When Ren Xiaonian, who had a glimmer of hope, had a rare blood on his face when he went out.

What Hou Fangyu said gave him a way out.

Go out to sea to expand territory for the Tang Dynasty, fight against the savages and barbarians, and sweep the glory of the Tang Dynasty to these places.

The richer the Tang Dynasty, the fewer people are willing to go outside. Since they can make money comfortably and live a safe life in the local area, who is willing to go to some dangerous and unknown places?

In the eyes of many people, those who run to those places are speculators and ambitious people who are blinded by greed and want to reach the top in one step.

Li Hao's decision to form a large army to expedition to Malacca was Li Ze.

By controlling the Strait of Malacca, you can complete the closure of the Tang Dynasty from the ocean direction, thus forming the Tang Dynasty that Li Ze dreamed of forever under a safe environment.

The navy is ready-made.

But if you go to those places, you will naturally not be able to rely on the navy alone. You cannot control the land and form reliable logistics supply and support on the land. This is naturally very dangerous for an expeditionary force.

The fleet cannot float on the sea forever.

But in the Tang Dynasty, there are only 300,000 troops left in the mainland army, and each has its own tasks. Moreover, the senior officials of the Tang Dynasty court did not have a unified opinion on such a labor force. Therefore, the court could not provide more troops and more funds to reorganize a land expeditionary army for Li Hao.

Recruiting volunteers was the idea that Li Ze gave to Li Hao.

The court will provide armed forces to the Volunteers, but will not pay military salaries, and once they are killed in battle, there will be no corresponding pension.

That is to say, you are at your own risk.

But accordingly, overseas, your seizure will belong to you personally.

The Volunteers have the final say on how to distribute all the gains.

The meaning of this guiding opinion is very vague, which gives many people a lot of room to play. Everyone has seen from the guidance provided by Li Ze that His Majesty the Emperor's strong malice towards these places.

Li Hao's recruitment work went very smoothly. In just a short time, he had recruited 5,000 strong volunteer soldiers. Most of these people had experienced military service in the past. Of course, a small number were some outlaws, hoping to get rid of their previous identities and allow themselves to appear openly on the land of the Tang Dynasty one day.

Li Hao really needs an experienced general to command this volunteer army.

The problem is that no one whom Li Hao looks down on and has the ability to get into this muddy water. To a certain extent, many generals will consider their reputation. Moreover, seeing that the last few battles of His Majesty's unification of the world are imminent, who would miss such an opportunity to go to a distant adventure that no one knows?

The Volunteers are already receiving the most basic water training, but such a general in Li Hao hopes has not appeared.

Hou Fangyu felt that Ren Xiaonian was a suitable candidate.

When Ren Xiaonian stepped out of the Hou family's door, he straightened his back for the first time in two years.

If the Hou family, Jose, and Li Hao spoke for him at the same time, there would be great hope of success. The three of them basically represent three powerful political forces.

As soon as he stepped out of the gate, a carriage stopped outside the gate. When the door opened, a woman hugged a child and jumped out of the carriage quickly.

"General Ren!" The woman who had just stood firm and was holding the child shouted in surprise, and also bowed slightly to him.

Ren Xiaonian, whose mind was pulled back from his imagination by General Ren's cry, subconsciously responded. When Ding Qing looked at it, it was Liu Yuan's widow Ge Cai, and the child Ge Cai was holding was naturally Liu Yuan's posthumous son.

In an instant, Ren Xiaonian's face turned red. Before Ge Cai could speak, he was already covered in his robe sleeves and ran wildly.

"General Ren!" Ge Cai shouted again in shock, but Ren Xiaonian ran faster than a rabbit. In a blink of an eye, he had turned around the corner of the street without a trace.

Ge Cai stood for a while, and then, with the reminder of the guard, turned around and entered the gate of the Hou family.

"Girl, you're so clear!" Hou Fangyu held the little doll, looked at Ge Cai sitting in front of him, shook his head and sighed: "It's almost two people, you must pay attention to your body in the end."

Ge Cai smiled and said, "Yan Jiu showed me and said that I am in good health now. This baby has no father, how could I let him lose his mother? Before this devil Liu Yuan was dead, he was still thinking about calling me a fat woman. I don't know if he still recognizes me when he comes back during the holidays?"

Hou Fangyu couldn't help laughing, but after laughing, he felt sad.

"This doll looks a little more like you." Looking at the child in hand, Hou Fangyu looked at Ge Cai and said, "What are your arrangements next?"

"Some ideas." Ge Cai said: "For more than a year, while studying in the academy, I have also studied some tactics of mountain warfare. Two days ago, my elder sister revealed a message to me that I was going to be promoted to General of the Central Army. I was originally going to arrange for me to join the First Corps, but I was going to write a letter to request that I still go back to the Second Corps, Jiangxi, if there is a war to fight, I want to go back."

In Jiangxi, it was naturally matched with Qian Shouyi and his group.

Ge Cai still had obsession in his heart.

"Okay, you can understand some things yourself and you will feel more comfortable in your heart. However, the First Corps is stationed around Chang'an. If you are in the First Corps, you may take care of your children. If you go to the Second Corps, you will be far away. You can't take your children with you."

"I told my elder sister that when I left, I put the child in her place to raise. My elder sister's elder father-in-law was a Jinshi, and he also had a good reputation in his family." Ge Cai smiled and said, "If you are older in the future, you can go to school. Isn't the Cao family's situation more promising than I personally educated you."

Hou Fangyu nodded slightly. Many generals from the secret camp were led by Li Mi.

"Just just left, did you see Ren Dagou?" Hou Fangyu suddenly remembered the time when Ge Cai came in, and he must have met Ren Xiaonian in person.

"See." Ge Cai said: "Just go the past, when I see me, I take a detour."

"Do you hate him?" Hou Fangyu asked.

"Not a word!" Ge Cai shook his head and said, "I and Liu Yuan have served under his command for many years. General Ren is a very capable general. Of course, there are also shortcomings. However, advantages and disadvantages are originally part of a general's characteristics. Liu Yuan died in battle, and his relationship with General Ren is not very good. I have studied those military reports. If Liu Yuan wanted to leave, he had already escaped from the enemy at that time and could go far away and escape from danger. It was his choice for him to stay. Therefore, his relationship with General Ren is no longer very good."

"Liu Yuan's choice at that time was to cover Ren Xiaonian's main force!" Hou Fangyu sighed: "Liu Yuan threw himself into death."

"If it were me, I would have chosen this way at that time." Ge Cai said: "I believe that if Liu Yuan and General Ren were in a different place, General Ren would have made the same choice. General Ren's selfishness might have been a little heavier, but there was no problem in the big festival. As a soldier, we had prepared for the horse and corpse."

"Ren Xiaonian is living a miserable life now!"

"I heard from my elder sister." Ge Cai nodded and said, "But I have no choice about his current situation."

Hou Fangyu hesitated for a moment and said, "If there is a way to solve his current predicament, would you be willing to help?"

Ge Cai nodded happily: "What's wrong with this? But what can I do?"

"Don't forget, you are now Mr. Hou. There are only a few Mr. Hou in the Tang Dynasty today! If you write a letter to Your Majesty, I think Your Majesty will attach great importance to it."

"You mean?"

"Li Haoer lacks an experienced general." Hou Fangyu said: "Instead of letting Ren Dagou live without realization, it is better to let him take a try. If Your Majesty is willing to forgive him, then the court will have an additional general who will expand territory. If Your Majesty's remnant anger has not yet disappeared, then Ren Xiaonian should deal with it happily. After all, he has been left for almost two years. The losses two years ago have now been forgotten by people in victory after victory."

"I understand, and I will write a letter when I turn around. Are you and Li Hao ready to write a letter?" Ge Cai asked.

"I'm still going to contact Jose!" Hou Fangyu said. "They are all brothers who crawled out of the fire in the blood. They just kill people just to put the ground! Now that I'm really unable to bear it."

After sitting for a while, Ge Cai said goodbye and left.

Hou Zhen then walked into Hou Fangyu's room.

"In the next few days, Yang Shi will enter Chang'an with Gongsun Changming." Hou Zhen said.

"So, the two sides have basically reached an agreement?" Hou Fangyu said with a smile.

"It's almost done!" Hou Zhen said: "Your Majesty asked me to participate in the final details. On the surface, Qianzhou has returned, but the future will be more difficult to deal with!"

"That's not about us soldiers!" Hou Fangyu smiled and said, "Father, you are just an excuse to take care of me this time, right? Isn't you here to see me more often these days?"

Hou Zhen laughed and spat at his son: "I am in my thirties, and I am not ashamed. But after all, I will go back to Chang'an this time by taking advantage of your affairs, and I am indeed hiding from the matter."

"Since it's a matter, can you hide it?"

Hou Zhen sighed, "If you can hide, you will be the one. Chen Wenliang made drastic reforms in Hebei, which touched the interests of too many people. The threshold of my boss, the boss, would be trampled on me, and they all wanted me to stand up, but they didn't think about it. Isn't it because this is what Your Majesty meant? If I don't run away, what else can I do? If I run to Chang'an, there will be only a limited number of people who can step into my threshold. Unlike in Wuyi, where those old troops come down, how can I see you?"

"It's easy to kill enemies, but it's even harder to deal with your own people!" Hou Fangyu sighed.
Chapter completed!