Wang Xi and others stood outside the door, shivering.

The sky gradually became gloomy and gray.

The wind in the frontier fortress became more and more violent as the sky grew darker.

The cold wind kept beating on their bodies, and Wang Xi felt that he was a little unsteady and swaying.

He only felt that his body was a little numb.

The few ministers standing next to him were no better at this moment, huddled into a ball.

They were still standing outside the official office.

Some ministers finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and General Liu have been in the official office for a private talk for two hours!!"

"It's already dark! Look, isn't it?"

Wang Xi frowned and looked around. The soldiers were still surrounding the official office, and no one except these important officials could get close to it.

It has been a long time since the emperor entered.

He pondered for a moment, and then signaled a soldier to come forward. He took out a document from his arms and ordered: "Give it to Your Majesty for me and say that this is the appointment of a general."

The soldier nodded and walked quickly towards the official office.

When the soldier walked into the official office, Gao Yan was still talking to Liu Taozi with a smile. When the soldier brought the things to Gao Yan, Gao Yan took them away without even looking at them. He was unhappy.

Said: "This is urging me to leave early!"

He looked at Liu Taozi and suddenly said, "Wait for me for a moment."

He quickly walked out of the official office.

Seeing Gao Yan come out, Wang Xi and others hurriedly saluted, and Gao Yan waved his hand, "Don't wait here anymore, find a place to rest, I have something to do. Let's set off tomorrow!"

Wang Xi was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, this is not a palace. Besides, we have to leave now."

"We're out on the march, so what's the point of talking about a palace?!"

"Go quickly!"

Gao Yan said very sternly, Wang Xi and others did not dare to dissuade him, so they had to bow and leave again.

Gao Yan turned around and returned to the official office.

"Okay, we can continue talking."

"Do you have anything delicious here?"

"I'm afraid your Majesty has tasted the delicacies here."

"Hahaha, you are right. Then let someone send you some mutton, and we can talk while eating?"

"good."

Gao Yan was sitting in the upper seat, but he was not as solemn as before. He was much more relaxed. His armor had long been taken away by the soldiers. Liu Taozi was sitting beside him. The two seemed to be friends of the same age.

Gao Yan personally performed the surgery and cut Liu Taozi's flesh.

Logically speaking, this was inconsistent with etiquette, but the young emperor was very strong, and Liu Taozi took the knife away just as he was about to cut his flesh.

The mutton was boiling in the big cauldron in front of the two people, emitting a thick mist.

The mutton was pierced by barbs and connected to the handle. Gao Yan held the handle, lifted the meat, cut it off with a knife, and could eat it directly.

"In the current Da Qi, most of the civil and political officials are Han Chinese, and most of the military attachés are nobles. If you want to promote Han people to serve as military attachés, especially Han people from the Central Plains, you will definitely encounter opposition."

"We can only implement it slowly."

"If, as you said, there is an elite battalion of Han warriors stationed in Yecheng, and there are hundreds of thousands of Han troops in various frontier fortresses, and there are Han soldiers in counties and counties in various parts of the Central Plains who only listen to my orders, then maybe it will really make your honorable

If you are a little obedient, you will be my support. In the future, you will be the commander-in-chief of this Han army."

"However, there is one thing that I am very curious about and want to ask you."

"Your Majesty, please ask."

"I see that under your command, not only Chinese and Han people, but also Di people and Huns can be found. How did you do it?"

"How do you get them to live in harmony?"

Liu Taozi said seriously: "Everyone is treated equally."

"Can we treat everyone equally? It's so simple?"

"I let them eat and drink well, and led them to promotions and fortunes. Therefore, although they have some conflicts with each other, they are not willing to fight anymore."

"Whether they are Chinese, Han, or Huns, all they want is to have enough to eat and drink. As long as they can cut the meat fairly and lead them to hunt more cattle and sheep, they will naturally not fight."

"Then you just advised me to let them fight?"

"Your Majesty, the people fighting are the rich and the nobles."

"Those are those who are full and holding on. I only have those who are not full. There are those who are full and want others to be full, but those who are not full and holding on."

"Hahaha~~This is the first time I've heard of this."

"Before I met you, I only thought you were a butcher who could kill people, nothing more."

"Now I feel that you are my future prime minister."

Gao Yan divided another piece of meat and handed it to him, "My first brother re-employed Han officials, and my second brother established the Han army. Both of them failed. Because of them, I don't know how to start."

"Now that I have an idea, I want to continue what they have done."

"Do you have any good ideas about local officials?"

"Your Majesty, you actually know whether officials are good or bad. Don't pile up good officials in temples. They can't accomplish anything but engage in useless struggle. Why don't you release these people?"

Where to go?"

"There should be many people in the world like Lu Qubing, who was promoted by you as the imperial censor, and Shi Yao from Liyang."

"There are quite a few, but they are so good at pretending that I don't know if they are real or just pretending."

Gao Yan chewed the meat in his mouth and said, "I will make good arrangements."

"You should make more contributions during this expedition."

"only."

The next day, the emperor left Wuchuan.

The ministers followed, and the soldiers opened the way, with great force.

The emperor sent troops not to Wuchuan. He took a thousand knights from Wuchuan and allowed Liu Taozi to use a thousand knights from Wuchuan to participate in this war in the name of General Zhaoyong.

Of course, these thousand knights do not count the Cangtou slaves.

The rest should stay here to obey King Dong'an's military orders and be responsible for guarding against the puppet Zhou Dynasty and the Turks.

Liu Taozi led everyone to watch the emperor leave.

The soldiers under his command were excited, gearing up, and eager to try.

"Brother, you spent a whole day with the emperor last night! Did he reward you with a title?!"

Yao Xiong asked quickly.

Kou Liu bumped into him, Yao Xiong pursed his lips and didn't ask any more questions.

Liu Taozi slowly turned around and looked at the minions in front of her.

"Get ready for war."

In the first year of Emperor Jian's reign, at the end of October, the emperor Gao Xiang personally went on a military expedition and arrived in the north.

After the defeat of the Weiwei people, the Kumoxi people took the opportunity to enter the territory of Daqi where the Weiwei people were settled. The Ahui clan led five tribes to graze in Daqi, and even attempted to 'attack' Wuchuan. This was a heinous crime and must be punished!

The front was extremely long, from Shuoheng to Youyan. The frontier troops on this long border, together with the Chinese army brought by the emperor, became the main force of this war.

The Northern Qi's method of conquering outside the Great Wall was completely different from that in ancient times. They did not have a unified command. Except for the central army commanded by the emperor, temporary generals led the border troops to fight. It was like a huge hunt. The emperor drew his bow while the generals

They need to drive away prey for him and become his hunting dogs.

Liu Taozi led his elite Wuchuan soldiers to participate in this war.

After leaving Wuchuan, Liu Taozi followed Lou Rui's instructions and ran all the way towards Shuanghe River.

The emperor went out to fight, and the hounds rushed out one after another and began to drive away hoarsely.

The Kumo Xi people suffered heavy losses immediately. Even the Xi people, who had formed preliminary organizational strength through the alliance of five groups, had no ability to fight back when faced with the attack of Da Qi cavalry.

The hounds have a tacit understanding. They start from the west and east and drive the prey toward the center so that the hunters can kill them easily.

At this time, there was a unique hound, ignoring the prey along the way, and ran non-stop towards the east, scaring many prey along the way, and birds and beasts fled.

Above the vast desert, Liu Taozi was riding a blue lion and was moving forward rapidly.

Yao Xiong followed him, his little eyes full of confusion.

The elder brother led them all the way in, and encountered Xi Ren tribes of various sizes on the way. The elder brother didn't even look at them, and at such a speed, they were about to rush into the Xi Ren's hometown.

But this was war time, and no matter how close the relationship was, he could not question the general.
To be continued...