After hearing Ding Daniu's question, Long Zixing and Hillman were stunned for a moment, and then they showed a thoughtful expression on their faces. After pondering for a while, Long Zixing and Hillman exchanged glances, and then answered cautiously: "The rioters seem to have suddenly given up their military operations in the past ten days. Our horse probing team has not found their traces for several days. It turns out that Hillman and I thought that the rioters were forced to move rashly under the pressure of Tokugawa's army's march into Meishan. ±"

"But today I felt a little strange when I saw that the general's team had not gone through any battle. Did the riots in western Meishan also disappeared? Now that I heard the general's question, I think that the general may not have found any enemy after entering Meishan?"

Ding Daniu didn't want to hide it and nodded, "Yes, the commander of the Shangguan Yonglun Division and I searched the entire western part of Meishan and found that these chaotic troops had retreated ten days ago. So I wonder if this phenomenon also occurred in your area?"

Long Zixing smiled bitterly, "It should be true, the activities of the rioters had been greatly reduced about ten days ago, but it did not attract our attention at that time. Later, our horses discovered that the rioters were undergoing military transfers, as if they were moving to the north. Our strength was too weak, and it was quite difficult to protect ourselves, not enough to entangle the enemy, and it did not attract attention..."

Ding Daniu shook his hand, "Mr. Long, don't be too careful. I have no intention of blaming Mr. Long and the Yi soldiers. Suppressing rebellions and suppressing bandits is the responsibility of the court army. Although we are the guardians of Tokugawa Prefecture, the current Shimaguard of Tokugawa Prefecture, the current Shimaguard of Tokugawa Prefecture has been appointed by the Central Committee of the Empire as the military and political governor of the Northwest Empire, commanding all military and political affairs of the six counties in the northwest, and being ordered by the emperor to quell the rebellion in the northwest."

"We are all cultivated by Lord Qin, which is equivalent to Lord Qin's direct troops. Meishan County is also the territory of Lord Qin, to quell the rebellion, restore normal local production and living order, and ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people in the region."

"Mr. Qin has been paying attention to the chaos in Meishan and Longdong counties for a long time, and expressed deep sympathy for the sufferings suffered by the people of the two counties. However, due to the wrong name and dissatisfaction, it was inconvenient to intervene until the court issued an order to suppress the rebellion. As for Mr. Long and Mr. Hillman who were able to lead the rebel army to protect local safety, he only had to respect and admire him and had no other thoughts."

Ding Daniu's words were not only Long Zixing and Hillman, but also Ji Gaoming, the governor of Shilipu, who was sitting aside, and Chu Juezhi, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, were deeply moved.

When they heard that Qin Mu had been appointed by the empire as the military and political governor of the Northwest by the empire and was in charge of the six counties in the northwest, they were even more surprised and happy.

Qin Mu's reputation among the people in the northwest region has even surpassed the emperor of the Great Qin Empire. Not only did he achieve outstanding military achievements. He defeated the low-hunting people who were rampant in the northwest twice, captured a large number of low-hunting soldiers, forcing the arrogant low-hunting people to sign a city alliance, and swept across the bandit forces that had been entrenched in the northwest for a long time, completely eliminating the bandits who were harming one side.

He also lighted taxes and taxes, reduced taxes and fees, built water conservancy, attached importance to infrastructure construction, resolved ethnic conflicts, and vigorously developed local economy. In just two or three years, the economy and population of Tokugawa County under his jurisdiction showed explosive rapid growth, and the economy of the northwest county government also restored vitality. The people of the two prefectures lived and worked in peace and contentment. The merchants who came to do business in the local area felt that it was a world of difference compared to the situation in previous years. Some elderly people even spontaneously asked to build a temple for him and give him a tribute to incense, of course, this was firmly stopped by Qin Mu.

These situations are well known to the lower class and businessmen of the surrounding prefectures and counties. While they are envious, they also long to be able to become such a parent official. Now that they know that Qin Mu has officially taken office as the military and political governor of the Northwest, how can they not be ecstatic?

Several people quickly asked about the details of Qin Mu's appointment as the military and political military governor of the Northwest. Seeing that the few people were so interested in this matter, Ding Daniu explained the details of the matter one by one.

After a long time, the discussion on Qin Mu's appointment came to an end. Ding Daniu then asked about the situation of the chaos army, "In your opinion, Mr. Long, since the chaos army in southern Meishan moved north and began to move before our government troops set off, what is the reason and where will it be moved?"

Seeing that Ding Daniu attached great importance to his views, Long Zixing was also very pleased. He racked his brains and thought for a long time before he expressed his thoughts: "According to what the adults said, I suspect that the chaos army must have received news that the government army will advance in advance, so that it was transferred. Moreover, there must be someone in the middle of this. Otherwise, the chaos army, which was not united, would have moved so consistently at once? As for them all moving to the north, especially to the northeast, there must be a reason for this. What is the reason? I dare not make a rash assertion until there is no evidence to prove it."

Long Zixing's inference is not much different from the initial views of Shangguan Yonglun and Ding Daniu, but the situation is changing a little now, and almost all the chaotic troops are moving northeast.

Ding Daniu nodded with sincerity. He could understand Long Zixing's idea. After all, the status involved in humans is very unusual, and Long Zixing himself is just a small leader of the righteous army who has not been recognized by the government. To put it bluntly, he is a civilian, so of course it is impossible to draw a conclusion nonsense. However, Ding Daniu has already understood what he meant, which is consistent with his own ideas.

In the evening, at the strong request of local officials and squire in Shilipu, Ding Daniu and Deng Dashan participated in the dinner specially prepared for them.

Just as Ding Daniu and Deng Dashan were having dinner with local officials and gentry in Shilipu, Shangguan Yonglun, who was in the north of Meishan, was also deeply confused.

"Sir, we have interrogated all the prisoners. They are almost all small characters and have no idea of ​​valuable information. However, one of the small leaders reflects some of the situations of some value."

Mi Da also saw Shangguan Yonglun sitting in front of the desk staring at the map above, and never raised his head, as if a statue was placed there.

Slowly raising his eyes, Shangguan Yonglun's heart was still full of doubts, "What's the situation?"

"He reported that when he led his brothers to carry out a warning mission more than half a month ago, he saw many strangers frequently coming and going and contacting the leaders of their riot army. However, his status was too low, and he did not know what the contact was, nor where these people came from or who they were. However, he reported that these people seemed to be in the imperial government."

Nodding silently, Shangguan Yonglun stood up, carried his hands on his back, and walked around the room for a few times before saying, "This is not an accident. The chaos troops have moved to the northeast one after another. It must have a certain purpose. Meishan is only bordered by Lishan County in the northeast, which is flat and can easily enter Lishan County. Lishan County has an elite army of 100,000. All this is incredible!"

Shangguan Yonglun sighed softly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I used to think that the rioters might have colluded with foreign enemies such as the Kamans and the Sisro people, but according to the information currently available, the situation is much more complicated than expected earlier."

Mi Da was also shocked after listening to the analysis of the commander of Shangguan Yonglun Division. The mastermind behind the scenes was about to emerge, but what about the mastermind behind the scenes? Mi Da felt that cold sweat on his back slowly penetrated his underwear, making him dare not think about it any more. As a soldier, he just wanted to lead the team to charge and kill the enemy to serve the country. Once this was involved in political struggle, it was often not that simple. It was hard to tell when someone was stabbed behind the back, and he didn't know why after he died.

"Is there any news coming from the south?" Shangguan Yonglun did not want the dark political struggle to disturb everyone's mood and staggered the topic.

"Not yet, and there is no news from the county magistrate yet. It should be here. Division Commander, what should we do now?"

"There are no more bandits in this area. I judge that the chaos army is now concentrated at the junction with Taixuan Mansion. We still follow the original plan and go south to Fucheng to meet with the First Guard Division. After controlling the capital city, we then advance northward. We ordered the reconnaissance troops to speed up the northeast and continue to contact our inside line in the chaos army until we get in touch." Shangguan Yonglun's voice was free from emotion.

...

Li Xiangjun saw Qin Mu only wrote two short words "Self-breaking" on a piece of paper with a brush. Liang Qiming and Li Xiangjun who had just walked in were shocked, "Self-breaking? Who do you want to make it?"

I saw them inexplicably surprised, and I was also a little confused, "This is my reply to Liu Xiaoshan and Shangguan Yonglun. What's wrong?"

"I thought that someone made a mistake and you asked him to break it by yourself." Li Xiangjun then understood the meaning of the word "There is, what happened before?"

"Well, there are some problems, which are different from what I guessed. I asked them to make their own decisions and not report everything, so as not to delay the fighter's opportunity. Why, Li Xiangjun, what good things are there today? It seems that you are happy and have a romantic encounter?"

Shaking his head, Li Xiangjun replied in a very calm tone: "The news of you taking office as the military and political governor of the Northwest County of the Empire has spread all over the country. All forces around the Empire have also known about this appointment. Now many people are conspiring to deal with you, and some people hope to get your support. We have received some information."

While Qin Mu put the envelope on and ordered someone to quickly send it to the front line, he signaled the two to sit down and said slowly, and his servants also gave him two cups of steaming Longjing tea.

"Do you want to listen to good news first or unfavorable information?" Yuzhu greedily took a big sip of Longjing tea, then sat down and asked Qin Mu.

"Well, let's hear the good news first."
Chapter completed!