Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Kou Xiao was not in the mansion, but in the military camp. As the wedding day approached, he trained Kou's army more strictly.

Moreover, everyone guessed that General Kou was in a bad mood recently, and he must have used it to vent his emotions, so they all clamped their tails and behaved, fearing that they would be the one who hit the muzzle of the gun.

Kou Xiao didn't explain, in fact, he wasn't in a bad mood, but he was in a good mood, but he didn't show it, and no matter if everyone misunderstood, at least one of them persisted in the hard training.

Guo Fu soaked in the river water to wash off his sweat. Thousands of people also soaked in the river water, polluting a river in an instant.

His young general leaned over and asked, "Vice General Guo, when will we be able to live like this?"

Guo Fu caught a glimpse of General Kou standing on the bank staring at a tree in a daze, glared at his confidant, and said in a low voice, "You're stupid, of course it's only two months after the prince gets married, just go through it." gone."

"But after the prince is married, can he really stay and fly with the general? After all, there is always a person in the middle, it will be very unpleasant, right?"

"This is a private matter between the lord and the general. Why are you worrying about it? Is your military salary reduced or your food reduced?" Guo Fu scolded coolly, but in fact he also complained for the general in his heart, but who made him Do you have to like King Shun?This is all self-inflicted.

There was a churning in the water, and everyone was severely drilled. Everyone cherished the moment of relaxation at this moment, and soon made a big fuss in the water.

Guo Fu knocked on them one by one, and warned: "Restrain yourself, making fun in front of the general, do you think he is not depressed enough?"

Everyone fell silent for a moment, crawled out of the water one after another, avoided General Kou from a distance, and then began to advise General Kou in groups.

"Old Zhong, you are well-educated, tell me how we can help the general?"

Zhong Wen was in charge of the supplies of the barracks during the day, and also participated in training at night. He had a high rank, but he had a good relationship with the soldiers who used to eat and live with him, and he did not stay away from everyone because of his promotion.

"How can we help with things like feelings? Train well. As long as the Kou family's army is strong, General Kou's position will be as stable as Mount Tai." It was still Zhong Wen who could see it clearly. He felt that the combination of General Kou and the prince was absolutely It is impossible to maintain the relationship only by feelings. General Kou needs the prince’s money to maintain the operation of the barracks, and the prince needs the Kou family’s army to defend his family and country.

Apart from feelings, the two of them are also a combination of interests. The more such a combination, the stronger their relationship will be. As long as the Kou family army is getting stronger and stronger, no one can replace General Kou's position in the prince's mind.

Although it is more utilitarian to think this way, Zhong Wen feels that there is nothing wrong with it. Ordinary husband and wife must consider the interests of the husband's family when they marry, let alone such two people?

Word quickly spread in the barracks, and everyone gradually realized that perhaps General Kou's vigorous training of them was not necessarily to vent his emotions, but also to make Kou's army stronger.

In addition to the original veterans, the new recruits had a short time in the camp and experienced few battles. In addition, they were fed too well, and they always had some loose hearts. They were not considered an elite army.

Kou Xiao also knew this, since he wanted to make Kou's army his dowry, he couldn't send an unworthy Kou's army to the palace.

Several teams took turns to rest, Kou Xiao summoned everyone and issued a new order, "From tomorrow, every five days there will be a small competition, and every ten days there will be a large competition. The winning team in the small competition will get the best meals for three meals a day." The team with the worst score starves for a day, and the team that wins the big competition can get a reward of one tael of silver each. The team with the worst score will punish everyone to clean the barracks for one month. No penalty."

Soldiers like competitions, which means they have the opportunity to stand out. If a barracks with tens of thousands of people can't get ahead, they can only stay at the bottom until they are old enough to retire. This is intolerable for motivated soldiers. thing.

So when this order was promulgated, everyone became excited. After months of training day and night, it was finally time to test the results.

Zhong Wen stood up and asked for instructions: "General, I also want to participate in the competition, general, please agree!"

Kou Xiao nodded, "Yun, you belong to the previous team, and the results are shared, and the rewards and punishments are shared."

Zhong Wen patted his chest happily: "Thank you General, I will definitely get the best grade."

Kou Xiao looked at the high-spirited soldiers below, with a smile in his eyes, and added a sentence that made everyone excited: "The team that won the last big competition will become the sending team for the prince's wedding. Weapons, you can also reward a table of banquets, as for those who lose...the prince must be more vigilant on the day of his wedding, do you know where you will be assigned?"

After saying this, Kou Xiao left the school grounds, just in time to run into someone who came looking for him.

Seeing that he was a servant of the palace, Kou Xiao changed into a set of clean clothes and immediately got on his horse and left the barracks. Before leaving, he asked his personal guards to go to the mansion and say that he was resting in the barracks tonight.

In the barracks, everyone couldn't sleep all night. There were outstanding people in each team, and naturally there were also relatively weak soldiers. These people became the focus of the whole team.

In the past, they only cared about being outstanding, and weak people would only be their foils, but now it's different, the victory and defeat are divided by the team, what they want is the victory of the whole team, as long as there is one person holding back, They can lose the game.

Ma Daxing is a team leader of Team B of the Forward Battalion. There are 100 people under his command. There are strong soldiers in every team, so wouldn’t the weak be elected as well?”

He felt that if the comparison was based on personal level, he would definitely be selected if he worked harder, but the soldiers under him were uneven, and he was not at all sure that he would lead this group of people to victory.

Xu Weiguo, who is also the team leader, has always been at odds with him. When he questioned General Kou's decision, he immediately retorted: "The general has said more than once that every team is a whole. It is not difficult for individuals to excel, but it is more difficult to excel as a whole It's difficult, does the general want warriors with strong martial arts skills? What he wants is a team that can fight in unity and cooperate with each other tacitly, besides, even if it compares to personal records, what does your small team rate mean?"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, the colleagues who passed by stopped them, "What time is it? Look, they have brought people to training. Do you still have leisure to fight here? Fighting in the army is a must. If you don’t want to win, don’t drag down your soldiers if you don’t want to win.”

The soldiers of the two teams hurriedly held back their team leaders and persuaded them: "Yes, team leaders, you have to fight hard to know if you can win. At this time, if you fight, you will not only have to suffer from military sticks, but you will definitely be sent to the border as guards." Go, we just heard from a few lieutenants that the teams with the worst grades must be distributed to the border. The prince is married, and the whole of South Vietnam must be surrounded by iron barrels. You don’t want to go to the border to suffer, do you? "

"Whether to eat or not is not the point, the point is to lose face. For such a big event as the prince's wedding, let's just forget that we don't have the chance to send off the family. Why don't we have to clear the way in the city?" They were sent to the border to feed the mosquitoes, what else did they have? face back?

It is a matter of face and honor, no one dares to be sloppy, so the entire Kou family army has fallen into more active and tragic training, there is no need for Kou Xiao to supervise, everyone supervises and encourages each other, and the sound of bugles spreads into the city day and night .

It was only after Kou Xiao entered the palace that he realized that the atmosphere was different. He strode to the backyard and walked towards the room with the brightest lights.

Ji Hanyu arrived first, and was reading the letter written by Lei Luo. Like Li Xu and the others, this Mrs. Ning is really good at strategy and wisdom.

"General Kou came just in time. You should read the new news from the capital first." Ji Hanyu handed the letter to Kou Xiao, who sat next to Li Xu and leaned against him to read it word by word.

Seeing the people gathered in the study, he knew that Li Xu called him back because he had something serious to do, not because he suddenly missed him.

Everyone is used to the intimate relationship between the two of them, and they pretended not to see it.

Kou Xiao frowned more and more, and asked in disbelief: "Is this Mrs. Ning really the daughter of the Xie family? Can she really plan to go this far?"

It's not that Kou Xiao looks down on women, but he never thought that such an outstanding woman is from South Vietnam. If she has this kind of wisdom, then Ning Junzhi should have been promoted to a higher official position these years.

"A mother is strong for her son. A woman's explosive power and potential are beyond your imagination. To avenge her son should be Madam Ning's deepest obsession. It is not surprising that she can become a king in any way."

Kou Xiao took a look at the people present. They were all Li Xu's most powerful and loyal officials. He asked Li Xu, "Should I call Xie Siming here? After all, they are brothers and sisters, and they know each other better." .”

Li Xu nodded, and asked Liu Shu to send someone to pass on the news, and told Kou Xiao some new news in the past few days. South Vietnam is remote, and the biggest disadvantage is that it is inconvenient to pass the news. When he receives the news, the situation between Yingchuan and the capital Maybe things have changed in an instant.

"Too passive!" Li Xu sighed. It's not that he has no way to turn the tide, but that he can't keep an eye on the situation. It's not suitable for him to cover up the situation with soldiers.

"Change your strategy. Since the Ning family has already achieved this step and is already an endless enemy, let's act first. As long as we get rid of this family, the root cause will disappear." Kou Xiao said harshly.

Li Xu nodded: "This is also my king's idea. We can't always be in a state of passive acceptance. The hatred has already been forged, and there is no possibility of solving it. It can only be life and death. We can't just sit and wait for death."

Everyone agreed. In the past, the high officials of the court were far away from them, and they were the ones they needed to look up to. But with the prince close at hand, they didn't find it difficult to deal with the Ning family.

"As the prince said, the most difficult thing about this matter is that the Ning family is in the capital and can control the progress at any time, but we have to be a month behind them to make a countermeasure. It really makes them convict the prince and then deal with it." It's too late."

"Then how does the prince want to deal with the Ning family? Although the Ning family is not a prosperous family, there are hundreds of people in the immediate and collateral lines. If you want to uproot them, you must commit a serious crime."

Li Xu shook his head, denying this point of view, "It's not that this king is kind-hearted and reluctant to implicate the innocent, but a family like the Ning family, who would believe you if you charged him with treason? Do the ministers believe it? Does the emperor believe it?"

Firstly, the Ning family is not a relative of the emperor, and secondly, they are not high-ranking officials in the frontier with heavy soldiers in their hands. If he is said to be rebellious, is he worthy?

"Then what do you mean...?"

It happened that Master Xie came, Li Xu asked him to sit down, and asked casually, "Have Master Xie received your son's letter?"

Shun Prince's Mansion has the fastest mail delivery channel, and Xie's family is not in vain, especially since the connection with the capital has been established for decades, it is not inferior.

Xie Siming's face was ugly. He had already lost his temper once at home, and he wished to break up with Mrs. Ning, but he knew that the blood relationship could not be broken just by breaking it.

When he received the news of the prince's summons, he even thought that he was going to die. He almost wanted his wife to flee with his grandchildren, but his wife was more calm. He guessed that the prince would not even ask the Xie family for a death sentence. If you really want to rule Xie's family, the ones who come are not the servants of the palace but the army of the Kou family.

Master Xie came to the palace full of apprehension, and when he saw the room full of dignitaries, he immediately knelt down and cried, "My lord, the Xie family has absolutely no two hearts. I, Xie family and Ning The family really has nothing to do with each other, I hope the prince will find out."

Li Xu didn't expect him to be so frightened, so he helped him up himself, and comforted him: "Master Xie doesn't need to be like this, this king naturally believes in you, and I only asked you to ask some questions, there is no other meaning."

Listening to his warm tone, Master Xie calmed down a little, and he gave Li Xu a bow before sitting in the last seat, "Your lord, just ask if you have anything to say, I will definitely tell you everything."

Li Xu knew from his self-proclaim that he was sincerely submitting to him, and frightened him: "Master Xie dares to board this king's thief ship at a time like this. Don't you understand that Mrs. Ning is going to do this?" This king's life."

"Lingmei... Mrs. Ning's idea may not be realized, and this is just a child's guess. He actually didn't hear the specific content, maybe... Maybe it's not the case."

Li Xu smiled, no matter what the facts are, if he can think of this step, those shrewd ministers in the court must also think of this step, even if there is no Mrs. Ning, there should be many people in the court who want to let him die.

"Based on what you know about Mrs. Ning, can she do this?"

"She was smart and assertive since she was a child, but after all, she lived in the boudoir when she was young. No matter how smart she is, she can't affect the court situation. But she has been married to the capital for 20 years, and Master Ning is conspiring with her, so maybe she can really design a game. A terrifying conspiracy is coming."

Li Xu secretly thought, no matter whether Mrs. Ning's conspiracy was conceived by herself or someone else, he would have to put up all his energy to deal with this sudden disaster.