will naturally follow suit..."