Cannon Fodder Strategy

Later, he won military honors and climbed up step by step. Zhang Hongyi was bold and rushed towards his future. He went to the battlefield to kill the enemy and thought about being appointed as a general in the future, so he didn't care about life and death. After a few rounds, he aroused the appreciation of Deng Zhizhou. I can tolerate everything in the army, but I really couldn't bear to be separated from her at the beginning.

Zhang Hongyi was too embarrassed to tell anyone that when he first joined the army, he often heard Lily calling his name in his dreams, "Zhang Hongyi Zhang Hongyi". Sometimes he would instinctively agree during training, and he was punished a lot for this. People laugh at it.

But now that Lily was sitting in front of him, he was embarrassed to open his mouth.

Hearing that he was about to leave soon after returning this time, Lily frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

He took two mouthfuls of rice and hesitated:

"Deng Zhizhou appreciates me and plans to promote me. He said that he would let me lead a team deep into the hinterland of Loulan. If I can find out some military information and capture some barbarians, he will adopt me as his adopted son." He is strong and tall. He was very eye-catching among a group of new recruits. Deng Zhizhou lived up to his reputation of knowing people well and quickly noticed him. "This time I have made a meritorious service and beheaded the enemy. I will reward you based on my merits. Your man is now a partial general and a man with a salary." He said proudly, as if he had remembered something after saying this. , took out a purse bag from his arms and handed it to Lily:

"This is my salary. After you pick it up, you can buy whatever you want to eat."

Seeing his triumphant look, Lily realized that the bag should not contain copper coins, but silver. When it was handed over, it looked like it was still small. Lily didn't reach out to take it. He seemed a little anxious. He put down his chopsticks, took Lily's hand, and put the bag on top:

"Save it up for me. This will be the capital for marrying a wife in the future. I will work for a few years. After making money, we will go back to Yingzhou and buy land. We will become masters."

His words made Lily couldn't help but want to laugh. Seeing Zhang Hongyi shaking his head like a villain, Lily accepted the money and couldn't help but glare at him:

"Back then I had to be a soldier. Now I can't make any difference." He was not angry even after being scolded. He seemed to still have a nostalgic look on his face.

Zhang Hongyi did not stay at home for long. He stayed for the night and left again before dawn the next day. It was a coincidence that he came back because Lily originally wanted to go to Beijing. Now that he has disturbed me and accepted his hot potato money, I can't leave even if I want to, so I have to wait for him for a while longer.

Three months later, when Lu Liu delivered rice, he gave her the news that Zhang Hongyi had made another meritorious service and had been adopted as his adopted son by Deng Zhizhou.

At this time, the Daqi border was unstable, and there seemed to be disagreements within the court.

The late emperor died too quickly and hurriedly deposed the crown prince and established him as the king of Yue before his death. The deposed crown prince avoided the limelight and hid in his own territory with his remaining troops. Now, after two years of rest and recuperation, his power has begun to resurgence. There were rumors in the court that the cause of the late emperor's death was unknown, and that the origin of the Yue King's throne was unknown. There were old officials in the court who were loyal to the late emperor and were worried about the late emperor's death. Under the control of some thoughtful people, these rumors began to get more and more intense. .

The new emperor was faced with internal and external troubles, unstable borders, and unsatisfactory internal political power, so he planned to eliminate the deposed prince at one fell swoop. It's just that the deposed prince has not really rebelled at this moment. Even if he wants to take action, it would be unavoidable. When the King of Yue came to the throne, he had clearly and blatantly eliminated the remnants of the deposed prince. If he takes action now, it will inevitably leave some traces. Have a reputation of being mean and unkind.

The most important thing is that the new emperor has no troops. Da Qi's troops have always been used for external affairs, not internal affairs. If he wants to send troops to suppress the deposed prince, he must send troops from Gaochang and other places.

All the troops of Da Qi were dispersed among the major magistrates. This was to prevent the trouble caused by the rebellion of soldiers when the military power was concentrated in one person.

The major magistrates have been in charge of military forces for many years and have become established early. The new emperor has only been in power for less than two years. He may not be able to mobilize these old and mature magistrates. If there is no power in his hands, the emperor will not be safe in his seat. Externally, there were barbarians who were enemies of Daqi, internally there was the embarrassment that the military power was not in the hands of the emperor, and the deposed prince was coveting him. The new emperor was sitting on pins and needles, and he had the idea of ​​taking over the power in the hands of these governors.

The new emperor's foundation was too shallow at the beginning, and he was too hasty when he ascended the throne. As of this year's birthday, he has only been on the throne for two years. He does not have many talents at his disposal. The only one who is still available is the Prince Ye. .

The Ye family was loyal to him and had been following him to serve him since he was the king of Yue. They made great contributions to his ascension to the throne. Ye Shizi was gifted with talents, both in literature and in military affairs. He had held a position in the military in his early years, and he actually had an excellent personal relationship with the emperor. The emperor was naturally at ease with Ye Shizi, so he came up with the idea of ​​becoming a general. With the idea of ​​decentralizing power into his hands, he was appointed as a military supervisor, allowed him to have the right to make a decision first and then report back, and he was first released to Yingzhou.

Yingzhou is the territory of Deng Zhizhou. He has been operating here for many years and has established deep roots. Deng Zhizhou has a total of 130,000 soldiers and horses. He is the most powerful among the six Zhizhous of Da Qi. The most important one was Ye Shizi. When he was young and accomplished military exploits, he spent some time under Deng Zhizhou. This man had high praise for Prince Ye. If Prince Ye had not been outstanding in status, he would have wanted to adopt Prince Ye as his adopted son.

Ye Shizi led the people and entered Yingzhou in a dusty journey. He was wearing a silver brocade robe, holding a red tassel gun in his hand, and riding a white horse, he led a group of people into the city. Lily happened to go out to the Yamen to ask Lu Liu about the whereabouts of Zhang Hongyi. When she came back, Lu Liu was walking beside her. The dust brought by Ye Shizi and his party when they entered the city blew all over their faces.

Lu Liu slapped his face with his sleeve and spit out sand and mud from his mouth, feeling a little angry:

"These children from the capital all look up to their heads. They don't even regard people as human beings, and they are running rampant on the street like this." Lily also squinted her eyes due to the sand, her eyes were misty with tears at this time, she was wearing a blue cloth Jacket, when Lu Liu's curses reached her ears, she was still wiping her face with her sleeves, and her heart was filled with hatred for Ye Shizi and his party.

"What did you say?"

Lu Liu just made a casual complaint. He said it quietly himself, but he didn't expect that some people with sharp ears in the group heard it. He drank, tightened the reins and reined in the horse, and made a "oo" sound in his mouth. After scolding, the horse raised its front hooves high, sneezed from its nostrils, and after neighing, the horse was stopped. A soldier in iron armor turned around, pointed at Lu Liu with the whip in his hand, and drank. One sentence.

His move attracted the attention of the galloping cavalry in front. Ye Shizi, who was walking at the front, reined in the horse. His cold and moon-like face showed a hint of impatience. He clamped his legs Horse belly, hit the horse this way:

"What?"

"Sir, this untouchable is disrespectful to you. He should be whipped twenty times to show respect." Prince Ye came here to seize power. Naturally, he wanted to establish his authority as soon as he came. He had already heard the emperor's order. At this moment, Lu Liu casually complained and bumped into the muzzle of the gun. The whip soaked in tung oil in his hand was shining with a shiny luster. This whip would probably break the skin and flesh of the person. Twenty lashes If you go down, even if you don't die, you will be crippled.

Lu Liu's expression was blank. He just complained casually, who would have thought that he would get into such a big trouble by speaking out.

His legs shook, and he instinctively blocked Lily behind him, clasping his hands together:

"Master Jun, please forgive me. I am not targeting you with my disgusting words. I just said it casually and did not mean anything else. If I have offended Master Jun, I will apologize to Master Ye." Looking at the attitude of Ye Shizi and his entourage, , is obviously not someone to be trifled with. If he, a small Yingzhou policeman, is really beaten to death by this group of people, no one would dare to harm these people without having to pay for it.

It was not a pity that he died, but there was still an old mother at home, and a sister-in-law entrusted by Zhang Hongyi to take care of him. He could not make any mistakes, so Lu Liu endured the humiliation in his heart, his knees softened, and he knelt down. On the ground, he reached out and slapped himself hard.

Amidst the slaps, Ye Shizi was riding on a tall horse, staring at the two of them coldly. Lily lowered her head, and was blocked behind by Lu Liu. Her face was raised by the hoofs of the horse just passing by. The ash rushed to his face. Now he was rubbing his eyes and couldn't see his face clearly. Ye Shizi only glanced at her and thought she was just an ordinary market woman. He didn't take her to heart. Instead, his eyes fell on Lu Liu. , those eyes were cold, without the slightest warmth:

"Hurry up and deal with it, business is important."

Lu Liu slapped himself with a lot of force. In order to save his life, he didn't dare to cheat at all, so he slapped himself seven or eight times. The corners of his mouth were already cracked, his face was red and swollen, and there was a trace of tears around his mouth. There was bright red blood, but he didn't dare to stop. When he heard Ye Shizi said that someone would deal with him quickly, Lu Liu trembled all over, and subconsciously pressed his hand on the big knife at his waist.

He is a policeman, and a pariah is worthless, but no matter how worthless, if these military masters take his life in an understatement, he will definitely not obey.

The soldier saw Lu Liu's actions and sneered. The long whip in his hand was like a living poisonous snake. He raised it and whipped it towards him. A sound broke through the air. The whip was actually going to hit Lu Liu's face. .

As the saying goes, if you hit someone, you don't slap him in the face. This soldier just greets people in the face when they arrive, which is really too much. Lu Liu didn't expect that just a casual word today could cause such a huge disaster. His expression changed, and he was about to jump up, but Lily put down the hand rubbing his eyes and put a hand on his shoulder.

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There have been too many updates in the past three days. I am so tired and drained. I will not work hard tomorrow. Updates are not on time. Everyone suppresses reading during the day... (To be continued...)

ps: Sixth update...

Although it's late, I finally updated. . .

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