Compared with the treacherous undercurrents in Heluo City, Baotai Mountain is like a bright spring breeze, and there is an atmosphere of joy and joy everywhere.

After several days of celebration, the officers and men of the Seven Star Army gathered their minds and threw themselves into the new round of training with greater enthusiasm.

After the tempering of the war, this army has completely faded from its reckless and unruly, especially after replacing it with the armor and ordnance that have been remodeled after being captured, it seems to be an elite division with strict military appearance and prohibition.

Although Lin Jie is the nominal leader of the Seven Star Army, the trust and love of the first person on the martial arts list for Lu Shen is beyond words, Lin Xi and other hall masters obey Lu Shen's words, not to mention the heartfelt support of the generals and soldiers in the army for Lu Shen, so this army is completely subordinate to Lu Shen's leadership in a sense.

On this basis, Lu Shen carried out the second restructuring of the Seven Star Army.

The cavalry was 500 people, led by Tao Baochun and Xi Jun, and accepted the unified command of Lin Xi.

The 3,000 infantry troops were divided into five divisions, and five people, including Yu Dajun, Lou Chengyuan, Chu Zhu, Yu Hanyuan, and Guo Bifang, who performed well in the war, were appointed as commanders by Lu Shen, and ten people with slightly weaker combat merits were selected as deputy commanders.

Each part is composed of five teams, each with a team leader and a deputy team, all of whom are meritorious people who bravely and dared to fight in previous battles, and no one dares to question this arrangement.

These commanders and teams were also assigned by Lin Xi, among whom Yu Dajun and Lou Chengyuan were assigned by Lu Shen as military advisors, who could give advice to Lin Xi at a critical moment.

When Lu Shen announced these decisions, thousands of men in the audience all looked at him silently and reluctantly.

Lu Shen excluded Li Chengen and others from the Seven Star Army, and laid a solid foundation for Lin Xi, and the intention of such an arrangement is self-evident.

Looking at the young faces in front of him with earnest expressions, feeling the solemn and depressing atmosphere in the wind, Lu Shen couldn't help but be a little touched, and then suppressed that emotion, and laughed loudly: "Why are you looking at me like this?" Don't make a scene of crying and chirping in front of me. ”

There was still silence in the audience, and after a while, Yu Hanyuan mustered up the courage to shout: "Captain Lu, are you leaving?" ”

Lu Shen said calmly: "No, are you looking forward to me leaving?" ”

"How so!"

Yu Hanyuan's face turned red in a hurry, and he said loudly: "I hope that Captain Lu can stay and lead us to kill all those dog officials!" ”

"Please stay with Captain Lu!"

All the soldiers chanted in unison.

The mountain breeze is gentle, and the shouts echo between the mountains and fields, and they will not stop for a long time.

Lin Xi stood behind Lu Shen, staring at the young man's side face, his hands involuntarily clutching the corners of his clothes, and his lips pursed tightly.

She knew more than the others, and she also understood that Lu Shen couldn't stay in Baotai Mountain all the time, in fact, he had already put too much effort into the Seven Star Gang in the past six months.

The sleepless nights of Zen exhaustion, she saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart, how could she ask Lu Shen to pay more, she was just reluctant to part with him soon, and she didn't want to be separated from him again.

Lu Shen seemed to feel something, turned his head to look at Lin Xi, and showed a sincere and loving smile to her.

Looking at this smiling face that was still clean with red dust, Lin Xi's discomfort in his heart couldn't help but ease, and there was a little more soft warmth between his eyebrows.

Lu Shen bowed slightly, turned to look at the soldiers in front of him, and said loudly: "Brothers, I won't leave now, because I still have a lot of things to do, but I will leave eventually, because there are also things waiting for me to do in the south." This mountain is your home, and it is also my second home, whether I am here or not, there will always be a place in my heart that belongs here. ”

The crowd listened with great seriousness.

Lu Shen took a few steps forward, raised his hand and pointed to the big flag not far away, the word "Seven Stars" on it looked like an iron painting silver hook, and then said: "Before I leave, I will leave what I have learned all my life to help you grow into one of the most powerful armies in the world." After I leave, I hope you can protect this home, I wonder if you can do it? ”

In response to him, there were surging and rolling waves.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Well, I'm sure you won't break your word." Lu Shen bowed slightly, and then ordered with a solemn expression: "Continue to practice!" ”

The flat ground once again returned to a warm and high-spirited atmosphere, but it seemed extraordinarily orderly.

Lu Shen and Lin Xi walked side by side, walking towards the hillside not far away, Lin Jie led the middle and high-level people to stand there, talking and laughing from the sidelines.

Seeing the two of them coming over, Dong Mian, the master of the mountain hall, touched his head and said with a smile: "Lu Duwei and the eldest lady are really a pair made in heaven." ”

There was a dead silence in the room, except for the gentle blowing of the mountain breeze.

Lin Xiqingli's face was filled with shame, although she and Lu Shen had already made a lifelong decision, and they had intimate actions when no one was around, but after all, the relationship was not publicly determined, how could she stand being ridiculed by others, even if it was a well-intentioned ridicule.

She stared at Dong Mian angrily, stomped her feet and said, "Brother Dong, what are you talking about!" ”

Dong Mian opened his mouth slightly, turned his head to look, and Qi Lianfu, Ran Xuanzhi and the others next to him all turned their heads and pretended not to hear anything, and they felt very aggrieved.

Obviously, it was the helper that his old man ordered him to come down some time ago, and let us find a way to remind Lu Shen, the elm head, why does it seem that I have made a big mistake?

Seeing that the situation was embarrassing, Lu Shen smiled and said: "Brother Dong is really good at talking, Senior Sister is as elegant and elegant as a fairy in the world, it is my blessing to be able to stand with her." ”

Lin Xi heard his praise so bluntly in front of everyone, his heart couldn't help beating violently, the anger on his face disappeared without a trace, and after thinking about it, he still said angrily: "Senior brother, don't learn from them to be flamboyant." ”

"Yes, Senior Sister taught me."

Lu Shen responded with a smile.

A small episode subsided, Lin Jie looked at Lu Shen with more and more satisfied eyes, and said gently: "The Yan army has been defeated, will there be more ferocious encirclement and suppression next?" ”

When it came to business, everyone became serious, and Lin Xi also gathered his mind and seriously looked at Lu Shen's side face.

Lu Shen thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No." According to the information we have, at present, Jing Chao is using troops against Zhao State, although he can't talk about taking care of himself, he will definitely not have the extra energy to pay attention to the green forest. The situation of the Yan State is even worse, they need to deal with the pressure of the border army of Daqi, Jiangbei, Moyang and Dongyang all need to hoard heavy troops to guard the border, and they can't get enough elite troops to enter the mountains again in a short time. ”

Everyone nodded convincingly, and Lu Shen continued: "After the previous battle, it can at least win us half a year to a year to recuperate. In my opinion, it won't be long before an envoy from the Yan Dynasty will enter the mountain and resume the talk of Zhao'an, and this time they will directly offer more generous conditions. ”

Lin Jie's lips showed a slight sarcasm: "Restart Zhao'an? ”

Lu Shen smiled: "They say that they are Zhao'an, but in fact they are peace talks, the purpose is to let us stay in the mountains honestly and not enter the prosperous and rich land to rob our homes." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, although the Seven Star Gang was reckless, they really didn't do much to rob the house, on the one hand, Lin Tang in charge of Ran Xuanzhi gathered wealth and secretly controlled a lot of industries outside, and on the other hand, Lin Jie's control over the gang was very strong, and they were not allowed to hurt innocent civilians.

Lin Jie stared at Lu Shen's eyes and said meaningfully: "So we should be humble and wrong, and wait until the critical time to send troops south and take the back of the Yan army on Dongyang Road?" ”

In fact, this is also the idea of a group of high-level people, Lu Shen went north this time to help the Seven Star Gang gain a firm foothold, putting aside his personal relationship with the Lin family's father and daughter, the most important reason must be that the border army of Huaizhou in Southern Qi is eager to get a boost.

Lu Shen didn't think much about it, and said bluntly: "No." ”

Lin Jie frowned slightly and said, "You don't have to think too much, the gang will not object to this." ”

Yin Hall Master Qi Lianfu bowed his head and said: "Brother Lu, now that we are all in the same boat, when it is time for us to lay down our lives, we will definitely not frown." ”

Lu Shen smiled gratefully, and then said, "Because of me, the princes of the Yan Kingdom Court will definitely not really trust the Seven Star Gang. Regardless of whether we send troops to the south or not, a large army must be left on the Dongyang Road of Yan Kingdom to garrison the front line of Fengqiu, which has already achieved the goal of Xiao Dudu. We won this battle heartily, but the number of troops was still too small, and there were only a few thousand people in total, and if it was damaged on the frontal battlefield, the foundation of the Seven Star Gang would be destroyed. ”

He said extremely sincerely, Lin Jie's expression gradually relaxed, and he nodded: "What you said also makes sense, so what should we do in your opinion?" ”

Lu Shen said calmly: "Accept Yan Guo's recruitment, but they are self-contained, and they are not allowed to put their hands in." On this basis, the master can knock on the bamboo pole of the Emperor of Yan as much as possible, whether it is an official position, grain or grass, but whatever we can use, we must not be soft-hearted and thin-faced, and we can ask for as much as we can. ”

"Can it still be like this?" Dong Mian asked in surprise.

A look of pride appeared in Lu Shen's eyes, and he said with a smile: "More than 20,000 troops entered the mountain and were eaten by us, do you think they dare to come again?" It is unpredictable to win or lose in the open field outside, but in this vast mountain, how can the Yan army defeat us? Of course, if the Jing Dynasty is willing to give up the territory of the Zhao State that is about to be acquired, or if the tens of thousands of main forces stationed in Heluo City give up their control of the Yan Dynasty and come to the mountains to hide from us, then I will definitely not be so sure. ”

Ran Xuanzhi couldn't help but praise: "Brother Lu's vision is really different, although you are still young, but the height of looking at the situation is far better than our recklessness. ”

Lu Shen said humbly: "Brother Ran, the reason why I was able to make such a judgment is that we fought this battle beautifully, and the brothers were all fierce and fearless of death, and the first battle made a prestige, so that the monarchs and ministers of the Yan Dynasty did not dare to ignore it anymore. In the final analysis, in this troubled world, one's own strength is the most important confidence, without strength as the foundation, no matter how good the eloquence is, it will only make people laugh. ”

Everyone agreed.

Lin Jie looked at this radiant young man, a touch of complicated emotions floated in his eyes, and asked, "Then when are you going to leave for the south?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Xi's heart jumped violently.

As if he had a soul in his heart, Lu Shen turned his head to look at her, his eyes were full of tenderness, and he immediately saluted Lin Jie solemnly and said respectfully, "Master, I have a request. ”

For some reason, Lin Jie suddenly felt a little nervous, which was an extremely rare emotion for him, so he said: "You and I don't have to be so separated, just say it." ”

Lu Shen took a light breath and said firmly: "I have admired my senior sister for a long time, and I implore the master to marry my senior sister!" ”

The breeze was like mist, falling in Lin Xi's eyes, with a shallow layer of brilliance.

(End of chapter)