The first battle was a complete victory, all the generals were very happy, and the morale of the army was high.This atmosphere continued until entering Stone City.

Stone City is the largest of the six cities outside Quanlin Pass, and it is also the only "isolated island" that has not been captured by the Xiliang army.

The guard of Stone City, surnamed Yuchi and named Lie, is a veteran in his 50s.Regardless of the surname Yuchi, in fact, he has no blood relationship with Yuchi Gong, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty. He is an "indigenous" in the western army, a general who really climbed up from the bottom step by step. He has guarded Stone City for many years. He is quite prestigious in the army and among the people.

After verifying the seal, Yu Chilie opened the city gate and welcomed Wei Hu and his party in person.

The generals in Wei Hu's army thought they were here to "save the people from the upside down", but the old man would go on checking this and that, really pedantic!Those who are more thoughtful feel that this old man is either trying to gain fame and imitate Zhou Yafu by painting tigers and dogs, or he is giving Wei Hu his power.Those who thought this way were divided into two groups, some were happy and some were angry.

Most men in the army are not good at hiding their emotions, so they can't help showing three points on their faces.

Facing Yu Chilie's pleading, Wei Hu was kind and reasonable, from words to actions, he was completely like a gracious Confucian general, and he didn't embarrass the politicians who were the center of the court at all.

Yu Chilie's old face turned red even more.

In the eyes of a caring person, the behavior of all the people in the public, arouses much thought.

The generals sat down in the Marshal's Mansion specially prepared for Wei Hu.

Yu Chilie introduced the situation of the border war, "Of the six cities outside the pass, Stone City has the highest wall and the most soldiers. After autumn, in order to prevent Xiliang soldiers from attacking, we fortified the walls and cleared the fields in advance, so the food and grass can be boiled for a longer time. If it is as small as in previous years I’m not afraid of making small troubles, but the situation is a little different this year.”

Wei Hu pretended to be willing to hear more about it.

"Although Xiliang often invaded the frontier in the past, most of them were to grab some money and food. It has never been conquered city by city like this year. It looks like they are about to break into Quanlin Pass."

"Does the old general know why?"

Yu Chilie was taken aback, "I don't know the end general." I've been busy guarding the city and training the army, how can I have time to think about it?

Wei Hu nodded with a confused expression.

Yu Chilie also interceded for the guards of Kapok City and Populus euphratica City that he had taken in - we have been colleagues for many years, although there were frictions, but in the end they were in the same spirit, and there was some distress. In front of the little marshal sent by the imperial court, of course, you can talk about love if you can.

Of course Wei Hu understands the reason why a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. The current punishment for several generals was raised high and lowered gently, which sold the favor of the western officials.

The generals broke up, and Wei Hu and Huang Shumin discussed strategies.If Wei Hu didn't drive Li Mingming out, Li Mingming listened without any suspicion.

"Xi Zuo is back?"

Huang Shumin nodded, and took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner, "Sure enough, as the marshal expected, the king of Xiliang is not going to heal. The prince is young, and he will supervise the country on behalf of Princess Zhan."

Wei Hu glanced at Li Mingming and nodded.

In an instant, Li Mingming made up a hundred episodes of Xiliang Palace Fighting Drama - the stories passed down from later generations did not mention the prince, and in the end Xue Pinggui ascended the throne and became the king of Xiliang Kingdom.

Seeing Li Mingming's face full of enlightenment, Wei Hu smiled and said, "You might as well talk about it."

"I don't know how old this Xiliang prince is now?"

Wei Hu said, "12 years old."

Li Mingming laughed, the boy with the second child, the boy with the second child who was suppressed by his older sister, if given a spark, he would burn.

Li Mingming's three views completely collapsed, and he didn't feel uneasy about taking advantage of a young man at all, and the bad water was gurgling.

"It's time to find a wife for the little prince, and let him know the fate of those sad princes in the history of the Central Plains."

Li Mingming went on to say, "Not only must you have a master, but you must also have influence. I don't know whether the important ministers in the Xiliang court want to spend their days under the hands of a powerful adult princess and be suppressed by her son-in-law of a foreign race, or are they willing to assist a fledgling princess?" Little prince, how about taking your feelings slowly?"

Huang Shumin clapped his hands, "Wonderful!"

Wei Hu smiled faintly.

"Princess Dai Zhan wants to increase her power so much, we might as well give her a helping hand." By the way, it added fire to the situation in Xiliang.

How to "help", Li Mingming gave two examples casually: make up a song like "Xue Langlai, sit in the royal court, the princess is beautiful, and the harem" to spread in the capital of Xiliang, and get a wild goose with a silk book in its stomach? Yes—now Li Mingming is getting better and better at making use of feudal superstitions.

Talking about rumors doesn't need to be planned perfectly, as long as there is a shadow, people with a heart will naturally take advantage of it.

"Sanniang knows quite a lot about strategies for seeking the country."

Li Mingming laughed, we come from the age of information explosion, these are all common sense, okay?

It's not that Li Mingming doesn't know that these words will arouse Wei Hu's suspicion, but some things have to be exposed to let others know your strength, so that they will entrust things to you.

So Li Mingming didn't stop talking, "If Princess Dai Zhan and Xue Pinggui can think that we are a bone to gnaw and underestimate the enemy's attack, we will hit them hard and confirm their reputation as a soldier. The important ministers will not miss this opportunity. In this way, the power in the Xiliang court will be balanced, and the struggle may last for ten or eight years, and the border can be calm for a few more days."

Wei Hu nodded slowly.

Huang Shumin said, "Great goodness!"

Li Mingming said sincerely, "I know that this is just a matter of talk. I thought of it. The Marshal and Mr. must have thought of it a long time ago. They just wanted to test my innocence. Bao Chuan did not hesitate to speak before the Marshal and Mr. Bao Chuan. Give me a chance," Li Mingming gritted his teeth, "I have to clear up my shame for myself and for the Wang family!"

Wei Hu pursed his lips and took a deep look at Li Mingming, "Go down first."

Li Mingming went out, closed the door, and just heard Huang Shumin laughing, "Your father-in-law actually taught girls how to fight! It's really..."

Li Mingming rolled his eyes, it would be great if Wang Yunzhen taught him, at least Wang Baochuan would not be so easily deceived by a scumbag.

After Li Mingming finished offering his strategy, he didn't think about it anymore.Wei Hu is an old-fashioned politician, and Huang Shumin is his chief think tank. They are both smarter than a fox with their tails on. The strategies they came up with must be more executable and have fewer loopholes.Li Mingming showed his half bottle of water to show that his mind is not full of muddleheaded, and that he has the IQ of an ordinary officer, so that's fine.

Sure enough, Li Mingming's strategy was not in vain, and soon Wei Hu gave her a task.

① The words come from "Sun Tzu's Art of War".

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