Three days later, Du Ruhui finally replied.

He will arrive in Gong County within ten days. The reason why he has not replied before is not because he is hesitating, but because... Du Ruhui is not in office at all. Du Ruhui's father Du Chi is sick, and Du Ruhui has been staying at home to take care of him since early April.

So when the transfer letter from the Twelve Guards arrived in Chang'an County, no one accepted it.

More than a month had passed when the Chang'an County Magistrate sent the transfer letter to Du Ruhui's house. At this time, Li Yanqing sent another transfer letter in the name of Heishi Mansion and also sent it to Du Ruhui's hands. Du Ruhui only realized that he had become Li Yanqing's subordinate.

Of course Du Ruhui would not refuse Li Yanqing's invitation.

At this time, Du Chi's condition had improved, and Du Ruhui immediately replied to Li Yanqing and set off soon.

The next day, Su Yong and Huang Wenqing arrived in Gong County...

Su Yong is eight feet tall and burly.

He had a beautiful face and a beautiful beard with a mighty appearance. With every move, he felt a faint look of a general. On the day he arrived in Gong County, Huang Wenqing stayed in the Li Mansion. Su Yong hurried to the Heishi Ferry, but he didn't expect Li Yanqing to be in the mansion.

It turned out that after Yan Qing stabilized the situation of the military palace, he immediately started to set up defenses.

He and Maizizhong inspected the terrain and found that there was a place called Jiushan south of Heishi Ferry, which happened to be between Heishi Ferry and Mangling. Li Yanqing believed that a village should be established here, which can echo the Heishi Pass and can also be more closely connected with Jishan Prefecture.

Jishan Prefecture is a barrier to the south of Heishi Pass, but the area between the two prefectures is too wide, and a huge hollow area will inevitably be created. If a village is set up in Jiushan, it can make up for the hollow between Heishi Pass and Jishan Prefecture to a certain extent. At the same time, it can also echo the Black Stone Pass, form a horn and guard each other. After Li Yanqing and Mai Zizhong discussed, he decided that Mai Zizhong would lead his troops to set up camps in Jiushan and station them in Jiushan. Mai Zizhong had no objection to this arrangement.

Whether it is Black Stone Pass or Jiushan.

As a deputy general, Mai Zizhong should obey Li Yanqing's arrangements.

What's more, setting up a village in Jiushan is also a good thing. The most important thing is that Maizizhong does not want to stay in Heishi Pass and conflict with Yan Qing.

By the time Li Yanqing returned from Jiushan, it was already late.

He heard that Su Yong had arrived and immediately summoned him to meet him.

However, Yan Qing discovered that Su Yong was not alone. There was also a young man in his twenties who came to Heishi Pass with him.

Medium figure, the young Kong Wu is powerful.

A pair of phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, and a slightly light blue complexion.

"This is the son of Wang Fubao, the magistrate of Wuyi County. When he was in Wuyi, he commanded the village hero. He came with me this time and asked the young master to take him in."

Su Yong pulled the young man to introduce Yan Qing.

"Is County Magistrate Wang good now?"

Li Yanqing was not very impressed by the magistrate Wang of Wuyi County.

Because he had a broken-out with the Zheng family at that time, he had no direct contact with the county magistrate Wang when he was passing by Wuyi.

However, from Huang Wenqing's words, Yan Qing knew that the county magistrate Wang was not bad.

Wang Fubao's eyes turned red and he lowered his head.

Su Yong sighed, "Last year, the Qinghe bandit Zhang Jin said he was invaded by a territory. County Magistrate Wang was shot by a wandering arrow while commanding the battle at the top of the city. He passed away at the beginning of the year."

"Ah!" Yan Qing heard this and quickly got up to apologize.

Wang Fubao cried and said, "I heard that Mr. Gao Yi, Fu Bao came to like each other. I hope that one day, the master will be able to make the decision for his father and kill Zhang Thief."

Yan Qing hurried forward and helped Wang Fubao up.

"Although our prefecture has not had close friendships with the magistrate of the king and county, we have always admired the charisma of the king and prince.

Now I heard that the prince was suffering from misfortune, and my heart was really sad. Brother Wang, don’t worry, but one day, our mansion will take revenge with the prince and will never regret it.”

Wang Fubao stopped crying.

Su Yong said: "Fu Bao is very skilled in martial arts and is the best in the three armies. When Sun Anzu invaded the territory, he rode alone into the bandit group and killed three bandit leaders. In Wuyi, people gave him the nickname: Dadao General. After the prince passed away, he had no relatives in Wuyi, so Su Yong dared to lead him to join him."

Li Yanqing nodded in praise and looked at Wang Fubao two more times.

Although he had never fought with him, Li Yanqing could also see that this person was good at being good. Perhaps he was slightly inferior to Xiong Kuohai Kan Ling. However, among the generals under the Li family, this person could definitely rank third, even more sophisticated than Su Lie.

"I still need a deputy general of the commander-in-chief around me. I wonder if Brother Wang is willing to take responsibility?"

Although Wang Fubao was commanding the village lord, he was still a white man. If he entered the military mansion, he could only start with an ordinary military soldier, and at most he would arrange a position as a team leader for him. However, after Su Yong introduced that Yan Qing felt that a team leader would probably be a bit lighter. But if he wanted to arrange a higher position, he had to inform the Military Mansion. However, with Wang Fubao's background and qualifications, the Military Mansion would definitely not pass. Instead of doing this, it would be more appropriate to keep him by his side, assist Su Lie, and command the Qilin Guard.

After all, the Qilin Guard is Li Yanqing's private soldier and does not require any procedures.

In addition, after Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling became the captain, Yan Qing also needed two masters. Wang Fubao's arrival could undoubtedly make up for the losses of Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling. For Wang Fubao, being able to serve as Li Yanqing's personal soldiers to command the army is not a negligence.

He knew his situation: With no background or no reputation, it would be impossible to reach the sky in one step.

Although Li Yanqing's personal soldiers were not considered formal military positions, they were able to approach Li Yanqing and become confidants. As long as they could do their best, they would have a chance to make a fortune.

Wang Fubao has heard of: Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling are not even as good as him.

However, he would not underestimate Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling for this. Those two people who followed Li Yanqing through life and death are definitely not something he can replace.

"Fu Bao is willing to work hard for the sake of a dog or a horse."

"It's so good... Dingfang, you take him down, get horses, weapons, and all the equipment."

Su Dingfang and Wang Fubao also knew each other.

In terms of age, Wang Fubao is a few years older than Su Dingfang, and the relationship between the two has never been too bad. Now that they can have friends from childhood coming, how can Su Dingfang be unhappy?

He quickly agreed and took Wang Fubao away from the military tent.

Then, Li Yanqing explained the situation of the Heishi Mansion to Su Yong.

"General Mailang is now leading his troops out of the town of Jiushan Village, so he is not in the camp.

After a while, I will introduce you to him when he comes back. Now there are three regiments of soldiers and horses in the Black Stone Mansion, a total of 1,300 people. There are five hundred elite soldiers in Jiushan Village, and eight hundred soldiers in the Black Stone Du. The captain of the First and Second Regiment were my personal followers before, and I was born and died in Goguryeo. However, the two of them were good at killing generals and robbing the flags and fighting on the battlefield, but training people and rectifying military disciplines are far from enough.

As for me, I am also busy with everything on weekdays, so I trained people and arranged patrols and other matters, and it was up to Su Bingcao to arrange them.

If you are below the army, if you dare to violate military discipline, you can deal with it. In short, please pay more attention to the military affairs of the Black Stone Mansion."

Su Yong was quickly polite, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

He is also a person who is not well-received. Although he is the chief minister of Wuyi County, he has all the civilians under his command. How can he compare to the fierce soldiers of the Twelve Guards?

Now that Su Yong can come to Heishi Mansion, he has a place to display his talents.

Li Yanqing gave him enough respect and power, and I believe that his life in the Black Stone Mansion would not be too depressed.

"In the end, we must do our best to serve the family."

Li Yanqing smiled, changed his subject and asked, "Su Bingcao, according to the itinerary, you should have arrived from Wuyi a few days ago. Why did you arrive today?"

Su Yong said: "It is really difficult to go on a journey," he said.

Now the current situation in Hebei is already in ruins. Gao Shida, the Duke of Donghai, was arrogant and plundered the counties in broad daylight. The last general had no choice but to take a detour, so the road was delayed. He originally thought that after crossing the river, he could arrive in Gong County soon, but he did not want to pass Hulao Pass, and the Wagang thieves invaded the territory again. Hulao Pass was temporarily closed, and the last general was trapped in Hulao for two days. It was only yesterday that he had to pass the pass and rushed to Gong County... The Duke, under the rule of Xingyang, the arrogance of the Wagang thieves seemed to be very arrogant..."

Li Yanqing nodded, as if he had agreed to Su Yong's explanation.

"In Xingyang, we have the county magistrates who work hard, so we don't need to worry about it.

Su Bingcao only needs to train my troops and horses to become a tiger and wolf army, and there is no need to worry about anything else. At least, Gong County is still peaceful at the moment."

"The last general will definitely live up to the high expectations of the emperor."

Yan Qing and Su Yong had a few more conversations and ordered Ma Zhou to take Su Yong down to collect armor and equipment.

He walked to the map hanging in the center of the tent and stood silently. Judging from the signs Su Yong just mentioned, Wagang Village seemed to be the same as before, and it was still plundering in the wild and doing the bandits. However, they committed more and more frequent crimes, and there were more and more people in the country... According to the war report sent from Hulao Pass this morning, Wagang Village every time it committed the country, at least seven or eight thousand, and at most more than ten thousand. In just over twenty days, it committed accomplices of the country seventeen times, and almost every day it was plundering and robbing in Xingyang.

Li Yanqing felt that it was abnormal to send troops like this frequently.

Judging from the total number of troops sent by Wagang Village, nearly 150,000 troops... Such troops can already pose a huge threat to the town.

Well, even if there are not 150,000 troops, it is roughly estimated that Wagang Village will dispatch at least 50,000 or 60,000 people.

Such a large-scale military use is just to rob the caravans and the village?

It would be too much to mobilize the enemy. Therefore, Yan Qing had to be more careful and even had some doubts about the purpose of Wagang Village.

If the Wagang thieves were not for robbery, then why?

"Mr. Su Bingcao has settled down. I wonder what else to give?"

Ma Zhou quietly came to the door of the big tent and asked softly.

Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment, then turned around and said to Ma Zhou: "Ma Zhou, immediately send me all the battle reports of the invasion of Wagang Village in the past month."

"all?"

“Yes, all.”

Ma Zhou agreed, turned around and left.

In a short while, he walked into the big tent with a thick stack of battle reports and placed it on the desk.

"Ma Zhou, come and read the war report... Remember to accurately report the location of the invasion of Wagang Village and the route of their actions."

Li Yanqing took out a volume of Xingyang map from the desk and spread it flat on the ground.

Ma Zhou began to recite the battle report, while Li Yanqing picked up a hard pen and kept drawing on the map. After nearly twenty battle reports, the map was already in a mess. Ma Zhou came over in confusion and looked at the circles and straight lines on it, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Fujun, what are you doing?"

Li Yanqing did not answer, squinted his eyes and stared at the circles in the view.

"Xiang Zhuang dances with swords, aiming at Pei Gong!" After a while, he whispered softly, "Zhai Rangding can't think of such a clever plan, this must be Li Mi's plan."

He used a hard pen to draw a few times, and his face became extremely ugly.
Chapter completed!