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The gloomy weather that lasted for more than ten days did not usher in the autumn rain, but looked forward to a clear sky.

After staying in Yiwu for three days, Li Li finally set off for the General's Mansion.

Prior to this, the soldiers and horses of the various battalions that received the order arrived in Chang'an one after another, and all of them had been assembled in Dongcheng before Li Li returned to the general's mansion.

As a result, the city of Chang'an, which has been quiet for two years, once again ushered in the smoke of the approaching war, and in the past few days, each city gate has been heavily guarded, and the sound of horses' hooves coming in and out is endless from morning to night, and the armor soldiers can be seen everywhere on the street.

At the same time, the ban on customs closure issued by the General's Office half a month ago has been fully implemented, and since then all checkpoints in and out of Chang'an are not allowed to enter or exit.

The Hangu Pass, Tongguan and Wuguan Pass, which hold the throat of Chang'an, have been closed as early as half a month ago, and everyone is prohibited from passing except for the customs clearance guide issued by the General's Mansion.

Suddenly, the atmosphere of Chang'an City was solemn, and the clouds of war shrouded over Chang'an, causing the people to close their doors one after another, and they were silent.

It wasn't until the early morning of the day Li Li returned to the city that the General's Mansion posted a notice explaining the reason, and the people knew that it was a false alarm, and the war was far away in Sili and had not yet affected Chang'an.

Da-da-da-da!

"Welcome back to the general!"

As the Golden Lion Beast slowly stopped, all the subordinate officials of the General's Mansion came out of the mansion to greet them, and the leaders were Li Dao, Li Xuan, Jia Xu and Li Ru.

"Uncle, hurry up and be polite, how dare my nephew bother my uncle to greet him!" Seeing Li Dao bowing down to salute, Li Li Fei jumped down from the Golden Lion Beast, stepped forward to stop it, and then raised his hand to Li Xuan and the others: "Everyone is exempt, let's disperse, the big war is imminent, you can do your part." ”

Wenchang swore to the Northern Expedition this time and returned triumphantly. To raise the prestige of my Heavenly Dynasty, it is reasonable for the Son of Heaven to go out of the city to greet him. It's just that Wenchang's whereabouts are hidden and he doesn't want to publicize it, so his uncle greeted him on behalf of the Manchu Dynasty and the Son of Heaven. When striding into the door of the mansion, Li Wei deliberately walked behind Li Li and explained with a smile.

Since Li Li returned from his travels, Li Dao has completely put himself in the right position, and he no longer has the idea of replacing him. Because he saw Xiliang's form clearly in the assassination of Li Li, even if his nephew Li Li suffered an accident, it was impossible for him Li Li to return to military power. Naturally, it is even more impossible to take charge of Xiliang. At the same time, once Li Li is killed, it is difficult to say whether he Li Li can save his life; If there is civil strife in Xiliang, he Li Dao will be the first to be besieged by the crowd.

After some open and secret fighting, Li Dao completely woke up. He can be where he is today. It's all given by his nephew Li Li, and the uncle and nephew are both prosperous. If it weren't for Li Li's respect and support. There is no such prominent position as he is today; But if it weren't for him, Li Dao would be in front of him. Li Li is afraid that he has already reached the peak of the power of the Han Dynasty and is in charge of the world.

After thoroughly understanding it, Li Wei was very moved by Li Li's leniency over the years, and he often felt guilty and couldn't sleep at night in recent days.

The human heart is made of flesh. Nephew Li Li was good to himself, and Li Dao didn't know that he was not greedy before. It wasn't until his life was threatened that he woke up at dusk and repented like an initiation. Fortunately, it's not too late to wake up now, and there is still room for redemption. As long as he does his best to assist Li Li from now on, I believe that the estrangement between uncle and nephew can be eliminated and reconciled. After all, uncles and nephews are close to each other, breaking bones and connecting tendons, which is not comparable to ordinary people.

After entering the main hall, Li Li sat on the position of a general, in front of him was a tiger stripe handsome case made of sandalwood, backed by a wide throne with a golden beast pattern, and the hall in front of him was enough to accommodate more than 300 people.

"Wen He has been traveling between Yongzhou and Chang'an recently, thousands of miles away, saddle horses are tired, quite hard, I am very uneasy in my heart! I wonder if Yongzhou's military and political affairs are properly arranged now? After a little greeting, Li Li went straight to the point and began to inquire about Yongzhou affairs.

Jia Xu is also an important military and political position, and in the past two years, he has been named Yongzhou Beijia, but in fact, he has been exercising the right to assassinate the history of Yongzhou, and he has full authority to decide the affairs of Yongzhou. However, he has always been cautious, and no longer interfered in military affairs after taking charge of Yongzhou, but whenever he encountered large and small wars, he was mainly Fan Yong, the commander of the Wuwei Battalion, and reported everything to Li Li, abiding by the way of being a minister, and never crossing the bottom line.

Now that the war in the Xiliang Army has resumed, Jia Xu was ordered to hand over all the government affairs in his hands to Bingyuan and Hua Xin, get out and return to Chang'an, officially return to his own post, and continue to serve as the left army division of the Xiliang Army.

"The lord, I received the military order of the lord a month ago, Jiuquan Taishou Bingyuan was promoted to Yongzhou Beijia, and also led Wuwei Taishou, and Dunhuang Taishou Huaxin was promoted to Yongzhou Thorn History. Half a month ago, the subordinates had handed over all the government affairs to the two of them, and the whole territory of Yongzhou is now stable and peaceful, as always. Please rest assured. Jia Xugong reported.

Li Li bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Wenhe is calm and meticulous in handling government affairs, this is my Li Li's luck and the blessing of the people of Yongzhou!" ”

"The lord has won the prize." Jia Xu smiled in response, and said respectfully: "Since the early summer of last year, all the barbarians around Yongzhou have been swept away, and many barbarian tribes have fled hundreds of miles away and retreated to the wild land of the Western Regions, so far the whole territory has completely settled down. Over the past year or so, the whole state has maintained good public order, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, vigorously cultivating tuntian fields and developing agriculture. In particular, Dunhuang County has opened a large number of fields and traded with the countries of the Western Regions, and in recent years, there has been an endless stream of caravans, the tax input has increased day by day, and the government treasury has become increasingly full, which has greatly improved the living conditions of the people in Yongzhou. In the past two years, Dunhuang Taishou Huaxin has made remarkable political achievements, and his promotion to the post of assassin is indeed well deserved. In comparison, in the past two years, the political performance of Weichen has been mediocre and has not done much, but fortunately, the counties and counties under his rule have been able to live up to the trust of the lord. How dare you be greedy? Hehehe! ”

Li Li shook his head and smiled: "Wen He is too modest." Yongzhou is bitterly cold, and the old appearance has changed to a new look in the past two years, this is the credit of Jia Wenhe! I know this matter in my heart, and Wen He doesn't have to be humble. For this purpose I have prepared a mansion for you, just south of the General's Palace, and I will reward you with three hundred gold, two hundred horses of brocade silk, and five hundred personal guards. ”

"Thank you for the generous gift of the lord, my subordinates are ashamed." Jia Xu is indeed different, in the face of Li Li's reward of mansions, gold and silver, and brocade silk, he is unpretentious and gladly accepts.

Li Li smiled, "Now that the Central Plains War is coming, Wenhe is going to go into battle with me again." Fought side by side. As of today, the officers and men of each battalion have been assembled, and after the grain and grass are properly prepared, they will set out for the Central Plains. Yuan Zhong, have the grain, grass and ordnance ever been prepared? ”

Li Xuan got up when he heard this, and said respectfully: "Back to the lord, long before the lord swore in the Northern Expedition, his subordinates, Wenyou, and Situ had already raised 300,000 stones, grain, and grass for the army to go on the expedition. Unexpectedly, when the lord led the army to the north, he only took away 50,000 stone grain and grass, and there was no order after that. It is because our army has enough food and grass. In the past two months, his subordinates have once again raised 200,000 stone grain and grass, 300,000 weapons needed by the army, more than 600,000 arrows, and the remaining 100,000 heavy ordnance. Therefore. It is conservatively estimated that these grains and grass are heavy enough to supply our army for three months. The grain and grass required by the Anyi camp and the Xu Rong camp had been allocated as early as when the lord was traveling south. Therefore, our army has sufficient food and grass. The lord can lead the army at any time! ”

"Okay, Yuan Zhong takes precautions and thinks carefully, so good!" Li Li nodded happily.

After Li Xuan sat down, Li Ru got up and reported: "As of today, the letters sent to the princes by the lord of the Northern Expedition have also been replied to. Liu Biao of Jingzhou replied to the edict. Seven days ago, Cai He escorted 100,000 stones of grain and grass to Xu Rong's camp; After Tao Qian of Xuzhou was seriously ill, he ordered his eldest son Tao Shang to escort 70,000 stone grain and grass and 30,000 gold to Xu Rong's camp five days ago, with a letter written by Tao Qian himself. Youzhou Gongsun Zan sent Changshi Guan Jing to escort 30,000 stone grain and grass and 3,000 war horses to Zhou Yu's camp three days ago, and then Guan Jing will come to Chang'an to worship the Son of Heaven. I want to meet my lord. In addition, Liu Zhang of Yizhou sent an envoy to send 20,000 stone of grain and grass and 5,000 gold, and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong sent 3,000 stone of grain and grass, clearly supporting the lord's crusade against the barbarians. There is also Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou who has not paid tribute in recent years, and this time he also sent an envoy to send 10,000 stones, grain and grass and 10,000 gold, claiming that Yuan Shu provoked a war for no reason and wantonly killed the people of Yangzhou, and asked the lord to give the son of heaven and condemn Yuan Shu. ”

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed when he heard this, "This Liu Miao is a little interesting, he doesn't burn incense on weekdays, and he is temporarily cramming." I had never seen him pay tribute and pay grain before, but now Yuan Shu invaded Yangzhou, and successively sent troops within half a year, successively occupying Runan, Jiujiang, Lujiang and other counties, burning his eyebrows, this Liu Miao knew that he had asked the court for help. It's a pity that he is too naïve, too naïve, and the court also has times when he is embarrassed, I, Li Li, are now too busy to take care of myself, how can I have time to care about his! ”

After a pause, Li Li instructed Li Ru: "Tell the Son of Heaven about this matter, and appoint Liu Miao as General Zuo and Yangzhou Pastor, and lead Yangzhou to take charge of the southern killing war." Sue him, Yangzhou is his Liu Shu's territory, Yuan Shu is just an outsider, let him withstand the pressure, rectify the soldiers and horses, and be sure to exterminate Yuan Shu! ”

"I'm afraid this 、、、 Liu Xuan is not Yuan Shu's opponent." Li Ru was stunned and said hesitantly.

Li Li sneered: "Whether it is an opponent or not, it's too early to say." Liu Miao has been entrenched in Yangzhou for many years, and he has been drunk and dreaming of death before, without the court, leisurely and happy, no different from Liu Yan in Yizhou. Now that Yuan Shu has led the troops to fight, as long as he doesn't want to sit still, he must resist to the death and fight Yuan Shu. I didn't expect Liu Xuan to really be able to exterminate Yuan Shu, as long as he entangled Yuan Shu, as for whether he was dead or alive, what did it have to do with me! ”

"No, my subordinates understand." Li Ru happily responded.

Li Li bowed slightly, and chuckled: "Give him all the promises I made to Liu Biao before, especially the edict to Liu Biao's concubine Cai, and don't be negligent, and make Cai Mao the general of Hengjiang and in charge of the Jingzhou Navy." The former general of Gongsun Zhan, the pastor of Youzhou, led the military and political affairs of Youzhou, Hebei, Qing and Yan, and gave the holiday festival and axe, and did not have to be invited in case of trouble, but could make your own decisions! As for Liu Zhang in Yizhou, don't pay attention to it for the time being, the grain, grass, gold and silver he sent are just a favor to me, and they don't really support me. There is also Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, this thief is really hateful, what does three thousand stones of grain and grass mean, do you pity my Xiliang Army? This thief is showing weakness to me on the surface, but in fact he has sinister intentions. Ordered Liangzhou Assassin Shi Cui Yan to rectify the county government soldiers, and ordered Guo Yan to lead 10,000 Qinglong battalions to defend Yangping Pass, and always be on guard against movements in Hanzhong, but if there is any change, report it to me immediately! ”

"No!" Li Ru and Li Xuan respectfully accepted the order.

"Hmm." Li Li bowed his head slightly, then stood up, and said loudly: "Each camp will rest for two days, and the meeting will be held in the Anyi camp. Two days later, Ben General personally led a large army to the east to compete with the princes of the Central Plains! ”

"No, I'll take the order!" Everyone in the hall stood up and bowed.

Li Li waved his hand with a cold expression, and then strode towards the side door and went to the inner hall of the backyard.

"The lord is slow, and his subordinates still have something to report." Seeing Li Li throw his hand away, Li Ru hurried over and said urgently.

"Huh? What else is there to do with Wenyou, military intelligence or government affairs? Li Li stopped when he heard the sound, and said with a slight frown on his sword eyebrows.

Seeing Li Li's displeased face, Li Ru's expression changed slightly, knowing that he had come at a bad time, the lord had just returned home, so he naturally had a lot of trivial matters to deal with, but he was rushing up at this time, but he shouldn't.

"The subordinates are reckless, this matter is not urgent, it is not an urgent military situation. Please forgive me, and my subordinates will retire. After bowing down and confessing, Li Ru walked away in a huff.

It is true that in recent years, Li Li's majesty has become more and more prosperous, and Li Ruqi may have been in charge of detailed intelligence for a long time, and often reported some secret things to Li Li in private, so it is inevitable that he will be a little pampered and arrogant. In fact, this was a vice that Li Ru had been contaminated by Dong Zhuo's side in his early years, but he didn't notice it himself, but today he touched a nail in front of Li Li.

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