In the spring of February of the fifth year of Showa, Emperor Wu issued a holy decree to regain Youzhou from the Turkic army. Duanmu Li, Duke of Liangren, repaired the book to his son Duanmu Xuan in the border city as soon as he left the imperial city.

"Young master, is there any command in the lord's letter?" Mo Feng looked at the young master and frowned, thinking that there was another arrangement in the lord's secret letter.

"Father has made arrangements in Beijing, the emperor's decree is already on the way, and you can get to the border city in five days, I'm afraid that the war will start in March!" These are nothing, with Duanmu Xuan's temperament, he will never be worried.

"The young master is worried about Miss Situ?" Mo Feng thought for a while, the young master was not worried about the matter of raising the army, and the only one who could make the young master sad was Miss Situ.

"The Turkic soldiers have always been fierce and cruel, although I am good at using the soldiers, but Yan'er is in the border city, and I am a little uneasy in my heart! can Yan'er's temperament, even if she gives a military order, I'm afraid that she will disobey the order and won't leave! Duanmu Xuan was indeed worried about Situ Yan.

"Young master, my subordinates think that Miss Situ is safer to have a young master guarding in the border city!" Mo Feng didn't say what he thought in his heart, he didn't want Situ Yan to leave, and the county garrison reassured these people If there is no Miss Situ, just pointing at Situ Jin is not at ease. But these words should not be made clear by one of his subordinates.

"What Mo Feng said also has some truth, forget it, you send the secret letter to Yan'er, so that she can have a good idea in her heart, this war will be together, the city will be in chaos, tell Chiyu that you must guard Yan'er every step of the way, and you must not let her have anything to do!"

"Yes! Subordinates do it now! After receiving the secret letter, Mo Feng turned around and walked out of the study. Nodding at Mo Yu, who was secretly guarding, then he left the mansion and rode straight to Beiping County.

In the study room of the outer courtyard of the county government, Situ Yan looked at the secret letter. also frowned, "Brother Xuan, do you have any other advice?" ”

"The young lord asks Miss Situ to be more careful, especially the mob who take advantage of the chaos. and ordered Chiyu to protect it strictly, and didn't say anything else! Looking at the cautious and worried faces of the two masters, they knew that this battle was extremely dangerous.

"Miss Situ has something to tell the young master to her subordinates?" Mo Fengxin was delivered, and if Situ Yan didn't give orders, he would have to rush back to the General's Mansion.

"I have two amulets here. I did it myself, and I invited the Venerable Master to open the light in front of the Buddhist altar, and you helped me transfer it to Brother Xuan and my third brother. Tell them that the sword has no eyes, and be careful! Situ Yan took out a handkerchief wrapped amulet from his sleeve and handed it to Mo Feng.

"Yes, the subordinates must be handed over to the young master and the third young master Li!" Mo Feng took his things and left. Go back to the general's mansion and hand over the things to the young master.

The holy decree entered the border city, and the 200,000 defenders of Beiping County were ready to go. And the 100,000 defenders led by General Dongfang of Wen'an County also put on armor and went into battle. Prepare to raise troops against the Turks.

As soon as Emperor Wu's holy decree entered the border city, the Turkic side had already received news that the 100,000 troops and 50,000 iron cavalry in the border city of Youzhou were also sharpening their swords and arrows to prepare to meet the enemy.

The Turkic Khan personally sat in the county seat of Jixian County, Youzhou, and the important ministers around him, such as Ye Hu, Burke, Atabok, Pasha, and Hakemu, were separated on both sides, "Khan, when Wu attacked the Northern Wei Dynasty, if we didn't contain the northeast border of the Northern Wei Dynasty, how could Wu take the entire Wei State." Now they have come out and are planning to raise an army against us. This time, we must not let go of Emperor Wu's untrustworthy villain! ”

"Yes, the Khan is the son of the gods. The shaman will also ask the gods to protect us! Not only must we show the shameful Emperor Wu that we are strong, but we must also destroy the kingdom of Wu and lead our people to a richer south! "As the Khan's own brother, Ye Hu has infinite longing for the Jiangnan Water Town in his heart.

"Okay, since Emperor Wu has no faith in the first, we have hundreds of thousands of warriors, so why are we afraid of the 300,000 army of Wu State!" Although the Turkic Khan is belligerent, after all, there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and it is best if he can not fight, but since there is no way to avoid it, he is not a cowardly lord.

"Kill, kill, kill!" The Turkic barbarian clan is naturally warlike and fighting, and Wu Guoxing's troops are in harmony with these people's hearts! The killing and crushing momentum even drifted to the entire Youzhou border by taking advantage of the spring breeze. Even Situ Yan, who is far away in the border city of Jizhou, has sensed it.

"The people above sit in a comfortable place and enjoy the success, but the people below have to fight to the death, and even expose the corpses in the wilderness, and their souls have nothing to rely on!" Situ Yan had seen life and death in his previous life, and in ancient times, he had already seen a lot of natural and man-made disasters, but now that the matter is coming, there are still countless reluctances in his heart.

"Miss, why are you still sentimental! As long as there is a war, death is inevitable! "Chiyu has been trained as a dead soldier since he was a child, and he has long been numb to these.

"Why is it inevitable, when the emperor does not always think about expanding the territory, but always puts the life and death of the people in his heart, he will not rashly raise troops. Although the Turks would slaughter the city when they attacked Youzhou, they did not kill again after they occupied Youzhou. But Emperor Wu still wants to raise troops against him on the grounds of saving the people from fire and water, but look at how many of those Turkic soldiers standing in front of the cavalry formation are Chinese people who have not escaped! Situ Yan is not blaming Chiyu for being cold-blooded, after all, Chiyu has received such training since she was a child, she is just sad and sorry for the life that is about to disappear.

"Miss, these people are afraid that they will not survive if they don't go into battle, they will die after all, why should you be sad for these irrelevant people!" Chiyu felt that Situ Yan had always had no feelings for strangers, why was she so abnormal now.

"That's it, I want to worry about people! You go and invite your brother into the inner courtyard, I have something to discuss!" Chiyu couldn't understand the pain in Situ Yan's heart, which was normal, since it didn't make sense, why hurt the feelings of the two for these things.

Although Chiyu couldn't understand Situ Yan, she knew what she should do, as long as she was there, she would never let anyone hurt Situ Yan.

"Brother, this battle will start in March. Beiping is an important border town, and my brother needs to make arrangements as soon as possible! ”

"Well, out of the New Year's month for my brother, I have recruited a lot of people, although the city can't go to the Fuzhong like five steps, one sentry, ten steps and one post, but every street is guarded, and the four city gates are guarded by soldiers!"

"Brother, that's not enough. In the early spring, the people in the village want to plough in the spring, and the family is afraid that there will not be much grain stored in the winter. If the city is closed again after the war, I am afraid that some people will starve to death at home! ”

"My brother will find some merchants who walk through the streets and villages, and let them drive to the villages every day to drive the grain and go to the villages, so that they can reassure the people if they have grain to sell. And the merchants and merchants of the city shall be called together, and let them have grain and silver, and let them sign and pledge. When the war broke out, the price of grain should not be raised, as long as people have food and drink, they will not be able to make trouble! These are the experiences that Situ Yan summed up in his past life and in his present life. I discussed it with Situ Jin before the New Year, but at this time, I mentioned it again.

"Yan'er, don't worry, these are all ready! Yan'er, my brother is still worried about your safety. At this time, all parts of Jizhou have not yet been closed. Why don't you rush back to the capital as soon as possible? ”

"Brother, don't mention this matter again, I will be where you and the third brother are, and I can't let go of Brother Xuan!" This is the first time Situ Yan has mentioned Duanmu Xuan in front of her brother, and Situ Jin can see that the little sister has put Duanmu Xuan in her heart.

"Hey, you, I don't know who this stubborn guy is with?"

"Didn't my brother say I look like my mother?"

"Yes, my mother has always been gentle and gentle. But he has his own persistence in his bones. Especially for us! Situ Yan understands what her brother means, being a mother is strong, and most mothers in the world are like this.

The holy decree entered Jizhou. The Dongfang General of Wen'an County and Jizhou Rashi Mufan both came to the General's Mansion in Beiping County, "Brother Xiwen! Brother Chongwen! You two are coming quickly! Duanmu Xuan saluted the two, and then invited the two into the study in the house.

"Okay, I'm in a hurry to get into the house, I thought that the emperor would not give an order until the end of March, in order to make up for the grain and grass of Xiwen's 100,000 army in winter, now the grain and grass in Jizhou Mansion is not enough for your 200,000 army for a year, and you still laugh!" Mu Fan pointed at Duanmu Xuan and looked at General Dongfang instead.

"Okay, Chongwen, don't pretend to cry and sell poor, others don't know how much food you have, but I still don't know. Although the 100,000 army has used up some of your grain and grass, I am afraid that it is not enough for you to save ten times as one! Don't look at me, although the grain and grass of my 100,000-strong army is provided by the Sizhou Mansion, you also know that Sizhou is not as close to the border city as you Jizhou, but I am afraid that you will have to support one or two when the war starts! "The Dongfang general's name is Shuo, the word Xiwen, is a chess piece placed by the Guogong Mansion next to the prince at the beginning, and he is also from the iron-blooded guard of the Guogong Mansion.

"Don't, I don't know when this battle will be fought, don't point to me, I think you still have to make a break to the emperor, and let Sizhou Rashi be tighter, and transport your grain and grass to the border city as soon as possible!" Mu Fan is a little anxious now, after all, he Jizhou is close to Youzhou, and he will bear the brunt of the battle once it starts. Grain and grass in the army are the top priority.

"Okay, I and the two of you are coming to me today to cry poor!" Duanmu Xuan watched the two friends sing the double reed, and couldn't help but feel funny.

"If I don't cry to you, who else can I cry to, I am leading an army of 100,000, but there is no grain and no grain in the army, fortunately, the spring grass sprouts, otherwise the war horses will not even have forage! But if you look at your military camp, the barns are full of grass and hoards, and I am so greedy to see it! Dongfang Shuo's face was suspicious, although he had long known that the last Turkic siege of the city, Duanmuxuan had no loss here, but he didn't want to spend the winter, Duanmuxuan was still not short of grain and grass here, and it was not even much different from the beginning of winter.

Duanmu Xuan just smiled lightly, and did not explain why his military tun had enough grain and grass, when the military tun was suspended, he opened up the wasteland to plant grass and beans, and there was Situ Yan, the Zhiduoxing cash cow, not only did not move to hoard grain and forage this winter, but even like today's spring, every household still has surplus grain, and every family has forage. It's just that he doesn't want to tell Dongfang Shuo about this.

Mu Fan naturally knew that Duanmu Xuan didn't want to mention this matter, so he found a word to diverge, "Xiwen, the emperor only gave us half a month to prepare, and you don't have enough food and grass there, do you really plan to start a war like this?" ”

"How is it possible, as early as the beginning of the year, I had already handed over the fold, but I don't know why the emperor's will has been issued, but I didn't say a word about asking for grain and grass? Is there any news from the lord? Dongfang Shuo looked at Duanmu Xuan, he was the most anxious of the three, after all, once the 100,000 army started a war, it would be a dead end without food and grass.

"My father has written to the emperor many times, and Lord Taibao has also reconsidered, and even the Seventh Prince has come up with a bill, but the emperor has not said anything. Father means that the emperor wants to see if Chongwen and I will ignore you, the prince's staff, and intend to be tempted! ”

"That means that my 100,000 army will provide food and grass for the war, and you and Chongwen will provide it?"

"I'm afraid that's exactly the case, but the emperor should have prepared the successor grain and grass, you can rest assured!" What Duanmu Xuan said was not an intention, but a clue to be found.

"Yes, I think I'd better go back and find a way as soon as possible, otherwise I, the Jizhou Prefecture, will have to raise an army of 300,000, but I'm afraid that within half a year, the grain will be exhausted, and I'm afraid that even the food in the people's homes will be exhausted!"

"You! I've never seen a person like you! Dongfang Shuo looked at his old friend with a look of sneer.

"Do you think I'm willing to come to Jizhou to be this broken history, if it weren't for the lord worrying about the prince, I wouldn't have accepted this broken history!" The three men spoke sharply, but they were all worried about each other in their hearts, but the worries between the men sounded like laughter and laughter.

After lunch and sent Dongfang Shuo away, Mu Fan and Duanmu Xuan came to Beiping County to see the Situ brothers and sisters, "Little fifth sister, how are you doing lately?" ”

"Brother Chongwen has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, I like people who have something to say!"

"Okay, okay, I won't beat around the bush, the emperor intends to test Ziheng and me, I'm afraid that the 100,000 troops in the east will have to provide food and grass for the war, Jizhou Mansion, can you help me think of a way?"

"What's there to think about here, ask for grain for grain and grass for grass! Anyway, the emperor will make it up to you, what is there to be afraid of! ”

"But the emperor doesn't even have a clear decree, if he doesn't give it, won't he trap Ziheng's 200,000 troops in danger?" This is what Mu Fan is most worried about.

"The emperor won't refuse to give, but I'm afraid it's not enough to give, so when you report, you can't report it according to the truth, you can ask for more, even if you want a thousand more stones, it's good. And after the war, although the city of Jizhou will be closed, the people's farming must not be wasted, and the people must not flee, this is the most important thing, even if the grain and grass of the imperial court do not continue, as long as this year's Jizhou Mansion is still a bumper harvest year, at least it can support the needs of 300,000 troops for half a year! "Situ Yan is not worried, but the matter has come to this point, it is useless to worry, it is better to plan and think of a way early.

"I also thought so in my heart, I discussed it with Ziheng and Xiwen again just now, and it seems that this is the only way to go. Little fifth sister, you collected a lot of grain during the harvest last autumn, and I am afraid that the shops in your hand will not be able to sell them, right? How about selling it to me? ”

"Brother Chongwen, don't fight my idea of grain, I'm all used to level the price of grain and calm the people's hearts. If you want to buy it, it is better to send someone to Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou, Yangzhou and other places to buy! ”

"Well, that's the only way, it's just a long way to go, and I don't know if I can catch up!"

"Jizhou has more than half a year's worth of grain and grass, how can it be too late, Brother Chongwen doesn't even want to hide it from me?"

"Don't you dare, who doesn't know that Ziheng has a virtuous helper comparable to the female Zhuge , how dare I play this scheming in front of the little five sisters!"

Regarding Mu Fan's jokes, Situ Yan just smiled lightly, that is, he did not admit it, nor did he deny it. Several people discussed the details again before leaving. (To be continued.) )