In March, the south of the Yangtze River is already full of peaches and plum blossoms, and the spring is bright, but the grasslands in the north of the desert are still ice and snow, and the cold wind is bitter. At the top of Zhenbei City, the north wind blows the flags violently, and the heavy cloaks on their bodies are also blown back by the wind.

After nineteen days of difficult journey, the large group of people finally arrived at the camp before the end of the month. Jiang Anyi and a group of counselors sent by the Taiwei Mansion went to report to the General's Mansion. Duke of Shen, Wang Keming, held a banquet to entertain the soldiers sent by the Taiwei Mansion, and each gave a small pot of wine. Jiang Anyi met Zhoushan Hou Miao Tieshan (Governor of Anbei) and Honghua Hou Qi Xinwen (Governor of Zuowei Guard) and former Governor of Andong Zhu Jinfeng at the banquet. Three of the four Governors were in Zhenbei. The generals of the 16 guards in the capital all came to Zhenbei. Zhenbei Dachang gathered 660,000 troops, plus the 100,000 troops from the surrendered tribes in the Northern Desert. Zheng State had to dispatch at least 800,000 troops during this northern expedition. Along the way, Jiang Anyi saw countless servants and craftsmen moving like ants, and a large amount of supplies were saved in the border area.

After the banquet, Wang Keming and Jiang Anyi had a private talk. Jiang Anyi briefly talked about the major events that happened in the capital during this period to Duke Shen, laughing that he was sent to the army and asked the Duke of the State to take care of him.

Wang Keming was silent for a moment and sighed: The prince is not bad in nature, but he was spoiled by my girl, and surrounded by villains who are tempted by the power of the enemy. He is inevitably unwise. Don’t take An Yi to heart. When the prince matures in a few years, he will naturally know who is truly trustworthy.

Jiang Anyi said calmly: I hope so.

Wang Keming smiled and said: Since you came, you should be at peace. An Yi stayed at peace in the camp. I remember that when I first met you in Wangyuan Tower, you wrote the sentence "Why don't a man bring Wu Gou?" This is a chance to achieve success in achieving "Scholars and Wanhuhou". The desert is thousands of miles away, and I can see my mind relaxed, and An Yi will ride his horse and find a grand plan.

Jiang Anyi was passionately said by Wang Keming and said with a sigh: The Duke of the Kingdom is right, Jiang is willing to follow the Duke of the Kingdom to make contributions on the battlefield and to redeem the troubles of the North.

After the Moqi raided Mobei City in August last year, General Wang Keming moved his mansion to Mobei City and built two more camps in the east and west of Mobei City, namely the Zhoushan Hou Miaotishan and Honghua Hou Qi Xinwen guarded the three camps. The three camps formed a pincer force and tightly strangled the Moqi's way southward.

Jiang Anyi was a military senator and counselor of military affairs. He was arranged by Wang Keming to live in the commander's mansion. Zhenbei City is only one-tenth of Yongchang Didu. After several expansions, the city wall is circumference of 16 miles, and the height is 25 meters high and thick. Outside the city wall is built with stones brought from Dengzhou and Leizhou, and rammed earth is built in the middle. The city wall is jagged, with arrow towers and corners covered with three-story urns. There are stones and rolling woods piled up on the city wall. Every few meters, there is a winch crossbow, a collision fork rod and flying hook, and all the things are available. Jiang Anyi walked past the city wall and sighed in his heart.

The State of Shen commissioned Jiang Anyi's responsibilities for patrolling the four cities. Jiang Anyi took his personal guards around the city wall every day and asked a few questions to the four gate guards. Since August last year, the harassment of the Moqi has occurred almost every day. Sometimes it is harassment of dozens of cavalry, and sometimes it is attacked by tens of thousands of people. Every day, the battle information gathered at the General's Mansion.

The wind blew across his face like a knife. After just seven days of coming to Zhenbei Daying, Jiang Anyi felt a thick layer of crumbs on his face. Standing at the top of the city and looking around, the whole grassland was covered with white snow, and the earth was drawn with continuous and soft lines, extending until the heaven and earth were connected. This year, two heavy snow fell in the north of Mobei in the spring. According to a report sent by the Military Information Department, the people of the Mobei were slaughtering cattle and sheep to store food. Even if the Zheng army did not go north, they would have to prepare to go south.

The information sent by the Military Intelligence Department is complicated. As the military senator Jiang Anyi spends a lot of time every day to organize and discuss with the counselors who come with him, distinguish the truth from the messy news, and provide reliable information for the army's actions.

Nearly half of the information is about the Morenian Wangting. Some information says that the Morenian Wangting, under the call of the Saint Tizhu, all tribes gave up their grievances and gathered together and vowed to fight the Zheng army to the death; some say that the two princes Badu and Liman have broken up in order to compete for the command of the army, and who can defeat the Zheng army in the future will be the Khan of the Grassland in the future. Jiang Anyi is more inclined to the former situation. The Saduism Sect has a very high prestige in the various tribes of the grassland, and with the support of the Dharma King behind it, the tribes of the grassland are likely to unite in the face of life and death.

Thinking of the Saint of Tizhu, Jiang Anyi smiled a little smile on his lips. The unruly and cute little princess of the grassland back then actually became the co-lord of the grassland tribe. The little girl who was worried that her two brothers would become enemies has become a big én. She once told her that only strong strength can change her destiny. Now this little girl is strong enough to affect the fate of Da Zhenghe and the desert?

Jiang Anyi wiped the snow from the arrows with his hands. The soldiers guarding the city looked at the sheepskin gloves he wore enviously. The sheepskin gloves had already begun to supply the army, and the generals and officers above the lieutenant were all assigned a pair. As for ordinary soldiers, there was no such treatment. Most people could only apply thick grease to prevent freezing on their hands.

The soldier named Gouwa not far away was frozen and his hands were purple, and there were bright red holes cracked on the back of his hands. Jiang Anyi sighed in his heart and turned his face to wink at Huang Zhu, the guard beside him. Huang Zhu understood and quietly came to Gouwa and stuffed the gloves in his hand into his hand.

Without paying attention to Gouwa's touching expression, Jiang Anyi continued to move forward, thinking about the design of gloves in his mind, Li Mingxing presented it to the emperor in September. The emperor issued an order to supervise the Ministry of Works. The five major states that produce cattle and sheep, including Qingzhou, Bingzhou, Mengzhou and Qizhou, received the court's order to buy sheepskin gloves for supplying the army in the north. It has been five months since October, and each state produces 30,000 pairs of gloves per month, which is enough for all the officers and soldiers of the entire camp to hand in one, but until now, there are only about 100,000 sets in the army.

Just counting the calculation of a sheep producing five pairs of gloves, 30,000 pairs of gloves cost 6,000 sheep, and a state with 150,000 pairs of gloves cost 30,000 sheep in five months. Jiang Anyi worked as the governor of Huazhou and knew that there were tens of thousands of sheep consumed in Huazhou in a month, and the raw materials were absolutely no problem, and there was no need to mention artificial labor.

On the way to Beidaying, Jiang Anyi heard the counselors of the Taiwei Mansion vaguely mention this matter. The court gave a very high wage to supply the gloves needed by the army. Each pair of gloves was priced at a hundred cents, and a piece of sheepskin was only thirty cents. The cost of five pairs of gloves was only seventy cents. The cost of tanning, tailoring and other expenses was only seventy cents. The plus luck

The cost of each pair of gloves is only about 30 cents, and the huge profits are really jealous.

The wealthy families who are capable of intervening naturally will not miss this opportunity. The Eight Immortals show their magical powers to get a share of the orders of the Ministry of Industry. Those vendors holding sheepskin in their hands start the price, and the national crisis is the best to make money. They have a different way to find business opportunities. There are already well-made gloves sold in the East Market, which has become the new love of the young ladies in the capital. The price is as high as 5 taels of silver. I heard that imitations have also appeared in many prefectures and counties, and the price of sheepskin has risen sharply.

There are many resources, and a large amount of sheepskin that should have been made into military gloves has been lost. No wonder the Ministry of Works reported that the price was raised to 50 meter and still could not receive the sheepskin. The states were unable to complete the scheduled tasks.

Looking at the vast grassland, Jiang Anyi sighed in his heart, no wonder the rich people had frozen bones on the road of wine and meat. Those powerful people ate, drink, play, wear, fur, warm clothes and enjoy the wind and enjoy the snow in the capital. But they knew that the soldiers in Zhenbei Daying had cracked their hands and were so cold that they could not bear the cold. Where could they stay with their skin? Standing at the head of Zhenbei City, looking at the northern desert, Jiang Anyi felt a sense of silence for the first time.

Far away, several cavalry rushed towards Zhenbei City, raised several smoke and dust, and the sound of gongs sounded on the top of the city, and the soldiers were excited. Jiang Anyi often saw such situations in recent days. These people should be the people in the military intelligence department for information. Jiang Anyi had no good impression of the people in the martial arts world, but this group of people in the martial arts world have repeatedly opposed him and even assassinated his martial arts, and wrote heroic poems on the grasslands of the desert with passion.

To enter the city, you must pass through the camps of a large area of ​​Liqian. There are deer antler trenches and watchtowers stand everywhere. After showing your identity cards, the four horses carefully passed through the wooden bridge above the trenches and passed through the city gate. The horse's hooves ran to the west of the city, and the Military Information Department was located in the west of the city.

At the banquet, Jiang Anyi saw Huang Xi, the deputy governor of the Secret Guard, and the cold and white face reminded Jiang Anyi of the poisonous snake. He noticed that Huang Xisen looked at him coldly, with a ferocious face. Jiang Anyi suddenly felt that there had been somewhere to see this face before. Could this Eunuch Huang be his acquaintance?

After a round of inspection, Jiang Anyi went down the city tower to go to the General's Mansion. The General's Mansion was located in the east of the city, and the middle was under construction. Since the third year of Jianwu, the Ministry of Works has been ordered to serve as the palace where the emperor personally led the emperor to fight. The previous personal expedition of Shi Fangzhen felt the difficulty of the war. Wang Keming advised him that the emperor was inconvenient to command the battlefield. Shi Fangzhen was as good as the flow of goodness and decided to station him in the city of Zhenbei this time, and then set off again when he captured the royal court of the desert people.

Zhenbeicheng is a barracks, with few buildings. Those who can own houses in Zhenbeicheng are all important military personnel. Generals of the fifth-rank can only live in the camp. Jiang Anyi has been in Zhenbeicheng for seven days and has not seen his younger brother yet. Jiang Anyong has now returned to

The commander of the Xizhai Qi was commanded, and the righteous brother Fang Zhizhong was under the jurisdiction of the Miao General. The army was not as rest as possible than the court. Seeing that the war was about to begin, the entire Zhenbei camp was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.
Chapter completed!