"How? Is there any news from the front? ”

The location of Nanming Mansion is in a remote small county in the corner of the West Mountain, a big man rubbed his bloodshot eyes, and asked directly as soon as he entered the hall of the county mansion.

There were a lot of people in the hall of the government, in addition to a few lieutenants with armor, there were also a few literati wearing long robes, headed by the political envoy of Jiangnan.

And the big man who has just entered the house is now the nominal highest military governor here: General Zhou Hanyang.

Oh, it should be said that the supreme military commander of the previous day, because the other day a heavyweight came here.

"Lord Guogong, you also got up so early?" Zhou Hanyang originally had a hint of anger on his face, but after seeing that person, he immediately put away his irritability and became extremely respectful.

"You haven't slept all night?" A middle-aged man on the side of the desk raised his head and looked at the big man with a gentle face: "It's not good for you to stay up like this, this Xishui County is located in a remote area, food is scarce, you are now the backbone of the soldiers, you have to save your physical strength, and you have to be in good condition!" ”

"It's a subordinate who doesn't think it through." Zhou Hanyang saluted respectfully, and then sat down next to the middle-aged man.

He didn't want to stay up late without resting, he really couldn't sleep.

When the living corpses attacked the city, a group of soldiers directly abandoned the people of the city, retreated from the West Gate, and retreated all the way to the remote county seat of Xishui County like a lost dog.

Xishui County has a small population, although the city is infected, but for the elite of the Black Dragon Guard they retreated, it was nothing, and they quickly cleaned up all the living corpses in the county, and even recovered the surrounding countryside, barely having a foothold.

But he didn't dare to make more excessive moves, for fear of attracting the attention of those terrifying living corpses in the main city.

The year had been a messy one, and they were afraid of being found by those living corpses, but they didn't dare to send someone to investigate the situation easily, because the scouts sent before failed to come back, and in order not to expose the place, they didn't dare to spy on it easily.

was trapped in this small county town for a year, relying on the grain stored in the county town to survive.

If it weren't for Lord Qin Guogong finding them a few days ago, they wouldn't know how long their muddy days would have been.

Lord Guogong personally found them, it was originally great news, Zhou Hanyang, who had been in a state of confusion for a year, thought that he had finally ushered in the dawn, but he didn't expect to usher in even worse news!

The eldest princess rebelled and made the 300,000 golden dragon guards of the imperial court into a living corpse, the black dragon guard. Almost all wiped out!

It turned out that on the day of the breakthrough, his subordinates were not mistaken, and it was really Jin Longwei who came over the river.

According to the information of Lord Qin Guogong, in this year's time, the one who occupied the Nanming Mansion was Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

The only good news is that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess did not slaughter the people in the Nanming Mansion, which made Zhou Hanyang, who had abandoned the people of a city, feel a little comforted in his heart.

At least Mu Hongqing's strategy was correct at the beginning, their strategic retreat saved the people of the whole city, although they were deserters, they also played some role.

And now, the eldest princess has withdrawn from Nanming Mansion, and it is Chen Qing, the prefect of Liuzhou, Jiangnan who has taken over Nanming Mansion.

This originally seemed to be good news, but Qin Guogong said that Chen Qing also betrayed the imperial court!!

When I heard the news for the first time, including the political envoys, I felt incredible, where did a prefect and a literati have the courage to rebel?

You said that he wanted to take refuge with the eldest princess, but he didn't, because in the mouth of Qin Guogong, Chen Qing is now a warlord who is not weak, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and can force the eldest princess to retreat from Nanming Mansion!

To be honest, if it weren't for Lord Qin Guogong who came with these news, all of them might think that the person who said these things was a madman!

A Jiangnan prefect, relying on some locally recruited militia, seized Jiangnan and forced away the eldest princess?

Isn't this a myth?

But the news from the scouts recently is true

The terrifying living corpses that were originally stationed outside the Nanming Mansion have all disappeared, and in their place is a very regular male division stationed on the periphery of the Nanming Mansion!

"Lord Guogong." Not long after Zhou Hanyang sat down, he couldn't help but ask, "Is there any new news from the front line?" How long will we have to wait? ”

According to the intelligence brought by Qin Guogong, the imperial court sent an army to suppress Chen Qing's rebellion, and the leader of the team was the youngest Guogong in the Great Jin Dynasty: Wei Chipeng!

After getting the news, Zhou Hanyang also mentioned a little excited, and planned to cooperate with the imperial court to recover the Nanming Mansion first, at least. Take back what you once threw away, and go to the grievances of this year.

But Qin Guogong's original words were: "Chen Qing is not trivial now, we must be cautious in sending troops to cooperate, if we are not careful, we will definitely be taken away, and today's Chen Qing is definitely not easier to deal with than Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who holds the living corpse of 300,000 golden dragon guards." ”

These words made Zhou Hanyang stubbornly stand still these days, but his heart was the same as that of a cat.

"There is news" Lu Ming looked at Zhou Hanyang, who was in a hurry, and sighed: "Nanming Mansion dispatched an army to meet the encirclement and suppression troops sent by the imperial court, according to the scout's distant observation, there are about 30,000 people"

"Thirty thousand?" Zhou Hanyang was stunned: "Just send that?" ”

He heard that the army stationed in Nanming Mansion now exceeds 300,000!

Counting the newly relocated militia, it's almost a million in size.

Dispatch 30,000 to meet the imperial court?

Who to look down on?

"That's the way it is." Lu Ming sighed: "So you can't act rashly"

"Damn it!" Zhou Hanyang couldn't help but hammer the table.

Lu Ming also frowned slightly.

In the original plan, Chen Qing's newly stationed soldiers dealt with the imperial court in an all-round way, and they raided Chen Qing's rear when the battle situation was anxious, recaptured Nanming Mansion, cut off the back route of Chen Qing's army, and then cooperated with the imperial court to severely damage Chen Qing's main force stationed in Nanming!

After taking Nanming, he guarded the gateway of Jiangnan like a nail, and asked the imperial court to continue to support, so that the Duke of Qin would regain control of the situation in Jiangnan, and at least be able to fight against Chen Qing and the eldest princess and others, at least. He still has a chance to plan the inheritance of the Dragon Palace!

But he didn't expect that in the face of the imperial army, it was still Wei Chipeng who led the team, and Chen Qing actually only dispatched those soldiers?

Do you really not take the court seriously?

"Shall we just look at it, then?" Zhou Hanyang was extremely anxious.

He is now desperate to grasp the initiative, this year has been too aggrieved, and the grain in Xishui County has been alarmed, after all, a group of blood children, where can the grain in a county be able to support it?

Without good meat, the soldiers are mentally atrophied, and this year's time has been a lot weaker, not to mention the soldiers, it is himself, this year's state is also extremely bad, long-term lack of nutrition, it is very terrible for the bloodline children, which will lead to an increase in the load in the body, the demon bloodline can not be controlled, this year's time, he has personally executed dozens of soldiers who have been demonized.

A few days ago, in order to prepare for war, in order to let the soldiers have sufficient physical strength, he ignored the wails of the villagers who farmed the land in the countryside, forcibly requisitioned ploughing cattle, and cut them down to replenish the physical strength of the soldiers.

Hundreds of ploughing cattle in Xishui County were killed, and the soldiers were severely compensated, and the soldiers' spirit was obviously much better in the past two days, but Zhou Hanyang knew that this was only short-lived, if they couldn't get back to Nanming Mansion as soon as possible, Xishui County, which had been delayed in farming, couldn't afford to raise them at all.

In another half a year at most, this group of soldiers will become demon beasts, or even themselves. After that, it may all be demonized

"I can only watch" Lu Ming said calmly: "The more times like this, the more we can't move lightly, we only have one chance, we must hit it with one blow, now we can only wait for the court to open the situation first, otherwise we don't have the slightest chance." ”

Zhou Hanyang nodded helplessly, although he was anxious, he also knew that the current situation could only be like this.

Lu Ming nodded, and then looked at the political envoy not far away: "Your Excellency, how much food is left in Xishui County now?" ”

"Lord Yuguo" the political envoy hurriedly said: "There are still 20,000 stones of grain left in the granary, which is enough for the time being."

"It's only temporary." Lu Ming nodded, if you raise those ordinary civilians in Xishui County, you can feed them with gruel and even survive the winter, but if you raise the tens of thousands of bloodline children in the county, it will only take a month at most, or save money, during the preparation for war, the bloodline soldiers are the most hungry, if you raise them according to the state of preparation, I am afraid it will only take half a month.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming looked at a figure not far away, who had been sitting silently: "We need intelligence."

The figure slowly raised his head and looked at Lu Ming, his eyes were thin and cold: "Qin Guogong needs information without asking the scouts, ask me?" Where did I get the information? ”

It was Mu Hongqing who was the scholar who spoke.

"You can get information." Lu Ming smiled and said: "You should feel it, your proud disciple has also come to Nanming Mansion, and she is now. But the celebrity around Chen Qing! ”

Mu Hongqing: "."

(End of chapter)