Changshun sighed and said, "Those four people, eunuchs from Chang'an, have been told by the emperor that I would be the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor. If Lord Fufeng Hou knows it, I can't explain it clearly. Letting you report it is my own strategy of protecting you, and you can get ten taels of silver after making it."

Duda couldn't understand the intention after hearing this, but he was tactful and smart. He was a little stunned and said respectfully: "The young one doesn't understand, so how the adults tell me, and the young ones will do what they do."

Changshun nodded with satisfaction and gave instructions. Du Da stood up and left, and went to the state yamen next door.

The officials from the prefecture and government offices were basically familiar with each other. Du Da successfully entered the Jingzhou Governor and Wei Fufeng's twelfth uncle.

Wei Ying met Du Da in the second hall and asked bluntly: "You are the prison chief of the government office, why do you come to see me?"

Du Da said: "Reporting to the adults, I discovered a big thing. Yesterday, four relatives came to the government office. I didn't expect that the government officials said it was a false name and was beaten to death and went to prison.

They all died the next day, but they said a lot before their death. Only then did the young people know that they were eunuchs from Chang'an and served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor at the emperor's order.”

Wei Ying was slightly stunned, thinking.

After more than ten breaths, Du Da said again: "Although the young man is just a prisoner, he knows that Jiangling Mansion is so prosperous, it is all due to the Wei family, so he dared to come and inform the Lord."

Wei Ying nodded and praised: "You did a good job. I will remember your contributions. If you have any future, I will report it to you. I will not lose you. I will reward you with five taels of silver this time."

"Thank you for your reward, and you will give up the young one." Du Da thanked him in surprise and stopped and left when he saw the opportunity.

Wei Ying stood up and walked, his mind moved. Out of fear of Wei Fufeng, he has been following the rules and satisfied with the status quo since he took office.

In other words, Wei Ying was worried that it would cause Wei Fufeng to get angry and that the consequences would be more than worth the loss.

Wei Ying knew very well that Wei Fufeng asked an eunuch to serve as the prefect of Jiangling, which clearly meant to guard against him. Fortunately, since the eunuch named Changshun took office, he has always respected him and regarded himself as a subordinate.

The prisoner's indictment made Wei Ying active, but since Changshun decisively killed the people from Chang'an and expressed his position, it was not a big deal.

......

The next day, Wei Ying sent someone to ask Changshun to go to the prefecture office to discuss matters, but he finally planned to knock on it.

When Changshun arrived at the second hall of the prefecture, he saw Wei Ying sitting alone, and hurriedly walked over and saluted respectfully: "I have met the twelve masters in a humble manner."

Wei Ying smiled and nodded in a good mood. It was the honorific title of the Twelve Masters, which made him happy. He once politely corrected it. After all, the prefect of Jiangling was obviously higher than the governor in his position.

But Changshun explained that he was the princess’ dowry eunuch and the son-in-law’s slave, how could he be disrespectful to the son-in-law’s uncle?

In addition, the world is in chaos and the Wei family is dominant. In the future, the elders will inevitably become kings, and the twelve masters will also be the most powerful ministers.

Wei Ying looked at Changshun, smiled and asked suddenly: "How did you kill those eunuchs in Chang'an?"

Changshun's face changed drastically, and he knelt down as soon as he shortened his body and said in panic: "Twelve Masters, I'm a servant, I'm a servant."

Wei Ying was slightly stunned. Changshun's panic reaction surprised him very much. He subconsciously changed his mind and said calmly: "Why are you panic?"

"The Twelve Masters, I have always respected the Twelve Masters. I ask the Twelve Masters not to tell Lord Fufeng Hou, I beg you." Changshun responded in horror.

Wei Ying frowned and said, "You killed someone and made your position. What's so scary?"

Changshun looked bitter and explained: "The Twelve Masters, I am reluctant to part with the powerful and powerful people today. Master Fufeng Hou is suspicious and suspicious in nature. Once he finds out, he will definitely be idle. I don't want to go back to the hard days of the past."

Wei Ying suddenly realized that he had a resonance in his heart. His evil nephew was indeed suspicious.

As a eunuch, Changshun was not as good as other normal officials. Normal officials were suspicious and were generally moved to office.

Eunuchs are different. Once they are suspicious, the chances of being abandoned are greater.

Listening Changshun said bitterly again: "I have suffered a lot in the past two days, and I am worried that I will be learned by Marquis Fufeng that although I have some abilities, I am indispensable. There are many eunuchs who have been valued, and any of them can replace me."

Wei Ying's heart burst, and subconsciously looked at Changshun, then suddenly smiled and said gently: "You don't have to worry, I will help you solve it."

"Thank you, Master Twelve, I am willing to be the one who is tragic to you." Changshun kowtowed excitedly.

"Okay, get up and talk." Wei Ying said gently.

Changshun stood up, approached Wei Ying, bent down humbly, and looked respectful and whispered with relief: "The twelve masters are willing to be the master of the slaves, and I can finally live in peace."

Wei Ying smiled and said gently: "Go back and have a good rest."

"No! I will leave." Changshun responded respectfully, took two steps back before turning around and leaving.

Wei Ying stood up and felt an unexpected excitement in her heart. She was psychologically suppressed by following the rules and was subconsciously ready to move. In the future, with Changshun's cooperation, she could seek some benefits.

......

Changshun, who left the second hall of the State Yamen, swept away his humble face, held his official steps with his raised hands, clenched his fist with his right hand, and held a confident smile in his grasp on the corner of his mouth.

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In Chengdu Prefecture, Wei Fufeng worked tirelessly to supervise military training, stepped up the exercise of military commands, and screening and replacement of two thousand cavalrymen.

Because of Zhang Ji's reminder, he strictly eliminated more than a thousand Qiang cavalry and transferred to the military forces guarding Chengdu to select substitutes.

Li Xuerou traveled to inspect the military farms near Chengdu, and was a guest at a wealthy family, demonstrating her attitude of paying attention to people's livelihood and seeking common ground with the rich.

Li Xuerou and some wealthy families reached a salt and iron exchange for grain storage, tried her best to increase Chengdu warehousing and solve the problem of 10,000 military rations from the Shence Army.

At the end of April, Wei Fufeng received the battle report, and the left wing all arrived in Liangzhou, and a surprise attack on the 5,000 Guiyi army stationed at the entrance of the Dadou, killing 2,000 enemies and capturing more than 2,000 prisoners. Then the left wing all left Liangzhou.

In early May, Wei Fufeng received bad information that some Dangxiang tribes in Longyou launched a rebellion and colluded with the Dangxiang people in Yuanzhou who surrendered to Fengxiang Army.

The fifth uncle sent a letter to ask the cavalry to support Longyou.

Wei Fufeng could not allow cavalry support. Once the Dangxiang people in Longyou knew that the war horses were taken away, the consequences would cause more hostility from the Dangxiang tribe, so they dispatched 5,000 infantry to Longyou for support.

But then, the Fengxiang army in Hanzhong launched a war, and 30,000 troops went west to Yangping Pass and rushed to Xingzhou.

The 20,000 army rushed east to Jinzhou, the 20,000 army rushed through Chencang Road to Chengzhou, and the 30,000 army went west to Qinzhou and attacked Longyou.

Fengxiang's army attacked in multiple directions, and Han Jian, the Tongguan army, also dispatched 20,000 troops to enter Tongzhou, threatening Fuzhou Fangzhou.

Tong Shan did not dare to attack Fengxiang's army heavily. Pegasus Suizhou asked for instructions, but Li Wanqiu replied that he would not move.

The military situation of the full war made Wei Fufeng smile helplessly, and the attack of Fengxiang's army was delayed than he expected.

The main reason for the delay was that Li Maozhen was afraid that the Hedong Army would make a comeback, but the Hedong Army and Wei Bo Jiedushi were in a bad situation and could no longer come to the west.

Wei Fufeng replied to Li Ziqi, who recruited cavalry and had weak combat power. It is not advisable to confront Fengxiang Army at present. In the early stage, if you defend the city, you will continue to waste your time with Fengxiang Army. Military supplies and reinforcements will be supplied in time.

Li Ziqi replied. Since the cavalry cannot support it, it is better to take the initiative to attack Wang Jian. Only by experiencing war can we build elite soldiers.

After considering it, Wei Fufeng adopted and ordered two thousand cavalry to attack Yazhou.

Yazhou is vast and sparsely populated, and most of it is a tribe, suitable for cavalry to gallop.

Fengxiang's army attacked Jinzhou, and Jinzhou was shocked. Wei Fufeng's grandfather left after hearing the wind and took a boat to Junzhou downstream of the Han River, called inspection, and the Jinzhou guards were handed over to Wei Shoujin.

Wei Shoujin became the governor of Jinzhou. While informing the Fengxiang army in the city that they were attacking and allowing the people to leave, he asked the Fufeng Army soldiers guarding the inner city to go to the outer city gate to guard.

The soldiers of the Fufeng Army accepted it, and Wei Shoujin ordered the Jinzhou military strength to be controlled by the generals of the Fufeng Army.

Because there was no sniping, the 20,000 Fengxiang troops successfully passed through the dangerous land and came to the city of Jinzhou. They only arrived at the city and immediately withdrew their troops. They came and went in a hurry.

Two days later, 20,000 support troops arrived in Jinzhou. With the 20,000 troops guarding Jinzhou, 40,000 troops joined forces and the generals asked for a battle to pursue.

Wei Shoujin refused and said that his duty was to defend Jinzhou City. He might be ambushed after chasing him.

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Three thousand Luling troops were stationed in Shangluo County, Shangzhou, and three thousand regiments were trained.

Wei Zhaodu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, also served as the governor of Shangzhou. With the belief of loyalty to the emperor, he used Wei Fufeng's territory resources to support the army and rigorously trained the three thousand Luling Army.

Wei Zhao was the governor of Shangzhou and did not forget to restore people's livelihood while reorganizing the army.

The Luling Army participated in spring plowing and military farming and repairing canals, which gave Shangzhou's agriculture more hope for harvest. But this hope was forcing the Luling Army to retreat to the city with the arrival of 20,000 Tongguan Army.

Han Jian personally led an elite army to besiege Shangluo County. This time he cooperated with the Fengxiang army to plan for the territory of the Southern Sichuan Army. The plan was to attack Jinzhou together, and then Junzhou Fangzhou, and Jinzhou belonged to Fengxiang Army.

After three days of siege, he contacted his subordinates to bring in Jinzhou military information.

Han Jian's face turned pale when he heard this. The Fengxiang army attacking Jinzhou did not retreat without fighting, because the city of Jinzhou was strong and the morale of the 20,000 troops guarding were stable, and there was no possibility of conquest.

Another reason is to borrow the lessons of Yang Shouliang's failure. As summer approaches, the Han River flood peak is unstoppable and the city cannot be broken in the short term. Then, the retreat will be decided.

There is another reason. The commander of the Fengxiang Army intends to lure the Jinzhou soldiers to attack and defeat them in the field, but the Jinzhou soldiers remain unmoved.

Han Jian calmed down and looked at Shangluo County, considering whether to retake Shangzhou. In fact, his army went south mainly to capture Junzhou.

Junzhou has had a bumper agricultural harvest in recent years, with a large population, and great potential for sustainable development, while Shangzhou has never been able to recover.

Looking at the obviously repaired city wall and the purged defenders on the top of the city, Han Jian frowned.

The siege battle is the most exhausting of military strength, and the defense force is obviously determined to be invincible. If the city is captured, at least thousands of elite troops will be lost.

Another reason made Han Jian worry, Wei Zhaodu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was in the city.

Wang Xingyu killed Li Xi, but ended up killing himself. Killing the prime minister is not a major benefit, so it is best not to do it.

After much thought, Han Jian decided to withdraw his troops, intending to sit and watch the Fengxiang army fight with the arms of southern Sichuan.

In fact, Han Jian agreed to jointly send troops because one of the reasons he was afraid that Li Maozhen was powerful.

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