Chengdu, General Office.

As the core of Sichuan as the entire city, Chengdu undoubtedly plays an important role.

The General Office is the core of the core.

Nowadays, state affairs are difficult, and local civil servants have basically become decorations, and military generals are the absolute pillars.

General Liu Yao, Deputy General Yang Youcai and others gathered at General's Office to discuss the welcome.

A few days ago, they received an order that the emperor wanted to personally attack Chongqing. The emperor needed to pass through Chengdu, and Liu Yao was ordered to prepare for everything in the imperial edict.

Liu Yaozhi was both surprised and happy about this.

As a genuine Laochuan native, he naturally has a very deep relationship with his hometown.

Unfortunately, when he made his debut as the general, the Ming Dynasty was already in disgrace.

The Laochuan army even fled to death, and the rest were the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who could not run.

Now there are only 10,000 soldiers in Chengdu. It is difficult to defend the city, so don’t mention attacking the enemy.

Although Liu Yao was determined to kill the thief, he was powerless and could only do nothing.

He really doesn't know what will happen in the future. He can only live one day, and there is no difference between the walking corpse and the walking corpse.

But now it's different.

The emperor is coming to Sichuan!

Although Liu Yao was the general, he had never seen him today.

No matter what, it is an exciting and encouraging thing for the emperor to enter Sichuan.

I heard that the great victory in Kunming was because the emperor personally climbed the city. The soldiers were excited and bravely killed the enemy, killing the Eastern Captains and fleeing in a panic.

As the only remaining imperial lineman in the Ming army, Liu Yao certainly did not admit that the Laochuan army under his command was worse than the miscellaneous army of Li Dingguo.

Since the emperor decided to enter Sichuan, even if he fought his life, he must support the situation and not let anyone underestimate the court.

Deputy General Yang Youcai was Liu Yao's confidant, so Liu Yao naturally knew everything about him.

"You are talented, the Holy Divine should come from Jianchang's direction. It's better to inform the soldiers along the way so that the soldiers in the fortresses will be prepared, so that they will not collide with His Majesty."

Although the soldiers of the Laochuan Army were all generous, they did not understand etiquette and rules very well.

Liu Yao was worried that they had said something they shouldn't say and did something they shouldn't do. This would make the Emperor angry and make Long Yan furious. Good things turned into bad things.

"Please rest assured, sir, and let the soldiers enjoy themselves."

"The court has finally won a big victory over the years."

Liu Yao stroked his beard and sighed sincerely.

For him, every local battle in the court was crucial. Although it might not be able to recover the lost territory immediately, as long as you persist, you will have a chance.

Hope is more important than anything at the moment.

As long as there is hope, the soldiers will have the will to continue to fight.

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and the revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected."

Yang Youcai's words are not all about flattery.

In the past, when he heard that the Qing army was approaching, His Majesty was always the first to run away. Although the soldiers fought to the death to resist the palace, they could not help but feel resentful.

Now His Majesty finally figured it out.

He and the Ming Dynasty have a relationship of prosperity and loss.

If the Ming Dynasty was revived, Your Majesty would be a wise monarch like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and a saint who turned the tide.

If the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, how could he survive the cruelty of Edom's captives?

Let’s look at Emperor Hongguang and those vassal kings. Didn’t they all be caught by the Eastern Captain and chopped their heads in the capital?

In other words, even for your own sake, you should not retreat!

"I heard that King Jin will accompany him this time."

As soon as Liu Yao finished speaking, Yang Youcai cursed: "Why does Your Majesty trust him easily?"

Liu Yao's expression changed when he heard this: "Be cautious when you are talented! Li Dingguo is the King of Jin personally named by His Majesty!"

"Master General, I just can't figure out how His Majesty gave him the title of prince!"

Yang Youcai stubbornly said, "Others don't know, General, don't you know? Our old Sichuan Army has a deep blood hatred with the Western thieves!"

Liu Yao couldn't help but remain silent.

Didn’t he know that the festival was celebrated between the Ming army and the Western army?

To put it nicely, it’s a holiday, to put it badly, it’s a bloody hatred.

When Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, he killed the Shu King's family and died many of the government troops.

So who is Li Dingguo? Isn’t he Zhang Xianzhong’s adopted son?

"One time and another time. Now that the Western Army has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo is also loyal to protect His Majesty. Even if he has no credit, he will work hard. If the past is happening... let him go."

"That's all for the deep revenge of the blood sea?"

Yang Youcai looked unwilling.

"Talented, if you had thought so ten years ago, I wouldn't say anything. But now the state is so difficult, will you still have to fight in the house?"

Liu Yao said with a heartache: "He Tengjiao had a better attitude towards the Zhongzhen Camp at the time, perhaps now the Ming Dynasty was at least conquering the enemy's thieves."

After a moment of pause, Liu Yao sighed and said, "What's more, this is not the fault of King Jin alone. The world was in chaos at that time, and anyone else had some ideas. Now King Jin has proved his loyalty by relying on the king to save the emperor. If you are talented, don't blame him anymore."

After he said it with great thought, Yang Youcai was finally moved.

This is because he really forgave Li Dingguo.

Instead, I felt that Li Dingguo could now be used by the court.

The remaining troops of the Western Army are still a very combat-capable army.

If Li Dingguo was forced to become independent, the court would really not see hope.

"I will know at the end."

Liu Yao nodded with relief, patted Yang Youcai on the shoulder and said, "A real man should put the overall situation first, everything is for the Ming Dynasty."

"Sir, there is one thing that I don't know whether to talk about or not."

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Youcai still clasped his fists.

"Tell me."

"Chengdu's food and grass are barely enough for us to use. If it is provided to the Northern Expedition Army, it may not be enough."

Liu Yao frowned when he heard this.

This is a very realistic question.

Although Sichuan is known as the country of Tianfu, there have been too many military and man-made disasters over the years.

In this case, no food can be saved, either because of the food stored in Chengdu or because Liu Yao ordered the soldiers to tighten their belts.

"Maybe the court will collect grain along the way, right?"

This is the most common practice.

No matter whether it is a soldier or a bandit, the army basically has to dig three feet of the ground, and there is no grain of rice left to plunder.

This is why in recent years, Chengdu has been sparsely populated around it, and those who can run to the mountains have all run.

Of course, Liu Yao didn't know that Liu Wenxiu had stored a lot of food in Jianchang Army at that time, which was enough for the army to use.

"It really doesn't work, I can only save some use."

Yang Youcai muttered in a low voice.

Although he was a little reluctant, Yang Youcai also knew that this was the only way.

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, so he can't let the soldiers go to war and kill the enemy on hungry days, right?

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