In the king's tent, Wang Shichong had a gloomy face. The petition on the table made him feel particularly dazzling and asked to kill Zhu Jie. He glanced at Zhang Zhenzhou who was standing beside him, tried his best to suppress his anger, and said in an understatement: "I know this. General Zhang has worked hard all the way, so go and have a rest first!"

Zhang Zhenzhou is not a person who is easily fooled. He said again: "Zhu Jie is extremely cruel and is also a famous ogre king in the world. Taking him in may affect the reputation of the prince and the support of the gentry in the world for the prince. Please think twice!"

"I appreciate General Zhang's concern. I also know that Zhu Jie is cruel. Now we are just using him for the time being. After stabilizing Jingxiang, I will make plans again. Please rest assured. I also care about my reputation. General Zhang will go down!"

Seeing that Wang Shichong made such a statement, Zhang Zhenzhou couldn't say anything else, so he bowed and left.

Wang Shichong picked up the petition and looked at it, and couldn't help but snorted coldly, "I will never give up on all these people, sooner or later I will catch them all!"

Wang Renze next to him asked in a low voice: "Uncle, can Yuwen Chengdu's name be above?"

Wang Shichong looked at it and finally found the name of Yuwen Chengdu. He became even more angry, "I haven't settled the dispute with him for the war horses, and he actually dared to publicly oppose me. This person must not be spared easily. Only by killing him can I relieve my hatred!"

Wang Renze hurriedly said: "What my nephew means is that since Zhang Zhenzhou, Yuwen Chengdu and others have stood up with those who oppose their uncle, they must not be allowed to take over military power. If your uncle wants to do big things, he must seize their military power first."

A sentence reminded Wang Shichong that this is indeed a big problem. If the military power is not firmly controlled by his own people, he may have a greater resistance to ascending the throne. He pondered for a moment and asked again, "What about you?"

Wang Renze smiled and said, "In fact, there is a way to solve it. It is not worth worrying to let Zhang Zhenzhou be the prefect of Huaian County and to turn him into a civil servant."

"Good solution!"

Wang Shichong repeatedly praised and asked, "What about Yuwen Chengdu?"

"Yuwen Chengdu is too famous in the army, so my uncle should be careful to deal with it. My nephew suggested that he be transferred out of the capital, such as guarding Hulao Pass or Gu Pass, so that he would not affect his uncle's abdication deployment."

Wang Shichong frowned, "Although the solution is good, he still holds the army in his hand, and it is still a threat to me."

Wang Renze smiled sinisterly, "When my uncle wants to carry out major events, he will be ordered to go to Beijing to report his duties in the name of a foolish emperor. Isn't that just his uncle's sheep to be slaughtered?"

Wang Shichong nodded. Although he did not kill Yuwen Chengdu directly, Yuwen Chengdu had too high prestige in the army and it really needed to be handled with caution to avoid inciting a mutiny.

"Okay! I will implement it according to my nephew's plan, but I will not give him any military power."

Wang Shichong immediately asked Zhu Jie to come again. Zhu Jie didn't know what happened and hurried to Wang Shichong's tent, "Is there any trouble for the prince to find a low position?"

Wang Shichong threw the petition coldly in front of him, "Look at it! So many important officials asked me to kill you."

Zhu Jie was so scared that he thundered, and knelt down on the ground, crying and said, "I used to do something inappropriate, but it was really forced by military rations. It was not the original intention of merit. The prince is the leader, and should know the consequences of unstable military morale. I am willing to change my past and ask the prince to spare my life."

Wang Shichong held his hands and said lightly: "Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. I only look at loyalty and don't care about anything else!"

Zhu Jie heard the mystery and hurriedly knelt down and walked a few steps, grabbed Wang Shichong's clothes with his left hand, pointed his right hand at his heart and said, "I am loyal to the prince. I am willing to swear to God. If I have any disloyalty to the prince, my descendants will be slaves for generations and children will be prostitutes for generations!"

Wang Shichong was very happy. He picked up the petition and tore it to pieces in front of Zhu Jie. "Even if there are millions of people who oppose it, it is not as loyal to me as a general who is loyal to me. From now on, you will be my General Longxiang!"

Zhu Jie was so moved that he burst into tears, "The prince knew the kindness of his meeting, but Zhu Jie was so broken that he could not repay him!"

About eighty miles west of Linhuan County, Qiao County, a cavalry of thousands was resting in the woods. This was a three-thousand cavalry led by the Hu Ben Lang General Luo Cheng. Although Zhang Xuan, considering his reputation and personal friendship, became the second only to the general, and became Pei Xingyan's left and right deputy, this was Luo Cheng's first independent leadership. His mission was to find and annihilate Du Fuwei's logistics fleet.

Du Fuwei's army has retreated from Pengcheng County to Qiao County, but there are still grain ships transporting grain to the north one after another. Pei Xingyan simply divided 10,000 cavalry into three teams, including three Hu Ben Lang generals Luo Cheng, Shao Yiming and Zhao Liang, each leading 3,000 cavalry to search for Du Fuwei's grain ship on the north bank of the thousands of miles long Huai River.

Luo Cheng led the cavalry to run for more than a hundred miles, and the cavalry were really tired. Luo Cheng ordered the army to rest for an hour in the woods.

But for Luo Cheng, the most important thing now is to supplement the forage of war horses. Each soldier brought a bag of forage, which was basically the bottom. They had to find the forage of war horses before dark. A piece of grass or a few ships of forage, but they ran for more than 150 miles and could not find a suitable pasture. The war horses could only gnaw a little grass by the river. But for three thousand war horses, this little grass was just a new car and water cup and could not solve the practical problems.

This made Luo Cheng, who was leading the army for the first time, feel anxious and at the same time felt great pressure.

Luo Cheng sat on a big rock to study the map. His only hope now is to get the forage from the county town. According to the Great Sui system, each county town usually has a forage warehouse, but Luo Cheng left several county towns, and the forage was requisitioned by Du Fuwei. Now he can only try his luck in Linhuan County.

Just when Luo Cheng was anxious, several cavalrymen rushed over from a distance and shouted from a distance: "General, good news!"

Luo Cheng was excited and the good news meant that there was a fodder in the county. Several of him came forward and asked, "What good news?"

The cavalry turned over and dismounted, walked quickly forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Report to General, we found tens of thousands of kilograms of black bean powder in the granary of Linhuan County."

Luo Cheng was overjoyed. It was actually black beans, which was beyond his expectations. Although it was just bean flour, it was also a delicious dish for the war horse after steaming.

He immediately ordered: "Set out immediately and go to Linhuan County!"

When they heard that they had found the Black Bean, the soldiers were particularly energetic and boarded their horses and rushed to Linhuan County thirty miles away.

Linhuan County is a small county, named after it is close to Huan River. The city wall is only ten miles in circumference, and the county town has a population of less than a thousand households. The residents of the whole city make a living by growing grain and fishing. There is no business. It is a self-sufficient and peaceful county.

The arrival of the three thousand cavalry seemed to scare the residents in the city. Every family was closed and the streets were deserted and there was no pedestrian. At this time, the county magistrate and the county magistrate hurried to the gate of the county town and knelt down to salute, "Linhuan County Magistrate Zhao Cheng, County Magistrate Wang Yu, County Magistrate Wang Yu, General!"

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "The county magistrate please give up the gift. In Luo Cheng, the cavalry of the Sui army, General Hu Ben."

"Can the general be the son of Governor Luo of Youzhou?" the county magistrate next to him asked in surprise.

“That’s right!”

"No wonder the young master looked familiar. Xia Guan studied at the Lu family ten years ago and met the young master. At that time, he was still young."

County Magistrate Zhao coughed heavily, "County Magistrate Wang, now is not the time to discuss private matters!"

County Magistrate Wang immediately stopped talking. At this time, Luo Cheng had no intention of reminiscing about the past. He continued to ask: "I heard from the soldiers that there is a batch of black beans in Guizhou. Is that true?"

The magistrate of Zhao bowed and said, "Report to the general, there is indeed a batch of black beans. Last year, the Central Plains had severe drought. After the disaster relief, we left some black beans, about 12,000 kilograms, but for the convenience of preservation, we have ground them all into bean powder."

Luo Cheng hurriedly said: "It's okay to borrow it from us. We need feed in urgent need of food for war horses."

County Magistrate Zhao thought for a while and said, "Of course, you can help the general, but can you convert them into wheat when you repay them in the future?"

Luo Cheng was overjoyed, "Then we will make up for it."

The magistrate Zhao immediately scolded the county magistrate and said, "You go and arrange the soldiers to rest. I will take General Luo to the warehouse and do my best to do my best. Don't think about making connections all day long to find loopholes. Have you heard it?"
Chapter completed!