Dong Hu didn't expect Dong Mao to come to Tiger Bay in the wind and snow. As soon as the two sat down, they took out the order with a bitter look on their faces. There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside "rattle" and the next moment, there were a few "bang bang" knocks on the door, and the knocks also interrupted the words Dong Mao wanted to say.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Dong Xiaoyi, Sun Niu and Dong Chi walked in. Before Dong Chi could speak, Sun Niu said anxiously: "Big leader, the wolf cub is out of his nest!"

Dong Hu suddenly stood up, sat down slowly, turned to look at the first scout team leader Dong Chi.

Dong Chi and Dong Hou are the first and second team captains of scouts. Their names are taken from the homonym of "scouts". This is not important, what is important is the news brought back by Dong Chi.

When Dong Hu saw Dong Chi, he stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "The specific number of troops sent by Ganlang and Qiang is unknown, but they are nearly ten miles apart from each other. They are single-lined, with cattle, sheep, food and supplies."

Dong Hu nodded slowly and said, "The beginning and end are ten miles apart, and each person is one step apart. There should be five thousand people, but if there are cattle and sheep and the queue is relatively scattered, there are almost two thousand. There should be only so many young and strong people that can be produced by ginseng, wolf and Qiang."

Dong Xiaoyi and Dong Chi nodded silently. They could easily calculate the approximate numbers based on the queue range.

"Can the news be sent to Hukou Castle?"

"Sent, General Huaxiong has received the news."

Dong Hu looked at Dong Citar: "Fifty people were drawn from the first brigade to join the First Scout Squad. The First Scout Squad followed behind the wolf cub and on the west side. Don't get too close to the wolf cub as much as possible. If you come to send messages, you will not be allowed to transfer from Hukou Castle here!"

Dong Chi clasped his fists solemnly and said, "Brother, don't worry, Dong Chi will not alarm the wolf cub before he stepped into the pit."

Dong Hu couldn't help but smile and said, "When a cunning wolf approaches the trap, it will always hesitate again and again. If you want to catch it, you must have enough patience and enough temptation."

As he said that, Dong Hu threw a bag of wine over, and his face became a little serious.

"You are quite dangerous and hard in the wild. You must pay attention to keeping warm and safe. If you cannot do anything, you must evacuate. Each of you is the most elite warrior in the clan and the most precious wealth. You should not take risks easily!"

Dong Chixin was moved and pounded her chest solemnly.

"Loyalty is my glory!"

Dong Hu, Dong Xiaoyi looked serious and beat his chest hard.

"Loyalty is my glory!"

Dong Chi turned around and walked out of the hot shack. For a moment, no one in the shack spoke...

"hehe……"

Dong Hu laughed inexplicably, and his silence was broken by this laugh.

Dong Mao sighed, "My father-in-law is too timid. Just Beigong Boyu sneaked into Jinchengsai and repeatedly sent orders to you and me. He originally had to discuss it with Huwa, but now there is no need."

Dong Hu pointed at Dong Xiaoyi and Sun Niu, and signaled that the two of them sat down together.

Dong Xiaoyi brought the wine from his waist to Dong Hu. After Dong Hu drank it, he turned to Dong Mao.

"There are a large number of Qiang people in the entire northwest. If you do not carefully identify them, you will easily be compromised from the inside and lose Jincheng Pass... Although it is a bit unexpected, it is not difficult to understand."

Dong Mao nodded slightly, let alone Jincheng blocked, after Jincheng blocked was lost, the remote Lintao was a little unstable, let alone Didao City, which was already in front of the enemy?

Dong Hu frowned and said, "My fellow Taoist is not dead, but I am not a person who can entrust life and death. The eldest son must have a clear mind."

Dong Mao sighed in his heart and nodded and said, "But you also know that if the prefect repeatedly transfers orders and we have no action, what will the mercenaries do in the future?"

Dong Hu nodded silently. This is the same as the thirteen gold medals that took Yue Fei's life. If the prefect repeatedly dispatched mercenaries but the mercenaries ignored them, were the mercenaries soldiers under the rule of the court? Regardless of whether there were legitimate reasons, it was a fact that they were repeatedly transferred but did not obey the orders.

Dong Mao and Dong Hu couldn't know whether Li Kuan, the prefect of Longxi County, made a timid mistake or deliberately put them on the fire.

It's better to be timid and cowardly, but I'm afraid that it's so deliberate. Dong Hu is not sure, but one thing is certain. Since he already knows that the mercenaries are fishing, calculating the ganglang Qiang, and repeatedly issuing military orders in this way, no matter how he explains, he is not an ally who can entrust life and death.

Listening to such a fatal thing, Dong Xiaoyi and Sun Niu did not dare to interrupt, and even had no taste of eating mutton in the clay pot.

Dong Hu thought about it several times, and looked at Dong Mao with some hesitation.

"Big Master, Hu Wa wants to know what the eldest master thinks?"

Dong Mao was stunned. Seeing him like this, Dong Hu touched the stabbing chin.

"Huwa's words are a bit big and transformed. Let's put it this way, does the eldest son want to form a self-contained relationship among the mercenaries, or do he want to inherit his uncle's career?"

Dong Mao shook his hand and the piece of meat he grabbed fell into the clay pot. Sun Niu looked even more shocked. However, Dong Xiaoyi felt nothing and used bamboo chopsticks to tug the piece of meat in the clay pot...

"Thuwa, you...you know my legs too..."

"This is not a problem. The emperor can also suppress the world without leaving the house. The general who holds a knife can only be regarded as a general. The commander who sits alone in the military tent is the handsome man!"

Dong Hu was silent for a moment and said again: "Walking your own path, although the road is difficult, you can decide your own destiny."

"Enrolling the foundation of our ancestors, even if the tiger baby is not mentioned, the eldest son knows what benefits it has."

"Of course, it's a fact that the eldest son has bad legs and feet. It's really difficult to control a rebellious general, but it's just a brainless and arrogant general. Anyone with some abilities cannot just make him surrender with force."

Dong Hu smiled and said, "My uncle's property is not those generals, but his uncle's prestige in Longxi. He can easily attract thousands of brave soldiers with just a wave of his hand. The generals around him... After all, he is my uncle's. The eldest son wants a brave general. Is it true that our Longxi really lacks a brave general? Who can guarantee that the Black Bull will not be a marquis in a hundred battles?"

Sun Niu immediately sat upright, then stroked his sleeves intentionally or unintentionally, revealing his dark tendon flesh. The few people were secretly amused.

Seeing Dong Mao looking hesitant, Dong Hu spoke again: "We don't know what Grandpa Li is thinking, but if we ignore Li's transfer order, no matter what the reason, in the eyes of others, we are all people who do not follow the order. If there are any mercenaries, what will you and I do in the future?"

"The response must be a response, but Lang Meng has sent troops. It is impossible to change the original plan. This will put the entire Lintao in trouble."

Dong Mao nodded silently and said, "As Huwa said, it is impossible for mercenaries to leave Lintao at this time, but where can we draw soldiers to Didao?"

"have!"

Dong Hu looked solemn.

"There is no soldiers in Lintao, but it does not mean that we cannot draw soldiers from Wubao in Zheng County, Shouyang, Angu, and Daxia counties. It does not mean that we cannot recruit Wuxi Juyi Conghu."

Dong Mao, Sun Niu, Dong Xiaoyi was shocked and looked at Dong Hu with a shocked look.

"hehe……"

Seeing them like this, Dong Hu smiled.

"You don't have to be so scared. Don't we have a southern captain in Longxi County available?"

Dong Mao suddenly understood what was going on. The captain in southern Longxi was not visible and the water was exposed. The captain Liu Sheng was raised like a young lady in Lintao. There were only four or five hundred soldiers available on weekdays, but this was just a peaceful and stable appearance. Once a war broke out, Liu Sheng had the right to transfer all troops in Longxi County.

This is the reason, but Dong Zhuo took all the soldiers in Liu Sheng to Chang'an. With this prestige, how can he mobilize Wubao soldiers from other counties?

Liu Sheng has the right or wrong to make the soldiers obedient, the Dong family has prestige but not the right. At least Dong Mao, who is dressed in white, does not have the right. But once the two of them are combined, and if the support of the prefect Li Kuan is on it, there will be no problem.

Dong Mao obviously understood the meaning of Dong Hu's words, but this mobilization touched Dong Zhuo's interests.

The weather was severe and the snow was deep, and the army's supplies were not yet ready. It was difficult for the imperial court to immediately dispatch Hanyang County and Longxi County to guard Wubao soldiers. However, if Lintao draws soldiers in the local area, although it is a bit difficult, it is much faster than sending people to Chang'an.

The interests of the army to quell the rebellion have been finalized. The commander Huangfu Song drew the Huya Camp in Chang'an, Fufeng Yong Camp, Sima Dong Zhuo left to recruit soldiers to Hanyang County and Longxi County to guard Wubao, while Sima Zhoushen right to recruit soldiers to guard Wubao.

Dong Zhuo was responsible for reorganizing the soldiers and horses of Hanyang and Longxi County. Now Dong Hu told Dong Mao that he would draw soldiers and horses of Longxi County in advance. What would Dong Zhuo think? His son suddenly divided half of his troops?

Seeing Dong Mao hesitating, Dong Hu knew what was going on and smiled and said, "This is helplessness in the emergency. Originally, the eldest son was just a white man, but in this emergency, the eldest son could directly skip the obstacle and be recruited by Li Taishou as a commander, or directly serve as a military sarcasm, over the biggest obstacle to entering the officialdom because of the eldest son's legs and feet."

"That's the case for Li Zhengwei, just to have a name. If the eldest son is worried about insufficient staff, his aunt will still have some veterans who will be in the hands of his uncle to fight with his uncle. With their strength to help, and with the eldest son, he has the name of his uncle, it is enough to control the recruitment of soldiers, at least for a short period of time."

"As for the beginning of spring, when my uncle comes, he will return the soldiers to his uncle."

Dong Hu smiled and said, "Once you go in and out, it seems that the eldest son has nothing to gain, but it is not the case. Taking advantage of the turmoil of Longxi County, the eldest son not only crossed the biggest obstacle to becoming an official, but if he could become a Sima of Longxi County, he would be the magistrate of the county governing the Min, or served as a county magistrate in Wu for several years, it would be fine to inherit his uncle's foundation."

"The soldiers were recruited by the eldest son. There are three or four months left from today to the beginning of spring. Even if all the soldiers were returned to their uncle in the end, the eldest son would have a certain prestige in Longxi County. It is hard to say anything else. In Longxi County, the eldest son's prestige must be second only to his uncle."

"The third point is that the eldest son strongly advocates the recruitment of soldiers. In order to control the soldiers, the veterans in the war in my aunt must directly lead the army. When my uncle came, the eldest son gave up the position of the chief general. Uncle can't kick those former veterans aside, right? Even if they kicked, they wouldn't be able to kick everyone out of the army."

Dong Hu grinned.
Chapter completed!