Xuzhou, General Office.

Now the one who is in charge of the General Office is not Xuzhou General Officer Gao Jie, but his nephew Li Benshen.

On May 13th, Gao Jie led his troops to support Shandong, took away almost all the elite troops under his command, leaving only 3,000 people stationed in Xuzhou.

Such a large-scale personnel mobilization made Xuzhou's troops empty, and Li Benshen had to concentrate his only 3,000 soldiers in Xuzhou Prefecture City.

Recently, news has been heard that Liu Liangzuo's troops stationed in Fengyang Prefecture and Liu Zeqing's troops have had repeated frictions, and even small-scale mergers have occurred. Although the war did not spread to Xuzhou, Li Benshen was still worried.

The reason why these two military leaders had friction was simply because of the word "money and food". Although Fengyang is a great mansion, it cannot afford to support two armies. It is natural to be a soldier to eat food, and these Qiubas will cause trouble if they are not full.

Now it seems that this is just a problem between the two Lius, but what if they come back and plan to swallow Xuzhou? Even if they dare not openly annex Xuzhou, they can send troops to plunder or even rob the autumn wheat. If the wheat is asked to be cut, what will the thousands of left-behind soldiers in Xuzhou eat?

If Gao Jie was in Xuzhou, Li Benshen would naturally not worry, but now Gao Jie's main force is guarding Shandong. If the two Lius reach an agreement to point the knife at Xuzhou, what should we do?

The more Li Benshen thought about it, the more worried he became, but he couldn't think of any good idea.

When he was worried, a personal soldier came to the yamen to report.

The personal soldier was obviously extremely panicked. After kneeling down on the ground, he said in horror: "General, the generation of Xiaoxian has discovered a large number of bandits, and they are all horse thieves..."

Li Benshen stood up in shock when he heard this: "What did you say? Say it again!"

"Report to the general, the generation of Xiaoxian County discovered a large number of horse thieves. It depends on the number of people. "

Li Benshen almost fell when he heard this.

Thousands of horse bandits? How is this possible!

Not to mention that Xuzhou does not have so many horses, even if there are so many horses, how could it be concentrated in the hands of a bandit?

There is no doubt that this horse thief is dressed in disguise. As for who has the ability to send thousands of horses, you don’t have to think about it and know that it must be one of the two Lius.

Compared with Liu Liangzuo, Li Benshen believes that Liu Zeqing is more likely.

After all, Liu Liangzuo was stationed in Shouzhou for a generation, while Liu Zeqing was stationed in Huaiyuan, which was closer to Xuzhou.

Of course, Li Benshen cannot be sure who it is, unless several people are arrested and interrogated.

"Your mother, you've bullied me. Send someone to Xiao County and be sure to catch a few livelihoods for me."

Li Ben was so angry that he jumped up and cursed, but the personal soldiers said: "General, how many people are sent?"

This question made Li Benshen stunned.

Yes, Xuzhou is now empty and it is not enough to station in Zhoucheng, so how can we distribute troops?

If more than a dozen people were sent, dozens of people would probably have to follow these "horse thieves" to eat ashes. If thousands of people were sent, Xuzhou would be even more empty.

"Damn it, are you just watching these grandchildren rob?

Li Benshen only felt so uncomfortable when he held his breath in his chest.

"I won't believe it anymore. My uncle can bear it when he knows this! I'll call Mr. Du, I'll write a letter!"

The personal soldier quickly ran out.

After a moment, a middle-aged man in a Confucian robe walked in.

Li Benshen hurriedly met him.

"Oh, Mr. Du, sit down quickly. We are going to get angry, give us an idea!"

Mr. Du, whom Li Benshen mentioned, was one of Gao Jie's aides. When he left Xuzhou, Gao Jie was worried about handing over Xuzhou to Li Benshen, so he left Du Hui with the assistance. In this way, when Li Benshen was helpless, there was still someone who could ask for advice.

Du Hui is 41 years old this year. Although he is a staff member in Gao Jie's army, he is really not very good at fame and is just a scholar.

This is also impossible. The literati are so arrogant. Not to mention the Jinshi, whoever has a scholar who has a fame and fortune will be a clerk in the military camp?

However, although Du Hui was not famous, his ability was good, and he was especially good at making some strange strategies, which was attracted by Gao Jie as a think tank.

Li Benshen pulled Du Hui and sat down, told him the whole story, and said with emotion: "This time, my uncle has been pecking at the geese for many years, but he is pecked at the geese. I can't swallow this tone."

Du Hui narrowed his triangular eyes and slowly stroked his short beard. After a long time, he said: "General, don't worry, Yi Mou, this is a good thing."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

Li Benshen hurriedly asked, "Mr. Du, please tell me quickly."

Du Hui nodded slightly and said, "As the general said, this time, Liu Liangzuo must be the one who pretended to be a horse thief and robbed Xiaoxian. However, it doesn't matter who it is."

"Ah?" Li Benshen was dizzy when he heard this, and thought that scholars had many intestines and their speech was full of clouds and fog.

"The general thinks, why did the imperial court arrange the two Lius in Fengyang Prefecture?"

Seeing Du Hui's unfathomable look, Li Benshen became a little anxious: "How can I know this? I'm not the bug in the little emperor's belly."

Du Hui didn't care about Li Ben's despise of his king and father, and said lightly: "The court wants to kill two birds with one stone. Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing are not easy-to-efficient, and Fengyang is not as wealthy as Huaiyang. If the two want to make the strong soldiers and horses raised by their headquarters, they will inevitably have friction. This is what the court is most willing to see."

"I know that it's their business that they are willing to fight. But if they have the idea of ​​fighting Xuzhou, I will be the first to ignore it."

"General Li is calm and please listen to someone's speech."

Du Hui twisted his beard and said slowly: "The court is very afraid of the two Lius, so if they are angry, the court will be happy to see it. If they are not angry, the pressure to transfer money and grain will inevitably expand. Fengyang is Xuzhou in the north, Hezhou in the south, Chuzhou in the east, and Henan in the west. It is said that Huaiyang is the richest, but Huaiyang is now guarded by Huang Degong, and he and the two dare not fight hard. Hezhou, Chuzhou, is second, but it is too close to Yingtian Prefecture. If the two of them are dispatching troops to go,

But they were suspected of rebellion. If they were to visit Xuzhou in the north, they did have a chance, but from the moment they saw that they didn't want to break up with the general, so they just sent people to pretend to be a horse thief to rob. Er Liu was also testing the general. If the general was stronger, they would probably have lost their idea of ​​plotting for Xuzhou. After all, the general still had tens of thousands of troops in Shandong. If they got angry, they might not be able to fight back if they joined forces. Since it was not possible to go north, east, and south, then there was only the west left."

"Mr. Du means that the court hopes that Er Liu will fight Henan?"

Li Benshen's eyes lit up.

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Chapter completed!