Seeing He Wuji's sarcastic words, Lu Jinglian smiled lightly: "Lu is not talented, I would like to go to the South China Sea Navy to have a career!"

"There are no jokes in the army, Mr. Lu, you have to think twice. The Southern Navy is determined to win Jiangnan, and I'm afraid it won't be possible to make them retreat with just a few words!" Jia Yuanen still felt a little pity for Lu Jinglian.

"It's okay, Mr. Lu can go to the Southern Navy to help us find out the news. At least it can delay us for a while!" He Wuji felt that since Lu Jinglian dared to recommend himself, let him do the trouble, even if it is of no great use.

It is also possible to look at the reality and reality of the South China Sea.

"Lord Lu, I would like to accompany you on this trip!" Yan Ruohua, the governor of Suzhou, is also going on a mission.

Jia Yuanen held Yan Ruohua down, "You have a hot temper. If you are allowed to go, I'm afraid your life will be in vain! You should stay and help the army raise food and grass!"

Wang Tiezhu also pointed at Yan Ruohua, "The war is about to begin. As a civil servant in Zhisu, how can you leave your post without permission! If you want to go, I, Old Wang, will not recognize the copper hammer in my hand!"

Jia Yuanen hurriedly held Wang Tiezhu's hand with both hands: "Marshal Wang, there is no need to be like this! Master Yan will not go! Calm down your anger!"

Wang Tiezhu then sat down and said, "Lieutenant Jia is a good and sensible man. I respect you, but the rest of you are just talking words. You didn't bring any food, clothing or equipment! I really don't know what you are here for."

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He Wuji also said angrily, "The adults are strategizing and have their own clever plans. Marshal Wang and I will just sit back and wait for you to retreat from the enemy!"

Jia Yuanen still took the overall situation into consideration and coughed a few times. "Ahem, cough, everyone, regarding the matter of leading troops to fight, everything still has to comply with the orders of Marshal He and Marshal Wang. I am not familiar with military affairs, so I won't say anything! Each of you will perform his duties and assist you.

The marshal just needs to take care of the matter of food, clothing, armor and equipment!"

Everyone looked at Jia Yuanen, then at He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu, and had no choice but to clasp their fists and bow and agree.

Seeing that everyone was silent, He Wuji spoke again, "The two of us should work hard to kill the enemy according to the decree of the imperial court and the order of Jia Taiwei. Since Jia Taiwei asked me to take charge of military affairs, He Mou will make up his mind first.

, I also ask all the generals and adults here to brainstorm and share the worries of the imperial court! Everyone has heard the order given by Jia Taiwei just now. The first thing is to strengthen the city defense of Jinling. There is still a shortage of 100,000 bricks. The second thing is

The first thing is to raise 300,000 dan of military rations, and the third thing is that Mr. Lu will leave tomorrow for the South China Sea to discuss peace. I will write the peace letter today, so I would like to ask you to share your worries about these three things!"

Of these three things, except for the third one, which is the easiest, everyone is at a loss for the first two.

Duzhi Shangshu Yang Mi rubbed his hands back and forth, "We don't have the money to collect these 100,000 bricks and 300,000 stones of military rations. Marshal He, why don't you go collect the rations?"

"If we continue to collect grain, we don't need to fight this war. The people will have to follow the Southern Navy to rebel against us! Could it be that as the Secretary of Duzhi and in charge of the treasury, you can't even raise military grain and materials?" He Wuji immediately retorted.

"Well, Marshal He, it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and the treasury is empty."

Before he finished speaking, Jia Yuanen spoke, "I heard that the Huaibei area has a bumper harvest this year. We can first borrow food to meet the urgent needs of the army. As for these bricks, my lords, I will find a businessman to find a way to bake them outside Jinling City. Of course, I am just lying."

Anyway, if you have any ideas, please don’t hesitate to give me some advice!”

"The Huaibei area has indeed had a good harvest this year, but without an imperial edict, how could Zhong Zhiming be willing to lend us food?" Wang Tiezhu looked at Jia Yuanen

"I'll personally borrow food from Zhong Zhiming's place! They are all serving the country, so I think he will definitely borrow it!" Jia Yuanen decided to go there by himself.

A meeting to discuss Wei Jun’s Pingnan strategy

The discussion ended with He Wuji’s proposal.

Jia Yuanen had known this result for a long time. This time he just wanted to show the high officials in the court what it means to have a gun and become a grass-headed king.

Most of the officials who came here were also from Jinling, and it was inevitable for them to visit their relatives and friends when they came back this time.

However, after Jinling experienced Liu Jingxuan's rebellion, many people had already fled, leaving very few people behind. Officials searched the city for two days, but could only find a few people.

Today's Jinling is in great depression, with ruins and ruins everywhere, and wooden huts and thatched huts abound in the city. The prosperity of the past has long since disappeared with the fire.

The people who came back to live in the city were either nostalgic or refugees from other places.

Yang Mi, Yan Ruohua, and Wang Tiezhu's Xu Changsheng and Cen Erhu were walking around the city and saw a group of refugees demolishing a dilapidated house. Yang Mi pointed to the bricks on the wall, "Isn't this just bricks? Instead of spending money to hire people,

When making bricks, it’s better to use local materials!”

Xu Changsheng smiled, "These bricks have been burned by fire and are no longer of much use. They can't be used to strengthen the city wall. Let's leave them to them!"

Cen Erhu seemed to have remembered something and pointed in the direction of Tai Chi Hall, "There is no fire over there in the palace, and the bricks over there can be used, but who dares to do this?"

The palace belongs to the emperor, and the emperor's bricks are indeed the marshals' dare not touch.

But having an idea is better than having no idea. The four of them plucked up the courage to find Jia Yuanen who was about to leave the city.

After Jia Yuanen immediately listened to the four people's intentions, he frowned and looked at the water stains on the road. "You said that if the walls of the palace are damaged due to heavy rain, do the bricks need to be replaced? They belong to the houses of some old dignitaries in the city.

Can the good azurite bricks be moved to the palace for use? Use the broken bricks from the palace as waste and transport them to the city wall!"

The four of them looked at Jia Yuanen in surprise, and Jia Yuanen blinked, "It is our duty as courtiers to protect the palace! Let's go check and see how many bricks are needed to repair the palace!"

Yang Mi wanted to ask more questions, but Xu Changsheng grabbed him and said, "I will obey the order of the Taiwei. We will do our best to repair the palace!"

Lu Jinglian also left south on the same day. Before leaving, he specially asked He Wuji to buy him ten lotus leaf ducks and take them away.

To be precise, He Wuji was ripped off. Lu Jinglian was a man without money, so he had to pester He Wuji, "The emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers. I, Lu Jinglian, went to negotiate peace under your order from Marshal He. Do you want me to

Is it disrespectful to the state to beg along the road?"

He Wuji had no choice but to comply with Lu Jinglian's request. Not only did he buy ten lotus ducks, he also gave Lu Jinglian a hundred coins and three carriages and horses.

There was chaos in Shu in the south of the Yangtze River, and Fan Yangshuo started fighting.

The world is in chaos, and no one is immune. Those who think they control the situation and have the power cannot help but jump out.

The Gaochang Kingdom in the northwest was restored, the power of the Green Banner Khanate returned to the Hehuang area, and the Liugui Kingdom in the north once again sent troops directly towards Heren City.

I don’t know where the Liugui Kingdom got the information from. They determined that Heren City was the capital of the Yu Kingdom and was extremely prosperous. Therefore, the Liugui Kingdom captured many people from the far north to serve as soldiers and ordered 50,000 troops.

Heading towards Heren City.

During his several years in Heren City, apart from training troops, Zhadayuanxian also dug ditches and holes inside and outside the city. The entire thirty-mile radius of Heren City was covered with ravines.

The bottom of the straight road leading to the city gate has been hollowed out by Zhada Yuanxian and his men, and it is all supported by pillars and wooden boards and then covered with earth. On the surface, this road looks no different from other roads.

Thirty miles away, on Huan Gong's hillock where Hu Gao was buried, was Zada ​​Yuanxian's military camp. Zada ​​Yuanxian sent eight of his most elite troops to the camp.

One hundred people stayed here, and the rest were on defensive patrol in the city or underground, waiting for the arrival of the Liugui Kingdom army.

The army of the Liugui Kingdom traveled for three months and finally reached a place twenty miles north of Huan Gong Gang.

After receiving the scout's report, Zha Dayuanxian led his 800,000-feather army directly towards the Liugui Army. He wanted to lead them to the city, and could not allow the Liugui Army to approach Heren City step by step.

The plan went smoothly. Zada ​​Yuanxian's surprise attack killed more than a thousand of the Liugui Kingdom's vanguard troops. After successfully angering the Liugui Army, Zada ​​Yuanxian and the Qianyu Army pretended to be defeated and fled.

In order to prevent the enemy from seeing the flaw, the 800-feathered army deliberately dispersed and fled. Only Zada ​​Yuanxian fled to the city gate with fifty cavalry.

This is a tactic that Zhada Yuanxian has practiced countless times. Combined with the ravine-ridden terrain, the Qianyu Army looks like a bunch of headless flies from a distance, with their formation completely scattered.

The people of Liugui are not stupid either. The cavalry formation of Qianyu Army is in chaos. This is a good opportunity to kill Qianyu Army in one fell swoop.

Ten thousand elite ghost cavalry, wrapped in animal skins and wearing masks, waved their big sticks and rolled towards Heren City.

These ten thousand people are actually five teams of troops, with two protruding wings and connected to the rear team in the middle. It seems that they are going to destroy the Qianyu Army and besiege the city at the same time.

Seeing that they were not far from the fleeing Qianyu Army, the Liugui Cavalry began to fire arrows one after another.

Countless arrows rained down upon them, and all the men and horses of the Qianyu Army fell to the ground. Only the horses continued to run forward.

The Liugui Cavalry just rushed forward and ignored the dead bodies on the ground.

In fact, these "dead corpses" all landed before the arrows were shot. When they landed, they either rolled over into the water or slipped into the hole. Less than ten people actually died under the arrows.

Many shelters made of tree branches were erected on the walls of Heren City, and the cavalry of Liugui Kingdom indeed began to shoot arrows greased with kerosene.

The generals of Liugui Kingdom couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw the dense trees on the city wall. It seemed that as long as the kerosene arrows were fired into them, they could burn the city wall.

The two rounds of rockets rushed towards the city wall. The dense tree cover on the city wall peeled off from the city wall at this moment and fell to the base of the city wall, revealing rows of stone slabs.

This was something Zada ​​Yuanxian made to consume the fuel oil of the Liugui Kingdom's army. The rockets hit the stone slabs and all fell down.

The rockets that fell on the branches of the trees began to ignite the trees. This was also planned by Zhada Yuanxian. The wind direction changed from east to west at this time, and the smoke suddenly dispersed towards the battlefield.

Seeing that they could not suppress the Yu army with several rounds of arrow rain, the Liugui army began to surround Heren City from all sides, and continued to fire arrows into the city as they approached.

Almost all the quilts in the city were soaked in water and covered on the roof, and most of the arrows from the Liugui Kingdom were stuck in the water-soaked quilts.

All the troops of Yu State in the city were waiting for the enemy to attack the city behind the city gate and in the hidden soldier holes on the city wall.

Smoke quickly filled the entire Heren City and the battlefield outside the city. This was the moment Zada ​​Yuanxian was waiting for.

The big bell on the city wall began to ring, and every time it rang, some of the Rangers' cavalry fell off their horses, or their horses had their legs chopped off.

There was more and more smoke, and it was impossible to see who was responsible, and soon many people were fighting among themselves.

The leader of the Liugui Kingdom who was in the middle of the army shouted to retreat. When the Liugui Cavalry withdrew from the surroundings of Heren City, they found that there were already more than 2,000 people missing.
Chapter completed!