After a short time, several powerful ministers of the Chu State were all present, and after Chen Xiong relayed Sikong Li's opinion, several people talked about it.

Li Mixian frowned and said: "I have no objection to this move, but who can do it, we are still short in the time to enter the court, and it needs to be decided by the two military gods and national teachers." ”

Sikong Li nodded and said: "This matter will have drawn up a list on the way back to Beijing, these people have served my Dachu for many years, are loyal, and can take on great responsibilities. After several major battles, although my Great Chu army has casualties, but also reabsorbed a lot of new forces, now the total strength of the Great Chu is about 700,000, roughly the same as the Liang State, except for the perennial guard of the capital of 100,000 soldiers and horses can not be transferred at will, the remaining 600,000 horses can be assigned to the other 11 cities according to the size of the city, before and after the battle line, although my Great Chu is subject to the territory, but because of this, the distance between the cities is not far, if there is a war, the neighboring cities can support in time, and there is no need for the army to travel long distances from the capital. As for this list, I would like to invite you colleagues to take a look at it. ”

Song Jinyang, as the oldest powerful minister among the rest of the people, took the roster and checked it carefully.

After a stick of incense, Song Jinyang returned the roster to Sikong Li, his brows stretched, originally thought that after Baili Jin transferred to the King of Chu, Sikong Li in order to prevent the military power from being divided, under the pretense of setting up twelve generals, in fact, he would secretly cultivate party henchmen to weaken the power of the old Yan State, but this roster was meritocracy, and Ma Gui, the old general of the Yan State, was also impressively listed, and was named the general of Changrong City, and did not arrange it in the forefront of the Hundred Divisions.

Song Jinyang arched his hand and said: "Originally, I thought that the military god's move was to vigorously cultivate henchmen, but now it seems that it is the younger brother who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”

Sikong pulled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "This general has led the military and government of Great Chu for many years, so why do you need to do more." Among these twelve people, there are veterans who have followed His Majesty for many years, and there are also some young generals who have just emerged, but whether in terms of personal strength or military leadership, they are worthy of this promotion. ”

After a few people finalized, Chen Xiong immediately issued an order, divided the list of twelve people on the city guard, and the rest of the high positions were vacant, for a time in the officialdom of Chu caused an uproar, the military general was proud, took office, the mansion of the twelve people was stepped through the threshold by the people of Daoxi, the twelve cities of Chu sang almost every night, and the fragrance of wine filled the city.

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However, it is said that Emperor Wu of Liang listened to the strategy of the emperor Qu Huaier, and after the surprise attack to destroy the Liao State, only Jiang Zongbao led 100,000 Jingzhou troops to clean up the battlefield of the Liao State, and after the famous general A Shan crossbow was killed in battle, the Liao army was disheartened, but no one was willing to surrender, and even many unarmed people were thrown into the battlefield, which shows the status of the A Shan crossbow in the hearts of the Liao people, but it is a pity that there were countless casualties under the charge of the Liang State Iron Cavalry, and there was no resistance.

Jianxi Village, a suburb of the south of the city, there is a village husband born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, originally not a native of the village, was seriously injured in the early years, drifted all the way down the river to this place, was rescued by the local villagers, the village chief Xie Bao not only asked someone to cure the person's injury, but also raised funds to help this person build a wooden house in the village for him to shelter, this strong man is also grateful, on weekdays to help Xie Bao and other villagers plant crops together, if they come to make trouble in neighboring villages, they are also strong men who lead the troublemakers to run away, Xie Bao and others are very grateful for this, The children in the village regard the strong man as a big hero, and many unmarried ladies in the boudoir also secretly promise this strong man.

This strong man is Ma Yunhua, the general of the Liang State who escaped death in the Battle of Feiyunjian eight years ago.

On that day, Cao Bo's army was almost wiped out, Ma Yunhua was hit by several arrows, desperately jumped off the warship, lurking in the water, originally planned to hide in the dark to ambush Ashan's crossbow, one life for another, to avenge the general, how to lose too much blood, finally survived until midnight, but could no longer support it, fell headlong, fortunately the life was hard enough, drifted along the river all the way to Jianxi Village, was rescued by the local villagers, and then luckily saved a life.

After that, although he wanted revenge, Ma Yunhua, who was weak and weak, had to settle down in Jianxi Village.

The village is located in a remote area, which could have been far away from the invasion of war, but with the fall of the Liao State and the entry of the Liang State, in order to expand the soldiers and horses, Jiang Zongbao ordered his soldiers to arrest the strong men everywhere in the territory of the Liao State.

On this day, Ma Yunhua sat alone by the stream, distracted alone, Xie Bao had nothing to do, so he walked to Ma Yunhua with two jars of crude soju, handed a jar of wine to the former, sat down by himself, and sighed: "Yunhua, the other young people have run away, why are you still staying in the village, you young people are different from me, an old man, let's run for your life quickly." ”

Because Jianxi Village is far away from the war all the year round, and the people are simple, Ma Yunhua told him by his real name.

I saw Ma Yunhua shook his head and said: "I am already a person who has walked through the Ghost Gate, I have walked too many roads in the early years, and now I am too lazy to run anymore, besides, Yunhua is not afraid of war." ”

Xie Bao sighed and said, "But people will die in battle!" ”

Ma Yunhua took a sip of the spicy throat-burning liquor and echoed: "Yes, fighting means death, but fighting now is to make the world peaceful and have fewer dead people in the future." ”

Xie Bao smiled bitterly: "Old man, I don't understand these ways, I only know, ordinary people, to put it bluntly, as long as they can live a good life, the crops are good, the children are filial, the meals can be full, you can sleep peacefully at night, and you can have some spare money to drink some wine, that is a good life, as for who the person on the dragon chair is and what his surname is, it is not something that the little old man can worry about." ”

The two sat for a while, and Xie Bao hesitated for a long time before asking, "Yunhua, you tell Xiao Lao'er, who are you?" ”

Ma Yunhua wondered: "Why does my husband ask this question?" It has been eight years since Ma Yunhua was rescued, and Xie Bao has never taken the initiative to ask where he came from.

Xie Bao smiled: "You are so heroic, you are definitely not a person, besides, when I rescued you that day, you were wearing battle armor and were seriously injured, if the old man guessed correctly, you should be a general." ”

Ma Yunhua's expression changed, and then he said with relief: "Don't blame the old man, Yunhua didn't mean to deceive, it's just that I have a special identity and live in a foreign land, so I have to be careful, but the old man's life-saving grace, Yunhua Ming's five feelings, will not be unfavorable to the old man and other villagers." To tell the truth, I Ma Yunhua was originally a Liang person, but he was the deputy general under Cao Bo, the general of Liang in the past, and the official was appointed as the general of Dingyuan. ”

Xie Bao slapped his thigh and looked excited: "Little Lao'er really didn't guess wrong!" ”

Ma Yunhua felt guilty for a while, hugged his fists and said: Yunhua is ashamed, and he has no shame to face the villagers again, thanks to the care of his uncle in the past eight years, he will say goodbye today. After speaking, he stood up abruptly, intending to leave Jianxi Village.

Unexpectedly, Xie Bao stopped him and said: "Xiao Lao'er didn't want to drive you away, no matter what nationality you are, it is a human life after all, otherwise Xiao Lao'er would not have saved you at that time, besides, after all these years of getting along, Xiao Lao'er knows that your nature is not bad, what about the Liang people, Xiao Lao'er only knows that you are Ma Yunhua from Jianxi Village." ”

Ma Yunhua's nose was sour, and he rubbed his glasses: "Thank you, uncle!" ”

At this moment, a child ran over in a panic and shouted, "The village chief's grandfather is not good! Officers and soldiers are coming to arrest people! ”