"The last time she met Master was more than a month ago in Chang'an. Who knows where she has gone now?"

"I thought she had returned to Yuhang!"

In fact, during those days on the ship, Xu Ziling did question Dugu Feng carefully.

But unfortunately, the other party only said that the two of them met by chance in the outer city of Luoyang, and it was also at that time that the opportunity of Dugu Feng was given to her by their little master Anne. Later, the summons asked Dugu Feng to go

Jing Nian Chanyuan did not show up when she rescued him. She only received a letter, and there was only a brief sentence in the letter.

but……

Compared with those things, what made Xu Ziling want to know and be more curious was the so-called 'opportunity'!

It's a pity that Dugu Feng never said much about what that 'opportunity' was. He remained secretive and mysterious from beginning to end.

So, he originally thought that after returning to Yuhang, he would quickly find an opportunity to ask about his little master Anne, but unexpectedly, Kou Zhong actually said that he did not know his whereabouts?!

"okay!"

"Since you don't know, there's nothing you can do."

"Let's go!"

"Let's go back first and discuss with everyone the major military and political affairs of our Da'an country!"

Seeing that Xu Ziling didn't know the whereabouts of their little master Anne, who had great magical powers, Kou Zhong had no choice but to give up temporarily, and directly put his arm around Xu Ziling's shoulder, indicating that he should go back with him to hold a royal meeting first.

"What did you say?"

"What Da'anguo?"

However, Kou Zhong's words made Xu Ziling feel a little baffled.

"What else could it be? Of course it is the name of the country our Ssangyong Army is planning to establish!"

"You think so!"

"Li Clan, Xiao Mian, Li Zitong, Liu Heitai and others all shouted so loudly from the Tang, Liang, Wu, Han and so on."

"On the other hand, we now occupy almost half of the country in Jiangnan. The territory has become so large. What can we do without a resounding name for this person who is not upright and cannot speak his mind?"

"I have asked Mr. Lu and Lord Song before. Didn't I want to take advantage of your return so that we can all go over it together?"

Kou Zhong did not hide anything and directly stated his thoughts and what he was about to do while taking advantage of the fact that he could not mobilize troops in the winter.

It has been almost two years since the army was launched. After successively defeating Li Zitong, Shen Faxing and the Chu State that destroyed Lin Shihong, the territory of the Shuanglong Army has become very large. From Yuhang to Jiujiang and south along the river, in addition to

Except for the control areas of a small number of Song clans such as Lingnan and Qianzhou, the rest is the territory of their Shuanglong Army, occupying almost the entire southeast coast!

And such a large territory can no longer be controlled and managed using the mountain king model of the previous Ssangyong Army. Otherwise, there will be big trouble.

"Yasukuni……"

"Master Zhong is planning to use our master's surname as the name of the country?"

After listening to Kou Zhong's words, Xu Ziling only thought about it for a moment, and then quickly understood the approximate origin of Kou Zhong's country's name "An Guo".

"of course!"

"But it hasn't been officially decided yet."

"I just thought of it today."

Kou Zhong admitted it openly, and quickly said that it was just an immature idea of ​​his for the time being, and if he had anything to add, just say so.

"But……"

"Master, she has said several times that her surname is not An..."

"!

"

"Of course I know!"

"Isn't this still undecided? How about, Zi Ling, you go ask the master about her little family some other time?"

"ah?"

"But I don't know where she is now..."

"ha!"

"What a coincidence!"

"This commander doesn't even know!"

"That……"

"Master Zhong, what do you think about naming it after the place where we started?"

"Since ancient times, the name of a country has been determined by the place of origin or fiefdom. We should not be an exception, right?"

"Place of fortune?"

"But!"

"The birthplace of our 'Yangzhou Shuanglong', Yangzhou is still in the hands of Li Zitong. It is now the capital of someone else's Wu Kingdom. How can you name yourself after someone else's territory? How unlucky is that?"

"Is it possible to use the Song Dynasty's name of 'Great Song'?"

"ah?"

"Isn't this inappropriate?"

"Too……"

"This won't work, that won't work, and this and that, then there's nothing I can do about it."

"let me think again……"

"okay!"

"Don't think about it now. They are all waiting. Let's get off the boat quickly and talk slowly when we get back?"

Since the person they wanted to see was not seen, and it seemed that the two of them could not come up with a solution after a while, Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling did not say anything more, but hurriedly got off the boat and met Xu Xing, who was already waiting on the dock.

After the others gathered together and said hello a few times, a group of dozens of riders got on their horses and galloped towards Yuhang City.

finally!

Of course Kou Zhong's proposal for a "Greater Security" was not passed and was temporarily shelved.

Because the old man Nalu Miaozi said that he wanted Kou Zhongguang to accumulate food and become king slowly. Before the world is settled, it is not advisable to declare himself king prematurely, so as not to make generosity laugh?

Xu Ziling also agreed with this, so Kou Zhong, who had just casually said it and made up his mind, humbly accepted it.

However, although the Ssangyong Army did not claim the title of King Jianguo for the time being, Gao Zhong, Xu Ziling and others, after discussions, carried out a series of drastic reforms to the Ssangyong Army and the territory currently controlled by the Ssangyong Army, and some of the final decisions and appointments

as follows:

Kou Zhong, the commander-in-chief of the Shuanglong Army, took the title of General Manager of Jiangnan Province and was in charge of all military and political affairs of the Shuanglong Army in Jiangnan.

Xu Ziling, the marshal of Shuangyong Army, was temporarily appointed as the deputy general manager of Jiangnan Road.

Xu Xingzhi was appointed as the military advisor and chief administrative officer of Shuanglong Army.

Yun Yuzhen, the former leader of the Meirener Gang of the Jukun Gang who was the first to join the Ssangyong Army, was in charge of internal affairs and property.

Gao Zhandao, Niu Fengyi, and Zha Jie, the predecessors of the Ssangyong Gang and the former "Three Righteousnesses of the East China Sea" of the Donghai Gang, served as deputy admirals, deputy admirals, and staff generals of the Ssangyong Army Navy respectively.

Lu Miaozi of Xianyun Yehe is still in charge of the core technical workshop of the Ssangyong Army.

Chen Laomou was in charge of wartime logistics.

The Yinkui faction's Huanyu is in charge of intelligence and is responsible for coordinating the Yinkui faction's collection of various intelligence for the Shuanglong Army.

Apart from this, everyone else has their own division of labor and appointments.

In addition to certain functional arrangements for the above personnel, in terms of government affairs division, after some discussions, Gao Zhong, Xu Ziling and Xu Xingzhi directly divided Jiangnan Road into several large areas and created new ones.

Four major departments, namely, the Supervisor of Huli, the Supervisor of the Ministry of Works, the Supervisor of Criminal Officials, and the Supervisor of the Ministry of War, are in charge of various large and small matters throughout Jiangnan Province.

In terms of military strategy, the Ssangyong Army, which has currently expanded to more than 200,000 soldiers and is known as 300,000 soldiers, has directly divided the entire Jiangnan Road into six towns with soldiers and horses based on the different defense areas of each place. Each town has more soldiers and horses.

70,000 to 80,000, ranging from 30,000 to 50,000, were handed over to the generals in charge of each town to train and assist in local defense.

As for the increasingly large and most mysterious air force Shenji Battalion of the Ssangyong Army, it is directly under the direct jurisdiction of the chief and deputy general managers, Koo Zhong and Xu Ziling. Except for Lu Miaozi, other outsiders are strictly prohibited from intervening or interfering.

…

Just like this, when a certain troubled little girl went somewhere to wander and have fun, when the name of "Sword God" Dugu Feng began to be heard throughout the world, as the winter became colder and colder

, the Shuanglong Army and the entire Jiangnan Province began to make final preparations for the next stage of the war in the spring of the coming year under the intensive reform and planning of Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling.

Because judging from various intelligence and signs, the actions of the Northwest Li Clan have begun to speed up. Next spring, they will definitely launch a full-scale offensive, and the actions and methods of Cihang Jingzhai and other forces are becoming more and more despicable and cruel.

No matter the cost, their Ssangyong Army must be prepared for the worst.

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Chapter completed!