Zhou Shixiong deliberately misinterpreted Zhou Hou's words, which made Zhou Hou scratch his head anxiously, "Sir, this is not what the lower official means. The lower official never thought of leaving the night and not being able to earn money!"

Hahaha, Zhou Hou was originally thin, and with such movements, he looked like a big horse monkey. Guan Chongguang, Li Fusheng and others laughed out loud by Zhou Hou. "Zhou Hou, I plan to expand the night of no-revenue. If you want to stay in Langshan City to train new recruits, you won't have to go to Xuan Guang Mansion. In addition, our mansion officially promoted you to guard Langshan City as a reward for making many contributions."

Zhou Er, Zhou Wu was an official of the Ming Dynasty, so there was no need for Zhou Shixiong to let them abandon their posts. Zhou Hou, who did not take over the night, belonged to the private soldiers of Zhennan Hou Mansion, was much easier to deal with. Zhou Shixiong, the candidate to take over, had also thought about it, and Li Xiaobin was very suitable.

Being a new instructor must have not been satisfied with leading troops to fight, but since Zhou Shixiong issued an order, Zhou Hou could only accept the order. "Mr. Xie appreciates it, and the subordinates will accept the order."

Zhou Shixiong summoned Li Xiaobin, announced a new appointment, and handed him over the task of sneaking into Xuan Guang Mansion to pretend to be a thief. Li Xiaobin happily took the order. Zhou Er and Zhou Wu were jealous of them. Although they were the top generals under Zhou Shixiong, they certainly felt a sense of crisis as they watched the newcomers emerge. Unfortunately, Zhou Shixiong needed them to stay in Xiangzhou, and the matters in Lang Sang Mansion were not used for the time being.

Zhou Shixiong arranged all the work, went to Tingli City for on-site inspections, and planned the construction of elevated canals. Zhou Shixiong wanted to build the economy of Lang Sang Province as soon as possible and slowly solve the problems of Nguyen Phuc and Zheng's family, but unfortunately his vision was very good, but others did not cooperate.

Zheng Zhuang, the Qing Dynasty king, successfully realized his plan to force Li Shenzong to step down and support Li Weiyou. Afterwards, Zheng Zhuang, the Qing Dynasty king, announced the attack on the rebel Zheng Zai on the ninth day of March, and the troops from several prefectures in the southern part of Jiaozhi gathered at the Qinghua Prefecture.

"Young Master, the latest news." Ma San came to Zhou Shixiong with a large stack of intelligence, and Zhou Shixiong knew about Li Chao's big move. "Qianying manager, Maoying manager, let's go here today. You can get the drawings as soon as possible after you go back." Zhou Shixiong sent away the two engineers and battalions, then picked up the information and read them carefully, his brows getting tighter and tighter.

"Ma San, can the King of the Qing Dynasty Zheng Zhuang deploy 50,000 troops. Is this number accurate?" Since ancient times, the southern part of Jiaozhi has been developed than the northern part. Even though the area in the north is more than twice as large as the southern part, its population and economy are much worse than that in the southern part. In the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty, a 50,000 troops would require at least three or four prefectures to get it out, and it is unimaginable that the King of the Qing Dynasty Zheng Zhuang and his family could produce this number.

"Young master, my subordinates have entered the Qingdu Wang military camp many times to find out the news. There must be 50,000 people, and there are at least 30,000 soldiers and elite soldiers." Zhou Shixiong is acceptable to this number, at least he knew that Taiyuan Prefecture also has a considerable number of military power.

"Zheng Zhuang has a big appetite. He gathered 100,000 troops at a time and mobilized troops during the spring plowing season. It seems that he wanted to unify Jiaozhi in one go!" The Li Dynasty claimed to the outside world that a 200,000 army was used to wipe out the rebellion of the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty. The intelligence sent by Ma San's subordinates reduced the number of people by half, and Zhou Shixiong was thinking about it by 30%. After filtering water layer by layer, he finally got the number of 70,000, and Zhou Shixiong couldn't laugh.

Zhou Shixiong has read many military books and strategies, and knows that the ancients had to avoid two periods of time when fighting, one was the sowing season, and the other was the hot and cold season. Food is the most important thing for the people. If the soldiers were called to fight during the sowing season, it would be too miserable if they lost, and even if they won, they would have to face the dilemma of being unable to harvest. Zheng Zhuang obviously violated the essence of military strategy, and his confidence was foreseeable.

"What kind of response does Zheng Zai have?" Putting down the information, Zhou Shixiong rubbed his eyebrows and asked Ma San. Ma San took out a notice from his arms and handed it over, "Young Master, this is the manifesto of Prince Ping'an. It is estimated that the edict will arrive at Lang San's Mansion soon."

Most of the content of the manifesto is nonsense, and there are only two things that are useful. One is that Zheng Zai summoned various prefectures of the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty as Prince Ping'an to send troops to resist the invasion of the Li Dynasty, and the other is that Zheng Du's death was announced. Zhou Shixiong pulled the wrench and found that Zheng Du had been dead for almost half a year before his successor announced his death. It seems that Zheng Zai's ability is indeed problematic. I just don't know how effective Zheng Lisheng organized the elders of the clan to force the palace a few months ago.

"Let's go back to Langshan City." Zhou Shixiong explained to Li Fusheng a few words to get on the horse and return to the city. He must take this edict seriously. It is of course good to sit and watch Zheng and Ruan Phuc fight with Zheng Zhuang. The problem is that Zhou Shixiong does not have enough strength to be this fisherman.

"Master, Prince Ping'an's envoy has arrived. Please go out of the city to welcome him." Before he could drink water when he returned to Liangshan City, Gao Fu had already come to report the message. "Do you know the envoy who proclaimed the imperial edict?"

"Go back to Master, the Lord Zheng, the lord of Beijiang Prefecture." Gao Fu knew Zheng Lisheng of course, but he was very puzzled by one question. As the lord of the mansion, how could Zheng Lisheng play an errand for Shenglong Prefecture?

When Zhou Shixiong heard that his ally was coming, he hurried out to greet him. Zheng Lisheng was very enthusiastic when he saw Zhou Shixiong, and did not show off his airs at all. He walked out of the car sedan to salute Zhou Shixiong. "Sir Zheng, why are you here?" After the greetings, Zhou Shixiong asked in confusion.

Zheng Lisheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Oh, I regret it! It's not convenient to speak here, so go to the city first." Zheng Lisheng didn't want to say it, so Zhou Shixiong could only be kept in his heart and raised his hand to invite Zheng Lisheng into the city. The content of the King of Peace brought by Zheng Lisheng was the same as the manifesto, and I hope that Zhou Shixiong could send troops to resist the invasion of the Li Dynasty.

Sitting in the study of the government lord's office, Zhou Shixiong was waiting for Zheng Lisheng to complain. A man who planned to steal the throne actually served as an envoy for his opponent. Zhou Shixiong really wanted to hear the story.

"Master Ji Mansion, Zheng first thanks you for your suggestions. If it weren't for Master Ji Mansion, I'm afraid it would be no longer alive!" Zheng Lisheng gave Zhou Shixiong a big gift. Zhou Shixiong quickly stood up and avoided it. No matter how he dealt with it, he would be the lord of the mansion. Zhou Shixiong did not dare to accept the full gift of dealing with it.

"The Lord Zheng's Mansion is so serious, please sit down." The two of them sat down politely, and then Zheng Lisheng explained the causes and consequences. After Ji Hongchang officially succeeded as the Lord of Lang Sang Mansion, Zheng Lisheng thought that he was qualified and capable of challenging Zheng Zai, so he sent invitations and invited the elders of the Zheng clan to attack Zheng Zai. He wanted to follow the line of the group general to force Zheng Zai to withdraw from the dispute over the succession of the throne.

Ji Hongchang reminded him at that time that Zheng Zai was not playing cards according to the rules and used force to deal with these elders who went to Shenglong Mansion to make trouble. At that time, Zheng Lisheng did not take it seriously. After returning to Beijiang Mansion, Zheng Lisheng sent someone to Shenglong Mansion to arrange a place for the elders to settle down, and explore Zheng Zai's actions.

As the agreed date gradually approached, Zheng Lisheng thought of Ji Hongchang's warning from time to time. Zheng Lisheng, who had always cherished his life, decided to send more people to Shenglong Mansion to support the scene. Unexpectedly, Zheng Zai did not give these elders the chance to enter Shenglong Mansion at all. He sent people to Shenglong Mansion to pretend to be a thief outside Shenglong Mansion to catch up with the palace. Zheng Lisheng sent people to Shenglong Mansion to find out that someone was going to be unfavorable to the Lord of the Mansion, so he rushed back to report the news, which just saved Zheng Lisheng's life.

Of course, Zheng Lisheng would not swallow his anger when he was plotted against others. He was preparing to mobilize the elders' forces to attack Shenglong Mansion and kill Zheng Zai to avenge the elders. Who would have thought that the news of Zheng Zhuang's preparation for attacking the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty came. Zheng Zai's supporters and some neutral factions in the Zheng clan joined forces to suppress Zheng Lisheng's supporters and threatened Zheng Lisheng that if he dared to fight privately at this time, he would remove Zheng Lisheng from his clan.

"Master Zheng, even if he loses, he will not help Zheng Zai as an envoy, right? This is too much of a loss!" It is nothing great to lose in the battle for the throne. The other party used the general trend to suppress Zheng Lisheng and his supporters. There was nothing to boast about this move. Because doing so has laid the groundwork for the family division, it is not a subtle trick.

"The Lord of Ji's Prefecture laughed. Zheng Zai knew that Zheng had a close relationship with several eastern prefectures. He asked the imperial edict of the previous king to order Zheng to go on an envoy to tell Xiang. Zheng was helpless and let it go." Zheng Lisheng said it was very desolate, but in fact he was greedy for Zheng Zai's promise. Zheng Zai agreed that as long as he told Lang Sang Prefecture, Guangning Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture to send troops, he would grant him the entire eastern part of the Vietnamese dynasty, and the two brothers would divide the country and rule it.

Zheng Zai attaches great importance to the forces of Taiyuan Prefecture and Lang Sang Prefecture. These two prefectures showed very strong combat power when attacking Xuan Guang Prefecture. If they were willing to send troops, they would have a lot of help. Moreover, Zheng Zai also had a small account. As long as these two prefectures were sent, Zheng Zai would try his best to make them cannon fodder. While consuming Zheng Zhuang's troops, weakening the forces of these two prefectures, so as not to lose their strength in the future.

Zheng Zai's plan was very clever. Faced with the battle to destroy the country, he was not afraid that Taiyuan Prefecture and Lang Shan Prefecture would refuse to send troops, and used Zheng Lisheng as an envoy, but just wanted to paralyze these hosts who had already formed a group.

"Master Zheng, my mansion heard that the Qingdu King sent 200,000 troops to attack the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty. How many troops could Zheng Zai send to fight?" Zhou Shixiong was not as calculating as Zheng Zai. He only knew that he could not avoid the issue of sending troops. If Zheng Zai was hindered now, it was not himself who was cheaper.

"As far as Zheng knows, Ruan Phuc sent 50,000 troops, Zheng Zai sent 30,000 troops, Laojie, Shanluo, Heping, and Laizhou sent 40,000 troops, Gaoping sent 2,000 troops, Nanding, Fushou and other small mansions combined 10,000 troops, which combined 130,000 troops." Zheng Lisheng also knew what he had to pay attention to and remembered clearly the number of troops sent by all parties.

Zhou Shixiong thought that he would have at most 5,000 soldiers, and Guangning Prefecture probably wouldn't even have 5,000 soldiers. Taiyuan Prefecture wouldn't have to send too many soldiers to the end. In this way, the Northern Vietnamese Dynasty could have at most 150,000 soldiers. This also includes the number of people and strong people, and the future is jealous!

"I wonder how many soldiers the Lord of Zheng's Mansion plans to produce?" Beijiang Mansion was the old nest that Zheng Song started, and no matter how rich the population was, it was unmatched by the eastern prefectures. If Zheng Lisheng was willing to take action, 20,000 regular soldiers would definitely be able to afford them.

"Tell the Lord of Ji's Mansion to give you a maximum of 10,000 soldiers, and some civilians will raise 15,000. This is already Zheng's limit." Zheng Lisheng was forced to pay 15,000. Everyone knows that Beijiang Mansion is strong. If he produces too few people, let alone whether Taiyuan Mansion and Lang Shan Mansion will have any ideas, they will not be able to pass the condemnation within the Zheng clan first.
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