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The Khitan was more thorough than the Dayue system in inheriting the predecessor system. The governor of the state and the military and town governors were all responsible for controlling local military and political power.

The rise of the Khitan stole the land of Yanyun and implemented the policy of using the Han to control the Han Dynasty. A group of Han people were able to use it, and they established their foundation in the Khitan and developed into a large family that was either powerful in the Yan Dynasty or covered the sky with only hands in the local area.

Although the Cao family was not very prominent among the Han generals and ministers of the Khitan Han Dynasty, they were also officials in Shuozhou for generations.

Seventeen years ago, when the Yanyue border provoked, Cao Shixiong was appointed as the commander of the Han military camp. He was not a person at that time, and he could not have the ability to block the Jingsheng Army's military front.

The Chihu people who had just completed internal integration saw from the Yueyan border that the Khitan was weak, so they wanted to annex the northwest foreign countries; at that time, the forces of the British in Xijingdao were also ready to move and resist the Khitan rule.

Xiao Linshi, who had made contributions to defending Fengzhou, was promoted to Xijing Defense Envoy. He had no troops available and had to use the Han army to suppress the rebellions one after another.

The two brothers Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili stood out in this process, and the Han army led by them was also strong in combat until they served as the commander of Shuozhou's assassination officer and the Qing Shun Army, and controlled the military and political power of Shuozhou.

The people's livelihood in Shuozhou City was in decline and there was no decent building. Cao Shixiong's governor's mansion was magnificent and covered a wide area. This time, a large courtyard was also drawn up so that Xu Huai and 700 generals and other soldiers could enter the governor's mansion directly.

At this time, it was dark and Cao Shixiong had already prepared a banquet at the governor's mansion.

However, as the officer in charge of the banquet, Xu Huai was not qualified to participate in the discussion and was not among the people attending the banquet.

After entering the governor's office, Zhu Wei asked Xu Huai and the generals to lead 200 generals to stand by on the spot and not to go in and out at will.

Ge Yu is also a military commander, but obviously no one regards martial artists like him and Xu Huai as the same type of people.

Even after entering the governor's mansion, Cao Shixiong saw Ge Yu and was more enthusiastic than Zhu Han when he saw Yuehailou.

Zhu Han, Yue Hailou and others could understand this situation very well. When they saw that defeating Yan was a sure victory. Cai Ying and Liu Shizhong, the generals and ministers of the war-torn faction, would inevitably gain more power in the court, but the Ge family would also be more deeply rooted in the local area.

If the brothers Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili were unwilling to give up their military command, the best arrangement was to serve as generals in the local area. Therefore, even if he chose Nanfu through Yuehailou, he would be labeled as the Cai clan, but in fact he would have a stronger resilience against the Ge family.

This is something that Xu Huai and the others cannot envy.

In the eyes of the world, as a general, the Ge family has long entered the circle of nobles. How could it be matched by a martial artist like him?

Xu Huai just looked at all this indifferently, asking Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan and others to be responsible for the warning, and he took Xiao Yanhan back to his residence.

This is a yard specially arranged for middle and low-level military officials, which is next to the generals and soldiers, but it is more refined; Cao Shixiong was also very considerate to arrange two young Han maids to take care of their daily life.

When entering Shuozhou City, Xu Huai was afraid that Yue Hailou and the others would see the flaws when approaching, so he untied Xiao Yanhan and asked her to take the opportunity alone. However, after he sent away the maid arranged by Cao Shixiong, he tied Xiao Yanhan to the pillar in the room with a rope net, so that she could not make any trouble.

In the Yangkou Fort, Xiao Yanhan was tied up by Xu Huai with a special binding method and lay in the haystack for a long time. She didn't feel anything at that time, but this time she took off her armor outside, applied medicine to the wound and then tied it up like this. Only then did she notice that her chest was tied up by a rope net, becoming more and more round.

What made her even more uncomfortable was that the folded rope passed under her thighs and then tied it to the pillar behind her. She was forced to stand up against the pillar. If her body relaxed a little, it would feel even more weird.

Although Xiao Yanhan was unaware of human affairs, she heard from the servants that some evil people torture women. When she heard it, she felt unbearable. At this time, she suspected that Xu Huai was using this method to deal with her. She was both ashamed and hated, but she just tried to stand on tiptoe, not wanting to satisfy the perverted psychology of this dog.

Xu Huai didn't know what Xiao Yanhan was feeling. He lit up the oil lamp and spread the Yunshuo geometric map on the table to think about things.

Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili's family were all in the Assassination Office. There were not many guards in the mansion, but they were allowed to enter the Assassination Office. It can be said that they showed their sincerity to the greatest extent, but unfortunately, he did not think that Zhu Han, Yue Hailou, and Ge Yu would have the courage to give up the plan for the purgation.

So what he had to do was to seize the time to accumulate energy and wait for the main forces of the Tianxiong Army to gather in one or two days before raiding towards Datong City.

"Hello!"

Xiao Yanhan's feet were tiptoed for half an hour and her body was numb. When she saw Xu Huai sitting under the lamp to flip through the file, she didn't even turn her head around, as if she was intentionally humiliating herself.

At this time, she couldn't help but greet Xu Huai, but she would definitely not admit it, and said, "I have believed what you said now. Can you put me down? You should believe that I will not do anything extravagant?"

There was only an oil lamp in the room, but it was empty. Xiao Yanhan was tied to the pillar of the room from afar. Xu Huai couldn't see the expression on her face clearly, but said calmly: "You are also a martial arts practitioner, and you won't be able to even bear this hard work. If you have the strength to talk to me, it's better to stand up and raise your spirit!"

"Support, raise your mother's head!" Xiao Yanhan cursed in her stomach. She would rather talk to Xu Huai and distract her attention than always thinking of having a rope tied to it. She said:

"The bandits in Tongbai Mountain are in chaos, and Wang Bing's grandparents are lucky enough to survive. However, when Wang Fan's secret envoy Chi Hu returned, he saw that he had arranged for the military inspector's office to serve, but he regarded you as an ordinary martial artist. This time, Zhu Han, Zhu Zhi and his son also regarded you very inferior, and Ge Yu was even more lazy to look at you with a direct look. This would be too bad for you!"

"Why, don't you think about chopping me up and feeding it to the dog at this time?" Xu Huai sat in the arm with an oil lamp in his hand, dragging a chair to Xiao Yanhan, and asked with a smile.

The reason why Xu Huai wanted to watch Xiao Yanhan himself was to be honest, waiting for her to speak.

Xiao Linshi, Chen Zixiao and others' conspiracy was so vicious that Xu Huai could only watch the situation irreversible and slipped towards the direction that Xiao Linshi, Chen Zixiao and others were looking forward to, but he did not grit his teeth to Xiao Linshi and Chen Zixiao.

On the one hand, Xiao Linshi, Chen Zixiao and others were also struggling to death, and more so, they were taking advantage of the situation. The fundamental reason for everything is that the Dukes of the Great Yue court were so short-sighted and the Han-Bund conflicts that had been around the north for hundreds of years.

On the other hand, the generals who commanded tens of thousands of troops were so incompetent.

Xu Huai couldn't believe that Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Ge Boyi and others did not have the confidence and determination to fight the battle from a frontal battle, but placed all their hopes on the surprise attack of the partial army.

Yes, Zhufengtang is now extremely limited in manpower and cannot do much, but before entering Shuozhou City, Xu Huai also figured out the situation of the enemy-to-we-confrontation between Yanmen and Yingzhou.

In Xu Huai's view, if Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou had the will and determination to lead the main force of the Eastern Route Army and the main force of the Khitan defenders to fight to the death in Yingzhou, the partial army's surprise attack on Datong could even be said to be a wonderful move.

When the news of the attack on Datong reaches Yingzhou, it will inevitably shake the morale of the Khitan soldiers and become more fragile and easier to defeat.

In this case, Xu Huai would not be afraid that Xiao Linshi would have any tricks to wait for them in Datong City.

Sometimes the partial army may play a greater role, but the focus of the battle against Yan must still be in Yingzhou.

However, before entering Shuozhou City, the latest information he received was that although the Eastern Route Army had already dispatched Yanmen, it had formed a village on the south bank of the Huangshui River, twenty miles southeast of Yingzhou City.

The main force of the Eastern Route Army neither advanced to the city of Yingzhou nor made a trend of bypassing Yingzhou City towards Datong.

It is obvious that Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and others placed their hopes for this battle on the success of the partial division's surprise attack. They hoped that after the Khitan saw the fall of Datong City, their main force in Yingzhou would collapse without fighting, but they took over the entire Xijing Road without any effort.

Therefore, if this northern expedition to Yan was doomed to fail, in Xu Huai's opinion, Xiao Linshi was not very clever in his strategy. He was really too incompetent and childish in the Great Yue generals, and he thought he was extremely wise.

The generals who commanded tens of thousands of troops and horses fought this war that would determine the fate of the country in the next century, but did not have the corresponding strategic vision and courage, but were still subject to the control of the center in everything. Xu Huai thought about it and was so angry that he wanted to smash the oil lamp in his hand.

Compared to the generals and ministers who are like wasteful but highly regarded by themselves, Xu Huai admires Xiao Linshi, who is still hiding in the dark like a fox at this time.

As long as Xiao Linshi had enough awareness of the threat from the Chihu people, Xu Huai believed that he was more concerned about protecting himself at this time, rather than thinking about how many Vietnamese troops were destroyed. It was even ruled out that Xiao Linshi still had the intention to argue with Dayue after defeating the Dayue troops.

Under normal circumstances, Xiao Linshi would not pay attention to small characters like him.

As long as Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao are in his hands, who dares to say that he is not qualified to talk to Xiao Linshi?

Of course, if Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao are willing to cooperate or even be willing to match them, the meaning is even more different.

"Chen Zixiao guessed you wouldn't be able to see through you before, but he didn't think he could see through you," Xiao Yanhan said, "I think you are so old, wise and brave, but far beyond the ordinary. If you use it for me, the Khitan, you will never be covered in the dust! I didn't trust you and Chen Zixiao before, so I was rude to you, but you have to believe it now, I have no intention of ruling you!"

"The Khitan Dynasty is in danger. I will go to Khitan at this time. If I am lucky enough to have a copy of the history books in the future, it will probably be a joke," Xu Huai put the oil lamp on the ground and said with a smile, "I have said my words before I set off. If Xiao Linshi wants to stop the war with Dayue, Wang Bing Gong is the only person who can send hope."

"Chen Zixiao has long concluded that Wang Bing will never know that we are in your hands, nor will he conspire with us before the Vietnamese army is defeated. How can we place our hopes on him?" Xiao Yanhan asked in Xu Huai's tone.

"This requires you to think slowly, Princess. As long as the princess no longer smiles on the surface, but is secretly thinking about chopping me up and feeding the dog, she will figure it out." Xu Huai said.

"What do you think of me like this?" Xiao Yanhan cursed Mai Mai in her heart, tried hard to squeeze out her face, twisted her body, and asked in a delicate voice.
Chapter completed!