When everyone heard such a voice, no one dared to slack off, and Lord Liu also walked out of the room with a blank face. The person who came was the post man of Hecheng Station, Xiao Lie stepped forward to greet him cordially and warmly: "Who should I be, it turned out to be you, why are you still on the errand of reading the holy decree?"

Yi Cheng replied, "I received the order early this morning, and I came after you returned to the Duwei Mansion from Chongshan. Lord Xiao, let's take the holy decree first, and then it's not too late to say, you also know that if this matter is delayed, I will lose my head. ”

After everyone arrived, they knelt down in front of the post according to the size of the official position, the post man had a serious face and a solemn demeanor, and began to read the holy decree word by word: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, there are Ningxia barbarians who have invaded my territory, and people with lofty ideals across the country have rushed to the frontier. Reading the special form of the Kanto Province, so there is no need to follow the generals of the army, only a small flag officer can lead it, all the generals and the remaining officers and soldiers of the Kanto Province still need to properly govern the place, there must be no mistakes, please do this!"

This holy decree hit everyone's hearts like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the town of Liao Duwei only had less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and at this time nearly half of the troops were withdrawn, and they were stationed in the cities, and the troops were even more dispersed.

"The ministers received the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Lord Liu saw that everyone present was full of questions, and Xiao Lie was even more eager to talk, and everyone completely forgot about the etiquette. Master Liu had no choice but to raise his voice to remind them. Everyone reacted to Lord Liu's reminder, kowtowed to Shangjiu, and took the holy decree. Lord Liu asked Yi Cheng to return to the post station, called everyone to the living room, and said before others asked, "Cedar and Xiao Lie, do you two know what this holy decree is about?"

Xiao Lie replied: "How do we know where to go, I still want to ask you, Long Live Lord made such a decision, why didn't your old man tell us in advance?"

Lord Liu said helplessly: "It's not that I don't say it, but I have already reminded you that the squire of the military department will definitely not let you go, this is his first move, and there may be a second and third move after that." I didn't expect him to move so fast. ”

Yin Xuesong asked: "No, it will take less than two days for the three of us to return to Hecheng, this holy decree is hundreds of miles away, even if Lord Qin, the squire of the military department, wants to deal with us, it won't be so fast?"

"No wonder you don't know, after all, you've only just entered the court. There are several goshawks in the middle of the court that are specially used for emergency information, and these goshawks can fly 500 miles a day, which is amazingly fast, and it is not surprising that this holy decree can reach here at this time. Master Liu explained.

Xiao Lie pulled Lord Liu's arm in a panic: "20,000 soldiers and horses, Lord Liu, you have to think of a way, if these 20,000 soldiers and horses are all driven to the capital according to the holy decree, there will be less than 30,000 troops left in our hands." Moreover, each of the thirteen cities must be arranged to guard the town and Liao, and the previous troops are barely enough, if they do this, each place can only be divided into more than 2,500 people, which is completely insufficient. ”

Lord Liu was also very helpless, and sighed and said to Xiao Lie: "If there is no such holy decree, I can still fight on the basis of reason when I return to Beijing now, but now that the holy decree has arrived, if you do not obey the holy will, it is a disobedience to the decree, and you will be killed." ”

Xiao Lie sat back in his seat disappointed: "I know that it was a traitor who designed to frame him, but I can't make His Majesty the Emperor change his mind, this is really no place to reason." ”

Yin Xuesong comforted on the side: "You don't have to be so frustrated, isn't Lord Liu here with us, he must have a way to help us save the situation." ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Lord Liu, who held the teacup in his hand, thought for a moment and said to them, "There is only one way now. Hearing Lord Liu say that there is a way, everyone's hearts were raised, and they waited with bated breath for Lord Liu to continue, Lord Liu paused and continued: "At present, we must follow the holy will, but there are still loopholes to drill, and the holy decree does not say that 20,000 soldiers must be young and strong, so we can drill this loophole." The old and weak soldiers and soldiers over the age of thirty were selected from the barracks, and these were not enough 20,000 men, and the able-bodied soldiers were replenished into them. As for the problem of insufficient troops, Hecheng can temporarily not place so many guards in Zhenliao, there are enough 500 people, and it can be pushed as it pleases, and those with more people in the city will be sent less, and more people will be increased in important places, and troops and horses will be recruited anytime and anywhere. In fact, this can also be regarded as a good thing, after the imperial court recruited these old and weak soldiers and middle-aged and older soldiers, the rest of the Zhenliao capital guards were all excellent, strong and high-combat soldiers, which also greatly increased the ability to defend and attack. The ancients said that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, which is quite reasonable. ”

"Isn't there any other way to do it than this trick?" Yin Xuesong finally confirmed.

"Yes, there is only one way to do it, there is no other way to think of it. If His Majesty the Emperor pursues this matter, I will have a reason not to be particularly passive. Lord Liu replied affirmatively: "You guys go and arrange it now, I will go to the yamen of Jinyiwei and explain a few words to Nangong Junzhe, I planned to find him last time, but it was delayed." I'll just go on my own, and none of you will have to follow me. After speaking, Lord Liu left. Yin Xuesong and Xiao Lie had no choice but to arrange according to Lord Liu's words. Xiao Lie called Zuo Tianming over: "You go back to the monitoring site in Xiaoyaozhuang now, I am too worried about the withdrawal of so many troops." We will send you the allocated forces as soon as possible, and remember to notify us as soon as possible, no matter whether their movements are small or large. Before that, you send Miss Fang back to Peacock Ridge. Zuo Tianming agreed and did what he was told.

Lord Liu came to Nangong Junzhe's mansion alone, and Nangong Junzhe said enthusiastically: "If you have any instructions, Lord Liu, let others inform me, I will go over to see you, how can I trouble you to come to my place in person." ”

"I'm also idle, I just want to walk around by myself, passing by the door of your mansion and remembering, there was one thing I didn't tell you last time, just caught up today, and I came in. Lord Liu was invited to his study by Nangong Junzhe. After closing the door, Nangong Junzhe asked, "Lord Liu came to my mansion in person, there must be some confidential and important matter for me to do, right?"

Lord Liu replied with a smile: "You are quite smart, you are worthy of being an official in the previous dynasty, and I am here today to convey the message of His Majesty the Emperor." Nangong Junzhe knelt down in front of Lord Liu and bowed his head and waited, Lord Liu picked him up and said to him with a kind face: "You don't need to kneel down in the oral, as long as you can remember it." ”

"Then please ask Lord Liu to convey His Majesty's message to the Emperor. ”

"The last time I came, Lord Banzai instructed me to tell you about this so that you could be prepared. What the Lord said is that if one day all the personnel of Zhenliao Duwei become a rebel, you Jinyi Wei will have to perform the duties of the pro-guard army. No matter what kind of food and clothing they promise you, you must always remember that you are a soldier, and the most hated thing by a soldier is a traitor. ”

Nangong Junzhe knelt down again: "My lord, I don't know why the Long Live Lord thinks so, but I dare to use my life to guarantee that Yin Xuesong and Xiao Lie will never have the heart to rebel." ”

"How can you be so sure they won't have anything else in mind in the face of such a huge power?"

"Lord Liu, you have also seen after you came to Hecheng, everything the two of them have done is to protect the comfort and interests of the people, and they will take out all their monthly money to help the poor, I dare to say that, Hecheng is the place with the least beggars under the governance of the two of them. Coupled with the recent events, if they only had a little bit of this kind of thought, they would not touch the trouble of Bai Xuan. ”

"Long live the Lord is also a precaution, in fact, if it really comes to that time, no one can guarantee that you will join their team. Lord Liu said casually.

Nangong Junzhe said with great horror: "Please rest assured that His Majesty the Emperor and Lord Liu, if there is really such a day, I, Nangong Junzhe, will be infamous for being ungrateful, and I will not deviate from the imperial court." But I still say the same thing, Yin Xuesong and Xiao Lie will never take that step. ”

"Okay, get up, it's not a big deal, and it will depend on your cooperation in the future that the people can get real protection. Lord Liu took a sip of tea and continued: "Ah yes, I forgot to tell you, my side is not safe, I was placed a few eyeliner by Long Live Lord, if there is anything that can only be known by the two of us, you can give me a little code, I will understand what it means, just take the eyeliner away." ”

"Why did Lord Banzai plant eyeliner next to you? Could it be that even you are beginning to be suspicious or fearful?"

"It's not to that point yet, isn't this Yin Xuesong and Xiao Lie doing these two big things, one is Cui Sanshi, and the other is Hecheng's Bai Ride. Long Live Lord may not understand why the two of them are so bold, I am afraid that I suspect that I am supporting the two of them, so I will do this. This is a little secret between the two of us, not only the dictation of the Long Live Lord must be kept secret, but the conversation between the two of us today must also be kept secret, and not a word must be leaked. ”

"Don't worry, only the two of us know about this matter, and there will definitely be no third person who knows. Nangong Junzhe assured.

In Xiaoyao Village, Liao Wenshan said to Gu Lingfeng: "I was careless about the Dongying people last time, I didn't expect the Dongying people to be so vulnerable, and they didn't kill Xiao Lie. Didn't Lord Liu go to Hecheng again, this time the people I sent will definitely push Yin Xuesong and Xiao Lie into the abyss of hell. ”