Iron Dynasty

Your Highness!

When Xiao Ming approached, Luo Xin clasped his fists and saluted.

Jumping off the horse, Xiao Ming asked Luo Xin to excuse himself, and at the same time looked at the old man in his fifties beside him, and said, If I guessed correctly, this is Niu Ben, General Niu.

Niu Ben looked at King Qi up and down, and saw a little bit of Xiao Wenxuan's shadow on Xiao Ming's body. He bowed and saluted, Sinner Niu Ben has seen His Royal Highness King Qi.

General Niu is exempt from the ceremony. This king can't bear the heavy ceremony of the old general. Xiao Ming smiled, Old general, please follow me to the palace and talk about it in detail.

The three entered the palace together, and Xiao Ming asked Luluo to prepare tea for the three.

In the main hall, Xiao Ming invited Luo Xin and Niu Ben to sit down. At this time, he bowed to Niu Ben and said, The old general has suffered, and the emperor has been ashamed for these years. Let me make amends to the old general on his behalf.

Niu Ben was no longer the rebellious Niu Ben he used to be. He got up and said, How dare a sinner be a great gift from His Highness, I am already grateful that His Majesty can think of my old bones.

The old general is too modest. Xiao Ming said with a smile: The old general has great military exploits, and this king also admires it. This time, I hope the old general can help this king to break the danger of the barbarians going south.

Niu Ben heard the words and said, Luo Xin was at the gate of the city just now, but he stopped talking. His Highness talked about this again this time. What happened?

Xiao Ming and Luo Xin glanced at each other, so they talked about what happened in the courtroom.

These thieves who eat inside and outside, bring harm to the country and the people, if I Niu Ben is here, I will definitely cut their skins. Although Niu Ben's temperament has been somewhat restrained in the past five years, this matter still makes him very angry.

The old general doesn't need to be angry, it's the truth, I can only do my best to obey the destiny. Xiao Ming said.

Zhan Xingchang had already gone to Cangzhou to repair the city wall at this time, and he brought almost all the cement produced in Qingzhou City.

Hey, poor Your Majesty is going to fight with the barbarians to destroy the arrogance of the barbarians. These thieves are really a bunch of killing talents. Niu Ben said.

After a pause, he said, However, if we can defeat the barbarians from heading south, we can also let the barbarians know the greatness of our country in Great Yu, and there will be no more Suigong and relatives.

Exactly, so this time I only hope that the old general will help this king. Xiao Ming said while taking the opportunity.

Niu Ben nodded and said slowly: The old minister is guilty of guilt, and his Highness will not abandon him.

Xiao Ming was relieved, he thought that this Niu Ben would still hate Xiao Wenxuan for assigning him to hard labor, but he didn't expect that Niu Ben's temperament was not as violent as the legend.

In this way, he has really reached the level of a commander-in-chief.

As for the fierce man Niu Ben, Xiao Ming naturally did not expect him to defend the city. A Cangzhou city was enough for Lufei, and his heart was far more than that.

The large area of ​​Guanzhong land outside Cangzhou City was once the homeland of the Great Yu Kingdom. If it can be recovered, it may be possible to further expand its fiefdom.

The most important thing is that if you can take down Shanhaiguan, you will be able to keep the barbarians out of the pass, and you will no longer have to worry about the threat of the barbarians.

General! General!

When the three of them were drinking tea and talking about the barbarians, suddenly Lu Fei's voice came.

Then I saw Lu Fei walked in excitedly and looked at Niu Ben, General, is it really you?

Niu Ben was also a little surprised when he saw Lu Fei, Lu Fei?

General, it's me. Lu Fei said excitedly.

Xiao Ming and Luo Xin looked at each other, Xiao Ming couldn't help asking: Old General, do you know Lu Fei?

When Lu Fei passed by the Qingzhou government office just now, he heard two foreign officers talking about escorting Niuben. After inquiring carefully, he understood the reason and immediately came to Qi Wangfu.

Lu Fei said at this time: When the general was in Cangzhou City, I was the general's personal guard. Later, when the general returned to Chang'an, our local soldiers stayed behind.

Hey, this is an old thing, but looking at you like this, it seems that you are very trustworthy in front of His Highness, yes, yes, I didn't see you wrong back then. Niu Ben said.

Lu Fei was a little excited and said, I dare not forget the general's teaching.

Xiao Ming's gaze went back and forth between the three of them. In the past, there was only Lu Fei in the Qingzhou Army. Now that Luo Xin came, the two were arguing endlessly.

Now there is a bull run, and it seems that it can completely suppress the two.

And this Niu Ben has quite a few means to govern the army, and his soldiers are very disciplined. In this way, he can rest assured, lest Lu Fei and Luo Xin quarrel endlessly and affect the training of the Qingzhou army.

Moreover, Niu Ben was a former general, and he was able to lead 100,000 troops with ease, and was very proficient in various affairs in the army.

Unlike Lu Fei, who has not yet established a military management system, he does not know how to use military funds in his hands.

The angry Xiao Ming had to take the money back to Pang Yukun and let him manage it on his behalf.

Now that Niuben is here, the management system in the army should not be a problem. When the military and government are separated, it will be easier for oneself to fully grasp the military and government, and avoid mutual interference between the military and the government, which is unclear.

The experience of later generations told him that the army should not be mixed with administrative officials, otherwise it would be easy to cause trouble.

For the military, all it takes is to obey orders and not have their own minds.

No matter who leads the army, the object of the army's allegiance must be him.

And this is also one of the reasons why he established a long history team in the army. Long history represents him, and he masters the army's thinking, so that the army will not be in chaos.

In this way, whether it is Lu Fei, Luo Xin, or Niu Ben, the premise of their command of the army is to get their own advice, and when they want to take them down, the army is still as stable as Mount Tai, and it will not change because of the change of the coach. .

This is the right army for him.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming is not worried about Niu Ben, Lu Fei or Luo Xin, because the army belongs to him, and Lu Fei and others are only responsible for commanding the army to fight and perform their duties.

After Lu Fei's mood eased for a while, Xiao Ming said, Old General, since Lu Fei was once your subordinate, it seems that only you can control this thorn. In this way, the governor of the Qingzhou Army The position is none other than an old general.

In addition to the title of the feudal king, Xiao Ming held the position of the governor of the six states, and the military talismans of the six states are all in his hands.

Even if Lu Fei mobilized the army, he still needed to ask for a soldier talisman.

This commander belongs to the military position in the Great Yu Kingdom, and under the commander is the commander in charge of each state, and now the Qingzhou Army is the strongest army in the six states.

After all, with Xiao Ming's current financial resources, he can only focus on cultivating an army.