Zhu Nao

Zhou Kui and others killed Liu Buxing in the army tent, and the men they had arranged long ago also acted immediately, and began to capture those personal guards under Liu Buxing.

After the operation began, the barracks quickly fell into chaos.

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To the northwest of the barracks, there are several tents that were temporarily built as military prisons. Soldiers who were arrested for spreading rumors in the past two days alone have shut up the two tents. It's hard to even turn around.Jia Cong was crowded in the crowd at the moment.

He was caught by Liu Buxing that day, and Liu Buxing, who was furious, planned to kill him immediately to sacrifice the flag, but fortunately, several officers interceded for him, saying that there were many doubts about the matter, and it was necessary to find out the truth before making a decision. That's why Liu Buxing reluctantly agreed to let him live two more days.

Jia Cong was sitting in the crowd, closing his eyes and resting his mind. Suddenly he heard the commotion outside the military account, and he didn't know what happened.

After a while, the tent also began to whisper to each other.

"What's the matter? What happened outside?"

"Why did I hear the screams and arrest people again?"

"No, why did I hear the sound of fighting? It seems to be fighting?"

After a while, the curtain was lifted suddenly, and several people rushed in from outside, took out their daggers and cut off the ropes that bound the soldiers: "Liu Buxing and Dai Shi are dead, you are innocent, go back to your original tent go!"

The soldiers were in an uproar!

Although they don't know the cause and effect, since they can be exonerated, no one wants to stay in the smelly military prison anymore.As soon as the rope broke, the soldiers in the tent rushed out.

Jia Cong was locked in the inner position, and his rope was finally untied, and he was immediately squeezed out of the tent by the rushing crowd, and he almost fell over.Just when he was unable to stand still, a hand stretched out from the side to support him.

Jia Cong took a closer look, who was the person who helped him if it wasn't Wei Yue?

Wei Yue pulled him aside and said with a smile, "Mr. Jia, Liu Buxing is dead. Are you interested in going back to Chengdu Mansion with me?"

Jia Cong unhurriedly sorted out the messy clothes.Wei Yue looked at him coldly, if he had any excuses to evade at this moment, it would not seem so smart.

Fortunately, Jia Cong did not.After arranging his clothes, he solemnly bowed to Wei Yue, bowing extremely low, as a sincere thank you.

"Thank you for your life-saving grace. Jia will always remember it in his heart and never forget it." Jia Cong paused, "From now on, Jia is willing to serve Chengdu and Zhu Fu."

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After Liu Buxing's cronies were eradicated, the turmoil in the barracks quickly subsided.Junao also quickly sent someone to take over the army.

Originally, if he really teamed up with Liu Buxing, even if Liu Buxing didn't make trouble with other moths, he would never agree to break up and divide his team, so as not to reduce his own strength.And such a team with different intentions stays in Chengdu, no one can rest assured.Now that Liu Buxing died, his army would naturally split into small pieces.Zhu Nao broke it up and reorganized it, and it became very smooth.

For the soldiers, after being incorporated into the Chengdu Mansion, their food, pay, treatment and even their status have been improved, which is of course a good thing they could not have wished for.As for the officers under Liu Buxing, Zhu Nao still retained their status and even improved their treatment, but cleansed their power.They are not as ambitious as Liu Buxing, as long as they don't want to make trouble, they are actually making money.

And the Chengdu government recruited [-] more troops, and its military strength has also been improved.

In fact, although Liu Buxing always thought how powerful his army was, to Zhu Nao, Yu Changming and Wei Yue, they really didn't take Liu Buxing's soldiers seriously.These people were not carefully selected at the beginning, and their quality was not high, especially after being incorporated into the army of Chengdu Mansion, the gap between them and those carefully recruited soldiers was very obvious.If only the number of people is needed, the Chengdu government can open recruitment again, and 5000 people can be recruited in just a few days.

However, these soldiers are not without value.As Boss Zhao and Dai Shi said before, both Yu Changming and Wei Yue came from mud-legged backgrounds, a bandit and a refugee, with no experience in the army at all, and the way of leading soldiers was all worked out by themselves.It's good to bring fewer people, but now that they have more and more people, problems will naturally emerge in endlessly.

The officers and soldiers under Liu Buxing were at least orthodox-trained. Although they had stubborn illnesses, they also had valuable experience, which Yu Changming and Wei Yue lacked.In the future, only by discarding the dross, retaining the essence, and growing slowly, will it be possible to lead a larger team.

In addition to Yu Changming and Wei Yue, Zhu Nao is also interested in training more military officers.They were mainly selected from Yu Changming and Wei Yue's subordinates. Besides, he also ordered everyone to pay attention, and once they found a talent, they would recommend it to him as soon as possible.

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Jingzhe received Zhu Nao's summons and came to the outside of Zhu Nao's yamen, just happened to meet Jia Cong coming out of it.Since Jia Cong was brought back by Wei Yue, Zhu Nao often called him to talk in the past two days.

The two met each other and nodded each other, even if they had met the ceremony, there was nothing to talk about, so Jing Zhe went in to look for Zhu Nao.

"My lord." Jing Zhe walked to Zhu Nao, "I met Jia Cong outside just now. Has your lord arranged an official position for him?"

Zhu Nao said: "I sent him to Yu Changming's place, and he is still serving in the army."

In the past two days, Zhu Nao and Jia Cong chatted a lot, chatting about the current situation and the strategy of running the army.Jia Cong has a clear mind, has a long-term vision, and has experience in the army.Although he was disloyal to Liu Buxing before, it is not wrong for him to seek self-protection in troubled times, not to mention being loyal to Liu Buxing is just foolish loyalty.It's just that Jia Cong's shortcoming is that he is too cautious and conservative, and has little ambition.

At the beginning, Zhu Nao heard Wei Yue say that this person was smart and capable, and wanted to arrange for him to serve in the government, but after a little contact, he found that his temperament must not be tolerated in the government.But he is very suitable as an aide.So he simply sent Jia Cong to assist Yu Changming, without wasting his years of experience in the army.

Jing Zhe nodded.He only asked casually when he met Jia Cong, but he didn't care much about Jia Cong's whereabouts.He asked Zhu Nao, "Young Master, why did you come to me?"

Zhu Nao suddenly stood up from the chair and walked in front of Jing Zhe.He laughed and said, "You were a head shorter than me at the beginning, but now you are a head taller than me."

Jing Zhe smiled a little shyly.I think he was only thirteen or fourteen years old when he was brought back from the market by Junao, but now he has grown up in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Nao asked, "How are you getting along with those boys?"

Jing Zhe said: "We get along very well. They all listen to me."

Those teenagers assigned to him by Zhu Nao had been with him for three years now.Except for Zhu Nao who will accompany him as a bodyguard when he is about to leave the mansion, Jing Zhe spends the rest of the time training and studying with those teenagers.He is also a teacher and a friend to those dozens of teenagers, and they all listen to him very much.Now those teenagers have also grown a lot, and after practicing martial arts for so long, they can all be regarded as masters.

Jing Zhe said: "Except..." He hesitated for a moment, and didn't know whether he should continue or not.

Junao asked, "Except what?"

Jing Zhe could only say: "Except for Pei Ziqi...he has nothing wrong, but he doesn't seem to like staying with me very much."

The group of teenagers under him were all orphans that Zhu Nao had taken in back then. They were born in poverty and had no one to rely on. Now they are very satisfied with having companions and a stable life, and their mutual affection is quite deep.Only Pei Ziqi, whose biological father was the school lieutenant of Zhechong Mansion, also practiced martial arts since childhood, read more books than others, and was about the same age as Jing Zhe.So he was not convinced by Jing Zhe at all times, and he couldn't help but compare himself with him whenever he had a chance, and he had caused some small troubles because of this.

Zhu Nao nodded, but didn't say much, and said, "I plan to arrange some more manpower for you, what do you think?"

Jing Zhe was slightly taken aback, but did not answer immediately.

After a while, he finally said: "I... If I can solve your worries and problems for the young master, I will definitely do my best."

This time it was Junao's turn to be silent.

The so-called going all out is just that he is willing, but not what he expected.To put it bluntly, it is barely.

After a long time, Zhu Nao shook his head and sighed softly, "You, I've been with me for too long."

Jing Zhe seemed a bit disappointed when he heard his tone, and hurriedly said: "I, I am willing to do anything. Young Master said before that you lack a knife, and I always hope that I can be the Young Master's knife! I just... I... ..."

He also couldn't tell what he was thinking.Or was he afraid that if he did not do well, Jun Nao would be disappointed in him?Or he is afraid that one day the more people he brings and the more things he does, the farther and farther away he will be from Zhu Nao...

Jing Zhe was worried about how to make up for Zhu Nao's disappointment in him, but Jun Nao laughed again, raised his hand to rub his head, returned to his seat and sat down.

Jing Zhe stared at Zhu Nao in a daze, but saw that his disappointment just now was like a flash in the pan, now he can't see it at all.

Zhu Nao spoke softly: "Let's talk about the additional manpower later. If you have any duties you want to take on or things you want to do, just tell me."

Jing Zhe did have the job he wanted, but he knew that Zhu Nao had taught him how to read, read, and the art of war all these years, so he had higher expectations for him.He hesitated to speak, entangled again and again, and said guiltily: "Did I let down the cultivation of the young master?"

Zhu Nao laughed happily: "No, everyone has his own ambition. No matter what you want to do, as long as you can do it well."

Jing Zhe was silent, took a deep breath, and said, "I want to be the commander of the young master's guard."

Now Zhu Nao doesn't have a serious guard, he often works in the government, so there is no danger.Occasionally going out of the mansion, because the law and order in Chengdu mansion is good, he only needs to change clothes and bring Jing Zhe and a few officers and soldiers with him.But in the future, the greater his reputation, the more affairs he has, the greater the danger.At that time, a few or dozens of people might not be enough.

"Okay." Zhu Nao said with a smile, "How many people you want and what kind of people you want, you can choose by yourself. You have to practice martial arts diligently when you go back, and my safety is in your hands."

He agreed straight away, without any displeasure, Jing Zhe was overjoyed, and saluted, "Thank you, Young Master!"

Zhu Nao smiled again, but he still couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Hey, how much salary do you have to be the commander of the guards? If you learn from Yu Changming earlier, how many times more salary can you get? It's a pity that you followed me like this For a long time, this account is not clear."

Jing Zhe is just happy, laughing with two rows of white teeth.

Zhu Nao still has a lot of work to do, and Jing Zhe has to go back to practice, so he is ready to resign.

Before leaving, Zhu Nao called him again: "By the way, you go and call Pei Ziqi to see me."

Jing Zhe was slightly stunned, she wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she swallowed it back.He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call right away."

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Pei Ziqi received the notice from Jing Zhe, and was very disturbed on the way to meet Zhu Nao.

Although he had served as Zhu Nao's guard several times with Jing Zhe, but he had never been summoned by Zhu Nao alone.He thought about it left and right, but he couldn't think of any other reasons, but he was afraid that he often fought with Jing Zhe, and this matter got to Zhu Nao's ears, and Zhu Nao would blame him.

When he came outside Zhu Nao's mansion, he took a few deep breaths, and walked in bravely.

"Pei Ziqi has a meeting with Lord Zhu."

Zhu Nao leaned back on the chair and looked at the boy opposite him.Pei Ziqi is the best kung fu practitioner in the junior class except for Jing Zhe, his stature is about the same height as Jing Zhe, and his figure is also strong.Probably because the two have been together for a long time, their demeanor and demeanor are somewhat similar, but Jing Zhe's eyes are much clearer and brighter, while Pei Ziqi's brows and eyes are a bit gloomy, as if frustrated with frustration.

Zhu Nao said leisurely: "I heard that you don't get along well with Jing Zhe."

Pei Ziqi's heart skipped a beat, and he thought it was really because of this.He didn't know how to make an excuse, so he stopped after saying "I...".

Zhu Nao asked, "Why? Don't you like Cheng Jingzhe?"

"No, no." Pei Ziqi quickly denied, his lips moved, but when he continued to speak, he lost his voice.

It's not that he doesn't like Cheng Jingzhe.Cheng Jingzhe treats each of them very well, and gets along with each other for many years, how can there be no feelings?But since he first joined the juvenile class, he couldn't help but compete with Cheng Jingzhe everywhere, it's nothing more than the fact that the same people have different fates, and he is just angry.It's just that he himself knows the darkness of this thought, so how can he tell others?

"Since it's not that you don't like him," Junao tilted his head and said, "is it because you are jealous of him?"

Pei Ziqi choked for breath, subconsciously denied: "I didn't! I...I..."

Junao waited quietly for him to speak.

The room became quiet, Pei Ziqi could only hear the beating of his own heart besides his breathing.Either Zhu Nao's straightforward gaze made him flustered, or the young man's tolerance is not good.He got hot-headed, and finally couldn't help blurting out: "Yes! I'm jealous of him! He's very good, but I'm not bad either! If I have his chance, I believe I can do better than him!"

He said what was in his heart in one breath, and he felt happy for a while, but immediately regretted it.He knew that Zhu Nao valued Cheng Jingzhe very much, and he also knew that what he said was presumptuous.It can be said and said, but he can't take it back, so he can only bite the bullet and continue to stand where he is, not daring to meet Zhu Nao's eyes.

But Zhu Nao said with a smile in his tone: "Your ambition is pretty good, it would be even better if you don't tremble."

Pei Ziqi was startled, and hurriedly hid his hands behind his back in embarrassment.He was indeed shaking, half because of excitement, half because of nervousness, and he couldn't control it.

Zhu Nao said again: "Then do you want to try?"

Pei Ziqi was startled, then raised his head suddenly, and looked at Zhu Nao in disbelief.He didn't speak for a long while, as if he couldn't understand the meaning of Zhu Nao's words: "Try... what?"

Zhu Nao asked: "I heard that your father was a school lieutenant in Zhechong Mansion, do you want to try it in the army?"

Pei Ziqi choked again.He couldn't believe that Zhu Nao was really asking for his wishes, but he also knew that Jun Nao would never be so idle as to play tricks on him.After a long time, he trembled even more excitedly: "I, I think!"

Zhu Nao said, "Then you can go to Yu Changming's army and get a job."

Pei Ziqi had no idea that Zhu Nao came to him today to give him a chance, he was so happy that he couldn't even speak, he just kept nodding his head.

Zhu Nao smiled and said, "There is nothing else, you can go back."

Pei Ziqi was speechless, knelt down with a plop, gave Zhu Nao a solemn gift, turned and left.

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A day later, Yu Changming came to Zhu Nao to report the results of the army reorganization.

After distributing Liu Buxing's subordinates into several small forces and reorganizing them into the army of Chengdu Mansion, although there is no need to worry that these forces will disobey the control of Chengdu Mansion, there are still many problems.The soldiers of the original Chengdu government army and Liu Buxing's soldiers are obviously mutually exclusive, and it is difficult to integrate with each other.The two parties have gathered a crowd to quarrel several times, and on several occasions they almost started fighting, but luckily the officers stopped them even after they found out.

In fact, if we can make good use of the discord between the two sides and make the two sides have healthy competition, it can promote the growth of the army.But if it is not used well and the army is centrifugal, the problem will be difficult.

It was also the first time for Yu Changming to lead so many people, and all kinds of problems made him a little dizzy.He discussed with Jun Nao for a long time, agreed on several plans, and planned to take them back and try them out first.If the problem cannot be improved, it can only be adjusted again.In short, it will take a long time for the two sides to fully integrate.

After talking about this, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, you stuffed me with a child the day before yesterday? What job do you want me to assign him?"

Zhu Nao said: "You can figure it out, or let Jia Cong take a look, let him do whatever suits him."

"Oh." Yu Changming nodded.He originally thought that Zhu Nao had some special arrangement, but since he didn't, he decided to take care of it himself.He asked, "I remember that this child used to be Jing Zhe's person? Is it because he can't stay with Jing Zhe anymore? He is very angry, I can see it."

He said again: "Actually, it's good for him to stay by Jing Zhe's side. Jing Zhe has a good temper and doesn't care about him. But in the army, he might suffer a lot."

Zhu Nao said with a smile, "Yes. Being high-spirited is not necessarily a bad thing, nor is it necessarily a good thing. Since he has the heart, let him try."

Yu Changming nodded and said no more.

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Jingzhao House.

Fei Cen was working in the hall when suddenly an official ran in to report: "Fu Yin, something happened in the army again!"

Fetzen immediately turned his head twice, put down the official document in his hand, and asked bravely, "What happened again?"

The official said: "The soldiers of Jinzhou and Fengzhou fought and killed several people. Now those who participated in the fight have been arrested, but there are too many people involved, as many as a hundred people. The officer does not know how to deal with it. I am here to ask for instructions." Governor."

Fei Cen suppressed the urge to curse, and asked, "Why the fight? What's the reason?"

The officials couldn't answer.Thousands of people are suddenly gathered together, and if there is no good system control, it is easy to divide into different factions.If there is no good institutional control, it will be more common for different factions to quarrel, and there is almost no need for any reason.

Fei Cen raised his forehead and said, "Let them find out the reason for the fight and report it to me!"

"Yes!" The official withdrew again.

Fetzen was upset, pushed aside all the business on the table, and scratched his hair irritably.

Now the world is in chaos, and the princes of all parties are recruiting soldiers and horses to rapidly expand their power.As Jing Zhaoyin, he is no exception.But as his power expanded, his annoyances multiplied.

He was originally a civil servant, but now the military and political power is in the hands of one person, but how does he know how to lead troops?At the beginning, he also took it for granted that he planned to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers first. Fortunately, there was a Chengdu Mansion nearby, and there was a Yuan Ji Road.The fact that Yuan Jilu's [-] troops raided his hometown was a wake-up call for him, and he immediately gave up his unrealistic fantasies, and instead recruited [-] soldiers to test the waters like Zhu Nao did.

Facts have proved that his approach is correct.Just five thousand soldiers and horses are enough to give him a headache.There were terrible moths in the army all day long, and he failed to find a reliable officer. If it weren't for the small number of troops, he might have followed in Yuan Jilu's footsteps.

The troubles of the newly recruited army are secondary, and the troubles that bother him even more are not in the mansion.

He raised his head and glanced at the map hanging on the wall, his head was about to split open.

Originally, the Jingzhao Mansion under his jurisdiction was a treasure land of geomantic omen, with Qinling Mountains, Longshan Mountains, and the Yellow River Gongwei in the west, Tongguan in the south, Lvliang Mountain in the north, Hangu Pass in the east, and eight rivers from Jingshui, Weishui, and Luoshui. Qinchuan, a hundred miles away, has fertile land, and the terrain couldn't be better.But due to natural and man-made disasters for several consecutive years, his Qinchuan was one of the earliest places where the rebels started.He has already lost many passes, and now there are actually only three states under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion: Jinzhou, Fengzhou, and Qianzhou.

This is unlucky enough, the most unlucky thing is that he is now in a situation where there are wolves in front and tigers in the back - the [-] troops stationed in Yanzhou to the north, and the land of abundance, Shu, which is over the Daba Mountain in the southwest!

Who is in Yanzhou?It's Xie Wuji!Who is in Shu?It's Junao!

Which of these two is not ambitious?Who is there to be with?The world was in chaos at the beginning, and heroes from all walks of life were still drinking milk in their infancy, but these two were already so powerful that they became famous all over the world!

And these two people's ambitions for his Jingzhao Mansion have long been clearly revealed.It's just that one was busy calming down the rear, and the other was busy recruiting troops, and they didn't have time to bother him.

To be honest, Fetzen also has ambitions.If there is a chance to be the overlord of the world, if there is a chance to aspire to the Central Plains, who would not want to try?But compared to Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao, Fei Cen thinks his ambition is not so big.More importantly, he knew that he did not have this ability.Especially the current chaotic situation made him more aware that he couldn't even manage a mere Jingzhao Mansion, let alone other things.

If there is only one powerful enemy he is facing right now, he may cooperate with it naturally.He continued to be his governor of Jingzhao, so he became a new court.But since he is surrounded by powerful enemies, things will be difficult - if he doesn't choose the wrong position, he may end up in disastrous consequences.

At this moment, another official ran in from outside and said, "Fu Yin!"

Fezen pressed his temple and asked, "What's the matter?"

The official said: "General Xie from Yanzhou sent a team and said he wanted to discuss something important with the governor!"

"What?" Fezen was startled.He thought it would take some time for Xie Wuji to calm down the rear, but he didn't expect to come so soon? !

He was about to meet him, but he heard the official say again: "A caravan also came from Chengdu Mansion and asked to see the Governor, saying that they are here to deliver letters and gifts to the Governor of Chengdu."

Fezen: "...!!!"

It's bad enough to be afraid of what's coming.But the worst thing is, afraid of one pair, one pair came at the same time!