Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 406: Understand King Huai’s troop movements
"Why is he working so hard? There are no shortage of women around him." Xia Zhining glanced at Chen Mo, and then said: "Do you know how hard it was for my sister to be pregnant, especially in the next few months, she couldn't eat anything? Okay, I can’t sleep well, and I still have to worry about you, but you..."

"Zhi Ning."

Xia Zhining wanted to defend her sister, but when Xia Zhining saw that her sister kept talking, she quickly interrupted her.

"Zhining is right. I spend too little time with you. When I come back this time, I probably won't go out again this year. I want to guard you and watch our child be born."

With that said, Chen Mo pulled Xia Zhiqing into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead.

Xia Zhiqing's face turned red: "It's still outside."

"Husband, sisters, please go in and talk." Wu Mi spoke at the right time.

Chen Mo personally helped Xia Zhiqing into the house.

After entering the house, although Chu Juan did not offer a cup of tea to all the girls, she still poured a cup for Wu Mi and toasted her. After all, Wu Mi was the official wife. Only if she nodded and acknowledged the matter between Chu Juan and Chen Mo would it matter. Real math.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Chen Mo came back. Naturally, he had to chat with the girls about home affairs and listen to the words they missed.

After getting along for a while, Wu Mi knew that Han Aniang was her husband's sister-in-law before, and he also learned about her and knew what kind of status Han Aniang had in her husband's heart, so Wu Mi still respected Han Aniang.

Wuguan.

Although she is the only one of the women in the backyard who is of lower origin, the lower one's origin is, the more aware they are of respect and inferiority.

According to the previously established rules, each county in Huaizhou will report to Wuguan in the form of official documents every month major events that occur in the county and matters that cannot be dealt with.

When mentioning Chu Juan, Chen Mo also said specifically: "Juan'er came from Huaizhou this time and personally prepared a batch of silk cloth for you, saying that she would make clothes for you sisters. You will all It looks like a pick pattern, six pieces per person. This is the best silk from the south of the Yangtze River, soft and silky. "

After that, Xia Zhiqing took Chen Mo's hand and nestled her baby head in Chen Mo's arms. She raised her bright and beautiful face and said with a bit of obsession in her voice: "Husband, tell us about your time in Huaizhou during this time." Let’s do it.”

Finally, he summarized these things and reported them to Chen Mo.

The autumn wind was bleak, and in the city's yamen, Geng Songfu was processing official documents submitted by various counties.

Chen Mo spoke slowly, of course hiding some bad things.

"Whatever it is, my sister should choose first." Han Anniang also respected Wu Mi.

But what she didn't know was that it was not an exaggeration to say that these things were hers.

But she also knew that Chen Mo did this for her own good and to take care of her.

As he said that, he looked at Han Anniang: "Anniang, let's pick first."

If there is nothing major or something that cannot be handled, there is no need to report it, but every five months, local officials have to come to Wuguan to report on their work.

The girls were slightly startled, and a trace of astonishment appeared in Chu Juan's eyes, as if she was saying why I didn't know about this.

However, Geng Songfu had dealt with a lot of this kind of thing before when he was in Qingzhou, and now he can handle it very skillfully.

Wu Mi chuckled lightly and said, "It's difficult for sister Juan'er to have such intentions."

First of all, Huaizhou recruited a total of 7,000 new soldiers this time.

Among them were thirty-two low-grade warriors.

Secondly, it is said that time will tell people's hearts. The more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers who were captured before now have a tendency to integrate into Chen's army.

For these surrendered soldiers, there were still few who were loyal to King Huai. The truly loyal ones died heroically the moment Chen Mo attacked Wuguan.

So in their hearts, they feel that giving their lives to someone is not selling.

Chen Mo treated these demoted soldiers well and did not embarrass their families. He even organized family members to come over to meet them.

As time went by, they felt that it would be good to follow Chen Mo.

If these more than 30,000 surrendered soldiers really return home, then the rumor that Chen Mo has 100,000 troops will come true.

But by this time, the outside world should have rumored that Chen Mo had 200,000 troops.

Right here, the surveillance guard came to report.

"Sir, we arranged for spies to go to Fengzhou to report that King Huai sent General Chu Ce to lead his troops out of Fengzhou."

Chen Mo established the Supervisory Guard not only to monitor military discipline, but also to collect intelligence.

When Chen Mo defeated Chu Ce in Huainan before, he took advantage of the situation and placed his own men among the retreating troops of the other side.

Although later due to the family letter incident, King Huai purged a group of spies who had been inserted, but they were not completely eliminated.

These people who are inserted are like undercover agents, each of them does not know the identity of the other, so even if one person is exposed, the others will not be implicated.

Hearing this, Geng Songfu's eyes fixed, he immediately stopped what he was doing, raised his eyes and said, "Where did you go after leaving Fengzhou?"

"My subordinates don't know that too many of the spies we deployed in Fengzhou have lost contact. This time the news was finally sent back. We only know that they went in the direction of Hexi." said the supervisory guard.

"Hexi?"

Geng Songfu immediately asked for a map and asked Liu Ji to be found.

After all, Liu Ji was once a staff member of King Huai, so he should be able to understand King Huai's intentions.

As expected, not long after Liu Ji arrived, he expressed his guess based on the news and maps: "The land west of Hexi is the sphere of influence of King Chong and the Liang family. If Chu Ce leads his troops to the land west of Hexi, he will definitely not We are going to fight King Chong, and Xiliang is too far away, so the only possibility is to go to Longyou."

Liu Ji pointed at the position of Longyou on the map: "Although I don't know the current situation of Longyou yet, with the invasion of the seven kingdoms of Xirong, the war will definitely be very tight. Whether it is King Chong or the Yueshi asking for help from King Huai, or The King of Huai's sending out troops is the best way out for the current King of Huai."

Geng Songfu nodded. Now that Jiangnan is blocked, if King Huai is not a fool, he will definitely find a way to break the situation.

And sending troops to Longyou was a breaking point.

As long as the Longyou matter is resolved, then the entire chess game of King Huai can be put into play.

"If King Huai takes the initiative to send troops, then this step is really bold." Geng Songfu had to admire King Huai's courage.

"This must not have been the idea of ​​King Huai, it must have been Wu Fusheng's suggestion." Liu Ji knew that if King Huai took the initiative to send troops, it was definitely not King Huai's idea.

"Master Geng, since King Huai has sent troops to Longyou, Fengzhou's military strength must be empty. Your Excellency, you can ask the Marquis to send troops to attack Fengzhou." Liu Ji suggested.

"I'm afraid it won't work now. The Marquis is no longer in Huaizhou, and the Marquis promised the four guardsmen that during this period, they can go home to visit their relatives." Geng Songfu shook his head and said.

(End of this chapter)