It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Chapter 165 Building

"We don't have a capital yet, and we don't have any large-scale civil engineering projects to build, so we won't set up a Ministry of Works for the time being."

"The six departments that have been set up temporarily each have their own responsibilities, but they are all responsible to the Governor."

"In addition, the government office will be temporarily established in Yuzhou..."

Lu Kui looked at Master Guo and said, "You mean I also want to move from Jizhou to Yuzhou?"

Master Guo nodded and said, "This is our newly established cabinet agency."

"Wei Hu is the Grand Marshal of the Army, Zhang Fan is the Deputy Marshal, and Pei Jun is the Marching Commander..."

"The Grand Marshal of the Army is only responsible to the Governor-General."

"But the army and government offices are separate..."

After Master Guo announced his settings and appointments, Lu Xingchen did not allow everyone to express their opinions and dismissed the meeting first.

This is very important news and everyone needs time to digest it.

"If you have any opinions, you can tell me or Master Guo, and then we can slowly improve it."

"We are a newly established government. There are many shortcomings and naturally many areas that need to be strengthened. You might as well speak frankly."

This news is indeed shocking enough, and everyone needs some time to digest it.

Fortunately, this team has been set up.

Originally, Lu Xingchen was planning to set off for Xinzhou in August.

After a period of reorganization in Xinzhou, we will prepare for the attack on Yongzhou City.

But things didn't go as smoothly as she had imagined.

An urgent military report came from Xinzhou.

Prince Chen led his troops to attack Xinzhou.

Time waits for no one. Lu Xingchen did not wait until everything was ready before leaving Yuzhou with Wei Hu, Zhang Fan and others and rushed to Xinzhou to deal with King Chen's attack.

"Dad, Second Uncle is not a trustworthy person." Lu Xingchen said to Lu Kui before leaving.

"Just let him stay in Xing County. Hasn't he always wanted Xing County?"

"If he asks you for help, you can't agree to it."

Lu Kui looked at Lu Xingchen with a puzzled look.

"Didn't you say before that you wouldn't blame your uncle? Why are you..."

"Don't ask about the specific details, just listen to me." Lu Xingchen said.

Lu Kui nodded, "I understand. Be careful when you go out to fight. Swords have no eyes."

"Yes, I know, Dad, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Lu Xingzhu looked at her with red eyes.

Lu Xingchen patted Lu Xingzhu on the shoulder.

"It's not easy for girls to live in this world. If you have your own persistence in your heart, you must stick to it and don't waver."

"Especially what my second uncle says. If you can listen, then listen. If you can't listen, then don't listen. You have to stick to being yourself."

Lu Xingzhu's eyes were red, but his look was firm.

"I know, Sister Xingchen, I know what to do, and you must be careful too. I'll wait for you to come back during the New Year."

Lu Xingchen smiled and nodded in agreement.

Lu Xingchen looked at He Zhang again.

"Study hard with your sister Xingzhu. Also, you must study hard and practice the spearmanship I taught you this time."

He Zhang nodded seriously.

"The only martial arts that cannot be defeated is speed. Once you have practiced to a certain level and have reached a certain speed, even the simplest moves will produce unexpected effects."

"Sister Xingchen, I will definitely practice hard."

After briefly explaining the affairs at home, Lu Xingchen led his troops out of Yuzhou City.

When they returned from Xinzhou in June, they left 5,000 soldiers there.

At this time they took away 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Some time ago, Pei Jun wrote back saying that he had recruited several thousand more soldiers.

When the two pairs of soldiers join together, their strength can reach 20,000.

Xinzhou was attacked by King Cheng.

Lu Xingchen led his troops on a rapid march.

A large proportion of this team of soldiers are new recruits.

When leaving Xinzhou and returning to Yuzhou, Lu Xingchen left all the veterans in Xinzhou.

On the one hand, these veterans were built with troops from Xing County and Jizhou as the backbone, and they have strong combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, Wei Hu, Lu Feng, Zhang Fan and others followed her back to Yuzhou, but she was not completely reassured about Pei Jun, Ma Chao and others.

True comrades and brothers are formed through witnessing each other through repeated baptisms of battle.

The journey was supposed to take half a month, but Lu Xingchen and his troops arrived at the designated location in eleven days.

"General, General Pei is leading his troops to retreat to Shazhou." The scout said while panting on his horse.

Lu Xingchen's expression remained unchanged, but the expressions of Zhang Fan, Wei Hu and others changed.

"Why didn't Pei Jun, this idiot, defend Xinzhou?"

"General, what should we do now? Or we can stay in Anzhou."

The city wall of Shazhou is stronger than that of Xinzhou.

Xinzhou is a provincial capital that was established only two or three years ago.

Lu Xingchen has changed it to Xin County, but the new name will take some time to become known to people.

Lu Xingchen shook his head and said, "Continue to Shazhou and camp outside Shazhou City."

So the troops continued to approach Shazhou.

After one day's march, the troops arrived outside Shazhou City.

Lu Feng organized the troops to set up camp, while Lu Xingchen brought Wei Hu and Zhang Fan and their personal guards to the city of Shazhou.

There were no signs of fighting in Shazhou City.

Lu Xingchen arrived at the foot of the city.

When the soldiers guarding the city saw Lu Xingchen coming back, they immediately burst into cheers.

The city gate slowly opened.

Lu Xingchen brought Zhang Fan and others into the city.

Guan Yue rode up to meet them.

"General, you're here." Guan Yue also showed an expression of relief.

"How did you fight this battle? Why did you retreat from Xinzhou to Shazhou?" Zhang Fan asked bluntly.

Guan Yue did not answer Zhang Fan's words, but looked at Lu Xingchen.

"Let's talk about it when we get back to the government office."

Pei Jun, Ma Chao, Leng Feng and others heard that Lu Xingcheng was coming and hurried to the yamen.

When Lu Xingchen left, he handed over the command of the troops to Pei Jun.

"How many soldiers were lost?" Lu Xingchen looked at Pei Jun and asked.

"Not much loss, just a few hundred people." Pei Jun replied.

"Xinzhou is too new and the city walls are too low, making it defenseless. So I ordered the troops to withdraw from Xinzhou one after another and chose to defend Shazhou," Pei Jun explained.

"The city wall of Shazhou is too low." Leng Feng said.

"We have seen the strength of King Chen in attacking the city. He is indeed quite powerful."

"Such a low wall is impossible to defend."

"Moreover, it will be a disadvantage for us to gather tens of thousands of soldiers in such a small city," Ma Chao continued.

"So what are your thoughts?" Lu Xingchen looked at Pei Jun and asked.

"It would be best to find a place outside the city for a decisive battle. If we keep defending, the enemy may use a small part of its forces to tie up most of our forces and take back all the cities we have occupied." Pei Jun said.

"If we spread out our defense, it will be meaningless and worthless, and we may be divided and attacked by him..."

Lu Xingchen nodded, "In that case, let's find a place for the decisive battle."

Shazhou was conquered by Lu Xingchen, so he naturally knew that defense here would not be very effective.

If the enemy attacks and engages in street fighting, their formation will not be very effective.

It would be more advantageous for both sides to move their troops to the plain for a decisive battle.