The state party heard the matter, and Li Li was in a meeting. Liang Sen and Peng Jun, who had returned from the war, reported to him about the situation in Xiaoxian and Peixian.

Xiao County is west of Pengcheng and on the banks of Huoshui; Pei County is north of Pengcheng and on the banks of Sishui. The two places are considered the gateways of Pengcheng, so after Li Li launched a counterattack, these two places must be captured.

Now Liang Sen and Peng Jun have taken it down separately, so Li Li exercised the power of the governor of Xuzhou and appointed Liang Sen as the governor of Xiao County and the magistrate of the county magistrate of Peng Jun as the governor of Pei County.

Responsible for defense in both directions and combat matters, no matter what, we must buy more time for the development of coal and iron mine areas.

Of course, his appointment was a "ban-teacher", and he had to report to the court. Only when the emperor approved it could it be considered a formal appointment.

At this moment, Li Li analyzed the current situation by taking a map.

"We are like a lonely army that penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, surrounded on three sides. We should be concentrating our troops and guarding several strongholds, but in this way, we will show our timidity."

"So, we must take advantage of the situation where Qi Zheng's division is shocking and take offensives, that is, offensive defense, and take down Xiaoxian and Peixian. This is the west and north gateway of Pengcheng, and its location is important."

"With the other party not coming back to his senses or having many concerns, we create a fait accompli, and then seize the time to consolidate and face the counterattack."

"Xiaoxian and Peixian have been under the Northern Dynasties for more than a hundred years. Now that the government forces have recovered the two counties, people will inevitably be unstable. It is difficult to defend, but no matter how difficult it is, it must be done. This is the time to prove your ability."

"I have you as a helper, so that I can handle the piles of affairs. You also have to have helpers to handle military affairs and civil affairs."

"Before, you were always fighting and didn't have the chance to be local officials. Now, although you are just county magistrates, you can just temper and build up your team."

"Building a teammates must use it, but others must also use it. In this way, the team's capabilities will be guaranteed. If you just set up a small circle of a villager, you will not be able to become a climate."

"Learn how to deal with local snakes, learn how to appease the people, learn how to manage treacherous officials, and be the county magistrate in the future, so that you can get started as soon as possible, right?"

Li Li said, "This year, you will be the county magistrate, and next year, you will be the county magistrate!"

"So quickly?" Peng Jun blurted out, Li Li: "No, no, you are all marquis. Being a county magistrate is actually a plea."

"According to the saying that Qi State should negotiate with the court, but who knows how the Qi Lord will decide? So this autumn, Qi State may send troops to harass you, and you have to withstand it."

"Then, next fall, a bigger counterattack may come, so there will be no shortage of war."

"However, our Xuzhou military government has limited troops. With the strength of a mere state military government, facing the troops of Henan in Qi State, if we win once, we cannot change anything. If we lose once, it will be a trauma."

"As the saying goes, one punch can prevent a hundred punches from coming. We must take the initiative to attack to disrupt the opponent's arrangement."

Li Li said this and spread his right hand: "It doesn't hurt if you hit someone with five fingers."

Then clench your fist: "It will hurt if you clench your fist and hit someone."

Peng Jun scratched his head: "Then we have to be county magistrates and fight again, so we can't get together."

"Haha, I didn't say to bring you together." Li Li smiled, "Isn't that the soldiers recruited in Poyang last fall, and they have been practicing for half a year now."

"I plan to use the old to lead the new, draw veterans as the skeleton, lead the new recruits, expand the team, and then seize the time to get started. Maybe in autumn, there will be war."

Li Li looked at Liang Sen: "We must take the initiative. As autumn approaches, you will lead the team to attack westward, enter the southern Yanzhou area of ​​Qi State, and directly shock the other party."

Nanyanzhou is west of Xuzhou, bordering the two, Liang Sen nodded: "Okay, no problem!"

"As for Peng Lang, you are not idle either. Give you two thousand new recruits. You should practice more. In late summer and early autumn, you will go north along the Si River and travel to the edge of Yanzhou, Qi State, to scare them."

In the north of Xuzhou, bordering the State of Qi, Yanzhou, Li Li wanted to make trouble and prevent the other party from calming down.

"They would think that our army's attack direction was to go north along Sishui, but in the autumn, they attacked from Xiaoxian and made another tossing."

"In short, you two need to take the initiative to attack and muddle the water so that the other party can't concentrate their forces to attack Pengcheng."

"If you attract big fish after muddying water, it's okay. You defend the city and I will lead troops to rescue you. Therefore, the defenses of Xiaoxian and Peixian must be done well, and the expansion should be expanded and reconstruction should be renovated."

Li Li wanted to do a big battle, and Liang Sen and Peng Jun also had to make a difference, but Pengcheng was in the four battles, so Qi could not give Li Li time to manage it with peace of mind, so they should do everything quickly.

"We must manage the surrounding areas of Pengcheng before Qi State reacts, and then make efforts to make Xuzhou complete."

"We must also lay out the Xuzhou situation before the court reacts, so that people will not pick the fruits."

Everyone present was their own people, and Li Li spoke straight to the point: "Unlike Poyang, Xuzhou is the foundation of our career. We warriors who are slightly cold from the background can only hold a group to keep warm and then make a fuss about Xuzhou."

"But holding a group to keep warm is not to exclude outsiders. Our team cannot be just a group of people from Poyang. So, in this important place between the north and the south, we must attract more people to come in."

"In short, we are a troupe, and Xuzhou is a troupe stage. While we perform ourselves, we also give more people the opportunity to perform on the stage."

"They are famous and may find something else to do, go to another stage to perform, or think that our troupe is well treated, so they choose to stay..."

"The cold generals are excluded, so let's join us to keep warm, can't we do it?"

......

In the residence of Xinping Duke, Huang Gui was having a banquet. Xue Yuechang and Xue Yue'e took musicians behind the bamboo curtains and played musical music with various instruments in their hands.

The guests who gathered at the Xinping Duke’s mansion today were all the families of Xinping Duke Li Li’s friends, including Mrs. Peng Jun, Huang Feng’s sister, Liang Sen’s wife Yang, and Wu Xiang and Huang?’s wife.

And Zhang Ying's inner fellow.

The title "Madam" cannot be used randomly in this era. Generally, it is the official wife of a prince (destiny) who can be called a wife in formal occasions.

Nowadays, except for Zhang Ying's wife, all the women here are wives.

After all, my good men fought for the country and used their lives to exchange for titles, which made their official wife a wife.

But no one cares about this. This place is not Jiankang, but on Hanshan, the simple but not simple Xinpinggong Mansion is regarded as a visit between neighbors.

"Hanshan is a little cramped, unlike Poyang City's big place, so we will just spend a year or two. When the situation stabilizes and move to Pengcheng, the place will be spacious."

Huang Gui sighed and said to his sister: "I think this place is good. Every day when you open the window, you can see the endless fields and feel refreshed."

"Anyway, it's better than Jiankang. There are many rules there, so you have to be careful when going out." Huang's wife said. She is the sister-in-law of the Huang family sisters here, but she dare not be too arrogant.

After all, Li Li is amazing, and the Huang family is pointing at this son-in-law.

During the conversation, Yang was a little distracted and his attention was gradually attracted by the music.

She was born into a family of officials and of course she had seen many big scenes. There are many musical instruments in Xinping Gong’s Mansion, which is unheard of, so the music played has a very unique tone.

For example, Yang had never seen anyone before, or even heard of it. After coming to Hanshan, she became fascinated by listening to the bagpipe playing.

Huang Yan asked her to send a few servants to the mansion to study, and she would be able to learn it soon, and then she would enjoy this unique bagpipe music with Liang Sen at home.

Thinking of this, Yang was quite impressed. She came to Hanshan to reunite with Liang Sen, and was extremely happy, and she felt that life was passing quickly.

A few days ago, she suddenly retching continuously and after taking the pulse of the doctor, she was already pregnant.

Yang wanted to give birth to a son for Liang Sen, so he thought of burning incense in the temple. He found that there was only Xu Xian Temple in Hanshan but no Buddhist temple. Yang, who believed in Buddhism, could only set up a Buddhist temple at home and burn incense to make a wish.

"It is said that in autumn, Qi State will invade, and then Hanshan will probably be surrounded."

"If you are surrounded, you will be surrounded. Who is afraid of whom? Master Qi can't win even if he brings his troops to him. So what if others come?"

"It is said that they have lost 70,000 to 80,000 people this time. It's not enough. Are they here to die again?"

"So what if they rely on the number of people? We in Poyang have a lot of people. In autumn, we in Poyang have new helpers to watch them jump."

......

In the early morning, Duan Yuying woke up from a nightmare, sat up, and found that she was sweating all over her head. I don’t know if it was hot or scared.

It is summer now and the weather is hot. Although the wind is strong on Hanshan Mountain, you must close the window when sleeping at night, otherwise it will be easily blown by the night wind, so the room is indeed a bit stuffy at this time.

The oil lamp was lit in the room. Although the light was hazy, it could barely see around. Duan Yuying felt thirsty and wanted to drink water. However, when she heard the maid who was napping in the compartment snoring softly, she got up by herself.

There is a kettle on the food table next to it, and there is always warm cooked water (changing constantly). This is because Duan Yuying is used to drinking warm water, so she has such an arrangement.

She poured water herself, sat down, and slowly drank a bowl, and her heart calmed down, but when she recalled her dream, she felt a little uneasy.

Duan Yuying has been having nightmares for a while, dreaming that Duan Shao, the brother who became a slave labourer, was exhausted while working, then had a high fever, lying in the straw shed and moaning without anyone taking care of him.

He just had a high fever and died.

Or maybe he accidentally got into an accident while working one day and was seriously injured by a heavy object, fell and fell seriously injured, no one took care of him, and he endured for several days and died.

Anyway, I always dreamed that my brother had an accident, and then she woke up from the dream.

My elder brother is much older than her, and Aye died when she was even a child. As the saying goes, "The elder brother is like a father." In Duan Yuying's heart, his elder brother Duan Shao always gives her the feeling of an elder.

Therefore, she cannot stand by death and refuse to save her.

Thinking of this, Duan Yuying was silent.

Duan Shao was defeated and killed. Both Liang and Qi believed so. However, his brother was still alive and was one of the large number of slave laborers in Hanshanyan.

This shows that for some reason, others thought Duan Shao was dead, but Duan Shao was still alive. As a prisoner, he became a slave laborer and worked in Hanshanyan.

The only way she wants to save her brother is to devote herself to being Li Li's woman.

After being favored by him, he found an excuse to transfer several slave workers and make proper arrangements, including Duan Shao, whose identity was not revealed.

However, Li Li should not be a fool, but it is not easy to fool.

Li Li has never appeared in front of Duan Yuying for this period of time. Duan Yuying understood that the other party must know about the "killing brother's enemy", so she is wary of her revenge.

However, she didn't even have the courage to commit suicide, so she didn't have the courage to take revenge.

Not to mention, now that her brother is still alive, she is the only one who can save her brother, but Li Li cannot know that Duan Shao is still alive.

Once you know, how can you spare your brother?

If you lie to her, you will go back on your word after you have slept with her first, and then you will go back on your word. What will she do then?

Duan Yuying fell into deep thought. She was very smart, so she understood her situation and how difficult it was to save her brother.

Xue Yuechang had previously sent a message saying that Li Li would not make things difficult for her. She could live in the mansion forever and did not need to change anything. If she was willing to teach, she could also teach playing and singing. If she was willing to become a monk, she would not stop her.
To be continued...