Chapter 298: Poisonous Scheme (In the Middle)

"That's natural. Thank you for your reminder. I'll go back and report to my master." Li Xixi was shocked again and bowed and responded loudly.

Immediately, he bowed to Zhu Chongjiu and asked the other party to lend him two fast horses so that he could take turns riding on the way back and arrived in Xuzhou early. Zhu Chongjiu saw that he was eager to save people, so he didn't stop him. After thinking about it, he whispered: "I still have good horses on my side, but can your own body hold on?"

"Thank you, the chief executive. When I was lying on the Green Forest Road, I often rode my horse to escape. It was common for running for several days and nights. As long as there was no one to stop me along the way, I could sleep directly on the saddle. Brothers took turns to recognize the way." Li Xixi gritted her teeth and forced herself to respond.

When he came, he chose to ride a horse instead of a boat. He didn't close his eyes for two days and one night. After returning, he caught up with two days and one night. Even if he was so strong, he had to scatter. However, in Xuzhou City, there are brothers who usually eat in a pot. He really dared not let everyone face Tuotuo's hundreds of thousands of troops without even a little precaution. What's more, when he kowtowed to become sworn brothers with Fu Youde, he swore that he could not be born on the same year, month and day, and hoped to die on the same day, so even if he had the last breath left, he had to send the news of Tuotuo going south back first.

Seeing that Li Xixi was so loyal to Zhao Jun, Zhu Chongjiu was very moved. He thought for a while and said loudly, "I will give you nine good horses, three for each of you and your guards, and give you a waist card. For any checkpoints in the three places of Huaiyang, just show them the waist card. After they see it, they will definitely help you as much as possible."

"Thank you, the Grand Chief Manager. If the Grand Chief Manager uses the last general in the future, even if there is a sea of ​​swords and fire in front of him, the Grand Chief Manager will not dare to refuse." Li Xixi was overjoyed when he heard this, and knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Chongjiu heavily.

"Get up, you are a good man, and there is gold under the knees of a man." Zhu Chongjiu stepped forward again, grabbed Li Xixi with both hands, and then turned his head to Xu Hongsan to instruct, "Send twenty brothers with the best riding skills to escort them all the way to Huai'an, give him the scout of our Huai'an army, and send someone to Hu Dahai to send him a message, so that he can prepare for the battle immediately."

"Yes." Xu Hongsan agreed loudly, took Li Xixi's arm from Zhu Chongjiu's hand, and helped the latter to walk out quickly.

Li Xixi staggered and followed. In a blink of an eye, the figures of the two disappeared outside the meeting hall. Zhu Chongjiu took his eyes from the door, pondered for a moment, walked to the Shuai Case, and drew an arrow, "The Navy Commander Zhu Qiang."

"The last one is here." Zhu Qiang stood up and strode forward to wait for arrangements.

"Send two fastest ships to patrol the Yellow River. When you find the enemy situation, you will immediately return to Huai'an to warn." Zhu Chongjiu raised the arrow and shouted.

"I will obey the order." Zhu Qiang took another step forward and stretched out his hands to receive the command arrow.

Zhu Chongjiu did not hand over the command arrow to him immediately, but thought for a while and continued to order: "Come all the navy's warships and strengthen patrols on the river from now on. If you find that there are troops coming on the other side and can sink, you can sink me immediately. If you really can't stop it, don't fight. Be sure to send the news back to Yangzhou as soon as possible."

"This." Zhu Qiang was stunned for a moment, feeling disappointed. Although the number of naval troops under his command was only over 3,000, there were more than 20 warships, and each ship was equipped with four or six kilograms of artillery. He thought he could show off his skills in the upcoming fierce battle, but he only got one to find out the news and one to inspect the waters of the Yangtze River. How could it be that he would not be disappointed?

"Don't think this task is easy." Zhu Chongjiu guessed what the other party was thinking, smiled and added with a stern face, "Zhang Shicheng and Wang Kerou have just gained a foothold in Jiangnan and may not be able to stubborn Dong Tuanxiao. The person surnamed Dong is only the leader of Tuotuo. This time, Tuotuo went south, he will definitely cooperate with him, especially after learning that our main force is heading north to fight, eight or nine out of ten will set his mind to Yangzhou City."

"If he dares to come, he will not be able to come or go." Zhu Qiang immediately became energetic, took the order and responded gritted his teeth.

"If you can stop him, try to stop him. If you can't stop him, let him go ashore." Zhu Chongjiu was not confident enough to the navy who had just changed into an Arabian spinning boat. He nodded and smiled and relieved Zhu Qiang's pressure. "After letting him go ashore, if you can cut off his food route, it's better than fighting him directly on the river. Go and start preparing immediately. I'll wait for your good news."

"Yes." Zhu Qiang saluted and stepped back.

"The commander of the Fourth Army, Wu Xiyu." Zhu Chongjiu immediately raised the second command arrow and called out loud.

"The last one is here." Wu Twenty-two stepped forward and bowed to wait for his order.

"The Fourth Army stayed in Yangzhou, and in addition, the defense of the entire Yangzhou Road will be handed over to you."

"I will obey the order." Wu Eryi took the order without hesitation and responded loudly, "If there is any omission, I will be willing to come and see you."

"I don't want your head, but before I come back, you must ensure that Yangzhou City, Jiangwan Base and Haimen Port will not fall into the hands of foreign enemies. Otherwise, you will die a hundred times and will not be able to atone for your sins." Zhu Chongjiu thought for a while and emphasized.

"The last one will understand." Wu Erye Zheng pointed his head, took the command arrow, turned around and exited the door.

"The commander of the Third Army, Xu Tiande." Zhu Chongjiu quickly swept his eyes across the face of the crowd, held the third command arrow in his hand, and called out to the most reassuring generals, "You go down and prepare immediately, carry the food and supplies for ten days. Once you are ready, set off immediately to support Xuzhou for the vanguard of the entire army. Remember, if you are not sure, don't act rashly."

"Don't worry, the generals dare not let your trust down." Xu Da quickly stepped forward, took the order, and then trotted out with the deputy commander of the Third Army, Wang Dapang, Chief Li Ziyu and others, and went out to prepare for the conquest.

"Liu Ziyun, deputy commander of the First Army, Wu Liangmou, commander of the Fifth Army, you two will immediately bring people down to prepare. After all the food, we will be loaded into the ship, we will immediately go to support Xuzhou with me." Zhu Chongjiu picked up the fourth arrow and continued to dispatch troops.

Liu Ziyun and Wu Liangmou also received the command arrows and led their generals to withdraw quickly. The meeting hall was empty immediately. Zhu Chongjiu thought for a while and successively pulled out the fifth, sixth and seventh command arrows and handed them to the Yangzhou prefect Luo Ben, the head of the Industrial Bureau Huang Laowai, the head of the academic bureau Lu Kun and the academic bureau Shi Nai'an, let the four of them cooperate with each other. After the army set off, they continued to rebuild Yangzhou City, the development of a new workshop, and the preparation of the scientific expedition for this year, and tried not to let the internal affairs be troubled by war. Then, he grabbed the eighth command arrow and handed it directly to Mr. Su, who was closest to him. "Su Changshi, it is still the same. After I go to the war, all the military and political affairs of Huaiyang will be handed over to you."

"I am, even if I am broken, I will never dare to let down the trust of the lord." Mr. Su stood up and answered the order with red eyes. His ability was limited and he was no longer suitable for the position of the chief minister. He had proposed to resign several times and asked Zhu Chongjiu to find another talent to take over. However, Zhu Chongjiu never agreed and left the second position of the Huaiyang system to him, so that his power would always rise with the development of the General Administration.

Zhu Chongjiu smiled at him and told him earnestly, "You have high prestige and high qualifications. It is most appropriate to stay for me. If there is anything that cannot be solved, discuss with Robben and the others more. It is important to know that no matter how capable a person is, there will inevitably be omissions. However, if you gather the strength of everyone, you can do things more safely."

Mr. Su knew that his lord was reminding him not to take on power, so he nodded and agreed, "I have written it down, don't worry, the governor, I know what he deserves."

"I have always been relieved to you." Zhu Chongjiu nodded, smiled and encouraged, and then called Jiao Yu Yu Changlin, the head of the Commercial Bureau, and some civilian staff members. He explained the focus of attention recently, and then turned his attention to Zhang Song, the former governor of Luzhou who had just joined last year. "You have to hurry up the establishment of the Inner Security Department. Recently, the focus has been on vendors entering and leaving Huaiyang. I guess if the court cannot win the battle on the battlefield, it will try to start from us."

"Yes." Zhang Song took the order and bowed to the order. He was a flirtatious person and had been in the officialdom for a long time. He was most suitable for doing some "dirty work". After Zhu Chongjiu accepted his revenge last year, he immediately thought of a suitable position, which was the secretly established internal security department of the General Administration, which was specially used to deal with spies from all parties involved in the Huaiyang area and investigate the integrity of officials.

"Director Chang's Gang, send another sum of money." Waving Zhang Song to leave, Zhu Chongji ordered Chen Ji to join the army, "After this battle, you will be responsible for the group of the intelligence department, which is responsible for spying on the enemy's situation and sending messages back. Like today, the enemy has fought to the Yellow River, but we don't know the situation at all. Try not to let him happen again."

"My minister, obey the order." Chen Ji was overjoyed, took the order and bowed to the ground. He, Ye Dexin and Robben, relying on the last imperial examination results, entered the shogunate of the general general manager on the same day. Now Robben and Ye Dexin have both become local officials, and only he is still continuing to train in the military position. If you don't have to worry, it is a fat man. Now you finally have the opportunity to stand alone. How can you not hold it firmly in your hands and strive to stand out as soon as possible.

Seeing that there were not many people left in the conference hall, Zhu Chongjiu thought about it and was about to instruct everyone to go back and rest. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yi, who was sitting behind Chen Ji, secretly gave Song Ke a wink, stood up, and said loudly, "Lord, I have some words, I don't know whether to say it or not."
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