Long Xiang looked surprised. Now there were only a hundred people under his command, and one official in Tang Hui was enough.

It's okay to add more soldiers, but it's slightly inappropriate to directly place an officer.

The ancient military model was that soldiers recognized generals, and no one would obey an airborne leader unless he had super ability and charisma.

Is there such a strong person under Yuan Shu? Long Xiang thought about it and thought it was impossible.

In the end, it was determined that he was a related person through the back door. Long Xiangxin said that he was good at catching fish, and he probably had a good reputation now, so he might have attracted some similar people.

Long Xiang's mind was spinning very fast, and after he figured it out, he smiled at each other.

"I wonder who it is?"

"Yun Qi actually knows Cao Xing, Hao Meng's deputy general."

"Ah?" Long Xiang opened his mouth in surprise, then swallowed his saliva and asked: "The general remembers that his position is Army Sima. Is it too unfair to be an officer? Isn't it too unfair for him to not serve as Colonel Hao's deputy general?"

Qiao Rui shook his head and smiled bitterly, "After the previous disastrous defeat, our army lost more than 80,000 people. Now all the battalions are dissatisfied with the number, and they have no choice but to demote Cao Xing. As for Hao Meng, who I led my troops to surrender, your Majesty has given him

Chengyang Pavilion, I should stay in Shouchun and enjoy the blessings from now on."

After Long Xiang heard this, he immediately understood that Hao Meng and Zhang Jiong were from the same hometown. They were close to Yuan Shu in the past, and later he rescued Qiao Rui and surrendered. Yuan Shu probably wanted to use him to set an example, so he gave him the title of Marquis of Pavilion, but the deputy general Cao

Not so lucky with sex.

"General, I will remember that Captain Hao brought some songs. They..."

Seeing that Long Xiang was about to speak but hesitated, Qiao Rui stretched out his hand and pointed, as if to say, why do you always think about good things?

"There are only a few dozen people left in the tribe that Hao Meng brought to Shouchun. He kept some for himself as guards and allocated thirty people to Cao Xing. You can just accept them."

"The general will obey his orders."

Seeing how cheerful Long Xiang was, Qiao Rui nodded in affirmation: "When he completes the handover later, I will ask Li Tun to bring him to report, so don't wait any longer."

"Wei." Long Xiang clenched his fists sonorously.

"I still have some things to deal with, so I won't stay here long..."

Qiao Rui patted Long Xiang on the shoulder, stopped after taking a few steps, turned around and added: "I haven't thanked you properly yet. Come and sit at home when I'm free."

"It's all thanks to Luo Yicheng..." Long Xiang was very humble.

"You are all the same. Li Tun will come to invite me on a certain date. I'm leaving..."

The bridge was not open to criticism, so he waved his hand and walked down the city wall with Li Tun.

Tang Wei sent the two of them to the stairs, turned around and strode towards Long Xiang.

"Yunqi, how can you agree so casually? Now every battalion and department is short of manpower. General Qiao actually has many choices. Don't forget our important event..."

Tang Wei was both complaining and worried. He was afraid that an outsider, Cao Xing, would suddenly blend in and Hefei's secrets would not be kept.

How could Long Xiang not be clear about it, but Qiao Rui was obviously taking care of him, and refusing to do so would make the other party unable to step down.

He comforted softly: "Don't worry, Uncle Wei. The families of the brothers in the south have all been sent away during this period. As long as you are more careful in the future, there will be no problems. Please take care of yourself."

Tang Hui showed a bitter face: "It doesn't matter if I take the trouble, but Cao Xing is originally a military commander. It's hard to say whether he will obey him or not. Do you have the confidence to suppress him?"

"Haha, Uncle Wei is overly worried. He only has thirty soldiers. We have more than a hundred brothers. What should I be afraid of?" Long Xiang didn't care.

Seeing Long Xiang's confidence, Tang Wei nodded again and reminded: "Lü Bu's people have bad habits. They can betray the Lord now, but there is no guarantee that they will not rebel again in the future. In short, Yunqi must be more careful. I will arrange more night guards."

"

"Prudence is a good thing, but being overly cautious is not good. Let's observe and observe first. I think that Cao Xing is not a reckless person."

"Um."

Long Xiang waited until before his shift change in the afternoon before Li Tun brought Cao Xing to report.

The two reunited in Shouchun, with complex emotions written all over their faces.

Tang Wei originally planned to give him a show of strength, but found that Cao Xing, who had just arrived in Huainan, was very submissive, so he temporarily chose to tolerate it.

Qiao Rui had just returned home from work at night and was sitting down, when Mrs. Chen personally brought the wine and walked up to her.

She asked gently: "I heard that the general went to the South Gate at noon. Are you looking for Long Xiang to go to Luo Yicheng? You'er is still waiting for the news..."

"I didn't say..." Qiao Rui closed her eyes and shook her head slightly.

Mrs. Chen put the drinking utensils on the table and suddenly spoke in a high-pitched voice: "Time waits for no one, I'll go earlier..."

"I'm going to do business today, I'll talk about personal matters later..."

Qiao Rui moved his hands, showing some irritability.

Seeing that Qiao Rui's words were unhappy and his face was gloomy, Mrs. Chen guessed that he was in a bad mood, so she leaned over and squatted beside him, pinching his shoulders and beating his back, without saying a word.

Chen's retreat made Qiao Rui feel ashamed. He then opened his eyes, sat upright, and sighed.

"It's not that I have any objections to Madam, but His Majesty summoned the ministers in the afternoon and announced two pieces of bad news, so I feel a little irritable."

"Bad news?"

Mrs. Chen raised her head to reveal the snake's neck, looking like she was thirsty for knowledge.

Qiao Rui nodded and replied: "While we were fighting Lu Bu, Chen Yu led his troops to capture Guangling. If Yan Baihu and other clan traitors cannot stop Sun Ce, Yuan Yin will not be able to defend Danyang. At that time, your Majesty's territory will only be

With the remaining two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang, how can we talk about taking control of the Central Plains..."

Although Mrs. Chen had some knowledge, she was just a woman who cared for her husband and raised her children. At this time, she casually said something like, "Why not eat minced meat?"

"Our troops in Huainan are well-prepared. We can't defeat Sun Ce. Lu Bu, why can't we deal with Chen Yu?"

"As the saying goes, go ahead with food and supplies before the troops and horses are used. Even if Huainan has more troops and sufficient food, it will not be able to withstand the continuous consumption in the past two years. In addition, the previous defeat to Lu Bu in Louting resulted in the loss of countless supplies and food. The ministers are worried about sending troops to Guangling at this time.

Lu Bu will definitely come to attack Shouchun, so although your Majesty is angry, he will not talk about using troops easily..."

"What should we do?"

"what to do?"

Qiao Rui sighed: "It's just recruiting troops from all over the place and raising food from all directions..."

"That means you won't be able to fight for a short time?"

After hearing Qiao Rui's sigh, Mrs. Chen felt happy inside.

Qiao Rui nodded and continued: "Last year, we were worried about too much rain. This year, there will be no dew drops at the beginning of the spring. It is also a year of drought and disaster. Yan Xiang announced in the hall today that there are locusts raging all over Huainan, and we should not be able to raise money in the short term.

Food for Qi Zhan..."

"That's...a pity..."

Mrs. Chen almost clapped her hands, but quickly changed her tune. Qiao Wan should have inherited this cleverness.

Qiao Rui sighed again: "Hey, it's another disaster-ridden year. The government needs to economize on expenses and be prepared to live a hard life..."

"Bitter..." Ms. Chen was startled at first, and then immediately added, "How about starting from the day after tomorrow?"

"Um?"

Qiao Rui turned his head, looking puzzled.

Mrs. Chen smiled and said: "The general has returned safely. I highly praise Long Yun for his great contribution. I have prepared a meal and wine. I plan to thank him. The ingredients have been purchased and returned to my house. I will practice economy after the banquet tomorrow. How about that?"

"Madam, are you planning to hold a banquet tomorrow? Then I will ask Li Tun to invite it early tomorrow. Since you want to reward your benefactor, you must be sincere. Remember to tell Wei'er not to be rude..."

On the surface Qiao Rui was talking about her daughter, but in fact she was reminding Mrs. Chen not to put on airs.
Chapter completed!