Xiang Xianhe, who rushed to Dingzhou for help, was in a hurry to ask for help, and Li Qing was not in Dingzhou City at all, but went to Shanglin, where he was said to be going to inspect the Autumn Festival offensive that Lu Shi was preparing, and he was received by Shang Haibo, a member of the Dingzhou Army who was full of enthusiasm, and Dingzhou Tongzhi Lu Yiming.

"Xiang Dashuai, oops, you are really a rare guest, why don't you say hello in advance when you come to Dingzhou, we can also prepare for it, you see, Li Dashuai went to Shanglin to inspect the autumn offensive that Lu Dalin's troops were preparing, and he has left Dingzhou City in Lintian." Shang Haibo warmly greeted Xiang Xianhe and invited him into the hall.

"Li Dashuai is not in Dingzhou City?" Xiang Fatzi, who came to Dingzhou with enthusiasm, felt half a chill in his heart, "Then, when will he come back?" ”

"Something to the marshal?" Lu Yiming asked with a smile: "When the marshal left, he handed over the responsibility of guarding Dingzhou City to Shang Senjun, if the matter is not big, Shang Senjun can solve it." ”

Xiang Xianhe's mouth was bitter, "Is Dingzhou ready to launch an autumn offensive against the barbarians?" Already decided to start playing? ”

Shang Haibo nodded and said: "Yes, yes, the autumn offensive has been prepared for a long time, go into the grassland, kill the barbarians' livestock, burn the forage they reserve for the winter, in short, Li Shuai wants to make the barbarians have a hard time this winter, hehe, they always beat us before, and now we should also fight them, so that these barbarians can also taste the taste of surprise and unrest in the dormitory." ”

Xiang Xianhe was restless, if Li Qing really launched the autumn offensive against the barbarians on time, then where could he still draw troops to support Fuzhou, if Dingzhou could not send troops, then how could Fuzhou be guaranteed? No, I have to see Li Qing immediately, no matter what, I have to let him suspend the offensive against the barbarians, the barbarians can fight at any time, but their own Fuzhou can't wait.

Huo Di stood up, and a ball of meat rolled out of the hall, which startled Shang Haibo and Lu Yiming, what's wrong with this Xiang Fat Man, could it be that the information is wrong?

"Dashuai, Dashuai, where are you going?" Shang Haibo hurriedly chased after him.

"I'm going to go to the forest, and I'm going to see Li Dashuai right away." Gasping for breath to the fat man, he said loudly.

Shang Lu and the two glanced at each other, and it seemed that the mountain wind in Fuzhou was really going to be anxious about the fat man, "Dashuai, what's the matter with the objective urgency?" Li Dashuai can't stay in the forest for a few days, you rarely come to our Dingzhou this kind of bitter cold place, how to stay for a few days, although Dingzhou is not as beautiful as Fuzhou, but some places are also quite meteorological, Shang will accompany Dashuai to have a good time for a few days? ”

Xiang Xianhe stopped and said loudly: "Delay for a few more days, if you don't say that the head of a certain person will be cut off by those bandits, what else is there to play in the mountains and rivers, I still join the army, I must see Li Dashuai immediately." ”

"What!" Shang Lu and the others were both shocked, "How can Xiang Dashuai say this, we have also heard of bandits in Fuzhou, but what kind of climate can it become, how can Dashuai panic?" ”

Xiang Xianhe sighed, his face was sad, and he stopped talking, Shang Haibo took the opportunity to invite him back to the hall again, Xiang Xianhe looked at the two members of Dingzhou, Wen Yiwu, and knew that these two were Li Qing's important subordinates. In his mouth, the troops who passed through the mountains were simply evil thieves, where they passed, ten rooms and nine emptiness, looting wealth, killing people, destroying silver women, burning towns, "I Fuzhou is bleeding and pestle, there is no one in ten, poor people, there is no power to resist, so I can only let the evil thief rage!" ”

Shang Haibo pretended to be surprised, "How can there be such a thing, Xiang Dashuai, how can your Fuzhou army let him do such nonsense, but I heard that Xiang Feng and Xiang Hui are both generals who can fight well, tens of thousands of Fuzhou troops, how can they not be a bandit?" ”

Xiang Xianhe's fat face was red, the muscles on his face kept beating, and he wanted to say a few words for his Fuzhou army, but after thinking about it, the effect might be appropriate at this time, and he was embarrassed for a long time, and then said with difficulty: "Don't hide it from the two adults, my Fuzhou army elite fought with the bandits a few days ago, and returned defeated, almost all of them were lost, seeing that the rebel army had already pointed to Huai'an, the capital of Fuzhou, I came to ask Li Dashuai for help this time, and I also hope that Li Shuai will see that the people of Fuzhou are suffering, and even more for the sake of our two states being connected to each other, and sending troops to help." , exterminate the bandits! ”

"This one!" Shang Lu and the two were silent at the same time. "Do you want me to send troops to Dingzhou?"

"What do you two say?" Xiang Xianhe looked at the two of them longingly, for fear that these two people would spit out a word, these two people were important ministers in Dingzhou, and their impact on Li Qing was not small.

"Don't hide it from the marshal," Shang Haibo seemed to be thinking about the words, and said slowly: "If there is no this autumn offensive, we Dingzhou will send troops to help the marshal, the marshal and our Li Shuai are both royal relatives, it can be said that the bones are broken and the tendons are connected, but now it is very rare, the autumn offensive of the Lu division is on the line, our Dingzhou will go all out to fight against the barbarians, and our own troops are a little insufficient, so can we draw our troops to Fuzhou to suppress bandits?" ”

"Stop the autumn offensive against the barbarians!" Xiang Xiang roared to the fat man, "Isn't there a force in this way!" ”

"How is this possible?" Shang Lu and the others shouted at the same time.

"Xiang Dashuai, for this autumn offensive, we have been planning for several months, not to mention the effort expended, a lot of money and materials have been spent, the mobilization of troops is huge, under the general mobilization of the whole state, the strategic focus of the entire Dingzhou has been tilted to Shanglin, General Lu is also ready to go, how can it be stopped? In this way, the huge investment in Dingzhou in the early stage will not be wasted, this will definitely not work, and Li Shuai will definitely not allow it. Shang Haibo's head shook like a rattle.

"Money, money doesn't matter!" Xiang Xianhe said loudly: "We have recovered the cost of your Dingzhou investment in the early stage, in short, we will never let your Dingzhou suffer." ”

Shang Haibo and Lu Yiming glanced at each other, and the joy in their eyes flashed, "Dashuai, that's a million taels of silver, you also have such a huge amount?" ”

"Isn't it just a million taels of silver, we are out, I am out, as long as you can send troops to Fuzhou." Xiang Xianhe can't wait, he is not short of silver now, if Fuzhou loses it, what is the use of more silver, as long as Fuzhou is fine, no matter how much silver is used, it is just a little more private salt every year.

"It's not just about the money!" Shang Haibo continued Lu Yiming's words, "Xiang Dashuai knows, General Lu is a veteran of Dingzhou, the oldest in the army, he has worked hard for this autumn offensive, so he stopped, I'm afraid that he won't rest with Dashuai, you don't know, for General Lu, our Dashuai is a polite three!" ”

"I know, I know!" Xiang Xianhe knew that the other party was definitely going to take the opportunity to rip off the bamboo, but at this time he couldn't care about anything, didn't he just want to ask for more silver, I'll give it. "Let Dingzhou give up the combat operations that have been prepared for so long, and of course we will compensate for it. In this way, I will pay another 500,000 taels to let Li Shuai work for the army, General Lu has complaints, Li Shuai might as well give a little more silver, presumably General Lu will not say anything more. ”

In the blink of an eye, 1.5 million taels of silver arrived, and now Lu Yiming, who was tormented by the silver and couldn't sleep at night, was already overjoyed, which could greatly alleviate the financial crisis in Dingzhou.

"Since Xiang Dashuai is so bold and willing to compensate for our losses in Dingzhou, in front of Dashuai, we can speak for you, but how Dashuai decides in the end, it's not up to us to influence, so let's do it, Xiang Dashuai, you live in the post house first, and we will immediately send it up to the forest to invite Dashuai back?"

"Okay, okay, the sooner the better, the sooner the better!" Xiang Xianhe agreed repeatedly.

At this time, Li Qingzheng, who claimed to have visited the forest, was lying leisurely in the garden of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, smelling the fragrance of flowers and drinking fine wine, and Qingfeng, who was sitting beside him, was smiling and feeding the peeled grapes to his mouth one by one.

"I've been running around for the past few days, and I've worked hard for you." Li Qing cherished Qingfeng's face, "Look, it's all a little tanned." ”

Qingfeng smiled: "General, this is Qingfeng's duty, why do you have to work hard, besides, didn't you say that my face was too pale before, and it wouldn't be better to tan a little." ”

Li Qing laughed, "It's better to be white, it's better to be white." ”

Qingfeng filled the wine glass for Li Qing, "Presumably Xiang Fat Man is so anxious that he is about to get angry at this time, and I don't know how Mr. Shang and Master Lu knocked on the bamboo pole?" ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Shang, I've always been at ease, this time if I don't squeeze out a few barrels of oil to the fat man, how can he give up?" Li Qing said with a smile.

Hearing that Li Qing trusted Shang Haibo so much, Qingfeng's eyes flickered, and he smiled slightly, but he was silent.

Zhong Jing suddenly walked over quickly, saluted the two, followed Qingfeng for a long time, she had turned a blind eye to the intimate behavior between the handsome and the young lady, looked at the Qingfeng and said: "Miss, the big marshal of Dingzhou Xiang Xianhe went to the yamen of the Statistical Survey Department to see you, Miss." ”

Qingfeng was surprised: "He went to see me?" What's the matter? ”

Li Qing laughed: "What else can I do, I want you to hit the wooden clock, I want you to blow the pillow wind for me, Qingfeng, your chance to knock on the bamboo bar has come!" ”

Qingfeng smiled, "I am short of action funds there, Mingyan has sent back the news, there is a need for a large amount of silver, Lord Lu has not pulled out a dime, and when he sees me, he fled without a trace, I went to his yamen to block him several times without getting a penny, and sent it to the fat man, this is really dozing off and someone sent a pillow, the general has a good rest, I will also go to squeeze the fat man's oil." He got up and floated away.

(To be continued)