A few days later, the meeting hall of Jiedu Mansion.

Zhu Xiu sat at the head of the throne, shaking the new chicken feather fan in his hand, frowning, and listened to Guan Tieshi's report on what he had seen in Yuanzhou.

Wei Hu, Song Shen and Wen Zhongping were sitting on both sides.

When Pei Jin learned that Mr.

"Li Guangyan wants me to trade my head for Yuanzhou Racecourse?" Zhu Xiu said in a high-pitched voice, "Have you figured it out? Is that person really Li Guangyan?"

Guan Tieshi smiled bitterly and said: "I figured it out, he is indeed Li Guangyan, the nephew of Li Yiyin, the military commander of the Dingnan Army, and the fifth son of Li Yijing, the defense commander of Yinzhou. He was nineteen years old and served as the general of Wuyuan Town. He served in the Dingnan Army.

It has the reputation of "Shenwei Taibao".

Li Yijing is the elder brother of Li Yiyin and the descendant of Li Sigong. Li Guangbo is Li Yijing’s fourth son, and Xue Xiuming’s wife Li is also Li Yijing’s daughter.”

"So, Xue Xiuming was rescued by his brother-in-law Li Guangyan? Li Guangyan sent troops to occupy Yuanzhou Racecourse and wanted to take my head?" Zhu Xiu frowned in the Chinese character "Sichuan".

Guan Tieshi said helplessly: "Li Guangyan did not attack Panyuan County. The Dingnan Army stationed troops in the northeastern highlands of Weirushui and took the grassland with a radius of dozens of miles as their own. Yuanzhou Racecourse is among them."

Zhu Xiu held her forehead and had a headache.

After all, the party members intervened, taking advantage of the deaths of Li Guangbo and the Li family to send troops to occupy the Wonju Racecourse, and also sheltered Xue Xiuming, a political fugitive from the Changyi Army.

Li Guangyan is not well-known in history, but he has an amazing and good son Li Jiqian.

Li Jiqian had an even more amazing grandson, Li Yuanhao.

Li Guangyan is Li Yuanhao's great-grandfather.

Li Jiqian was granted the title of King of Daxia and laid the foundation of the Xixia Dynasty.

Li Yuanhao officially broke with Zhao and Song, built an ancestral temple and established the foundation of the country, called himself the Emperor of Daxia and the founding king of Xixia, and named his grandfather Li Jiqian the Emperor Taizu of Xixia.

From the time Li Sigong led the army to conquer the country, until the destruction of the Xixia Dynasty, the Li regime existed in Hetao and Hexi for a total of nearly 350 years.

This party member is definitely a group of difficult and formidable opponents. The key is that there are constant talents within the family. Starting from Li Guangyan's generation, there are even more powerful people, and they have completely embarked on the road of independence and self-reliance.

Taking the blame and provoking the troublemaker, Zhu Xiu, a mute man, ate Coptis chinensis and could not express his sufferings.

In addition, after Xu Xingsi's death, the relationship with Wang Jun was completely severed.

Just as the domestic troubles of the Zhangyi Army were over, new foreign troubles arose.

"Alas~" Zhu Xiu patted his forehead and sighed as if he had a headache. Everyone in the hall was also silent.

The Dingnan Army and Wang Jun are much more difficult to deal with than Xue and Jiao Jixun.

"Ahem~"

A cough sounded outside the hall, and Shi Kuangwei hurried over with the help of Ma Qing on crutches.

"Handsome man!~"

Everyone stood up and bowed, and Zhu Xiu quickly stepped forward to greet him, and helped Shi Kuangwei to the main seat and sat down.

Shi Kuangwei looked sulky and banged his cane on the ground: "What is going on at Yuanzhou Racecourse?"

Just when Zhu Xiugang was about to explain, Shi Kuangwei pointed at Guan Tieshi and said, "Say it!"

Guan Tieshi did not dare to hide anything and told the truth honestly.

"Too much bullying! How unreasonable!" Shi Kuangwei was furious, stood up angrily, waving his crutches: "You dare to occupy our racecourse, bully me, and bully my rebel army! You, you guys, immediately...ahem...immediately

Prepare the troops and horses, I will personally lead the troops to Yuanzhou~~"

Shi Kuangwei wheezed and coughed, his face turned red and his neck became thick.

The Yuanzhou Racecourse was his hard work, and it fell into the hands of the party members in vain, just like a knife cutting out his heart.

Zhu Xiu persuaded with a wry smile: "The Dangxiang people have coveted Yuanzhou's unique pasture for a long time. This time, it will be difficult for them to find an excuse to send troops south. It will be difficult to drive them away. This matter must be considered in the long run and cannot be opened lightly.

War ends."

Wei Hu clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "The Dingnan Army has many generals and has accumulated strong strength for many years. The civil strife in the Changyi Army has just subsided, and the commander-in-chief has not recovered from his injuries. We must not break up with the Dingnan Army at this time."

Song Shen and others also tried to persuade him, because they were worried that Shi Kuangwei would get angry and fight against Dingnan's army.

Shi Kuangwei scolded angrily: "Listen to me, the Zhangyi Army has nothing to do to offend the Mingnan Army. This time, the party thieves cleverly set up a name and went south to invade our Yuanzhou Racecourse. It is because of their wild ambitions!"

Don’t believe any of the excuses and reasons they say, and no rumors are allowed in the Changyi Army. If anyone dares to speak well of the Dingnan Army, I will never spare him!"

Everyone was awe-inspiring and agreed in unison.

Zhu Xiu opened her mouth to say something, but Shi Kuangwei calmly shook his head slightly.

Zhu Xiu smiled bitterly, feeling warm in his heart. Lao Shi said these words to protect him!

The Dingnan Army used the excuse that Zhu Xiu killed Li Guangbo and wanted to avenge the Li clan, and sent troops to invade the south, threatening to exchange Zhu Xiu's population for the Yuanzhou Racecourse.

If someone takes the opportunity to spread rumors and cause trouble, it will be a big blow to Zhu Xiu's reputation and the stability of the Changyi Army.

Lao Shi came angrily and scolded the troops in public. In fact, he did not really want to send troops to recapture the racecourse, but to express his attitude to prevent Zhu Xiu from being criticized.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Shi Kuangwei said with a dark face: "Okay, that's all I have to say, you can continue the discussion. Cheer up, don't think that you can sit back and relax after annihilating the Xue family. There are heads in all directions.

A hungry wolf, if you are not careful, will be bitten off a piece of meat. If you want to avoid being bitten, you must first be strong.

You work as errands in the Changyi Army and eat the food grown by the people of Changyi. You must also understand the principle of prosperity and loss. I won’t say much about other people. Just follow the example of so-and-so, eat hard, calm the people, strengthen the army, diversify food, and do more.

Money, whatever the Dingnan Army puts into their mouths, I must make them spit it out even with the meat and bones!"

"I will obey the Commander-in-Chief's order!" Everyone responded loudly.

After Lao Shi spoke impassionedly, he slowly left with the support of Ma Qing.

Zhu Xiu looked at his back and grinned.

Three generations of the Shi family have been running the Changyi Army for many years, and Shi Kuangwei's prestige is far beyond what he can compare to now.

With Lao Shi's words, the criticism from Changyi soldiers and civilians about the occupation of Wonju Racecourse will be reduced a lot.

Everyone returned to their places, and Zhu Xiudao said: "The secretary in charge, Wen Zhongping, wrote a memorial to report the matter to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to uphold justice."

Wen Zhongping hesitated and said: "The imperial court may not take care of this matter. Even if it does, I'm afraid the army will not pay attention."

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's just a show to show to the Dangxiang people, and it's also to appease the military and civilians. If we don't react at all, the Dangxiang people will feel strange."

Wen Zhongping nodded silently and accepted the order.

Guan Tieshi said: "What should we do with the racecourse? Including the more than 200 ponies produced in the spring, a total of nearly a thousand horses will fall into the hands of the Dingnan Army."

Zhu Xiu said calmly: "Let the Dangxiang people be proud for a while first, wait until the land is cleared, the salt factory production is stable, and the spring plowing is completed. Then we can slowly settle the accounts."

Everyone looked at each other in silence, not knowing what Zhu Xiu would do. The Dingnan Army was no better than the Xue family rebels, and with the current strength of the Zhangyi Army, there was indeed nothing they could do.

After discussing for a while the matters related to clearing the land and allocating civilians to build water conservancy projects, Song Shen, Wen Zhongping and others left first.

Wei Hu stayed and said apologetically: "Xue Xiuliang took the risk and took Xu Xingsi thought to escape. I was careless and unprepared, and Xu Xingsi died in Xue Xiuliang's hands. The two of them fell into the river and died. I mishandled this matter and should be punished.

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Zhu Xiu said hurriedly: "Brother Wei said something serious. Xu Xingsi should have died, but he was worried about the support of Wang Jun behind him, so he wanted to detain him so that he could make peace with Wang Jun. Now that he is dead, we have no choice but to use the soldiers to cover up the water and the earth."

Wei Hu said in a deep voice: "The handsome master has entrusted the Zhang Yi Army to you. If you have any ideas, just do it. I will give my full support! If you need me to do anything, just give me your orders. No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Brother Wei. You just came back. Have a good rest for a few days. I will discuss other matters with you again."

Wei Hu nodded, said goodbye and strode out of the front hall.

Zhu Xiu watched him go away, the relaxed look on her face disappearing little by little, replaced by a solemn look.

Others don't know Wang Jun, but Zhu Xiu knows this man's energy.

Being hated by Wang Jun is definitely something that needs to be dealt with carefully.

"Oh, it's a mess! It's such a mess! It's really hard to be a family member!~"

Zhu Xiu shook his head and hurried back to the official room with his hands behind his back and a sad look on his face.

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Two days later, when Ma Qing carefully opened the door with a bowl of hot ginseng soup, he was really shocked to find Zhu Xiu lying behind the desk, staring straight at him with a pair of red eyes.

"Young officer, you've already stayed up for two nights, so you have to take care of yourself!" Ma Qing's face was filled with distress.

Zhu Xiu took the bowl and drank it while it was hot, then slumped on the chair with a sigh of relief.

In front of him, I saw several pieces of waste paper covered with handwriting, and two letters, one of which had been sealed with wax, and the other was not yet sealed.

Zhu Xiu stayed up for two full days to write the contents.

"Take it and keep it." Zhu Xiu threw the two letters to Ma Qing.

"This is not sealed, little man...can you see it?" Ma Qing asked in a low voice.

"Look!" Zhu Xiu waved his hand indifferently.

Ma Qing took out the letter paper and unfolded it. There were several vigorous handwritings at the beginning: Call on the traitor Li Shouzhen!

Cold sweat broke out on Ma Qing's forehead. It turned out to be a letter of apology, and the object of condemnation was the famous Li Shouzhen!

"This... this..." The more Ma Qing read, the more frightened he became. Even though he had no literary talent, he was shocked by this sonorous and powerful statement, with every word carefully spoken!

Ma Qing did not understand most of the content, but what he could understand could be summed up in one sentence: We, Zhang Yijun, and the traitor Li Shouzhen are at odds with each other!
To be continued...