Zhao Ling was overjoyed. Although he became the governor of Xihai County, Liu Ziqiu also sent Daleng and a dozen people to him. But Daleng and those dozen people were not to help him, but to monitor him, even when he went to the toilet.
, there will always be people following him every step of the way. As for the various chores, they naturally fall on Zhao Ling's shoulders. Although Daleng and the others can speak Chinese, they don't even know a single big character, so how can they help him?
Well now, although this Lord He is not outstanding in appearance, he seems to be a scholar at least, and can at least share most of his chores. Moreover, with He Chou, Daleng and the others will relax their surveillance on him, and he will
I can gain some dignity.
He Chou saw this wretched guy staring at him and looked him up and down. He couldn't help but tighten his anus and said tremblingly: "Liu, Mr. Liu. I have an old mother, wife and children. If, if the emperor knew that I stayed here,
Xihai, I’m just, I’m afraid…”
Liu Ziqiu waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "He Chou, I really don't know how you rose to this position. You still haven't figured it out yet? Liu is helping you. Where is your family? Not in Longxi.
, but in Luoyang! What if Luoyang is taken over by Yang Xuangan?"
"Yes! Then wouldn't he threaten my family?" He Chou almost blurted out.
Liu Ziqiu stood up, walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "That's right. Your family is the safest if you stay in Xihai."
Liu Ziqiu couldn't do such a thing as taking other people's parents, wives, and children as hostages. He listened to Fan Lihua's worries and came up with these words to stabilize He Chou. Unexpectedly, it worked. He Chou had already lost his original intention.
He was arrogant and said dejectedly: "If you stay here, I will stay. It's just the emperor, no, Yu Wenhua and he promised to let you serve as the governor of Fufeng. Your Excellency..."
In the eyes of He Chou and others, the West Sea is desolate and barren, and cannot be compared with Fufeng County near the capital. Liu Ziqiu did not see the imperial edict. If he knew Yu Wenhuaji's promise, would he still insist on staying in the West Sea? Definitely not!
Liu Ziqiu agreed to Yu Wenhuaji, why didn't he want both parties to be different?
Sure enough, Liu Ziqiu seemed to be interested and asked: "Yu Wenhuaji will never make a wish for nothing, right? What conditions does he have?"
Yu Wenji's conditions were all written in the imperial edict, but Liu Ziqiu didn't read it, and He Chou had no choice.
He Chou sighed, bowed and said, "The condition is that I ask you to lead your troops to Fufeng and take up the post. In addition, you will also donate 5,000 good horses to the court."
Even He Chou didn't know that a big battle had just occurred in Fufeng the day before his departure. Yu Wenhua and his troops were defeated thousands of miles away, and Fufeng had been captured by Yang Xuangan. How could anyone sleep soundly beside the bed! Fufeng was tight
Linjingshi, this was the first place that Yang Xuangan wanted to capture. However, Yu Wenhuaji had his own plan and wrote a bad check to Liu Ziqiu. Once Liu Ziqiu leaves Xihai, he will lose his foundation. He must either work hard to regain Fufeng for him, or
There is no other way out than to rely on him.
Liu Ziqiu frowned and asked: "Liu led his troops to Fufeng, who will guard Xihai?"
He Chou said without hesitation: "Of course I'll give it up."
"Fart! Has the blood of tens of thousands of soldiers been shed in vain!" Although Liu Ziqiu didn't know Yu Wenhuaji's wishful thinking, it was absolutely impossible for him to abandon the West Sea. "Zhao Ling, go tell Lord He's followers and ask them to reply.
Yu Wenhuaji, if you want war horses, you can give me something in exchange! As for Fufeng Prefect, Liu is not interested."
"Wait!" Zhao Ling agreed, turned around and left, but was stopped by Liu Ziqiu again, saying, "Tell them again that He Chou was disrespectful to Liu and has been killed by Liu!"
He Chong understood the last sentence, it was Liu Ziqiu who was trying to deceive the few followers outside for his own benefit. He couldn't help but feel extremely grateful. He patted his chest and said, "Thank you so much, sir. I will never refuse if I have an assignment in the future! I dare to ask you to appoint me."
When people do great things, should they make some novel things?"
After all, this guy got here by flirting with others, and he still can't change his temper.
In fact, Liu Ziqiu really wanted to see what the Ruyi car was, but now he had more important things to do. He coughed dryly and asked, "He Chou, can you make iron?"
He Chou was about to please Liu Ziqiu when he hurriedly said: "This villain can not only smelt iron, but also smelt iron."
Iron is actually the steel of later generations, but the quality is much worse than steel.
But Liu Ziqiu still didn't dare to completely believe the words of a villain like He Chou. He nodded and said, "That's very good. There are still some things going on in the city. After you help Mr. Zhao with all kinds of chores, take the time to
All this pig iron should be smelted into iron."
He Chou naturally did not hesitate to ask him to do some strange and cunning things to please the superior. He Chou was reluctant to let him do menial work such as making iron and steel, but he was reluctant. Although he agreed with his words, He Chou disagreed in his heart and handed him over.
Said: "My lord, I still have something to report!"
This guy is indeed an expert at flattering others. In just a moment, he followed Zhao Ling, Ji Rentai and the others and called them Lord Liu Ziqiu.
Naturally, Liu Ziqiu would not take it seriously. He waved his hand and said, "Speak quickly if you have something to say. Don't hesitate."
"Yes, yes." He Chou nodded repeatedly and said, "When I left Longxi, I heard a news that Murong Fuyun was willing to send troops to help Yu Wenhuaji. But the specific situation is unknown to me."
The doubts in Liu Ziqiu's mind suddenly became clear. The news that he controlled Weiding City must have been passed on to Yu Wenhuaji by Murong Fuyun, and some kind of deal must have been reached between them. Yu Wenhuaji transferred himself away from Xihai under the guise of the emperor's order.
Murong Fuyun could regain control of Weiding City without spending a single soldier. It's funny that Yu Wenji wanted to borrow troops from Murong Fuyun, but he didn't know that Murong Fuyun was ambitious and the result of doing so would only be to attract wolves into the house.
After He Chou went out, Fan Lihua came out from behind the screen and said bitterly: "The emperor worked so hard to defeat Tuyuhun. I didn't expect that Yu Wenhuaji would give up here so easily. It's really chilling! Mr. Liu, you have
What’s your plan?”
The western expedition to Tuyuhun was Yang Guang's important military achievement. Although Fan Lihua didn't quite understand the significance of this war, as Yang Guang's personal guard, she instinctively wanted to protect Yang Guang's achievements. Liu Ziqiu treated this matter in the following way:
Fan Lihua was very surprised by her attitude, and she changed her title unknowingly.
Liu Ziqiu could already feel Murong Fuyun's determination to retake Weiding City and regain control of the West Sea, but he was not afraid and said firmly: "The soldiers will block it, the water will cover it, and Liu will never let the Xianbei people succeed!"
Fan Lihua shook her head and said, "Actually, there is a way. It's probably not too late to do it now."
Liu Ziqiu quickly asked: "What can I do?"
"Use the trick!" Fan Lihua pointed outside and said, "Master Liu can pretend to agree to Yuwen Huaji's request and temporarily give up Weiding City to the Xianbei people, but then plant fire starters in the city and hide hundreds of people who dare to die.
, a big fire can determine the outcome! But we have to be quick, we must stop He Chou’s followers, and we can’t let them spread the news!”
Fan Lihua is the daughter of a military household. She has not only practiced martial arts since she was a child, but also often listened to her father telling stories about the military. Although she has not read military books, over time, she has learned a little bit about marching formations, military tactics, and tactics.
Second, sometimes you can even come up with your own unique insights.
Liu Ziqiu nodded and said: "Liu understands, Miss Fan asked Liu to learn the story of Zhuge Liang setting fire to the new country."
"Zhuge Liang set fire to Xinye?" Fan Lihua said in surprise, "Why have I never heard of such a thing?"
"No? Maybe I remembered it wrong." Liu Ziqiu laughed, covering up his embarrassment. He changed the subject and said, "Miss Fan's suggestion is indeed a good idea. However, Liu cannot do this.
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Regarding the historical knowledge of the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Ziqiu obtained most of it from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a novel, and the novel will contain a lot of fictional elements. It is very likely that the story of the Burning of the New Country did not happen in history.
However, this gave Liu Ziqiu a wake-up call. Not to mention Tumulu, Jiao Liyan and others, even the 6,200 Sui soldiers who voluntarily stayed in Xihai were mainly ordinary soldiers and middle- and lower-level officers.
.Most of them have never read military books. They can charge into battle easily, but they are blind when it comes to commanding operations. In a later era, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was used as a military textbook by some generals with peasant backgrounds. Those popular
The easy-to-understand war story can be applied in actual combat. Liu Ziqiu has already made a preliminary plan to write a "pirated" version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to popularize military knowledge to his soldiers.
Of course Fan Lihua didn't know what Liu Ziqiu was thinking, but such a good idea could not be adopted. She was still unconvinced and asked, "Why?"
Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said: "The old and young of the Xihai tribe trust me and elect me as their leader. It is my responsibility to protect them and let them live a good life! With a city, it will be easier for the tribesmen to survive the long journey.
Bitter winter. Miss Fan, do you know how difficult it is to build a city here in the West Sea? This Weiding City probably took decades of hard work by the Xianbei people, how could Liu burn it down!"
Seeing Liu Ziqiu's firm tone, Fan Lihua stopped trying to persuade her and sighed and walked out of the study.
Outside the study, Ji Rentai and Daleng had disappeared. Only Wen Hao stood there and said with a smile: "Miss Fan, your body has not recovered yet, so let Wen take you back to rest."
Wen Hao is regarded as a brother by Liu Ziqiu, and of course he can enter and leave the government office at will. But now it is the time for the soldiers to do morning exercises. He should have appeared in the school grounds, but he should not have appeared here.
Of course Fan Lihua didn't know that this was Liu Ziqiu's deliberate arrangement, and said angrily: "You don't have to worry about where I go!"