After several battles, the Long family army rested on the spot.
Beiling City only allowed a small number of soldiers to defend it, and Zhongwucheng did the same, with only a few thousand defenders left.
He Juntao entered Long Chen's room with the intelligence ahead, while Di Lingyi was still lying on the couch to rest.
Long Chen let the two sisters stay one night each to avoid arguments between the two. Last night it was Di Lingyi's turn, so he didn't get up yet.
"My lord, princess."
He Juntao saw it outside the door and was a little embarrassed. ??
Di Lingyi slowly got up, picked up the clothes on the bed and put them on.
"Princess."
Emperor Lingyi stood up and went out, and He Juntao saluted again.
Di Lingyi nodded and went out.
"How is the situation over there in Qingren County?"
Long Chen coughed dryly to resolve the embarrassing situation.
He Juntao was used to it and pretended not to see it.
"Gui Tai ordered the troops to train. Li Chengdao and Liu Feibai set up a military camp outside the city for training. It seems they are not planning to attack."
"In addition, the Ministry of War is still recruiting troops, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is making weapons."
Long Chen nodded slightly and said: "After several major defeats, there are not many elite soldiers left in Nanliang, and the ghosts also know how to train their troops."
There are no elite soldiers in Nanliang now, and most of the generals have been killed. Do you want to attack by force?
Long Chen still has almost 400,000 elite troops in his hands. The 200,000 Long Family Army has suffered little loss. The soldiers and horses of the Beida Camp are not used yet. Coupled with the troops and horses of Linjiang City and Li Xiannan, a strong attack is not impossible.
However, the city of Qingren County is strong, and the cost of a strong attack will be heavy.
"There is also news from Qingren County that Gui Tai has somehow obtained the formula of gunpowder and the technology for forging muskets and artillery."
"Yu Ziming, Minister of the Ministry of War, started to build a forging workshop on the mountain southeast of Qingren County. I heard that he planned to build artillery."
Long Chen frowned and said: "Linglong Pavilion was indeed infiltrated by ghost fetuses. It's not surprising that the manufacturing methods of muskets and artillery were leaked."
"It's okay, let them go Build it, it takes time to build, and it also takes time to train musketeers."
"Let's do it before the ghosts train new recruits."
There is no airtight wall in the world, and technology will leak sooner or later.
It's not surprising that the ghost fetus was building gunpowder, Long Chen had expected it a long time ago.
The process of making gunpowder is very dangerous. If someone sneaks into the forge and causes several explosions, it will be difficult to form Nanliang's musketeers.
He Juntao thinks this makes sense.
"How is the progress over there in Yufu Country?"
Long Chen sent Yu Fuguo to sneak into Jinling City, and instigated Wu'an King Li Zhaoliang to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, establish a new court, and confront Li Chengdao's court.
In this way, Nan Liang was divided and two emperors were created, making it impossible for Li Chengdao to rally the people of Nan Liang.
He Juntao said: "Last time, Yu Fuguo said that he had met Li Zhaoliang, and Li Zhaoliang was also tempted. There has been no information recently."
"I'm afraid this matter is not that easy to do. If you want to support a new emperor, you need manpower. The few people under Yu Fuguo's command may not be enough."
Although Li Chengdao and Guitai were facing each other on the front line, no one was in charge of Jinling City.
But Li Zhaoliang didn't have anyone available. It would be difficult to accomplish anything with just a few dozen people from Yufu State.
Long Chen nodded slightly and said: "What you said makes sense, there is nothing we can do if we don't have enough manpower."
He Juntao asked: "Do you want to go there in person?"
Long Chen nodded and said: "Yes, I plan to go there in person. I'm afraid it's not enough for Yu Fuguo alone."
He Juntao said worriedly: "My lord is not here, what if a ghost fetus attacks?"
The empress alone is no match for Gui Fei, and it will be very dangerous if Long Chen is not around.
Long Chen said: "I have also been thinking about this matter these past few days. I will let the wind out first and talk about practicing in seclusion."
"The ghost will definitely suspect that I am not here and will send someone to test me."
"When the time comes that I show up again, the ghost will know that I'm cheating and won't come back again."
The method of seclusion has been used many times, and Long Chen plans to use the same trick again.
He Juntao nodded and said: "That makes sense, then I should go to Jinling first?"
Long Chen shook his head and said: "No, you stay here. Keep an eye on Qingren County for me. If there is any abnormal movement in the ghost fetus, report it immediately."
Long Chen is not here, information is the key.
If the intelligence can be obtained before the ghost fetus takes action, the empress can take the initiative.
He Juntao nodded slightly, she understood the reason.
"Okay, let the wind go and say that I am practicing with the two princesses in the city."
He Juntao immediately went out.
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Qingren County.
In a courtyard, Bu Zining was playing with Chunxiu in his arms. His clothes were thrown on the ground. Chunxiu was holding on to the window and looking out.
After Xuan Jizi's death, Chunxiu was left helpless. Bu Zining saw the right opportunity and played with the master's wife.
"How am I better than Master?"
Bu Zining asked quite proudly.
Chunxiu laughed softly and said: "Of course he is better than your master. Your master is just more experienced. How can he compare with you."
As the saying goes, Chang'e loves young people, but Xuanjizi is old after all, and Chunxiu feels that Bu Zining has better health.
Bu Zining chuckled and said, "As long as Master Niang likes it, my disciple will serve you every day from now on."
Chunxiu was a little worried and said: "Your master is dead and you have no official position in the court. What will we do in the future?"
Bu Zining stopped and poured a cup of tea, feeling a little worried.
"I'm still thinking about this matter."
Just as he was talking, a man walked in from outside, it was Zhong Gui.
"Father, why are you here?"
Calm steps He immediately stood up to greet him.
Xuanjizi didn't have to give Zhong Gui face, but he didn't dare.
Zhong Gui glanced at the disheveled Chunxiu, walked slowly to Bu Zining, and said, "We have something to ask you."
Bu Zining bowed respectfully: "My father-in-law, please give me your instructions."
Zhong Gui suddenly took action and punched Bu Zining in the heart. Bu Zining was unprepared and his body hit the wall.
Before Bu Zining could get up, Zhong Gui had already arrived and broke Bu Zining's neck.
Chunxiu watched the whole process, she was frightened.
After killing Bu Zining, Zhong Gui turned around and broke Chun Xiu's neck.
"Dogs and men."
Xuan Jizi humiliated the harem, and Zhong Gui always wanted to take revenge.
When Xuanjizi was around, Zhong Gui couldn't defeat Xuanjizi, and he was protected by ghost fetuses.
Now that Xuan Jizi has been caught, the ghost has to rely on Li Chengdao to train troops and fight, and there is no need to keep Bu Zining, a pair of losers.
Moreover, if Xuan Jizi was caught, Zhong Gui would have an excuse to kill them.
Xuanjizi surrendered to the enemy and treason, Bu Zining must be killed.
After dealing with the two bad men and women, Zhong Gui returned to the yard where Li Chengdao was, just as the ghost was looking for Li Chengdao.
Li Chengdao followed him into Prince Qingren's Mansion, where the ghost child was sitting under a tree, holding a bowl of rice in his hand to feed the chickens.
In the past few days, Guitai suddenly fell in love with feeding chickens and would sit in the yard when he had nothing to do.
"This slave pays homage to the Holy Son."
Li Chengdao bowed to the ghost fetus.
The ghost didn't look at Li Chengdao. The rice in his hand fell on the ground. The rooster came over and clucked, pecking at the rice grains.
"I heard that Long Chen was in retreat in Linhu City. I sent someone to see if it was true."
"Every time this guy talks about retreat, he is always doing something secretly."
When he first destroyed Xixia, Long Chen often used seclusion as an excuse, but in fact people had already sneaked into Xixia.
Guitai was worried that Long Chen would repeat his old tricks, so he asked Li Chengdao to investigate.
