Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 72 The same kind

Situ Yutang's words made Wufeng secretly heave a sigh of relief. , that can only show that she has put the interests of the Situ family above the interests of the Tanghe Empire and even the entire Tang people in her heart, and there is no need to entangle her with this kind of person, because in her opinion, everything should be Focusing on the interests of the Situ family, anyone else and anything can be left behind. Fortunately, Situ Yutang didn't think so. Although she hesitated a little because the conflict between the interests of the empire and the interests of the family made her confused for a while, she finally made a correct judgment, even if it was just a verbal statement.

"Yutang, don't you think your eldest brother and third brother's counterattack performance in Yanyun and Wuhu?" Wufeng smiled softly, lay back on the bed, and naturally leaned a hand on her waist , As if feeling the affection of the man beside him, Situ Yutang's heart fluttered slightly, he hesitated for a moment, and then quietly lay down next to Wufeng.

"Feng Lang, you don't have to be shy. At that time, my eldest brother retreated from Beiyuan and the eastern part of Yanyun. He couldn't hide it from those who cared. Although the Taiping Army was in full swing at that time, the northern military region of the empire ranked first among the four major military regions of the empire. , How could it be possible to collapse at the first touch? He just wanted to preserve his strength. Now the situation has changed, the Taiping Army is getting more and more sluggish, and the elder brother is determined to perform. If he is prepared, he will be unprepared. Alarm bell, if you want to win easily, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Situ Yutang calmed down his nervous mood slightly, and deliberately opened the distance between the two bodies a little by brushing the messy hair on their foreheads. , try to bring your attention back to the topic.

Wu Feng was stunned. He didn't expect that the person next to him had such sharp eyes. He could tell at a glance that the Taiping Sect was on the decline. Most people only saw the Taiping Army in Heshuo They won consecutive victories, and even invaded the Wuhu area, obtained food supply bases, and formed a siege on the imperial capital, but no one could see that the Taiping Army was already at the end of its battle. Although they captured Jiujiang, they were no longer able to capture the adjacent areas , there was not even a single threatening offensive, and if the Qinghe Mansion in Beiyuan hadn't been deliberately avoided by the city guards, the Qinghe Mansion City would have been taken back by the empire long ago.

"Yutang, what you said makes sense. The Taiping Sect has indeed lost its former momentum, but it is difficult for the empire to make much progress in the short term. Cheng Dayou, who is entrenched in Jiujiang, is a strong enemy. I think the empire wants to get rid of him I'm afraid it won't be easy. The most important thing is that His Majesty's health seems to be unstable now, which directly affects the trend of the entire empire. I think the victory of Wuhu and Yanyun this time is all due to His Majesty's health improving to restore the morale of the army, otherwise it will be very difficult. It’s hard to say. I just hope that His Majesty’s body can recover completely as soon as possible, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people of the empire and revive the empire.” Wu Feng sniffed the faint body fragrance emitted by the girl beside the pillow, while suppressing the thoughts in his heart. He didn’t want to destroy the current situation. The tacit understanding at this moment.

Situ Yutang thought so in his heart, but now the contact with the imperial center has been completely cut off. The former Minister of Military Affairs He Zhiqiu has stepped down, and the new Minister of Military Affairs seems to be unaware that there is still a connection here that he had agreed with his father. The method may be that he has lost hope in himself at all, and there is no news from his father, which makes Situ Yutang feel very sad.

As if aware of the change in mood of the beautiful woman beside him, Wufeng tightened his hand around the opponent's waist. Caressing the smooth satin-like hair of the beauty, Lilac vomits secretly, endless tenderness and sweetness, everything is in the endless panting.

Before returning to Qingyang, Wufeng and Cui Wenxiu had a secret talk alone. When Wufeng came to leave Huohuaji and return to Qingyang, Cui Wenxiu also immediately selected 30,000 elite soldiers from the 100,000 Mott reserve personnel. , forming the seventh, eighth, and ninety thousand troops of the Mott Self-Defense Forces. Dozens of people were again selected from the corps and sent to the Northwest Military Academy for the second batch of short-term training, with a view to improving the military quality of officers as soon as possible.

Wufeng, who returned to Qingyang, immediately summoned Gu Quan, the new Director of the Intelligence Agency, and Ling Huyi, the Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and asked the two to intensify their efforts to collect intelligence on the East Tengger Grassland, especially the geography, hydrology, etc. Accurate collection of information on climate, climate, and population distribution, and put forward requirements that the two intelligence departments must produce a feasible and comprehensive intelligence analysis before October according to their respective priorities, so as to provide a reliable basis for future operations.

Entering the midsummer, Jiujiang is full of emerald green, the scorching sun is in the sky, and the ground is scalding. Coming down, traveling in this kind of weather is really hard, even the horses and mules pulling the cart can't stand it. It's best to rest for an hour or two, and wait for the sun to pass before hurrying on the road.

The two riders rushed into the barn of the tea shop by the side of the road with a lot of wind and dust, and the waiter had already gone up to take the reins of the two of them, tied them for them, and beckoned the two of them to rest in the shed.

Glancing at the guests in the awning, one of them chose a teahouse near the fence first, ordered the store to make tea, and unbuttoned his clothes, the weather was too hot.

"Master Gu, where are you resting today? Huanghuaji is 20 miles ahead, and Mitang Town is 30 miles to the north." The first person who followed was obviously a companion, and put the cold boiled water on the table first. After taking a big gulp, he wiped off the rolling sweat with the lapel of his shirt, and then he took a deep breath.

"Let's rest for a while before we talk. Let's try to rest in Mitang Town. I haven't been here for some years." There was only one small bag, so it was hard to see what the two of them were going for.

Seeing that the master seemed to have something on his mind, the master didn't say anything more, just hugged the herbal tea cow to drink, but the young man seemed very quiet, and only occasionally took a sip from the tea cup. It seems that the situation in Jiujiang is very calm, not as tense as I imagined. The victory of the empire in the south does not seem to have affected the Jiujiang area, except that when I first entered the Jiujiang area, I saw the Taiping Army guarding the dangerous area. Moreover, it seemed that there were only about four or five thousand people. They hadn't seen anything unusual during this journey, and even the tea shed business on the roadside hadn't been affected much. What the **** is this Cheng Dayou doing?

The young man is Gu Dengyun, the person in charge of the Wufeng faction's intelligence agency operating in the Central Plains. According to the division of labor in the intelligence system, Gu Dengyun is no longer in charge of general intelligence affairs. The Northwest Intelligence Agency and the Northwest Military Intelligence Agency are in charge, and his task is to collect and investigate all tasks that he considers important and directly assigned by Wufeng, and he can directly obtain unconditional help from the Northwest Intelligence Agency and the Northwest Military Intelligence Agency.

Since Cheng Dayou entered and occupied Jiujiang, the situation in this area seems to have suddenly become more subtle. The intelligence personnel stationed in Jiujiang did not notice this, but as time went by, some abnormalities gradually appeared Out.

First of all, the local reaction is not as strong as that of the two southern prefectures of the Wuhu area, and the resistance seems to be much weaker. On the grounds that the situation is not stable and it is not suitable to intensify the conflict, Cheng Dayou rejected the appointment of the Taiping Shengguo Wenxiang Mansion to the Jiujiang Mansion Master, and instead temporarily served as the Jiujiang Mansion Master himself. The reorganization ~IndoMTL.com~ reduced the more than 50,000 Taiping Army to 45,000 people, and carried out a series of drastic reforms. A large number of radical dissidents were purged out of the army by Cheng Dayou The middle and high levels were replaced by the relatively moderate forces of Cheng Dayou's direct lineage, which not only aroused the suspicion of the high level of the Taiping Sect, but also attracted the attention of the surrounding forces.

This change also attracted the attention of Gu Dengyun, who is already considered an old man in the intelligence system. After occupying Jiujiang, Cheng Dayou did not carry out restructuring like other prefectures and counties controlled by the Taiping Army. Land ownership is also somewhat protected, and as long as he does not openly oppose his rule, he hardly touches them. And Jiujiang Xiaochun's good harvest in one season and the Ku Yin left by Jiujiang officials also added weight to Cheng Dayou's implementation of these policies that were incompatible with the Taiping Sect. You had long ago used the looted Kuyin to buy a large amount of grain from the remaining grain merchants in Jiujiang Prefecture who stayed to watch the situation.

After receiving the news, the gentry and merchants who were reluctant to flee their homeland began to return from Anqing, Huanggang, Yueyang and the imperial capital one after another, and some of them quickly reached a private compromise with Cheng Dayou. As long as Cheng Dayou does not touch their interests, they are willing to pay the due taxes and land taxes like other county governments in the empire. Of course, all of this is not willing, and they can only be traded in secret.

It was these signs that both Gu Dengyun and Wufeng felt a crisis. This Cheng Dayou seemed to be a bit out of tune with Yu Taiping's sect. His behavior and methods seemed to be more conservative, and it was easier to win the favor of those gentry. According to Deng Yun, this guy doesn't seem like a Taiping Scholar at all, but more like Li Wufeng from a few years ago.