The atmosphere in the palace suddenly became subtle.
"The Cangzhou royal family, those Cangzhou Four Eagles, are indeed people of some ability. I heard that Mr. Chen... died at their hands back then." Li Zhiqiu sighed.
Xu Mu's expression did not change.
Of course Chen Jiaqiao's revenge must be avenged. But this does not mean that you must kill your enemies recklessly. Chen Jiaqiao's words were nothing more than an attempt to stir up hatred between Shuzhou and the Cangzhou royal family.
Xu Mu was not fooled.
Li Zhiqiu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Xu, you are still the same old temper as before. I originally thought that you would change a little after becoming the King of Shu."
"I don't dare to change. If I didn't have this temper, I wouldn't be alive today." Xu Mu said with a smile.
Li Zhiqiu probably stopped hiding it, hesitated for a while, then stood up and clasped his fists.
"Brother Xu, we are entering Shu this time. You should also understand the meaning of this. Our 30,000 Xia'er army retreated to the north of Muyunzhou. The Cangzhou coalition forces numbered 100,000. With no one to help, Zhiqiu could only rely on one Mr. Zhang entered Shu and asked Brother Xu to send troops to help."
"You and I have been allies." Xu Mu paused, "Of course I want to help. Let's do this. I'll ask General Dou Tong of Southern Shu to come down the waterway to help you."
"I don't know how many troops we need to send, Brother Xu."
"Fifteen thousand sailors." Xu Mu said solemnly.
On the Bailu County side, there are only more than 30,000 men and horses stationed, and the 15,000 navy troops are already half of the number.
"You only need to guard Beiguan. If Cangzhou dares to cross the river, Dou Tong will stop it for you. You also know that I, Shuzhou, just had a battle with Liangzhou some time ago. Food and grass, civilians, We have already used up a lot of all kinds of baggage. Brother Li, I will support you with ten more grain ships for the rice in Shuzhou."
Li Zhiqiu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief as he listened. Although the planned number of reinforcements was not reached, under such circumstances, Xu Mu's ability to be so decisive was considered a sign of friendship.
"Brother Xu is so kind, I will never forget it."
"When I entered Shu before, no one in the world knew me. If it weren't for Brother Li who was willing to join forces, I would definitely not have been able to successfully enter Shu."
Li Zhiqiu took two steps back, held his hands across his eyebrows, lowered his head and bowed again.
Xu Mu understood that this was the most solemn etiquette of worship in the world.
"Brother Li, it's a rare trip to Sichuan. Please stay for one day so that you and I can have a drink together."
"I was shot in the back last month and my shoulder was seriously injured."
"Moreover, the situation in Muyun Province is changing... Come one day, defeat the Cangzhou coalition forces, and then have a drink with Brother Xu."
Xu Mu clasped his fists in greeting.
The three knights in white came in a hurry and left the palace in a hurry.
Jia Zhou, holding a wooden stick, slowly walked out from the compartment behind the palace with a surprised smile on his face.
"Unexpectedly, my lord has chosen a strategy that has both ends. Dou Tong leads the navy to block the river. There is a high probability that there will be no war. After all, the water battle in Fushan has already destroyed the Cangzhou side. There must be something wrong in your heart."
"In this way, our fourteen counties in Shuzhou do not have to send troops to support us all the time. But we still achieve the effect of rushing to support."
"In this world, no matter what force you have, you have to rely on yourself after all."
"Wen Long's words are of great benefit."
Xu Mu sighed. Again, if he didn't have enough troops, he would definitely send out a large army to help Muyun State.
But now, Shuzhou's troops are stretched thin. They even looked forward to a good harvest of rice and recruiting more new troops.
In the northwest direction of Shuzhou, the little crybaby is still determined to destroy Shu. If Shuzhou is empty due to a large army, he cannot guarantee that Liangzhou will stand by and watch.
Every step you take, if you stop and look away, you will definitely fall into the quagmire.
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After returning to Bailu County in three days, Li Zhiqiu paid a special visit to Dou Tong. Just then, as if he had completed his mission, he took hundreds of accompanying heroes on a merchant ship and returned to Muyun Prefecture by water. .
"Wei Diao."
"Wei Diao?"
Li Zhiqiu sat in the cabin, frowned and shouted twice. After a long time, a young knight with a sword on his back hurriedly walked in.
"Where are you going? Please help me get some medicine first."
The arrow wound on the shoulder was shot secretly by one of the Four Eagles in Cangzhou. The arrowheads contained poison, but fortunately many of them were forced out. There are still some, but they need to be fed round after round before they can penetrate the skin and flesh.
The knight named Wei Diao showed an innocent smile.
"Chief Commander, Shuzhou is willing to send troops this time. The situation in Muyun Province should be fine."
Hearing this, Li Zhiqiu also laughed.
"It's rare that Xu Buyi attaches great importance to justice. I originally thought that he was unwilling. After all, under the current situation, Shuzhou is also full of crises and has too much time to take care of itself."
"When the Cangzhou coalition forces are defeated, I will avenge the chief helmsman and kill the four eagles in Cangzhou!"
"Wei Diao, when you are a person, do not act on your own will. Cangzhou Siying is the leader of many aristocratic families, so he must have some tricks... In addition, in the future, do not lead troops privately to cut the rice in the fields of the people."
"Chief Helmsman, if this were not the case, the army would be out of food."
Li Zhiqiu was silent for a while, "We are chivalrous people, and we should do chivalrous things. If the chivalrous people from thirty states gathered together to be criticized as an evil army that robs food, that was not the original intention of the gathering."
The Xia'er named Wei Diao nodded and continued to help Li Zhiqiu grind the medicinal powder.
Outside the cabin, the sound of the river breaking through the waves was still coming and going, and it seemed that it suddenly became turbulent.
Li Zhiqiu raised his face and looked out the wooden window with some confusion.
"Wei Diao, you have been following me for several years."
"The chief rudder is three years older than Xiaoyao, a total of... fourteen years. I followed the chief rudder when I was still a child."
"That's it." Li Zhiqiu lowered his head, probably because he was injured, and suddenly couldn't bear the Jiang Feng and coughed slightly.
"That year I entered Changyang and attempted an assassination attempt. The assassination attempt on the spy failed... Unexpectedly, a young marquis in the court rescued me and sent me to the Western Regions to avoid trouble."
"Before leaving, Lord Yuan said to me that he himself is also a chivalrous person, and many people are chivalrous people."
"In the history of the Central Plains for thousands of years, those who dare to be righteous and work for the benefit of the world are all chivalrous people, very big chivalrous people."
Wei Diao, who was nearby, had already finished grinding the medicinal powder.
"I'll scrape the poison first for the chief helmsman."
Wei Diao smiled innocently, his tone filled with self-blame.
"I couldn't find the wooden knife used to scrape the poison. I used a dagger to scrape. God knows how Xiaoyao got the cold. If he hadn't been there to serve me, he would have been more considerate."
Li Zhiqiu closed his eyes and sighed.
"Wei Diao, I heard the sound of someone falling into the water. The wind is not going smoothly. You let people paddle so fast. For those who don't know, I thought they were being attacked by river bandits."
Li Zhiqiu opened his eyes, his body trembling in pain.
It wasn't that he was afraid, but that he was angry. What he had been holding on to in his heart suddenly went astray.
