"What do you think of the current Shaodian Kingdom?" Ding Kui asked Qian Bu.

Qian Bu didn't answer immediately, narrowed his old eyes and thought, and after a while, he said: "Now that there is a rebellion in the kingdom, it will take some time to suppress it, and the imperial court has more regular troops and resources, and it can finally recover the whole country." ”

"Is that really the case? It is easy for the side that the people want to win the final victory, but what is most difficult to grasp in this world is the people's hearts. ”

Ding Kui's view is different from that of Qian Bu.

"However, for some people, the world has changed, and they have suddenly gone from being absolutely ruled to being able to influence the rulers. The Yang family won't talk about it, you see that Shaodianpi, who is in the position of the state pastor, turned out to be the rebels.

Many people in Xihai Prefecture probably have the same idea, and they find themselves seemingly able to decide who will be the king of the Shaodian Kingdom, and not only that, but as the rebels continue to rebel, more and more people will feel that they have a chance to change the kingdom. ”

"Young master, do you think you have this ability?" Qian Bu understood.

"That's right, for now, I at least have the ability to change some of the old irrationalities, and if I continue to grow, I have the ability to decide who will be the king of the Shaodian Kingdom. Ding Kui's voice was soft but domineering.

"But you are a place in Giant Sheep City to your left, and the Jiang family and the Long family may not necessarily stand on your side, how do you grow?"

"Didn't Le Pi send the opportunity to the door? Ding Kui grinned, his smile full of confidence.

"The subordinates are stupid. ”

"Le Pi's purpose is not to take Juyang City, the people behind him want to occupy Chunluwan Water Village, and even sit on Nanqiu County. Once the flames of war are ignited, the kingdom will inevitably be invaded by foreign enemies again, and if I do a great job in driving out foreign enemies, will my territory only be the Giant Sheep City?"

"There is a premise here, you must make a contribution that no one else can replace, and the highest rank of the nobles on the border can only be the earl. ”

Ding Kui stretched out his index finger and shook it, and said: "No, no, no, there will be exceptions to everything, didn't the Marquis of the Protector have no territory before, and now who has the final say in the Senate? As for whether I can make a great contribution, you can rest assured that I have a very powerful hole card, which cannot be replaced by others." ”

"Then you don't need a crossbow to deal with your own people this time?" Qian Bu couldn't figure it out, but decided to listen to Ding Kui.

"No, find Cao Guo to smuggle more bows and arrows back, my soldiers can use bows, and they can do it in defensive battles. ”

Cao Guo had just driven the army of the Yangyuan Prefecture Theater out of the border, and was cleaning up the looted mess, and he was holding a large number of bows and arrows in his hands, and taking out some of them for smuggling was tacitly approved by the above. Especially when it is sold to the remote place of Juyang City, if necessary, Cao Guo will even send a warship to escort it.

Juyang City announced several major news in a row, and tax cuts, city construction, and city wall demolition were all rare in the aristocratic territory.

Commercial tax is an important source of income for the aristocracy, and it is good if it is not increased in normal times, and few people have heard of it and will take the initiative to reduce it. This reason is also reasonable to celebrate the birth of the lord's first child.

It is even rarer to build a city in private territory, and it is common to say that it is common to build a small castle, but according to the recent actions of the city lord's mansion, the scale of Hengfu City is comparable to that of Juyang City, and it may even be a little larger, which has never happened on the ground of Nannuma Prefecture.

The idea of demolishing the city wall was proposed by Zheng Huan when he was there, and it has always been in Ding Kui's planning, which sounds a novelty to outsiders, and the locals have already prepared for it. Those who knew that Le Pi might have to do something to Giant Sheep City were shocked, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Ding Kui's gourd, and he still wanted Giant Sheep City.

No matter how outsiders guess, these three things are going on, and the most intuitive feeling is that the four city gates are gone, and the four infantry battalions are each responsible for one direction, and the security in the giant sheep city is better.

Jiang Li received Ding Kui's news and came over to ask what his younger brother meant, "I heard that the Beiguan Pavilion of my country wants to make trouble with Kui'er, what is the origin of that Le Pi?"

"The Beiguan Pavilion Marquis of their own country, well, Lejia was originally the pillar of their own country's military to defend the northern land, but as early as hundreds of years ago, they gradually withdrew from the military, where did they have the confidence to cross the swamp and attack the giant sheep city?" Jiang Xi has been in the General Staff for so many years, and he is also familiar with the military history of foreign countries.

"Ruo Kui'er's guess is true?"

"I don't rule out this possibility, but now that the rebels are making trouble, the 1st, 4th, 10th and 15th Army Corps have been transferred back to Zhenwangzhou, and the 13th and 22nd Army Corps have been transferred to Zhongwangzhou, and it is really a trouble for my country to fight Juyang City. ”

Jiang Xi's mind turned and found that the situation was not too good, and there was only one and a half legions left in Nannuma Prefecture to garrison.

"Is it necessary for the Seven Legions to defend Wangzhou?" Jiang Li didn't often inquire about the arrangements of the Commander's Mansion.

"Yes, I recently received news that Yinsha Island has formed a new first and new second corps, and the Yang family doesn't know who to jointly form the new third and new fourth corps, and the four rebel legions are advancing towards the fortress of Zangwu Mountain, and it is estimated that Yang Zhao is determined to take the big camp in the Western Sea Theater, and then threaten Zhenwangzhou. Jiang Xi shared some of the information of the Commander's Mansion.

"Hmph, why don't you let the Eighth Legion and the Ninth Legion go to the Hidden Fog Mountain together? What does Prince Regent mean?" Jiang Li's dissatisfaction was written on his face.

"This, it's inconvenient to ask about my identity, I'm afraid that the Prince Regent wants to follow the ruling ideas of the previous king. ”

Jiang Xi didn't say it clearly, the Eighth Legion used to be on the side of the eldest prince, that is, the rebel king Shaodian Yong's father, and Shaodian did not dare to use this army with an unknown attitude.

"If your country really does it, transfer the Eighth Army Corps, so as not to stay here and make people suspicious. ”

Jiang Li's position is very clear, helping Ding Kui is the most important thing, not to mention that his son is also in Giant Sheep City.

"It's so far, it's better to transfer the Anguo Army and let the Eighth Army go to Zhongwangzhou, and the Jiang family will not be suspected above. Jiang Xi smiled helplessly, the mobilization of legion-level troops requires Shaodian Zhang's approval.

"Old man, second master, the general secretary of the General Staff Department asks to see you. Jiang Nai came to report.

"Let him in. Jiang Xi's face changed slightly, Yuan Shushu is the one who deals with important military information, and there must be an emergency military situation when he comes to the house at this time.

Sure enough, something happened in Zhongwangzhou.

Zhai Yu led the original 11th Army Corps from Pingxiang County and raided Wangzhou County, and the 1st Army of Zhongwangzhou, which had just completed the reconstruction, was broken up and fled back to Zhennan City in a hurry.

"This local legion in Zhongwangzhou is really unreliable!" Jiang Xi did not let Jiang Li avoid it, after all, Jiang Li is the nominal commander of the Anguo Army, and the Anguo Army is now in Zhongwangzhou.

"The 13th and 22nd Army Corps did not rush to the front line so quickly, and now only the 2nd Army Corps of Zhongwangzhou, the Anguo Army and half of the 21st Army Corps remain, and many places have to be defended, and it is impossible to move the Anguo Army now. Jiang Xi was annoyed that his idea had been overturned.

"If the rebels dare to make a move in Zhongwangzhou, there should be more than one eleventh legion. Jiang Li looked at the yuan document and still had something to say.

"Yes, there is a speculation of Commander Yu Wei in the military intelligence sent by Zhongwangzhou, he found that there are many troops under the banner of the original Eleventh Legion, and he suspects that the rebels have troops pretending to be the Eleventh Legion to confuse us. Yuan Shu hurriedly added.

"That's it!" Jiang Xi clenched his fists, "Yu Wei is calm and sophisticated, he shouldn't guess wildly, if the first army of Zhongwangzhou is attacked by two army groups, then it is reasonable to be defeated in a short time." I'm going to the General Staff. ”

"Go, let the Eighth Legion go south, there are more troops in the imperial court but there are also more places to defend, you can't let an elite legion stay and do nothing. Jiang Li reminded his younger brother repeatedly.

When the news of the rebels' attack in Zhongwangzhou reached Jinyun City, Mu Ji lay on the map and looked at it for a long time.

"Pingxiang County, Wangzhou County, Feilu Mountain, Hailin Prefecture. Okay, isn't this trying to copy my back path?" his finger moved across the map, and finally clicked on Jinyun City.

"There are large armies gathered in Zhongwangzhou, and Zhennan City is even easier to defend and difficult to attack, and none of the Jiang family, the Long family, the Xun family, and the Gongsun family are easy to deal with, and it is impossible for the rebels to occupy Zhongwangzhou. Well, yes, their purpose must be to eat my Sixteenth Legion!"

"No, I can't stay here anymore, the state pastor is dead, the ruling power is in my hands, and I don't die Hailin Prefecture is in the hands of the imperial court, and it must be evacuated. ”

Mu Ji has been struggling with whether to defend the state city recently, in his opinion, the state pastor is no longer there, the state city will lose its strategic significance, rather than stubbornly defending one place, it is better to let his troops move to find fighters, and waiting for opportunities to destroy the enemy in the movement war is his usual means.

"Someone, order the whole army to prepare for the pull. The raid of the Eleventh Legion prompted him to make up his mind to abandon Jinyun City.

"Alas, the fight has started, and it is difficult for Zhongwangzhou to calm down. Ding Kui sighed.

"Xiao Zhong, is there a way to establish a connection with the old mansion? Hasn't the Jiang family already opened the way to Juyang City, can you make use of it?" He received the news two days later than the capital, and it was still from He Cripple.

"The fastest message transmission is still the magic communication array, and our letter eagle can't fly the communication array, so we have to rely on the communication array if we want to be fast. ”

If the old mansion has important information, it will definitely go to the Pingzhong County Magic Guild and send it to Giant Sheep City through the magic transmission array, but the cost of doing so is too high, and it is impossible for ordinary news to be transmitted like this.

"I don't know what to say about you, the news of Zhongwangzhou is very important now. In this way, all the information in Zhongwangzhou will be handed over to the old mansion for the first time, and it will be up to him to decide which ones need to be summoned immediately and which ones will be handed over to the caravan to bring over. "Ding Kui can't ask too much of Ding Zhong.

Sometimes experience is needed in handling intelligence, and it is impossible to learn from it, and it is safer to leave the situation in Zhongwangzhou to the whole world to judge.

"Hasn't there been any news from your own country? hasn't Fabian opened up the situation yet?"