Chapter 1163

Expansion of the Army

Chapter 1163 Expansion of the Army
Lu County.

Even in midsummer, farmers still cannot rest.

A few slaves came to a village, pointed their whips at the steward who was in charge of the village, and said: "There is an order at home, gather all the young and strong, and work!"

The steward saluted, "Yes!"

Immediately, the steward summoned the young men in the village.

"Dig the ditches!"

These families are all Zhao's family slaves. In other words, if Zhao executes them, as long as no one complains, nothing will happen.

"kill!"

The young men gathered together and dug a ditch randomly, and then someone taught them to fight.

"Now the Northland is getting more and more chaotic. Many people are coveting Zhao's property and want to rob you. The family ordered you to practice. If you encounter thugs, you will kill Te Niang!"

The steward said loudly.

It wasn't the first time for the young men to practice, and they were quite majestic looking at the neat formation.

"how?"

Dozens of riders came from the distant field, Zhao Yun asked with a smile.

Zhao Li, the head of the Zhao family in Dengzhou, praised: "The slaves of my family look quite majestic. Look at me, old man! It's no worse than the Northern Xinjiang Army."

"This old man paid a lot of money to hire strong generals to train them, so it's not bad." Zhao Yun turned his eyes and said softly, "It's midsummer now, but there is still a steady stream of refugees. An old friend from Chang'an wrote a letter saying that Chaozhong Liangjing Fighting openly and secretly with Yang Songcheng, the emperor only cares about enjoying himself, the world is going to be chaotic. The Zhao family has a great cause, if they want to protect themselves, they must train their armored soldiers."

Zhao Li hesitated for a moment: "But Beijiang is powerful."

"That's right!" Zhao Yun said, "It's ridiculous that the Great Tang is declining, but the Northern Border is growing strong. But if things go on like this, what will happen to the Northern Border? Will a strong Northern Border sit and watch a weakened Great Tang fall by the wayside?" ?”

"You mean, Yang Xuan will raise troops and go south?" Zhao Li asked.

"Yes, if he goes south, it will be treason. Regardless of success or failure, the world will inevitably be in chaos. Mrs. Zhao, you must make plans early."

Zhao Yun's eyes darkened, "The Zhao family has been passed down for thousands of years, and seeing those grass-headed kings, Nifang, sing and appear on the stage, but his family is reduced to a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. We can't go on like this."

Zhao Li nodded, "I'll start practicing when I get back, but the Zhao family in Dengzhou doesn't have anyone in the army!"

"Hey!" Zhao Yun sighed, "I'm giving you one here!"

Zhao Li was overjoyed, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, big brother."

Zhao Yun waved his hand, "You and I are brothers, why are you being so polite?"

Afterwards, Zhao Li was in a hurry to go back to deal with this matter, so Zhao Yun sent a warrior named Cao Lin to follow him.

Zhao Li said goodbye gratefully.

Staff member Lu Yuan watched him go away, and said with a smile: "This one is really confused."

"It's rare to be confused!" Zhao Yun put the matter aside, "Is there any news from Tao County?"

Lu Yuan shook his head, "There is no news about Yang Xuan's army yet, but Jiedushi's mansion is very calm. The family members go out when they should. That Dalang Lord goes to Xuanxue every now and then..."

Zhao Yun narrowed his eyes, "Stare."

"Yes!" Lu Yuan responded, and asked, "Ah Lang, the situation in Chang'an is a bit weird. Someone suggested to dispatch a large army from the southern border to attack the northern border, but the emperor silently withheld the memorial... In the past, the emperor would not allow it."

"Yang Xuan sent troops to the three states, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that once the three states are closed, Beiliao has no room to fight back. The next step is to destroy Beiliao. A courtier wiped out the great trouble of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, but the emperor shrank Playing with your daughter-in-law in the pear garden, tell me, what will the world think of him?"

"Stupid!"

"No, it's the faint king!"

Zhao Yun said in a soft voice: "The faint king is in power, I, the Zhao family, should do something for this world, so as to live up to the ardent expectations of our ancestors!"

……

After Wang Laoer went out with Yang Xuan, Helian Yunshang had nothing to do.

Yiniang called her to talk to her from time to time, and when Zhou Ning was free, he would also talk to her.

The days passed by briskly, and Helian Yunshang, who had been in prison for a long time, couldn't sit still, and recently found an interesting place.

"Oil cakes, oily oil cakes!"

The Hubing stall at the entrance of the alley has a new one, and it has launched oil cakes.

An iron plate is placed on the stove, brush a layer of oil on it, and put the noodles on it for frying.

scoff!

Green smoke rises, and the aroma is overflowing.

After a while, I had to quickly turn over the noodles, and the smell made the people in line sniff their noses wildly.

Ding was busy all the time, Helian Yunshang was watching from the side, helping her from time to time.

"Don't dare!"

Ding said he didn't dare, but his actions were very honest, and he cooperated with Helian Yunshang very tacitly.

After a wave of guests left, Ding got a chance to breathe and asked Helian Yunshang to sit down.

"The lady looks a little sad." Ding asked tentatively.

From the first day, she noticed that Helian Yunshang was a little listless.

"Tell me, what is this man doing alive?" Helian Yunshang asked.

"What are you doing alive?" Ding was stunned.

"You've lived a long time, do you know?" Helian Yunshang asked.

Ding hardly thought about it, "To live, isn't that just to live?"

Uh!
Helian Yunshang suddenly smiled wryly, feeling that he and a woman in the market were asking such questions as Yu Blind.

Ding picked up the water jug ​​and poured a bowl of water to Helian Yunshang. Seeing her shaking her head, she drank a few sips herself, wiped the corners of her mouth with her apron, and said, "This person is alive, just eating, drinking, and worrying. When I was idle at home before! I felt like I was living a boring life, like... a walking dead. Later, when I came out to set up a stall, I felt much more comfortable."

"But... aren't you tired?" Helian Yunshang asked.

"Tired! How can you not be tired!" Ding said with a smile: "But this person should do things when he is alive! When he is tired, he is comfortable."

"Comfortable?" Helian Yunshang pointed to her rough hands, "Is this also comfortable?"

Ding glanced at her hands, then at Helian Yunshang's white and tender hands, and said, "I'm tired, but I bring money home every day, and it's comfortable here." She pointed to her heart, "Looking at the family As the days go by, the better, the tiredness is worth it!"

"But I...the family doesn't need me to earn money!"

Ning Xingguo's mansion married a huge amount of money, she is not short of money!

"Find something to do." Ding said firmly: "As long as there is something to do, you will be comfortable."

"Hey!"

Helian Yunshang shook his head.

"Or else, give birth to a baby!"

Ding looked at her lower abdomen, and smiled ambiguously, "Second brother is such a strong person, if you give him a baby, you won't have time to think about it."

"No life!"

Helian Yunshang was angry.

"The Duke is back."

Someone shouted happily outside.

Ding shivered, just when someone came to ask for pancakes, she shook her head, "No more, no more, wait for half an hour."

"Why are you like this?"

"I'm sorry, I'm going to meet the Duke!"

The army returned triumphantly, and the entire Taoxian County became a sea of ​​joy.

Helian Yunshang stood by the side of the stall, feeling that the world had become quiet for some reason.

"Hey!"

She looked up, and saw Wang Laoer carrying a burden on her back and said dissatisfiedly to herself: "I didn't see it!"

She bowed her head, and Wang Lao Er was carrying a big burden in each hand.

"what is this?"

"Cloth from Taizhou!"

"There is no shortage of cloth in the house!"

"But I bought this for you!"

Helian Yunshang was stunned, and Wang Laoer said: "Hurry up, there are still a lot of things. I searched after I entered the city, and don't tell Yiniang that I robbed you..."

When Ding came back, while making pancakes, he took the time to watch Helian Yunshang follow Wang Laoer in step by step, and couldn't help laughing: "This woman! A man has to take care of it."

When she didn't pay attention, she saw a piece of cloth on the low stool that Helian Yunshang was sitting on before, picked it up and shouted: "Second brother, something dropped."

"It's for you!"

Wang Laoer came back and gave a circle of gifts.

Yang Xuan also brought a lot of gifts.

After entering the backyard, he saw a black shadow rushing towards him. Yang Xuan's figure flashed, and while avoiding it, he subconsciously touched his waist, ready to draw a knife to kill him.

The black shadow fell to the ground, but it was a fruit.

"Aye!"

Fu Gui quickly ran behind Yang Xuan, opened his mouth to pick up the fruit, and ran back to give it to A Liang.

Ah Liang rushed over.

Behind him, a little boy was sitting on the back of the swordsman. Zheng Wuniang carefully supported the child, and the swordsman looked desperate.

"A Liang!"

Yang Xuan picked up Ah Liang, walked over to touch the head of the second child, "Erlang!"

"Mr. Erlang, call someone!" Zheng Wuniang said.

"Aye."

The second child seems to have practiced a lot, and he can pronounce words very clearly.

Yang Xuan held a child in one hand, looked up, and saw Zhou Ning and Yiniang.

"Husband."

"Kingdom."

Yang Xuan smiled and said: "This trip went smoothly."

He has always had the temperament of reporting good news but not worrying, and rarely told his family about the dangers he experienced during the war.

"Let's take a shower first!"

Zhou Ning looked at Wu Luo.

Wu Luo looked very calm, but Zhang Siniang found that her ears were gradually turning red.

Don't do anything wrong, what are you red for?
After taking a bath, Yang Xuan went to the Jiedu Ambassador's Mansion first.

"I have seen the Duke."

Yang Xuan found that those officials became more and more respectful.

When they saw Liu Qing and the others, the three of them were laughing.

"What's so funny?"

When Yang Xuan came in, the three stood up and saluted.

"sit!"

Yang Xuan pressed his hand.

Liu Qing sat down and said, "Someone wrote a letter to expand the army."

Yang Xuan thought for a while, it seems that this matter should be put on the agenda.

"It's not funny."

Yang Xuan has been thinking about this recently.

After winning the three states, the situation in northern Xinjiang is very good.Next, he had to consider going south.

Once the flag is raised and goes south, the southern border army will definitely be dispatched in full force, as well as the defenders of the prefectures and counties along the road, as well as the guards of Chang'an.

To take down a place, you must leave an army to defend it, otherwise the front will be destroyed, the rear will be lost, and the rear will be cut off.

There are so many things going on, Yang Xuan proposed an idea, and the people below gave the specific implementation method.

"That person suggested to expand the army by 50!"

Yang Xuan was startled.

"50?"

"That's right!" Song Zhen said, "Having an army of 50 sounds like a relief, but how to support the army of 50 has become a difficult problem."

The amount of money, food and other resources that a 50 army needs to consume every year is astronomical.

For Northern Xinjiang at this moment, it will only be dragged down.

"50 is just a gimmick, 15!" Luo Cai said.

The Northern Xinjiang Army had always maintained a size of 12, and tens of thousands of soldiers were added to the Death Battalion, but the Death Battalion was not included in the establishment of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

"In this way, with an increase of 3 horses, money and food are still in hand." Liu Qing nodded.

Yang Xuan said: "After winning the three states this time, the money and food that Lin Jun left to his successors are all cheaper for me. I will replenish the treasury later."

"He actually left money and food?"

When Yang Xuan talked about the letter, the three old ghosts were silent for a long time.

Be moved!
Jiang He'er's eyes turned red.

Liu Qing raised his head, "This person should be killed!"

Murderous intent flashed in Song Zhen's eyes, "This is a serious disaster, Jin Yiwei should be assassinated at any cost!"

Luo Cai said: "The enemy's great talent is my great trouble. Get rid of it and hurry up!"

Jiang He'er: "..."

"Duke, Commander Helian is asking to see you." A small official reported.

Helianyan is here.

"Duke, news from Ning Xing."

"Oh!"

Yang Xuan asked, "But the news of Lin's rebellion?"

He Lianyan nodded, "Fourteen days ago, Lin Ya and his son conspired against each other, Lin Ya caused chaos in the city, and the Queen Mother also launched a campaign in the palace to assassinate the eldest princess..."

That silly woman had already said she would come to Tao County, but she didn't listen.Next time spanking... Yang Xuan's heart skipped a beat.

"Princess Dachang had already made arrangements in the palace to take down the queen mother immediately, and then Lin Ya failed to attack the imperial city and was captured..."

That woman is getting more and more fierce!
Yang Xuan felt relieved.

"Lin Jun led his army to sneak out of Ningxing City. Thirty thousand cavalry suppressed He Yanguang's [-] army. Seeing the great victory, the Eldest Princess took the little emperor and Lin Ya out of the city..."

This is really a crime other than war!Yang Xuan sighed.

Liu Qing patted his thigh, "Good!"

"Lin Jun charged into the battle alone, shot thousands of arrows and died."

"Okay, good kill!"

"Once this person dies, Beiliao will have no chance of overturning, hahahaha!"

The three old ghosts laughed and ate honey-like joy.

Yang Xuan stood up and asked, "What did he say?"

He Lianyan said: "Lin Jun said before leaving... Today, I will ask the emperor on behalf of the world, who owns the world?"

Yang Xuan walked slowly outside the lobby and stood with his hands behind his back.

Looking from behind, it looks very bleak.

(End of this chapter)