Guangde County, where Guangde Military Administration is located, the Langchuan River meanders and flows, along the river can pass through Jianping County, and along the official road to the north is the territory of Liyang County of Jiankang Prefecture. Early in the morning, as soon as it was dark, the barracks outside the city began to be gradually dismantled, and the screams of men and horses began to become louder.

At the fork in the road, there stood a tall and lofty man, with a square jaw and clear and firm eyes. As far as his eyes could see, a large banner was wrapped in a large army and rolled forward, and the flag was written with the ministry of "Commander in front of the palace" and the word "Zhang" in a big fight, which was the direction of the official road.

On the city tower of the county seat, Zhiguangde's military commander Hu Jian was also looking at the advancing army, this is just one of them, and the leader of the troops is Zhang Yan, the newly appointed commander a month ago. Farewell to him was the commander of the entire army, Baokang Army, Cheng Xuan, and Zhang Shijie, the military officer of the Governor's Mansion, and the army had been crossing the border for two days, and he was finally leaving, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was Zhang Shijie's idea to dispose of troops here, and he himself took the main force of more than 30,000 Hubei soldiers to Jianping County from Yinshu Gaoba into Jiankang Mansion, while Zhang Yan led more than 10,000 forbidden troops in front of the palace to detour to Liyang County, according to his plan, if nothing else, the two armies will meet in Lishui County.

Thousands of miles of edict into the guard, not only did not get the reward he deserved, but was almost relieved of the military power, if it wasn't for the need for someone to rescue Jiankang, he estimated that he would have been disarmed and returned to the field. Zhang Shijie was not discouraged by this, and after receiving the appointment, he took these subordinates who had not been washed off the dust, and he would rather face the Tartars than deal with those colleagues in the court.

His own barracks are being dismantled in an orderly manner, the front is no longer visible, and the armies behind are also coming out one after another. Zhang Shijie retracted his gaze and turned to the high city tower, Ling Hu raised his hand in front of him, he bowed slightly, and then got on his horse and galloped towards his Chinese army.

"Da Lang is back!" Walking on the street of Xiajiang Bridge, the man greeted his familiar neighbors with a red face, responding to everyone's enthusiasm, and it has been more than a month since he joined the army, and this is the first time he has returned home. Looking at the group of color steel houses not far away, the man's footsteps were much brisker.

Standing in front of his house, putting down the bag in his hand, the man tidied up his clothes on the façade of Zhen Liang, who could reveal his face, and the new battle jacket on his body was tightly combed by his body, and his clean hair was neatly combed into a bun, which looked very energetic. A moment later he was about to reach out and knock on the door when he heard a creak, and the door opened from the inside, revealing a slightly stunned woman's face.

Looking at the man in front of her, who had been missing for a long time, the woman's eyes widened in disbelief, except that her face was a little tanned, the whole person was completely different, her expression was flying, and her height was tall. The man looked at her with a smile, and the woman was also the same as before, and her face had a plump appearance, no longer the weak appearance of the sick person who seemed to fall when the wind blew.

The two looked at each other for a long time inside and outside the door, until the neighbors started to joke and shoved into the room. "Hey!" As soon as the man followed the woman into the door, he was hugged by an old woman, and he rubbed a handful of snot and tears, and the man saw that his old lady could not reach it, so he quickly knelt down so that she could easily touch her head.

"Hey, isn't this a good place, there is enough food and drink in the barracks, my mother doesn't have to worry, Taishou said, I won't deduct our food, and the one sent last month has been sent back by someone, but I received it?" The old woman and the woman listened to him, but they kept nodding.

"It's easy to go home today, maybe I'll leave again for a while, I'll go to the neighbor's house to find some oil stains, you can rest first." The old woman held back her tears, let go of the man, pushed the door and walked out, secretly glancing at the woman. When the woman saw this, she blushed a little, but she did not speak.

"Mother, what's the matter, I won't go back to the barracks today, Taishou said, give a three-day period." The man was a little confused by the old lady's actions, and turned his head to look at the woman, who was already so ashamed that she lowered her head and turned her back, and saw that the man's heart was hot, and he hurriedly pulled her from behind.

"Fool." The woman touched the man's forehead with her hand, and the man immediately understood, smiled, picked the woman up and went inside. In a short time, a thin stripping sound accompanied by a wheezing sound sounded, and a naked man and woman were already rolling on the bed.

With a satisfied moan, the man stopped squirming, looked at the woman with her eyes closed, and wanted to let go of her and stand up.

"Da Lang, slow down, my mother said that it is easier to conceive." The woman's voice was as small as a mosquito, and the man heard it so well that he no longer moved, but hugged her tightly. Thick fingers slid across her smooth body, and the woman throbbed, her hands and feet wrapped around him like a snake.

"Why did you suddenly go home today, and you can stay for so many days?" After rejoicing, the woman thought of this question that should have been asked a long time ago, but she ignored it because she was too happy.

"Recently, the Tartars have not attacked the city, and the Taishou asked me to wait for those who have a family in the city, and I went home in turns. The woman in the man's mouth knew that she lived not far from their house, and had indeed returned a few days ago.

The man didn't tell the truth, the people who could take the holiday were the people in the forbidden army who signed up recently, he was originally just a volunteer, after several wars, he was gradually added to the forbidden army, plus he had some strength, and he was willing to work hard to practice, so he got this qualification.

And this time, those who signed up were not only given holidays, but also distributed this month's food and salary and an extra amount of money and materials in advance. There is only one reason, they will become the main force of the upcoming counterattack, go out of the city to fight the Tartars, in short, this is a desperate exchange. Thinking of this, the man stopped talking, and hugged the woman harder, and the woman seemed to feel something, and the two of them lingered like this for a while.

In addition to him, Hu Sansheng and Ye Yingji stood aside, each with a book in their hands, and there were several scribes in the hall, turning the pages while dialing the abacus, and the sound of "crackling" was endless.

"How many people are on the roster?" Liu Yu asked casually, and at his insistence, this selection did not follow the usual practice for each army to choose its own elites, but used the method of voluntary registration. These days, a group of scribes had been sent to each gate to register, and today he summoned them to gather a general meeting.

"There are 3,125 people at the south gate, 4,571 people at the east gate as of yesterday, 2,934 people at the Longguang gate, 2,116 people at the north gate, and the west gate is in your hands, and the total number is about the same as what we estimated before."

Hu Sanxing copied their respective numbers from several scribes and reported them to him, Liu Yu listened to them, and after listening to them, he silently calculated them in his heart, plus the number on the booklet in his hand, he nodded, the total number was right, it had almost reached his expectations.

"That's it, tell the armies, if there are any more who want to sign up, they will be recorded separately for supplemental purposes, but no more money and food holidays will be issued." Liu Yu closed the booklet and said to Hu Sanxing. Hu Sanxing took the booklet in his hand and nodded gently.

They said that they were money and food, but in fact they were all food and some things that could not be bought in the city, but the sergeants seemed to prefer these things, and they were really given money, and there was nowhere to buy them. So no one complained, and they all happily went home.

"Today's group of people who are resting will return to the camp in three days, all kinds of preparations must be made in advance, and you must hurry up there, after the sergeants return to the camp, they need to receive new armor blades, and they must not be delayed."

These days, Liu Yu himself doesn't know that he has become chattering, and he has to check everything in detail, not to mention, and always reminds him over and over again. When Ye Yingji heard his name and those words, he looked at Hu Sanxing, who shook his head slightly.

Anxious, irritable, these feelings became more and more obvious on Liu Yu's body as the days got closer and closer. Even his own personal soldiers were inexplicably lost their temper a few times by him, but in fact, they were all trivial things, and they didn't care at all.

"Taishou." Hu Sanxing waved his hand to let the scribes retreat, and only the three of them were left in the hall, so he went to pour a cup of tea and walked to the front of the case to give it to Liu Yu.

"Brother of the body, but there is nothing to consider, it doesn't hurt to say it directly." Liu Yu took the teacup casually and did not put it to his mouth, but asked anxiously, unaware that the corners of his mouth had bubbles.

"Ziqing!" Hu Sanxing's tone became heavy, and the sudden louder voice came into his ears, which made Liu Yu stunned, and he couldn't help but look at him intently.

"Su Mingyun has a saying: 'For the way of the general, you should first cure the heart. Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged, and the elk was on the left and did not look instantaneous, and then it could control the interests and harms, and it could treat the enemy'. Now that the war has not started, the victory or defeat is unknown, you are so at a loss, how can you make your soldiers feel at ease. ”

"Everyone in this knows what they do, and you think they are really for that little bit of food? You know that you are carrying the lives of thousands of people, but the more you do this, the less you will suffer from gains and losses. To put it mildly, even if you lose this battle, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in this city who have to rely on you to survive, so you should think twice. Hu Sanxing slapped the thick booklet in his hand and said mercilessly.

Liu Yu listened, thinking about his own appearance in the past few days, he was indeed too anxious, just because this battle was different from defending the city, the enemy army outside the city not only camped for hundreds of miles, but even the combat power was above him. Therefore, he was a little out of shape, but fortunately these spirits could see it at a glance.