Li Jingda secretly harbored great wishes, and was naturally willing to endure for the time being, and especially respected Lu Shen's opinions when arranging the detailed affairs of various departments of the Dingzhou Army, and issued military orders one after another.

Song Shifei led the Feiyun Army to guard the northern Fengqiu line, and the main force was stationed at the southern end of Dingfeng Road.

Chen Chun, the assassin of Dingzhou, recruited the people to repair and strengthen the military city pass where the Feiyun Army was stationed, as a barrier to the north of Dingzhou.

Song Shifei has been brave and good at fighting on the battlefield for a long time, and the Feiyun Army under his command is strong and determined, which is enough to protect the safety of Dingfeng Dao, and the northeast is Baotai Mountain, and the Seven Star Army can support at any time, even if the main force of the Jing Army suddenly goes south, they can also create a certain amount of reaction time for the rear.

Duan Zuozhang led the An army to sit in Qingliuguan and Fengfu in the rear, and held the strategic point west of Dingzhou.

With his usual calm and heavy style of employing troops, Qingliuguan will inevitably become the town mountain stone in the west of Dingzhou.

Liu Jiangdong was transferred to the command of the Ningyuan Army, and this infantry army was composed of more than 3,000 infantry soldiers of the Ruishi Battalion and the Panlong Army, and the remaining places would be filled by recruiting new recruits from all over Huaizhou.

Because of his contribution to the Northern Expedition, Captain Bao An was naturally promoted to the deputy commander of the Ningyuan Army and served as Liu Jiangdong's deputy.

In addition to Bao An, the generals at all levels of the original Ruishi Battalion have been promoted, but more than ten of them were transferred by Lu Shen and went north into Baotai Mountain.

The Ningyuan army was in urgent need of drills to form combat strength, so their garrison was located in Changhuan City, southeast of Fengqiu, according to the drill code compiled by Lu Shen, on the one hand, they consulted the Feiyun Army to make progress, and on the other hand, they often entered Baotai Mountain to carry out arduous training.

What really gave Lu Shen a headache was the Dingbei Army, which currently had only more than 4,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of horses.

The cavalry is completely different from the infantry army, the latter does not have such high requirements for non-commissioned soldiers, and in general, as long as the body is healthy and the brain is normal, after a period of practice, it can gradually enter the state.

Cavalry requires not only skilled combat skills, but also superb horsemanship.

The reason why Jinglian iron cavalry dominates the world is because the vast majority of Jinglian men have grown up on horseback since childhood, and everyone is good at riding and archery, and then the best of the best are selected to form cavalry.

Xiao Wangzhi couldn't help this, the cavalry of the Ruishi Battalion had already hollowed out his family foundation, even though he allowed Lu Shen to select soldiers in various armies in Huaizhou, but there were very few excellent cavalry seedlings.

In the end, Lu Shen could only adopt the method of slowly drawing up, and temporarily gave the northern army enough 8,000 cavalry.

This cavalry was stationed in Ningling City, to the northwest it could support Fengfu City and Qingliu Pass, and to the southwest it could cooperate with the Huaizhou Panlong Army to insert diagonally to the back of the North Yan Moyang Road.

The Zhenwei army brought by Li Jingda was stationed in Ruyin City, as for the Fengfu Army of the Sixth Army formed by the Son of Heaven under the order of the Dingzhou Governor's Office, Lu Shen did not interfere much, after all, Li Jingda was the governor of Dingzhou, he was not good at doing too much, and his energy was mainly focused on the two armies of Dingbei and Ningyuan.

The Huaizhou Governor's Mansion has also undergone considerable changes.

Because Dingzhou blocked the enemy in the north, the only place in Huaizhou that bordered Yan was Panlong Pass, which only needed more than 10,000 soldiers to be foolproof.

With the transfer of the Feiyun Army and the Lai'an Army to the Dingzhou Governor's Mansion, Xiao Wangzhi only had the Seventh Army left in his hands, of which the five armies of Zhenbei, Panlong, Taixing, Guangling and Pingshan that would be stationed in Huaizhou.

The Son of Heaven and the Privy Council seem to have forgotten the current situation of the weakened forces under Xiao Wangzhi, and did not mention the establishment of new troops to fill the vacancies in the Feiyun and Lai'an armies.

Li Jingda naturally did not speak up for Xiao Wangzhi's righteousness, on the contrary, he very much hoped that Xiao Wangzhi could return to Huaizhou as soon as possible, otherwise he, the governor of Dingzhou, would have no fun doing it.

As for Lu Shen, Li Jingda was mentally prepared to continue to swallow his anger, but he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to summon the holy decree to come so timely.

When the various units of the Dingzhou Army were generally stabilized, an angel came to Ruyin City under the protection of dozens of forbidden troops and read out the holy decree to summon Lu Shen to report on his duties in Beijing.

The next day, south of Ruyin City.

Li Jingda was originally full of reluctance, so he almost held Lu Shen's arm and choked speechlessly, but when he saw hundreds of carts on the official road and the 2,000 Dingbei cavalry with a well-groomed army, as well as the 5,000 sharp soldiers of the Zhenbei Army led by Pei Di himself, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Lu Hou, this is?" ”

Lu Shen smiled and said: "Governor Dadu, this is the spoils of war captured by our army in Heluo City before, and according to Your Majesty's will, a part of the Huaizhou Army and the Jingzhou Army has been distributed, and the rest will naturally be taken to the capital and handed over to Your Majesty." ”

Booty......

Li Jingda swallowed his saliva silently, but he didn't dare to covet the things on those big cars if he gave him ten dares.

Xiao Wangzhi said to Lu Shen: "Actually, it will not be a problem for you to take two thousand cavalry through Huaizhou, but I think it is better to be careful, Pei Di will lead the troops to escort you to the bank of the Hengjiang River, and Chen Lanyu and the Beijing army will be waiting for you on the south bank at that time." ”

"Thank you for your attention."

Lu Shen bowed his hand, and then said: "Governor Li, the last general has a few words to say before leaving, and the Governor of Dadu listens to him in vain. ”

Li Jingda retracted his gaze and said, "Lu Hou, please speak." ”

Lu Shen glanced at the clear sky in the north and said in a deep voice: "The Jing army will not take the liberty of provoking a big war in a short time, but Qing Yugong will definitely find an opportunity to test his skills, one is to boost the morale of the Jing army, and the other is to weaken the strength of our army." If the enemy army provokes on the border, please be patient for the time being, as long as you hold the Dingfeng Road and Qingliu Pass, you will not fall into a disadvantage. ”

Li Jingda bowed his head and said: "Lu Hou is reasonable. Don't worry, I will definitely deal with it calmly, and with Grandpa Guo sitting in the rear of Dingzhou, Huaizhou Tiger Ben can go north to help at any time, I believe that Jing Jun will not act rashly. ”

Lu Shen smiled faintly, knowing that most of this person didn't listen, so he looked at Xiao Wangzhi with deep meaning.

The two looked at each other, and Lu Shen was really relieved, so he saluted and said goodbye to the two governors and the civil and military officials who came to see each other off.

It is a day, the wind and the scenery are bright, and the world is peaceful.

……

Thousands of miles away, the capital Yongjia.

In a nondescript mansion in Beicheng, several people sat around in the dark room.

A middle-aged man tasted the fragrant tea in his cup unhurriedly, and said leisurely: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has sent an angel to Dingzhou to deliver the decree, and Lu Shen will estimate that he should set off for the south." ”

His white face and short beard, and his eyes were shining, and he was the secretary of the military department.

The man sitting across from him said lightly: "The person who came is not good." ”

This man has a slender face and slightly hanging eyebrows, and he looks a little different in the Great Qi court, which is very particular about the "judgment of officials".

He is Qi Weili, the young secretary of Dali Temple.

Ding Hui couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "Why not? At the beginning, this son was just a lieutenant of the Governor's Office, so he dared to let Li Sanlang not come to the stage in public, and even dared to have a hard top with the third prince, but His Majesty favored him and didn't let him suffer a loss, so he left the capital with all his beards and tails. Now he is even more remarkable, the marquis in his early twenties and the commander of the Dingzhou cavalry, holding in his hands military exploits that many people cannot achieve in a lifetime. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but smack his tongue and said: "Hey, don't look at him out of the army, after he returns to Beijing, I'm afraid few people will dare to mess with him." ”

Another official sitting on the south side smiled and said, "You are a dignified military secretary, can't you handle a young junior?" ”

This person's name is Pei Fangyuan, and he is the official residence of the country.

Ding Hui laughed at himself: "It's okay if others don't know, don't you know that I, the secretary of the military department, am just a logistics director?" Guo Congyi, Wang Yan, Liu Shouguang, Xiao Wangzhi, Li Tianrun, etc., who is not arrogant in front of me? Even Lu Shen, a young junior, won't take me seriously, after all, I can't control him. ”

"Just because you can't manage it now doesn't mean you won't be able to manage it in the future."

A peaceful voice rang out in the shadows north of the square table.

Ding Huideng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Master Cheng's auspicious words, when that day comes, Xiaguan will definitely make those martial artists look good." ”

In the shadows, there was a middle-aged man with an elegant temperament, obviously he was just a servant of the Criminal Department, and Ding Hui, who was a scholar, called himself a subordinate in front of him, while the other two were not the slightest surprised by this, and seemed to be accustomed to it.

Li Shizhi, the waiter of the Criminal Department, put down the teacup he had been holding in his hand and asked lightly: "What does it mean for Lu Shen to enter Beijing?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone put away their thoughts on gossip and sat upright.

Qi Weili said first: "Your Majesty should still have doubts about Lu Shen's life rumors, so he was not promoted to the governor of Dingzhou. This time, His Majesty summoned him to Beijing to report on his work, and His Majesty wanted to confirm his loyalty. ”

Li Shizhi was silent.

Pei Fangyuan added: "There may be another possibility, Your Majesty originally planned to let Chen Lanyu temporarily lead the Sixth Army of the Southern Ya, but Guo Congyi intervened and moved out of the more suitable candidate Hou Yu, the governor of Chengzhou. In this way, His Majesty is still unable to control Nanya for the time being, so he wants to take this step while landing Shen Gong is difficult to appreciate. ”

Ding Hui looked at Zuo Xiang's eldest son with deep meaning, the future head of the Jinlin Li family, and the next generation leader of the Jiangnan clan.

Li Shizhi's slender fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and said slowly: "Both of these possibilities are right." No matter what His Majesty thinks in his heart, for us, Lu Shen's re-entry into Beijing is a good opportunity. ”

Ding Hui's heart moved, and he said in a low voice: "The meaning of the adult is ......"

"There's no need to rush that, we'll have to figure it out."

Li Shizhi's tone was calm, an indescribable cold light appeared in his eyes, and he said faintly: "At present, it seems that the border army has gained momentum, and I believe that Xiao Wangzhi and Li Tianrun will not become the second pseudo-emperor Zhang Can, but the situation that is not acceptable to the center is top-heavy in the external powerhouse." Lu Shen came in time, and the muddy water in Beijing really needs a dose of fierce medicine to stir up the waves. ”

Li Shizhi looked around at everyone, and then said: "This young man is the most important medicine primer. ”

Ding Hui looked at his indifferent eyes, and said respectfully and fearfully, "Dare to ask my lord, what is the name of the prescription?" ”

Li Shizhi slowly took a long breath of turbidity, both a little reluctant and a little resolute: "When the prince enters Beijing, although the sky will not fall, it may fall. ”

Everyone was shocked, but with a bit of eagerness and excitement.

Li Shizhi stopped talking, and his eyes were as deep as the sea.

(End of chapter)