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According to what Liu Sheng and his men said, they came from Dawei overseas, and Liu Sheng was the supreme emperor of Dawei.

Wang Huaxi originally scoffed at this statement, thinking it was a lie made up by the other party and wanted to deceive him.

But now I have some faith.

It’s just that he couldn’t figure it out. If Dawei was really tens of thousands of miles away and separated from Dachu by a vast ocean, then why did Liu Sheng come to Dachu? Is it just to seize a piece of territory in Da Chu, or even to overthrow Da Chu's country?

When Wang Huaxi was thinking about these things, Liu Sheng said again: "Governor Wang thinks that after the Chu court learns that I have occupied the Denglai Mansion, how many troops will be sent here? And who may lead the army?"

Wang Huaxi snorted again and said: "I am a minister of Chu. Don't say I don't know about this. Even if I know, I will never tell you!"

Liu Sheng smiled and didn't care about Wang Huaxi's reaction.

He talked about another, unrelated matter.

"Starting today, I will recruit troops in Denglai and Denglai Prefectures to form a garrison."

"The main responsibility of the garrison is to garrison the city, be responsible for defending the city, and suppressing local miscreants."

"As long as we can recruit 100,000 garrison troops, the 50,000 elite soldiers I brought can be mobilized. Governor Wang thinks, which army in Chu will be able to resist my 50,000 elite soldiers?"

When Wang Huaxi heard this, he couldn't help showing a solemn look, and then said in a cold voice: "To my people in Dachu, you are all pirates. There may be a few people who are ignorant of loyalty and are greedy for money and join you. But if you want to recruit 100,000 troops in Denglai and Denglai, it’s just a fool’s errand!”

"Really?" Liu Sheng smiled, "Do you dare to make a bet with me, Governor Wang?"

"What bet?"

Liu Sheng said: "If I can recruit 100,000 garrison troops, Governor Wang will surrender Dawei and be loyal to me. If not, I will let Governor Wang go back. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Wang Huaxi was quite moved.

Although he had sought death after losing Dengzhou City, his desire to die had faded away after he failed to succeed.

Even if he returns to Da Chu, he will be punished by the court, but according to Da Chu's practice, he will at most be demoted to a commoner and exiled to guard the border. If you exercise a little, you can still avoid the death penalty.

So Wang Huaxi hummed: "If you spend two or three years recruiting 100,000 soldiers, you can definitely do it."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "How about adding a time limit - three months?"

March?

Wang Huaxi suddenly lost confidence and said: "Three months is too long. I'm afraid that the imperial army will come over and attack you. If you really want to bet, then limit the time to one month."

"Hahaha," Liu Sheng laughed, "One month is another month - after one month, Governor Wang will be my man."

What do you mean I am your person?
Wang Huaxi blushed slightly and cursed in his heart, feeling that this man was so shameless.

At the same time, he felt that Liu Sheng not only had the power of an emperor, but also the charm of a trustworthy person.

It's a pity that this person is the great enemy of Great Chu, not the king of Great Chu.

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Although Liu Sheng wanted to know whether there was a gate of time and space in Tianmu Mountain in Henan, he was not in a hurry.

Therefore, after capturing Denglai Prefecture, he took good care of these two prefectures.

There were many civil servants among the entourage, and Liu Sheng actually had no shortage of officials at the three levels of governor, prefect, and county magistrate.

The reason why Wang Huaxi was subdued was purely because Xunfengwei found out that this man had a good official reputation and good abilities, which made Liu Sheng want to collect "famous ministers and generals".

According to the intelligence collected by Xunfengwei, there are hundreds of thousands of people in both Denglai and Denglai prefectures, totaling 17.8 million people.

Liu Sheng believed that with the 50,000 personal guards he brought, it would not be a problem to recruit 100,000 garrison troops within a month.

It should be noted that the 50,000 personal guards he brought not only had high combat quality, but also high cultural quality.

Among them are some veterans and masters of propaganda.

Coupled with the various good policies he has implemented in Denglai and Denglai provinces that are beneficial to the majority of civilians, as well as the military pay that is in line with the border army, the people of the two provinces will definitely join the army enthusiastically...
A month passed in the blink of an eye. Liu Sheng originally thought that if the Chu court reacted quickly, the Chu army might counterattack Denglai Prefecture within a month.

Unexpectedly, there was no movement at all from Da Chu's side.

According to the information detected by Xunfengwei, all states in Shandong are strengthening their military preparedness. The governor of Shandong even dispatched 20,000 to 30,000 garrison troops and patrol battalions to strengthen the strength of several important cities in Qingzhou.

As for the news from Xiangjing.

Although Xunfengwei has been deployed for several years, it can currently only obtain information from the middle and lower levels of Xiangjing, and cannot obtain information that only high-level officials can know.

Therefore, Liu Sheng is a little confused now, not knowing what the Chu court will do next.

Two mansions were occupied by him, but he had no intention of sending out an army. It was really puzzling.

But this is a good thing for him. It means that he has more time to lay a solid foundation for the two provinces of Denglai.

This day.

Huben Guard Brigade Commander Zhou Xing came to report to Liu Sheng.

"Your Majesty, all the 100,000 garrison troops have completed preliminary training and can enter the second stage of military training."

"Okay." Liu Sheng smiled and nodded, "As long as the second phase of training is completed, these garrison troops will be ready for use. By then, the Guards will be freed to attack Qingzhou."

"Zhou Xing, your Hu Ben Guards have always been responsible for this garrison training. How long do you think the second phase of training will take to complete?"

Zhou Xingdao: "As little as one month, as much as two or three months."

The security forces here use all the armaments Liu Sheng seized from Denglai Prefecture, a considerable part of which are matchlock guns, and there are also some cold weapons such as knives, bows and arrows, and spears.

In addition, the requirements of the garrison army are relatively low, so a group of young men can be trained into an army within a few months.

After Zhou Xing left, Liu Shengxiao looked at Wang Huaxi and said, "Now that one hundred thousand guardsmen are about to be trained into an army, doesn't Governor Wang still want to believe it? Or maybe he has made up his mind to break the previous bet. ?”

Wang Huaxi's face turned red, he took a breath casually, came to the center of the hall, bowed to Liu Sheng very solemnly, and said loudly: "Wang pays homage to His Majesty!"

"Hahaha, okay, Mr. Wang is indeed a man who keeps his promises!" Liu Sheng laughed happily.

Wang Huaxi raised his head and said with a bit of pleading: "Wang is willing to admit defeat, and there is no problem in surrendering to your majesty. It's just that Wang's family is still under the rule of Da Chu. I beg your majesty not to make this matter public and help Wang conceal his identity." ”

Liu Sheng thought to himself, I am familiar with this matter.

He smiled and said: "This is easy. Mr. Wang only needs to enter my secretariat under a pseudonym and work as a staff member."

Wang Huaxi bowed again: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Now that Wang Huaxi has surrendered, Liu Sheng can discuss more issues with him.

So he asked: "It has been a month now, but there has been no movement from the Chu court. Only the governor of Shandong has strengthened the garrison in Qingzhou. Mr. Wang, does he know why?"

Wang Huaxi thought for a while, then showed a hint of helplessness and said: "Da Chu was in financial difficulties in the early years, and even lacked military pay and salaries from time to time."

"In the past few years, Emperor Jiahua built the Immortal Palace and Tongtian Tower in Xian Mountain to reward monks from all over the world, which made Da Chu's finances even more tight."

"As I expected, the Chu court is not unaware of the seriousness of losing Denglai and Denglai, but it does not have enough money and food to attack us..."

Liu Sheng was a little stunned when he heard this.

He knew that Dachu was in financial difficulty, but he did not expect that it would be so difficult that he would have no money or food to send troops to fight the enemy.

He vaguely felt that there must be some other reason, but he couldn't hold on to the spiritual light for a while, so he could only let it go.

Then Liu Sheng asked again: "If our army captures Qingzhou again, how do you think the Great Chu court will react?" (End of this chapter)