The thoughts of civil officials in the Song Dynasty, even the powerful people in Qingtang could not guess.

After Li Kui entered Qingtang City, he often left Qingtang City and said he was going to hunt, but who knows whether it was true or false?

All kinds of flattery thoughts were used, but the Qingtang nobles still could not guess Li Kui's thoughts. After giving nine quotas to the chieftains, they waited a long time.

If the truth changes in the end, the powerful will cry without even crying.

Everyone knows that the Kingdom of Yesila is over. If they were to divide the Kingdom of Yesila, would they still have their foothold in Qingtang in the future?

Basong Xirao saw the opportunity and encouraged these powerful people who were in their hearts to strengthen their status with their contributions.

Even if these powerful people later obtained the title of chieftain, they could be hereditary. But the problem is that their heirs still have to be granted by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, which is also a tight curse that holds the heads of the powerful people of Qingtang. They have to always show loyalty to the Song Dynasty. Of course, who is loyal to the Song Dynasty? The Emperor of the Song Dynasty is generous in his work, not only will he not greedy for their wealth, but also will use normal trade to bring the iron, tea and other materials that the land of Hehuang most needs. This is something that even the Qingtang king could not do before.

Especially for making meritorious service, they have already offered a letter of vote for the slave leaders recognized by Li Kui.

But the powerful people in Qingtang City were able to divide the land of Qingtang Kingdom by just betraying the former Qingtang King Aligu. The power and wealth came too easily, which was obviously not equal. They needed a great contribution to consolidate their status and gain the trust of the Song Dynasty. Thus, they successfully obtained the chieftain's position and achieved the family's unwavering foundation.

There was almost no need to encourage him. When Basong Xirao said that Li Kui did not want there to be a Tubo tribe beside Qingtang, the five powerful Qingtang who were recognized by Li Kui immediately showed that they wanted to eliminate hidden dangers around them for the Song Dynasty's official army. They even rushed to use their own tribe to attack Achai tribe.

"Mr. Li, the warriors of my Chisong tribe are the most brave. If you attack Achai tribe, you will give it to my tribe!"

"Sir, the Chisong tribe has few people, I'm afraid I can't catch it. Let my Muchi tribe go, and I will definitely relieve my worries and eliminate the hidden dangers of Achai tribe."

"Rangbutu is willing to use his life to guarantee that he will never let a person from the Achai tribe escape."

"Catch all the men from Achai tribe as slaves and offer them to the adults!"

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Li Kui did not agree immediately, but said lightly: "You go back first. If the Achai tribe does not accept Wang Hua, you may be using your troops to send troops. This is the chieftain's responsibility."

"Sir, you must think of us! This is our sincere heart. We have no choice but to fight for the Great Song Dynasty."

"You guys go back first, don't worry about this."

Liu Yannian, who had experienced the First Battle of Hehuang, looked at the prominent powerful people in Qingtang City. They were all scrambling to expand territory for the Song Dynasty. They were so shocked that they couldn't even close their mouths. This was so abnormal that it made him feel very unfamiliar. Before? After Mr. Wang Shao forced himself to surrender to Qingtang, he also won over these tribes, but the effect was not ideal.

This is where Wang Shao managed the Hehuang land back then? He did not launch an attack on the most powerful Tubo tribe. Instead, he first attacked the Qiang people who attacked the Weisiluo Kingdom first? After the Qiang people were defeated, he used his strength to force the Qingtang Tubo people to surrender. It can be said that in this battle, the cavalry strength of Qingtang Weisiluo did not lose at all.

How could the powerful Qingtang nobles truly surrender?

Fake surrender is inevitable.

Moreover, Wang Shao was in full swing because of his military achievements? The Song Dynasty would not allow him to be an official in Hehuang for a long time? He was quickly recalled to the capital. Shortly after Wang Shao left, because the Song Dynasty established prefectures and counties in Hehuang, which greatly damaged the interests of the grassland tribes, Qingtang Yansilu had the idea of ​​leaving the Song Dynasty again. Later, Qingtang King Aligu was only the adopted son of Dong Jin, the youngest son of the first generation of Qingtang Wang Yan.

Such an identity? How can you inherit the title of King Qingtang?

Although the Oshila family is a puppet supported by local powers and nobles in Hehuang, the Oshila family is the blood of Tubo Zanpu? This is an unquestionable fact.

But Aligu didn't even have the blood of the Tubo royal family, and was supported because the nobles in Qingtang needed a nominal king. Rebellion was a matter of course.

The emergence of Aligu, the local powerful people in Qingtang cannot agree with the establishment of prefectures and counties in the Hehuang area? Their territory was divided into the rule of the Song Dynasty. For these powerful people, this is equivalent to cutting off their foundation. This is unacceptable. On the contrary, Li Kui? Although the Hehuang area was demolished into a piece of loose sand, for tribal leaders and powerful people, this is the result they most look forward to.

The reason why it was impossible to achieve before was that after each of them was in power, once they encountered war, neither side could face the Song Dynasty and Xixia independently, so they had to have a Qingtang King in front and lead them.

Now the power structure of the Hehuang land has been straightened out, and the noble tribe leaders in Qingtang also got what they wanted. In addition, they were far more powerful than Aligu, right? At this time, they were thinking about rebellion. Unless they had an unresolved mortal hatred with the Song Dynasty, others would not leave the Song Dynasty. Not only would they not leave, they would also support the Song Dynasty wholeheartedly. As for the chieftains' power and lack of the court's control, these were not a problem for the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty did not need Qingtang's wealth, just war horses. As long as the supply of war horses was not affected, the Song Dynasty would not care how complicated the power structure of Qingtang became. At most, it would just cancel the prefectures and counties. These places could not collect taxes, and there would be no impact on whether the prefectures and counties were set up.

After seeing off Bayin, Chisong, Mu Chi and others, Liu Yannian sighed: "Mr. Li, I also followed Mr. Wang to attack the Kingdom of Yesiluo, and finally captured the blind Zheng in war. But anyone with discerning eyes knew that the blind Zheng was not as strong as his younger brother Dong Wen. The subsequent rebellion was also a foreseeable result."

"The ability of the prince is not comparable to that of the emperor. But the problem in Qingtang is not to suppress it, but to the distribution of power. Most people are satisfied, and a small number of people can only accept it. Whether it is the powerful and noble people in Qingtang or the Qiang leader in Huangzhou, their purpose of supporting the Qingtang King is to maintain their sphere of influence. As long as this problem is solved, it is not very meaningful to obey the Qingtang King."

Li Kui said lightly: "Control their ambitions and make them suspicious of each other is the way to attack the heart."

"Listen to your words and let someone know something suddenly." Liu Yannian complimented.

Li Kui is not like Wang Shao, he only has merit and has no foundation in the court. Although Li Kui has made great contributions, in fact, his greater advantage lies in the court. The emperor, the grand tutor, and the prime minister can all speak, which is what Li Kui is terrifying.

This is a partner that even Liu Yannian needs to make friends with.

As for the general who led the army to fight against Achai tribe this time, Li Kui did not intend to interfere, but instead said kindly: "It will take hard work for General Liu to attack Achai tribe this time."

"You are giving me credit to me! There is no hard work or not. I can't thank you for it."

"Gao Qiu, I have met General Liu."

Li Kui brought Liu Yannian to recommend Gao Qiu. Now Gao Qiu has a certain foundation in the army. However, commanding operations requires hard training under the guidance of veterans.

"Brother Gao is a talented person. I heard that he has been studying under Mr. Su for many years. If you want to learn this little thing, you can learn it as much as possible. I am afraid that my talent will be amazing and I will disappoint you."

"General Liu is a senior in the army and he is the only one who serves as the power to assist the general in the war."

"I'm too humble. Today I'm holding a banquet, so I'm asking me to give you some face."

"I am naturally happy when General Liu invites me. Just so happen that I have a jar of imperial wine here, and I am worried that there will be no friends who will drink together."

"Haha, I'm sure I'm going to drink the imperial wine. Come with me to get the good wine. I won't be drunk today."

Gao Qiu could speak, and since he followed Su Shi, he had more free and easy as a scholar. This made him easily gain the favor of his colleagues in the Song Dynasty.

The reason why Liu Yannian did not invite Li Kui and Zhong Jianzhong was, firstly, Liu Yannian also knew that civil officials would not attend military banquets, and civil officials needed to avoid suspicion. Secondly, if someone was invited but was rejected, where would his face be put?

In the following days, the slave leaders who were verbally recognized by Li Kui as chieftains also came and promised Li Kui that they were more reliable than the powerful people in Qingtang City and that they must be allowed to go to the Western Expedition.

Sharon Hei, Jitu and others also found Li Kui to show his loyalty:

"Sir, the words of the powerful are not trustworthy. They are all insidious people who are in person and behind the scenes. Let us slap the Achai tribe for you and share your worries!"

"Yes, the powerful are the most unreal."

Zhong Jianzhong was not surprised to get the power to command troops in the Western Expedition. The nominal general was Liu Yannian and Deputy General Gao Qiu. He performed the duties of supervising the army and commanding the army.

The selection of the battle will make him the most popular noble person in Qingtang City for a time.

As long as Zhong Jianzhong enters the military camp, all the generals and schoolmen in the army will show their performance. I hope they will be favored by Zhong Jianzhong and can lead the army. Unfortunately, there are not many opportunities for infantry generals, and with Lu Da, others can't compete with him at all.

The cavalry generals were between Zhang Chuan and Hu Yanzhuo.

Unfortunately, Hu Yanzhuo had offended Li Kui and did not dare to think that he had the chance to lead his troops to fight.

On this day, Zhong Jianzhong finally spoke out and ordered all the chieftains to send two thousand troops to prepare for the Western Expedition. When he entered the military camp, the first person to be hit was the Feilian Army's headquarters.

As soon as he entered the station, he heard cheers from crowds of people.

"Big bearded, beat him up, don't be cowardly!"

"Attack him in the next three ways and let him lose his sons and grandchildren!"

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Gao Qiu, who accompanied Zhong Jianzhong, was a little dark-faced. He found that Fei Lianjun was all unruly guys. If these people hadn't been for the background that he could not afford to provoke, he would have done it long ago.

As a last resort, Gao Qiu had to hold his fist at Zhong Jianzhong and said, "Let Lord Zhong laugh, I will scold them before coming to the military tent."

"General Gao doesn't have to worry about it, go and have a look together. Lieutenant General of Feilian Army, Zang Mou knows it." Zhong Jianzhong smiled gently. Liu Yannian's infantry was not as strong as Feilian Army, which even Liu Yannian recognized. Therefore, even Liu Yannian had the position of chief general, he only carried a thousand personal troops as the central army.

The main force of the Song army's battle can only be selected by Fei Lian's army.

When the two arrived at the open space in the military camp, they saw two men, naked and wrestling in the open space. Unlike the gameplay on the grassland, the gameplay in the military is more unrestrained. Fists, legs, and even heads can be used as means of attack.

Puff

One of them was picked up by another big man and fell to the ground hard. After a long time, he got up staggeringly, showing a dissatisfied expression, pointing to a stronger, stronger and more tough man than him and said angrily: "Young man, don't talk about martial ethics!"

"Bah, you are less than thirty years old, what an old man? Come again if you have the ability?"

"Are you afraid to use weapons?"

"As long as it's not a cavalry war, who have I, Luda, ever been afraid of?"

"Good boy, let's show you how powerful my Hu family is today."

Hu Yanzhuo and Lu Da are the strongest generals in Feilian's army. Of course, Hu Yanzhuo is relatively unlucky and has few opportunities to make contributions. On the contrary, Lu Da, because he was a disciple of Li Kui, was used to being arrogant and domineering in Feilian's army, and no one could do anything to him. But Hu Yanzhuo was not very good. He had many rivals in the army, and Zhang Chuan and Li Yun were his rivals. He cheated him in the martial arts jury in the capital, causing him to lose the glory of the top martial arts jury. His direct descendants of the Hu family did not win the title of top martial arts jury in the martial arts jury, which made him a joke at the general's door for a time.

But Zhang Chuan's father is the commander of the first army. Although the Suide Army is not very strong, he is also the main force of the Western Army.

Needless to say, Li Yun is Li Kui's clan brother. With the addition of Lu Da and Ruan Xiaoer, Hu Yanzhuo looked up and looked like he was in desperate situations in the army.

In addition, Zhang Chuan, Nian Xi, Lu Qian and others also had a good relationship with Lu Da, and some were deliberately cursing for Li Kui's sake. Anyway, Lu Da could almost walk sideways in Fei Lian's army, while Hu Yanzhuo, who was born in the general, became a marginal person in the army.

Both of them have a hot temper. If they have disagreements, they have to use their fists to discipline each other. Unfortunately, the person who Hu Yanzhuo can easily defeat him will not end, and Lu Da, who is rough and thick in the skin and strong, has no sense of strength, can't beat him. It makes him feel more and more uncomfortable in the army. It's idle that day, and the two of them have to take action if they disagreements.

In the first game, Hu Yanzhuo was bullied by Lu Da's brute force and had no temper. In the second game, Hu Yanzhuo said in his heart: "Who have I ever been afraid of when I have two whips in my hand?"

But before he could wait enough, he found that Lu Da had taken a phoenix-mouthed knife from his hands. It was said that it was one inch long and one inch strong, and Lu Da was still a step-by-step leader. Hu Yanzhuo's eyes were thrust endlessly, and he was a little difficult to get off.

At this moment, Gao Qiu came and walked to the competition court with his face to protect his face and said to Hu Yanzhuo: "How can I do it for the general?"

Hu Yanzhuo has been flattering Gao Qiu for a long time. Gao Qiu was quite polite to him before, but today, Gao Qiu actually yelled at him for the sake of Lu Da, a wild man!

Hu Yanzhuo's fragile heart suddenly felt a kind of despair that was about to be broken.

But Zhong Jianzhong looked at Hu Yanzhuo's two whips, and for a moment he was a little confused and seemed to be a family friend. He asked Gao Qiu: "Who is the short man with two whips?"

Before Gao Qiu answered, Hu Yanzhuo heard it and immediately became angry. He glared at him and pointed at Zhong Jianzhong: "Who is shorter, please make your words clear, who is shorter?"
Chapter completed!