Zhang Xiaowu could not control himself and clenched the handle of the waist knife, and a fire suddenly arose in his heart. He suppressed his anger and emotions and took a deep breath.
Ji Yushang was so frightened that he quickly pressed his shoulders and urged: "General Zhang must not be impulsive, never be impulsive."
Zhang Xiaowu had blue veins on his hands and gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, Ambassador Ji, I am a soldier, not a reckless man."
Ji Yushi sighed, stuffed the imperial edict directly into Zhang Xiaowu's arms, and said: "I don't understand clearly the affairs of the imperial court. Why are meritorious ministers punished instead, and why villains are reused? But I can see clearly.
People's hearts, General Zhang is dedicated to the country, he is impartial and selfless, he saved tens of thousands of soldiers of the Qinglong Army in the northern part of the Great Wall, and drove away the dog barbarian army to protect our northern territory. His achievements are countless and cannot be slandered."
Zhang Xiaowu looked at the imperial edict, handed it back to the Imperial Envoy Ji, and said, "Please ask Mr. Ji to announce the edict in public."
"this……"
"It doesn't matter, I, the Ghost Guard, are the army of the Holy Han. I will be born as a Han and die as a Han ghost."
Ji Yushi then opened the imperial edict and said: "According to the emperor's edict, General Zhang Xiaowu of Saibei was busy with official duties during the period when he was in charge of military and civilian affairs in Saibei. In order to avoid civil trouble and sympathize with the heroes, he was specially ordered to serve as the commander of the Ghost Guard and abolished Saibei General.
The civil affairs of Northern Saibei will be entrusted to the Economic and Strategic Envoy of Northern Saibei. Candidates for the Economic and Strategic Envoy of Northern Saibei are waiting to be selected. During this period, Zhang Xiaowu will temporarily handle the civil affairs of Northern Saibei. I appreciate this."
"I accept the order and thank you for your kindness." Zhang Xiaowu was naturally very angry, but he endured it and calmly stepped forward to receive the order.
Ji Yushi pressed it and comforted him: "General Zhang, don't be angry. Outsiders will not interfere too much with you when they come to Saibei. Everyone knows that this wooden city exists because of you, and it is because of you that the territory of Saibei exists, so this
The economic envoy in Saibei is just a hard job, and no one is willing to come. As long as they don't come, Saibei will still be your territory."
"My territory?" Zhang Xiaowu sneered, "There is lack of water here and the land is thin. What do I want here? The entire Han people in northern Saibei are in Mucheng, and the total number of residents is only more than 40,000. Am I the king of the mountain here?"
Ji Yushi couldn't help laughing and said: "The imperial court also has this plan. For the empire, this northern part of the Great Wall is actually useless. It is just an extra area on the map. But it does not produce food, gold, silver, iron ore, or even
It is not suitable for use as a racecourse. Instead, it requires the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate salary and military rations every year, so the imperial envoys in the Imperial Study Room do not realize the purpose of Saibei - the only purpose is to provide a place of punishment for prisoners who will be exiled in the future."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Does the country actually view Saibei this way?"
Ji Yuzhi said: "Without the Crow Gold Granary, Saibei is nothing."
Zhang Xiaowu looked up to the sky and sighed, then he took the imperial edict with a contemptuous smile and said: "I would like to ask Lord Ji to take a rest for a while. Yijin is so nice to entertain Lord Ji."
"Master Ji, please." Wang Yijin took Yu Shi Ji and everyone to the side hall to rest.
Zhang Xiaowu then looked at everyone, and everyone looked at him helplessly. Everyone was silent, and the whole meeting hall was filled with a complicated atmosphere. No one spoke, and no one made any noise. Everyone was sitting in their respective seats, thinking in their hearts.
Mind your own thoughts.
Imperial decree's sudden attitude had a great impact on the ghost guards.
After a long time, Zhang Xiaowu slapped the table and said: "The imperial edict is an imperial edict, and we should naturally obey the imperial edict. Be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and we must not tire ourselves out and have two minds. Xiao Kai, Hu Li, Shen Lindong, Zu Gongmao."
"The end will be here." Four people came out.
Zhang Xiaowu said: "The four of you will go to a foreign country, and there is no one available around you. I have nothing else to send. Each of you will lead a group of soldiers to protect you. You can choose from the army."
The four of them were stunned. They raised their heads and looked at Zhang Xiaowu carefully. Zhang Xiaowu said: "When you go to various places, you can't do it without confidants. Marching and fighting are different from others. You must have confidants to protect you. There are only five hundred people in this group, so it may not be possible."
I can wish you success, but I can also protect you from danger."
"General——" The four of them knelt down on one knee at the same time, extremely moved.
Zhang Xiaowu helped the four of them up and laughed: "Actually, what I am most happy about is that in the past three years, you have followed me from the Dead Soldiers Camp to the Ghost Guard, and you have all survived without missing an arm or a leg. So.
I hope that when you go to other places, next time I see you with full beards and full feathers, don’t come back with a heroic mark for me. Hahaha, take a walk, pick up the wind from Yushi Ji, and ask more questions carefully
.”
"Let's go have a drink."
"Today I will make Marquis Hu drunk."
"That won't be easy. Hu Junhou is the belly of the sea and cannot be drunk."
A few people were chattering and chattering, actually hoping to appease the four of them with the noise. The four of them also pretended to be cheerful and went to Zuixian Tower first. Hu Sanwan was the last, standing next to Zhang Xiaowu and apologizing.
: "We didn't find out about this news, it's really our fault..."
Zhang Xiaowu waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, the road is blocked by heavy snow. Besides, it is normal for us not to know about this important internal matter of the imperial court." He then said: "Thirty thousand, then we will send spies to the capital, and you will establish a contact point in the capital.
We will go to the capital in the future, and this contact point will be used. By the way, isn't Zhao Suo on his way back? Send someone to contact Zhao Suo and help him purchase a property in Longdu City to sell Saibei's leather boots."
Hu Sanwan asked: "How many people should be sent to him?"
"Twenty guys."
"Here."
Just as Hu Sanwan was about to leave, Zhang Xiaowu stopped him again and said, "I see some of the silver has been transferred to Longdu." Then Zhang Xiaowu personally came to the side hall to invite Ambassador Ji. Ji Hai came forward to thank the silver reward, but Zhang Xiaowu said it was always troublesome.
Ji Yushi, so what?
Come and say thank you. Ji Hai said that the four generals of the Ghost Guard will be mobilized, but it is actually a normal deployment of the Ministry of War. They know that you have many capable people, and the Ministry of War is full of empty-handed people and few practical soldiers, so they mobilize more
your subordinates.
Zhang Xiaowu asked me again if I was missing four generals. Will the imperial court send military commanders over? Ji Yushi said that the imperial court would send two military commanders over, but these two military commanders should have been assigned or demoted due to crimes. I hope
If you don't succeed with them, your subordinates should still promote themselves.
"Speaking of promotion..." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, "Apart from the four of them, I really have many capable people under my command."
After saying this, the two left the General's Mansion and saw some children playing and having fun on the roadside. Ji Yushi smiled and said: "Wucheng is actually more prosperous than Two Wolf City. There was no one on the streets of Two Wolf City. It was said that there was a plague."
, our group was too frightened to stop at Two Wolf City, and passed directly through the border."
Zhang Xiaowu asked one more question: "How is the Wolf Guard?"
"I didn't see a few of them," Yushi Ji said, "I didn't see a few of them when I cleared the customs. They probably hid because of the cold weather."
Zhang Xiaowu sneered in his heart, the Wolf Guard would never hide because of the cold. The number of Wolf Guard defenders at the checkpoints has decreased. There is only one reason, and that is the outbreak of the plague at the Lianglang Checkpoint...