At dawn the next day, the sound of bells, drums and horns rang out from the Binzhou Army camp for training.
Yang Ji, who was half asleep, was woken up by the noise. When he woke up, he found that the candlelight outside was still on. Liu Rumei, who was pretending to be a soldier, seemed to have not come back to sleep all night. Although she blocked the candlelight with something, The screens used for partitions still showed a slender figure.
Yang Ji quickly got up and put on his clothes.
When Liu Rumei heard the movement inside, she quickly put down her work, got up and walked to the inside. When she saw her husband had gotten up, she smiled sweetly: "Master, are you awake?"
"Wake up!" Yang Ji sat on the horse and let Liu Rumei help him comb his hair.
There was a bronze mirror brought by Liu Rumei on the table in front of him. The light shone brightly. Yang Ji quietly looked at Liu Rumei in the mirror, who was arranging his hair.
The woman's face in the mirror was a little more gentle than before, and the coldness in her beautiful eyes seemed to have turned into a gentle spring, but her face that should have been radiant looked a little more haggard.
When she put down her comb and tied up her hair, Yang Ji stretched out his hand and held Liu Rumei in his arms.
Liu Rumei was always very tender towards Yang Ji and asked for everything. She raised her buttocks and sat on Yang Ji's lap. She just bit her lip, lowered her eyebrows, and stretched out her hands to wrap around his neck with a slightly coy expression.
She didn't speak, but looked at her husband in confusion with her big black and white eyes.
Yang Ji held Liu Rumei's slender waist with one hand and gently touched her smooth and strong thigh with the other. He smelled the fresh acacia scent on her body and asked, "It smells so good. Have you taken a bath?"
Liu Rumei was touched by her husband's sudden tenderness. She smiled sweetly and said: "The military camp here is like a city, with everything you need. I just took a bath. By the way, sir, Chuchen and the others have prepared hot water. You can wash up first!" Maybe someone will look for you later."
"Okay!" Yang Ji hugged the soft and delicate body in his arms for a moment, then put her down, got up and went to the door outside to wash up.
When she returned from washing, she saw Liu Rumei busy on the desk again.
Liu Rumei said: "Young Master, I just saw some military information about Binzhou and a map of the north. Young Master made a lot of annotations on it."
Yang Ji sat next to her, looked at the map on the table, and said: "The capital is about to be moved, and the imperial court intends to reorganize the defenses of Yongzhou, Bingzhou, and northern Youzhou, and the military strength will also be rearranged. I will follow the imperial court's instructions This need came about after some "paper talk"; when I finished it, I sent it to Yue Gong to see if it was consistent with his idea. If there was a difference, I could ask Yue Gong what the difference was and what his intention was. , only in this way can I go further.”
As he said that, Liu Rumei poured the tea cup for him, took a sip, pointed to the pile of official documents next to him, and said: "This is the summary of Binzhou military personnel appointments and dismissals, and the income and expenditure accounts over the years. Hao Xianxian and the others have already gone through it. , you can put them in categories, and you can also take the opportunity to see how the Binzhou Army operates."
Xiao Ying is the housekeeper's mother-in-law, and Pei Shuying is the housekeeper's mother-in-law's little assistant. Although Liu Rumei is also qualified for the role of assistant, she follows Yang Ji out to fight from time to time, so she doesn't know much about the affairs at home, so she simply puts aside her family affairs and becomes Yang Ji. The secretary-general of the march was assembled to be responsible for sorting out official documents.
It's just that she didn't have much contact with it before, so she was still a little unfamiliar with it, and she couldn't find a way to save effort. If the affairs were small, like now there are 70,000 people in various rosters and accounts, she would be too busy.
This is also the reason why she stayed up all night to fight last night.
Liu Rumei agreed happily and picked up an official document.
The two were sitting side by side at the moment, like classmates at the same table. Yang Ji said: "The Binzhou Army operates in separate divisions. The patrol soldiers change defenses every five days and report to the left and right army battalions, and then report to the left and right battalions, and finally to In the general's military office, in preparation for verification and assessment... As a superior, the most taboo thing is to do everything personally. As long as you reward merits and punishments, and make a general plan, the rest will usually be left to the subordinates."
Liu Rumei said: "Young master, do you mean to set the rules, supervise, and conduct assessments one by one?"
"Yes, Rumei is really smart." Yang Ji smiled, looked at an official letter at hand, and introduced: "Some strategies and government affairs cannot be decided by the people below, so they will write official documents to request orders. At this time, it is appropriate Just give orders. Of course, it doesn’t mean to sit here and give orders all day long. If you do that, it will be easy to run errands and be fooled. Usually, one is to go out for inspections, and the other is to find out the problems from the newspaper or other channels, and then think of countermeasures. In addition, we need to listen to the opinions and feedback below. After all, there are so many people and it is impossible for one person to cover everything. At this time, you need to screen and judge their positions and ideas."
Liu Rumei murmured: "There are so many ways here."
"I didn't know how to do it before. After more exposure, I will form a set of thinking and methods for handling government affairs. I can do it quickly. Practice makes perfect. You just need to take your time and learn slowly, and sooner or later you will be able to do it." Yang He picked up a small writing brush, wrote on a piece of paper, and said: "The suppression of bandits is imminent and cannot be delayed, but I need some necessary 'props' and support; I think my good cousin will definitely not give them." Yes, so we have to handle this matter ourselves. Later, you send someone back to the capital, and send one letter directly home and one letter to the East Palace for the prince to forward to the saint."
Although the big eagle and two gyrfalcons followed, they were now in "enemy territory". If they used it more than once, it would be easy for the "enemy" to notice their communication method. In addition, it was not far from the capital, so they decided to let people run away. One trip.
As he spoke, he wrote a letter.
When Liu Rumei heard the words, she said softly "Hmm". When she saw her husband writing a letter, she propped up her cheeks with one hand and rested her arm on the desk, watching her husband write attentively, thinking that there would be many words written by him. The person moved in response to the order, Liu Rumei's bright eyes flashed under her eyelashes, and her heartstrings plucked slightly.
After Yang Ji finished writing the two letters, he took out the seal, stamped them one by one, and then put them in the envelope.
After doing this, he turned to look at Liu Rumei, who was tilting her head and looking dazed. She suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and reached out to pull down the hand that held up her cheeks. Liu Rumei made an accident and her head paused involuntarily.
He smiled and asked, "Why are you so dazed?"
Liu Rumei's cheeks fluttered, and she said coquettishly: "Sir, why do you always like to bully others?"
There is a bit of joy and sweetness in my heart.
"You are my dear little baby. If I don't bully you, who will I bully?" Yang Jijie said with a strange smile: "Since the little lady has fallen into the clutches of this wolf king, just accept your fate for the rest of your life!"
Yang Ji suddenly lifted her chin and kissed her, puckering her lips tightly.
Liu Rumei's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and her trembling eyelashes flashed with shock! But after a while, it softened like a ball of fragrant mud and fell into her husband's arms.
A beautiful, slightly haggard cheek, as hot as fire, the beautiful eyebrows are full of shyness and joy, the beautiful eyes under the thick sword eyebrows are charming, and said angrily: "Others say you are not lewd, but you are a gentleman, who knows Are you a deceiver? You like frivolous people as long as you are alone."
Yang Ji said sternly: "I treat my woman lightly because I love, like, and enjoy normal boudoir pleasures. How can I be considered a slut?"
Liu Rumei: "..."
This man is really making one lie after another, making it impossible for anyone to argue with him.
His eyes flickered for a moment, his heart turned sweet, and he snorted: "I can't speak to you."
"You have a soft and graceful mouth at the top and bottom. How can you not be able to speak?" Yang Ji pretended to be puzzled.
"You..." Liu Rumei was embarrassed. No matter how good-tempered she was, she couldn't stand this kind of teasing. She picked up a book and threw it lightly on Yang Ji's face.
Yang Ji took the book that slipped from his face and put it on the table. He stood up with a tigerish face and said, "This is your punishment for staying up late without permission. Please listen carefully. If you don't cherish yourself like this again, See how I deal with you."
Yang Ji took Liu Rumei, who had stood up, in his arms, picked her up horizontally, and walked towards the inner room.
Zhang Chuchen, who happened to have something to come in, saw this scene, his cheeks were already blushing, and he quietly stepped out, and he was considerate to let Zhao Hong'an know something, and he was far away from Zhao Hong'an, who had something to report.
Not long after, Yang Ji came out with two letters and called "Chuchen."
This girl just went in, he knew.
Zhang Chuchen stepped forward, bowed, and asked casually: "Master, are you so fast?"
Yang Ji was stunned for a moment, then said with a dark face: "What are you thinking about? Rumei stayed up late last night reading official documents. I asked her to go back and catch up on her sleep. You will send someone to send this letter back to the capital later."
When Zhang Chuchen heard this, his face turned red again.
Yang Ji explained the matter clearly in a few words, and suddenly smelled a fragrance on Zhang Chuchen's body, which was a bit similar to the evening primrose essential oil mixed in later generations, and asked curiously: "What kind of incense did you smoke? Why does it smell so good?"
As he spoke, he instinctively sniffed like a puppy.
Zhang Chuchen was so intimately sniffed by him that his heart trembled and his cheeks were slightly red. However, his attraction was diverted. He smiled playfully and said, "Master, take a guess."
Yang Ji whispered: "Naixiang?"
Zhang Chuchen: "..."
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Yang Ji handed her the letter and went to find Zhao Hongan. After some discussion, he took a group of soldiers to the camp. In the morning, under Zhao Hongan's recommendation, he went to the silk and satin shop in Xinping County to discuss and prepare to borrow the letter. There were silks in his inventory, but they were declined by the shop owner.
Even if they promised to give 30% interest, the other party would not agree.
And everything they did fell into the eyes of the soldiers sent by Doulu Kuan, and they quickly reported it to Doulu Kuan.
Doulukuan was confused and sent someone to watch closely.
After inquiring back and forth with four or five silk and jade shops, I finally got an answer from a silk shop called "Tianyi Seamless", which was willing to lend me two thousand pieces of silk.
Yang Ji was surprised, so he went inside and showed the seal to the shopkeeper. After asking carefully, he was speechless for a moment.
It turns out that this "perfect" silk and silk shop is my mother's property.
No wonder he dared to lend silk to the garrison, because the shopkeeper was not afraid that the Binzhou army would not return the loan.
When the shopkeeper learned that Yang Ji was the "young proprietor", he became even more enthusiastic and said that there was a stock of 5,000 horses here and he could take them all away if necessary. But Yang Ji declined, because his main purpose was to confuse the Qiaoshan bandits. The real "prop" he wanted to use was a carriage sent from the capital.
After Yang Ji came out, Zhao Hongan, who was waiting outside, followed him out of the cloth shop and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the background of this silk and silk shop is mysterious. When General Doulu saw the good location of this silk and silk shop, he planned to buy it by force. , and finally let it go. It can be seen that the opponent is so powerful that General Doulu does not dare to make mistakes. If we make a mistake, I am afraid we cannot afford to compensate."
This is to remind Yang Ji that this family's debt is not good.
Yang Ji said: "It doesn't matter. This is an acquaintance's shop. You can just return it to him with interest afterwards."
When Zhao Hongan heard this, he secretly said: An acquaintance of King Wei must be a great person. No wonder even Doulu Kuan did not dare to move. He must be more careful in the future.
He calmed down and whispered: "Your Majesty, the man in the military camp has begun to have doubts."
"Find an opportunity to let him know. Don't do it too deliberately. Let them guess it by themselves." Yang Ji said with a smile: "People in high positions often have deep faith in the conclusions they draw; even if It was his own son who was smarter than him who came out to oppose it, but he didn’t recognize it.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your teaching!" Zhao Hongan nodded.
"Speaking of it, Mr. Zhao and my late father have been close friends for many years. Without Mr. Zhao's careful teaching and help, my late father might have been a martial artist who was good at martial arts but not well versed in politics. Now that they are gone, this friendship should be We juniors will continue." Yang Ji glanced at Zhao Hongan and pretended not to know, "Where is your brother Zhao Hongzhi now?"
Zhao Hongan was overjoyed when he heard this. He heard Yang Ji's intention to support their brothers, and quickly raised his hands and said: "Report to the king, my second brother is serving at Yushitai."
"If he is willing, let him resign from the post of Yushitai; at that time, I will arrange for him to take up a post in Liangzhou."
"Here!" Zhao Hongan responded with joy. The Zhao family's ancestral home was Qinzhou (Tianshui). During the Northern Wei Dynasty, they moved to Luoyang and settled in Luoyang. Since then, they have cut off contact with the Tianshui Zhao family; his grandfather Zhao Su was a member of the Yuan Dynasty. His direct descendants, therefore, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they were dismissed from office and became people. His father, Zhao Gui, came from a young age and started his career in the office of Cai Wang Yuwen. By the Sui Dynasty, he could only be the governor of a state.
After his death, the Zhao family declined. Although their brothers are capable, since they do not have a backing, it is almost impossible to get promoted based on their abilities.
Now, the powerful Yang Ji not only elevated his father to the level of "master" of King Wei Zhao, but also released goodwill by renewing their friendship and ensuring their face. This made Zhao Hongan extremely excited and moved.
Yang Ji said: "There may be a chance for the Qiaoshan Bandits to rise again, and we must kill them all in this battle. After you return to the camp, look for more brave 'old and weak' ones."
After the two discussed it, they returned to the military camp and selected elite soldiers.
. . . . . .
In the afternoon, Xinping Doulu Mansion.
When Dou Lu Kuan was discussing countermeasures with his staff, Dou Lu Zhen, the commander of the personal soldiers, came to tell Yang Ji what he had done that morning. Dou Lu Kuan frowned and said, "What did they borrow the silk and jade for?"
Staff Shen Zhong cupped his hands and said: "General, I think there must be a trick in this."
Doulu Kuan glanced at Shen Zhong angrily and said, "Of course I know they have a trick, but what is the trick?"
At this time, another leader of the soldiers came in, cupped his hands and said: "General, I have heard about this."
"What did you find out?" Doulu Kuan asked.
Doulukuan was not idle this morning. On the one hand, he sent people to keep an eye on Yang Ji, Zhao Hongan and his party who entered the city. On the other hand, he sent people to the Fifth Battalion of the Left Army to inquire about the news.
Only a few days after Zhao Hongan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, the only ones who really took orders from him were his old troops. Among the other four Lieutenant Generals, two of them were quite dissatisfied with him. These two people also shouldered the responsibility of Doulu Kuan's internal response.
"General, according to General Jiang Cheng, King Wei came up with a plan to lure troops. I heard that they led two thousand soldiers to suppress the bandits. The battle plan is to divide the troops into two groups. King Wei will lead the old and weak to disguise themselves as merchants and escort them There is a lot of silk; the other road is in ambush at the second intersection of Qiaoshan, waiting for the rabbit."
Lu Kuan pondered for a long time and asked, "How much is this large amount of silk?"
The leader of the soldiers replied: "It is said that King Wei borrowed two thousand pieces of silk from the city. As it was not enough, he planned to bring another five thousand pieces from King Wei's palace to lure the enemy."
The soldier commander on the side smiled and said: "Isn't it a little whimsical?"
"This is not a whim, but is aimed at the character of the thieves." Shen Zhong said slowly: "Just because these eight thousand pieces of silk are of infinite value, their value is enough to make Liu Jialu tempted and take risks; if he I didn't pay attention for a moment and didn't mobilize all the troops, and King Wei really got his hands on it."
Doulu Kuan agreed with this point of view. He nodded slowly and said: "Liu Jia has one thousand and four elite soldiers. Not long ago, he also absorbed Liu Yaozi from the Jihu tribe. Now the total number is two thousand. If these When all the soldiers come down from the mountain, they will become a strategically powerful army."
"In terms of the combat effectiveness of the fifth battalion of the Left Army, they are no match for them. But officers and soldiers are officers and soldiers after all, and the weapons and equipment alone cannot be compared to the thieves and bandits. If the fighting is in a stalemate, and the ambush soldiers break out, the Qiaoshan bandits will Not necessarily an opponent”
Shen Zhong was a scholar and had never had any contact with the Qiaoshan bandits. He didn't know much about Liu Jialun's character. Hearing this, he asked, "In the opinion of the general, will Liu Jialun go out with all his troops?"
"It's impossible." Doulu Kuan said coldly, "Liu Jialun doesn't even believe me. He said there were seven or eight hundred people, but judging from the ordnance he purchased, there were more than a thousand people a long time ago. After this trouble, we cannot allow this guy to grow up."
Doulukuan knew that Liu Jialun was a thief released by a certain clan. He just wanted to get benefits from it and was not interested in the master behind Liu Jialun. However, if the other party went too far and was too powerful, he would not be interested in him. What a good thing.
Shen Zhong asked: "General, what should we do now?"
"Dou Luzhen, go and deliver a message to Liu Jialun in person, asking him to take advantage of his plan and mobilize his troops. By the way, tell him that as long as he gets rid of Yang Ji, his master will definitely be rewarded heavily." Dou Lukuan said with a sneer: "As for Yang Ji, if he died at the hands of the bandits, the court would not be able to find out about us. They would only say that he was smart and arrogant. He failed to lure the soldiers, but the bandits saw through him and killed him!"
"Here." Douluzhen took the order and left.
"The general's plan to kill someone with a borrowed sword is very clever." Shen Zhong said to Doulu Kuan with a smile.
If Yang Ji dies, it will definitely shock the world, and the emperor will definitely order the Binzhou Army to send troops to suppress the bandits. At that time, Doulu Kuan can use the war to manipulate things and "die" the non-existent vacancies in the battle.
Doulukuan was not at all proud. He said: "Yang Ji is a very capable warrior. I hope Liu Jia will be more successful. Otherwise, I will be unlucky."
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