At noon on October 12, Tongren County, northern Sichuan Province.

The northern Sichuan Province is located in the plateau mountainous area in southwestern China. It was part of the Southern Barbarians during the Spring and Autumn Period. The territory is high in the west and low in the east, mostly in the plateau mountainous areas. It is known as "eight mountains, one water and one branch of fields".

In addition to the Han people, there are also Miao and Shanman tribes who live in northern Sichuan Province.

The province has rich mineral resources, large coal reserves, complete coal types, excellent coal quality, and is known as the "Southwest Coal Sea" and can be regarded as the engine of industrialization.

The five Counties in the northern Sichuan Province, from north to south, are Tongren County, Guiyang County, Xingyi County, Duyun County and Guzhou County. [North Sichuan City State], the leader of the leader, Fenggang City, the territory of the Ximen Daguanren, is located in Tongren County, the northernmost part of the northern Sichuan Province.

At noon, Ximen Daguan personally commanded the 70,000 troops under his command, heading eastward to the territory's border, and further eastward is Changde County, the southern Hunan province.

When talking about Changde County, we have to mention a lord - Guhenxiao. It is not that Guhenxiao is so famous, but that Guhenxiao has a god general Li Mu under Guhenxiao.

With the military force of Li Mu, the Guhenxiao territory occupied three of the five prefectures of Changde County. The border area bordering Tongren County was Guhenxiao's territory - Laifengcheng.

The arrival of the Fenggang City army made the Fengcheng border defenders quite nervous.

Recently, the two major field corpses in Danyang City went south to attack the southern Hunan province, adopting the strategy of attacking Changsha County first and then taking Changde County. Therefore, Changde County was not yet involved in the war at this time.

Even so, there was a panic in Changde County.

At this time, the army in Fenggang City suddenly reached the border, which really makes people suspicious.

Strangely, the Grand Official of Ximen was not prepared to start a war directly, but just smiled and said to the general of the border guards of Laifeng City: "I am the Grand Official of Ximen, the lord of Fenggang City. I have now joined the Daxia Dynasty. If you have any questions, please report it quickly."

After hearing this, the border guards did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so they sent someone to notify the lord.

Soon, Gu Henxiao, who came to Fengcheng, received the news, and his face was shocked and suspicious. He immediately attracted Li Mu to discuss and asked, "General, what does the other party mean?"

In the morning, the two city-state lords "loyalty" to the Daxia Dynasty, there was no Gu Henxiao and his coming to Fengcheng. Because of the previous battle between Guilin County, Li Mu and Daxia had a rift.

With this knot in mind, Guhenxiao naturally did not get too close to Daxia.

But the drastic changes in the past two days made Gu Henxiao a little confused. First, Caiyun City completely broke up and the intention of annexing the city-state was obvious; then the loyalty incident in the morning directly destroyed the two city-states.

Moreover, the army in Danyang City may attack at any time. In such a whirlpool, with the power of Guhen Xiao, he has no idea where to go.

Guhenxiao was originally a lord with average qualifications, but he was lucky enough to summon the generals like Li Mu to have the current climate. But according to the current wilderness, even Li Mu could not protect Laifeng City.

Seeing this, Li Mu did not answer directly, but asked: "According to the lord, if Daxia did not intervene this time, can we resist the attack between Caiyun City and Danyang City?"

"It's impossible."

This is a judging by Guhenxiao.

Because of the early establishment of the city-state, there are few attacks within the city-states, so among the three remaining counties in the southern Hunan province, there are as many as thirteen territories of all sizes.

Among these territories are both Daxia allies, [Yanhuang Alliance] chess pieces, and city-state factions that remain neutral. The three parties are entangled with each other and intertwined, like a piece of loose sand.

In this way, how can we resist the north-south attack between Caiyun City and Danyang City? If Daxia does not intervene, it will be almost a foregone conclusion that Caiyun City will unify the southern Hunan Province.

Li Mu said: "Since that's the case, there are only two roads in front of the lord. Either join Caiyun City or Daxia Dynasty. Which side is the lord going to choose?"

What Li Mu said is indeed the truth. With the efforts of the [Yanhuang Alliance] and the Great Xia Dynasty at the same time, there is no longer any living space for small and medium-sized territories in the wilderness.

For small and medium-sized territories, they either surrender or completely eliminated at this time.

"this……"

Gu Hengxiao was a little in trouble.

According to common sense, Guhenxiao naturally did not want to join the Great Xia Dynasty, but he could not join Caiyun City. Who is the south of Caiyun? It is just a lord who is slightly stronger than Guhenxiao in the city-state, how can he be willing to do it?

"If the general is asked to choose, which side will the general choose?" Gu Henxiao asked back.

Li Mu was not embarrassed and said directly: "The Great Xia Dynasty will be elected at the end."

"oh?"

This surprised Gu Hengxiao, because Gu Hengxiao knew that Li Mu also had a knot for Daxia. This knot was not because of the Battle of Guilin, but because Bai Qi, the culprit for the destruction of Zhao, was in Daxia.

"Has the general put aside his heart?" Gu Hengxiao asked.

Li Mu nodded, shook his head again, confusing Gu Hengxiao, and explained: "The General of Mo also figured out that Bai Qi was fighting in the battle of Changping. The general should not look at Bai Qi so narrowly. But the intention was hard to calm down. The General of Mo Jiang was quite dissatisfied with the dialogue between Bai Qi and wished he could fight another battle."

During the Battle of Changping, Li Mu had not yet fully risen in Zhao State and was unable to achieve this battle. It is a pity.

Gu Hen Xiao Leran asked, "Can you tell me why I suggest you choose Daxia?"

"Today, the Great Xia Dynasty is the only one that stands out in the southwest, and it has the atmosphere of unifying the world. Caiyun City is located in the southwest, and it is just a chess piece in the hand of the [Yanhuang Alliance], which may be destroyed by the Great Xia at any time. Compared with the two, it is naturally necessary to choose a strong man." Li Mu explained.

What Li Mu didn't say was that perhaps only a vibrant dynasty like Daxia could be allowed to show his strengths, gallop on the battlefield, fight outside the territory, and be famous in history.

Only the heroic lords such as King Xia can tolerate the talents of the world.

The same gods, Bai Qi, Han Xin, Huo Qubing and others, became famous in the wilderness, especially Bai Qi, who was the name of killing gods intimidating the world; on the contrary, Li Mu, Wu Qi and others were unknown.

Wu Qi still had the opportunity to lead the army, so Li Mu could only stay in this corner of Changde County.

Does Guhen Xiao know the depression in Li Mu’s heart?

A trace of intention flashed in Gu Henxiao's eyes, and he did not agree immediately. Instead, he said: "In addition to Caiyun City and Daxia, we can also defect to Danyang City. Why didn't the general say it?"

Li Mu replied: "The lord said that the [Yanhuang League] is a place where the powerful are gathered, and it is not suitable for the civilians to submit to the people. Moreover, the [Yanhuang League] is in conflict with each other, which is not a wise ruler. To be honest, if the lord is involved in Danyang City, the lord may be more useful, but the lord will be neglected, which is not what the lord wants."

When Gu Henxiao heard this, he felt a chill in his heart. Thinking of the experience of Xunlong and Pointing the Acupoints and others, what Li Mu said was not a lie, but a real possibility.

The current dilemma is only for him, Gu Hengxiao. Gods like Li Mu are popular everywhere they go. Thinking of this, Gu Hengxiao was a little moved, touching Li Mu's loyalty.

Li Mu continued: "The Great Xia Dynasty is not the case. According to the lord, the King of Xia rose to the point of being a slight person. In addition, the King of Xia values ​​credibility and trustworthiness, he will definitely value the lord. If the lord of Ximen came to discuss this time, he would definitely come to recruit the lord for the lord of Xia."

"The rise of a new dynasty will surely cultivate a large number of emerging aristocrats, which is an excellent time for aspiring people to make achievements. It is also true that children of aristocratic families like Lord Ximen are willing to join the Great Xia instead of joining the [Yanhuang Alliance]. Please consider the reason carefully."

Li Mu is worthy of being a godly general and analyzes this matter very thoroughly.

When Ouyang Shuo showed that Daxia was inclusive and ambition to accommodate all rivers, both civilian players and children of small and medium-sized families all saw opportunities from it and willingly participated in the Daxia Dynasty.

Even with the children of aristocratic families and even the entire aristocratic families, Ouyang Shuo has the confidence to accept them today and integrate them into the entire Daxia system.

At the same time, in order to check and balance the aristocratic families, Ouyang Shuo is cultivating new aristocratic families. In addition to using historical figures as the backbone of the dynasty, he is also willing to cultivate Mulan Yue, White Birch, Black Snake, Meng Zhida, Gong Jian and others.

Even other lords who incorporated their territories into Daxia, these people, together with the families behind them, would be emerging nobles of the dynasty.

Li Mu is really not easy to see this clearly.

When Gu Henxiao heard this, he was a little excited for a moment. Finally, he was persuaded by Li Mu and said, "Okay. Since that's the case, the general will accompany me to meet Ximen Daguan Ren for a while."

"promise!"

Li Mu clasped his fists and felt a little relieved.

…………

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Ximen Grand Official finally waited for Gu Henxiao and his party, and greeted him with a smile: "Brother Gu, don't be fine!"

Gu Hen Xiao clasped his fists and said, "Brother Ximen is also fine. It is easy for people to misunderstand if you mobilize so many people."

"I was reckless." Ximen Daguanren smiled and admitted his mistake. "I didn't mean to start a war this time, but I'm giving Brother Gu a great fortune."

Gu Henxiao had already guessed the intention of Ximen Grand Master, but on the surface he pretended not to know anything and said with a smile: "Brother Ximen, don't look for my happiness. I'm very hard at the moment. There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, so where are there any luck?"

When Ximen Daguan heard this, he was delighted.

Guhen Xiao compared Caiyun City to Danyang City to tigers and wolves, and his attitude was already very clear.

Speaking of this, Ximen Daguan did not go around the corner. He took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Gu Henxiao, saying, "This is a letter sent by King Xia to me to give to Brother Gu. Please consider the matter mentioned in the letter."

Gu Henxiao's eyes narrowed, and he knew that the show was coming, so he reached out to take the secret letter.

Since all the words were spoken, Gu Hengxiao had nothing to cover up. He took them apart on the spot and looked at them, the more complicated the expression on his face became, with excitement, emotion, and inexplicable melancholy.

After seeing it, Gu Henxiao did not immediately reply to Ximen official, but turned around and handed the secret letter to Li Mu behind him, saying, "General, let's take a look!"

"promise!"
Chapter completed!