Under the personal seal of His Majesty the Emperor, the Imperial Administration was extremely efficient. The next day, a notice was sent to all levels of administration in all parts of the empire regarding conferring the title of Marquis of Baisheng to Wu Feng and appointing him as the city guard of Qingyang Prefecture in the northwest county of the empire. The agency sent it via express. And the news that Wu Feng led the Imperial Army to defeat Luo Bei's army quickly spread throughout the Eastern and Central Continent as if it had wings. All forces spied on it, and it even caused the powerful countries in the Western Continent to spies. And the attention of several other nomadic groups on the Tengger Prairie—
Exiting the east gate of the Imperial Palace is Victory Square, which is as famous as Triumph Square in the Imperial Capital. The avenue ahead is Victory Avenue, which is famous as Triumph Avenue. At the end of Victory Avenue, there is a majestic building complex with red walls and green tiles, a majestic gate, strict security, and eye-catching royal symbols. This is the residence of Situ Tai, the eldest prince of Emperor Situ Mingyue of the Tanghe Empire—
In a spacious living room in the backyard, Situ Tai was lying comfortably on a leisure chair, and two beautiful maids were gently beating Situ Tai's legs. "Your Highness, Mr. Leng and Mr. Frey are here." "Oh, please come in." Situ Tai sat up and waved the two maids to leave. Two guests came in, "See Your Highness." They both saluted at the same time, "No, no, how can we salute just the three of us?" Situ Tai greeted the two of them affectionately -
The two sat down at Situ Tai's greeting. On the left was an old man over fifty years old. His body was skinny and his back was slightly hunched, but his spirit was very strong. A pair of half-closed eyes showed a glimmer of light from time to time. The other person was in sharp contrast to him. He was tall, broad-faced, energetic, and looked calm and powerful. The old man is Leng Xuan, the first counselor of the eldest prince Situ Tai, and the middle-aged man is Count Frey, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards Corps, and also a confidant of Situ Tai—
"Both of you are aware of the situation of the Empire's Western Expedition, and I don't want to say any more. You must also be aware of the news published in major newspapers yesterday. Yesterday at the court meeting, my father had appointed the guy named Li Wufeng as Qingyang's commander-in-chief. As the city guard of the mansion, my father was very excited at that time. No one dared to raise different opinions. If he did, he would have to ask for trouble. Yuanning, a fool, was of no use at all. The situation has changed rapidly in the past few days. I am very Worried, I came today to hear your opinions on the current situation and what countermeasures we should take." Situ Tai seemed to be in a bad mood -
After pondering for a while, Leng Xuan spoke up: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry too much. The six mansions in the Northwest County, except Taixuan Mansion, are not within the control of our people. There is no need to blame Yuanning too much. He is just a civil servant. Where have I seen that kind of formation? This time the emperor appointed Li Wufeng as the guard of Qingyang City, which is a good thing for us. Yesterday I arranged for people to go to investigate, and today I have some information back. I was also thinking of reporting it to Your Highness reports.”—
"Oh? Let's talk about it, Mr. Leng." Situ Tai immediately became energetic -
"This Li Wufeng comes from a declining noble family in the imperial capital. Both his parents have long since died, and now he has no relatives in the imperial capital. This man does have some military talents. He was promoted from a squad captain to a captain within two years of joining the army. It is said that his rapid promotion had a lot to do with the appreciation of Hawker, the commander of the third division at the time. His talent came into play in 689 when he quelled the rebellion in the three northern counties. He was completely wiped out with a large force of less than a thousand troops. There were more than 3,000 enemy troops, and no one on his own side was killed. This caused a sensation in the army at that time, so he was promoted to the captain of the fourth regiment of the third division of the Imperial City Guard Corps, and was awarded the Imperial Three-Star Medal of Honor. Here During the First Western Expedition, he was arranged to escort the logistics supplies and grain and grass needed by the army, so he went to the back. When the grain and grass troops he led arrived in Qingyang, the Imperial Western Expedition army had been defeated and his troops were trapped in Qingyang. In Yangfu City, who would have known that this guy got together with the people in the city, fought to the death, and sent a small group of troops to burn the Luobei people's food and grass supplies, so the Luobei people were forced to retreat." Leng Xuan frowned and said After introducing the information obtained—
"I don't see that this loser Hawker has the ability to recognize people. So this Li Wufeng is really a general. He actually blocked the attack of several times the Luobi army." Frei was very impressed by Wufeng's military ability. admire-
"It's too early to tell for sure. The Luobei people's attacking army this time was mainly cavalry, which suffered some losses in the siege. In addition, intelligence revealed that the Luobei people's chief general Tu Da had also returned to his country at that time. Otherwise, who would It's hard to say who will win." Leng Xuan's analysis is quite accurate -
"No matter who he is, the thing before me is that this Li Wufeng serves as the city guard of Qingyang Mansion, and he also has considerable support from the locals. That position is very important, and I have to try my best to make him useful to me. Otherwise, we have to find a way to get rid of it early." A cold look appeared on Situ Tai's face -
"Everyone has weaknesses, it just depends on where they are." A sneer appeared on Leng Xuan's face -
"Oh, so Mr. Leng is already sure?" Situ Tai perked up—
"It's too early to say so now, but according to intelligence, when this Li Wufeng was studying at the Imperial Military Academy, he had a close relationship with two beautiful female college students from the Imperial University, and he had a close relationship with one of the three famous flowers in the upper class of the Empire. The relationship with one of them is also very close. It seems that this Li Wufeng is still a romantic seed." Leng Xuan, who usually has a straight face, also showed a smile on his face -
"Which flower is closely related to it?" Situ Tai was a little anxious. He was not jealous of Wu Feng, but worried that Wu Feng had contact with his thirteenth sister Situ Yushuang, because Situ Yushuang had a relationship with his ninth brother Situ Lang Nai was born from the same mother, so the relationship is naturally much closer, and his ninth brother is one of the good contenders for his throne. If that is the case, it will be very detrimental to him -
As if he had read through Situ Tai's thoughts, he calmly comforted Situ Tai: "Your Highness, don't worry, he has a close relationship with Miss Angel of the Huey family." -
"It's Angel," Situ Tai breathed a sigh of relief, "So this guy is a lecher, so it's easy to handle. I'm afraid he doesn't have hobbies. Women, how many, how many, what kind do you want, what kind of women do you want? of."-
"Whether he is a womanizer or not, that's not certain. There is no normal man who doesn't like women, but it is certain that he prefers women. We can do what he likes in this aspect. I hope he is a person who understands current affairs. "The cold, half-closed eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent—
"Then we have to do our work early. It is estimated that His Highness the Third, His Highness Seventh and His Highness Ninth will soon grasp the situation, especially His Highness the Ninth, and the Thirteenth Princess is very tempting." Frey, who has been silent all this time, interjected—
"That's not necessarily true. Thirteenth sister is just famous. When it comes to beauties, in the capital of such a large empire, she can be said to be a crucian carp across the river. It depends on what kind of beauty he likes." Situ Tai was not worried about this—
"Although this Li Wufeng needs to attract our attention now, there is no need to expend too much energy. After all, he is still just a city guard in a small border town. However, the Lin family and the Lang family need to attract our attention. Both of these two families claim to form their own The second legion has ulterior motives." Leng Xuan sighed, "In addition, the second legion of the northern military region under our control suffered heavy losses this time, and it will take some effort to reorganize it." -
In a group of elegant and unique buildings on Huachang Avenue a few miles away, a cold-faced young man with a short beard and a white face sat in the center of the hall, surrounded by two people on each side. "Your Highness, are you in such a hurry?" Are you summoning us because of yesterday's court meeting?" A beautiful young woman in her thirties asked with a sweet smile. This young woman's background is not simple. She is the biological sister of Duke Ball, the head of the Willis family, one of the five major families in the empire today. Audrey, known as the "Nine-tailed Scorpion" in the upper class of the empire, is not only scheming, but also ruthless. She also has a strong say in the think tank of the third prince Situ Jun -
"Exactly, I invite you all to come here today to discuss the current situation. You can also talk about the next steps we will take." Situ Jun didn't say much, and his voice seemed a bit cold, but everyone here knew that My master was born like this—
"Let Mr. Qiu speak first." Audrey's watery eyes glanced at the first old man in gray on the left. The old man was dressed very simply, but very neatly. He fell into deep thought as soon as he came in -
Situ Jun's eyes immediately looked at the old man in gray, "I haven't thought about it yet, so Mrs. Audrey should speak first." The old man in gray was very calm, as if he didn't know that everyone's eyes were on him -
Audrey no longer refused, "Everyone is now aware of the situation in the empire. The empire's Western Expedition was a disastrous defeat. Almost all of the more than 200,000 troops were wiped out. Among them, His Highness's Second Army suffered considerable losses, and the Third Army of the Western Military Region also suffered losses. It is almost negligible. This actually does no harm to us. On the contrary, our strength has not been damaged at all. Compared with the two, we have an advantage. But now the northwest region is completely blank, and His Highness’s power is only After taking control of Taixuan Mansion, it was Li Wufeng who served as the city guard of Qingyang Mansion, which was a big surprise. This position is a battleground for military strategists and is very important. According to the current situation, this person seems to be related to various parties in the court. The faction has nothing to do with important people and seems very innocent. We must seize the time to control this person and not let His Highness, His Highness Seventh and His Highness Ninth take the lead. As for the Lin family in the south, they are expanding their military strength, and their goal is definitely It's the Kansai region, which is not surprising. But Lang Yongquan's attitude is a bit confusing. He announced the expansion of the army, which is understandable, but the Lin family has made it clear that they want to move westward, which means that they have relieved their worries. This position is worthy of consideration." After finishing speaking, Audrey also looked a little confused -
"There is nothing suspicious. Lang Yongquan is also a person who is unwilling to give in. In the past few years, he has made great efforts to rectify the economy and made great achievements. But fortunately, he and we are just using each other. If we want to achieve big things, we still have to I have the strength. The top priority now is to seize the opportunity and win over this Li Wufeng while His Highness has not fully extended his hand into the northwest county. I learned about it and found that this man seems to have quite a military talent and is also very popular in his army. We are very supported by the soldiers. Our power in the north is too weak. If we can make this person one of ours, then we will be equivalent to driving a nail into the north controlled by His Highness. And I judge that this person There is still a lot of potential for development in the northwest county. Your Majesty admires him very much. There has been no suitable candidate for the governor of the northwest county. Maybe there is hope for this guy. Of course, the premise is that he can stop the Luobi and Mote people. The iron heel of Li Wufeng. The other highnesses must also be aware of these situations, so we have to seize the time. The immediate task is to collect all the personal information of Li Wufeng, his personality, hobbies, hobbies, tastes, what he dislikes, and what he does in his hometown. There are also relatives and friends, everything, even the color of underwear he likes, must be collected for me without leakage. This is necessary for us to analyze him, win him over, and control him. As for the Lin and Lang families, strengthen surveillance and wait and see what happens." The old man in gray clothes, who had not spoken much, told Audrey the plan he had already considered in one breath. He knew that his master hated to go around. ***—
"Very good. What Mr. Qiu said is exactly what I want. Mao Renlong and Xu Fei will handle it immediately without making any mistakes." Situ Jun's words were concise and to the point, without being sloppy at all.