Xiao Han talked about three levels, one is the situation between the north and the south, and reminded the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty not to start a war with the Great Song Dynasty. The second is to focus on the importance and inevitability of land reform, which the ministers disagree with, making Xiao Han and Li Congshan very helpless. After all, this is a feudal society, and the landlord class occupies a dominant position, and these people absolutely do not have the idea and consciousness of letting the peasants be the masters of their own affairs.

Xiao Han once again stressed the need to properly implement the military service system and the political commissar system, which was the basis for ensuring the victory of the Southern Tang Dynasty in a hundred battles. Defense Minister Sun Zhen said that after the capture of the Southern Han Dynasty, he would prepare to hold another military exercise meeting in the capital the following year, and invited Xiao Han to participate.

Xiao Han finally stated that he would follow the emperor's order to help the Southern Tang army attack the Southern Han Dynasty, which moved the Southern Han monarchs and ministers very much, and praised the horse master for his righteousness and the dry city of the country.

This conversation came in the evening, and Xiao Han insisted on going back. Li Congshan was inconvenient and reluctant, so he sent someone to invite Li Yueying, Murong Qiuyu and Chai Xinyue out and go back together. Xiao Han had just learned from Zhang Quanyue that Nantang had begun to prepare for the marriage between the princess and him, and as long as Nanhan was successfully swept away this time, he would have a happy event when he came back.

Xiao Han was a little dumbfounded, and at the same time felt even more uneasy in his heart. Although marrying Li Yueying has always been his pursuit, but when it comes to the end, it makes him a little numb, especially Chai Xinyue's affair with himself is even more difficult to talk about.

Whoa, whatever, let's take a step at a time. Xiao Han calmed down and led the three of them back to the post house, and the staff of the post house delivered the meal.

After eating, Xiao Han returned to his residence, Wudang Qizi and Su Ruotong had already heard that Li Yueying was back, and they waited at the door one by one, and after seeing Li Yueying, they cheered and pounced on him.

Xiao Han, Murong Qiuyu, and Chai Xinyue watched with envy as they joked with Li Yueying, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled silently. After a long time, Li Yueying turned around and said with a smile: "Okay, why didn't you tell me when you became the head of the sect?

Bai Xiaoqiyi rushed over and hugged her arm and said, "Good sister, good master, master is now both the head of the sect and the head of the five sects, don't fight in the future, okay?" Everyone laughed, and Li Yueying slapped him lightly in the face and said, "Just because you have a lot of things, am I so fierce?"

Murong Qiuyu and Chai Xinyue looked at each other and smiled, Murong Qiuyu said lightly: "My sister has always been straightforward, kind, and not fierce at all. Chai Xinyue followed: "My sister has always been very good to Brother Xiao, everyone in the martial arts rivers and lakes knows it, who dares to say that my sister is fierce?"

Li Yueying was a little embarrassed, and then suddenly felt wrong, and pointed at Chai Xinyue and said, "What do you mean by this?" Chai Xinyue was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had revealed something that she had discovered, and her face immediately changed.

Xiao Han immediately followed up and said: "Okay, okay, there is still business to do tomorrow, everyone rest early." Li Yueying glanced at him and said, "It's still early, can't I talk to everyone?" Xiao Han smiled bitterly: "You are the first sister of Wudang, you can do whatever you want, where does anyone dare to stop you?"

Li Yueying smiled proudly, and just as she was about to speak, she saw Zhuang Tianyou leading the four rudder masters to come over to greet her, and followed by the Wudang disciples who rushed into the door to say hello. Inside the house, you come and go, it is very lively, which can also show Li Yueying's popularity among the disciples of the Wudang faction.

Li Yueying's temper determined that she could get along with the Wudang disciples, which Murong Qiuyu and Chai Xinyue couldn't do. Murong Qiuyu always had that kind of faint expression, which made people dare not approach easily. Although Chai Xinyue is modest, she is reluctant to communicate with others more, and the Wudang disciples naturally keep a distance from her.

Xiao Han saw that the house was like a vegetable market, and he was very helpless, so he waved his hand and asked Murong Qiuyu and Chai Xinyue to take Qizi and Su Ruotong back to rest, and told them that the two of them would set off for Lingnan tomorrow, so that everyone could get ready.

Li Yueying enjoyed the feeling of the stars holding the moon very much, and talked and laughed with the Wudang disciples until the moon came to an end. Xiao Han sent her back to the accommodation, and Zhuang Tianyou arranged for his disciples to guard her, and Xiao Han turned back to rest without mentioning it.

On the second day, they got up early in the morning, and after breakfast, they assembled their troops, and after a while, two officers of the Ministry of National Defense of the Southern Tang Dynasty led a group of officers and soldiers to come, holding an order issued by Defense Minister Sun Zhen himself, saying that they were sending them to the front line.

There were also 1,000 taels of silver sent with them, and Yan Ming sent it to the Wudang faction as silver, and Xiao Han naturally smiled. The Wudang disciples took out their horses and followed the officers and soldiers straight to the front line.

It took almost 20 days to reach Da Yuling, and the officers and soldiers of the front line had already learned the news of the imperial court and knew that Xiao Han had come to help, and they were all excited. Commanders and envoys from Jianzhou, Hongzhou, Yuanzhou, Yunzhou, Fuzhou, Jizhou, Qianzhou, Runzhou, Shezhou, Raozhou, Tingzhou, Xinzhou, and Jianzhou came to greet them.

The official position given to Xiao Han by Xiao Han's holy decree was the general staff of the three armies of Ma Bushui, and everyone naturally did not dare to slack off. After receiving the wind, Xiao Han immediately gathered the commanders of various departments for a meeting.

The battle to pacify the Southern Han Dynasty was commanded by Du Zhen, the former Tiande Duyu Marquis and the current deputy commander of the three armies of Ma Bushui. The Ministry of Defense continued to urge, and even said that if he couldn't do it, he would replace Zhu Lingbin and Zheng Yanhua to come in person, Du Zhen knew that the upper echelons were really angry, and his hair was almost white after a month.

Seeing that Xiao Han brought the princess to help, Du Zhen's hanging heart finally fell. Immediately led hundreds of generals and political commissars from various departments to the commander's tent. Li Yueying insisted on attending the meeting, but she had no choice but to find a military uniform and let her pretend to be her own soldier. Murong Qiuyu and Chai Xinyue took the seven sons of Wudang and Su Ruotong to stay in Xiao Han's military tent to rest.

The disciples of the Vermilion Bird Hall have their own quartermaster to take care of them, and they eat and drink well and entertain them, lest they be neglected. The Wudang sect has strict precepts, and the disciples keep the rules in the tent one by one.

It was August, the weather was hot, but the generals were in full armor, and they visited Marshal Du Zhen and Xiao Han in order of office. Du Zhen sat in the center, and Xiao Han sat behind the table on his right. Lai Ben Du Zhen insisted on letting Xiao Han sit in the handsome position, how could Xiao Han do such a rude thing, and insisted on not complying. Du Zhen had no choice but to give up, but seeing Xiao Han's arrival, Du Zhen had demoted himself to the second-in-command in his heart, even if he didn't win in the future, I believe that the emperor and the Ministry of Defense could no longer blame him.

All the generals arrived, and their own officers checked the roster, except for one Marquis Du Yu who was seriously ill and could not afford to be there. Xiao Han glanced at the tent, and after a brief check, there were seventy or eighty high-level officers, large and small, who held up a handsome tent, but they were silent, and they all looked at Xiao Han.

Xiao Han coughed lightly, Du Zhen observed his words, and hurriedly stood up and said: "The emperor sent General Staff Officer Xiao to support us in the battle this time, which is really a great grace of the emperor. Under the command of General Staff Officer Xiao, we will be able to take Xiongzhou in one fell swoop, level the Xing Palace, capture Pan Chongche alive, and capture Liu Ling alive. ”

The meaning of these words has been given to Xiao Han, Xiao Han and the generals can naturally hear it, and even Li Yueying, who was standing behind him, rolled his eyes slightly to express his dissatisfaction. Du Zhen pretended not to see the faces of the two with a shy old face, and sat down by himself.

Xiao Han cleared his throat and suddenly said, "As far as I know, we have been delayed in Da Yuling for dozens of days, what is the advantage of the Pan thief? How can I make my hundreds of thousands of soldiers helpless?" The generals looked at each other, not knowing what Xiao Han meant by suddenly asking.

Xiao Han suddenly sank his face and said, "Where is Yan Ze?" Yan Ze was shocked, and strode out of the ranks: "The last will be." Xiao Han said coldly: "You lost three thousand military horses in the first battle, are you guilty?" Yan Ze's eyes flashed with a trace of fear, and he bowed down and said loudly: "The last general is guilty." ”

Xiao Han said coldly: "You tell this staff officer about the battle in detail." Yan Ze was named in public, his face was red to the base of his neck, and when he heard that Xiao Han asked him to tell about the defeat, his face was even more ashamed. Helplessly, the county official might as well be in charge now, so he had to talk about the battle process again.

But it turned out that he was greedy for merit and rushed forward, and fell into Pan Chongche's plan to lure the enemy into depth, trapping more than 10,000 of his men and horses in a valley, and then he lost more than 3,000 people. Moreover, Xiongzhou has a dangerous terrain, and although the number of military horses in the Southern Tang Dynasty is large, it cannot spread the formation. Pan Chongche was also a general of the Southern Han Dynasty, waiting for work, and the elephant soldiers trained by the Southern Han Dynasty were extremely powerful, and ordinary cavalry could not break through the Southern Han formation, so he was trapped in Lingbei for dozens of days.

Xiao Hanlian frowned when he heard this, and when Yan Ze finished speaking, Xiao Han said in a deep voice: "Although the elephant soldiers are strong, don't we have strong bows and crossbows? Why don't we press them?" Yan Ze said with a dark face: "Those elephant soldiers are covered in armor and invulnerable, I led my brothers to rush for a while, and I couldn't break through at all." ”

The generals look at me and I look at you, all with solemn faces, it can be seen that what Yan Ze said is the truth. Xiao Han glanced at the map a few times, and a smile slowly appeared on his face: "People often say that the five mountains are difficult to cross, as long as it is not hindered by miasma, it is not a problem at all. ”

Everyone listened to him relaxed, and their faces slowly eased, the last time the battle between Nanping and Wuping was planned by Xiao Han, and the coup d'état was inseparable from him, which was known to the Southern Tang Dynasty. At this time, listening to his relaxed tone, the generals' hearts gradually calmed down, and Raozhou commanded Xue Jian to clasp his fists and said: "Staff Officer Xiao, I would like to be a pioneer and fight against the thief again." ”

The generals immediately showed their indignation, this old thief was too cunning, and seeing that Xiao Han personally commanded him, he was about to seize the credit. How could the generals be lazy, they rushed forward to fight, and Du Zhen's eyes almost jumped out.

Xiao Han was very satisfied with the attitude of the generals, and said with a smile: "Generals, slow down, wait for me to finish speaking." The generals retreated one after another. Xiao Han looked at Xue Jian and said, "The old general took the initiative to seek battle, which is really commendable. Tomorrow's battle will be played by your department. ”

Xue Jian was very excited, and said loudly, and then glanced at the generals triumphantly. Yan Ze had lost the battle, and he had already been ridiculed by them many times, and at this time, seeing that he was arrogant and proud, his whole face was as black as coal.

Xiao Han turned his head to Yan Ze and said: "Victory and defeat are commonplace, General Yan is a Tang general, how about you attack tomorrow's battle?"

Yan Ze was stunned on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning, and Guo Ran, the commander of Jianzhou, stepped forward and stabbed him and said, "Old Yan, what are you stunned about? Didn't you hear the chief of staff ordering the general?"

Yan Ze woke up like a dream, and immediately stepped forward and half-knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The last general must live up to his mission." Because he was too excited, Yan Zehu had tears in his eyes, and just as he was about to continue to express his position, he saw a herald outside the tent rushing over, holding a piece of yellow paper in his hand, and shouted as he ran: "Pan Lang, the general of the Han State, heard that Chief of Staff Xiao arrived in the army, and led five thousand military horses to challenge. ”