"Your Highness!"

When Xiao Ming approached, Luo Xin clasped his fists and saluted. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jumping off the horse, Xiao Ming asked Luo Xin to excuse himself, and at the same time looked at the old man who was over fifty years old beside him, and said, "If I guessed correctly, this is Niu Ben, General Niu." ”

Niu Ben looked King Qi up and down, saw a little bit of Xiao Wenxuan's shadow on Xiao Ming's body, bowed down, and said, "The criminal minister Niu Ben has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi. ”

"General Niu is exempt, this king can't afford the old general's heavy gift." Xiao Ming said with a smile, "Old general, please follow me to the palace to talk about it in detail." ”

The three of them entered the palace together, and Xiao Ming asked Luluo to prepare tea for the three of them.

In the main hall, Xiao Ming invited Luo Xin and Niu Ben to sit down, and then bowed to Niu Ben and said: "The old general has suffered, and my father has felt guilty all these years, and he deeply hates that he did not keep the barbarians out of Shanhaiguan back then, so I specially asked me to apologize to the old general on his behalf." ”

Niu Ben is no longer the unruly Niu Ben of the past, he got up and said: "How dare the criminal minister be a great gift to His Royal Highness, Your Majesty can think of my old bones, I am already grateful." ”

"The old general is too modest." Xiao Ming said with a smile: "The old general has great achievements, and this king also admires it in his heart, and this time I hope that the old general can help this king break the danger of this barbarian going south." ”

When Niu Ben heard this, he said: "Just now at the gate of the city, Luo Xin wanted to speak and stopped, His Highness talked about this matter again this time, what happened?" ”

Xiao Ming and Luo Xin glanced at each other, so they told them all about what happened in the court.

"These thieves who eat inside and out, and bring disaster to the country and the people, if I am here, I will definitely pick their skins." Although Niu Ben's temperament has been somewhat restrained in the past five years, this incident still makes him very angry.

"The old general doesn't need to be angry, this is the case, we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." Xiao Ming said.

Zhan Xingchang had already gone to Cangzhou to repair the city wall at this time, and almost all the cement produced by Qingzhou City was brought to him, and he only hoped that he could build this Cangzhou City into a fortress that could not be breached.

"Hey, poor Your Majesty is now going to fight with the barbarians to destroy the arrogance of this barbarian, these thieves are really a group of murderers." Niu Ben said.

After a pause, he said: "But if you can thwart the barbarians going south, you can also let the barbarians know the power of my Dayu country, and there will be no more tribute and relatives from now on." ”

"Exactly, so this time I only hope that the old general will help the king." Xiao Ming took the opportunity to say.

Niu Ben nodded and said slowly: "The old minister wears a guilty body, and His Royal Highness will not give up. ”

Xiao Ming was relieved in his heart, he thought that this Niu Ben would still hate Xiao Wenxuan for sending him to hard labor, but he didn't expect that Niu Ben's temperament didn't seem to be as violent as the legend.

In this way, he has really reached the level of a commander-in-chief.

For Niu Ben, a fierce man, Xiao Ming naturally didn't expect him to defend the city, a Cangzhou city Lu Fei was enough, and his heart was far more than that.

A large area of Guanzhong land outside Cangzhou was once the homeland of the Great Chongqing State, and if it can be recovered, it may be possible to further expand its fiefdom.

The most important thing is that if you can take Shanhaiguan, you can keep the barbarians out of the pass, and you don't have to worry about the threat of the barbarians anymore.

"General! Checkmate! ”

The three of them were drinking tea and talking about the barbarians, when suddenly Lu Fei's voice came.

Then I saw Lu Fei walking in happily and looking at Niu Ben, "General, is it really you?" ”

Niu Ben was also a little surprised when he saw Lu Fei, "Lu Fei? ”

"General, it's me." Lu Fei said excitedly.

Xiao Ming and Luo Xin looked at each other, and Xiao Ming couldn't help asking, "Old general, do you know Lu Fei?" ”

When Lu Fei was passing by the Qingzhou Mansion just now, he heard two foreign servants talking about escorting Niu Ben, and after careful questioning, he understood the reason, and immediately came to the Qi Palace.

Lu Fei said at this time: "When the general was in Cangzhou City, I was the general's personal guard, and later the general returned to Chang'an, and we local soldiers stayed. ”

"Hey, this is all an old thing, but looking at you like this, it seems that you are very trusted in front of His Highness, yes, yes, I didn't misunderstand you back then." Niu Ben said.

Lu Fei was a little excited and said, "Don't dare to forget the general's teachings." ”

Xiao Ming's eyes patrolled back and forth on the three of them, in the past, there was only Lu Fei in the Qingzhou Army, but now that Luo Xin came, the two argued.

Now that there is a Niu Ben, it seems that he can completely suppress the two.

And this Niu Ben has some means to govern the army, and the discipline of the soldiers under his command is very strict, so that he can rest assured, lest Lu Fei and Luo Xin quarrel endlessly, which will affect the training of the Qingzhou army.

Moreover, Niu Ben is a person who has been a general, and he is very proficient in leading 100,000 troops under his hands, and he is very proficient in various affairs in the army.

Unlike Lu Fei, who has not established a management system in the army until now, he doesn't know how to use military funds in his hands.

The angry Xiao Ming had to take back the silver and hand it over to Pang Yukun and let him manage it on his behalf.

Now that Niu Ben is here, there should be no problem with the management system in the army, and when the time comes, the military and the government will be separated, and it will be easy for them to have a comprehensive grasp of the military and the government, so as to avoid mutual interference between the military and the government, and it will not be clear.

Later experience taught him that the army should not be mixed with the executives, otherwise it would be easy to cause trouble.

For the army, all that is needed is to obey orders and not to have their own mind.

Whoever commands the army, the allegiance of the army must be to him.

And this is also one of the reasons why he established a long history team in the army, which represents him, and he controls the thoughts of the army, so that the army will not be chaotic.

In this way, whether it is Lu Fei, Luo Xin, or Niu Ben, the premise of their command of the army is to get their own instructions, and when they want to take them, the army is still as stable as Mount Tai and will not change because of the change of the commander.

So that is a qualified army for him.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming is not worried about Niu Ben, Lu Fei or Luo Xin, because the army is his, and Lu Fei and the others are only responsible for commanding the army to fight and perform their duties.

After Lu Fei's mood eased for a while, Xiao Ming said: "Old general, since Lu Fei was also your subordinate, it seems that only you can control this thorn, so in this way, the position of the governor of the Qingzhou Army is none other than the old general." ”

Xiao Ming's title is not only the vassal king, but also the position of the governor of the six states, and the talismans of the six states army are all in his hands.

Even if Lu Fei mobilizes the army, he still needs to ask for a military talisman.

This governor is a military position in the Great Chongqing State, and under the governor is the governor in charge of the states, and now the Qingzhou army is the strongest army in the six states.

After all, with Xiao Ming's current financial resources, he can only focus on cultivating an army now.

(To be continued.) )