While eating glutinous rice balls and watching the drama, Li Fan was not in a hurry to take action.

He can't say that he has any resentment towards these rebels. Speaking of them, they just defected to the warlords from the vassal state. There is nothing to criticize. Niu Xiaowei and Wang Taiwei have nothing to do with him. On the contrary

It was Na Wei joining the army, no, Yushi Zhongcheng. If I remember correctly, he seemed to be the apprentice of the former Yushi doctor Wen Jin, right? Calculating it this way, this person may have some old grudges with Mozhushan.

However, because these defecting soldiers did not kill the waiters at the inn, they just drove them to the stable to avoid trouble. Since there were still glutinous rice balls to eat, Li Fan didn't care about them anymore.

Of course, it's also possible that the Nangong family was 'conspiracy' here, but they simply forgot to check to see if there were any people waiting around to watch. It's just a fool who is lucky enough to save his life...

So I ate two more bowls of glutinous rice balls for Li Tangyuan. After he was full and full, the guy threw his head and fell into the basket for a nap, dripping with tears.

Li Fan also paid the bill, watched the light rain gradually subside, put the basket on his back, and followed the clearly visible horse hoof prints on the ground toward the east foot of Taohua Mountain, following the traces left by the border rebels.

As expected, although the Nangong family's army in the south has banners flying all over the sky, and the alliance is hundreds of miles away, and the iron wall seems to be impeccable, it is these mountain patrols who have been stationed on the border for a long time, who know the surrounding terrain best. Li Fan followed along the mountain path, from the foot of the mountain ridge.

Traveling through the dense forest plank road, we quickly bypassed the large army in the south and took advantage of the loopholes to bypass the numerous military camps and sentries.

Even the scouts and Qingqi were not noticed, and Li Fan's heels were naturally not noticed. He crossed the border of Peach Blossom Mountain safely and arrived at Liguo.

Sigh... Look at the level of mistakes and omissions in the Nangong family. It's just that you don't know geography. People have passed right under your nose, and you don't even think of asking more. How on earth can this person maintain it for so many years?

Killing the whole family? Is there really a bonus to being stupid?

The first border town in the north of Liguo to bear the brunt is Bianzhou North Town. This military town is basically similar to the Hebei feudal town and belongs to the border defense troops stationed in the border area.

Although the sects and vassals are different, the official names of the local vassals are all in a mess. The lords of the twelve kingdoms and the direct personal soldiers of each vassal warlord basically follow the principle of the more the better. They can raise as many as they can, and generals are also given indiscriminately. However,

Subdivided into local vassal and town garrison, the establishment and organizational model of the army at the grassroots level, basically the twelve countries are of the same origin and have similar differences.

For example, the Seventh Sifang Suwei Division in Sanyuan has five thousand households in each division, and the chief of the thousand households is the captain. Of course, the Suwei captain granted by the Immortal Palace is not the same as the patrolling mountain guard captain named Niu. Su.

The captains of the guards are even hereditary, and the ones above are Habayashi Lang, Zhonglang General, and even generals. And local vassals, with a thousand soldiers and horses under their command, can call themselves captains.

Therefore, the number of guard posts in Liguo is not 5,000 households, but 5,000 people, with a commander. Larger cities have five or six guards, and smaller border towns have three or four guards, with a guard.

Envoys, prefectures and counties also have several prefectures and passes, and a degree envoy is appointed.

And it is different from Su Wei's model of integrating soldiers and farmers to open up wasteland and defend the land. Liguo recruits soldiers, and the land belongs to powerful landlords, so there is no land to farm at all. However, in recent years, Liguo has become rich, and the military, food and salary are theoretically okay.

Coordinated by the imperial court, the local

However, it is inevitable that there will be those who take advantage of their pay, those who falsely report the number of soldiers, and those who fill the numbers with false reports. Therefore, when the guards in the mainland see an army of tens or hundreds of thousands on their books, they can often count on 30% of the total.

The staff is pretty good.

However, Bianzhou is an important town in the north of Liguo. It guards the border county all year round to prevent refugees and demons from escaping. In addition, there have been frequent rebellions by the remnants of the Black Lotus Sect in recent years. There is no shortage of soldiers. In Bianzhou North Town alone, there are two

A patrolling guard, two vassal guards, and many refugee bandits and mercenaries from the Central Plains and Kunlun can be recruited. Judging from the number of people, I'm afraid it's not much worse than the Nangong family. It really can't be said to be a 'lone army'

'Yes.

Of course, if you compare the cultivation level, the Liguo army will suffer more. After all, the output of Shengang Dan and Shenyingdan is used by the Nangong family themselves. The Liguo clan is not divided enough, and it is not like the northern vassal towns that suffer disasters every day.

There is also dragon meat that can be greatly replenished. At this time, most of the soldiers in the city are Qi refining and foundation building. There are only more than a hundred people who have cultivated the golden elixir. There is not one at the Nascent Soul level. It can be seen that they are really abandoned.

ah.

Although the Nangong family is rubbish, it is still a big piece of rubbish. They are heavenly soldiers and generals in the literal sense. What's more, the Nangong family's unparalleled prince led the expedition to the Kun Kingdom this time. They are also elite soldiers. There are at least three to five rubbish golden elixirs.

Thousands, and there are fire phoenixes, Pegasus, and divine weapon charms in the Immortal Palace. Even if the coach is mentally retarded, it won't matter. The strength of the armies on both sides is very different. If they were to fight head-on, there is a high probability that the Nangong family would be able to win.

However, Li Fan didn't see any monks in the Nangong Army who were in the realm of gods, and there weren't many Nascent Soul cultivators, maybe 17 or 18. It seemed that Nangong Wushuang was not in the army, so he most likely ran away after seeing the meteor shower.

Went to Taobao in Central China.

Originally, Li Fan didn't want to meddle in the Beizhen Army's business. Since he had easily passed through the Nangong Army in Taohua Mountain, he just flew back to Mozhu Mountain. However, he caught a glimpse of the rebels who were just entering the city, and on a whim, he wanted to take a look.

What kind of person is Wei Hu, who is boasted to the heavens and the earth, and is so awesome? How can he be the leader of the younger generation? How can he be the leader of the younger generation? Will he fall for such a stupid plan of the Nangong family?

So he hid in the city and followed Captain Niu to the Governor's Mansion in Beizhen to watch the excitement.

The governor of Beizhen, who was not a member of Wang E's party, has been dismissed from office. Now the people who call the shots in the city are the former Yushi Zhongcheng and the current censor Wei Gao.

Although the Peach Blossom Mountain in the north is very close, and Nangong's army is stationed there, the North Town is actually very orderly, and there is no trace of chaos. The defense on the city is also strict, and the patrols and guards are as usual. It can't be said that there is any problem. But what is outrageous is that...

When he arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Li Fan only saw a long queue outside the mansion, with people coming and going, and busy traffic. Moreover, the army was not on alert, but seemed to be distributing food expenses...

It was really a break-up fee. Li Fan mingled with the crowd and watched for a while. He saw that the warehouses of the Duhu Mansion had been emptied, and piles of silk, gold and silver were piled in the yard. The secretary's soldiers were calling names according to the list to lend money.

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Those veterans who have been guarding the border for many years, who have an old and frail only son, or who are disabled or sick and short of money, or who have urgent needs for weddings, deaths or funerals, will be given rice, grain, money and silk as long as the necessary registration is true, and they will be rewarded according to their merits.

When the army approached and refused to defend the city, Wei Gao personally wrote a letter, allowing him to cancel his membership and join the army, and leave the border and return home.

At this moment, hundreds of soldiers took their money, packed up and left, but most of them stayed. After all, the world is not peaceful these days. Is it better to be a soldier and get paid than to farm? Besides, the land is not yours.

, you have to work hard and have to be hungry and beaten, and you are ruined because you don't work hard enough. At least you have a knife in your hand, and no fool will dare to say that in front of you.

Li Fan looked thoughtful, while Niu Yunguang and others also looked confused. Although they couldn't understand, they were greatly shocked.

"Join the army...what are you doing to supervise the army?"

Niu Yunguang was obviously not a scheming person. He smelled of alcohol and was probably drunk, so he came to assassinate him with a sharp knife in his chest. However, he did not expect that such a scene would be seen in the Protector's Mansion.

"The Supervisory Army has calculated and clarified Zhu Duhu's arrears of salary. Now that the imperial court has granted him the title of Supervisor of the Military North Town, it is natural to settle the matter first. Before talking about anything else, you also want to calculate it? Then go and line up at the back."

The gatekeeper pointed his whistle stick, and everyone turned their heads to look, only to see that the long line had made a few rounds.

Niu Yunguang hesitated for a moment, "I'm just coming back from patrolling the mountains and I have urgent military information to report."

The guard nodded, "Take off your armor and follow me into the house."

So the captain and the army commander made some calculations, took off their swords and armors and went in. The other soldiers hesitated for a while and did not want to force their way in, so they went to line up to receive the money.

The two of them followed the guards into the Duhu Mansion, but were led to a side hall, where several sergeants were dining, drinking heavily and eating large pieces of meat.

"The Supervisory Army has ordered that things are very busy now, and the military situation will be dealt with first. You will wait here for the summons. If you are hungry and thirsty, please eat first."

When the two of them saw that there were so many people lining up for military affairs, they had no choice but to go in to eat and drink.

Li Fanyuan followed them, but no matter how slow he was, he noticed it and stood at the door without moving.

As expected, as soon as Niu Yunguang and Su Yugang sat down and picked up the wine jar before taking a sip, they were swarmed by the sergeants dining around them, jumped over and captured them!

Ren Niu Xiaowei was also a bit brave, but he couldn't help but when his hands were occupied, so many strong men grabbed him, and he was tied up without struggling twice. In just a moment, the two of them were already disgraced and were tied up.

They were escorted together to the Yamen of the Duhu Mansion and knelt down!

These two people were defeated so easily. Li Fan was a little dumbfounded for a moment, so he followed them with the basket on his back.

I saw four military guards on the left and right sides of the lobby. They were all warriors with strong energy to protect their bodies. They were not ordinary mediocre warriors.

In the first seat at the back, there sat a scribe in Confucian robes. He had a golden elixir cultivation, and he looked really good. He was a tall man of seven feet, with broad shoulders, high eyebrows, deep eyes, a leopard head with eyes, and a mustache around the cheeks.

, He has a strong sense of righteousness, his voice is not revealed, and his dignity is self-evident. He is said to be a scholar, but he has no connection with poverty and weakness. There is probably no problem in picking up a pen and joining the army.

This person should be the famous leader of the four evils of Changsi City, Wei Hu and Wei Gao. But this person said he was busy with official duties, but he was holding a volume of poetry in his hand and was tasting it. He looked quite leisurely and seemed to

It's not pretending either.

Because there is a desk in the side hall on his right, with documents and account books stacked as high as a hill, but there is a clerk who is about fifteen or sixteen years old, disguised as a man, buried in it, holding a brush in his hand.

I kept writing and writing.

The secretary has something to do, right?

Niu Yunguang, Su Yu and others raised their heads and glanced at this person. Their aura dropped a bit, and they knelt down without speaking.

Wei Gao didn't look at them and just said calmly, "Brother Yunguang took a group of brothers and left without saying goodbye. He even came back to do something else. Could it be that the gold and silver outside were not enough and he wanted to come and get it?"

My head?"

He closed the book of poems and looked up at the two of them. His eyes were indeed like those of a tiger, extremely majestic and bright. Those with evil intentions would make cold sweat break out from his eyes.

The military commander, Ma Suyu, simply shrank his neck, dumbfounded and speechless.

Niu Yunguang also had cold sweat on his forehead. He didn't dare to look at the people in the hall. He only stared at the floor tiles and said, "Yes... I was worried about being implicated by Zhu Zhu and was undecided. I heard that Ming Gong set things right and that rewards and punishments are clear. This

I have just returned, and I am willing to work hard with you and live and die with him!"

After Wei Gao heard this, he laughed loudly, threw the collection of poems in his hand into the desk next to him, stepped forward in person, and pulled Niu Yunguang up, "Oh! Brother Yunguang actually has such intentions! Don't be surprised! It's not Wei's intention.

suspicion, reality

Forced by the situation, the undercurrent in the city is dangerous, so we have to be on guard! With the help of Brother Yunguang today, our North Town will be as solid as a rock! Hahahaha! Please come with me! There is something I must do, brother, please help me

A helping hand!”

Niu Yunguang also followed suit, and within a few seconds he was surrounded by a group of warriors and dragged away in the middle.

Su Yu was even more miserable. Her mouth was covered and she was punched in the temple. She fainted and didn't know where she was taken.

Li Fanzhi frowned and saw Wei Gao's subordinates dragging Niu Yunguang outside the courtyard of the Protector's Mansion, but he was not in a hurry to follow him out.

Did this guy just hide a talisman secretly on Niu Yunguang?

Xuantian, "Yes, there should be another one."

So Li Fan turned to look at the side hall.

Sure enough, the clerk who had been writing furiously and working on the questions suddenly stood up, picked out a piece of talisman paper from the collection of poems that Wei Gao had just left, pinched the talisman, swallowed the talisman, and sat in silence with his eyes closed.

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To be continued...