Just when the immigrants from Fengzhou were in full swing to plough their land, Guo Song had quietly left Fengzhou, and he led more than a dozen henchmen and generals to Lingzhou to take over the 6,000 Tang troops that were about to be transferred to Fengzhou.

Li Yu, the son of heaven, approved Guo Song's request for 12,000 additional troops, and Li Yu ordered 2,000 people to be transferred from the three jiedu prefectures of Longyou, Hexi, and Shuofang to enrich the Fengzhou garrison, and the other 6,000 troops were given Fengzhou quotas and various military funds, which needed to be raised by Fengzhou.

More than a dozen generals were among the 75 warriors who survived to follow Guo Song to the Western Regions, and last year he was made a brigade commander and took over the 3,000 troops of Fengzhou.

Now that a new army has arrived, Guo Song is ready to promote a number of outstanding among them to lieutenants and take over the new army of 6,000.

This was also agreed between Guo Song and Duan Xiushi in advance, and the captains of this army of 6,000 people were appointed by him.

The group rode all the way and arrived in Lingzhou three days later.

Early in the morning, the group entered Lingzhou City, the warm sun shone on Guo Song, he squinted his eyes and looked at the Shuofang Jiedu Mansion in the distance, he wondered if he was wrong, just a moment ago, the name of the banner on it was not Duan, but Li.

Guo Song stared for a moment, he was sure that he was not mistaken, the name on the banner was no longer Duan, but Li, what did it mean? Could it be that Duan Xiushi is no longer the envoy of Shuo Fangjie?

At this time, a team of people rushed out of the Jiedu Embassy, all of them were female soldiers, the first female general, with slightly dark skin and a heroic appearance, it was Duan Sanniang who had not been seen for several years.

Although Guo Song has been serving in Fengzhou for more than a year, Duan Sanniang is the first time he has seen him, and he heard Duan Xiushi say that she entered Beijing with fifty female soldiers and was summoned by the queen.

Duan Sanniang passed by Guo Song, she was suddenly stunned, quickly reined in her horse, and asked in surprise: "Guo Song, is it you?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly, hugged his fists and saluted, "Miss Duan, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Duan Sanniang's mouth, "It's been a few years, I only came back from the capital last month, I heard my father say, you are in Fengzhou, and the official is not small, I will say when I have time to visit." ”

"Has Miss Duan been in the capital?"

Duan Sanniang nodded, "I'm actually the female guard in the palace now, responsible for protecting Queen Dugu's travel, I can only stay for a short time when I come back this time, and I will return to the capital in a few days." ”

It turned out that Duan Sanniang really went to the capital to take up a post, no wonder he didn't see her.

Guo Song glanced at Daqi and asked, "Why did the name on Daqi change to the word 'Li', is your father going to be transferred?" ”

Duan Sanniang sighed and said: "I was appointed just now, my father is no longer the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, he was appointed as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he is about to return to Beijing to report on his work." ”

Guo Song's heart sank, Duan Xiushi was really going to leave Shuofang Jiedu Mansion, some time ago there were rumors that Duan Xiushi had been in Shuofang for too long, and the imperial court would transfer him, but everyone didn't take the rumors to heart, but they didn't expect the rumors to be true.

However, it is not surprising that Duan Xiushi wants to be transferred, he has been the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu for two terms, and the imperial court has learned the lesson of An Lushan, and the general in charge of the army will not serve in one place for more than eight years at most.

"Who is the new Shuofang Jiedu envoy, is it Li Changshi?" Guo Song asked.

Duan Sanniang shook her head, "It's not Li Hui, Li Hui seems to be going to be transferred away, I heard that the new Jiedu envoy is called Li Huaiguang, and he was previously appointed as the Jiedu envoy of Suining." ”

It turned out to be Li Huaiguang, this person is a traitor in history!

"Is it your father or Li Huaiguang in Jiedu Mansion now?"

"It's still my father now, and he will go to the capital in a few days and hand over his post in the capital."

Duan Sanniang hesitated and asked in a low voice, "How is Liang Wu now?" ”

Guo Song's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly said: "He made meritorious contributions to defending the city last year, and he has been promoted to a general, and he has the demeanor of a general, doesn't Miss Duan go to Fengzhou to see him?" ”

"I'll just ask, I don't have time to go to Fengzhou, Guo Yuanjun, we'll have a date later!"

After speaking, she whipped her horse and galloped towards the north gate with dozens of female soldiers, stirring up billowing yellow dust.

Guo Song didn't shake his head until she disappeared, it seems that Liang Wu and Duan Sanniang don't have this fate, Duan Xiushi leaves Lingzhou, and the possibility of coming back is not great, and Duan Sanniang will not come back, the distance and time are separated, and the line of fate is broken like this.

Guo Song sighed and urged the horse to run towards Jiedu Mansion.......

Duan Xiushi heard that Guo Song was coming, and personally greeted him, he said to Guo Song apologetically: "I guess you know the news that I am going to be transferred, right?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "I met Sanniang just now, and I heard her say it, when was this decided?" ”

"Actually, I heard the news not long after the locust plague ended, but there was no formal appointment and dismissal at that time, so I didn't talk about it until three days ago, I received a holy decree, officially dismissed me from the post of Shuofang Jiedu envoy, transferred to the imperial court, and appointed Li Huaiguang as the new Shuofang Jiedu envoy, and I want to go to Beijing to handle the handover."

"But it should be the new festival envoy who will change the flag after he takes office! Did Duan Yuanjun change a little too early? ”

Duan Xiushi shook his head and said: "Since it has been officially appointed, then the flag should be changed, and if it is not changed for a long time, others still think that I, Duan Xiushi, will not leave." ”

"This Li Huaiguang is said to be difficult to deal with!"

Duan Xiushi snorted coldly and said: "He is not easy to deal with, I heard that he was recommended by Chang Xiangguo, this person has a strong sense of faction, and he often says on his lips, that is, those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will die, but you don't pay attention to these, you are the envoy of the Three Towns Economic Strategy, and the army under your command belongs to the Three Towns Economic Strategy Mansion, and there is no direct relationship with the Shuofang Jiedu Mansion, if you don't obey him, he can't do anything to you." ”

Guo Song was silent, and said: "I came to Lingzhou this time mainly to take over the six thousand troops. ”

Duan Xiushi nodded, "I know, the army is outside the city, it's still early, let's go directly to the barracks!" ”

The two left the Jiedu Mansion and rode to the outside of the city, Duan Xiushi glanced at Guo Song's dozen subordinates, and said with a smile: "These are the twelve captains you are going to appoint!" ”

"It's them, please ask Duan Yuanjun for help."

Duan Xiushi nodded, "According to my principles, this kind of thing can't be done, you can't install your own cronies in the army at will, although this is already a common practice in the army, but I still can't agree with it, if it is usual, I will never agree, but I am leaving, I will make an exception to help you this time, but there will be no second time." ”

Guo Song smiled and said: "This is my henchman, not the henchman of the envoy, and the envoy is actually not making an exception." ”

"You stinky boy, I took all the captains in the army and inserted your people into it, what's the difference between this and doing it myself? It's all the same thing in essence, cronyism. ”

"It's not called nepotism, it's not good, and you have to be a father and son soldier when you go into battle! Is it cronyism? The key is one's own people, the command is smooth, and the military orders can be conveyed thoroughly, just like commanding one's own arm, so that the commander's intention can be implemented to the greatest extent when fighting.......

"That's it! Come on! ”

Duan Xiushi stopped Guo Song's tirade and shook his head: "I know your little thoughts, don't say it so magnificently." ”

Guo Song rolled his eyes, and he didn't talk too much, as long as Duan Xiushi agreed.

.........

Six thousand troops are stationed in an independent battalion outside the city, and Duan Xiushi is currently temporarily serving as the main general, and below the main general are three Zhonglang generals and six Lang generals, which are middle and high-level command generals, almost two thousand people and one Zhonglang general, and below are the left and right Lang generals, each in charge of two battalions of 1,000 troops.

Below General Lang is the battalion, which is equivalent to the company of later generations, is an extremely important command point, the specific number of a battalion varies, the infantry is about 500 people in a battalion, the cavalry will be a little less, a battalion of about 300 people, a scout battalion, a logistics battalion, etc., the number will not be too much.

This army of 6,000 people is basically infantry, the number is relatively standard, a battalion of 500 people, a total of 12 battalions, the captains of each battalion have been appointed separately, this time Duan Xiushi directly appointed the twelve henchmen brought by Guo Song as captains.

This is an extremely common practice in various armies, and everyone knows it and has no objections, but it is strange not to do so.

Duan Xiushi did not immediately hand over the power to Guo Song, he first let the twelve captains familiarize themselves with their own camps, these twelve captains were all brigade commanders before, after defeating Xue Yantuo last year, each of them was promoted to a level of merit and promoted to captain, they all have a certain amount of experience in leading troops, and they are all very good, they quickly adapted to their respective roles.

In the afternoon, Duan Xiushi summoned three Zhonglang generals and six Lang generals and officially introduced Guo Song to them.

One of the three Zhonglang will be from Longyou, called Li Qian, born in Longxi Li, speaking of which has a little to do with Guo Song, his cousin Li Sheng is Guo Song's second senior brother Gan Yun in Kongtong Mountain, but Gan Yun and Guo Song only contacted for a month and went down the mountain, far from being like brothers with Guo Song like Zhang Lei and Yang Yu, Guo Song has only met Li Sheng once when he went down the mountain, or Li Sheng came to worship the master's body statue when he saw it.

However, with this relationship, it is still easier to get along.

Guo Song, the Zhonglang general from the Shuofang Army, knew Zhao Yunlun, the chief referee of the Lingzhou Martial Arts Association, he was the lieutenant of Lingzhou, and Duan Xiushi's confidant, Duan Xiushi was afraid that he would be put in small shoes by Li Huaiguang, so he arranged for him to go to Fengzhou, although he was a little embarrassed to be Guo Song's subordinates, but Zhao Yunlun would rather go to Fengzhou, once Li Huaiguang took office, he must be the first batch to be purged.

The third Zhonglang will be from Hexi Jiedu Mansion, which really surprised Guo Song that he was also the person he knew, who was Zhang Sen, the deputy guard of Bai Tinghai back then. He has accumulated merit and been promoted to Lang General, this time he sent 2,000 people to Fengzhou, Zhang Sen took the relationship between Zhao Tengjiao, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and grabbed this quota with troops, so that he was promoted from Lang General to Zhonglang General all of a sudden, if it were not for this opportunity, he would not have survived until the Year of the Monkey Ma Yue to be promoted.

Duan Xiushi introduced Guo Song to everyone, then nodded and said: "The next step should be that Guo Envoy Jun will give a lecture to the army, beat the drum and gather the troops!" ”