"All kinds of materials are in short supply, and we have to take out some of them to support Li Xin in Yingzhou Capital."

Yuan Xiannian has been complaining, and Chen Shou said categorically: "Needless to say, the heavy grain and grass needed by the state cannot be in arrears." ”

Even if he hoarded some materials less, he would be responsible for the tens of millions of people in the Central Plains, and he couldn't let the Mongols in.

Push back a thousand years, push forward a thousand years, and nothing is more ferocious and kills more people than the Mongol expansion.

If they were allowed to enter the Central Plains, the Han people at this time would be extremely disunited, and they would probably be wiped out.

Seeing that his subordinates were all depressed, Chen Shouqiang smiled and said: "You don't have to worry too much, there are a few difficulties in front of you and nothing to be afraid of!" When we take the Daimyo's Mansion and open up the coast to Bianliang, we can buy supplies from Nantang. ”

"The Tang people have always been hostile to us, will they sell it to us?" Liu Zhiying, the secretary of the ministry, shook his head and said.

Although Chen Shou himself is also very worried, but now that the morale of his camp is low, he must not be able to pour cold water anymore, it all depends on himself as the person who makes the decision.

If you follow them and lose your morale, you will not be far from defeat.

Chen Shou smiled, his tone was soothing, as if he was in his chest, "Tang people are profit-seeking, as long as the price is right, they can sell their wife and daughter to me." ”

After Chen Shou finished speaking, he laughed, and everyone gave him a little face, and also echoed a few words of laughter, but it was very sparse.

Chen Shou clapped his palms and said loudly: "I promise you that there will be new channels for purchasing grain soon!" ”

In the water pavilion, a group of people saw that Chen Shou was high-spirited, and they all regained a lot of confidence, and they resigned one by one to prepare for their respective tasks.

After everyone left, Chen Shou sighed and sat down weakly in his chair.

There was a sound of footsteps, and he quickly straightened his waist, but after a while, it was the concubine Yuan Xinyue who pushed the door in.

Chen Shou lay down again, Yuan Xinyue saw him like this, his heart hurt, he stepped forward and rubbed his shoulder, and asked, "Master, why are you haggard?" ”

"It's hard, it's too hard." Chen Shou sighed, and instantly felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.

"The more times like this, the more you have to cherish your body, otherwise how can you have the strength to do things."

Chen Shou said with a smile: "What you said is also reasonable, by the way, your Yuan family is in Hedong, do you know how the family in Hedong maintains such a huge family expense?" ”

"Who doesn't know this, it's actually forbidden to say it, but it's a well-known secret. It's just that the iron tools of the Central Plains are sold to the grasslands in exchange for a large amount of gold, silver and horses, and then the silver is used to buy grain from the Central Plains. Our Yuan family has done it before, but later this transaction was monopolized by the Jiang family, which had a more advantageous terrain. Since then, the Jiang family has been able to order many families in Hedong to listen to their dispatch. ”

Chen Shou nodded, similar to what he thought, this place in Hedong is like this, through business and trade with the grassland, many places are richer than Jiangnan. The Yuan family took refuge in themselves, it was also a helpless move, they had a feud with the Jiang family in Longmen Mountain, and they were cut off from their financial routes, and if they didn't find another way, they would be swallowed up by the Jiang family sooner or later.

However, it is not a way to always let them be such enemies, and in the past 100 years, Hedong has raised fat sheep one by one, and when they win the Daimyo's Mansion, the next step is to attack Hedong!

If you can take down the head snake in Hedong, you will be able to be blessed with a steep fortune, and you will be a big tyrant in a blink of an eye.

If you talk about the Daimyo's Mansion, the main thing is that the soldiers and horses and the location are too good, which makes people salivate. To the east of the river is the temptation of the naked accumulation of wealth.

"The road has to be walked step by step, and the food has to be eaten one bite at a time."

Chen Shou pulled back his thoughts from his longing, clapped his hands and picked up a file on the case and said, "Prepare a meal casually, I'll eat it in the water pavilion." ”

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At this time, the war in Yingzhou was already raging, and the Mongols came quickly and urgently, and the war broke out suddenly without warning like a flood in the flood season.

Lingqiu is located in the southwest of Daqi, and is not conspicuous in the political map of the Central Plains, but the outbreak of the Battle of Yingzhou made Lingqiu the center of military transportation on the eastern front.

Due to the gathering of military resources and personnel, the market has become more and more prosperous, and there are no less than hundreds of grain transport officers, escort officers, and supervisory officers from all over the country, making this small city lively.

Li Xin looked at the endless supply of materials, and even felt a little reluctant in his heart...

The life of the imperial court is not easy, and Chen Shou can come up with this hand, which is really beyond his expectations.

In his opinion, Chen Shou is greedy for money and lustful, and he is attached to power, so it is difficult to call him loyal and righteous.

These things are genuine baggage, and I don't know how much it will cost to raise them.

The soldiers of Yingzhou also have a little more confidence in this vicious battle.

Li Xin looked at the armor of the soldiers around him, and secretly said in his heart that he had fought in the northwest for so long, and only the logistics of this battle were the best.

If Chen Shou can always be like this, it will not be a blessing for the country... Maybe you can be a Zhongxing celebrity!

A few days ago, the imperial court decreed that all men in the prime of life should be exempted from taxes by the state government throughout the year, and all men in the prime of life were called on to join the army.

In the Yingzhou area, the man who had been invaded by foreign races in turn and had been holding back his anger for a long time finally waited for a court that dared to fight.

More and more men were conscripted into the army, carrying the baggage they had just arrived, wearing armor and carrying them to the battlefields on all fronts.

Three days later, Li Xin came to Datong, an ancient city that is the barrier of the whole Jin Dynasty and the gateway to the north, known as the key to the north.

It has been two days since the Mongols stormed the city of Datong, and they launched several attacks, all of which were in vain.

Tonight, there were more people and horses they gathered than ever before, and Li Xin also rushed to the front line to supervise the battle command at the head of the city.

The silent night suddenly became solemn, and the solemn atmosphere of the approaching war enveloped the four fields, countless soldiers and war horses gathered on the plain under the waning moon, and one after another military flags appeared in the field of vision.

In the last siege of the city, Hebule's youngest son Ti Chijin was killed in battle, and the Mongolian right army was defeated by the Western Liang cavalry and suffered heavy losses.

I thought that they would take three or four days at the earliest to rectify the defeated troops before they could continue to attack the city, but I didn't expect that they would continue to attack the city the next night.

This was the first time that Hebul had led his troops south since he unified the Mongol tribes, and if he could not win a complete victory, his prestige would be greatly reduced.

Whether the current Great Khan was chosen by Immortal Heaven or not, all the kings of the Mongols, everyone is waiting to see the outcome of this battle.

For this reason, Hebule did not hesitate to reconcile with the Khitan and accepted the canonization of the Khitan emperor.

After careful consideration, he thought that both the Khitan and the Great Qi were corrupt, but the Great Qi was inferior to the Khitan, so he chose to go south instead of east.

The majestic and invincible Mongolian Khan King crashed headlong into the majestic city wall of Datong and broke his head and broke his blood.

Around Datong, there are dozens of auxiliary fortresses alone, supporting each other and harassing the enemy.

The Mongols mainly attacked the north of Datong City, and the north gate bore the brunt, the position was the most important, and the defense was also the most severe, and there were six fortresses alone. At this time, Li Xin led the battalion directly under him to sit in the town, and his subordinates were all Xiliang soldiers.

The adjutant general Yang Ning's battalion was assisted, and there were also 300 mercenaries and 1,000 people.

Li Xin was not blindly defending the city, he was condescending, once he found a loophole in any place, the cavalry would kill from the fortress, attack the enemy's flank, and make the Mongols unable to defend themselves.

As a last resort, he divided his troops and stared at the rangers of the Qi soldiers. Li Xin, on the other hand, had no worries, and directly asked all the newly recruited recruits in Datong City to go to the city, leaving only 1,000 of the 5,000 people, and the rest of them carrying rolling stones and sassalwoods day and night.

In the Mongolian array, a big man rode on a horse, tall and stout, wearing thick leather armor, and said in a deep voice: "Conquer this city, let the sons and daughters kill happily for seven days, and kill all the southern barbarians." ”

A desolate trumpet sounded, and the firelight shone like daytime under the city of Datong, and the charge of the Mongol Tartars began again.