After one night, Zhang Wu has completely turned into a world covered in silver. The snow is still falling like goose feathers in the sky, and as far as the eye can see, it is only more than ten feet.

A group of horsemen suddenly burst out of the wind and snow, and the hooves of the horses rushed out of the deep snow, and both men and horses had turned white at this moment.

Seeing Zhang Wu's city wall, Li Ze shook his body vigorously, and the snow on his body fell in a slump, and finally saw the original color of the clothes on his body.

Reaching out and touching the hat that had become hard, Li Ze tore off the cashmere face towel covering his face, the originally soft face towel was taken off by him at the moment, but he still maintained the appearance of surrounding his face. When I rubbed it in my hand, ice slag fell.

"This ghost weather is much colder than our Wuyi." Li Ze looked at Li Yu beside him, "Are you okay?" ”

Li Yu looked much calmer than Li Ze, patting the snow on his body, and said indifferently: "When my subordinates were wandering on the rivers and lakes, I could see that the weather was even colder than this, and at that time, I was not dressed so thickly as I am now, and the coldest time was to wrap layers of thatch on my body. Sometimes, in the wilderness, when there is not even a sheltered house, a hole is dug in the ground, and the hole is stuffed with grass, like a hibernating snake, curled up in it, motionless."

"Your life is so big!" Li Ze said with emotion: "This weather can really freeze people to death."

"That's how my father and mother froze to death." Li Mi said lightly.

"Huh?" Li Ze was taken aback, "I shouldn't have said this."

"Nothing son? It's been many years, and some people like us are already cheap. Die and bury." Li Yu shook his head and said. I didn't even think I'd have this chance now. The only pity is that now I have status and money, but I don't have the object of filial piety."

"The son wants to raise but can't wait for him!" Li Ze sighed: "Those who are unsatisfactory in life, nine times out of ten. Li Mi, you are about to be eighteen this year, but you have a sweetheart, if there is, I will be a matchmaker for you. No matter who the other party is, I will go and kiss you, and if the other party does not want to, I will put a knife on his neck."

Li Mi's face turned red.

Li Ze originally thought that she was going to twist and refuse to admit it, but unexpectedly, after being silent for a while with a red face, Li Yu said calmly: "Yes."

Unexpectedly, Li Ze was stunned for a while. He really didn't expect Li Mi to be so generous, or it had something to do with her early life experience.

"Actually, Childe must have known about it a long time ago." The flush on Li Mi's face slowly faded, and he said generously: "Today is just a test for me, right?" ”

Li Ze laughed, nodded and said, "I know something, it's Cao Zhang's nerd, right?" ”

"Where's he a nerd?" Li Mi directly retorted: "He lectures in the Yixing Society, he is so energetic, quoting scriptures, and his head is the Tao."

"This is what comes out of the eyes of a lover!" Li Ze laughed: "Okay, I also admit that Cao Zhang does have his strengths in some aspects, but does he like you?" ”

"I don't know." Li Mi said: "But I know that if you have something you like, you have to take the initiative to reach out and grab it, otherwise you may regret it for the rest of your life, and what you hold in your hand is your own. Childe, you don't think I'm shameless, do you? ”

"Where!" Li Ze shook his head with a smile and said: "I appreciate your character, I will go to Cao Xin when I go back, propose to you, and see what Cao Gong means first!" Ha, look, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived, our Cao Gong is here."

Li Mi raised his head and went forward, close to the city wall, because of the obstruction of the city wall, the wind and snow were a little smaller, Cao Xin and his party were coming out of the hole in the city gate, it seemed that they were coming to greet Li Ze and his party.

Li Mi reined in his horse and fell behind all of a sudden.

Li Ze smiled and walked forward, it seems that no matter how generous the girl is, she will still be shy and scared when she sees someone who may be her father-in-law.

"Congratulations to Childe, take Yingzhou." Cao Xin, who was riding on the horse, laughed and said, "The letter has been prepared in Zhangwu City, and the wine and food have been prepared to congratulate the son."

"Rejoicing and rejoicing, on the way, I heard that Cao Gong set up a clever plan to capture Shi Yi alive, and my heart was even more happy, if we still have to fight in such weather, our soldiers will have to suffer a lot." Li Ze greeted him with a smile, Cao Xin also turned the horse's head, and the two walked side by side.

"How's our morale?" Li Ze asked.

"Needless to say, of course, morale is high." Cao Xin said: "The bounty for beating Zhang Wu has been fully distributed. Gongzi took Yingzhou, whether it was Chengde or Henghai, and the strategic situation in the face of Lu Long was greatly improved. It can be said that from this moment on, Lu Long had to be cautious when facing us. If you want to do anything to us at will, Zhang Zhongwu has to think about it."

Li Ze raised his whip and scolded with a smile: "Cao Gong's words are not true, what kind of strategic situation or something, the officers know something, but what do ordinary soldiers know?" You're talking about him! ”

Cao Xin smiled: "I can't always hide it from my son. Don't hide it from Gongzi, now ordinary soldiers do have a feeling of homesickness, after all, our Yizhou soldiers have been dispatched since the end of October, and it has been almost two months now, and it is snowing, and the New Year is approaching."

"Yes, it's been almost two months since the army was dispatched." Li Ze nodded and said, "Has the logistics supply kept up?" ”

"A batch of cotton clothes from Jingzhou and Shenzhou has been high-profile, but the quantity is not enough. But it can also ensure that the soldiers on duty wear padded jackets, but fortunately, we have laid down Zhangwu, everyone is in the city, and we can also survive by cutting more firewood."

"Did you send a letter to Chengde?"

"It's sent, I want to come to the latest batch of supplies, and it will arrive in these two days." Cao Xindao." When the time comes, it will make a big difference. But Childe, Yingzhou is new, we always have to garrison troops, the soldiers are homesick and want to return home, how to solve this problem? ”

Li Zele stopped the horses, thought for a while, and said, "Let's raise funds openly!" In the Shenzhou soldiers, Jingzhou soldiers, and Yizhou soldiers are openly recruited, but those who are willing to stay in Yingzhou will be given an additional five yuan per month as a reward in addition to their salaries. If the government soldiers are willing to stay, they will be directly promoted to the rank of armor."

"Childe, this case can't be opened, if such a situation occurs again in the future, won't we all have to follow this example?" Cao Xin shook his head and said.

"What about emulating it?" Li Ze said with a smile: "Let people stay away from home, and they are on the front line of engaging with the enemy, and take more money, that is also what they should do. Whoever is red-eyed will stay? ”

Cao Xin smiled, nodded and said no more.

Li Ze's move is not just to seek some benefits for the soldiers? As soon as the conscription order is issued, among the soldiers in the three places, there must be those who have nothing to worry about or are willing to stay in Yingzhou for money or for the future, and such a group of people who voluntarily stay will naturally have a better will to fight than to forcibly stay in a force. What's more, through this move, Li Ze is quietly merging the soldiers of the three places.

Now whether it is the Shenzhou soldiers, the Yizhou soldiers, or the Jingzhou soldiers, they all have the unusually bright colors of their respective places, even the Yizhou soldiers that Li Ze relies on the most, in fact, they are also divided into Wuyi soldiers and Yizhou soldiers and horses belonging to Cao Xin.

And a new army formed by integrating the soldiers and horses of the three regions will fundamentally break the restrictions between regions, so as to build a descendant army that truly belongs to Li Ze himself.

"With such an army, I'm afraid that many people will come to compete for the position of this leading general, who does Gongzi want?" Cao Xin asked.

Li Ze looked at each other: "Who does Gong Cao think is suitable?" ”

"Tu Lichun or Shi Zhuang?" Cao Xin said with a smile, the two people he said were Li Ze's cronies." Shen Congxing's qualifications are enough, but let him be stationed in a place like Yingzhou where he will face Lu Longjun, I don't think his ability is enough."

Li Ze smiled: "Shen Congxing can't do it, his ability, don't drive it in a state, it's the top. It's okay for the generals who charge into battle, but not for the handsomes who stand alone."

"Then choose one between Tu Lichun and Shi Zhuang?"

"Tu Lichun and Shi Zhuang will follow me into Zhenzhou next." Li Ze shook his head and said, "In the future, I have other plans for the appointment of the two of them."

Cao Xin pondered for a moment: "Is Gongzi preparing to let Tu Lichun enter the Chengde army?" ”

"Yes, Tu Lichun was originally born in Chengde Wolf Cavalry, and he is a veteran of Chengde, and he will enter the Chengde army to take charge of military power next, which will not cause the disgust of the Chengde army. This is my first step in controlling the Chengde army."

"What about Shi Zhuang?"

"Shi Zhuang is a general, and I am going to put him in Dingzhou in the future. In the future battle with Zhang Zhongwu, the land of Dingzhou is a strategic place that both sides must fight. With Shi Zhuang in charge, even if he is right with Zhang Zhongwu, he will not necessarily lose! Li Zedao.

"Childe is really confident in Shi Zhuang." Cao Xin smiled. Since these two can't do it, then the son must have a candidate in mind, right? ”

"Liu Chenglin." LI Zedao.

Cao Xin was slightly stunned: "Son, Liu Chenglin is now in control of Jingzhou, is he willing to give up Jingzhou and come to Yingzhou?" If he wanted to, he would be the best person to do."

"I'll have a good talk with him." Li Ze nodded. Once Liu Chenglin becomes the general of this army, it is inevitable that Liu Chenglin will have to give up his original troops and give up control of Jingzhou. Liu Chenglin is willing or not, Li Ze has no bottom in his heart, but he has to do it. Otherwise, will not his subordinates be no different from those of the former towns?

Under his command Li Ze, there will never be military leaders who can control the military and financial resources of a place alone, and these people are the potential next force to cut dramas. Liu Chenglin is about to become his brother-in-law, as long as Liu Chenglin obeys this deployment, after taking over Chengde in the future, he will reorganize the Chengde army, and the pressure and resistance will be much smaller.

The meaning of this, a person like Cao Xin, a veteran Jinshi background, naturally understands and hearts.

As they spoke, they had entered the cave of the city gate. The wind and snow suddenly became smaller.