Brother Xiao Yu brought a message to Xiao early in the morning that the illegitimate son Yi Feng had led his army north for more than a month, and had not returned to Huaihuang yet, and had even cut off contact with Huaihuang for more than half a month. Although there were rumors that Yi Feng led his army to defeat the Tiele Tongluo people in Xi territory half a month ago, and wiped out tens of thousands of Mobei cavalry. However, some people doubt the authenticity of the rumors, but now the Wuzhou army has been north for so long, but no news has been heard back, making people think that the situation of the Wuzhou army is not as good as the rumors. "Yi Feng may have defeated the Tongluo cavalry in Xi territory before, but that battle must have been greatly damaged. Then he may underestimate the enemy and continue to go north, and was besieged by the Tiele people. Maybe he has now failed to sink to the north of the Shasai."

After hearing this news, Xiao Meiniang lazily turned the crystal wine glass in her hand, "Is that illegitimate child so easy to die? It is said that the disaster has been gone for thousands of years, and I always feel that it is not that simple. Seventh brother, this illegitimate child always gives me a feeling that it seems that she was just the trouble God deliberately gave me."

"It's just an illegitimate child, and it's an illegitimate child who is simply shameful. Why should I worry too much?" Xiao Yu, who was only twenty-three years old, was the youngest son of Emperor Ming of Liang Xiao Kui. His brothers ranked seventh and was named king at the age of seven. Later Liang was annexed by the Sui Dynasty and entered Sui. Because Hou Liang was a puppet vassal of the Sui Dynasty, and his sister was the princess of the Sui Jin Dynasty, the Hou Liang Zong received good treatment. The seventh brothers, from Xiao Cong, who was the last elder brother of the Liang Emperor, to him, who was ranked seventh.

In addition, his brothers and uncles almost all received good treatment, and many of them were also granted positions such as Duke and County Governor. His seven brothers were only one brother because he fled to the Southern Chen and rebelled against the Sui Dynasty. In the end, Chen Po took him to Chang'an and was beheaded. But it was only an exception. For example, Xiao Yu not only received the position of a noble official of the Neishishu. In addition, Empress Dugu also married her brother's daughter to Xiao Yu as his wife, so as to marry her relatives. Xiao Yu has been staying in Jianghuai for this period of time.

My sister was a little upset recently. He knew that it was all the illegitimate son Yi Feng who suddenly appeared. However, he always felt that the illegitimate son could not pose any threat to his sister. First, it was just an illegitimate son, and second, it was still an illegitimate son who could not see the light. Most importantly, the relationship between his brother-in-law, Yang Guang, and his sister has been good over the years. King Jin has only two sons so far. All of them are born in the elder sister, although except for one sister.

In addition to the legitimate daughter, there are several illegitimate daughters, but the daughter is not a son. It has no influence on the sister. Compared with the frivolous and frivolous prince, there are more than a dozen concubines. There are not half a legitimate son but ten illegitimate sons, the sister's status in the King of Jin's Mansion is really stable and can rest assured. But the sister was worried about this. A few days ago, she specifically asked him to come from Chang'an and took the daughter of her cousin to Huaihuang as a concubine for Yi Feng.

After Xiao Yu came in, Concubine Helian, the palace maid next to Xiao, immediately took the palace maids out and waited outside.

"According to our speculation, even if Yi Feng can come back safely this time, since he dares to provoke the Turks, he will not jump for a few days. Now the relationship between the Turks and the Sui Dynasty is becoming increasingly tense. At this time, he dares to provoke the Turks. Isn't this the old birthday star hanging himself for death? Even if we don't have to do anything, the Turks cannot directly destroy him."

Xiao Meiniang was extremely calm. She looked at the youngest brother and shook her head: "You think he is seeking death, but I don't think it's that simple. You have never contacted him directly, but I have seen him, that's not a fool. Since he dared to provoke the Turks, he must have his own capital for ceremonials. At the beginning, I also thought that this illegitimate child would not be a threat, but it took only a few minutes to watch him go from being embarrassed and helpless to go north to becoming the chief manager of a state. This illegitimate child is not simple, I always think he is a threat."

"Didn't you say last time that King Jin seemed to have suspicious of him, too?"

"I did succeed in making King Jin suspicious and guarded against him before, but I think King Jin has changed his mind now. The day before yesterday, King Jin seems to have forgotten what happened before. I think it seems to be a bit strange, but I can't figure out the situation. But I can't say this too explicitly, otherwise I'll just be afraid of the King of Jin's disgust and think that I'm willing to stimulate their father-son relationship, and that it will be even more difficult to accomplish." Xiao Meiniang stood up and said to her brother, "I need to know what went wrong, why King Jin's attitude changed so quickly. Seventh brother, I know you have always been resourceful. Please help me find out what went wrong."

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In the hall of the Yangzhou General Administration Office, Yang Guang and his staff members gathered here, and after sitting in the table, they were all happy.

Yang Guang's civil servants and military generals were all very happy today. Zhang Heng was wearing a Shu brocade, but the most conspicuous one was the snow-white ferret cloak outside the brocade clothes. The white and soft ferret cloak made him look like a fur merchant who suddenly became rich. Duan Da, the king of Jin, wore a golden leopard head knife hilt on his waist, and a huge gem-shaped sword inlaid on his scabbard. Even when he sat in front of the desk to attend the banquet, he didn't take off the knife. Every time his burly body moved, the gold-inlaid sword inlaid with dazzling light. On the main seat, King of Jin, Yang Guang, was wearing a python robe and jade belt, shining brightly. The civil servants and military generals under him were also all wearing brocade clothes and robe today, shouting loudly and sometimes giggling.

Xiao Meiniang and Xiao Yu passed through a large group of military generals, civil servants, maids, and guards, and finally entered the hall. At this time, a sound came from outside, and the guards shouted: "Yang Wei, General of Kuzhen Cheqi and Pei Zeng, joined the Wuzhou General Administration Office, asked for a meeting."

Yang Wei and Pei Zeng, led by the guards, walked into the hall and stopped until the front of the throne. Xiao had never seen the gorgeous armor of the two men. The shiny red steel plate was carved with a white tiger that jumped up, and just a few steel plates with arched curves formed a solid armor full of strength and beauty. The helmets held on the left hand were different from the usual ones. The strange helmet was surrounded by a circle of dazzling gems, the top of the helmet was also inlaid with a white tiger made of platinum, and the eyes were even embellished with rubies. There was also a pair of platinum buckled on the shoulders of the two men. A pair of platinum buckled a long and heavy golden cloak, and the cloak woven in gold silk also had a white tiger seal on it.

The armor of the two was so gorgeous and mighty. When they entered the hall, everyone was surprised and their eyes suddenly stared at them. Especially many generals. A good armor sometimes had a second life for the generals. The armor on Yang Wei and others was unique and gorgeous, but at a glance it was not flashy but had extremely strong defense. However, they had never seen such an armor in the past.

Pei Zeng bowed to Yang Guang with awe and offered the most gorgeous poem of posthumous beauty.

After the ceremony, Pei Zeng immediately reported to Yang Guang that the Wuzhou army led by Yi Feng had won a series of great victory. "More than a month ago, the Turkic Tiele Tongluo, Pugu, and Baye Gu three troops went south to the south. General Yi led his army to the north to defend the enemy outside the country's gate. He saved the Xi, Khitan and Wu tribes from the Great Sui tribes. The first battle was at the Xijing Rivers. General Yi successfully lured the enemy into the shortlist and successfully defeated the 10,000 Tiele Tongluo cavalry in one fell swoop. He fought several battles before and after. In the end, he annihilated 7,000 enemies and captured 3,000 prisoners. After annihilated the Tongluo Wan cavalry and rescued the Xi tribe, General Yi quickly rushed to the north and went south to Yangzhou on the way to Yangzhou. He just received the fast horse from General Yi.

Immediately reported. Just ten days ago, General Manager Yi successfully ambushed and pursued the Khitan tribes Tiele Pugu again in Raolehe, and pulled Yegu two units. In this battle, he finally killed 3,000 and captured more than 23,000 enemies. He marched north for more than 20 battles in all sizes, killing more than 10,000 enemies. He captured more than 26,000 more than sieges, completely lifting the siege of the Xi, Khitan and Wu tribes, and dismantling the Tiele people's ambition to enslave our three northern tribes, and trying to drive them south to invade the northern border of the Great Sui Dynasty. General Manager Yi is still in Khitan, and he urgently sends this good news to the king. This battle is entirely due to His Majesty's power and entrusting the blessing of King Jin."

"General Yi is well-manned and resourceful. The soldiers of Wuzhou Army work together to serve their lives and are very good at merit." Yang Guang nodded. In fact, after Yi Feng sent troops north, Yang Guang has been paying close attention to the war. Every day, news came back from the north, from Yi Fengshe Rivers to block the Tongluo people, to Yi Feng divided his troops and marched around to build an ice fort behind the Tongluo people to block their retreat. Then how Yi Feng won over the Xi people as used, even recruited 8,000 Xi soldiers, and later successfully ambushed Bayegu and Pugu again to go north, and how Yi Feng reached an alliance with the three tribes of Khitan, Wu and Xi, and even he had an allied army and arranged nearly 100,000 troops.

At the beginning, Yang Guang was extremely surprised and even unbelievable when he received these news. However, the news was constantly transmitted from the north, and different sources of information finally proved that these surprising news were indeed true. It was from that time that Yang Guang's heart had quietly changed. Originally, he had to feel relieved because of the news from Beijing that the emperor believed that Yi Feng was the son of the prince, and the prince admitted it again. But now, when he found that Yi Feng's strength was improving rapidly, after careful consideration and discussion with his aides and confidants, he had to admit a fact that Yi Feng's illegitimate son had gone from being dispensable at the time to the point where he had to treat him carefully. Because Yi Feng now has this strength, according to the results calculated by Zhang Heng, after several expansions in the north, Yi Feng's troops had increased several times in a row.

How many soldiers does Yi Feng have now?

Zhang Heng told him that Yi Feng now has at least 100,000 troops in his hands. This is not an imaginary number, but a real number. It can be totaled one by one. First of all, they learned that the Wuzhou Army, the largest ace in Yi Feng, already had three armies in front, middle and back, and after the full rank, there were more than 50,000 people and nearly 60,000 people. At the same time, Yi Feng also had garrison soldiers, which originally had more than 100 garrisons in fourteen towns. After Yi Feng went north, he had reached an agreement with Xi. The Wuzhou Army could build town forts and build roads in the mountainous areas of western Xi. After having town forts, of course, it would also increase garrisons. According to the 50,000 garrisons in one town, the garrison soldiers in Wuzhou could reach 30,000 or even 40,000. There are many inspections in Wuzhou, and the town forts.

Soldiers, archers, and these unique reserve soldiers in Wuzhou carry out autumn and winter training like the soldiers in the Central Plains, and even have simple equipment. Especially those township soldiers are all selected tall and strong young men. They only practice longbows, which is completely the reserve team of Wuzhou's particularly sharp longbow infantry. As long as they need, they can recruit these township soldiers into the army at any time and become powerful longbow soldiers. What's more, with Yi Feng's current relationship with the three foreign troops, the three departments can provide 50,000 Hu soldiers. Even if they mobilize with all their strength, they can mobilize 50,000 reserve soldiers. In other words, if Yi Feng mobilizes with all his strength, he can pull out an army of 200,000 outside the northern frontier. Although it is not easy to achieve this step, at least he does have this potential.

With this, Yang Guang had to reconsider his relationship with this illegitimate child.

Not to mention 200,000, or 100,000, even the Wuzhou army with more than 50,000 people in Yi Feng's hands is enough to make Yang Guang treat this son with caution in his heart.

In the words of Duan Da, the military officer, although he had been in charge of Jiangnan for eight years and controlled the Jianghuai lands of the forty-four prefectures, the troops he really controlled were not more than 50,000 troops who could respond to a hundred times in special times. Moreover, the soldiers in Jiangnan were not as good as those in northern soldiers, not to mention that Yi Feng's soldiers were mostly soldiers of the Han and Hu tribes in the north. They were born with strong cavalry. Yang Guang was determined to fight for the reserve. He also always made plans to raise an army in Jiangnan when necessary to make a separatist corner, but he had

There were too few soldiers on the front and the southern army was weak. He did not want to go to that point unless he had to. Even at that point, he might only be defeated and killed. But with the full support of Yi Feng and the army in his hand, the chips for the competition for the reserve position could be increased a lot. Although Yi Feng's army was established for a short time and expanded many times, Yi Feng's performance in the north this time fully demonstrated that Yi Feng was indeed very capable of commanding troops, and his army was indeed well trained.

To what the confidant counselor Yu Wenshu said to him, if the resistance to the capture of the reserve is too great and Wen is not good, then with the troops in Yi Feng's hand, they can even consider coming to Wu. At that time, Yi Feng led his troops south across the Great Wall, headed straight to Hedong, went south all the way south, crossed the Yellow River to attack Chang'an directly. Yang Guang could raise an army in Yangzhou, lead Jiangnan and then go up against the Yangtze River, attack Jianghan and Jingxiang, and enter Guanzhong through Wu Pass. At that time, Yang Guang was in Jiangnan and Yi Feng was in the north and the two armies were launched together, advancing north and south, just like a large pliers to clamp Chang'an. This was a plan that was not absolutely necessary, but it was also a very successful plan. It can even be said that with this final measure, Yang Guang could be more relaxed and bolder in fighting for the reserve.

Moreover, even if you don’t consider the soldiers in Yi Feng’s hands for the time being, Yang Guang still has to consider the money in Yang Guang’s hands.

When Yi Feng arrived in Huaihuang and said that he wanted to establish Huaihuang border market, Yang Guang only thought that Yi Feng wanted to smuggle back to Yi, and did not pay too much attention. But now, the market is very successful, and Yi Feng really made a lot of money with this. How much money did he make? Yang Guang didn't need to look at it carefully. He just looked at Yi Feng's army of 70,000 or 80,000 troops in less than a year of operation, and raised a population of about 400,000. You can know how much money did Huaihuang Yi make?

Yang Guang, Yi Feng's army, may not be used for a while, and he will never be able to use it even if he has to. But Yang Guang really needs Yi Feng's money. What he needs most is money. Whether it is to win over and buy officials and generals, or directly recruit soldiers and horses to raise private troops, it requires money, a large amount of money. Yang Guang is very short of money and has never obtained any rich sources of wealth. Now the main source of wealth in his hands is from his wife's Xiao family, the Yuwen family of his confidant adviser Yuwen Shu, and some of the Jiangnan tribes he has tried his best to win over the years. But compared with large expenses, Yang Guang has always been short of money.

Yi Feng is very rich, really rich. Yi Feng gave him a thousand war horses, which has made Yang Guang happy for a long time.

But this time, Pei Zeng came, of course, not only to report the victory. Yang Wei had already sent someone to send a letter to Yang Guang, revealing Pei Zeng's important purpose of going south. Pei Zeng received the order of Yi Feng and came to give him Yang Guang money. Yesterday, when Pei Zeng and his party entered Yangzhou, there were only more than 100 ships, and there was also a huge horse team on land, which were all gifts brought by Pei Zeng. Last night, the civil servants and generals under Yang Guang, as long as they were officials of grades, even if they were the leader of the ninth rank team, had received a considerable gift. Today, the dazzling objects on the people in the hall were all from Yi Feng's gift yesterday.

Of course, Yi Feng gave Yang Guang even more gifts to him, so he gave him so generously.

The gifts given to Yang Guang had already entered the warehouse of the General Administration yesterday, but Pei Zeng gave a special gift list when he was formally meeting Yang Guang today. The gifts recorded were not a list, but a thick gift book. Yang Guang's King of Jin had already recorded all the gifts in front of Yang Guang yesterday. The gifts were so many that Yang Guang was amazed, and the preciousness made him excited last night and not asleep all night.

The gifts worth millions of yuan were sent to the Yangzhou General Administration along with the great news outside the Yifeng Pass. They also delivered the gifts worth millions of yuan to the south of Huaihuang, including gold, silver, gems, copper coins, war horses, camels, cattle, horses, armor, swords, guns, and many of Huaihuang specialties that are now in short supply.

Money can make the devil push the mill!
Chapter completed!