You Yong and Wang Sili stood side by side under a big pine tree, looking at the direction of Shenzhou from afar.

As representatives of the Chengde Jiedu Mansion, the two of them went out of the city ten miles to welcome Li Ze, who was about to arrive in Zhending City.

I don't know how many years this pine tree has lived, and it can't be hugged by one person. Its crown is like a cloud. Although it bent over by the snow, it still stands proudly in the wind and snow. There is also some snow under the tree, but the snow is much shallower than outside the canopy. Crystal clear ice spirals hang upside down from the branches. When the wind blows, they collide with each other, making jingling sounds, and some breaks from it and fall to the ground.

Wang Sili reached out his hand flap and put it in his mouth to suck it. He looked at You Yong and asked with a smile: "How do you feel?"

You Yong turned his head and looked at him, puzzled: "What do you think?"

"The young man we are going to meet?"

You Yong was silent for a while and said, "He is an amazing person. With his own strength, he won the four states of Henghai. This plan is much more powerful than Jieshuai back then."

"Isn't it because of Cao Xin?" Wang Sili asked back.

You Yong shook his head: "Wang Wenshu told me many things about the young master. The plotting of Henghai has started six years ago. Our young master has penetrated Henghai in the name of business. He won the Dezhou earlier, thanks to his inner support. This time you know that Cangzhou fell in such a short time because he had already set up chess pieces in the inner world."

Wang Sili swallowed with a gulp: "Six years ago? How old was he at that time? A ten-year-old child actually started such a long-term plan?"

"Is it unbelievable? To be honest, it's really hard for me to believe this, but seeing this easy way to fight Henghai this time, I can't refuse to believe it." You Yong sighed: "If it weren't for this, how could Ji Shuai choose Li Ze to take over at all costs? For this reason, he would have to destroy Master Li and Suning, alright!"

Wang Sili sighed, whether it was Li Anmin or Suning, they were all the robes they had fought side by side for many years. Now one is locked in Huaide Hall and the other is imprisoned in the Jiedu Mansion. I am afraid that the fate will not be good.

"Old Wang, I want to retreat!" You Yong said suddenly.

Wang Sili was shocked: "Get back, where to retreat?"

"I'm a little scared of this young master!" You Yong's voice trembled, "Do you know the general Hu Shier?"

"Of course I know that Suning will be in trouble in the war in Shenzhou, and he will also have great contributions to Suning's failure in the end!" Wang Sili nodded.

You Yong laughed a few times: "This Hu Shier is a young master from beginning to end. Before our battle with Lu Long started, the young master calculated that we would be defeated in success or virtue, so he sent Hu Shier. This man finally lived up to his expectations in Shenzhou. He soon emerged with his courage, strategy and military training ability, and became an important general in Shenzhou."

"Didn't this Hu Shier be promoted by Du Teng Yili? Why did he become the young master again?" Wang Sili said tremblingly.

You Yong shook his head: "Hu Shier is the young master's person, this is what Jieshuai told me personally. Why is there a falsehood? Even Jieshuai only learned about this after meeting with the young master."

Wang Sili shivered with excitement.

"He is only sixteen years old, and he is so thoughtful. If he gets older, what's wrong?" You Yong shook his head and said.

"Lao You, do you know the little master in Yizhou that he has implemented to measure the land, count the population, and what the so-called three-three rental tax policy is? " Wang Sili asked.

"Of course I know!" You Yong nodded and said, "How come you don't know about such a big noise?"

"You and I are both big families in the town and prefecture." Wang Sili said with a wry smile: "My family has more than 20,000 acres of land, your family is about the same amount, right? If we follow his tax policy, we will lose a lot of money. If we don't refund, we will always have the capital to bargain with him. If we refund, wouldn't we let him take care of it?"

You Yong burst into laughter: "If you don't retreat, you still have to let him control it? Do you know how Cao Xin did it in Yizhou? Split the family! Let's divide the other rooms in the family, and it will be almost below the limit line."

"The family is so good, but it is hard to get together!" Wang Sili said: "Old You, once the family is divided, people's hearts will be dispersed. Besides, even if the family is really separated, what should we do with our private parts? We also divide them? If we divide them, our strength will be greatly reduced. If we don't divide them, we can't support them."

You Yong stretched out his hand and fell into a thick ice from the bent pine branches. He stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it sneered, "Don't you see it yet? The young master's original intention is this. He quietly dismantled the private strength of his subordinates. We and the generals of Jie can be said to be monarchs and ministers, or partners of comrades, but in the future, under the young master's command, there will be only monarchs and ministers and no partners."

Wang Sili bit her cheek and hissed and sucked the cold air for a while, and then said: "What did Yuan Zhou say?"

"Yuan Zhou was a family of poetry and books. Although he also had fields at home, the number was not large. Besides, he had Zhuxuan and caravans. These things were originally told by him in a letter, and he only told me that he should not take the blame with the young master. Judging from the young master's methods and thoughts, I am afraid that he will not give up until he achieves his goal. Both of you and my family are considered powerful people in the town, and the young master mainly attacks people like us. We all know the affairs of our family, and there are many things that are shameful. If we really want to take them back, we will be afraid of pulling them all together. At that time, we may not be spitting out these land corpses."

"Why are you as serious as you said?" Wang Sili said dissatisfiedly: "I, Mr. Wang, are very upright in my family."

You Yong laughed: "You and I are away all year round, busy with official duties. How much do you really know about family affairs? You might as well go home and go to a good place to interrogate, and you will know that what I said is true. Lao Wang, honestly retreat and make a seat for the young master. We will definitely be able to live a decent life. If we insist on it, we are afraid that the outcome will not be too good."

Wang Sili lamented: "If we had known this, why would we obey the words of Jieshuai to support him?"

"Do you want to cooperate with the Lulong people?" You Yong asked back.

Wang Sili shook his head decisively.

"Will it be together? Since we cannot cooperate with the Lu Long people, are there any other choices? Moreover, Zhang Zhongwu is not a wise ruler. If you follow him, you may have no bones in the future and will also implicate your family. Besides, if we don't support the young master, we will be against the Jieshuai. Are you sure you can plan to celebrate the Jieshuai?"

Wang Sili shook her head.

"In the end, my main force under my command is Liang Han and Wen Fu."

You Yong nodded: "Now you understand why at that time, Jieshuai wanted to take Chengde Langqi away from me?"

"After all, I feel unwilling." Wang Sili thought for a while before saying, "Let's talk about it when I see the young master! Seeing his methods of treating Du Teng in Shenzhou, we should not be too harsh on us."

"Let's wait and see!" You Yong put his hand on his eyes and looked into the distance for a while, and said, "Look, they are here."

Wang Sili raised her head and looked into the distance. On the horizon, a black line appeared in his vision.

The first one was the Rangers led by Li De. The cavalry affiliated to Cao Xin of Yizhou has now been built, and Li De has only been left with more than a thousand cavalry, all of which are black-clothed, black armor, spears and sabers, and there are quite a few fragments hanging on the war horses. Just looking at their equipment, you can know that their fighting style is very different from the formal Tang cavalry. You Yong and Wang Sili are both generals leading the troops. Looking at the formation of the Rangers along the way, their faces were a little solemn.

The rangers in Wuyi seem to have a very scattered formation, but if you make careful judgments, you will find that these rangers maintain an extremely special formation during their marching, which allows them to form a joint force in an instant or break down into countless small combat formations in the blink of an eye.

"It's really a powerful team." Wang Sili murmured.

"The strongest one under the young master's command is not the cavalry, but the infantry." When You Yong spoke in a low voice, he waved his hand and signaled a personal guard to go forward and notify the other party immediately.

Behind the cavalry, a black infantry phalanx appeared. In the snow, three thousand infantry lined up in four columns and moved forward, and in the middle of the infantry was another cavalry. The Li-character flag was flying high among the cavalry surrounded by infantry.

The rangers stopped, jumped out of the formation, and met You Yong's personal soldiers. After a few conversations between the two sides, the loose rangers formed a dense cavalry formation with a whistle and in the blink of an eye. Then, three thousand infantrymen formed a formation behind them, and a hollow square formation instantly formed, and the Li-character flag and the cavalry were in the hollow in the middle of the square formation.

A sound of ox horn sounded, and infantry and cavalry broke into two, and several cavalry rushed out of it.

You Yong and Wang Sili also walked out from under the pine tree.

A dozen steps away from the two men, four war horses stopped all the time, and one of them was in white fur, with red lips and white teeth. It was Li Ze. On the left was Cao Xin, on the right was Min Rou, and behind Tu Lichun.

The four of them turned over and walked towards You Yong and Wang Sili.

You and Wang and Wang took a few steps forward, clasped their fists with their hands, and bowed, "You Yong, Wang Sili, have seen Mr. Ze."

Li Ze walked up with a smile: "It's snowy and cold, how dare you work for the two uncles to come out to greet me? Li Ze was extremely frightened. Please get up quickly, please get up quickly."

You and Wang raised their heads and looked at Li Ze in front of them. The other party smiled extremely sincerely, and could not see any artificiality. It seemed that they were really surprised to see the two of them here.

"Brother You, Brother Wang, we met again. On the banks of the Yishui River, we defeated Zhenwu in one battle. Cao Xin heard about it, but he drank a large pot of wine!" Cao Xin smiled with his fists.

"Well, Master Bidze and Duke Cao wiped out Henghai and severely injured Lu Long?" You Yong said with a smile.
Chapter completed!