Since Wang Meng's death in Yuzhou, the Great Xia government and the opposition have been shaken, and the border Rong people are ready to move again, and the situation has become more and more delicate.

Xiao Jiu, who was far away in Yangcheng County, got the news, clenched his fists fiercely, looked at the groggy sky and was silent.

"What is the husband thinking?"

Li Luoyao was already pregnant with Liujia at this time, and her appearance was no longer the original eccentric, and she began to look more and more dignified and steady like a woman.

Hearing Li Luoyao's inquiry at this time, Xiao Jiu did not answer, but let out a long sigh.

Xiao Jiuruo didn't think about anything else, but now that the Kyoto Forbidden Army was defeated, he, the county guard of Yangcheng, would face more pressure from the Yuzhou rebel army.

Now, although the two brothers Jin Zi and Heizi led their elite to Qingzhou along the sea route and achieved great results, Lingshui County, which is the place of origin, is still besieged by the Qingzhou army.

Xiao Jiu also wanted to send troops from Yangcheng and use the newly formed army in Yangcheng County to support the northern battlefield, but once the army was deployed, it was difficult to say that it would not be exploited by the rebel army in Yuzhou.

The current Xiao Jiu is tied to the lives of tens of thousands of people under his rule, and every decision must be made after careful consideration.

What's more, now that Li Luoyao is pregnant, he has to be cautious in his words and deeds for the sake of the child he is going to be born.

Today's Xiao Jiu suddenly misses the days of being a mountain bandit, although he worries about three meals a day every day, he doesn't have so many heavy responsibilities on his shoulders.

When war hits, human life seems so fragile, once the Qingzhou army enters Yangcheng County, this place will become a purgatory on earth.

At present, the only thing that Xiao Jiu can honor is the gold that has penetrated into the hinterland of Qingzhou, if he can open the results in Qingzhou, the Qingzhou army with a broken foundation will naturally withdraw from Lingshui County.

It's just that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can say where the situation will go in the future.

Maybe what can make Xiao Jiu struggle in the torment now is Li Luoyao and the small family around him.

Xiao Jiu, who had been thinking about it for a long time, finally put aside the thousands of thoughts in his heart for the time being, and chatted casually with Li Luoyao.

During the conversation, Li Luoyao mentioned Li Li in Kyoto, and Xiao Jiu suddenly realized that Li Luoyao had not returned to her former "home" for a long time since she married her.

"The last time I went back to Kyoto, I was better to bring rescue soldiers."

Thinking like this in his heart, Xiao Jiu could only hug Li Luoyao, who was already sleeping in his arms.

If the war is over, Xiao Jiu would like to live in seclusion in the mountains with Li Luoyao, take off his official uniform and become an ordinary person.

But now he can't do it.

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Yuzhou, the city lord's mansion.

At this time, Yuzhou City can be said to be a colorful celebration of the defeat of the Zhili Forbidden Army, which is not much better than the New Year.

In the back hall of the City Lord's Mansion, an ordinary family banquet was going on, but all the guests at this banquet had a lot of backgrounds.

First of all, Gu Chong, the high priest of the Fire God Sect in Yuzhou, sat on the main seat as the host, and on the side seat were Zhao Qinghe, who offered advice from An Lingcheng, and his eldest son Zhao Wushuang.

Looking at the leaders of the Yuzhou rebel army in the audience, Zhao Qinghe always had a bit of a smile on his face, but the main family Gu Chong was expressionless and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Elder Gu, this time the Kyoto Forbidden Army was defeated, I can finally sit and enjoy the anointed land of Yuzhou, I am very happy."

As Zhao Qinghe's son Zhao Wushuang raised his wine glass and said a congratulatory message, the reckless leaders of the rebel army greeted each other with smiles.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Qinghe seemed to see Gu Chong's slight displeasure, and took this wine glass to the other party.

"Now that the victory is great, what else does Elder Gu have to worry about?"

When Gu Chong heard this, he smiled slightly and shook his head, but instead deduced the current situation.

"The court is weak, the Rong people are knocking, my Central Plains is full of war, and the people's livelihood is withering, what does Mr. think we should do next?"

After that, Gu Chong gently took a sip of the wine in his glass, waiting for Zhao Qinghe to answer.

And when the generals in the audience heard Gu Chong's serious talk at this time, they all pricked up their ears and looked at Zhao Qinghe attentively.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Zhao Qinghe frowned and thought for a moment, and said slowly, "Since our army has won a big victory, of course we must take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Kyoto directly."

Moreover, there is a military chaos in the north today, and there are 100,000 male divisions of the Northern Dynasty knocking on Huya Pass, and the imperial court can't spare its hands to manage Yuzhou.

As long as Kyoto is captured, this Great Xia will change the dynasty, and after the establishment of a new dynasty, you and I will be the ministers of the dragon. ”

Listening to Zhao Qinghe's impassioned words, the blood in the hearts of many people present was mobilized, and they all looked at each other excitedly.

Yes, although they have now taken Yuzhou and become a big man with the power of life and death, they can't take off the hat of anti-thief on their heads.

If they really take Kyoto directly as Zhao Qinghe said, they can all change into the official uniforms of the new dynasty and truly change the fate of themselves and even the entire family.

Just when everyone was fantasizing in the sweet dream woven by Zhao Qinghe, Gu Chong's voice broke the peace.

"Isn't Mr. Zhao worried about the Rong people in the grassland?"

As soon as these words came out, all the generals who were moved by Zhao Qinghe's words just now looked sideways.

It's just that the expressions on most people's faces are mixed with deep incomprehension.

These rebels born in the northern states did not know the ferocity of the steppe people and the bitter cold outside the border.

All they know is how brutal the Great Xia court was, and how they made these peasants like grass mustard insulting even pigs and dogs.

So at this time, Gu Chong asked, they didn't worry too much about how dangerous the Rong tribe on the grassland would be, and what they wanted was to enter Kyoto and sit on the dragon chair that symbolized the pinnacle of power.

On the contrary, when Zhao Qinghe heard Gu Chong's words, a subtle look flashed in his eyes, intentionally or unintentionally.

I saw Zhao Qinghe frowning and thinking for a while, and then he stretched out and showed that he was not so nervous.

"Elder Gu is worried that the Grassland Rong Clan will use this to slaughter the Central Plains?

But since we have secured Yuzhou, what does the life of those Beijing officials in Kyoto Naoli have to do with us?

Moreover, our army has faced an embarrassing situation many times before, and the soldiers and grass of the forbidden army are all from the people of Zhili, even if the Rong people are allowed to enter the Central Plains, they can also become allies to help us destroy Great Xia. ”

After Zhao Qinghe finished speaking, Gu Chong glanced at him meaningfully, and the other party's eyes were also staring at Gu Chong.

The two stared at each other like a tug-of-war and didn't speak, and the smell of gunpowder gradually filled their colliding eyes.

After a moment, both sides retracted their gaze and began to chatter about others.

The rest of the generals of the Yuzhou rebel army also fell into heated discussions at this time, and were faintly divided into two factions according to different concepts.

One faction naturally agreed with Zhao Qinghe's statement, believing that this was a godsend opportunity, and it was completely possible to unite the grassland coalition forces outside Huya Pass to flank the crumbling Great Xia on both sides.

The other faction felt that the Rong tribe on the grassland had been fighting with Great Xia outside the pass for many years, and the two sides had already formed a blood feud, and it was impossible for them to become allies.

The two parties insisted on their own words, and you talked about each other back and forth, but Gu Chong and Zhao Qinghe, who were the first to start the topic, were drinking wine with laughter.

When the banquet dispersed, these large and small leaders and military leaders in Yuzhou City dispersed one after another, and Zhao Qinghe also returned home with his son.

On the way home, Zhao Qinghe looked at the crowd in a daze.

Zhao Wushuang looked at his father in a daze at the crowd not far away, and he had some doubts in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "What is my father thinking?" ”

Hearing the question from his son next to him, Zhao Qinghe came back from his trance and let out a long sigh.

"Elder Gu can't trust the Rong clan, and he can't trust us."

Hearing his father's slightly sighing tone, Zhao Wushuang lowered his head and carefully pondered the deep meaning of his words, and gradually came back to his senses.

Just like the remarks at the banquet just now, Gu Chong obviously had different opinions from his father.

Although they, the native families of Yuzhou, played an indispensable role in the growth of the rebel army, they also provided a large amount of personnel money and food during the uprising.

Now that the rebel army has grown bigger, it has reached the point where it can shake the existence of Great Xia, then these families who have betrayed Great Xia and have money and food have undoubtedly become fat in their eyes.

And the most important point is that Gu Chong and Zhao Qinghe disagree politically.

In the eyes of Zhao Qinghe, no matter whose world it is, it doesn't matter, what matters is only the money, food and rights in one's own hands.

If the Rong clan can bring them greater benefits if they become the rulers of the Central Plains, they don't actually mind cooperating with each other.

Zhao Qinghe knew that now that Gu Chong had drifted away from him, if he wanted to survive in the troubled times, there was only one thing that could be guaranteed, and that was rights.

So before that, Zhao Qinghe had spent a lot of money to buy off many leaders and armed forces in the Yuzhou rebel army.

Although Gu Chong had been wary of Zhao Qinghe's infiltration of the rebel army, few people could resist the temptation of money.

Moreover, since the Qingzhou Army raised troops to attack Lingshui County, the Yuzhou family represented by Zhao Qinghe has also reached some consensus with some members of Qingzhou Baoyu Qianzhuang.

Mr. Ye, who appeared in the Qingzhou Army, is also Suhai, is the silk thread that connects the beads.

Now when these rebel armies in Yuzhou have sorted out their soldiers, horses, food and grass, he can raise a group of rebel troops to attack Zhili Kyoto.

At that time, even if Gu Chong was opposed, he could only compromise obediently in the face of a group of powerful generals who wanted to establish a new dynasty.

I don't know when the Central Plains established a set of cog-like power structures, dividing people into three, six, nine and so on under the layers of hierarchy.

And this has completely opened the Pandora's box of desire, and countless people have climbed to the pinnacle of power, but no one cares how many corpses are covered on this road to the sky.

Until today, Zhao Qinghe has accumulated a lot of savings after generations of accumulation and operation, and the leaders of the rebel army have also taken advantage of the troubled times to rise from recklessness.

When the clans of Yuzhou are mixed with the military generals from the grassroots, no one knows where the already fragmented Great Xia will go.