The war has ceased, and the year is gradual.

The upper and lower divisions of the Huolin Army began to enter the adjustment, the division, supervision, assessment and deployment of the civil and official system, and at the same time, the prisoners in Yanzhou City were placed in different places in batches, and the number of merchants who came and went to Yanzhou City also increased, and some festive things used for the New Year also appeared in some shops.

The whole army has entered the stage of rest and recuperation, and a series of affairs, such as the division of non-commissioned officers and ranks, the assessment of attacks, and the new division of the roster, have also made the generals and colonels of the various armies busy. At the same time, the construction of the Metropolitan Government is also rapidly developing, and there are tens of thousands of free laborers, so it is a pity not to use it.

Zhao Xun informed several military counselors of Li Muzhi's move, and after hearing about it, although they didn't understand why Li Muzhi did this, it did not hinder the growth of the Huolin Army. Several people all believed that no matter what the other party's purpose was, it was nothing more than wanting to use or use Zhao Xun to use the Huolin Army, a force that had sprung up. But in any case, its own strength is fundamental. Since the other party handed over the cookies, whether to eat or not, the Huolin Army was under the rule of Youzhou, and Li Huaiyuan, who was the governor of Youzhou, was even more heavily armed. If you can't escape, you will try to strengthen yourself so that others dare not be humiliated.

After Zhao Xun and several people discussed, they all agreed with Zhao Xun's opinion, with the help of Li Muzhi's materials, but he could not reuse the people placed by Li Muzhi in the Qingyang Army, he could divide a part of it separately and train it himself, anyway, he had the name of Li Muzhi.

Subsequently, they also agreed to the plan to support the Shunzhou army, anyway, they would not send a large army, and no matter how much impact they could cause in the Shunzhou Mansion, they would not bring heavy losses to the Huolin army. In addition, the Qingyang Army, which has a bad relationship with the Shunzhou Army, can also provide strong help for the actions of the Shunzhou Army. The combination of the two may really be able to achieve certain results. As for the candidates to be dispatched, after Zhao Xun thought about it, he decided to go to the Shunzhou Army in person. As for the Qingyang Army, they need several military advisors to assist their subordinates to go. After gaining a firm foothold, watch and help each other, and fish in troubled waters.

Take it beforehand, give it first! Li Muzhi is like this to himself, why doesn't he treat the Shunzhou Army? Zhao Xun wrote such a sentence on the white rice paper with the high-quality Xuanzhou Zihao at a high price.

Looking at the gorgeous pencil case, Zhao Xun also sighed that the businessman understood the information quickly. This box was given by the merchants below after the victory of the Great War. The exquisite pen case contains five high-grade Xuanzhou Zihao.

Now the brushes used in Yan Guo are most famous for Xuan pen and lake pen. Xuanzhou Zihao is Xuanbi. During this period, the Xuan pen was the upper pen, and a good Xuan pen was worth 100 yuan, and ordinary people could not afford it at all. Five pens are equivalent to a solid family of five in the Central Plains, and the sum of a year's income.

After receiving Zhao Xun's reply, Su Ziyan and the others also put their minds at ease, and practiced martial arts in the martial arts arena in the Governor's Mansion when they had nothing to do. This is not their original intention, just because, for the time being, the Duwei's Mansion is still the garrison of the Huolin Army, and the guards and soldiers guarding the Duwei's Mansion have also aroused the interest of these people by their daily thunderbolts. However, among these seven people, Yang Weier is the most comfortable, eating and drinking every day, and enjoying herself. However, since Zhao Xun gave a reply, he rarely saw them, just like busy with official business.

The good news of Yingzhou City came, which made the Huolin army overjoyed. Now the Huolin Army has officially taken over the Yingzhou capital, and basically, in the short term, there will be no war in the Huolin Army. The western front of Yingzhou Prefecture also entered the stage of confrontation between the Dao and the Yan army. As for Li Muzhi's hearing that Zhao Xun had no intention of going west to Weizhou Mansion, he couldn't help but sigh secretly. But he also knew that the Huolin Army had been fighting in the north and south recently, and this move was normal, so he didn't say more.

Yingzhou Mansion still began to slowly implement the new punishment policy, and here it is not like Yanzhou Mansion, which is arrogant with the power of thunder, but with the momentum of water and water, and walks slowly. First some of the most heinous people who had taken refuge in the army of the Evil were cleared, and then their fields were distributed among the people, so that no one was willing to cultivate them except domestic slaves under the great clans who did not want to sell their land. This forced him to reduce the rent of the land or sell it to the Huolin Officer's Mansion.

Time will not stop for anyone, and in the blink of an eye, it has reached the end of the year. The last day of the year means that a new year is coming. Warding off evil spirits, keeping the New Year, and having dinner parties are indispensable items every year on Chinese New Year's Eve.

For some reason, people have not yet invented firecrackers at this time, and most of them are used to burn anti-plague pills and spices and some other various evil spirits to replace fireworks.

Some wealthy families will pile up firewood in front of the hall and place a large number of agarwood roots in it. In the courtyard, there are also giant fire candles with the thickness of children's arms, as soon as the time comes, the volcano and the giant candle are lit, the sky is full of mist, and it is like colorful auspicious clouds in the night, and the scenery is extremely spectacular......

After Chinese New Year's Eve, it is the New Year. Zhao Xun followed his wife and mother, after going through complicated procedures, he enjoyed the joy of the New Year......

In short, Zhao Xun is not very interested in the current Chinese New Year's Eve and around, there is a sense of play in his memory, first of all, there are various miscellaneous procedures, evil spirits, blessings, and ancestor worship...... Only when you are busy can you really settle down.

But in any case, being able to spend Chinese New Year's Eve with his family and welcome the New Year is very satisfying.

More than ten days after the New Year, another group of people who went to Shunzhou Mansion was selected. In addition to Zhao Xun's personal commander and personal guard battalion entering the Shunzhou army, Zhao Kang and Lu Ziliang, the captains of the Shanzi battalion, also led a hundred people to the Qingyang army, and at the same time, there were some people who secretly infiltrated the Shunzhou Mansion one after another.

On both sides of the desolate road, clumps of withered yellow weeds swayed in the cold wind. The official road, where pedestrians and carriages used to come and go, is now nowhere to be seen for several days.

The sound of horses' hooves was heard ...... a moment, followed by a group of knights in black cotton robes from a distance, followed by carriages. This is a caravan, with more than 300 guards and coachmen.

Among the nearly thirty carriages, the number of carriages was extremely tall, and one of them was luxurious. If people see the horses pulling in front of them, they will definitely feel sorry. It's a pity that such a good horse is used to pull a cart. But after taking a closer look, someone will presumably find that the two hundred knights in front of and on both sides, and the war horses under each crotch are all fine.

"Knock knock knock......" The sound of rapid horses' hooves came from behind. More than fifty black-clothed brocade-robed knights surrounded a white-robed young man and galloped over. The white war horse under the crotch, like a white dragon, walked quickly.

"Sigh and ......" ran to the side of the tall horse body of the convoy, and the young man in white stopped his horse.

"Lord Zhao is so interested, it's such a cold day, and you're still running wild in the wilderness!" The curtain opened, and a charming woman said in a trembling voice. This person is like Qian Bing of the Shunzhou Army.

The white-robed young man was naturally Zhao Xun who went to the Shunzhou Army this time, and this time, in addition to the three hundred guards around him, the Huozi Battalion had already entered the Shunzhou Army's station, and Xin Ming went with him. And Zhao Xun moved towards Gaoling County unhurriedly.

The situation he saw along the way disappointed Zhao Xun, in addition to being barren, it was still barren. By the time we set out from Baixian County, the two acropolises there had basically completed the foundation of the city. After going straight east for thirty miles, we went south around the mountains and entered the territory of Shunzhou Prefecture, where we saw abandoned fields and dilapidated houses, and even some white bones.

For this reason, Zhao Xun was a little depressed in his heart, and he looked around, only to find that there was such a thing everywhere around. It stands to reason that this is the northern land of Shunzhou Prefecture, the subordinate place of the Black Snake Army, but in this corner, not only no one from the Green Snake Army appeared, but even the living people rarely saw it.

This tall carriage is actually Zhao Xun's car, a carriage with steel sheets in the middle. It's just that it's left at home and rarely used. The two wives who were worried about his safety let him take them with him. Originally, Li Ruolan also wanted to accompany Zhao Xun, but Zhao Xun refused. This is not on his own turf, it is very common for battles to occur, and Zhao Xun doesn't want to have any regrets.

Zhao Xun, who was depressed in his heart, rode on the jade unicorn and ran wildly, and Yang Weier fell in love with the comfort and food in Zhao Xun's carriage, so she got into it. Then Qian Bing pulled Su Ziyan into it, and the dove occupied the magpie's nest. In this regard, Zhao Xun was too lazy to say.

"I'm a soldier, but I'm not a delicate little girl, I can't see the wind and frost." Zhao Xun replied casually.

"You...... Then you're just freezing outside. Qian Bing glanced at Zhao Xun angrily, sat back in the car, and the door was slammed shut.

My carriage, leaving me frozen outside, doesn't make sense. Zhao Xun turned over and got off the horse, handed over the reins of the horse to the horseman Abela who was traveling with the army, jumped into the carriage, pushed open the door, and got into it without looking.

"You...... You...... Why didn't you come in without saying a word? I don't know what to say to Su Ziyan again, Qian Bing, who made a mess, said angrily.

"This is my carriage!" Zhao Xun sat on the empty seat, picked up the pastry placed on the small round table in the middle and ate a piece, and leaned back lazily. This carriage is huge, and the space inside is not small, even if it is more than enough for five or six people.

Qian Bing snorted coldly, and hurriedly sat upright, and together with Su Ziyan, sorted out the messy clothes on his body.

"Didn't you say that this is the territory of the Green Snake Army? Why don't you see a single figure? Also, where are the people here? Zhao Xun asked at Su Ziyan opposite.

Su Ziyan was unhurried, and said with a little sadness: "Indeed, this is the territory of the Green Snake Army, but the Green Snake Army has countless horse thieves to join. These horse thieves, acting in a reckless manner, basically killed all the people in some remote places. The people here have either fled to other places or into the mountains. You've seen the dry bones on the side of the road before, and it's probably the caravan that was intercepted by Maze. ”

"The Black Snake Army doesn't care about this? If there are no people, what will the Black Snake Army do with its territory? ”

"I can't control it, there is chaos within the force, and Zhang Lei, the leader of the Black Snake Army, can't do anything about it, so I have to let it go in the end."

Zhao Xun said coldly: "Black Snake Army, kill!" ”

"Then you will mobilize the army, as long as half of your Huolin army is dispatched, Shunzhou Mansion can almost be leveled. What's the use of just talking? This time it was just a thousand reinforcements. Qian Bing sneered, it seems that she is very dissatisfied with Zhao Xun's dispatch of only 1,000 people this time.

Zhao Xun sneered: "It's flat? Shouldn't the Shunzhou army be leveled there? If the Northern Navy goes south again, who will resist? What if they joined forces with the Khitans? ”

Qian Bing opened his mouth, but finally couldn't say anything, so he had to glare at Zhao Xun and eat the pastry in front of him. Yang Wei'er, who was looking at the side, had a painful face, but she didn't dare to say Qian Bing with a cold face.

"A thousand people is already very good, no matter how many there are, you Shunzhou army will not dare to let us enter the scope of Gaoling County, you want to use my strength, but you are afraid of my strength. So...... Even if I have the heart to help the people here, I have a weak heart, so what can I do......," Zhao Xun sighed.

Hearing Zhao Xun's words, Qian Bing and Su Ziyan both opened their mouths, their faces were gloomy for a while, and even Yang Wei'er on the side couldn't help but sigh softly, obviously, what Zhao Xun said was the real situation within the Shunzhou Army. Indeed, as Zhao Xun said, the three of them seemed to see the scene of those people arguing over whether to ask for help from the Huolin Army. Unlike the Huolin Army, Zhao Xun said that the Shunzhou Army was formed by the combination of several government armies and some righteous armies. is Li Yu, but because he was born in the government army, and he accounted for a large proportion of soldiers, he became the leader.

The reason why Zhao Xun said this was also to see the appearance of the three of them, hoping to influence the seven of them and pull them into his camp. Young people are still relatively easy to shape. This time to support the Shunzhou army, Zhao Xun also wanted to turn it into his own strength. The two armies are at war,

"Compared with Yanzhou Mansion, I realized that the people of Yanzhou Mansion and the people under the rule of my Huolin Army are so lucky. Which is more important than the life and death of hundreds of people and their own selfish interests? Zhao Xun said self-deprecatingly. The three people on the side were depressed for a while, and in the entire car, only the crisp sound of the charcoal in the charcoal stove from time to time and the chewing sound of Zhao Xun remained......

PS: I don't know what's going on, my tongue and lips are covered with white bubbles, it hurts to even eat and drink is a problem, dizziness, if there is a typo in the text, everyone can bear with it, it's really not good, just fork it off. I haven't asked for anything in the text until now, I write quietly, you look at it quietly...... Actually, I also know that this book made me write nothing. The biggest reason is that I had two problems with my computer. For the first time, I lost all my information, manuscripts, outlines, maps, etc., and the most important of them was the revised draft of the first 100,000 words. After losing it, I too. The second time the hard drive broke, and again, I wanted to enter the palace. But in the end, I decided to just write it down slowly......